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THE IKEDBLTiSiXlBESS, PTJFBT.TS HF5D-WHEK 4 4 ' " , One Dollar fsqusri for the first week, anJ E. B. DRAKE. W .. . ' . , EUGENE B. DRAKE 4 SDN, '.T - "r 1 TEA. S5.50 . L a.(xk. 4 nTFt ;- rk.-v Editors and Proprietors. ! ,- s Three qnre8i.-i16jOOrf. -f 15.00- t1.'-0.0O TERMS OF-THE-PAPER, U sa i' When direeiion-B ?. 4re iot given iipw often to insert an AdTettisemeat, it m illbe'ptibliah- $2 a Year, in Advance. .- (" r- ', : (r. ;--; .; , . ' '1 .''- ' - ;J's ' ' I4-. i1. ' : . -ig-'." j 1 j-.rii . rie-i i.) " 'n J'iiL ii " rK!.',i j .it-t-. - ;".t ft- 3k jt- . r is."1 vfn -v. r a - J5-Wek his week iublish ourl paper sev eral days in advance of the- usual time of is suing it. Tliwia done! for, the double purpoee of keeping important fact?, lieretojlbre given, fresli in thelininds of the people, arid to afford rairfielves tinie to naiticipate in the out-door 4 labors Hnd tuties of election Aiy, After tKe rp'n test shall have terminated, w will wipe the dust of battle from our eyes, clear our columns of I lie "grape and canister" of the campaign nd reanme7 the ''evori lenordf our way.5' Stl favour work be well done, nothing in connexion with the canvass will, -remain for tns to do, but to congratulate you ttpon the 'success of your rndidae, and as sist in giyino, "'three times three" jfov the new Ilepregentntivc i;, Congress, tle patiiot , states 'na.rw and oitator Gen. James' M.i Leach. Work While Ye May! ; it id only lboat one week till' tlc Election, and we implore every man belonging to the (Jip)OstiUonr Jo bestir himself in.nsixing with his neighboM and impressing upon tjheir minds tlie importance of each one atteningit the polls on the 4th of August nextrmtd then and there tfote fcr ieiu Leach the man who is ypiofed to Scales jind corruption. ':: " ,To the Polls! To tlie Tolls! .. Let every voter in lredel1,everylone in the Sixth Districtrush to the. polls on the 4th of rSugnst and vote for Gen. Lcarb, the friend of thcjieopU, the enenly.pf extravagance and corruption, iii the govern-mont, thlb friend of low taxes a ltd jut laws, and th friend of the poor man who toils hard for Doe notjhia 8ilnc give.coneent ? ,If hfi wa? not concerned in it, why? doe. he not apeak outright and say . bqJ Voters of tbe Sixtf District make a- note.of .this ! :.,Kf . t ; Mr.' Scales' Newspaper "mil.' ; . In, order, tp create jthe jmpression . that he did not share in -jthe wasteful expenditures cited in tlie reporfc of the Clerk of the oiise of Representatives, Scaes sayal In "his speeclies that tjjoseexpnditures were incur red before he went to Congress. , Gen. Ieach (Icliberatfly opens Uie report and reads; as. follows: . . 112. Mr. Scales recem-d lor uewnpopers - $22 00 12 " " " " -10 06 135 . " utationery, 1 86 143 " u u 7 00 l5 ' " - . " newpapers, - 2 UO 171 M " " . 6 00. 17a ". 24CongreaCllobes 144 00 And then requests Mr. Scales to inform the people whether these articles were furnished him before, he became a member of Congress. The wo-begone and despondent appearance of Mr. S. upon suCh' occasions may be more easily imagined than described. Poor, poor, imprudent Mr. Scales 1 ' Another mall Batch. In addition to the items of extravagance we have already published, as given in the .report of Mr. J. C. Allen, the Clerk of the last House of Representatives, we respectful ly submit the following for the consideration of our many readers, both Democratic and Whig: . S30 00 90 00 132 00 95 00 CaroUoa. would haye beea.relieyed iroin tlije present high, taxes. ,,,. f H T iJSfpi it.-beforf the People, That Scales voted Ito pay 4 salary of $1,50Q to. a gardener to plownp the beautifr.gra lawn surrounding the capitol, and io lay. it off in a flower garden, which will be an entire los3, unless each eueeesaive Legislature make alike appropriation. ' Keep it before the 'People, That "A.f "St: Scales made speeches for and vo ted to fax you SOO.OOO, : to be given to tlie and fearlessly denounce Jun, ,.wje? wroijg.. i Keep it before ihc People That jGren. Leach is opposed Jo higli salaries? and when a member of the Legislatare of '56 '57,, a hill to increase the pay of Uie members from three to four- dollars per day, was,-! wotioyr of Gen. Leach indefinitely poetpoRed, killinglh bill. ; . ,; ... Keep abef ore the Bcople, That Alfred M. Scales, two years, ago, when a candidate in opposition to Col. Puryear. prpmisea tne people uia iue eiguxeen mu , Irving. One one dnv to tflic welfare ' vour country, an vote for Gen an honest nml all, go to tlie 4Hs, dovote .1. . Leach. recollect, That Mr. Scales voted nirninst the I ensron Bill Hiiainsl the A'iicukual College BUI voted to raif tlie pried 6f Letter Postage is , in favor of tration; and is costing il support StejL tioiiist, for t these thingf iiubanan'rt fraudulei-it adnuiHs- i .1 r ' 1 1 t'lulorses tne iUormon war, wuien e country untold millions will then A. Uoiyjlue, a nink Aboli- le Presidency, &c. Recollect all and cast all vour vo tip for Gen. Leaclt, thc! tiiendjof the people, who is oppo j-ed to all these mc;ipures. ; Scales' I The lowcil have vet hea friends, are rlciKlm Iluyin? C'ertiH- caies. 