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Oft the lOth of October. 18fJ9.Ufl' "Work
kg Mesri Association f rWa)MC0unty7" a
moat intelligent and respectable body ofcrti
JBeoB, issued to thV people of the Statt,van Ad
vdrees in which iherpdrttayed tbeliideu
liortvi j inequality of (Air presejitTax syBtein,
and jftjrtuitU the most irrefragable arguments
why it should be changed. T;he Asapeiatiori
is composed Of tax-payers ' helongiiig tojall
parties; and -Waa 'organized to obuinjf poesi
MsVstmple pasties in the laying of taxes.
VemandUng IHajt slaves and lands shall be
" taxed vd valorem? or according to value, j We
furnish the following eittactjfrom tine of the
, awphleta of flie Association! which wehave
ria ourboesession: f ' r "
,4Jb hut tax bill has. fuJl convinced ' ua
"twine great and inci-easine importance ofrhis
subject, and the urgent necessity of bo reform
, . lug i be evBtera that the burden should be e-
qua! ly borne. Of its importance wearesat-
:' isnej mat yon are areo convinced, x or j uie
" oppresaire inequality and unjustnesfl iff' the
Y-vtteitt we invite your attention td the follow
ing illustrations from the last )ublished re-
port fron toe Comptroller off public accounts.
py reference to-. Mr. Brogden reporf to
the last' General Assembly, (it ' will be eeen
- that the aeffregate yaluatian of 26,133,063
acre of land, listed under the revenue bill of
''4850-7 for taxation; waa $8p,075,771 or a
' Lout $3 29 per acre. Thiflj added to the val-
r uation of town property, eivea a total of
$7,842,481, which paid into the State Treas
ury, as taxes tbereon, the sniii of $14150,
(omitting fractions.) .-'JThe aggregate of taxes
pnfd by the polls listed at tjie eame time was
lt)8,074, 6f which black Utta paid 75,4f.2.
' ; and free polls $32,588." Tlile number of black
? L polls given in was 150,i24 a";nnmberj bv
the way, greatly below thai returned in the
' Census of 1830; according) to -which, there
were in the'Stae, in JuneJl850, about 1G4,
1)00 taxable black 'polls. The blaek poljs re-
turned in 1858, at alow valuation, were worth;
" in round numbers, $13G,00u,0u0. And if our
slave population bad increased in the same
.ratio since 1850 that it did during tile ten
years previous thereto, (and theta is every
.. reason to believe the iucease, from many
eausea, has hceu much greater,) the total
Viiunaber of slaves in the State at this tirite
; would be 338,54. This ould leave 187,613
"elaves untaxed, worth, alt 'a low estimate,
ISCT.BO!, making tlti aggregate- ialua
tkio of tlxe tslave propertyjin the State $248,-;
567,800,' This atuount ojf property paid into
. the" Stae Treasury in 1858, for the protection
" it wy,' which, in our opinion, in its dupli
- : cate capacity of projerty land perf-ous, far ex
- ceeda that thrown around a;tiy other species
.," of property by our laws, ihe sum of S7o,4G2,
0. little more uan i< tliie amount paid by
vf97,842,48l worth of rear estate. Is there
any reason why such a discrimination should
Hue made between these two species of pro
' perty? - Why is it tliat 1,000 worth of land
; hould pay, as it did under the tax bill of
1856-7, $1 50, while.l,000 worth of slave
I 'property paid only 50 ceints? Jn our opin
) ' " don there is no just and ood reapon for sach
'inequality ;' if there is, we have yet to hear
it advanced. ' "
jiAgain i The tax on interest ieceived,ka
4ounted to $70,774. Tli-is sura is paid "on
Labout, 31,08000 of money loaned. Thus
it is seen that our system requires $31,989,
000 leaned, or otherwis-i bearing interest, to
: I pay"S larger amount of (taxes into the Trea.
I. nry than $248,507,800 worth of slave proper
ty. Is there any cause (why J,000 in nio
Ii ey at interest, rentricteit by our law 'in its pro
ifuctivenfss a$60 per atiiium, ebould be niade
to pay $2 40 for the jf-tluction it en'ioys.
! while 1,000 in slave property, unrestricted
i in its production, paid 50 cents, and 1,0')0 in
;land liid$l 50? Under our Lill of liights,
: ho man or set of men ale entitled to exclu
niye or separate emoluments or privilcrts
- from their neighbors, except for food anii just
reasons. Why cannotlthis just, fundamen
tal principle be extendoil in its application
Jikewfrte to property, arjother iuijiortant ele
nent constituting a Staite'.'
I Again: ine pronts or cajntai invested in
t-team vessels,' in stocks' of any kind, in fhares
h any incorporated br trading company
wueuier in or qui oi ue otaxe, bonus ol an-
Kther State, and bank dividends, paid, in 1 858,
511,043. This tax wae collected on about
200,p00 of profits. Ii 1850, according to
the last Census, there was in North-Carolina
more than $9,00O,OU0 if annual production,
:MTnsing from manufactures, ; mining and me-
;njuiic ane, ai a pronLOl d-i per cent., or over
S3,0p0,000. :.: We have- no data from wliir-h
. to estimate, the increasc.of this annu.il pro
eduction, since that tiiri, though we know it
: 1 has been considerable .J Why our legislators
excepted this very considerable amount cf
profit Irom paying taxfes we cannot lei'.- If
- the protits on the almnal production of capi
, ital invested in varioqa ways is to bet ta'x-
, edand-it 6urely ough, why not tax those. of
- all productive investnents '?
