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The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-11-10
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SIX DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.
Great Fire at liverpool. Destruction o,
American Produce 10 the amour, Of three
millions Of dotidrs.
The packet ship Independence, at New
York from Liverpool, sailed Oh Sunday,
the 25,h of September,
The most important news is the account
OLA great fire a, Liverpool. The amount
Of Cotton destroyed is estimated at 81 :.
47i bales. Capt. Nye reports that il was
set down 10000 bales when he left. The
loss IN Cotton alone exceeds the whole
amount Of damage by the great fire in
1sO2, which was estimated at E3l3, 1000.
As the fire occurred on the 23d, and the
Independence left on the 18th, there was
hardly time for the Liverpool Cotton mar
ket to be affected, and yet holders, as will
be seen by the report, were asking already
! advance.
At least thirty-fve lives were, it is sup
posed, lost.
The disturbed districts were more quie,
at the last advices. Some two OF three
persons who had been wounded ut Man.
chester, Staley Brook, &c. had died of
their wounds.
The weather still continued favorable,
and rapid progress had been made in Sc
curing the crops in the backward districts.
ii. NJ. ship Warspite, on board of which
Lord Ashburion sailed from this country,
arrived at Deal on the 23d of September.
The Dutch Beers at Port Natal, in
South Africa, have submitted to the Brit.
ish troops sent against them.
Information having been received in
England that the Texan blockade Of the
ports Of Mexico was not enforced an off
Standardization has appeared in the Gazette,
saying that the blockade " is held by Her
Maes,y's Government to be null and Of
no effect"
An extensive forgery Of the name Of
Corric & Co. Of Liverpool, and on The
Branch Bank Of England, at Liverpool,
has been committed.
There was a strike Of golfers at Kill
marnook on the 2lst ult. The military
were called out, but at the last dates they
had no, found it necessary to fire upon the
rioters.
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To The Editors Of The Nep York Express
AsroR HousE, New YORK, }
Oct, 20. 1912.
| read in your Journal the following

| read in your Journal the following:
"A correspondent Of the Richmond Wing as
serts, and offers to prove, if it is denied that Gen
eral Harrison was opposed to inviting Mr.. Web.
sier to take n seat in tho Cabinet and that he
would not have done so but for the urgent advice
of Mr.. Clay"
Annexed is an abstract from my diary
Of January and February, ls4l, being
minutes Of confidential conversation held
with our lamented President, in Baltimore,
when on his way to his birth,pIace-the
Presidcn, not considering ii consistent with
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Stock Of Horses.

consisting of about Is, among them is thc cee.
bratcd and high bred horse CHANCE,
His Stock Of Cattle, about 30 in number,
SHEEP and Hogs, yoke of Oren,
Crop of Corn, Cotton, Wheat Fodder, and
Oats, THO Wagons,
| handsome trO horse Barouche, aeurlynem,
One set of BldckSMih Tools,
Household and Kitchen Fmniture, &c.
The NEGROES will be hired out for 10 months,
say until the 25th OF December, lo43 Sale 10
open at II O'clock, and continue from day To day,
until all is sold, when and where the terms will
be made known.
CYRUS l.. ALEXANDER, !
JAMES Ii. ORR, H0"'S'
Nor. / 1912 IS
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AUTUMN.

