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RAtEIGH & GASTON RAIL RO Ap.
The Third Annual Meeting of the Stock
holders of the Raleigh Gaston Rail Road
Company washeldattheOffice.inthis City,
on Monday and Tuesday last. The Report
of the Chief Engineer shows that, the work
s being rapidly completed. The Excava
tion and Embankment is finished to within
seven miles of Raleigh, and the balance,
comprising but a very small amount of
work, will be done within a few weeks.
On the parts completed most of the timber
has been laid, and the Iron foV the whole
distance, between Henderson and this place,
lias been purchased. Upon that portion of
ihe Road already in uae, the receipts from
the transportation affreight and Passengers
have greatly. exceeded the. expectations of
the friends of the .--load; indeed, such has
been the press of goods and produce at the
different Ware-liouses, that the limited
power employed by the Petersburg Com
pany u$on the Road has been found entire
ly inadequate to the conveyance of freight
as fast as it might accumulate. Every ex
ertion has been made by the parties inter
ested, however, to give, satisfaction, and
we understand such arrangements are now
makiHg as will enable the Company, during
the present year, to place their own En
gines upon the Road.
Geo. W. Mordecai, Esq. was re-elec-ed
Presfdent, and the following gentlemen
elected Directors for the, epsuing year,
unanimously, v viz, : Duncan Cameron,
William Boy lan John H. Bryan, Joseph
V. Hawkins, William Robards.
VIRGINIA EJECTIONS.
10 COFOCOISM overthrown!
The returns of the Elections in Virginia
sh&jv that the;Whigs and Conservatives,
even in that late strong hold of the Adminis
tration, are in., a decisive majority. The
Locofocos, taking heart from the 'defeat of
Mr. Mallory and other partial results in the
Eastern, part of the State, sounded the note
of triumph, and claimed a victory for the
Sub-Treasury. The returns From the whole
State, however, exhibit a glorious triumph
for the Whigs and Conservatives. The.
apostacy of the Enquirer and its faction fail
ed to sustain the tottering fabrick of Loco
foco Democracy.
For Congress, it is ascertained that the
following candidates are elected : .
WHIGS.
Henry A, WiseK
Chas. F. Mercer,
John Taliafero,
John Hill,;
John M. Bolts,
R. M. T. Hunter.
Wm. L. Goggin.'
locofocos.
John W. Jpnes,
Joel HoIIeman,
F. E. Rives,
George Dromgoole,
Linn Banks,
I,ems Sleearod,
G. B. Samuels,
Walter Coles,
cokSkrvatives. . , Robert Craig, -
George Hopkins. .Andrew Bierne,
James Garland. Joseph Johnson.
It will be seen .that the Administration
party have secured 1 1 Representatives, and
the Whigs and Conservatives 9, In the
' Frederick District, it is still uncertain which
candidate will be returned as elected. Some
accounts state that Lucas, V. B. has a ma
jority of ONE vote but Mr. Barton, Whig,
claims his election bv 50 majority, and con
tends that the seal belongs to him, and will
be so adjudged, on account of the spurious
votes given for his opponent.
Mr. Hunter, classed among the Whigs,
voted for the Sub-Treasury at the last ses
sion, but the fact that he was opposed with
great vehemence by an out and out Loco
! foco, and voted against by "the party"
throughout his district, proves that he has
not deserted his Whig principles.
Messrs. Garland and Hopkins, Conser
vatives, by their course in the last Congress,
give assurance that they are with the Whigs
on all important matters, and will do their
best to put down the present corrupt Ad
ministration. They were both violently op
posed by the Locofocos.
In the elections for the Legislature,
the W lugs and Conservatives have obtain
ed a signal triumph. Returns have been
received from the whole State, except from
five counties, sending three Representatives.
Those counties were last year represented
by two Loco-focos and one Whig. 'In the
counties heard from,, the representation
as follows : -
IS
House. Senate.' .Total.
