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) '7- i USSWJ "MA J UJn.ll I I; Por Reid and victory. Election Returns. The Election came off on Thursday last, and according to custom, old Edge , combe came nobly to the support of the' democratic candidate for Governor. Wt have also verbal reports from some of the adjacent counties, which we subjoin: Edgecombe cowny--Senatc: Henry T.Clark. Commons: Joshua Barnes and Kenneth Thigpen. Sheriff: James F. Jenkins. State of the Poll: Senate Clark, 326, Wm. D. Petway (no candi date) 200. Commons: lungpen fooU. Barnes 75G, Moses Maker 283, Jonathan -rights, is unjust, unfair and false in fact. Bulluck 26, Wm. Norfleet ( no tcandidate) Therefore, when we see Southern men 325, James S. Battle (no candidate; 61. and Presses in and out of Congress, as cur:r. WJnp oi.r Jnhn O. Williams anting to and giving countenance to the UJIVI IU w . - - For Governor: Reid 148l,Manly8S democratic giinjityo our riUs anu saVors more of 61 voles. cowardice and the demagogue than true P Senate: Benj. F. Eborn, re-elect- patriots contending for our tights. Cd without opposition. Commons: Wm. Mr r'lay's Compromise, recommended , ' . , n, i r- i bv the committee of thirteen, what docs J. Blow, re elected, and Marshal Dickin- " 7 T . ' it grant to the Southern States? Nothing! son (democraticfeain.) Sherifl : B.G. AI- Not oQr Constitutional and just britlon, re-elected without opposition. rights Still the cowardly cry is, "it is State of the Poll: SenateEborn 672 the best the South can get" nothing Blow 701, Dickinson 617, Elias J. Blount This compromise will not do for the SW.fi. AlhrSimn Rm Pnr (Inv- . mrm n . . nn , . crnor: Manly 591, Reid 583 a democrat- J ic giin of 10 votes. In Greene, a gain for Manly of $0 voles, Benj. Williams (whig elected) whig gain, In Halifax, 52 ma ority for Reid a democratic gain of about 140 'voles In Martin, Reid's majority about 300 votes a democratic ain votes. of about 80 Q3XVc arc authorized to announce Capt. F. M. Parker, a candidate for the office. of Lieut. Col. of the 2lst Regiment irMilitia. (Election 16th Aug.) - Edgecombc Agricultui at Society. At the annual meeting, held on the 25th July 1850, the following Officers were , , , r , . . .. elected for the ensuing year, to wit: " J Ralph E. Macnair, President. John H. Daniel and Jesse Mercer, Vice Presidents. John L. Bridgers, Secretary. William F. Lewis, Treasurer. Atjhe stjne time the following com mittees were appointed, to wit: Cotton and its culture Robert R. Bridgers, Baker Staton,R. D. VVimbcrley, David W. Bulluck, and William Thigpen. Grains and their culture Jesse C. Knight, Josiah D. Jenkins, William J. Staton, and Jesse Harrell. Stock their appropriate uses and value John H. Daniel, James R. Thig pen, David Cobb, William S. Long, and Lemon S. Dunn. Drainage and improvement in soil William F. Lewis, Willie Bradley, David B Bell, and James F. Jenkins. "Official statement of the Polls of Election, for the Cotinty of Edgecombe, compared at tho Court House in Tarbpio on Saturday, the 3rd of August, 1850. ror Governor, benate. , , ( -a t , Districts. Reid Manly Clark Pet'y Thig'n Bar's Ba'r Bu'k Nor Jen's WilVBy'm ! 1 Tarboro' 72 11 25 1 49 28 6 1 56 60 10 5 2 Brake's 112 20 49 1 84 77 31 3 12 QQ 27 4 3 Arm'gs 144 6 42 23 77 92 .40 90 54 3 1 4 Wilson 169 12 3 73 lrj 176 1 7 3 SS 81 6 4 5 Edwar's 91 2 8 3r 33 82 3 1 2 17 61 14 , 6 Saratoga 104 10 6 35 31 83 I 21 30 29 57 j 7Barter'd 87 2 14 19 72 23 8 6 25 13., 46 ; 8 Sparta 103 6 3 6 92 22 10 63 6 30 9Hu'koryG 56 13 . 34 22 17 4 19, 46 3 4 p. 10 Ruffin's 70 2 22 45 40 37 7 6 71 i I I II Harrels 73 1 10 1 75 11 2 1 - 56 10 7 12HickoryF 56 26 53 2 1 46 39 15 2 I . X3 Ander'ns 66 28 25 9 i 58 40 20 1 14 Holly G 86 lti x s5 27 48 10 53 21 8 ISLeggett's 62 4 31 2l 5 24 x 59 58 u x i6Pjtt's 45 11 . 