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April 21bt. 18;o ly.
DUXCAX .J. DiiVA.VF,,
U L1 N tUU.NShl.lu A' J-A v I
CLINTON", X. C,
"A TILL practice in the ,'ounty and Superior Courts
t T of Blaileu, Cumberhnid, and fcanijjson. and o
the ailjolnin Counties. Oflice near the Cliutoi Hotel
Feb'v 10. iMiu. if
Atlnniey & Counsel I or at Law,
WILL attend th-' Courts oi Cuinherlatid .Meoie
John.-iDii ard Harnett County i'UOMl'T ati.-n
on given. the eoll -ctiou of all claims entrusted to hi
are,
Jec 2'.l If-
CLEMENT (i. WRKiHT,
A 1' luUNLV AT l.AU ,
WIIjL praelice iu the counties oi iiladen. bainp
sou and Ciinitj .Tland. 1'rouipt attention gieu
to all business committed to his charge.
April , 1S.j8. tf
Vr. S. NUIlMEiNT.
ATTOUXLV AND COUNKi.LOU 4.T LAW
LUjIRERTON, N. C.
T7"ILL Al l'KXD the C-mntyu'id .Superior Courts.
f T ol ii ): -.!, Ciiiil'f'rl.uid. Uiadeli and Coluia
bas. Ail b i-ia--ss intrusted to his care, will receive
prompt att'-ntion. O.'iieeia Lie Court ltou.se.
Ja:y
i. i,s.',y.
l-v-w
auction i-:i-:u & COMMISSION mkiichant
K;st Sili of Cill-spie Street,
K IVKrTKVSl.l.K, N. C.
Nov. 1:5. ls;.
xJi Jta. XJ. rfia ?
V 1 L.MiN
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;.tox, m. c.
ml !:!-.-( n n 1 attention
l7dbL giv
to all
f C. i--. r i 1
Tar. Tin i;U iio'
il.- 1.1 .-p. r.t- liiriiiu'ie. liU.-m,
.u'.l a.Ieuaairy prmlii'-e for sale.
.- . oKl-T J ;-j un stairs ov
r t Hi' htore oi .M r v on-
glahn and j
a. a:
Luttci'luu s wharl. ,orm iaier
Street
dune IS. is;f). tf
fl1 . 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 ( 1 I ' i . 1 i I 1 1 I . '
1 x r m v tu.- most eimiuun.iu? uvij.
... . . .i:.,,,-, TT,.1
in North Carolina, (routing
P-J 1 S):"i-iiC- feet on llav and Donaldson sneers, is
fat , 1 ,, ,..... ,,f tin' business
INI..UIU HI v-.ivi- - ----
portion of the town, ami surrounded by all the bank
ing houses, wholesale merchants and principal pro
d uce d 'al .'i-s. .
&Ct- H i-i,iess men will Had the Hotel a convenient
anl eomi'oriaMe house.
All th xt 1 arrive and d"part from this Hotel.
K 1 t ' v-i U A-iril I S "'. . ly'r
"cr o 3 , S lioot-Iron
TlX-WAKiv&c.
o
X '1 i-i 1. a largo assortment of Box and cooking
S'.o.-s: Tin-ware; Sh-et-Iron : Lead Pip- Al-
C
. 'Mi Donilulon Coiiee r'." for sno- iy .
X v. 27.
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JAMES MA11TIXE.
ISTOTICB.
nWIXC, BKCLXTLV l'UBCIiASFD THE
nf Couneil &. MeKetlian, I am uow'carryii.
on tin
mercantile business at Council's Liu II
li.
II. LYOX.
V-i" LS .".!). w-tf
BEDS VKA1$ CUJlWs
i.1 .-v .. ct-.lo nt ve.lnced prices, at the Auction Store
A.
M. CAMPBELL.
A
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tf
3P2xiix1:s, Oils, cfco-
. . r,' .'ill
lr-,IJf 1.'. -lined. Lard, uinseed and lannei i- . j 1
U'iUTi: LLAD : lhiming Fluid
Putty ; Window
Glass and Sash of all sizes.
ALSO
a fresh supply ot Pond's Pain P. . 'Lover.
ForlaleJ.y JAS. M A T? T I X T
Nov. 27. tf
A Cx
A Word To My Old Frirnds.
f fliI0sE persons lor whom I have been attending' to
H n , lf ),,i"mness for vcaf : 1 am still willinsr
to serve vou with the same proniidness that I have al- ,
w.ivs done : and to others that may
want
liscoiints.
Pennon biKtness. &C..&C. letter my service
i i h
a promise of strict attention JAS. G. COOK.
June 27. 15")'.). O"
,xJ
St
ic GiiO. L1UDER,
is aoove C. T. Haigli iX j5Ulps ;
Two Door.
s atore.
Fayettcville, M. C.
Oct. 1.IS58. ly.
Ii U SI IS IZ It TON, N .C.j
HAS jnst received a large and complete stock, o;
STAPLE a..d FANCY PRY GO DS.
-A. IjGO
A Vvrg"? and elegaat asoi tiuj-at of lioots anl Shoes
ll.tt.s inl uipi Hard.vare, Cutb-ry, Arc, &c. 1 hata
bought theoi at the lowest cash pric-cs. and : m
prepared to sell cheap L.-- cash, or in exchange foi
coo'rtry produce, also, on time to p-ompi paying Cut.
o iners. I have; also on hand a Cust. rate as-,o;-tmeii
Of the best COFPLi. SUGAR and MOLASSES.
Persons tlesirou- of getiing iar as would do well
Ct call at my esfiblishriiet and exam! ic lor themselves
' Robcsoa Co., N. C, Alav le, 'C0 tf .
AOl.Tll OAKULliN I A!.
FAYETTEVILLK. N. C-
THE DISCUSSION AT CARTHAGE.