675 12 79
9 . 3 12
57 17 i 74
Whig
Conservatives,
locofocos
mat, m me election of a fSenator to
Congress, the Whigs and Conservatives
""4 "dve a clear majority of 16 or 18
voles! Only one fourth of the Senators
wcrc clccieu in year and of these the
xri: , .
"mgmwcfl two, Had a new election
taken place m every District, the lVhigs
vuum 1C secured a deeisive maioritv.
Virginia, then, like New-York, Connec
ticut, and other States, may be set down as
irretrievably lost to Mr. Van Tin .
Wofocoism cannot prosper in the land of
"asiungtonBiid Jefferson. i
C? Tlie Supreme Court of the State
will
commence its Summer Sfxemn in
wy, on Monday next, die 10th inst.
J. J. Adams' Letter.
The sage of Quincy hag addressed a sec
ond characteristic Letter to the public, on
the subject of his connection witlt Aboli
tion Petitions, in which he cuts risrht and
left without mercy. He thus speaks of Mr.
Calhoun : : .
" At the head of them is Mr. John C. Calhoun,
with hia sanguine temperament, hia dashing elo
quence, his never-doubting con6aence in himself,
bis superficial acquaintance with human history,
with his never-hesitating versatility of conduct, and
his ludicrous sincero claims to consistency ; with
the memory of his premature advancement in early
youth of his grasping ambition of his blasted
hopes and his mortifying disappointments. This
is precisely the man to acquire, under the efferves
cence of a Southern Sun, that ascendency over
the intellect of his contemporaries which confers a
Pythagorean authority over his disciples, and seitles
every.' question among them by the simple formula
of " He said it . And such an ascendency he has
acquired, with the exception of a few intelligent
men, unable to keep pace with him in the sudden
ness and rapidity el his political pirouettes, but who
cannot sustain themselves long in opposition to any
of his circumvolutions."
Orange and Guilford.
The Crops of Wheat, Oats and Rye, in
these two frreat Grain-o-rowino counties.
a . , ' o O
we are glad to learn, are unusually promis
ing. . l ne Chinch-bug has done some m-
jury to the Wheat in places, but the damage
is only partial. Flour has come down
rapidly in price. On . a late visit to Hills -
boro, we saw excellent Flour i which
was bought for $5,50. j
The Wilmington Road.
The Wilmington papers contain the Re
port made to the annual meeting jof the
Stock holders, by the President, General
Ow$. Trains have been running over it
daily, since the first of the present year, and
me rtoau nas now iu locomotives, ,anu a
sufficient number of bairoraffe and freight
Cars. One hundred and three miles are
now in use, and the,, whole of the temain
ing part '(58 miles) is under contract.-
Two Sections more of the Road will be
opened in July. "
OCj FOURTH OF JULY. fj)
A Meetinsr is to be held at the Court
House this afternoon (Saturday) at 5
o clock, to make the necessary; arrange
ments for an an appropriate celebration of
the 4th of July. ill
rip" We are glad to announce the arrival,
in good health, of onr esteemed fellow-citi
zen, George W. Mordecai, Esq., who
has been to Europe on business, j connected
with the Raleicrh fc Gaston Rail Road
Company, of which he is President. 1
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Tlie Reported Duel.
Having been instrumental in giving cir
dilation to the account of a Duel, said to
have recently taken place between Mr. J.
S. Jones and Mr. II. Wright Wilson, near
Noriolk, va., we ieel bouna now to ex
press our conviction that the whole affair
is -a noax lrom oeginning to enu. mis
opfnion is founded upon what we deem
m l mi
conclusive evidence.
Tlie Florida War.
