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WEATHER, AND STATE OF THE
ROADS IN THE WEST.

Posr OFFICE, ST.. SrErHENs,
Washington County, Alabama,
December 22d, lS43.
DEAR SIR: Since Sunday last, the road to Wash.
ngton Court House has been impossible, and hourly
getting more so. The RIVER (Tombgbee) rising rap
idly four Northern mails lying at this Office from
Mobile. 1t will be some time before can get 10
Washington Court House or Cofrevle.
Respectfully
JAMES MAGOFFIN, Postmaster.
P. s. All the cotton unpicked on the river is lost
and indeed all Of it in this section Of the county
The rains have been now pouring ten days.
J. NJ.
The Postmaster at Natchez writes, under
date Of the 9th December, thai il had been rain
ing there necessarily for six weeks.
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THE FREEMAsoN's MONITOR

JUST published, In one volume, with many engrav.
ings containing deiineatoo OF the Fundamental
principles Of Freemasonry, operative and speculative
we'll in religious as moral view with explans-
tons and plates OF all the emblem, Of the varous de-
grees, compiled and arranged from the best writers.
with additions, notes, masonic songs. &c &c
jus, received for sale ny
Jan T. TAYLOR
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CL'sAx.-People take Iqu rice in winter TO cure a
cold, and hguor-ioe in summer TO get cold.
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PRINCES NURSERIES, NEAR NEW YORK

FNINtES NURSERIES,, NEAK NEW 1OKk.
TIE new descriptive catalogues of this ancient
Enlistment, comprising the most extensive col
lection OF trees, plants, and seeds in America, will
be sent graft. to every post paid applicant and order,
will be ecuted with that despatch which character
i've the establishment and shipped to any port desig
mated.
WIN. X. PRINCE.
PsMor's LISSEAs CAMDEN AND NURSERIES,
FAusHise
p. s. Scions for ingraning can he securely packed
in small compass for distant transportation
ian 10 lie
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MANTUAM MAKING.

M RS ROBINSON, would respectfully inform
IVA the ladies Of Washington and those who may
visit the city, that she prepared execute work in
her line in st equal to any in the United States
Her residence is in 9th street. the side second
door from the corner, where ladies will find II 10
their advantage TO call, her residence is entirely
private. She has patterns Of the latest fashion al
ways on hand ian 10.
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P.rrNr Orficr, Decembe, 26 Isig

P.rgsT Orrics December % Is43
IN the petition OF William II. How ard, OF Phrl-
" depbis, lpIsyiog for the extension Of a parent
granted TO him for an improvement IN Looms ior sr-
ven years from the expiration OF said patent which
takes place on the ~ DAY Of February, 1874
II s ordered, iha, the said petition be heard AZ NE
Patent Office on the 6is' Monday in February NEXT
at ~ o'clock NJ, and all persons are fed 10 npfear
and show cause, If any they have why said peilion
oogb, not to he g,sn'eJ.
Ordered, also that this notice be Published ~ NE
hlsdsoniao, printed a, Washington the Amercln
Sentinel and Mercantile Advertiser, printed 1t pli,i.
delphia; tho Aurora, printed at New York, snj ihc
Times, printed a, Boston week for three sue
cessse weeks previous TO the frs, Monday IN Fchiu-
AIRY next.
HENRY l.. ELLSWORTH,
Commissioner Of Paen,
r. 8. EIsors Of the above papers will please copy
and send their bills 10 the Patent Office Nth PAPER
ont aiming the notice. dec .2a- law1w
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INLOUR-Ju-t received, and on hand, large ST., X
Il of -four, which will dispose OF low.
jan Wv VIM. T. DOVE
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22

On behalf of the Democratic party of
the town of Wilmington, we return to- o..
Dickinson, Esq, OF this place, our hearty
thanks for his courtesy and liberaIitv in
rendering TO US the use ofhis wharf for the
purpose Of firing our Jubilee Guns
The party at first intended 10 fire one hun
dred guns from off the wharf at the foot of
Market street, but were afraid that it might
interfere with those who had business
4here. Mr.. Dickinson, although wing.
in a spirit of liberality which we cannot
commend too highly. not only offered his
private wharf, but had it cleared off for
our use.
To Captain Hathorme, too, Of the Brig
LeVant, the Democratic party would re-
turn their best thanks. Without knowing
any thing about our arrangements, he
had hauled along side Mr.. Dickinson's
wharf, but the moment he ascertained that
the Democrats wanted it for the purpose
of burning some powder over their victory.
he Immediately removed his vessel and
contributed, we learn, keg of powder, to
be used in the celebration.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22
THE JOURNAL.
0a1DAVo Sow 90, 1Gaas
ERRArUM.-An important error occur

