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POPULAR ERRORS IN MEDICINE.
BY AN EDINBURG PHYSICIAN.
Many people put great faith in the whole,
romne.ss of eating only one dish at dinner.
They suppose that the mixture of substan
ces prevents easy digestion. They would
not eat fish and flesh, fowl and beef, animal
food and vegetables. This seems a plau
sible notion, but daily practice shows its
absurdity. What dinner sits easier on the
Stomach than a slice of roasted or boiled
mutton, and carrots or turnips, ap*f the in
dispensable potato ? What ran ever felt
the worse for a cut of cod or turpot, follow
ed by a beefsteak or a sJme of roast beef
and pudding. In shoe: a variety of whole
some’ food does not seem incompatible at
meals, ifone do eat too much—here the
error lies.
It is n ecvrtmon practice with bathers, af
ter having walked on a hot day to the sea
side K <o sit down on the cold damp rocks till
thy cool, before going in the water. This
is quite erroneous. Never go into the wa
ter if over-fatigued, or after profuse atvl
long continued perspiration, hut always
prefer plunging in while the first drops of
‘perspiration are on your brow. There is
no fear of sudden transitions from heat to
cold being fatal. Many nations run from
the hot bath and plunge naked into the
snow. What is to be feared is sudden
cold after the exhaustion of the body, and
while the animal powers are not sufficient
to produce a reaction or recovery of the an
imal heat.
There is a favorite fancy of rendering
infants and farther advanced children, har
dy and strong, by plunging them into cold
water. This will certainly not prevent
strong infants from growing stronger, but
it will, and often does, kill three out of every
five. Infants always thrive the best with
moderate warmth, and a milk warm hath.
The same rule applies to the clothing of in
fants and children. No child should have
so light clothing as to make it feel
... cold ; warm material;’ ilarse and
wiuo nmaiKcdrMng, and exercise, are in
dispensable for the health of the little ones.
But above all things, their heads should be j
kept cool and generally uncovered.
Many people so laud early rising, as
would lead one to suppose that sleep was
one of those lazy, sluggish and bad practi
ces, that the sooner the custom was abolish
ed the better. Sleep is as necessary to man
as food, and as some do with one third the
food that others absolutely require, so five
hours sleep is sufficient for one, while an
other requires seven or eight hours. Some
men cannot by any possibility sleep more
than four or five hours in 24 ; and therefore
the inherent selfishness of human
they abuse all who sleep longer.— j
: oone J*’- -M be taunted for sleeping eight i
hours if lie can. 1 D
Many people do not eat salt with their
food, and the fair sex liavo a notion that this
substance darkens the complexion g a ] t
seems essential to the health of every hu
man being, more especially in moist cli
mates. Without salt the body becomes in
fested with intestinal worms. The case of
a lady is mentioned in a medical journal,
who had a natural antipathy to salt and ne
ver used it with her food ; the consequence
was, she became dreadfully infested with
these animals. A punishment once existed
in Holland by which criminals were denied
the use of salt ; the same consequence fol
lowed with these wretched beings. We
rather think a prejudice exists with some
of giving little or no salt to children. No
practice can be more cruel and absurd.
From th s New York Courier and Enquirer,
MURDER.
We publish some days since a notice
that an individual of the name of Samuel
Adams, a printer residing at the corner of
Ann and Gold streets, had left his office at
about three o’clock in the afternoon of Fri
day the 17th instant and had not since been
heard of. Facts now transpired, which
leave but little doubt that he has been in
humanly murdered.
On the night of his disappearance, Mr.
Wheeler, a teacher of writing, occupying
a room in the Granite building corner of
Broadway and Chamber street, had his at
tention attracted to a noise in a room adjoin
ing to his own, occupied by J. C. Colt, —a
noise like that of two men scuffling and at
last like the fall of some heavy body. They
knocked several times at the door but got
no answer. And on looking tho’ the key
hole, two hats came within the range ofhis
vision and the body of Colt apparently bent
to the ground rubbing on the floor.
His curiosity being excited, he watched
in company with a young man who lived
with him, the room through the night, heard
Colt apparently at work, and in the morn
ing he was seer, to bring out a box, having
the appearance of an ordinary packing box
about four feet square, and place it iu the
passage. The box was directed to a firm
in Louisville, & parked via New Orleans.