This War, it is officially announced,
has been brought to a close, by an
agree-
ment entered into between Get:. Macomb
and Citto-tustenuggee, principal Chief of
the Seminolcs, and successor to Arpika,
commonly called, Sam Jones. The terms
of the agreement are that hostilities imme
diately cease between the parties that
the troops of the United States, and the
Seminoles and Mickasukie chiefs, and war
riors, now at distance, be made acquainted,
as soon as possible, with the fact that the
peace exists, and that all hostilities are
forthwith to cease on both sides the
1
Seminoles and Mickasukies agreeing to re
tire into a district of country in Florida be
low Pease Creek.
But what becomes of the original object,
for which our Government went to War ?
Have the Seminoles been driven from their
fastnesses ? Not at all. We are glad that
a suspension of hostilities has taken place
on any terms j but we are wholly ignorant
of savage character, if there be not another
out-break, the moment any steps are tali en
towards their removal.
h, Foreign News
A new party has lately sprung up . in
Great Britain, denominating themselves the
Chartnls. The objects for which they
are striving appear to be a greater exten-
sion. of the right of suffrage, and a dimin
ution of the duties on certain articles. In
the early part of the present year, they
held a Convention of their party, collected
from all parts of the Kingdom, which was
numerously attended,and represented a con
siderable portion of the people. In this
Convention, the members avowed a strong
determination to maintain at all hazards
what they deemed to be their just rights,
j fli , ,
and some of the speakers earnestly urged
their adherents to resort to arms, if the ap
peal whieh they were about to make to the
...... 1 m
uovernment was disregarded, in accor
dance with this advice, large bodies of the
Chartists have been collected and are arming
themselves, at different points. At one of
their gatherings, in Bristol,blood was shed.
The Queen has issued a Proclamation for
the suppression of tlieijr meetings and the
arrest of the actors.. A-party so numerous
and determined will no easily he forced to
abandon theirjobject. I i : ,
The Great Western, less than 13 full
days from Bristol, arrived at New York,
with 107 Passengers On the 1st inst. bring
ing news of the greatest interest, such as
an Insurrection in Paris;, suppressed with
somloss of life ; a Revolution and re-rev-olutibrt
in the British Ministry ; jord Mel
bourne again in power; serious accounts
of Chartist meetings in England ; a some
what alarming state of the London money
market, Scc. . "
The New York Correspondent of the
44 National Intelligencer" furnishes the fol
lowing birds-eye view of the important
news : ,
Lord John; Russell and Lord Melbourne, hav
ing been taught by the vote upon the Irish ques
tion, as well as by the admonitions of public opin
ion, that tbey held their power by a feeble grasp,
seem to have seized upon the question of suspend
ing the Constitution of Jamaica, upon which they
were abandoned by the Radicals, and therefore de
feated, as a good opportunity to throw up their
places: The Ministry stated 'to the Queen that
they seemed no longer to have the confidence of the
Commons, and the Queen accepted their resigna
tion. Sir Robert Peel was called upon by her
Majesty to form a new Cabinet, but, prior to under
taking the government, he insisted upon tlie Queen's
dismissing several ladies of her household, who, its
Whigs, were thought to have great inOuence over
the mind of the Qaeen ; but the Queen resolutely
persisting that her household, her personal friends,
her associates were her own, and to be of her own
choosing, and averring that her condition would be
below that of a subject if she submitted to such dic
tation. Sir Robert Peel, upon consultation -.with
the Dake of Wellington and others ot bis leading
political friends, abandoned the helm, and the
Queen again called back Lord Melbourne, who is
now, as befoie, at the head of aflairs. Sir Robert
Peel seems to have made a very weak issue, this
of a domestic question, with his mistress, a young
woman; tor me consequence has been great strength
added to the Queen and her old ministers, fjo'm the
admiration felt for the spirit she has disolaved, and
me sympamy ner position nas excited. Through
out the whole of the controversy she offered to yield
up every pouiicai siauon to oir nooori feel, and to
let him make and unmake whom he pleased : but
the ladies of her bed-chamber and her hmihnl,l
she resolutely contended "were her own. The
Public is evidently with her upon this question.
