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1 e latter, rmer, in , fret '.the powerful casts, a ei idnt . ry;ern-. :tt n dis- -;t aker : Yi;iihs. faiicw a ejz races - ision, lie break a- J . "' , CIS . im- , cry, of a ! - "Hi, I I j - however f ihc laic present ? Caroli ljaps.lhe re?cntcil tins res g the ad- 4 1. y traue auu- i re. which . ne v.hjch v "bv the' I by the use uled a ftir the taste, e State. he had , t "relinks of . Hi'dsLoIern- hhe benent; sage views i.ored them persuasive " ars of their silence- of but the As- :n to eaten - nre, every.'. from its e retiected cd -within . - he tears oI een gliding ianlv cheek. Lisition fiom lings of hU ul, from the 1 kide'divcrsity M to. figure in nee assumed t aHhat of the nishei an an- r j w ' u i.- j ourlraycd in tutlon ofroer teerable indif- f 'tbe people lid first ileal, their injury, undoing the t he asct ned s-and" di.gust- Ui) the most k Jrcs, he then ofall. bv btin jre eminence p upon him. more &il in irvitilfin or . r' ,hc eiclitimtd Iopr blush ,rfiie dWaht ; n hi Cfanlen-W I by" ihe uts:4i applause, and ( II I with ineffable Jl V " 3"ivi4 ty SUCn .' -iraiur.tr. i A ent al he mil .. rid iv A I be long p;had the pleasvx a conipeud of r. led to the gui :n!antind'inex-f Rri fxcnicd.with' ruction to the 'the .journey of ed. ", aTtUingJriend. : Ice interesting' T. he tw n con- lbitanis, and is 'appearance. K It kitil ifie htcaliun VicJnitv. i.nce upects. You u the parricidal from". tl;e Sva iqnie difer-.ed. ntat HichnnmJ, r.rinr ( eflVrsnn) gptheritiih the r the purpose of Nrelc'rrificsoUnd, pitnl Hill The, of Mr. Jrflerson," ' splace.in which ihpught,;on the he .Alontice'Io. c retreat, . Mr. h was frequent ly Ince of: four or P f i Li '- ' 4 t ? , , i uophlc rtbode of the Dtscfple cf Miner raas VttViolabl ground; for in a short lime a: !tr his arrival, his African Porter usher, rushed into his presence, exclairn inz w' h trepidation and jjrimacei 44 Mas a ! i M assa i Oh ! heap ob de einrnen -wid de redcoats come up de Hill wid de music, t. i fife, and de drum miis I show deti I" de parlour, or tell 'em Massa no wish to see company to day! But:Mr. 'JenVrsd.n knew, ifcntTee did not, that the Rod C oat gemmen' would not wait for an linvi tation to enter his. parlour : so ;while t' ie British were ascending on one. Vtde of tlie Hill he descended on the oth er, parsed the bottom intervening be tween Moniicelloand Carter's Mountain, climbed the aimo.st impervious height of the latter ana soon placed tins giant b som of Mother forth between himself and Arnold's Myrmidnus. As for the Legislature, it iook a trip to the Springs beyond the Blue Ridge. As we rode arid trod over Charlottesville and its neighborhood, xv pictured to ourselves that the retreat of the - officers' of the Virginia Stale Government (which is of historical authenticity) when .forced to flight by the tratorious Arnold was per formed in a manner somewhat as above described. ; . f The fourth of, Jul' is a hallowed lay Xo Americans it seems fated to be the date of great events. On this dav, the first armament with the people designed - to eflect a permanen settlement in the Territory now underihcjuricdicfionof tbe United blates entered the waters of iS, Carolina; on this day.the Representatives of the Colonies signed the Declaration of Iudependance, which they had every . reason to believe would bequivale.nt to signing thtrown death warrant pon this dav, - those illustrious sages, Adams. -'Jefferson, and Monroe, were gathered to their Fathers. On this glorous;day before breakfast, I commenced my pi I grimage to Monticello. I was accom panied bya b!oomin?,intereslingand pat riotic daughter t of Virginia, which you know greatly beguiled the toilsomeness of the ascent and added age to my en joyment. Take your standwith me on the mountain.and I will endeavor to give a birds eye view of.it togelber with the most beautiful and romantic prospect to "hi eeen from its summit. 'It is of coni- . cal shape the? top of it" appears to have . been shaved.ouio form an area of abeut three acres as aite for the . necessArv buildings. fThe Mansion is. by far the largest I have ever seen, and is perhaps the onlv private edifcee' in Virginia that is constructed with a Rotunda. "The building is so arranged that on, whatso ever siife ou"approac1i it you think that -'You are facing the front, unless a visitor kent a verv observant e-e a he ascended sv . the hill, he would on reaching the yanl t naturklly ask where ere tlie negro, cabins I stables fcr. necessary to so large a dwel- ling? When asking this question he might be standing direcaly ove.r' them. 1 j " .They are constructed in the following '1 'manner. On two side the hjl ha .been cutinto; perpendicularly downw-ards 83 many feet as are necessary for the '.pitch of a negro cabin orstable,' the dirl thrown soto form a horizontal plane, ii lor narrow vard : the cabins' and ptables "are then built against