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m A ? ? it! ri r "' 'T - a .'ITT' 'f J oh XXIII. Jo. 1 4. Whole JYa. 114G. Tarborough, Edgecombe County jm. C Saturday, April ly 1848. ! . miMi Tl tnnnn hi IS Mr mmm H !i If fit art)otoust) i?rt00 BY GEORGE HOWARD, JR. . Is published Weekly at Two Dollars per year if paid in advance-or, Two Dollars and Fiftv Cents at the expiration of the subscription year. . Advertisements not exceeding a square will be inserted at One Dollar the first insertion, and 25 Cents for every succeeding one. Longer ones a that rate per square. Court Orders and Judicial advertisements 25 per cent, higher. Fare Reduced HP HE Stage Fare from Rocky Mount to Washington is reduced to $5 or, From ltocky Mount to Tarboro $L 50 2 00 2 50 3 00 4 00 5 00 0 50 1 00 2 00 it Sparta " Falkland Greenville it li It Pactolus Washington II Tarboro to Sparta Falkland t Greenville 41 II For seats, &c. apply to B. M. Selby. Washington Goold Hoyt, Greenville or to GEO. HOWARD, Tarboro" February 1,1S4S.- Just Received, A FRESH SUPPLY of Whittemore's concentrated vegetable syrup, a sure remedy for diarrhea and bowel complaint also, Hemsley's worm-destroying syrup, 44 anti-mineral pills, Whitteinorfc's American plasters do on paper, Durkee's Green Mountain vegetable Ointment, For sale by Geo. Howard. Tarboro', March 6. Purify the Blood and Cleanse the JBody. It is an established fact that a very ; large class of diseases can only be cured by such remedies as will enter into the Blood, " ... At , - c , , , r , , . r , - . , . - . i can the remedy be brought mto immedi- ..... . A ... ate contact with the disease; and to attain ... . . , . ' rxtr ? been so uniiormiy succession as ur. uuyne a Alterative. Scrofula, King's Evil, Can cer and Cancerous Tumors, White Swell ings, Enlargement of the Bones, Chronic Rheumatism and Gout, Eruptive diseases of the skin, old and indolent Ulcers, Goi-, terous Swellings of the Throat, &o nrej cured with a certainty, that has astonished every beholder. It is, besides, one of the most pleasant articles that can be taken of a icttcr (with slight immaterial altera into the stomach, operating as a tonic, and tions) which wag forvVarded to W. Land- removing Uyspeptic and iervous auec- tions. .md lmnartincr a CIOW Ol animation and health, unequalled Dy any tiling in me I I I whole Materia Medica. 7?t?ir nntl Air hp- Cure Warranted- Jayne's Ague Pills, which may be had nt. Nn. R Smith Third strPPt. Phil.nrlHlnhia. are warranted to cure the worst forms of Fever and Ague. The money will be re funded in all cases if they fail to cure but they never do fail. Beware of that Cough, for coughing denotes irritation in the throat or lungs,! which U the immediate precursor of In- 4i a i n r uuiJiiMduuu, ausccaa, iJiutivimu, u.i - sumption and Death. Wow, there is no needofronirinirataiLfo "twrt-nt .iii t mnri i t? rii.Yrc i ii a nnufvii torant will immediately relieve the cough, subdue the inflammation, cleanse the lungs and throat from all irritatingor obstructing matter, and effect a speedy cure. Prepared only by Dr. D. Jayne, Phil adelphia, and sold on agency hy GEO. HOWARD. Tarboro', Nov. 9. Tin if are. THE Subscriber h'sis'just received a fresh supply of TIN WAKE, manu factured at Washington, in this State, cor sisting of ' Lard standi of various sizes, Buckets of ; ' do. do. Coffee Pots of do do. .Lanterns, wash basins, culenders, Milk strainers, scoops, measures, Pepper boxes, oil cans, Cups, dish pans, &c, &c. which will be sold on reasonable and ar commodating terms. (Q0rders for gutters, conductor, am tin wire of every description, will be at tended to forthwith. Geo. Howard, Tarboro'. March 83rd, 1847.; lw fe Mj From the Raleigh Standard. Letter from Mr. Leak. We invite the attention of the public, and especially of the Democratic party of the State, to the following letter from Walter F. Leak, Esq., of Richmond County. The Lincoln Courier, in laying this letter before its readers, says: "Mr. Leak has been our first choice, and would be still, did we not believe that now, if ever, the State