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The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-04-18
FREEDOM REFUSED

The Journal Of Commerce states thai
coored man Who procured bis freedom in
Virginia and now resides in Connecticut,
being very dosirous 10 procure the liberty
Of daughter whom he left behind, col.
!ectsd The sum demanded for her, but when
the girl was informed Of the Transaction.
and that she might join her father and be
free, she refused the offer.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-04-18
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT..

Place several small pieces Of Camphor
gently in basin Of pure water, and with
red hot wiro ignite them as they Hos,
the Jumps will shoe, about the surfaee in
various directions, performing many conf.
cal antics, exhibiting lively dance Of fire.
balls.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-04-18
AN INGENIOUS MACHINE.

Among the ingenious machines Tor WIZ"
patents were issued during tho past year %
one for working Tuscan braid, the orcfo'
tons Of which are thus described IN CON-
missioner Ellswor his annus report : Az
ter tho pieces Of straw have been DC
ted in a box The uhOle operation OF taking
each separate piece, Introducing, beo''oS
II over, trimming of',he surplus, and frd"'
ferring or refransferriag me plncfr' ~
nipPers by which the pieces ara held o ,i
the completed braid delivered, - caft'1'
on with the most beautiful regularity T"",
out hand of an attendant This ln'en''o"
is certainly most extraordinary, '"t
makes matter perform tho volalons OF d"
ingenious and versatile mind.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-04-18
CADETS FAY.

The pay Of West Point Cadet a',e'
tho 30th June next, is TO bo S2i per month";
in place Of the present ply and omolunen''
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24

try and all is great concerns. Who's, ,.n
you oppose and thwart his efforts for good . A." 1
you opposed 70 Texas2 Are you you less orn. ,a''
ed now than youAwere in Sc and 40 to Mr. rf'S
al Bank and high Tariffs Why, in word shoU1' ,'Ou
you stand off from the democrats 2 =
Col.-Polk was fairly and honorablv eIcc,o,i
a majority Of the people. 0The Congress a, ~s5 W
as The President is democratic. The peopla b."
ordered all this, and it has come to pass TbaD
know better what is for the good of the conn,,
than Wing leaders and Wing Editors-and d..
ii not become US all to bow to their decisions y
the country 1aeVer=tO b9peyrepOSe?
Wings Of North Carolina Now is tbo =;
for deliberation and reflection Mountain rau' %
what have you gained by Whiggery2 Men -
the Cape Fear counties, will you hold on to ~
ty which does nothing for you and which oisa, Ia
you broken promises as reward for YOUR vo,o. o
Well may the whig leaders be alarmed NJ.
people are beginning to think in earnest Tba.
will act in due time, and then long sleen to Fo5
eralism in North Carolina.
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24
McCOLLOCH,s LEAP

The ground where Maj Samuel M;Coloch
took the great leap to avoid being taken prisoner
by the Indians is but few rods from Wheeling.
and yet such is the negligence of those who inhab,
it the scenes of great exploits that we venture the
remark that not one dozen men have thought OF
Major McColloch, or been upon the land from
which that leap was taken, during the last year
was was on the 9Th of Septcmbe 1777, that
Fort Henry was attacked by the Indians. led on
by the notorious Simon Girty. The Indians
were estimated at about five hundred warriors
The fort contained at first about fortv-wo fioht.
ing men, OF these twcnty-three were Killed in the
cornfeld below the hill before the attack ON the
fort The scige Of the fort was sustained bv those
10 men until the next morning about daylight,
when Maj. McColloch, brought 40 mounted men
from Short creek to their relief
The gate OF the fort was thrown open and
MColloch's men though closely bcset by tho In
dians, entered the fort in safety. MCollocb. like
brave officer, was the last man, and he was cut
OH from ms men and nearly surrounded by the In
dians. He wheeled and galloped towards the
hill, beset the whole way by Indians, who might
have killed him but who wished to take him
alive that they might wreak their vengeance
more satisfactorily upon one of the bravcst and
most successful Indian fighters on the frontier
He presumed he could ride along the ridge, and
thus make his way again to Short creek but on
arriving at the top he was headed by hundred
sayages, on the west they were gathering thick
and fast up the bill, among the trees and bushes
while the main body were following in his path.
He was hemmed in on all sides but the East
where the precipice was almost perpendicular
and the bed of The creek l'y like gulf near 2oC
feet beneath him. This too, would have beer
protected by the cautious savage, bat the juttinq
crags of limestone and slate, forbade his climbing
or descending it even on loot, and they did not fol
a moment suppose, that the fearless horsemau Of
high melted steed could survive the leap if made
But with the Major it was but a chance of deaths
and narrow chance of life. He choose like g
brave man, Setting himself back in his saddle
in his left hand, and his reins adjusted ithe riobt
he cast a look of defiance at the approaching Saw
ages and pressing his spurs into his horse flank
urged him over The cliff In an instant of time
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24
Qudatd td6ordbds Chary6di,
n. .,..... -, ol:o.,o a,,o,,,,, =, ~

