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from the Memphis Enquirer.
"How Shall I YoteT
Thousands of our best and most
staid citizens, of all parties, and in all
sections of the Union, are now sober
ly asking themselves riii question.
Hitherto they have perhaps discharg
ed what they regarded as their duty.
Then, the questions at issue were
such, that the peace and quiet of the
country were not endangered,-$o mat
ter which party triumphed. Then
Democrats and YYTiigs voted only as
their fathers Bfcfore them had done.
But the political skies now wear quite
a-different aspect ; and, for1 the third
time in our history, the same black
cloud has arisen on our horizon. First,
in 1819 and '20, it threatened the safe
ty of the Union ; and men temporarily
forgot party for the sake of country.
This noble sacrifice, offered up at the
foot of the nation's altar, brought back
that confidence and hope which had
well nigh fled from the breasts of all.
Again, in 1849 and '50, the country
was similarly convulsed ; and the lead
ing spirits of both the great parties
forgot all party lines for the moment,
and held counsel together. They saw
the danger, and, as patriots, were" sin
cerely anxious to avert it. They saw
it was a contest which, if fought out,
must end in a dissolution of the Un
ion through a war of sections. Wise
counsels prevailed ; agitation was put
down and the country again saved.
Whigs and Democrats alike did this.
The .North and the South, the ,East
and the West indeed, men of the
Union came to the rescue ; and no
man of any party claimed a party tri
umph in the result.
The. crisis is again upon the coun
try, but with more ominous surround
" Oigs than ever. Not only is a purely
sectional candidate in the field from
the North, but one almost equally so
is in the field from the South, if we may
Relieve the charges made -against him
by those of his own household.
TTV-11 - 1 T . r T
w in i tie election or .Lincoln or
Breckinridge restore confidence ? Will
not the triumph of either be a. section
al one ; an4f as sueh, can it allay that
feeling of doubt and distrust that must
follow such a victory ? Could men
feel that the country would be safe,
with the triumph of either of these sec
tional candidates? Will Southern
-men still clfig to an infatuation, when
' they know it is really but infatuation?
And what better, we may ask, can
result from the election of Douglas ?
Will the merchant, the farmer, the
mechanic or the manufacturer feel that
his interests are secured by the elec
tion of one whose .legislation, instead
of bringing quiet and confidence, has
brought nothing but discord and dis
trust to the nation ?
'How shall I vote ?' is asked by
thousands of Democrats who see their
party divided, not by the old issues,
but by a question full of weal or woe
to them and to the country. If nei
ther Douglas nor Breckinridge can
save the Union (and the friends of
each say this cannot he f done by the
other,) is it not best'fe,ll good men,
of both parties, to forego their party
preauecuons, as nas been aone oeiore,
and eleyate to the Presidency a man
whose political, record is universally
aamittea to De national ? His acts,
his legislation his votes, his record
belong alike to ai parts of the Union;
and the Democrat who votes for him,
does so, not because of his peculiar
political preferences, but because he
is willing, now, to merge these.jn the
patriotic desire to save the country.
We well recollect the appeal j made
to old line Whigs and Americaae? in
1856, to forget their party prejudices,
tor once, and vote for Buchanan.: as
the only candidate who was national
enougn to save the Union The sen
eral advice then was, to put down sec
tionalism ; and, as r remont was pure
ly such a candidate, thousands, who
did not belong to the Democratic par
ty, voted for Buchanan, with the pat
riotic hope that he could save us from
shipwreck.
Let us now appeal to our Democrat
ic friends of each wing of the party,
to forget their first choice, and vote
for Mr. Bell.
With him, the Union is safe. With
either of the others, the war of sec
tions has but begun, and the Union
will soon end.
Surgical Operation -Affecting Sceae.
About a year since a young man
named Erambert, living in Wilming
ton, N. GL, was assailed at night by
ruffians and severely cut on the head
with a knife, besides nearly having his
rm separated from the body in two
places. The wound in the head proved
the most disastrous, as it left a punc
tured and depressed fracture, And
paralysis, epilepsy and idiotcy super
vened. Thus, was a strong, powerful
and intelligent man rendered one of
fche most pitiable in the list of human
casualties a semi-paralyzed epiUptie
idiot. After being subjected to the
experience of 8 surgeons, the father
of the young man (who, by-the-way,
was in the Theatre in this city on that
luckless night in the vear 1811. when
to many lives were lost by the burn
ing of that edifice,) brought him on
to Richmond to consult Professor C.
B. Gibson, -who performed the opera
tion of trepanning on Monday, assis
ted by Dr. Cullen, and in the presence
of one or two other assistants.