should be canvassed." The Mecklenburg JefFersonian says: 'Walter F. Leak, Esq. We have seen a letter from this gentleman, address ed to a Democrat of Lincoln county, in reply, we believe, to one addressed to him, upon the subject of the gubernatorial nom ination. In this letter, Mr. Leak takes strong and decided grounds against the canvass of the State, and, at the same time that he. agrees to accept the nomination if tendered, he wishes it distinctly known that if he does receive and accept the nom ination, it will be subject to an express understanding to the above effect. What ever our own views upon this question may be in the abstract, in the present po- oitinn rt tft-ura mrl I no nnniilin ppicic rl ,.Xt.- i i- our mate anu .national politics, we musi most decidedly avow ourselves in favor of o canvnss. It is not now. whon iy one ' J bold effort, the State may be freed Irom . r . . . the stam of misery, that we arc to fold our arms, and abandon any honorable means that may contribute to produce this desirable result." Mr. Leak's letter, it will be seen, is ad dressed to William Lander, Esq., of Lin coln County. March, I t, 1848. w w tt.. p,,n iiv nP-P s;r-! i7irtC,i ,Trtll w fnr nnhlipntlnn n enm-: cr Esq.,of Lincolnton, on the 15th ultimo, tvt. i - l l.i: " 1 ll)c ..Uneoi,, Courier, " I fear it may have miscarried. My present position before the Demo- cratic Party is thc aPoloS-v 1 for lhe rtquesi ,',ue- You will therefor please publish the let - wiih this note, as explanatory thereto, Respectfully, your ob't. serv't. Wr. F. LEAK. Rockingham, Feb. 15, 1848. Wm. I.AM1P.R. KQ. ,lv P.ir Sir! Your letter of the 1st instant has been re - , - - j , . , r r r ceiveu, iiiruiiiin wiiicii i am liuuriueu ui O the desire of manV of the good citizens of; Wofor Pamlinn tnnrntmv namp.nl .it ii -la- r (t rv the favorable consideration of the Demo - cratic State Convention, as i suitable to be . v.i yhair. Youask run for the Gubernatorial Ch if I would accept a nomination. 1i ii ... r eladlv seize this ODDortunity of civins: publicity to my views; for from the tone of public sentiment, to which you have al- iuucu. as wen 11 uiu tviiai i uavr cuiicuk- liitnt fttnll Act I m a I. n 4 I L. M . n n I In.t ,A Crm m nnv,,fl s 5. u u ui au . i i more than probable that my name would hnvr hnfn nrpsntpfl tn iKo rnmrontinn ...uu : :a j. aL. wmi an iijjjjiigu uiiucisiaiiuuig, mat i would conform to the present usage of "canvassins" the State. rkr.u . rat Of the propriety of this "usage," I have r I. j . i i i j . rnm it first infrnn iftlnn nnn mv dnnkt.. juiiuu, nail my UUUOIS: into a conviction, thai ught with evil, and which have ripened the practice is fraugl should be discontinued. In theory it seems but to accord with the spirit of our institutions, but when carried out into practice, its inconveniences are so great and its consequences so pernicious, that it contravenes the principle which i 1 1 i aL seemingly upholds it; leaving it in theory ... 1 I- n;nn.mn right, but in practice wrong. 1 am opposed to it, for the reason that although Republican in its appearance, it is Aristocratic in its effects; for it restricts the circle from which the. choice might be made, and confines it to but one class the man of "fluency of speech"; and, as if still further to narrow the range of selection, it interposes ; a barrier to - his aspirations, unless he be a man of wealth, for none but such (if they be prudent men) can sacrifice both the time and the means which a can vass requires. ' To : myself,: individually, although, this might be a matter of small consideration, yet, I need not say that there arc hundreds in North , Carolina, who would adorn the Executive Chair, against whom it would operate to their entire exclusion. "Democracy" is the same in all ages, and under all circumstances, and when honestly; carried out, looks to the same re- suit to the elevation of man to that stale of equality among his fellows, as will best secure, both socially politically, all the ad vantages which it is the business of a well ordered government to confer. If this be, correct and you will find none to controvert Us truth in wnat, 1 ask, docs the-difference consist whether you, in so many words, confine this office to men of wealth, or continue a practice so expensive as to accomplish that result? The tendency of a practice should be watched with the same distrustful jealousy as the incorporation of a new principle into the "organic law." For, but let the propriety of this party usage bticomea, ..... m J r . 