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. Moore county assembled at Carthage in the Baptist
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dates for the purpose of hearing Messrs Pool and
Ellis, upon the political topics of the da'.
The discussion was begun at lOjo'clock, a. m., by
Mr Pool in a speech of more than an hour. Mr
Pol is a gentleman of ability aud made tin excel-
, considering the cause he advocates.
Mr J'ool started out with some coolness, by nay.
ing that the past legislature demonstrated t.ie fact
! that tif f ro property ought to be ttxed higher, and
should no longer have the pqpr white man's head as
liiell to it; that it was them.. st valuable property
!:.... i . r. ..i. xt
C ' alt; 0 : 7 ' " "
upon a footing withjthe other ates of tae $OHtb
respecting this property. He accused the democrat-
:ic party, in their platform, cf favoring the taxation of
all property ecpially except negroes; that he wished
to include the negro. That he could not get his
competitor to hold to his platform or even read it
that Mr. Ellis had stole his platform from him. and
he was not at all pleased with the bargain. He took
up Mr. Ellis' Raleigh speech and tried to. use the
rat part upon the Gov. He said that the restriction
upon the taxing of slaves did not exist till "35 under
the amended Constitution. In reference to the
taxation of luxuries and the losses incident, that
was all humbug there were no losses to be sus
tained, because of the license tax.
Mi- Pool spoke of the dcclarati n of the Governor's '
speech in Raleigh., that democrats diifered but never
uiM.iod. ic, he .-aid they Uiitered twice and divided , tive products of the State ; in his speech at Golds
twine, and pointed tojthe exhibition of patriotism in l boro' he said it only ment to exempt household am.
the Baltimore Convention of th - Opposition 'where j kitchen furniture.
Johii iieil was nominated; th-.-re was no disunion I ms competitor spoke of his party at Baltimore
.here no sli; there ! I not liting, it would he too fine a job to split that
He said that Lis competitor had charged him with I;arty. A veil attempt to split a hair! it was too
voting against the proposition to change the Consti- Hmall to ppiit) ana the merest fragment pf the dem
tution, by M.r. Bledsoe. The reason he voted against, 1 OCratic party could whip it to-day.
it was, that it was not mooted before the people His competitor had called J. C. Breckinridge the
uno eei otci tor the repe d was a traitor and :
more, for he had sworn to support that Constitution.
He said he could not support Breckinridge, a r.ian
who was the fag end of a corrupt administration.
The Gov. ridiculed his party as smU. If it was
small it scared the democrats bad enough, and if he
were not elected, he would have the satisfaction of
worrying his competitor a good deal.
Mr. Ellis said that his competitor tried to convev
the impression that the po.n- white-man's head was
a shield to protect Lie negro; that this had been in
ui!get 111 by him ever since they ha I taken th
t 1 1 f - 1 1 1
scan. 1 ueiore me people, piiU although 1,1 oven tim
a:id again to be incorrect, it was still iersistcd in
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"1 l Je V1J JV -J . v ei ;e .ma. uu-vn a .att ai-4J
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i-.LL iiw uite pou pae.i ia.es oniy lor zi year
this was paid by mala only, negroes on the contraiy
pa'd tax upon their poll o" years or one third longer
than the whites, negroes also paid this not upon
males onlv but upon ftumles also, which mi.lit b
consid
iiiereu one hall tne neirro no s. 1 !u. ult.i
i the poor man's Ilea . 1 bein
shield (?) the Gov. asked
; if this degraded the pour man, was the master of the
slave not also degraded; the whole thing was for cf-
' ' '
tiiivi Liicio was J1U reailCV 111 IL. t;i p nnnvr-c
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sion vaa aitempteu to oe made by our opponents
that negro property worth one hundred and e-ighty
million dollars only paid one hundred and eighteen
thousand dollars, in all, when m fact it pays for
State and County purposes two hundred ar.d twenty-six
thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars
yenty. He said land was taxed more than its sharo
and he was foj its reduction. His. competitor every
time he addresses the people, got iurther and furth-
er from Ins platform, in fact latelj' he had lost evcry
plank but the negro plank, and he expected h
would soon abandon that. He now sa that ad
r ,.
""' .ii uic.isum no losses. 111 nis speech at
Gatesviile he takes very different grounds.
He said ii that speech that he was for taxin" the
billiard table worth '?odd upon a par with land worth
'.5o,i. Bilii ,rd tables now pay 125, land worth
S UU pays only one dollar, here would be a loss of
12d dollars.
My competitor says he does not
o the details f the question. Well,
care t go 1.
my irienos, it ls all important for you to go into ttie
det.ii.s ot your taxes how mo.cn vou pay and uo.v
; niu. Il Vou woo
I
d have to nav under tin; ad vnloi-i-io
I system. 1 wiil now p.ive you a few of the Uetails of
j tiie losses which you are to make up to the treas
ury, in a lew items oi gold and silver plate, jewelry,
gold and silverjieaded canes, dirks, knives, Oie. , a clear
loss ot tnirty-six toou-and dollars will be sustained.
The one item of money loaned out at interest is
$70,00(1, according to his system of ad valorem,
tnere would be a etean loss of thiny-one tooiis-md
dollars, while the additional revenue Loin slaves
would not be over forty thousand dollars. The
whole loss trom such articles is over two hundred
md twenty -six thousand dollars, and tne additional j
tax upon slaves forty thou.-aud dollars ; yet my com- j
i petitor says it is no loss, lie refuses to go into the
details. Well, my fellow cLi"iis, tne details is what
our people want the details is wnat snows the
farmer that one third of thj pYesent revenue, now
comes from ariieh s of this nature, and that a reduc
tion of this by ad valorem will make him bear it
The man that will not go into the details of the rev"
eiiue is not tit to be your Governor.
