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4 1 1 'l ( r i.-i' 1 Hi. a: U Xk it; v'.'f i , IT I; 1;.' i. i 1M- '.vl. 1 x.l xt V "i I 'i 1 t t 1 1'1 1 1' t X j!jf HotTdx.-Will you do rnehe favor to Xftfl tblf communication a place n your paper fhU eek In order that it may ippearin com- ' pan correspondence y u arc now pub. ; lisbiitff between Mr. Barringer land royselt. I bouW nol hare said one word in relation to illl mattci1, but f.T the conductjof MrBarnn. Ver in connexion with its publication. Nov, I 'Wish" to anunciij uuci.uuu, that I do not complairofthe publication of the Correipondence, for that, in itself, war- right, ind he fldvi,c hy m f'10?" we,U Jby myself- Of what I complain, is this : In th DubncaiIonMTlhe correspondence, he, Mr. iBamngef)' Inserted letter Trpm his Tnend, )f. liendrson, and also appended to the arti. cle signed !'? a Voter," a reference to my vote, at' proof thit tne charge of bribery, which he la!d preferred against me in that very article was true, although he hsd matje over his own signature, fa his letter of apology, a clear and unqualiM xcithdrawal of every word of it. -It Is true, that in his publishing Dr. Henderson's letter and! statement, he refrains from making any comment, but it is equally jrue, that by the publication he endorsed it and made it his own. Wfcy its publication t Did he hot know that it was Imoroncr to publish anything outside of the correspondence unless by agreement T Does he think that the opinions of bis friend Dr. Hen denon and his other three friends, can qualify oValtar k the slightest degree, the statement between him and myself? Where wa'rthe use then of the publication of Dr. Henderson's itatemeniT for on the very week before the puWicatioti'ofthe correspondence, there appear ed In the Hornets' Nest," the friend of Mr. Barrlngerj and certainly not w ithout bis appro liation. a notice that the difficulty between Mr. Bfrrfnger f nd myself had been honorably and amicably adjusted. !Tq tay that it was published to correct re- , porta prejudicial to him will noldo, becatrse the , simple publication ofthe correspondence would correct all; misrepresentations as the terms of the adjustment. The settlement stands upon Sit own basis, and it is too latej now to attempt to rary it by anything lhat was said before or . after. - j j v What then was its object?! The letter and statement shows it. First, that ho went to the Catawba Springs (not to the fifld) prepared to fight j and jsecondly, which was its main object, toT explain why it was he did not accept a direct invitation to the field, as it wr construed to bim to ' berli instead of having I)r. Henderson - address1 me1 a note which opened the door for reconciliation, Here then is the true reason; for the publica tion of DrJ Henderson's statement, and unfor- jUinately lit tjoing so contradicts his letter to 'j Die and the whole corresponaencc. jl.ok ui it. Dr. Henderson says in his statement that ; I when called upon to act as Mr. Rarringer's -'friend, he at once pronounced my letter a direct . invitation tp the field, and such also was the 'opinion ofjMr. Barringer. Ilei tis see then how this statement agrees win tno correspon. ddnce. j The first letter I received rwen we met at j the .Catawba'Sprigns on the pth ult., wasj from Mr. Barrririner accompanying one irom Dr.' It. Mr. IV m as follows: "lour note of th 0n3 ,. 17lb inst. was handed to the a Morganton Tuesday eveninj: of the 2Ut. Its contents ar , now under consideration, but at the suggestion . of mv friend Dr. II.. hnal action inereon 1 . j - - r ' . poitponed ; for reasons which ha will give. Now mark Dr. H's reasons. Your communication dated August 17th, d reeled to my friend Mr. Barringer by the haqd of E C. Davidson Esq. is now be tore me. jl confess it places me as the friend of Mr. Ba.r ! ringer in an a'wkward position, for it may be ! understood as cither a peremptory invitation fto i the-field, or a demand for explanation." j , Tho above letter of Dr- II.' contains the rea 1 sons, assigned by Mr. Barringer for a postpone ; mervl of final action on my letter. Now I defy ! the. most perfect critic to show if he can, (ne wxird in the Kvhole corespondence, that will sustain him in the statement j that in cor9e qufoce of what was, learned at the Springs, VMr.Barringer's acceptance was declined being . delivered.1, v . j Does Dft H. say in the same letter, f hat lis position had been changed in consequence . of any thing ho bad beard? on the contrary does he not say that his position was awkv ard on account of hot knowing whether it w; s a peremptory-invitation to the field or a den and for eiplanation. Can language' be more ex plicltt If Mr, Barringer or hs friend DrL H. j believed my letter to be a challenge, why was t niot boldly avowed An the cprresponde ic4 . for certainly no source, however! reliable, s lould ; have influenced them to avow a different