Aa Editor in a Tight Place, j Mr. Fisher's Defeat .
Our readers are aware that the j . The defeat of C. F. Fisher in this
Montgomery Mail an old Whig and Senatorial district, is the subject ot
American paper has recently become grief amongst the leaders ot the dem
ilesperabely enamored of Jon C. j ocfacy here and elsewhere in the State.
Breckinridge as peculiarly the man for , His political friends in Rowan, count
the South. The Post, the Hell and ed very certainly upon his success.
iiut the result nas demonstrated both
the absolute lack of personal popular
ity ot Mr. Fisher, and the firm confi
dence of Dr. Ramsay's supporters in
his ability and superior fitness to rep
resent the Counties of Rowan and Da-
Evcrelt organ, of that, city, is edify
ing the public by extracting editorials
from former numbers of the Mail, in
reference to the same gentleman,
Vhich must be not a little annoying
to the editor of the latter journal.
The 'following, for instance, from the
Mail of October 7Ui, 18'5G, must be
HI lUllig v. - -
bout now :
"SjiSPJClQUS BheckinriiGE. The
name' of John C. Breckinridge, Vice
Presidential candidate ot tb.edemQC:
racy, is in process of being made odi
ous to -the people of-the South; and
for this he may1 thank, not American
speakers or writers, but such journals
ah the New Orleans Delta ultra South
ern" Richts idurnals, oFthe Democrat-
ic stripe journals that embrace the
Cjincinnatti Platform, as containing all
that will save the South, "here and
hereafter." It is not Mr, Fillmore's
friends who denounce Breckinridge as
tliersTispicious candidate from j'a suspicious-State"
it is an organ) of the
most intense of the Democracy ! And
who are they, who defend him in mak
ing speeches- in company with John
Van Surn, and declaring tlmt he
does not belong to a party which goes
ing other sfttalk to Freesoilers, in a'
Free State,' while standing aide Ly
side with the Free toiler, John Van
Buren ? Aye, 'who defend him ? ..."
It is hot such papers as the New
Orleans Delta, or the Charleston Mer-
cujy. journals uevuiea iu mveusc
Southermsm, though connected with
the Democratic Squatter Sovereignty
party. It it not they. But wherever,
in this broad land, you find a misera
ble hireling, of. Federal power -a pli--an't,
'unquestionable topi of the pow
ers that be a creature calling him-"
selfman but who has : long since de
parted with all manly attributes a
mere political panderer, wtio at so
imtch per month prolongs an official
relation tomen who despise while they
employ him a party scavenger, with
out olfactories, who revels in the or
i dure he is called on to handle a thing,
named so-and-so, sold in a lump for a
price, long agoan individual of the
class that .party, corruption keeps at
its vilest work ..whenever vou find
such . a man, he is the defender of John
C. Breckinridge, for I associating po
litically with John Tan Buren, and
in .the presence of Freesoilers, clear
ing his skirts of belonging to a party
which goes foi; the extension of slave
ry1 : i
.Ties, these are the' men who wouM.
make the Southbelieve that Mr. Breck-.
inridge is for "the South, when he hinY
selfJdenies that he occupies that posi-
penly- for Squatter Sovereignty.
. .And are these enrolled, paid min
ions of Federal power creatures
without opinions ; steeped in corrup
tion ; obedient only toithe will ot their
raasters-r bound to go where they are
sent, and to sny and do what tiiey are
ordered are these hangers on, pimps
and stool-pigeons of Federal power,
to teach the South j'ts duty ? God
forbid I If the South is to be sold out,
at least, nominally respectable men
To the Voters of Hortn-Carolina.
Fellow Citizens: By virtue of my
appointment as a member of the ?N a
tionalExeeutiveCommitteeof the Dem
ocratic Party'7 for the State of North
Carolina, -'and at the earnest soliicta
tion of a": large number ot friends of
Douglas and Johnson, the nominees for
PrebTdent and Vice-President, of the
Rational Convention of the democratic
party of the Union, I am induced to
issue this call to the friends of that
ticket, to meet in the City of Raleigh,
on-Thursday the 30th ot this month
vie in the General .Assembly of the ; (August) lor the purpose ot .organizing
SttP Mr Fiiilifr. nrwl his fr ends. IU1 u,e x i-oiuiiuii vampuigii
have'discovered that he is wo stronger
than the party with which he acts.
Dr. Wiseman, who ran against Ram
say tjvo years ago, received, in Row
an X 138. 'Fisher received this year,
1145 only six more. Mr. Fisher
got Only 7 more; than Mr. Hall, and
18 Mas than Mr. Fleming. Fleming
received in 1858, ,8 (votes more than
Mr. Fisher in this election. So it is
very clear that of the two men Flem
ing is the strongest. Wiseman came
out 16'votes behind, two years ago ;
Fisher now comes out 144 behind.
