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The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-07-19

Our Northern Mails are so regular that
we have notion suggesting The idea, that
subscription be raised Qimliug each
subscriber TO a mill or tenth of a cent? TO
purchase medal for presentation to Cave
Johnson, whose military alias is General
Post Master. The medal to be Of the bes,
tanned Donkey skin, margina,ed with a
hlagree of feathers from the pnion Of
that classic bird which aroused Rome on a
remarkable occasion, in the Roman Ian.
euage called "onser," mastering TO our
goose. On the diverse Of the.medal will
be engraved or embossed, representation
OF Adams and Cos. Express, and line Of
ieegraphlc wires; in the distance will be
seen an OK drawing a cart, marked U. S.
Mail, driven by man labelled "Propres.
sive Democracy" and who has been drink.
lng some OF the spirits Of '9s g. '99-drawn
from Mr.. Riches wine cellar. Ga the
reverse VIII be engraved n small skif, with
Gave IN one end and Polk in the other,
floating with the current, doun Salt River /;
both appear to be gazing mournlulIy at a
scene IN The distance which proves TO be,
the White House, with "Oid Whitley ("
brouzing on the nice turf in the yard.
Letters containing subsc ripiions should
be addressed to the Dead Letter Office,
otherwise they may not reach their des.
tination.
Sometimes we get mail from the North
every once IN an age, and then again, once
10 week.
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Charlotte.

THIS town Is improving rapidly among
recent Improvements we notice: J. II. vii.
son, Esq. has improved his residence, (new.
ly painting l., &C., DR.. Asbury has add.
ed repairs and is having his house painted,
and this delightful lot Otherwise improved.
new paiIings, &c. II. B. Williams, Esq.
has lately finished an entirely new build.
ing, which adds much to The nealness of
the "West.end." X. c. Carson, Esq. is
adding large additions to his residence,
which will be decided addition 10 his
beautiful grounds. Vim. r. Myers and
John OFarreI, Esqs. ale completing i'm.
provements on their residences and grounds,
and Major Young has beaulifed his 10, and
dwelling, by the addition Of sundry i'm.
provemenis.
While these Improvements have been
progressIng-addlng comfort and elegance
to private mansions, the spirit OF enterprise
has been manilestibg itself in the erection
of business buildings. W. w. Fins Esq.
has erected between his store and the Court
House a very chaste building for Offices.
A part Of the lower story has been neatly
and conveniently arranged for the Bank
Once anil 1t is now kept there. Leroy
Springs, Esq. is erecting large brick cd
itice, TO be used as Offices, Masonic and
Odd Fellows Lodges, &C., &c. Every
mechanic in town, who can shove a plane
! lay brick, or WELD paint brush with
any credit to himself, is busily engaged.
As we are on this topic we cannot re-
frain from referring to Mr.. Elm's New
Store, which for size, convenience, and
beauty of arrangement, is not excelled by
any IN the State in fact, only in Whining
ton, Is there such store; and besides, he
has stock of goods from which, the mos
iastldlous or the most Indifferent, can seec
a wardrobe to suit their fancy, or adort
their persons. We do not wish to be con
> sidered making iDyidious Distinctions, but
, Mr.. Elms knows how 10 ado the thing OF
brown" and such men deserve encourage
ment. All Of our merchants thou n, ar,
clever fellows, and what is the best ev
dence Of the fact. is, they have got the Gus
, toners, aud have been expendiog tho re
suits Of their patronage IN improving thu
Il town. Success to the whole Of them.
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Communications.
ron rHr CHARLOTTE youn
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CAUSE, &C.
OF ENDEMIC FEvERs.
No, y.

The means to be adopted for our securi
ty against malarious diseases may be n.
ranged under two heads, first. such as tend
to obv'aie the conditions upon which the
ex'rIcatIon Of the poisonous principle de-
ponds, and secondly, such az shall ssrvstO
secure usagainst its influence when il shall
have become mixed with the sir Of the
atmosphere. The first Of these will b
considered in the present number.
Recurring to the arguments adduced IA
the THIRD number Of this series, No find
that tho only conditions which can DO
deemed essential are, the alternate sub.
merging and drying Of the malarious coil
under a high atmospheric temperature
and hence it follows, that TO obviste ihess
Is TO prevent tho production Of the poison
To prevent the overflowiog Of the coil,
much may be accomplished by close a.
teni'on 10 the condition Of tho various Ha'
tufal outlets furnished BY the small streams
which every where intersect the country !
collections Of dead wood, drift, and every
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-07-19