pin ; ion, when my letter was before them an un questionably the highest authority. Again, my note: was delivered to Mr. Bafringer at jMor- igAnton on the 21st" inst. and vye did notimeet ;!at tho Catawba Springs .till thej 27th, aliljough ' he had six days to consider my letter, during which lime, according to his own slatetncnt, j he had conuUed several j;pntlemen yfv he pmWcd at the Srings still m doubt, whether iny note wits a challenge or pot, and ,lpost ! pones final aciion thereon" uniil I wou cl tell him w hat iV meant. I did frankly disclose its ' imports and, which was received by bin, and i tinder which Uie settlement was madd. To make, th n, a stateinent 13 days after, the ten dency of which is to change tbp complekioir of Ibe compromise, for J he benefit of one of the I patties, without tho consent or knowledge of i .L .1 . 1 , . ' 1 ' . 1 1 ijic oiqpc is mni exiraoruiuary, ana wnpoui I excuse or palliation. ) IV.. t n . . . ! l"ll 1 uui oppose my nrsi noie was a enauense j pray what Is the second ? Was I aked I draw it ? No. Did I withdraw it ? ; VV'hat then did 1 do I said itSwas not o with. No.- intend fJ t! h invitation to the fielvj, but a demand 1 fhr SmIIbI.IC'I lllO TO lltvfnliiicr lliO inm vi--fl n.r 4 ' l '' f' . ' f I . r I . . ' . I .. iqi iiri, wnicu uc sam coiuinuteu a ciinilenge. Vj'hat then did I mean ly a demand fur sat. jldion'l I Why, simply, lhati)r. pkrringer hgjd in withdraw (nut to cxplaiu, henfco I did pot jue that lerm) the charge of ciirruntion wbirh h' had made against itie or nit. He wiilidivw the cliarge and there tho maker end- The nrti ground of complaint is, bat Mr. Hi i ingrr hi imiiiishing )hc corresp mdence. mU! d ti ihe nrticl pined "a Voir which WHS i,,iH,Kn,l ,u i . J ' . 1 ?nT rfTcnce III y jrMtf In! Congress, thereby fn suhsiance re 'Mr.ilii'i ibo charge which was the fijunda ioq lMf Mm dilhculiy; the whole of which he had! ;, wittjdniwu ut his own letter shows. ; Thin in connection wilh an e!rac from his jHirtr to; Mr. llolion. ncknowledfiini iho au. irinp ' "a Voter," prove how : hi-imfiindd maligniiy. He uses I . iug biigvagn in giving bis name. eliheratft e follow. I neither wp' or iiuoiiu any inin tifiuint my man, 1 4 UJlh' I lute tome gord jvaon for doing to. A 4,t I then either : wnM or putliHvl am ady to repeal to his face a M stand upjlo." The cause oi ,me omicuiiyi grew pui pi ibis aeticle sigued A Voter," sulcus lie taid ne w uk! repeat to my face and stand u lo. No comment necessary. I I wil) merely ask th community to look at his fetter jo me of the 27th August, and compare It wih his language giving up his name, G. VV. CALDWELL. September 10, 1849. TO THE PUBLIC. i : The communication of Capt. G. W. Cald- well in the last Charlotte' Journal,; has given j. ma no concern, nor even " turned me from the career of my humor." I look upon it as the mere ebullition of an excited imagination. The utter groundlessness of its complaints and its! gross inconsistencies wjll prove its own death-warrant without songfpr cerernony. j One complaint, solitary itnd alohe,". stands whilo in Congress.) which ll sDokeri of through ourthe f jblication. Does Capt. Ci pretend to de hy that he gave such a vole T Then iif it .be a troth, why complain 1 Why noj refer the Public to the time when, and the place where ? Tbje mere allusion to aaci, on the) records of the! country, carrharm no man v and constitutes ne thcr high treason nor grand larceny. in an cerity 1 thought it my dutjr, in a bublication 1. 1 I'.ll 1I iI.a linUn in mt? sin de igncu 10 ue iuii, 10 .Mo 1 . - J ver, that the whole subject might be "judged po airly and fully." That I withdrew the simple . 4 . 1 ;i . - . t 1 e. 'ii- i- fact that h ie gave sucn a vote, is penecuy ao far from this, if the Captain looks a. surd. So Capt a y " Te aln, he wiljfind-it distinctly " repeated" in my lette ?r that he rfuZgive tbJ vote for the " pe. measure" of Mr. Tyler. Tbil is, indeed, cm uiar measure a small matter over which to raise j a tempest in a tea-pot." j 1 But the Captain is in great trouble about the "Statement" of Dr. A. M. Henderson, as to how trie adjustment was got on foot !. What Dr. II. states, are they facts or are they; hot? ; Does CJapt. C. deny that they are: ? Not at all 1 not a,t all 1 ! He first pretends not to see the 'j use" of this " staterhent ;" but, mark ybu, sets ipgbt off with all his might to prove its incon sistency ! Really I did not think the facts" could do harm to any one, and I ahi sure such a gentleman as Dr. II. could intend none. But F ff Capt. C. will pardon mej I wil) state to him ts object, which is extremely eimpsle. It was 0 account for Dr. II . ever doubting (as he did n his note of the 27th of August ltd Cant. CM ) jlhat the first note of Capt. C; to me Jwas a chal lensre. Cant. C. himself states that the note Kitself was unquestionably the highest authori- ty :" and in fact it could be Iny