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The North-Carolina standard., 1838-07-18
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And it is for such an institution and the exercise
of similar means, that the Clay, Harrison and Web
ster party are now contendng. Two of the three
federal candidates for the Presidency have received
Ninety-EigIt Thousand Dollars for their disia,
tereSted services in the cause of Mr.. Bddle and al
National Bank, viz: Mr.. CLAY has pocketed Fortv
Thousand, and Mr.. WEBSTER Fytty-efgh Thou
sand Precious champions of, the peoples rights
Most god-like Daniel, and most pure and patriotic
&c Harry of the Westn'
But the patriotism of Mr.. Biddle, who has been
talked of as Mr.. Clay's Secretary of the Treasury
forms no inconslderable item in the great account
The following, from the g Globe" exhibits, in H.
cid manner, the peculiar regard of Mr.. Biddle for
the interests of the south; from which quarter, III
we are not greatly mistaken, the 'servile route" will
let the t'great financier'' what he has seen
before; the contempt of the honest yeomanrY for Al
detected swindler, though living in marble palace
and supported by the federal party.
FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTs.-We learn from
unquestionable authority that Mr. BIDDLE s.
Bank, and two or three others under his lnfu1
ence, are straining every nerve to prevent the
majority of the city banks. prepared and aDx.
ious TO resume from doing their duty. Mr.
BIDDLE and allies are desirous of availing them
selves of the position at the seat OF trade 10 con-
tinue the profitable commercial swindling car
ried on by them in shaving the notes of the
Southern and Western banks, in the name of
premium on exchanges, whereon they make
enormous profits by discrediting the banks in
baking their efforts to resume. Mr.. BIDDLE
would especially keep up this state of things, as
it enables him TO maintain his monopoly OF the
cotton trade without money, as long as he can
keep the paper currency of the South degraded
beneath his own, which must be so long as the
Southern banks refuse to redeem their notes in
specie. Beside the pecuniary advantage derived
from this spurious state of the currency, which
enables him to cover, under the fiction of dif
ference. Of exchange, enormous usury deriud
from shaving the paper he discredits, he looEs
to political results by harassing the remote
banks, and the people in the sections wherein
they are located by what he calls the deraHgs-
maent Of tile exchanges. This is the standing
preteM for a National Bank, and, therefore.
specie payments, which level the difference of
exchange to the small per centage wich it costs
to transport specie to any part OF the
country must not be permitted 1t would de-
stroy the whole argument for a National Bank,
now that by steamboats, and railroads hard mo-
ney may be conveyed to any part of the continent
for half per cent. Mr. BIDDLE is, then, de'
termined to brave it out, and risk no runs upon
him. This might show his weakness under his
excessive extension, and certainly cramp his
and overcast his political, specula'
lions.
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FROM CANADA.

Lord Durham has issued Proclamation grant
ing general amnesty for all past political offences
in Lower Canada, with few specified exceptions
The Montreal Courier of the 5th inst. states thai
the communications between Maj. Williams, com
manding on our side of the line, and Maj. Church
i'll, commanding the American side, are under
stood to be very satisfactory. The American regu1
lar force is, however, very weak On the MissiquSI
side, as we stated Yesterday, the preparations aT
quite ample; especially now that the cavalry gre
out, to keep up the communications.
5 A Toronto letter of the I'd inst says, that the
accounts of the nroads of the insurgents previous
ly received, were very much exaggerated, and thai
they number at most, but two or three hundred
Thirteen hundred troops are assembled at Hamn-
ton, and the only fear was the insurgents would es
cape to the United States before they could be
oYertaken.
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IMPORTANT FROM PHILADELPHIA