Colt then went out atic returned with a Car
man who took the box away.
Air. Wheeler thought no more ol tho
circumstances which had excited fits atten
tion, until the disappearance of Mr. Adams
and learning accidentally that Colt was in
debted to Adams and had been seen with
him, he thought proper to give information
of the facts to one of the Lower Police offi
cos, who paid no attention to them. Mr.
Wheeler then communicated with Mr. Jus
tice Palmer and it is chiefly to this magis
trate’s activity and energy, that tht prob
able murderer has been discovered.
‘”o£-j.rcljlng Colt’s room, a glass was
found, broken, theffoor and walls appeared
to have been spotted'vV-b blood, but after
wards washed and /nkhrown over \he
spots. A largdfhatchet was found the baY
die of which jiad been, scriped. On Colt*
arrest and'examinatioi) he said he had nor
been in in's room on tlje night of the 17th,
nor had he put a box in the passage.
It being now evident that he told an un
truth, search was nexPmade for tho cart
man who had carrieyit away, and, through
great exertions, he Aas at last found by
Mr. Godfrey, the Superintendant of flacks,
and exam to il qf Saturday nierht. He at
once stated that he recollected the circum
stance perfectly, and that he had carried
the box on board the ship Kalamazoo, lying
at the foot Maiden lane, and bound to New
Orleans ; that Colt had accompanied him
and took a receipt there in person for the
box.
Yesterday morning, the magistrates and
police officers proceeded to the Kalamazoo
to obtain the box. It was found in the low
er hold, and the stench which proceeded
from it, at once indicated that its contents
were in a state of putridity. Being brought
on deck and opened, there was to all ap
pearance the body of Adams, in his shirt,
in a high state of decomposition, wrapped
in canvass, apparently an old awning.
It was then carried to the Dead house in
the Park and a Coroner’s Inquest held in
the old Alms House over it. This inquest
sat till a very late hour and we were not a
blc to obtain the proceedings in time for this
morning’s paper.
The body was in a state of decomposition
| a rope was round the neck and extended to
[ the knees by which the knees were drawn
j up to the breast, the whole base of the fore
j bend was crushed, there was a fracture of
| both the right and left parietal bones and a
cut on the right side of the chin, which
had penetrated to tho stock on his neck.—
We understood the body was fully indenti
fied to be tha\of Adams, notwithstanding
its mutilated state, and that it had already
become greatly petrified, particularly by
a sore near the ancle which he had had for
many years, ant’, by a ring on the finger.
We understand also that Justice Tay
lor on searching Colt’st run k at his board
ing house in Monroe strict, near Market,
found in it the watch whit*. Mr. Adams
wore, and which lie had lately taken in
payment of a debt.
It seems that Cr’t was in the debt to A
dams for thf]'.. uiting'of-- work on book
keeping, of which Colt was the autksit, and
-fiat a shipment of these books had been
made to Philadelphia, with an understan
ding that tho proceeds should he taken by
Adams in payment of the debt. It is sup
posed that some quarrel arose between them
in relation to this transaction, at least this
is the most charitable construction to put
upon the horrid affair.
W e are told that Colt’s connexions arc
respectable. lie is rather genteel looking
and appears about thirty years of age.—
Mr. Adams was a married man, but had no
children. He is said to have been ofa mild
and pleasing disposition-
A Coroner’s inquest was held upon the
body, which resulted in the verdict of “wil
ful and deliberate murder” against John
C. Colt.
MISERIES OF EDITORS.
“Which not the sternest of our foes could hear; j
Nor stern Ulysses tell without a tear.”
PorE’s llomer.
1. A kind visitor, whom you would!
make almost any sacrifice rather than of- j
ft.uj—without *lm least ill intention in the
world, but merely moved ana initiated hv
mother Eve’s fatal vioe, curiosity, rurnma
ging your private desk, if it happen to be
commodiously open, examining your letters
and other correspondence; resorting to
your composition drawer, on the ground of
intimate acquaintance ; deranging and in
specting manuscripts, when you had as
lieve he had iutruded into your wife’s dres
sing-room ; or, peeping over cases, and in
terrupting compositors, to see the original
articles, which you did not intend to show
him, or any one else, except through the
medium of the press.
