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TAUBOItOlJII SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1844. FOR PRESIDENT, James tt. Polk, of Tennessee. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, George XJ '-alias, ofPeim. (Election on Monday, 4th Nov. 1S44 ) FOR THE TABBORO PKESS. Mr Howard: 1 perceive that in my ap pointments I have misstated the day of the rresineni;ai Election, u occurs un is Monday of November, (being the '4th day of me monill,acroruingj.u aunriui uui tani blv. session of fsO-Vl, instead of'thpsee bud Thursday, (which Would be the 14th,) aa formerly. As many others might oth erwise be misled like myself, by referring !to the Revised Statutes to ascertain the day, it would no! be amiss to publish this communication. Respectfully, 'HENRY'!. TOOLft. ELECTION 'KteTURN'S. Thp counties of Cherokee. uaes. anil Hyde, are til I to be heard from. In oiir hekt paper we will insert a tabular stale 'ral counties between the Votes for Gover nor in 1842 and 1844. In 1842, the ag rgfegate vote was, for ftlorehead, fed. 39, 5S&; "for Henry, dem. 3'4. 9 94 Mo re dhead's majority, 4592. The aggregate now so far as known is, for Graham, fed. 38,439; for Hoke, dem. 35,451 Gr'a haTtTa. present majority 2978. On this lc '- lh Ralp'mh Standard remarks'? . ' n 1840, Gov. Morehead beat Judge Saunders for Governor 8,000 votes; and Harrison beat Van Biiren by 12,000 ma- Snrittr In fho tirocont pipption iva hsrp reduced the "majority for President be tween nine and ten thousand votes, and the vote for Governor has been brou.ght down to a,uuu. is au mis noming: Are we not gaining rapidly upon the adversa ry? In 1842, the Whig majority was 4,506; how it is only 3,000! Is this also nothing? Step by step, charge by charge, trA i - f-tott inirr Arwn ttio Priomv Wo have attacked him in his strongest holds, and he must soon surrender. There is no ho5e for him. Now, it is true, the light breali momentarily from the clouds and beams upon him; but when ilie 4,suh ot Austerlifz" shall ascend in his slrength, 'darkness will gather upon the hoxts cf Conn'ery. For our part, we "say as our predecessor Mr. Lorirrg said in 1846, Don't give up the ship. We tell you the State is democratic." '. "In the summer of 1836, North Caroli na elected Mr. Dudley Governor over Richard D. Spaight, an able and popular competitfcr.. But in th I all, she cast her vote f r Martin 'Van Buren. Remem ber that. The 6,606 majority of Gov. Dudley was overcome, and the Old North weiU for the Republican party. "According to the calculation of the Re gister, the Coons will have a majority of 24 in the Legislature oh mint ballot. Quite enough, we should think, to7e!'.n the. rmrfnWAnv. Av,, nnw ww WJ1I now this majority do? Will they pay the 'debts of the State? Will they save he old Commonwealth from the disgrace of repu tfiatiri ihe debts they have heaped u'poh her) It aoec indeed seem as if the h3pd of Providence had been in this matter, in 1840, Ihe Coons had a majority in the Le gislature. Flushed with power, and sym pathising as they always do wiih corpora tions, they voted to a Hail Koad the sum of thre'e hundred thousand dollars; and 'now it has so turned ont tftat they are ngain in a majority at the very time when the ways and means are to be raised to jneet and pay the debt. What course, vve again demand, will ther adopt? We, ven ture, to predict tht thAj will borrow frork the Banks, and thus to, that extent bring the State under the inJZucftee and dbmi nion of the Banks. Will this prediction be verified? We shall see. "Again vve say we are neither dishearten ed nor discouraged. We have made great and signal gain's 'o'pdtx the enemy. hall We hesitate in the midst of the battle? Shall we fall back to our tent's julst as vic tory is ready to blaze upon the folds of our flag? No! Let us orgunite. A gain of a Very few votes in each county vvill change the result in November. Let every demo crat do his whole duly, and Henry Clay will not and cannot gel the vote of North Carolina." From the Raleigh Standard. DEMOCRATIC ELECTOUS. ineiouowing gentlemen have been put in nomination in their respective Districts as Democratic candidates for Electors: Second District,,. Henry I. Toole; Sixth Dfstrict, David TieicI; aevenui wiairici, .Ihspnh Allison: Erehth District, Daniel W rnnrU- IX I 111 n lJISU ICl, iMmam Alexander; Tenth District, George Bow Pr. Third District, Abraham W. Venable. FftpHnra remain . to be nominated in the p.Urpiitb. Fifth. Fourth, and First Dis trirts. '6ur friends cannot be 'too 'prompt in tliis matter. We are burning; day light Let our Elector1 and their As-istants in every District be in (he field a !predily as possible. One fire more, & the day is ours rOse.veath. Halifax county, sends Greeting to "Old Trap" and Eagle Rock, the followitfgVote: Poll for ion. Hoke (dem.) 46 Gtaham (red.) Op!! - Purnell (dem ) 47 Savage (dem ) 47 Moore (fed.) 00!! Gee (fed) 9P!! Wliiiaker (dem.) St Jovner fe.l ) . 