The closing scene Of the year, though
Undoubtedly season Of ponsiyeness, brings
with II much that is Instructive, and much
that is interesting. 1t is season which
no one can approach without emotion, and
none ought 10 pass through, without feeling
how transient aud how perishable are the
charms OF earth. 1t brings with il lessons
of practical morality, which are common
10 all mankind. The bountIes Of Autumn
have been answcrable to the labors of seed
time. Great have been the rewards al in
dusirv, while those who wasted in idleness
the season Of Spring, are left to starve on
the crumbs Of charity. From. the Spring
of Nature, blooming with beauty, and in
wiling the hand Of cultivation, we are al
most insensibly transported TO the Spring
of human life. II is at that period, usual
w, if ever, tina, the seeds Of beneyolencc,
pisiy aud Faith are sewn, and all those d.
vine virtues are implanted, which beau,ity
and bless the moral world.
Another reflection, which the season Of
Autum is we'll calculated TO excite, is the
vanity Of earthly hopes. Where, now, is
the bloom of Spring, and the magnifcence
OF Sammerl Alas they are but the en-
bems of human frailiy. In the short and
rapid period, which has swept away all the
beauties Of vegetable nature, other changes
and revolutions have spread their ravages
atouudus. How many-pcrhaps our KIN
dred--have madc their cold beds in the
grave of the YEAR We survvc-how
long : No doubt, re dream OF heightened
Ito aud prosperly-ours,w we think, will
be perpetual sunshInc-aud when the even
ing of our days is come, our sun will 60
down IN cloudess serenity. Pleasing, but
fatal delusion A few days will tell the
tale Of our departure--a few more, and our
memories will have pershed-a few more,
and the uuwary passenger will tread on
our graves, and know not that we are there.
There is no cou6dencet to be placed in earth.
ly prospecls.-Raieigh Regisier.
The following is an extract from late
unpublished English work on America:
i" Lerces are bluffs on American rivers,
where the slaves congregate TO dance their
aboriginal dauocs; at which great quaint.
ties of water melonsare eaten. Pdw-paps,
species of large cherry, is used on the
Mississippi, to feed an animal called Hoos
Ter. and tho same river abounds with an
odd fish called Stacker. II is great sport
in town there, called Kentucky, to shoot
at the Coracrdckers species of birds TINT
infest the houses. The country, on the
whole, is we'll worth visit /; but we advise
traveller to carry a life preserver; for
when the steamboats, OH the rivers are
heavily loaded, and after the passengers
have paid their fare, they open their boil.
or and blow some of the passengers over
board, TO make room for those they expec,
to get at the next landing"
Nj desperaadum--Ncver despair.
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Gg We invite attention to a Speech of
Mr.. Clay, delivered at Richmond Indiana.
While on his way to Indianapolis, the seat
OF Government, the citizens of Richmond,
wishing to pay "honor to whom honor is
DUE" invited Mr.. Clay to pay their town
u visit. While there Mr.. Mendendall
took it upon himself TO present 10 him a
petition requesting him to emancipate his
slaves. Mr.. Clay's reply is a mastery
one. Read il fellow citizens for YOUR
selves.
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v'Elisha Bostick, (Whig) one of the
Commoners from Richmond county, died a
few days ago. The Governor has order
ed Special election to be held on the
10th instant, 10 fill the vacancy. There
are two Wings and one Loco POGO candi-
dates in the field.
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"Tdke Warning, People Of the South =
fiESRy Clay recently made an eleetoneerinp
visit TO Indiana; and while at New. A lbany, he
was waited upon by i committee of Ahoitionists
who requested him TO give pledge TO emanci
patio his slaves. He declined giving the pledge
out SAID ne bctered SLAVERY 10 be q GREAT moral
AND POLITICAL EVIL that he had long been m ia.
ror Of ats abolition in kentucky, and thought that
event had been retarded thus long only by the
course Of the ultra Aboltionis,s. He said he had
nifty slaves, and that he mould set Them all free,
1t tho AbolItonsls would subscribe the worth OF
them, and give the money to the slaves"
We copy the above from the Jeiltrso-
man of the lst instant. The Editor saws
the correspondent Of the New York Tri-
bune (thc Clay Organ states that Mr..
Clay made use Of the language imputed to
him. Our readers can compare and see
whether there is any such language in Mr.
Clay's speech, and we think the Editor of
the Lexington Observer, from which the
speech is taken, is entitled to as much ere.
dence as the correspondent OF the Tribune.
The Editor of the Jefiersonian is irving TO
manufacture political capital out of this
speech, but does the Editor not know that
he voted at the las, election for n man
to represent him in the Legislature Of
North Carolina who is so much Of an abo.
litionist That he will not own slaves. -
When the Loco Focos can vote for man
at home who is opposed to slavery, they
need not fear one at distance. Mr..
Clay, like Mr.. Jefferson and many others
Of our leading men have been opposed to
Slavery, in the abstract, but as il has
been entailed upon us by the mother couu.
try they see no possible chance Of getting
rid of the owl but by gradual emancipa-
ton. Let the Editor of the Jeaersonian
&c, the beam out of his own eye and then
he shall see clearly TO cast the mote out
OF his brothers. eye.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-11-10