This result, it would seem, is pretty
1 well calculated to- take the starch out
of a man who accepted a nomination
under the circumstances and in the
manner Mr. Fisher accepted his. He
entered oh stilts, lie has gone out
on foot. It was, apparently, an .act
of great condescension on his part, to
permit himself to be run as a candi
date, and he would not have accepted
the nomination except to gratify him
self and friends, who desired, in this
way, a vindication against the attacks
which had been made upon his admin
istration of the N. C. R,''R. He and
they have found that the people do not
sympathise with them in the Railroad
business; but that if they have man
ifested any feeling in this election on
the subject, it is exactly contra-ry to
their fond expectations. Salisbury
Watchman.
!"
Murder in Wilkes County.
A friend at Wilkesborough sends us
the following particulars of a murder
in that county on the evening of elec
tion day :
"J. Henderson . Minton was killed
the evening of the 2d inst., about 8
o'clock, by John Nichols. The cir
cumstances as related by Mr.Jarvis,
who was the only person pf esentwere
as follows : Jarvis and Nichols were
going home afoot from Wilkesboro',
where they had been -to the election,
and finding Minton, who was their
neighbor, lying in a fence corner in
toxicated, they called him up, inviting
him to pursue his journey with them
which he did. The two, M. and N.,
fell behind wrangling. M. overtook
Jarvis first, followed very soon by N,, ;:
who seemed angry as he had a stone
in his hand, and cursed and swore.
This he dropped when told to do so by
Jarvis, but immediately putting his
hand into his pocket, drew a knife,
and pitching at Minton's throat, nut
his left jugular vein. A soon as. he
struck the fatal blow he fled ; M.
stooped down and picked up the very
stone N. had brought in his hand, fol
lowed, but fell after running about 18
steps to rise no more, lie lived "till
about 2 A. M. -
Minton was about 22 years of age ;
Nichols about 30. Nichols has not
been taken. The murder occurred
aboufr,3J miles. above Wilkesboro', -m
the public road." Fay. Obs.
The excited political contest in which
the people of the State have been en
gaged slncfe the adjournment of the
National Convention, has caused the
postponement of this call to the present
time. I can' now, without fear of em
barrassing our local elections, appeal
to the friends of Douglas and Johnson
the nominees of the National Democra
cy throughout the State, to arpuse
themselves to action to rally to the
support of the Constitution and the
Union to stand firmly and boldly by
the flag of the National j Democratic
Party unawed by dictation from the
Administration at Washington City on.
one hand, or the Yancey Secessionists
on the other. "Whatever politicians
may have said or done however wil
ling and ready some of them may have
been to commit our good old State to
the purposes and fortunes of the seces
sion ticket the people of the Demo
cratic party have yielded their willing
assent or approval, but have been wai
ting anxiously the opportunity to
speak out boldly in behalf of the Na
tional nominees of their party. To all
such I appeal. Come together Na
tional Democrats friends of Douglas
and Johnson on Thursday the 30th of
this month and let us take counsel,
and determine what duty and patriot;
ism devotion to the Constitution and
Union demand from us? in the pres
ent thieateiung aspect of political af
fairs. ROBT. P. DICK,
Of the National Ex Com. of the Dcm.
Party.
Greensboro', Aug., 1st, 1860.
K. P. D.
The Game They Play.
There is not one of the leaders of
the Breckinridge Bolters and 'Seced
ers, if you will sound him, but is in
favor of disunion if Lincoln is elected.
Ask Yancey if he is in favor of disun
ion if Lincoln is elected, and he "will
answer you yes ? But ask him when
disunion and strife -comes upon the
" country, if he will shoulder his musket,
and ten to one, if he would not have
the consumption, nctfralgia, or some
other disease that would require him
to visit Cuba ot some other outlandish
country. Ask John T. Morgan if he
is in favor of disunion; if Lincoln is
elected? Andrhe will answer you,
yes ; but .when disunion, strife and an
archy was brought on the country, ask
him to 1 shoulder his musket, and he
Would ansiwer that in early boy-hood
one of his legs was disabled, and that
he wrs unable to take up his" musket.
Ask Sam RicqHf he is in for disunion
if -Lincoln is elected, and he will an
swer yes ; butisk him if he will shoul
der his musk etf and march to the scene
, of blood and carnage when internal
strife,.bloodshed and carnage come on,
the Judge will excuse himself upon the
ground, that was not the feast he was
; isvited to, and he will find Talladega,
Springs a moredelightful retreat.
' So it will .be with the most of these
leading Precipitators. They -divide,
break np and sectionalize the demo
uratic party, as much as they can,
At hen they know that by breaking up
the Democratic party, they secure the
election of Lincoln, fo w hich they say
they, are for dissolving the Union.
The election of Lincoln by their own
infidelity to the democratic party, and
then call upon- Southern men to dis
solve and plunge the country into an
archy, from which there is no calcula
ting how the South mav retrieve it-
self.
