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';. 1 i H' "3. I 4 LEXINGTON KOUTH CaVKOMNAj TEmAY, AJPEIL 18, 1850., VOL. 1. i 4 - NO. 38. t. v, . . I , - ! " '111 I I T' I - . 1 i III I , " ' " " " . .. ,. . ii . -i.-.. ... - - -in ,m r. ii S f extngton ani Uabkin Jrlag. FCBUSHID WEKKLY BT JA1IES B. SHELTOK. . JAMES A, LONG, Editor. Term. : Jar in adnf c ' 50 after six month,, and 3 00 ator irei; " miti from date of subscription. ' .i, twintv-five cents lor every - mfter. Deduction! mat w cci, - j jde in favor of btanding ad- rertiicmenU aa follows 3 MOXTU3. i One qWare, 3.50 Twa squares, 7.00 Three ' (i col.; 10.00 MONTHS. 1 YEAR. $0.50 j $8.00 10.00 14.00 15.00 20.00 95.00 35.00 Ww4iojial renewals wuuuuv -..v,. - CTKleA t those who advertise regularly through tHThree dollars for announcing candidates for of- f'f'- . . i ln llio Court orders chargea per cm h.r.. ? Above rates. Orders for divorce of husband and wife. each. Perwnl sending advertisements are requested to ,tare the number of insertions required, or they will L inserted until forbid ; ami if it is wished they .h'.Mld occupy the leas-t bpace isHiblew:rite upon tae back '-close." Otherwise they will be put up in the usual style and charged accordingly. rv Xn flier mint on these rates. lover one thousand, affording merchants and busi- j J ii -cn.nt milium through 4 -V Tl i. Flair ha nriiv a wcetly circuiaiiuu oi , . . c phi men ww J hieh to make public their business. iTr. Fillmore' Americanism. Buffalo, New York, Jan. 3d, 1855. Respected Friend Isaac Newton : It "would give me great pleasure to accept "your kind invitation to. visit Philadelphia 'if it were possible to make my visit private and limit to a few personal friends whom I should be most happy to see : but I know this would be out of my power, and I am, therefore reluctantly compelled to decline your invitation, as 1 have done others to WetYork and Boston, for the same reason. I return you many thanks for your informa tion on the subject of politics. l am always happy to hear what is going forward, but indtpen dent of the fact that I feel myself j withdrawn from the political arena, 1 have been to much depressed in spirit to take an active part in the late elections. I content ed myself with giving a silent vote for Mr. Ullman for Governor. While, however, I am an inactive observ er, of public events, I am by no means an indifferent, one. I may ay to you, in the frankness of private friendship, that I have ffor a longtime, looked with dread and ap prehension at the corrupting influence which the contest for the foreign vote is exerting upon our election. This seems to result from its being banded together, and is sub ject to the control of a few interested and elfish leaders. Hence, it has been of bar- gain ana sale, ana eacn oi me couuuys have been bidding to obtain it, and as usual J i . i i f. i i--. ' . m all alien contests me party wnicn is most. , ueeesaf'tfL The c-oncequeitce is, that it is fast demoralizing lbe wiiole country : cor rupting the very fountains of political pow er, and converting the ballot box the great palladium of our liberty into an unmean ing mockery, where-the rights of native born eitizen are voted away by those who Wwidly follow their mercenary and selfish leaders. -The evidence of this is found not merely in the shameless, chaffering for the foreign vote at every election, but in the largf disproportion ofoflicers which are now held by foreigners at home and abroad, as compared with our native citizens. Where is the true hearted American whose cheek does not tingle with shame and mortifica tion, to see our highest and most coveted foreign missions filled by men of foreign birth, to the exclusion of native born ? Such appointments are a humiliating confession te the crowned heads of Europe that a Re publican soil doeB not produce sufficient talent to represent a'Republican nation at a monarchical Court. I confess that it seems to rue with all due respect to others," that, 1 i8 a general rule, our country should be governed by American born citizens. . Let us give to the oppressed of every country end asylum and a home in cur happy land, give to all the benefits of equal protection ; but let us at the same time cherish as the apple of our eye the great principles of con stitutional liberty, which few who have not had the good fortune to be reared in a free country, know how to appreciate and still les to preserve. Washington, in that inestimable legacy which he left to this countryhis fareweil . address has wisely warned us to beware of