Now, before the operation commen
ces imagine the condition of the pa
tient the idiotic expression of the
eye ; the unvarying condition of the
pupil ; the palsied, nerveless hand ;
the shrunken features, the pale and
hollgw cheek -evincing to the, behol
der only an intensity of suffering. The
operation begins. The bone is laid
bare by a crucial incision, and after
very little loss from hemmorhage, the
treiine is anxiously applied down;
down it goes untU it touches the dura
mater, and blessed result on the
withdrawal of the instrument, reason
has again resumed her seat of empire,
the idiotic stare had fled, the palsied
hand -resumed its 'cunning,' and facial
expression its varying but conscious
sway 1
Dr. Gibson haying a keen apprecia
tion for the feelings of the young
man's father, went and brought him
into the room, and on his approach a
flood of tears poured down the cheeks
of the son on recognizing his father,
which he did-by ah eager grasp with
toe betore palsied hand, and an earn
est glance of the now intelligent eye.
The old man could not speak for joy
tears of thankfulness relieved him ;
but words could not express his grati
tude. The brain was relieved the mo
ment the depressed portion of the in
ner table was removed. Professor
Gibson is long and justly celebrated
as one of the most delicate and skil
ful operative surgeons in the United
States. Richmond Examiner.
The Political Prospects of Europe.
Clouds of trouble are rising in the
political horizon of Europe. There
will be a great difficulty in getting
through the Italian Question without
another war. It is evident that noth
ing less than 'Italy for the Italians'
will satisfy the patriotic party in that
country ; and that party now embra
ces three-fourths of the male popula
tion from one end of Italy to the oth
er. The entire nation of Sardipia-r
we mean the people under the sceptre
of Victor Emanuel are full of this
sentiment. The intelligent classes of
the States of the Church, of the King
dom of Naples, as well as Venetia,
partake largely of this feeling. The
King of Sardinia in the North shares
it as fully as Garibaldi in the South.
The poetical atmosphere of Italy is
fast becoming a glow with this absorb
ing, patriotic feeling,
It is impossible that the present
state of things can long continue. A
tremendous outbreak will soon come
unless Louis Napoleon and Lord John
Russell can do an amount of political
engineering of the most delicate and
difficult nature, that two men have
rarely ever accomplished. Will they
succeed ?
Austria threatens to interfere ; she
is preparing to do so. Her legions
have been increasing in Venetia for
weeks and months. Sardinia, too, is
preparing for the coming struggle.
She is eyen keen for it, Her King,
without doubt, 1 would have Garibaldi
make haste and get through with the
revolutionizing of Naples and the Pa
pal States, in order that a United It
aly of more than twenty three millions
may hasten to the rescue of two mil
lions of their cruelly oppressed breth
ren in Venetia.
Our hope of peace (under God) rests
now upon the influence which France
and England -may have in the coun
cil of Francis Joseph. New York
Journal of Commerce.
West Coast of Africa A Stupenduous
Human Sacrifice.
The British steamer had arrived in
the Mersey with late intelligence from
the West Coast of Africa. From La
gos we learn that the King of Daho
my Avas about to make an immense
sacrifice of human life to the memory
of the late king, his father. The West
African Herald of the 13th ult., re
ferring to this intention, says :
"His Majesty Badahung, King of
Dahomey, is about to make the 'Grand
Custom' in honor of the late King Ge
zo. Determined to surpass all for
mer monarch in the magnitude of the
ceremonies to e performed on this
occasion, Badahung has made the
most extensive preperations for the
celebration of Grand Custom. A great
pit has been dug which is to contain
blood enough to float a canoe. Two
thousand persons will be sacrificed on
this occasion. The expedition to Ab
eakouta is postponed, but the King
has sent his army to make some ex
cursions at the expense of some wea
ker tribes, and has succeeded in cap
turing many unfortunate creatures.
The young people among these pris
oners will be sold into slavery, and
the old persons will be killed at the
Grand Custom. Would to God this
might meet the eyes of some of those
philanthropic Englishmen who have
some feeling for Africa ! Oh ! for
some man of eloquence and influence
to point out to the people of England
the comparative usefulness of their
expensive squadron out here, and the
enormous benefits that must result to
this country, anil ultimately to Eng
land herself, morallv and materiallv.
if she would extend her establishments
on this coast. Take away two-thirds
of your squadron, and spend one-half
its cost in creating more stations on
shore and greatly-stregthening your
old stations."
Jewish Disabilities.
We quote the following from the N.
. Presbyterian, and endorse it as our
own.
