POLITIC A L.
The result- of the Cftuffr-si'mul EehnH in
fiMterfirfi.'Stirttt K-nnm-ky asd l.hliina j
enficalc thar-fh W;m ivi'l h-nlly hsive a wufkirr ;
wijunv HI ist.-. rior.-. .-:. run ns; imr .
' - r , -
.I-Jtk Whc.d&ucl (numk-r-! emetine nl the--
ifm1! fV tli.1 S?. f tare tw.i. l( does iivtu):ill
tubing this te-.t an? Tic!, that tht! taieo Fo
e will hait Sku tvnrking majority; for -in-the
Tv-'i? . arft a Iiindful of "Free Soiler,"' whose
rcrengfTr is likvly b tW-ti-nnme its organization ami
foniiimi o! ir ..1iiTi ;i )ste"nf rtion is
rsivh be r.'grettiii, for w'.ien. wamaation or
r.-rrrnHient tali.- in any degree ui dor t!:e control
. ' a faction,, thaliiciioa can do much mischief, but
'Jifjr p.iiv' good. It puRityzcs opposing parties
' fud opposing pwnaiplcs ; and the Corerinnent Je
fw.n but nabs srafjugs, without the coitrl over or
responsibility fur public aSaiM- '
Tiiat the Wlii" party isanv wen iur than it wis,
it: :he North, Ea;t,.ut.d Northwest, or so weak.as
nl.en Oocr:iJ Tdvl wase'fCtfd, wnhftvo go be
lief. It was very clear to us that Genera! Taytor did
not aid the'Whig tickets in New York, New Eng-'
lanror Oaio : but it is yet clearer to usjiow that
he has jrW.n upon mr aff -i-tior., J in. a lop
nftrliy which, at a proper ttoif. Ac peojili- will show. .
He is a better Wiiigan.t a more capable man than
we dart".! ts hope to find him, an.! Ire is adminis-
: toting the government i port certain rule and by
rmaih principles which, in the end, will command
the support ot large .masse of the people. Eve
ry indication we have had from him shows high
ivoinrTvarivuiMH, and yet highly liberal principles,
tsii in .all ov.r iuftrcotirse with foreign nations
there u exhibited a firmness which will protect
our right-1;' and a prudence that Will Save us from
war. Though a military man, it is only cmn-
" plained" of him that he yields too much to the civ
ilians about him ; and though a heTuicand stic
eefsfail tiAIUir, il is hinted by his enemies not that
he will aMtmie the n-ppotwibilitiea of a ao'.dier, but
that he may rtTrTr-Ktnvard, and dishonor the flag he
hai ko many times fought under. We thert fnre
have not a doubt that General Taylor is a. mom
nonalar man than he was the day he was elected,
and that if tfie ectiot was to be tried over this
November; to every other State lie has woe he
iroulj add Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Idi
una,' and. what he did not have before a Snarly. ,
.ftheerf.il Whig support iit New Ysrl; arul Ntw j
Ellwand:. :. I
What, then, it the matter w jh t!ie rongrofsion-
il -.Elections'.? we are asked. We could answer i
intr.S more fully thin propriety now dictates, in a
. pullii-. print. It is not, a our enemies nuest,
tiul many re novate have Iieeainadi-.and that there
Las been improper ltrmit In equalize the office
M tki grrerninent j for this; notwithstanding all
the outcry that tht opposition presses now make,
Ta expected and predicted by them, and is, at m
'lial popular with the party receiving them ; but it j
,","ta brief, because tlw Cabinet, tthicu have bad j
si misab eontrd of these sppointtacnts, ia,"e not
tt'tftet'enfarged and practical experience, and
th .1 happy "tact, which would enable other men
irujre" aatiefactoriiy to distribute these ofhees.
. 'OvK'ul T.iib)t arrived ia Washington so late ia
I' tAwsw, arru wa coinpelled so rapidly (o make
uphis Cibiuet, that it was not in his power, with
tic best inteniiuns in the world, so to assort that
Cabinet as best to combine and to develope the
Wiig strength and the W.big sentiment of this U
aioo. Not kmng himself a personal knowledge of
the public mon of Hie natioa, ha was- compelled to
aieaite i. Cabinet spon tlie representations of oth
ers, and th;U Cabinet necessarily was waled with
a soctd thai would be-hardly ;astiubie in selee-
ting the Collector of a port. : llence flie Cabinet,
through personally made up of excellent men, and
of men-distingtiished in their several States, has
jet failed to totwU the Wdiig heart of the country,
ut to &tevM that universal Whig sentiment and
tnikntiattn which, when in action, can always
secure a victorj. There is a paralysis upon us,
and the wdl b till the M Whig 6ear stir
pd again, a.J we hear sotne M WUig Jrwnpvt
biotlirfctist Cb a rescue. The Cabinet ba not
had that nafoaai wptrtatioO; or; t6' ore anotlier
iuvd bettc (nise that 'odor of nationality,' which
W made Whigs willing to bow to it ; and hence
tbeK ha beenv beginning with Connecticut and
now. exhibiting itself in tlie Ve' an internal strug
ffoasxf stwrttIsio wkieh, in the ttectiti, hai
paralyzed ue, awl practical' lose Ma the popular
biases. of.lJie goveru merit. 1 '
. Ti iceming calamity of losing the woAing
majority in ih popular branch of the government
not se great, however, just now, as it would
appear. Bent in mind that though we lose it, Lo
co Eocoism does not- get it v aai then bear in mind
tUotlutt; S?tBr to deci&tB. gjiHt us,
thai irr the legislative department tl ttw gerern-
tjient the Whigs, therefore, even wiob the Ifewe,
oould have no affirmative powen We- enold not
tirry a, mra.su rt unless the Senate apsjsowei is.