Fates how could you be so cruel ? And you
'Hard hearted Cruel Bar6Gy Allen" how could
you treat with "scOrns" poet, who has so sue
cessfuIiy courted all nine MUSES., and Apollo TO
boot ?
But so it is Genius is never appreciated
while among US; and our mountain bard must
expect to share the common fate of all great
poets 1t is by such bitter disappointment and
heart-scathng trials that great Geniuses are fore
ed up to that emincnce from which, they look
down, with magnanimous pity upon plodding
world. "POetG nGseitur, mOnGt !" which means,
"a man can no more make himselfa poet
No MORN a sheep can make himself goal"
Nature and the force of circumstance alone can
do it, A truism aptly illustrated in this very ease.
We deeply sympathisc with the poet in the bitter
agony, feelingly expressed in the last verse Of his
nimitabe production: but we trust the crisis is p7st
No one has ever been known to die Of love, where
the passion has once found vent through the safe
ty valve of poetry.
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24

wednesday, september2 "a, Is4J,
~ EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT.

Z The President has appointed the Hon. Levi
Woodbury., Of New Hampshire, one Of the As
sociate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States in the place Of Judge Story. deceased
In whatever aspect this appointment is viewed i
is an excellent one. Mr. Woodbury. is profound
constitutional lawyer, and his career as states
man has won for him ia high reputation for integ
rity and ability. But his absence from the Sen
ate viii be seriously felt, not merely by the Union
but by the South, whose friend and advocate he
has always beeng MIR. Woodbury's faculties are
now in full vigor, ind we venture to say that he
will fill his high office with honor to himself and
credit to the country. 8. i! s.4 .r .aea4s-.
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24
<HIGHHANDED MEASURED

1t seems that within the last faw months some
disturbances have arisen between two or three OF
the independent States of South America, which
have resulted in actual hostilIties. The Repub.
lie of La Plata was one of the parties to the war,
and it seems, from the most reliable intelligence,
that the British and French commanders of yes
sells in that quarter; hare taken possession of The
naraI force of BUesOs Ayres, the capitol of La
Plata. In addition to this, one of the chiefs in
command had been warned by the British and
French 10 retire from before Montevideo. The
Washington Union comments with just severity
upon this high,handed measure. It is not known
that any of the rights or interests of the United
States have been directly infringed by Ibis move
ment; but we agree with the Union that g en-
croachments of this character-armed interferen-
ces by European powers in the affairs of this con-
tinent- -cannot be noted too early, nor ffowned
upon too s:ernly, nor repressed loo soon.n. The
balance ofipower claimed by the French Minis
ter, M Guizot idoessn exist on this Continent,
and never will exist awiththe consent of.thc peo.
pie Of the United States We shall doubtless soon
get more news in relation TO this movement. :,
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24

The Charleston Mercury" still permits its
Washington correspondents shamelessl and gross
ly to abuse the patience of the citizens of South
| Carolina The other day, il made Mr. Wal
er.the author of MIR. Polk's letter to Mr.. Kane
Next, it represents Mr.. Polk as weak in his pur-
poses, well as nsincere in his professions about
the reduction ofthe tariff. Then IFS correspondent
draws picture of the relations of the cabinet and
prospects of its breaking up which is very much
of piece with similar articles that have recently
appeared in a factious and contemplate Journal
Of this city Never were statements so destitute
of even the color of truth ; for we undertake to
repeat, upon the best authority in the world, that
no cabinet could be more harmonious, moro close
ly united, so much of "unit," as the present
President and all his cabinet. The &c Charleston
Mercury, is now abusing the ear of its readers in
South Carolina, by permitting a humbug to go
forth in its columns of ga coalition between the
administration, the organ: and Mr.. Senator Ben
ton," for purposes to which we scorn to all1de
Similar unfounded suspicious, have been scattered
by the paper in this city, and they look like urns
of water drawn from the same filthy fountain
There is not the slightest color of truth in the
whole story. II is vile n Roorback as ever was
propagated by the wings during the last campaign
We would not condeScend to notice these fabrica-
tions at ALL if they were not caught up by the
whig press from the columns Of the " Mercury"
and insidiously circulated as the assertions of a
republican press and the organ of the friends of
Mr.. Calhoun" How long the friends of Mr. Cal
houn in South Carolina will consent to be mis-
represented in this manner it is or.thcm to decide
But, for ourselves, we say, (and we venture to as
sert there is not republican in Washington who
does not cordially agree with us,) in regard to
these two presses which sometimes blow no. and
sometimes cold, the republican party prefer an
open enemy to an insidious friend. When the
mask is thrown ASIDE, he can impose on no one.
What he then says is known to be the declaration
of an opponent, and can never be quoted by the
wings as the act of friend. ~ ,,.t.
We have done our duty; and we have now done
with the subject. No charge, however mendaci-
Gus, and however abusive, coming from the same
sources, shall wiring another sentence ofconradie-
tion from our pen. = IT,
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24
TRIUMPH OF LAW OVER JUSTICE.