The clause in the Constitution of
North Carolina, prohibiting Jews from
holding office, is a blot upon the good
eame of the commonwealth and should
be rescinded. It is probable that ano
ther effort will be made, at the next
meeting of the Legislature, to secure
ks removal. The mode of effecting
the object is a matter of indifference
to us, but we cannot withhold our ap
proval of the movement and the ex
pression of our hope that it will suc
ceed. As Presbyterians and friends
to civil and religious liberty, we re
gard the clause as odious and intoler
ant, and shall rejoice to see it expun
ged from our Constitution.
Still Living.
Three of t.h fhnir nf
who. dressed in whit arZnoA 'WLk I
ington as he entered Trenton in 1789,
on his way to assume the Presidency,
' v llu T f OQU"
still survive. One vet lives in Tren I
uu oM-cweu ma pamway witn nowers.
A 11 VV L
m-riH.
ton : ne is the mother of Senator
r i
Chesaut, of South Carolina, and one,
Mrs. Sarah Hand, resides in Cape
May county, New Jersey.
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Nominees of the Union Convention
For President
HON. JOHN BELL,
OP TENNESSEE.
For Vice-President :
EDWARD EVERETT,
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Electors for President & Vice-President.
For the State at Large :
Hon. Geo. E. Badger, of Wake.
Dr. R. K. Speed, of Pasquotank.
Districts :
1 Dist. J. W. Hinton, of Pasquotank.
2 ' do Chas. C. Clark, of Craven.
3 do .0. H. Dockery, of Richmond.
4 do L: C. Edwards, of Granville.
5 do Alfred G. Foster, of Randolph.
J do Henry Walser, of Davidson.
7 -do W. P. Bynum, of Lincoln.
8 do Tod R. Caldwell, of Burke.
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Newspaper Improyements.
The Newbern Progress comes to ue very
considerably enlarged and otherwise improv
ed. It is now about as large as awy daily in
the State ; and sustains well its individuali
ty. Penningtoh ia a newspaper man. lie
fights on his "own hook" for Douglas and
the Union.
The Spirit of the Age alst) corneal out en
larged and improved. It is a capital family
paper, and is deservedly popular.
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Our columns this
week have been
quite surrendered to correspondents and ex
tracts from our exchanges, which, doubtless,
will prove inore interesting to our readers
than our lucubrations. Variety, it is said,
is the spice of life.
A Douglas Paper in Charlotte.
A new paper has been started in Charlotte,
Dr. H. M. Pritchard, editor, which advocate
the interests of S. A. Douglas for the Presi
dency. Of course it receives no friendship from
the Breck. organs.'
Breckinridge Elector for 6th District.
The Breckinridge Democracy of the 6th
District held a conventi6n on the Gth instant,
at "Winston, and nominated J. M. Clement,
Esq., of Davie, Elector, vice Dr. Keen, resign
ed. Ex-Gov. Reid, Hon. A. M. Scales and
other smaller lights were present and made
speeches. - -
Thos. Mackensie & Sons.
The attention of the Trade is directed, to
the advertisement f Thos. Mackensie & Sons,
Baltimore, dealers in "Saddlery Hardware,
Trunk and Harness Tiimmings," at whole
sale. This is an old and reliable house, and
we take pleasure in recommending it to the
patronage of all manufacturers desiring any
article in their line. Orders sent them will
be filled upon as fair terms as if the purchas
er were personally present.
Governor Ltcher.
The Washington Times gays, "Governor
Letcher having come out for-Douglas in pre
ference to Breckinridge, f it is said, has caus
ed no little surprise and consternation in the
Breckinridge division, and will secure the de
feat of the Breckinridge pasty in Virginia be-
;v . uyuui. uuvcinur vy ise, oeing an a
vowed disunionist, as a matter of course, is
for Breckinridge, and will stump the State
It is conceded that Letcher is the strongest
of the two, and that lie will arry the West
em reserve for Douglas. The gallant Gog
gin has already taken the field for Bell and
Everett, and as the strife between the friends
of Breckinridge and Douglas is intensely
fierce, and there being not the least prospect
of a compromiae, unless the Breckinridge
wing will unconditionally surrender and com
pel their leader to fling up his Commission,
the State will go for Bell and Everett by a
large majority. A similar state of fhings'ex
ist in almost every Southern State, which se-
cures tne wnole South for the Union ticket,
with the exception, perhaps, of South Caro'
lina. There being no chance, then, for Breck
inridge, it behooves all conservative men to
unite upon Bell and Everett in order to de
feat the Black Republicans.
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Baltimore Improvement.
We find the following notice of a fine and
substantial improvement which has been e
rected in Baltimore, by our friends Armstrong,
Cater & Co., to accommodate their rapidly
increasing Southern Trade.
