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V1 ; , if 1 Sl:.H Li- ' : it 'I 't : V'il w i ? hit ft h: m it. i.r: v.- 1 1 . ;! m ''ill iff BY AUMORITY; ULWS OF THE UNITED STATES Pg9d dmrmt the Firtt fttrum of the Tkirty-fir fPcsLtc Act i AN ACTlo establish a branch of tbej iniat of fe4 State in usiuorw. irctdv i etfce ef ie W the iUnii 1, xl Senate and House of Ripr4 htdStattt of AmertitiinCengrtti MMibitni a branch of the mint of the DiUtea ; .fic(B(kbfisbed in diUtforniafobe locjued by I ihej Secretary of the; Treasury, far the cuinsgejof gold an '-fahrefcT' ' 1 L !vi -I Oif'" i i I ; -f j iStaA.'JW.If it further enacted, That sqUble tmatneu of Said branch mint ; ana me loiiowing oraeer -abaO be appointed so soori as the public interest mayi rej re their services, upon the nomination elf the Psi4j dent, by and with the adyice and consent the Senate,! p wit i one Superintendent, one treasurer, one assayed one metier and refiner, and one' coiner. And the said iaperintendent shall engage and employ as, many clerks and as many subordinate workmen and servants as shall be proridea Tor by law ; and until the thirtieth of J one; bne thoasand eight hundred and fifty-five, the salaries of aid officers and clerks shall be as follows ; tq the super- , intehdent and to the treasurer, the sum of four thousand! fiVe'handred dollars each ; o the assayer, toj the roelteii hnd refiner, land to the coiner, the sun, of three thousand JolIars each; Ui'tbe clerks, the suijn of two thousand;; dollars each ; to the subordinate workmen, fcuch wager and allowances as are customary and reasonable, ac cording to their resp;tive stationrapd oecupationa, t Stc 3. And be Afurther enacted, - That the officer and clerks to be appftoted trnder this act b& all take art; , ath oi affirmation before some judge of; the United States, or the supreme court of the State of California;, faithfully aild diligently to perform the duties thereof and shall each become bound to the UuUd States of America, with one or more sureties to the satisfaction of (he director of the mint and the Secretary: of the Trea iary, or the district attorney of the United States forN fle State ot California, with condition fojr Ithe faithful' and diligent performance of their offices. ; f; J , . So. A. And be it father endftfdTf the generi al direction of the business of said branch iof the mintqt the Uni'ed Slate" shall fee under the control and regula tion of the1 director of the mint at Philadelphia, subject; to the approbation of the Secretary of tbe Treasury J and, for that purpose, jt shall he the' duty of the saiddi. and require such re-- as shall! appear to of carrying into efSjf rector to prescribe such regulations, "turns periodically and occasionally) him to be hecessarv for trie purpose feet the intention of this act in establishing the said! branch i alto, (ct the nurnose of discriminating the coin Which ahal be stamped at said branch and 1st the mint" kself; and also, fur the purpose of preserrmg uniformity of weigni, form, and fineness in the, coins stamped at laid branch ; and for that purpose, o require the trans mission and delivery ta him at the mint,! jfraim time t$ time, of such parcels of the coinage of said branch as ne snail triiiuK proper, to do suDjecieu to aucn assays and tests as he sfiall direct. 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And he it further enacted, That all the lawr apd parts of laws now in force fur the regjuh tion of the mint of the United States, and fori the gbvc rnment of the officers! and persons employed therein, and for the punishment of M oflfeuces connected with the mint or ' coinagv of the Un(ed States, shall be, and they are i hereby, declared to .be in full force in relation to the; branchof the. mint by this act established, so far as the aame mev be anolicsble thereto. ; n 1 r I ! j Sec 6- And be it father enacted Thi no perma.; sent location of said mint shall be made or buildings erected therefor until the State of California shall, by some law or other public act pledjre the faith of the State that no tax shall, at any time, be laid, assessed, or eollected by the said Slate, or under the authority of the-; said Stie, on the said branch mint, or onth buildings ' which mav be erected therefor .or on the fixtures and ma chinery which may be used therein, or on) the lands on!1 - '.i J . i .i. ' - .t i t wpicn me same may ne piacea ; dui nomiog i;i mis sc- tion contained shall be understood as implying an admis-? aion that ajjjy such power of taxation rightfully exists. ! 