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Orc-anifc! n C y We Invoke our Opposition friends in Worth tJarolina, to organize lmme-! diately and thoroughly, m every city, town village, hamlet and neighbor hood lit the tte. Our prospects for &well6 the State and sweeping the South, and electing lour andidates by a triumphant majority of the elec toral rote, were never so bright is anv Drevious Presidential contest.-- The Democratic party . . ... j i i pieces, dissolved, dispersed, and is no longer a compact and formidable or ganisation. It is split into two dis tinct and antagonistic parts, both .es sentially sectional, and neither one a ile to come in cannon jshot of electing its candidate, "it is Supremely idle, thpreforf nav. it is factious and un- patriotic in the last degree tor any sane man to give "aid- and comfort to the Black Republican candidate by throwing away their v0te upon Breck inridge or Douglas. Nor will the in telligent and honest-minded " members of the Democratic party be guil ty of any such silly and criminal con duct. Being conservative Union-loving men, they must and will Yote for Bell. Under these encouraging circum stances, then, it becomes the duty of our Opposition friends to organise, immediately and thoroughly, in every county and neighborhood, throughout the length and breadth of the State. It behooves them to bstir themselves at once in this important and indis pensable matter, and. to leave no stone unturned from now until the day of election to carry the State triumph antly far Bell and Everett. We can carry North Carolina with the utmost ease, if we will only put forth proper exertions and work wijth constant zeal and energy. In speaking thus, we say only what we sincerely and solemnly believe ; and we earnestly appeal to our friends to organize and discipline themselves for the contest before them, as efficiently as possible and at the earliest practicable moment. There is no time to ,be lost you must be up and doing right away-- and you must be up and doing all jthe time--and then you will be certain to carry the State, and carry it njiost gloriously. While the two factions of the Democ racy the sectional faction under the lead of Breckenridge and the section al faction under the lejad of Douglas .are warring with each other, and menacing the overthrow of the Union, you, the supporters of Bell and Ever ett, stand as the gallant and indomi table body-guard of tie Constitution and the Union both, and upon you de pends the peaco of the country and the preservation of our noble free in stitutions. To the work before you, then, with all your spirit and courage, thorough ly organize your forces, and strike for the election of Bell and Everett by the people at the polls. They can be elected by the popular! vote, and elect ed easily, and let us elect them by the popular vote, and thereby avoid the necessity of referring the election of President to the House of Itepresen tative8. The sura way to accomplish this object is to organize and work, and we pray you therefore, to organ ize AT OlNCE A.VD-.WORjK INCESSANTLY I AT. C. Araus. Washington Items. It is stated that the reason the Pre sident did-Jiot appoint Hon. Warren Winslow Minister to the Sardinian court was because tho latter was un willing to take the place, inasmuch as it might be regarded as a sort of re cognition of his distinguished services as the administration member of tHe Covodo Committee. The conversion of : the Hon. Roger A. Pryor, member of Congress from the Petersburg, Va., district, to the Breckinridge party, surprises every body. He was quite enthusiastic for Douglas, and was almost constantly at his residence before the session of the Baltimore Convention. Somje in terest is felt to see how Mr. Pryoj will excuse his abandonment of Judge Douglas. The story that ex-Presi-dentPierce has decided to come out for Breckinridge . is, not believed in Washington. At least three of the members of his Cabinet, ex-Secretary Ul tUC -I. 1 mOUl , 1U Id VI UU1I 1U, CA-I US L- master General, Judge Campbell, and ex-Secretary of the Interior, Robert McClelland, have either declared for Douglas, or have announced that he is the regular Democratic can-lidate. Gen. Bowman, of the Washington Constitution, is in a sad plight. The law reducing' the prices of printing cuts down his Senate job terribly, ana the other proposition to establish a national printing office, opens to him a most desolate future. The vacant Judgeship on the Su preme Court Benck cannot be filled till December, the vacancy having oc curred during the sitting of the Sen ate. It is extremely doubtful what direction the appointment will finally It is substantially settled that the Constitution is to pass into the hands of Mr. Breckinridge's friends, and that jNIcbsi's. liowunau and Browne are to retire shortly. Their successors are not yet determined upon. Bat a committee haw the subject in charge, who, are now making the necessary in quiries, and who propose to hare a competent and vigorous organ for the campaign. It is also understood