W Hon. Samuel c. Crafts has been
elected, by the Vermont Legislature, to be
a Senator of the United States lin which
capacity he has already served by Execu-
tive appointment for the remainder Of the
term of Judge Pren,iss, resigned. RAJ
Register.
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g The Merchants of New York have
invited Mr.. Webster to parlake of Pub
lie Dinner. His able management Of our
toreigns relations has led to this honor
Mr.. Webster declines the honor as his
public duties call him TO Washington,
from which he has been longer absent
than he intended
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A THING TO BE REMEMBERED.

The editor Of the Troy Wing, in an emu
merallon Of Things to be remembered, "
points to the Loco Foco States ofthe Union,
as the worst governed and most heavily
taxed. He So" For examples ofthis,
look at MISSISSIPPI, the first to rcpudiate
an honest debt-to ILLINOIS, unable to pay
even the interest on her dob,, and drip,ng
her population from her limits By heavy
fdrahon-to ALABAMA, with debt of ten
miilions--to PENNSYLVANIA, with a debt
of thirty.eight millions of dollars The
stocks OF all these States are sunk ffty per
cent, while the Wing State Of MAssAcHU-
SETS maintains the credit of her stocks at
par "--Petersburg Iatelhgencer.
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The National lnieligencer bogglcs al
the use Of the word Loco Foco when APP
piled to the spols and power party in this
country. Did that party ever hesitate a.
bou, the use Of any name of opprobrium
that they could apply to the Wigs Are
they not nov, for the sake of office and OF
effect, and as n reprodch. universally in the
habit of calling the Wings, tho Federal
party lone half of them not knowing the
meaning Of the term, and many of them
ignorant that George Washington was u
Federalist-along with some of the best
and brightest men that the country ever
produced AS for the title of Democrat
or Republican, they are not entitled to it.,
ana no true Wing will ever allow its use
in that sense. We hope the lntelligencor
will find some means TO get rid Of its fas-
tidlousness as to the use Of the word which
the party itself, at its head quarters in
New York, adopted, and which suits il ad.
mirably.-1lerGHd'1G Gd2ette.
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r Mr.. Pennington
Mr.. S. G.. Potts

We find the following in the Madsonian
"The United States Gazette intimsies
that Mr.. Webster was appointed Secretary
of State at the suggestion of MIR. Clay
This is not SO.
But il was so, as we have occasion TO
believe on pretty good authority.--U. S.
Gdzette.
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MARRIED

In Greensborough on the 81 inst, BIZ the Rev
]. D. Lumsden, Mr.. LY NDON SWAIN, senior
Editor of the Greensborough Patriot, to Mrs
ABIAu SWAIN.
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OBITUARY.

Died, at her plantation, GAINESVILLE, in this coun.
~, on the llth ultmo, Mrs. SARAH A. HAIR.
R1S, widow of Maj, Jonathan Harris, aged Sc
years, months and % days.
Among the many strokes which death has re.
, Gently made in families and communities within
our borders, none has been more severely felt and
no breach has been thus made that would be more
difficult TO repair, than that occasioned by the
decease OF this excellent lady. Modest in her
department, courteous in her manners, generous
and hosptabe in her intercourse with society,
she needed only to be known to be esteemed and
honored as among the excellent Of the earth.
After having suffered much for many years
from physical debility which, was frequently en-.
HANGED by repeated attacks Of disease in It's most
insidious forms, her general health had of late
very much improved, and her children were made
to rejoice a, the increased prospect Of her being
spared to them yet many years, before whom they
could assemble as in the presence of an oracle
rich in experience and venerable in wisdom
Thus with brighter prospects for the future of
this life, she consented. Just before her last ILL.,.
ness, to follow her children to Alabama, where
they had all resolved to settle.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .
CUARLESTON-OCTOpERo %.
NOTICE.