We are no STAKEHOLDER, ~ have nev.
or been. We n.ptr shall Be. We dspr..
cafe ITS eristeace In principle. and p,dy
for IFS abolition .rery whsre, where th,,
can be effected justly and easily, snd peace.
ably Tor both ies."--Cau pamphlet
The penceable way Mr.. Cas- had ia
view FIRST was BY some such way as tbs
W,imot Pfo,i.o, as animated by Mr.
kathbunn The plan nov, i, by giving lhs
negroes and lnd,an. Of tho Territories. tho
right to proh,bi, i, in such Territories"
/ disavow most unequivocally, nov
and forever, any desire to interfere With
The rights, or wha, is called the property Of
the Southern States Fillmore.
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The Spirit Extending.

Here are a few, very few, Of tho eyi.
dences. The Richmond SouiLerner, ,h.,
able Southern paper. heretofore neutral
has come gu, warmly. zsslously, in favo,
Taylor aud Fillmore. IL ssys:--
OUR NEW POSITION.
We have determined TO abandon GU,
neutrality and take the field for Taylor and
Fillmore. The movements Of the Barn.
burners, with other affiliated political OF.
eaniza,ion al the North, demand tina. tho
South should unite in solid mass 10 con.
pexion with the Conservative classes Of The
free States, to elect them. Taylor'siruiy
na,ioaoI character. his sound .judgmem,
moderation, and strong sense IF justice,
will inspire confidence and ensure justice
To oil parts Of the country. he is The
oaiy man Who can now ea,ricate Us from
difficulty.
Several papers in New York and tho
New England States. have recently aaus
their flags in tho Taylor breeze. And ono
remarkable feature ia tho proceedings Of
Wing meetings Of the North, is. that their
harmony and unanimiIy are chiefly dis.
,utbed BY brawlins office. holders, who 60
TO them to kick up row and pretend to b
disafIec,ed Wings. A new paper has bean
started in Washington called The Battery,
welding "peu mishlier than the sword"
for the old General. In tho Charleston
Courier we see the following:
PUBLIC MEETING.
The Democracy Of Charleston Disfriet.
favorable TO the election or Gen. ZAChA.
RY TAYLOR as Presiden, Of iha United
States. are invited TO meet nj the Charles.
ton Theatre. 10 Meeting street, on IA1r''
day, the 2Oh inst. at 8 o'clock, =. NJ, TOT
the purpose Of such measures - may b
hes, calculated to pfomo,e the elevation Ot
this distinguished soldier asd iaeorrlp'''
bic Patriot
July IL.
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TaylOr's Letters.

Governor Morehead wrote a letter som.
lime ago to Gen. Taylo announcing TO
him his domination as a Candidate. Th.
GENERAL has not ye, received tina, letter, 0,
1t IS probable erery mail bag 10 tho Union
" getting The honor Of carrying it a luIs
ways. In the mean time the General has
written IN answer TO the Hon. James Ire.
dell, Chairman Of the Wing Central Com
m'''ee nj Raleigh. II may be found u
another column.
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ITEMS OF MEMS.

A very large meeting was held in Wor.
cester, Mass, on Saturday evening, Of the
Wings and other friends Of Gen. TAYLOR.
to respond 10 The Philadelphia nominations
The hall, which holds about two thousand
persons, was filed full.
The Wings of Portsmoulh, (Va.) held
ratification meeting on Saturday last, and
passed resolutions cordially responding to
the nominations Of Taylor aud Fillmore,
aud pIedg,ng them a united and jealous
support.
Queer Benspolence. The British gov.
eminent has given to the Crown Witnesses
m the recent State trials ia Ireland, free
passage TO this country. After using the
miserable traitors to convict their oHu
brethren, the authorizes quietly kick them
out OF the country
Barnturner's Nomination. Mr.. Var
Buren, has formally accepted and Mr.
Dodge formally declined nominations ten
dered them by the Barnburner's Conven
ton 10 New York.
Hon. John W. Ciay'on.-A letter from
the Hon. John NJ. Clayton, to members o.
the Wing Convention from that State
written previous to the assembling of the
Convention, is published in the Delaware
papers, in which he urges them to over
look their Instructions 10 vote for him a,
candidate FOR President, and TO unite il
the earnest support Of Gen. Taylor.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-07-19

" VIM. E. Robinson, Esq, Of the
New York Tribune, has been giving Gen.
Taylor the benefit Of his able advocacy in
the Western part Of that State. Within
a week he has addressed large Wing meet.
ings at both Cumberland and Hs gerstown.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-07-19

Messrs. Manly and Reid, the Wing and
Democratic Candidates for Governor, may
be expected to address the people at the
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-07-19

80 the formidable list - reduced 10 one
Wig paper opposed to the nominations,
instead OF nins, this shs~s how much rrli.
ance Is to be placed on such state ment 0i
Wing Dlsafcci,oa.
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How they prove il.