'. Agai n ; Under qur peculiar "system,
! ; and it w without precedent, peculiar
in many rot peels, theVo was paid into
the State Treasury the sun-, of $12,370
. by a pcrtion of the labor and industry
Icofour citizens. : This tax 'on the euer
- gy, enterprise and brains of the coin--jnunity;
which should receivo iu its. de
. ' veopmcnt the fostering care and pro
tection of our law-makers so far as jks
'.r wblo, amounts' to about one-sixth of the
. ttttm paid, as we hfve shownby $248,?
567,b00 wvrth of one spet-ies of proper
tr. We are satisfied that this distinc
i tire feature in purj revenue system is
80 unjostly oppressive, so utterly sul
0 verifive of every tasonab!e and' estab
lished principle Oi apolitical econemv,
and so Openly at war with the best i'n
tertsts ofour Static, that it requires no
. . illustration in detail to convince you
ihat a rcfoi m at last in this respect is
: imperatively demanded. Still, that
; -j you may nioro ibrpib 'y comprehend its
.unjusiness and. In equality, let us for n
moment look to its operation. Every
citizea except ministers of the. G'o&pol
- and our Judges, (md wbycxempi the
latter, when all oher State officers .an
T taxed J) whose annual income from
their labor is o've $500, paid, as a tax,
1 pr cent, on their respeeuve receipts
. The cerk, tho doctor, the mechanic,
tho lawyer, the pferseer, your county
officers, oven one, though by untiring
industry ana ktiijting economy ihey
" may be' barelj- able to. Minport their
' faiuijiea, paid intq the Treasury- of thV
State 1 upon cvry hundred. do!a!rs
received,; The foreman in tbo nvdrk
f frhop, if in the receipt of $500 as wages,
paid, besides his poll tax, five dollars
to the sheriff; wlule.his neighbor, Own
ing ten s ave medianics at work in the
ame shop at the jycarly wages of $ 2,
500 or more, paid'to the Sheriff only
live dollars and hts poll tax.- The'over-
r I tr, with 20 hand wider him', makr
;; ing lor his enipoyer 10,0 bags of cotton,
worth.jOUO,' receiving six hundred
V,', , dollars, paid six dollars, and tho : eai-
" ployer, tor that "which; produced - him
f v 5,U00 paid ten dollars.' Theemidovees
of,onr different jliailroad Companies
each pay 1 per cent, on their receipts,
if tby amount to $500; the individual
r etockholdertj, though they may receive
0 or per cent.- act their investment,
' amounting in the aggregate to a large
-sum, pa", with t'eyr exceptions, noth
ing. . The plpik, n the receipt of 5(00
per annum, paid seven dollars to the
Htate ; his employer with $100,000 of
State bpnda tn his safe, yielding him
f6;00Q cr, annum, paid nothing.
- These illustrations might b indefinite
ly multiplied, la 1834, bur Eieeutive,
in Us message to the General Asscm:
bly, reviewing our revenue system, re
marks thus upon the Inequality: then
existing : "The poll tax on the' day la
borer and the capitalist is precisely the
same ; and it sometimes happens, that
the latter, likelhe former, is subject to
uo otner species pi comnDutiorr. 1 in
the one case' it is an onerous imtiosi-
tion :Jn thettKer, a- ,tax :& thonaind
fold greater might occasion iio "sensi-
rde .inconvenience:. If in X831a rea-
Bon existed " for c6m plaining against
the inequality ot the system, how much
more have' -we to complain of now,
when the poll . tax, though much in
creased', i Dut'a di op in the bucket,
compared to that assessed on our la
bor, , .-. . :';." ! , ... .J:
Az&ini Ihe amount paid by mer
chants und others engaged in selling
goods, wares and , merchandize, "was
37,881. ' This sum was' levied on $1L-
365,000- of purchases; it making no
di'erence under our system whether
the same was ever sold, or ever return
ed the purchasing dealerany profit or
notr .This amount is move than half of
that paid-by S24S,56700 worth of
slaves, and nearly half as much as was
paid by, $3 1,989,000 of money at inter
est, 'l bis ovr ,881 is paid, not by tne mer-
cnants tnomselves, nut, as everyone
knows, by the consumers a large por
tion of 'vhom are those very nien who
pay 1 per cent, of their wages into the
State Treasury. i.Qf this merchants' tax,
dealers in ready-made clothing paid 1
I per cent, ontheirpnrchases-ten doljars
i' . !i trn iL i-.J'i
iur every ?i,uw worm yi guous jouuguu
further, 40y,000 (m round numbers
biuployed in the purchase-r-(not sale)
ol liquors, paid 0,448 tax, or .5 per
cnt. on the amount biuht. Further
still, 384,000 employed in buying and
selling slaves, paid 1,279 ; 893,000
employed in other trade, paid $1,780.
Upon ' what principle of adjustment
these tarious rates were agreed to. we
are unable to ascertain. If some were,
intended to operate, in the nature of
sumptuary laws, we are of the humble
opinion that our legislators did not give
that time and attention to the consid
eration of the subject, demanded by its
importance and its ultimate effects.
Again: 01,952,400 worth of carriages,
buggies and other vehicles, most of
which are as necessary at this day to
the comfort and convenience of our cit
izens, especially those out of our own
towns, as their sugar and coffee are,
paid 19,524, or on per cent, on their
assessed value, and a greater sum than
was paid on '$11,706,7 10 of town pro
perty. Further, 2,150 pianos certainr
ly as much an article of luxury as the
bugy of the farmer which conveys his
Wile to church, paid $3,225, or of one
per cent, on the cost, estimating that
cost at two hundred dollars each.