ERRArUM.-An important error occur.
red in cur paper of last week, which we
take the earliest opportunity 10 correct
In our remarks on the Chronicles article,
headed "Outrageous Conduct" two lines
were transposed from their proper place: it
reads may be accounted for in this Of
their Candidates., &C." Ii should read as
follows:
Perhaps Mr.. Chronicle the decrease of
the votes of the FederaIists in the county
of Duplin, may be accounted for in this
way. There were Tickets issued fromthe
Office ofthe Chronicle, which had neither
of their Candidates names upon them, bu'
"ITue Republican, substituted in thei.
stead. The Wings of Duplin, becoming
aware Of a fraud being practised upon
them, many oflhem, we have good grounds
for so saying, avowed they would not vote
such ticket. . z.-..,....-..5 "A. .a.u.-a
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22
TUE DEMOCRATIC SIGNAL.

tits with deep feelings of regret that we
read in the last number of this able paper,
the valedlctorv Of its Editor, addressed to
its readers. We are really sorry from our
heart, to see our friend Busbee, retiring
from the corps Editorial; but we know of
our own knowledge, as the lawyers say.
that it could not be otherwise. During the
short period of its career. about eighteen
months, it rendered able and efficient SER
vice TO the Democratic party. Its dignity.
courtesy, and ability. early gave it a high
stand in the estimation of both the Wing
and Democratic presses of the State. In
Perrin Bushels withdrawal from the Dem
ocratic press, vacuum will be left, which
we fear will be long untitled. In his
retirement however, he carries with him.
the hearty good wishes of his Demo
cratic brethren of the quill, as does he the
respect, if no more. of the whig presses oil
the State. Success attend him.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22

morning notice of the banner on which w..
inscribed, ssAmericans shan't rule u.s." H.a
pening 10 be in an oyster saloon last evennr
overheard conversation between two oss
fIemen in the next box. One said to the o,s
er, ibid you see that banner in the Locofoc.
procession the other night" ''No," was ,Is
reply. "Well, J. did," remarked the forms s
gentleman; ''we got it mp among ourselves
to exasperate the Natives and get them to vo,s
for Clay. 1t was carried by whig. surrouu
ded by wings, and was only raised up as thew
passed knots of wings on the corners, station
ed by preconeerted movement, in order tbs,
they could tell their friends, and. if necessarr
swear that they saw it.' 1 then heard t6a'
other gentleman ask who it was that paiD,aS
the banner; the other said it was man BY ths
name of Christopher, and that his brother Jo
Christopher carried it. f...
You are at liberty to publish this, and ,
will at any time testify to the truth of it.
Respectfully yours,
DAN'L Il. MANNER
Nov. 18th, 1884,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22

orally called river counties, lying in the vi
cinity OF the city, and are of course those
counties where, if at all, foreigners would
have 4 weight. BY referring 10 the re-
turns, however, we find that in these conn-
ties the Democratic gains are comparative
ly traing. But again; by turning once
more to the same map, we find tina. in
those large and almost purely agricultural
counties, which lie high up, in the inte-
the west-such as Erie, Genes
see, Cayuga, ST. Lawrence, &C., and
where it can't be supposed that foreigners
had any influence at all, the Democratic
gain was tremendous. Indeed. it was
solely by our gains in these interior coun-
ties, that we were enabled TO carry the
State. For instance, in the four counties
last named, alone, our gain over the vote
of 1910 was, in round numbers, about
4,50O. Twice as much as we gained in
the City Of New York, and or 10 coun-
ties in its immediate vicinity. What man,
then, of either party, of common candor
or common sense, in view of these .facts,
can believe, for one moment, that foreign
ers carried this State for Mr.. Polk? None.
But then take another example. Was
Georgia not set down as certain State for
Mr.. Clay in every wing calculation made
during the summer? Certainly it was.-
Well she gave Harrison upwards offs 900
majority in 40; now she gives Mr.. Polk
between 1000 and 5000 majority De-
mocratc gain o. ll.OOO or $4,000. Was
it foreigners who effected this wonderful
change in Georgia! The most rabld Ma,
tive American can't say so. Was it for
eigners who "cheated'' the poor unfortu-
nate old Coon out Of The Electoral vote oil
Virginia! Of Maine! of Indiana? 0, gen.
tlemen Coons, all this fuss about foreign
influence is CANNON, and you know it, a
mere supplementary continuance of the
"Roorbacking" which characterized your
party before the election. Let our friends
examine this matter well, and they will
/ find what we have stated to be correct.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22
THE SPURIOUS FLAG,