The Whigs are delighted with the result.
For the details of the insurrection in Paris. I
must commend jou to. tlie'hewspapers. .It was not
very extensive, but inaovTnves were losL Th
King was resolutely supported by the National,
liuaras and the regular troops, and now stands
firmer than ever in his position. The Parisians
did not support the populace, nor did they actively
imenere to put tnem down. J he following Min
istry is now stated to be formed :
Marshal Soult, C Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
. and President of Council.
M. Teste, Keeper of the Seals.
General Schneider, Minister of War..
Admiral Duperre, Minister of Mariue.
M. Duchatel, Home Minister.
M. Cunin Gridaine, Commerce Minister.
M- Dubaupre, Minister of Public Works.
M. Villemain, Minister of Public Instruction.
M. Passy, Minister of Finance.
M. Thiers u left out, and it is thought his friends
will try to make him 'President of the Chamber.
paria was perfectly tranquil the last dates.
The
Polytechnic School even fired upon and beat off
the rioters. The King, with his five sons, reviewed
the troops, who had assembled in immense numbers
within the walls of Paris.
The Commercial news brought by the Great
Western, is very unfavorable. Cotton had declined
fully I Jd sterling below the highest point it had pre
viously reached. Unfavorable news from the Man
ufacturing districts had caused a falling off in sales
But Tobacco maintains its own pretty well. .
TRENTON RACES.
Boston won the four mile day at Tren
ton, beating Decatur and Vashti Time 7m.
57s. 8m. 24s.
EPITOME OF NEWS.
The Turpentime Distilleries of Messrs.
Kincey& Wood, and of Mr. Hughes, at
Newbern in this State, were destroyed by
Fire a few days since.
Mr. Alpheus Whitehurst and a free col
oured man, in attempting to cross Ocra
coke Bar, a few days since, were capsized
in their boat, and both drowned.
Thadeus Bett3 (Whig) has been elected
a Senator of the United States from the
State of Connecticut, to succeed Mr. Niles,
for the term of six years, beginning on the
fourth of March last;
On Thursday last, Edward son of Hez
ekiah G. Daniel, of Pittsylvania County,
Va. aged 4 years, in attempting toget into
a Horse trough raised on blocks, upset it
and was killed beneath its weight.
Stith B. Spraggins, formerly of Halifax,
Va. shot himself in Alabama, a few weeks
since.
Mr. William S. Muse of Franklin, Va.
was killed by lightning on the 23d ult.
lhere were eiffht other nersons in ihe
House, all of whom were more or less in
jured.
We learn (says the Saratoga Sentinel)
from a gentleman who has just returned
from Washington, that the President and
the, Secretary of State intend visiting the
Springs this Summer, and that they may
recxpected abUt the last of June or early
The splendid Steam Packet, .the British
Queen, is advertised to leave London for
New Yo , nn , lh- nT
The Kev. Benjamin J. Dorr, of Phila
delphia, was, "on Friday, chosen by the
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, Bishop of the Diocese of Mary
land. It is said he will accent, and that his
appointment is a very acceptable one to the
members of the church. He is, we believe,
a High Churchman.
. . Mil&edgevixxe, May 2.
We notice that letter -writers from this
State, to the Press of other States, transfer
old Georgia, neckband heels, to Mr.. Van
Bureii.' Even thjB Riclimond Enquirer ap
pears, to be deluded by tije information com
municated toit, . by some of these letter
writers, wvhoiiaVekiittdly taken the people
of the State under.tiieir guardianship. We
would inform Etjrespectable print, as well
as others which jraay have been thus mis
led, that to their correspondents may most
appropriately be applied the old saying, of
having counted their chickens before they
are hatched. Mr. Van Buren has neither
carried Georgia, nor is he likely to carry
it. The State Ricrhts party, which has"1
shown itself for the two last years to be the
majority of the people of the State, has been
increasing its strength daily ; and the nefa
rious plundering of the public purse during
that period, caused by the miserable neglect
and inefficiency of the Government,to speak
in the most lenient terms, as well as the
crying abuses practiced in all its depart
ments, cannot be supposed to have concili
ated, in a great degree, the majority of the
people of this State towards Mr. Van Bu
ren, whom they have hitherto so zealously
opposed. It is all a mistake, as the En
quirer will discover, when the two Electo
ral Tickets are brought before the ; people
for their votes. Recorder. ' ....
