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WHEREAS, it has been duly -certified to me,
by a portion of the citizens of the ninth Con
gressional District, that they have assoitied them
selves as a Joint Stock-Company, umJer.the Act of
rl 83 6-37,. entitled "Ah act to encourage the culture
and manufacture of Silk and Sagar in this State,"
and organized by appointing John Hank, Prest., D.
L. McAlpin, Secretary, N. M Roan, : Treasurer,
W. Walker, J D. Wample, Geo. Williamson, L.
' Miner and Moj-, P. A. Hairalson, Directors.
Now, therefore, I, Edward B. Dudley, Governor,
pursuant to- said Act, do declare and make known,
tfiat the said Company is duly incorporated under
the name and style of "The Yancy ville Silk grow
"irjg aad Manufacturing Company."
In testimony whereof, I have caused the
Gieat Seal of the State to be hereunto af-
?3&$S3K DXe( an gncl lne same wiln my Pro
L.i?.3 per signature.- Done, this the 1st June, A.
''XSj&SXJhS - 1839,atour City of Raleigh.and of the
4 Independence of the United States the
sixty-third. E. B. DUDLEY.
By the Governor."
CrC. Battue,
- -Private Secretary. 32 3t"
VALl'ABliE ?llOPERTy
FQIi SALE '
I oner for sale oi reasonable terms, either one of
the following piecles of property, viz :
One Dwelling House 8 stories high, convenient
and well built, hating 4 room?; other improvements
re on the lot of one and a half acres, situate in the
North Eastern corner of this City. This I think is
one of the handsomest sites in Raleigh. It is now
a comfortable residence aid might be made a beau
. tiful place. '
Or if tie purchaser prefers it, I will sell the
Dwelling House and premises on Fayetteville
Street, where I reside. The house is large and in
complete repair The out houses newly fitted up
and extensive. For a family the situation is pleas
ant, and by some additions to the buildings
it vvoufd make a capital Hotel for Families,
and no place- in North Carolina would support
uch an establishment better than Raleigh. My
Dwelling has already 8 Rooms and 3 Cellars, the
Kitchen is finished in a complete manner. A ser
vant house, separate from the Kitchen, 2 stories
high with 6 separate apartments; is on the premi
ses, and also every other out dwelling for the com
fort of a family i'
J offer for sale on reasonable terms likewise, a
Tract of Land about 2 miles from Haleigh, which is
commonly called' Abbeville, containing about 00
acres'. The purchaser can have the land on long
credits, if he secures the interest annually.
WILLIAM H. HAYWOOD.
Raleigh, June 5th, 1839. 32 4 1.
C3In my absence tor the next 4 weeks, my
Father will receive offers for the abovo mentioned
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SaJeOF VAIJPABLE PROPERTY.
BY virtue of Deeds of Trust execu
ted to me by Peter Le Messurier,
for the purpuses therein mentioned, I
shall, on 27th Jay of June, 1839, in
the town of Pittsboro,' offer Jbr sale, that well im
proved two, story House and Lot, lately occupied
by him. The lot contains one acre, and has -upon
it all the necessary out houses, and is a most desir
able place of residence for a gentleman and his fam
ily, on "account of the healthy section of country in
which it is located, and the ' good society in and
near the said town. , Alsoi, at the tame time, thirty
five acres of Land, aJjoiniog the lands of Thos. J.
Davs, and Thos. Ward house hold and kitchen
furniture, and a likely negro woman arid her child.
ine saleriUjbe made at said dwelling House.
i erms or sate made known pn the day of sale.
JDeauove metuioned House and lot may be pur-
tnaseu ai private sale, on application to Jno. 6.
Marshall.
THOS. G. SCOTT, Trustee.
Raleigh Jane 4.-1 , 322w
Have just received a very large1 and
handsome assortment,of : '
SPUTjrG K SVJBMEliQOOns,
,yL . HATS, GROCERIES,;&c. .
Winch theyjwilt sell at theirusuaily low
vieign, May 4. j 27.
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111
WHEATOW AJVD THE PMT11ER.
