The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-29
INTERESTING LETTERS.


North Carolina Poiitics-What Veaa6le is Afer-
Ro,v he ,cas Ecot- Troubles in the Democratic
Camp-A New Organ at Raleigh Er Members
of Congress up Jor the legislature Gen. Sann-
dus-Dfr. CT, ga,as--Ths Nary Reform ~ in
the 7ape,.ti,s Country-Dobbin don't gee,-1hs
Pacific Railroad Unpopilar-1he Public Lands
odd States to come ~ for a Share Nth The Ne~
States, etc.
You are doubtless aware that Mr.. yenabe, OF tins
district, has been defeated for Congress by MAJOR
fy OF seventy votes, and wing candidate, s. d.
Rogers. elected b, small minority OF the popular
vote in his MACE do not think, however, that you
are Altogether sposted up" in the intrgues by which
ahis SINGULAR result has been achieved, and perhaps
I can interest you little with the account.
You see, then, when "Father Abraham as lie is
Yamiiary called got back home after the short ses
sion was over, he heard in various quarters that
little clique about Raleigh had determined upon
Throwing him overheard for the purpose of promoting
w. w. Holden of the Standard Now, Father
Abraham" is,perhaps some of the most accommodating
men of his talents and popularity you ever knew !;
but, not being party to this arrangement, which
was very imprudeatly divuged, he naturally deter
mined in his own mind to thwart it if he could but
kept very quiet. In the meantime the thing went on
A young man named Lewis vas first persuaded to
take the field against Venable, and thereupon the
requisite hubbub and excitement were attempted to
be raised about the danger of division, &C.. and as
\ remedy, the Sta lard proposed, 'for the good of
The party Of course convention, to reconcile the
conflicting claims Of Venable and Lewis, just IS If
any reasonable person in this whole district supposed
for moment that the election Of yenabe was at all
endangered. The thing was so transparent that We.
nable's friends everywhere opposed the call, and
consequently the convention was failure. Had it
met, there can be no doubt that the plans of the
friends Of Holden would have eventually succeeded
and that individual would have been the nominee
Venablc, however, vas wide awake, and declaring
himself q candidate av0wed his determination to run,
whatever the result, nominated or not nominated
This OF course settled the question Of HOldens sue
Cession. To punish him for this independence, and
also for the defeat he had himself met, the
day for the proposed meeting passed without the
convention, he first breaks ground cautiously in IA
v0r OF Lewis, whom lie had always before snub5ed;
and only neglectng venable at first, finally openly
denounced and abused him; and at last declared that
1he file leaders had determined to support the op-
posing candidate The wings who, up to this time,
had remained quieacent and hopeless, now saw a
brilliant opportunity and few days before the cleo
lion, seeing the Whole influence Of the democratic
organ openly thrown in favor of man whom they
knew could not be elected, Mr. Rogers took the field,
and ranin between them Az for the rest, Rogers
yentemanly, clever fellow, sonnlaw Of the late
Senator Haywood and Of course very strongly 10 IA
yor of the zone term" principle. He will hardly be
suffered to bear the reproach of inconsistency in this,
however for long before the two years are expired
the unhappy state Of things to which he owes his
success will have ceased to exist. or course the
eight or nine thousand democrats Of this district can
not suffer themselves to be misrepresented by gen.
tleMau who is the choice Of the remaining four thou.
sand only. their antipodes; and as means Of recon-
Cling divisions and restoring that harmony which
nv fna
learn from reliable quarter that steps have been al
ready taken to establish and additional organ
OF democratic sentiment at the capital, and that
large sum of money and many hundred names have
been already procured for that desirable purp ,se
Among the subscribers are many of the two thousand
democrats who, misinformed by the STANDARD, hon.
estly voted for Lewis under the impression that he
WAS the strongest, and are naturally indignant at
being SO deceived and humbuggcd into the support
OF an unpopular aud weak man, and the abandon
ment Of their late beloved and able representative
The sentiment Of the democratic party in this
state IS also undergoing change upon the public
land question, many prominent men Of the party
having already declared themselves opposed to the
present unjust policy of giving the whole benefit Of
also will render the establishment of new organ
here Indispensable to harmony and in future
elections. There is some difficulty in getting the
right sort OF pc rson to take charge editor, but
guess, II he will accept the proposal already made,
they viii supply this important need, from the Cape
Fear country, and in few days. 1t is deemed i'm.
portant to the interests of the new organization who
are already known as the States Rights Democracy,
par exceler ce that they should go to work without
iurther delay.
The next Legislature will have to elect two Sena
tors in place OF Messrs. Mangum and Badger and
Gov: Reds term also expires in 1854. The canvass
for the next Legislature, which will have the dispo.
sal OF these important posts may be then said already
TO have commenced. Indeed several cxmembers of
Congress arc already in the field for the commons,
and Judging from very complaisant letter Of Mr. X.
fNvnrh A,,ef'\
On the bench, / should not be surprised if he does
not resign the ermfne and resume his legislative
functions. venable will probably stand for Gran.
vile. Judge Strange, Of Cumberland, is to take the
appear here in his fav0rite character of the gen.
tleman from Hartford" Even the late Chief Justice
may not professionally be supposed to desire to de.
vote some smaller portion Of his time than OF old, to
the interests of Alamancc, his native county Stanly
you know, has gone to California, and McRae to
Paris, but either of these gentlemen would undoubt-
cdy consent to sacrifice their present positions
abroad At the call Of the General Assembly of their
native state. Besides these there are number Of
other asprants to Senatorial honors. Mr. Clingman
and Judge Ellis will run well on the democratic side,
but Dobbin will hardly be interrupted again, while
80 aereeably engaged in cutivating the whiskers,
and teaching the cotillon and Virginia reel to the
American navy. On the whole, q very nice time may
be anticipated.
The Pacific railroad meets with no favor here with
The unterritied. Indeed it is hard for honest cor
.
that or the administration There is much com.
plant here that the North Carolina appointments,
80 far, have all been given not perhaps to Dobbins
district exeusvely,but to Dobbins particular friends
only while outsiders get nothing. 1t is not unlikely
that the disposition Of the public lands will after all,
De the main test upon tue elections next year. The
injustice of the present system is very generally
complained of and disposition evidenced to extend
the organization TO all the old States 1t cannot be
doubted that the Pacific railroad, the public lands,
ana the appointments, have ruined the standing Of
me present cabinet in North Carolina and weakened
the supporters OF the President. Tell Benton the
public eye is fixed upon him, and his course, for the
next four years. We don't mind giving the Pacific
road few millions in land only, not money but we
and give us fair play. BopoN.
Our Boston Correspondence.
BosroS, August q, 1858.
Pfeodiags in the Case Of the Metropolitan Railroad
Compony--7M Eacampmem at Wiater Liand