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County Convention

On "Wednesday The 31st August inst.
at the Courthouse in CarroIIlon-for
The purpose Of nominating a Ticket, to
be supported at the approaching October
election.
To secure harmony and unanimlty,
and to ensure the selection of such candl
dates as may unite the largest number Of
votes, the undersigned cannot too earn,
estly urge upon their fellow ciizensth he
necessity Of o full attendance ut the
proposed Convention. The importance
of the next annual election, viewed in
connection with impending measures
OF National aud Stale policy, such as
the Tariff, the Currency, &C., should
arouse to vigilance and action every
friend to his country. A crisis in the
affairs of our State and Nation, is arriv.
cd, which imperiousIy demands al the
hands of the People the selection OF
honest, competent and faithful Repre-
senta;iyes. And for this purpose, with
others, We call upon our fellow citizens
to turn out, and make the Convention
what it should be -.emphalicalIy, q CON
VENTION or TIE PEOPLE,
WILLIAM MILLS,
JOHN EBERSOLE,
JOHN RILEY,
LEONARD HERSH,
JOSEPH WOLFE,
WILLIAM BAXTER,
Central Committee.
C~arrollton, August 9, 1912.
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FOR GOVERNOR
tn MAS COR WIN,
Of Warren COHB
CARROLL COUNTY WING CON-
VENTl0N,
On Wednesday, 3lSt AU-
.gWSt, lSl9.

The undersigned, in conformity with
what they believe to be their duty, as
the Wing Central Committee, and in
accordance with the usages Of tho Wing
party in this county, for some years
.past-have resolved 10 Gala .
, 1842-08-20
GVOL. mo. 42.1

such as she ought not to say or do
She discovers the right and wrong of
things, not by reasoning, but sagacity.
Most women, and many good ones,
have a closeness, and sometimes sell
fishness, in their disposition; she has
a true generosity of temper. The
most extravagant cannot be more un-
bounded in their l~iberality; the most
covetous not more cautious in their
distribution. No person of so few
years can know the world better; no
person was ever less corrupted by
thatknowledge. Herpolitenes seems
to flow rather from a natural DISPOSE
ton to oblige than from any rules on
that subject; and therefore never fails
to strike those who do not. She
does not run with a girlish eagcrness
into new friendships, which, as they
have ne foundation in treason, serve
only to multiply and embitter dis
putes. 1t is long before she chooses,
but then it is fixed forever, and the
first hours of romantic friendship are
not warmer than hers after the lapse
of years. As she never disgraces her
good nature by severe reflections on
any body, SO she never degrades her
judgment by i%mmoderate or displaced
pauses; for every thing violentis con-
trary to her gc~ntleness of disposition
and the evenness of her virtue. She
has a steady and firm mind, which
takes no more from the female char
acter thar the solidity of marble does
from its polish and lustre. She has
such virtues as make us value the
truly great of our own sex; she has
the winning graces that make us love
even the faults we see in the weak
and beautiful of hers.
, 1842-08-20
Rurke's Description Of a Wife.

Intended as a description Of The character Of
MRS. BURKE.
She is handsome, but it is a beauty,
not arising from features, from COM
pIcxion, from shape. She has all three
in a great degree, but it is not by
these she touches the heart. 1t is all
that sweetness of temper, benevo-
lence. innocence, and ~sensibility
whicha face can express, that forms
her beauty. She has a face that just
raises attention at first sight; it grows
on you every moment, and you won.
der it did not more than raise your
attention at first. Her eyes have a
mild light, but they awe you when
she pleases; they command, like a
good man out Of office, or by authori-
ty, but by virtue. Her features are
not PERFECTLY regular; that sort OF
exactness is more TO be praised than
loved, for it is never animated. Her
stature is not tall; she is not made to
be the admiration of every body, but
the happiness of one. She has all
the frmness that does not exclude
delicacy; she has all the s%eftness that
does not imply weakness. There is
often more Of the coquctte shown in
an affected plainness than in q tawdry
finery; she is always neat, without
preciseness or aiiectation. Her gravi-
ty is a gentle thoughtfulness, that soi-
tens the features without decompo-
sing them. She is usually grave
Her smiles are inexpressibie. Her
voice is low soft music. not formed TO
rule in public'assemblies, but to charm
those who can distinguish company
from a crowd; it has this advantage,
YOU must come close to her to hear
it.
To describe her body is to describe
her mind-one is the transcript of the
other. Her understanding is not
shown in the variety Of matters it
exerts itself on, but in the goodness
Of the choice she makes. She does
not display it so much in saying or
doing striking things, as in avoiding
, 1842-08-20

All subsequent efforts have been in
vain. Her heart is steeled to the
voice of entreaty, and | remain the
unhappy victim Of my own indiscre-
ton. And oh, when view those pale
and emaciated features, which once
were ruddy with the glow Of health.
and witness now the ravages of dis
ease and wo-when | compare her
languid gait to her once buoyant
and elastic step, and meet her cold
and chilling glance, the thoughts of the
past come rushing to my mind, and
the ( enest anguish rends my soul.
Il. w. CO.
, 1842-08-20
The Old Soldiers Rule.

| once had 4 clever neighbor who
came TO me n day and said, "Esquire
White, | want yol to come and get
your geese away" "Why," said |,
"what are my geese doing?" "They
pick my pigs ears when they are
eating, and drive them away, and |
will not have it." "What can dow
said !. "Youmust yoke them" SThat
| have not time to do now," said /;
II do % see but they must run."-
"lf you do not take care of them l
SHALL" said the clever shoemaker in
anger. "What do you say, Esquire
White?' 81 cannot take care of
them now, but | will pay you for all
damage" "Well,'' said he, .s'you will
find that a hard thing, ] guess"
So off he went, and heard a terri
ble squalling among the geese. The
next news from the geese was hat
three of them we've missing. NY
children went and found them terri
bly, mangled and dead, and thrown
into the bushes.
SNOW" said I, sail keep still, and
let me punish him." In a few days
the shoemaker's hog broke into my
corn. saw them, but let them re-
main a long time. At last | drove
them all out, and picked up the corn
which they had torn down and fed
them with it in the road. By this
time the shoemaker come in great
haste after them.
"Have you seen any thing of my
hogs!" said he. "Yes, sir, you will
find them yonder eating some corn
which they tore down in my field"
sin your fcldp' "Ycs, sir" said |,
s'hogs love corn, you know-they
were made to eat" GLOW much
mischief have they done!" SO, not
much," said |.
Well, off he went to look, and esti-
mated the damage to be equal to a
bushel and Il half of corn.
.Oh.-pn,n -aid 1, III can't be-"
"Yes," said the shoemaker, sand l
will pay you every cent of DAMAGE"
replied, "you shall pay moth
ing. My geese have been a great
trouble to you"
Tho shoemake blushed and went
home. The next winter when we
came to settle, the shoemaker deter
mined to pay me for my corn. "No,"
said !, 81 shall take nothing"
After some talk we parted; but in
a day or two met him in the road,
and fell into conversation in the most
friendly manner. But when | start
ed on he seemed 10th to move, and |
paused. For a moment both of US
were silent. At last he said, 81 have
something laboring on my mind"
"WeIl what is it?" ':Those geese. l
killed three of your geese, and shall
never rest till you know how | feel.
| am sorry" And the tears came in
his eyes. sOh, weli," said ], "never
mind, | suppose my geese were pro-
voking."
Inever took any thing OF him for
it; but whenever my cattle broke in
to his field after this, he seemed glad
because he could show how patient
he could be.
Now" said the old soldier, acon-
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church-yards, and ne stronger evI
ldence can be offered of want of GOOD
taste. Over the entrance to this &C.
metery is inscribed, "Ich lebe und
thr sollt auch leben"-("I live and
thou shalt likewise live.") On the op.
posite side, as you return through the
gate, is written, "'rhe body rests in
hope"
The Garden is separated from the
cemetery by a pale fence. 1t con-
sists Of about IL acres, covering the
declivity of the hill and embracing q
portion of the watered ravine below.
1t is beautifully laid out in terraces,
with ample walks, arbors. summer
houses and seats. The latter are
made of Stats, a provision against the
weather. Trees abound, tall, stately
and outrageous. Here are weeping
willows of singular size and symme-
try. Under roof is a fine spring, full
of playful fish. The air is literally
vocal with the warbling music OF
merry birds. Here one may be soli-
tary, vet not alone; for the power I'M
seen that moves in all life surrounds
him, and dull indeed must be the SEN
ses that do not see, hear and COM
mune with it.
Here. mid all that renders nature
lovely, in shaded groves and in Sc
questered dales, where the birds of
Heaven delight to MARBLE. and man
is drawn to seek communion with his
Maker. "walking in the garden in the
cool of day'-here would he burri-
ed. Insuch a garden would repose.
In this valley Of the silent would
| rest. Here death would be diveSt-
ed Of half its horrors.
Oh! why do this people Of dull
spirit cast into the naked field the
relics OF their departed friends, and
shut them out from this most appro-
pirate. this dear, this sacred spot.
yearning to receive and shelter them!
Commend me to a people who hold
dear the relics that are spared to us
Of the loved, the honored ones, that
have gone before us to the silent land
the home of the departed.
Honor be to them who have I'M
proved the public taste Of our city, by
opening gardens like that at Laurel
Hill, where dust to its narrow house
may peacefully retire, and the winds
of heaven may pour through the
branching trees solemn music for It's
requiem.
"Oh, lay me not within the grave
That bricks and stones enclose;
Der which no shadowy branches wave,
To guard my last rcpose.
Oh, lay me meath some ancient tree,
That spreads its shade afar;
Where my lone grave may smiled on be
By many u silent star.
Where ~flow'rets deck the emerald sod,
And with their fragrant breath.
Whisper sweet tales of peat e and God,
And life; and love, and DEATH"
ANTHRAX.
, 1842-08-20
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For the Radical
The Last Chapter in the HistO-
nv of a Eiirt.

Alas! a neither time absence or
the tempting allurements of the world
extinguish the fires that memory, un-
Kind memory lights round the gloomy
scenes of tie past! Is there no min
istering spirit to rise before me and
chase away the clouds of despair and
anguish that lower in the sky OF the
future, or to lift some magic wand to
quelI forever the murmurings of con-
science, and to end tho fearful goal-
incs of retribution? Oh! is there no
hand to draw the curtain of oblivion
Ger the many dark spots in ''memo-
rvs waste" and that could point To
some star of hope L 'rrallate the
pathway Of time TO come? But why
indulge this pleasing dream-why ap-
Div an JUNCTION that will ~irri,ate the
wounds that defy all earthly cure and
which none saw Heaven Il heal.
And can | who have trampled Upon
innocence and have furrowed by do
plicity the brow of beauty and virtue
with care and sufIering-can J., who
have reckIessly invaded the sanctua-
nv of woman's "fair heritage" and
have offered the incense OF ilattcry
upon the unsuliied altar of love-can
| hope that an avenglng Heaven Will
lift from my soul the turden with
which my own indiscretlon has op-
pressed it9
Yes, there was one whose heart
was pure and spotless-whose breast
was free from guile-whose cheek
bIoomed with the rose of health and
happiness, and whose bounding step
and gladstone smile told that sorrow
was a stranger to her home. into
whose angelic presence | dared IN
trude.. Unfeeling wretch! who could
blight the bud ofhope and promise ere
it had fairly expanded and that could
cast the mildew Of disappointment
upon the creature Of purity and con-
fdeuce. 1t was she whom ap-
proached-nol to bestow the love OF
a subdued and idolizing spirit, but to
win a c~oniding heart, and thus MN
lister to my vanity, weakness and pre-
sumption. And oh! when l revert
to that cursed moment, when first l
gazed upon that lovely form-when l
recall to memory her bewItching
smile and the confidence with which
she once regarded me, shudder at
my own past baseness, and curse my
self in the madness of lnturiated de-
spair. But needless and reckless OF
the veal of others, | madly rushed on
in the waywardness Of youth, to the
consummation of my fendlsh purpos-
e~s--fendish they must have been, for
treachsry should have qualled DC
, 1842-08-20
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THE STATE OF THE CASE.