We ask every nun who desires!
pence, prosperity and liappiness, to
look at what the acts-and conduct of
these men are leading to ? Many good
men, .we know, believe it a duty they
owe to themselves and the South, to
- support Breckinridge, and
.this class of our citizens we have svm
About Platforms.
Hon. John A. Winston, Ex-Governor
of Alabama, in a speech at Mobile,
termed the Cincinnatti platform a "de
lusion and a lie "
r In reply to a speech made by Sena
tor Douglas, Senator Davis, of Missis
sippi, said :
"The fact is, that I have a declin
ing respect for platforms. I would
sooner have an. honest man on any
sort of a rickety platform you could
construct, than to have a man I did
not trust on the best platform which
could be made."
In his recent letter to the Macon
"Tribulation Committee," Ex-Governor
Wilson Lumpkin sajd :
"Platforms of Conventions are
nothing but humbugs, and our best
and most patriotic' men stand little
chance for the nomination at present."
Yet, strange as it may appear, there
are those who are willing to rely more
implicitly upon the platform concoct
ed by reckless political wire-pullers
and gamblers; and adopted by irre
sponsible Conventions, than upon the
Constitution of the country !
Mississippi, for Bell.
Intelligence of the most reliable
charactef corroborates the opinion, al
ready pretty general in this quarter,
that neither Douglas nor Breekinridira
can possibly carry Mississippi.,- The
Democracy had but seven or eight
thousand votes, to .spare .before,' and
the determination ofi the two "wings,"
to crush each other is unflinching and
unchangeable. A resident of Missis
sippi, well acquainted with the state
of parties, states that in some districts
there is scarcely a Breckinridge man A ?1Va a
; ,v,. .i : . -.-T voted down
nunc in uiucis lufie ia scarcely a sin
gle Douglas man ; and "parties of
bothpayts" affirm, if they do not swear,
that Bell is their second choice at all
hazards and to the last extremity.
This condition of political preferences
among a people not noted for the fickle
ness of their resolutions, ensures the
State for Bell and Everett so far as
human foresight can ascertain. In
fact, the triumph of the Union ticket
would grieve neither "wing" half so
it is for' success ui its
ave svm- .-Democratic relative. Memphis Ap-
Death of Mr. Gales.
It becomes our painful duty to an
nounce to the readers of this journal,
that Joseph Gales, is no more. He
died a few minutes after seven o'clock
oh Saturday evening last, at Ecking
ton, his late residence, near this city.
He was in the 75th year of his age.
Though this melancholy event was
not entirely unexpected, in conse
quence of Mr. Gales' infirm health for
some months past, it is none the less
true tnat the blow so long suspended
has at last fallen with a weight as sud-
aen as it is aniicture. it is some con
solation, however, to know that his end
was calm and painless, as his life had
been serene and Virtuous. Full of
years and honors, rich in the tributes
of veneration and regard awarded by
all good and great men throughout the
land, and beloved, as falls to the lot of
few, by all who-shared his nearer com
paiUUUSUiU m uic Uumc and tbo wallio
of private life, he has been gathered
by the great reaper, Death,a sheaf fully
ripe for the harvest, into a garner made
fragrant and precious by the fruits of
a life ever noble in its aspirations and
ver laborious in good works.
It is not for us, least of all, at a
moment like this, to write his epitaph,
nor are words of formal commemora
tion needed to indite Tor our readers
that eulogy wh,ich they, equally with
us, are competent to celebrate in mem
ory of his intellectual greatness. It
were better that we should keep silent
while as yet the startled, ear seems
caught by the sound of a voice crying
with such thrilling emphasis from the
scene of his formcr'activities, like that
voice which the Revelator heard from
Heaven saying, "Write blessed are
the dead who die in the IiOrd from
hence forth;' yea saith the spirit, that
they may rest from their labors; and
their works do follow them. "-National
Intelligencer. !
North Carolina Election.
There are still nine counties to be
heard from. Thus far the whole vote
polled in the Governor's election is
103,728, by far the largest vote ever
polled in the State. Ellis beats Pool
about 5,500. Pool gains on the Bragg
and Gilmer vote upwards of 7000, and
on the Ellis and McRae vote about
11,000. This is the state of affairs in
North Carolina after a most arduous
and exciting canvass, and is an earn
est that Bell and Everett will carry
the State in November. While the
Union men deeply regret that they
did not elect P.ool, we are yet to see
one who is discouraged, and who is not
determined to, go into the campaign
tor tae rresiaency witn aai ms zeai
and energy. The Breckinridge-1 an
cey Ticket will be beaten to death in
North Carolina. North Carolina will
pof be tied to the tail of South Caro
lina and Disunion. Mark the prediction.
It will be seen that the Union party
has made a clear gain in the Legisla
ture of lb members 15 in the House,-
and 1 in the Senate. Mai. Register.
Elections in Other States.
