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LEXINGTON, NORTH- CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1856.
NO. 15.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
! BY'
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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policy""" ne IncomnS Adminis
tration. Conceding that Air. Buchanan has
been elected President of which we are
not entirely assured it becomes a subject
of interesting inquiry what will be the
policy, the aims, jthe ends, and the ob
jects of his administration.
He who supposes that the Democratic
party is a homogeneous body all over
tjlC Union, and that its principles and
its feelings are the same in every section
ofthe confederacy, commits a grevious
error. There never existed in this coun
try a party more jdiscordant in its views,
or less harmonious in the practical ap-
niity with which ; it acts together in e
' lections. North, South,-East and West,
would excite our unbounded astonish
ment, did we not j know, from actual ex
perience, the magic of a mere name, and
the tenacity wilhj which a party in pow
er clings to it to ihe last.
Until within a few years post, th tac
tion ot the Democratic party was con
trolled by the peculiar doctrines ol the
Virginia and South Carolina school.
There was then some show ot consisten
cy in its policy. I Impracticable, theo
retical and absurd as it was, it still
commanded our respect by the fidelity
with which it was maintained against
all odds, and the apparent purit y ofin
lention which characterised, it. But
when we now examine into its actual
practices, vc find all the landmarks of
former days swept away by rude inno
vations and every vestige of pretended
respect for the gdarianties of ihe Coih
stitution utterly ettected and destroyed
To suppose thd Democrat ic platforms,
now a days, indicate Democratic policy,
is about as absurds as to expect the sun
ti shine at midnight, or what is a still
more forcible illustration honest' and
purity of intention in a renegade Whig.
There is not an article ofthe Democrat
ic creed recently promulgated at Cincin
nati, (of 'those few which have any
meaning at all,) yhich will not be gross
ly violated at the Very next session of a
Democratic Congress. This has been
the case in the past and, from the gradu
al tWoneraev of Democratic morals, and
o j - 1 '
their frequent and flagrant daily viola
tions of their pledges, it bids fair to be
the case for all time to come.
Take, for instance, the Democratic
dogma 6t a strict construction of the
Constitution. Forever prating that it,
of all others, is the only party that
jealously guards the rights' of the States
and prevents Federal encroachments, it
exhibits, practically, a construction of
1 the Constitution far more latudinarian
than the most ijnpulsive Whig ever
dreamed of. Protesting that the Gener
al Government has no power to vote
money for Internal Improvements, it
depletes the Treasury annually, to the
extent of millions, for improvements not
at all general in their nature, but solely
f a local charter and of neighborhood
ut'hty. In vain, for a pretence of consis
tency, is the Executive veto interposed.
Democratic Congresses nullify the veto.
ttill upon bill passes over- the veto.
Poor old Virginia and two or three oth
er States, like her!, superanuated in their
political notions, jlook sulkily on at the
wholesale pillage of the common fund
and do not even! interpose to make of
general benefit what the others are daily
1 i
voting to heir Special behoof.
jthe public lands the
sist that the Constitutibn projects slavery
in a Territory during its territorial con
dition ? Not one. What Northern Dem
ocrat will rt.dmit such a declaration ? Not
one.
What Virginia or South Carolina Dem
ocrat will admit the constitutionality of
building a railroad to the Pacific by the
me,ans of the General Government ? On
the countrary, what Western Democrat
does not sturdily besiege Congress, ses
sion after session, to commence and car
ry on this gigantic improvement?
How many of "our faithful allies in
the North," as Southern Democrats call
their Northern brethern, will vote for
the admission of Kansas as a slave State,
if she should apply for admission as such ?
Let the placards of the canvass just
closed, for"Buchanan, Breckinridge, and
Free Kansas' answer.
The policy of Air Buchanan's admin
istration will be an entire absence of all
policy It will be a continual conflict
of jarring and discordant interests a
perpetual antagonism between members
of the same household a greedy scram
ble for plunder on one side, and inability
of resistance on the other. It will be
another illustration of what all past ex
perience shows the Democratic party to
be a mere league of men, bent upon
public plunder, without any other com-
mon tie ; and without a single sentiment
of elevated patriotism or political integ
ritv. Richmond TVhig.
come.
Remedy for Smut Iti Wheat.
Dr.Stere publishes, in the New York,
Country Gentleman, that soaKlng wheat,
intended for seed, in solution .of
e CamWers Alarmed. f pot till then'was there a '.word spokeiC I jnappy, and it seems probable that he will
I he following narrative, a true one, I 13 elo re those seven men left the store, live many years to
de.scr.bes a scene that actually looit place .hat very night they pledged themselves
not many years since in a country village never to fast another glass of liquor or
in the State of Maice. L play another game of cards.
One eveniner in the month of Decern
wr 1854 a nnmhpr of townsmen had as- I-
sembled at the store of Mr, Putman to 1 nfere are many Persons in this world Chloride of bur.c, is an efiVctual remedy
nit, m,tora smnirn who are in the hadit ot speaking lightly for smut in wheat. The Doctor has
drink, and in short to do an vthfog to Kill or contemptuously of their neighbors, made a series of experiments from which
' ! - t , anu some who uu 1101 senium uu ireai 1 nc lniers.
time. ... I '
Thr,o hnr hnd thus nassed awav. lhose wno are absent with the greatest 1. 1 hat wheat seed infected with smut
i .Ji i! " it.i Annrr disrespect, by showing up their taults to produces plants, the gram of which is
1 ney xiau xuui lieu, uiiu iuivcia, auvi uij, - i I
i u 1 iu 1 (;mn those who are present, without ever al- filled with a similar fungus.
onrl nhollorl nnfl noil Q rrC( I mo (TPn Pr- I I O
allv so that atabout the usual hour of ludinS to any good qualities they possess, 2 That steeping the infected seed in
cht.In.nnnn nn,h nfthe nartv felt There 18 nothmS so testable as this a saturated solution of Glauber salts, and
. j , fi . iiaoii. i" uiv,tvun.iu 111 nui-icij , it. uucu i sprinKiing it wiin quicK-nme, nas dui
l'1,,v'u"J'iJ',' , I i .i ; a. t a a r r t i . . . . .
' J I n.nrlnnao Ihn nrrolpcr hitlprnpcil rtt If nl- I Cv . .... : ., w.o
'Come,' said Charles Hatch one ofthe " - "U1B1" PICVC"imB OI,,U1' 111 "1U
' I .nn. nntivmnn I hnco lvhn ftiirrnt rn litro in I l a
rnmnanv lets all lmuor and then have a & . . v -w-
' J 1 I nnfl trrrri la 1 1 hu.'c - I r Intvqn'e or I n TM i T 1 -f -1 ,1 ! .
jjcuv.c auu jwv. a,. v,u i 3, i ne sleeping me iiiiucieu &ccu iiiu
other, and it never does any good. It solution oi chloride of lime, is nearly a
generally arises from a selfish feeling, specific in preventing smut in the future
but some.imes from thoughtlessness: m plants, and very much more effeectual
either case it is injurious to society, and for lnis purpose than the steep of Glau-
ought to be condemned by every well ber salts, so highly praised by a French
and sensible person. Selfish commission.
persons have generally such an apprecia- The Chloride of Lime has, during a
j game of high low Jack.
'So I say, exclaimed another, who's
got the kards.
Fetch on your keei-ds," drowled out
the third his eyes hall closed through the
efiects of the liquor he had drank.
After drinking all around an old pine
, i i i Uon 0f themselves, and the situation few vears past been used as a wheat
where burned brightly a large fire of sn:ntv 1hnv nrA nnt tn I ' ,
Tlie Country Safe Iluclianan
Elected.
It is with feelings ot very great grati
fication that we chronicle t he fact of Fre
mont's defeat, and the overthrow, for
four years at least, ofthe Black Repub
lican party. That illustrious candidate
for the Presidency had better now take
hemlock logs ' which would snap and
crac.Kle throwing large live coals owt up
on the hearth.;
they hold in society, they are apt to steep by several farmers in different dis
speak of others with contempt, and are tricts, and with satisfactory results
even happy when thy discover the least The solution used is made by mixing
fault (however trivial it maybe) in some one poUnd of Chloride of Lime in one
All drew up around the table seating of thcir nei hbors or acquaintanccs. In. sallon water (soft-) stirring frequently
themselves on whatever came handiest.