onyjauthority my only guide my only rule of action. So thought Dr. H., myself and my "three other friends" to whom I had occasion tojdivulge the subject; and we made our preparations accor dingly, for who what human being but Capt. C. himself could pretend hat thei latter ever icould say, under his own hand, thajt it was not a challenge? Now all this difficulty Dr.. II. explains by saying, that at the Catawba Springs on the 27th (when and where it Was agreed my answer should be delivered) e " learned by a source" which he felt it " his imperative duty" to respect, (so " entirely reliaide" U'as it,) tbat no challenge, or " invitation fto the field was intended." Then he is bound obliged, to doubt. Having some intimation from this reliable" source alluded to, of the batufe ofthe answer he would receive, he addresses a grave note of enquiry to Capt. O, and kure 'enough the Capt. replies, " it was Jiot intended as an invitation the field." This only 'proves lhat the " note itself was not 4f the highest author ity," but that the Captain himself t urned out to be the "highest." - f But Capt. C. most gravely yes, gravely asks, why Dr. H. and myself " did not boldly avow in the correspondence" our opinion, "that we believed it to be a, challenge,!' arid fight whether it was so intendedfor rtot Fight for the pure love of4t! We aj-e no such hero roes ! We are neither fire-eaters jior the Mars. Nor was this our war. children of Capt. C. next assumes the offensive The following is his style of reasoning " But suppose my first note was a challenge, pray wnaMs withdraw it ? the second ? f Was I asked to w it ? Np." No. Did I witbdra iNow the gentleman has appeared, " injprint." He has taken bis positions and what are they ? yhether it was a challenge;, or whether it was not, is the real question? Which does he now say? The above extract winks : at the idea tbat the first was a challenge, and jhat the lat ter was no better. The notes will sniak fnr themselves. Here is the first. (17th! of Au- " Now, Sir, loth of thojpe communications (especially the laiter) I consider! a gross and unprovoked attack upon my 4haracte!r, fur which I demand of you satisfaction "This note will be handed to yoj by Mr. E." C. Davidson, who will act'is my friend in this matter." I Here is the second, (27th; of August j) " It (the first note) was not intehded as an invitation lo the field, but aidemanjd for satis faclion for the communications Signed IC. and A Voter, especially the latter, thje Whole of which I thought personally offensive." ; If ihey both mean the same, why the iquali- it 2i i . T-vf ; il fication,!" it was not intended, as an invitation to the field ? 1 be one is a wasp, with a sting the other a wasp with the sting pulled out. Again, he says m talis verbis that I was fbrc ied to " withdraw'ror " fight"" H4w does this comport with his declaration just above given with which he lead off before I broike the seal of silence, that an invitation to the field was not intended" ? That made Xi no challenge, flow fight without a challenge'! No chal. longe no fightex nihilo nihil fa ; But sHI again : Capt. Cin speakiijgof the Tler affair, asserts that I bjd not only taken bark the "whole," but in another nlace avers lhat I made a " clear and unqualified withdraw- a) of every word of it." IiVj my Iqtterj he will I discover, if he has never taken j le pains to j read it before, lhat the factjthat he gnve the ! vote, as charged, andaccepjid ofljew uider Mr. 1 yter, are distinctly recited! WhV ? Because they were facts which I COtljd not, auti would not. nn. I ,l.,l . . 'W :' ..jzih jjl . . .u uui iciiati. li9 wuj uq loriak- ,nS back the whole V NWfortbb "J vnmtnTi. - fiei vibdrawnl." nauali. What dill withdraw ? The imputation that he had gifM the vote from inlrresled motures." I, tht imputation xrftf drawn absolutely unqualijietlly ? I 1 Let us read my languagelj This'! js it : " But if in this I hare done you individually a xcron, &c." Is there any sort dff admission that&I Iwd done him a wrong? 'if11 1 had made a charge without an v foundation whatever ? I That I had made a charge !hich Kvas utterly io sucn ihing. Q Ami why do I care. recorded against myselt. appended to tne recent publication a note of three inei refer rino' tothe authority for a certain: tote of his. z fullv use terms which are .conditional and hy- j pofhetican uecauso i cum nyi, wvuiu ", and did not admit, lhat tho charge was abso lutely without foundation. And i did not there fore, nake an 4-H unqualiped!VJjithdrawal. When the Captain, however, extracted the poi. son frem his arrowj I was disposed to blunt the point of miue. But my consistency is entirely preserved as every body else j Vul Haps. vilu well may plainly see : hence the ground for the remark of the ill-natured wag, who said, the explanation was no better than the original charge. 