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From the Patriot.
J Morgahtod, N. C, July lg, 1860.
bear Sir la tlwft Salisbury Ban
ner of the 10th ittit,, I-eaW n article
ptifpvhity io Ire a,n ,e&itvrial headed
vNSsaH Business," -the assertions con
tained in which might, ps3tbhj bo be
lieved' by some person even though
;it doe appear in tlve Salisbury Ban
ier ; therefore, I choose to notice the
WisdHapretations under ra v own
lame, d k you to give this com
uimiication an early insertion in your
japr. Before proceeding, however,
to expose the falsehoods contained in
the article alluded to, I would timply.
advise the gentleman or gentleman
"who put the -Editor of the Banner "in
Bossession'of certain facts," &c, that
it would look- jiiuch wore manly in j
Uiui or them to do (then- own lying,
rather thau to uie the aforesaid Edi
tor as a cats-paw for their dirty work.
There ia no mistaking the ear-marks
f the article ; the author is known ;
and it jfi .further known that he has
wilfully .and knowingly lied in furn
ishing what he calls facts to the Ed
tor of the ""Salisbury Banner."
. IVell now, sir, let us examine for a
xriOuient, and in a tew words dispose
-of the false insinuations and False
: statements contained in sa,id article ;
and i
. J.8t, It is charged that I am now
;. and always was a bitter foe of the W.
N. C. R. Rbad:1, 2d, 'that I was in
dvedva!iLUiix vo j insinuate evident
ly, -that I had to Jbe persuaded or coax
ed) to subscribe $2,500 of stock ori
ginally in the work. 8rd, that I se
cured a seat in the (Legislature by my
enmity, to daid dtpad. 4th, that about
two" weeks before the transaction of
which, "a Stockholder" complains, he,
the Stockholder, was passed over said
oad by the president and that
at the same time democrats had to
pay; an4 5th that some time last year
the ''Stockholder''! and a member of
his, family had a special engine placed
at their service and were passed over
, -the road from Salisbury to Statesville
free of charge.
In reply to the
first two charges,
and in order to show their falsity, it
is only necessary to state that at the
very first meeting; of the citizens of
Burke County, held in the .Court House
at Morganton, for the purpose of rais
ing stock in said roa;d, the original
subscrintion list iviU show that I Avas
among the firs Jto jcome forward and
put down my name for $2,500 worth
of stack ; and in jhat very meeting,
tra account of my ieal for the success,
of the work, I wasr appointed as one
of a committee to canvass Burke Coun
ty in order-to induce the lujje-warm
; to subscribe to the interprise ; I ac
cepted the appointment, ' did canvass
. the County or the portion of it which
was assigned to my branch of the.eom
mittec and had, thej pleasure of return
ing one among thoj largest, f not the
very largest subscription list that was
obtained in the Cuiunty. 2vow I think
this shows that 1 was not a very bitter
foe to the road in
its
inception,
and
that I did not h;i,ve to be "induced,"
persuaded, or coaxed to take stock in
it. With regard to the third charge,
my securing a seat in the last Leg
islature, by my enmity," &c. I shall
only say that many gentlemen in the
County who heard me make a speech
during .-that memorable campaign,
know the charge ix be false, and no
one knows.it better than the hidden,
sneakinz '.author of this professed edi
torial article which appears in thel
Banner ; he knows as does every one
else that my Opposition was not to the
roadj'but to the effort of certain per
sons in the County to impose an oner
fiuftdx upon the citizens of Burke
county against their -wishes and against
their consent ; he knows, and if he had
ijeen desirous to tpll the truth in the
matter, he would have stated it in his
.'.'communication of facts, v,ta the Edi
tor of the Banner! tjiat in .order to're
lieye the taxpayers of the County
" from this iniquitous ,tay, I made the
proposition, time fend again, to be one
of fifty to subscribe $1,000 each in
order to raise the fifty thousand dol
lars that had been voted upon the
hard-working tax-payers of the Coun
ty, who were already oppressed with
.' haying burdens aid whom I was anx
ious to relieve frojm further oppression
-he knows and misht have told it. if
he had not feared that it would dam
age his party and benefit me, that af
ter I went to the Legislature I made
an effort arid succeeded in getting it
jvassed through ;he House ofS.Com
nons, of which I was a member co au
thorize and reqiii -e the magistrates of
Burk,e county to levy a tax upon the
pleasure carriage: t, pianos, gold watch
es, lawyers, doctors, merchants, pis
Lois, bowie knive, money at interest
&c., &c, in order -to help pay this
$50,000 County Subscription and re
lieve the poor man's land and the poor
.one of the New-York ba,oks and a
three dollar bill also on a New Yprk
bank. - Just as 1 was ajwut going up
to the ticket offiw .rm.et w;th Jlh j
Pearson, the President;of the Jipad,
who resides in the we ,vilftge Jwhere
I reside, and I asked .him if he could
let me have North Carolina money td
buy a ticket witjh ad stated to him
that I had nothing but N. Y. money
which 1 did .not Suppose the agent
would like to take, he replied that rhe
could not change my money and told
me to never mind it, he would manage
the matter on board the cars and that
when he got home he woukjL take my
N. Y. money and give me other mon
ey for it. When we went aboard of
the cars and had proceeded some dis-4
tance from Salibbury the conductor
was passing through the cars to collect
tickets from the passengers and hav
ing to pass Mr. Pearson, who was set-
ting m tronfc ot me, netore ne came to
my seat, I observed 3klr. Pearson said
something to him, I did not hear, nor
do I know what it was, but at all Counts