Elections took place on Monday last
in Missouri for Governor and mem
bers of Congress, in Kentucky for
Clerk of the Court of: Appeals, and in
Arkansas for Governor and two mem
bers of Congress. '
In Kentucky General Leslie Coombs,
the Union candidate, is elected by from
5,000 to 10,000 majority. ,
Barrett, Dem. is elected to Con
gress from the St. Louts District in
Missouri for the short term, and iSlair,
Republican, is elected for the long
term. Sample Orr, the Union candi
date for Governor, has a- majority of
over 2000 in the St. Louis District.
In Arkansas Johnson, Reg. Dem.,
is elected Governor by probably 10,000
majority, over Rector, Ind. Dem.
J Wheatland Sold-
It is stated that President Buchan-;
an has sold Wheatland, his famous ru
ral retreat, and has purchased proper
ty in the vicinity of the city of Balti
more, where he will spend the remain
der of his days in retirement. Ex
change Paper.
Don't matter much where Mr. Buch
anan retires to after he leaves the
White House, for the people of the
country: will feel but little concern in
him. He has already out-lived his
greatness and usefulness. We should
not think that his unrelenting perse
cution of 4hose who have been his best
friends would mke his declining years
very tranquil. A ewbern Progress.
: Ashe and Alleghany.
Official Ashe Pool 811 ; Ellis 379
For Senate Spencer, Union, 770
Dobson,! Dem., 399. For Commons
Crumpler, Un., 86G; Neal, Dem., 317.
For Sheriff J. M. Carson, Un., elec
ted by 1250 majority. Alleghany
Pool 132 : Ellis 373. For Senate
Speer 96 ; Dobson 404. For Com
mons Crumpler 228; Neal 262
Ashe and Alleghany together elect a
Commoner and belong to the same sen
atonal District. Pool s majority over
Ellis in Iboth Counties 191 a gain of
217. Speer s majority over Dobson
63. Crumpler's majority over Neal
515.
The Vote for Governor.
I860.
Counties. 1 Pool. Ellis.
Alamance, 793 771
Alexander, 694 429
Anson, 887 289
Ashe, maj 500 000
Alleghanv, 000 000.
Burke, " , 584 603
Buncdmbe, 910 9l8
Bladen, - 5'48 670
Bertie, . 570 532
Beaufort, 1110 628
Brunswick, 422 410
Cabarrus, ' 8?7 429
Catawba, 415 900
Craven, 852 800
Cumberland, 801 1023
Chowan, 000 maj 27
Columbus, 430 718
Camden, maj' 444 000
Carteret, 561 481
Cherokee, , 000 000
Caswell, 424 945
Chatham, 1255 1255 ;
Caldwell, 540 '370 '
Currituck, , '21$ . 701
Cleavelaud, - 419 998 j
Davidson, 1388 92 !
Davie, 690 4fcl j
Duplin, 197 loob
Edgecombe, 127 1095
Foravthe, 1028 . 1015
Franklin, 40G 810
Gaston, 200 800
Granville, 983 1144
Guilford, ; ' 2137 457
Greene, 345 . 421
G.ites, 1 maj 30 - 000
Haywood, , : 000 maj 270
Harnett, 203 5 702
Halifax, ; 595 788
Hertford, 399 355
Hyde. 0 1 000 000
Henderson, ' 829 586
Iredell, : 17 1G 382
Jackson, 0O( maj 401
Jones, . c 212' 275
Johnston, L. 804 1044 '
Lenoir, ' 349 556
Lincoln, 250 530
Madison, 000 maj 118
Martin, Uo:.i maj 375
McDowell, maj (fO 000
Moore, - . 84;i 749
Montgomery, 832 175
Macon, " maj 10t . Odfl
Mecklenburg, 757 1274
Nash. t 122 1Q50
New Hanover, 713 1549
Nortluimpton, , 614 779
Onslow, 135' . 841
Orange, 1238 ; 1109
Pasquotank, , maj 201 000
Perquimans, maj 110 000
Pitt, 778 771
Person, 299 620
PoIk, 000 000
Robeson, " 681 844
Rockingham, . 444 1127
Rowan, 079 1160
Rutherford, 804 701
Randolph, 1507 448
Richmond, 505' ' 251
.Sampson, 590 - 1042
Surry, 579 933
Stok"es 471 813
Sianlvi 1065 89
Tyrrell, , maj 90 - 000
Union, 42 931
Wake, ; 1573 1491
Warren, 136 874
Washington, " 209 000
Watauga, 000 000
Wavne 389 1201
Wilkes, 1419 614
Wilson. 133 919
Yadkin, 899 724
Yancey, 474 774
EUGENE B. DRAKE & SDN,
EDITORS AXp PftOPRIETRS.
-.. . ,
STATESYILLE,
: : : AUGUST 17,il860.
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j-v-. Onr Ternis. -ril
FRIDAY,
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HE "IREDELL EXPRESS" is published npdm the fol
lowing Terms, from which there will e no diHation.
Subscribers Uierefure will govern themselves ocojt ftngly.
