Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1851-04-15
HON. HENRY BEDINGFR---,.@>
VENTION-THE NONISPnE Co
Ratification Meeting in uan,.,,

10 Efte GsUAoS aAs ~ PtFH ~ alP0eFEG1
It was cheering tOsee floating from ~.
headof your gallant sheet the name a 4.
BedingeF fnr Congress- No name b.. Nv
such terror TO his iOess such comfort 10 n.
as his, among The long list Of able ebs,...'li
this district. he is The hero Of msnT : ~
fought feld, and 1 may almost say n: =!
for the Democratic party are WeIl.niRh 49,
EOUs.
Owing 20 some misunderstanding H..
and Morgan were not present by their 49, u
in Convention. Bot Hampshire has s,oS.staI
AT meeting Of the DemoeEstje 49,
Hampshire, in Romney, on Tharsday IL q
Of the Ciseuit Court. the nomination Of ~ al
Convention was sustained and ratified 49,
gallant County has enrolled lIerself n0h,, ~
the supporters OF our nominee. Generos.l- 81
driven BY the taunss of o6rcPPo intoaS,,I::i
teuanee of their faeIiOns opposition, 81 I'll
thrown her weight into the scale Of orter ~
nv and peace in the party, and against 6..'st
distraction and The HOPES CT WHIGGERY
What Willie kind aud Synlpdikising fri,,,
the irnrepyeSeRtei democracy OF Hampshire \:
now What will those who so No..
,.lotsly have taken up the eudgels Gor ker ~
eed rights (as they are pleased to say) nov -
Though unTepTeseuied in the COnvenIiu1 n
does not fee! herself sggrieved. 6ur sends o,'.
ings TO her sister counties; she appToves ~
course ; she adds the sanction of her nau,estSS.l
action Ofthe Convention !; and eDlising IN ~.
Democratic bspner, Intends despite the Wisi.s.
Federalism, the murmuIs of disappointed q
sionists, and the hoFes of her generously -
EeeriRg dsSeHEers. iorOll mp her usual naiSrl, 4
the nominee Of The Convention OF April q. ~,
our gallant friend, uenEy Bedinger.
Three cheers Tor BedinSer!! Nine cheesE
HamPshire!! HARMONY.
Hampshire County. April l2. 1851
u The following extract OF letter, fron
Hon. Henry Bedinger TO a corresPonden,olvrS
chester, was handed TO the editor Of the Vnri3
with request to publish;
"In reply To your hint, that it IS tbOnghs,A -l
am, upon the Compromise matter, ga ketEeloos.l
South, :" MI speak very plainly to you, an 8
quest YOU to communicate my opinions to -
my friends who may take the trouble 10 esSf
concerning them. Eyre
ST is true that in my opinion the South 81
measures called the Compromise vas
treated and badly cheated too. True that &
often expressed myself, in no measured TEN
concerning. the. lad .laith and the tyraI ny oiGl
Northern BIethren.' True that belieTe -
have trampled the Constitution under Their
and violated the rights of the South. Bat 2
Compromise measures are TOW Lalr< IF lie a
They have bcea adopted, and am not Tor lis,,,s
ing LteBt-luI lluitt tAteIAIg VI ibJ dRuaiiGg
further the questions ont of which Ihpy gESE
Little less avn ] for dissolution or seCessiOn. II
say if the North will let US 0t"Ue ncIc, rosseIS
we have been, cheated as We have been. am I'll
ling still To abide by the UniHn-iO cling 10 -
remnant of the Constitution that has been es n
aud hope that We shall not be compelled 10 ..
counter any similar treaty f"r the iurure Il,
is the ground occnPy- ! am nat disanGLa,
nor avn an aPOlOgist for Northern iTear heTy al
tyranny IJesiEs that may HGt b.. mi<tepress,.
cd or accused o' favOring di=nDi"n when doaa'
az Rans6sn galloway, la,e a member Of d,
thirty first Congress from the State al ~ Yut
died At Mount Pleasant, in Prince Georges CO.'S
~, Nd, whittier lee had gene on visit 10 81
wi!e's relations prior TO his ret hone. on SlI
day, 9Th inst, of typhoid fever and infiamaits
of the bowels. after an illness of ab',nn two WssL
NEGRo SAILORS AZ N. ORLEAxs.-Recrrir
GenniS, of the FIRST municipality at New Or!esss
having consulted che State and corpora'iuB Il
rOTneys an the subject, has been governed By liz
"pin an at the GnrIner, and officially made kn'U
tn lieutenant David -. Porter. commanding IL
United States steamship Georgia, that negH,I
employed "n steamers visiting ti'ar PORT, aboO.i
Commanded by an officers OF the United Siata
Navy, ny the laws U Louisiana. must be cou5stl
in prison during the time such vessels are dtais
cd al that port.
STATISTICS Of THE N. Y. Posr OrF~e-T5
lu'luwing are the statistics az the Post Offre i
New York, for the quarter ending March 81
1851:
Steamer MaiLs Rreeirr& Do Sent
California Letters, I35.4I2 I45 359
Collins eo 90 o;1 1898 t'4
Cunard ISI.3o3 2r3.639
Private ship /" 3s.a3l 25D99
AIMING to IN letters 6iso9o 62O,r8l Ietterr
LATE FROM the .taD:Ax coUsrHY.-The F.,
Smith (A'k.) Herald, March 2Ist, CONTAINS u
following:
Traders arrived al Fort AIbuckIe bring the r
port of the death of. Wild Cat, and Two OF b
companions, Chrkakaws. Il is reported Ia
they were killed by the Camanches.
About &c, 0oOC Ca nanciIes are Cangrsg e Ied pFral
high up TN Red River. They rgpIs.ent thai
i their Intention tn exferminare the Pa%nee y,
hawks but their design Is believed TO be 10 mah
descent np"n the frontiers Of Texas
waEELIxs BRrpGE 1t the report of the ecs
Tnissinners be confirmed d, az in ali prGtabii
will, the citizens Of Wheeling, it is said. 81
scarcely abandon so valuable an imPFOVsusfi
but will promptly arquieSee in lie dcrision AZ
and raise the bridge TO the required elevation
Tue LFaESH 0uTiS9 liie FtNs
period lie bridge has been open, II is conyU'a
thar 100000 passengers, 100 eco vi GO ms. - o.
cattle and $4,000 hogs will cross in The coGri
of a year. Readers may thus form come 'dsa .
The utility nf tire structure.
Dr. FRAseIs LEEpER, the learned Professor d
South Carolina College. has been elected n'n
Der Of the Naiional Insutute of France P,ezrti
rs the only! other Ametican who has been lbs
comPIimenfed-
Sricf.le having become freqnent of iate amol!
;be French soldieTy.a General ofcne Of The y
visions has found itneEeEsaTy TO issue an Oaee
reminding them that Their lives do n,t Eelehsst
themselves bat l6fBeir eouBIYy, and that u
have no Slsht 10 die without peImissio0. lie 70
Their int0saIs them HAT is hpon the battle tsA
in the face Of TIE enemy, in the midst Of daFgsa
and yiaalIgneg. fighting for. The hthor OF bis u
that the soldier should seek az 4 await giuiitH
death.
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