8kc 7. And be it further meted, That the saidf orjancn mint snail be the place of deposit for tne puouc rnbneys collected in the custom houses jnl the State ft Laiitbrnia, and for such other public moneys as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct';: and jthe treaj surer of said branch mint shall have the custody of the same, ahd shall perform the duties of an assistant trea surer, and tor that purpose shall be subject to ajl the pro-if viwons coniamea in an act entitled An act to provia HI &i the better organization of the Treasury, and for the: i .coHectioQ, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the': t poWic revenue," approved August the sixth, 'one thou-h eahd eight hundred and forty-six, which relates to the; f treasurer ut: the branch mint at NewjOrleans J ; ijStc 8. And be it further enattedi That, if required! . by. the holder, gold in grain or lumps shap be rehned, ' aasayed, cast into bars or ingots, and stamped in said branch mint-, or in the mint of the United States, or any : f Us branches, in such manner as may indicate the -value finehess of the bar or ingot, which shall be j paid for by the owner or holder of said bullion' at such v rates and charges, and under such regulations, as the! ' director of the mint undej the control ; of, the Secretary j ijofj the Treasury", may from time to time establish. .1 ; " Sec. 9. And be it further enacted Thit soisoonasl the said branch mint is established in the Skate iof Cali-i j fornla, and public, notice shall.be given thereofvin the; mode to be designated by the Secretary of the Treaeu i ryj then so .much of the, act makingLappropriatjons for ink civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government' for! the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and j mty-one, and for other purposes, as proTides ; for the appointment of an United States assayer, and the con-: UacUog for the assaying, and fixing the value pf gold In grain or lumps' and for forming the same inio bars, ' ' beand the whole of the clause' containing sairf provW j sions shall be hereby repfcaled. " j j Sac1. Qi.AndU it father enacted, Thkt before thel i Secretary of tho Treasury of the Treasury shall pro- j cure or errct' the. buildings prtivided for in the second eciion oi us act, or commenceopetadems under any of the provisions of the same, art Sau Fraucisco State of California, it shall be his doty to make aj coirtract, oi contracts, for the erection jit said buildings, land procure ing the machinery necessary for the operations of said mint, at a aiim or sums which shall not in; the J whole! exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars,! which said contract or contracts shall be secured b v iroAd and sufficient sureties, to the satisfaction of the said Secre-I tary of Ui Treasury and the President of the United? Dtaiee, !; Approvei July 3, 1852. 1 H 1: ;;i h i I i I ; GENERAL PIERCE'S. BATTtES. If General Pierce has earned any rniH tary Uurilslin the service of isj country we are perfectly willing: thai he should wear them, and that hi supporters should makejtbe most of them in recommending: him to the fnyor of the people. i We do not re y on the military services bf Gene ral 3cmt alone, or chiefly as a 'recommen dation ibr fiUing the oflice of Jfeident. He ha3 other high qualifications that em inently; fit him for the station! Without these He would not be qualified for ful filling properly the duties off the Chief Magistrate jof the Republic hatever military services he may have performed. But j we do expect to hold up these ser vices as an additional reason why, if in other respects he is qualified, the people should jgi re him their supportU We are therefore perfectly willing thatitbe Demo crats; should make the most out of any ac tual military services they canrshew Gen eral fierce has rendered to hiscountry. But th?y must not only ) boat of these services, but must shew from gtbe record that they have actually been rendered by. iheir so called military hero. tThjey shall not be allowed to deck him ii borrowed plumesj On the score of daring deeds, amidlHe roar of cannon, and fshowers of grape and clash of the glittering bayonet, we cottie at them with "fuss arfd feathers" and:ye shew from the history Iof the last forty years, and appeal to every school boy who has read that history for its be ing a true biil, that the old "luss and fea thers' aforesaid, is