00!! ine t hers for tine glorious democracy thnrecinct! To all democrats iro and do likewise." ib. we say, T'T'The last Carolina Watchman sav"s: -We have understood that a nerb slave, belonninir. to Mr. fiureess S. Gaither, the former Superintendent, has been taken in to rnstodv on susnicion of having set re to the Mint" at Charlotte. 'ih. LETTER FROM MR. CALHOUN. The'folloVving letter, from Mr. Calhoun to the Editor of the Petersburg Republi can, will show in plating relief the mean-nes- and hypocrisy of those fideral presses and orators who have been charging and who now charge that great man with being unfriendly to the Union. Will the fede ral presses publish this manly and patriotic letter? i. State )eparfjnehf,'st dug. ISA A. Sir I duly estimate. your motives for giving me the information you have, but the charge of being unfriendly to thejUnion is so utterly unfounded, and so obviously circulated for mere elect ioneerig piirpojes, that I cannot think it worthy ofserious'ref utation on fny part. The whole tenor "of my long public life contradicts it, and eve ry friend and acquaintance I have, Unbwg it to be fafoe. My fife has been devbied to the service of the Union, and the con stant and highest object of my ambition has been to preserve and perpetuate it, with our free, popular, federal system of Gov ernment. Dut according to my opinion, justice, equity and a strict adherence to the Consti tution are the basis of our Union, arid they who most firmly maintain them are its best and truest friends, and not those who most vociferouslycry out Disunion, and at the same time embrace those, who not on ! openly avow their zeal'measures, which they must know will, if successful, end in its destruction. With gieut icsppct, &.(. &. &'c. J. C. CALHOUN. T. C. tETXOLDS, Eq. yjear 'aid Tecurhsch! This veteran democrat has recently Written a Irtfer to the editor of the 'Kentucky Yeoman, in re ply to one addressed to him o'n private business. The following brie'f ekfract from ihe letter of Colonel Johnson shows that he 'still feers the same devotion to the cause of popular rights, which has Been so prominent a characteristic of his whole lif, and that he i deeply anxious for the suc cess of the democratic nominees for the presidency and vice presiifency: t4l cannoi he senara'ed from my fricmls ' po''" W one w n,re cneenuny ann more conuai ly vote for and sustain and support the nominees of the democratic convention, held at Ualiimore, 27 h May. I have known Colonel Polk and Mr. Dallas as prominent members of the demo'craiic 'par ty w hile they were members of Congress, and 'every since; and It xV ill give me pleas ure to do all I can to promote them to the onicei of President and Vice President, for which they "have 'been nominated by the democratic party, and I hope every friend I have will do the sjm'e " Jirgurkehfs'1 of the Brink Partisan. The following will ive our readers some idea of the manner in which the late Hank of the tlniied States worked against Old Hickory." During the first months of S3 the Uni ted States HanTt paid Gale & Seaton, the editors and propiietors of the National In tdligence'r, at Washington, I). C, the fol lowing sums for'printing speeches and doc uments, viz: 12,599 Clay's speeches, 50,000 H. Hinney's speeches, 3.000 Southard's do f 656 20 3,000 00 235 43 63 98 654 10 654 10 3,470 50 2,839 CO 293 Si 103 47 4,231 S4 3.000 treTinshn'v sen's do 5,000 Huntingdon's 10,000 Southard's 2d ed. 105,000 Webster's 5t).0b0 j . Adam's 70,000 Poind extent ' "" 3,000 Sprague'i 301,000 oi her speeches, folding, binding, do do do do do do 322,599 S16.L9 44 Pentryvaniu Democratic Union. An Anecdote. On Wednesday, afier the nomination of Mr. Polk, Mr. MciNul- ' Af ' ' 'jl: Alar If ty, a dea"gate irom unio, ana prescm v- to the House 01 uepreseniauyes, i,rfr with a very grave air, and chargcu upon ' . r ' J riff nit the conveniion a irauu aye, au " fraud! (Merriment!) Yes, he told them a fraud; because the whigs naa vvaieu ai least S50,0b0in prihtihg all the oldtuim bugs of the 200,000 standing army, and negro evidence, and the gold spoon, &c &c. which were now prepared for immedi ate distribution and here had this conven tion corn's forward to cheat them of their valuable Drooerlv. bv makine it lumber and waste paper ".leather and prunella upon their hands. Was this right? Was it treating the coons decently and fairly? Lt. Gov. Dickinson of N. Y., (a gentle mam of much good humorand good sense.) immediately rose and gravely moved that the whigs be reimbursed out of the surplus pVoiifs of the Bank of the U. States. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE, Hat Springs, Bath county, Tti., t August Slh, Is 4 4. To the Editor of the Press: Perhaps a letter from thiefegion of coun try at thfs season of the year may not prove unacceptable to some of y our readers. This portion of Virginia i jus'Iy cele brated for the beauty of its scenery, the sa lubrity of its climate and more than all fol ks numerous mineral spring, which gush forth as it were from every hill side. In reaching the mountains whether hyjtPr j, an iniereting subject contemplation theChailottsville and Staunton roii.or by lo tjJe philosophic observer; arid we intend the Richmond and Lynchburg, the invalid as oon as other clans upon bur attention nearly exhausted tiom long ill npa.m, ieeHare disposed of, to devote a chapter to invigorated and refreshed on the one hahdjs(jme of ,ne most prom,neht clans now at the beautiful farms, the neat cottage-like ! congregated at Saratoga. dwellings perched here and th-re upon the j z. hill-tops, a birdVee view cf Momirello, J nj A younz man by xfo ne 0f Vi. or the beautiful buildinns and erounds of the University oT Virginia, ei'her calling to mind the Sage whose opinions yet exer cise a mighty influence upon 'the dcs'Sriiei of this country. On the other, you are borne along so smoothly on "the surface of the James Riv er and Canawha Canal as scarcely to be aware that you are in motion; now and then coming to a Lock, the gates are open ed, in rushes the water, up goes the liJat and away you go in a twinkling. The Canal runs parallel with the Rfve'r Ihe greater part of the way; you travel at the rates of 4J miles tlie hour and but Tor the'excessivc warm wea'her and a crowd oh board, the trip would have been de lightful. As you approach Lynchburg, the country becomes mountainous and the canal following the winding course of the, river, you often find yourself pursuing a narrow strip of valley hedged "ih on either side by precipitous mountains. flere also yoii ste highly cultivated fields of wheat and corn on the low grounds of trie James and some beautiful residences of wealthy gentlemen. By either route a visiter to the Springs sees beautiful prospects and will find "good fare and accommodating host's. Our route by Lynchburg gave us an op portunity of seeing the Natural Hridge over Cedar Creek, esteemed by some one of the great curiosities of the world. The 1 1 - , ,r , f -.11 - , sengers half an hour to examine the bridge, , 4r ... . , hut for this you might pas? it without be - J O.I. . ing aware oi u, 6t it, the ed:es hein covered with thick shrubbery. We wound round a rocky hill till we reached the creek, and . . . J . r .. ... looking up saw a huge mass of rather ill - 6 i . .. . shapen rock stretching across the creek, and must confess vve were not struck with that awe and astonishment which we were prepared for, from the accounts of travel !ers. Its height, (from the bed of the creek to the top,) is 210 feet, perpendieu- lar thickness at the centre 45 leel, which increases to '60 fee. whh its junction to the vast abutments. It is 60 feel wide and its!. span or length is near 90 Every person travelling this route is prcity certain :to hear of the Lion andEagle, said to be visi ble on the under side of ihe bridge. .ot withstanding you may by a stretch of the imagination form an imperfect Lion and E tle Out of Several dark patches sticking to Ui e rock, yet I apprehend not one in a hundied would discover it; and the origi nal disd'overer must have had "optics sharp, 1 ween," aided by a brilliant fancy. We passed a night at Dibrell's or Dag ger s ?pnng, the tnst you reach coming this route. The place is well improved; neat cabins, handsome walks, and an air of comfort about the whole establishment. The water resembles the White Sulphur, being inferior In strength and not so cool. Our