foreign influence as the most baneful foe f republican government. ,He saw it to hesure in a different light from that in which "now presents itself ; but he knew that it ould approach us in all' forms, and hence he cautioned us against the insiduous wiles e-ts influence. Therefore as well for our wn akes to whom this invaluable inheri tance of self-government has been left by our forefathers, as for the sake of the unborn Uionsjwhoare to inherit this land for and native let us take warning of the f Mher of his Country, and do what we can justly to preserve our institutions from eor- ! ruption, and our country from dishonor, but" let this be done by the people themselves in their sovereign capacity by making a pro per discrimination in the selection of offi cers, and not by depriving any individual iiative or foreign born of any constitu ional or legal right to which lie is now en titled. These are my sentiments in Drief; and although I have sometimes almost despair ed of mv country when I have witnessed the rapid strides of corruption, yet I think I perceive a gleam of hope in the future; and now I feel confident that when the great mass of intelligence in this enlightened coun try is once fully aroused, and danger mani fested, it will fearlessly apply the remedy, and bring back the Government to the pure c1:ivs of Washino-toii's administration. Fin- - i - j 0-. ally, let us adopt the old Roman motto, "Never despair of the .Republic." Let us do our duty, and trust in that Providence which has so signally watched over and preserved us, for the result. But I have said more than I intended, and much more than I should have said to any one but a trust e(j friend, as I have no desire to mingle in n.lit ml strile Y v Remember me kindly to your family, and believe me truly your friend. MILLARD FILLMORE. Soliloquy oi" a loafer. Let's see, where am I ? This is-roal Fin laying on. How did I get here? Yes, mind now. Was coming up street met a u.4ip..1lvirrnu- was drunk cominiii' tother way, the wheelbarrow fell over me, or over the wheel barrow, and one of us fell into the cellar uoni snow which hww, guess it must have been mo. I'm a nice young man, yes I am tight! tore! drunk! Well, I can't help it 'taint my fault,' won der whose fault 'tis? Is it Jones' fault? ii i i -i.:l 0 js lt mv wjfes fault? Well it atnt. Is it the wheelbarrow's fault? No, it s whis kev's fault. Who is whiskey?. Has he a large family? All poor I recon. I think I wont owe him any more. I'll cut his ac quaintance. I've had that notion for about ten vcars, and always hate to do it for fear ofhtirtin' his feelings. I'll do it, I think liquor is injuring me it's spoiling my temper. Sometimes I get mad when I'm drunk, and abuse Bete and the brats: it used to be Lizzie and the children that'a some time ago, I'd come home of evenings she used to put her arms around my neck and kiss me and call me her dear William. When I comes home now, she takes her pipe out of mouth and her )iajr out df her eyes and sajTg gomething iike, - Bill, you drunken brute shet the door after you : we re cold enough having no fire 'thou leetin the snow Klniv in thnt vV. Slip's Bete and I'm BUI now. I aint a goprl bill nuther. Think I'm counterfeit, wont pass a tavern without netting drunk. Don't know what bank I'm on. Last Saturday I was on the river bank drunk. I stay out pretty late: no, sometimes I'm out prettv much all over out of friend, out oi pocket, out at the elbows and knees, and always outregeously dirty so Bete says : but then she's no judge, for she'e nev er clean herself. I wonder why she doesn't wear good clothes : may he she has'nt got 'em, Whose fault's that? Not mine must be whiskey's. Sometimes' I'm in, however : I'm intoxi cated now, and in somebody's coal cellar. There's one principle I've got 1 wont get in debt : I never could do it. There, one of my coat tails is gone got tore off, I ex pert when I fell in here. I'll have to get a new suit soon. A good sign for a paper mill. If he was'nt so big I'd kick him. I've had this shirt for nine days, and I'm afeard it wont come ofT without tearm . Peopl ought to respect me more'n they do for I'm in hoiy orders. I aint a dandy though my clothes are pretty near Greaseian style. I guess I tore the this window shut ter in my pants tother night when I sat on the wax in Ben RuggV shop: I'll hare to get it mended, or I'll catch--cold. I aint very stout, as it is. As the boys say, Pro as fat as a match, and as healthy as the small pox. My best hat is standing guard for a window pane that went the other - morning at the invitation of a friendly rick bat. It's getting cold dowij here, wonder i I aint able to.climb. If I had a drink, I could think better. - Let's see : I aint eot three cen'.s : if I was in a tavern, I could sponge one. Whenever any body treats and says, eoine fellers," I always think my name's "fellers" and I've got too good manners to refuse. Well, I must leave this, or they'll arrest me for attempt at burglary. I aint come to that yet. Any how it was the wheelbarrow not me. , Dont be frightened, kind reader, thi is pot here merely" to fill the column S'he TTUlte Slavfe Trade. A horrible system of stealing men.1 and women frdm their homes inXhina and. con veying them to the West IndiesVPeru, has grown: up of late, in lieu of the African slave trade ; and as might be expected, like the old slitve trade, it is carried on chiefly by English and American vessels the lat ter hailing in all cases, as far as we are aware from the nonslavehotding States, and a larg poftion of them, from New England and New' - York. Very likely some of the same men are engaged in this" nefarious business, who are loud in denouncing the Southern tnen Tor not turning a large part of his family out of doors, or sending them to the snows of Canada. The following extract of a letter which J has been I handed us for publication, iavs the New "York Journal of Commerce, shows how the materials of the modern slave trade i the Chinese Coolies are obtained.- To fill out the horrors, of the middle passage1 which is bften'fatat to large numbers, and then to see the poor wretches getting out guano at the Chincha Islands, which soon destroys the remainder. We are credibly informed that a person who lay some days near those Islands', saw eleven (we think it was)ofthje poor creatures jump into the sea, preferring death by drowning, to the slow jtorture to which their employment subjected them. If a white man were as good as alnegro in the estimation of the noisy pretended. philanthropists of this day, or rather it their humanitv was not a sham thev would utter some voice of remon strance against the abominable system to which we! have alluded, and which is car ried on in! part.by their own neighbors and from their own ports. . Extract of a letter dated, Swotow, China, Dec. 10th; 1855: 44 We hve now bent our sails and expect o sail for(Callao in a few days. We have now on board -700 Coolies, and expect to take 200 more. I suppose if God preserves our lives, 'we will arrive in about 75 days. I will try to explain what our cargo consists of, viz : men Chinamen, of coursewho are called;Chinamen Coolies. As ymi have been to jlussia; you had a sample the same as sfcrfsof .as Southern negroes; but. poor things, they-are torn from their parents and frienqs, and sent on board ofour ship, and many other ships of our country, as well as English. They kidnap them and take theny to the junk, as we call it, and stay there oneji or two weeks, till the captain thinks prdper to take them on board our ship. They are bought for fifteen and twen ty dollars? per man, aud when the captain is ready to go on board the junk, the mate sings out J Lay aft here,' calling the boys by name,? and they have to keep the boat awav from, the iunk, for fear of some of the Coolie's friends coming and taking them away. We have one Coolie who has run way from five different ships. The kid nappers bring out the Coolies the same as at the slav!e market at Mobile, for inspection. They are'then made to go through several exercisesi-jumping, kicking, &c, and then inspected! by the doctor. After this they are given new clothes, and then sent on board the phip and we have ttv keep sentry We have jtwenty nien armed, on sentry day and nighti The Coolies have several times tried to rfse, and if it had not been for two or three Coolies- who made it known, they would have takeothe ship. We have plen ty of ammunition on board, ana three guns which arq lashed so as to bear on the slaves if they should rise. A ship took some from here and (sold them for 250 each. This ship experts to stay out here about two years."