a genuine military he ro. It's a' settled question, a fixed fact. Nowi gentlemen, come on fwith yotzr vaunted military hero,' and pdfnt to time and plaice, and to the record! where he has eyeir bled or out even for his country. Now wie do not yet say positively, that Genereral Pierce neves has been in any battle, for we! have not had time or op portunity to examine the record with suf ficient are to ascertain with certainty. We do say however, that his (jeeds in the Mexican war, were not conspicuous or brilliaint enough to leave on the minds of 1 hose who read the wonderful details of our army s achievements in Mexico, any distinctfrecollection of what tHey were or where ofWhen they were enacted. The names ;Sf men besides Scott attd Taylor, and VVorth, rise at once to tbje memory, and are associated with the bloody and brilliant scenes in those campaigns. Who knows not that a May, a liinggold, a Clay, i jHardy, a Wool, a Larre, and oth ers less conspicuous, performed deeds that sentafhriilof pride and exultation through the h tarts of their countryrrfen7 But General Pierce, General Piercf, vvhatdid he do,; where did he perform any I exploit that has made his name a f household wordlkmbngr us in speaking the Mexi can war? You have to turn to the books, and go back to the records to find where "he was, Jandwhat he did. This is so, but still we do not assert on our own, know ledge of his history, that he was not in a single jbfittle during the Mexican war. Our belikj however is, that this isso. j) A : cop t rove rsy is going on between two writers in th Washington Republic, both of; whom profess to have been with Gen. Scott at the time Gen. Pierce was in the army. I One of them Insists that General Pierce did smell ptiwder, the other that he was not in a single battle during the whole war. They both quote ftom bfiicial documents to prove their po sitions INIot bavins these documents at hand we cannot determine which is right. "The very fact however. that the noint is disputed, and that the official documents render: it doubtful, is conclusive evidence that General Pierce did not set the Gulf on fire cr astonish the Mexicans or "the rest of-mankind" by his military exploits. We suppose, such a controvesy could hard ly, be gotten up about Taylor's or Scott's .military; achievements, or indeed about the services of a hundred other officers in jthe Mexican campaign. Newbernian. are i; ;A?( ACT to amend an act entitled An set for the) pun . I isnnie.ni oi crimes in the Uiatnct of Uolumbia. , Whereat, it has been represented that so much of the , tbirjd seetioii of the act of which this act isian alnend4 - raent as provides a punishment for the malicious r, will fiiln;or fraudulent burning of stores;' barns, Qr outhouse nHdioinin? a dwiellihs house, has Wen cbnstriied to aopty. to the cases of burning such houses onlyj when "tbejr contain merchandise, tobacco grain, pr hay, where l f iSenders have escaped punishment for burning buHdirijB .in! which none of said articles were kept-P 1 Beit enacted by the Senate and Hoitee of Remeeen. 1atve of. (he United State of America Cokgreit ms9f tabled. jThat from and after theyassagei of thjisactl if a;nV person or persona shall, maliciously, iwilfully, of f fraadulently, and with intent to injure or defraud any f j other persoa or persons, or body politic1 br corporate, bunji wr iet on fire with intent to burn, or attempt to set on . fireor burn, any house or outhouse: in the District of Columbia, whether the same be finished or Unfinished or 4 In process of erectionj though the said bouse or outhouse ! bfJl the time of such burning or setting on fire t f Umptiog tp set on fire or burn, have any godds, to baeco,- bay, or gram therein, nor be adjoining any i-:- dwelling bemse, nor be occupied or used for any purpose whatever, he ehei or they, on convietinn thVrnfi chn r J end to u3e' ibe same punislimeni and l4bor as Is provided u the said third section of the said iact to i f T -T oaences inereiu enu merateo. v Approved, July 3, 1652 f i (JPoauc RcsouuTtox No. 12.1 JUlrt i" Kt.SUi.U I lUX accenting fmm nS agnani a portraft of Henry Clayf and ordering U tb be pfacedin.the library of Consrers. i f t r Ileootzed by the Senate and house of Represent. the of the United State of America tit Conerrk as. cnibledt That the portrait of Henry Clay, presented to ihej nation 'by Goieppe Fagnan!, a resident of, Neiv York, be placed la the Library of Congress. pproirea 4 mj o,jom. now i hlThk'S)tar.