that William Wyman, Bank officer accused Of
embezzling the funds, has been acquitted under
instructions from the Court, ona point of law rails
ed by one ofhs counsel, Mr. Choatc The ground
of his acquittal was, on the technical point that
the custody of the funds of the Bank was in the
Cashier, and not in the President, the latter not
being an officer of the Bank, within the meaning
of the statute. Thus has law trumphed over jus
ticc. A poor man steals pound Of bacon, to keep
soul and body together, and is whipped for it,
while the gentlem0mly Bank officer who steals
is suffered to escape for reasons based
on absurd technicalities! Wyman has been held
to bail IN S17 1000, on other indictments of a less
serious character. as,
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24

the Indians saw lbeie mo1fal foe. whose daring
act thev had looked. on with horror and astonish.
meni, emerging from the valley ofthe creek below,
still safely seated ON his noblesteed and shouting
defiance TO his pursuers.-
here never was, we venture to say, IN civili-
zed or savage warfare, a more desperate or dar-
ing act than this leap of-M' Ceffoch. w have
booked at Gen. Putnam's celebrated race ground
and we would very much prefer his taste in the
selection Of route for a morning ride at least
consulting our case and convenience -e5
,...t-5 .,.ds7,a. Wheeling Times.
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24
..aINTEREsTEDn POLITICIANS.

The Editor of the Register expresses astonish-
ment because in our last number we askedthe
Whig people to give the President and democrat
ic principles fair trial Why this astonishment2
Why these attempts to prevent US from talking to
honest Whigs2 Does the Editor fear to let the
truth go before his friends? We call upon the
Wings to unite with the democrats in forming and
expressing INDEPENDENTLY a Judgment upon
public affairs, but are met with the charge that
we are fauering" the Whig partyI WHAT'S
it fattering men to tell them Of their rights2 Do
we fatter when we call on the wing people to re-
ly upon their own judgments, and toispurn the ad.
vice of interested politicians II Fla0ery indeed
The Editor says he wishes to see the polite
al Goths and Vandals driven from their abused
high places" Sir, what do you mean2 Show,
if you can, the 'sabuses" " of which you speak.
Who are the Golhs and Vandals? Whence do
they Gomez From what quarter of the world are
we visited with these intractable races2 Wings
of North Carolina, this is your government If
it is prosperous, yours is the prosperity. If glo-
rious, yours is the glory. If lifted on high a
mong the nations, the light of its character, like
that of tho blessed sun, falls on all alike. Ifsneer-
ed at and denounced-if held up TO the gaze of the
world as a nest for vile +" Goths and Vandals u
if degraded by its own citizens or by foreigners,
yours will be the loss and the degradation which
must follow. Are you prepared for this2 Do
you join your organ in branding the democrats
and your own government with these charges2
But the Register says he wishes to arrest pro-
figate and suicidal Legislation, and 10 save our
country from anarchy and bankruptcy" In the
abstract this is very good, and the period, must
be confessed, is we'll turned. But will the Editor
be kind enough TO put his finger on this "profi,
gate" legislation Will he show US in what
way and by what means the Republic is putting
m end TO its own existence2 Will he show US
signs of anarchy" under democratic auspiccs2
Will he find, beyond his beloved National Bank
and his darling Bankrupt Law, any thing like
I" bankruptcy" Away with all this 1t is mere
talk. Ifhe has any thing to say for, party, or
against the Administration, let him come forward
and sag it, and not attempt to delude the people
by dealing in generalities and vague statements.
We again warn the people against interested"
polticians-men who will make issues and " fight
on, fight ever" more for their own advantage and
aggrandizement than for the good of the country
It is time, high time that we had some political
repose. The people are tired of this perpetual
warfare against the President and the will of the
majority. North Carolina Wings UiH give the
Administration and its principles a fair trial
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24

Fatal Duel in Kentucky By letter from
Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Of the 9Th instant, re:
ceved by a gentleman in. this city, we learn. that
a duel was fought near Harrodsburg, on the .5th
Instant between Dr. John L. Taylor, of that place,
and his Brother in law Mr.. John Harrison, ol
Danvile; and that 4" Harrison fell at the first fire,
mortally wounded in the abdomen" The diff
Guilty, it is supposed, originated in some domestic
misunderstanding and, as the parties were" high
~ respectable" considerable excitement prevailed
at Harrodsbnrg and DanviIIe, in consequence Of
the melancholy result Of the meeting Ib.
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24
From the South Carolinian.


We have lately been treated with quite num-
Der of anonymous poetIcals eHusIons: we Apuo
lish one of them, Tour oft repeated determination
to the contrary Notwithstanding on account of it,
peculiar. richness. Our readers must centeri
themselves with this one, however. We do no
wish to be selfish but too much sugar is apt te
spoil the tea." We print it uer60tim, ct IiterG
tim, Ell punctHGtsa. "a BIB .graf '3Z
% THE MOUNTAINER'S LAMENT.
.si3 O! once loved a smiling girl .-.
So handsom and so lovely
Her eyes were brigh; and brilliant blue,
Her hair was dark and cury* q V.lSt
But'thoueh loved her deep and true
And though told her so
She never gave me one sweet smile 80
Or one kind look know, V.2
But freezing frowns played on her brow
And scorns her mouth distorted
Whenever sot by her side
Whenever ] her courted-5 v. SO '
But though she badly treated me
She smiled upon my rival
And sweeily looked she upon him
Upon her Richard Drirdt '
Her every glance was fraught with Love
Whenever she Looked on him
Her every word was kind and sweet
Whenever she Spoke to him v.4,h
o. Fates why did you let me see
The face which thus did charm me!
O-FatesEwhy did you all agree
So Cruelty 10 harm me I'm
Dear Ed-r
If you will, you are, permitted; to, ipselt the
lines on the preceding page
P*****L sc 70" -. R"***' K***""
Sept. 1916
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24

The last Nashville, Wing says SIN Ten
nesseet as far we can learn, the cotton crop IS
an excellent one, while the corn crop, upon the
whole, is the most abundant that has ever been
known The wheat was never better. Our
tobacco planters have suffered greatly from the
drought e % of'a 7S'' ~. ~ sss~.
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24

As long as this stale of thing exists, it i'll be-
comes US to boast of our greatness and pre-emi-
nency as State We have imbibed the habit
from our fathers. and should now drop it, unless
we can initiate them in that which really gave a
Virginian passport. Virginia, in her early day,
was great-she was glorious. Her primitive
settlers knew no distinction but those of merit !;
but their descendants wiser than their fathers,
have grown vain and arrogant upon the reputa-
tions of better mon. Let us rather encourage
the dissemination of knowledge than boast ofthal of
which we ared edesti:utc, aud we may in time reclaim
what degcneracy has lost. -. "a
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24
lsA LARGE BEET

noilEysasy s.SA LARGE BEET! L
aIo Mr. Hugh McBane,' Of this City, has sent to
our Office beet, measuring Two feet four inches
in circumference, and weighing "a pounds DFa' S
that, if you please. 1t was raised in very I0N
soil, and permitted to run to seed
The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-24

Quare Merino Ed.
o Venus Cupid, and all yc gods and goddesse
of love!
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-06-12