Ben Wheaton was one of the first settlers
on the waters of the Susquehanna, imme
diately after the war, a rough, uncultivated,
and primitive man. Like others of t.he same
stamp and character, he subsisted chiefly
by hunting, cultivating the laud .but sparingly,-and
in this way raised a numerous
family amidst the woods, in a halfx starved
condition, and comparative nakedness. But
as the Susquehanna country rapidly increas
ed in population, the hunting grounds of
Wheaton were encroached upon,; so that
the ehance with the smooth bore among the
deer and bears was greatly lessened, On
this account Wheaton removed (torn the
Susquehanna county, to Otsego cojunty, to
the more unsettled country of the Delaware,
near a place yet known by the name of
Wait's settlement, where game was more
plenty. The distance from where 'he made
his home fn the woods, through to the Sus
quehanna, was about fifty miles, and a con
tinued wilderness at that time. Through
these woods the almost aboriginal hunter
was often compelled to pass to the Susque
hanna, for various necessaries, and among
the rest no small quantity of whiskey as
he was of very intemperate habits On
one of these visits, in the midst of summer,
with his smooth bore on his shoulder, knife,
hatchet, &c, in their proper places, he had
nearty penetrated the distance, when he be
came weary, and having come, to the sum
mit of a ridge sometime in the afternoon
which overlooks the vale of the Susque
hanna, he selected a convenient place in the
shade,vas'it was hot, for the rays of the sun
from the West poured his sultry influence
through all the forest, where he lay down
tofrest awhile among the leaves, after taking
aTdrink from his pint botde of green glass,
and a mouthful of cold Johnny cake from
his pocket. L !
In this situation he was soothed to drow
siness by the hum of insects, and the mo
notony of the passing winds among the fo
liage around him, when he soon unwarily
fell asleep, with his gun folded in his arms.
But after awhile he awoke from his sleep,
and for a moment or two still lay in the
same position, as it happened, without stir
ring, when he found that something had ta
ken place while he slept, which had situ
ated him somewhat differently from the
manner in which he first went to sleep. On
reflecting a moment he found he was en
tirely covered over, head and ears, with
leaves and light stuffy occasioned, as; he now
supposed, either by tl(iesndden blowing of
the wind, or some, wild animal. On which
raccounl he became a little disturbed in his
mind, as he well knew the manueif of the
panther when it hunts for the support of
its young, will often cover its prey with
leaves and bring it3 whelps to the banquet.
He therefore continued to be perfectly still,
as when he first awoke, when he heard the
step of some kind of heavy animal near him
and knowing if it were a panther the dis
tance between himself and death could not
be far, if he should attempt to rise up. Ac
cordingly as he suspected, 'after waiting a
full minute, he now distinctly heard the re
tiring tread of a stealthy panther, of which
he had no doubt, from his knowledge olhe
creature's ways. If had taken but a few
steps, however, Wnen it again stopped a
longer time; still? Wheaton contiuued his
! silent position, knowing his safety depend
ed much on this. Soon.the tread was again
heard, farther and farther off until it died
away in the distance but he still lay mo
tionless, .a few moments longer, then he
ventured: gently and cautiously to raise his
head,, and. cast" an eye in the direction of the
creature. Whatever it was it had gone,
and he said nothing. He now rose up with
a spring, for his - blood had been running
from his .heart to the extremities and back
again with uncommon velocity, ail the while
his ears had listened to the steps of the an
imal on the leaves and brush. He nbw saw
plainly the' marks of design amonsr the
leaves, and that he had been covered over,
a ' .
and that the paws of some creature had
done it. Aiid if, as he suspected, a pan
ther was the animal, he knew it would re-
torn to kill him, on which account he made
haste to deceive it, and to put himself in' a
situation to give it a taste of the contents of
old smooth bore. He now seized upon
some pieceVof old wood which lay about,"
and placed a9 much as was equal to his
own bulk, exactly where he slept, anrj cov
ered it all over with leaves in the same man
ner the. panther had done, and then sprang
to a tree near by, into which he ascended,'
from whence he had a view a good distance,
about him, and especially in the direction
the creature had gone. Here in the crotch
of the tree he stood, with his gun resting
across a limb, in the direction of the place
where he, had been left by the panther, look
ing sharply as far among the woods as pos
sible, in the direction he expected the crea
ture's return. But he had remained in this
Dosition but a short time, and had barely
thrust the ramrod down the barrel of his
piece, to be sure the charge was in, and to
examine hia nnmintr. -and shut down the
- f O '
pan slowly, gcr that it should not snap, and
thus make a noise, when his keen Indian
ey ej' for such he h'ad, caught a glimpse of a
monstrous; panther, leading warilytwo
panther kittens towards her intended supper.