-Tbti unusual spectacle is rir ented of all the visible planets beins above tbe horizon early iu the night j and tbey are sk dUfriluted ai tbi mark the line of the' Ecliptic, or the plane of their own and the Earth' orbita wub uijiwctncii. i ; From the Baltimore American. ? . t ' t6ombs & co. I These gentlemen, it would seem, like Iago, noihung it not critical. Theie-must be agiiaiioji or they die. They havef ascertained that thejilaTery question involves it sore point, irritable, and sensitive, and they take delight in striking; continually , upon the ictw. .They may possibly suppose: that some enhanced degree of tohsequence may be obtained by this exercise Ol a UoWer wanton W to nrndurp misrhipJ hut i :. f , , . : j ..-,w-.-. , whether any decree of notoriety thus procured would be worthy the ambition of patriotic men we leave it to themselves to consider. I when calmer reflectioiishall have induce in their own minds some mugivings lest, instead of a high and independent course, they have been pursu ing one vt puerile laetidiousness, fit simply for uc cuiunieiiis oi riaicuie. i It was no matter of surprise that the fanati cal school iof abolitionists at tha Nforih should hold off (rym the support of the regular noraU hees for jhie Presidency both of whom occupy ground id reference to the slavery Question ut. ieny apnorrent to abolition ideas and, proclivi. ties, i But we were not altogether prepared to see SoulhertVjgenilemen of influence start lorth in race pf emulation with those rjvals in the gameJoflagiiatioiiJ It is true there mirht be fouod in the antecedents of some of these South: eracbamptens of extreme doctrine certain simp. toms of lligbtioess, certain quixotic tendencies, aproneess to hallucination, that might indicate a large capacity for absurdities in general and a? nhf jOt cbnfialit y : with the limpractica bility;!aid the preposterous. It musf be admitted hai thl capacity (or absurdities ineneral and an iuhereiit.congeRiality does not lack the facul- lyiot development, and progression; is not con fined clusivelj t the deraocracyjof .manifest destiny or to the ardent school ol Young Amer. Sea. j ' fi-i ' , ., '!'!;.: It is scarcely probable that this sectional re. yoJt wi, Jlake from Gen. Scott a single electo. ral vote, .which under any circumstances he would have obtained. Virginia and Georgia were not -expected to vote him. I Tennessee we may still count1 upon, not withstanding the defect ion of Alr.i Gentry.- The fining to he chiefly regretted is that the movement is cal culated tQ throwVdisiurbing element into the canvass, which -both parties and the countrv at large beltere to hare had influence enough al- it f V. ready in distracting te publte mind and ia fo men:ing hittlr feelingf and sectional jealousie, . ItjS I'itil lime hat there was a jcessatidn!:. that unprofitable agitat!onUeen although deni agiogues should be thereby made; dumb, arid many noisy politicians! should find themselves ofless importance: than they had supposed, j tMe! Wrst orand rallx iT vic&i :" I BURG. i The ratification meeting of Whigs which as. aerrtbled.at Vicksbur, Mississippi,) on ihe 26ib ultimo, was the largest that had been held fdr many a day: irit bat city J Thomas A Marshall, Eq.. Was tbosen President ; and the meet ing was further organized by appointihg fourteen vice presidents and three secretaries. " i The; VicksburgiVVbig says : !i ' ; M The notice given was not sufficient for th time of meeting jo be generally known througb out ;the county, but notwitbsiaitding we were pleased to? see a representation from varioui . quarters, arid all joined in manifesting the highr est 'satisfaction with thej result of the convention and the candidates presented." Mr; Marshall stated the objects of the meefi ing in a brief address, showing the cause whiclj should Inqve the entire Whig vote in favor of Scott and Graham. ! ;; ; " f After the conclusion of Mr. Marshall's short but eloquent address, Hon. YVilliarrj A. Lake was called to the standj who introduced the fol lowing resolution : '. '') I 1 , f ltesolpedi That this) meeting do ratify and confirm the ; nomination of General Winfiel Scott as the Whig candidatp for President, and William A. Graham, of North Carolina, as the : Whig candidate for Vice President, and do pledge to them a cordial and hearlyi support." j The ir7ii further remarks that (he speech bf Mr Lake in support of his resolution was a ble, comprehensive, and courteous : j ! He alluded in the most