Here isa better indication Of Tsylo'i
popularity than any thing We have 'eea
lately and clear refutsIion of the s'ereo'
type editorial Of The Democratic p'pe"
,ha. many Of the Northern Whls Papen
have boiled the nomination. The \. T.
Tribune has published, and the Democrat.
&c papers copied The following lis, Of Wig
naper.. which !, says refused TO support
The pa.ladelphis nominations.
"wbig, Boston Courier. Boston; Ga
xe,,e Roxburv Courier. Northampton
Telegraph, Worcester; transcript; wor
ces,er; Eagle. Pn,sheid News Letter
weafeld; Spy. Worcester = making q
oil 0 papers opposed to The wh's nom'a'
ilons.
lie, US see how this list s,snds cot
vnrteI
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COMMENT.

when tho Washington Correspondent,
OF the Standard, made n stalemen, to the
effect that General Taylor had said tina,
he was in favor Of the 4G Tariff. and tina,
he would select his Cabinet from both par.
ties, we pronounced and published il n
humbug. No, long afterwards we had
the pleasure Of re.publishins i, alongside
Of Gen. Taylor's distinct and unqualified
denial Of any such expressions. Above
we have inserted another specimen Of ,ba,
article, which they seem TO have . prol,f;c
talent Of inveniing.
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CDarlnffF;
WEDNESDAY,. July 10, lss.

u WILLIAM THOMPSON. Esq - our
agent in Baltimore, authorized to obtain,dver.
tisements and subscriptions, and 10 grant r,eipis.
GTE. W. CARR. Esq. is our agent iiPhila.
delph;a. authorized TO obtain advertisements and
procure subscriptions.
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Another uIInbug,

A letter was received in this city yes.
,erday, from Mr.. Clay, dated the Both Of
June, IN which he says. tina, he does mol,
cndaf-e the nomination ri General Tuyor
lie uses also this significant language !"
NO note can be properly endorsed before
The maker signs tn. T. True Sun.
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'Mr. Manly at Statessllle, and Mr.. Reid
at Charlotte.
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Cdnd!dates for Meekienburg e. Union COuate'
FOR THE SENATE.
Capt. JOHN WALKER.
FOR THE COMMONS,
Capt. N. A. HARRISON.
J. N. DAVIS. Esq.

IL We are authorized TO announce JOS. II.
WILSON. Esq, a candidate to represent the
Counties OF Mecklenburg and Union. in the
House Of Commons of the next Legislature OF
North Carolina.
We are authorized to announce Maj CHAS.
B McGlNNIS as a candidate to represent the
counties OF Mecklenburg and Union in the House
of Commons Of the next General Assembly.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06
Local Questions.

Il is impossible that there should be az
other State in the Union SO sensitive
local and personal questions as our owl
A ferry, bridge, rummery, an uLpopu
lar man, a lawsuit, a failure, contrc
versy between north end and south end,
candidate suspected of abolitioniSm. 40
various other things, are enough of the m
selves to make hodge>podge of our elet
ton returns. The annual election, who
ought TO be regarded by the conscientIoT
as great struggle for right and wrong
the policy of the State and country. is usj
by some for an expression of their perSon1
will and pleasure or almost every qucstii
under the moon. Now this is not all wronI
If man is believed TO be a contem ner
the moral laws which secure the happine|
ofsociety,'or is two-faced On great questio
or is not to be depended upon, we 3
glad that the humblest voter can With
a lead pencil fix his stigma on such a ca
didate. If a man is person of extraorcJ1
airy worth, or Of unusual capacity to SCI
a town or the State, we are glad to see Ii
outrun his ticket. But making every tn
a question in a state election; 10 use id
grand misrepresentation of likes
dislikes, is, we fear, going little too
But hurrah for the largest liberty, say u
The present election has been fruitfu
evidences of the effect of local and persd
questions. With some we have sympatJ
ed unavoidably, TO others one might pl
erly object. The only tronblc is, Locofd'
ism is too apt to make plof liable us
| these diScordS. 1t will adopt anu thin
the local line to get Loco triumph.
it succeeds quite too often. This q
has been played in many towns, with
success in some places and Indifferent
in others. On this account, we be all
wings 10 beware, as far as possible, Of
loving local issues TO disturb the uni
! the great WING party Of our State.
tremendous efforts OF the Locos TO obta
majority the of House of Representa-
were mainly aimed at raising local ard
sonal- issues in the doubtful tOscns.
Conn. WIFI
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06
l6rx DISTRICT.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
l5rH DISTRICT.