1 Mirror for Seargeant at Arms, 2 tine black Chairs, at $48 each, , 4 tine walnut Chairs, at$33 each, 1 Walnut Desk. 2 doz. English Hair brushes at $18 per dozen, 3G 00 2 doz. Butl'alo Combs, at $9 per doz. 18 00 1 Wnshstaud. with marble slab, ba sin and silver plated cock, C8 00 1 Walnut Book-Case, - 280 00 1 290 00 L " " - 297 00 I .. .. .. 290 00 I " " " " 4 8T 00 1 large French Mirror, 425 00 12 fine Chairs at $46 a chair, 552 00 4 Lounges at $95 a piece, 380 00 I large French Plate Mirror, 5G0 00 1 Marble-top Wash-stand, 18 00 2 Tables-at $75 each, 150 00 2rmore French Mirrors, one at $85, the other at 185. 270 00 1 marble Clock for. Clerk's Office, 80 00 2 more French Mirrors, one at 425, 'the other at 5560. 985 00 18 fine Lounges at $110 each, . 1980 00 1 niore li ne marble clock, 1 15 -00 4 more chairs at $33 a piece, 132 O0 2 fine Chairs, at $50 a niece, 1 100 (X) - r 1 ., 1. ll. T tv' ' 'tri"" n -. - i ,( lions oi surplus uiyncr ,m tmu tue xreaaurv Deep River Company to improve the rivei;, 1 , vt. ., " - - , r, x. nr o .i j n L t v " jwr; oifght to-be distributed among tlw States; and which Mr. Settle and Gen. Leach opposed af- - , , ,...-,.' . v a w - ii -. if he was elected, should be, if his efforts ter it had been proved by witnesses on oatlr , ...- , 4 . .... , t . iU - ' could effect it. He was elected, went to that there was not ix inches of water in the i . . ; ,.... , , A 1 .,lV: . , ! VVafiJiington. and neither by speech nor jseso- channel at manv seasons of the vear. Ana, ' . , . , , . " v 1 , , 1 . : i lution, did he make the nrst eftort to carry remember, that he gave these votes after Ma-j . A- . , oui iijo pieuge, oni juiucu m iruu uie uuiiiiu- i istration in spending it, and aided Buchanan in borrowing forty .millions of dollars more, all of whieh has been extravagantly spent, without Scales making the least objection. Dark Corner, for. he is a vert dark man; no ttouit &t that. Ana no man, F tt Iredell bmh.V - Messrs., Editors ;-i-Believine &hatJ only a liar, scoundrel, and coward wili; Jr rers teef interested Hr-mj; aUetnpt to pnblish. suck falsehoods j Pyem that's for its object tEh over his real nam or . any assumed name. And rrhert men hava to resort to sach tricks as t&ese they, have but little to ido or they are hard run for somethinsr toaav, or: write; And.I promotion of tftehest interests of Itrj and has aTteiadency totrtep himiXjuiatJ ptbud and elevated position, wh ie( was intended to occupy by Ms (hea tor,; I, have concludea-to give .-hem have been misrepresented nnd belied i.a short account of the meeting o ' the by low down cowards longenonghjfand j Grand Division of the Sone of rfeai I want it distinctly understood from j Pranee of this Statervhieirconfned jor uwvnn, the engineer selected tv oovern- i or Bragg, had made his report to the iegis lature that it would cost Sl,200,000 to com plete the work, and after a select committee had reported that the company had forfeited their charter hy a misapplication of the funds of the State. Keep it before the People, That A. M 'Scales, four years ago, avow ed himself at Yadkinville, in favor of a disso lution of the Union, should Kansas apply to Congress for admission into the Union as a State, with a slave constitution, and be refu sed. Judge Douglas was the leader to the opposition of its admission and Mr. Scales now openly avows himself in fa vor of Judge Douglas for the next Presidency. Keep it before the People, That A. M. Scales, at the session of the Gen eral Assembly for 1856-'57, supported- and advocated one of the most outrageous tax bills that has ever oppressed the people of North Carolina, and under which the people liave been taxed" for the last two yers. Keep it before- the People, That A. M. Scales, while receiving at Wash ington last winter $40 per day, voted against Keep it before the People', That the editor of the Sentinel is an interest ed witness for Alfred M, Scales and the gov ernment, he having received from the gov, eminent through Mr. Scales, several hundred dollars of the people's money as extravagant pay for, advertisements for Naval Supplies and Mail Routes. As a bribed and interested witness, in Court, is not entitled to credit, we leave the reader to draw his own inference in this case. Press. henoeforward;-that I shall say - and publish what I think proper about those who see fit and-proper to misrepresent my course, while a member, of the Leg islature ;and that I hold myself re sponsible for all I say, and ready ; to settle with them at any time. ' I am sorry, Messrs. Editors, that I have had to extend this article to such length, but I think it is a matter in which -tWniterestedf 1X Respectfully yours &c. W. II. A. SPEER. , a t Whi t e, HalL fc in MeckTenhurB 1 on on "Tydnesday, v organ ued. anXIprb ceeded at once to husines 'th.e'tltfaifa of which would not interest . yo !. or preaders ' wr : , few meeting, and public tpca,kins..lbe (Tontmumcattons For the IrcdtJl Express. Jonesville, July 4th, 1859. 