Mr Ellis said he was for the abolition of tho me
chanics' tax it was burdensome and unjust.
He then took up the question of taxes ut.on slaves,
he said that the slave paid 26 cents in Moore county
upon his head to educate the poor man's children,
he paid 22 cents for county purposes, anl twenty
cents upon eacu pon iui mc jivvji m.iu mic o.i.-
. !. Tl 4 . .. . . . n,.,v. ..... l-!...r. -
no greater menu -O tne pooi man man siave piopn- !
ty. lie showed how articles of luxury got clear of i
county taxes while the land and negroes paia tne . jsg
whole burdn; 3-et his competitor favored reducing
i. ... i -ill
me tax upon money at interest, ana silver ana goia
plate, while it paid nothing for county purposes, and
adding it upon the farmer's nroDcrtv not now taxed.
His competitor had said that no restriction Lad ever
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. ,,1, upon tne legislature to tax all negro equestrian art in St. John's wood; and on the
proper y till 1833, so far as the Constitution was servant repairing to the la iy's room she foun 1 a n it.
conserned he was correct, bet the, wisdom of ou? 1 addresse 1 'to p ipa informing him that he need not ex
fathers had prevented t n,.ir 1 mm..... . . tieet iter back, as be ore he could rrad itshc would
the ad
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V M 4 ViLAl U. II I1'. I l I
ion- iiilTMtli nc.i 1 -n t ,., , .
on ,1 l.uJ they parsed a bill just like that pro-
- - v... , vt me l evoni
poscvl by my competitor and the very next year it I
was repealed because it bore unequally upon 'the
poor man.
llis competitor hau voted against aa va.oiein in,
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every cooctivajoie way, oy legislative amenuincn,,
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1 . .. . . . a, -1 - , . t J I 1
anu oy convention, sir t ool aau sam inauutj uicu
who voted to amend the Constitution were traitors,
ture "onsidentif.n ,Mit; sllf,.1nHv
for they had sw-m to support the CJiT i? KmCcraof he SX c"meau
He then read over the names of tbe. -;aniiS4ije bclerbt andi ne- so as to secure harmonv
i
stituiion.
i Senators w
ho had voted for it, and one of them ap -
peered to be Mr McDonald, of Moore county
The
Governor sxid he would defend these men from the
attack of Mr Pool They were for the chau -e tlien
an1 they were for it still ; whereas 'his competi:or
was opposed to it then, and was in favor of it now.
J lie showed the inconsistency of .Mr Pool, in hav
ing voted for the reduction of the negro tax to 63
cents in the past legi-Jature, and now savins that
nero tax was too lidit : aain. his inconsisteucv in
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SJ3'"'g U,aC tl,c taX on lauU WHa Jow ,r;iW)aMith allWeal abil...
roti.ig against its redact.. Truru 20 cts.a to 15 cCS." rtfy -rA'p,im for the triumphant success of bur
i He said that the movable property in the State gallant staulard-bearers, 1khck.ineugu and Lane-
ought not to lie over-burdened with taxes, because
it cot:1,i he removed out of the State, and the land
und white poll would have to be taxed higher, lor
: everv foot of land in North Carolina was m u tased"
tn
that negroes were valuable from the cradle to the
g, avc ; they were, it was true, of value to sell, but
it was neither humane nor just to sell a little negro
from his morther's breast as 3ou would a dog.
His competitor advocated a war of classes, not a
war between labor, honest labor and property, bu'
a war between capital and proper! y the capital cf
the rich Hanker and the property of the Mechanic
an 1 Farmer. His competitor now said that the dis
crimination in his platform inent to exempt the na
f lr Cud of a co.ru pf administration, unfit for any
honest man's support. In this" he had done hintselj.
not Mr Breckinridge injustice. It was no place
to talk before honest Scotch Presbyterians, abou.
J. C. Breckinridge aVa corrupt man! he descend
ed from John Knx tiie reformer, through Wither
spoon, and down to Ids father, Rev. Dr. Breckin
ridge all Scotch, and himself a consistent member
of the Presbyterian church!! As for his competitor
vvoryi.jg him, he could only say that the smallest
kind of a wolf in the sheep fold would alarm the
lr I lioek, even were he covered with a sheet) skin to
inue
-.is n itu "e ; he had torn the hide oit of his cont
petkor to-da- and revealed
,um in
7 tt-t- -
his
true light,
reaftcr.
iiltle dread ol a wwii'oi
lis dimensions h:
Mr Eliis concluded his speech amid the hearty
applause of the whole house. The whigs looked
grim, the democrats jubilant. Moore is sure for
Eiiis and Morrison !
"HOW THE DEVILS HOWL."
L he gentleman who conducts tne w, it would
appear oy tnat paper ot the loth inst., under the
a hove headiur, h ts vented his bde against those
true and iindniciimg Democrats woo are determin
ed, it' pooiole, t. preserve intact thi; org miz.itioii of
the party in this State, and save it from the disgrace
of a "rail-splitdug" victory.
The i, the 1'res, and the Courant, pursue tiie
same course on this suoject; ail appear to be equally
fearful of the result of a union of J.he Democratic
part', and this lajt should satisfy all true National
n
men that a union is the wise and proper plan to
carried out.
Let a Stite Convention for that avowed object be
immediately c lied, and the honest-hearted masses
of the people will respond in such a manner as to
put to blusi toe ollice-seekiug demagogues who pre
fer defeat at this lime witn Douglas ii.oit rather
tiiau a u.iioii with that large poviion ot our citizens
who preier as a can tidate the gdlaut and- distingu
ls.ied son of Kentucky, whose n tme.is a pledge lor
victory.
Breckinridge has never leen hcateei! In peace
and in war sueoe.-s has always hovered over the
haimer 00111 1,1 o.s ara.-p.- , ..