Now matters were hastening U a climax
rapidly, when Wheaton or the panther
(should finish their hunting on the moun-
tains of the Susqttehanna- for if old smoojji
(bore should flash in the pan, or miss her
1 uuic suuuiu uasu 111 uie pan, or miss
aim, me uie wouia oe cast, as a second load
would be impossible ere her claws would
have sundered his heart strings in the tree
where he was ; or if he should but partial
ly wound her, the same must have been his
fate. During these thoughts the panther
had hid her young under some brush, and
had come within some thirty feet of the
spot, and seeing all as she left it, dropped
down to a crouching position, precisely as
a cat when about to spring on its prey.
Now the horrid rustliug of her hinder claws
drawn under its. belly was heard, and the
bent ham strings were seen but half an in
stant by Wheaton from where he sat in the
tree, when the tremendous leap was made.
It rose on a Ion? curve into the air of ahnut
ten feet in the highest place, and from
thence descending, it struck exactly where
the breast and bowels of its prey had lain,
with a scream too horrible for discription,
when it tore to atoms the rotten wood, fill
ing the air for several feet above it with
leaves and light brush, the covering of their
deception. But instantly the" panther found
herself cheated, and seemed to droop a lit
tle with disappointment ; when however, it
resumed its erect posture, and surveyed
quite around on every side on a horizon
tal line, in search of its prey, but not dis
covering it, she cast a furious look aloft a
mong the tops of the trees,, when in a mo
ment or two the eyes of Wheaton and the '
panther had met. Now for another leap,
when she dropped for the purpose, but the
bullet was off, and two buck shot of old
smooth bore were too quick, as he lodged
them exactly in the brain of the savage
monster, and dropped, her dead on the spot
where the hunter had slept but a short time
before, in the soundness of a mountain dream.
From the London Quarterly.
PURSUIT GA WHALE.
' The pilot of some nigh-foundered skiff
Moors by his side under his lee, while n?
rut
Invests the sea, and wished for morn delays."
In the afternoon of a day which had been
rather stormy, while we were fishing in the
North Pacific a school" of young bull
whales made their appearance close to the
ship, and the weather having cleared up a lit
tle, the captain immediately ordered the
mate to lower his boat, while he did' the
same with his own, in order to go in pur
suit of them.
The two boats were instantly lowered,
for we were unable to send more, having
had two others " stove " the day before;
they soon got near the whales, but were
unfortunately seen by them . before they
could dart the harpoon with any chance of
success, and the consequence was that the
" school' of whales separated and went off
with great swiftness in different directions.
One, however, after making several turns,
came at lengh right towards the captain's
boat, which he observing, waited in silence
for his approach without moving an oar,
so that the young bull" came close by
his boat, and received the blow of the iiar
poon some distance behind his hamp,"
which 1 saw enter his flesh myself, as it
occurred close to the ship. The whale
appeared quite terror struck for a few sec
onds; and then suddenly recovering itself,
darted off like the wind, and spun the boat
so quickly round, when the tug came upon
the line, that she was within a miracle of
being upset. But away they went, " dead
to windwa
rd, at the rate of twelve or fif-
teen miles an hour, right against a . head
sea, which new against and over the bows
11
of the boat with uncommon force, so that
she at timfts anoeared to be nlourhinor
through it, making a high bimk of surf on
' . i 8
i ne second mate having observed me
course of the whale and boat, mahap-ed to
waylay them, and when thev came near to
him, which they speedily did, " a short
warp" was then thrown, and both boats
wciu suuu loweu ai neany uie same raic
aa the captain's boat had been before-
i now saw tne captain darting tne lance
at the whale as it j almost flew alonsr, but
ne did not seem to do so with any kind of
oflr0 kA - r 4k--..klfl .t:,i
effect, as the speed of the whale did not
appear in the least diminished, and in a very
short time they all disappeared together, be
ing at too great a distance to be seen with
the naked eye frotti the deck, i now ran
aloft, and, with tne aid of a telescope,
could just discern from the mast head, the
tbrPP nhipfts. Ssnpflrs nnnn tbfi fsurfnr.fi
of the ocan. At an alarming distance, 1
tuuiujuoiuuicnoiiiB iwu utti ' ins
MAnIisaf AkoAwtrA Iha 4 tA hnnta lirilh fVto
... . i . .w .