Though the Wings of Litchfeld county
have not done as we'll as last year, nor as
we'll as they''ougM to have done, still, even
now, they are not far bshind the foremost
in the summing up of their achievements.
Let us see
They have elected 2 Of the 3 Senators.
They have elected 23 Representatives, 10
their opponents 10.
They have elected their candidate for
Sheriff by majority OF 276 over the loco
candidate.
They have given the wing State Ticket
a majority of 254 aver the locos.
1t will be noticed that the wings of Litch-
field county have elected more Representa-
lives than any other county IN The State
Notwithstanding our losses in Sharon
Cornwall and Kent.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06
CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME.

The following is an extract from O!
port recently delivered by the cha D
Of the gaol or Ncwgate to the court O
dermen al London:-'Those who
never been brought into close con
with parties committed 10 Newgate|
have little idea of the dreadful scend
distress witnessed, when charges of
beZzlement, forgery or breaches of 4
are alleged against members of resp
Bile families. | oftcn'think that if
man could, on visiting day, sec a
broken father have his first intel
with his criminal child, or if he cou
hold an agonized widow sinking
earth with agitation at the sight of
in confinement could be witnes
shame and disgrace felt by near and
relatives who are involved IN all tbec
quences, though free from the guilt
offence, he would surely pause bef
appropriated his employers money
own purposes, and would suffer arl
lremtles of poverty rather than
his dearest relatives TO such hearth
sutferings. Our feelings are cont
narrowed by such speciacles and
that the guilty could see them in II
avert lheir REPETITION. Many such
are committed to Ncwga,e, conyicll
transported in the course of few
they not unfrequen!ly receive a
sentence than the youth who has B
years thief, and several times n,
ly convicted of crime. Most affect
curnstances are ELECTED bv the
pondence Of such persons wit
friends. SOM Of the most distress
lures of sorrow are exhibited in tn
tIonate letters ut sister or confidii
the domestic circle, the heart.
parent, the manly and yet mere
proof of a we'll informed bro,ht
the most striking of all affection il
poor widowed mother. No cri
kill her feelings; they remain, in :,
deplorable cases OF guilt, as rui
desert, TO show what has been in
days and what is now. These
feelings ought TO be dwelt upon
contain almost the only ray of h
will effec'ually deler offenders frfI
crime. Many painful instances II
some at every session, of vices Sc
a member from a family circle O.
happy; of children looking up to
for bread, but finding him at Ne,
Can words describe the distre:
virtuous wife thus surrounded, al
than widowed by the dIssoluie
of her HUSBAND! And can an,
man read this exact picture of
continually occurring, and yet Il
less enough TO plunge his relatif
such wretchedness! The record
past year show that the near con
Of magistrates, clergymen, me.
physicians, solicitors, and all
have SO fallen; and fear that thu
year will disclose similar resul
similar vices. 1t will be we'll
words reach a guilty youth an
him 10 abandon his associates: I
ures, and his crimnalties, beG
involve himself and his friend
fearful seventies of penal inflict1
NesO York Obs.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

ONE VOTE.-At almost every general
Election, facts and circumstances occur
which attest the importance Of single
vote. At the recent election in this State,
the wings lost one Representative IN Corn>
wall, one in Guilford, and al least three
others, by one vote each; and they elect
three members Of the House by one majors
ity each. The Register says that "twenty
votes properly distributed," would have
given the House into the hands of the locos
1t might also have added, that twenty vote!
"properly distributed" would have doubles
the wing majority in that body.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

