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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-10-19
WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
Friday Morning, October l9, 10l9.

ao-h our letter from Philadelphia. publish
ed in ihe last Journal, we stated that the in
dependent ticket. al the late election in that
City, was headed by Joel Jones, democrat, as
candidate for Mayor. Judge Jones has been
elected, as we foresaw that he would be, beat
ing the Rough and Ready candidate by 50
votes. The Fayetteville Observer thinks we
are mistaken in saying that Judge Jones is
democrat. We think not Our information
was derived from reliable sources, both whig
and democratic, and we cannot doubt its ac-
curacy. In fact the assertion was made pub
licly, by wing orators in endeavoring TO rally
their forces in opposition to him. There are
in Philadelphia two gentlemen who go By the
name of Judge Jones. Joel Jones, a democrat,
and Mayor elect, and Arson V. Jones, we be-
lieve, wing. which circumstance has led to
many mistakes, even in that city.
The Observer must be aware of the influ-
ence of money on the floating population OF a
large city, and we repeat our assertion, thai
many times has the election been carried by cor
ruption in Philadelphia. Every man who holds
Office underline City government down to watch
men and common laborers, was expected 10 be
an active partizan. and no one could obtain Of
fee without being so. The las! meeting of thu
City Council, Immediately before the lat
election, appropriated $4,000 for tearing NJ
the streets in the very middle OF the bushes
season. No real democrat could be seduced
but many men with no fixed principles, man.
with no principles at all. could easily be infu
enced by the prospect of employment, or tn
hope of reward. It is easy to see how
corporation, having an immense revenue an
patronage, and no conscience, can exert, an
indeed command, an influence, without the re
proach of such influence or interference ex
tending beyond the borders of its own party
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TdWOriSm RepMdiated. The Tndiananol

1dytorism Repudiated. The Indianapolis
Sentinel gives us the following:
A Come F. Wallace, Esq
(brother OF ex- Governor Wallace,) who edited
a Taylor campaign paper last summer, called
the g. Rough-and- Ready Banner at Marion,
Indiana, now publishes an address TO the pub
lie, in which he eschews Whiggery, and comes
out Democrat A very sensible thing, and
one which we have no doubt, his good sense
dictated long ago.
Thousands will follow this example ere
long the miserable inefficiency of the present
administration, its plumbers and inconsistent.
cies, as we'll as lis Justification of all the pledg-
es made previous to the election of President
Taylor, has disguised many of the advocates
OF the old General, who sincerely repent their
support of an expediency candidate and
who, In atonement for their sins, have deter
mined to support the Democratic ticket at the
next election.-N Y Republic.
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DG-The Chronicle of last Wednesday makes
a quotation from the last Journal as follows {;
Our Minister to Madrid, Mr. Barringer,
has been instructed, it is reported, by his gov
eminent, TO open negotiations for the purchase
of Cuba.''
The Chronicle puts the following questions
to the Journal:
els the Journal in favor of it !; 1.-THE acqui-
sition of Cuba,1 and that the acquisition should
be made during President Idylor's admins
tration Please give US an answer"
We can answer the Chronicle emphatically
we are in favor of the acquisition of Cuba,
if that acquisition can be accomplished by fair
and honorable means; and we will go fur
Their, and state distinctly. that should wal
ensue from the acquisition Of that Island, after
having been made upon fair terms, although
the deed shall be accomplished by General
Taylors administration that the Journal, if
the present proprietors should be so fortunate
as TO be its conductors at that time, will not
initiate the example of the Chronicle in regard
TO the Mexican war, in giving " aid and COM
fort TO the enemy" but the Journal will be
found battling in defence of its country.
The Chronicle states, with emphasis, and
we desire our readers 10 mark its language
that it has =" mot the slightest hesitation an
saying, that ne (the Chronicle are opposed, oul
and out opposed, as things moO stand, to The
acquisition of Cuba by the United States, in
any way, either by conquest, purchase, o,
transfer 1cithout consideration"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-10-19