1 hope the gentleman is happy in the weet delusion under which he labors. I would not break the spell. I would not suggest, tbat was not exactly justice to roe, to publish to the world that 1 made an " unquaiinea wun drawal" of the charge, when every one . who can read the English language can plainly per ceive, that it ir a delusion that it was not just - . ., -.i to me to publish this mistake o bis as tne truth of the matter. But I do not 'complain. Nor will I even complain of bis charge a. gainst me of "deliberate, unfounded maligni. ty." Were I disposed to do so,l might well reply the father ofthe feeling is his own heart, and lhat he himself entered upon. this matter with predetermined hostility." When I wrote my articles, the political charjge I alluded to, had become public property by the tacit acqui. escence and silence of Capt. Caldwell himself. I. thought I was sporting with a political toy, which had been bandied against him publicly and privately through near seven years ; and strange to say is used against him in the very strongest sort of terms in an edtferJal in the same number of the paper in whicp my article " C," appeared ; and never before wa3 regard ed as " a gross and unprovoked attack upon his character. Why, then, single me out from a thousand as guilty as j myself; why be- gin the attack, by at once dashing in my tace the " bloody code," with all its technicalities, and a flaming parade of its small artillery ? Let the public "judge between us," These are specimens of his attacks on Dr. Henderson and myself, .fhey rather arnuse thanliarm. I have stuck tq his record, and he cannot complain. My object is to repel and not assail ; nor would I deign to appear as the advocate of my own conduct in an affair of this kind. That, Heave to others, who say that my conduct "throughout was most uneiceplion able." There I rest it. The strife is over and the battle is recorded, like those of Milton in the Paradise -Lost " without a list of killed or wounded." At this the people will laugh and talk (as they have a right to) ten times more than bad it been oth erwise. Capt. C. and myself should laugh too, that we have furnished the food for fun. I am disposed to laugh the Captain seems to be out of sorts. But there ,is no use of keeping up the sport any longer. On my part the curtain now falls, " sine die" (as the meetings have it) and I wil! not willingly appear again. RUFUS BARRINGER. Concord, Sept. 25th, 1840. One week Later from Europe. The Royal mail steamer America, from Liverpool, arrived at Halifax on the 25th ultimo at 1 1 'o'clock A. M. The following summary of the ielligence brought by her was transmitted by Telegraph to th National Intelligencer. ' Liverpool, Sept. 15. Business has not been so ac tive this week as it was last. Cotton is steady, but the sales are moderate and prices not materially; changed. The grain market is a degree firmer, holders suppos ing that prices have reached the lowest point. Provisions are . in moderate request' and prices gener ally well supported. The funds are steady, but a limited business going for ward. Accounts from the manufacturing districts are less encouraging, but trade is healthy. The sales of cotton for the week amount to 31,700 bales. The Committee's quotations are 5f for fair Up land Mobile, and 5d. for fair Orleans. The stock on hand is 539,459 bales against 555,230 bales the same time last year. ' : The sales of breadstuffs are large and trade is firmer, owing to the unfavorable advices regarding the potato crop, i esterday wheat and flour were in tolerably ac tive demand. Very little Indian corn' is offering, many holders havingwithdrawn their supplies,' expecting bet ter prices. Western canal flour is quoted at 22s 6d. to 23s. for prime quality, and inferior at 18s, a 19s"; Balti timore and Ohio sells at 124s. pir 'barrel ; white Indi an corn 27s. 6d. to 28s ; mixed ye0ow 26s. a 27s. per quarter of 480 pounds; American wheat is quoted at 5s. a 6s. 9d. per 70 pounds. Mr. Asher Kelley, of the English Legation at Wash ington, has been transferred to Lisbon. Among the distinguished deaths in England is the Bishop Norwich. The deaths from the cholera in London, on the 11th and 12th, were 840. It was also prevailing badly in, Scotland. Prance A letter from Louis Napoleon to his friend Ney has been published in the Mottiteur, and virtually acknowledged by the Cabinet, which makes some talk1 in political circles. It says that the French Republic has not sent an army to Rome to put down Italian lib erty, but on the contrary to regulate it against its own excess to give it a solid basis by replacing On the Pon tificial throne the Prince who .first boldly took the lead in all useful reforms. He regrets learning tbat the be nevolent exertion of the Pope, as well as Freinch action , remain unavailing. Most persons appear to think pro scriptive tyranny the basis of the Pope's return. He tells General Rostolan not to permit, under the