Valedictory of Mr. Skinner The
Baltimore Post Office was duly ; handed
over to Mr. Vansant by Mr. Skinner, on
Saturday morning, upon which occasion
the latter, after introducing Mr. V. to thp
clerks and letter carriers, addressed thera
in the following terms:
"GkStiimks: You already know that it has
pleased the President to supercede me in. this; office,
and I enter it this n0rning only to introduce you
to ray successor, Mr. Vansant.
His finding you here 13 the best- assurance4! can
give of my esteem for you all of my implicit confi
dence in your qualifications, and, which is ."above
all, in your integrity. With all mv heart I com
mend you to him as mert of diligence and honor,
I here bear solemn witness that you have ever been
courteous, obliging and faithful to the Department
and the public, and that, according to my opinion,
is all that it would have been becoming of proper
in me to have required. As long as it may be your
destiny to remain in this service, I doubt Dot, my
friends, that you will so conduct yourselves as to
retain the good will you enjoy with the Baltimore
community, and to deserve the confidence of my
successor as you ever nave mine. 1 here are lew
employments in life where the duties are more ar
duous or more responsible than yours sincerely do
I wish that your reward were more ample and less
precarious, so that you may not leave the public ser
vice, poorer than when you came into it, .as too
many do some in one way. some in another
some by expulsion.
To you, Mr. Vansant, I transfer with the office
my best wishes for its successful administration.
Any other sentiment would be unbecoming in itself,
and especially ungtatefulin me remembering as I
shall ever do the indulgence and partiality of those
who have the deepest luterest in its management
Gentlemen, I bid you, one and all, an affectionate
farewell.
Mr. Skinner s intimation that courteous
conduct, an obliging disposition, and in teg
rity were the only qualifications which he
had any right to require in his clerksi .is
very poor democratic doctrine in these days
and will not be adhered to, we venture to
say,'under Mr. Vausant. Iu less that? six
months, we venture to predict, every clerk
in the Baltimore Post Office will be aLoco
Foco. THE BANKS.
We understand that the Stockholders of
the Farmers' Bank have selected Charlot
tesville and Evansham ( Wythe C. H.) as
suitable points for Branches, authorized by
tlie act of 1837, and the late act extending
its Charter. Richmond Whig.
The Stockholders of the Virginia Bank
accepted the acts of '37 and 39' in meeting
yesterday. The acts in question rechajter
the Bank of Virginia and Farmer's Bank.
The Stockholders of the Bank of Virginia
were much opposed to the acts, regarding
them as embodying many objectionable
features. The Commonwealth decided
the question in favor of an acceptance;
. Richmond Compiler.
Rev. Jonathan Homer, of Newton, in
Massachusetts, a few weeks ago, on the
eightieth anniversary ofJiis birth, delivered
an appropriate sermon, announcing his in
tention to discontinue preaching, and devote
the remainder of his life entirely to the
finishing of a work on which many years of
attention and study have already been bes
towed a revisal of the common transla
of the Bible.
" Hcmming's all the go." The
School-master has been very little abroad
among: a portion, of our people, if we may
judge from the success of some of the tricks
of the Van iiuren men to gam votes. Dur
ing the late canvass for Congress, a Whig,
thinking he had hold of a good subject to
try his electioneering skill upon, began to
reason with a countryman very earnestly in
favor of Dr. Mallory's election. He soon
found his mistake, however. "I shan't
vote for Mallory, ( said the man,) because
if he is elected, I shan't get no more than
two and three pence a dozen for hog fish,
and two and three pence a bushel for oysters
like it was in olden times. Holleman's my
man ; they tell me.he promises- t keep up
the prices three and nine pence for hog
fish, and four-&-six pence tor oysters. So I
shall vote for him, any way you can fix it."