Everything tor U.e cause, ot.nngTor men, should
be ihe motto ot every National Democrat, tavi'jtore
it is that as a Lnecviiiriage man 10 ior a union ot
the party. It lli.it cannot- be etlectea speedily and
hon.n-.Udy, then I say tor one, up wuu tne out .Na
tional Democratic banner with its glorious motto of.
Kliv.-AL1.ITV OF T E STATES :
Inscribe upon lis folds tne names ot
UitECKi:Kia.ii-; and Lane,
and preserve a portion of toe good old Democratic
party of
. . . t. i;.,t f.f v '.vi;
Connecticut tree iro.n tne taint of Aooh-
.r its hah-sister Squatter Sovereignty.
tionism or
Hartford Cl. Times
BRECKINRIDGE'S LETTER.
The Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Democratic can
didate for President, has issued uis letter accepting
the gomioatio.i. It is a letter that will receive tne
endorsement of n ttional Democrats auJ one that
cannot be treated lightly or contemptuously by the
political oponents of i.s writer.
Mr Breckinridge
expresses himself very cijarly upon the political
quostions Letore the country, anl takes correct. De
mocratic giound ; an 1 if the Democratic .Party were
united upon Mr. Breekinridgj and upon the platform
he endorses, we could swep the country t lean of
all remnains of Abolitionism, and place our Govern
ment on the basis of the equality of the
States and the constitutional rights of citizens.
W iih the motti given by Mr. Breckinridge in th-se
words "The Const tution and Equality of ihe
States; these are symbols of everlasting Union.
Let these be the rallying cries of the people,'" the
Demoeratc Party could accomplish a complete vic
tory over Republicanism. The perpetuity of the
umon
would b
ensured, and our progress and
growtn as a great nation matenal'y assisted. e
will publish Mr. Bre kinridge's letrer in our noxt
issue. Middlctown, Conn , Sentinel.
It appP;,rs fr0rn the Hamnstead (C. W.) papers
that one day last week Miss Clara Hill the daughter of
Sir Rowland Hill, feecretary to the f.st urnce,
was nowhere to oe r- u 1 I. fene had l e m in the
i t-. . 1 .- 1.. . . . f.... .. fl..
Iiaillt OI laKlllg lUUllg ltsuiis j 1 1. 111 . in'ivi "i mr
I . . . B
have become Mrs. . which trie r.-gistar oi
h,.en he-nine Mrs. . WIllCIl ITS
marriages a' a uc.gti..ut uiS ...-. r.
truW to i,, a fact Sir Rotvland aal lady Hill arc
inconsolable
BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE.
r -WJ fbis-day hoist the names of JOHN C. I
; INj-IDGE, of Kentucky, and "JOSEPH LA
RECK-
liiruUi. . V I lnrnrL-u -i ri . I -I : ln.l' 11 1 . - r, I I
w vrrr.
0te, our eJ;t "V tlnead. as candidate
' "
w Vr6ident and Vi.
President, md they shall
pportin the campaign uow
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-restive oar unnineuiijc support in Lie campaign
upon us. We came, to this determination after ma
and wity of action in the uartv. From everv in-
dies ti'ri at present we
e are satisfied beoad douot
JE and LANE will recede tl.e
c J'MVxk which was most .ikelv to triuin.di over
!trii;ick Kepu'.hcau candidates,) having been at-
- V fe.:- !f-.-wfe-Sha henceforth battle, as all irae lover
a-nri'iii entering the. struma now at hand, let us
all remember that it is not a mere party triumph
t 0 oo - '
we ore lighting for, but that we are engaged in a
batllJ wlSch if to decide the fate of our country,
either for weal or for .oe. Tnat we are li hung
for tli Constitution and the Union for equal right
an l ehual pr.vilegcs for peace and Harmony among
ihe-fc-tHtes, and fo- Constifutioual prioe.pte If wo
succeed, th3 Union will again be piuce.1 oeyond the
:onvrM
of treason a.d fanaticism -mr rights wiUj
jo.itiiiiiH to be protecU
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v. 11tu.iK.avc
..-1 , 1 f;u U.A l ;t s .
.ut, if we go down in the struggle against the enc.
mes -if our eouniir, the (ireat Utsposer of events
can iflunj tdl the avmu coasequeii.-s w. a -it i.rj
sure th ioliov.'. Then lei us aii raiiy around tiie
standard of JillEOKL'fUlDGE and LANE the
JonstkuiiSn and the Union the Enforcement t.f
.0 LaKS and alt wiil Oe well.
i - JTezcbern Enquire. .
Shocking Fate of a Losr Cujld. Several notices
.ave tecently been pubhshci coneer .ing-a c ild
aimed Thomas nenry i iniey, aged 41 years, v:.o
usap'ared on July 5th, naving foliowtd from
.:ome t'.ie band of the Turners, who held a pic mc
.oat day. His dead body was found on Saturday
near the Kossu.h Woo .s, on the "Xeck," by M.-".
vVm. Stevens, who Was gunning. The barking oi
01s dj in a marsh having attracted his attention,
he went to the spot and found the body almost im
oedcl in mud.
The child had evidently followed the procession
to the. vicinity, and naving started to return to hr-hom-j
on the hill, over the uiead.iws, had beeom.
i" steneji in the mire, and perisoed trom exposure
and hui.ger. During the night of the 5th his cries
were hj iri, but nothing unusual was suspected, and
110 search was undertaken. Tne eyes and nose 01
the unP.rtunate l id had been cated away, probably
by muskrats, an .1 the body was otherwise itultda
te l. O ie thumb vias found in his niauth, showing
iliat in the agony of starvation the Lid had atterap..
to relieve himself. JVcwark Advertiser.