tri-col-ored flag, any act which can lower the character of French intervention. He thus cuts off the restoration of the Pope's temporal power and' extends a general amnesty as well as a .secularization'' of the administra tion of the code of Napoleon's liberal government. ; A council was held on the 15th. General Rawdon attended by order, and, being called into the i room, was formally informed that he was appointed toi the com mand of the army of Italy. lie-then received his in Ktnitirvna. xrKirh n.'Ari flint aV,.nlil Vo Pn structions, which were, that, should the Pope not, come i to Koine, ne is to carry out with ngor the hne of con duct specified in the President's letter. General Raw , don started on the same night to join bis command. ! A telegraphic despatch reached Brest on the 6th with ' orders for six ships to be held in readiness for ea- Their i destination is to be supposed to be Tahiti, j I Spaix. The Cnaba insurrection has excited the at I tention of the Spanish Cabinet. ; j Hung art. From Ilungary there is but little of im iortance. Comorh and Peterwardein had hot surreu- dered. No news has been received of Kossuth. Germany. All the Northenrfistales of Germany, ex j cept Oldenburg, have acceded to the alliance proposed by the Prussians. Evecy thing was quiet. ' THE SIAMESE TWIN TICKET. The Barnburners, after all their " sound; and fury," . have put out their fires, blowcd off thfeir isteam, and gone to sup upon the " funeral-baked meats," left for j them by the Hunkers, who, after making ai full ticket, j agreed upon certain, specified conditions, tti withdraw ! one-half of it, allowing the Barnburners to fill the vacan This u a signal Hunker triumph a triniph which cies ' lI j . r.r:J..j . , r . : e naa noi anucipiiicu nn me oarnoumeits certamfy ! na( l'ie vantage gtound. The Hunkers first construct their platform, place their candidate npon t, and then tell the Barnburners that if they will forego their " tests" and walk up to " Captain CrosweirB office ! and get tie they may come back into political (Communion) have been complied with. And the duplicate convention of ;Loeofocoum present thifir friends with what tbe Yankees call a " swhitchelf, (compound of molasses ind water,) or a John Bull would.call it, an " 'alf and ?alfM ticket. We pause to hear front those gentlemeu of r easy vir ture," who make the! Atla Bpe'ak ith imiraculouB organB." We shall see how oracefullv it accommodates f itself to the zealous and cordial sunnori of four " Free.' j SoU Dentocials " and four " Protavery iConserra ; tives. Alhany Evening Journal, r " Mi l NA WATCHMAN. Salisbury, If. C. THURSDAY P EJilSG, OCTOBER 4, 1349. Rail Road Meeting in Davidson. It is traly gratifying to see, that one or two counties, at ldast, of the number of those more immediately to be benefited, are duly sensiblejof the value of the great boon offered them by the State in tb!e charter of; thq Central Itail Road. It re lieves, to some small extent, the deep, burning mortification, the friends of this great work must feel when they wit ness the spirit; of indifference manifested along the line. Yes, Davidson County has resolved that reproach in this matter, shall not lie at her door. A gentleman who was at Lexington on Tuesday, in forms us that a meeting was held there on that day, by the friends of this work, when the sum of one hundred thousand dollars was subscribed ; and he expresses his belief that, such is the feeling there, the subscriptions will not stop at this. Well done Davidson you deserve to be enroll ed as A No. 1, ofthe Western counties. As the daughter of Rowan, we should boast of you ; but your mother must, for the present, wear) her blushes blushes of shame ! not for you, but for herself. Ne vertheless, she; must feel an inward joy and satisfaction in view of your worthy example, and it is hoped she will profit by it. Guilford is wide awake, and the advo cates and friends of the enterprise there, are counting with confidence on the West, and Rowan in particular, to come up to the work with a proper spirit. Shall the hopes of these friends be disappointed ? They are looking forward to the Conven tion to sit at Greensboro on the 18th inst., and will expect to see Rowan represented in a manner that will give encouragement to all, and ensure the success of the scheme. Then let us send up a voice which shall prove worthy of ourselves, and equal to the just expectations of that Convention, i POSTPONED MEETING. The meeting for the appointment of Delegates to! the Convention at Greens borough, postponed to be held this week, will take placerto-morrow, at the Court House in this Town, at the hour of 12 o'clock, M. ( Let every man who has an interest to be promoted by the Rail Road, be in attendance, and do what he can to push forward this great cause. j PLANK ROAD. It was noticed by our last, that in con sequence of disagreement among the stockholders of