Mr.. CALHoUN's REsIGNATIoN.--We are
pleased to notice that the report of Mr. Cal
houn's intended resignation is authoritativcly
contradicted by the South Carolina papers.
At no former period was his presence in the
Senate more imperatively demanded by the
interests of the South, and at no former Pc
Rod would his loss have been more severely
felt.
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Communicated.
Mr.. Editor: At meeting OF the friends of
Temperance, held in Rechabite Hall, on las,
Tuesday evening, for the purpose of re-organ-
izing the Washington Temperance Society,
the following gentlemen were elected officers
for the ensuing three months, viz:
Joseph M. lilly, President;
James Harvey Smith, Vice Presidents
w. Howard, VICE 'eSiueh'S
N. F. Brickhouse, Treasurer
Isaac Northrof, Secretary.
There is to be another meeting on next
Tuesday evening at Z. o'clock, at the same
place; when and where all who may feel an
interest in the prosperity of the sacred princi-
pies of Temperance, are respectfully invited
to attend. This spacious and convenient Hall
has been fitted up for the purpose, and it is to
be hoped that our citizens, or at least those of
them who may entertain friendly sentiments
for this good cause, will demonstrate their
sympathy for it by their presence at the fu-
ture meetings of the association. st..
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CALIFORNIA EMIeRANTs.-From the "Alta
California" newspaper, we learn that. for the
month ending 29th August, S,sO6 male and
81 female emigrants arrived at San Francisco.
OF which number 3,s42 males and AZ females
were Americans
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TrRpENTINE.-Dealers in Turpentine have
at last come to the conclusion, that it is best
Tor all concerned that this article shall be sold
according to law; that $3.50 lbs to the bar
rel. We learn that hereafter the price will
be regulated according to the above weight.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-10-19

TENNEssEE,-The Legislature of Tennessee
assembled at Nashville on the 1st inst. In the
Senate, John F. Henry (Fed } was chosen Pre-
sident by 8 10 10, and in the House, Landon
C. Haynes (Dem.) was chosen Speaker by SO
votes to 80 for Mr.. Allen, (Fed.) On joint
ballot. the Democrats have majority. We
are not sure, but we believe this is the first
time for number of years that the Democrat
ic party have had majority in the Legisla-
| ture of Tennessee
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DIy1DEND.-The Bank of Cape Fear has
declared dividend of per cent. for the last
six months, payable to the stockholders on
and after the Isl of November next.
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FRosT.-There was slight frost in Holly
Shelter district, New Hanover county, on
Thursday and Friday nights last, since which
time the weather has been very pleasant.
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Op-The last Chronicle has been furnished
by merchant of this town with letter from
his Jamaica correspondent, dated October End,
from which the following is an extract !:
''The disputes which are now pending be-
tween the House of Assembly and the other
branches of the Legislature, have caused a
temporary suspension of the Import duty. In
the absence therefore of any tariff (the old bill
having expired Yesterday all goods, wares,
and merchandise are entitled 10 entry free OF
Island duty. @E
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-10-19

Our Gains.-The Washington Union pub
fishes table comparing the result of the cleo
tons which have taken place this year, with
Taylor's vote of last November, and the &C.
count stands thus:
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For the Journal.
SIX RUNS, SAMPSON COUNTY, N. c.,

Mr.. ED1ToR-We have this day measured
a Cole,cort, in the garden of Mr. WRIGHT
GREGORY, which was feet II inches high,
and feet 81 inches in diameter of leaves
Can any person beat this in the shape of a
ColeWort Yours, &c. &c
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The Tallahassee (Fla.) correspondent OF
the Washington Union says:
Of the fifteen or twenty federal Offices in
this State, one is still in the hands of the dem.
ocrats. Of course, Gen. Taylor has not vio-
lated the promise which he authorized Mr.
Crittenden to make for him when he said " he
SOould be the last man to deny the democrats a
fair share Of the o6ieeS"' One of fifteen OF
twenty is fair share, is it not
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-10-19