We learn from the New London Star that the
ncwlv-ijivented rilie cannon, which is now being
lUSSLu L'$tciL .ill 1 L.Copiw ifi taa-tt iu-fcd ux tia
TTae ujTf ..', winch is a ooaru lenoo ild leei long ano
10 teet t;igh, is six miles distant, lhe vvor.it snot
that liasjbeen made came within six feet of the cen
tre of tlie target. The cannon was invented by (Jen
James, If il'uode Island. It uses but twelve pounds
of powtlr to each shot.
DEATH OF MB. GALES.
The. tileoranh brings 17 in lellio-enefi nf the. dpnth
0f tlu, lencraLlt and distinguished Editor ot the
jS-'tional Intelligeiicer, a nian who, with all his
faults a a politician, (and who is free from them,)
enjoyed the estee n and respect of all who knew h;m
a man who reflected honor upon his profession
whose tone, both personally and editorially, was
that of a hign-'Tiiu.ied gentlemen. Under his aus
pices and that of his venerable compeer, Mr. Scaton
the leitu'ligeier at one time possessed a larg politi
cal influence, and even alter that had passed away.
tjle
the high literary cliarater of the paper survived and
, rctaioeu for it position in journalism almost peculiar
I to liseij.
,, , ii p 1
lhe inend und companion of several generations
of statesmen di,tinguisned for his talents a..d est.-
mahlo lor Ins so.a u virtues the death of Mr Gales
is really a national loss. His departure will be re-
gretted by tnose wno dissented Irom Uis pontics
almost as much as by taoe who toll .vved his teach-
ings as their political Bible. Wil. Journal,
A FOIl JIDA.1LE REAK-GUARD
AVAILABLE?
WILL IT BE
Dy
ATe have sern it staled over and over again
' northern journals th.-t there are hundreds of thou-.
Siuuls y- Vl,tQTs in limt section wno have not at- !
tended the poils since fie Presidential election of
l8Cli, su,d they assert with great confidence that
tiiet!
e men form the grand re.-orve tnat will come
... . . 1 , . ,
if . r ti Y o 'T,.1"
Li U I i ia
host.
tnu asstsr iu ueieanug iue olikk lvepuoncan
l ..... , - 1 1 -m , . .
1'h is is what New lork Union, auttabohtioii
ediur.s say. iiut whilst we are not dispoei to
question tne sincerity ot their belief in the premises,
we confess tnat we tear verv utucb that tne event
n . i l . c i
will not tUily sustain tne assumption of so large an
addition to t..e conservative ballots. . thing
that TSaaUiClNmiK
aim t united support of the South, wjta the ixxsi- ff"n Wt?" as ,or a,s a"'1 Puw" , mMSU l,UJ neuU or ia ni.ty is n o:i, u is i
b.libv of their carry in? several of the Northern 1" the town of Acton, Me on a beautiful nAgfi severe tax upon tlte ditumUt.e I res-u: .s oi the
StMH iu the coming Presj.Iennal strug-le. Such f ,dnd "tted about mile from Milton Mills, , household U, add to the excuses of h:uc. and
beuj'fe the case, and our objec t in deUy?n an ex- N- cottage farm house unpretending mnht ot. biok. far tt..- f .auly.
predion of our preference for either ofthe tickets 1,1 ,ts appearance and bearing evidence of a very With those to wh.m tne ,,n is n t an imtort-
no!-6jre. the people for the 'presidency, (which respectable antiquity, The passer-by will often an consideration, the conlusi;n and ic M.rmry of
:L , . . - i . i LA. notice a irr:iw Knirmi mn romliiKr attintivplv hv ..uriiinjr tne house ot UC.lt (1 into a mii ln-r s s:;in.
i , i . L Will U3 UVIllt tXO UllSfilUl UrlUft I. . . . Vrl
voum gia.uy mo.e ian ,o see tuese statements me Jlatel . t a tae "concentrating hoop" above
ot our patriotic northern contemporar e.s conhrmed e Uaaic iinl ( x utter prevent
oy tne election returns Tt is very certain that if;eJ me frvKa u ,snap in tl L.orJ j cut ihiu with
bouy of vo ers, heretofore inactive t knife Xumoulent 8l,e was reTieved of
in .hoir aute eicc:ioi.s and taking no part in them, ; this w -lt she w- h u
tne lanks u,yaut the t mat.es the atter will be ut,,s X reaciiej an eleraUon of 5,000 feet. In fifteen
louted at all points and driven from tne fie.d Ibis m,nares I was over the beach, and tightening my
would ludeeu be a glorious consummation and suca cord 1 shot downwards-SrsI perpendicularly, and
a victory ww.u.d vve.t oescrve to be publicly celebra- 1 tht!li inriaeno.,.-! nnAa n.St t .i,.hn ..
ten, i.e salvation or- the repuouc, in every citj . ,
town, village, ana hamlet, from the Atlantic to the ;
f acihe, and irom the St, Lawrance to the Gulf ot j
Mexico
As the only really serious danger which threatens
the immediate subversion of our institution i this
Lincoln Hamlin ticket, ic ought to be the desire and
euoik-o. uu, me ot.ier pa. ties, ..y a tuuiii-i
iicn, to secure 1 s overthrow by a sweeping, over-
-e ... r . 1 , . l . . . ' . 1 . n I
whelming majority of botn the popula1 and electc
ral vote, so that Black Republicanism would have
no chance of ever afterward re-unithig i's broken
and scattered b ittlions. Now is the time for the
friends of the Union and the Constitution to shake
od' lethargy and partyism, buckle on their armor,
a. id strike with nil tneir might for the preservation
of the gpvrtut-s heritage of liberty '-vhich they enjoy.
Let the fanati.-al loes that are seeking to destroy
hi- precious lOssession, be crushed, and there will
be no fun tiT peril in the way of our national pros
per ry and hap iness.