3 . . . i . , , whig Trap. Democrats, beware! In "throned opinion," deep rooted and set-'. .? . . . . . .i i un. : i ri i j- .,, 1 looking over the "American' this morn tied in the minds ot the people, and it will i . , , , , , c , . ing, I saw a long list of names some four- require a high degree of moral courage to r , , , , . assail it, and a slill higher degree of self- r fif,Cen hu"cirued, "PP"" l0.a. fi . . , . . , ifora meeting, to be held on the 20th inst. sacrificing patriotism to put it down. . . r. ,7 rttl) , . , t4 .1 c , by the friends of "Rough and Ready, with- " I ! son that an energetic canvass at that seas- on of the year, not odIv endangers the health but the life of the 'candidate. In this I feel sustained - bv the almost . unanimous opinion of Western Carolina, that but for this, the lamented Hoke micht i i " " i rii-ti . t' r have been spared to till those stations lor j . which his talents and virtues so nre-emi- pre- ncntly distinguished him. If other proof was wanting that there , f i . ... the more recent lact that already a highly . r . . T. J . r n . . .. 1 . : has been lorced to decline a nomination,' ...... ... , resting his objections upon similar grounds. j i . J mi M ... "'- ' WV.V.U.l ..... tuate in thu substitution of an u.. p--I- tct of qualification; for a1 - imnroner standard as a for i mse though we may not yet have had cause to complain, that either usefulness as a citizen, enlarged and comprehensive views as a stntpsmati. nr rhnrnnlnr ne rfn lioa hrrn i overlooked, yet, that such will be the con - ... . ...... . .' . . , . sequences ot the practice, li continued, l ...... T. , . , while it is not called for to enlighten the a a a lpublic.mxndupon questions of National or j sfte policy, (and such alone, in etraor - inary emergencies, can justify it,) it di - 4l , 1r.1l t r u rectly draws oil the Lxecutive from the rectly draws off the Executive from the ; seat of Government, where the law for olHious reasons intended he should remain,! 11 1 4 11.. ... . ' 11.. i 4 n : . ,:ui . .u ' J " o . . . : '""9'"P5 01 'e '.r"ee,x.e'el,se oi anv 01 me Drerunauves wmi wnicnne. I 1 : - finally, I am opposed to the system of ,canvassing f ro m considerations which,; . , , . . , , ! : 0llg s y . sPea ing may no c on" sidered political, yet they are eminently . - ' ,J . J . . r i u- , Dive hi tain lit ui inav it. a in, aiiu ituiii . .. ... . . should never be overlooked even by the: ... . . . J 1 " - ' . - . rT,, politician proper, still less by the moral M r . . .j ' We excitement wnicn u gives rise w leans. to excesses iniurious to the morals of the . J . PfP . Tv We all recollect the shameful excesses , ,,al "as uc,;" -I'l"-"- ' - "hard cider" campa.gn brought about by the Presidential candidates visiting from " ,u riKOuc"ifii:r - . State to State. This system of canvassing Ulult' . . ... p a 1 . ...ntinnttinlAltf An11-k4 4lA - ' . . ... from Cou"ly. 10 CUntr' lead 0 a-l,ke result- Excitement will beget excitement. anti one impruueniuuiwjf wm can iur an other, until finally he is the most success ful who is the most profuse. In this condition of things, the real in terests of the State will be sacrificed, the morals of its citizens debauched, and the office filled by the mere demagogue, who, ; 7 "," u. lf ... v. i by inflating himself with the "fumes" of 1 J "" o . . an excited populace, has risen to a station beyond his merit. ; .. . Now, if to the reasons given rand, that they are mainly true,. I appeal , to the in telligence and candor .of both parties we add the labor and fatigue, both; mental and physical, and w hich .few, constitutions are equal to, our estimate . of the evils of this practice may, be raised, if not, to a full con ception, Tet to such a view as ought to, in cline every patriot to desire its abandonment.