that Tim stn.u u hndi hnji htrttnfnra boon recorded in the interest of Mn'Doug - las, i to become absolutely so by pur - chase. Both wings ot tne party will be represented at the Capital by dis tinct Organizations and separate or gans, baying no coramog sympathies and avowing most hostile opinions. There is to be a thorough decapita tion of the Douglas office-holders nerer and elsewhere. Tbe fiscal year closed yesterday, and the balance in the Treasury was $10,000,000 less than Mr. Cobb esti mated iu. December, although the un- nv,,,,,,,!,., .nni-nnriarinns p.xc.ecA the VAUVUMV'A J I r I average by about 1 &,M)O,0(K. This ! item usually rescues aDout tiuvv, i 000, and is carried, iorwara trom year to year; now it exceeds 17,22.5000, many Urge appropriations, like that for the New York Post Office, having been deferred for one pretended, rea son or another. M What a Fall was There, My Country men !" The Memphis Apweal, a leading and influential organ of the Tennessee Democracy, has hoisted the flag of Douglas and Johnson, and, in doing so, takes occasion to show up the in consistency of the Seceders, by ap pealing to the record of Mr. Brecken ridge, which is identical with that of vougias nimseii on tne suDjeci oi the Territories. ' If anything, says the Appeal, 'was wanting te snow the utter duplicity and hypocrisy of the Secession movement at Charleston, it may be found in the ' nomination of Mr. Breckinridge by those same gen tlemen at Baltimore. The Seceders placed and justified their disorganiz ing movement on the high ground of principle of protection to slave pro perty in the Territories by act of Con gress. Had they been earnest and sincere in this position, they would have nominated at Baltimore a man who was the representative of that principle, Mr. Yancey, Mr. Davis, or Mr. Brown. So far from this, they have, as we are prepared to show, nominated a gentleman who is as tho roughly committed to the doctrine of non-intervention and popular sover eignty as Douglas himself. The Appeal adds extracts from Mr. B's speeches, showing what is very well known, that he has been a tho rough squatter sovereignty man. He only changed his views last winter, when it was said he coalesced with the President against Douglas. The Democratic Nominations. The regular Democratic Conven tion at Baltimore have nominated Ste phen A. Douglas, of Illinois, for Presi dent, and H. V. Johnson, of Georgia, for Vice President ; and the Seceders have nominated John C. Breckin ridge, of Kentucky, for President, and Joseph Lane, of Oregon, for Vice President. Thus we have two Demo cratic tickets in the field, and no pos sible chance for the election, of either. The Democratic party is dead and gone, and those honest and patriotic men, who have heretofore composed its rank and file, should now rally to the support of Bell and Everett as the only national candidates before the country. It will be alike absurd and criminal for any Democrat in North Carolina and the South, who sincerely desires to prevent the election of Lin coln, and to preserve the Union of the States and the rights of the States, to vote for either Breckinridge or Douglas. Both of these gentlemen are sectional candidates and the can didates of sectional parties, and no conservative, national, Union-loving Democrat, North or South, can con scientiously and patriotically support either. Nor is there the slightest use in voting for either, for neither stands the ghost of a chance of an election. We, therefore, call upon the .mode rate, conservative, national and Union loving Democrats of the whole coun try, and especially of this State, and the other. Southern States, to resolve at once, as reasonable men and patri ots, to vote for Bell and Everett, and do all in their power to secure their triumphant election. Wad. Argus. Congress. Congress adjourned sine die on the 25th ult. The last day's proceedings sum up as follows : The President signed several bills, but objected to the clause appointing Capt. Meigs disbursing agent of the appropriation for the Washington Aqueduct, intimating that if the pub lic service required him elsewhere the President, would not hesitate to re move him, (Meigs,) from the position assigned him by Congress. The President' sent in another com munication protesting against the ac tion of the Covode Committee. The grounds of his objection were princi pally that the charges against him are vague and equivocal ; that the pro ceedings were in violation of the rights of the Executive branch of the Gov ernment, and establish a dangerous precedent', tending t o degrade the Presidential office, and to render it unworthy the acceptance of any hon orable man. He compared the com mittee to Robespierre's council. The message was lengthy and was referred to a specral committee of five, to re port upon at the next session. The postal deficiency bill was pas sed. The postal route bill was lost. The Senate, committee on postal af fairs unanimously reported in favor of Butterfiield's line of Mexican Gulf steamers from New Orleans and Mo- bile