These palpable and unreasonable in
consistencies and unjust discrimina
tions might be multiplied, until every
source tram which our revenue- is tie
rived would, in the illustration, be ex
hausted.; The limits of this address
and your patience forbid any further
(fitai's. To more fuHy substantiate
tle justness of, our complaint, we will
rcpeat the rates as above exemplified.
Under the tax bill of 1856-7
$1 iO0 worth of lauil paid
1KH1 Uvrs
1.D00 in nimiey loaned paid
, 1,000 of divldeud and profit paid
1 .000 in lulxir and inrtn-try "
1 0K) is good purchased "
l,0iiA iu clothing "
1.0t!0 in liquors t
1.0(a) of capital in buying alavea, paid
l.ttou other trad-.!, "'
l.(tOi) worth of bnggi, carriages, 4c, paid
1,00!) pianos paid
$1 60
2 40
10 00
3 33
10 00
r5 oo
3 33
2 00
7 50
Such are some of the inequalities of
our existing revenue system. We ask
vou, can it be defended '( Can any con
sideration, except self-interest, urtre a
solltai 3- argument in favor of its con-1
tinuauee: To every tax payer in the
State -we address ourselves, and appeal
to them for an ansver after mature de
liberation." Speaking of the Democratic Plat
lorm the Raleigh Register says: "But J
it is to a vital matter of State concern
that we wish to call the especial atten
tion of our readers the following isj
one of the planks of this ricketty plat-
form : ' j
11. Jltnlvcd. That we are: opposed to dis!
turbinw any of the sectional compreJBises.ol'.
our Constitution, State or National, arid thai
we especially deprecate the introduction ai
lh;; tune by the Opposition party of KortH j
Carolina into our btate politics of a qtiestiori
of constitutional amendment affecting, the
basis upon which our revenue is raised, bej
lieving it to be premature, impolitic, dangers
ou8 aid unjust ; at the same time - we deem i,
the duty of the Legislature when passingact
for the raising of revenue, so to adjust taxa
tion 3 to bear as equally as practicable withv
in the limits of the Constitution, upon th
various interests and classes of property inali
sections 01 the rotate.
Now, when it is remembered tha
this party was the first to "disturb the
compromises-of the Constitution":-i
that the fact is notorious that a ver
large number .of them their Organ!
the llalttgh &tan4ardy among th
number were for an alteration of the
Oonstifntionby legislative amendl
mcnts, so as to secure ad valorem taxi
ation and when, it is well known thai
if the Whigs had failed in their Con
vention to advocate an alteration of
the Constitution' for the purpose abov&
indicated the Democrats would have
come foi'StJ with the proposition, w
cannot be charged with a want of char
ity, fov saying that tjlie prate, about
altering the Constitution or disturbing
its compromises is all sheer humbug
and an attempt to dupe Hhe people.
But let U3 look at' this resolution a lit4
tie more closely. ! The resolution "deprecates-the
Introduction" aV this timel
by the Opppsition'party of North Ja"r
olina into our -State politics of a ques-l
tion of - Constitutional amendment af4
fecting the basis on which our reVentte;
is raised, believing it to be pretnature5,!
impolitic, dangerous and unjust ; at the
same time we believe it to be tho dutv!
of the Legislature; when passing acts
for the raising of revenue so to adjustf
taxation as to bear as equally as pos-f
sjoie-wiiiim tne limits ot tne rconstituM
tion, upon the Various interests ond
classes of. property in sections of the:
estate. We are net disposed to be
byporcritipal wnen ?we have so much!
that is the subject of fair criticism to?
deal itith; but ; we fake leave to tell the!
authpre of the above resolution, that
by using the wrft-'ttyematwre" they!
h,ate conceded that the alteration off
the Constitution for the'purpose gf se
curing adhvlorem taxation in. a rreri
question of t im ith hem-that the1
time mil come when they will be ready
to '"disturb the compromises of the
Constitution'' which i they are now so
careful of, and o; alter it us to place
negro property upon an exact Tooting
ot equality, as iar as Dearing ine uur
thlns of taxation is concerned, with
the rest of the property of the State,
Again, with 'what reason ..can these
Democrats speakof a measure as "un-
jut,' ' and yet,hy using the word "pre-
m&ture. mj in substance tnat wtien
in their opinion the proper time arrives
thjey will resort to it, "unjust", as jit
may be; and turther, we ask, why
wulcl the measure be more unjust now
thjin when they trill be ready to advo
cate it; epme two, . four, six, eight, or
ten years hence ? Are not these men
or the horns of a dilemma, from which
thlere is no chance of escape for them?
But once, more, if there can be a time
wjien equality, of taxation can be just
ly; resorted to, it is . this - very present
titiwr "when, for the purpose of meeting
tne state ueot, taxes are, in we course
of constant and rapid increase, and
this is the time when equality, of tax
ation would stop the just complaints
of those who protest against the junjust
discrimination made in favor of slave
property, by the present Constitution.
But to go on the latter part of the
resolution proposes to raise revenue by j
tixes which will bear as . equally as
possible upon all the subjects of taxa
tion vrithinthe limits of the Constitution.-
j Now, we ask the reader to note two
tilings : 1st. These Democrats are
rpady to lay the burthens of taxes e
qfcally on all subjects of taxation in the
Htate, save audi except slave property,
f4r that property Z cannot, "within-the
limits of the Constitution,' be subject
ed to, equal burthens, and the Demo
cracy think it would be "premature"
jst now, so to alter the Constitution
as to make slave property pay an equal
ajmount of taxes according to its value
with other property.
I 2d. What becomes now of all Gov.