HAVlNG taken letters of adminisratiorIfrs ON
q u the Court Of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Of
Mecklenbnrg County according TO law, on the es.
tate of Elias Alexander. decd, and having OBJ
tained order of Court 10 that Effect. we shall
expose to public sale, ON Tuesday the 29lh dav nt
November, 1872, the following articles OF person.
al nrnherly viz. his
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Va We return our hanksto our fair read.
er for her present ola fine Beet--it weighed
81 pounds. Although not as large as
some which we have seen noticed, yet it
was very acceptable. !.
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1t will doubtless be gratifying to our
readers to learn that the Joint Select Com.
mi,tee on Legislative Districts have unan.
imously concurred in reporting bill dis.
tricting the State and that there is every
probability of its passing the two Houses,
Without having given It thorough exam
lnation, we presume from the unanmity OF
the Committee that ii is fair and equita
bic bill. ltappears in our columns to-day,
with the action of the two Houses thus far
upon it.-NQShriHe Banner.
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Longerity.-Died, in Spartanburg dis.
trict, S. c., on the 25th September, 1912,
Mrs. Nancy Sprouse, in the l09th year Of
her age. Her husband, Mr.. Vnson
Sprouse, died few years since, aged lO7
years. They lived together upwards Of
seventy years.
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CbarlnttR
r thursday, November 10, 1912.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky.

" We are requested TO give notice, that the
hnV'd. W. Forbes will preach in the Baptist
Church in this place, on Sunday next, 18th inst.
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approaching Elections.--The State f.
lections yet 10 be held, in the course of the
present year, are as follows: New York
and Delaware, November sth; Mississip-
pi, November 9TH and Sth,; Massachusetts,
November lith, After Massachusetts
there are no more elections till next March.
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How vain are all things here below,
How false and vet how fair"

AAON id'SS uiu SCb IoN
Scarcely were these plans formed, when cloud
came on their prospects and increased in dark.
ness more and still more, until is burst upon the
family, and bore 10 the earth the last one of its
united head.
Mrs. Harris was called from her residence in
this place TO her plantation fow days before her
death, TO attend the sick bed of son, and by ex.
posture in her selfdena and devotion to him
beyond her strength, she fell martyr to parental
affection.
She, however, saw no cause of regret in the
stop she had taken she felt that she had done no
more than was her duty; she therefore meeting
her Lord in path acceptable to Him, without q
murmur or complaint, resigned herself and all
her interests for time and eternity into His hands,
and thus throughout her sickness sho possessed
the calmness and composure of Gods dear chill
dren, and enjoyed all the comforts and consola.
tons of that religion which she had SO long pos.
sessed and honored Her mind remained unm.
paired TO the last moment, thereby enabling hor
to leave to her weeping family and friends mani.
festations Of her faith triumphant in her once
crucified, but risen Savior, and proofs strong.
er than death, that what was their irreparable
loss, was to her Heaven bestowed and ever.
lasting gain. And while we survive TO mourn
her departure from among us, she has doubtless
gone before, not to enjoy the hopes, but tho full
frution of the presence of God and the glory of
His power.
A CHRISTIAN BROTHER.
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Indidna.--The special election held in
Indiana for State Senator to supply the
place of Mr.. Baird (W.) deceased, has re-
suited in the election Of Mr.. Detrees (W.)
by large majority. This result ties the
Legislature on joint ballot. There are two
more special elections to be held in place
of two Loco Representatives who have
died.
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WHO ARE TIE DEMOCRATS ?

On this point, Mr.. Clay said in one of
his recent Speeches." have conceded
TO our opponents, the term Democrat, out
Of mere politeness, without admitting any
exclusive claim of theirs to the title.
was myself born a Democrat-rocked IN
the cradle of the Revolution-and at the
darkest period of that ever memorable
struggle for freedom. ] recollcct in 1881
or 80, visit made by Tarlton's troops to
the house of my mother, and of their run
ming their swords into tho new made
graves Of my father and grandfather,
thinking they contained hidden treasures.
Though then not more than four years Of
age, the circumstances Of that visit is viv.
idly remembered, and it will be to the last
moment of my life. was born Demo-
crat-was raised and nurtured a Republ
can-and shall did Republican, in the
faith aud principles of my fathers. RAJ.
Register.
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We have been shown specimen of
corn from the Rocky Mountains. 1t is
certainly a greet curiosity, as proving the
peculiar aptitude Of nature in fitting her
productions 10 different climates. Besides
that the ear is covered, as corn usually
is, with thick husk, each grain upon the
cob, is separately enclosed with the same
material, folded aud doubled with all the
accuracy and neatness of first bilIedoux.'
-NeU Orleans Bulletin.
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NEW JERSEY.