to all the principal Mexican Gulf ports, in connection with the existing contract with Mexico to the same ef fect. The House had heretofore ex- ressed itself favorably to this project, ut the late hour of its coming up pre vented definite action on it. The re fusal to restore the mail contract from Charleston to Key West by the Isa bel line is attributed to the predomi nating influence of the Fernandina . and Cedar Keys route under the exis 1 ting contract, and to indifference of southern benators and members to supporting it. Senator Yulee, who is President .of the latter route, threw his whole strength against it from its inception, he being Chairman of the Postal Committee of the Senate Th8enate commenced a short ex tra session for the transaction of Ex ecutive business, on the 26th. On that day, the Nicaragua Treaty was ratified, but the armed intervention clause was amended so as to. allow the nrotec.tinn of the Transit Roate bv jf . r American troops, who are to be em- pioyea wunoui ine assem 01 congress. The Senate, on the 28thv ratected the treaty with Spain for the settle ment of claims between the two coun tries. The cause of the rejection is the clause in the treaty providing pay tent for the Amistad negroes. The Senate adjourned tine die. Ellis and the Seceders. It will be recollected that after the blow up at Charleston, Gov. Eilis de nounced the seceders in the harshest kind of terms that they were fire eaters and disunionists. Well, how will Gov. Ellis now stand in relation to the seceders at Baltimore ? The Governor will have to come out in another Horse-Leech Card, and ex plain that, although he used these terms ; yet, that he applied them to the delegates of South Carolina, Ala bama, and other Southern States, hut not including North Carolina. Come, Governor, we shall wait impatiently to see this second card. Poor Ellis, we really feel sorry for him. He is ! entirely too denunciatory in his lan guage and the worst ot it is, that all of his abuse is confined to his party friends his Western neighbors, and the working-men of the country. And then, again, he is involving himself in so many issues of veracity. We have advised him heretofore, to get ug some certificates, as to his general charac ter and good standing in the commu nity, but he has failed to do it. Now, the Governor is a lawyer, and he well knows the rule of law is, that if a man's character for truth is attacked, and he either won't or don't introduce testimony to sustain his character that it is presumed that he cannot do it. And the reason of the rule is, that it is presumed that every man will maintain his character for veraci ty, if it is in his power to do so. Gov. Ellis, come out from among the snakes. "Evil communications" You know the rest. Little Ad. Report of the Treasurer of the Atlantic & N. C. Railroad. From the Treasurer's Report, sub mitted to the stockholders on Thurs day, we ascertain that the whole earn ings of the Road for the year ending May 31, 1860, amount to $103,503.84, and that the entire operating expen ses for the same time was 68,382.12, leaving a balance in favor of the Com pany of $35,181.72.. We are satisfied that the officers and Directors of the Road have been un tiring during the past year to advance the interests and business of the Road, and as the same directors have been re-appointed and re-elected, and the same officers retained, we shall expect them to improve by experience, and present at the next annual meeting of the Company a largely increased and increasing business. The proceedings of the stockhol ders' meeting together with the Re ports of the officers will, we presume, be published as soon as arranged by the Secretaries. Newbern Progress. Gov. Ellis. It is much to be regretted that His Excellency, Gov. Ellis, in a recent speech, to which we have already re ferred, traveled so far from the Re cord as to hurl against the legitimate Democracy of the Union the sece ders from the Charleston convention, who have been joined by the North Carolina, v lrgmia and other delega tions, and thereby become a part of the Seceders his anathemas and seal of disapprobation, to such an extent that the Whig candidate Mr. Pool regarded it proper for him to defend them and pay them a compliment by characterizing them as " the Leaven of the Democratic party." If MrEllis expects to receive the undivided support of those who in dorse the Seceders, he will find it ne cessary to secure their support only through a proper amende. Is he for the nominees of the SeCeders or does he indorse Douglas and Squatter Sov ereignty. We will wait to hear from his Excellency. Char. Bulletin. From the Charlotte Whig. Democratic Management of Railroads. Scene. Western W. C. Rail Road from Salisbury to Hickory Tavern. " Enter whig with a little girl 8 years old fare $3 75. Enter Democrat with two little girls 8 and 10 years old"; fare just nothing at all. The whig had taken stock to the amount of $2,500. The democrat $500 worth. 