14 2 30 23 u 26 33 15 2 f 17 Gay' 85 1 10 5 64 34 40 43 2 34 HSl 88 326 200 850 Hoteai Wilson, District No. 4, Jas, Fruits and garden- vegeiableslohn SDancy; Jesse IL Powell, F. M. Parker, John F. Speight, and David ; Barlow Implements m Garrett, Jesse Mercer, J. L. Home, and B. 13: Barron. , fmnrnvfinient of- soils Robert R. nriflaera. Joshua L. Home; Jesse U. Knight, Baker Slatoo, and John L. Bridg- ers. FOR THG TARBOBO' PftESS. "Southern Ultras: Freemen of the South of both political parties, from whence came the cry "South ern ultras?" lias it originated from'cOw ardi.ee in the Southern press, and South ern Politicians, and Southern demagogues or, frOm patriotic members in Congress, who are contending for Southern rights guaranteed by the Constitution? It can not be ultraism in any man or set of men to contend for just rights. The term southern ultras" as applied to such men as Davisof Mips. Turney and others whoJSla8 are J'ct. a few vho have an act with them in defence of Southern term 'southern ultras,' (a name degrad- South, and if she submits to it. Will give up her constitutional guarantees and the Z . Constitution, nd 1he iJnion m our opin- ion wi, g0 with it jsTolhing wilJ bc lcCl for the South but to submit to he slaves to Northern masters. Are we of 4he r .t -I i .' .If prepared ior sucn disgrace anu ue crat ationf It not. we snouiu strike now for the Constitution and the XTnion, ami say to tln M-.-IIi t-nn liii ni 1-1 iV'I iccnnri I rl :Crt nn ' ,n. vvn rni. a lt J , r T . , , f the Union submitted (to y-4ur in nova-1 tion of our rights) to the lino of 36 30, upon lhis (conlracl) Compromise we planl 0ur standard and nothing less will do for the South, come what may. Make this s the standard, and the South wiH defend it ! at all hazards. Southern ultraism! can- ;not be found South of 36 30, unless it is in the submission and cowardice of the PrS.s and Htan" bein dcficieiU of patriotic independence, 1 . ,a ! Question 1st. Was it uhrarsm vn the ;Norlh lQ force Qn the Somh Uie MSSQUri Compromise of 1S19? Snd. Did the South act wrong at that time to submit to said Compromise? Per haps you may find "uttraisni" to date 1819, not now? 3rd. After the Missouri Compromise tine of 36 30 Was agreed to as forced on ? us by the North and become a law, was it ultra in Southern members to stand to j and can7 ut the contract? 4th. Is it not ultra in Northern mem- bers to violate said contract at this tiinc by claiming the Terr ito 17 South of 36 30? 5th. As 36 30 was forced on us by the North, is it ultra now, for Southern mem bers to claim all the Territory Sooth of that line? No; sauce for the goose should be sauce'for the gamier also.- ith. Is it not ultraism in the North to violate the Compromise they forced on the South to claim the Territories South of 36 30, Hid toexclude the South from Commons, Sheriff, 756 288 26 325 913 379 S, Battle 225 received 61 votes for Commons. carrying their property -into and fieUling said Territories? ,? 7th, Is it ultraiam in "Southern mem bers for opposing; Clay's Compromise, which takes away Southern rights and constitutional guarantees, and also Texan Lands (now slave Territory) and compel the South to pay '$1 0,000,000 to Texas, by taxing us, and then compel us to give it to Northern fanaticism? 