-42?a imore American. Kentucky. The Louisville Journal says : 44 To oijr political friends every where we can say tnat the prospects of our party are bright aiil daily brightening. Throughout the whole South there is not an American whose1 voice is hot strong and enthusiastic in favor of the: American nominatlonsand there is every ' reason to believe' that long before next November the entire conserva tive strength of the country, North, South. East and- West, will be enlisted in favor of it. Let our friends of the Union do rthe?r whole duty, and the victory ofnext Novem ber will be one of unparalleled glory The Indaa Women vs. Free Whisxet Jn Princeton, Gibson county, Ind., on Saturday last, the womenr toolfclthe law intokheir own hands and "cleaned 1 1 out"every groggery in the town, Tbey r 1 had previously given the liquor sellers ten daysjjiotice to quit the tramc. ney numberea some twb. buncjireel, ?A1I the Irquorlhiy could ign4, including the bot tles, demijohns and barrels in which it was found, WaV 4estroyed iSix dog geries were visited, i& it-was Hhought that property vto XhtP amounts of gtOOO waa rfpitrovfedl American Convention. - 6th CQNGkESSlbbJAL DISTRICT1 Pursuant to preViouVn6ticef is Convention composed of Delegates from (he ; different counties in the 6th Congressional District, Vfzn held in Winston on the 8th instant, for the purpose of appointing an Elector on the American ticket in. said District -r On Motion, J. Thomas, Esq., of Da. vidson, was called to the chair, and R. W. Wharton, of Forsyth, requested to ct as Secretary. The object of the Convention having been explained by'tfee Chairman, the coun ties composing the District were called over. j and in addition to the regular delegates, all gentlemen from the respective counties were invited to participate in the proceedings. ; On motion of Jas. E. Matthews, Esq. the Convention proceeded to appoint an Elector, each bounty casting her vote in accordance with the number of members to which she is entitled in the House of Com mons of the State Legislature The appointment was unanimously con ferred on Gen. J. M. Leach, of Davidson, who, having been waited on by a commit tee appointed "by the' body, made his ap pearance in the convention, and having duly returned his thanks for the honor conferred upon him, addressed a stirring and eloquent appeal to all present in behalf of Fillmore and Donelsoa, the nominees ol the party in the ensuing Presidential campaign. On motion, the following gentlemen were appointed assistant Electors in their respect ive counties, to-wit: - A. M. Bogel and Mr. Mcintosh, of Alex ander; Newton Cfupler and Mr. Thomas, of Ashe ; B. A. Kittrell. and Lewis Hanes, of Davidson; B. Brownand A. Miller, ofShe survived a short time. The atroci- Davie ; Gen. J F. Poindexter and T. J. Wilson, of Forsyth ; Quincy Sharpe and Dr. Parks of Iredell r John H. Dillard and Chalmers Glenn, of Rockmgiam ;-Dr. W. Withers and A. H. Joyce, of Stokes ; R. S. Gilmer and H. C. Hampton, of Surry ; and R. F. Armfield and Mr. Kinyon, of Yadkin. Resolved that a report of the proceedings be published in the Salem Press, and Lex ington Flag. - On motion the Convention adjourned. Encounters With the Indians on the Pacific coast. A very high degree of excitement prevails upon the Pacific coast, growing out of tne encounters with the Indian tribes that sur round the settlements in Oregon. A decent has been made upon the whites, at the last advices, by a pa-ty of warriors, and some 25 or 30 persons had been, murdered, and a general engagement was expected to take Dlace vefv SDeedilv between the forces of the settlers and the aboriginal inhabitants. A memorial has been addressed to the Pres ident of the United States by the Legislature of Oregon asking the removal of Gen. WooJ from the command of the U. S, troops in that territory upon the ground of his non performance of duty in repelling the attacks bf the Indians and protetting , the white in habitants from their violence. The Sari Francisco papers have spoken of this memo rial in severe terms, defending Gen. Wool from the charges therein brought against him, which have their origin, it is alleged, in Gen. Wool's ' opposition to a demand made by the authorities of Oregon on Con gress, for a very large sum of money pn the pretext of expenses iu carrying on their border warfare. This scheme is one, ac cording to the view entertained in'Califor ma, of wholesale plunder of which the me morialists are to be the beneficiaries, and Gen.