fore them, with a good deal of " white
water" or foam amon? them, which con-
vinced me that the whale was still running:,
i watched them with the class until 1 could
... i . . .
no longer trace them, even in the most in-
J . - - T . U 4V..
deck, that they miiht take the bearing by
compass ot tne direction in wnicn l nan
lost sight of them J so that we might con-
tinueto "beat" the ship up' to that,quar-
ter. ' I """. 5 .
compass 01 ine airecuon iu wiucu i xiau
i j ' m.z j. ... s ;a a a
x. I-... i
iuhsiU and there as every appearance'
was now-wnnin an naii an nour
sfeatnan would say i indeed the wind began
tne coming on oi an ugiy nignt as .
fn frhp.n eTfinrmnrnentatitl an awkward
- - J W '
bubble" of a sea soon began to. make. I re
tnained aloft until I saw the sun dip, angry
and red, below tbi troubled horizon, and
wasjostabout to descend when I -was dread
fnlly shocked at hearing lheloud cry ef
a man overboard " from all upon deck.
I looked astern and saw one of our .men
by the name of Berry, grappling with the
waves and calling . loudly for help.-r-The
ship was soon brought round, but in
doing so she unavoidably passed a long way
from the poor fellow, who' still supported
himself by beating the water with; his hands,
although he was quite unacquainted with
the proper art of swimming. Several oars
were thrown overboard the moment after
he fell, but he could not roach them, though
they were near to him; and directly the
ship was brought up, a Sandwich islander,
who formed one of the crew, leaped, over
board and swam towards him, while at the
same time the people on deck were lower-j
ing a spare boat, which is always kept for
such emergencies. I could be of no service
except to urge their expedition"1 by my calls,
for it was only the work of a few minutes.
The good Sandwich islander struck out
most bravely, at first, finding that he was
some distance from, the ship, and being
unable to see Berry, on account of the agi
tated surface of the sea, actually turned
back through fear finding, as he said, that
the "sea cans" went over his head. The
men in the boat now plied their oars with
all their" strength, and were "making rapidly
towards the drowning young man, who
now and then disappeared entirely from
view under the heavy seas which were be
ginning to roll ; a sickening anxiety per
vaded me, as my thoughts appeared to
press the boat onward to the spot where
the poor fellow still grappled, but convul
sively, with the yielding waters. The
boat, urged by man's utmost strength,
sprang over the boisterous Waves witit con
siderable speed ; but they arrived half a
minute too late to save one poor shipmate
from his watery grave. I saw him strug
gle with the waves until the last, when
the foam of a broken sea roared over him,
and caused him to disappear for ever ! The
boat was rowed round and round the fatal
spot, again and again, until night fell, and
then she was slowly and reluctantly pulled
to the ship by her melancholy crew. As
, 1 1 ... 1 1 . .
they returned, the turbulent waves tossed
them about, as if in sport, making the boat
resound from the' beating and dashing wa-
ters which flew against her bow.
The moment the unfortunate seaman dis-
appeared a large bird of the a batros kind
came careerniff aionsr anu augniea on me
water at the very spot in which the poor
fellow was last seen. It was a curious
circumstance, and only served to heighten
our horror, when we saw this carnivorous
bird set itself proudly over ' the head of
our companion ; and which also served to
remind us of the number of sharks that we
had so frequently seen of late, and of the
horrible propensities of which we could not
dore to think.
By the time we had hoisted in the boat
it was quite dark ; the winds too had in-j
creased to alutf a gale, with heavy squalls
at times, so that we were obliged to double I
reef our top-sails. Our painful situation
bore heavily upon us. We nad lost one!
of our men who had sailed with us from
England lhe bare thought of which in our
circumstances aroused a crowd of heart
rendinp: ideas. Our captain and second
! mate, with ten of the crew had disappear
ed, and were by that time all lost, or were
likely to be so in the stormy night which
had now set in ; being, too, several hun-
dred miles away
from
any
land.