The voters in Princess Anne who -obtained
the right of suffrage under, the new
Constitution of Virginia, werew plied with
a new argument to bring them over to the
Administration ; they were told that " poor
men" never had the right to vote till Gen.
Jackson came to be President, and that
they owed the privilege to him ! One vote
was actually turned, by this gross ,raud on
the understandings of the People.
Norfolk Herald.
Beat tut 4 who caw. A Ho was slaughtered
by Mr. Gilbert D. Farxbley of Sangerril on the
1 1th inst. one year and one day old, which weigh
ed when dressed, three hundred and seventy -two
pounds.
FROM THE .NEW YORK SUNDAY NEWS
CITY SKETCHES.
BY A, ALtAIT, AtTTHOtt OF TBS O&AXA Of
LEILA.
A TRICK OF TOE EliECTIOItf.
We have chosen the following from a
mong a number of similar tricks that came
to our knowledge, as a specimen of the nu
merous artifices employed by both parties,
during the late election. We forbear re
vealing the najge dtbe thipe, out of respect
for the leelingspjghis family, aud from a
belief that,' ihe mprtificaiion he has already
gafferedi will serve' to convince him that
honestylis the best policy," even in poli
tics iebUtjCoiud we ascertain those of the
other party, they would not meet with such
orbearance at our hands.
As Mr. L- , a wealthy young gentle
man, well known in the eighth ward as a
zealous partisan of the Whigs, was standing
by his own door on the evening preceding
the election, he observed a man of shabby
genteel appearance, pass and repass before
urn several times, as if for the purpose of
either reconnoitering, or assuring himself
that he was not mistaken in the object he
was in search of. Perceiving that he had
attracted L 's attention, the man stop
ped abruptly, and slightly touching' his bea
ver, thus accosted him-:
Servant, sir ! can you inform me whieh
of these houses belongs to Mr. L ?"
This," replied L .
" Is he at home ?'
" I am Mr. L : have you any busi-
ness with me
. a
"You would oblige me if you could al
low rne a few words ku private," said the
man.
"Certainly, with the greatest pleasure ;
walk in," exclaimed Mr. L . He led
the way to the parlor for though well off,
he boasted ho apartment more private, ex
cept his bed room ; and invited the seed
coated, gentleman to sjt down. The eye of
the latter glanced meaningly at L s
daughter, who was practising a new tune
on the piano, as he complied. L un
derstood the hint, and dismissed his daugh
ter from the room.
"Now we are alone," said he, seeing
that the -other still hesitated; "may I kuow
the nature of your business?"
"You are still, I presume, what you have
always been, a staunch Whig?" replied the
man, inquiringly. -
'I have seen nothing that should induce
me to change my mind," answered L .
"Hem! 1 was requested by Mr.
of the committee, to call on you this even
ing and ask a favor that will be of great
service to our party this election. -He would
have called on you himself, but he is so
busy in the good cause, that he finds it im
possible to spare so much time. He says, if
you will assist us as he desires, it will ma
terially increase our chance of success; for
we have strong fears that the ward will be
lost, by a considerable majority, if we do
not use our best exertions to prevent it."
"Why, as far as my poor abilities would
go what would he have me do?"
If if you would only consent to take
a few boarders," said the man, hesitating.
"Boarders!" exclaimed L t starting
up in surprise.
"Only lor a ujglif, replieu-me man,hasti-
ly 'only for a night. We would not ask
it of you, only all our other friends are lull,
and the opposite party are colonizing in
every quarter of the ward. There's P's,
aud k's and N's crowded with - locofocos.