". We shall se, if we live till the ides of Nove.nber,
how the grand array of reserves, ppoken of in the
beginning of this article, will acquit themselves.
We hope that the call upon them will be more po
tential than that upon "spirits of he vasty deep,"
and that they will be found enthusiastically respon
sive to it Petersburg Etpres.
3?" A corespondent writing from ChsrIote, to
the Wilmington Journal, under L;te of :h 18th
inst., says :"
I h-Jard tho ' cuVussibn at Salisbury yesterday.
gpg Kot a deci led ad ...o.age f Pool. After the
ippiuitai:it; at f.ttsiic.i'O . I'oo; corai-s uacs i.y caur-
iUe will nut sro to Wibjou aud Uiintou. Who
backs out now ?
rPrim the Boston Journr.1.1
THE LAST SURVlOR OP BUNKER HILL.
-I lie oujiLeiiJt-.il, s ircuueaiir oeen innio hv n
Tl V." . . . . . 1 . .1 t .
newspapers, and endowed by Mr. Everett in his.Ut
no
'JrJi ot -lulv oration, that there is no one-lea of
th, b.an? of heroe first withsto,.i the shock
Diiusii anus m mo ujjcii iiviu. ciguiy-nye
years- halving eli-psed sini-e tht world-renowne-d
gle, the burden of Prohahi.i,i?.wW.H favor
such a mclusmn ; yet the statement is not correct.
There is one w.io took part in that memorabe battle
and in subsequent events of the revolution, yet
livin of yeira.an-i venerated for bis moral
the window, or walking about with a stngle cane
yu :e cngr.geu m tne onn nary moors m i.m
t "niinan. iue stranger win perceive noming
We.!.thahiflRliShtly be. fiurean l
welt-preserved, swarthy features of tin's old man or
apparently eitl.ty years; but the resi 'cuts of the
-y-iii. country involuntarily tena with reverence
- ? "'y "u . may no is tne
. ;,.Ker Ifwiot.
! t David Kiunison ; who long surrv.ed hs confeder-
1 atcs of the tamvus,Boston. 1 ea Party," was livin- in
1S31 in Chii.at extraordinary age of one
hundreu. mrl fifteen, jears. He has since passe-1
Rjlph I-urnirm, the Lst of the Hunker Hill
Ws ti 1 lives altougr, ae has-: ;ea, ly attained
a span ami a nasi 01 u e sj.aee a.uneu . ,n.. nti.
1 one Iiunureo nr.". rounu 011 inuay wus wiewiiiw.Ht,
, ,1- .. i r
I r.iilton on tne T-n. e nave aneiuv given, jnntl
the Pe of a cotTcspondent, some not.ee of this in-
, urescmg an.nr. a uwugu . .. Fm 10
exiend a notice of the event beyond the nnmediite
vicini y of the veteran's residence, a very large con-
course of people were in attendance. The features
of the occasion were an address, and one hundred
and four greetings from a twelve-pounder, and a
dinner enlivened with toasts and speeches.
Mr. Esrnum, we learn, was not in the midst of the
battle. Having been enrolled only on the day prev -
ions, it was his lot to be detailed among a guard to
take charge of the artillery nd baggage, at some
distance from the redoubt. In so close a proximi-
ty to the principal scene of strife, the observations
whieh he made, and distinctly recollects to this day
are highlylinteresting and we trust they will'be given
to the public by some competert pen. When we
reflect how many persons living can even remember
the event itself as a child of twelve at that time
would now be ninet3-five years old a living actor
in that bloody drama becomes at,onee an object. of
interest, respect and veneration
(From the Montgomery Advertiser.
A LIE NAILED TO THE COUNTER.
Some days since, it was charged by some Dousr-
Jas sheet in this State that Mr Breckinridge signed
1 petition to Gov. Wise, asking the pardon of one of
the Harper's Ferry conspirators. We knew the j rstood generally tnat such action must terminate Lie
-.barge to be false, but in order to make assurance j existence f the convention as a body representing
louoly sure, we telegraphed to Richmond for infor- i the democracy of the Union, and ventu ite in the
mation on the subject, and received the following present condition of the po.ver.ul and pitriotic
dispatch in repby. This falsehood is thus set at organization, whieh hasso long upheld tiie q 1.1I
rest, and we hope that our exchanges throughout rights and vindicated, in pea 'e .m i in war tiie com
thc State will let their readers know to what despi- ! nion honor of these confederated Sta as. Tnere h is
cable means the squatters are reami-tintfe fr the aiir.i
pose 01 mim ing iir irecKinriuge. ht-re ia me an-
poe 01 1111
swer t-j our dispatch ; .
Richmond, July 10, 1S60.
To Geo. II. Shorter : The charge against Mr
Breckinridge is utterly false. I, am officially in
formed upon this. matter at the office of the secreta
ry of State for tbe Commonweulth.
O. JE NNINGS WISE.
PERILOUS BALLOON ASCEXSIOX.
On the 4tu of Julv, Prof. Steiner made his 89th
ascension in the balloon '"Europe," from Milwaukic.
In his account of his voyage, be savs :
"When I had been out forty minutes I was over
taken by a thunder storm, which was moving in an
oblique direction to my course, and in an ins' ant I
was surrounded oy clouds. It would be utterly im
possiole to describe the grandeur and beautv of
this scene. Its suddenness was startling. The
t-.rt-- -:.... .1.... t 1 1 f . .
f turning uiy head and seeing a bank of clou Is at
J least 50x) fcPt n; u m0?ing toward me with an ;m
.... i.l . . .
uiai i.inai.iLioii coal, i nau oi its vicuuiy was on
1 pren&ive sieaomess. 1 nese ciouds soon surrounaea
, m, ounlU sides-ab,.ve, arching themselves- into a
u ut rotU)1da, and leaving a space through which
j tilH clearj b;u 8key coulJ ,JU seenP T,ms siut in j
StJt.,n6d to be fixed iu a tremendous shaft of vapor,
The .fining darted up and down the sides, and
; t,..,n tl,nnder i.eals were ln,.d n,l r.tir.m,.w I
however, fell no alarm, knowing that the balloon
was a non-conducting substance. Once, while in
tiiis situation, I halloed as loud as I could, and the
! increase and reverberation of my voice in thii do
almost stunned me.