For a number of years Baltimore felt the
want of af "SHk House" among her other
large establishments to render her market
complete for the outfitting of merchants'
stocks, and that desideratum Messrs. Arm
strong, Cator & Co. have supplied with their
immense capital and enterprise. The Ex
change says :
"Among the
many recent neat
ments on
Baltimore street, i tht At- tk t
MeMF Armstrong, Cator & Co
creasing patronage has demanded the im
provement just completed. It is ahvavs a
pleasure and the duty of the press to make a
wuoee in
1
passing notice ot the enenjv displaved bv tho
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?rmt' of trade- esne-
uiiiiv wi en me uniM1 uui nmmmont .i,
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S"rrS2 U!e
whole South and West were o'hliged to go
the Northern and Eastern cities for a full aa i
mm of tkm anW neor? u th,
female apparel, but jinw that necessity is en
tirely obviated by the fact that Messrs. Arm
s'rong, Cator & Co. have always on hand a
supply eouai to that of any other establish
ment in the United States. With their in
creased trade it became necessary during the
past summer to enlarge their building, and
extend it to the entire depth of the lot, for
the reception of the immense stock which
they have now on hand. Their building. No.
237, West Baltimore street, near Charles, is
one of the most attractive mercantile features
of the ciiy, and is so from the fact that they
sell at email profits to prompt customers.
The first floor of the establishment isdevoted
to the display of a large and varied assort
ment of hew styles of ribbons and other arti
cles specially in the millinery line. Amongst
the new varieties of ribbons are Fuxias. Sol-
ferinos, Mauvea and Magentas, the hues of
which are bright, mild and beautiful, with
all the delicate flower tints so much admired
j wc lucib u nature. aijc bccuuu uwr vj
the establishment extends over No, 239, nd
by the Lovers of nature. The second floor of
presents an array still more attractive thar
the first. Here are upwards of six hundred
varieties; of French flowers, bon.net velvets of
every description, laces and plumes de cock
up to the finest marabout and ostrich, with
a full assortment of straw goods, including
the jaunty little hats now worn by the ladies,
and so generally admired. The third and ap
per floors contain unbroken packages of goods,
and the whole forms one of the most com
plete assortments to be found in the country.
That the efforts of this enterprising gnu are
appreciated, is manifest from the fact that
within a few years past the. trade with the
South aid West have increased to such an
extent as to require the constant ggsistance of
some fifeen clerks. This firm entered with
a boldness upon- the business which reflects
great credit upon their fowight, and they
fully deserve the success which has reward
ed their enterprise. For the friends of the
South there can be found no more desirable
place to deal, as the whole house is compos
ed of gentlemen of sterling character and
worth, and there is no doubt but all wHl be
satisfied who pay them a visit.
Dangers of Traveling on the Mississippi.
In the month of June last, the steamer
Ben Lewis, a Memphis and Ohio River pack
et, blew up soon after arriving at Cairo, kill
ing a large numbeF of the lllfated passengers.
Alexander Houston, of Philadelphia, who
was on board at the time, has furnished the
following narrative of the appalling event:
"On the 23d inst., we made our ex
it froni Memphis, Tennessee, and took
passage on board of the Ben Lewis,
quickest of the Missippi river boats,
and carried the horns ; Capt. Hanson,
being but recently appointed to com
mand ler. At the time of our depart
ure, we had sixty-five cabin and twen
ty deck passengers. A short period
only elapsed, when I went below, and
what was my astonishment to find all
in the greatest confusion from the great
escape of steam, caused by an over
pressure,' forcing its way through the
weak portion of the machinery; this,
after great difficulty was mastered.
The night of Saturday she run on her
ususl time with caution, but as soon as
daylight shone on us she sped through
the water at a dangerous speed. On
hundred miles below Cairo we to .Ii i
board two planters with slaves; they
soon became alarmed, and asked the
cause of such high pressure and speed
of the boat, when the clerk replied it
was heitrial trip, and that she had to
this point made one hour over her us
ual time. At every landing the slaves
were taken to'the stern of the steamer
as they would not slacken at such timev
JBetwesen this -point and Hickman, the
gauge cocks' of the four boilers mark
ed a great variance, when they should
always be kept equal. At Hickman
I had an opportunity of counting the
deck hands, being thirty-six in num
ber, marching from the store-house
with b;oxes of apples ; at this point a
bet was made between the pilot and
engineer to make'the landing at Colum
bus intone hour and three minutes, a
distance of twenty miles, against the
strong current, of the Mississippi; it
was lost by one-half minute, the quick
est run on record at that particular
stage of the river.