earnest and impas sioned manner to the gioom which huog over the country at the period when, administrative djties devolved upon, Mr. Fillmore 1o his ser vices during the period of excitement rto his patriotism and fidelity to the South in time of peril, and of the general course of his adminisl i ration. He also avowed bis preference fb Mr. FUlmorei before the meeting of the con vention, as the Whig candidate for the Presil dency ; but, as the great body of tbe Whigs' selected another, Mr. Fillmore could -retire up! on the fame he ! had acquired, and !we could cheerfully support the nominee of the convenl lion who would execute and maintain the prini ciples wbichMrl Fillmore had sanctioned. ; Ol Mr. Webster he spoke in. terms of just and glowing eulogy ; be reviewed his :public career and bis position, and said that the office of President was not necessary to link his name; and fame with the future. ' The services, the. character, the history, the principles,; and I her claims of Gen. Winfield Scott, next received his: attention, and most brilliantly and nobly did be portray ibe qualities and capacity of the nomi- nee of the Whig party briefly sketching his' career from bis entrance into public fife to the present lime. We cannot give an outline even! of Mr. Lake's speech it is sufficient tp say tbat; it was just such a speech as he always makes' when he appears upon the Stand." W. C. Smpdes, esq., and Mr. J. S. Byrne, also addressed the meeting, at a late hour of the; night, in glowing and eloquent terms.: During the address pf Mr. Smedes. he aid : ) , j ' If we beat the Democrats at the ballot-box throughout the country in votes, as far as thisf Scot t ratification; meeting surpasses the Pierce, ratification meeting in this city in numbers, the-; prospects of the New Hampshire general fvill( indfed be gloomy." The Whig thus closes relative to the meet r inS ' I . t' !:-.' k ' i 1 The court hbuse hill was brilliantly lighted: up ;. ibe speakers' stand large eno.ugb to ac commodate, speaker's and officers, with the na tional flag gracefully waiving from it the seats? admirably arranged,. (not enough, however, as not more than one-third of the audience could . be seated but this could not be otherwise, as all the benches that could be procured, were on the ground, and the audience larger than was anticipated,) both to hear and see- the beauti r..l ; 1 i i . 1 1 4 . ! . t I mi anu priiuam iransparency in iroqt oi me stand, upon which were inscribed the princi- pal ! events in jthe life of our candidate, aiid which constitute the record of ibe old fpat riot's; claim to. distinction and the suffrages of a grate. ful people the j music, and last, but - not least, the regular, clear and cheering tones from the deep mouthed cannon, under the oharge of Ma. jor Hawken, as they sounded and reverberated the proclamation of victory. ! 'VThe opponents of General Scott riay tra duce and abuse, but we are better satisfied than: ever that his hold upon the affections of the peo ; pie not be removed by such means, the people love him and cdnfide in him, and ibis hey will testify to in a few short months. The large num. 1 her of ladies in attendance upon the 'meeting goes far to show (hat hearts unbiassed of polit ical rancor, or partisan malignity, are always ready to honor the patriot hero who has grown grayjin the service of his jcouritry." CATHOLIC SUPREMACY. An article in a late number of the Christian. Register slates that, within the last twenty-five years,! between; two and three millions of Cath olicshave emigrated into the United States.: The Increase of the Catholic Churches, during the last six years, has been very great, amount, ing to seventy-six per cent of the number in 1810 At the, beginning of that yearj the sta-- listira exhibited 740 Catholic churches, 437 J other stalbrrsil 735 clergymen, and Catholic? population estimated at 1,071,800 souls. At the commencement of the present year, the returns' show the number of churches to be 1411 ; 681 other st al ion sj 1421 clergymen, and a Roman Catholic population - estimated at 1,980,000 souls.)- i Jr ... ; . t .;;.'! i! This is .certainly a! large increase ; and the; fact has created, in some quarters, no little a-, larro. : It has : been prophesied that tbePope. at some future Jlime will transfer his S,ee from Rome to Cincinnati ; and fears are frequently1 expressed ihaitthe Rbman Church will, by and: by. assume, the direction of American politics. ) bedhi.rri. fihd ftonkins. of Northampton, bade speeches, and after the forenoon adT jourtiment speeches wcre made in the street by Mr. Palfrey and others. The re solutions claim that the Free-Soilers con stitute the true Democratic pa rty of the Union, and approve of the call for a Con vention! at Pittsburgh to nomir ate candi dates for President and Vice President. !'