12 months ago, on the 4th of July, large train of cars from Charlotte to Concord regular fare both ways charged. On the same oc casion trains from Salisbury to Con cord with one fare only charged. Probably this is Democratic ad va lorem and a fair sample of the ideas which Gov. Ellis and his sattellites have of Equal taxes and shows that I favoritism, incompetency and misman- agement follows in the wake of the t Democracy, let them be placed in whatever situation they may be. Jonathan Worth will please take a note. SAM. Murder Confessed, We learn that a man named Walls, who it will be remembered was confin ed some time ago in the jail at this place for stealing, and who broke jail, was recently hang in South Carolina tor negro stealing It Ts stated that on the gallows, Walls confessed that he was the person who killed James JBeaty near Charlotte last Fall. It will be remembered that Beaty was I brutally murdered in hie own yard, auring ine nignt, Dy some unknown person, and forty or fifty dollars in money taicen irora nun. walls was a worthless character, and the com munity at large will not regret if the report of his being hong is true. . Char. Bern. ,. 1 r - n., i rtf i EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON, EDITORS A WD PROPRIETORS. STATESVILLE, o FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1S60. Oar Terms. THE " IREDELL EXPRESS" is published upon the fol lowing Tekms, from which there will be do deviation. Subscribers therefore will govern themselves accordlngljr. 1 copy one year, if paid in advance, i- 00 ; If paid within 3 months, 2 2 ; If paid within 6 months, 2 50; If not paid U the end of the subscription year, 3 00, Nominees of the Union Convention For President JOHN BELL, OP TENNESSEE. For Vice-President : EDWARD EVERETT. OP MASSACHUSETTS. Justice Demands tfiat Li ke Values in Staves Sliqidd Pay, Efial Taxes with Lands and oth er Taxable Property. people-Fticket. FOR GOVERNOR, JOHN POOL,, OF PASQUOTANK FOR THE SENATE. L. Q. HI T A R PI , Esq., OF IB ED ELL. Look upon THIS PICTCnE, AND O.V THItf. Whereas, Great in- Resolved, That we equalitv exists in the are opposed to disturb; present mode of taxa- ing any of the section tion, and it is just andal compromises of our right that alfcproperty 'Constitution, State or should contribute it National, ;md that we proportion Jowards the especially d e p rceate burdens of State: the introduction at this licsolved, That we re- time by the Opposition commend a Conven- Party of North Caro tion of the people of llina into our State pob the Statie to be called pities of a qnestion of on the federal basis as constitutional amend early as practicable for nient affecting the ba the purpose of so nvod- si upon which our re ifying the Constitution jv eirue is raised, believ that every species ul ing it to be premature, property may be taxjed impolitic, dangerous according to its value, and unjust; at the with power to discrim- same time, we deem it inate only in favor of jthe duty of the Legis- the native products oi liuture when passing our State and the in acts for the raising of dustrial pursuits of her revenue, so to adjust citizens. Thirteenth taxation, as to bear as Resolution of the Oppo- jequally as practicable sit'ton platform. 'within the limits of the Constitution, upon the various interests and classes of proper ty in all sections of It h e State. Elcaenth Resolution of the Dnru cralic platform. Appointments. The candidates for Governor, Messrs. Pool and Ellis, will speak at the following times and places, the speaking to commence at 11 o'clock A. M. Shelby, Cleveland, Thursday, Newton. Catawba, Fridiiy. TuylaisYille, Alexander, Saturday, Mi x ksville. Davie, Mond.iv, Salisbury, Rowan, Tucmkiy. Lexington, Davidson, Wednesday, July 12 " 13 u u " 16 ' IT - 18 Living in Glass Houses. Some of the Divided Democratic politicians and presses charge Jons Bill, the Union candidate for the Presidency, with voting to receive petitions by Congress, some year ago, to alxlish slavery in the district of Columbia. William 1L King, then a Senator in Con- gress, nn,! nftnru-or.1 p!,.Ma,i vi Trruii.n t of the United States upon a Democratic tick et, voted to receive the same petitions. And Mr. Buchanan, now President, elected less than four years ago by Democratic votes, was one of the chief speakers in favor of re ceiving those petitions. The following is an extract from a letter written by Col. Wright, a Georgia Democrat, to Senator Evans upon the subject : "In 1836,in the Senateof the United States, a petition was presented praying for the ab olition of slavery in the District of Columbia; upon the reception of which sprung up a long and exciting debate. Mr. Calhoun was the leader of those then opposed to the re ception. Mr. Buchanan and Judge John P. King, of Georgia, were the chief speakers in favor of its reception. The South was al most equally divided upon the question, twelve Southern Senators voting for the reception, and ten against it. Those from the.South who voted for it were Messrs. Benton, Brown, Clay, Clayton, Crittenden, Goldsborough, Grundy, Kent, King, of Ala.. King, of Ga., Linn