- Think "not for one moment that the zeal hitherto evinced. by-me for the furth erance of Democratic principles has under gone . the slightest abatement. By no means Age, while it may have "temper ed zeal," has but deepened former convic tion; and if there was but one JefFersonian Democrat in North -Carolina, I should be proud of that distinction. In conclusion, let me say to you, and through you to my friends in Western Carolina, and other portions of the State, that while I am neither insensible of the honor which they seek to confer, nor un moved with gratitude at its exhibition, yet (entertaining ins aoovc views, l could not i .? ?r i i i accept a nomination u maue wunan under standing that I should canvass the State. Very respectfully, your ob't. serv'r. W. F. LEAK. From the Baltimore Republican and Argus. V rr..,.j 7 r: a nut fllctinntinn r C rn... f 15 ! 11 i " . . " , ,JJC" S "c" ' l,n,ed " Baltimore, I thought I would "c".rch .the 'T SCe wh c" hSs irM wnn l x o o riomnnwnt a T ..-nl tu lint. . . A u u.c ..;lhat it occurred in the manner stated." and, to my surprise, out oj one thousand rrrwrr ' k U71C y rrpuiai ion, there were not forty 7 , ' wciwyw democrats: and of these latter, some are . .... . . men oi aisappomica nopes, and tne rest al cays lukewarm. There is not a prom inent party man among them. Look at the whig names, and what do vou . ? i r t . Men at the head of their party, then lat do party r Pr- minent orators, wealth:est merchants, most ... ... . . . - rabid politicians, and grovelling ofhee-see- . T ., '. ,c. .. . kers. In collecting their list, they scoured the cit) passing by the doors of those democrats who are "firm in the faith," and ;knocki only for admission to lhose : " Vk..' "..z,-.' is the result? Why, after prating about tIllJlftl IAIV llllllll' ML M. M M fw r M i , t M m m m m. Z .11111 VI W W W , . a " ;f j ? j i thousands, some fortv lukevvarm men. ; . . - ' A " ,..irl, ; , P . ... , , i ny of whom will desert the cause as i ma- soon nc thpu fnllr lirVfr ita rtioo . Tloiiir. u..w.v...i..iwv.w a t-yj v 1. u it ayv.ui t Arnra hniititAT lar IhAitt n r. s . r , 'V- o for!uncg are "desperate " They will re- j t0 anylhiniy in ordr to ; rid( jinl0 ;- j J , r . 111 f 'er- 1 hough many of those nearly all of . . J , them whose names crowd the above- mentioned list, have denounced the war ' , . 4 r " t called it unjust, murderous, "unconstitu- ;i ont on. lir.ol rl ft- (Utr ,M vawaa. awa lllJf a willing to elevate Gen. Taylor to the . t . . residency; not because he isan orator, or, i -a i ! a statesman, or anything good it is simply . . . . . n . fi . . 'f. . . - j . . . , . mcnt in conducting a war which is nopu- -cfr. It matters not how unjust, how cru- j , . , , ... el or wicked this war is, in their opinion: ; the people go for it, and will vote for Tay- lor. Tnvlnr i n vvht rr.t-io ra nvnllaMf . ". a 4, J wc must nominate him. Thus they argue; j and the time is fast rolling around when j , . .. ( 4WACn a. ... I I fin1 Ailf 4Ia.m m . 0 4 a I. mcoc ijjcii vviit miu uui iiicii unsidivc. They will learn that democrats are not to be deceived that they cherish the motto, "Principles, not men" and will vote for no man who is not a true democrat. It matters not how many victories he has won, how many laurels encircle his brow; he must avow his principles, (for all men have some. kind of principles,) or they iey V. cannot sustain him. REAL DEMOCRACY From the Union. The Post Office. As the Union com plained some days ago of the failure of money-which had been sent to the office, and ascribed it in part to the post offices, it is nothing but correct that we should comply with the request to lay before our readers r the n following' communication. We feel the1 less scruple in making it pub lic, because a -similar account, though in accurate in some of its details, has already appeared in the "Baltimore Sun" of Satur day last. Our mail letters had been fre-.