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I I it' ! i. t r. ) i- it...- TUB ANTI LIQUOR LAW 0F MAIN&- iffa EFFECTS, AND ITSTDESTINY. I .Every true friend t temperince, hcreTer in the broad eipsnse of ibis Union, this Cont 1 - L 1 brat, or ibis Globe be may r? side J must not onfy !n proportion to bis knowledge of (is. exist cntfe ai tid provisions, feel an juteresj in the nctf law of Maine fur the supprssjjpri ofiriuk L A. ing houiri and lipling shops," buj. must alsa fe e eiceedingly rejoiced to leara, lbl it, is sue ceifefully, and for tbe people of tjbe Stale benoxj uVly enforced, and has no prospect of being repealed! by Rum, Politics & 0o., or by any otbtr powers, or combination of influences.- Vr Iheiefore present below, frum a report iu tkajGardiner Fountain, o( he proceedings of the Rational Temperance Convention at Sara toga the testimony ot some, ol the delegates fronjt Maine, who bve personally see.a ibe practical operations of the law, and of course are entitled, at competent witnrsses, to great crecfence and respect bjflie peonle at Iarge, wboare nowsitt(ip5 as a jury upon tbe ' tion Jul extending the principles. nd the protec tion ipf a similar statute lo the oiher Slates. Oil of these peakers,-7-tbe jRev. Mr. feck of ljorilatid, rii DaplU.t clergyman, well known in Massatiuseiti, as b was formerly a citizen of Ulack.ione in tbi Slate, and three or four yra,rl ago, as a member of the egisla' tursfrom that town, ably advocated a some whalsimtlar Hill, tbatpaise'd tbe House, but was murdered in the Senate by those who feared that egislalion against rum would " disturb 'ae harmony of the parly." He jiow lives, in a Stat i where tbe' legislature wjill bao ,r,o oc. caaidrr to discuss the question o! establishing a staje asylum for inebriates," f rtne anti-rum-bevejage law is. rapidly cpuvenmg the whole State into just such hi asylum.. Whenwitt Maskcbuselti legulalors, and some of her philanthropiita even, as clenrly see the rela tions ol cause and efleel, and bie as practically wise,' is those of Maine ? Hut we are perhaps loo long peeping our reader from the pleasure of perusing the following speeches, viz : ,. I Petersburg .Intelligencer. Itv, -J Yotcs.oj Gardiner, Maine. "Firs! gsvo' a general synopsis of lbs Maine Law;' and added, one of the strongest features of ibe law is, the manner which it provides evidence. Undr the old law, which depended upon testi mon, men wouid peijure themselves. This fact originated the demand for the present law. This law is not the result of invention, but ol experience. A sioiilitr law passed our Leg is. Isiurf twoyears sinre and our Governor saw itfovelo it. Thepeople in ret jrn vetoed him. The made tbut bill hi winqing sheet and placed him. in a grave from which be can have no political resurrection. (Cheers.) Our last Legilaturo met for the tiansaetiou of import tan I business, such as could not be laid over to the winter session, ai.d lo the surprise of many , ibis law received attention and was pass ed. The Governor who regards the wishes of the people, signed it. It became ibe law of the (and. : Now, in the Capital of the Stale, it is said that not a glass of liquor can be obtain ed. (Cheejrs.) In Bangor tbe change is as MiiWng. Vpn th City Farm, the haying is gemralfy done by drunkards picked up and romniilted about the fourth of July. Thi year " not fne was found, and the help fiir hayintbey were obliged lo hire. (Cheers.) In Bath ibis Uw uotks Well 1 (Here Air. Y. read ex iiaela from several papers shouing ihe effects ol ihe law in several parts or ibe State.) Re- aistsnce has been offered in two instances ; Saco. Rut re repeal the law. one M Wajeryille, thn other at sistance and opposition cannot Strohg influences sustain it. Drunkards, on becoming sober, are with us. 1 neir wives and children are with us, lending us (heir strong influence, (Cheers.) Rev. P. Peck of Portland Maine. 'The law of Maine is a source of great gratification to ourselres. It works well better even than our eipectation. In our principal cities and towns our largest shops and saloons are being closed. ,Upn the enat-lment of our law. some closed their business.! once. In some places as in Tomand, tune was ciren the holders of liquor lodispose of what theyl'miahi have on ban, by sending it out of ibeSlate. Some did at ohce ; others -.waited to knovy whether ihe law Would be enforced. In Portland some con-Jinut-d the traffic until the Mayor, Neal Dow, I gavfl dirertmn lor aclion. Under ihe inslruc lions of our efficient Mayor ths liquor was lak. en wherever It could be fouid. It would do f )oo good, Mr. President, to see the hogsheads, banels, tleices, butiles, &c piled up ia some public'place, ihjrti taken out and their contents poured out together into ihe gutter. 