The Hon. William Pennington was on
Friday reelected Governor of the State
Of New Jersey by the Legislature in joint
meeting. The vote stood
For Mr. Pennington AZ
Mr. S. G.. Potts 80
The Hon. VIM. l.. Dayton was elected
United States Senator, in the place of the
Hon. Samuel l.. Southland. His compcti.
tor was the Hon. G.. ID. Wall. The vote
was the same as above.
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"HERE SHE GOES AND THERE SHE
G0ESp

The New York Tribune says -" Mr..
Nicholas Biddle, late President Of the U.
S. Bank, gave bis vote for the Loco Foco
ticket in Philadelphia, as he had perfect
right to do. Most exploded fpanciers are
great Loco Focos." RAJ. Reg.
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Beat this rho can.-A journeyman har.
ness maker Of Wheeling, the Gazette says,
made eighteen horse collars on Friday last,
aud finished them before sun down. IL he
is no. "a collar man we don't know who
has right to be.
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"a JUDICIous TARIFF

There IS now no doubt (says the Peters
burg lnlelligencer,) that Col Dick John
son IS out on his own hook as candidate
tor The Presidency, aud It we are moi
greatly deceived, the other Locoiuco aspi.
rants will find it no easy matter to elbow
him oifthe track.
During his electoneering tour through
Pennsylvania, Col. Dick has awaited him
self OF the same device which Gen. Jack
son so successfully employed when he was
a candidate for the Presidency. The Col.
onei, like The General, is in Pennsylvania,
ga Judicious 1arif man" Among the
workshops and factories of Pittsburg, he
dlscoursed of the necessity Of protecting
the industry Of our own citizens with an
JUNCTION which was truly admirable, and
which will prove "wet blanket TO any
hopes which Mr.. Van Buren, might have
entertained of getting il toothold in the
e" keystone State" Hear the Colonel ::
"fhcre was one other measure he
would refer 10, and that was the subject OF
the tariff. lie was in favor of a tariff that
would protect alike the commerce, the
manufactures and the industry Of the whole
country. He said he was not in favor OF
an ultra Observation-Disclosures that would
tend TO sever the ties which bound the great
interest OF every portion Of the Union, and
rouse again that spirit which threatened
us once with disunion, but was happily
averled. He had long been in public life,
and during it, he had always tried to look
moi at the interests of his own native State
alone, but TO that Of the Union at large
The last war had proved 10 him the neces.
sty Of a tariff, that would protect the in
dustry and enterprise of the country; for
IN the commencement of that war, when
our commerce with other nations was de-
stroyed, we had not wherewith to clothe
dies when resting in their tents at night !;
that the citizens were under the necessity
of taking their blankets off their own beds,
and giving them to the army, otherwise
the brave soldier who was willing TO risk
his life on the Geld Of battle in defence Of
his country, might have suffered severely
from the cold incident TO northern laii-
tude. lie came among US dressed from
the toe to the crown Of the head in home.
spun-the manufacture of his fellow citi-
zens in Lexington and was glad he had
the privilege of addressing the citizens of
Pittsburgh city commanding as she does,
the commerce of the valley Of the Missis-
sIppi-a city emphatically of workshops,
and enterprise. When he was
upon public life, Pittsburg was,
comparatively speaking, bu, village
now she was large city, with over 40,,
900 inhabitants"
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Nj desperaadum-Ncver despair.
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Credit sale.

y ? \ virtue Of q Deed Of Trust, to me execIi.
n D. ted by Dan Alexander on the l4th October,
$40, on the 29th instant, will proceed To sell at
the Malard Creek place, the following property,
10 satisfy said Trust, viz: