Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-08-19
The Celebration at Winston of the C,e., -
ocratic Victory in the Sixth Conyress;onn,
District.

The Celebration at Winston of the G,e., n
ocratic Victory in the Sixth Conyression",
District.
We 0he Senior) attended, by invitation ,bo ,o,.
bration at Winston on Saturday last by the Douo
Gratis of Fqyth Of the great victory achieved in ~
9th Congressional District in the election ofN,
over Col. Puryear.
The day was ushered in by the firing of canno,.
and at an early hour, though the notice of H.. NIL,
bration was short, the people of the COUNTY ho...
to pour in, in vehicles and on horseback md -"
points OF attraction on the streets soon occu
pied by large assemb'age. At ten O'Clock tho
cannon was again fred, giving notice of the ~
proach of the procession. Mr.. Scales. attended -
the Committee of reception, was met BY numo.
Gus escort, about one mile from Winston-,bo .,o..
being conducted by DR.. j. B. Brton and n
Brietz, Esq. acting as Marshals of the dav Thu
procession passed through Winston and s,,o,.
turning at the public square, and paving their ro'
spects to the young ladies at the Salem Seminary
the Old Town band adding inspiration and life to
the march The reception took place at the resi-.
dence of Col. Stafford, in the presence Of l,rcs
crowd, the Democratic ladies of the town pracnc
the occasion by their presence. The recent;on
speech was made by F. E. Boner, Esq, of the Win.
ston Sentinel, who acquitted himself in an admr,.
BILE manner. Mr.. Scales was deeply affected BY The
hearty and enthusiastic greetings which he received
and in reply addressed his fellow citizens for about
half an hour, in eloquent and impressive strains
We shall not do him the injustice to attempt a re.
port Of his remarks 1t is sufficient to say tina, bev
were in good taste. and exceedingly appropriate to
the occasion and the warmth with which they
were uttered, stirred every heart in the large as.
semblage. 1t was, indeed, proud day for him and
for the Forsyth Democracy; yet we no dspo.
siton to exult or to mortfy fallen foe Every
seemed to be elated and good humored, and too
much pleased with the bearing of their gallant
young champion and with the magniicence of the
triumph which had crowned his banner, to indulge
in Civilizations intended still further to irrtate or to
depress the opposition. After the conclusion of Mr..
Scales remarks, the crowd dispersed and at two
o'clock they re-assembled in the spacious Court.
house. where they were addressed by the Senior
Editor of this paper, and again briefly BY Mr..
Scales.
We had never visited that portion of the State
before; and We were greatly gratiied that in doing
so this occasion, we had the opportunity of see.
ing and taking by the hand many of the faithful
and unHinching Democrats of the County of For
syth. Wei met with many old and valued friends,
with whom it has been pride and our pleasure
to cooperate for years in the great of Democ
racy and of Constitutional Union; and we saw
scores of others for the first time whose acquant.
ance were glad Of the opportunity to make The
State contains no people more thrifty, more ntei.
gent hospitable than those of the County of
Forsyth. We bore away with many pleasant
recollecions of our VISIT and we shall always recur
to it with unalloyed satisfaction and pleasure.
The Editors of the Sentinel-Col Alspaugh and
Mr.. Boner-w both in town, and active partici
pants in the celebration. They gave US most cor.
dial welcome and passed several hours most
pleasantly in their company. These young gentle.
men battled nobly in the late contest and their ef
forts have added in no small degree to the funess
and brhancy of Mr.. Scales triumph. We were
gratied to hear that their paper has large and in
creasng circulation. We trust it may continue to
prosper
And now for brief sketch of our journey and Of
what we saw.
We left Raleigh on Friday morning at five o'clock,
and arrived at the Haw River House ahont halfpast
seven, where we had breakfast. The train reached
High Point, fifteen miles west of Greensborough
about eleven o'clock, where we took the stage Tor
Salem, distant eighteen miles, which we reached
about three P. M. There is pla TX road from High
Point to Salem and Winston, being the Fayetteville
and Western plank road, which crosses the n T.
Po;lr &ha r1n Tbo
Salem appears to be we'll conducted. The coaches
are large four-horse coaches with good horses Inc
country between High Point and Salem is rolling
and the ascent in the entire distance must be con-
siderable. The journey to Salem, though not un'
pleasant in hot weather. and when the stage
is crowded-is much more laborious than that from
Salem to High Point
We stopped for dinner at Zevey's Hotel, in Salem'
and remained there a few hours, when we went 10
the house of friend in Winston, where we were
most kindly entertained There are two Hotels III
Salem, one by DR.. Zevey and one by Mr.. A. Butner'
and two in Winston, one by Mr. Church and one W
Mr.. Miller. The main street, from the lower part o.
Salem to the Northern limts,of Winston, is about o"'
mile and half in length Winston is the County seat
The population Of Salem is about fifteen hundreo
and that Of Winston about six hundred.
The visitor perceves at glance that Salem Is ="
old town. Many Of the buildings wear the marA'
of age, though We saw several new and handsome
edfices, and among them the large brick BUILDING
lately erected by the authorities Of the Female ee'
mary. This Seminary now has Accommodation
we believe, for some two hundred and fifty young
ladies, the whole number of pupils the present So
sion being about three hundred. The "Salem ~
male School" as it is generally called is one oil 'D'
best in the country, and has reputation co-eS'e"
sve with the Union. Mrs. James X. Polk, Mrs. W.
vid s. Reid, and the first wife Miss MARTINI Of 0s"
ator Douglas wesss educated in this School.