the conductor, did not apply to me for
a ticket ;' but I certainly did not ex
pect that I was riding free, but on the
contrary believed that Mr. Pearson
was to settle my fair with the conduc
tor and that I would be charged with
it by him in his account against me
when he got home, he and I bqth. hav
ing outstanding andtinset tied- accounts
against each other. Now comes the
last and gravest charge and biggest
lie of all. the 5th and last s specifica
tion, to wit, that I and a member of
my family on a certain occasion last
year, had a special engine placed at
our disposal and that we rode free
from Salisbury to Statesville." Now
see how easy a matter it will be to
scatter this base perversion of facts to
the winds. Some time in the month
of October .or November 1858 I and
my wife were returning home from
Hillsboro where wo had been on . a
visit, .when we , reached Salisbury we
stopped at the Yeranda house, then
kept by Dr. J. M. Happoldt; after tea
Dr. II. invited me into a private room
and after getting in he told me that
he; had just returned from Morganton
and that he left my? youngest child
lying very sick with scarlet fever, this
news made me very uneasy . and un
happy but I determined to conceal it
fr:6m my wife ; I- made enquiry the
hour, the cars would leave Salisbury
the next morning for .Statesville, and
was told, I think by either 'the engi
neer or conductor (certainly by some
one who was an employee onthe'road)
and also by Dr. Happoldt himself. the
hour of starting. I then gave parti
cular orders about being r waked in
good time in the morning ; uneasiness
preyented me from resting welji and I
and my ;wife were up and ready to
start next morning at least an hour
before the time the cars had been in
the habit of leaving and before the
time I was told the night previous we
would leave. We had our baggage
out on the front piazza and were there
ourselves about to go to the point
where we would enter the cars, the
whistle blew and I spoke to the ser
vant and told him to hurry up, that I
was afraid of being left, he replied
that there was no danger, that it would
be more than half an hour before the
curs would leave and that they were
only taking on water, or getting up
the steam, and that the train would
move up nearer to the house to take
on the passengers before it left ; that
the conductor knew that passengers
were to go he would not leave them
This assurance relieved my. fears for
my own seat and one (Cor my wie's
seat This I remember gnore distinct
ly -thap I might orthervige have done,
x t$js reason, I expected .when cal
led upon that I would pe required to
pay an extra price for the reason that
ft waa an extra train, run at extra ex
penses, and I intended to protest a
gainst any extra charge on .the ground
of the fault 'not lying at my door but
at the door of those whx) were manag
bg the regular train, and when I was
called upon for my fare, I confess to
. -r i : T
a. certain ueeree ui. bui urisc wuch x
v
learned that I only had to pay the
regular charges, t learned to-day that
a prominent young democrat in this
place says that he came up on the
same train, he having been left in Sal
isbury, and that he did not pay any
thingthis may be so, he is a gentle
man and I have Jio right tq doubt his
word, but if it is so, it only proves,
that the abuse of which the "Stock
holder" complained has been in exis
tence for a.-loncer.time than he Biip-
pised. Now sir I have gotten through
wim me uarges piejenw giuo
and if I am pot much mistaken my
communication of facts tQ "the Ban
ner man" may find in this communi
ty some nuts to crack in the shade
during the hot weather which is now
T :l
upon us. nut sir, j. am noi quite
through with the concern yet, and I
trust Mr. Editor that you will be kind
enough to give me room this one time
to say all I wish to say. In my com
munication sisned "a Stockholder," I
a moment only, for I heard the bel
man's liead from
den ; and he furt
fioi -tellit, that a
such a heavy bur
ther knows, but would
fter this juht measure
liad passed through the House of Com
mons, U taied to jpecome a law oe
cause it waa killed by a democratic
Senate, he also knws, but failed to
- commuiucate ths fact, that i felt
'such an Interest ii relieving the peo
ple o Burke from this tax that at my
uwp. costs and expenses I prosecuted
the matter through all the Courts and
gave it up only when X was obliged to
! idol so-t wo T of tht judges deciding a
galns't toe 6n th questions raised,
whibt) the chief justice of the Court
Was for deciding in my favor.
Now we will go to the fourth charge
i n this bcautifalDjll of indictment, and
sec on what or ; of a foundation it
l ests viz : 'that on a certain occas
ion. I was passed yer the roadr by
the President, and that at the same
iimo democrats had to pay." Here
ure the fact : at the time. alluded to
I Vas'returning home from -the Balti
. more Convention the Whig . Conven
tion.) When I -eached Salisbury I
had no, money except a $100 bill on
attached to the engine ring and the
cars move off, my ft-elings then, as
you may well imagine, cannot be eas
ily described. My wite saw tny per
turbation and enquired why I took it
so hard to be left behind ; very rm
prudently I told her the cause and
she then insisted that I should go to
a livery stable and hire a conveyance
to. take .'jus to Morganton as speedily
as possible. 1 enquired it Mr. lurn
er the chief Engineer was in Salisbury
and was informed that he was and
that he was at Col. Roberds' Hotel
I immediately sought him out, found
him in bed, told him my situation and
that I was left by no fault or negh-
. i " n i:,W
gence or my own that it possible
wanted him to send me on to States
ville ?o as to reach there before the
Morganton stage left.