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Nominees of the Union Convent
i
i- For President : '
JOHN BEL
i
OF TENNESSEE.
For Vice,-President
ED WARI) EYERET
If
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Electors for President & Viee-Prerlaent.
For the State at Large '. If
Hon. Geo. E. Badger, of. Wa?e.
Dr. II. K." Speed, of Pasquotank.
fgjf Douglas lias a large and thoroughly
determined party in Virginia, who if ill, in
all iprobability, out number the friends of
Breckinridge. A fierce struggle i."going on
in tjhat State between them, while the friends
of Jiell arid Everett are moving eteadily on-''
ward in the Old Dominion.
Tbia section of the State has been blessed
wjth; rain in abundance during the past two
weeks, benefitting the growing crops immensely.
Districts :
1 Dist. J. W. Hinton, of .Pasquotkhk.
do Caas. C.jUlark, of Crav&M
0. H. Djckery, of UwhiftPrid.
L. C. Edwards, ef Granule.
Alfred G Foster, of Randolph.
Henry Walser, of Davidsjq.
Wm. P. Bynum, of Lincorjnj;.
Tod It. (jaldwell, of BurM
do
do
do
do
do
do
Official Vote of Iredell County I860.
GovERwe. Sen.
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"We annex a list of our losses and
gains in the next Legislature, from
which it will be seen that we have
made a net crain of 16 memhers. If
the counties to be heard froth are rep
resentented as they were in the last
Legislature, the Democratic majority
on joint ballot at the next session will
be 24:
Senate.
Union -Grains. ' Losses.
StateSville, 568 157
Hall's, B3 00
Hollands '63 3
Williamsburg 38 83
Sharpos 8 15'
Liberty Hill 155 3
Watts' 109 33
Coot's SO . 30
ReiVs v 218 66
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Jti
- trf!
615
65
47
i 251
83
147
81
62
212
484
35,
41)
282
78
139
74
55
2o7
381
52
41
384
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76
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Change of Editon.
The Western Advocate has been changed
to iAshville Spectator," and Mr. Cotton bas
beepaicceeded by Mr. C. B. P. Byers as its
EJtbr. The Spectator wares' the flag . of
-Bell land Everett at its mast-head. We wish
Mr; Byers much success both pecuniarily
and politically. -
T; Illness of Gen. Cass.
Gn. Cass, Mr. Buchanan's Secretary of
State, is lying dangerously ill at Detroit, and
lite: extreme age renders it probable that be
wil never recover. If Gen. Cass should die
or resign, there is a probability that the Pres
ident will appoint Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson,
of Kiew York, Secretary of State.
. . 4 ' '
The Goldsborough Notes. .
Scour your mouth with a e-brush, Mr;
Rough Notes, and then use a little charcoal
by way-of an antiseptic ; otherwise your case
will ibecome hopeless death will supervene!
aiI oh ! the d 1 will get you ! Not a
drop' of mean whiskey wjll he give je Iff.
Rough Isotes, to quench your burning ibut
for the like of ye, away down in that dark
abole drank it all up, long ago; and thin the
thirsjt that ye will have, no paddy e'er felt
before. '
t&- Geo. W. Sites, Esq., late of the Pe
tersburg rress, is associated with J. W. Als-
pauli in the future management of the West
ern ;Sentinel as one of its editors.
1 1 Baltimore Houses.
W call the -attention of Mercliants to the
advertisements of the following? firms in Bal
tipiore, and first class houses :
Armstrong, Cator &, Co., Dealers in Silica
and Fancy Goods, Baltimore St. Cushings
& Baily,' Booksellers and Stationers.
j- North Carolina College.
We have had laid upon our table a Cata
logue of North Carolina College, located at
Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus county, for the edu
cation, of young men.
Th'e Institution, we are pleastd to learn.
is iri a flourishing condition, numbering over
one hundred students.
A Failure.
If Gen. Joe Lane. .came to North
Carolina to see his kiw folks, and noth
ing else, his trip has j been eminently
successful, but if to create a sensation
and get up an enthusiasm in favor of
the Presidential ticket of which he
forms the tail end, the thing has cer
tainly been a failure, for at Raleigh
where a few of the faithful made zeal
ous eiTorts to get the masses to throw
up-their hats the Old General remain
ed several days without it even being
known by some of the- citizens that he
was there, and he left without many
of them ever having seen him at all.
At the time first appointed for a
meeting by the citizens of Raleigh,
irrespective of party of course, to make
arrangements for his reception, there
assembled, as we were informed, eight
persons 1 Of course this was a fail
ure, and so the evening of the next
day was named, w hen after hard drum
ing a very small crowd assembled,
when Gov. Braggpresided, Cantwell
made a speech; committees were ap
pointedeti. The Mayor refused to
preside at the meeting, the Council
voted down a proposition to receive
Gen. Lane, and worse than all, we
were told that the military refused to
turnout', and still after all this we
hear some of the papers talking about
the enthusiasm created by General
Lane's presence in North Carolina.