If we do not exert ourselves to the best of
our abilitiesrlhe eighth is lost. Haifa dozen
might turn the balance in our favor."
L - walked up and down the room,
thoughtfully for -a tew seconds, then stop
ping suddenly "How many did you say?"
he asked. ,
' Only haVfta jijozen ."
'Ragamuffins, I suppose," muttered L.
"No! 09 my honor!" replied the man
eagerly---tlie v are all respectable me
chanics, and will be no trouble to you what
ever. You need only give them a shake
down on the floor for the night, and they
will be off the first thing in tfieT morning."
Once more L ' . cbmmeuced pacing the
floor, while the other plied -h'tni with flatte
ry and persuasion alternately, till at length
he seemed inclined to consent. ;
" When will they require to come in?"
he demanded, stopping again.
" Whenever you shall be ready to re
ceive them say 0 o'clock.
" Hump ? You are sure of their hones
ty-"
" I will pledge my life for it !" exclaim
ed the other.
" Well then, we will see what we can
do with them, replied L with the
air of one who is complying with a propo
sition he dislikes, but has not the courage
to refuse. " By nine we wUl be ready to
receive them.
With many thanks, and protestations of
gratitude in behalf of their party, the seedy
coated gentlemen departed., leaving L
to make such preparation for the reception
of his transient guests, as he thought" prop
er. The clock of St. John's steeple was
still strikingvntne, when he returned with
his men whd were to be colonized on L
as ugly a se.t of black muzzled rascals as
could possibly have been selected! from a
raong the lower mobocracjf of New York.
They looked as if they had just come, un
washed, from the anvil andorge. L
uttere'd an exclamation of anry surprise,
when he saw them, and debated in his
own mind whether it would , not be bet'er
to slam the door in their faces, instead of ad
mitting them ; but he conquered the incli
nation, on being assured by their leader
that he would find their manners less offen
sive than their appearance. Having once
undertaken to play the host," L could
not prove a discourteous one, even to a beg
gar. The toen were invited into the parlor,
where his family was collected, and being
on their good r behavour although now
and then an indication of their innate vul
garity dis played" itself soon enabled him
to become reconciled to jiheirrsence
His daughter played for Jtheraisome of her
favorite airs, "and afterwards the folding
doors were thrown opefy and a supper of
oyster and champaigne served out to them.
L - attempted several times to enter into
conversation with them, but they were shy
and reserved, lill the wine beginning to op
era tt , .nade then o noisy and dis putatio u a
that he was glad to get them off to bed.
When he rose in the morning. they were
already gone, and he Was - congratulating
himself on being well rid of them, when
the girl brought him the following
Scrawl, which had been left on the table of
the room in which they had ' passed, the
night :
" The locofocos return their fincera
thanks to Mr. L , for the entertain
ment they have received
SIX LOCiOFOCO COLONIStS."
On discovering that he had been thus du
ped, 1Y- 's anger knew np bounds.
He behaved like a madman -cureed the
servant, scolded his daughter kicked his
wifeV favorite kitten from the lop of the
stairs to the bottom, and s wore vengeance
against the villains who had cheated him.
His mortification did not end here. Infor
mation of his having lodged and entertain
ed a number of locofoco voters, had been
industriously circulated among hi3 poltical.
friends, so that when he went abroad, he
met with a cold and distant reception; and
in return for kindly greetings, received on
ly hints of treachery and; sneers too plain
to be understood. Out of spite, too, his
vote was challenged, whiclf so worked up
on his already ' highly irritated feelings,
that he retired from the. polls, and was not
again seen around them during the remain
der of the election. ,
The Hon. Roger M. Sherman Was on
Tuesday last elected by the Connecticut
House of Representatives, a Judge of the
Supreme Court of that State to supply the
place of Judge Bissell, resigned. The vote
stood for Sherman 107, Samuel Ingham
87, Wm. W. Ellsworth 1, Blank 1.