this work, at Fayetteville, the operations of construction had ceased. It appears how, that the question in dis pute, was upon agreement of the contend ing parties, referred to the decision of Gov. Manly ; and twodelegates from each side of thecontroversy were sent up to Ra leigh to lay the facts before the Governor. But the Governor declining to act in the case, the question was submitted to Mr. Mordecai, whose decision has not yet been made public. The 44 North Carolinian," which has, from the; beginning of this difficulty, in dulged in a rare strain of mirth on the subject, has just perpetrated the following good jest well calculated, we think, to blunt any asperity of feeling among the litigants. JO Walking out by the grade of the plank road the other night, two cuffees were going along, when the notice of one was attracted by a singular place in the road, and he sung out to the other. 44 Jim, what made dis hole, here ?" Dat ! why dat is whar de mandam us struck when it stop de operations." American Bible Society. The receipts of the Society for the month of August as shownj by the Treasurer's statement a mount to 823,135 38 Expenditures, 26,493 68 Balr against the Treasury, 82,369 30 The General Agent's statement shows the issue of Bibles during tbe same month to have j been, 17,823; of Testaments, 38, 933 ; for the blind 8 in all 56,814. J The position of the cause, as now re ported in tbe " Bible Society Record, ren- uw k U,6U"1 iiiipuriaiii, that all the friends of the Society should aid "m the present emergency with all the means of assistance in their nower to command. The same paper contains ve- . ' . , , ry encouraging accounts oi me good work of spreading the Word among the Turks and Jews. The M Bible Society Record" says : " It is not probable that there are more than forty millions of Bibles in the world at the present time, in a population of ten hurt dred millions of rational, accountable be- California Bible Agency. Mr. Fred erick Buel left New York on the lGth of August, as the agent of uie American Bible Sociely for California, and parts ad THE ! C AR0L1 niCHMOND f HIG AND EATH'ER .. vX y RITCHIE. -The editor of the Richmond Whig has flayed off on old Mr. Ritchie, of the Un f the best jokes that we re- ! ion. one o member ever witnessing. He hoisted the old man so high that his usual respecta ble dimensions, are, by the distance, re duced to a mere speck. This has come about by reason of the old gentleman's j 4 i ! . f mmr anil i lnconsiMcucie. snormesa ui uiciuwij, the recklessness of his bitter assaults up- i j on the Administration of General Taylor, We wish it was in our power to spread uswi" . .... - 1 . . ... . .1 . 1 . 1 this, capital joKe, togetner wun me com ments of the press generally. Contrary to the rule, this joke is not best when told in the fewest words. To get all the cream of it, the reader would have to wade through columns ; and contrary to the rule again, he would not get tired, if there ; were twice as much of it. But we must j content ourselves with giving the shortest j version. Father Ritchie can never re cover entirely, from the awful fall which this up-tripping occasions him. HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD! Our worthy contemporary of the Norfolk Herald, like many others, appears tc have high ly enjoyed the joke, and deduced the same mor al, which all reflecting men will draw, from the shameless inconsistency ofte "sole organ of the Democracy." "The cleverest joke upon a political colem porary which we have ever heard of was re cently played off by the Richmond Whig upon the veteran editor of the Washinjjtou Union. o The story is told in the abridged article below and if it fails to draw liberally upon the risible resources of the reader, they must be at a low ebb. But the moral which it conveys is even belter than the joke itself ; as it shows tho de teriorating influence of a too ardent devotion to political partizanship in long series of prac tice, by which the gentleman in the largest sense of the word may so far lose sight bis e- quanimity as to countenance (if not entirely commend) a rule of action for one party, which, under precisely the same circumstances, he de. nounces as infamous, detestable and vile ; and its author a wretch worse than the butchers of the first French Revolution, when he is made to believe that it is recommended as a rule of conduct for another party. " The Richmond Enquirer made a feeble ef fort at defence by charcinfftbe Whig with sup. pressing a note which the editor appended to the letter, when il was published in that paper, in 1829." tl o. o ... i . i i i i ne oiuunion opeciaior aiso, nas a. Keen rei- ish for a good thing : -Editorial Sport. The Richmond Whig of the 21st inst., greatly excited our curiosity by commencing an article in the form and man ner as follows, viz : " The Whig of this morn, ing willconvulse the Whigs of