2. Rf’Cfiving a manuscript, of which it
seems doubtful whether the writer intended
to represent European , Cha/daic, or Chi
nese characters ; and, after patient at
tempts to decypher the hieroglyphics, re
sorting to the author and hearing his un
feigned expression of astonishment that you
did not find all as plain and legible as a now
tin pan.
3. Just as you are in the very busiest
part of your daily duties, in preparing vour
paper, having an obliging call, with a very
verbose communication of a private nature,
which you are required not only to receive,
but to hear read, amid the din of other
culls—“ Proof is ready!” “ Waiting for
Proof, Sir —and the prospect of a late
paper, and subsequent complaint in antici
pation, grinding on your feelings.
4. Inquiries—“ Who wrote that article ?”
when yon have no fair right to inform, and
when it seems unkind to refuse, and incred
ible to say you do not, know.
5. In a busy moment receiving a person
al lampoon, which you are resolved not to
publish, yet wish to give your reasons,
without time to explain them. N. 8.-The
writer, full of the justice of his cause, and
perfectly incredulous that there are two
sides of a question.
0. A modest request from a good friend,
just as your paper ought to be on the press,
that you would prepare a special article to
suit his particular view—which article
must be long, heavy and uninteresting to all
but the applicant.
7. And lastly, for the present, a quick
succession of complaints, such as—“ Why
icas our advertisement omitted ? That com
munication will be quite too late next week —
The other papers have that news more in de
tail—l wonder you should publish so many
light articles , and leave out commercial ones.
This is an important time, and politics ought
to be your principal object—Literary articles
ought to claim a part of your attention
till, with forlorn gaze., you measure with
your eye the extent of the columns of your
paper, and wistfully exclaim :
“ Ye gods ! annihilate but time and space,
And make us Printers’ happy !”
Postcript —Another Dreadful Misery.-
While you are collecting news from a doz
en or twenty different papers, when you
‘have to keep in your mind’s eye tho leading
natures of all, to have your papers mispla
ced, and your arrangements all broken in
upap by the busy interference of half-a
dozen good-natured, friendly loungers, who
after having agonized your feelings into a
high fever, retire, one after another, hum
ming a tune of “ What's this dull town to
me ?” or giving some other indication of
their idle propensity or negligentaire.
New- York New Era.
HABITS OF DISTINGUISHED MEN.
Huet was so studious that his wife was
obliged to drag him from his books to his
dinner.
Thuantis studied seventeen hours a day
for seventy years ; that he might lose no
time, sotno one read to him while dressing
or at meals.
Cicero says of himself, that he occupied
his mind with literature and philosophy, at
home and abroad, in the city and the coun
try, walking or riding.
Pliny, in a letter, mentions that even in
bear hunting ho employed the intervals of
the chase in reading, but this was contrary
to the rule of doing one thing at a time.
Gibbon says, in his life of himself, “ I
would not exchange my love of study for
all the wealth of the Indies.
Bayle mentions an author that was also a
printer, who printed a large book directly
from his head, like Minerva from the head
of Jupiter. The same writer mentions an
other author who wrote the whole of a large
book, with only one quill.
Erasmus composed in his chaise, while
on a journey to Italy.
Sheridan sometimes wrote his plays on
tho paper that came round his tobacco.
COMPLETE LIST OF ACTS.
Passed the Ist Session of the 27 111 Congress.
An act making appropriations for the
present session of Congress.
An act authorizing a loan not exceeding
the sum of 12 millions of dollars.
An act for the relief of Mrs. Harrison, wi
dow of the late President of the United
States.
An act making appropriation for the pay,
subsistence, &c., ofa home squadron.
An act making further provision for the
maintenance of pauper lunatics in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
An act to revive and continue in force for
ten years an act entitled “ An act to incor
porate the Mechanic Relief Society of Alex- !
andria.”
An act to repeal the act entitled “ An act
to provide for the collection, safekeeping,
transfer, and disbursement of the public rev
enue,” and to provide for the punishment
of embezzlers of public money, and for oth
er purposes.
An act to provide for the payment of Na
vy pensions.