Mr. Turner seemed to regret the
mishap, and told me that a change
had been made just the C evening be
lore in tue time ot tne cars leavin
Salisbury -told me the reason of this
change,, which .it, is not necessary to
state and remarked that he sivpposeo
the persons who had. told me of the
hour of starting were not aware, of tie
alteration ; be, however, arose from
bed, and as soon as possible - went to
the depot to see what arrangements he
could jihake to speed -me' on the way
hpme,v for which I was certainly very'
thankful, although I considered that
he was doing nothing but what he was
bound to -do under the circumstances,
as the negligence was on the part of
the road and not on tny part. Mr.
Xufner in a short time told ne that
there was no passenger car in Salis
bury but there was an engine and if I
and my-wife Would ride , on that, he
would send us on, I replied that we
would go any way and in the course
of an hour or more the engine was
ready and we1 and some two or three
other passengers Who had been left
behind for the same cause, L suppose,
that we were, got off ; at about the
half point between Salisbury and
Statesville we met the ears which left
Salisbury ia the morning and which
we ought to have gone up on, return
ing to Salisbury and not haying any
passengers aboard, the passenger: car
was taken off hitched on to our engine
and we removed from the engine to
the car between this point and States
ville I was called upon' by the person
haying charge of the train for ny fare
and I paid him two, dollars, one for
spoke of the democrat and two little
girls passing over the road free only
once, anatne. communicaiionoi iacis,
to the Banner admits , the charge and
says that it was the first time said
democrat ever passed oyer the road
free, and'that he never passed over
the road free but once,
vNow;, sir, this self-same Democrat,
"who is so well known in Burke as a
public officer, and who stands far above
paltry bribes," told me with his own
lips this day, and has admitted it to
thers, that the time 1 spoke ot in my
communication was not the first time
hp had passed over the road free, but
that as he went down just a week be-
ore with his two daughters he passed
down Over the road free- in my opin
ion that was one time passing over the
road ; as he returned with the two
ittle "iris, I was along with one littbs
girl, (not my child,) he paid nothing,
but was passed over tree again m my
opinion that was passing over the road
a second time, and as one and one
make two, it is very clearly demon
strated that he passed free, over the
road more than once, and the time
spoken of by "A Stockholder" was
not the first time, but the second.?
But, oh ! says Mr. "Communicator of
Facts, "this Democrat received a
pass from the President as a compli
ment (!!!) and because he had been
a contractor and was a stockholder.
Wonderful indeed ! What was he
complimented for ? for being a con
tractor, of course. But didn t he get
pay for his contract ? 1 guess he did,
and good pay at that. But let us
look a little further "into this compli
ment business, and who it is that re
ceives the compliments on this road.
Not a great while ago, two young men,
cousins, living in Burke county, let t
home to go to Charleston to purchase
goods; They went together on the
same train ot cars. One ot them, Mr.
J. Rufus Kincaid, was a Democrat,
the other, Mr. Monroe Kincaid, was
a Whig. ' Well, they encountered this
same Western N. C. Railroad at Ca
tawba Station, and passed over it to
gether in the same tram of cars to
Salisbury ; on their return, they pass
ed over it again from Salisbury to
Catawba Station. The Democrat,
Mr. J. Rufus Kincaid, had a, free tick
et both ways and paid .nothing. The
WTiig, Mr;. Monroe Kinoaid, had no
free ticket either way, and paid full
fare. Neither of them ever subscrib
ed a cent to the road, neither of them
ever had a contract on the road, but
one of them voted the Democratic
ticket and is now the Democratic cen
sus taker for Burke county, and is de
serving of compliments and free rides
on the railroad ; but the other being a
rascally Whig and daring to vote a-
gainst the immaculate Democracy,
must be made to pay for his rides.
Now, sir, it is my opinion that if these
Democraticoffice-holders wish to pay
compliments to their Democratic vot
ers, they should do it out of their own
pockets, and not make free to appro
priate the money of the State and of
Whig stockholders to pay compliments
with, Ihe people s taxes are lush e-
wArlet fever, and that I had been so infoim-
ed juat on ,t,heeveof mjr leaving organtoo
,by ler.aUntttg physician- lisnvwjou
M aay nothing fc lire. Caldwell about it fear-
lng runt 11 ipiglll UDUcCeoooiMJ laiiu iict.
J rtnepobervery distinctly that you became
very uneajey, and inquired of me .what hour
the Western train would leave Salisbury next
morning. I told ymj, and .you still did not
seem to be satisfied but appeared uneasy lest
you might be left behind, lo remove all
doubts, aod quiet your mind as far as possi
ble, I took you. into an adjoining room to a
Mr. Morrison "who was a superintendent on
the Western N. C. Railroad, or who then
conducted the train, and inquired of him in
your presence at what hour the train would
leave, tie gave the same nour i naa pre-,
viously told you. You then gave orders to
be waked very early in the morning. I
promised that you should be up in abundant
time. Next morning you and Mrs. C. were
up and ready to leave long before the . hour
when you had been told the cars would start.
You were both together with me in the front
porch of the hotef when the whistle blew,
you seemed too uneasy leet ou should be
left,,: .1 assured you that there wa no dan
ger, as it was not yet the hour for leaving, and
that the cars would back down nearer to the
hotel to take oil passengers and baggage, that
such was the usual custom, and while we
were talking about the matter, the bell com
menced rinffine. and the cars moved off to
Statesville, and left you and Mrs. C. behind.