Four of them had rolled up to the table
some kegs which from their weight were
supposed to contain nails.
'Now' said Hatch how shall we play
every one for himself.
No have partners' growled one man.
'No hanged'if Til play so shouted
i- i: ,s n..v. rr. im Tinnt Anil ulin s:iv for having partners, stand
Up Ilia liiitj - ui iiiiutii iui uiv, i j o i '
Mountains again, and regale himself gn up.
trmshnnners and bear's meat diet with
t ii
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stead of which, it would be as well for vith a stick or something wooden, for
them to examine their own conduct, to tvvo hours, or till dissolved. Put the
see whether they are without fault, and grajn to be steeped into a large quantity
ask themselves whether they would line Qf Water, stir frequently, and remove al
any fault or loible they might ne guilty tjie grajn that swim. Pour off the water
of to be the sufject of conversation a- antj at(i to the seed enough of the
mong their neighbors. It wourd be bet- Chloride of Lime solution to cover it.
ter if thev weie to consider the noble Allow it to remain two hours, and then
theformer; bringing his fist down on desU ny which all mankind partake of in dry with sand, mould, lime, or other
the tahle KnocKing one eamue uuu ui n.c nnmrnnn w:,u . tbe rselves. both as re- ,i0,. vu .J.i.lnn nnnr,l nflTmnvbp
stick, and another upon the floor. soects the great moral end of this life, usfid at,a;n and asrain. or while it lasts.
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tome, come, saiu naiun uu 4ua.u....& anj the more sublime prospect ot the lu-
cc again how
common property of us all are prodi-
a,,y snuanderedl unon the Freesoil
States of the Northwest, while old Vir
gmia and her si$lers in misery do not j
even utter a feebltj cry of remonstrance.
"here ; in nnnGiiintinnn! authoritv
4j 1UV WVfEtfcJ-" w - - " J
which he is somewhat familiar, and in
Jeasure moments write his autobiography,
and get Barnum to put-the thing through.
Ye God's! it doth amaze us that the
great majority of the Northern people!
should prefer this adventurer to Mr.
Fillmore one of Nature's noblemen !
But, they were politically crazy mad as
March hares, and will one day wake from
their delusion and feel very much asham
ed of themselves.
Of course, we regret the defeat of Mr.
Fillmore, but, as regrets are unavailing,
why indulge in Jeremiads. That such a
man, so fit, so national, so conservative;
so able and patriotic, should receive such
an. electorial vote, is a melancholy in
stance ofthe ingratitude of Republics.
But all events,if he has not been elected,
it is not our fault. But, as the people
we support are generally beaten, it
strikes us that if we had opposed him he
would have had better luck. We folded
him in our embrace, and he was smoth
ered to death. Bit, we will strew the
choicest of flowers over his political grave
and point to the bright record of his ser
vants for the country as his fitting epi
taph. WTell, they say the old gentleman
takes care of his oWn, and iheLocos arc
trimphant again. Buchanan is elected
President of these United States. Why
is it that our side don't win sometimes.
Is it on account of our sins, or on the
principale that we are chastened because
we arc loved ? These are very impor
tant questions, and deserve calm reflec
tion. We have ample time for this. .
"All aboard" has been shouted by Capt.
Fillmore and Fremont, and the two
fleets have got fairly under weigh for the
head of Salt River. There they go.
Here we go. Hurra ! for the glorious
Union ! ! Americans must rule America !
'Row, brothers, row. the stream runs fast,
The rapids Sire near and the daylight's past.'
Farewell, beloved Democratic friends,
we are off on a voyage, but you'll see us
again. Jump into the spoils, old fellows !
cram vour maws with Treasury pap,
Three arose.
Now all who s.iy each one for himself
stand up. The; remaining four immediat
ly got up.
You see Barclay, said Hatch 'the ma.
-
ioritv is against you Lome will you
play.
Well as I dont want to be on the oppo-
ture if thev would remember the great Classified Xlst of the Members of
fellowship of our common humanity ;
the social end, which as part of a great
community we are all working to attain
and which awaits us at the close of our
bnet existence. Let them reflect upon
thest, things and not offend their Creator
by injuring their fellow creatures ; rath
er let the m judge others with tenderness,
as they would wish to be judged, putting
site side, I'll play, answered Barclay, asJde lhe wee(s that, cover the surface of
somewhat cooled down." - the characters of their neighbors, to as-
Mr. Putman was not in that evening certajn the depth and sweetness of the
and the clerk who was busy behind the clear vvalcr beneath it.
counter had taken very little notice to
the nrocccdinea. About half past ten! An Ossified Man.
Mr. Putman thought he would step o- In a quiet little village on the Wes-
verto the store and see that everything tern Reserve, in Ohio, says the Prescott
was safe. As he went in he walked up Transcript, there lives a man who, phys-
towards the fire. When within a few iologically
Wt of where the men were sitting he of the -vonders ofthe world. Hisjoints
,..-.,i ;n Urmr Bpfore him sat are comnletelv ossified, turned to bone,
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seven men, half crazy ith drink and and he is not capable of making the
unvnliomrnt of nlavins: cards. There slightest movement, except alternately
thov wore within a few feet of the fire opening and shutting two fingers of his
iust describetrnd four of them seated right hand. His body is as rigid as iron,
on kegs of pfwder. and it couldn't be bent without breaking
Barclay who was a very heavy man some of his bones. This singular pro-
had pressed in the head of the keg of ces of ossification has been going on in
powder on which he sat, bursting the his system for more than twenty years.
Ma i a nnw n u i) caio
kwch a disposition of this bncls?- mannge th.ngs your own wa U ou
Were. And Vet our boasted strict ! got the President and Congress ) and at
conSi,,:.:..- Jr n nnt ! the end of four years you will have so
cnb- I i r i u iTnrled un matters as to render a change
ni) say never a! word of protest, but langieu up
. tt ill vv I'linii.
top hoop and pressing the powder out
through the chinks. By the continued
motion of their feet the powder had be
come spread about the floor and noiv
covered a space of about two feet all
around them.
Mr. Putman's first movement was to
wards the door, but recovering himself
he walked up towards the fire. Should
they attempt to raise he thought and
scatter a few grains a little further in the
fire place where lay a large quantity of
live coals.
At the moment Hatch loo&ed up, and
seeing Putman with his fa ;e deadly pale
gazing into the fire, exclaimed, "Putman
what ails you !" and at the same time
made a motion to rise.
Gentlemen do not rise, said Mr. Put
man, 'four of you sit on Kegs of powder,
it is scattered all around you one move
ment might send you all to eternity.
There are two buckets of water behind
the bar. But keep your seats for one
minute and you are saved, move and you
are dead men. j
In an instant every man was perfectly
sobered not a limb moved each seemed
Then will we come j paralysed.
riL., i j ... .i - i .i I f rfnf. necessary
ft, V Trme ., " 1 down from the head of Salt navigation ! In less time than we have taken to
'lUllllVVCOl, DVVtUl All kaas w
ous with them, vote for the same can
dlJates with them, and are linked with
them in bonds of cordial andindissolu
hlp anion!
Vhat Southern Democrat does not in-
and you will go up. Wilmington Her- ;
aid.
describe this thrilling scene, Mr. Put
man
had poured the water and com-
...mf orl VTr nnivilpr nn tllC floOl
i..,.id hv rending 1 BUlU4-lr: "4W . ...
loumay giea.. -; , .t:np.uished the fire so that tne
ine Ciiau iruiii o . . ,
not had the use of his limbs so that he
could walk since he was nineteen. Ossif
ication commenced first in his ankle
joints, gradually extending itself through
his system until he was entirely helpless;
since that time he has been wholly un
der his mother's care, and she watches
over him with an anxiety only a mother
can feel. When about 26 years old he
became entirely blind from some un
Known cause, and has remained so ever
since. At 30 he suffered greatly from
toothache, and finally had them all ex
tracted. A year or two afterwards his
finger and toe nails came off, and were
supplied by others growing out from his
fingers and toes at right angles and pres
enting the appearance of horns. What
is still more singular in regard to his nails,
if the end of the nail is cut off it will
bleed freely. Such is the condition of
this remarkable man at the present time.