8th. Is it ultraism in Southern members to oppose Northern rogues for stealing our negroes, or for opposing Clay's Com promise that gives the negro ; power to bring his master into Court and subjects him to cost and loss of time? We say not. THE VOICE OF MANY. Free Negroes and f ugitive Slaves. We fnviie attention to the article on our first page touching free negroes, and to the following, respecting fugitive slaves. We Are tgratiiied to observe thai amidst the "excessive negro sympathy prevail ing "in several of the non-slave holding eyelo tlie future as well as the present condition of the fiee colored population, anxl the nerve to encounter the obloquy aatMpan those who contend that the ne groes "vcre merel5r transported, from brutalized condition of slaves in Africa, to a more liberal and civilized condition in America,'' and that "their transporta lion to the plantations in America has been the greatest hlessing that ever reach ed, tlie African ce. Fugitive Staves. A writer in the Southern Press, over the signature of "Randolph of Roanoke," in an abie argumentative and statislieal article on the subject of slaves escaping to! the non-slave holding States, csti mates; the total number of fugitive slave from . IS 10 to 1S50, at C1,G2 in 40 years. Number of fugitive slaves escaping to tiie States annually, 1,540. He says: Haviujxinus ascenameu me uumtjcr oi .'1.1 Jt ( IU8mvc S,3VS scaping uuo incse .aies, 'tlC next Ihing to done IS, to assign . t i itviu a laitawic uuru, v noted, that in nineteen cases out of I wen- j ty, the fugitives are the most valuable , description of slaves, young men, artizans,; mechanics the intelligent, the robust, the healthy. After striking off50pcr cent, of the present average market rate , o. slaves of that description, $450 per' head will bc found a very moderate val-i iaiin pnfl wiJI ihntv iho Inssosi.crirrrfr'Yfp-' iiaiion,-Enu uhi snow ine losses afgrcgaie- iv .nml anminllv as follows: To ni.G24 V v I 1 . c . t-r S 1 n 1 t - Tugiuvc siaves vaiueu ai o-icn, m 4,- 730.300 To th loss annually ofl,540 fugitive slaves at S450, each, 693.000. One of the worst omens of the times is, -the sharelessness with whict of late, men . w..-w,-.-,.j- ...... V Ull till' of property and character at the North, mediatc dissolution of the Union, provid avow and boast of their criminal partici- etl neithcr of UlQ two alternatives of the pation in decoying away and depriving Nhvite invention be adontcd bv Con- wiKrrs of ttteir slaves in tre "slnve States. It is scarcely two months ago since Thc New York State Vigilance Anti-Slavery Comnlittee,,, (of which the opulent and lamons uerru miin is cnairman; ncm,; iisnnniversary meeting in puniic m inecoilsi(3eralon of condition in the city oi xw irorK,ana qiraie a smg.e pacgu i.u.i, arcia.j ouu, . cp.i. , "The Committee have witliln the. year, since thelsl of May, 1S49, assisted one hundred and fifty one fugitives (for that, you know, is our business in escaping from servitude!" Are these people aware how deeply they have criminated themselves in these avowals? Do the citizens of New York hold themselves irresponsible to public opinion in conniving at felonies and giv ing them impunity? Do they not know that the members of this committee, by visiting a sister'.Stalc, violating her crim inal laws, and carrying otf her property themselves become, in the sense of the Constitution, fugitives from justice, and by virtue of their own confessions of the crimes they have committed, are subject to arrest arid delivery to the authorities of the Slate whose laws have been broken? These one hundred and fifty-one slaves, at the most moderate estimate, were worth 500 a piece, which amounts to an aggre gate value of S75,500; and if the same persons had publicly confessed that they had stolen that amount 'of money from the same citizens in the States of Mary land or Virginia, or had fraudulently ac quired it through counterfeit bank bills, is there a judicial officer in the Stale of New York who would not have felt it to have been his duty, to - have caused thern to have been arrested and imprison- ed-upon' their own; onics, and tare detained them subject to. the demand of the Executive oftheState, whoselaws had bSeniolated? ; vr j t Tii ilI o. oi.u. ((oliiin