this perpendicular .idirt trail. that it forms ne of their : 'sides. Their lop or roofs arc flat,ancl on level with the yard of the mansion hou and.forrrr a beautiful promenading walk : of course a person miht be standing o erthem when asking the above men tioned question. i. The atmosphere was. a little cloudy, 'and we began to think that we hail cho an unfavorable time for observation, bin astheraya of the -sun acted upon ihv cloud, they assumed the most beautiful forms and "motions. In one direction tfcey might be seen moving spirally, la terally, perpendicularly and tortuouly toilingup the sides of the mountain like thesurses of Phlegethon.' In another, -vast Islands of cloud rendered one of the most glaring and dazzling whiteness, by reflecting the sun's rays, and slum bering motionless between two parrallel mountains rays of-unequal bights. In a little whihsas the sun gathered strengh; all these clouds which had been inter posed between our straining eyes, and the objects behind them, were rolled up dike the curtains of a tTheatre,.and dis closed the glories beyond. Look to the West, you see that giant rib of the earth. theHIue Rid-ie running in dark blue !.. e n a North Easterly direction J gradually fading into .hmness un , I H is fpst in the- iW- How vividly d,d the truth of. these Jinei. flash-upon our 'minds, . ' , . lTu disaricenJa enchantment to the view, AJ robes tbe mountain in U azure hue" : Similar prospects, but with lessened, featured, may be seen at any other point of the compass. The mountain scene ry from the summit of Momir ello is in one respect superior to any thlngfof the kind I have ever seen ; its natural say ' a genes and mouotomy are here beauti fied and deversified bv the lovely farms in the neighorhood.by Chirlottesville smil ling gaily with iU white and red houses at the distance of two or three-mile-, westward bv the lofty Rotunda and other beautiful ' buildings of the .University rising into view a mile and a half be yond ihe town. i -i Desfendine the hill on the; western side a few hundred yards, you cume to the burying ground of the Jefferson fam it cifntPl a four Ceet from the road. It covers auite a small space, and is enclos ed bv a vefv rudejy constructed alone , fence which has fallen in many placet lmnit in level with the ffround. Mr. ; Jefferson's remains are deposited in a common grave, which is designated by a rnnT' t and badlv nolished PTimle obelisk only eight or tea feet high, without an epitaph or eulogy of any sort, and sim ply inscribed Thomas Jefferson, with the date of his birth and death. A horri zonial marble tablet with a Greek in- cription covers the remains of his wife, I who is interred by his side. Munttcello was purchased a year or two ago by Mr. Levi, a retired Lieuten- am oi itie avy, lor the very smallssum of 8G000: it exhibits many1 signs of decay i i ' : i aiio neoieci. ucn is a verv nn nprlnrt descrip'iiin of this far famed place;; JJ1JJ IZHJFOSITOIIW ' CHAPEL HII.I. j THURSJAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 183G.! TO OUR PATRONS. r ! In ofFerinir the present number of the Repository to our friends, we foci imperiously bound by a sense of ilicir' past kindness, to ofler a few remarks in explanation oi me causes, wmcn leu to usiem portry tus en'0n And in performing ihii duty, we would premise that it was to us, a source of peculiar a nd painful regret, that any circum stance, should arise of such a character as to arrest the labors, which we had so cheerfully commenced But those who encouraged the daWn of our efforts, in the cause of correct principles and beneficent In stitutions by the light of their generosity, may rest perfectly assured, that this chasm in its publication was the result of no remissness on our part ; -wie is sued ihe first number of the Repository, with he prosiect of receiving assistance in the mechanical department, which has never been realized. One with whom we had made previous arrangements, to act in the typographical department, was pre vented from coming here at all, by circumstances which he could not control. And another work man who was with us when the first numbers of the paper were issued.and upon whose experience, we principally relied, was compelled to leave the Establishment by the pressure of previous engage' meilts, the inevitable consequence was that the pa per could- not be issued, with that degree of re guhivUy which our Patrons had a just right to claim at our hands ; it was therefore considered due toourowp feelings, and cmlentlyso to the nature of those obligations which we had contracted.with our Patrons,! to suspend the publication of the i?e- pository, until such a supply of workmen could be procured, as would assure its permanent regularity 'in appearing. 1 The desired reinforcement we are happy to announce, has just been obtained and we pie animated by the hope, that the future com plexioa of the Repository, will make some atone ment to our j friends for its brief discontinuance. It should be also borne in remembrance, that our subscribers will incur no chaige for those num bers o7 this paper, which they never received ; and that they will not be chargeable with the amount of a year's subscription, until they, shall have re ceived as many numbers, as can be issued in the space of twelve months. It has been heictofore the solicitous desire of the Editor, to yield tOj the columns oftiiis paper, ; a harcof attention sufficiently close and liberal to render it in feome degree tributary both to the profit and entertainment of subscribers. And this de- ire instead of having abated in irs fervor, coritin- ues to glow with increased warmth. No rational exertion stia.Il le omitted which may possess even j partial tendancy to promote Ihe cherished inter ests of ti'ie State;' to enlighten the public mind on topic of primary importance, -or to pen fresh sourreg'of interest and reflection to the people. And as a train of measures are now in' progress which must inevitably enlarge the scope of its util ity, wc confident !y anticipate for the Repository, a clnering .accession lo i hat' measure of encourage-. nenl which it has heretofore received. THE LATE ELECTIONS. I Those who are friendly' to the regeneration of ur political ttyattin, and to -the restoration of our Government to its primitive, purity and -dignity, u-e presented m un soau, causes ior rejoicing in ine ;irosjects wiiich haie recently opened upon them; few months since, and a messenger from the kies could have hardly impressed upon our belief, the glorious de'iverence from tae incuimtent influ ence of powir and patronage, which has been just realized by North Carolina. And this disso lution of the bonds by j which this state was fas tened lo the car of federal power; is rendered more triumphant and exhilerating to the heart, when we reflect on the fearful odds against which we had to contend. A IP persons woo are even in a small degree familiar with the mass of causes, which may influence the result of elections, are certainly aware of the fact, that there is no one circumstance, which can possibly afford a Can didate for official station a more decided advantage, over his opponent, than that of being already io office provided the Candidate who has hitherto been promoted, " has performed the.duties of his .station with a tolerable degree of faithfulness, and and has, not rendered himself absolutely obnoxious lo bis constituents ; anjl for this reason we are sure to hear the declaration reiterated amongst .the jeopleon the verge of an approaching elec tion, that Mr. B. would certainly be elected, for he is the most popular and deserving man of the two, hut Mr.f A", fa" hcen long in office, and he has not been euilty of any flagrant negligence in the discharge of hi " duties ;the people are therefore loth t turn hini out. 11 tins oerue m us appli cation to Candidates for the State Legislature, it urn be jirore eminently true, in its relation to Na tional Elections. For an individual who lias been appointed to a federal office, acquires an influence which is commensurate with the importance and dinitv of his station,- he at once assumes an im posing aitiiudeia the estimationof the people, and their reluctance tocasling him away from office will be proportioned to his unwillingness to leave it; for theyswill naturally say, that it would be much more mortifying to turn out the' incumbent of an office who is already in, than it Would J to reject his opponent who had never shared the sweets of their confidence, and who would loose neither honor nor-station by the defeat. And if the in.currberit of an office has even ;been guilty ! illirht .Ipviationa from . the inel of Ui iuuio ; ""6 duty, the "generous yeomanry of the j country, will frequently assume the attitude of his cfenders, and furnish some indulgent mantle to veil his de fects from the observation of the world, rather than subject him to the pains of a defeat. In thb State tb Ta Bursa p&ny ojd to im fall sMaoua, the i benefit of this advantage. General Jackson in the Presidential election received an overwhelm ing majority of the votes of North Carolina. His ha ring been a gallant, patriotic, & successful soldier was at once the secret and the principal charm of his popularity. It has appeared from what we have I seen passinc in review before us, .that this charm no circumstance; nor mass of circumstances, was adeouAte tn nvrmmor ;ssni. nrl w think it nn nrnsiinn nftho krA nim. r ik,.. i r . I f x u... .....u that his popularity was but! little superior to that of Gen. Jackson; notwithstanding it would he as infinitely absurd to say that hi administration e- 11-J !.. TIT1- ?! l (uuwcu luat, oi rv asuingion iir sonu giuryt as ii would be to assert when the face of nature is dark ened by the shades of night, that a lighted candle was a fit substitute for the unmihgled