"it was about six o'clock. I did all that was in
my pow.T to lighten her, throwing over my grap
pling irons, and everything of weigh oven to my
fln,i hv tUa ,.-o, ,7 ..'..lo.L- n,.H
. -x xvy x ,B.k&-x V 1 14 1 x-3 xy X. , i V v,v.v,i .
5 minutes.) I struck the Lake ten miles from tbe
. a, M.uun. x.ix un
,.e ur .1 .. ... l. ...... a ....... m;i.,. F .
vu . .:...t .. if
i 1 v 1 vrt.2 I... ..-.a fv. . .1 . f . l-.nO if T vviiia 1 wifti
i oaIl0l,n. L kn(ivv that ;f r could gC up 800,l
. j . . . ? .i..5 .
eew l eouiu MriSvi an easterly current mar wouiu
uke me asb imd uu onl chanoe j
; cwU sct abo t ttin H inJO execution. I im
I llltlileiiO il n T an tin. lor Durrani i cli rrK 1 1 T
w-CSrM.rly direction .striking in the water ten feet
lcom tae land witaout any ditBculty waded
asUore."
A Patriarch' Reminiscencr. A correspondent
at Winchester sends us the following :
Ha vintr seen in the Boston Journal a notice of
o . . .
the last supposed survivor ot the Wyoming massa-
t senJ va the followimr:
Amos Adims, now living in Winchester, N. II.,
was one of the sufferers of that time. He was born
in August, 1773, in Wilkesbarre, Pa. Tne massacre
took place in July 1 77c. He says, " . have seen
from one to seven scalps on an Indian's back, with
the Ion
g grey hair of the aged, and the glossy curls
nnoeetit child, s reaming in the vind."
lai early age, he traveled on foot in company
of the iniioe
At. ri.ir i.:irlv :i.- nfi trjTnlu.1 on loot in eomn
-.: , . . " 1 . . . -1 . .,,
wnn nis iamer anu Jionier, woo eaeu nau a cona
younger then himself to carry in their arms from
the Wyoming settlement to Fishkill, a distance of
about 130 miltjs. Daring their long and tedious
journey thev were obliged to travel many miles in
the intense he.it of a July sun, without a single drop
of water to qieuch their burning thirst "On-ie,"
he avs, ".veeame to a imrshy place where some
ammai iaa previously oeen, leaving a iraeic m the
vieldin? soil, in which a little maddv wate
ater had ac-
cu nu a-v-cd. I iskcd mv mother if I ;n fhi set lo vn
md I ink r, he sail I mig it, a .1 eag-ny di i I
thrust mv face into the dirt, to ootiin t ie precious
mut lydroo- -
. " j
Even now A-ill the tears glisten in the old man's
eye as he tells of begging ills p treats to p.is on
111 J leave him to Te a-.one, with no ,m f pi ry a ;d
no pillow bat the e.'.ith 01 which to rest his aclii.iir
head. He Ls aow eUaty-si yedrs oU. Eeim &nr
Mocknino vress. The practice of putting on
sombre tmenls as an exhibition of grief tor the
J .l f . - I ' .f .1.,.. rl.v
I 1 . .. . . i
i i.ih " ... ,,,..-,..1-., I tiifct inii.u w in non
leet the cas oui attract notice by their singul ir.,y.
uiiuui i..mv...t. io rtyr .-vi-. . .- ... B
Twenty-live or thirty years ago, and attempt wus
1 muJ? ty excellent clergymen aad leaders of pu-.hc
opiniiin to suovert inis custom, sua witu so:ne sii
c. -But
- yraet.ee of
es. before
the chanif di J n t last long, and
puLting o . mourning is as jrciur-.l :vi
lul tnere arc realy very st.rio.is oj-
jections t. it.
It is ofteu a heav
Mourning g.fme.Us ,
avy burden upon the
In' 10. l rod.
in tOi jrs,
irc more ex:n.isi'e
and bieir.g up tne hours waicli snouiJ l a s crcd
'
...js.jf uusouw t, .wuiii
the guidance of a moDrniag Jress ?Lt It i .worn to
express grief; but is it necessary to parade .ut grief
before ton world ? Andisgriefthjo.ilfeehngof
uie inrista;n ove tne gravs u, uwwai xet
we put nuimug upon out g...Ui.. . . .j .....
tain i.utn, n..oe nnu con.iai.. ... u,c...
ry wa,t, ol black, expressive ol u.uuixed, hopeless
inconsolable sorro.v. kot this reason it wou.d seem
that if we are to wear any pecu bar c. stume to s!g-
nity that we have been bereaved, unmitgag-d black
is most inappropriate, and tans e.mrcly i express
the emotions with w:,iel. toe Chnstam cont.mVl us
the Uoatii ol a .rie..i. tu,Wui .e4u..eB , ..uu
u;y tie wear.ng or a "weeu 01 ciape ium mo
. 0 1... .1 v. ....
fl.-.t vliv soou. .. a some suunar eiu-jiciu 01 ui-
r,.w ..n,wer eer, purpose in t.ie dress ot wo.nan.?
a oan.i ot crap.-, peruaps wnw mo o ...... t ..uu
cf black la -e resti.ij: uoon and hal:-.:o'enn,r the
uiore cheerful colors f the ti imming V "Deep
mourning,' as it l-i c Lj1. des i.t express- tu
( Christian view of death, it J., 5o fact, to' dioi&l
and hopeless for any form fiat h u vor iwoti tu.xen
J by the religious element. It is of evil ti n hjney by
; continually reminding the mourner of nis sorrow
; and never suggesting hope or consolation. W iy
: then should it oe worn? The heart does not nied
to aggravate its grief oy continu:! mementoes of it,
1 and the truly bereaved never desire to make tn os -
' tentations display of tiieir sorrow ; on w.at ace-.vmt
then can the wearing of in-turning be justified
Springjle'd llepublcan .