The whig papers of this morning repeatthe
story OF the flag, bearing the inscription, 81
msricans shan't rule u.s. which is said to have
been carried in the democratic procession that
passed through the streets of New York Just
before the election.
1t turns out that this flag, which has been
made the basis of so many Indignation para
graphs on the part of the wing journals, was
device OF their own-a fraud of the same
class with the Birney letter. The following
letter appears in the Morning News of to-
day:
10 tie Editors Of the Morning News.
Gentlemen observe in your paper this
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22
FOREIGN INFLUENCE.

Amongst the many excuses which the
Federal presses have vamped up to break,
In some measure, the force of their late ter
rible, but merited overthrow, perhaps there
is none which is now, or WHICH will be for
some time. more harped upon than that
The defeat of their "great embodiment"
was brought about by the votes of foreign
ers. Henry Clay" say they, "had it
not been for the votes of foreigners, who
know nothing of, and who are inimical to,
cur institutions, would this moment have
been our President" Well, now, let us
seehow far this bold assertion accords with
the facts. Let US see if it is not another
"ROor6Gck," gotten up for the two-loId
purpose of infaming the minds Of the A.
merican people against naturalized citizens,
the natives of other lands, who are amongst
us; and as we have before observed, to
break the force Of the awful fall which
they have received at the hands Of the peo-
pie. The State of New York, say they,
which turned the scale, was carried for Mr..
Polk by foreign votes. Let US see if there
is any truth in this. Our readers will all
remember, that III 1910 General Harrison
carried this large State by majority OF
upwards Of $4,000. Now Mr.. Polk car
rles it by about 5000 majority; conse-
Quently the Democratic gain is about 49,
900. Well, it is agreed on all hands, tina,
the great bulk Of the foreign votes was cast
in the city of New York. The question
then is, where did we, the Democrats
make the great gain Of 10000 votes 3
% Was it in the city of New York and its
immediate vicinity, where the foreign vote
is cast For was it in the interior or agricul
tuTal section Of the State, where foreign
eEs can be supposed to exercise little, i
any, influence Let US see. In 1916
Mr. Van Buren's majority in the city was
in round numbers. / 600; now Mr.. Polk.
majority is 1000 say: only again of ZOO
votes. And if our readers will Just turf
10 the map Of New York they will see tina
Ulster. Westchesier, sRockland, Putnam
Orange, Duchess, &C., are what are gen
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22

From the Raleigh Nd'adard, we see
that the official vote from all the counties
in the State has been received. The table
below is corrected from that paper. 1t
will be seen that she has east her IL f.
Iectoral votes for Henry Clay. This, we
must confess, is TO us, source ofdeep re-
gret. Had the Democratic party in this
State only maintained as many presses as
The Federalists have maintained for the
last four years, the result we feel confident
would have been far otherwise. We have
not room, however, TO make comments
We present The table as it actually is ~.
nEFIGIu Tote 0F NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22
wWHATss IN A NAME"