BY NAos a. b. WILL
I have a little step son, the loveliest hing alive,
A noble, sturdy boy Is he. and yet he's only eve;
His smooth cheek hath a blooming glow, his eyes are black
IS jet,
And his itps are like two rose-buds, all tremnlous and wet.
His DAYS pass OF in sunshine, In laughter and in song,
As careless as a summer Til that sInEs itself along
For like a pretty fairy tale hats all too quickly told,
Is the young life Of a little ole that's only five years old.
He's dreaming on his bs, ny couch before the DAY grows dark,
He's up with mornings roy Tsy. a-,iuglng with the lark
Where er the ao,rers are heshest. whete'er the grass is green,
With light locks waving on the wind his fairy form is seen /;
Amid the whisilng March wirds, amid the April showers,
lie wsIbles with the singing bids, and pTaities 10 the low
es.
He cares rot for the summer heat, he cares not for Tie cold
Ny sturdy little step-son, that's only h5e years old
How touching 's to see him clasp his dimpled hands in
pray't,
Ard raise his little rosy face, with revercntial dir!
How simple is his eloqnenre : hnw soft his accents fall
When pleading with the King OF kings TO love and bless US
all;
And vhen from prayer be bounds away in innocence and
Joy.
The Ill ssing Of a smiling God goes with the sinless boy.
A little lambkin Of the flock, within the Ssvior's fold
Is he, my love'y step-son, that's only five yeas old.
! have not told you Of cur zinc. tiat. in the summer hours,
Stands ia us simple modesty, half hid among the flowers;
l have not said a single wuid about our mines OF wealth
Our treasures aIc-lhis little boy, evn;eniment, peace and
health
For cen a lordly hall to US would he a voiccless place
Without the gush Of his glad voice, the CLEANS Of his bright
face:
And many a courtly pair, I ween, would give their gems and
gold
For a noble. happy boy like ours. some four OF FIVE years old
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-06-12

Under scntrnce Of Dcafh!

New YORK Babe, the pirate. Now confined in
the Tombs, New York City. The time of execution
is fixed by the President OIL the first Friday of June,
1915.
Wyatt, for the murder Of Gordon, a fellow prisoner,
in the Auburn State Prison, where he is now confined.
Time of execution not known.
VERMONT Eugene CT, ford, for the murder Of his
wife and child. Time of execution not fixed. The
law Is now that there shall be fifteen months between
the sentence and execution, and then the criminal is
to be hung without an order from the Executive.
MAINE Thomas Thorn, for murder. Now con-
fined at hard labor in the State Prison. Time of exc
cution not fixed. The law is that a criminal shall not
be executed till one year after sentence, and not even
then without an order from the Executive.
MARYLAND Henry w. McCurrv, for the murder
of Paul Roux. Time of execution Friday, June 81,
1915.
PENNSYLVANIA = Francis Basler, Tunkhannock.
Wyoming county. To be hung on Friday, March
2Sth, 1915. Escaped from Prison.
VIRGINIA Jerry, Harry, and Sally, for attempting
to murder Mrs. John A.. Mohr. Time of executions,
June, 1915.
DELAWARE "A colored woman, name unknown,
at Georgetown, for the murder of her child. Time
of execution, June 18th, 1915.
Iowa Vim. McCauley, for the murder of Don
Ferdinand Coffman and infant daughter. To be exc
cuted the Both inst.
GEORGIA "A female slave belonging to James
HAYS, name unknown, for the murder of his infant
son. Time of execution, 30th inst. Place, Thomas
vile, Ga.
LOUISIANA Pauline, the slave. Time of execu-
ton, March %, 1916.
INDIANA Hosea Cook, for the murder of John
Champe. Time ofexecution 10th of June.-HangRaa.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-06-12
gona:hnn's Vislt 10 a PRINTING OMce.

Did you ever 90 up t. the printers.
And see all Of them devils at work
lie .oSnotchet, ii beats all 10 fnteTs
Mothers fuss, when we kill all our pork.
Them fellows, they stand right up straight,
And pick little pieces Of led,
Stuck in little eubbv- holes, thicker, I'll bate,
Than seeds in our big paTsncp bed.
Then they keep such 4 dutkirg and bobbing,
Ill be darnd like aunt Psggy's old drake
When he's ~gobbling up corn, or a robin
That stands on one leg on a stake.
How plague can they find all the letters,
Is noIe than my gumption can tell:
They call them eie workmen typc-setters,
And on old shoe, they said that was hell
Then they've got, too, a cast non press;
1t beats fathers. for cider and cheese
Ills taination hard work, | should guess,
Aud it gives a confOuuded tight squeeze.
There's a Numbering great roller, | swow,
They keep pushing-ihe Lord knows for what /;
And the paper, 'twouid cover our NOV,
Such a w~hopping great sheet they have got.
How they fill it all mp is a wonder:
Where the darn do they find so much news,
As thick as pea-blossoms in snmTer-
What a nation Of Ink they DO use.
BY gall, | dlnft see how they pay
For so many heaps &c white paper
They telld me they used every day;
Good Lord 'twould ruin Squire Taber.
I'd M notion, ! yum, twas such tau ell
Hard work to print pnper> and books;
Iil 90 right down and scribe foi the Sentinel,
And 60 home and tell all the folks.