Boston, May S(h
Horrid Death. Yesterday morning, a
bout five o'clock a little boy, about four
teen, a son of Seth Copeland, who lives in
Blossom street, named Marcellus, was al
most instantly killed by an acciderit - occa
sioned by the use of gunpowder. He was
amusing himself by firing a brass cannon
which he had filled with gravel and pow
der. It is supposed that fire was uninten
tionally communicated to the powder while
the muzzle of the gun was pointed at his
body, being between his legs. The charge
passed into his abdomen and thigh, cutting
the femoral artery, and the little fellow at
tempted to rise and run to the house, but
fell, and was carried in only to die. ", Sur
gical aid was instantly at hand, but jt was
of no use, of course. Courier. . .
Melancholy Occident at Niagara Falls.
We learn from the Buffalo Commercial of '
Monday, that Dr. Hungerford, of Troy,was
instantly: killed that morning at the Falls; of
Niagara. In company with Lindsey, the
guide, he had descended! the Biddle stair
case on the American side, and was stand
ing near the water, when a mass of rock
weighing several tons, fell from the bank
above, a height of some 150 feet, direct
upon him. Lindsey suffered a severe con
tusion on his left arm, ; but was not other
wise injured. '
C? A violent hail storm occurred at
Wilmington on Friday night, and another
on Sunday night, which did immenle-inju-
ry to the crops in the vicinity.
: t ?
A reminiscence. A friend has placed ir.
our hands a " People's Ticket," of Elec
tors of President and Vice President in 1 834,
who voted for Gen. Jackson for President.
Of the fifteen gentlemen,. five or six, we be
lieve, are not now living, one or more has
emigrated, and the following are'what the
Standard! would now call rank Fedeialists
viz : Johh Giles, John M. MoreheadJ Jas
Mebane,tJosiah Crudup, Edward B. Dud
ley, and Augustine H: Shepperd. It 1.
amusing to remember, that at the moment
"when these gentlemen were exhibiting their
devotion to republican principles, as .they
thought, by voting for Gen. Jackson, the
Editor oft the Standard was opposed to him ,
and said tb be in favor of that arch Federal
ist, John Quincy Adams. JFayetteville Obi.
Jls we Expected. The Globe is actually
denouncing Price, the runway Sub-Treasurer,
as a Federalist, by. which vth& Globe
means, a Whii It is only necessary to
say, that Price was appointed to one of
the most valuable offices in the, gift f the t
Government, lhaOf U. S. Attorney - at
New York, solely oft account of thejerpti
ces he rendered the Administration as the
most effective orator at Tammany Hall,
and the main stiy of the party in . all mat
ters of difficulty. It is.-exceedingly un
fortunate that the Globe, did not discover
his Federalism iill after he run-away. And
Swartwout, tooj he was only a Federalist
after he ranaway. What an old Federalist
Gen. Jackson must have been to appoint
two such fellows to office. f '
The Globe furtlier says,' tlwtt 'there, lva
not been a great defalcation, since- lli
foundation of the Government, committed
by iDemocrat I Not ont" adds Ihe
Globej, evidently fearful that. Its readers
mighty not swallow such i a1ittisre lie as that.
! V v FayetteviUr Otiterver. T
As two celebrated punsters wtre waJtinj in the
street, on of them accidentally cUeck his boj" i'
gainst a tin a 11 pail; bi corapanioR dfyl j ? observed
Why, Sam, you have Kicked the bucket -Oh
no," replied tho other, I htre only turned a little
paiL ! ' -'v,);
No gouging, as' the cbap said.ven he felt ,
the critters in his head n 1
la this CntyVCWske,) on tho 30lH ult., by tU
Re?v Beimel ?T. Blake, JA r.JihnJ) Pov ey;; o"
Wake Forest, to Mi JPetia Hinton second daugh
ter of I antes .Hiaton, fctq. i . j. j t ' . - -