The t'yst is the tour has beeh a miser
able failure, and if anything were want
ing to show the weakness of the Sece
der ticket in North Carolina we have
it abundantly illustrated in the visit
of General Lane to th Capitol of the
State: Newbem Progress.
' )athy. For the leaders in this invol
untary revolution and ruin of the coun
try, we have no sympathy. They
know what they are doing, and do what
they do, with cold blood. .It is the
leaders of this movement which leads
to utrife and ruin of the South, we de
nounceas traitors to their country,
' 1 Selma Ala.) Sentinel.
peal.
Bather Strong.
. Hon. Bailie Peyton, of Tennessee,
who spoke at a Bell and Everett rati
fication meeting a few days ago, said
that the corruption of the Administration-
at Washington is so great that
'the man in the moon has to hold his
nose as he passes Over that city.'
The Split in Arkansas.
Good News.
AVe saw and conversed with a num
ber of our friends from different parts
of the country on Monday last, and
they all gave us the most encouraging
accounts. Bell and Everett are gain
ins ground every day. Changes stO
them are being made every day. All 1
the Old Line Whigs are for them, and
a largo number of conservative Demo
crats haye declared their intention to
vote for jthem in Novenfber ti ext. AVe
are confident that our vote in Madi
son county will be increased three or
four hundred over Fillmore's vote in
1856. . Roll on the ball and keep it
going! ! Let all our friends stand
firm, and victory is ours ! Iluntsville ,
(Ala.) Independent.
Kentucky and Tennessee.
A gentleman of this city, who sup
ports Breckinridge and Lane, and who
is now on a visit to Kentucky, writes.
from that State to a friend here as
follows :; "I think, from what I can
find out, that Bell and Everett will
carry Kentucky and Tennessee.
Every mie thhtks so. Douglas will
get enough votes to defeat Breckinr
ridge. "-Ctlunibus Enquirer.
For Bell and Everett.
We published last week a letter
from a Demoaratic citizen of Canton
county, which has heretofore given a
b out four hundred Democrat majority,
declaring his ardent support of the on
ly National ticket in the field -bell
and EveYett. We did not at the time
give the name of the writer, not know
ing what his feelings might be in that
respect. ATe now, however, state that
the letter was written by Hon. John
G. McCabe, the Democratic Repre
sentative in the Legislature from the
county of Cannon. Mr. McCabe is
doing good service for the National
ticket. ; He is a man of influence and
ability, ;and calculates upon seeing his
county vote for; Bell and Everett in
November. Push on the .good .work.
Nashville Banner.
Ex-President Tyler has declared
through the press that he is for disufc.
icn in the event of the election of ei
ther M?. Bell, or Mr. Lincoln, or Mr.
Douglas to the Presidency, and that in
either case. ha will fight for a funeral !
He is particularly fierce against Mr.
Bell ' What rjghi haa he to think that
there isj any human creature whom
the American people woulunt endure
T ... -i .1 I .1
Richmond & RoIeson, 1
Gates and Chowan, 1
Carteret and Jones, 1
Washington & Martin. 1
Hvde and Tyrell, 1
Craven
.Toll nston, 1
Chatham, .1
Burke. McDowel
and Caldwell,- 1
Total, 5 Total,
House of Commons.
Union Gains. 1
Wake, 2 Johnston,
Orange, 2 Bertie,
Craven, . 2 P.nrkc,
Forevthe, I :'Ii.n-wi,-k
M....re, 1 ; Bladen.
"Washington," ' 1 !
'"arteret, 1
Gates, 1
Alamance, ' 1
McDowell, 1
Caldwell, 1 fa
Kuthertord and .Folk, 1
Ilerderson, 1
Buncombe, 1
Ashe and Alleghany, 1
Alexander, 1
Watauga,
Los
scs.
1
1
1
1
1
Fighting Among Themselves '
The Wilson, (Nj C.) Ledger eayflth at
fracases attended with bloodshed, andfeprob-
ably death, 'occurred in Nash' county t the
day of the election, i between the IVbejs of
L. i. J. Battle and iA: J. lay lor, bourAtem
ocrats, who were candidates for the "State"
Senate in that county. The Ledger eas :
'Although this canvass was not eqt&l in
fierceness a'd acrimjoiv to previous Of es, it
did not wholly pass vkitiiout scenes ot vif ienc
and bloodshed that fvould not have disgraced
Baltimore itself. A number of bloody ren
contres took iilace on the uhv ot electiAir in
which several individuals were more oii less
injured two of theifi, Mr. David Kacl3 and
Mr. Van Bachelor seriously, and' ou? Mr.