3fes8?s. Editors : I regret very much to appear before the public col umns of a newspaper, but I see a cbm municationin the Winston Sentinel of July 1st, purporting to be from Yad allowing the old soldiers of the war of. 1812 a kin, and signed bv1 one "Dark Corner.' pension not exceeding 25 cnts a day. LNow who this Dark Corner .iv 1 do Keeo it before the People. not know, neither-do 1 care ! But he That As. M. Scales voted-against the soldier, has eeen ht, m nis aarKness to maKe an bat in favor of giving privateers each 160 acres of land ; being persons who refused to enter the army and fight for our country, but who fought for plunder on the high seas, and cap- attack on roe in that communication, to which I think I have a right tolre- ply and defend myself. The object ot the communication is and ineanest resort that we ird of, is the fact, that Mr. Scales' k.'iH'!iged in br'ilnng unprincipled men to jrive vertiticahu charging (ijcii. Leach them money to vote for hiin scoundrelisin that Jlr. .Scales hoj'es to'suereed in the election ? with ofierin Is it by suclJ the Sixth 1 talselioods a Five Ilol So lt istnet,. loolc on .4 thev deserve! ars taclij. for cates. oerate have become 'the practiced to i pie would be People of 1 1 .i mum tne Certili- fortilnes of Mr. Scales, tBiat every mean", resott is being njure Gen. Leach, as if the peo- intluenced in1 their chfoiceof the .i ft t n 1 . X f 'i 11 former by hilmkIih ions taischoot ani tiecei tiQii.the coveriiigof which is tliinsi ag:ifuzc, and, tLerefore, caniiot change a single vote. The latest dijviee is the meanest ajnd lowest ' of any thing ilu'it villainy has yet and put fortl icate," pM.li win wav, For t and is in the form o concoctei a "certi- hed in last week's-Siitinel, to hicli is attaihed the name of orie " Brod- tais precious! piece oi vpianiy, we understand the sum oi'f c dollars Was paid to the signer, ( Unxlwav) who deliberately fold and signed a A'.' for filth v lucre !- The false hood is, tluif Gen. Leacli otl'ered the joorde- faifier one or wo dollars if he would vote for him. It is by. foul appliances like this, that Mr. Scales.' friends- hope to seen rip his lec tion. Was tl ere ever any thing more repre hensible? FHlow-oitizehs of the Sixth Dis trict, be on vour iruard aaainst all manner of .defamation oLl falsehood betwixj this and election da v, for a hundred otheir slanders wilf be circulated all of, them Acs at $5 .each., more or less, to be taid for but of the .corruption fujid. Jl Uece iL m not! 1 fine Mosaic Bug at 38 00 'Now, wasn't that (going it with a perfect ooseness? But, unfortunately, their looseness has got the country into a confounded tight hx ; so that the only way to give it lreeuom from embarrassment is to cut it loose from Democratic control. Let the people see that they attend to this job of work. , . ; . . r- , ! Keep it Before the People, That there are 1,300,000,000 acres of public and belonging equally to all .tlie States that North Carolina's share is 58,000,000 acres: one-half at least may be set down as good til lable landto-wit: 29,000,000 acres, which, at $1.25 per acre, is worth $.36,250,000 costs of .1 'l A . surveving tne same duwj cenis per acre. In his charge against Teach, that he voted against the bill in the last tured unarmed merchant vessels, many of intended 'tO' prejudice the minds of the which were worth millions of dollars, and ev- people against jren. jueacn. Aim aixer erv vessel and careo became the property, -of making his charges on Leach, he sees these privateers. proper to bring me m the range ot ms Keep il be fore the People, gun That Gen. Leach, if elected, to Congress, i a.Iaq bio anri Ai rhlt In oca nr a llonr "vy v v, . imhlipr shall liave nefision-if it cau bei.ro- -egisinium ior iuC opuig ui iuc a uu- i . ii- t r xi. c . . c tz -.1, cured bv his faithful exertion's in their behalf. Kin rviver ior tire ii , m umi, tt j f t v ho ?' 'most corruptly; ror Lren. ljeacn J woe nnt a mptiinor nf tho ln;1" liOrrmlsi r.M . -, T 1. j. 1.,.. U "" ".v"x-' . inaiwn.