1t is somewhat wonderful that the utras OF
the Wing Party should be so stultihed as to
place the whole issue of the present controver
sy between themselves and the Executive upon
so slender a foundation as that upon which II
rests. For, if we sift it down to its source,
they cannot deny that the very head and front,
nay the whole body of his offending in its earll-
est stage was that he would not consent TO give
his sanction to Bank of the United States up
on the plan proposed by Mr.. Clay, or what was
called an old fashioned Bank of the United
States. He was willing to have Bank with
the consent of each State in which it was to
acI So that the whole controversy has grown
out, not of Bank of the United States, but OF
the specific Bank of the United States-a regu-
lar Bidde Bank.
Is it not, as we have said, wonderful that the
great Wing party should consent to go down to
the People with such an issue as Henry Clay
for the next Presidency and regular Biddle
Bank But is it so? Are the Wing party con-
tent to place themselves in so ridiculous an att-
tude? We say no. they are not The party
which produced the reform of 1910 in the cleo
ton of the lamented Harrison, never were a
Bank party. This has been fully proven by
every election which has taken place since the
controversy has assumed its present shape we
know it is the slang of the ultra Wings to say
that their friends stay away from the polls in
disgust, because they have been disappointed,
and they thus attempt to get rid of the defeat
they every where sustain. We do not mean to
be understood to say, that there is not Bank,
Bdde Bank party in the country, or to deny
that Mr.. Clay is the head of that very party.
We too well know that the arstocracy, as they
are proud to call themselves in this country, as
in all others, are in favor OF large moneyed IN
situations. They may be honest in their opinl
| ons, and no doubt many Of them are honest in
| the belief that moneyed oligarchy is the best
| form of government. They have no confidence
in the virtue and intelligence of the People, be-
cause they never meet them to minge with
| them-hence they imbbe the opinion that uni
versal suffrage is unsafe the mass are not fit te
govern, is with them favorte maxim. Yes
there is Bank, Biddle Bank party, in the
country, and this party it is that are determined
to thrust Henry Clay down the threats OF the
We end then as we commenced, and again
assert that it is somewhat wonderful that the
ultra leaders of this Clay Bank party should bt
so stultfed as to believe that they can force TIT
free and independent voters of this Union at thi
time, of all others, to pledge themselves tire
years in advance for Henry Clay and regula
Biddle Bank
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TRIBUTE OF OFFICIAL RESPECT.

TO THE HONORABLE ELISHA M. HUNTINGTON
Commissioner of the General Land ONCE,
from his satbordinates in office.
At the moment when the official relations that sub
sist between US are about to be finally severed we
cannot fail to express at the parting, the high sense OF
regard which entertain for you, from the recoec-
ton of the urbany of your official demeaner and the
ndulgent kindness which have characterised those
lations towards u.s.
Nothing is grateful to the feelings of subordi-
mates Office than confidence that their superior Is
capable of approaching their welmeant efforts in the
public service and eniertans that considerable regard
for their Individual comfort which, always consistent
with the character of gentleman, is not found in
compatible with the public interests of an Office.
The conviction that personally and officially, your
feelings towards us have been of the kind and gene
rous nature alluded to- has tended to sweeten Off
cia Iabors the past and adds pognancy to the
greet experience in parting at the present, and
request that with your retirement from office at the
seat of Government you will carry with you the as
surance of our best wishes for your happiness and
we'll being for all the future
eighty signsrs)
Ar ~.
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THE DESTRUCTIVES.