An act to establish a uniform system of
bankruptcy throughout the United States.
An act further to extend the time for lo
cating Virginia military land warrants, and
returning surveys thereon to the General
Land Office.
An act to authorize the recovery of fines
and forfeitures incurred under the charter,
laws, and ordinances of Georgetown, before
justices of the peace.
An act to revive and extend the charters
of certain banks in the District ofColumbia.
-* in addition to an act entitled “An
act to carry into clTect a convention between
the United States and the Mexican Repub
lic.”
An act to amend the act entitled “An
act to provide for taking the sixth census or j
enumeration of the inhabitants of the United
States,” approved March third, one thous j
and eight hundred and thirty-nine, and the
acts amending the same.
An act making an appropriation for the
funeral expenses of William Henry Harri
son, deceased, late President of the United
States.
An act to appropriate the proceeds of the
sales of the public lands, and to grant pro-
C.mr.tion rights.
An act making appropriations for various
fortifications, for ordnance, and for prevent
ing and suppressing Indian hostilities.
An act to provide for placing Greenough’s
statute of Washington in the Rotunda of the
Capitol, and for expenses therein mention
ed.
An act authorizing the transmission of
letters and packages to and from Mrs. Har
rison free of postage.
An act to make appropriations for the
Post Office Department.
An act making an appropriation for the
purchase of naval ordnance and ordnance
stores, and for other purposes.
An act making appropriations for outfits
and salaries of diplomatic agents, and for
for other purposes.
An act to provide for repairing the Poto
mac bridge.
An act relating to duties and draw'backs.
An act to repeal a part of the sixth section
of the act entitled “ An act to provide for
the support of the Military Academy of the
United States for the year 1838, and for oth
er purposes,” passed July 7, 1838.
Joint Resolutions. —A resolution relating
to the new light-boats now stationed at San
dy Hook and Bartlett’s Reef.
A resolution for the distribution of seven
hundred copies of the Digest of Patents.
A resolution to provide for the distribu
tion of the printed returns of the sixth cen
sus.
A resolution in relation to the purchase
of domestic water-rotted hemp for the use
of the United States Navy.
Joint resolution making it the duty of the
Attorney General to examine into the titles
of the lands or sites for the purpose of erec
ting thereon armories and other public
works and buildings and for other purpo
ses.
An Amusing Mistake. —The Journal of
Commerce records an instance of a waste
of patriotic sentiment and compliment in
tended to be bestowed upon one of the re
signed membersof the Cabinet. Twocom
mittees amefng a number of other friends of
Mr. Ewing, called a day or two ago at
the Astor House, to pay their respects to
tho Ex-Secretary. He rose on their en
trance, and the chairman in succession ad
dressed him in a manner befitting the occa
sion. When they had finished, Mr. E
| wing, instead of making a formal reply,
j said concisely, “That will do, clear and
i waving his hand appropriately, the commit
tee retired, discussing whether their recep
tion had been such as they had reason to
expect. They had not proceeded fur in
thu hall before they met an acquaintance
walking with a gentleman whom he intro
duced to the committee asthe Hon. Mr. 15-
wing. This put anew face on affairs; on
returning to the room it turned out that the
g< ntleman who had received the honors of
the committees was not exactly in his right
mind and had happened during Mr. Ewings
absence to step in and occupy hischair.
MR. BADGER’S LETTER.
To the Editors of the National Intelligencer.
Messrs. Gales & Seaton : I deem it pro
per to offer a public explanation of some of
the reasons which led to my resignation, on
the 11th inst., of the office of Secretary of
the Navy, and, forthat purpose, ask a small
space in the National Intelligencer.
At the Cabinet meeting held on the 18th
of August last, (the Attorney General and
the Postmaster General being absent,) the
subject of an Exchange Bank, or institu
sion, was brought forward bv the President
himself, and was fully considered. Into
the partculars of what passed I do not pro
pose now to enter. It will be sufficient to
say that it was then distinctly stated and
understood that such an institution met the
approbation of the President, and was
deemed by him free of the constitutional ob
jections; that he desired (ifCongress should
deem it necessary to act upon the subject
during the session) that such an institution
should bo adopted by that body, and that
the members of his cabinet should aid in
bringing about that result; and Messrs.