-.ueaeii.uirouguoui.nc xr., , , T U JnAxnAd fha nvtiavarranr iv.i v rt ll ) n . l,aa "'7 - -e- - - stronR efforts for the election of Leach aay omenuu., " " r"" Whether I am making strong efforts om to go ,u. wluu; .v v- - v f ' f Leach's election, is for others to know; but if voting for Leach, and get ting all others to do the same, that I can, fairly and honestly, is making a strong effort, then l am strong effort. But he says, that he has been informed by one who knows, that the old rates. . , Keep it before the People, ' That while the expenses of Mr. Fillmore's administration did not exceed 40,000,000 per year, the administration of Mr. Buchanan has exceeded 880,000,000 per annum: Ke- 'CI ClV-l I . . m -.-. , I t ---T --w 7 This sum at G percent, would annually yield L was honey tUggimg withUsq. Ijlenn, I J J.A. .1. Lnn AivMinri AfV.Andihivnc anil I . .J . , . x bv wav of interest 2.175.000, Apply C00 ai,u uVuraer"',w,,"T last winter While he (Lrlenn was m 000 of this to pay the taxes of tle whole State ' ; ' , Raleigh trying to defeat the passage an.l we have ft ba ance of $1.75,000, which Lm,c&,"n would in six years pay off our entire State fo !nest a"U economical rres.aeiu. . . both . . Qn Aoht A8 OOt) fHM). Then this annual interest Jieeu u utjv, fh ood lde ot Sf, . Ulenn ana the ---7 7 r . .. 1 O '. .A . ' - . of 1.375.000 could be applied towards rail- That Alfred M. Scales voted tor raising ana fll owners and also of my constltu roads education. &c. Here is a policy which sending an army to Utah, which has already t ow in al these low-down COn , - . W , 11 . every unbiassed mind would at once say should cost the people ove ten millions oi uoiiare; tefnptible charges, he has again lied be adopted : vet, remember that A.M. Scales, that Brigharh Young is still at large, enjoy- e a d . hih I was a member of rather than support North Carolina's, just ing the societv of his 40 wives, and that no the last Legislature, I Vofed and acted claims to her share of the greatest heritage proceedings have been taKen agamsi mm ior an(j independently upon every which fiod ever blessed anv nation with, f his treason and other crimes. thine that I Dromised the people of would silently submit to see the whole of it Keep it before the People, Yadkin. I told them that, if elected lavished on the new States. . That Alfred M. Scales made a speech forand I would vote for a bill to remove the Tr, at hofr0 VnU voted for the Washington Police Bill, which, obstructions out of the Yadkin River : 1 1 -iA ,., 1.1 horn -ic. thf npnnlp 1. !. no-oi, rt -hoh whlfh I That a Democratic Coneresa granted to the , r ' , V", " V ' .,7 lk - I 11 JL'i. . I i 1 M I rl ."! I 1 I -I J. I. . I . - wArV7l TWT 1 I in- n i r:i a o caa on. ,. - from one nunarea anu my io iiuuu.cu am ana iuu oournais aim uawcio v n Illinois vytfiiirui imiuuttu .wco u. . .... , ' . T. . , . , . rl ,1; land, which has built the road and paid into "'"' " ; - . "" n,.ir.r nf th enmnanv besides, about 20.- U oejore uw jr eopie, come io n uuu i Mcrt.w J ' I '.-'.. . 1 n 1 II .lnmnn n,nn1I nt I Ir T. 1l7 h ATP 1)00.00(1 and several hundred thousand acres That Alfred M.'tjcales voted ior r aumner s in,, a gt-uu.i .an a n c. no - of the land remain yet unsold 1 n . T L . n n. aimif OFn I II M ill Miserable Secret Commit tees! I - H - A friend Wl-ites u. that he lias stten twolet- ; tcrs from undoubted sources, annojuncing the itisgracefid f; ct, that Mr. Scales' friends at . headquarter.5 have appointed .Secret Commit tees to superintend every precinct m the Dis trict imd sivend nioiicv. treat, buv im votes il - -1 y , . ' ' r I thev can, and fabricate nod tell falsehoods on ' ' ' j Cieh. Ieach, to suit the ditl'erent localities, bli the voters of the district a(low them " selves to be imposed upon an. 1 humbugged in this manner? No, no; rally,! voters, . to Leach's banner, and let principle and truth ic corruption fund which has ht Washington, will be spent freely to carri the election for Scales, and we Wll itm-.ii the tine heartetL honest .men of tit - i r untry t the iitii tempted to swindle them out of their dearest rights at the ballot-box. Let not ajnan stay awav from tle polls no, not one i who loves the Union, th e purity or t he elective tranemse 'but all, go tnd.vote for Leach and n doing so uphold thi integrity of the ciui.try, and rebuke corruption Keep it before the People, That a Democratic Congress granted 4,500,- WO acres of public land to Iowa, estimated at this time to be worth $45,000,000. Keep it before the People That a Democratic Congress granted to Min nesota for railroads ,000,000 acres of public land, worth at present $5G,rOOO,000 enough to build her 905 miles of railioad, and relieve forever her people from taxation. Keep .it before the People, triunibh.' Tl m accumulated -Hhe country to plant themselves firmly n 'gainst the iiiiquitou fraud that will be at- , Tvi.ich niitbnrized the President to add for I knew him to be a gentleman o ' . - - I - . - 1 JL 1 ? 