of slaves is one of the highest species of statutory felonies. In several of; them it is punished with death; and the, mildest punishment for the crime in any of them, extends to hard labor and penitentiary confinement. Every one who' entices away a slave, with intent to; deprive the owner of his services, and all who aid and abet him as accessories before the fact or after the fact, are ma ide thieves anxf felons 11 suffer death, or im- by the laws, and sha prisonroent at hard labor for life or for vears. aceordinc to the 'criminal laws of the jurisprudence where the trials are to be had! Vet a Presbyterian church in the eity of .New York, makes free its pews to these fugitives from justice, and there in the presence of the New York public, they. detail their felonious thicve rie's committed againslthe property-lights of lier iter Stales, and ii flagrant viola tion of the Constitution of the United Stales; yet no man lays hands on them; 4r denounces or reproves themj Congress, In the Senate, on Monday last, the vole was taken upou Mr. Bradbury's caucus amendment, providing for the appoint ment of Commissioners to settle, the Tex as question, when it was rejected, yeas 28. nays 26. - The House Is srt.ll engaged in discussing b California bill. . . the Mr. Daniel has proposed the following amendment to the Constitution as an as surance to the South. "Uesolvedhy the "Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 4he lolbwing amendment of the Consti tuljon lu; United Stales be proposed to the Legislatures of I he several States, wfaich, when ratiied by three-fourths thereof, shall boa part of the said i'onsti tution: Tbat the fifih article of die said Con stitution he amended by adding to the :Konio nf thP om fhrrnf thp ivnrt. .ari rrovided, also, that no amendment shall be made the ohiert or lendonov nf vvhirli miulc ine onJeci or lenaency oi v men . lo abolish, or in any way attect the in- siimtion of slavery in any State, with out the concurrence -of all the States in which such instituiionmay exist.' , , In the Senate on Monday, last, Mr. Clay was vcrt sevcre on the Hon. R. Barnwell Rhelt, of South Carolina, for a . ri i . i r . al Charleston. In view of this SDeerh! i r j h. mtt i va. ujsidiu tju. iTi. was a XT afltj served a traitor's fate." if feeCM correctly reported. Tho Charleston napershrings us.a full report of Mr. R's. sncech, revised bv himself, which - . ipnoihv nrirnmnnt :n fnvnr nf on 'Me ,k:u u -n case In the introduction to hisspcech wcfind the fouowing significant sen-' lencc. , 'I invite you to a "xialm and serious Ul5on Qrder U)al ym may yQW in Uq grjnd disSQ,u tion, wliich, it appears lo ne, must take place at no very distant day." j And in another portion of his sricech jive strys: "Despairing of any reformation which will bring the government back to the limitations of the Constitution despair ing of any amendments of the Constitu tion which will gives us new guarantees, I see but one course left for the peace and salvation ot the boulh a dissolution ofi the Union! "Looking to the pastlooking to the nature of things, I deem all reliance on the good faith of the free States, to pro tect the institution of slavery in the South, vain and futile. The South must protect itself Its force is powerless in Congress and in the Union, because it is a minority. To give to our people that protection and peace, which the Constitution and tjnion was established to secure, the South must sever the connexion with the North." He Ihen proceeds to detail the advant ages which, in his opinion, will accrue to South Carolina by a dissolution of the Union. Raleigh Times. Crlon- Robert a Winthrop has been appointed by Golr. Briggs, of Massachu setts, to the seat in the U. S. Senate Vaca ted by the resignation of Mr. Webster. fcThe Hon. Thomas Ewing has been ap? i It is said that oa will bcappoinled a member of ihe q et, in place of Mr. Pearce,'who derl- Stampede. 