44;Some ihiealened lo resist the execution of law! but these were the first to feel its force. ; ' Nothing like successful resistance has been of. , , tercd in Portland. We are going on. At the mq our new law was in process of enactment, wo sad a distillery in our cify which was be Ing enlarged new machinery was on the way . from Eurrpe. Our new law has' exterminated i - ma avoj auair ; anc iue uuiwiog itseii is now ' r , demolished. (Cheers.) 7 , ,f The poor of our State are receiving the v - - i-' benefits of our law. It would do you cimhI, Mr. ' Prefident, to see the families ihnt now iit otr chulches, who until now have been kept away i b the influence ol alcohol. I It would make youtbeart glad, sir; to see heir children, neat anrt.clesn, rushing iuto our Sabbath Schools. - (Crers.) , ' The question frequently comes to us. Wil y tbe?petple ot Muii.e sustain ihe lawl They rilt Not a lown in ihe Staie can send a man 10 the Legislature who Mould dare oppose it. lb city of Foil land cannoi send a man who un6!d daro vote for ibe repeal of the law. Many who were not favorable to the law at the (hue of its enactment, bin ve seen the g(Md IniMS produced by it, suitatnfit: now, and sus ; lairf il heartily. Such are h he idvanlages of , ibis: law thai Maine will take rto retrograde j uiejS. .She will advance. Most other stales may have a similar law by doing as we have dune. , AVepreach and talkTotnnerance, but 1 ' we 'dn more than this, we vote temperance. -j (CKrersJ) $ ' '"iVnaie as strong Vh1gs and Democrats . as ibe re is in any other part of ihe Union. .We j , do rtol aik our friends lo leave their respective parties Wi wik in ibe paities. We secur-l rd iV?""Temperance Mayor in Portland in this " way. ' In ouy Temperance Warcbmen's Clubs 1 wi-bavi; everal hundreds of yming men who a re ii ue Wj.fgs and true Democrats ; but t bey ba0 tufBciriit pilnciple to act temperance. y I : Dow a tnan'of "great hearf who ilarea apt out principle, ibe iVmpf ranee meo agreed upon ;Mtny wodf rf iual ibouM lb,ok in our primary meetings and at the. poll, we secured his election. He went with the Tem perance Bill to Augusta and used bis influence lo secure its enaHment. j He prevailed. I know of one man wfco was a member of our Legislature a.n'd opposed to this kind of legisla tion. He was a llemocrat. The Temperance democrats f bi, district put a mark upon bin At the next election they passed bim by and put in bis place a gwd Temperance Democrat. This is our way in Maine, i VYe let meu dee litute of principle atay at home and take for of fice men' we can (ely upon, , No political pa per in Maine dare take the ground of open bos uliiy tn oyr law. , (Cbeer) j ' W'b 'this sate of things, we ishall go on. If we need Author legislation we shall have U. Ve will send men to Slate Prison heforo we will longer endure the evils of intemperance. (Cheers.) I arn proud of iMainf. When at Albany last evening beholding the, opf n and excessive drinking of your youn niest f New Yoxk, t was thankful to God, VrejoiceJ that I was not Winging up a family of ons under the influences ivbich prevail there." I A SINGULAR AFFAIR. We find the: account of a curious affair in the Cincinnati Enquirer of the oh : We rfrvrrd a few days ago to a mar riage wiiich had occurred between a very badome keeper of an ice cream saloon t)f R. Fourth street and an officer of the 13. S. Army, the knot having been tied by one of our city fathers who is always rea dy to do what he considers a charitable act. The parties oedded and boaided to gether for a few days, when ii was ascer tained that the marriage was illegal, tbe city father having no legal authority to attend to such business. Here was a pretty kettle of fish. Either party could, if he or she saw proper refuse- to rectify the mistake. Both were, however, so well pleased witbf each ol her, during the brief hours of experimental matrimony they had passed, that they were eager to have the marriage legally solemnized. iSo some