breakfast despatched we took seats in the stage and jogged on over the turnpike-road at the rale of 5 miles per hour, towards Callahan's, a noted stopping place, 16 miles from the White Sulphur. Here we arrived to a late dinner, being amply compensated however for the lateness ol the hour, in the rich dishes set before us. Venison of the finest kind mutton, beef, fowls, vegetables, and breads of various sorts, tempted the already sharp-set appe tite. Callahan's is proverbial for good butter and rich milk. In three hours we reached the White Sulphur, the Lion of the Springs, the great resort for the fashiona ble crowd. The situation of this place is beautiful, at the foot of the great Alleghe ny range, in a delightful little valley, with a beautiful view towards the South-east. The buildings are extensive, sufficient to accommodate 500 persons. The Proprietor of this ceiebratel water ing place isPMr. Wm, a Caldwell, who , is said some years ago refused a million o dollars for the properly. Tin assessed at S 500, 000. , i , The company Was larger than usual, (over 300,) and increasing when we letl More 'anon. Yours irul'y, . btJCK TAYLOR, In the Mountains. The Population of the Springs The editor of the Saratoga Republican has been taking the census of the meo, women and children now sojourhirrgal Saratoga Hen is (lis leport: s , The number of visitants. now in town h over 3000, which may be classified as fol lows: Married 1000; unmarried 20()0; old bachelors 400; in pursuit of wives 75; in pursuit of husbands &66; Gent emen 800; Ladies 1200: loafers 500;. blacklegs 240; pickpockets 25; politicians 700; pious folks 14 00; infidels 800; freethinkers 800; nothingarians ?00; invalids 540;'in pursuit of pleasure 1700; springwater drinkers 1400; wine drinkers 1600; fops and dan dies 700: flirts 800: fl;its 1006: men of sen.se 300; belles 14; beauties 7; butler flies 250. To all tlfese may be added :i000 citizens; including 200 porters, 300 waiters, 360 chambermaids, 50 pcuifions, 40 scayenge'rt, 80 hostlers, 100 loaTt-rs, 400 suckers, 620 negroes, 1 66 gamblers besideb any quantity of "good-for-nothing know-nothing vagabbrids, who only live to be so many pests to the place they in habit. Such a medley 'of human charac ley Edwards, Orange county, was found dead in or near the public road a few miles northeast of HilTsborouh, on Monday the 22d ins!. He died of jniemjieranr'e Tayetteville Car. .03 letter from Wadesboro', dated August 2, says: "A man by the name of Reuben Hill dreth was attacked hear his house last night while on his way home, and was desperately cut with a knife, until ills said there is no chance whatever for his recov ery. The peVson suspected 'has been sent for, but the Sheriff hai net yet returned. There has been "several cases of stabbifrg, but none more serious. None of the cases, resulting, however, from the excitement from the electi6n.,, 'ih. (QOur toWh is very healthy at present, but in the lower part of the county very violent billious fevers are prevalent. We know'cf eleven down in one family. Lincoln Courier. Thrilling Incident. The Amherst Ca binet contain a letter describing the mel ancholv event lately mentioned in this pa per of the blowing tfp of a Sovvder mill at Danby, (Va.) causing the death of three boys and adds: Air. Smith was the first to rush to the scene of ruin;, he cautht up i the'fir'st hov He came to, whose features eresodisitmured as not to be readilyrecog- , ni-,nn : .w - nizetl, yet alive and possessing his senses; 1 i urt : w c .f aS fi IVJS hPir llir him livili I l-r m thn anuria I -r-iL , J w . ui wiamny, iieaio io mm, wnose ooy are fKo ,.. - i -j r itneiacewnh lender emotion, said, Ln, i i ... ,. . . your ooy, IJa: And the poor lad die . . f f V i)u.r i lie iniiesuuerer looKing mm in . 2 'T'i. - i' i am died a tew hours after. (jGovernor liouck, of New York, 'has addressed a letter to Governor Call of ,V -V11"": V" C "'I Ja" , i'." aS 3 ,.Vte f,?m l!CIl ,ta h,S tnf 'n f J0"!?' .on, lhe ' JRdictmenis "V r ". .. . 1 . " iu inu iHiiure oi me nanK oi v toruta. wmie ne was rreSKlent. One or the rea sons for refusing 'to surrender Graham is, that the indictment does not specify the particular acts ol fraud or culpible neglect, causing a failure of tlie bank. A similar lequisition on the Governor of Virginia for the surrender of Booth, indicted wiih Lrsham, was obeyed. (0 Fort y years since, Robert Fulton re quested of Congress the use of the Hall of lhe House of Representatives, to delivtrari address on the use of steam for propelling boat, but was refused the assembled wi?: dum of the nation deeming the idea too absurd for the consideration of reasonable men. . (JFour bales of cotton otihn new crop was received a New Orleans on the 23d of July last; and ihe first bale at Augusta on the 2 9 Lh. Fayetteville Car. Charleston. The market unusually dull; cts highest price now for cotton. 