Jm soon as we touched at Columbus,
the enerineer of the Chenev. in thp vi-
t 7
cimty iof the Ben Lewis became alarm
ed at the state of the boat ; said she
was uader dangerous head of steam,
and todeave immediately, for she would
blow up. He watched her with ago
ny until she disappeared. From this
point to Cairo she was likely to explode
at any moment, as she trembled like
an aspen leaf shaken by the wind.
We were so cognizant of her danger
tnat we took our position on the ex
treme iend of the boat, and left her im
mediately on her touching at Cairo.
A few minutes only elapsed after her
leaving when she collapsed with a re
port that was distmgushable five miles
distant. Mr. Williams, who had only
taken a parting farewell of his fami
ly, consisting of his wife, a son aged
22, two beautiful young ladies, and
equally as intelligent and accomplish
ed, the admiration of the passengers,
from tiheir affable manners, tend one
little irl and a hoy about seven years
of age; When he beheld their "fate,
no language could depict his feelings.
He sooght assistance of the Captain
of the Bay City, when he was answer
ed in these words : "No, G d d d
if I will ; go to h 1 !" Being a man
of wealth, Mr. Williams said that he
would take the risk of the steamer and
pay him any amount that was demand
ed. The Mayor of the city then came
forward with an officer, to take the
risk of the steamer, but all to no avail;
he could have saved all those that
perished by drowning, and extinguish
ed the fire -on the boat.
The wreckers were the first to has
ten to the scene in skiffs, from the
Missouri side, and Cairo, but it is not
known they rescued one person but
only plundered their baggage, when
sufferers all around them were implor
ing tor aid. Thev murdered Mrs
Williams, as it was proved before the j
Coroner's inquest, that a life preserv-
er was fastened on her body, and she
Placed on a hatch or raft, with her lit
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tie giri and boy and her elder son, an
excellent swimmer ; she had rings on '
her Shjers va.ued ,t 1000, Hkewise '
a quantity of money. The preserver
on her waist, the contusion on her head,
. ' - -
e "npression on her lips, all marked
: 1 i: n , i
hCr 8truggle some vile
ster' ."er money was afterwards
found in the pocket of a monster at i
Cairo. The two daughters were r-1
ed, one by clinging to the rudder and
the other saved herself on a plank pro
vided by her elder brother. One
mong the saved who showed presence
of mind worthy of noble comment, was
one Phillips from Gayoso Mission ; he
was in his bunk asleep, and was blown in North-Alabama, and there the 8$ 'me
up, and when he recovered himself he j feeling prevails which was manifest in
was among the ruins on the lower deck; I Kentucky before the recent elect )n,
his first thoughts were directed to the to a wonderful extent. I cannot e
ladies department, and the first to their scribe to you the revolution whict is
assistance, he placed life-preserve on
every one of the ladies, when all oth
er males left or sought their own safe
ty ; when about leaving the wreck
from the spread of flames, a lady made
her abpearance, and said, "I have no
lifa preserver," he actually took the
- j 5 1 i i i
I ?ne ie had n hl8 Person and placed
it on ner, ana sne was saved through
his coolness ; many attribute their
safety to this young man of twenty
summers ; 751 have been rescued, IS
injured 4$ have since died ; 3 are se
riously injured ; over 60 are missing ;
only 10 bodies have been found. As
soon as the sufferers expired they were
placed in the coffins and buried like
dogs. We suggested to the Coroner
the propriety of prayer ; he replied
they frequently dug a hole and shoved
them in. -
What is Thought of John Bell in
Georgia.
Mr. B. H. Hill, a distinguished statsman
of Georgia, writts thus of John Bell:
"There are four candidates now pre
sented for the Presidency ; of these
John Bell is the only man who never
stood on a sectional platform who
never stood on a double-meaning plat
form to get one office, and then' get
off to get another office. He is the
only man who, with more than thirty
yeWs of service, has nothing to re
tract, and whose record alone is so no
ble, national and patriotic as to be
enough for a platform, enough for a
patriot, enough for the peace of his
country, and enough for a President..
What reason can a country-loving,
National man give for not voting for.
John Bell ?:
I repeat, we have four candidates
in the field, and of these John Bell is
the only candidate who has always vo
ted directlv against both the Wilmot
Proviso and Squatter Sovereignty.
John Bell is the only candidate who
has voted cllrectry in favor of protec
tion. V
John Bell is the only candidate who
has declared that sla very was the great
element of our prosperity as a nation,
and was.i ight according to the laws of
God and nature !
John Bell is the nsily candidate w )n.
has declared that nuraanluy - si:
slave, no less than iustice to Aw i.ui-
ter required the diffusion and exten
sion of slavery.