radiance of the sun Mr. Van Buren it is very true, is .not as yet President of the United States, .but he occupies a station which is only surpassed in point of official dignity by the Presidency. jHe is sustained tod by the recommendation of a President, who- is almost adored by the people of this country; a President who has transferred his popularity as far as it was in his power to Mr. Van Buren, who has distri buted those droppings of official patronage which fell in this State with direct reference to the eleva tion of his favorite, and who has endeavored to blast by his withering; notes of j condemnation, every distinguished servant of ths public, who endea vorcd tothwart him in this drling object of his ambition ; so sedulous have been the efforts of the President to identify his future happiness with the election of Mr. Van Buren, and so devoted are many of the people to his gratification (and comfort, that it was enough for them to learn that General Jackson wished it so to be, to induce them to lend the whole energies of their mi od, and the undivided affections of their hearts to the support of Mr. Van Euren; many unsuspecting persons have been so strongly imbued with the spirit of af fection for General Jackson, that they were confi dent of rendering him as solid & as grateful an ev idence of devotion by voting for his favorite, as if their votes had been cast for himself. The friends of Judge White at the late elec tions in this State, had not merely to contend with the transcendant populaiity of the President, (a brge portion of which is now reflected in the per son of Mr. Van Buren,) but they were compelled to combat the bewitching fascination of those gilded lures to Van Burenism, which drop both from the Treasury of the Nation and from the fo an-. tains of official patronage.! ML- it They were obliged, to contend in the election of Governor, against a Van Buren Candidate who was already in office, who had committed noj offi cial fault who was known to almost every public man in the State, and who if fyt distinguished by the force and brilliancy of his talents, was at least estimable for his private worth and virtues. But they nevertheless succeeded in ousting the present lmcumbent writh j air1 these advantages weighing in his favor, they have done this too, in defiance of the long practised custom of reflecting public servants where it was in their power to do so, they effected this farther; when the Candidate of. the White party '(Gen. Dudley was bat partially known in the btate. ri The friends of Judge "White had to encounter other disadvantages still: when two parties which are equal in numbers, meet each other in battle array at the polls; either party will conceive it hap done tolerably well, if it finds after the close of the , election that it has lost nothing of its original strength; but 'should it hate realized a handsome accession. to its numbers and popularityj it will form a rational, conclusion wit h its membersj that they have done extremely well these assumptions are predicated upon the supposition' that parties are equal in numbers when an election is held, but if in an elective conflict where the strength of parties is equal the victorious side is furnished with Cause for exultation. How much more solid then are j the causes for glorv and tri umphant 1 satisfaction, which are earned , by the success of that party, which meets a foe vastly its superior in ! numbers and in discipline, and i ''!'' !'!. M ' ' flushed with that confidence which is inspired by a protracted series of preceding victories, j This was the case with the White party in this State it was not only not equal in numbers, to the Van Buren party in the Legislature previous to the last election, but it was greatly in the minority in that body, and before it could claim even an e quality with that party,; it was necessary" that it should displace some ten or twelve Van Buren men from their seats in the. Legislature, and after that two or three, more before it could claima victoryjand this it has accomplished much" to its own gratifica tion, and we sincerely hope much for the good of the country. If the White parly had started even with the VanBuren party in the last election, and in that case had obtaine a majorityj such a result would have attested its victory with sufficient clear ness to satisfy any dispassionate mind, that it had obtained the asceudencyi-how much more palpa ble then is the disclosurd of the fact, when it has not only obtained a majority in the Legislature, butin order to attain that object in the first place, t was compelled to arise to a state of equality with its antagonists. -.'