You then told Mrs. (X, upon her expressing
sumriae at vour uneasiness and disappoint
ment at beiuz "left, whv you were so. She
then insisted that you should go to a fivery
stable and get a 'conveyance. You enquired
for Major lurner, and went to his ooarain
house to see hirofter sume time you ana
he came together to my house. He had an
engine tired on, ahd started you and Mrs.
C. off on il as soon as- possible. I heard
Maj. Turner tell you that the cars left that
morning earlier than the usual hour, ana i
know mvself that such was the fact. The
above, sir, are all the facts connected with
the matter of which I was cognizant, and I
have a clear and distinct recollection of them
You are at liberty to use this Jetter as you
may chootse. Very respectfully vours.
J. M. HAPPOLDT.
EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
STATESVILLE,
0
FRIBAY,
.JULY 27, 1860.
Our Terms. ,
THE " re ED ELL EXPRESS" la poiilislied npon the fol
lowing Terms, from which there will be no deviation.
Snbacribers therefore will grrn themsebrea accordingly.
1 copy one ytsar, V fotta in artace, . It WJ;
If paid within 3 months, i i '225;
If paid within 6 months, - i ;i 2 60 ;
If not paid till the end af the anbaodpuon year, S 00.
?ho Charlotte Bulletin and Mr. Bi?ck
The Charlotte Bulletin in replying i the
Express, has entered into a long and idj jpni-
oua argument to 6how that the positif of
Messrs. Breckinridge and Douglas ar-.v not
the same, upon the subject of slavery. M the
Territories. The Bulletin says thatllr. $jeck-
inridge's speech, made at the battle-fifSd of
Tippecanoe, had direct reference to 'the J.j?hte
of the people of a Territory to settle theitres-
tion for themselves when "forming a tate
Constitution. The Bulletin likewise qSotea
from the speech of Mr. Breckinridge, afXex-
Now we cannot clearly perceive thapjir.'
Breckinridge, in either case, had direct jpfer-'
ence to lemiuy . Bmt oi jornpg ar
State Constitution for admission into tKUn-
Air. lirecKjnnege, u seems to uaaae
Nominees of the TInioit Convention!
i For Preiident :
JOHN BELL,
'! - OF .TENXESgEK., .
! For Vice-President :
edward mm.
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
; Justice T)i-mnruJx that Like Values in Slaves
Should Pay. Emtal Taxes wUA LanHs and oth
er Taxable Property. i -
j PEOPLETICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR, . ,
JOHN POOL,
OF PASQUOTANK
. I FOR THE SENATE.
OF IllELELL. ;
ion.
a. latrtudinarian apeech, one that wont ad-
mit of two. constructions one constrtioa
for the Norths another for ihe South. IfLnd
doubtless, thai waa what be designed:h We
cannot, therefore, grant that our. cotertjjrtpra
fy has succeeded in pladng.Mr.Brecyj'ictgB
upon a better platform,, so far as tha .uputh
Is concerned, thaa Mr. iJouglas oocfipiea.
Mr, Breckiaridge wears two faces ope fthe
North, another for -the South .' He is i avan
with Northern and Southern principles-fPok-ing
to the,Presidency, like Martin V! Bu-
ren who was ae abohtionist at hea y. all
the tim. - , !p ' -
Mr. Breckinridge, too; iaicaiviDt'in(mi).
port of James- Buchanan the eme arasn
dent who,. with the influence of his higj star J
tion supported lancdn two years. ago-LaiK
coin, now thvcandldate of the Black I jpub
licans ! Woukrlhe President support Breck
inridge, if ge did .not believe kim as
good a , frees oiler as Abe Lmcoio; -jyeryl
man, we suppose, will confess Vthat L3t:eoln
is a more dangerous man to the rights f the
. ? V A Tempest sl a TeaPot. , t v f
A correspondent of the Nevbern Progress
who signs himself W"- has auSered his
ire to boil over a gainst the Express because
we announced upon . what' w. considered
good authority, the witbdrawahof Got. Ellis
rh caBTuss a few . weeks ago.!. As we
stated in reply to the Charlotte Democrat,
last week, the newa of Gov. ElhY withdraw
al reached us through a reliable channel, so
far as the report was concerned, and that any
blame, growing out of, false report, was
chargeable tojhejurthor who first started it,
supposed to be a Democrat, who knew what
Ike asserted.- Our informant is a hiehlv re-
Bpectable gentle man whose name we would
uraish if it were at al(, necessary, and his
statement to tis yas that, as he passed from
Raleigh Salisbury,' he!was told br the em
ployees on the Bxad,.who are Ujetnocrata, of
Lcouree, and heard it from others, that Got.
Ellis had withdrawn from, the canvass,' and
Hon,;BwtO;U Craige -would take bis place.
1he thowghtl occurred to our mind, when we
hewd Gov. H'lis had withdrawn; that he had
found hia prospects so bad in the TTst,-as
to jodocehim. to decline the canvass.. The
conclusion,, was periectly nataralj ,And to
this day it do-fiot khow that die report is not
true-. ; Gov; EHis we believe, has gi ven it no
contradiction ; and if be haj hot, I why do
others do it for hhn without authority J
We would ipfiirm "W J' in theli progress,
and we trust the information will pot render
hiffl;,Jp8piarBO com
mit Bitbide by "; drowning in .tb-Trent and
becoming food for fiajies that Gov. Ellin
stands no eartlily, chance to be re-elected.