1 fi,-. T?.rimnts to the regular army: and the highest character, ana respectauu which If it had passed. 1 would have increas- ity. A man for whom I had thegreat ed the present enormous expenses ot the gov- est respect; for he had always treated prnmpnt 'six millions five hundred thousand me respectfully ; and kindly, and 1 hat ----- . . i . . . .-1 ,i dollars, per year. no earthly reason to treat mm oiner rrn it hofnro tip Poeml. wise. 1 aid not promise tne peopie u That this same Faulkner, who was a Demo- laaKin, n eiecteu, iu go o . , . -i e , xr:;; and there, in mv seat tret un, ana tie crane niemuer oi vvongreso, uom oi6. ., ' ' i 1 nn.v,.i,ta fnr -picction in his nounce Esq. Glenn as a usurper and clUU iillC a (.Uliuiuun - . . , , , , e ,1 r.,..Mrfc Piitrict was beaten bv rascal, as well as tne oaiance oi tne XV I1W.JI Mk' .w .- JSona Jorm ed a procession j t . llf iJ-all arid marched to the stand tDrecideor by a Bi-agsT Band," every tmenrt"' f ot wnicn s. a apnpr emperajice, jao- hc Addresses were delivered hvVlley. tVV,5 Cumijungs, D,D A, Q&or tug army. That A. Mi Scales approves of these giants, and is opposed to North Carolina receiving 8hare the same fate ? one dollar of the proceeds of these lands. K t hefore the People, ... n 111 . A .lio VniU'in Anil if tnf a Whi", on account of his attempt to nx.upon mm uwucia uix the countrv, in time of peace, a large stand- people wish that done, they must get Should not Alfred M. Scales Some one else to do it , ior an oi my constituents who own mm property, on the Yadkin River, I know to be men For the Irajell Express. Joxesville, July' 24, 1859,?" Messrs, Editors; I ste a communi cation in the Western Sentinel of the 22d July, hailing from Dobspnsigned by Messrs. J. Jtu. Iteeves, J. K. YYaugH t -rr Vt -r t f . 1 ana ii. u. isray, in wnicn iney, say that I, at the Hotel tax-gatheringrdiJ ay on the loth uvst., while deteuding Gen. Leach's course on the fish bill. gainst the attack of Mr. L. J. .Nor man, who made a speech for Bemoc- acy and Hon.. A. M. IScalep, " that here was so much money at the helve the supreme court would be boughtup, and it would he decided, I had no he sitation in saying, to be an unconsti tutional bill," and that they gathered rom what I said that Esq. Glenn s money would sway the supreme court at his pleasure. ow, Messrs. Editors, so far as pay. saying that there was money at the. helve to buy up the supreme court, or hat the supreme court could be bought up by money, or would be swayed by Esq. Glenn's money at his pleasure, is an infamous falsehood and lie, and,as corrupt as Hell itself. I said no such thing about the supreme court, I meant no such thing, I never alluded to Esq.- Gleon s money, and did not use his name only in mentioning his mill-dam, and whoever says 1 did tells a talse- hood in toto.. I hey .charge me m their card with having said there was money o buy up the supreme court, and then acknowledge that they inferred or ga-. thered from what 1 said that Glenn s money would sway the court, virtual- y acknowledging that they are mista ken in their first charge, and thatthey only, gathered from , what I said that there was money to buy them up, or sway tne supreme court.. . xuessrs. Reeves, W augh and Uray are mista ken in their assertions. Why they wish to misrepresent me I Jcnow Tiot, for I never said aught against either of then in my hfer unless it is the on ly way they can defend a bad cause. I am tne last man who would cast any or the least imputation of wrong of any kind upon the supreme court, tor one of the court is a countryman of mine who, I am proud to say, stands in his profession aa high as any man in the United States. One of the oth ers (Hon. Thomas Ruffin) I voted for to fill the' .seat he now occupies; the other (Hon. Judge Battle J is by no means behind in talent and character. North Carolina in her legal talent, and her supreme court for its high dignity of character, cannot be sur passed in the United States, and. the man who would reflect on such a body ought to be treated to a coat of tar and feathers and drummed out of the State. My 6bject in this communication is to set myself right before the public Below I give you a certificate signed by as respectable men as Surry and Yadkin afiords, certiiying what l nave said to be true: Two of the men will vote for A. M. Scales, and are , as good Democrats and as respectable men as' Messrs. Reeves & Co. or anybody else, and I leave the matter with the public to bc'xthe judges. Your friend, W. H. A. SPEER. man. Editor oy he Spirit ot tag A ge, , Prof. Sterling, ancLMr. MporeJ&H tor of the t43pn of einperance an.ojCoU we(.werp invited to partake M JK Pill?'1?. VAnqer. givei oytne lu visions oi 90 lenburg. The, nu,oibe,irof persoGStbre? sent. was estimated at from-, 30(0 tc 5000. They. all. eat antL. were. edV ana several DasKets mu oi iragw mts werq -taken, up.