friends, at the earnest solicita tion of the parties, on Friday evening, af ter office hours, hunted up the deputy clerk Mr. Snyder, obtained another license, and then proceeded to hunt a clergyman, who after much hunt they obtained, and by whom the loving couple! were again splic ed. The following notice thereupon ap pears in the papers : Married, on the 5th tnst.. by. the Rev. Wm. H. Harrison, Lieut, Frank Russell, U. S.'Army, to Mrs. E. M. Morrison. It was now that the friends of the bride groom thought proper to interfere. By them he was safely quartered at the Bur net House, and his wife was informed that as her husband had been imposed upon by her, he would not recognize her as his sent him a message desiring to know what he intended to dp, and if he intended to call and see her. Shorllvf afterwards she received worr that her husband would be pleased to see her at the Burnet House, whereupon, off she started to place her self once more in the arms of her husband. Hardly had she been gone when her hus band and severaI"of bis friends called at ier cream saloon and took possession of it, saying they were entitled to the pro perty. -The owner of the premises warn ed them out, staling that they had been surrendered to him. - They refused, and he started off for a police officer. In the meantime the wife returned, whim his friends though military gentlemen, were for beating a retreat. They hastened. with the husband to get into the carriage which had brought them, but the wife was close at their heels, declaring she would not be separated from her husband. and endeavoring to get into the carriage. The husband's friends shoved -her back. but a police officer appearing and a friend of the wife standing at the horses' head with knife open threatening to cut the reins, if they started withoul'the lady bc ing in the carnage, had the desired effect of securing jier a seat by the side of her husband, when off they drove to the Bur net House. As the two were ascending Jhe steps of the hotel, the husband was violently seized by his friends and separa ted from his wife, she screaming at an alarming rate and beggingjthe bystand ers not to allow her to be deprived in that way ot the company of her husband. But the fates and strong arms were too much for her ; she had to return to her Fourth street boarding house, while the husband went the Lord knows where. Such is one of the many incidents of city life. How they Preserve Order in Austria. The Vienna correspondent of the London News describes the following shocking af fair as having taker, place at Szent Ma ria, near Gross-Waradrid, lately : " At,a peasant's wedding, when the pro cession of the betrothel was moving to wards the church, the gendarme approach ed the bride and summoned her immedi ately to divest herself of the red. white, and green ribbons which she had in her dress, according to the custom of the coun try girls, saying that these colors were re volutionary. The. bridegroom objected. saying tnai alter the ceremony the hride would comply with the desire of the gen darme, but that now'they could not keep the priest waiting at the altar. The gen darme retired, the procession proceeded to the church, but at the moment when the bride was kneeling at the steps of the altar to receive the benediction, the gen. darme rushed forward and cut her tresses and ribbons, with scissors, from her bead. In Hungary it is considered a great insult to a female to cut her hair ; it conveys the notion of infamy. Naturally an affray took place; the gendarme I was assailed by the bridegroom ; other gendarmes ar rived in aid of their fellow official. The people though without arms rushed upon Having no tiler man of like rofhd vbb-NeaI ibem, and the result xyti the slaughter of! ven men, three gendarmes and four peasants, among th-m the bridegroom and the brutal assailants !of the bride." ' - ! ; '- ; The Bloomer Dress. A Lady corrs pondent writes as follows to n New Yirk paper against the adoption otlhe Bbmer dress. It is a pertiment andf powerful text, thus quoted : - ; Much has been wri'iten ami much more said upon the Bloomer dress ; but. while every man, worn n,f and child claims a hearing, the voice thai thundered opon Sinai is al. unheard and unhefded : Th woman shall not wear that which per tainetti t0 a man, neither ball a man put on a woman's garment, for ail that do so are an