Were we TO try the truth Of the caption
of this paragraph, by the bad success-tbe
defeats which the Federal party has met
with under the various names which it has
assumed during the last forty years, we
would say with Sam Slick, IS there's NIGH
ty darned little" Name after name has
it adopted, under the vain expectation of
making itself palatable to the American
people, but thanks to the intelligence OF
that people, they have been always able 10
see through such flimsy subterfuge as
thatof name. however high sounding and
popular, intrinsically it may be-they are
able 10 hoist the curtain of "fair name, "
and see what lies behind-they have dis
elimination enough to separate the mea-
sures of party from its name-they have
good sense enough TO judgea political par
ty by Its measures, and not by the name
which it may please to adopt-such was
the case in the recent contest. The Fed
eral party had run up to the mast head of
its ship political, name, which before ii
was desecrated by it, was enshrined in ev-
cry Americans bosom; butthe Democracy
of this country told these wosld-be wings,
that they wanted to take peep at the car
60 which was slowed away in the hold of
this "craft," before sailing in her. They
did so and the result has been that her
colors were false, and in her they couldn't
sail. About IL or Is years ago, the nofo-
rious James Watson Webb, (him that
got the $50, 200, from the Bank of the Uni
ted States, for his advocacy of its sinking
fortunes led this same party up to the
baptismal font. and bestowed upon it the
name of wing. Il has been literally ami
| hilated under this name but a few days a
go. Again, this famous name giver OF
the &" Courier and Enquirer" has re-bap-
tsed the old federal party. and dubbed il
" Native american. We see no rea-
son why this last baptism shouldn't be as
valid to all intents and purposes as the
first. For our own part we are perfectly
content that the pseudo wings of "A, will
f ght the battle in '4S, under the Native
American" flag-we shall ferret out their
principles under whatever name they may
array themselves. Indeed we only desire
that they shall hold on to their old issues
and assume this new name with its new
political doctrine. If they do, we" now
predict that their defeat will be even more
disastrous than the one which they have
so recently experienced. We shall see.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22

They acon't give up their Idol.-The Sa''r
nah Republican of Thursday last, under "'
head of "Don't give up the Ship" nomIO'"'
as candidate for President in ls4s, HE'"
CLAY, Of Ky.
On the other hand, (says the RIchmGin,
Enquirer,) the American Republican, lr% w.
delphia,) and the Public Index, (PorISn n1u
Va both Native American, fly the hds d
VIM. S. Archer, of Va, for Pfesloenn
l948." These Wing Editors are ae'el no'd
that the people shall have candidates e aEs 81
to choose from, and time enough 10 mI I;s.a
their solemn judgment. The kePS0h,s MAR
will not name their candidate, at IeaSs De- Dass
they have installed their newly elec'ea -
dent.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22

Counterfeit Bils.-The Teller Of the ~ =:
Carolina Rail Road Bank has sne" p.rk j
counterfeit Eight Dollar Note, OF the D y. co.
Georgetown, which, as far as the PIa .sa coa'
cerned, is we'll calculated to deceive w po,a,ss
munity. An examination of the s'gn ,hsf
however, will shew their character. a. III
appears to be no attempt at lmi1auun, j.
name of the President, j. w. CoACh oonu.s'
written IN back slope hand in the -, ME-
felt, and that of d. L. M'kAY, Casn'" Ttb
more cramped than il the genuine Dill n sbotd
with the fact that the true bills arc deE.
than the spurious, will readily lead y
tion,- but the plate itself is so mncn NJ be y
smile that the most experienced mIg"'
ceived. Charleston Courier.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22
Gle" is somewha. unfortunate in the selec.

cle'' is somewhat unfortunate in the selec-
ton of the objects against whom he hurls
his envenomed shafts. Mr.. Pearsall, we
have not the pleasure of knowing person
ally, bat from gentlemen whom we do
know, we learn that he Is man
whose character stands above reproach.-
He is charged in the /" Chronicle" with
denouncing every man as scoundrel who
dared to vote the wing ticket, and $ at the
same time swearing that no such ticket
should go into the ballot box, or be coun-
ted out if put in.'' Now we are authori-
zed upon good authority 10 pronounce
this charge to be utterly unfounded. Mr..
Pearsall is a member of the Methodist
Church, and those who are intimately ac
quainted with him, tell us that he never
swears on any occasiohef We understand
what Mr.. Pearsall didaeSly upon the occa-
sion in question was to this effect that if
he were wing. he would be ashamed to
vote any such ticket as the one the wings
had at Kennansviile on the day ofelection,
W wills he hCCH 4eG1 O1AASAN I'm
ET," with which ticket we believe the
"Chronicle" is somewhat acquainted)-
that that ticket, without the names of
either Of their candidates. upon it, was
put forth with fraudulent Intentions
that if he were in the place of the wings
he would take out of the box those which
they had already polled, and put in in their
stead, tickets with Mr.. Clay's name upon
them-thatis, if they were not ashamed of
there candidate-thath he denounced" the
said ticket as humbug, gotten up for the
purpose Of quilting honest voters. This
we understand was the sum and substance
: of what Mr.. Pearsail said on the day of
election. Mr.. PearsalI's general cha
racter we think, might be enough to give
the 60 by to such slanderous charges as
those Which the Chronicle in his spleen,
has brought against him. We intend to
ferret out this matter, and in our next
number we will, we think, be able to be
more explicit. ....... IDS .....
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Another R0orback Nailed to the Counter.