He will kill himself by opposing Equal Tax
ation.'' ' ' - 'U'""-
obugh riow without increasing them to
raise money to compliment renegade
"Whigs and Democrats or any body
else vrith.
Mr. Editor, I have a good deal more
to say, but 1 am trespassing on your
valuable -space. I may if necessary
trouble yon again, and now, gentle
men of the jury, take the case and ren
der Vbur verdict and may the Lord
have mercy upon, Mr. "Communica
tor" and the Banner-man:
Yours truly,
' TOD R. CALDWELL,
i'or the "Iredell Express.",
A fiend published in the Salisbury"
Banner a protended report of the speech
es of M-essrs. Pool and Ellis, at Newton.
I have to saj', that the report of , Mr.
Pool's speech and position', is basely
lalse in quite every particular;; and the-
.f.iv. liac n'l fill I V Tlir'n '
Mr. Pool made an able and logical
argument in favor of equal taxation,
and his speech was well received by
the aud.tors. He took-the same posi
tion which he had i.ecupied in the East
although the report says he did not.
Ellis charged that Mr Pool was absent
a large number of times, while serving
in the Legislature : Mr. Pool showed
that his absence at any time, when a
vote was taken, was in consequence of
serving on Committees, or sickness
that he was never absen'. one time oth
erwise. But the lying reporter has
published hisi eport to the world, with
out irivin Mr. .Fool s relutation. -
The alLusion which the reiorter has
- ty . .l 1 t I. II I
made to a crow.u oi ireueii nuww
Nothing'strlkers who went up to New
tori to shout for Pool" was as uncalled
ior as the reporter is base and con
temptib'e. s An "Ibedell Enow-Notiiinq."
For tba Iredell Expresc."
To the Whig Stockholders in the West
ern If. C. Bail Road.
Gentlemen : The time is approaeb-
ng VvheD the1. annual meeting of the
Stockholders wi 1 be held in Statesville.
At the last two or three arinnal meet-
ns;s an effort was made by persons
who were not satisfied with i the man
ner in which the concerns ot the iora
panT had heed managed, to "have an
nvestigation so. as to correct abuses, it j
;vny exist, and to make all necessary I
relbrms- Everybody supposed that a
proposition, so reasonable and fair in
itse f, would have met with no opposi
tion from any quarter, but that every"
one who, had participated in the man
agement ot the aliairs oi the Company,
would, upon the slightest intimation of
dissatisfaction or distrust on the part
of any' Stockholder, not merely have
assented to, but would have challeng
ed, ave, demanded, an investigation.
Experience, however, has proved that
there was no. such anxiety or even wil
lingness. Whenever resolutions of in
quiry have been oflfcred they havi as.
promptly been laid upon the table, and
investigation stifled by almost a strict
party vote. Kow, gentlemen, we know
that we are in the hands of the Philis
tines, and that our voice in these meet
inffs, will be stifled hereafter, as it has
been heretofore ; let us then, not grat
ify these gentlemen- by being present
at the ensuing meeting, let us not at
ford them an opportunitV to laugh at.
our mortification m defeit. but let us
all, to a man, stay away fWm the "meet
ing and give.them loose ein freely and
ii-Uly to exercise their ttramiical will
and pleasurefor the advancement of
their party purposes ; lor, be assured,
they will undoubtedly do so whether
we be present or absent'; the fiat has
gone forth,. the party must be" fed and
kept alive even- tho' the State be ruin
ed. - ! . " . iA r Whig Stogkiioloer.
The Spoils! The Spoils We Go for
the Spoils HI '
' The Ilaleifrh Standard, after etanding ont
pertinacioasly for a length of time against
I Breckiuri lge and lane, has at length suc-j
cninbed, and in its issue of the 18th July ,"A
D., 1800, hoists the names . of Preckirmdge
and Lane to its mat bea!, and gives up Mr
DotiglSs! i No, the Standard does not quite
give up Mr. Douglas, but it might as well.
The Standard has prefixed a condition in mak
ing its summer-sauU, which hardly will be
regarded in the final winding up, and thus,
Mr. Douglas has been consigned to his late
in-so-far as the Standard is concerned. Put
the Standard declares that, while it will sup
port 3reckinridge it will not have Douglas
traduced. After announcing its determina
tion, tnal grc, tlie Standard 6aya: "B
while -we do this, we are not unmindful of the
jiatriotism and lofty integrity of Judge Douglas"
&c. lleajly, it is too bad for the Standard to
be forced to part with its dear and loving
friend, Judge Douglas, by comjiulsory meas
ures. It says : '"The Democratic people,
whose voice is above all coimiaittees, conven
tions and caucuses, have commanded us . to
raise the names of Breckinrid.ge and Lane,
and we obey."
Poor Mr. Douglas, we repeat; we feel a-
grief for you. But false friends there have
been, ever since the davs of our Savior. Pe
ter denied hia Master, after swearing thai
though all others. forsake him he would not
So that, it will be seen, false friendship had
existed long before the time of Mr. Douglas;
and the worlu win Hardly be iree irom laise
! friend?.