Webster and Ewing were specially reques
ted by the President to have a communica
tion upon the subject with certain members
of Congress. The institution then spoken
ofwas to be located in the DistrictofColum
bia ; to be authorized to establish agencies
in the states and Territories with power to
deal in hills of exchange between the Uni
ted States and foreign countries, and in bills
of exchange drawn in one Slate or Territo
ry and payable in another State or Territo
ry; and the exercise of this power was not
to depend on any assent expressed or im
plied, ofthc States within which such agen
cies might be established.
In consequence of what passed at this
meeting, I saw such friends in Congress as
I deemed it proper to approach, and urged
upon them the passage of a bill toestablised
such an institution, assuringthem that 1 did
not doubt it would receive the approbation
of the President.
. The bill was passed, as the Public know
Uid was met by the Veto. Now, if the
President after the meeting of 18th of Au
gust, had changed his mind as to the con
stitU'ional power of Congress and had come
to dounvor deny what he had admitted in
that mee&yg, (which is the most favorable
interpretation that can be put upon his con
duct,) it w'as, lrt'nqy opinion, a plain duty
on his part to havet) la ,].. known to the gen
tlemen concerned of sentiment:
to have offi red ;li m for the un
pleasant situation were
[.laced by his agenejj least, to have
softened, by a full explanation of bis mo
tives, his intended Veto of a measure in
promoting the success of which, they, at his
request, had rendered their assistance.—
But this the President did not do. Never*
from the moment of my leaving his house
on the 18th did he open his lips to me on
the subject. It was only from the newspa
pers, from rumor, from hearsay, I learned
that he had denied the constitutionality of
the proposed institution, and had made the
most solemn asservations that he would ne
ver approve a measure which I knew was
suggested by himself, and which bad been,
at his own instance, introduced into Con
gress. It was still in the President’s pow
er, by a proper statement in the message
containing his objections to the bill, to have
supplied these omissions, and in some de
gree at least to have repaired his former
neglect; but when that paper came to be
read it was found that so far from saying
frankly that he once favored and had been
willing to sanction the bill, but had been led
(if such was the fact) by subsequent reflec
tion to adopt different views upon the sub
ject, he treated ihe measure as one evident
ly inconsistent with his previously expres
sed opinions, and which it ought not to
have been supposed for a moment he could
approve.
Whether this conduct of the President is
susceptible of just defence or reasonable
excuse it is not necessary now to inquire.
1 have not heard, nor can 1 imagine any
ground for either. Whether an explana
tion of it has been offered to any one of the
gentlemen concerned I know not, but none
was at any time offered to me : and while
1 forbear to make, the remarks, obvious
and painful as they are, which the trans
action suggests, 1 declare the conviction
that this conduct of the President, standing
without known defence, excuse or explana
tion, constituted (if no other reasons had
existed) ample ground for a withdrawal
from his Cabinet without delay.
It is scarcely necessary to say that I have
not supposed, and do not suppose, that a dif
ference merely between the President and
his Cabinet, either as to the constitutional
ity or the expediency of a bank, necessari
ly interposes any obstacles to a full and
cordial co-operation between them in the
general conduct ofhis Administration; and
therefore, deeply as I regretted the veto of
the first bill, 1 did not feel myself at liber
ty to retire on that account from my situa
tion. But the facts attending the initation
and disapproval of the last hill made a ease
totany different from that—one it is be
lieved without a parallel in the history of
our Cabinets : presenting, to say nothing
more, a measure embraced and then repu
diated—efforts prompted and then disowned
—services rendered and then treated with
scorn or neglect. Such a ease required,
in my judgement, upon considerations, pri
vate and public, that the official relations
subsisting between the President and myself
should be immediately dissolved.
GEORGE E. BADGER.
Washington September 18. 1841.
MR. CLAY.
Tho following is Mr. Clay’s letter in re
sponse to the letter ol invitation on behalf’
of the Whigs of Baltimore :
Washington, 14th September, 1841.
Gentlemen —ln the midst of my prepa
rations ibr my departure to my home, 1
have received, by the hands of the Gentle
men who have done me the honor to wait
upon me, your obliging communication
bearing date this day, transmitting a reso
lution adopted at a public meeting held in
Baltimore yesterday, by which it is pro
posed to distinguish my expected visit to
that City by signal public demonstrations.