Battle, it is feared fatally. Of this.ltftt we'
know only by report. It is time that fAe in
dignant freemen ofXaah should rise ijp, in
the majesty of otfeded power and crusty this
vile vsteni. of pmg uglvism 'and terrorism
which for so long a time has defied aljtj. the
Law and its administrators in their C& Wv
It is the onlv couatv in tlie State from
which a Judge has ever been compelled to
tlee to avoid Ivnchiu, and that too fofe the
performance of a plain and irnperativiluty
the only one, so far as we know, wlreib
a Countv Court has ever been forcibk : ad
joumed, and the only one we deVoutly rust
where free !orn American cit izens are t (raid
to exercise ti glorious privilege of th "elec
tive franchise, or doit some of them a(east
without daring to confess to their neigjjors
what they have done. . ,
NaV, to such a condition have matterJfall-
en in t!i;tt coiintv, (!at th'ev who dire (Wjpis'
chquc and c:tl:il uv.i vc-te as thoy plf:isei-the
iod gi en pi v:yiv.i v i .i even tiie hunlest
in ieoparf-y of
y iiiformedj-th'11
C!V;i,i
;H Aaftiiville. tlie en 11
Total,, 20
ifr. Keitt, qFsTc
Total,:
fEach wing of the Democratic party j a8 President when he remembers that
in Arkansas has a candidate for Gov-1 for nearly four years they endured him?
L Atlanta Amencan.J
ill our hnpp.' i.e.
iheir lie. ' We a;
q liic chi:tion da v
1 I V
was compelled to summon I'osses to tort
ivrtaiu persons, amont: whom was the ; i C.
their onlv ott'entA be
for a -Tree
( ltrU tit thir Inline.
in the way in which they voted. Tfcfs is
truly a horrible state of a Hairs
ci uiiirv. .
Na.-h is a glorious county in somereecta
i r. :...! i- i.
nc iiai i- iv nciiv pau ouge mere, lor jliicu
we are tlianktul, and .many lnenls, to f inm
we are attached. Among ita -citizens arpuna
ny intelligent.patriotic, energetic and es; jma
ble men. , But all its gooil, in the estimation
of the. world abroad, will be neutral izpj by
the ascendency of rascals. If a dozenes
peratend ferocious characters, whopare
nothing for God, man, or devil, are alljTwed
to go on as t,hey have beat quiet anduof
fensive "itizens whip a man for a vtcast
against their candidate break -open' fe'ii if
one of their number (.very justly.) geti incar
cerated or threaten publicly that tlif? for
tunate candidate shalll never take . hi.f?Jsat
in the Legislature ,of North. Caroli if
these men, we say, are allowed togootvjhus,
what will the county eventually comejtf S"
Nash, perhaps, is the strongest loffffoco
county in the Sate, which ,.111 ust accoufjt for
their savage barbarity to each other, f irash
gave Ellis i058,PooI 122. CivilizatioJcan
hardly exist in rash, if the Ledger's acjtpuht
be true. l-t
r-fcr
: it
ernor. lhere are, also, two tickets
for Congress representing the Doug
las and Breckinridge parties. The di
vision of the party in Arkansas is past
healing, as it is fast becoming every
where else. Charlotte Bulletin.
The Prince of Wales left Halifax, on
the 2d-instant, "for St. Johns. He is
handsomely received at every place he
visits and must be much gratified at
the honors and respect paid to him.
cries out for a
Southern Confederacy, and his words
are echoed by others m bouth Caroli
na, and in some of the 'Cotton States,'
whilst Wm. Lloyd Garrison, in Mas
sachusetts, takes ;up the burthen of
their song, and shouts 'No uni'on
with slave holders' and demands 'a
Northern government.' And thus the
country is rent in twain by ultra fac
tionists, North and South. There is
a common, safe, constitutional ground
to stand on. Alexander Gazette.
Resignation of an Elector.
Dr. T. W! Keen, of Rockingham,
Democratic Elector for the sixth Dis
trict, has resigned his position as such.
The Winston Sentinel calls for a Con
vention of the District tef be held at
Winston on the 5th of September.
A young girl who had become tired
of single blessedness, thus wrote to
her intended :
Deer Gim, cum rite oph ef you
air cummin at awl. Ed Collings is in
sistin that I shall have him, and he
fangs and kisses me so Ikontinnerly,
that I can"t holed owt much longer,
but will have 2 kavc in.' Betzey.
UUT Army. The Howard Association, of l.hila-
The total strength of the United j delphia, whoee advertisement appears j an
States army, on the 1st of July was other column, ia a benevolent In8tituti4, es-
as tollows : Sixteen thousand six hun- published hy epecial endowment, for tl( re
dred and sixty-even apportioned lief of the sick and 'distressed afflicted ifcith
thus two regiments of cavalry, ten virulent and epedemic diseases. We bjieTe
companies each ; two of dragoons, ten j the officers to be honest, and correct i3ai in
companies each; one regiment of all their dealings. ; -f '
mounted riflemen 1 ten companies ; four Dath of an Editor
regiments of artillery, twelve compa-! tk xtj ,:n x' r:
, , A J r . 1 he Hendersonville Presage coines ti us
nies each, and ten regiments of mfan- Hn,d in , au
try, ten companies each ; besides one iU)r Mr. Joel H . CLAyTox. Mr c Jfa
hundred and eighty cavalry dragoons ; the 4th instant of j
three hundred and sixty infantry, and ton was a capital editor, and a trafe-h'ted
three hundred and thirty other offi- gentleman. o
e nope ine iresage will becontmua by
some one able to supply Mr. Clayton's jpace,
in the field of usefulness and honor.