The following is the Standard's condition
for supporting Breckinridge aaid Lane
We ahull sui)yrt this ticket for President
and Virv-Preshlcnt on these conditions : . That
the Electors will vote for the strongest man, Breelc
tnrxdge or Douglas as the case may. he. against
Lincoln. That is, if the vote rrt thut State . will
elect either of them or er Lincoln, or will put eitJier
of the-m. in the Mouse, u is to be cast accordingly.
But if the vote will elert neither; nor put either
of them in, the House, the Electors lo vote as they
please.
.In further commenting upon the course of
the Standard we use the language of the
Greensboro' Patriot
"On last- week, the Standard pronounced
the Breckinridge and Lane ticket as purelv
sectional, and as a disunion movement in dis
guise, threatening to tear the mask from- Yan
cey and others, if the Democracy did not
quit "crowding" him.- This week, he says he
will go for Breckinridge and Lane' with a
proviso that.is, if the vote of tin? btate Bhal
be cast lor Breckinridge or Doaglas.
South tha Douglas afid'vet Mr. . 'Btu--'iran-
v Morganton, July lUth, I860.
iit. J. M. II vppoldt Afy Dear Sir : Will
you do me the favor to furnish me with your
recollection of the lads and circumstances
relative to nay being left at -the Veranda
House in Salisbury by the regular train of
cars on the W. N. C. Railroad on a certain
occatiou when tny wife was in company with
me, and when you informed tne that one of
my children waa lying quite ill wkh scarlet
fever, in Morgantoa? Your compliance will
much oblige Yours very respectfully,
j TOD R. pAJLDWELL.
."j' Morgaxtos, Jnjy I2tbl860.
. T. R. Caldwiu, Eso.. Dear Sir: Yours
of this date ia before me.' I hasten' a reply,
and doM cheerfully a I have a clear and
distinct, recollection of the facts to which you
allude. Some time iff the fall of 185.-vou
a ad Mrs- Caldwell reached Salisbury in the-'
cars coming from. toe East and stopped at
the Vera nd a Iloase, of . which ' I was- then
proprietor. . After tea 1 invited -you into ray
office, and informed yott that L had just re
turned from Morganton, and thai when I left
there your youqgest child waa quita UI with
Ad Valorem; -on Tennessee.
A friend -writing to us from Ten
nesec, who fdrrjaerly Iitfed in Pitt Coun
ty, mentions the following facts whieli
may be interesting to somcot our rea
ders' : r - "- . -
" I had written out ah article for
your columns' upon the' ad valorem
system, of taxation but. seeing another
and more ahle than myself writing
upon that subject, I defer mine. Our
State pays taxes on the ad valorem
systemj and I-think it far preferable.
Each County jFormerly elected an as-,
sessor, vrhose duty it was to visit ev
ery farm onee- in two years, take the
list, make out the tax books, take the
County! statistics and report the same
to the ; Comptroller. ' That office I
filled for, several years; and hence I
had a good chance to understand the
working of our r'eTenue laws. A dif
ferent plan is now adopted in the as
sessment.1' Washington Dispatch.
Bell and Everett in Florida,
A friend writes from East Florida,
under date July 12th: '
MA Douglas ticket will be run In
this State.' An enthusiastic meeting
has beent Held by hiafriends at Jack
sonville, and they will he held-ll over
the State. The feeling gains ground
that jDenglas is as sound as Breckin
ridge : that thejr are'botb committed
to .Squatter Sovereignty The Con
stitutional Union Party- will eJeet their
Governor, probably the Congressman,
and carry tb&ttd for Belt nd Ev
eretti"- ; -
Lincoln was
an did support the rail-splitter
the President's choice AaiBreckinrifge' is
his choice now. Will the Bulletin & .tnam
this--matter ? il
Mr. Breckinridge said : 'The " Demolratic
party is not a pro-slavery party." .Wlut5Jjfl
not that a declaration astounding to S&ther
ears? 'The Democratic party is nqf pro
slavery party.' In the South, hithert? the
Democrats had professed to be the onHs pro-
slavery party, they have denounced alCJthcr
parries for abolitionists. But Mr. Br k'u
ridge declared The Denwcr'atic party -iet a
pro-slavery party.' Mr Breckinrfdge, jiere
fore, is not a pro-slavery party man ! If . ;
- The Bulletin says : 'The Democraticlferty;
is hot and never has had for its eii,the '
extension of slavery.' - - ksjk
Now we had long thought that thepem
ocratic party, asa party, was unwillE g to
admit that slavery should meet witj any
bounds ; until we had read the extracifrom
Mr. Breckinridge's speech and the arie in
the Bulletin. Surely, those tire not th sen
timent, of V. L. Yaneev & Co., the" Ctirles-
ton Mercury, Montgomery Mail, and pi.ers.
We fear that our neighbor of the Bulletin,
has committed himself, unwittingly, .pit -the
black republican doctrine that slaveryfs not
a good institution. The black republicans
oppose the 'extension of slavery.' 'Tht dem
ocratic party, as a party, is not and nevJr has.
had for its object (says the Bulletin)' fje Ex
tension of slavery;' and Mr. Breckinridge
said, 'the Democratic party is not a procjlave-
ry party.' Then,' of course, sveh "a avarty.
cannot claim to be (except falsely) pallar
friends to the South ! By their own d( jlara
tiou do we judge them. ,.'