I pray you Gentlemen, and those who con
stituted that meefing, to accept my grate
ful and respectful acknowledgments for this
new and gratifying proof of attachment and
confidence. 1 should embrace with pleas
ure, the opportunity of visiting your city at
this time ; but jaded as I am by the ardu
ous labors of the Session of Congress just
closed, and sharing with the companions of
my journey, an eager anxiety to terminate
it, without delay, 1 regret that I must post
pone a visit toyour City to some future day.
If, gentlemen, all has not been accom
plished at the late session of Congress that
the public interest demanded, more, much
more, has been effected than I anticipated
at its commencement. If wo have been
greatly disappointed in the failure of repea
ted attempts to establish a sound currency
regulate exchanges, and separate the Purse
from the Sword, what American Citizen,
what Whig will, on that account, surren
der himself to the sentiments of an ignople
despair ? Who will not say that we will
preserve, with redoubled courage, until e
very remaining object of the glorious revo
lution ofNovcmber last shall be completely
consummated ? Shall we be discouraged
because one man presumes to set up his in
dividual will against the will of the nation?
On the contrary, let us superadd to the pre
vious duties which we lay under to our
country, that of plucking from the Consti
tution this sign of arbitrary power; this odi
ous but absolute vestige of Royal preroga
tive. Let us, by a suitable amendment to
that instrument, declare that the Veto—that
parent and fruitful source of all our public
ills—shall itself be overruled by majorities
in the two Houses of Congress. They
would persuade us that it is harmless be
cause its office is preventive or conservative!
As if a Nation might not be as much injnred
by the arrest of the enactment of good laws
as by the promulgation of had ones !
I am, gentlemen, greatly deceived, not
withstanding the astounding developements
recently made, if the Whig cause is not
stronger than ever it was. Resting, as it
docs, upon truth, sound policy, anti enligh
tened patriotism, its votaries must be false
and faithless, if it does not gloriously tri
umph, notwithstanding any temporary dis
appointment.
Accept, Gentlemen, assurances of the
high regard and esteem of
Your friend and ob’t, serv’t.,
11. CLAY.
Messrs Robert Gilmor, ts-c. &e.
NEWS ANfcBzETfE.
PRINCIPLES and
WASHINGTON, GA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, Is4l
- Whig; Victory !.
Wilkes County Election.
Below is the result of the Election
Wilkes :
WHIG TICKET.
Senator, Geo. W. Carter, 372
Representatives, Benjamin Wallace, 308
Seaborn Callaway, 359
Dennis Paschal, 357
LOCO FOCO TICKET.
Senator, James D. Willis, 396
Representatives, H. P. Wootten, 425
Lewis S. Brown, 420
R I. Holliday, 381
FOIt GOVERNOR,
Hon. William C. Dawson, 405
McDonald, 404
What noble fellows some of the Whigs
of Wilkes are! How disinterested and
undeviating in every good course ! The
result of this Election shows how perfectly
they have learned that most difficult of les
sons—how to overcome self! They have
proved their love—for their enemies ; they
have returned good for evil, and submis
sively bowed their neck to the Loco-foco
yoke. Noble hearts ! Generous souls !
Great, glorious and honorable has been
the triumph of the State Rights men over
themselves, and over the Candidates they
selected, and whom they unanimously pled
ged themselves to support! Liberally has
the party rewarded the gentlemen they had
urged to represent it, the men who through
out their lives, have spared neither time,
trouble nor expense, to advance its cause !
With what pious disinterestedness have
some of the State Rights men sacrificed
their friends, and bestowed their favors up
on their enemies, those who would see them
all hanged before they wouid reciprocate
their favors or give them a patfiiclc of
thanks for their suffrages ! But e have
neither part nor lot in this matter ; we can
claim (or ourselves not one atom of the
glory ! Let it belong to those w|> covet
We hear some talk about contesting this
Election, on the ground that the Freehold
ers who presided, were not sworn. Al
though the election is manifestly illegal
trpen that ground, as tho law positively re
quires thu freeholders to be qualified, yet
we hope no such measure will be resorted
to. The State Rights party have beaten
their friends fairly, with the help of the Lo
co-focos—let us take the defeat quietly ;
besides, there is no knowing but that the
naughty Whigs might do damage to some
one of their dear democratic pets, if the con
test is gone into again. The party, we
hope, will profit by the lessons this Election
has taught them, the chief of which lessons
are, that
“ Their little hands were never made.