Wilis' tremendous criticism and corrus
cating within his speech on Friday
night when he said the Whig platform
ould tax child's toys, and medicines,
and spoons, and forks, &c, &c, when
Ike has accepted, and now stands upon
4 platform which proposes to taxequal-
all interests and classes of property
n all sections of the State, save and
xcept Slave Property ? VV e will thank
is liXcellencv it he will send us a
Special "message, and tell us how he
will g6t out of this fix ? We call his
Special attention to this matter, and
rill await patiently his answer.
Gov. Ellis's Speech.
It is seldbm that we have rad a
more undignified and less truthful
tiarangue than that delivered by the
jovernor of North Carolina to his
larty friends who had just nominated
lira for re-election. We copy it in
mother column.
As a specimen of dignity, see the
very small and twice repeated asser
tion that the Opposition Convention
jwhich lately met in Raleigh was "a
iband of suneranuated. disannointed
foiiuuitiiis, aucieiit oiuce seekers,
&c. , V hat a pitiful exhibition of spite,
against a body of two hundred and fif
ty respectable citizens of North Caro-
una, wno naa assembled to exercise
the dearest rights of freemen, and who
would probably have escaped the de
nunciations of txov. lilhs, and bean re
garded by him as marvellous proper
men, it tney naa assembled to nomi
nate him. Let the reader pass over
in his mind the numerous eminent men
who ,were prominent actors in that
Convention, who have served their
oountry in public and bear unblem
ished reputations in private, "and then
let him say if such men were fit sub
jects for the low and little aspersions
of the Governor of the State, merely
because they happen to differ from him
m politics, and were assembled to
nominate a gentleman to oppose him
for the high office! which he fills. It
seems to us that a centleman ofanv
delicacy of feeling or nobleness of
heart would treat a body assembled
for such1 an object with most scrupu
lous courtesy, even supposing its mem
bers to bef less deserving than thev
were of the' respect of the Governor of
the State.- His sneers at those mpn
of age and experience and wisdom and
patriotism, remind us of a passage in
the Book of Kings, where it is recor
ded that a parcel of irreverent "little
children," (tHe " Young America" of
that day,) mocked the prophet Elisha,
" and said unto him, Go up, thou bald
head ; go up; thou bald head." Be
fore the Summer ends, our present
Governor; who thus sneers at age, may
meit, politically, a fate like theirs.
As a specimen of the recklessness
of truth in this harangue, ' see the as
sertion that the opposition party
"mainly consists" of superanuated,
disappointed politicians. The party
mainly consists, as all parties do, as
every candid manrwIU admit, of young
andr middle aged," not superannuated
men j ancfcso far !from any, party in
North Carolina'; mainly "consisting of
disappointed politicians', it would Scar
cely be true to assert that one in fifty
of any pjarty in North Carolina had
ever aspired to political 4 distinction.
We are not. "among those who ever
asked or desired or expected -office,
and we think that, in the main, the
post of honor is the private station ;"
but it ill becomes one who, like Gov.
Ellis, has been 86 often a candidate
and has lived upon the public e ver
since he grew to manhood, to indulge
in any reproach of those who, like
himself, have aspired to.political hon
ors or emoluments. '...-
AAgain: Gov: Ellis says, " He re
gretted that the grave body of antiqu
ated politicians and office 'seekers,
which assembled a short time since,
h,ad said, thai they perceived no differ
ence between Bbclc Bepablicahs and
Democracy."- The Governor might
have epared his regrets: no such thing
vat said; it is a fiction of his own.
Further:) Gov. Ellis makes a stjidied
effort to place J Black Bepublicans,
Freesoilers apd Oppositioiists" upon
the same footing,1 as holding the same
opinfons and advocating the same mea
sures. If i there were no insinuated
falsehood in this of which the gentU
man shoujf be ? ashamed, there is im
policy in it, of which the Qovernor
ought not to have been guilty ; for, if
he is believed at all by the iJlack Ke-
punncans ; ana jreesoiiers, tne enect
must, be to encourage them - with the
false and delusive hope that the Op
positionists of North Carolina are their
friends, which no man with either pa
triotism or honesty can assert or be
lieve. - .. V : -
Once more: Gov. Ellis said -
l The ancient office seekers who met
here on the 22d of February last,
nominated two candidates "for the
Presidency from this State. - There
arelready in 'nomination for this of
fice, bv this party, sixty-six candi
dates, and yet they say the Democrats
want all the offices,
Surely no man who heard Gov. El
lis was quite so ignorant as not to
know that this 'assertion about 66 can
didates was a fiction. It is about one
sixteenth part true, that is, four per
sons are already in nomination, viz :
jiessrs. wanata, Jtiunt, ieii, ana urit
tenden. it .L
And finallypffor the present.) Gov
Ellis said
"That party also advocates infernal
improvements, and yet they selec.
man to enunciate and detend their
platform who has invariably voted a
gainst every- railroad proposed to be
built during his term of service in- the
Legislature." -
.We' have not now a copv of the
Journal to search out Mr. Pool's votes,
but the Editor of the Western Advo
cate, who attended both the two last
Legislatures as a Reporter for the
press, and therefore had peculiar fa.
cinties tor knowing, nas a copy and
AW-
says,
"It has been said that his record as
to the West is very bad ; upon exami
nation we learn from the journals that
he voted for the bill to allow- county
subscriptions to the .French Broad
Road, that he voted for the bill to a
mend the charter of the Wilmington
and Kutherford Road, that he also vo
ted for the Western Extension bill
If the Governor of the State thus
sets an example of misrepresentations
of facts, what may we not expect frOm
the less exalted organs of the party?
The fountain being foul, the stream
will not be pure. Fay. Observer.
Scarcity of Printing Paper.