700 bushels N. C. corn brought from 46 to 53 cts. bacon 4 to 5 cts. per lb. ib. Washington Market, Aug. 15. Corn wholesale, 5Sl 75 per barrel. Bacon 7 a Ih cents. Lard, 8 cents. Naval stores INevv dip, $1 95; Old, gl 80. 80 cents. IFhisr. Scrape, DIED. In this county, on Saturday last, after short illness, Mrs. Eliza Braddv, wife oi Mr. Solomon T. Braddy, leaving a hus band and two children to mourn their loss ELECTORAL APPOINTMENTS. We are reruested by Henry 1. Toole Eq., the Democratic Norninee for Elector of President and Vice President in tk: (2nd) Electoral District, to publish thatKa expects to address the people of the several counties composing ine uisirici, as lollows At the Court HousEof Nash Co. 13th An Edgecombe, Tyrrell, Washington, Martin, Peaufort, 27th Aug. 3rd Sept. I6tht I5th0cl nnY 'A i ain ucl Pitt, on the day of Presidential election, being 4th NoV It will be perceived that the aooVe atif pbintments alone involve a large amount o iiricompensated labor, and will therefore constitute a satisfactory reply to the seve. ral requests received to address the peope at th ir gatherings in detached sections 6f counties. Al Tarboruuirh and A'cw York. & York 7 50 13 43 10 IS 4 id 20 n ,35 m 26 Brigade Orders. rip HE Colonel's Commandants of tlie ie". veral Regiments composing the otft Brigade North Carolina Militia, will pa rade thefr seveVal Regiments at their res pective parade grounds, equipped accord ing to law for General Review, (as follows:) , The 14th (Upper) Halifax Regiment, at Walker's X Roads, on Tuesday the 8ta day. of October next. . , The 16th Regiment", at Jackson, oa Wednesday, the 9th ditto. . , The 15th (Lower) Halifax Regiment, at Dawson's Ji Roads, on Thursday, the loth ditto, . .. The 13th Regiment, at Willlamston, on Saturday, the 12th ditto. The 21st (Lower) Edgecombe Regiment, at Tarborough, on Friday, the 13th ditto. The 20th (Upper) Edgecombe Regi ment, at Bridgers's, on Saturday, the 19th. tlittb. By order. , JOSHUA BARNES, .. Brigadier Gen. of a Brigade Militia, Ar. C. JNO. P. SHARPE, , . Jiici-de carnp. Head Quarters. Tpsno't Depot, ) Aug't 12th, 1S44. (y The Roanoke Advocate will insert above until Sth Oct. and forward acc't ti this office for collection. $10 Reward. RAN AWAY from the Sub scriber, about two months since, my negro boy ORANGE, About 32 or 33 years of age, 5 feet 6 or & inches high, not very dark com plexion. He has a down look, with ton?; hair on his forehead and a scar on the left side of his heck very near the hair, dope with a knife, tie is supposed to be lurk ing betw-een Bethel and Flat Swarap meet ing houses, in Pitt county, not far fr?1" Mr. John Wnitehurst's. The above re ward will be paid on his delivery to .the subscriber, in Edgecombe county. I fr warn all persons from harboring, employ ing, or carrying off said boy, under pen' ty of the law. lRVlN TAYLOR August 13, 1S44. 33-2 . . . AUG. 17. per Tarboro Bacon, - lb 7 8 5 Brandy, apple "gallon 40 56 40 Coffee,- - ; lb 12 13 9 Corn, - bushel 30 35 47 Cotton, lb 7 8 8 U otto n bagging',, yard 20 25 Js Flour, - barre $5 5 $3 Iron, lb 5 6 3 Lard, lb G 7 7 Molasses, - gallon 35 40 18 Sugar, brown", lb 9 12 .,6 Salt, T.I. - bushel 45 50 32 Turpentine, barrel 170 180 225 wheat, - bushel 65 75 100 whiskey, gallon 35 40 20 . , Just RcceiVecl, AT THE CHEAP CASH STORl A Ilc.'tum'ul Assort jpieiit of NEW AND t ASHIONABIE GOODS. Among which will be found, Black .and coloured Silks, Bajzonneft Printed. Lawns, Muslins, Organdies, C' icoes, Needle:worked Collars, Crava Fashionable Bonnetts, Parascjs, e,tr' Laces, Edgings, Ribbons, flew-st"'8 Neck Laces. . ALSO. Bleached and Brown Sheet ings snd Shirtings, Lawn arid Cambric Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. ALSO, A Oencral assortment of China, Glass St Cro'cfe'eri Hardware, Groceries, &e- &c." The above with many 'other Goods wert purchased in New York by Ue subscrib1 during the Dull Season, and will be at small advance. Call and See. JAMBS JVEPDEL1.
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