At the meeting of the General Committee of
Banks on Wednesday evening. the resolution in
favor OF convention reported by the sub-com-
mittee were carried, not unanimously, but by a
large majority. After this vote the Bank of the
United States gave notice that after the first day
of August it should cease to pay or receive in
terest on bank balances, and should on that day
be ready to adjust all such balances by payment.
The Bank has sent circular to Institutions out
of Philadelphia with which it has balances, an
nouncing the same fact, and added that the off
GERS ofthe Bank do not mean that this should
be understood as an announcement of their inten-
tion to resume specie payments generally on
that day. Most Of the letters from Philadelp phia
consider all the movements as ensuring gen.
eral resumption of specie payments on the 1st OF
August. The dissolution of the General Com
mittee leaves each bank to act for itself Mr.
Biddle's control over the banks around him,
whether exercised through this committee or
otherwise, is evidently broken up, and he has
been driven pell nell to look resumption in the
face, and under circumstances much more en-
barrassing than would have existed had he but
united with the New York banks and made a
general resumption in May.
N " jour of Co1u
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ASSESSMENT LAW

The salutary effects of this law visible in the
returns from several counties. We have not the
table before US, to enable US to give the exact "a
mount of the annual decrease, which has taken
place in successive years; but it is well known
fact, that not only the amount but the aanbe' Of
grew less from year to year; and thus, while
the honest citizen paid his fair quota of the public
burdens, the less conscientious got off with small
ler amount than was just and equal. When these
matters are considered, the new assessment law
must meet with general appreciation. In fact, we
do not how any honest man or patriotic citizen
can object to it,
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The PRINCE DE JoINvILLE-A circum-
stance occurred on the Princes arrival at Wash
ington, which must have furnished him and his
suit with some merriment He had arrived in
the city perfectly incog, and in dress marvel
ously ill-favored.' With his friends in similar
costume, he called at GaGsby's for bed and
board The person to whom the party applied,
alter surveying them from head to fout, and not
conceiving very exalted opinion Of their 'pecu-
mostly, told them there was no room in the no.
tel .e Ihey next went to Brown Hotel, where
lney We're similarly scrutnized, but were inform
90 .nat .nere were only two rooms in the garret
accepted this elevated doFnitory. rather than Uo
further The bar-keeper presented his book. as
nsual' TOR the names Of his visiters, and when
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MR.. DUNCAN,s -sPEECH.

We shall endeavor tolay the whole of Mr. Dun
CAMS Speech, in answer to Mr.. BOND, before our
readers next week 1t is a complete exposition of
the outrageously false and bellous matter contain
ed in Mr.. Bonds Speech, which has been ex-
tensively circulated for eectioneering purposes
On the perusal of Mr.. DUNcAN's remarks our read
will perceive that the Federalists are at their
old tricks, of charging the administration and its
friends with the iniquites of the "new born Whgs"
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Wake County, Lly 4th, 1888,
:

We have been designated committee
to make known to you your nomination as
a candidate for the office of Governor Of the
State, by respectable portion of our fellow
citizens at public meeting in this county.
In the discharge of this duty, we deem
it not improper to add, the nomination has
been made by those who concur with the
views of the President of the United States,
in regard to our national currency, and who
fatter themselves, should you aquiesce in
their wishes in becoming candidate, YOU
will be generally supported by the friends of
the Administration. We take it for granted,
from what has been said, and from the man.
ner Of his nomination, by those who are them
selves in favor of United States Bank and
Henry Clay as President, that Gov. Dudley
unites in these views. We think it therefore
but candid to the people of the State and to
those whose organ we are in making this COM
munication, to know whether or not YOU are
in favor of such Bank with its fifty millions.
and of that individual as President. upon
whose election its friends alone seem to cal
culate on its success
We have the honor to be,
With great personal respect,
Your obedient servants,
WILLIS WHITAKER,
WIN. W. WHITE,
WILLIE POPE,
To the Hon. JOHN BRANCH.
Steamboat Chesapeake, Juzy z, 1888.
GENTLEMEN:
Iwas honored by the receipt of yours
of the 4th instant, after / took my seat in the
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"a thorough paced loco-oco whio press.
at the North asks.-"Where are the irish
wings Aye, where are they4 just where
Pdddy's flea was-when you put your finger on
him, ne is not there. An Irish Webb Wb;o !
That is too good joke.
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~ The Post Offices at North Gambia, Rock
ingham CO. ; and Goddess Greek, Cabarrus co. are
-
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%. Both Houses of Congress adjourned on the
9th inst to meet on the first Monday in December
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ELECTION OF GOVERNOR.