'Yh Chp,. f Sentinpl states thnt PiwK b !JWd oiuts V(i crossing the mountains west of that i during the pat week. They wer, V ? 6anS. belonged to the citiZen8Ql '; souUlc'n Prt of V irgiriia. 6. Acwbern MaUeliy 3o -Corn. Large receipts of this arli since our last, which have beenpoh 5 50 to 55c. per bunhe), accordinc tn , 11 tiiy. " , , b Bacon. The receipts of Bacon f0r,i 'ast wee Ji have been greater than fnr ' time past, and sales were made at. cline. A lot. of Sides and Shoulders Lard.Salcs of bbls. at 7,55c. pcr hu dred pounds. TurpenUncThcre has been no clm in this article since our last. Mivbertiian, J2 Beautiful Complexion. There is not a man or woman on t' face of the earth but what admires a pUl cleanand healthy skin; yet how macj thousands are there who are sorelv anrn, ed with a pimpled, bJotched,and discoW jcd skin, ye whoarethm sufcrlfc at; advised to try Radway's Chinese Medicated Soap, ; It is approved of by all the great mcnii inn 1 nl 10 c , An A mr 1 1 r. '. .. all other soaps by the bon ton of fashfoc. It is better than all other soaps for the toi. Inland ila fiedfca4 properties for the cur; of Salt-Rheum, Ring-worm, Tan, 1 pies, Morpiiew, Rough Skin, chapped Flesh, the bites of Musquiioes, and allotlj. er cufaneous eruptions, is superior to any other preparation in use. It is truly j wonderful preparation. As a nursery! soap it jexoels every thing of the kind;! children washed with this soap will al ways possess a sweet, pure, fair and heal. " thy skin. Physicians recommend it io preference to castile soap for washing sores. In order to get the genuine soap, see that the signature of R. G. Radway is upca each cake. Price 25 cents per cake. Sold by VVm. H. MArHEw, the only A- gent for Newbern, and General Agent w the eastern counties of N. C. ALSO, by W. Bernard, Greenville; R. Aman Aman s mill; M r. Alston, uo as , . Jr , m . ro aim jeo. tiowara, larboro'. DIED. In .Pitt county, on the 22nd ult.Mf. IVm. IVilliams, aged about 65 years. For an Overseer, &or jthe next year - j J I WILL PAY the bove sum for tie services of a first rate Overseer, that can, 1 come well recommended by persons I know to be good judges in such cases, He mast be a good farmer and manager of hands sober, in dustrious, attentive and moral. A single man would be pre ferred, but I would take a man with a ve ry small family, the family to be support ed out of the products of the farm. There is no healthier place than Egypt. My Overseer has been nearly three y ors tfilh me, and has hot lost .'a day by sickness. Direct your letter toPittsborough,Chatha County, N. C. PETER EVM July 6th, 1S50. : $25lvard7 RANA WAY from theSubscw her on Monday night last, negro man JULIUS, about 33 or 40 years old, five feet ten inches hig inclined to be slender, with a lonp . . face and hig forehead. Said boy is a keen, shrewd fellow, ana will no doubt try and get to the free States. He was raise:! i this county near Tarboro.' I will g'vC the above reward for the apprehension, and delivery of said boy to me, or if confined- in any jail so that I get him a'1 AJ?y information respecting him will'?? thankfully received. - JO. D. JENKIP Edgecombe Co., July 19th, 1S50. JUST B E C E I VE D, 1 Q. hbls. Ncrt' Mullets, which ill sold -cheep Jcr Cash, by :: 7Qeo. HoiVirii July 22 1850 v 1 Governor of Ohia theTacancy in tire Senate c.iusca f f,i; resignation of Mr. Coiwin. Uv J ed his credentials Monday, lied, and took his ili. a ,ha in th 1 at i- of CO i I 'S3 Bid U il 'of CO can to fo re? fod -i i 2rq abd abd no 1 lyi to Bui bu Xhd Cart Of of Do: Icr ec iot e ! eh d we bef eel eas M0E Let Dr. in Ih td 3T 1 f Don I lars hil l Fd