What excuse shall a Southern man
render conscience and his country for
refusing to vote for John Bell ?
What excuse shall they render, who,
when such a man was already in the
field, came out from the Democratic
party hecause they said it was corrupt,
abandoned the Cincinnati platform be
cause they said it was a cheat and a
swindle, and clamoring for the union
of the South, nominated another man,
and thus divided the South, and nom
inated the man who was even then
holding the high office of Vice Presi
dent by the Yates of that very Demo
cratic party, and on that very Cincin
nati platform which he himself helped
to make, and which he had often de
fended with a full knowledge of all
the facts which now render it odious.
How, in the name of reason, shall-a
single gallant member of the glorious
Fillmore guard of 185G, abandon such
a noble and faithful leader as John
Bell for this strangely new and won
derfully sudden convert
Above all, how thirsty for office,
how lost to, decency and self respect,
how low in the cess pool of dema
goguism, must that creature be, who
can deliberately disgrace himself and
impeach the intelligence of the people,
by declaring that John Bell is unsound
unsound either to the South, the
Union or the Constitution ! Precise
ly such me?n have brought the1 country
to its present troubles, and precisely
such men will carry it on to destruc
tion, unless the people will honor them
selves and overthrow deception and
corruption in the election of just such
men as John Bell and Edward Everett.
If the people were led to endorse
the Kansas hill, and to abuse John
Bell and drive him from the Senate,
because he told them the Kansas bill
was a deception and a disturber of the
public peace ; and if the very men who
led the people to endorse the Kansas
bill, and repudiate Mr. Bell, now ad
mit that the Kansas bill was a cheat,
a swindle and the fruit of a bargain
to keep an irreconcilable party togeth
er for spoils, will, not the people see
that their very honor, self-respect and
sense of justice will requiie them now
to repudiate thosfe who deceived them,
and honor the noble Roman who lost
his office rather than join in the decep
tion. But I set out to write a card, and
have written a letter. Forgive me,
Mr. Editor, and publish only so much
as you like.
Yours, truly, B. H. HILL."
Bell and Everett'g Prospects.
A correspondent of the Atlanta American
who resides in Tennessee writes thus :
-.wc hihci lives iu i
1 ko u-.. . .. 1 i ' T!
ennessee, not'
! far from the KentiiWv lino
Ll...,i.l .i:i4i;i i J .'. , o i
i
Louisville and points across the whU i
muuujc uuiiy ranroaa connection with :
breadth of the State. I write what I
know to be true of the state of affairs '
in Kentucky before the election.
ihere was, perhaps, never a more ex-1
citing election held in that State.
sound of ,he b.ft,e, like the roar
a ue
mighty waters, cou d a most he her
thirty miles across the line at Nash-
.
ville, where I reside. The same
,.;ii l . t
ing Prevail? Tennessee as that which
revoljutionnied Kentucky. Tennessee
will ao for her areat xrm hu nn
k&fty majority m aU paHU.. I
1 - ' sp
Mark it ! As for Mr. Breckinridge,
he lost his own ward, his own tom,
his own county, his own State, iell
will carry his own ward, city, county
and State over all parties, and t jat
overwhelmingly. I have lately bin
j already accomplished there. Jhd
Mr. Yancey's own State will voU mar
Bell and Everett, if there isfnly jf alf
such a revolution in other portion .of
the btate, as 1 found m the old D tn
ocratic counties of the North. b
eey had recently made his big sptjch
in Madison county, hut it was off "no
use. Bell will probably beat Breck
inridge in Madison and Lii
wnicn nave nereioiore oeen neayny
Democratic say three or four to rime
heretofore for the Democracy. S
We have been denounced by federal
its
omce holders aud men high m author
lty as a "Oisorganizer. ' traitor tor the
democratic party," dee., and for w at.
pray? Simply because after the. bak
ing up ot the Charlseton ConvenTJon
1 1 ; .l m t . '
we luuoweu in uie ioovsieps ot lis Ex
cellency J. W. Ellis and W W Hofcien,
j. (j. Haywood and A. Al. Seg
Esqrs,, in denouncing the Secede as
traitors to their party and their eyun
try. These were the gallant, b41ted
leaders of-the democratic party in'tthe
State; one of them on the stump fie a
standard bearer for Governor, tfnoTSher
the editor of'our central organ, anther.
other two Jleetors at large fon.jtfre
State. They were a I originally Doug
las men all stuck to him, applaud
him and denounced the SscEnEKtas
tkaitous mind you,) from the breaking
up of the Charleston Convention1 tiear
through tho month ot May aud vtuyi into
the niiddleof Jane. They deelaredUhat
the platform on which the Cuuvejt jtion
balloted 57 times was and ugt' to
have been satisfactory, and that Jiucr-
las should have been nominated p it.