ELECTION OF GOVERNOR.
The following matter was issued in an Extra
from our Office, on Thursday last ere-pub-
lish it in the Standard for the information OF
those who may not have received an Extra
They were sent, however, to all our subscribers
In this State
cannot refrain from expressing the hope
that the Gubernatorial canvass will be conducted
with due regard 10 the character and feelings
of the distinguished individuals who are canGi-
dates for that office and that the press OF North
Carolina will set an example in this respect
worthy of imitation and of praise:
Our position in regard to the election OF Gov
ernor is well known. We do not regret that po-
sition, nor recall single sentence we have ut
tered on the subjective were sustained, too, by
an array of patriotism and intelligence that does
honor 10 the Democratic ranks. But we find
Mr.. BRANCH before the people as the Democra
tic Republican candidate for Governor, and we
cannot but wish him success, and hope that the
party will unite in his support. We do not con-
ceive we have right to object to any nomination,
or TO withhold our support simply because we
had no agency in making it.
A western paper accuses certain persons OF
"manevreing" in this business. There has been
nothing of the kind. The citizens who held the
meeting, as well as their committee, are candid,
upright, straightforward men, of sound demo
cratic principles with no disposition to tempo
rize with the opposition. or to shrink from the
maintenance of their own opinions They re-
commend a gentleman, in whom they have con-
fdence, to the support Of the Democratic Repub-
licans of the State-it is a contest for principle
the decision is with the people.
RALEIGH, July IL, 1888.
We lay before our readers the letter of the
Committee appointed by the meeting held in
this County, at the house of Mr.. John McCul-
lers, on the 30th June, 1888, and the answer
thereto, from which it appears that the Hon.
JOHN BRANCH has consented to run as the
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE for
GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, at the e.
lection in August next
Bv a reference to his letter it will appear
that Mr.. BRANCH is in favor of all the leading
measures proposed by the present Administra-
ton; and above all, that he is in favor of
Constitutional Treasury, on which the ques-
ton rests, whether THE People OR THE
BANKS SHALL RULE THIS GREAT NATION.
We have no time for comment on the pre-.
sent occasion, but submit the correspondence
to our readers, in the hope that minor consid-
erations will be merged in regard for the
general welfare and that the Democratic Re
publican Party will be united in support Of
one who thus declares himself the FRIEND
OF THE PEOPLE AND THE CHAMPION OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
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FEpER AZ PAlTRIoTrsM.

The banks of Philadelphi have held meetiD,
and determined to resume specie payments on II"
first day of August next, with the exception of NJ.
Biddle und three others; the Bank of Pennsvr.
MIA. the Bank of North America, and the Bank -
Schuylkill. The burden of Mr.. Biddle's' despotsn
has become intolerable, and all but three of Il.
most servile, have shaken of the yoke.
Is it not astonishing that the United States Bsnt
of Pennsylvania should be upheld, and Mr.. Bida.
sustained by the federal party in one of the mos,
extensive systems of swinding the world has eve,
known2 They talk of agrarian, loco-foco. and an
ply these epithets to the democratic party. tbereb
holding them up to view as the enemies of law .nJ
order But what a persevering violation Of Ian,
and contempt for the voieeof the people is exhibt.
ed here What desecraton of all moral oblos-
tons What scorn for the complaints of the in.
iured and insulted
Some will ask, how can these things be- Isl
possible that the leaders Of any party can sustain
an institution or system so fraught with Crime
Let the following table be examined and well con.
sidered by the people, and let the startling facts,
rouse them to a sense of their danger:
In the year 1880, the U. States Bank
loaned to fifty members of Congress, $192M
In 1881, to fiftY-nine members 322lgi
In 1882, to forty-four members 47876
In 1885, to 'iity-three members 374 766
In 1884, to fifty-two members 238,5@
Itpaid printers, WebbGS Noahby loan s52,975
Harding's loan 81, ,9l6
| Gales & Seaton's do So, $40
Walsh's do. 6,54l
!" Wilson's lin part1 5S8
fbarnce infees] 1,447
| LAWYER Gays fees 4O,0OO
Webster's fees and loans 5S' Don
Sergeant's 10000
Johnston's $4,000
Z" Poindexter's loom
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-08-01
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
PASSED At THE SECOND SESSION oP THE
TwENIY-FIFrH CONGRESS.
TBY AUTHORITIES