Correction-
We haye been informed by R. M. At json,
that we were in error, in stating last ' Jeek,
that he was not a candidate for the Le gisla
ture ; he was a candidate, and it sffoVp us
pleasure to make the correction accord4gly;
andiweask pardon of Mr. A. for our ifejsap
prehenBion of his remark?, made at thef Wt
House on the day after 'the election,. 1 x:
: ; 1 -!-
Whenever any persons, (Derprats
or Whigs,) become displeased with tftejjJrer
dell Express," or its publishers, and wjfr to
withhold their patronage, they have b'un
qualified permission to do so, upon a ' tattle
ment of all dues to the office. V
i ) The Standard's "Condition.".
Speaking of the "vOiiditkns" upon r
wtyeh the Standard agreed to hoist the
Flag of Breckinridge and Laue, a wri
ter in Tuesday's Preft says:
: I look upon this laftt error of the;
Editor, of the Standard, as bad as hi;
first and, as an old Democrat, must
sayi pf hini, that he must go the whole
fignte "Snout and Gobble," or not at
all ; either serve "God or Baal."
Jtily 25, 18G0.
There now; the Standard sees the
condition to which its want of nerve
reduced it. It now will be hectored
oven by every Breckinridge vman in
thejState, and will have to go the wholo
figure, "Snout and Gobblo," or not at
ail.':--Baleigh Register.
Support the Best Men.
The Nashville "Banner" says truly,
that if all would vote for Bell and Ev
erett who in their hearts , believe they
areiihe best men before the jeople,
they! would be elected by a larger ma-jori-
in every State than wtfs ever be
fore given to any candidate since the
days; of Washington And it isnotim
.jwssible that they may have such a
majority. There were never candi
dates before the people who conciliated
so much favor so early in a canvass,'
or wfiose prospects increased so rapid
:y,!kr)d this, too, against all efforts that
cunning and ma ice and falsehood can
invent to oppose them.
.. Fatal Accident
Ve le rn that oiap' Friday of lat
weejc, in Steel Creekf a'negro man be
longing to Dr. J. M. Strong, was'killed
by a tree falling upon him. The man
was engaged in. cutting the tree down,
and in falling it lodged against another
tree; after disengaging it, it fell and
cahgt the negro's leg, crushing it sb
badly as to cause death in a few hours
afterwards. Charlotte Democrat.
Insurrection in the Cherokee Nation.
A late 'Texas paper contains the fol
lowing "The troubles that havo been
brewmg for some months among the
Cherdkees, between the slaveholders
and hion-slayeholders, and which were
incitejd by abolition missionaries, have
come to that pass that the nation is in
anns; and one Evan Jonee, -an j&boli
tionist leader, and his son, have enlis
ted 2tk0 of the Cherokees for an attack
on their brethren. A requisition, it is
stated, will be made on the State of
Arkansas, for aid to assist in quelling
this insurrection.
Granl Lodffe of I. 0. 0. F. of State of 5.
I j . Carolina. 1;
Thfe Grand Lodge of Independent
Orde4 of Odd Fellows, of the State of
North Carolina, met at Statesville on .
the If th ult., and elected the folio w-
tpe gentleman as officers.
lartin Stevenson, (Grand Master,)
Washington, N. C; W. Edwards, (D.
G. M,) Lincolnton, N. C; T.M.Gard
ner, (G. 8.,) Wilmington, N. C; B. J.
Jone4(G. T.;) W. P. Caldwell, (G.
W.,) Btatesville, N. C; A. P. Repi
ton, (G. C.,) Wilmington N. C; R. A.
Caldwell, (G. R.) Wilmington, N. C;,
John iRigler, G. C.,) Charlotte, N.
C; J B. Webb (G. G.) Kinston, N.
C. : j -
cers, averaging one officer to every
thirteen men.
It; 3S stated that Mr. Douglas spent
forty thousand dollars out of his private
pursellte secure Mr. Buchanan s eleetion
in 185(J. Mr. Buchanan has since spent
thric that sum ont of the public treas
ury U crush Mr. Douglas.
:jj Alabama.
In Alabama a perfect enthusiasm ex
ists i a favor of Douglas and Johnson
and Yancey and his Seceders associates
havo become objects of derision and
contempt. Newbem Progress.
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! ! ' Tennessee.
A; full Electoral ticket for Douglas
and Johnson has been formed in Ten
nessee, Wf fl. Polk and H. M. Water
son have been chosen Electors for the
State; at Urge. fNewbern Progress.
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