!:! ' l'-;1' "I Nat, Int. 1 1 THE CAROLINA VATCHMAM7 :j Salisbury, If . C. j U TQp$DlT EVENING, JULY 2. 1851. I FOR PRESIDENT. GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT; Ot SEW JERSEY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, i - itOX. Win. A. GRAHAM, OF OBTH CABOLIKA. For Governor, JOHN KERB, OF CASWELL COU.NTY. t . ' t , j ' .: O We are authorised to announce Absam Lints, as a Whig candidate to represent Rowant county in the louse of Commons of the next Legislature. ' rtj Wei are authorized to announce Caleb Klutts as a candidate for re-election for the office of Sheriffof Rowan County. We are authorized to announce Col. Vander Teagub as a Whig1 candidate to represent Iredell county in the House of Commons of the next Legislature. THE LOCO FOCO GAME. Unable to say any thing in truth against the fair : name and fame of Gen. Scott unable to make the smallest capital out of the deeds of the hero of Lundy's Lane unable to accomplish any thing by facts or argument the Loco Focb leaders and wire pullers have, at last, like a drowning man catching at straws, resorted to cari cature and ridicule I Yes, these are the weapons the no6e weapons with which this most noble party now seeks to influ ence the popular mind against General Scott; against the man whose whole life nas been spent in the service of his coun try who has led on our armies to crown ing victbry and glory upon every battle field, and who has .given worlJ-wide re nown to American valor and American arms. ! Better evidence of the growing weak ness and their want of faith in General PieroeVstrength better evidence of Gen. Scott's increasing favor with tpe people and of the strength of the Whig party we presume no man wants. I GENERAL SCOTT'S RELIGION AND Y TOLERANCE, j jl To remove the erroneous impressions in the minds of some relative to the opinions of Gen. Scott on the subject of religion, a our last is now a tiie Pro- ladelphia to be ex- we toolc occasion to remark in that he has always been, and steady bpt moderate member o testant Episcopal Church. We now quote the following from a letter addressed by hlim in to George Washington Reed, and others, of Philadelphia: l " I am happy to see by the Phi North American that religion is eluded as a party element. Staunch Pro testant as I am both by birth and convic tion, I shall never consent to a party or State religion. Religion is too sacred to be mingled up with either. It should al ways be kept entirely between each indi vidual and God, except in the way of rea son and gentle persuasion ; as in fami lies, churches, and other occasions of vol untary aitendance (after years of discre tion,) or ecrprocal consent." The following article, taken from the Norfolk Beacon, successfully dejends the : r r i o . ... iiuuiiuauuii oi ueuerai ocoii against tne charge of the Loco focos that it was a sectional -nomination. We commend it to the perusal of our readers : fCT The Wash ington Union, alluding to the having tor late Whig Convention in an article its caption " The Sectional Nomination," States of where lay :Jolj MASSACHUSETTS FREE SOIL CON f j; J ;j VENTION. Stephen C. Phillips, of Salem, wasc sen (President of this body at Wdrcester on Tuesday. He said that both; Demo crats and Whigs now island on the same platform, and both had forfeited the sup pori of the Free-Soil party. A committee was appointed to draw up resolves. Let4 ters were ireadl from Charles $umneril Horace Mann, a. PUbase J K. biddings, thus Temarkt : in the three creat 1UIK. tiniO flnrl Kpnniv van a nu . 1l I l ! .... . . ine wnoie nean and bulk ot the Scott strength in the Convention, the platform was vbted down. Now mark what follows : a verv lake maior. i'y eighiy.p?e votes of these three Jreat Scott ptaies Detng recorded against its adoption." The article iben concludes thus : j If, under these circumstances, Gen. Scott's nomination, pjatform included, can be called in any sense national, we shall be glad to know tha facts on jwhich its nationality is based." 