We,
however, kept beating the ship to wind
ward constantly, carrvino; all the sail she
r-milfl hoar, makino- " short boards." or
putting about every twenty minutes. We
:-t. rn ' K.,..,
lights, and we nad likewise a large vessel
containing oil and unravelled rone, burn-
nine over the stern-rail of the ship as a
beacon for them, which, threw out a great
lio-ht. But although a I eyes were em-
pioyea in every uirection searcmng ior uic
boats, no vestige of them could be seen;
and therefore when half past nine P. M.
came, we made-Up Our minds that thev
were all 16s; and as the wind howled
"u. u ,l u
hoarsely through the rigging, and the
waves beat savagely against our ship, some
"
of us thought we could hear the stirieKS or
poor Berry above, the roaring siorm; oth -
o
I ers imagined, in their melancnoiy, tnax
they could occasionally hear the captain
voice ordering the ship to 4tbear up," while
th a hnats had hetm srii more than fiftV
times byanxious spirits, who had strained
" . ,
1 iKmp nirno thrnnrrh IHa frlnnm Until. 19nrv
uicu m.uuu u.v gwv, .m..
left her phantasmagoria in exchange. I here
were not many on board who did not think
of home on that dreadful night , there were
..I
not many araonir us wno ma not curse me
sea, and all Bea-gomg; avoealions, wmie
...Ik ha enma hraxlh th.tr hlotlPd tMA 91f
and cheerful fireside of their parent,, whrch
a i . a. m am i a r iiftnii nntra m van on
i at ui4i wumcu. WIjf. VVU1 - "
at wai moment iuey wouiu uayu gjve
they possessed but to see.1 Buvt atthe nvo-
ment despair was firmly setting upon us a
man from aloft cried out that he could see
oi aiiKumaumuoau ui mp eiui, lusv as
el i- Li uj e u ut ..- t '.ww
of were "going about,?' by whieffi we snouldI2Li W thi Uahed Sutek ; ' ,:
a nave gone iroin iu vv c an iuua.cu
I direction, and in a fewninvtear could
1 nlainlv nercetve it; ia a short time we
T J" . Trf 4 ' . i
- were close up with it, when,4 to our great
joy, we found the. captain and all the men
in the boats, lying to the leeward of the
dead whale, whielf had in some measure
saved them from the violence of the sea.
Tlrey had only just been able to procure a
light, having unfortunately upset all their
tinderthrough the violent motion of theboats
by which it became wet; but which they
succeeded in igniting after immense appli
cation of the flint and steel ; or their lan
tern would have been suspended from an
oareirectly after sunset, which is the usu
al practice when boats are placed under
such circumstances.
After having secured the whale along
sidel ( which we expected to lose during
the night from the roughnesss of the wea
ther,) they all came on board, when the
misfortune of p6or Berry was spoken of
with sorrow from all hands, while their
own deliverance served to throw a ray of
light amidst the gloom.
POLITICAL MEETINGS.
TENTH DISTRICT CONVENTION.
AsHiBoao', Jure 1, 1339.
In pursuance of a proposition made by a
public meeting of the citizens of Randolph
County, at May Court last, inviting the
citizens of the several Counties composing
the 10th Congressional District, to send
Delegates to this place on this day to fix on
and nominate a candidate who will be ac
ceptable to the Whigs of this District, the
following Delegates appeared, to wit :
Fbom Chatham. M. Q. Waddell, JTBrooks,
Juo. S. Guthrie, W. H. Hardin, John H. Haugh
ton, John Hill, John Dowd, Luther Clegg and Wm.
Albright.
Fnox Randolph Wm. 6. Lane, Jonathan
Redding, Benjamin waini, H. B. GJenn, Hugh
McCain and J. Worth.
From Davik. James F. Martin, G. W. Pear
son, Ephraim Gaither, Joseph Hpuser, Thomas
Smoot, Richard T. Dismukes and P. H. Cain.
Fbom Rowan. Isaac Burns and Samuel Silli
man. " '
On motion of B. Swaim, W. H. Hardin
was called to the Chair, and on motion of
John H. Haughton, J. Worth was appoint-
ed Secretary
On motion of Mr. Guthrie,
, , ... ... .
Resolved. That a Committee consisting of one
DeIegate from cach Coiinfy represented in this
Convention.be appointed to report Resolutions for
the adoption of the Convention, and that sakl Com-
mittee be appointed by the Delegation of each
County.
Where on, the several deregalioils- ap
.ted thlroUo Committee, to wit:
. . o.-n-
Mr. Albright, Mr. Swaim, Mr. Silliman
and Dr. Martin.
On motion of Dr. Martin,
Rctolved, unanimously. That such citizens of
the District as are present, be iavited to take seats
in the Convention and participate in its delibera
tions.
On motion of Mr. Haughton,
according to lhe representation of their respective
Counties in the House of Commons.