Ilie iois, ftxvtkxe, is but a seeming loss: Ritshe
lust isif wejndgf ewrectly, to result in bringing
the Whig-parry mans; positive benefits. Its pat
ronage is now about distributed-, tnd the worst is
d-te that can be done with thut. Reaction, there
. (i')re,i liiicif. to eotomeiioe, and a consoqiient re
ovivery from that paralysis under wh'K-t we have
aiiffered. Far better ia it to be defeated bow, airitt
bn watiu'lbj that defeat, than two or three years
Viiee to be- iet-ated, with the Congressionul Ete
mnhf nfoir m ha nd, ami a Presidential Dec
otr nppmadiih. The (eening. lose we now
s'litam, and the din&ppeinlmral wt- wrm in not
tiring able to canty out rertirn principle, which,
yiUhiti Elme in our pnsKexsion, we could hnpe
tn firry out, will but invigorate its in th turtlier
cofttesM we are to have with the couimoit enemy.
'Chit we augur good rather than ill from nor dhi
anpointment ia the Congressional Elections,
v.. ' Y. Excess.
- RoMtf Nbw Yore, Augst I7..
the convention adjourned- no
compromise: - - ' '
Th Old nTuniejrConvention, which fias jtrrr hi
session in tliw plaee fcr a uuoitwf iP if.iyi put,
a.-ljpatDed sir.e die to-dy, without being able to
xtil aAjfCimprmoisewittlvtlif FrecSoilerj. There
u,5e2iitecit9meui. ;
tiei: last (.'.r.r- .... . .. )
"TMiilSijjhfry comrade, ;'
Vi have fomr to i:iy down." i
Win. IC. Lane i-t uo -more. Ui apile ariil nth-1
h'fc.- form is sleeping btneath the- inrhulont waves j
of pr-litic il jshis vessel lint assumed to "glide
smoothly uaon the surface of. a sHsuncr tea,"'
, , . , , . , , . , . .i,-,
wrwKM ii"n the ucsiil ite isI.iiiu of Jcfjitir.wnore
. ,-
not a souml can be tiearu out the roar or ocean
surfand tl: wild shriek of the tea, -bird, aid'.' pas
ses o'er his head with hcrpioUms dripping with the
waters Of the briny deep. The how of hope that
seemed to light up the dim and distant future is
shrouded by. the liver of ds)air. ''Solitary and
alone" ho is prowienadibg the rirer of styx, calling
ftirsomr'' Patriotic R'pMicaiin to-Ssdst hita to
the land of light. But he lias played hislastcarJ,
and lie played it well for one gsme but for one
only. He heaped anathemas gainst those who vo
ted for trie Central Rail R,oad, but said to George
Stevenson, "you did right in voting for that Rail
Road Bill" he memoralized Colonel Brogden to
get the State into the. Wilmington Road to save
himself, and then cried "taxation by Whig Rail
Roads." Though the ''Farmer" humbug shone
with a lurid light over benighted minds, it only
served to liglit him to the shades of forgetfulness,
where he will continue to sleep until the " vast gen
erations of men shall come forth," We would
warn young aspirants of the rocks on which he
split humbugs, double-dealing, and. boasiub ig
norance. They may for a moment command
tnushreon popularity, but will ultimately secure in
dignation and disgust, Build a surer foundation,
let your motto be "onward evermore," and though
you may fall, it will be but the fall of a Napoleon
your fame will be coeval with time..
William K. Lane is gone ; while memory lin
gers over the past, his friends can never reconcile
his inconsistencies.
"Lightly they, will talk of the spirit jhat's fled
An J" over his cold ashes upbraid him."
The iiursorlal "Vs.'ie" w ill wring in the 7tiortars
for him no more, unless to sound his funeral knell.
The visionary greatness that flitted before his
fevered imagination hadied away in the distance,
and reality reveals nothing but the lone "farmer'
who is doomed to
"Return to the vile dust from whence he prung.
Unwept, uhhtmdrul. and unsuiug.".. :
Telegraph. ..
THE WASHINGTON UNION AND BLOODY
AXES. ;, ..',; -.