They eaid that the Seceoers, dif not
want to make a nomination, butSjhey
went to Charleston to break up the Con
vention and the party and thusfiuve
the way for Disunion. Was thijinot
their faguage? We say it was an we
will prove it by hilndredsoi Witnees if
cal ed on to do so. We thought rpese
(JcLtANT, valorous leaders, " anC we
tbl owod-thom, and the only dift'eiLihee
between them and ourself now, is.'lhat
we are stjll denouncing the Secers
while they have all turned a poptical
summerset and now applaud theJECE-
ders and denounce as disorient fersl
the regular tuttiuial dc-iAocratic.ptv.
Ra'.i they ..n y apprizeni us. thatiey
wci'c g"Hir over "to the ftECU$J or
L i :. ii us the. slightest intiinatiot we
coil id l.uiiVe saved ourself; but nuthey
;ut us iu a road where we supposed
they would lead the way butjbfter
traveling it for six hort weefes or
thereabouts they forgot Our humMein-dividnalitv-,
hid themselves by tttfcfway
side and let us pass on. JS'ow it (perns
to lis that any political code fihich
would exculpate them and censure us,
would hang u man for kindness sjfo-wn
hi.i mother.
Bold loaders! brave defenders ofj Dem
ocratic usage and party organization I
to cover a man with plaudits twiil his
enemies with imprecations, f off six
whole weeks and then desertion and
tbat man the only nominee of ibreg
ulat democratic party for the Presiden
cy. io Koman devotion to orgiiza-J
tion, usage ana principle wasnever
known to equal this. And wE,,vvith
the sin on our shouldei's-of having ;been
true to one mau and one onrani Vtion
ibv four months, a disouganizkr..; and
that in the eyes of men who decided
us? What an awful responsibility is
ours ! ' if
The next year or two will bri'tg us
all to a political account, howeveiard
the records of some who are ntar de-
nouncinff
the friends of
Dou "data .will
be hard to reconcile beiorf the'jUople
of North Carolina Newborn prog
ress. . U.'
"Coming Home" m
At a grand outpouring of the fr iends
of the Constitution and the Unin, at
Roxbury, Mass., recently Geor.e S.
Hilliard, Esq., closed a thrilling speech
by saying : Jf
"I see here, I see around mi? old
friends who used to stand shouir to
shoulder with me in many a well-fpught
field in former times. They hara not
r -
I of late taken part in the political strug
gles ana contests that have movbthe
minds of men in this our State oIas
sachusetts. They are here to'fight,
some of them after years of Jtire
raent. One of tbem, whom I tceik by
the hand in the ante-chamber, std to
me 'I feel as if I was coming Ifmei'
Simple words, but they came frofn his
heart they went to mine. Appli-usp.
Have we not come home ? Wej'have
wandered far we have pateed fc'y one
or more doors, which opened ;4em
selveswide. We passed the DeqcVa
tic door that was not our homt We
passed the Republican door thj jt was
not our borne. We wandered on, pme
times a little faint, but we havt now
just climbed the brow of the hitt and
are looking down upon our Home.
Enthusiastic and prolongedheeing.
There is our old political boniest fad
the school house the old well aUd the
well-sweep the meadow, the mtjeting
house, and the bell in the beffry
shouts of applause the goopj old
church-goingJell flinging wide iVj.md-
iow tones tar over hill and xiaie4 and
seeming to speak, as it falls in tones
' Of mUSIC nn tha Anr 'Weai w wriVilo-
V . -7 ,
COUie home ' fPlfahinarpd nrl fcfdaftir
- '"wvswrtTiiuu apeui, weicome-y-wei-
L'PP111 follwed by three ehee, fot
- r : t v; orr V "J-
j,1"' V1,,iard' the au,ence "84 and
shoutmg s witb Qpe voice."
, Sensible. ff
A letter from Clark rmnntv W
; ti:. i i a. l .
1.
a : Y
i h ' r rrvi nr: oni
.m;,f ,7 Zfo
calcula-
awe uia o
grate to that Stat the
coming fall, to remain where tb f are, j
br another year at least. The: farm- i
ers are making no corn, and it S sel
ling at $1.50 to $2 per bushef and
Z.rceW h. had .tP.U.
A Song for the Union.
Huzza for the Union forever;
Like brothers, united we'llstanj.
And palsied the band that would sever
The States of this God-favored land.
Huzza for the Union forever :
Your hearts and your hands to it give;
United, there's none who can sever,
Our Union oh, long may it live.