1 . We remark, it is not true tbat a very large majority of the eighty fire votes of New York, :Ohio and Pennsylrahia, was recorded against toe aoopiion oi tne admirable Whig Platform. I New York voted twelve for twenty two a- gainst, one vote lost. Ohio voted eight for 'fifteen against. And Pennsylvania voted twen ty one forsix against. So that, it She reader will take the trouble to sum up tlirsa votes, pro and con, on the platform, be wifl find that itbe very Jarge majority of which tho locofoco organ prates, amounts to the very large num. ;ber of just two majority against,; and not one jmore. And this is lugged in as affording evi. dence of sectionalism or want of nati jnality. Why, of the the thirty-one States of the Union, twenty two of them toted in the Whig Conven Jtion for the Platform, unanimously. One State was equally divided. There was but one State ibat roitdlunanimously against it. The re knaining seven split their electoral voti s. These jven were entitled to one hundred ar d twenty, one Totesf-of which, one declined an J one was jjost, leaving upon record one hundred and nine, jteen votesl Sixty three of these voted for and fifij.six voied against the platform. So that the case stands thus : I was present. Previous to the i regular or anizatibn bf the meeting Mr. Iieycs, ofgiQt it. One was equally divided. and Charles Aliens coinciding with the Free-Soil organization. .John p. Hale ; Twenty-two States voted unanimously for platform. Only one voted unanimoutlv a- 11 i And of thVremiinlngtenjivs3 w bole rotea waV polled orlty of sewn of their for the nlatform. 'New T .- v..mnnt. Massachusetts. ivuKic Nonh Garolina,gooth Carol oa, Georgia Tinne.i. Mil ouri, A.kan.a.. F onda, F- j -j p;f,nik noted unanimously lor as, lows, anu w r- ,,r , i ( T the Platform. II4 V- 'i,ti9 ..T. tir 1 lr-i.-t:,..i Ponnsvlvama. Indiana, lltl and Wisconsin toted for : thus making twen. ty.sef en Stales ol the tfnion n favor of the plat form. ! v! i; ' . i . ! H ' t , - . The only State that voted against it, unani mously whs Michigan. s , ' .. Those that voted against It byajoniies in the respective Siates, were New York and O- hio. nois, The State of Maine against, being equally divided So tbat the table wi States for ihej Whig States againsi the P Slates divided Total voted, four for and four : i I stand thus : Platform at lor in 27 I 31 We now poke the above at some of our cap. lious locofoco brethren ind) tell ihera that iti the sense in which yen. Scott's hominaiionplatr form included, can be called National and that the above unanimity of) action in the Whig par ly embraces some-of the facts upon which we base the nationality both iof the nomination and the platform. When the vote was faken on ibe Whig platform, there was no "noise and con fusion " and no coterie outside of which the reading of the platform could not be heard. It was discussed iii open Convention and was vo ted upon by each Statej In the locofoco Con vention, it has been said that hardly any one outside the coterie knew what was enacting.- We have now set this matter right and mean to keep it so hereafter, j I "Observer," the Washington corres pondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, refer ring to the speech of Mr. ToofnbSj deli. ered in the House of Representatives on the 3d instant, says: I J I Some of the Whigs, after he sat down, cried, sotto voce, good-by Toombs taking leave of him on his i entering the Demo cratic ranks. , This episode showed that Governor Howell Cobb knew what he was about when be used every exertion in his power to have Mr. Toombs elected to the United States Senatein the place of tJcna- tor Berrien. : ?. FIRE AT MONTREAL, i On the 8th instant, a fire bloke out in Montreal, which lasted two days. Twelve hundred buildings were consumed.- The light of the flames, during the progress of the conflagration, was distinctly visible at Burlington, Vermont, a distance of 100 miles. It is thought that this isij one of the most destructive fires that has ever oc curred on this continent. ! I On the 1st instant, Capt. Swart wont, of the United States Army, in command of Fort Meade, Florida, died at tljat post. ' i - i - ' j The Hon. John P. Kennedy! of Mary land, it is said, has been tendered and has accepted the office off Secretary of the Navy, in place of lilr. Graham resigned. The CRops.