To scratch out each other's eyes.”
LINCOLN COUNTY ELECTION.
For Governor—Dawson, 240.
McDonald,ls9.
Senator—Moore.
Representatives—Hardy,
Ilaggcrman.
Every one Whigs of the true sort. Oh
yo Lincolnitos, will ye never learn to pre
fer your enemies to your friends ? That’s
the fashion in this neighborhood just now,
and if you don’t reform, we’ll have to send
a missionary among you to teach you the
virtues of split tickets !
BALDWIN COUNTY ELECTION.
Majority for McDonald, 17.
Senator—Kenan.
Representatives—Grieve and Thomas.
All Whigs. Last year, two Locos were
elected. The transient votes gave a ma
jority for McDonald in Baldwin.
ELBERT COUNTY ELECTION.
Daw'son, 847
McDonald, 242
Senator—Johnston.
Representatives—Rucker, Harris, and Pat
terson.
Some Bor 10 State Rights men run for
the Legislature in Elbert, and one very
popular Democrat; these causes and the
kindness of McDonald in going all the way
to Elbert to show himself to the Locos,
brought out that party, and tended to in
crease its vote there.
04?“ The foregoing are all the full re
turns we have received. We have imper
fect returns from several other counties, and
in all our majorities are materially dimin
ished. In Taliaferro, a full Whig ticket
was elected, but the Van Buren vote was
increased. W.-have a majority of 372 in
Richmond, and about 6itO in Greene.
Nothing indicates more clearly the apathy
which prevailed than the slow manner in
which the election news comes in. We
confess we are not particularly anxious to
Team tfn'ltiW,*,. for we are convinced we are
beaten throughout the .^ tale - unless chall ß es
greater than w, have at .
1..,,.. , i-. . .n- - , I here will
liavo taken
i,„ r ..'pi inkline
be, however, a ‘ .
Whisr -A sufficient salt to
preserve it from putridity.
Murder.
On the night of last Monday, a gentleman
named Jernigan was brutally assassinated
in Greensboro’, by two men named Edward
and John Lanier.
The circumstances, as we learn were
these. Mr. Statham, a tavern keeper in
Greensboro, had expelled the Laniers’ from
,is house (or disorderly conduct. Two
hiurs after as Mr. Jernigan was proceeding
toitu'ds the stable of the Tavern, in compa
ny w'h Mr. Statham, he (Mr. J.) was as
suulteiJjy the Laniers, knocked down by
a blow and his head, and then stabbed thro’
the heart. lie died instantly. The assas
sins had beO lying in wait for Mr. Stat
ham and mistok Jernigan for him.
We have bee.furnished with a descrip
tion of these mtderers, which is as fol
lows ;
Manson E. Lantr is of quite athletic
form, about six feet'igh, about 27 yearsof
age, has dark or blab hair, brown complex
ion, dark eyes, with alien down look, ex
hibiting a decided badttountenance. The
front and middle fingers a the right hand
are mutilated by the passge of a rifle ball
between them, the front filter is inclined to
turn toward the middle c the hand. He
has pretty good comtnai! of carpenters’
tools, and is a good rouglporkman, he is
apt to use spirituous liquor if invited, after
which he talks freely, but without excite
ment he has but little to
80 lhs.
John Lanier is about 23”- 24 years old,
of erect’and active form, ajout six febt high,
dark hair & dark eyes, ofafrown or swarthy
complexion, has a scar jjund one ol his
eyes caused by a burn whin a child, weighs
about 150 lbs.
As there is reason to suppose that these
villains are attempting toAoape in this di
rection, people would do->Jell to be on the
lookout for them. A lart'e reward will be
paid for their apprehension.
< ,
OCrThe trial of McLqod was postponed,
and probably took place on Monday last.
Mr. Legate has excepted the office of At
torney GencraVof the Uiped States, and
entpred qd the duties v e