abomination unto the Lord ibv nA J JUU, k Such authority is not to be cunt rover ted ; and we do not know that any thing wnicn migni oe auoea wouia deepen its effect. We may say, however, having seen several females clad in i his cost urn within a few days, that nothing can be more unbecoming, and nothing more un graceful and awkward than lh movx iiiruis ui a woman so aiurea. Any n who has noticed the appearance and walk of a female clothed in masculine, raiment on the stage connot have failed to remark her consciousness that she wax improper ly dressed, hypry f Bloomer" manifests the same sensation. She cannot take a step in the street without beiraing her sense of the unfitness of her attire. The flowing drapery is essential toihe natural and easy use ol the limbs ; and if there was nothing tojobject to the trousers bin their newness i as an article of famale wear, it would require years for worri-n to learn how to walk in them. Provi dence Journul. Traces oj Sir John Franklin. Official accounts have been received of tbe dis covery, by the American Expedition, fitted out by Mr. Grinnell, a liberal and weal thy merchant of New York, and officered from the U. S. Navy, of numerous traces of Sir John Franklin's long lost Explor ing party. For particulars, see another column. This discovery is another triumph of our countrymen over England, and if the Expedition should result in the discovery of Sir John or of his fae; it wilt add stiil another. The English, steamers being beaten in timev the crack yacht being likewise distanced, American jmachines carrying off the. prizes in the AVorld's Fair, all tend to ele vate Brother Jonathan even in the eyes of John Bull. Speaking of this Expedition, land of its being the result of private munificence, reminds us of what we saw during our re cent visit to the North. We happened to be passing down Lung Island Sound in a Steamer just as a submarine explosion took place at Hell Gate, a disastrous point lor the immense commerce, of the Sound ; for there has not only been a dangerous reef of rocks upon which steamers and sail vessels have been lost.Tiui these rocks caused a whirlpool which frequently drey in vessels and wrecK them. The liberal and wealthy merchants of New j York, un able to obtain the aid of government in abating the unisance, subscribed a fund among themselves, and by repeated Masts of powder have deepened the channel several feet, and in a great measure pre- vented the whirlpool. The mle of bias ting under the water is very simple. A canister of powder, containing about 150 lbs., is let down upon the rocks, and ex ploded by means of magnetic electricity. ine pressure or) trie water upon the can 4ster gives it its force against the rocks. the deeper the water greater the effect. The discharge which we saw threw up an immense body of water some 25 or 30 feet into the air. The success of the experiments unon Hell Uate (which will be Hell Gate no W W am sm . . " I i longer so far as the danger of navigation gives it that appellation.) has induced the liberal community 10 undertake the re- moval ol similar bhstructions in N. Yoik Harbor. Fay. Observer. Aa Anomalous Position Explained." Under this caution the Editor ol' ihe Wh. ington Union writes an article for the purhie j of rescuing himself from the awkward p..in.n i ne occupies in relation loihe great issue of ibe nnmnr..mi. A I.! ' .J ... .1... nr . A ni r V w "3 T present Administration. Were the present the ,nara j: : e . mere ordinary issue of ;iany pliu'!, there would be some .how of reason in ihe cond.ie, of ihe editor of the Union. But we all know that the present are not mere party ioies ; we have only to open the Washington Union to see that the questions in the next election in volve Ihe existence of the Union itself. The editor of the Union is rallying hi party on the ! great national issue ofthe Compromise. Com pared wilh this, all other issues, in bis opinion, i sink into the merest insignificance. Such he. ing ihe fact, it is not most unreasonable in the editor ol the Union to make war upon an Ad ministrition lo which the Compromise meas ures owe their existence, and which "lands pledged lo veto all measures calculated to im pair their value ? It Mr. Fillmore is a eandi. date for the next Presidency, can ihe editor of Ihe Union make with him the issue of the Com promise ? Certainly not ; for Mr. Fillmore