A New York correspondent of the
New Orleans. Courier, thus writes res
pecting the scarcity of material out of
which printing paper is manufactured,
and the necessity of looking to some
new source for a supply :
The demand for printing paper has
brought a new material into notice,
from which very good paper is made,
and which deserves to be widely known
to our southern . friends. It is sugar
cane, from which the juice has been
pressed,) after having passed through
the rollers of a sugar mill. It is
called, in the South, bagasse. On all
estates where mills are driven hy
steam, refuse of the cane is used as
fuel ; but on those estates where horse
power is used as the motor, the bagas
se may be had very cheaply. But, if
t,his hbery-texture may be employed
in the manufacture of paper, we are
led to inquire if there are not other
stalks, leaves or roots, from which
this necessary article can be made.
Florida and other; sections of the
South, no doubt contain vegetable tex
tile materials, growing wild, which, on
a proper trial might be found valuable
materials for the production of paper.
Every year 4he supply of rags be
comes less abundant. Many of otir
paper-mills have for some time past,
been supplied with linen mummy-rags
from Egypt, but the supply from this
quarter is on the decrease, and in a few
years, we will find ourselves in want
of'tags, and, consequently, of paper.
It is M orth while to examine the sou
thern wild shrubs, and bring the ba
gasse into use. -.
Late From Europe.
The annexation . of Savoy to France
has been definitely settled by treaty.
, The. Reform, bill continues under
consideration in Parliament. .
A squadron of four vessels, headed
by the screw steamer Hero, is to ea
cort the Prince of Wales to Canada.
The London , Times strongly recom
mends'' the, Prince to take a tour
throughout the United States, a.nd
feels sure, if he will visit Washington
and the President of tie United 'States,
he will he properly, appreciated.
Mrs. Jameson, tne authoress is
dead. ' 7;p ' '
Florence Nightingale continues se
riously ill. Prayers are daily offered
for herj restoration, in " the Garrison
chapels. , -:
The Municipal Councils of Nice
have voted in opposition. to annexa
tion.'1 "i -.J " . . :
The commercial i r e a ty hetween
France and England; is in full opera
tion. : ' ' ", j . he ' ""'-.;
The Paris Bourse had been much
depressed, but closed firmer at 67.90.
The Armenian; provinces voted in
favor of annexation to France. V.
The Pope of Rome has excommuni
cated Victor Emanuel. . .-' ?
"Austria has declined to renew diplo
matic relations with Sardinia.
A sail inrolvinsr the title ' of th p 1
hole city of San Francisco, is to balSTX ,"r?ansm?f
commenced in the Supreme Court at
Washington next Monday.4 The claim
is made under a "Mexican grant to a
Catholic Priest,? and the case rests
npon .the genuineness of Jthe grant.
There is a fornpdabhv array of emi
nent lawyers on he hide of the claim
ant. r . '
Latest from Zlexlco. ' . . -J"-:
' " Pensacola, April 6.
The latest dales' from yera Criix in
forms ns thatrMiratnon" iad commeii-
ced withdrawing his j forces" from be-
ore the valla of that city on the morn
ing of thecSlstu-of Marcfe,f : Juarea
iorces were sy ueany vuk vi puwuc
that it 'was believed that if iliramon
had remained but a little 'longer he
pould,havp jcaptured he city y
On the evening of the z6d Marcn
the. steamship - Indianola brought to
tne ancnorage on tne city a narK, wmcu
she had captured tb the Southward, in
the neighborhood of AlvaradoV'"
The bark bore bpanish colors, and
was professedly bound for GalvestonV
Texas. !r She ' gave ' as ian excuse for
being found sojieaira Mexican port
that her compass was in a disordered
condition. She -is thereby suspected
of being the "third vesssel mentioned
m the intercepted dispatches oTGen.
Miramon, as having supplies jfor that
General. -'
The steamship Indianola has been
purchased by Juarez, and placed in
the service ot the government.
, . ; What's the Difference?
A large portion of the Democratic
party Seuth say that Douglas is nq
better than Seward ; whilst the Nash
ville Union and American calls him a
political gambler" Now we would
like to know the difference in support
ing: such a man as Douglas and a pro
fessed .Black Republican.. -The only
umerence we van see is, tnat jjougias
wotld give the spoils of office to Demo-?,
crats, whilst J3e ward or any other Re?
publican Vould not. Is not that the
only. difference tJAVe tell the honest,
yeomanry of - the democratic party
that their leaders have noj other mo
tive in governing their political ac
tions than the spoils of office, and nine
tenths of them could be bought up any
day for a consideration. Richmond
Whig. "
an aw
EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON,
EDITORS AKD PROPRIETORS.
STATESVILLE,
. y O
FRIDAY, APRIL, 13, 18 CO.
Our Terms:.
T
HE "IREDELL EXPRESS" U published upon the fol
lowing Tekjis, from which tltr witl ! no deviation.
Subscribers therefore will govern theraaelree accordingly.
1 copy one year, ii paid in advance, ft 00 ;
If paid within 3 months, . 2 25 ;
If paid within 6 months, 2 50 ;
If not paid till the end of the subscript Ion year, 3 00.
. Justice Demands that Like "Values in Staves
Should Pay, Equal Taxes with Lands and oth
er Taxable Property.
PEOPLE'STICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR, ? -
JOHN POOL,
OF PASQUOTANK. .-
Democrats' Opinions of Democracy.
Tl. - i- II : i a -ix
auc junwwiiig la wnai democrats nave
said of Buchanan-Douglas- EHja-Deroocracy
as it was, as it is, and as it ever wilL be, so
long as the party shall maintain power. We
invite the attention of honest Democrats to
examine the record. Not a-word of it was
uttered by any but Democrats, who had be
come disgusted with the corruptions of their
party : .-.-
Senator Irerson, of Georgia, sneak
tng of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, .nd
its consequences, says
The loss of Kansas was th legitimate and
inevitable fruit of the Kansas Nebraska Act.