- , ..: rA..iTvi ' ",.rJ Alecklenburg s, the A banner cia -nty as far as Temperance is concerned 8h,e havina eleven, divisions. . The Cider throughout the. State .is tma.ift flourishing condition now than if j has been for several years the num& fr 'of itfjnewbers has.yry, nearlyi jdaJled in ihe last, six months, - Sixteeiytew foiireen old oo reorganised inith annual m eeting in December4ast; ; t : The most liberal hospitality tt-p 'x tended to U the- 4elegates to G. D,, and tlLfared aumpttiQuslyiivf . - July.25,-1859. ,.'-Ai Sofft Warning to ThxesEeril . ' ' " hq increased the expnituw from1 $40,000,000,0 $60,W,000 tat is, 5(X percent. iCf6uriar) otiX th rate of 12$per eenL per annuml at winch rate, the" expenditures ot tne Goerhtnetit: msiead'of increasing L.rasf always JfeeforeJiOO "per, cent In, twelve jeargy'-would actually increase 100 per eentr. (or become double) in eighiyears. same amount of ct ilin lonly eight years t orawo-thudj v0f thdtime), wlach it; had required Whig e&travagance,12 years to perpetrate. 1.. j . ( Next cajne Mr puyianan UixnsQil, the author of thecryj 'wlio allhough left outtn;1852, was 4ioscn: in 186, and in the language of a cotetnp6iy,' "has lived not only tb he 'Piissident, 1n t fulfill Viia nrcirtvrtttfkrt' 4;frt' the'ruinous extent' toiwhich eiftrara- ga n it experiditiires miht "v becarri"e"rlf under a cornlpt administration ot tne Govefriftient He not nly raised 'this cry, 'hut he v swelled tsS" 'iaoles, and lengthened it out, by declaring not on ly that the expenditure of 850000,- 4300 was Already too great, but coiild e!:oriiTderabty rednepd. with MyatP tage hoth to ther Government and' the evple." v Vftiri .this TqudlyUerad andlongd?tnut;he intopovrer?1 lias ne reduced expenditures ueiow the50;000,000; is le de'cld; fore his electi6n,v'theT ought toj Be re- Hluced, andeo4ld be,-f considerably,' with "adpntagc to ,tiQ. Government anj tKepeppIe T, Kgjx, jsp !. ,pn the, Qo1ilrayhe afjiaiv.jlihe career qi increasca cx, penaitures, tuan any.oii .1u9 preuecei! . ors. For while Mr. Fillmore only went to $40,000, OOOperi-annum ; and Pierce. ent.tQ 60,O0j),0OP,,hich is an .increase of fifty rier cent, iduring his whole tcnnof iinr years, Buchan an has already gone jip $83,000,000 whlck isj mor tiv Jfuptnii vitt crease, during the .first -iwo years9.QZ. Qvj;onejiatf of his tef:m! I ; Thb in' crease is At the rate cif. about, thirty percent, per annum', which woulddou-v . . ! . l'xl Die the expenditures ip a nine over threk tr instead of it&elve tfe&rs, 1 t--t . -j..-ii .-.. 1 unaes jHiinorje "or in auou uiie-vuuu of'thetime UThis is the- same Buch anan -irho,-before he was President,, and in an orgasm of anjxiety to become so, originated the cry, jnot only that a Whig administration was ruining the country by expending $50,000,000 and ought to be turned out for : it , but declared that : the "'Ooiernment ought to be and jcould he, administered with increased-advantages lothe-r people for akjonsiderably" 8-bailer expendi- ture. And yet when Jic, himself tie comes President as i Democrat, of 3Iessr8. Edito? Mr David Si jith, onaof the, most respectable citizCpisof North Fork,, in Ashe, cpiinym engaged in threshing. hi,s whea.oQ Fn- day zza mst, met witn a piosi yus and painful accident., A 3ytie.iifaU operation .thtf, .lorse. g?t entangled, and it became hecessary.to. anresftho progress of the machine as soon as xs sible, to accomplish which Mr. 3iiith it- seized a sheaf of wheat and thrt( tt it in the machine, and having' his a' ien tion' directed to "the horses unfHrtu nately puslied his hand tooYaf, 1 ras economy" sehooThushes his caught by thecylender and iro- cryiolates hisWn pledges, and, ment torntotptns - j, If: in the short space of twyearsl instead The forearm was drawn jh, aij aj- . f reduringactually aldds mor thaa i i a . is it Mw'per cent to tnejexpenatrares Oie wrist and both or the ends JAe compared to thte extraraganetf bones of the armSveresO sed and lacem ed, that Dr.Ar A. last year (i866,) nsumed $60,172,-.Scroggs,-of Wilkesborough, vbo .was 4ni;T.Av. fif htm noimod called to see the case, found it nces- 304,778,828 and -his second Wear i--tr omnnfo.a IhA .VT-fQ T-TYl 111 i TA. T . . L . . j low elbow JOint. , .. Tn his letter, above, Buchanan, ;lng, Messrsoitors, tha ie in aosl refreshing t'e of paiHotic cause of humamty, may be subsmed flfll:ftUnd. iveg the nrdnhetio warnine by the publication of the above -jnp, tQ hs tC0tT7mcTl thad unless arrest- rtent. T navp sent it tn vftii... 