Then, freemen, uric in yonr might,
me Sectional discord away ;
May the stars on your banner be bright
As the snn in meridian day.
Corne, friends of your country, arisr,
Lend yowr aid in the glorious cause ;
Your motto exalt to the skies.
"TheConstitutidn, the Union and Las."
Wake, friends of your country, awake j
To the caoee of the Union "be true ;
For your leaders pure patriots take ;
Vote for Bell and Everett too.
Then, huzza for the Union forever ;
Lt our flag proudly wave o'er the laud;
Not a star blot out oh, no, never 1
But destined forever to stand.
Democratic Extravagances and Corrup
tion. In a speech delivered last year, the
Hem. Alexander H. Stephens, of Geor
gia, than whom there is not an abler
man belonging to the party, nor one
that is more honest, acd the follow
ing language :
"When first entered Congress, in
1843, the expenses of the Government
were only $30,000,000 per annum.
The country has gone through the ex
pensive Mexican war with irtytkret
thousand soldiers in the field, for thir
ty millions, and now in time of peace,
the estimates were Seventy-three mil
lions ! He believed forty millions an
abundance for the national expense."
ne ueneves ioriy millions to. be 'an
abundance for the national expenses,'
and yet he admits they were thirty
three millions above t..at 'abundance. '
And now read the following from the
Hon. Andrew Johnson, one of the pre
sent Democratic Senators f'roin Ten
nessee, as to the manner in which this
vast, sum of money is disposed of:
This government, sixty-nine years
Of age, scarcely out of its swaddling
clothes, is making more corrnpt uses
of money, in proportion to the amount
collected from the people, as I honest
ly believe, than any other government
on the fare of the globe.
The government is in the hands' of
the Democracy in the hands of
Buchanan and his Cabinet! And
John 0. Breckinridge is the candidate
of Buchahan and the corrupt Buchan-
ridge is responsible in part for nil the
extravagances and corruptions that
have prevailed under this Administra
tion l-Richmand Whig.
Cassias M. Clay on John C. Breckin
ridge i
We make the following extract from
a speech delivered by Cassius M. Clay,
the great Kentucky Abolitionist, at
Frankfort, on the 10th of Janaary,
1800:
"So far as the distinguished Sena
tor elect (Mr. Breck inridge,) from
Kentucky, is concerned, all men who
know me, know tlmt amongst all -the
distinguished families of which Kei.-
tucky boasts, that I have always been
proud of the Breckinridge name. I
have from the earliest lite looked to
ome portions of them as the guides
Mid pilots of my oolitical opinions. I
have been personally associated with
them ; ray family have been associated
with them. I would not have said
these things did not the oecasion call
for it, and did I not know that these
insinuations had been mado. T won hi
say that of 11 men whose names are
now presented to the American peo
ple by the Democracy with regard to
the next Presidency, that I would not
see any one attain that high position
sooner than John C. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky.
Fusion in New York.
Washington, Sept. G.
A consultation was held .here ves
terday among the most prominent
friends of Breckinridge. It is under
stood to have resulted in favor of a
fusion in New York, in case ten Breck
inridge Electors are substituted for
ten Douglasites on the lhion ticket.
Tremendous Hail Storm.
On Sunday afternoon aatorm raged
oyer the face of the country commen
cing in the neighborhood jof Prosperi
ty Church, passing to-a due Southerly
direction, striking Querie's Turn Out,
on the Central N. C. Rail Road, total
ly destroying the cotton and other
crops. Hail fell in great abundance
from the size of buck shot to a guiena
fowl egg. Fields that promised an
abundant harvest were literally des
troyed and many farmers have lost
their entire crops of cotton. The des
truction is said to be complete and the
hopes of the laborer have been com
pletely broken down. Charlotte Bul
letin. Tennessee. . -f
We have seen several letters from
thfte, in which 10,000 .maiority
lor Bell and Everett is the lowest cal
culafion.t Tne Kentucky Election is having a.
telling 4jRbt upon the South and West.
If Breckinridge cannot carry his own
State, why run him, is the general
question. N. Y. Express.
, John Bell a North Carolinian.
North Carolinians who are dispos
ed to support the Breckinridge and
Lane ticket for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency because Lane was
horn in this State, win please bear in
mind that John Bell, also, is a North
Carolinian. John Bell Was born in
North Carolina, in that portion of the
State which is now embraced in Ten
nessee. He has continued to reside
in it, too, from the day of his birth to
the present time, making her interests
his interests, and by his great
and
commanding talents conferring great-
ness upon her, while whatever talent
the other possessed, has been used for
the benefit of others, and especially
those who now ttoftd in a position hos
tile to the South. Wades Arrus,