. ' j.M -J.. T- M The Emissaries of Van Buren, had so artfully interwoven Jacksonism with Van Burenism in the primitive organization of the corps of the lat ter in this State,' that it required 'no usual share of discrimination to detect the visage of the young fox enveloped in the skin of the old Zim,tbe delusive scheme by which they operated on the confiding credulity of the people, j was that Jacksonism and Van Burenism were synonymous terms in political parliance -and that to support one, was substam tiully equivalent to . supporting the other, j It was to the efficacy of this plan of operations, that the Van Buren party was indebted for its majority of from 15 to 20 in the Legislature immediately before the last.and also for its majority of 23 or 4 at its last session this gross imposition which was palmed upon the people, has been only equalled by the stratagem of a farmer," who was once continually harrassed by the faithlessness of his servants, when he was absent from the field; for the purpose of se curing for himself all 'the substantial benefits, which would result from bis personal attendance, He placed a jigure bearing a strong resemblance, to the form of, the human frame on an eminence in the field where he usually sat under a refreshing Khad&, over it be threw his own efoa. and UPoa tU hmi a pfcoad thffatfrfcicb. k lusaaly ware, tha Pseudobodj wall ttsfed only, when the Master retired front the scene' of labor, and was careful ly removed by his direction every night. The stratagem succeeded; admirably for awhile, inas much as the false Representative of the master ex acted from them that portion of labor which had " ' ' I - - I". - iL ' . "! . i : J i 7. formerly 1en yielded only to his real presence-4 but the inanimate body t could give no directions t its 'position was ever stationary the cheat was discovered, - they ; derided j their own 'credulity and resumed their former habits of idleness.; The people of North Carolina in a like manner, have discovered the culpable timeness and indif ference with which hey had hitherto surrendered themselves to the ;wUjr artifices of the Kinderhooker; And in a flush ojfjust indignation at the deception which bf been practised upon them, have snapt ped into a thousand fragments, the fetters.! by which they have been hitherto held in captivity to apolitical aspirant who is their enemy in his pol itical tenets and practices, and in the whole frame work of his mental and moral character;! Van Bu renism has; never been until the present year re duced to a visible lorm and fashion in N. Carolina formerly the people could hear of it, and taste in great profusion its bitfer and desolating fruits; but it never has until this year, presented a body which was" sufficiently compact and solid to be tangible-! it was so airrv and illusive that tli v.UJ. , ' Y- " T. -J V V wa-Jta-f ble to make efficient war upon it, but when it burs! from its subterraneari abode of concealment, Ihey took deliberate aim and made decisive vengeance upon it. The'majesty of the people lias beenjast serted and we hope for their own welfare and, fof the sake of correct principles that it will be presl . Wu .u.Hui,cu iJ, n proper vigor bereaiter.- PARTV TACTICS, f ' . l l I : ; A perception of thje artifices which have been adopted fhroughoat the countrv, by the' ren presses, io create the belief that the votdfof UovemoMn the late: Election, was not a faittful index to the sentiments of the people in relation to the Presidential election, must have engender ed a measure of unqualified surprise in every Sun prejudicedj bosom the majority of 5000 which has been obtained by'Dutfley the Whig5 Candid! ate for Governor is no presage of our success in November, yet if Governor Spaight had prevail-! ed by a majority of even one vote, the shout of victory would have resounded from the mountains to the sea shore, and the result would have; been proclaimed from Maine to LouisianaTas a conclu sive proof of the.asce'ndancy of Van Buren. in N. Carolina; We are presented with the Imost solid reasons for the indulgence of this belief, for even! now that he has been distanced so fair as not to have come Withinsight ofthegoal,thcresulthasbeen claimed as favorable to the prospects of Van Bu- reB the election of Governor Spaight was con fidently predicted previous to the election and, was as joyfully assumed as just a criterion by which to estimate the strength-of parties. Well he is' now defeated, and tins result is put down as equally in dicative of ;the cojtning success of Van Buren, as though he had been elected, even the shadow of victorv in! the most contemDtible election js a convincing proof of the popularity 'of Van Bin en in this State, but it is not allowable iu the jWhigs to base their hopes, of future success ba the most tri umpbant and splendid majorities which are givep them in the most important elections;' we say if the majority of 1 5000 obtained by Dudley i4 the late election is not a correct teat by which to meas ure tlie strength of parties in North Carolina, then a majority of 50,000 would have been otterlyi use less for the .same purpose.! . ' r r j ,.! There never was a Bully overmatched- In) any ()ersona! conflict, but could muster bp a swajra of reasons to mantle the Bhame. of his overthrow arid to abate the charms of his ad versarys success! and it appears that in political contentions the jVa(n Boren party ; can go a sightless distance beyond tills, it can not only; assuage the pangs of disap- pointment oy anaming snow oi circumsiances, qui it can. transform defeat into victory. j : ; i The smallest .majorities obtained by thelVan Buren 'party in the election of Governor 2in olber ; States,' are considered equivalent tq the voice of prophesy as to the result o th . Pres idential election, yei a very large and overw helm ing majority in North Carolina is rather 'ani evi dence of weakness1 than of strength. No hope for the Whigs in Missouri say they, and Why? because Boggs in the election of Governor has ol tained a majority of 400 votes over Gen. Ashley. No hope for the Whigs in Illinois, . and why? ber cause the Van Buren party has returned its three Delegates in Congress; no hope for the Whigs in Alabama, and why? because the Van Bureo par ty has, not' been .beaten so badly as to shot out every, gleam of hope'; a small majority in favor of tne van euren pany.renoers an me opposition oi the Whjgsl perfectly; useless, and a small majoiity against the Van Buren party, -will but render its own exertions the more available, the. respective niajormes o ouw ana auuu given ior ine: strvnig Candidates in . Kentucky and in North Carohna should cover the AY jugs with despair; and induce tliem to surrender fbe ship without a struggie, but a majority of 400 in Missouri and that of 1000 in ArKansas wiuserye .au me purposes vi iuu yuu Buren larty. j i. . ' y-t'j ' " Nowfin some of the Van Buren presses, it is alleged,; as a reason for the majority obtained by the rWhig Caphdateiin Kentucky that 'the voters in all the EtUe Aristocratic Towns gen erally attended the election 1 Now really this is doing things more than by halves. VVe have first to imagine that three incredible events have hap pened merely to "provide a lenetive for the woun ded sensibilities off the Kinderhookers Isk That the inhabitants of the Aristocratic Towns were all Whigs; 2nd. That they were the only Voters, who as a class were strict in attending thepllos,arsd3dly. That the Van Burepites who residedin all other cir rips Mcerit those! which were infected with jthe breath of j Aristocracy were remiss in attending the poll?, lyes it is iaid that because, the Whigs have only'distanced their'adversaries pOOO votes in Kentucky in the late election, that Yan Buren will certainty get an overwhelming majority in Novem ber, and because Dudley beat Spaight 5,000 in this State, that the success of the ar Buren ticket in this State has been almost assured 1 j " Indeed Gen tlemen, it appears that the defeat of your various Candidates is a more cheering presage of your fu ture success than victory but if the election of Gen. Dudley is worth nothing more than the shad jw ef a shade t9 th Whig party a an evidence ef' qeifraei, sapenont ic aYnrifth.'jvaj why did you struggle so hard for his opponent pre vious to the late election 1 Ah I but it b said at one moment that the Nullilfiers turned the scale in favor f Dudley, and at another that Dudley was i Voted fbr in the Western eonnties because he was in favor of Internal Improviments-.vfell it appears that ill every election the scale most be turned in favor of one tf thft. Candidates ,by some; cir cumstance xr another and we cant divine for our- lives why thel Nullifiers should not decide the elec tion in this State as well as any other body of tnen, we believe they are neither Foreigners, Outlaws, nor Cannibals. It is said that they hate some little in terest at stake; in elections as well as other mem bers of the community, and that they are 'impudent enough to entertain some solicitude for the preser vation of those interests. It is said also that Ihey have some slight pretensions to the appearance and title 0thuman beings,& thai they are capable of rea soning'in some small degree on the merits of public measures and public ' ment It is even said that one John C. Calhoun, one B. Leigh icerr tain L. W. Tazewell and evjen that whiffling fellow George) M'Daffie have been found once in a while sufficiently sharp to reason a little on subjects presented for jthcir conside ration and we dp be lieve that if the Van Buren party had supposed that the votes!of the-NuIlifiers would have decided the election mjfavor of Governor Spaight, that it would not hate rejected even their support with the greatest degree of scorn. The very scum of the population of foreign Countries is j prtised into the service of Van Buren m Philadelphia and New York, a.nd may there cast the die in elections and it is all very good, but the Nullifiers noor fellows are not deserving 6f a local habitation on earth. ' But the fact is that the votes of the Nullifiers only in creased the strength