FLORIDA. Hon. Thomas Brown. the
new Governor of this State, who, we regret
to say, is of the Federal stamp Of politics, has
entered upon his duties, and is now occupy
ing the Gubernatorial Chair of Florida, in
place of Gov. Mosely. Democrat. whose term
has expired.
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n-We see it stated lhat Mr. Calhoun

N-We see it stated that Mr.. Calhoun is
about publishing treatise on the Elementa-
~ Principles of Government and the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
1t is also stated that Mr.. Webster has mark
ed out the plan Of History of Gen. Wash
ington's administration. ~
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE COMMON School
FUND.-According to advertisement of Gov.
Manly, we learn that the amount in the Trea-
sury for the Fall distribution 10 the counties
in this section of the State, for Common School
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Democratic Gain.
Total,

gIorlOus verdict, truly
AS soon as we receive the official vote
of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Ohio,
we will give our gains in those States also.
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From the Alta California, of the Goth.

THE CALIFORNIA CONVENTION.
The convention for framing State consti-
tuition for California, assemblies at Monterey
this day. The composition Of the body, as
far as known, is as follows
District of San Francisco
Regular.-Edward Gilbert, Myron Norton,
VIM. M. Gwin, Joseph Hobson, William M.
Steuart.
Supernumeraries.-.W. D. M. Howard,
Francis ]. Lppitt, A ], Ellis, Francisco SAN
chez, Rodman M. Price.
District of San Jose.
Reguar.-Joseph Aram, X. H. Dimmick.
D. Hoppe, Antonio M. Pico, Elan Brown.
Supernumerdries.- Pedro Sansevain, Julian
Hanks, A. Nj. Pco.
District Of Monterey.
Regular-H. Wager HaiecE, Thomas O.
Larkin, Lewis S. Dent, Charles T. Bolts, Pa
cifcus Ord.
District Of Sonoma.
Regular.-Joel P. Walker, Robert SempIe,
L. W. Boggs, M. G. Vallejo.
District of San Diego.
Reguldr.--Miguel de Pedrorena, Henry
Hill.
Supernumeraries.-Ca J. Couts, John
Forster, VIM. Richardson
The district of Sacramento, in its various
primary assem5lages, was of the opinion that
it was entitled to representation of ten men,
beers. Accordingly, in all the precincts where
the polls were open, that number was voted
for. Our adviees from that district do not al
low US TO speak positively, but we believe
there is no doubt Of the election of Messrs.
John A. Suffer, Winfield S. Sherwood, Lans-
ford W. Hastings, w. E. Shannon, Jacob R.
Snyder, John McDougle, and John Bidwell.
iS rfain ha fha 9th IL
The election of ten delegates from this dis
triet, without specifying which are the regu-
lar and which are the supernumerary delegates,
will probably throw upon the convention the
onus of decision in the case
The district of San Diego is in the same
predicament apparently we having received
advices that five persons were elected from
that district, and the proclamation of General
Riley calling only for two. In this state of
the case, in our table we have ARA nged the
two delegates receiving the highest number of
votes as the regular, and the other three as
the supernumery delegates.
From the Santa Barbara, San Louis, Obs
pc, and Los Angeles districts, we have no re-
turns.
From the San Joaquin district we have re-
ceIved only the partial returns, which we