The last number of the Washington UnioB has
an article headed, "The- Butchers Grinding their
ties." This is enough to frghten all the lit
tle children and old women in the nation. If none.
other than the heads of innocent calves and squeal
ing pigs were in peril, the,- shock to one's nerves
would be mush le aftlictitre. But old Father
Ritchie; says ttir.t tlie Whig butchers, the regular
out und-ont.Morai that hold t ffice in Washington,
are doing all this grinding of axes in order that
they, may chop off the heads of good Democrats !
Ugh! ' ..-'
" We understand that some of the LocofoCos in
this neighborhood liave discontiaued the edifying
practice of reading the Union aloud in the presence
of their children. The reason is, that the frightful
accounts that paper contains of Democrats without
any head, and Whig botchers with bloody axes in
their hands, have so wrought on the fancies of the
little -Locos in trousers and slips they are scared by
bloody-thirsty spectres all night. In this afflictive
condition of family affairs, the old Locos have re
solved that they will not permit their sons and
daughters, who are not weH versed in the figurative
language of Locolocoisrn, to heur of la read any
wore article! which the Washington Onion con.
tains. This is a prmlentia! step, rendered- neces-
larj b? eensidemtwrw of domestic comfort. Nero,
it ia said, was perverted sadly by seeing and hear
ing of icenei of blood : and if the Lccofnos would
not have all their children to grow up like Nero,
they must not undertake to edify tbe'm with arth
cles from Mr. Ritchie's paper, until that old gen-
tleman's taste for blood and thunder is satiate, a mi,
like a leech on a, fat leg, falls off from repletion.
Lou. JmlU
BL'RKlNC.
The new editor of the Union is busily engaged
in letting offbile upon Truman Smith, Whig Sen
ator, from Connecticut. It seems that Truman,
who i never weary in well-doing,.is-atAV.asliiBg.-tony
and occasionally send out circular under hi
frank to whig iriends in various parts of the coun
try. Thai i deemed a great enormity. Burke
surely thinks the puWie memory must be very frail,
if he supposes-they, fergef tit the whole of last
summer wa employed by a Democratic committee
in Washington, consisting of Senator Foote-of Mis
sissippi, Commissioner Burke, and Second Assis
tant P. M. General Brown, in sending ofF Demo
cratic documents nmler the frank of Senator Foote,
to infiueace W rations in the several States,
Burke was receiving $30(10 and Brown $2500 per
aimmafroa the Public Treasury, and yet we beard
nof aMfjrtf of complaint either agpHMt tnent or
8enato Foote, for the abuse of the franking ariv
legr. If there was a syllable of the sort, let the
Locofciw grumblers now produce it.
The peofftV will' Itnow what value to set upon the
abuse of the dfsWiHMrac& in reference to 7ta
man Smith. Va. Frw- Presiu
JOHN1 VAN BUREN ON POTHER KTPCHIE
WmVan Burenm hi ipeesltaf Cleveland,
aays that the editor of the Union hasswrtalferfli
ty in changing his opinions, that he does- nof des-
oair ofmakifti him a frce soil man yet. Pfi
present sitiwtww is thus hit at by John :
"A alaveholJiT acenpies tha chair of tate, knit
ting liU brows Higi)antly frown down thn el-
fonsef freemen tit freedom ; and the Union is
thseatened by Southern nen on every band. - Does
bespeak I Doei he sowtd.an alarm and give no
tice of dinger I ' N. But there he sits, lamen
ting over the removal of elector of Customs, or
pregnant witn Mj nerrnr, . . tlw head of -de-capitated
incpeetor roil rVtiie "dockt ' Yes,
I'xreUsits, like tujtranmaati market woman,
iy Sit nadsiie, crying vttf ttr Smken -fgs I .
"fn ioy opinio, the eidy tone which he can
pi y upou hi cracked ergan, to whicV the Dumoc
racy can umTertarfy respend, is tliii ,
; "'Oh, carry m rvk t M Virjin."!'"'' "
-TULEHM TIMES.
ttatcigh,,. N. .
FRIDAY, irGtST JJ, IStt.
MINERAL SPRING NEAR LOUISBURG.
We calfed pubie attention some time since, to
the discovery of thm Spring; since which, we are
pleased to learn that it has been resorted toby a,
number of persons thy-Summer from the low coiim
try, mny of whom have derived considerable ben
efits from the use of the water. Shoceo has a rival
at Ixmisburg, which, we have a notion, when it
becomes more extensively known, will throw that
celebrated spa into the shade, by the superiority of
its curative properties, at leat as much as it will
more greatly attract by the favorable nature of its
location, and the superior fashions We character of
its neighborhood. Iirmisbu'j is tho centre of aso-
ciety unsww sed in North Carolina, for refine
ment, intelligence and morality j and when the
means of accommodation shall be extensively provi
ded, (as we learn Will be the case next Summer,)
we see no reason to doubt but that" the Ancient
Town" and its new Mineral Spring will be head
quarters for the fashionables and Invalids of the
State. ; .'--' : :; - ', '; '.