On the eve of the election, the Federal
prints circulated letter, said to have been
written by member of the Democratic
Convention of Michigan, which stated that
Mr. Birney, the Abolition candidate fer
the Presidency, was nominated by the said
Convention, for the Legislature of the a.
hove State, and that Mr.. B. had authorized
the author of the letter to place his name
befor the Convention for nomination. Now
the letter turns out to be another " Roor-
back" The New York Evening Post
has the following remarks on the subject
of this forgery.
ave hope our readers looked at the state
ment Of Nj. Birney, published by US yester-
day, in relation to the forged letter, by the
help of which, the State of Ohio was carried
for the wings. The forged letter was cireu-
lated with the utmost industry in that State
just before the election, and the proof that it
was spurious only reached Cleaveland On the
day Of the election--a period too late to allow
the effect of the fraud to be counteracted. MIR.
Blrney, it will be seen, states that the wings
in Detroit were privy to the existence of the
letter some time before it reached Detroit in
the pubic papers. They were waiting, it APP
pears, to see the effect of the fraud which had
been concocted. 1t answered its purpose but
too well in Ohio.
1t is amazing with what face the wings can
complain of the frauds of their adversar1es,
with the proof of this enormous crime on their
part spread before the world. Their journals
are silent on the subject, and seek to evade its
effect by idle stories unsupported by proof, Of
acts of individual misconduct on the part Of
the democrats. This is no such case; it is a
palpable, certain iraud-a confessed forgery
cheat put upon whole State, and brought
home to the wing party by the clearest evil
dence."
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22

North Caroina.--It is now ascertained, says
the Tarboro' :'Press," that this State has vo-
ted for Clay and Ffelinghuysen. The major
Ity is yet unascertained, but probably is lit
tie larger than MF. Graham's for Governor in
August. 1t is however matter of consola-
ton with US, that this (Toole's) Electoral dis
tFlctexhibits considerable gain; large enough,
and more than large enough, if the other dis
trIcts had done as well to have given the vote
of the State to Polk and Dallas.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22
Total amount Of profits Of Rail Road and
The Truth Ont.
Since dead.

La our last number we contradicted the
falsehood about those flags said to have
been carried by the Democrats in the pro-
cession in New York. The secret is now
out and published. We extract the fol-
lowing from the New York Evening Post,
Nov. 18th:
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22
James PearSaII.

The s. Chronicle" since his defeat,
seems to have acquired a morbid desire
for making attacks on the character of pri-
yate individuals. Mr.. Pearsall, ofDHpln
county, must too be held up to the public
in that print, as the violator of public NOR
ality and public decency. The "Chroni-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-22

DEATH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF.--The Quebec
Mercury of the 9Th, records the deeease of
Nicholas Vincent, chief of the Huron tribe of
Indians settled at Lorette. He had attained
the age of rs years, and was much respected.
He was the nephew of the preceding chief,
and succeeded to the government of the tribe
ny election, as customary among the Hurons,
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(EXTRACT>
RALEIGH, Nov. l!

- f l....-.a. RALEIGH, Nov. 10.
] must hasten to give you the news, as l
have but little time to devote to writing. The
House of Commons organized on yesterday
by electing Edward Stanly, Speaker, and
Manly principal Clerk, and Dodge assistant
after which they adjourned until to-day, 10
o'clock, met and proceeded to the election of
Door Keeper-elected man named Finch,
over the smartest Door Keeper that they have
ever had, whose name was Page. The as
sistaut's name / did not learn. The Wings
go in for prescribing every thing, and we have
not organized in the Senate, and when we aCiH,
Heaven only knows. We balloted ON yester.
day three times for Speaker, but could not
elect. The Democrats run Wilson, who is
great and good fellow, against Col. Joyner.
We have a majority of one, as one of the
Wing members has not reached here-but the
candidates voting for others, could not either
get majority. Wilson "a, Joyner %.