and the editor of the Union are heartily united on this question. They both look to ihe Com promise as the salvation of ihe Union. The issue must he made with the Abolitionist of lhetNortb and ihe Secedrs of the Sooth, wiih neither of which factions has Mr. Fillmore's Administration any affiliation. If, therefore. the editor of the Union would truly define hi position, he would do it in manner and form something like the lollowing: 1 believe that the existence of the Compromise is essential lo the existence of ibe Union. I leeve ifnt Mr. Fillmore, hy signing ihe Compromise lil, saved the Union; and I am well aured that while in office he will promptly veto any at tempt to open again these agitating questions. But, notwithstanding these opinions, my posi tion as a party editor force me tor oe every exertion to weaken and break down bis Admin istralion." Pet. Int. I New York Democracy and the Compromise. We commend la the ITiiinn the filltkiin paragraph from tbe Albany State Kegi.ter : .-sk Prvlrns to the Dernoeratie Sute Cmren- tiw hi yrarur.:Alr. Nfew. if this city. Hun- ker Un)iKrat,viTed "a lal wnb;Mr. Hans, also f ibis ritv. Wbiiri tbat tbe Convention wtrtild endorse tbe Cimpnnis measures. At "ier i! had adiptod il "platform and adjourned. Mr. Davis claimed tbe hai in iba gnund ibai the resolutions did not approve or endorse the Cxn promise measures. Mr. Nafew claimed that they did, and thus a dispute arose, and it was inutuslly agreed to leave ii to Peter Cag er. Esq.. Cb airman of tbe Democratic State C:o,nmi,i.e. and George Dawson, Eq , of the tuiniitf JtMtinitl. gMid and cmptent men, to AiA 1 .: t... t.:..l.u...-k sen bnv deiled that tb Demoeraiic reolu- r' Hl IW U'l'HI illll. Ittr IIIIKII'lllf MIII9VU" I lions. d..ped rert mly at the Syracuse Conven. lion, do not aoprove to; endorse ibe Com prom- e measure if the Usl Congress, and accord inglv awarded the hat to Mr. Davis." And yet, with this and a ifamsand other facts el'ore bis eyes, ibe editor of the. Washington Union gravely tells bis readers that the Na Uoual Democracy" u ill i ally on the great issue f ihe Compromise. But ii i not Bthe North alone thai ihe editor of ibe Union will find dif. ficul'ics in rallying his piny for the. Comoro nic. At 'be! South the Democracy are ly no means united on ihi uhjfrt. In ihe Virgin Lgislriure last winter, more than one Dno rrai avowd his hostility lo the compromise, and if we have nol been misinformed, the V mocraiic Convention at St aim I.. n adjourned without eiuressing any opinions on the Union's great issue. Pet. Int. MILLARD FILLMORE.. Every day, (says the Richmond Repub- lican.) shows that Mr. Fillmore's popular- it y is widening and deepening. It ban not been a popularity of rapid growth, but It has sprung from the knowledge of Jiis character which is derived from its ac- lion, and bids fair to take, deeo hold and be of permanent endurance. The nonu- larity of Mr. Fillmore is the best kind of ai popularity, because it has been won by moral courage, and b refusing to seek popularity at the expense of principle, as well as hy exalted statesmanlike-qualities. Every Whig in favor ot Mr. Fillmore or some other candidate for the Presidency will at least concede that he deserves to be President. No man need deserve a higher tribute. He deserves it by his pure. calm, wise, patriotic administration of the . . . P government in the most critical period of its history. He deserves it because he has proved by his acts that the govern-. ment can be safely entrusted to his hands, He not only ueserv-sit. but in our opinion he vvill obtain his deserts. Fires in the Woods. -A short time since we published an account of extensive fires which were raging in the woods in the eastern part of Maine. The latest accounts from that region represent that the fires were spreading. Arrivals at Baneor from the east renort a dense smoke on the coast in the neighborhood ol those fires, so much so as to render navigation dangerous. 1 tie Bangor Mercury of t n day says : - We are enveloped in a hick smoke. unuwu-nv ores nrr. urnvni ng nil . 