and Naudarn. During the debate which occurred in the Senate upon the re ception of this petition, Mr. King, of Ala bama, said "the reception of the memorials was so strongly imposed upon his mind to be the only true policy, that he could not resist the obligation of duty which impelled him to urge the Senate to pursue that course. "The right of petition was admitted on all hands to be one of the most sacred inherited from our ancestors." Upon the same occasion the Hon. John P. King, of Georgia, said: 'The simple right ot petition was tne most harmless and (anot fensive ofall rights, if it be properly treated. It enforced nothing and effected nothing but what government thought proper to yield to it. The peaceable exercise oTthq right, how-, ever idly employed, could rarely be produc tive of mischief, though it might lie some times evidence of mischievous intentions. The greatest danger waa in imprudently and unnecessarily opposing it. "He had been asked if he would receive a petition to abolish slavery in Georgia? This was a strong and improbable case; but be had answered and would still answer, that he would feel bound to do so." "To refuse to receive, denied the right of be ing, heard. To receive, and reject the pray erofthe petition, gave the privilege tff a bearing, and the judgment of the Senate oa the question. I can hardly suppose that there is any ra- tionai man m Georgia, who would dare -in sinuate, much less directly charge, that either Air. Kmc, of Georgia, or King, ot Alabama, were in the slightest degree unsound on the slavery question. Yet if the inferences and charges be trne as against Bell, are they not equally so as to them? " Our own recollection dates back to the time when these petitions to abolish slavery in the District of Colombia, were obtruded f upon Congrese, and there were but few states- men who thought they shboh not be receiv- : ed, even be laid upon the table afterward j Thfeiehtof netition. at that time, was con- . sidered inalienable to an American citizen, although his prayer might he refused, as it was in all such cases by Congress. John Bell went no further than did Col. King, Mr. Buchanan, and others, who have been bright and shining lights is the Democratic household, and who have since held the high est offices which their friends could confer upon them under the government. It is sheer nonsense consummate injus tice positive falsehood ! for any writer or speaker to insinuate that John Belt ia un sound upon the slavery question, untrue to the rights of the South. No instance has oecuryed in the whole course of his hng life in the service of hie country, that can excite, truthfully speaking, the smallest suspicion, prejudicial to the patriotism and devotion he bears his native land. Caluminators may rack their brains and blister their tongues to derogate from Mr. Bell's character and patriotism ; but every falsehood uttered against his fair fame, will recoil four-fold upon the heads of the guilty tfadttcers. The candidate of the Constitu tional Union Party, is proof against the. pet ty slanders of small-fry editors and carping politicians ; whose shoe-latchet they are un worthy to unloose. The masses of the eown-try- the union-loviag and constitutional men of all parties know what value to place up on the vagaries and blatant nonsense utter ed by a servile party press and frog-stool or ators who proclaim from the stump, slanders against one of the purest and best men in America. Our friend of the Oiarlotte Democrat seems much troubled of late, because Mr. Pool is in tavor of Equal Taxation ; and has endeavored in a labored article to show that Mr. Pool has changed his position within a few years upon the subject. Mr. Pool, time and again, has told the world why he oppos ed the bills that were introduced into the last Legislature two years ago, upon the ques tion of ad valorem. No law can be passed, constitutionally in this State, to tax negroes as other property is taxed, until the Consti tution shall first be amended, and the restric tion clause protecting negroes stricken out. This the Democrat knows full well. Then why censure Mr. Pool for refusing to vote for a bill which, if passed into a law would be a nullity ? This Mr. Pool knew and refused to aid the passing of any such bill, and there by shew his sound judgmentand good sense. There is no evidence whatever to show that Mr. Pool opposed the principle ef ad valorem, indeed he says he did not but he did oppose placing a foolish law upon the statute book, which would be less than useless. The Democrat eays further, 'Let it be re membered, also, that Mr. Pool, when in the Legislature, voted against calling a Conven tion to amend tlie Constitution." "" Now the Democrat ought to know, that it is not the business of a Legislature to call a Convention to alter a Constitution, without instructions first received from the people. -The General Assembly, a legislative body simply, convened for the purpose of passing laws, under the Constitution, have no"1 right to make a change in the fundamental Law of the State, under which they are acting, until the peopuc, order it shall be 'done. Legisla tors are the servants of the people, they are to be governed by the written Constitution of the State or country under which we live, in the making of laws, until the people see pro per to amend or abolish the constitution, which they made and the right to dispose of it being in the people not in the Legislature. Mr. Pool in refusing to call a Convention by the Legislature, and not by the people, agaiu exhibited his sound judgment and proper re gard for the rights of the people. He refused to take from the people the right which be longs to them, and not to the Legislature But the Democrat charges that Mr. Pool has changed, and now favors ad valorem be cause he is candidate for Governor. Does not the Democrat measure Mr. Pool by its own standard of patriotism ? About the time of the Charleston Convention the Democrat was for Douglas, and denounced the seceders as disorganizers, in mild terms, and told them J not lo leave tne tola, wen, JJoujTias lias I . .1 11 TIT II T"v 1 been nominated, and Breckinridge by the seceders, and now the Democrat prefers the latter. Now we will not question the right of our neighbor to prefer Breckinridge to Douglas, nor allege any interested motive for it. e know that he has changed and we lo hope that he has changed for the better. News from the West. We continue to -eceive favorable accounts of the discussions that have taken place be tween Messrs. Pool and Ellis west, for ad valorem. At Burnsville, in Yancey county, all the candidates for the Legislature being Democrats, declared themselves for Equal Taxation after hearing Mr. Pool, and they will vote for our candidate ; great changes are going on in all the western counties, in like manner. " We much regret to note that Gov. Ellis is losing his temper, as his prospects grow worse; at IlendersonvHle (as we learn by the Presage) Gov. Ellis forgot his dignity so far as to assault Mr. Pool when that gentle man was exposing so"me of his humbuggery in a telling speech. What Gov. Ellis ex pects to gain by such gross conduct towards an honorable and high-minded opponent, is more than the public wil' be able to conjec ture. Mr. Pool's bearing towards the Gov ernor in all their debates has been gentle manly but firm he has in no instance offer ed insult or attempted to provoke collision ; but he lias found it necessary to discuss the questions, many being impertinent, that had been lugged into the canvass by Gov ernor Ellis, with the spirit' of a roan that would not be browbeaten by pretension and bullying! After giving a statement of the discussion had at Hendersonville, the Presage has the following : " It may be proper, however, to state, that towards the close of the debate, Gov. Ellis be came so excited that he made an effort to strike Mr. Pool, and perhaps did scratch him a little. It seems that Mr. Pool's arguments were too strong for the Governor." - Then the Aaheville Advocate referring to the episode says : "We are necessarily obliged to leave out the Card to the Public concerning tbe difficul ty at Hendersonville between Messrs. Pool and Ellis." We learn, verbally, that Mr. Pool contin ued his remarks and closed hie speech in the midst of a triumph, and tbat the Governor bit his lips with rage and allowed more than one imprecation to escape bis quivering mouth. Gov. Ellis, you should command yoor temper more, and not grow angry w her you get vanquished in an engagement, or caught is too bold assertions ! and then desire to fight to place yourself ia the right. Ad va lorem cannot be upset by such a course ef conduct no indeed. The people desire to arguments for or against Equal Tasa- tion, exhibited in sensible and respectful lan guage, such as their understandings &a en titled to hear ; but they do not desire casing or fighting that' will not convince them one way or the other, and above all, it will rive them a poor opinion of the present Governor of North Carolina -no, keep cool curi)4bur temper, and meet your fate like a man, v; hat e'er it shall be. We speak in much kind ness. Solomon Hall Will Case. This suit was brought to a close on 'I 'bars day afternoon of last week, by a comprise between the counsel for the parties litignnt, before it was known that the Jury would or would not agree upon a verdict. The me of the Court was occupied eight days jn the trial of the case, four of whmh, were corjra- ed in pleadings. Able counsel was etMjIoy ed on both sides who displayed a gre'a'.'' deal of legal talent in long addresses to the Jury, pro and con. The Jury not having rfurn ed a verdict within an hour after retinas, a proposition was made by the counsel of Mrs Neely, who had brought suit to set aside the Will of Solomon Hall, tcf compromise which was entertained by the counsel for the Will, and the sum of $13,000 was agreed to with $2,006 which bad been allowed her in the Will making 115,000. The Estate to pay the court costs (800 ;) Mrs. Neely pay her own lawyers (S5.000.) The Jury upon being dec barged stated that nine were for breaking the Wi;j, and three for the Will, but that, no doubta a short while they would have agreed tpon a vertict adverse to the Will. , The slaves, near 100 in number, vyill be sent to Liberia and there colonized, f , The court-house was crowded during the tedious trial, with anxious spectator?, and the popular voice was aknost unauim us a gainst the Will. -J We have heard it said, whether true we do not know, that if the Jury had have render ed a verdict adverse to astablishing the Will, the Judge would have set it aside. , Such an act, in our opinion, would ot on ly have been extra-judicial but.tyraniial. Gov. Ellis for Breckenridge. The Charlotte Bulletin learns through the Wilmington Journal and Raleigh Presi thai . . t .