1 1 . . .. " - . - ' r "VTv -vr 1' ed bytlie strong arra-iot yemocracy, 1 v 1 1 it i s Hii Kii n 1 , n . . t . . the, expenditures, at the'extrayaganV rate at which theyweri then gdingon,5 The Growing Eavagance qf thrJov: . mi, mlnistratiof , bouid ri uiiicuL. n 1 -' ..-.- . - .--,-.44- , s : a Tf''-r reach xme hundred millionsyn) a jtw was rirht: for. at that rate. Arkansas, now . one. of the editcj of they would have done so in aboiitl.r the Memphis Enquirer, supported' en. s Butunderhia of n "rigid econ- Pierce upon the ground that tkrex. Q Dmocfatid Administration they penses cf the Government ,iindeil- reach that amount! atnhe rate of more exhibited a rate pi-mpreaca- 80,perTcent: per annurii; ahd' starting nounce as good and loyal citizens as he has in his county, as scoundrels ana 1!8 . Lnn mVphis constituency believe that Bervice in Congress, at a cost to the people q llftnest inwhat he has more Mr, ScuIeSw and that $400,000 Spcculati It has now on In .Mormon Flour X been Bevcral weeka since we propounded ti Mr. Scales, throngh the Ex press, whether or not he was a partner in the $400,000 Floikr speculation in ujtah ? But to this time air. Sqalesi has not made a re sponse to our bueetion, although he has made nd veal nor nay. grantea, tneretorej, that Ilr. Scales was One bf " the parties thai shared in the enormous amount of extra pay allowed by the Government -in this swindle, or he K. it. hfnr the PonnJ. L. : . . f , J 1 't c'S of the liiffhest character and honor, "'r " j. j ilat Aureu m. ocaies ua& iui , ".'-. v c That A. M. Scales session before last of our wftre Comrress to increase the num- and as good citizen iue wuw ui . . , . ,. I 1 , . 0 ... V...1L-.T. l.oo in hor hnrnprs. Ann sirs. Ueneral Assembly, voted to tax you aw,uw ber of Government employees, and thus has - uM " " ' in l. Ul o f..r.f- nrrain.l flit. T.iinciti Aevlnm . :. ,a umi. W lieu 11 UCUUU1C8 in.v-v--.vjt.j .v, . v.v-....-- - - been in lavor 01 increaeiuK w w- . .-.. . 1 . . r j j while he approves of President Pierce's veto, eXDenditures of the Government, and thereby m a legislative DOdy to get up a0u ue- by which the State was deprived of $500,000 oru;n(T ft tte hnrdena of the people --Wli nf niirilK lanna fnr tlift hpnpfit. At 111 id I -rr i T) . 7 .. -. .r j.eepn oejore me j. vupf 4 I. . A U 1, J - - - J i - very .ame neuum, nuiuu uau uasswu uuiu Houses of Congress. Remember, that though Mr. 'Scales voted to heap up taxes on you, yet he declares if elected to Congress, he will vote against your getting one dollar for the benefit of this Asylum. Keep it before the People, That A. M. Scales voted in the last Congress againet the Agricultural College Bill, appro- jfavy; and that these appropriations, by ex priating to -North Carolina :tA!,UUU acres ot travagance and corruption, are more than ine puunc lauq,, to euucaie ,nuu. iu.ru-- wc double as much . as tney clnldren of tlie laboring classes in the agn- mOTQ'B administration. cultural and mechanic arts, and which bill . Kem it fa people, , passed Congress and was only prevented be- fhat in the better days of our government, it coming, a law by the President's veto. " VM oons-de-jed the duty of the Representative !. nnhlif. nparp. hefnrehe rru- K4Ar siuQ Anrntr hiatwovears U1F'..S f"-' -r V, 7 -- at a cost to the people oi .1 J.11-IM nirr-rluA-d no Wll and made no epeech for the benent 01 v. cuiatea -w aiarm eveirv .wmvuw?. $83,000,000 last year,! they will made a speech, in thef enite.tohow fulfill his'own horrificr prophecy, at that Fillmore s Admintstration.e tof agt bj tic end of the present year, the: pountrworeihaA PalkalP? .ven iflfTev had not 1 done so, and the accuracy, of his figures as cpai.n- tchedw$ 100,000,001" of -mott; IV ed in that speech, we,.do not. prbjpose ry hat haVe mmocrat to say at present to comment, .but merto io tfei -nave"th'eir ledders been sin call attention to his. argument, Hiow, and consistent,? ;lThe facts' we; mg wuvmpiicy. ,.vi.v.w tiaye stated are beyona dispute. ine wicked extravagance -pf, the. prent inferences wluch' logically flow'' from Administration tp be far grpateftihan it,--'. r A us irreiistifde, I What I .ilV-V V . . . --- .-- - , speeches near us since, bnt-saiV We take it fc ir grnhted, tberef would not remain mum upon.thq subject. ice m Congress, at a h hmself js honest in what he .than,.x tnousana aouars, hTTT promised to do, then sirs, I do not iU and made no epeech for the benefit of r ' t guell a ' le in an y this District. ' A Tw-Uv T r- . , y. n. ; legisiauve uuu. Ac it 4cAw XUreoph, .1 iV.. .lo T ,.hl rlr nnd Tl,t A, -1,80.1., W e.