published two weeks since. We have learn
ed since, however, that the election was not
held at Stockton on the 1st instant as ordered,
hut that it took place on the 18th.
The original number of delegates as fixed
by the proclamation OF Gen. Riley, was thirty
seven. To this, the proclamation requested
each district to add such number of supernu-
meraries as might by them be deemed just by
reason of their increased population. The
district of San Francisco, Sacramento, and
Pueblo de San Jose, have responded 10 this
suggestion by electing supernumefaries as fol-
lows
In San Francisco,
In Sacramento, 6
In Pueblo de San Jose, 3
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BALTIMoRE.-At an eldction in Baltimore.
on the 10th inst, for one member TO represent
each Ward in the first branch of the City Coun-
Gil, resulted in the choice of two feds only
and 8 democrats
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and the Justices of the County Courts are re-
minded that provision should be made at the
next assessment of county taxes Tor the pay
ment of these sums. Such counties as may
send pupils to the Deaf and Dumb Institution
during the year. are required by law to levy
and collect tax of SIS for the support and
education of each scholar that may be sent to
the Institution from the respective counties.
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FLORIDA ELEcTIoNs.-A number of cleo
tons were held in this State on the 1st inst,
for members of the Legislature, to fill vacan-
ces occasioned by the resignation of sunlry
whig members, who had been appointed to
Office by the present administration, and also
to fill vacancies occasioned by deaths and 9TH
er causes So far as the result is known, the
democrats have been generally successful. In
Leon county, A. E. Maxwell, democrat, and
one of the Editors of the Tallahassee F2ori-
J dian & Journal, has been elected Senator from
that county by SO majority, over N. L. 1homp-
son, his federal opponent. Last fall, Gen'l
Taylor carried Leon county by 1872 majority.
In St. Johns, est. Augustine,) the entire DEM
ocratic ticket is elected by 62 majority. 1t is
stated by one of the papers, that Sc Taylor
made nearly clean sweep of the Offices, and
the people have made clean sweep OF the
! Taylorites.'
| 1t is also stated that Col John Milton-one
of the Cass democratic electors last fall, and
who is the democratic candidate for major
general of the LIST division-has received large
majorities in Jefferson and Gadsden counties.
The latter county was Taylor in 1s4S. Col
M. is certainly elected over Gen. L. A. Thomp-
son. who was supported by the wings.
In Duval county, the whig vote was 121
behind that of Gen. aylor last fall Colonel
Jesse Carter, the democratic candidate for ma.
jor general in East Florida, is certainly cleo.
ted by large majority and also Col. Fran.
els L. Daney, the democratic candidate fol-
brigadier general The News says:
| We also learn that Col. Robert Brown, in
Columbia county. and Mr.. Horace Vaughan
in Nassau, have been elected 10 the State Sen
ate, in opposition 10 the wing candidates.
This is great result, but only shadow o.
what will come hereafter, when discounted
Taylorism shall find no foothold in Florida
What do Mr.. Cabell and other whig function
aries and Office holders think of this
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Total