Mr. Silliman, from the Committee ap-
pointed to report Resolutions expressive of
the sense of the Convention, made the fol
lowing; report, to wit :
Whehkas, the people of the Tenth Congression
al District of North Carolina, having heretofore been
represented by a Whig member of Congress, and
the lime having arrived at which another candidate
should be brought oUf, who. would fully represent
the sentiments and wishes of the District, and there
being a candidate already whose political character
is doubtful and suspicious, and being fulry aware
that meditated fraud always seek concealment, the
Delegates from the several Counties iu tho District
being met at Asheboro' in Randolph County, on
the 1st day of June, 1839, declare that it is their
decided opinion that lhe policy and proceedings of
the present Administration' of the Federal Govern
ment are corrupt and ruinous to the best interests
of the country; that the promises of Economy and
reform by the party now in power are deceptive and
fraudulent, because norther the one nor the other has
we nave tne mMt wasteful euravaeance. and
instead of reform we have the grossest frauds and
the worst partisans promoted to offices of trust and
profit by the most corrupt mcan iu derogation of
ine ."B1 "U1 couc pf"i. ruu'
coUect ac1 have coUeaetl pubiic funds
anu applied the same to their own use, and the Ex-
Ucutive conniving at and apparently approving the
frauds and speculations until the incumbents in no
merpus instances abscomieu wun incur plunder ana
leave lhe country. Iherefore,
Resolved, Thatieform is necessary, both in Cpn-
1 1 : . L TT T" . . -.,,1
. . : i r .
i as lub dxecuLivc. uv uicatis in iiuuuuicui uui iia
j tion has grown too strong tor the Legislative de-
i partment, that reform should nt begirr-tnere.
si Rttolved, That as a measure of reform, the
present Executive incumbent should be superseded
so soon as the forms of the Constitution will admit,
Uthat a man be put in h
i aih in v anu inicniv renuer uim wui ui uiu die a
. important and dignified station.
I J - . . . w
J entimenL with the Dolitical nartv called the
1 whi uartv who are decidedly ottoosed to tberujn-
ust corrupt and corruptinf policy end measures of
I .t m A , !.! .. . .t. -. m.. mill n n
ine preseni numinmraiion; tm ""L" "r
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ifullV and clearly aod.canuklljrf pa all cawcar ot
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f aBd.candWlyf pa all ubje
pybHo'poUiy. that any Wcca!nientorij
on Bch occasrbnsVis 4 ,Td0refietioo of duty i
infraction of the rights pf the ciuxen. .;:
omission
p- and an
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. &r ResoUeils nate'Teeommenu ' as a
i w Resolved, Tptt a.tmimlUee of Tclra be ap
pothted by the Chair' to prepare an .address to; tha
eitizefniof this District; and that 1,0 00 copies be
stricken off at such Printing Office as in the discre
don of the- Committee shall be deemed proper.
On motion of Mr. Guthrie, tye Chair ap-
pointed the following pelegates to fill the
blank in the 5tfr Resolution, to wUi ;? , $
: Mr." Haughton, T Mr. Brooks, ap .Mr.
Dowd; from Chatham; Mr, Glenn and .Dr. "x
Lane; from Randolph; Mr. Pearson, fronV X
Davie; prv Burns and, Mr. Silliman, from, 9
Howan; who? after retiring for a short tiiue -
reported that said blank should b, fijlepj
with the narne of Dr. Pleasant Hkkder-j
sojr; ofRoWani Whereupon the. Resolu
lions were unanimously adopted by the
Convention. f
The following gentlemen were appointed
by the Chair to apprize Doctor Henderson
of his nomination and request his accep- I
tance, viz : Dr. Burns, Mr, Pearson and
Mr. Swaim. ..' ,. , ..
The Chair appointed the following gen-'
tlerhen to draft the address to the people of
the District, viz: Dr. Burns, Mr. Pearson,
Dr. Martin, Dr. Beall, Mr. Brummell, Dr.
Lane, Mr. Swaim, Mr. Worth, Mr. Haugh
ton, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Waddell and Mr,
Houser.
Resolved, That the Wlug papern of this District
be requested to publish the proceedings of this Con
vention., On motion, the Convention adjourned.
W. H. HARDIN, Chm'n.
J. Worth, Secretary. i r
CORRESPONDENCE.