of Gen. Dudley, they did not constititeIits.l)uk. Randolph gave him a majori ty, yet.no county contains perhaps fewer Nullifi ers, Guilford, Stokes, Granville, Chatham, Anson, Montgomery,! Iredell,' Cabarrus and Richmond gi': jimijuriiv ior iuuitrv,! yei mey con lain uui. a small proportion of Nullifiers. So it is palpably plain that if Dudley .was fortunateenough to receive' the support .ox, the J ullihers" yet that he also derived his, chief support 'frorri other sources. ' But; we iugm.jreiori wpjon me jvinoernooKeTS wnnaflin finitely better jgrace, that had it not Jaave beenj for the Vain Buren votesthat Governor Spaight would have hardly made the smallest show of strength; for we think in all due sincerity of heart that the Van Buren system of politics is infinitelyroore ob nox ious to, the people of this country than that of the Nullifiers or that of apy other party now in exis tence ,J- ;7"" ' -;' - lit is not a fact that the election, pf Governor turned in the smallest' degree tsn' the (question of Internal Iroprjvcments, for if it did wny is it iba. Spaight obtained a majftrity in Lincoln, Surryl Mecklenburg, Ashe, Macoh,, Hay wooi Cumber land, New Hainover, Sampson, Duplirl and Robesori counties than jwhich none are more interested irt th introduction of Interna).Imprbvements i It is not a fact that theeljection of Governor turned in the small lest degree on the personal popularity of the two Candidates; for if it had, Dudley woald have jbeat Spaight ten J' to. one in j New Hanover and Onslow, where S paight received iafgje majorities. and Would have distanced him in all the adjoining counties;- If is' not a fkctthat the election of Gov ernor turned pn any other question than thjU of Federal Politics, take out the couhty of Person where a Whi 'Senator has been elected ?and the vote for Governorhas corresponded uniformly -with tbavota eivn to Cabdliattes fot UiIeul(ttiM. It js alsoprobablie thatDudiey received a larger vote in Wake than the ranks of the White party alon. could have yipldedj hirja. This one fact however is certain inai wnemer me voie tor xo veroor was a .correct Index to the respective st rength of the While and Van Buren parties at the. time it was giveni or not 1 It is certainl V so at t his time. -It is so cocsidereu by thecandid members. of the party in addition to this the Whigs appear to be inspired With fresh alacrity in prosecuting the glorious work which they have commenced, and calculate with increased confidence onits .happy accomplishmen ; the V. Burenites on! the contrary appear to" be covered with dispair, ; j At! me annual-commencement of the rJnivcrsi ty of North Carolina in June lasty the degree of Matter of Arts was conferred on f he , following gentliemen, allumnijof the Instjtqtioh, viz t John Gray By n urn of Rutherfordton, W. C. Duhrt M. D. of Rajeigh, William M. Crenshaw M, D. of Wake, J. E.Sawyer of Elizabeth Cltyj and Jas. Grant of Chicago Illinois, . and Upon J the Rev, Alexander Wilson of Greensborough. t ; I It would have afforded us great pleasure to nave io serted the na mes of thi preceding gentlemen at an earlier period, and wb trust that an ample apoL ogy for not having done so, will be found in the fact that wcwere jiever provided with the names ot those upon wnomine uegree oi A.m. was con fir ''ed until now. j ' . 1 -V '.'.'-' jr., .. "fT. Jcdoe Gaston.- We, have beeri furnished vvith a sketch of the character of this distinguished gentleman, aj part of which will, be found ir the present number of ihe Repository, the '. remainder Will be given in our next. And as we belie ve that there is nq species of information, which will prove more acceptable to ajarge majority 'of bur readers, tjian occasional allusions to the distinguished sons of North Carolina, we have adopted such measures as will insure the continuance of these sketches, to a very considerable extent: ' "'. r I - - '- '' ; An emigrant fresh from the Emerald ' M - ''"'; ' i IT jsle, when lately speaking in terms of unmeasured censure, of the practice of pulling off the hat as a mark of respect, to every persbhonemightmeet in the streets, declared! that he never intended to, pull offlhishal again, jta any j gentleman he met, unless he should happen to be a ladyJ,t- WHIG AND TORY, It is safa in the curiosities bf titera- ture that the term " from the word Whiggit et sour beve rage much used in Scotland made of fer mented milki and! which is known in America, las whey. It has Keen supposed that this uisnnuisiuii apejiaviuu was and- inflexible oppdsiiioh vvhicji thay juniformiy j waged against the tyraoiiy stxi , malversation of those in powerJ 'The supporters of theinaiqitoiif fneasure : of Grjyernrhent derived their tide from a Banditti which oneej infested Ireland called Tories-rfrom. 