GOSHEN.-This glorious whig town
fully maintains her reputation as the bans
ner town of the County. Unmoved by fac
lions, and unseduced by the 'cunningest
wicS' of locotocoism. she counts her whlg
majorities by the hundred abolition"
and "scattering." are words unknown in
her political vocabulary. She is most ems
phatically the Gibralter Of The North-the
"Old Milford" of Lltchield county.
"By the way"-In par, of last weeks
edition, in giving the election returns of
Goshen, the figures $50" instead Of "OO,''
occur under the head of seoiteri"g! The
composi,or and proof-reader should be in>
dicted The grand-juror should look to it.
WASHINGTON II has done nobly =
Our friends have elected two veteran wings
to the Legislature, in the place Of two locos
who represented the town last year, Gen.
Brnsmade has been spoken of as likely to
be prominant candidate for Speaker. The
chair of the presiding officer CT the House
could not be more ably filled.
CORNWALL-gives the wings an in
creased majority on the State Ticket !;
though we regret to state that our'opponents
elect both of the Representatives, Tie
wings will do better next year.
PLYMOUTH has outdone herSelf-giv-
ing whg majority of 71-last year 81.
Her Representative, Mr.. Heaton, is a whg
Of the right stamp.
WOODBURY., once the play>thing of
Judge Phelps, is now, as he is compelled to
acknowledge, thoroughly whig." Our
majority in that town is now 45-ast
year 81. Two sterling wings will repre>
sent the town in the approaching session of
the General Assembly.
Harwinton, New Hartford, and Torring-
ton, ALWAYS DO WELL. Warren is worthy
of special commendation, and manifest the
symptoms of becoming a permanently
whig town. The wings of Winchester.
considering the elements they have 10 deal
with, have come out of the contest with
honor.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

DR. Beck,oiih's .dddi ess. We have receiv.
ed from the author copy of" The Annual
Address to the Candidates for Degrees and
Licenses. in the Medical Institution OF
Yale College, January 10, I84S. BY Josiah
Gale Beckwi,h, A. NJ, NJ. D., Member OF
the Board Of MANNERS" Soon AFTER its
delivery, we gave somewhat extended no>
,ice of this address from The New Haven
Palladium, and the perusal of lis pages af-
fords US the assurance that the commenda>
,ions bestowed upon it in that article, were
just. 1t is printed in elegant style by our
friend WIN. H. STANLEY pamph-
let of IS pages.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06
MIDDIr SEx COUNTY

Middletown, Edwin Stearns,' Flihu Spencer.
Chatham, Alfred Brooks Nath'iC Smith,
Chester, Joseph L'Honmedisu.'
Clinton, George B Hil!iard.
Durham, Henry Lyman, Watson Davis"
East Haddam, William Silliman. VIM H Cone.
Killingworth, John Wilcox Joseph Buell.
Portland, Joseph Hall.
Saytrook, Cornelius r Dean, Giles Blagus,
Westbrook, Ezra STANDARD.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

cheap price to pay, not for these good Me Z
lands themselves, but for the cmuty no,
briaging them within the jurisdiction .
Union.
In view of this business-like consider
we fancy some of our readers will begin 10
pect, like Mr. Smith, that after all the trSu
Of extortng bargain from Mexico at the pod
Of the bayonet, we have egrsgiously succeS
ed in cheating ourselves
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

o. The Paris correspondent @
don Atlas says, "Lou,s Philip,
Paris. leaving behind him $24,(
debt, his custom being to pay b
ors once in five years. Three J
elapsed since the last pay day,
abdication took place. !
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

HORACE MANN.--Ous readers will
rejoice 10 learn that this dis;inguis he'd
man has been elected to Cong ress from
the With District, Massachusetts. to sue
decd the Hon. John Quincy Adams. He
studied Law in this village.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

~The Register of last ever
the result of election is mot so
ALL" We are of the same opir
the Wing State officers electe
people-a Wing majority of :,
House, and six or eight in the !
the election of seven out of eigh
and the election Of two Wing u
a,ors secured. o. no, Major, 4
bad after ALL" and we are glad
frankness 10 acknowledge it.
.Nesc Ha0en Pal
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

DEATH OF JUDGE HYDE-We regret to
state that our venerable friend and fellow cts
izen. Judge John Hyde, died vary suddenly
from an apopleptie stroke, on Thursday eve
ming last, while sitting at The tea table.
.N0rtrich R0tWiey.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

1rS. G. Goodrich Esq. was passen-
ger by the steamer Washington. He was
the bearer Of dispatches from our minister
to France.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06
TOLLAND COUNTY

Fer The vote Of Windham, Toiland, and New
London counties. seen the Reeapituiaiion.-
The vote i'll detail WE will give when the Off
cial comes TO Lani.
Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-06

TTke Iumor is revived thal
Scott will return Immediately to
ton and resign his commission.