He has been visted by a great number of
scientific men from all parts ofthe world,
but all have failed to give any plausible
reason of the cause of his transformation
from flesh to bone.. Singular as it may
appear, although In? jaw bone is firmly
set in his head, he not only talks freely,
but fluently converses with his friends and
those who visit him, on all ordinary top-
of the day , and he shows himself well
the JLegislature of ISortli Carolina.
SENATE.
Camden and Currituck J. B. Jones,
Dem.
Pasquotank and Perquimans John Pool,
Amer.
Gates and Chowan Dr R Dillard, Dem.
Hertford R G Cowper, Amer.
Bertie Jos B Cherry, Amer.
"Washington and Maitin A Chesson,
Dem.
Tyrell and Hyde Francis M Burges,
Amer.
Beaufort Allen Grist, Amer.
Halifax M D Wiggins, Amer.
Northampton T J Person, Dem.
Nash L N B Battle, Dem.
Warren William Eaton, jr Dem.
Franklin P li Hawkins, Dem.
Pitt M L Carr, Dem.
Onslow E W Fonville, Dem.
Duplin W J Houston, Dem.
Rowan and Davie Dr J B Rams Ay,
Amer.
Cabarrus and Stanly E R Gibson, Amer.
Anson and Union Dr Myers, Amer.
Mecklenburg W R Myers, Dem.
Surry. Ashe, Yadkin and Watauga A-
bram Bryant, Amer.
Iincoln, Gaston and Catawba J II
White, Dem.
Rutherford and Cleaveland Dr C Mills,
Dem.
Burke, McDowell and Caldwell W W
Avery, Dem.
Buncombe, Yancy, &c David Coleman,
Dem.
New Hanover Owen Fennell, Dem..
Edgecombe, H T Clarke, Dem.
Greene and Lenoir J P Speight, Dem.
Wayne C H Brogden, Dem.
Craven J Miller, Dem.
Carteret and Jones W P Ward, Dem.
Johnston L B Sanders, Dem.
Wake G A Wilder, Dem.
Granville C II K Taylor, Dem.
Orange P C Cameron, Dem.
Chatham R E Rives, Dem.
Bladen, Brumswick and Columbus A J
Jones, Amer.
Cumberland and Harnett D xMcD
mid, Dem.
Sampson 1 II iioimes, iem.
Richmond and Roberson A Dockerv,
Amer. .
Moore and Montgomery S II Christian.
Thirty-three Democrats', and seventeen
Americans.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Alamam-c D A Montgomery and Geo
Patterson, Denis.
Alexander A C Mcintosh, Amer.
Anson -A J Dargan, W M Picket, Amert.
Ashe Allen Gentry, Dem.
Burke F P Glass, Dem.
Buncombe M Ijwin, Dem.
Bladen G M While, Dem.
Bertie D Outlaw, Jno. Wilson, Amcrs.
Beaufort J R Stubbs, J Eborn, Amers.
Brunswick T D Mcars, Amer.
Cabarrus C N White, Ameri .
Catawba G P Rowe, Dem.
Craven C Kelly, II C Jones, Dcms.
Cumberland and Harnett J G Shepherd,
J Stewart, 1 Bethea, Dcms.
Chowan J C Badham, Dem.
Columbus D T Williamson, Dem.
Camden D D Fcrcbec, Amer. ,
Carteret W Rumley, Amer.
Cherokee C M Stiles, Amer.
Caswell Wm Long, E K Withers, Dems.
Chatham R C Cotten, D Hackney, T
Bynum, Dcms.
Caldwell C W Clark, Dem.
Currituck S B Jarvis, Dem.
Cleaveland V M Blantoh, F S Ram
sour, Dems.