-i (jov. bllis declared hrmselt for urKen ridge and Lane, at Wayneavllle, Haywood county, last week. If Gov, Ellis is fo?.B?el- J enridge, he is of course opposed to Douglas, and cannot be voted for by Douglas , 35en- crats. But who nominated Gov. Lllis tor the canvass ? Was it not done by Douglas Democrats, if by any party ? Dbughts::-'hari long been prominent in the eyes of th dem ocracy of North Carolina, and, dotfb-dess, would have been nominated atKaleighW-hen Ellis was, if that Convention had haye pos sessed the power to make a Presidentiaiom- ination. The truth is, Gov. Ellis is the pom inee of no party, and he is a bogus candidate in the field against Mr". Pool, endorsed $y no party. Although Gov. Ellis may go for Breckenridge, bia pretensions to the 'divid ed" Democracy is illegitimate, and if" go tor .Douglas, it is tne same. As we stated last week, uov. Ellis y run ning upon his own hook opposed o Taxes opposed to our Railroad to the best interests of the State ! Gov. Ellis Declines the Canvass We are informed upon what we consider to be good authority, that Gov. EHfj has withdrawn from the canvass, and thaJvHon'. 3urton Craige will take his place. Whether Craige will be the future candidate fo' Gr emor, we have not been informed. ?y the way, who is Craige'for, Douglas or Btcken ridge ? The answer will be Of ifnport&oce to the people. This double game betwepi El lis and Craige smells of corruption., jjiet the people be on their guard. . ' .-, The supposed reason why Gov. Eli' s has withdrawn is, tbat Craige is the tall arid as there will be an immense Pool to ffr wad ed through he apprehends total imnj rsion, and to save his party irom disgrace vr en deavor to throw the responsibility 'n: Jiis brother Craige, who, perhaps, can wai a lit tle deeper, . ? Correction. In our report of the speech of Mr. P'ool, at Morgan ton, there are a few correct ons to which our attention has been called 4y Mr root, since ne read the report, wrtj& we would here make, although they do net bear materially upon any part of the disewssfen, yet we make them in justice to Mr. Pool, tHow ever much Gov. Ellis has varied ffnr the truth, in his charges against Mr.. Poe,) Mr. P. says be has not applied the term ''false hood" to Gov. Eilis. x'fl Mr. Pool took charge of "Mr. Mi'.l's bill in the Senate as its manager," engineed it through a second reading in that hsut'- he? did not draw it as was stated by u This was the bill for the charter of the'W,' N. C. Railroad, and which, but for the tortious used by Mr. Pool in Us behalf, "wosd - t have passed. ' . -X In the matter about Jordan, Ellis ,-aid he could get others to endorse what Jor&jff) said. Mr. Pool said it was false from whatever source it came. . & i '"f. . York's English Grammar. We have been favored by Pqpjfessor Brantly York with a copy of higflpNew English Grammar, and, from thetixasty examination we have found tne to give it, and' especially upon theh&ny flattering testimonials of the horned men of the eountry, we think the best Grammar that has ever betji. pub lished. Tbe rules have been simplified CU-l'Vt IVUUOICU JUVIO CW1 AIM! ptfUWI than any other Grammar, with other improvements and advantages, m Being a North Carolina Book, ;very family, man of business, and young man, should possess a copy, who jfou4d read, write, and speak correct 1) . In this work, tbe difficult art of 'punc tuation" has been rendered plait and easy to be learned. Price 91 'fm. Good Hews from the South. By a young friend who has just ar rived from Mississippi, we bavo the gratifying intelligence that Bel, and Everett are carrying everything be fore them in that portion of the sun ny south. This is cheering intelligence to come Irom Mississippi. Bus t bo eyes of the people have been opened, and the tJnron-party w ill increase ia num bers daily, in the South in th e 2j orth , and elsewhere . Huzza for Bell, E ver and the Union ! qua' Opposed Mr. Pool's Prospects. We are in receipt of letters from various portions of the State, giving most encourag ing accounts of Mr. Pool's prospects, leaving no doubt upon our mind of the success oi' our candidate in August. Bat to make this doubly certain, let our friends alt over the State not relax m their exertions, aad on the day of election see to it that every voter who is for jd