PUBLrc-No Sc.
AN ACT 10 establish certain post routes
and to discontinue others.
BE IL enacted by tie Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United States oj
America in Congress dsstm5ied, That tis
following be established as post roads:
MAINE.
From Unity to Throndike; from West
Eddington TO East Eddington; From Gar
diner, via Lights Corners and Searsmont
to Belfast; from Saco, by Goodwins's Mills,
to Alfred; from Action corners, Via Milton
Mills and Union village, TO Middleton cor
ner, New Hampshire; from Alfred to New
field; from Eden TO Bar harbor; from
wsterville, via Clinton, Troy, North Dix
mont and Hermon, to Bnngos; from Dover,
via Lower village, Atkinson, wingate's
corner and Milo village, 10 Killnsrnock;
from Fish's Mills (in township number four,
in the SIKH range west from the east lins
Of the Staie) to Ma;tawamkeag poin,; from
Bangor via South Levan,, to slelson; from
Nachias to Wesley; from Lewiston falls,
at Danyil.e, by the river road, to Llvermore
falls.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
From Lancaster, va whrefield and
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towards Bristol. Col. Barton, by direction
from the Hon. General Sullivan, went for
ward to rally the scattered Inhabitants, and
hang upon the Enemy's rear, to give time,
| if possible, for the main body TO come up
I He collected about 90 Men, aid pursued
the Enemy towards Bristol Ferry, near
which he came up with and attacked their
rear with great bravery, until badly wound
ed by a muskes ball he was obliged to re.
tire from The field. The Enemy's boats ar.
rived in time TO embark them, before it was
possible for General Sullivan, with the
troops, to get up. Had they remained an
hour longer in the town, their retreat would
have been effectually cut off The spirited
attack of Col. Barton, and his brave little
party, prevented the enemy's taking off any
live stock although number of catlle was
collected near the shore.
1t is supposed several Of the enemy were
killed and wounded, as quantities of blood
was seen in many places. On our side we
had, besides Col. Barton, three men woun-
ded, none we hope nortally. Capt West
cott, with 9 Priyates, who were on Popus-
quasb Neck, were cut off from the town,
and obliged to surrender themselves prison.
ers. The enemy carried of from Warren
and Bristol a number of worthy inhabitants,
a list of whose names is not yet received.
About the time that the enemy landed, n
number Of their boats went into Taunton
river, where they took and carried off Gal
ley, with few men on board"
From the PrOUidence gazette of June 9th.
" Sunday morning last, about day break,
party of British troops from Rhode Island,
consisting of $50 men, under the command
Of a Major Ayres, landed at the mouth of
Fall River, with design to burn Freetown,
and the Mills. They sat fire to The lower
Mill, and House that stood on the shore !;
but the town and upper Mills, by the yigi-
lance of % of the inhabitants, were saved
Apprized Of the enemy's intention they took
up the Bridge, and posted themselves he
bind a wall that commanded it, from whence
they kept up so brisk fire OH the enemy
that after an engagement Of near an hour
and an half, they were compelled TO retire,
leaving behind them one killed, and anoth-
er mortally wounded. Five muskets and
as many hats have been since found, and
from every circumstance it appears that
their loss was considerable. The Militia
turned ont with great alacri,y, and repaired
to the place of action but the precipitate
retreat of the enemy deprived those spirited
fellows of an opportunity to revenge the in
juries they have repeatedly received, and of
treating the detestahle cOnfagrators as they
Justly deserved. The enemy's boats and
shipping, 10 passing down the river, receiv-
ed considerable annoyance from our Fort
IN Bristol Neck a Galley that came up to
cover them, from the well-drected fire OF
the Fort, was driven on The Rhode-Island
shore, the men being obliged TO abandon
her; and Sloop that attempted To assist
her shared the same fate. We had not n
man either killed or wounded"
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RHopE-IsLAND REPUBLICAN.
MEMOIR OF RHODE-IsLAND.
From the Providence Gazette of February
2lst we extract the fol0wing:-