Davidson J M Leach, J P Mabry, Ams,
Davie W B March, Amer.
Dupiin B Southerland, W R Ward, Ds.
Edgecombe R K Bridgers, J S Dancy,
j Dems.
forsyth J Mastcn, J A Waugh, Dems.
Franklin Dr L A Jeffreys, Dems.
Gaston Richard Rankin, Dem.
Granville T L Hargrove, J M Bullock,
T B Lson, Dems.
Guilford0 F Caldwell, L Wl Scott, E
' W Ogburn, Amers.
Greene A D Speight, Dem.
Gates II Parker, Dem.
Haywood Dr S L Love, Dem.
Halifax Wm Hill, 5 W Johnson, Dem.
Hertford J B Slaughter, Amer.
Hyde John C Jennett, Amer.
Henderson John Baxter, Amer.
Iredell L R Sharpe, A B F Gaither,
Amers.
Jackson Jno R Dills, Dem.
Jones W A Cox, Dem.
Johnston B H . Tomhson, Asa Bardcs,
Dems.
Lenoir S W Bright. Dem.
Lincoln A P Cansler, Dem.
"Madison Dr Jno Yancey, Dem. .
Martin S W 0(uterbridge, Dem.
McDowell J C Whitson, Dem.
Moore W B Richardson, Amer.
Montgomery J W Crump, Amer.
Macon D W Siler, Amer. '
Mecklenburg W M Matthews, W F
Davidson, Dems.
Nash G N Lewis, Dem.
New Hanover R H Tate, S A Holmes,
Dems.
Northampton M W Smallwood, J Ma
son.
Onslow L W IIumphrey,Dem.
Orange W F Strayhorn, J F Lyons,
Dems.
Pasquotank W E Mann, Amer.
Perquimans J M Cox, Amer.
PiUDr W J Blow, Ed MooreDemi,
Person R II Hester, Dem.
Roberson Giles Leitch, Amer ; Mor
rison, Dem.
Rockingham A M Scales, Thomas Set
tle, jr Dems.
Rowan N F Hall, Dem ; W A Houck,
Amer. :
R.itbprfnrd Ed Toms, Amos Harrill,
Dems. '
Randolph H BElliott; A G Foster.
Amers.. V .-".'
Richmond 7 . . Amer.
Sampson O nite, J M Mosely, Ds.
Surry R EReves, Dem.
Stokes J F 111, Dem
Stanly M P Waddell, Amer.
Tyrell JnoA Benbury, Amer.
m-t-V Rushing, Dem.
Union-
Wake-lYG Rand, A M Lccvis, M
Bledsoe, Dems.
VVashirigton H A Gilliam, Amer.
Yatauga-G N r oik, Amer. i r
E Sauls, E A Thompson, Dras.
f -m -m T
uay
AVil'es A W Martin, P Eller, Amer
k . , f must senerale
the wheat by thinking. explosion was'
Amer. I
Randolph and Alamance M V
Amer.
Caswell S P Hill. Dem.
n T Vtf'rSinnincrham.'D e
KocklnEham Geo D Boyd, U
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informed; and of good mind. He is al-
impossible. Then and ! 'vvay s ; cheerful yypoars contented and
Qil-oa nnd ForSVth J JN
UbVAo uaja J '
Guilford Ralph GorrelK Arrier
lJaviuson j 'ia)
Cherokee, jacKson, ai.a
lartin, Dem.
Dem. f ;
Wilkes, Irdell
7 A
v
mer.
II Thomas,
--RParks, Amer.
aytkiii Col -Specr, Amer.
Yncey Isaac A Pearson, Dem.
Dehocrats, 80 ; Americans, 40.
Dcra. mnjorityon joint ballot, 56.
A Glance altlie Fulore.
During the Canvass just closed it was as
serted by the Democracy, with characteris
ic vehemence and dogmatism, that no'other
partyvcould be relied on to maintain the U
nion as it is, and to protect the South in
her just constitutional rights. The falsity
of this declaration was apparent to any one
who looked beneath the surface. Yet many
well-meaning persons were deceived, by it,
and are likely to be so decived again as