Salisbury, June 3, 1839,
Dr. P. IlEtfSEasox : '
SIR The delegates from the 10th Congression
al District, lately assembled at Asheboro, having
the fullest confidence lit your patriotism, intelligence, .
and political integrity beliving especially, that;
on the question of the Sub-Treasury tho j Publk
Lands the election of the next president, aud alt
the Cardinal poin ts of political faith, you are with ' .
the Whig party, uxanimolslt, resolved to recom-
mend you as the Whig candidate for that office,
and appointed us a Committee to inform you of the
nomination. An early signification of your course
upon this subject is desirable, -
Permit us to add our cordial good wishes to the
above honorable testimony.
With great respect, " ,
Yocr ob't. ierv'is? ' ;
ISAAC BURS,
t5. SILLIMAN.
Salisbury, June 5, 1839.
Gestlemkx: I hae just received your note, an
nouncing the intelligence, that the Convention late-,
ly assembled at Asheboro had recommended me as
a suitable "Whig Candidate'' for Congress in the
10th District of North Carplinaaad requesting an '
early reply. However much I may. regret that the
choice had not fallen Upon one more competent to
sustain the great principles now in contest, jet a
sense "of 'duty will not permit me to decline a nomi
nation so respectable. My neme is, therefore, at
your service, and may God speed the good cause.
It can hardly be expected of tne, on an occasion
like this, to go into an exposition of ray political
sentiments but I will take the time to remark that '
your body seem very correctly to have understood
my views of men and measures. I am now-, and
ever have been, against Martin Van Buren, arid the
cringing serf-like manner in which he got Into of
fice, I am against his leading political measure, the
dub-Treasury. I am in favor of a distribution Of
the proceeds of the Public Lands upor principles
of equity. In short, I am with the .Whig Party 'In '
all the Cardinal points of their political faith,"' and
shall take every opportunity of making known clear
ly and explicitly these and other opinions to nay -fellow-citizens
of the District.
For the very flattering terms in which y on have
expressed the wishes of the Convention, be pleased
to receive my warmest thanks, and believe tirf "gen
tlemen, "' . . :' ::"
Your very "obedient servant, f
. PLEASANT HENDEUSOJfT"
Isaac Barns, and Samuel Silliman, Esqrs. Com
mittee, fcc '; : '
lTliIgr District Convcutiou. ,
Pursuant to notice heretofore given, a .
Convention of Delegates from the Counties
of Wake, Person and Orange, met o'rif Fri
day the 31st May, at the Masonic Hall in
Hillsboro.
On motion of Michael Holt, Esq. AVe-. .
ton Ri Gales, Esq. one of the -..Delegates"
from the county of Wake, was called to (he
Chair ; and on motion of Giles Mebane,, . v
Esq. Dr. Michael W. Holt and t Mr. Pey-' .
ton P. Moore, were appointed Secretaries''
to the Convention, when eonauetea W
the Chair, Mr. Gales returned hi thanks, .
and explained the purposes of the meeting .
in an appropriate addressv After skeiching
the present crisis in our political affairs,
and pointing to the canses which produced
it, he appealed to the Convention, whether
as patriots, they could remain passive- iu
this struggle between' liberty and power.
He urged the members' to zeal "and unani
raity in the' ehsutnT contest j and , assured.- -them
thai, with soch cause nothing was ,
required for success but energy and .perse
verance. These he" could, nerer"''beUeye y
would be wanting with freemen when'thefr '
most valued rights were invoivedin .Uw
contest. ' ; . '
r Hugh Waddell, Esq. by ' request, then
xose and addressed me?iConvenion. He .
sketched in a rapid raauher some of the e-
viis which wee- undermining the purity ,
our institutions: adverted to the cprrnp-
uona anu-, extravagani exp&nuifcuicsi ...
assumptions1 rpwef;rhich f
Udrninistratrott the .FederalgoferiimjhtLj
nave maoe- sncn aiarmins iirusrcda iu uis ,
aa rgea tne necsssny oi eejHn5 w4wu-7?M;i
Ail i ..Iah. ava nvor oil tbfir mnn.
entsi 'The'JmfW ihfcotighoutjUi ,juu.
mated and eloauenUand appropriate io tha
oecasioiu ' th
ollowing PftamMe'nd 4Mluf2ori,uch
were unanimously adopted :.: ,' ,
Whereas the Constitution declares that the pen.
pie have a right to asseulble together to consult for
their common good, an? it is believed there U mw
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