Even Gov.wPierce put over Kansas a
whole batch of Free Soil Governors, and the
present Administration has followed the ex
ample of its illustrious predecessor. Thus
Kansas was lost to th South." Vt
Senator Toombs, on the floor of
Congress, said
"I do not believe to-day, there is as corrupt
a-.fjrvernment under the heavens as that of
the United States."
The Charleston "Mercufy-' says
io conciuae tne wnoie niattei Naaonal
Derobcrapy iscorrppt, vacillatxng and fak-e;
it wears the garbofeanctit?, that hideous de
formities may be concealed ; it "woos but to
rum, and wins but to destroy.-"- "
Ex-Gov;, Foote, of Mississippij says
"In fact the Democratic party' now in ex
ietence, i dishonest, corrupt and imbecile in
the extreme, confessedly so.. Party organs
anfl party leaders openly avow it the Wash
ington VStates" liad reoeatedlr charged it.
and had exposed the peculations, frauds, and
to.etts otfctovernment omciaU.
Gov. Wise, of Virginia, says -
"I would proteet her" (the Soutli) "from
ihe authors of Kansas Nebraska Acts,
from" the false protection of Non-intervention;
&om tha Lecjuuipton ' policy "which had
not the-wisdom even of Esop'a cock io the fa-
ble i-from the Compromise of F.ncrliah : Rilla
which tripped us of every particle of pres
tige wnicirwe naa leu, is tn south .
isany portion of our'conntry in a situation to
rush into war wars invited by the Prrsident
with three .European and fie American pow
ers? Are w to be a grand ConsolidatedV
elective North and South imperialism. ?"- V
Hon. Pierre Sottle., of-Xouisianai
!jiW.e taeaa to disentangle oureeWes from
the thraldorn in which we have been kept' for
years oy an unprincipled gang-of political
"peeulators and blacklegs. That the time
has. come. for . os to assume that position ia
made manifest bt the disgnet with which the
more patient and endurinj: in eurmidsthave
witnessed the scandalous and,r revolting cor ,!
rurrtion and fout dealing introduced ia our
party proceedings, under the direction 'and
management of the few miscreants who claim
absolute control over it - .. M J - '.i .
. The Charleston "Mercury" again
says.. , ! 'r-4
"The existing organization ealling Itself
uo vju'cibujciii ui wjo tju i Leu oiaiej?, wiin
its Abolition a?kation and Ststxaxen'
no more like the government established ly
the Constitution than the . Roman Republic
under Augustus Ceesar was Eke the Botnaa
Republic under Scipib, will etroggle hard for
ita perpetuation. Nothing but th instinct
? Klf prwerration, & the higher impulse of
it. But the contest is lnevitable--fbr it ham
been gathering fox thirty years.' : .' , ,
At a Democratic meeting in Jfew.
Orleans last year, the following was
adopted,"yiRt " ; ' w
t Holdmgf in peculiar detestation' the .em.
ployment o Federal patronage afad. Federal
power, to. influence or control political result
in the several States in the Union, for the
benefit of Individuals or of factions, we pro-
sw mm
claim undvinz opposition alike to such icfiu-
encefl, and the evil-disposed, venal "and i&d 1
men or wnom w as ongiaaieu, ueieuae ya
Ex-Got. 4.dams, Of bduth varoli
says--V itv'v;! r- -.- . '
-.'riuetiassword. hereafler, it seeraSr hi no
janonai imocracyio wnicn - wi' i
indebted for the lYoclamation Force-lW
V iolatiotf of the Tariff Campromise-4he
sent Tariff the Wilmot Proviao -the losifof
California the dismemberment of Texas-in
ADuaai expenauuxt oi seventy miuion8-3UO-
A 1 1 i . . . ' ' t '
mission oi fcoosutution u me people of JgAn
eas the black catalogue, in hot haste tU -be
enlarged and embellished bv ther admirkion
of Kansas with less than hiaetv three- lou-
...j :.l...l,!t.nii ! : J' ' -. Ti-i
And Mr. Pryor. tfhom tho iMt
ligencer ty ies tne yanant yonng ? Bts
eru oi ui owuvu, uue. eainnera
n . it. . o: 4V. .-; i.:t..-r vf$
Statesin! Washingfonlast j0j;
"From the by ways and r the higliwaW ol
tne uovernmeaine ruuennesa oi corrap jou
senos forth an insufferable stench. :"WhJjae
tie people so ; patient ? Why : slnmbereVth
indignation of the Democracy i , -
A Momentous Danger. J -The
fact is well-known, that tan organza
tion exists throughout tlie Southern tes
whose "Chiefs are leading and- in fitted tia
Democrats, with an. avowed object to diell ve
the Union, and with the Southern, Mtraad
afragment which is to be detached hotaoor
distracted llexieo, forma a Sou then
ercy whichV ;vrhen accomplished, .twjfj be
governed by some niiliitary despot- Tii r-
ganization, the number, of which is ssfl
exceed 30,000, and oath-bound to nefe de
sist till they accomplish, the evil deed are
'scattered oyer the ASooth em ' States,' jioiding
wittun its chanued circle, many ot ll . oWt
influential Democrats and 8worn-in desjpxa
doea all eager for thejeaterprize. Oniiate
ment goes on ta-sayif " No organizatK of
this kind has in, this country comihii)d so
much talent with such immense' financial
resources, and under me present aspect polit
ical affairs, we do not deem it too niu h to
eay that the whole nation may soon be ;ome
interested in the. ultimate labors .of vtije K.