13' One of our City Editors closes a paragraph
upon the Springs thus ; " All classes and sexes,
a-nd all trades, except Printers are there engaged
in the work of rejuvenation. 7'Ai'yare doomed to
the harness." '.
We think we have a young friend who is " ofT"
occasionally, though not in the direction of the
Springs ', and whether engaged in " the work of re
juvenation," or -what other work, this deponent saith
not. Certainly he ia in " pursuit of buniness," of
some kind. An Ala.EXr got married the other day.
IN TERNALIMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
The Ar sociation in this City met on Monday
night last, and was largely attended by its mem
bers, and a numlicr of our country friends, it be
ing County Court week. Addresses were made by
Messrs. Win. Boylan, Sr., Burn, Rogers, Guion,
Oliver, and other, tu some of which wo wish that
every pewon in the State coi ld have li:tened.
Math practical information was elicited ; and from
the attention paid by the crowd, and the general in
terest manifested by' all present for the success of
North Carolina's great work, we think a more fa
vorable feeling is prevailing here. We are confi
dent, that our people are open to conviction; and
all that is wanted is the diffusion of eorrectinfor
mafion asnong them on this subject, to ensure a
fair support to the enterprise on the part of the peo
ple of Wake County.
It is high time, however, thaf we wereu a
roused. The time for action is here and what
will be done ought to be dene at once. This was
sl-own by the prooewfings of the Association, to
wfateh we ullude; Commfftees preappointed for
every Ward in the City, wftoarc now out ; and we
shall expect a good account' of fPteif devngs for
any backwardness among us will operate tor the
prejudice of the cause elsewhere. Our brethren
in the West need the encouragemenfof our exam
ple to strengthen their Vands and aid their exer
tions. Lei e ery man take these considerations to
hjowSosom, and ask himself, shall they not have
(his encouragement 7 Our destiny, in a great mea
sure, is in our own hands. Ijet the people of Ra
leighand of Wake County their duty, and the
work is accomplished, and the Road vnli bebirilti
The fiat has gone tirfh a? the Wesf Jet us &A cfe-
lay to sea) and ratify it.
J
TOE THE MARK, RALEIGH!
The Notice ef the Ihtendant of this City will at
tract the attention of our friends here, and afford
them the opportunity of exhibiting their public
spirit in the right way. The immortal but eccen
tric Sam Slick used fo declare that " some firings
could be done as- weN as others "and the a.-.tion
of the City sw.fiof.lies which we are rww called
upon to-sanction, -will afford the opportunity to all
to assist, in another way, tire building of tire Rail
Rbad.who db nor feet fhemjelves abtc ta take
stock. We trnst our citizens will walk up to the
responsibility like men. This Road concerns them
rery nearly for, ip the language of our old friend,
Billy Ashley, " it will give life to business, em
ployment and good wages to Mechanics, and rapid
increase to our population." Can any citiaen of
RateigaVke indifferent, therefore ? Will he not, on
the contrary, be eager to help in this way toward
increasing Kit own business, and enhancing the val
ue of Ms otm property t
Tire pteltmrnary meeting will be held on Mon
day Che 3d of September, at- the Court Ifcmse, at
11 o'clock, A. M. v.;..;.; !
. A LONG DOCUMENT'.. . t " j
The Mayor of Washington City.W. W. Sevj
to, &xf., lately sent his Annual Communication
to tlie City Councils, which makes four columns of
the National Intelligencer, in brevier type ! And
he a Printer, too, and we thought had better sense I
. We trust vur City Intendnnt will uke warning
from this aad example, and make his messages
; short. Se may he maintain his reputatitm as a
: sensible man, and keep pace with the progress of
udra age, ' Ma ye Seaton-nwethave forgotten that
fold Zaclt it President, nd"tfte days of longwided
doenmenn hv med away, never, we- Whi, to
return in our time. Why, that mespr o!' his
would have done credit to- Potiiocracj! ,
GODEY'S LADV'S BOOX.
The No. for September is proniTK.y to hand and
' upun our UbW... We seird-rTU a the best of the
! montfihes and- tke"pre3iif Ra I a perfect gem.
H eniuellrihraaiit aru numerous; among them,
beai6i tinted wni steel rncraving, ind nlate
f: tho fctshiorw. .The " SaitMtry of St.. Mar!t
Church, Venice, U one of the finest American civ
graving we bars ever soca. Tlie reading matter
is choice, and of a high : cliaractorr, too, and tlie
whole Book jw.t such a Hiiitsaiuc:t uiplisiud and
refined AmciCiiil-Uilv'. "-,mmeul
III It 1,1 lllihlll
n-..tr,nji '".'; .'
NOBLE OLD GUILFORB, '
We have heretofore informed our readers that
)nt. A Gilmer and David F. Caldwell, Eq., of
the Riillroiid Committee for Gtiilbrd County, had
berti exettitig themselves ably among the people,
spreading light and knowledge upon Hie subject,
and stirring up their minds to the great and impor
tant work which we deem calculated so materially
to benfit the condition of North Carolinat We
have looked uan their labors, not only with great
interest, but with admiration at the noble ani pat
riotic spirit they, exhibited, so worthy of imitation
everywhere and which, if imitated in Wake, (as
we are happy to see it is in Orange, where Govs.
Swain, Morchead and Graham are operating,) by
our prominent and talented men,would he attended
with great success. And we need such effort in
Wake. Our Internal Improvement Association in
this City is doing well we should dike to see one,
at least, in every District. But-we need bold and
determined men; liko Gilmer and Caldwell in
Guilford; like Swain, Morchead and Graham in
Orange; self-denying and patriotic men; to can
vass Wake County, and arouse the proper spirit
among our pcoptc. Oh, for Volunteers in this
great work !
We have saidthatthe labors of Messrs. Gilmer
and Caldwell have been attended wiih prosperous
results in Guilford. The Editor has been favored
with a letter from one ol them, which he doubts
not will be encouraging, and which his friend will
please excuse him for laying before the readers of
the 7'i.7t?.. It is dated
" Gbsensbcko,' Aug. 13, 1849.
" DuAB Sir 'Mr. Gilmer and myself have
.Htlvassed Old Guilford, thoroughly, and have pws-
j pect for a ifuoJ harvest of subscriptions to the N.
Carolina Railroad. It the people Bnu 1'ress of
Raleigh, and East of that place, will but do their
duty, the Road will be built, and no mistake. You
have not one-fourth to contend against that we
have, yet I am keen to bet, let the subscriptions
amount to w hat they may in any other -County in
the State, Old .Guilford wihYin the rmt, be found a
title uAtW, iu proportion to olir ability, of the fore
most. And were it expressly stated in the Charter
that the Road should pass through (Ireensborough,
as it :s that it shall paas thro llakigh and Salis
bury, we wo'.lld go 10,060 more than any other
County in the State. 1 say thi, not because I be
lieve the people of this Comity are more pati mtie
or liberal than they nre in the oilier counties; but -L
because I know that there are a few Of her citi
zens who never lire, and will spend more time and
money than anv equal number of citizens of the
State of the same ability will do, nther than their
county shall be tound following in the rear of all j
others in such a great and glorious work as this.
There is never any money spent in Guilford for
HalJ-jace and iJiiie-rum to electioneer witn but
if it bo necessary to furnish a ftto dimes to enligh
ten the people on a work of this kind, it is fuxli-
eomitig when demanded ; and tlie time ot her most
useful mon, uIbo, if necessary. Now, if every man
who voted tor-thi Rnad would follow the noble ex
ample of John A. Gilmer, of this eounly, wh'lo
canvassing ti coatl y for tl legislature, and
then do as iut)i to amuse the peoph) as he has done,
in body, pun, and mind, Old North Carolina,
would "loon b" redeemed1, regenen i ted and disen
thralled," and rise at once to that position among
the States that Nature and Nature's God designed
that she should occupy.
" It may be indelicate in me, perhaps, to speak
in this strain; but as I believe every word to be
true, I hope you will pardou me for expressing my
self earnestly to my frieodv
" My main ohjoict in- writing you lliia note il to
request joo to do all you can for us. The back
wardness of- the people of Wake operates very dis
couraging on us, nnd an all West of this place.
Vonr people are certainly more deeply Interested
than any other portion of the State.
" Would it not be a good plan to call another
Convention, Unassemble in this place i October, to
appoint a General Agent, whose duty K shnrArbe
to travel from point to point to encourage the friend
of the work bygiviegthemsucb information a he
might, be ab)o to pronre frem time to time ? I
have no dbttbt, if a Convention were called in
GrwAeboroTwlr, ftte rieceseary salary could be rai
sed to justify such an Argent in taking the field ;
& if be would uork as he shnuliLand no doubt would
do, lam sure that he could soon have the Hock iw
cessary to build the Road subscribed, by a hundred
or more individuals in or out of the State. Thrnk
of thi matter, and do ai you think best in (lie pre'
mises. We have now on our books $40,000, and
next week will raise it to 50-or $GO,000. And,
hereafter, if we see necessary to make t!r exer
tions, to $l00,0O0,orfhe rise.
Youre, with great respect, 4Tc."