1 1 , .... Mrfiimii n unn Homer n vocf Haul -vl un . . , 4 1 .. C ...U:u :i: .11 age. Last evening the sky whs illumined a k . & . itj the direction ol Brewer, where the fire is ragi.ng extensively' The Easfport Sentinel says : " r ires are raging terrmiy m this vi cinity. In PrrvTrescofl. Cutler, and Ueer Jslnnd large nmounts of lumber have been destioyed. On Saturday and Sun day evenings the sky was illuminated far miles. In Lubec the fires were very large, and ihe crackling of the fiames could, fie distinctly heard at this place. Coosider ble woodland and limber have been de stroyed.' Accounts from Cherry field (Maine) state that Ihe whole country was being burnt up. and scarcely an acre of green land wns left along the seaboard. The flames had swept over Mount Descof. destroying ! several houses. In Hancock countv ihe i people were suffering severelv from the j smoke and fiames. The timber of the j Cutler company was damaged lo the a- mount of $150,000 Nat. lid. Yacht "America." The Buffalo Commer. cial notice ihe fad that ihe Amciica " was tui a " SfCond clas " vessel in our waters she having leen tieaten ty the " Muria," and relates the following anecdote : f "rn,u 1,1 r" We. heard of a circumstance, somewhat sim ' Ur yacht race, that occurred in the i j-. j . Medpeiranean a few day ago. A down easl . t , . . r " " " ' J ,, . V . ,,tc ,u 1 " iv umraiiitr, ieu in won a cracK vese tielouging to the Royal Yacht Cluh. The wind wa fair, and the Enlifhtnaii qnar. ed away lor a race. Jonathan packed on all the canvass he could muarer, and ihe result was he heat ihe yarht at least a knot an hour all ihe way to Ciihraltar. When ihe Englishman reached there he waited on ihe Yankee lo ex. preg his surprise and chagrin affirming at ihe tame lime, ihai bis resael: bad never before heen heaten. "Jest like my Jemima." said Jonathan, "she never beat uotbin' alure." A Neto Article of Commerce. We under, stand ihat a quantity ol ground zic-stone, a quar ry of which has been discovered in Rock bridge, county. Virginia, has just arrived in Richmond by ihe James river and Kanawa canal, en route for England.' This curious stone has ihe re. markahle quality, when finely pulverized, mix ed with Unseed oil. and spread on any surface of returning itel into stone, by a re. union of it rock rove ing. or coat of mail impervious to water and proof against Jire. Its value has been well and aiifactorily e$ird, we under. t I . . f t ttA . .1.1. L. 1 .u. in - iiriiiiHiiuiHKi in wnicn 11 was I n d' a! a. 6,r PJ""f covering for ro,,. &c. ii puipneior oi mis article, Mr. J. H. Hous ton, has caused il lo be used in Eurone. anri ... . won sucn approval as to lead to an important order lor the article for the English market. The Milkly Way. The number of te lescopic stare in the Milky Way is mated at 18.000.000. In order. 1 will not say to realize the greatness of ibis num. ber, but. at any rate, to comnare it itl. someihing analogous, I u j call attention ..,.,.. ,rre are not in the whoh ! heMVens more than . Kn i a nen ble to tbe naked eye. Humboldt. . i i - liar TUB CAROLINA WATCHMAN Sulisburr. H C - i fnntSDIT EVE5IXG. OCTOBEB t. I8SI. PLANK ROADS n... c,.,o U now going pretsy deeply into the Plank Road improvement, 9 sj ( so i rii v w jjans there is no system of road making P - ,he.wants and circtim- M ,u ......, nr ih n.onle of the South than 3Hlll f i thi- Th readiness with which it ts ta- n and the liberal subscriptions of . . . ,. . . -inf stock bv many enterprising individuals and communities, leaye no room lor dounung a. their hopes and expectations on the sub- ject. As yet. however, the experiment has not been fully tested among us in some of the Northern State, their adapt edness and profitableness are seme,, a a points. With us, these points, so fnr as experience is concerned, are yet to be set- tied. It becomes an object ol greal im portance, then, that the experiments about I. i s i i II anil w u" nwur, buuuiu ..r n,., every advantage arid facility avnilable. u brought to Hear so as to secure tbe greatest possible success. Our people are r couraged " subc,st l',ls kndf and a partial failure througn me neglect or careless of companies in the construction of these works, would do m m oht th mnrrh ot imnrovemenl Li .i :.. r a.. lUn" n" nKeia " attempt was made some thirty years ago, l"' ... to clear the Yndkin and make it riaviga- ble. The work was fairly begun. But bv bad management it tailed, cut see sr the consequences : Every effort that hs been made since and ib-y have not be r. few nor feeble to organize a company to resume that work and to complete u I onr of lh mist nrrtiOMh! ttunK in ihe wnPift h, tnils rr murrU UiU-d. The .u spirit ot improvement which wns then 1 ' rawing oui in ine noririeru ami r,aMern Stales, and the results of which have been to make them what they are. found, also. a footing here ; and but for this disgrace ful failure, North Carolina would, in all probability, have kept pace vitb her more fortunate sisters of the North. Hence, we say, it is of the first impor tance that tbe road works which are now in progress and about to fie commenced, should be executed in the very best man ner and on ,he surest principles, and yet wuh the greatest economy, both imtnedi ate and prospective. To do this, companies should not act hastilv. esnecinllv in l mv Liown their nUns of .merii in , r .1 1 1 1 Choice of plans for the work. I hey shou Id I I 1 ' use uingence in coiiecnng all i lie iniormn tion that can he gathered on the subject, wherever it is to be had. And this brings us to the poirt for which we seji nut, which is, 10 can attention to tne improvements in plank roads patented by Mr. Joseph E Ware, of St. Louis, some year or two ago. Haying seen a notice of this improve ment in our exchanges, wp have tnken some pains to ascertain in what it consist ed. and have satisfied our mind ot its im portance. We believe Mr. Ware's plan of constructing these roads secures sever al advantages not attained by ihe ordina ry method, to wit a large saving of I ber, a firmer road, and greatei durability. There are other points in ih- pUn wor thy ol consideration ; and some others which are purposely withheld b Mr. Ware himself, for his own protection, and only to be had by those who purchase the right to use his system. Of these we shall not now speak further, having done all we felt called upon to do. We shall there fore close our remarks at present, by giv ing the following certificate of Governor Jones, of Tenn., in regard to Mr. Ware's system. Mr. Ware Dear Sir : I have been build ing a Plank Road from Mernphi i. German. town, and have tried the ..Id and new plans. 1 find that Ihe wide benring is much best and decidedly cheapest. The hearing ihai 1 oe now in constructing ihe road are exclusively ofthe description referred to in your patent. The economy of using your lorui of bearing, a rises from the fact ihat alhhe featber'or wane edged planks are sav-d. as well a- the ii,e, trouble and loss in squaiing the sleepeis. nd a saving in laying ihe same. The. amount sav ed by your system is at leai 25 pei cent in the cost of material for road building. Very respcifuy. your Friend and oh'i Serv't. JAMES C. JONES. Lafayette, June 7ih, 1851. Memphis. May 1st, 1851. THE WHIG CAUSE. We Ihink WR Pinnni td ' uiipian en in ihe signs nffonniJ . T . 1 u., u, garnering, strong, nt-ant rally ' . T1 . nr o ihe pure standard of Millakd Fillmore a- ! ,PHns P,Cnyunp. announcing t-e i Ibe Whig candidate for ihe next Pre.idn.-y ; 'of Commodore Pnrker. sas: nd b name mo,t frequemly ass.K-iated wiih j - Since his arrival he has bef n '1 DIS. and likely lo he most crdinllv rl..i- :.. i : : .;mt:an: Nf . ' ., . .... J -..,.... C. at least, if not hv lh Whi.f..f ik ; S...,ik a i .1 7 V . ft Sou h and of .he nation, f..r ,he second offi.-e ; the Republic, is thai ol William A. Graham On this ticket, comprising so niti h of public J-Jitue aud ability, ihe conerative people of i,e Union may confidently reply fr a firm and rignienus administration of ihe G..ver.r...n. ' and Uir rve,y ,h which great pi.iou I bonor,,,.v ' fr 'he perpe.(j.,n ,,t ur vuuirurmcj. I neir Hand is ..ii lh 4 J e B stituiion orthe United States iher h Z-J I r . J cu iiu itiuiiu true. It will he received ihai there i a call in other column fir IVi :.. . . " " " "ft meeting m iihs ciwjn- ly, at Superior Court. The best wc had a). most said, tbe only, bone r.f ana ts me ma. w, gX' ,-'1 and effee,, WMiwu. in ti ?!Sf and national can..,f ne w 'V.J lr -tired of politic.;" lMjbJ hey owe much In ,heir rjnl ent crMi,. and under eii,,inw diffU UK their thought. fe turner! lo 'Jh, 'l b , means of iie..rin2 ihei, ff.e TTf ' iiiuiion.-.GVerns6oro' Patriot. ?r7? No. you are not mistaken in Bn . that Ihe people of the country nt VV to Mr. Fillmore as the Whig f for President in 1852. Nor . mien ns to bis entire icc.piilitv tt Whigs. And a, for Mr. Gri'?!f ' the candidate for Vice IW, i . e . . . 