Now we think that slavery is a good institu
tion, and that 't is an institution which pjjould
be extended whithersoever black labor? ifll be
fouud profitable and the colored race Ifwefit-:'
- i -jir. l.i: ii .l ii. - 1.1-.-K .J, .
eu. jrc uenev mai, iutj ixsck nvc wyrc
nted to serve the white man, whenerboth
races occupy the same soil. And, if-i?itvery
is right in one locality, it is right al over
UUU S Till III.
If
Douglas is the atrongest, the vote of ihe State
is to "go for him, and if Breckinridge is the
strongest, then for him ; in other words, the
vote of North Carolina is to depend entirely
upon the vote of other States. And navs the
Standard, if the vote of North Carolina wil
not elect either of them, then the Electors to
J vote as they please. What does he mean bv
this"' Is he willing for theim to vote for
Lincoln ?" ' ? -
; Nw we will not" assert it for a fact but
it really does appear truthful, to a man up a
tree that certain influence eminating.from
Washington, may have had a tendency to
turn the political compass of our cotempora
rv. Mr. Buchanan, it is well! known, has
djclared for Breckinridge, nay lvas taken th
stump for him, and he is turning out of of-
ce,'and with-holding Government patron
age from all persons who' will dare oppose
the will of the President by supporting Doug
laa. Officers of the Government are losing
their posts every day by the mandates of the
President, for this very reasoti, and jnewspa-
pers, hitherto in the confidence and sharin
ihe henifices of the Executive are losing their
patronage, .l he Standard has, all along, had
the Government advertising" in. this State
wliich id worth thoufaiiJs annually. Wheth
er the President would have continued this
patronage to our cotemperary, and , he sup
porting Douglas, Mr. Buchanan's avowed
enemy, is a question which we will submit to
politicians for solution.
A Small Request.
.This ia the last paper which we shall be
able to print and send to distant snbacribers,
before tbeelection will come off, and we de
air that it shall be circulated and read as
extensively as possible. Do, friends, read
And pass it round to your neighbors, who may
be wanting light upon the jdl-iufportant sub
ject of Equal Taxation. The time is short
and the duty great wOTk,-"therefore-ufFer
oa to exhort you, in the name of all that ia
dear to the best interests of the State, be diU
igent Knti! the 2nd day of August, and also
oft that day.
. Judge Badger's' Speech.
' Let no reader of the Express fell to peruse
fib reported speech which was made by Judge
Badger at fitatesviUe, a far weeks ago. . W
heard the'speeeh delivered, and can roach
for the eojrectnees of report as far as.t
We nope that the papev may be circulated
ajnODg Democrats and those who oppose 4
valerem. - -v
Too Mean T
We learn that Gov. Ellis, in his fayeech
at Newton, made particular reference ,t) 'Ire
dell Kaow-Nothinge who were pre8t in.j
disparaging terms, and that his organ Sal
isburyince, with , other d e m a gogu en: hi ve.
endeavored to create, a prejudice in tbghinds
ot tue people ot Uatawta agamst Mf5J?GOl,
because citizens of Ireilell were previa t' to
hear the debate. Any sucb,v attest - ia
mean and- contemptible- in - all the 'Jetties I
MiuiccaiU) auu VJ-fiJ v, vile 1J Vf livofc fmw
racy of Catawba -will spurn the basetCjpmpt
to injure Mr. Pool's prospects by eiicj . low
trickery. . '; .
Tt had been well understood, befofj the
speaking in Newton, that the candidal' for
Governor would not speak in Ireilell, -jho?e
citizens liad as much, right to! hear thit,-8
the citisten8 of any other county. Ad vjjurem
men and anti-ad valorem men whi&'iand
democrats had, therefore, to go intor,ther
counties and Lear the -candidates, or rego
the opportunity altogether-. As the are
more Pool men than Ellis men in Jrell--
God bless, her for it
Narrow Escape from Death by
X M. Sandecs, of thin coanttr, has in-
formed us thatduring a t lirutiderstorju in May
lastK tree standing irt his' yard, was "struck
bylighlnin; when the i fluid passed into a
rom, whre his little daughter lay a corpsev,
and prostrated h"w son, a lad of ten years,
senseless. - The fluid tore the little "fellow's
cap into bits, singed his" hair, and ranged a
crossthe right breast dow'n hia eide and thigh,
leaving the marks of a 'severe scald! . By tho
application of coTd water and frietion, the
child restore I, nnd is now in goid health.
Davidson College
Da.. A. .WAUDii, of Jha grange',. TeHnessee,
has been eiectedVby the Trustees of Davklson"
CbllegftiQ $ the chair made vacnnt by the
resignation of Dr Lacy. V. C. Barringer,
of Cuncord, was elected to the Troy ProTeS
'sbusb'ip, which had-.tKt. heretofore been filled.
Two other vacant chairs wHtf' be filled when
the Board meets at Charlotte th first of
August.
-..-.BST; A meeting of the."Grand IHlgc IO.
O F, was held auStatesville last week. The
attendance was qnije Itfrge and the Brethren
appeared to have a pleasant tim generally.
Friday the Brethren, took the weste'nt train
and went in a body "to tue Springs in Cataw
ba, returning ftr their homes Saturday.
The .OoldBhoro' Bough Notes.