the universe wilh laughter." We adjusted ourselves, of course for a good joke, and wiihoul disappointment ; reading on rapidly our eye met the following : "The old fox ofthe Union is caught at last, nicely, admirably, beautifully, trapped, and in Aw own snare " For want of space, we are compelled to tell the story in our own language and in a short way, instead of inserting the more lengthy, but happily conceived article of our cotemporary. It seems that in 1829, when the editor of the Union, then of the Enquirer, was busily en gaged in organizing the "Jackson dynasty," a communication was addressed to him from Washington signed " Aristides," proposing a system oiespoinage throughout the Republic in aid of the Administration's proscriptive policy. The friends of the Administration were called upon every where to volunteer information a gainst adverse .office-holders, and to propose substitutes of the right faith in order to com plete the work of reform. The proposition was base and infamous in the extreme. The editors ofthe Whig, in turning over the old files of newspapers, stumbled upon this let- ter of "Aristides to the Enquirer ; and for the purpose of entrapping the leading editor of the Union, transcribes tbe same letter, (with the exception of accommodation to present circum stances) put the signature Jefferson' and pub lished it in the Whig as a Whig proposition, to see what the Union would say nou to the same proposition addressed to the Enquirer, in 1829. The thing took admirably. The Whig re marks " We felt some repugnance, to seem, by publishing it, lo give countenance to such an abominable project." But we felt a presentiment lhat we were about to hook the veteran and artful dodger." Sure enough, the Union comes out with a most inflamalory and denunciatory article, identifying tbe members of the Administration with the base proposition of "Jefferson, " when lo and behold il was that of his own ' Aristides." The New York Commercial thus touches the matter : Hooked and Landed. It is commonly said that liars have need of good memories. Tbe saying is as apphable to rabid and unscrupu- ! lous partizans in politics as to liars ; of which truth we have a notable illustration in the re. cent case ofthe Washington Union, just at this time the most rabid and unscrupulous in parti zanship of all known journals. Seme days since there appeared, in the Rich, mond Whig, a letter from Washington, surest. ing, among other things, that the friends ofthe Administration, in Va.. shnnlr! nrnmntn iKd nf removing from office sucb persons as ought to he remo'ed, by noting the deportment and ! character of office holders and making report, , ne n.,i.aI1 ,0 ieads of the Departments, ' at Washington. I ben what a flare up was seen in the columns of the Union ! The caoaci ties of types and printer's ink were unequal to the task of uttering its horror, astonishment and indignation, as it rang the charges upon espoin age (in italic,) infamy, surveillance, spies, common informers. Ace, &c, dec. The Richmond Whig kept quiet untill the Union had let loose all its thunder, and iben disclosed the laughler-moving fact that tbe Washington letter at which the ex-organ was so horrified was simply a republication of one which originally appeared, many years ago, in the Richmond Enquirer, then conducted by the present senior editor of the Union. The e. poinage was then recommended to a Demo cratic, Administration (General Jackson s) and ! the recommendation was tacitly at Jeast, ap proved by the very Mr. Ritchie who now stands : aghast at its enormity ! The bait has taken, venerable fish $ burly hootrj- landed. The sagacious Edifors oriihe lTwioJ ' it tf this, ftolonr .L Editors never hoar the last tinue their indiscriminate abuY it.. J. Tt ration. SOUTH CAROLINA. We feci mortified lo witness the 1 conduct of the neonle of our Si South Carolina, on the subjects of , ... 'iTth ana aDoiiuon. Almost ever? mniR . 1 intelligence of acts, nr Av;n r o w J b?l 0 I rw- portion of her people, either offeasir2, the feelings of order loving people 11 ciliCl J iiuivuivugiuiiscu, LAlit . . minded oldwoman, she is scarceW, , ma alaam V A i f villa, lav 1 v t t unc oiai ui wtivtw out. J'JUIjgPQ IDto if other : or like the misanfhrrm k ' - . r-i urni fully ensures her uwn m,scrv- Excite. ment follows excitement, and it phatically true that South Carol u era. Ver without a "crisis? or some bub to keep her pulse up to fever beat " ina u ns. The subjoined article from tht PenAi j ton Messenger gives account of the 1$ excuemem among our neighbors that tt have seen. If they continue'to Uk'eotf in this way, at such trifles, the abolitj ists will quiz and be-devil them ontof propriety. It is the very best fun for the and such conduct will sharpen the appj lite for.mischief and amusement, of ererj cracked brain North of the Potomac From tht Pendlf ton (S. C.) Mrssnng-r. Tie. Vigilance