-Wool, in setting his face' against it; acts only in accordance with his convictions of what is right. The San Francisco Herald further declares that the Indians have been driven to desperation by the unnecessary and unwarrantable hostilities constantly waged against them by the Oregonians, and would most probably have inclined to peace but for the threats-ofi extermination given out by the. white leaders. This is altogeth er another view of the 'case. from that pre- ented in the memorial, :and we confess seems most likely to be the true : one. The whole subject .will no doubt com mand the attention of Congress at an early day. and the matter of aid to the inhabitants of Oregon was brought to the notice of the House of Representatives some days ago; While - vigorous measures ought to be promptly adopted for the suppression of In- f dian outrages,-care ought to be had that no injustice should be done these rude children of the forest, whose sad fate most mournful ly tinges our whole history as a nation. The poor Leaiherstocking has been inhu manly treated by ' the -pale face from the days of Miles Standish to those of Fremont, and not only have their fair hunting grounds been talea from Uhecr f by that unpausing pfadflnroTtaoiii emigrantshich movetr inwmrda tbertettmff tww but their barbarism towards thersettrng srnv but has bsen tntensified, wJ tendered ten fold x ' " ' ' f ' '" ' more- gloomy and hopeless by rthe, vices of civilization which have been introduced among them. From the prairies of the W-cst "they have, been-driven back to the home of the . bear . and. the panther in the j Rocky Mountains, and now from the shore of the other ocean the white man is push ing them eastward, ana the doom of utter extinction seems resting over the race. Let us., so far as it is possible, deal mercifully with the poor, ignorant savages, and, since fate decrees that they shall die out, let them have an enthanasia, and not be cut off as by the hand of the executioner. Petersburg Express, Horrible Murder. The Harrisonburg Cathoala, La, inde pendent' has the following; ; I On Wednesday the 12th inst, a most atrocious murder was committed in the parish of Franklin, in this State by a wretch named -Bunger, who killed his wife under circumstances truly reyol- ting. It appears that the untortunate wife of this monster, unable to bear his abuse and ill treatment had left home a day or two before the fatal occurence and sought refuge in the house of Wm. A. Thomas, Esq., a few miles distant. On the day mentioned, Bunger, armed with a large knife, went to Mr. Thomas's in his absonce and ordered Mrs. Bunger to return liome, seizing her at the same time in a rough and brute like manner and forcing her long. Finding that she resisted his brutality, he drew his knife and stabbed her several times one of the wounds penetrated the abdomen. ty of the act is heightened from the fact that the victim was in an advanced state of pregnancy. On completing the hel lish deed Buncer fled, making, his way 1 into Arxansasin the direction of Camden. Riding a fleet and powerful horse, he made rapid progress in his efforts to ....... i . leave far behind him the scene oi nis The sheriff of Franklin, however, with' a posse of picked men, went in pur- .uit; the murderer having about twenty ' tk rcc f 4 v vrT'X!? with the.energy.and keenness blood hounds, got upon-his trail ; tracked, hij.l horse continually, from some peculiarity in one of the hoofs of the animal, and after a pursuit of three days and nights overtook and arrested him. 1 hey ar rived at Winnsborough with their priso ner on Wednesday last, amid shouts of applause. The District Court of Frank lin is in session, and We learn that Bunger's case will be taken up at this term. An irdent Toons Lorer and the Sprightly TTidow. One of our Detroit exchanges informs us that Mrs. was a pretty widow of iwentveiffht. left rich by her husband, a respectable and wealthy farmer ofS , : nf n.irlanrl. who iudici- n,wlff Hi.d ahnut the rof fiftv.BJ r roo rii w:k a stzninc swam ui ...... this charming wm luow uuniic wmwui i . j : . .ki vacation, and was thereby distracted from -study ana neany irantic. ; . . r ii. father who "designed him tor tne minis- Jn ht pur9uiu We understand the trans try," had a peculiar horror of the sweet formatioa wa8 to complete, and so nicely widow whom he regarded as little bet ter than one of the wicked. Her blacK eyes, her heaving bosom,: and her elastic tread, were to him only the symbols of old Nick. He was in despair, and in his despair he visited the widow, and besought of her, if she had a particle of mercy, not to ruin his son. In vain the widow protested that she had used no arts--had only seen the youth a few times, and was entirely- indifferent to himthe father still insisted, and the pretty widow promised that if the -boy came again to see her, it should be his last visit. Not many days passed be fore the enamored youth made his ar rangements, for a visit, of which the wid ow had notice. The few previous inter views between them had tasen place under circumstances peculiarly favora ble.to romance: and sentiment, .upon jnoonlit walks, or in parlor tete-a-tetes. This time the timid youth was told up on his arrival, -that Mrs. was at the barn; whither he- went and found his beau ideal, with skirts knee high, dress ed in a man's" boots, and covered with a man's hat, a pipe in her mouth, a- mug P. of eider in her hand, supenntenatng ner ; - i- .