If we presume that these delegates will be
will then consist of ffty-one. To this may
probably be added five or six supernumeraries
from the district of San Joaquin, which will
make the whole number of delegates ffty-six.
Il Trinity River Expedition Major P. B.
Reading, whose name is identified with the
earliest Anglo-Saxon explorations of Califor-
MIA, has recently returned from trip into the
interesting region OF Trinity river. He started
from the Sacramento about the middle Oh
June. travelled up Gear creek, and crossed
the ridge dividing the waters of the Sacrament
to from the streams flowing into the ocean by
the only practicable route. HIS camp on ln's
ridge was one night above the snow slne'-
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purposes, is as follows:

which sums viii be paid on the proper appli-
cation at the Treasury department.
Amongst the counties which have had pu-
pills at the Deaf and Dumb Institute, prior to
the year 1S49, we notice that the sums owing
to the Literary Fund of the State, by the
counties in this section, is stated as follows:
Nash, SIS
Johnson, 600
New Hanover, $50
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The ELEcr1oN IN PEsNsYLvANIA. as we

The ELECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA, as we
predicted it would, has gone for the democrats |
by very large majority. We were in Phil |
adelphia on the day of election. and more
disorganized SET OF folks than our opponents,
could not be conceived of. One crowd was ask
ing what IS Rough and Ready meant-what
principles were attached to the name. Another
limited that the whole Cabinet was hard, or
soft set Some thought Gen. Taylor had made
too many removals; others thought he had
made too few. The " Native portion of the
party is split up and divided against the "Old
Federal" portion. To attempt to account for
the division would be useless and unnecessa.
ry-the real mystery would have been, had
the motley Taylor party stuck together, hay-
ing no earthly bond of union but the expecta-
ton of Offices, and "what are they among so
many" The wing party, as understood in
IA, cannot be said to exist in either N. York
or Pennsylvania. Speaking of New York.
we may venture TO assert now, from what we
were able to see and hear, that the route Of
the federal party, at the approaching election
in that State, will be more complete even than
that in Pennsylvania. Verify, the federal par
ty seem to have the prospect of rather dull
anniversary for their triumph of last year. II
is significant fact, that the counties in Penn
sylvania. honored bya visit from Gen. Taylor
during his grand tour this fall, have been the
very ones where the greatest democratic vic
tories have been achieved. We have not YET
1 the full returns, but enough is known to show
that the democratic Canal Commissioner is
elected by some 200 majority the de-
+ mocrats have secured the House of Represen
s tatives by an overwhelming majority, and Z
S small majority in the Senate; in fac! tina
0 Pennsylvania has turned from the evil of he
S ways, and is the same good old democratic
i State she always was. So we go.
: oo-The City and County of Philadelphia
}, was carried by the democrats al the election
on the 10th inst A democratic Sheriff wa
elected for the first time, we believe, in TWEEN
ty years. Most of the officers in the Grow" ar
. also democrats.
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depend on the events that may grow out OF the
present state of feeling and the treatment OF the
home government. But whatever may be the re-
suit, the people of Canada will find the Americans
on the frontier not exactly feeling the same as
they did in 1887 They will undoubtedly find
sympathy from them, although the Americans will
detest and abhor their recent acts in MONTREAL
but they will take no active part in their quarrels
either among themselves or with England. When
the people of Canada have worked out their own
salvation-when they shall have settled the terms
OF separation between themselves and the British
govenment-the American people will take their
in hand, examine it carefully, and act towards
them accordingly.
In the meantime, what will the home govern
ment do Will Lord Elgn gs home What
will be said and done in the British Parliament
Will it precipitate the fall of the wing ministry,
and put the conservatives again in power?
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TELEGRAPIiIC NTELLlGENCE.
Sum mary.


Quite number of Geographic dispatches will be
found below, from various parts of the Union, and
from Canada.
Our Montreal intelligence informs that the
French Canadians of the lower province are
anxious TO show their approval of the conduct of
Lord Elgn; while, on the other hand, their de-
monstralions met with determined opposition
by the remainder of the population. motion is
pending in the lower house, for dissolution of
the two provinces. In the upper province, meet
lngs have been held, and petitions drawn up for
signature, praying for a change in the Governor
Generaship
A despatch from Louisville, dated 3Oth ut., fur
nlshes the proceedings in the Emancipation Con-
vention of Kentucky, which convened in Frank
fort, on the 18th.
Dispatches from Baltimore and Washington,
give the latest returns of the Virginia election.
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'sting Proceedings In the Kentucky
Emancipation Convention

LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 30-P M.
The convention called in the State of Kentucky for
the purpose Of considering what course it becomes
those to pursue who opposed to tho increase and
perpetuaton of slavery assembled the 25th ult at
Frankfort After the organization of the body, sundry
propositions adopted, among which the fol-
lowing
l. Believing that hereditary slavery, as it exists by
the laws of Kentucky, is injurious to the common
wealth. inconsistent with tho fundamental principles
Of free government and opposed to the rights OF
kind, it, therefore, ought not to be perpetuated.
H. Any scheme Of emancipation ought to be pros
pective operative upon such negroes as are born
after the adoto of said scheme this purpose
the annexed points recommended to be inserted In
the new constitution
LIST. An absolute prohibition of the importation Of
slaves into the State Of Kentucky
I'd. That complete power shall be conferred upon the
people of Kentucky to perfect under the consttu
ton system for the gradual prospective emaneipa
ton of their slaves