FIVE recollect right, there was no name given
to the ultra Loco Foco party, which they more
stoutly denied, as being in any degree appllca-
BILE to them than The name Of ''the Destruct-
ives"
They would do nothing, it was urged, to be-
ne6t the country, and were therefore called De-
structives. The Wing presses throughout the
whole country were filled with denunciatlons
against the Van Buren, party, because that party
did nothing for the country, and, more particu-
larlY, nothing to regulate the currency Who
are the Destructives now?
Does any man doubt what is the true answer
to this question? We venture to say no. No
man doubts that Henry Clay and his rabid parti-
sans are the men who prevent the immediate
adoption, by Congress, of an Exchequer that
would furnish sound circulating medium
throughout the Union, restore confidence, and,
without any imitation of the currency, furnish
means of remittance, that would greatly facili-
tate the exchange of commodities from one end
Of our wide-extended territory to the other.
Ask any of the moderate men Of the Wing
party, UOtu III dIlu Jul VI SOio tSoS, VIM "'N "'~
men that oppose that measure, and the answer
is,-We are willing to go for it, BuT-ay, that
BUT !! BUT THE WEST will not agree to it.
Ask the moderate men of the other party the
real Democrats-not the ultras-and they feel
half inclined to go for such measure, but-they
fear to be denounced by their party. So we
tell the good People of the United States, what
we have often said before, and shall, over and
over again, repeat to them-nothing but your
will, expressed in language not to be misunder-
stood, can remedy the evils under which the
country now groans. Ground as it is between
the upper and the neither milestone OF MIR. Clay,
and his ultras, on one side, and the ultra Loco
Focos on the other. Would that the true Demo
cracy would come out from among these unhal-
lowed combinations, and unite with the Admin
istralion-then would the husbandman rejoice
in his fields the artist in his workshop, and then
would our surplus be waited into every sea by
our hardy and jolly tars, and peace and plenty
become the landmarks of liberty to bless the
political and moral honesty of an industrious
People.
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fathers that this Government was intended to


fathers that this Government was intended to
serve a party, and not the whole people. So
long as be holds this s old fashioned" notion,
he may expect 10 get sad scraping from the
partisan press Of the present day, which has
imbibed the new doctrine that the spolls Of
the yanquished belong to the vlctors."
The President seems to suppose that he Is
President of all these United States, and not
exclusively the President Of a pdrty-although
he has heard it announced in high place and by
high authority that it is " sad spectacle" that
" a President should be Without a party, dndG
party Without President" Well, | don't
know that am right, but being myself more
for my country than for any party in il, and be-
ing able 10 gain an honest living without an
Office, am, for one, willing to have President
without party, and party without Presi-
dent so that we have President for the coun-
try, and country for a President.
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CASSIUS.
Extract of q Letter, dated
"NEw YoRK, May I, 1S4


The editorial genius" Of certain portion of
he press in this quarter is sadly perplexed at
finding small supply of materials to work up
into 'sarticles," to 'head Captain Tyler" The
old stock is pretty well fused up" and captain
Tyler' seems to manage his course closely
in conformity with the Constitution, that the
whole "corps editorial" can now scarcely frame
an esindienation artclen Ellis Accidency"-
s'the Corporal's Guard"-and even the Presi-
dents "nose," have all become worn out sub
jects-and they all sit round, watching for some
thing new to catch up and handy round. 1t is
really painful to witness the editorial distress
consequent upon the pertinaclous quiet and Con-
stitutonal adherence of the President in the per-
Torrance of his duties. If he persevere in this
course he will destroy the interest of the editorial
columns of the locofoco portion Of the Wing press
Can Il we manage, some way or other, to get the
President out in open opposition to some article
of the Constitution-to address some out-of-the-
way message to Congress-propose some uncon-
stitutional scheme-refuse the performance of
some duty ?-Or, if he will not do either of
these, then smoke a cigar and pipe at one and
the same time--order new carriage, and dl
rect new livery-turn the carpet of the east
Room" or order new one do something that
NAV furnish materials for an editorial dash? II
he does not 7 don't know what will become
of some of our editors, who see no hopes OF
advancement or office, unless they can put dorm
the present Administration, and pmup another
more friendly to their patriotic motires.
don't know man who has been so regard
less of party organization as our present
President. He seems to have got notion in
his head that his constitutional duties are supe-
ror to the claims of party, and can't believe
that it was the intention Of our revolutionary