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Letters to the Editor must be post paid. Money f : iho Office- in-ty he sent by nail at our risk, in pay in it for subscrip'Jons, aiivertisettieiits, iols, &c. - 'X-T OFFICB OS. FAVETT8V1U.E ST., ONE BOOR BELOW ri'?r os'FtcE. -.- . ' i ' GovERr.Ti V.r.ix) Se:iENrEns the Rights of the SorTir. The Democratic party, in profession, have always abominated very ' -v.udi ?he Wilivsot Provwo. . : It was the horror tif horrors '. a kind of stone, which -if they 'could fasten around a Whig's neck, should sink him to bottomless perdition. Such was their preachment up to 1S47-S -9-50." But in '48, ,yhen they came to nominate a candidate for Governor-they run David S. Rc.id,a man who had i trice voted for bills ichieli contained it. And then the Democratic presses defend ed 'his votes. Now, be it'' remembered, that the Oregon bill, to which we allude, though, it had often been before Congress, where it was TWICE votedforby David S. npi.l .lirl not nassthat Congress. But the same' bill, with the same pi'oviso did pass Cougress, in 1S43, and, was approved by President Polk. - '.-- How was (his bill and proviso regarded by the - Democrats of. North Carolina in 1S4S? ' i : . k , We ask the particular attention of the people to the following extract from the Standard, of 23d -August ISA.S, in ans wer lo this question. This was ju t after the first canvass of David S. Reid, in which he was defeated by Charles Man- ly, Esq. ' ' - From ike Raleigh Standa.d, of August 23, is-is. v ".Congress adjourned on the I-llh ulti mo. After a long and bitter contest on the question of ' slavery, the Oregon bill, with the Wilmot Proviso included, and the Missouri Compromise . stricken out f was adopted, and has become a law. ' ' That is the same bill for which David S. Reid had twice voted when it was un successful, had now become a bus! The Editor, no doubt spoke his honest senti ments in that paragraph. : The August e-lf..-tirn wns over "find no political capital was lo be made for his party ; and the Ed itor was at liberty to call things .by their right names- lie did so call them.; and in the sincerity and indignation of his .Southern hearty he informed his readers, ''THAT THE QliEGON HILL, W'lTII : THE WlLMOT Proviso INCLUDED, AND THE Missouri Coju'iiomise stricken out, was adopted, and his become the law of the land !" Vy. . 1 Now let us see what this thing is, and what il was Mr. Reid voted korTWICE: First, What is the Wilmot Proviso? Here it is, as offered by Wilmot himself, to the Two Million Bill : From the Congressional Globe, Aug. Wth, 1S46. Mr. Wilmot moved an amendment, to add at the end of McKay's modified bill the following : "Provided, 1 hat as an express anu run-) damental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexi co, by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, andjo the use by the Executive of moneys herein appropriated, neither slav ery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of sal I territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted." V . a That-is the Wilmot Proviso. Now for what did Reid vote? On the 16th of Jan uary, 1S47, be voted for the Oregon Bill, containing the following section : "Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of said Territory hail be entitled to enjoy, all. and singular, the rights, privileges,- and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio, by the Arti cles of Compact, contained in the Ordi nance for the government of said Territo ry, on the 13th day of July, 17S7 ; and shall be subject to all the conditions, and restrictions, and prohibitions in said Arti cles of Compact imposed upon the people of said Territory." That is what Reid voted for. To show whatare the "restrictions and prohibitions" he thus voted to impose upon Oregon, it is necessary to publish the following extract from the 9th Article of the Ordinance for the erovernment of the Territory of the Li i) i ted States Northwest cf the river Ohio, passed the 13th day of July, in the year of t i iro-r . - our ljoru noi : From Article (5ih : "There shall be nei liter slaverv nor involuntary servitude in the said Territory , otherwise than in pun ishmeut of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. ' - ; That is the restriction which David S. Reid voted to impose upon the people of the Territory of Oresron. It it be not the Wilmot Proviso, what is it ? -.'At any rate, this same bill passed Congress in 184S ; and thelSlandard told his readers f'lhatthe Oregon bill with the Wilmot Proviso in cluded," " has become ' the. law of the land!". .'"':'---''--:. .'-:-' Such have been Gov Reid's actions we set them down plainly, now, appealing to the record: The first time the Wilmot Proviso oc curred was on the passage of the bill or ganizing the Territory of Oregon, on the 3d of February, 1845. The bill contain ed a provision that slavery should never exist m that country, and thereby exclud ed citizens of. the South from going there with their negroes ! The bill with this obnoxious and unjust feature, was passed Yeas 140, Nays 60. " Among those who voted for its passage were forty-seven Sou thern Democrats, (David S. Reid, A. II. Arriligton, J. R. J. Daniel, and James J. McKay, from North Carolina among them) while every Southern Whig voted against its passage. Had these Southern Demo crats been true to the South, they might have defeated the bill might have check ed Northern aggression upon southern rights and thus secured those rights. But no the object was to; make the Democratic party popular at the North, and hence Sou- 1".,.t--ic7 KffrnDorl flitir fnnstitil-. UIUI 11 lyiuuiiiiw ..t. ' 1 mts. Now had these forty seven Sout?W ern Democrats voted Nay, the vote would have stood, Yeas 93, Nays 107, and the bill would have been deservedly rejected. Can we hope to obtain our rights wl;en Southern Democrats thus turn against u s? David S. Reid beared North Carolina, and surrendered the rights of the South when he eaveXthat vote, and ought to have no office bestoVed upon- him by North Carolina Freemen. See House Journal 2d Sess. 2Sth Cong. Feb. 3d, 1845, page 321 . The Senate rejected the bill. " ISV V lUAT IS JNUT ALL. Again David S. Reid voted for this a bomination THE SECOND time, in the House of Representatives, the 16th Jan 'y IS 17. See Con. Globe, 2d Sess. 29th Con. page 19S. The same bill contain ing the same Wilmot Proviso again was put upon its passage, and it passed, Yeas 133, Nays 35. Two-thirds of the South ern Democrats again voted for it, while Southern Whigs again opposed it. To prevent mistakes we give the names of those Democrats and mark you! David S.Reid is again among them! Here they are : James B. Bowlin, Lynn Boyd, W. G. Brown, L. B. Chase, Howell Cobb,Alvan CuUom, John R. J. Daniel, G. S. Hous ton, Joseph Johnston, Andrew Johnson, Geo. W. Jones, Seaborn Jones, J. LiUmp kin, J as. J. McKay, Barclay Martin, Tim 6lhy Pilsbury, J DAVID REID, F. P. Staton, John W. Tibbatts, JohnS. Phelps, Leon. H. Sims and Jacob Thomp son, j . ' . '- '' Tlie Senate again rejected this bill; but in '48, the same bill was offered in Con gress, and then passed both Houses, and was approved by President Polk. In the Senate there was a tie between the North and the South but two. Democratic Sen ators, Thomas II. Benton and Samuel Houston betrayed the South (as it had be come usual for Domocrats to do,) support ed the bill and it passed, which it never could have done but for Democratic votes Every Southern Whig voted against the bill. This is the bill the Standard denoun ced as above shown. And now North Carolinians are asked to cast their votes for a man for Governor, who has VOTED TWICE for the odious cud abominable Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon Bill and who is- foresworn as a Representative, if he did not believe that Congress had the power to prohibit slavery Look at it people of North Carolina ! He has twice betrayed the South; aud how can you trust him? ; . : STORMING OF CERRO GORDO. The story of the brilliant achievment3 of GEN'L. SCOTT, can never fail to interest Americans. The bombardment and capture of Vera Cruz, was an exploit never excelled in the annals of military and naval warfare; and which added greatly to the former fame of the Great Commander. But we are now to read of one of the most oaring deeds re corded in the history of the world Scott's first action on his advance to the City of Mexico, having only S000 men. Passing over sixty miles of level country he came upon the first of the ascending slopes, over which extends the road to the table-laud upon w hich the' city of Mexico Stands, at an elevation of 7,600 feet above the level of the Gulf. The road at this point Rassns over a stream, and winds amonir the 1 ' ... V gorges of precipitous hills. , Santa Anna, who had just returned from the field of Buena Vista! had here collected all the forces he could muster, and was post ed upon these heights. - Cannon .were pla ced in battery on ali the commanding emi nences on both sides of the road. Highest above them all rose the bristling hill of Cer ro Gordo, strongly fortified, and protected 'at its base bv heavv stone defences. On these heights, thus defended by thirty pie ces of artillery, thcgMexican General had in trenched himself at the head of 15,000 troops. The attack upon this . apparently impregnable position was planned by Gen Scott with masterly skill. He determined upon pssaiiuing it in flank and rear as well as in front; and to accomplish this object he opened a read, over a country almost im passable from rocks and chapparal, for a dis tance of several miles. A heavy force un der Gen. Twiggs had penetrated by this road the day before the main attack, and captur ed, after a severe struggle, a commanding height in the neighborhood of Cerro Gordo. The position was, however, maintained by our troops with great difficulty. The Mex icans made three desperate attempts to dis- lodge our force, but each time they were repulsed with heavy loss. On the next morn ing, the 17th of April, the attack on the whole of the enemy's position was ordered. The defence was determined and bloody. But our troops, anirriated by the presence of, and feeling the fullest confidence in their distinguished leader, advanced undet a ter rific fire against the enemy. They rapidly flocked up the heights, and intrepidly sur mounted every obstacle that the ingenuity of Santa Anna had added to the natural de fences of his position, displ&ying the most sturdy resolution and invincible impetuosity. The Mexicans rere forced from their guns at the point of the bayonet, and driven with resistless energy from their securest defen ces. The hill of CcTro Gordo was assault ed in front by Col. Harney, who, with his men, periormea prouigies oi vaiur, : oi Anna w as here in person, and barely esca ped by flying on one of the mules attached to his carriage. Gen. bcott, who was close t hand in all the conflicts of the day, and often exposed to imminet danger, mjet Co!. Harney on the height of Cerro Gordo, just at the time of his gallant achievement, and publicly expressed his admiration jof the pirit and courage displayed by him in lead ing the assault. The officers spoke with enthusiasm of the calm and soldierly bear ing of their gallant commander, during all the dangers of the furious and uniniermit- tino- discharges of the artillery from the heights while the battle raged. By tweh o'clock the enemy was driven from (lis po sition, totally routed, and was in full flight troops along the road to Jalapa, whither our followed in close pursuit. In this one of the most remarkable of the wa action, .Scott cantured 3.000 prisoners, 4,000 tand of arms, 43 pieces of artillery, and aj large quantity of ammunition. Santa Annd's car riage, containing his wooden leg and a large sum of money also fell into the hands of the victors. The loss of the Americans jm kill ed and wounded was 431. That of the Mexicans was "computed at 1,000 to 1,200. REID AND THE WILMOT PRO V ISO. There is no charge under which Governor Reid and his supporters writhe morejsensi- bly, than that of his having voted in 1M whilst in Congress, for the Wilmot Proviso, as it was contained in the Oregon bill- The charge is so clearly proved, andwithal,ahews un his excellency in so consistent a light, he being the favorite candidate oi tie Raleigh Standard, and of the party that is always boasting of its peculiar devotion to Southern rights, that no wonder he iS sen sitive whenever this vote is alluded to. Mr. Kerr charges charges home upon him in the discussions, this vote for the Wilmot - -. ;.: '.- I Proviso. ' ' The Governor sometimes loses his temper hut as he finds he makes nothing off jof Mr. Kerr, by that, he endeavors to explain away his vote, but it will not all do; the record is as much against the explanation his excel lency gives, as it would.be against a flat de nial. . The discussion in Congress ajid the votes upon it, and indeed thevery words of the provision against sldvery inserted. in the Oregon bill, all prove that the principle of the odiouv Wilmot Proviso was voted for by Gov. Reid in Congress in '47. It will, be remembered too, that in the fa mous controversy between Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Benton, the former expressly charged that the Wilmot Proviso was avowedly in serted by its friends in the Oregon Bill, for the express purpose, of asserting the author ity of Congress over Slavery, in the territo ries in all cases. As Oregon was so far North as to make any such prohibition of Slavery unnecessa ry, its insertion was justly considered as a gratuitous jr.sult to the South, and was so regarded at the time. It will be remembered too, that soon af ter the passage of the Oregon bill, the Ra leigh Standard, which was then engaged warmly in its efforts to agitate the South on the slavery question, and to prepare the de mocratic party for its secession doctrines, which" it afterwards pressed so hotly, de nounced the passage of the Oregon bill, with the Wilmot Proviso aforesaid annexed, in the following words: ' "Congress adjourned on the 14th ult. After a long and bitter contest on the ques tion of Slavery, the Oregon Bill, with the Wilmot Proviso included, and the Missouri Compromise stricken out, was adopted and has become a law .Raleigh Stand(trd,Jlug. 23, 1S4S. This is the identical bill for which David S. Reid voted ! Ah! The Standard did not then dream that David S. Reid was to become a candi date "de jure" for Governor of North Car olina. It is all right, now, but circumstan ces alter cases. For the use of our Whig friends and for the benefit of Mr. Reid's ad vocates Ve will give a fuller history of the passage of this Wilmot Proviso in our next number. Newbernian. Ink is the Black Sea on which thought rides at anchor. From the Republic. i GENERAL PIERCE Ox the Fugitive Slave Law. Our friends in the Southern States are called upon to repudiate Gencial Scott, on the ground that he has omitted to write a letter before his nomination, expressing his views on the Compromise mersures. Il is admitted that the resolutions of the Whig National Convention are sufficient ly clear and explicit in this regard, and that General Scott accepted the resolutions widi the nomination, and that as a man of truth ; and honor he will act up to the pledge which is involved in this acceptance. But, though he adopts ihem, be "does not give them the approval of his judgment." It is claimed that General Pierce stands more favorably in th; respect than his il lusuious Competitor : ayJ, this, too, though General Pierce hlmserl emitted to answ :r the interrogatories of Mr. II. G. Scott, or to write the letter which that gentleman called for before the nomination. But thoug i General Pierce wrote no let ter in regard to the Compromise measures, "the Fugitive Slave law included," he has expressed himself fully on the subject m a speech, and that recently, inespeecri to which wTe refer has been substantially reported by more than one newspaper, and we have the means therefore of arriving distinctly at the sentiments which General Pierce maintains among his own people on this interesting subject. WeaPPrehend that they are" not -calculated to sustain the high eulogiums which are passed upon General Pierce at the South, forgiving the Fugitive Slave law the "approval of his judgment. '.'r. We hardly think that our '-'Southern friends will find any thing in Gen. Pierce's local opinions on the subject of slaverv, to justify the contrast which they draw be tween him and the Whig candidate. Gen. Scott is a Southern man, a native of Vir ginia ; his early associations were among slaves and slaveholders ; his early opin ions were formed in the midst of kindred and friends who were born under the in fluences of southern institutions. He feels on the subject, necessarily, as a southern man. General Pierce, on the contrary, was born in the extreme North, in a State where wide-spread antipathies exist to ward slavery, and removed from all those circumstances and influences which miti gate those antipathies. Il is absurd, tlicre- lore, to preiena iiiau ucueiai . ci-uu wrong on the matter of slavery, and that General Pierce is all right ; aud that the South must take the latter because the Fu gitive Slave law has the "approval of his iudoTOcnl'W-whcrecs .--General Scott lias merely accepted tne v nig resolutions, aim appealed to forty years of public service as the pledge and guarantee for his "stuict adherence" to them. The Republic then publishes two re ports of a speech delivered by General Franklin Pierce at a meeting of his Dem ocratic friends in the town of New Boston, New Hampshire. The first report we copy, for the present, from the Independent Democrat, published in Concord, N. IL, the reside?ice of Gen. Pierce. We desire the attenlion of the people of North Car olina to this matter ; because Gen. Pierce is represented here as thoroughly sound on the Compromise laws, the Fugitive Slave law included, as a matter not only of judg ment but of feeling. Wc want to hear the Democratic presses discourse on the texts which follow : From the Independent Democrat, pub lished at Concord, New Hampshire. At the meeting appointed at New Bqg ton Centre on Friday afternoon of Janua ry 2d, by General Franklin Pierce, to ad dress the citizens of that town in regard to the difficulties between himself and a por tion of the Democrats of that section, he oc . ... .-1 i . - i cupied the hourof his time in defending his military character, tie expiameu tne cir cumstance of his fainting ; und dechued that, "with the exception of a single oc casion, he had led his command in the blaze of every battle." After this he commenced speaking up on the Fugitive Slave law. He said that it drffeied in no important particular from the law of 1793. A clergyman wno was present said, that as the invitation had been given, he w ould like to make an inquiry : "Do you regard the features of the Fugi tive Slave law as consistent with common law?" '-: . a General Pierce immediately replied : -"If I must answer the question, I say no, I do not. I have been asked if 1 liked this Fugitive Slave law, I answered no, T loatheit. I have a most revolting feel- in"1 at the giving up of a slave ; the law is opposed to humanity. Ffm-fi Mr. Foss inquired, ilf it was not opposed to right as well as humanhy ?" General Pierce replica : " i es, ins. uj-pua- n in ninial rifhl." The above is the substance of General Piirrf's remarks upon the Fugitive Slave law. The quotation marks include the very language used by the General, as ta ken down at the time it was uttered. A Challenge to Kentucky. It will be seen by our letter from St. Johns bury, that Vermont sends a challenge to old Kentucky, as she did in 1850, to beat her if she can in the piling up of a majori ty in Nov. for the hero of a hundred bat tles." We feel authorized, in the name of Kentucky, to accept the challenge. And now look to your laurels, old Vermont. Louisville Journal- THE TOMATO. To many persons there is something un pleasant, not to say desgusting, in the fia yor of this excellent fruit. It has, howev er, long been used for culinary purposes in various countries of Europe, and has of late years been extensively cultivated and become a general favorite in this coun try. Dr. Bennett, a professor of some ce lebrity, considers it an invaluable arlicle of diet, aud ascribes to it very important med ical properties. He declares: 1 . That the tomato is one of the most powerful deobstruents of the Materia Me dica and that in all of those affections of liver and other organs where calomel is indicated, it is probably the most effective and least harmless remedial agent known in the profession. 2. That a chemical extract will be ob tained from it which will altogether super cede the use of calomel in the cure of dis ease. - . 3. Thai he has successfully treated sc , rioils diarrhea with this arlicle alone. 4. That when used as an arlicle of diet, it is almost a sovereign remedy for dyspep sia or indigestion. . 5. That persons removing from the east or north to the south or west, should by all means make use of it as an aliment, as tt would in that event save them from the danger attendant upon those violent billious attacks to which almost all unac climated persons are liable. 6. That the citizens in ordinary should make me of it, either raw, cooked, or in the form a catsup, with their daily food, as it is the most healthy article in the Ma teria Alimcntaria, Professor Rafinesque, of France, says, "It is every where deemed a healthy val uable, and an invaluable article of food." Dungleson saj'S, "It may be looked up on as one of ihe most wholesome and veg etable esculents that belong to the vegeta ble kingdom." Professor Dickens asserts that, "It may be considered more wholesome than any other acid sauce."' A writer in the Farmer's Register says, "It has been tried by several persons, wTith decided success. They were afflicted with chronic cough, the primary case of which, in one case, was supposed to be diseased liver in another, diseased lungs. It mit igates, and sometimes effectually checks, a fit of coughing-" The method most commonly adopted in preparing this fruit for daily use, is to cut them in slices, and serve them with salt pepper, and vinegar, as you do cucum bers. ' - - To ste them remove them ripe from the vines, slice up, and put them in a pot over the stove or fire without water. Stew them slowly, and, when done, put in a small piece of good butter, and eat them as vou do apple sauce. Some add a little flour bread, finely crumbled, or a couple of crackers pulverized. 1 he tomato is a fruit very easily raised. If the seed be sown in May, in good rich soil of a warm nature, with a sufficiency of old well rot ted manure, there will rarely be any dan ger of failure. When the vines begin to lean they "-should be provided with a trellis, or tied to stakes fixed in the soil, to keep the fruit from being injured by coming in contact with the dirt. Liberated Slaves. There arrived at Rochester N. Y., last Friday, a compa ny of twelve colored peisons from North Carolina, in charge of Dr. Forbes, seeking a place in the free States or Uanada for their permanent location and home. Ten of them w ere slaves of Benjamin Dickcn, F.sn of Rdo-frnmbe conntv. Xv. C de ceased and liberate by his will, which in strimient sets anarts property to the value of 10,000 to $15,000 for their benefit Loiisiaxa State Convention.- This body met on the 5th instant at Ba ton Rouge, to' form a new constitution. Dr. Kenner was chosen President. The body is composed of 74 whig and 39 de mocrats. ' . -" Mr. Clay's Successor. The Hon. David Merriwether has been appointed by the governor of Kentucy to fill the vacan cvin the U. S. Senate, created by Mr Clav's death. He can serve no longer the 1st of September, at which time Mr Dixon will succeed him. James P Metcalf Esu., has been appointed Secreta ry of State of Kentucky, in place of Mr. Merriwether. TIT FOR TAT. It is one of the stereotyped arguments of the locofoco press, against whig principles and hig men, that tne aooiitiomsi oewaru is a Whig. . Let us see how a similar argument wil operate unon the Democratic party. 1m mimis- there is one Rantoul, a maneof powerful talent and influence, who is i Democratic Abolitionist. There is one B F. Hallett, who has been acting as Chair man of the Democratic National Commit tee, and a very industrious member of the National Convention, who is likewise a Democratic Abolitionist. Thirdlj , but not least, there is one Martin Van Buren a "sweet little fellow" as father Ritchie call ed him once President of these United States, .'put there by the Democratic party of the INorth and South, and now a vvnoie souled Democratic Abolitionist. Do the Democrats South believe that the support and votes of these notorious men for their nominee will contaminate him ? On the contrary, will they not be thankful for the favors the voles and mnuence oi mese Abolitionists? Greensboro' Pat. LETTER FROM HON. GEORGE C. WASHINGTON. FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. I have seen in the public prints the pro ceedings of the American Iational Con vention , which assembled at Trenton, N. J., on the 5th instant, from which it ap pears that I was nominated as a candidate for the office of Vice President of the Li nked States. No official communication of the fact has been received by me, and if any such was made it was miscarried. My name having been thus unexpectedly presented to the country, I cannot longer remain silent, and therefore adopt this mode of responding to the nomination. 1 am highly honored in being deemed worthy of such distinction) and by having my name associated with that, of the emi nent and revered citizen selected by the Convention for the office of President of the Ui.itcJ Sta!c3. The Baltimore Whig Convention has presenled to the nation, as candidates for the same offices, the names of Winfield Scott and Wm. A. Graham. These nom inations received my cordial assent, as they will my zealous support. I have been on terms of friendly inter course with General Scott for twenty years and esteem him for his spotless character, and his frank, manly, and courteous bear ing. I respect him for talents often severe ly tested, but which never have failed him under the most trying circumstances ; and I admire him for his military services, by which the character of his country has been elevated at home and abroad, and been equalled by those of no man living or dead since the days of the Revolution. He has freely shed his blood in main taining the honor of his country and her rights. His patriotic devotion to the U nion, conservative principles, and firm sup port of the Compromise measures, cannot, li my belief, be questioned without doing him great wrong and injustice. Mr. Graham is wholly unexceptionable being respected for his talents and es teemed for his virtues by all who know him. Entertaining these opinions of the can didates of the Whig National Convention, and being fully and willingly committed to their support, I am constrained most re spectfully to decline the nomination of the American National Convention. GEO. C. WASHINGTON. Montgomery County, (Md.) July 13, 1852. The Nullification Excitement.-t-Di- rectly after his return from the Black Hawk war, Gen. Scott was sent by President Jack son on a confidential mission of great res ponsibility. South Carolina nullification then threatened to embroil the nation in civil war. There was imminent danger that the strife would at once begin between the citizens of Charleston and the United States troops stationed there. The object of the President in sending Scott to South Caroli na at this time was to prevent if possible, any direct act of collision, and at the same time enforce the laws of the Federal Gov ernment. As to that part which Scott bore in this pacification, we shall merely cite the testi mony of the Hon. B. Watkins Leigh, the commissioner from Virginia, lo bear certain legislative resolutions of that State to South Carolina, and t induce her to listen to mea sures of conciliation. "I was at Charleston," says Mr. Leigh, "when Scott arrived and assumed the com mand, which he did without any parade or fuss. No one who had opportunity of ob serving on the spo. the excitement that ex isted, can have an adequate conception of the delicacy of the trust. Gen. Scott had a large acquaintance with the people of Char leston; he was their friend; but his situation was such that many, the great majority of them, looked upon him as a public enemy. What his orders were I cannot undertake to tell you, nor have I any means of knowing hut from his conduct, which, 1 take it for granted, conformed with them. He thought as I thought, that the . first drop of blood shed in civil war between the United States and one of the States, would prove an im medicable wound, which would end in a change of our institutions. He was resol ved, Tf it was possible, to prevent a resort to arms; and nothing could have been more judicious than his conduct. Far from being prone to take offence, he kept his temper under the strictest guard, and was most careful to avoid giving occasion for offence; yet he held himself ready to act, if it should become necessary, and he let that be dis tinctly understood. He sought the society of the leading milliners, and was in their society as much as they would let him be, hut he took care never to say a word to them on the subject of political differences ; he treated them as a friend. From the begin ning to the end, his conduct was as concil iatory as it was firm and sincere, evincing that he knew his duty, and was resolved to perform it, and yet that his principal objact and purpose was peace. He was perfectly successful, when the least imprudence might have resulted in a serious collision." Louisville, 13. The Illinois Whig State Convention met on the 7th instant und organized. The Hon. E. B. Webb was nominated for Governor; Col. J. L. D. Morrison for Lieutenant Governor; Buckley Morris, Sr., for Secretary of State; Francis Aventz for State Treasurer, and Charles Betts for Auditor. William Bebb, late Governor of Ohio, and Joseph Gillespie were nominated as e lector3 at large by acclamation. FREE; SUFFRAGE. Whether GovJ Reid is really a friend of this measure, and really wishes to see it incorporated in the Constitution, is, to say the least, very questionable. Everybody knows that the Governor of the State can do nothing toward amending the C nstitu tion, but that a member of the Legislature can. Reid the Governor can give no vote for Free Suffrage, but Reid the Senator might have done so. Yet Reid, while a member of the Legislature, refused to give his vote for this pleasure, but now tint he is a candidate for the Governorship is loud mouthed in its advocacy. W e understand that Mr. Reid at Fayetteville told Mr Kerr that he did i not agitate the question while in the Legislature because that wns not the proper place to do so. If this in; true, the Legislature cannot be the proper place to make amendments to the Consti tution, j Wc beg the people lo ponder onjhn. Mr. Reid would not vote for Fiee SinTroge while in the Legislature, but as soon as he is a candidate for Governor he is vocifer ous for wiping out the Ir.nd qualification for a Senate Voter. Is he a friend of Free Suffrage? If he is, why did he not vote for it when be had a chance to do so? 1 he a demagogue? If he is not. why does he attempt to gam voters by ad vocaing c.a a candidate for the office of Governor, a measure for which he refused to vote a3 a Legislator. Golds. Telegraph. F UNNYT. The Locofocos of Tarn t -ny Hall invited a man who had been dead six months to join them in celebrating the late anniversary !i We allude to the late Mi. Woodbury of New Hampshire, w!icm wife takes the invitation very coolly, and replies to the committee, thai "his heaa and soul were with the democratic party iu all its purity," and that, "could he be per mitted to offer a sentiment on this occasion it would be, 'our own Franklin Pierce.' " But there were other "dead cocks in the pitt" invited, besides Mr. Woodbury. There were Van Buren, and Cass, and M.ucy, and Buchanan, and Houston; and a host of others, who are as politically t ead as Mrs. WoodDury's husband is physically. The coming Elections. The Presi dential election is to occur on the 2nd day of November next; and elections in advance of the Presidential, will occur in the . fol lowing States, at the times mentioned be low, at most of which members of Con gress are to be elected : Alabama, August . . . .,-.-. 1' A 2d; 2d: Missot da, 4th: Maryland, 0th; South Carolina, 11th; Pennsylvania, 12th: Ohio, 12th. A fellow having a spite at a sausage; ma ker, rushed into his shop when crowded with customers, threw a large dead cat up on the counter, said; "that makes nineteen we'll settle when you're not so busy," and made his exit. He was, of course, soon followed by the sausage nmateuis, empty handed, j This is the sort of game the Locofoco?! are playing. They bring Seward in ev ery now and then and flout him in tne i.i ces of the Whigs, hoping to frighten sonic of them frorri the support of ScotT. MR. OUTLAW. It affords uspleasuieto copy lhefollouf ing from the Republic, concerning the gentleman whose name heada those re marks: "We take occasion to contradict a state ment that has been circulated with re gard to Mr. Outlaw. It has been confi dently asserted that this gentleman would have signed the recent card of 6ome of the members of the Union party in Congress, if he had had an opportunity. We feci authorized to say that Mr. Outlaw had the opportunity, but declined to sign the card." Mr. Qrvsd, a friend of Mr. Webster, writing to the Philadelphia Ledger, says: "I can most positively assure yon that Mr. Webster has not now, and never had the most distant ; notion of accepting tho Native American nomination for the Presi dency. " j FREE SUFFRAGE AGAIN. We have received an r;ddres3 from G. Williamson, Esqi, candidate for tee Sen ate in this county, deprecating Free Suf frage, which came to hand too late for Omi week's paper, but shall appear next week. Mr. Williamson repudiated the measure in the last" Legislature, but at the urgent solicitasion of his friends yielded his con Bent to give Gov Reid power to issue a proclamation presenting the question t o the people. The address is one of marked a bilitv it expresses the highest satisfaction with the Constitution as it is; exaniitu ? free suffrage in all its phases, and shows clearly that it would be the rankest injus tice to the landholder, and profitable in no respect to the man not interested in the soil, only so far as it gave him power to throw the great burden of taxation on land . It takes plain plantation but very wiso views of the whole question, and we be speak for it, calm, impartial and careful perusal. He maintains that one of the great beauties of, Government consists in protecting persons and properly, and that free suffrage strips property of protection- Milt. Chron. Kentucky, August Zti; inuiaria, i Illinois, August 3d; Iowa, August Al ; iri, August 2d; North Carolina, Au gust 5th; Tennessee, August 5th; ermonf, September 7th ; ? Maine, September lb'di Georrria, October 4th; Arkansas, 4tli;Floii-