G. C's" (Knights otthe Golden Circie?
This doubtless, will be Fillibustermgapon
a larger scale, and more dangerous-ti f( the
peace of the country; than was ever Mfore
attempted, the chief ol)je.ct. being o f j-eak
up the American Umton l ' The expedition of
Aaron Burr, was nothing iftcoiuparisoi with
these plotters of treason against the 0oh.
Oaths-have been taken by thirty-thd&and
and more men banded together, who ht4itate
not to proclaim their dJabolicarMntttion.
and who assert that (the high Officialafit the
seat of the Federal Government, (meaning
the President and Jii Cabinet omcrs..fi6v-
ernors of States, and members of Congress,
oeiong to.tiie uruec. . . 1 ;
And now, we call upon Gov. MKb; ?deny
that he has jojned (this oath-bound sagocia
tion, having subscribed and paid fund jlo ad-
vauce the objects thereof ? "
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" Important Warning. !Sii.
It iswelI-known tliat the citizens, ol ' south
Iredell for years ha;ve desired a division of
the County, for no Uher reason than.rhe dis
tance which they are forced to trave in at
tending upon the Courts and other puflic bu
siness, in Statesville, is considered 'toi'lgreat
incurring the loss of much time andeavy
expene8. We hae been informed, rntly,
by gentlemen residing in the soutbes por
tion of the County that if a, Railroad, Rising
th rough their section to Statesville wejy con
structed, it would; obviate all desirt Tor a
County division, inasmuch a$ thejf then
would exist uogreiat'eecessity for it. icktead
oT'expending ada to reach Statesvilfllwitii
the outlay 'of a horse, one :hour1ytlfetrain
would fetch" them to1 town, one hoiri land
them at home, aud at corn para lively 'tt ding
xost: Hence the citizens of the souther t por-
Uon of the County have subscribed liberally
for stock in the A.' T. & Ohio Bailrtf
d, in
cen-
tne belief that their feliow-citizetia. Ih'tfi
tral and northern portionsof the Cjjunty
woura go ana ao lKewise. t '
If thisKad ibiould miss SUtesvWfe, it
will wholly apbrffieir expectati and
desires,' and eatirely fail.to set aside th' nec
esity that will still exist wih M?m for divis
ion of the County. make this, t mely
warning, as a maitfcr of too grea unpnce.
to be longer neglected. ' ' ' '-1 :-s :
B- The Raleih Standard persists Tde-
clanng vociferously by tlie" Beard 'Mat
hornet" that Mr.lPool was -a member ' the
a.nw iNotning party, without, iipwve?s ad
vancing a particle of proof to eetabSdlr the
i . - - j. . ... ('.
cnarge more man the standard s Dudetisser
tionl Well, suppose, for the saVe of llrgu
ment that Mr. BSol wasi at any time afnem
ber of a know nothing lodge, what oft ?
The order of Know Kothings, as we inifer'"by
what we have saw published io'. tbe ISand
ard whose Editor must at one pefiod-liave
himself belonged ; to the .order, ''oiberwi Jt he
would not know so Biuch as: he preteV'ls of
themhad for their obje&he jreeertiifiitoi of
,u' i-.iyi.i ruLtv, mi uunestaaministrauOn
of the Government, the enforcement f the
Laws. of, Congress, and Equal Justice all
the States. Is there any thing wrong it&hatt
TbfiStaKdard thfnts so ! says so, wMn " it
condemns the American party. ' ''. '
' Wherein has harm been inflicted Upi the
country by the A uerican -organlzatU !
Were they ever n power ? No ; bugjthey
Were too intensely Iniericario suit thefiiiewg
of modern Demacyr What cartft Las
held pOfier pxt'M'fjmlptmng
to save the country, and where standi the
country this day!!! j Upon the'veeloilfisso
latioa andvuin 1
Who hath done thisiieedl
O Democraev f
thpu art hypocriticaM and
wicked as Beelzebub.'
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Railroad Spirit in- Alexanderil
We, leant tbsft tihe citizens of Alext nder.
unhke the feruwrfrjf Iredell, f?el a int
ereet tf eecure (ibe'A T. A Ml ad to
pass to TeylorsjviUei and hare subibed
25,0qqriB 1 stocfc of the Company! en will
increase- their ubseripdon to $7000r as
much is shall be oeeessary .to build thiroad.
to Taylorsville; We canhui admir i hV wi.
dMir and forecast of our neighbors altblngk'
vueir gain win prove to oe our Jees.
We tave received the K. C. Jhntw
for Ma . Aausualfhe Ranter ifwelt
supplied with a '(u'p(Vajuakfjijtu
few fermerej ' Price SI yeart-Addre4 the
Publisherat Balleigb. ' f.y'fm.-Uz
Capt. Carapbe.! and Lieut.-Jj( t; oi
the,U. Srmy,wBbhad4ri
ingiunong Irjinenm t
"uce inenr reiurn irom utan, nati re
ceived order o j joln jieir !com nt nds
aAid proceeded! hen'ce i H''.ffM
Tho proceedings, in Congre8S,i,;with
the exception of the developments mak.
uig by the InVigalory Couinittees,
"vu mue oi inveiesi. : AiXt xacnanan
wrotd aViolent v'proiet gBtibe
aothori of sCongrestc investigate
niragency; in paisapplying " the public
111 Till M In!" 0lOntlnnnMnM nlL..!
proper; prpoWs bttt
it not, antt proceeds in tha regtilar dia
charge of an important! duty ib tho
' One item, the 'printing' of post office
hlankSj seven bukdred thousand bol-"
lars, it is proved, was paid to favorites
Muajt inan xno worK vasiv'ortn ; We:
will give iho tstimonyjin fthis case
next week. - . - ?:-4 ;- ..