1 3lrat. r whtgs of this region would hail it ,'f greatest satisfaction. And boWcv Jf'" Ticket might succeed elsewhere J' Y perfectly satisfied that none better ' V be constructed for the latitude. of Carolina. The fact is. the p, 0ple 0rt part ot ihe btate have chosen t. Mdnoted it nnH will ,.,:tL 'M , , lt ,Be rliirtanr fi v it n n TV f r ir rv inlet r-Qliim koa 1. " -" oi oniy repn fault, hut highly meritorious II. k. uaSr ed ihe confidence nf tK t. ti. ... .... , : "u,c0Qaa ana ine wnigs oi mi?j Mate, so far -r . i . t. onservniion nas extended, will (fj; , honor him with an election totUk ! post he has been providentially Can.1 on to fill, and tor which he bassbownV.f 1 sen to nappny quanneu in every rr- f i uey iook upon nun as a pure pVlJ leariess anu uoiu, yei cautious and And he is so much like i heir belovedC. ham. that they think Mr. Graham and I oueni to go togetiier. And hence, vi concert, iney nave made up this titt in their own mind, and they chrrsi with peculiar pleasure. We have fVj ces of i his every day. in ihe declarifu ihe views and leelingsol pUin metfJ all parts of this and the adjoining cy ties. Let the lenders in polii ics take r hint that is given by these indication the popular mind. L It y . ri 1 I t J I -.-11 i r.i i I c-.s - II f ... The four fugitive slaves who were! rested in Harrisburg on Friday WffklJ and returned to their owners, belong Daniel T. Shreve, Hezekiah V. Trci and John L. I. Jones, of Montgoarl county. MaryUnd, who have public card returning thanks to Mr. McAll J the United Sates Commiioner, and; ers who assisted in the recovery of ii, property. Ihe negroes said tbej U been enticed away hy certain foat t on the Che.sapenke and Ohio Canilrl that they had a very hard time sincf it- I a r - V ecape. Sleeping nmorig the mouHUl lihout food or shelter, and that weie perfectly willing to return boa We have, received the Internai Mugazine for Oct. which is freighted usual, with a rich and varied asor: ofthe most readable matter of the 1:; There are said to be four Dihnp of tie? teiant Episcopal Church awaiting row: lion. Creighion, of New York ; RuiW S.Hith Carolina ; Williams, of Connftictf., C i Wh itebouse. of Illinois. - 1 1 r ' - o ( ::'I Hon. Wm.. A. Graham. For our om r (says the Warrenlon, Va. Free Prf) though we should alwav be nieafii t of 'our prominent Virginians put forwird 1 h a '- h I Uin w'e are nut sefih a l desire loinon7 i honors. I hp Old Dominion has had V' share if Exerotive honors and xif j Hoe willing that ol her States hould rim' a portion. North Carotin, bmh frm I thn and her fidelity, is entitled to lh Vice I ! sideney and we accordingly repeal ourp" I ence or the H.n. Wm. A. Graham. iH'n ! lary of ihe Navy. He has all lb J' , suiialile for ihe place, and his State hai which honorable men c muni resist. Prolific. Mr!. Wiiliarri Jakon in county, ha presented her ha-hanrf. tnith. wiih three fine boys. 1 It H,iinr (ieorce W. Summers has teen Dffli1 by a slate convention as the Whig ctt-k for Governor of Virginia. Blowing out Candles. Thtf iaci in aifiieiif ecoiioiny rnrn iii'' Iv known. Ii a candle be blown il nbre vrtu lla u irl will rwil m'"i'tir and may therefore, he easily lighird Mi i w ii ujn.n dnwn wards the iirirrai) i The author of the above -hieild im ,!' inienu a little luiiher. for this f"' V;.- tJ The healihof Henky Clay 'tJ,' ( ,. ij " ' l r ' vr , BW in - )jtt H diiutill it whether he ever return ington. For the first lime in hi sically desuinding. Tk. Wk". .1 Vimirii tt!n M- "'ii V"0 r O' l'II " f. nated Geo. W. Summers lr Gurrroor. ' z COM. PARKER AT IIAVA- A letter fmm fTvna to tbc ,,, , lw ,,, vrsi iAi III" l lie tutu i1,J i- . ... . . i ...i-..rvrfil.. nectea witn the inhuman nuo.-. i i ttlln urw nine eotnpi'oS I tenden and his forty nine comp,n " the atrocities perpeirafed upon t ' less hodies by the Spanish Pt,Pu'Cl, I have been informed that 'rr men of the highest rc.pe ctat hit ,IIHv I Wai,,',, "lon Commodore, a Jt filtiliJ . to bim what they saw themsf f- s'rrrts anu punnc iiiiw-3 . . I I . . i,-- . the day and niirht of the xecu f 'U- ! aflirmHtion's nf these relill'mr0 'j i n- bear out all that has br-en rr,"'.4lc. f correspondents from bere rr atrocities. ' The details arc of tc " ?l ;o1 st Oi nt ;ili fot te r Yu n is -1 S tct hi tb v e ir 'Pi In 1 I - ur T S it e I I 'S V 1 " , e '91 h a to tc si t i it i ! : j t ! .?( i x i
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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