--In this region the crops are still improving. We hive had'tluring the present weekrain for several days, and the farmers are looking forward to an abundant corn-crop. J j ! GOING NORTH. I As it will sopn be the season bf the year for our Western merchants to jjjo North, we would state to all interested that we have been informed by a gentleman, who lately passed over the Raleigh and Gas ton Road, that it is now, for the inost part, in an excellent condition. The rail has been laid down all the Way from Gaston to Henderson,; and a number of miles beyond, and that they travel at the rate ol 20 to 30 miles per hour.! A Statue in; Honor of Henry Clay. A correspondent of the National Intelligencer pro. poses that a statue should be erected in the city of Washington, where he sjjent a great portion of his life. The equestrian! Siatub in honor of Gen.-Jackson, will cost abdut 812,000, and no doubt an equal amount can easily be raised in that city for one in honor of Mr. Clay. ; 1 1 i ARE YOU READY, FELLOW WHIGS? fMerhben i Thursday, The Election for Governor and of the Legislature will take place on i u,,u 01 August, uur Whig friends see that they have but about Twenty days to work be fore the election jwill be upon us. Is it neres. sary ihal we should again appeal to them lo put forth their whole energies hi the cause, during this short period? They were defeated in 1ftn by the lukewarmness and disenlions which exr mta in the Whig ranks. We all mortification which all.irue jWhis the news of defeat rau-A . ; iiicm, ana we ao not believe there was a Whig in any part of the State who did not resolre to ieiert himself; with redoubled vigor and zeal, rather than hi. should again occur. W have repeatedly appealed to our Oiend, l0 organize in each and every wv"7 in ins oiaie. i n know the felt when O DfOCeSS IS rmv anil simple-requiring nothing but probptneg, and energy, and information as to the; hamei d residence, of the leading Wh igs of each Counl nV- arragemen, made b which 2 ery Whig voter may attend the poll.. Iflhere of 2' " , w i1"6:? ,el ,helrother Whig, of he neighborhood furnish ibem .uch mean, .rt 10 me k Poll, andxe cie the privilege of rotin k nLL t I our full strength is Dolled -ri.- .'" ' " itri. rL 1 . 1 ol ef5eieot organiza- IMdiaTc, r: They should . be done by the 1 They have air ed falsehood, t in all section 3 new 'set cf t week and part; For warned let -prepare with r. r conflict. ! The V ion are looking election. Lr:r WntGS ! Ila:. AGRICUI Believin'r i! are conducive t of the farming It! I. j ';i organize one in be called the 4 fi - I 1m CIETY. I The citizens c adjoining Cou; : come member ;i;jineetnSalh' day jof j: August, ; A. M. ii . D. B. Caldwell, Thomas L. Cow; Johti Wf Ellis, Maxwell Chamb Michael Brown, SamueJtKerr, Oeotgp ;Y. Brow; Alexander Long, jVV; V. Graham, Dr. A.M.Henders: tjbasR Fisher, Dr. A.T. Powe, D. A. Davis, Eobtrti Ellis. W.&JVndleion, Pbadiah Woodson, James E. Kerr, Moses iL. Brown, NEW ARCTIC Ailngfidildi a cc; address; i f r " isb tiayy, has; a communication, in v. y f'Tbe; Isabel screw pne liutidred and sew horse power, has t: vith provisions for i Frarklin;and the sul ex pejl i ti oh. - I a c c e p t ! standing that she is ; all risk, expense, and i meJ Ijpurpcsb srili first of j iJuly prdcetu' as far as Smith's a .jpraciicitble, and reti coast of sBaflins'Bay jnin thoroughly th complete the voy. should 1 be obliged : ipense of keeping ah artic. winter. 1 fn ungate wih so Ed vi?aru Belch erV bieg, through - the t to announce to al! to se id letters to j chan:e of my n; be most' happy t 1j:MI may add, t most valuable : yard at' Wool w ; rangements anil ously allowed n; of course at my q departments . With each other cause ; and In; valuable assist; . i i i ! - voyages I am,:: 1 1 ." ! FROM Thfe U. S. ir. a;rrivediat N v g;ers; bn(l 81.C and pOd,000ii: She brings the ; of the 18th ult. I A large nur;.' ing at San Ju to talje them t. j The Panan; pleted to the c: na, which va : . The hews fr ry, and; 'every t! pate; prosperity. : ' There'! is u i Col. Craigh, t! as been murd !!"'' fencontre occi:: Sacramento, ! McKinpey ar 1 Wilson,; it is : Whereupon C Mr. McDonald The others will ' REV. I That the nei L StatesjSenator t ! ReMESIUEH, t: have .to remodel i ?iate for twenty ; REJtEMBER, l'. have thejpongre j! Remember, t! tant measures afiectin the intc II Rememeei:, t. lant champion to been nobly peri' r tbeinfamjous r,: been adopted to ! 4RE3tEMBEIl l DO HIS DUXi' A' IStoRJI. w e day night. Ti. ctssantly, while ' constant "oaniu Virtb tself--tl w5hd blew fori nlg stuck, slid er's house, but ; javelin on a pc ' of our citizens ' Ovier i wagon cr fot bidden by tLe t - . ; !i I i .! i ;;. r - V i i. I i Hi i : ! i f ii . f ! i '"