The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-07-10

descend! ours, very respectfully,
WIN. S. ASIIE.
pa The following items will be discouragng
to the Bell and Everett party:
ALABAMA PoLITICs.-The Opposition party Of
Alabama, i'll Convention assembled, at Montgome-
ry, the I'd instant. repudiated the nominations
of Bell and Everett and declared their purpose to
support the nominations of Breckenridge and Lane.
I-Charicston Mercury.
SENATOR CRITTENDEN SAID TO BE FOR BREck-
INRIDGE AND LANE.-It is rulnored in political
circles here that the Hon. j. J. Crittenden has
declared his intention of supporting Breckenridge
and Lane The reason assigned by the venerable
statesman for such action, is said to be that the
National Union Convention would have selected
MIR Breckenridge as their nominee if thay had
supposed that the National Democratic Conven-
ton would have made the choice; and that
all they desired was conservative, national, hon
est man, all of which requisites he thinks Mr.
Breckenridge possesses HuShiHgt0n Star.
In the same Convention which nominated Bell,
Mr. Crittendeu received 20 votes on the ls ballot.
The Editor Of the Tarboro Mercury, writing
from Washington in regard to the Breckinriige
and Lane ratification meeting in that city, says:
The company next called on Hon. Humphrey
Marshall, who, since the death Of Henry Clay, has
been the life of the Opposition OF kentuck y. Mr.
Marshall announced his determination to resist so
far as he is able the encr0achmentS Of the North,
whether led on by Abram Lincoln Stephen A,
Douglas, or John Bell. The only truly National
and Constitutional Union candidates in the field are
Breckenridge and Lane, for whom he pledged his
best eXertions.
Ga" The Statesvlle Express says twitted it
because the Hon. W. n. Ii. Smith, (member of
Congress from the lst District came to North
Carolina and made speech. The Express is mis-
taken-we made no complaint about the matter
When the Express was denouncing Mr. Craige be-
cause it was rumored that he would make a speech
in Catawba after the adjournment of Congress, We
stated that our neighbor need not become excited
about that, inasmuch as Mr. Smith and Mr. Vance,
oppositinnists, had both left their seats in Con-
gress and came to North Carolina to make speeches
for John Pool. The Express seemed to have no
objection to its members of Congress making
speeches, but it could not bear the idea of Mr.
Crage, democrat, exercising the same privilege,
although it was only rumored he would do SO after
the adjournment of Congress. Our neighbor of
the Express must be liberal, and not deny others
privileges which he allows his own poiticnL friends
aag> Our friends Of the Fayetteville Observer
sometimes boast of letting their readers see both
sides, and cargo that we do not act as fairly. But
we see the Observer publishes from the Irede
Express a one-sided account Of the discussion at
Morganton, emitting even the Express meagre
account of Gov. Ellis speech. Is that the way
our friends let their readers see both sides
We respectfully suggest to the Observer that if
it is willing for its readers to see both sides, it
would do well to publish Gov. Ellis card retuting
that miserable "horse-leech" story.
Ray~ The annual meeting Of the Raleigh and
CASTOR Railroad Co was held on the 9TH inst
resolution was passed to build warehouses at
different points on the road, and to erect passcn-
ger shed at Raleigh. G.. w. Mordecai, S. s. Roy
ster and J. G.. King elected Directors by the
stockholders, aud &. II. Wilder, DIR. W. j. Haw-
kins and c. Fl. X Taylor were re-appointed by
the State. Mr. Wilder, the former President of
the Road, declined a reelection to that position,
whcreupon the Directors elected DR. W. j. Haw-
kins in his place.
\ dividend Of per cent. has been declared
out of the profits of the Road for the last eight
months.
CoNsIsTENCY.-Attert the secession of portion
Of the Southern delegates from the Charleston
Convention, the opposition press all over the State
labored hard to show that they did right. Now,
after the Southern delegates withdrew from the
Douglas Convention at Baltimore in body be-
cause admission was denied those who had with
drawn at Charleston, these opposition papers
are laboring to show that they aid wrong. What
consistency! But anything to put democrats in
the wrong is considered fair by the opposition.
FoRsYrH CoUNTY-A friend at Salem Informs
us that the democrats Of Forsyth have nominated
Jesse A. Waugh for the Senate, and Philip Bar
row and John Masten for the Commons. "A
strong ticket with every prospect of success, says
our informant
Hsg- Dr. Columbus Mills is announced as the
democratic candidate to represent Rutherford and
Polk in the House Of Commons