-. - -H - men sau.irio auu$ c c v WAjrrx.- A line to fill thiir column. American tarty.' - - ' The Albany Statesman, the new A mertcan paper, well remxrka t What is the reason that this ntvr American party, composed as it is of the disjoin- ted fragments of all parties, shows such vitality ? - The answer is simple, Be cause it is founded in the popular heart and leans in undoubting faith on the ' patriotism of the nation. Dernandic that the bible shall lie in our comrncn schools claiming that to the children of the soil belong, first, its rewards seeking to arrest the tide of foreign pau perism and crime that is deluging the land rebuking the sefish ambition that would divide the. Union, and asserting the right of Americans, to control the country whose freedom was obtained at , such a sacrifice, they appeal, and. loudly, to the true, and good j of every party, ; that the responsive "God be with yoa!" j comes up like the swell of the -sea, from every tide. - Strong in youth, strong in the right, and strong in the consciences and hearts of the people, it will survive all shocks in the future, as it has .in the past. Deserters only commit .suicide,; doubters and trimmers are daid aside, while opposers are vanquished." Cour age, .then, Americans. Never since your existence as a party, have the sxies looked so promising! Prospects of Next Harvest. The Alton (111.) . Courier of the 7th ult. expresses its, opinion that.we, may expect. another very fine crop of wheat, and tn 1 AdlAwinff opinion is Daseu ojwu uic sons : The early winter was jrery mild ; so much so, that the late sown wheat, of which there is ranch, continued to grow to a much , . t ,K -n-i Then the snow will iiave rrotected'it from injury:; by 'the frost. Lastiv such uninterrupted cold weather for So long a period, and until so late a date, . . . i : .V. am ; augurs an uninterrupteu springing wi comes,' It is further said that the number ot cres put nnaer wn m ..... eoawry'tatf lore Known.. . n-T;,,! ;-we must K J"" - ;The iaow which , oWsixtvdavsis equal mnnure. Peoala capable of estimating matters, imagine that the wheat crop of 1 850 will be the largest ever har vested in this country. To estimate the. . f . akAMMinrl 41 fM TTIll. value oi snow uiuu mc giwu " Lions Gf dollars would be a low figure Extraordinary Elopement. A gentleman residing a few miles east of the village of Whitehall, having occasion to be absent for a load of wood, a few days since, on hi return, not seeing his better half about the house as usual.'supposed she naU gone to. visit some neighbor, until mis- Uinc'some articles led to an investigation when, much to his surprisehe. found that she had donned his;best suit, from boots to cap, cut off her hair, and, thus transformed om a loving wife to one of the lordsrxr creation, had taken also fifty dollars in ct:: . . t-; 4uuko- w - r -o - . - haven, about five miles, where she took the cars back, passing her late residence on her rway Soutlu whcrc W ;husband had gone did the clothes fit, that she passed her nearest neighbors unrecognised. It is thought by her friends that sheis laboring under temporary derangement. Whitehall Union Enthusiasm at The TTcst. The St. Louis intelligencer says : "Enthusiast ic meetings of the Ameri can party are taking place in all parts of -the country. The spirt, of 184Q is a- -roused, and promises to sweep the land . Jike a tornado.; We put down Missouri for Filimore and DoneUon by 10,000 majority sore; And if such . things csa be done in Misouri what may we not expect elsewhere? Roll on the ball 1 99 FonoETruL Judge. - The Milton N. C. Chronicle relates the case of a' Judge in Alamance county who,a few momenta after chargingthegrandjury particularly with regard t6 the small note law, cams off the bench and in paying a debt, jtve , his creHitbrs some 2 bills. . ' . r , I 127 Charlie, what makes your face 3 : red V asked his sister's admirer of a littl 5 : urchin five years oldJ " Cause I put some of sister's paint on. She puts it on evfcry day.' ' - '- It was -an embarrassing disclosure all around. At least Charlie thought so &fu? the visitor 'was gone, - " ?
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