- " ormous appropriations for the Army and - rneet . lies willfully. 1U f-.W .v.j -7 ,- : 1 corruptly, and knowingly. 1 have given my reasons ior treat ing Esq. Glenn, and the balance of the mill owners as I did, because they -.. T..r.Ti hrmYr.il.le. and resnectable n w . .v-- , - ;vr men: and I had no cause to treat them CK.WM.M.V. --J.T ,T.l fA .i. :n Je i ItforB the People, , to give an account of Ji, stewardship; but otherwise;, and 1 muiK iue reason, epre- is-on- "were during Fill- July 23. 1859. . Messrs. Editors : We, the undersign ed, citizens of Surry and Yadkin coUn4 ties, do certify, that we were at the Hotel tax-gathering in Surry county on the 13th, and did hear the discus sion between Messrs. L. J. Norman and W. H. A. Speer, and at no time in the discussion did Speer say that there was money at the helve to bribe, and that the supreme court would be bought up; and if he said any such thing we did not hear it, and the re port and certificate of Speer having said any such thing is false and un true that he never cast any reflec tions on the supreme court whatever. (Signed:) J. S. CLAYWELL, JOHN H. HUNT, E. D. NICHOLSON, E. P. WOODRUFF, was ever charged upon any ot rtprer haye politicjano gouy economists, decessors. In alluding to .Inspection frap fairminded, -pqtriotiCron in support of Gen. Pierc, Mr. .Uoind, ,men of a1 pmrtiWlffttfay to! these the, editor, says : . J ,'' facts and thege inferences? We. pause Dut wcxt, uic ifu0 u m.i pu- for a Tcplv.JSashviut Manner cracy, with whom, we were then uiited, and co-operating, in , denouncinand ' TW iVecent sneech at Charlott&ville opposing the 'enormous extrayaace' V-jlon. A. II." II." Stewart ijhdwed of a Whig administration-werehey thai instead of the adihinlstration' of equally smcere, pr have they bena at tfm -Fillinorp being rc-,-pons"ible for the all consistent in their course? Ius heavy outlays on the public buildings, examine the record, m order togtet a v f)nr.raevhatl departed fromtl LI UL111U.1 AUOnVA W vl Uww vi ... 1 riMflO OTn Otrkf"lTlf,fl Tl f 1 1 lM 1 First,. there was Gen. Pierce fnen- thZrV'.K Mr. Stuart: tioned by name, only as the repr isen- s;t to' Washington recently put lam m tative head of hU party,) who, gifted pOSSesfeion of these facts; amj 'that upon the wave which the "cry " of fiig Bnce ;ie was SecreUrjf f the Interior extravagance and Democratic iww- thp authorities were pacing for tho one my had raised, was swept, into f Wr item off flagging $2,50. per footwjuch oh its crest. It had been the "ct " of gtuaH himself had. bargained or . at him ana oi.rns party, tna xir. .im: 9-r.jnt ner toot- a luue lnereaJHJ iu C trII I1IUI lli:;ll .-ft..-..;. -. ."!..- 01 v?yV.vyW' JaYonteoi z.zs perj 1001. more's expenditure annum 'wa3 enormously extra vaint, and, unless reduced (as they pKf ged TlieMechants of New Tork have themselves to reduce it,) would-eTY nsented Lieutenant llaury,U.: S. N., 1 speedily ruin the ;country; he it reeinv witb 'T,OO0,4 as a mark of their appre i bered having lieen 'xcKenj'yiin- cl atlon of Ms labors in behalf of com- AARON WOODRUFF, ! crease of 100 per cent, in every j jrtod J merce and navigation! ' " - .if ' - .! , I vr.r ..11 nnroiiirtiApn nnnns. That GenvLead, at each session during his that the modern Democracy hide ana conceal 0iT -V, ; " "f d effort to mUrr ten years' service in the State Legislature, in- from the people thetxue amount, and tne od- mj. '" ! r. "T . .,..' .u,J,i. i.;n,: ;.kw.. fi..ffKi.i, n,.; is exnended. sent me? I am no candidate, lti iruuuceu.aiitt auiy iui uuiuouuvug w,,. ..v.. i.v.,,..r- j . ., -1 our Senators and requesting our Eepresenta- . Keep it before the People, tiyes in-Congress to demand our share of the That if Gen-Xeach is elected, he will sustain public lands, whereby the people f orth the fresident when right, and will, boldly WILLIAM BURCH, M. T. GREENWOOD, HENRY D. MOSLEY, JERO. HENDRICKS, JOHN A. MOCK. ly, .Messrs. Editors, for the purpose of, at the rate jf 83. per cent, per annum. But whenjpen. A national t.ncamptnent of the- Sons rC. r .1 ,' 11 .1 ' JL . -.rirn. . :ii Mrnn.driM-An this 91st Jrierce, at tne neaa 01 tup. par. y,, 01 01 uan.i--v ""r" "rigid economy' t came intp:powei did of July, at the Falls 0f Minnehaha: i tney redeem tneir pledges, ana their expenditures? Far from uce On Messrs. Editors: Urge every pat- the contrary, during the-four yors of prejudicing . tne minos 01 m , ; -. it1 ; Himmiation. instead of ridinr, lie nas tne ngni name, i nut 10 v io c --0 w against me 4- A man' in Buffalo, jNYv, is. aboutv to walk sixty hours (without 'sleep or rest, for $200. - -t ii'-' ;y.-
Iredell Express (Statesville, N.C.)
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