INTERNAL IMEROVEMENTCONVENTION,
There ii one suggestion of our friend and cor
respondent, whose letter we publish above, which
we desire to bring prominently before the public
And that is, the importance, if noiOTe ntccssiry, of
a General Agent, to.accolWratu the plan en-foot
fot obtaining subscriptions to the Centraf Rail-read,
as well as to collect and disseminate statistical tnd
other information among the people, such as will
bIiow them the nead !hy have of irich a work.and
the beuefi tftey may. pect to derive from it
construction. To provide the mentis for sending
such an Agent into the field, there is no reason why
we should not have a Convention at Greensboro,'
about the 1 Oth er 12th of October, where all the
Counties deeply interested may be fepsenfed by
their Delegates, and concei t of actiw at once ob
tained ; wher notes may be cemparedj and prV
grfw reporters whew a General Agent may be
appointed f mean be procured for bi compensa
tion ; and other vigorous plans may be considered,
matured, and set in motion, calculated t3 push
forward more vigoronsly tho great Work j which
demand the best exertion of the heads, hands,
and mean of those who wish to eee Old North
Carolina arise from- the dust an4 ashes of inferi
ority of character and position, m1 put on the
beautiful garment! (if greatness, prosperity" and
wealth which she rsTentillcd to wear-v a'ntfof which
sb ha been robbed by tho inertness of her own
citi!ns,no less than by the-jwfiey of her sister
States, who have grown richer and greater ateuv
expense. . '
In seconding tlie suggestion' ef oof correspon
dent, therefore, we expeettobe supported by our
brethren of tlie PressPa vrelf a by all tin friends
of tlie cause and w commend tlie tubject to their
consideration, that art is, way be takon in tlie pre mi
tes; and, as soeaas tltagree, DoKgatc may be
appointed to thvCimvetition in good time, -a
llie Alta-SilWminn has a long and vigorous ed
itorial artirle; caoliiig upon the Territorial Convetir
tion, Weiv it newts, to so'.tlu at once nV forever
flio rjesvlon of slavery, so far a its adnurs)on'i:to
CIt4bruia is concerned. It J.-manJsH lPa rla'ise
i'le Mi;rteJ in the lie ConstitMrhti furbrding. the
iiitHiiiui- iia of n-'gro or utj rbr-iwml if si ivery
ELECTION FOR MAJOR OSNERAL
Under the law iif the last session an election w is
held throughout this Brigade, on Saturday last, for
the choice of a Major Oef.crul of lbs Militia of
tins Division( in place nf Gen. Crenshaw, resign
ed. The vote of the 35th anil 3o'th Regiments of
this Cmuity was as follows f
, Singi-ifary.
Thirty-firth Regiment, 31 j
Tuirtyi&ll, " 181
erson.
Gil -lit
495
87
87
Stngeltary'i majority? 409 ;
Iii Franklin, Singcltary received ICS, ani Per
son 31. In Warren, Person 130, and Singeltafy
61. In Naeh, the vote stood, Singeltary CO ; Per
son 0.
Gen. Person and Capt. Singeltary were the on
ly candidates in the field. The Brigade of which
Gen, Person Is the Commander, is still to vote.
An election Was also held here oh Saturday last,
by the 35th Regiment, for a Lieutenant Colonel.
Edward Yarbroogh, Jr. of this Cily, Was elected.
The following is the vote !
. 1 . V .
rarDrnugrtj sjy.i
Forrelt, 112
C. C. Scott, 19
YarbfoilgVi majority over Ferrell, 183 over
both. 164. MfV William II, Harrison, who had
also been announced for this office, declined to run.
THE LATE ELECTIONS.
The Democrats have elected the Governor in
Tennessee, curried tlie Legislature and gained otie
! member of Coogrcsa. In North Carolina and Ken
tucky the representation in-Congress stands as it
did 'before, but in Indiana the Democrats, have gai
ned two. In- Alabama, Judge Collier, Democrat,
is elected Governor without opposition. The dele
gation in Congress will stand as it did before.
If the Democrats gain one or two members more(
as we presume they Will, in the Elections yet to be
held, w ith the aid of the Free Soil vo!e( they will
have the control of the House of"Hepresontalivee.
.'.We were under the impression that Missouri ef
fected a 1-egislatufe on the 6th of August, which
will have the choice of a United States Senator,
but we Rppfehend a mistake us to the time. It
must be in October.
LET'S LOOK AT IT.
The Standard rejoices very much over the elec
tion of Abraham Vcnable, and also that Farmer
La no was beat no farther j while he pats Mr. Cling
man on the baclf, vtho, althooah a Whig, Ire class'
e 'with these gentlemen an" equifocaf kind of
eomplitncnt, which Mr. Clingman may relish or
not, as Re p!wse, from a man who, two years ago.
tailed frfs an " Abolition triumph."
This Editor, it seems to us, must love his Party
better than he does the Union. To rejoice at the
election of Mr. Venahle, because he was a Demo-
crat, would be, natural .cnougtyin. that primVpd
would excite no .remark from n';-; Btffc3Jt is mit
enough.oslle hi a--aiM of peculiar gfaificarion
in his election, because Mr. Venahle is so "We for
the Sfooth" ' '
We take leave to tell the Editor, and Mr. Veil-
abfe( tha! the victory thus achieved will not long
profif the victors. If Vcnable has carried hi oV
tricf on the issues of confiscation of Northefti pro
perty, and the prohibition of trade with the Nor
thern States; the repudiation of debts due a! the
South to Northern men; and resistant to a propo
sed law of Congress assuredly for the people of
Kofth Carolina may we protest, that they will en
dorse no such doctrines. These principles at) so
closely allied to treason and disunion, that wo pro
test against the assumption of the Standard th;.(
they have obtained evert lit Mr. Venablo's Dis
trict, a temporary popular approvsl.1 They will be
repudiated every where fof even flic Standard,
while hinting at the endorsement of Mr. Venablo's
" safety " has never dared to take that issue we io
repeatedly tendered te'fiw, and npenJ'y endorse sueh
neriou doctrines.