'the striking; anald- v gy etisiting, it is believed beivvevn ih ' tinconsiitmiotial and iinpQVeriEhingracls. of a Tyranical Government and the des olating march of the Banditti just men tioned; ; : , .. CINCINNATI.' Contains at present betvien thirty end forty thousand inhabitants, apd in point of nejatness and taste ih the architecture of public and private ejdifjces, is not sur passed by any. city of jthe same popula tion in America. ; It contains1 Mvcf Lnnkii with an aggregate capital of five million six hundred thousand dollars.! four insu rance companies and jwo agencies, twa'i medical colleges, a law -school, thirty churches, several of them very beautiful, eighteerr common schools, the school housts nearly al newJ spacious and well finisli ed-rattended by about tvro ihousahd five hundred children above six years of age, at an average cost foj tuition of eight dollars perinnuin, numerous elass ical atid elementaty academics, water works1, with' reservoirs for !l 0,000.000 Gallohs, and twenty-fbur milfs of large) pipci: laid in the city ior the distribution ofirater. There asrejalso twenty-ihrer public cisterns, for he) use of ! the lire de partrpent. The number of fife 'engines is sixteen, of hose carrianes. 'eirht, hav- inglaito'gether eleven thousand feci of hose The manufactures and commerce of Cm- cinnati are not easuy esumaiea, doiii are very flourishing Four! daily, one remit T weel ly and eight . weekly papers and four monthly journals are issued "here; Wages for all kinds oi" mechanical labor . arehightthe Tofessions are Crowded, as . 5e where, and last not least, Editors are as industrious, gifted, hon'est, patient , long suflering,' and ill-rewarded, as the i worthy fraternity abrjad . LITIGATION, No man is so full ofbusiness as he vr he has ft lawsuit, and .no man dops so little. He attends tQ.fipjhijig elseL Fromj morn to noon, from noon to jdewy ere, and through the lohg gloom df night, he is full of it. " It is his wakinr dream bv day, and his sleepingyision at night. ' It is going pn, or u rs noi jgoing on; nenos to prod tice more paper?, of he lias brought forward all the-papers that fcan be pro-, duced - each is a sufficient cause for think ing and speaking of jit to the exclusion of all things besides,.j He is like a mu sical snuff-box that only playB one tune ; you can get nothing but that put of him.! Itjs a grief due to evej-y breast in his im-j agination, and upon every brejast that he can hold by the button he mercilelv in-1 flicts it; lie is restlesf, fidgetty, rlervous, 1 cross, exalted, depressed--happy and miserablei in delight arid despair, by turvttf and is for ever? Tin gfnf the World with vain strr." Tell him, of the most " bar; barous murder" that trer was tommittrd; even on the body ofan infant ; ay, everi though it be the child of his best friend and the only effect yoii produce is to make . him speak of Jaw-courts and. lawsuits in' general, and his own lawsuit in partic ular. Effects of 'Railroads on Canals.' ' Since the opening of the beautiful, Kail road froai Schenectady to Utica, accor. diner to the Albanv fJailv.' three lines of- Canal packet boats have beec disconlin- uedj flf. Y.StdrJ. ' t -T .. . '.:': DIED. In Pittsbbrouffh a few days since Mr. Robert Pi Stedmari, son of the late Winship Stcdman Esn. in the . 23d year.of his age. r ( V ; , In VVentworth Rockingham feotinty.oa Friday evening the 26th. pit. Col. Alfred. aG. ianner, jSenior Editor of the Urces borough Patriot., i, . i .? - f In GreensboroufrhHon Saturday eve ning the1 27th ulu Christopher Morivg,. , one of the most respectable citizeqs of that place. . - : , ' U Look at this. THE Subscriber is prepared at a short ; notice, and on moderate terms, to re- i raovfe any person frtjrn North Cardlinai f to either of the WeSterri or Squth Wes tern States " to an v adjoining '.State, or , to any county within the limits' of this State, -as he is prov ded with a most ex- ceiient waggon anq a team oi six nno ad serviceable horses, f Those whd have it in contemplation to emigrate from the State, would do well to apply to him at anf early day ; as Otherwise thrfy may be deprived of his services, by some pre existing engagement. ' ' THOS. Fr CHRIS I MAW. Chapel Hill, Sept. 15th, 1830. ; V No Deception ! ! I Let those rtow smoke whb never smok'd bofbrs ' And those who alwayi Smok'd now love to rm&k e the more. ' '1 ' ! THE Subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has provided a larg;ov supply of Srrtoking Tobacco which his not been surpassed either in tfee style of of its preparation ojr tke . quality of its'; -flavor by any which has ever, been in troduced in th'u market, j And as he i- ( tends to keep on hand a constant supply at a moderate charge; he is flattered with the hope that those who delight in the luxuries of the pipe) will favor bim with a liberal share of their custom. . JOHN II. RHODES; Chapel Hill, Sept. 16th, J830 .. ; j , - ! J J i i ii if - t I 1 11. V j 4 ' ' I,', , f But .the war- t tuat Uie phiK - . - - -j t t A 7'H .i
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