We pronounce the charge made in the
Goldsboro' Rough Nblea, that the report of
Gov.; Ellis withdrawal, .''had its origin with
the Iredell Exprese." an infamous Ue!
Was the Editor dru n k when- he; wrote his
article-?, v.
4 Notice,
Hon. J. M. La-icn,' RepreserMative in Con
greiis, from the sixth District, will addresshis
fellow-citizens of Iredell, at the. dotirt-llouse
i:i Statesville, FltriAYj27th Jury, at 1 o"
clock. Also, Gex. LeIcu will address tho
citizens of Alexander x-ouaty.'at Taylorsville,
TUESDAY, 3 Ist'JuIy. . '
Which County, and Person f
Some Post Mustier has returned ns an is
sue of the "Iredell Express," which was mis
directed, Etatiag that no 'such post office is in
the eounty,4wIthout naming the person. Of
coursie we are .entirely in thsdark, and would
thank him to be specific in hU next commu
nication. '
LiBEKTi Ilu July y, I860.
iSestn. Editors: There grew oh my place,
one stalk of , Wheat, which ' was 6 feet 1
ihchee high., AI90 eighteen stalks of Oats,
from one grain,' which measnrd 5 feet 5
inches. Also one stalk of Flax 4J feet.
, ; - . . T. M. HILL.
a larger nnmr. of
the former went to Newton. But thejgi pre
sence, it appears, gave mortal offense tLof! 1
fcJlis, more especiany to tue "'lousy feign
er'' who reported hia speech. ' if j-f1
Is it not strange ? or rather it w strange
that American citizens shall be exefodefrom
t.he -privileges to which they were Jorn !
Comment is unnecessary. -
r : j i S? v . ;ir-
Gov. EUi' Antagdnm to the Yfeat
, We stated last wee)t, jSi&t the ay had
obtained -her Rail Road&, Ho build hJ$ the
West bad been taxed and now' the Vlpst is,
wamingher Rail Roachv &Bd that it wilpfp
per and right that the East should ;.be fixed,
(including slaves) to aid in ; building hliem,
Many Eastern men arc willibg, perfejr.toj
admit the justice of the clainf set up bthLr
Western brethren and. but for the oppe&ion
which has been interposed-to a measq s, so
just, by QoTt Ellis, there -would baveeen
no controversy upon theeubject.-. lie f pos
ed it because he is wedded to Eastem f iter
ests, and hopes to secure a re-election by ast
era -votes. v We heard Gov. JE31 ten
Friday :af trnoon lant after several
weekst)f iHtenfeely kot Kirching weath
er, which had begunT to tell fearful y
uport-coru and other, growing crop,
I rain fell in a copious shower; and again
on Monday. - We are inclined to tbmk
that th6 needed blessing has been gen
eral, - It was a timely Ood-send.
1 Carriage llakiiig. ia Salisbury.
; JHiiblie.attentiftn i.4;-called to the ad-
Salisbury, wh? has - embarked exten
sively In tho Gariiage- Manufacturing
business and opened. a rpoMitory for
bhfc-sale f -Korthern- morfc,. to those
who prefer i. We BalI call upon Mr.
Barker, hen wo next visit Salisbury,
to see, perhaps purchase, one of his
beautiful and cheiap' rehiclesand wo
would recommend thopublic to go aud
do litowifto. ' - ';
, .;' ,, . , : ' - -t
pie of Burke, and in apeak ing to theai-: he
meant the people of the. whole Wet.'fthat
they, had no right to call . upon ihe Jjm$r
aid thatthe West had received her fuUlhare
of benefit from the public treasury, Jbfl. The
remark was unpieht and vninuJit,(ini
Got. Ellis knew it, It aa a oorobcration
of what Gov. Ellis bad said oT the WjrinJ
bis Gatesf Hie speech- hret , Give ! Ifore t
Mors.! ! when he compared the honest tban-
tarasert to B)nI(!lr,'andnore, Tock-
Lies." Ths wender U,ti 'fla
wwai arnj a laem. llorse-Tbtre'' Ufor,
ha (wniTif nm calf it ix.
is:-.
y Deitractive Hail 6tonns.
e have experienced two pretty se
vere hail storms in this place and vi
einijtyr since onr last. ifaue. .The first
one, on Thursday last, passed over the
plantations x)f ;Chirles Miller), B. Sum
nerTbilip jOienaj' and some others,
doing- 'very considerable damage to
ineir eorn, tobacco, blc." 'ine last one,
on.Sdnda fe)l ian this place, about 6
o'elpck;iii; th6; MVernoon and did con
siderable darnageL The large and beau
tifiil JIallroad shed, built for the ac
commodation -of both roads, was blown,
down iand: fe alniolstV worthless heap
of rubbish. The tin roof of nearly one
half f MttrphyJs Granite Eow W
roiled and cotiTeyed nearly, fifty yards
south of ihd bulMlng and.- dropped in
the street One of tho ehimnevs of the
same hott was b'own down. B Mi-
VViOat Kort an ' nnffnialkxl tinilM blOWTl
downaod the timbers destroyed, and
another building moved from its foui
datioot Thengine shedVnthe Wes
tern iBoad was also damsffed in n0
TO wbielfisjpit on. in sections.- .
. AUOgt5in?rK -UQOAnwgw t
prPPerty.fn this place i estimated at
tenor twelveihousand couars.r-to"
tsbnrj Watchman-