EIGIfm DfSTRiCT'.-
We give below the total vote in each county of
thii District for each candidate, and also the vote
ft lane tnd Dormell in 1847 :
1849 1647
Lane Stanly Lane Donwell
618 883. 466 946
606 foi 4U 647
$13 2tf5 314 258
18S 356 146 330
8ft- 3Ct 101 332
333 476 267 416
686 673 528 603
405 484 318 368
182 211) 143 167
437 270 361 258
1078 , 291 866 , , 268
4910 4987 3924- .4294
Beaufort,
Pi,
Green?,-
Washington',-
Tyrrel,
Hyde,
Craven,.
Cartcfet,
Amos,
Inoir,
Wayne,
Stanly's majority
Donnell'i do. in 1847
In- the counties composing thidit b4cty
Taylor reecwed
Cas 47
369 ;
4"607
39G6
r&nority tor Taylor
loll
mi
4640. .
172"i
4596. ?
4005 ;
Reid received
Manly received i
Rcid's majority :-- ,
Clny in 1841 refejved '
Polk " " .-i .
Clay' majority: " , 591
The North State Wm J-jny. Iff. Stanly " was
tho only Whig CaiiJidato in the State, whom tlie
Democruti spoke confidently of defeating, and tu
this they have failed. Nor do wc ev in llw return
any ground for mpposing there i the least change
of sentiment in the Distriat. . Mr. Stanly and the
Wg party inay well eult ut the splendid vote be
lias received Look at tho Mums ! Stanly's ag-
Lgregato vote, ia being within 10 vote of what
General Taylor received last tall. , I hls vota is
C94 over Mr. Donnoll's, who was yet elected by a
tnijority of 369. ..Mr.. Lane gets 974 votss-morj
thin Cass, and 1016 more than he got in S-17.
Where havo all these democratic vote come from?
We bear of illegal IX-mocratii voting ia'tfla Dis
trict, by wholesalssel Afwfc gef tlie vote of
all tho Precinstlf which- vmotj maaing effort to
.do, we shal) examine tlie vole more narrowly, and
j if a fraud fi we hear it reported, has been commit-
cd'upon fhu ball.t box, expose it a it dts. rve."
' What fault id laid at the door of t!: pnosertbed
democnits J iVasA. Vmun. ' ' r in-
IT ZMiinlti y -:- - H'ai-iX ,Ctmmmalth
THfi.LAST AGONY.
The G ildfborn' Patriot brlnps lip a rumpr. hriei;
lyas follows: That "mte precinct in Hyde, niviu.
Stanly 49 majority, failed to reach the court housi
at the time appointed by laWto comptre the polls:
And "a letter was received at W'asliifigrrul by tli
Sheriffof Hyde, stating that Stanly had receive.
45 majority in the district alluded to, nnd which 4
was taken into the account by the Sheriff; ah.l re
turned arctirdingly.''
There is an npicnrance of truth, only, in the Pa t
riot's version. We have the official voteol Ilyd.
County, hy precitlctsj beftno as. At none of then
is the majority 49, on either side. Besldos, tf
polU wer? compared in Washington on Thursday
the QUnndthe resW! annoimr.ed bv the Sheriffs
''that Mr. Starly wa duty etecfed."
In relation to the Patriot's rumojj hoirevet, wc
understand, that tho County Coort of Jfj Je an
pointed a man (a respectable Democrat,) to brinn
tip the vote from tlie Banks, including the precinct
of Ocraeoke, Hattertis, Kinnekeat, slid Chickimi
eomlcti, Stanly's majority at which fntir.joinilv wa
49 ; but that this returning officer, Ittficadof car
rying the returns to the Court llolise, mailed then
at Ocraeoke to the Sheriff of Hvde at Washing
ton. Thererru were therefore received, and. a
we conceive, rightly counted, '
But tho Psttiot'scroyi consists in'his attempt t(
cast doitbl upon the validity of the returns, lie
says! " Now, whether these votes were polled or
not, or whether, if polled, the Sheriff was author
ised to receive them at Washington, is still matter
of doubt," die. There is no question but that the
Returns received were thi) fight ones and all oth
er matters of doubt, we epprehend, were decided
by tho assembled SherilTsi when they announced
".hat Mr. Stanly Was duly electciV
" So fades (he lovely blooming flower,
Frail, smiling solace of an hour."