- punoinea irom our locnea learner bag, by a young but very ipjgenious mes- senger, wno naa applied a process 01 ins own to extract our letters from it. But it will give the "Baltimore Sun" some pleas ure, to be told that we have-recovered the money ; by thV Assistante of the honest father of the boy: -T ; - ' r ! ! Washington, D. C., March .10, 1S4S. , Sir:' A case of reported mail, depreda tion between Rocky , Mount, N. C, and Washington, D. C, haying been commit ted to me for investigation, I have to re port the facts as follows: It appears that, on the 2d inst, a letter was mailed at the first named office, addressed to Messrs. Ritchie & Heiss, ccntaining, in bank notes, $1 50, and a check for $125, together with sun dry accounts. This letter came into the possession of Messrs. Ritchie & Heiss on Tuesday, the 7th inst.,- but enclosed only the check and accounts. The envelope which covered the letter was addressed to "Thomas Ritchie, esq.," in a hand which I at once recognized: - This circumstance induced the belief that the letter had been rifled by some one in Mr. Ritchie's em ploy, having access to his papers, (and probably by the messenger who received the mail from the post office,) using this old envelope to avoid detection. Upon a further" investigation, I have ascertained that the suspicion was well founded; The servant boy of Mr. Ritchie has been im plicated in this and other depredations; and, although no evidence has as yet been procured upon which to base a prosecution, jthe conviction) I believe, is clear in the . minds of the gentlemen sustaining the loss, ' Respectfully, your obedient servant. J. B. B. HALE, Special Agents Hon. C Jdhkson, ---'s -.--. Santa A ana and Mr. Polk. When !,!, ..... u : dl Tl ? .1.. ucgaii, me iviexicans were ine seep;mOst bragging, vain, arrogant nation on ! the face of the earth. Thev hnrl nnlv tn . . " I issue a proiiunciamenio, ana mey expeciea it would be accomplished. Their nation al vanity, the fruit of their blind ignorance, encouraged as it was by the flattery of their military usurpers, was so great that UIC" """iary usurper; they thought themselv es superior to every people who might land upon their shores, JSanta Anna was their favorite champion. - . ' i They had great confidence in his prowess, 1 U 1 I a. r. A - L! ir iln one of the first edicts which he issued . . . . : " . . . t on landincr. he threatened to raiher his Jaurels on the banks of the Sabine. It this chieftain had not put himself at the ad of the nation, they never would have 3at,sfied that could not have J vanquished us with his assistance. They ; have now tried the experiment, with three r . . ...i ....... . or four times as many troops as we have many ; troops had to meet them in the field with every advantage of entrenchments with their . & . 1 -au best general at their head, and armed with 11 1- 1 t " fa 811 -n" SoUrce-ana ; mey nave oeen uvcrwiieinieu. xi is luriunaie lor us. , - - . . r therefore for our own glory, and for our B'-Jif.4" . future security that Santa Anna has been among them. He is now anxious to es- cape. tl. Selling a Free Boy.A man named . Jiirkman; Irom builford county, was ar- . , , c . , - ... J r u ' r- i. i r ru;a W mmW-mJ .V .141 XkllIU . . J .fo Court of Magistrates, and fully com- ill! W I 1 1 -j w If MVI H I I 1 1lir i 1 1 If m.J A . . ULV a n ... mm IJ . . ... . 1 m mrm t t A PI A A n MO- m mm. m I mi tied for trial at the next Superior Court. The boy is named Ned, about 15 years old, and came with Parker to this place. Wilmington Commercial. Americanisms in London. A Lon don correspondent of the New Haven Register, says that it is not uncommon to see posted in thestreets- -American cheese American lard American empty bar relscorn bread, with the corn stalk out at the door, to show that it is the real stuff American boots, overshoes, &c, and even the new American invention,4 baby jumpers, all advertised conspicuously for sale. ii 1 Its it i'i (V rt. 1 t i I t 5
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