From the Providence Gazette OF February
2lst we extract the following:-
The Committee for receiving Dona-
tions beg leave to inform the public, tha,
there are now 55 families, consisting of dp-
wards of 26O persons, most of them widows
and children, who have no other means of
subsistence than the contributions of their
benevolent and well-dsposed brethren in
this and the neighboring States. The do
nations hitherto received have afforded them
great relief; but unless continued and in
creased, by a more general attention 10 their
necessities, many of them, it is TO be feared
must fall victims to extreme poverty and
wretchedness."
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nations hitherto received have afforded them
great relief; but unless continued and in
creased, by a more general attention 10 their
necessities, many of them, it is TO be feared,
must fall victims to extreme poverty and
wretchedness."
About the middle of February the Trans
ports collected at Newport 10 take Bur
goyn's Army to Europe, sailed for Boston.
Owing to some Misunderstanding the army
of Burgoyne was not permitted to embark,
and iu April the Transports returned ngain
TO Newport.
The Providence Gazette of April Ilth,
says: Monday last General Burgoyne
with his suite arrived here from Cambridge,
and next day embarked at Warwick Neck
for Rhode Island, having obtained permis-
sion from Congress to proceed to England"
He sailed for England on the 18th of April.
The Assembly met in Providence the
first Wednesday in May, when the follow
ing gentlemen were elected.
WILLIAM GREENE, Governor.
JABEZ BOWEN, Dep. Gov.
Assistants.
John Tanner, job Randall,
Christopher Ellery, Peter Phillips,
John Sayles, Emanuel Case,
Jonathan Arnold, Pardon Gray,
James Arnold, Gideon CoDstock.
Henry Ward, Secretary.
VIM. Charming, Attorney.
Joseph Clarke, Treasurer.
DELEGATES TO CONGRESS.
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery,
Henry Marchant, John Collins.
The Deputies from Newport were--Hen-
ry Ward, Thomas RumrilI, William Bor-
den, Robert Stevens, and one name un-
known.
The Providence Frgate sailed from Prov.
idence early in May-passed several of the
English ships in the passage down the Bay
exchanging broad sides, and got safely to
sea.
The Warren Frign,e had eluded the Wig
ilance of the British, sometime before, and
got off to sea.
From the Providence Gazette of May, 30.
"Sundav night last some of the Enemy s
Shipping stole up the Bay from Rhode-ls-
land undiscovered next morning at day
break, they landed about 600 men between
the Towns of Bristol and Warren, aud
marched Immediately through Warren 20
Kkemui,, where a number of fat bottom
cd boats and Galley were repairing, which
they burnt, together with Grist-Mill ther
returning to Warren, they entered the hous.
es, grossly insulting the Inhabitants, mos
Of which they plundered of Cloathing, Bed.
ding, Furniture, &c. They afterwards sal
fire to the Meeting House, Parsonage, and
several other houses, which were consumed
and small Magazine of military Store:
DESTROYED; they also sat fire to new Pri-
vnieer SIoop in the Harbour, but the flame:
were extinguished before she was much
damaged. They then began their re,rea'
by the road leading to Bristol, which they
entered, burning, plunderins and destroying
whatever their haste would permit, not spar.
ing the Episcopal Church, large edificC
near the centre Of the Town, which, with
II Of the most elegant Dwelling Houses
were reduced tn ashes. In some of th,
houses the wumcn's aprons aud handker-
chiefs were torn from them, buckles taken
FROM their shues, aud rings from their fin'
res.. Intelligence of their descent arrIvef
here about eight o'clock in the morning
when the ishaLiianls turned ont with grea
snirIf. aud hy or,lrrs marched ipprdin'rl
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The Providence Frigate sailed from Prov.
idence early in May-passed several of the
English ships in the passage down the Bay
exchanging broad sides, and got safely to
sea.
The Warren Friga,e had eluded tho Wig
ilance of the British, sometime before, and
got off to sea.
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The Deputies from Newport were-Hen
ry Ward, Thomas RumrilI, William Bor
den, Robert Stevens, and one name un
known.