The Patriot adds: It is due to Mr. Stanly to
state, that he is reported to have told the Sheriffs
that Lane was entitled to the certificate." Aha i
and you would have praised him, fio doubt, had he
accepted it, under such cltcomstancei, and took
his seat, against the wishes sf the District. Such
is Locofocoism ! We don't think Mr. Stanly told
the SkeriSW any snch thing and we hav'nt heard1
tha-t t'tiey tendered the certificate to Mr. Lane, or
thought of doing so. If tho Patriot thinks, howcv-'
er, Mr. Lane has a fair case, nobody denies his
right to contest, if he wants to got into Congress
so very bad. We opine he is as near it us he will
ever be.
FARMER LANE.
We confess we feel some sympathy for this db-
comfitled worthy, his friends tried so hard to elect
him, especially his friends out of his district. We"
trust he will experience no inconvenience from his
defeat. He has no doubt left his twenty-one dol
lar worth of fanim,-" he still has his " farm and
60 niggers we hope he is still " smlnd upon the"
Slavery question;" opine he is satisfied with Stan
ly's " stuff ;" eofrrmend him to hi vocation as " a
. jj v . - . . . . .
farmer ;" recommend to him to keep on the fence a-
bout Internal Improvements, until he can sell out
tfw " stock ;" add generally to put no bricks in his
frat, and hy himsrl p in lavender, to as to defeat ,
BragJth for the f(C. Legis!.. " Oft, fny Bit-
ly ! go H while" you're young i' the Standard t
eay" we trill hurrah for Lane !' He does it, wc i
reckon, with a laugh on one side of his face, anif i
a ery on the other. We doubt whether Lane, is i
he creeps out of the " little end of the horn," hut-'j
rahs itiuoh fof himself.. i
'"Tisnotinmorfafsto'ffommiifuJsuccess, i
Vhcn een sixty Niggeft don't deserve it."
Shakespeare or Homer.-
SEA BATHING.
A correspondent of the New York Express gives',
an account of Sea-bathing at Cape May, part of
which is very amusing. He says s .-'
. " At a partfeufaf hour from efeven fo twelve tfie'l
whole rommanity appear on the beach clad in the't
most fantastic dresses IWagitistife for a morning '
bath. Just fof a Moment imagine a beach about
the widftof rWway, for more than a mile, crow-'1
ded With human beings ; here a sailor, leading a '
turkish maiden, and there a tmnggfef wfiispering
in the ear of a demure nun ; there a mastyie and a J
doirtrin'o, and further on a group nf gipsies dinging"
foa grey-haired Turk; watch them as they ml.
vance to the breakers ; notice how thcy all malio
ready to receive the first comer; there theyi rtanif
in silent expedition; on comes (he mighty bil
lows; there's one crush, and all is confusion. A
perfect chao-f armn, legs and i,ad, rToundering
tn the surf, some swrptia fort' sliofe are left like?
stranded vessel's by tlie retreating wave. Others
rise op, shake ftemselvef antf-rcplaco for anotliei';'
all- are shotting, cheerinjr, somitniing and laugh-"
ing, and1 for one hour all is wild confusion. Snch1
is the beach ah.l a bathing cene at Cape May."
All very delightful, no doubt. But it strike us
that tho Lddies, amid thi " perfect chaos of arm-",,
legs, and' heads," are rather t envious eompaay!
But its no business of oi(H ovify, if any of Ihoe
" nflWs, fcg"s nrrtf ltife '' belonged to us, we should
keep tuetn o of lhal scrape, certain.
tr The reason why our TiusmitiJ Ha re-shirr-"
gled his houe'c, is, bocauso betifiniU- fade ;' and
because a mau may alwayrnrbrd t'o put on a fresh1
and handsome appearance wheahc San" make li
own fn-sul. ' ,
A SJ7fl GROG-SELLER. ' ,: '
Wo clip the" Ibltnwing Advertisement from Hie'
Milton Chronicle.- ft is a most significarlf rign,.
that this a;l?ry man has been injured it) his wretch'-'
cd traffic", ailtl that all iii very best cu Comers havo
deserted' film suddenly. The only prayer liava
offtf for Mi salvadony is, that he nvaybe com
pelled to shut up'"my bar", und bebille himself to
some more creditable inlu iif making hi living,.
- ttftU i?" (as3"Fii'm rtiiind f.
, ; . S5ivs' 6f Temperance !
XOU wrirrlnwj joined the Miltnn Divipirm of the'
a SoW.nf Tempcranao, and who are indebted'
to itry bar for spirit, please call immediaTel'v nnd'
iMSffyow account. ' T. WORD.
Milton, Aug. 16th,1849. " .
i ''".' ';'NE0Roes'drovned.-''''J:
We learn that hre negro boys, rtie" property af
Geo. W." Mordecui ves dtowued1 on Saturday
week while batfii'ng iu tlie river near'hrs plantation
In Jo!irrt)miinry. Another buy was saved with
stiis difiiisi-'ity. .
t mVf& heirs of Billy Putlerson; Esq;, will' Hear of
som-'thtng to-their advairtayp, by oal)irt on tha
f-man who Mtrjtcfi him.