A bill" haB passed thel House, to pro
hibit poligamy in the territoriea.
The Spring 'Term '-of. the Superior
Court for bedell, Judge J., W0sborrie,
presiding, is, in session : alfctesvilje
wv,. AB vurge : aeiiyereq by
his HonorEo the Gratd Inquest bf! the -County
waa; able" and .comprehensive.
The State docket was? cleared1 ebtfrciv
on Monday, and the Civil dockoilwUI'
be fin-shed by Thursday-evening, per
P8 ftwn.tothe rapidity xnth'wliich
hia. Honor dispatches business- :,Judge
Osborne will do credft to the Ermine.
;'. . I . ,. Hot and Dryi";';' "
The thermometer during the forepart
of the present week Vas up to?summer
heai Mondtiithetncrmonterranffed
high asr6 in the snadevjyhile astiff
wind ytds ''bowiiigfjfVpbinVtjoatu.
Ttio high winds that' prevail daily has
rendered Jtbeeartb very; parched and
diy, so much soHharcorn-plariting has
been quite suspended by many tarm-
ers.
Rev. .Daniel Wortli waa tried in Rajidolpir
County last weekcro the charge of circulating
incendiary doenroents )and using 'seditious
language.. He was found. guilty, aad sen
terMjed to.iinpriaonment for "12 - months. A
new; trial was asked for and" refused, and the
counsel for the prisoner took an appeal to the
Supreme Court. The Judge offered to admit
theprieoner to bait in the sum of $2,000, but
being unable to givceenrity for hVappear.
ance, b was remanded to jail; v
The Raleigh Standard saSen itself to be
terribly exercised end frightened by ht ghost
of Know Jtothingismpnce in a while, like a
L horse half blind starts at shadows cast by the
nghtlol tfteJnoon. Several times, the,8an
dard has published what it says are the ifiret
and second .Degrees of the Ritual, bij pertin
aciously refuses to publish the Third Degree.
Why is this? We would much like to see
the Third published abo, that the people may
know "how to appreciate the Aruly conserva
tive and Union senthneutscontaihefj therein,
and understand whatthe objects of tjieknow
Nothiogn were, aright Will 'the 'Standard
comply? . i
Examination at Olin High School.
The annual Examination of Olin
High School will taktf place 6a the 22,
and,23d, May, nextJ' '
Col. B. II. Mooi-e, of Salisbory, will
deliver the'Aunnal Address.
Rev. Thomas E, Mann of the N. 0.
Conference, will pracbTthe.annual Ser
mon bxdbre,th9 twolLiterary Societies.
' - -. - i : : 'Blackwood.-:- .
Wc have received: from L.. Scotc k Co. the
aboyenAmcd pdicarYor"'Uareh; it is. one
of emeries of foreign periodicals published by
them, and afforded at A much less'costthsn
is charged across the water. See advertis't.
B-,Hon. J.i Lea,Ch win accept of
thanks for sending us'several Coiressional
Speeches that luive been made by various
.members, ch iefly DemocV t. j
JtefirThanks to ilrs. 0 Gillespie for a sal
ad of fine lettace sent bur family 4 Tuesday.
In whatldoes the Governor's (jEJlis) aris
tocracy ioriskt, Mr; Express
Ahiy fy ymricr.
$ For taxing the land 0 the rhan in inod
ate circumstances, and exempting from equal
taxation the; slaves f She rich: 7s not that
a good sign for an amtocrat' Mr, Courier!
.---4 v ' ! . ' '-"i ;' . - .
We wiHpnbli8h..the'Xist of Premiu ms off
ered by th Mecklenburg .Agricultural Socie
ty for their 'next ,Fair benwe can obtain a
copy..' ThV pa'er containnig hwas abduct
ed from our office. "I V
' . 't; Sappoled io he Zillei,
'As the ail.iiraVM?.tng op
from Weldoh yesterday ?cening, a
man isTsupposed tolltaye been killed in
the .folloVing'manner TUe 'train was
approaching Tar River bridge, ; when
te engineer sa w a man on the oppo
site end, hut, -of Cpursg," thought he
vojild get ;o5 before the train Veached
him. rinstead of. getting off,! hoVever,
the man 'stepped to one side and backed
himself up against the' Tailing; or wall
of the bridge supposing ihat the train
would miss him - but unfortunately for
hua, hs head was rstrttck hji the mail
coach, it is supposed he waaj instantly
killed. litThe; train hein behind lime,
did not stop for the'mattertj) beinTes-
Hedical Examinera."
We
see by advertisement" in the
Raleigh Standard that- the Board of
Medical; Examiners ; of Korth Caro
lina", thrill meet in Raleigh on the inX
Hpni&j Jjn ,Mav ;fbrfthV purpose of
examining candidates for the practice
ofmedicine, The act of !tKe Legisla
ture authorizing this jBoardl provides
that' from ;and after the 15th1 of April,
859j noperson shall practice ,Medi
eine or Suigery, or in ny case pre
iscribe fo"r,the curerpf diseasefor fe
or reTrardr unless he shall bave been
first licensed to dd bythe Board of
Medical Examiners; though persona
practicing in viobition of the. Act re
not held guilty of a misdemeanor, but
they r cannot recover their! bills by
l&w-Churlotte Democrat, i
I Hovt Heenan and Sayers make their
money IIao4 oyer fiW
j jyhb kUling'bee'3 like a, confe-
swas. xecauc vuuuuuuit,uiu.
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