valorem attend the polls to cast his ballot for John Poll. Trinity Colfeg ; We call attention to the advertisement of 'rin Colhg," Rev. B. Crayen Prfidet. The popularity ef "Trinity" is second to no in stitution of leamiag in tftcSooih surpassed by no State University. J. Parker Jordan Is white-washing his character with certifi cates, now being published in some of the party newspapers, for veracity aad respecta bility. Well, we hope Mr. Jordan will sue ceed in proving for himself a good character at a former period ef his life for it is now very bad I But who will vouch for the char acter of Mr. Jordan's witnesses t V There are always to be found men who will certify to anything for a consideration a dime or a drink ! ' " ProlMe Ykld ' ' " V -Mr. W. H. Haynes, of this county, in forms us that 86 matured, stalks ef winter oats on his place, measuring over 5 feet, yield ed 7,603 grains. Grown upon land that was not fertilized. Tickets! Tickets!! j Let the polls be supplied with plenty of Tickets on the day of Election, now clese to handu We will supply Pool tickets for $1 per thousand. Other tickets will be charged $1 50 per thousand. Seixi b your orders there is no time to be lost. "iBewoaFoacw Has been established in Davidson countv. to be called Arcadia, Dr. J. H, Sbelton, B. M Messrs- Pool and Ellis at Newton. The candidates for Governor will speak at Newton-. on Friday next, commencing at 11 o'clock. Persons dasiruig to bear the discussion will; be conveyed by the mail train, at the usual time Ui the mornmg, hi1. return in an extra train, when the speaking is over for one fart. The trams will stop at Plotts, Lewis', Ca tawba River and fount's Turn-Out for pas sengers. Cotton. Blooms. Julius R. Simonton, Esq,, has sent to our oflice, several cotton blooms that aouearcd. on the '3d-. July'. . Oood. A Democratic Editor in Eastern North Carolina bitterly abuses the Editor of the Italeigh Standard, and. charges him with having sold himself to the Eree-Soilers. The Standard denounces the Eastern Editor as "a' caluminator and a liar." We are glad to see this. Of course, we all know that the Editor of the Standard has done nothing of the kind ; that by birth, education, inter est, and principle he belongs to ; the South. But we are glad to see bim. and other Democrats denounced as abolitionists. They will thus learn to feel the gross impropriety of their own Course for years past, in denouncing as unsouna tnose wno am not choose to call themselves Democrats, but who, to say the least, were quite as true to the South as the most brawlingfire eating Demoorat. Fay. 0b. Compromise Between the Pennsylvania Democracy. Philadelphia, July 2. A private meeting of the Democratic State Ex ecutive Committee have agreed to a series of resolutions, by a vote of 45 to 6, recommending the Democracy of the' State to unite in support of a can date for Governor. Also to unite in support of the electoral ticket appoint ed at Reading, on the uSsis that the electors, after the result in other States is ascertained, if the whole vote will elect Douglas to cast it for him, or for Breckenridge if it will elect him, nni? if Tithfr tlion fho aTafMa Kin divide the votes after their own judg ment. The chairman of the commit tee is to obtain a pledge of the elec tors to act under this obligation. Pri or to the adoption of the compromise in the Executive Committee, many propositions were made. Among oth ers, one declaring Mr. Douglas the nominee of the Democratic party for President, was voted down. Ayes nays 43. The Homestead Bill. Old Buck vetoed the Homestead bill, and by so doing, for once in his life, has become entitled to the thanks of the country, for the measure was conceived in iniquity and brought forth in sin. When" the question was put in the Senate, Shall this bill pass, not withstanding the veto of the Presi dent ? Joe Lane, the candidate for the Vice Presidency on the tieket wiib Breckinridge the Southern ticket voted for its passage. Is this the man that Democracy expects North Caro lina bo vote for? Wadetboro,' Arguy- Gen. Jos. Lane, tbe candidate of the Secession party for the VicePresj deney, voted in favor of the Home stead Bill, by which it was proposed to give away to settlers the public lands. It was well known that this Homestead bill was intended to bene fit principally foreigners, and it was doubtless introduced by its author for the purpose of catching the foreign vote in the Northern States. Do the Gople of Nor th Carolina endorse ne' position on this bill ? Are the people of the South in favor of the Homestead Bill ? JW. Register. . A married woman was telling staid ainrie radj, somewhat en the wrong side of fifty, of some domestic troubles, which she in great part at tributed to the irregularities of her husband. fWalL M the old maid, youhave 1 brought, these troubles on yourseri, tord you not to marry nun.- a sura he would no make a good hus band.' 4 He is not a good one, to he sure, madam,' replied tbe woman, hut he is better than none.'
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