Committee and Uie Office. We had quite a stir in our Village cb Fries laal ttr Vi A rt ilia QnnlUa.n t n I I ..... J ! tsi nut:., tuo ivvi u. I u mail Wall UCllTe As is usual on that day a large number tlemen from the country were in atteodiaci waiting for their letters and papers. Coloi William Sloan was among the first to rtctiij his, and upon examination he found a nrifJ document post marked Boston, mailed ink ler, charged with ten cents postage, irDej j. nius, and addressed to the Hon. John C Cut houu, ot a most malicious, offensive adtnult. ing character to the Southern peorU. TU document was read by Col. Sloan aloud aadk produced much excitement among the penoni assembled. A call was made upomhe Pwt master to know if there were any others iatW ottice, to which be replied lhat there were Ufa. ... ?L. -II rrl . ty eigni in an. i,ne executive comrailteii 'he Committee of Vigilance and safety ioia dialely assembled to take action in the nutiej. and as the excitement was very great, tlj t concluded lhat il vvrttilrl ti kntto. i uO .v.' and as the concluded tbat it would be better to holi? iV. course to be puisued under consideration unil the next morning. It was proposed bj gentle. men present that they would take charge of tht person of the Postmaster until ihe Committee obtained possession of the papers, but ibis vu declined, as the committee wished to avoid rio. lence. The next morning the committee as sembled at the office, and made a demand in the letters. The Postmaster refused to in them up, unless to those to whom they were ad dressed, and the payment of the postage, as? urged his duties as an officer of the general p. vernment. Tho committee told him tbey vert determined to have , the papers, peaeeallji' they could, forcibly if they must, and lhat rtiifr ance would be in vain. They then enteredii office, shoved the Postmaster aside, and took possession of them, and now have thera under lock andttev. where ther wilh remain until tht ) meeting of the Committee of Vigilance aJ ! Safety on the 29ih inst. What course tbe committee will recommend to be adopted meet this new mode of assaulting tbe peopUi' the South, we cannot say ; but of one thiowt aro certain, and tbat is, that the roost enerrfiie means will be resorted to. It would be much more agreeable to oi i Mr. Collamer would take the same view of at law that was taken by a former Postnur.er General and keep these incendiary papers etf ot his mails, but we suppose bis abolition kt- ings warp bis judgment. Be this as it oay.M j may be a88ured of one thing, and that ii thai his department is powerless in South Carolina. and the No government or law ever vrai enforced in!:.'otia c. . l . ..'...n. Nv: j. iico uuuuirj wuicn wsi noi usiaiucu uj f-- ' fnn j lie opinion. The Post office Department sines ', the advent of tbe present administration, ? been an annoyance and a corse to tbe peopit of ibis State ; and the Government at VTua inglon may look for higher and stronger mea sures from ihem unless it interferes to prcd us from the assaults to which we are daily Re jected. THE IRON INTEREST TARIFF OF 4i 1 Tho Locofoco Tariff of 1640, is doing tW work for the Iron Interest in this county while it is enriching the British Manukcturtr. The business in England is consider!! 1 vived in consequence ofthe heavy imporU, to this country; and the iron masters of ' States are groaning beneath a burdeof wef which, unless relief is soon given them, tVeJ j. must fall crushed lo theeartb by thea'' icidal policy any nation ever adopted, f the following : A CHEERING PROSPECT TO BRIa i IRON MASTERS. TheLondon Mining Journal, of the August last, contains the following remark the condition of the British Iron Trade: - " The iron trade may safely be JcU" a very promising condition, and both twy and the foreign trade has improved c0" bly wei It is understood that large orders w , ITnlif d State last steamer from America, arid that fordshire has already caused confide'1' convenience : and it is to be bopea,o r- ot Ihe autumn shipments, tbat these u;- i may be speedily settled. Prices renJi ihe same as last week, with a firm '"Vfji.' Welsh bars are held farm at 5 5s to 5f(l Tbe British TarirX which our rulers enacted in 1846, is working eu a gitimate fruits. Under it, Engb ,r ers are growing rich, while our own turers are becoming bankrupt. cor', u i nA i h-ouiand w If ? ratives thrown out of employment io ft:: vania. As the result of tbjs (wnic" -- rect result ofthe Taritf ot laio; - r yi LocoFcc1 ; arc cheering" in England ! ovrn: Uhe ISta cia the fea( otic: MOW to I shoi o tax irao thrd olu ticl zho jwhi in Un on kcr put Iwer; leml file izet berj pari pro ing to t ing 3 EnfJ ing. Xait I&d yea sap VlO CEI 1 ' lull Xke f L! La Ci tbeui t;.bJ ed o S'lHmt Jomr oedei fespt; I Lr taot we in tU Oax rj Pare ii-41 tdo 4 In ver Jf. Tlorit 'isooH M it cuH aiUl 2bt ulLe erll 1 che HT all ogr ciej 5 lour 11 If i -t