Ex-PkESIDEVT PlEKCE FOR BlttiCKIRIDOE ixr
Laak. It has already been sai 1 that ix-Preshleiit
; Pierce had pronounced the nomination of Hotiglas
' sectional; but it lias been stre moldy denied that he
would support Breckinridge and Line. A letter
addressed by the Ex-President to Mr. lh.Ilett is pu
bished in the Boston Post, and we make the follow
ing extract from it Mr. Pierce writes :
It was vain to hope for harmo.iy after the action
of the majority upon the report of tiie com nit'ee on
i credentials. It could hardly have failed to he on le-
im.. in f-t nniitin.it mt woW mi ..nt.n....av
with the es.hbiislied and, recognized usages of tnat
organization, an J hence sound and faithful men wiil
find nothing in the proceedings, sof.tr as the nomi
nees are concerned,; to. bind their parlv fealty.
Under these cire.unistanes, it would gratify ine ex
ceedingly if our friends in all sections ol the land
could unite earnestly andcord?i.'ly in the support of
Mr. Breckinridge and Olctieral Line, and tnus
insure for oar cause sign I victory."
A Ne v Phase of tub Slave Trahe. The
New Haven Register publishes the folio .v..g extract
from a lettt-r dated St Croix, June IU:
"There is a very strange slo.:y hero. frst.j.-crSo'a. .
which is asserted fro 11 1 respectable source, a 1 1 c.:,
which I have no louot 111 -scll '.f its truth na.ofcly :
That an American vessel, aboutt two weeks sim-e,
callel-oif the Island of An.tg-id.i and hoisted sigoils
i of distres w hich, of course, imm-jdintcly
1 ' ' . ,
iMO'lg it
ntf-i 'nrwi nf wrecke.rs. ad netrroes or. colore-1 in" .. to
jhc .-.umoer of t.venty-oue. Oi t icir- getting on
board t iey were politely ask e I below to t ike some
refreshments, when their boats were c it a b ift and
the vsssel made sail and st od mche North, wiie-e
bound to of course noo.ie could tell, but it is
erally supposed she is destined for No v Orb- 0
some other Sou; hern port. Aruther su n. c
cumst nice has reee.itly occurred here -whi 1 : 1
vouch ior, and which shouldjbe made kno.vn t rm .ii
the press. A number of negroes 1 in. led fr m an
open boat a few weeks ago on the east end of the
Island, who, on being questioned, stated that they,
with one or two other boats, (which arc snppos d
to have m ide Tor tola.) left the Dutch Island ..f S iba
ta-o nights previous to their landing here. Slavery
still exists in the Dutch Colonies, but tiie owners of
slaves apprehend tint Government intends to eman
cipate them ere loag, without suitable compeusa.
tiou. These fogitfves state, as their reason b.r
maki ig their escape that their owners weie making
-rranguments to dispose of them for the N Orleans
market to the captain of some American vessels ly
ing in the harbor oi St. Eustitia."
TIIE HEARTRENDING ACCIDENT IN CHAR
LES COUNTY, MD.
The Port Tobacco Times gives some further par
ticulars of the drowning, on the 13th inst., of Mr.
Grant Harris, of Charles county, and his two lu-iec-s,
sisters of Mr! Morgan Harris, of Cincinnati, when
the whole party were enjoying a sail for pic-sure in
a small boat upon th Potomac. The upsetting of
the boat by a flaw of wind occurred about one mile
from the Lower Cedar Point lightboat. Mr. Mor
gan Harris was alone rescued, it will be recollected,
and the Time says :
He reached the upset boat after a manly but vain
effort to save one of his sisters. Mr. Grant Harris
was na a good swimmer, but struggled hard to
reach the boat with the other lady, and finally sank
from exhaustion when almost within reaeh of the
object. The nearest source of rescue, we under
stand wa full a mile distant, and before the first
boat reached the ecene of disaster Grant Harris and
the two voung ladies had sunk to rise no more.
Messrs. ft. Fergusson and Hugh Mitchell, who on
rence, hastened with all speed to a boat and starfei
. to the rescue ; but, alas ! when they arrived it wa;
, to realize tha sal and heart-sic'cening f.et tut t.ieu
1
as
icir -
: .s r:.. I,. .....,-, n.)(Lt nil assistance.
, unree young ii.t-.i .' " - e .. .y.p-t an(j
The two young la lies were rcomtIL'' . . .
' beautiful the admired and beloved ot TnJlJrGrnt
j acquaintances and friends in our ' the
Harris we knew well, and we say e Gn(3B
(heart there never lived a nm spQ n& n the eary
handiwork than he. Mr- Mounted Volun-
: members of the "f'j- an3 election of offlce-s
teers, anu a- "" " . t'naf company and -ve
was of quarter aa ;-r;,
believe hcl 1 the co.-nmi.ss.
M.
Tiii-- company
na 1
1st regiment o. m. - m;in..)er The grief
truly no!o.e oin r learn gr-'.it, 1
. mother and only sL,,er ,
. a. . 11
f :
If
1 descrip-ion. . sisters vj:
to tbisinnty. tneir naronts r'd og ic
tc"'l 'I ,(;rb vli hive all
OCJ.I
tver an 1 InUxcd at "Wafy,' U'i v
Vl'VI! TTu-ria.