1 lie Ware-House of Me'ssrs. Camp field Sc Boshvick, lately known as Bur ton’s, in this place, was consuinecl by fire on thenig;ht of the 8th, with upwards of 2000 bags of Cotton, and other proper ly. The fire was communicated by light iiing, which, from the rapidity with which the whole building was inflamed, must have first struck the bags of Cotton—one bale of which was perforated with a black hole, from one end to the other, and was smoking though its whole extent, when rolled from the Ware-house. Others think, the electric fluid exploded some spirits, which were stored there, and thus sent the blazing fragments of the building to some distance round on the adjacent houses. Such flashes of Light ning and peals of Thunder, scarcely ever daazled the vision or stunned the ears of trembling mortals. A large building was struck in Hamburg, and a post in the lower end of this city shivered to splin ters at the same time. A light breeze favored the houses most exposed ; and to the torrents of rain, which fell during the whole continuanceof the fire, we owe, more than to our own exertions, the pre servation of a considerable part of our city. Damage estimated at g75,000 ! Jluguata Courier. From the Easton Cenlinel. Lamentable.—On Thursday, the 13th July, at the distillery of John Ilerster, a- bout a mile from this place, one of the most distressing accidents occurred. In the course of many years it has not faUen to our lot, to record one of so melancholy a nature. It appears by accounts related to iis, a child of one of fne distillers by the name of Peltz, had been enjoying itself around a large boiler, in its innocent amusement, for a considerable time—Frequently the father who was busily engaged with his work, had warned the child to keep off of the boiler, which was then full of boiling swill. The father had to bring a supply cf fuel, when it is supposed the child got on the boiler and fell into the scalding liquor. It was not, however, ascertained, indeed the child had not been missed, nntil the parent of it, began stirring up the swill, about half an hour afterwards, •when lo! astonislred and confounded, he beheld the infant completely boiled !— What must have been the father’s feel ings on beholding so ghastly a spectacle, in the image of his child I JItlempt to murder.—Joshua Edwards, of this county, was shot in his own yard on Thursday night last by some assassin, and though severely wounded, is alive. Mr. Edwards was preparing to go to bed, and stepping out of his door was shot at : he ■was wounded in the head, breast and arm. We have not heard who is suspected of doing the act. N. C. Journal. The Climax, (if true) We have heard it ata,ted upon the authority of a gentleman of great respectability from Kentucky, that Capt. Low, the witness with whom Beauchamp tampered, through his wife, to sw’ear against Mr. Darby, and by im plicating him in the murder of Col. Sharp, to save himself, has, since the execution of Beauchamp/ been shot. It was for the use of Capt. Low that Beauchamp prepared the manuscript evidence, of the ingenuity of which, we have given our readers an account before. Had Low yielded to the solicitations of Mrs. B. we think, from the testimony we have seen, that Beauchamj) would have been acquit ted—but his refusal to comply, and be coming a witness on the part of the pro secution, and using B’s manuscript a- gainst him, sealed his fate. BaUimore Chronicle. It is with the most poignant feelings of regret that we announce the death of lyiaj. Sunders Lonoho, a native of Caswell county, in this State, who was cruelly murdered at Pensacola, on the night of the 7th ult. by a Sergeant who shot him thro’ the body with a musket. The cause (the wretch alleges) was the Major’s having turned him off drill during the afternoon for being intoxicated. He liv ed an hour and ^ half perfectly conscious of his situation. The Surgeons told him the wound was mortal, and that it was impossible for him to survive a couple of hours. He then made a disposition of his effects, k expired without a groan, lie was buried with funeral honors, in which the Navy Officers of the station and nearly ail the citizens of Pensacola united, 'i’hus, in the prime of life, l)y the hands of a drunken assassin, has our country been deprived of the services of u most meritorious officer. Jia!. UcL^inlo-. Ilorae SlmUni;.—A man rcprcseniing his name to be Williaiu Holt, came to this City last week, and after endeavoritig tu .sell a horse in his posses aon, at ])rivate i.a!e, had him disposed of at Aiiciion. A gentleman of this place liecanie the jnir- ehuser, but the jockey had hardly finger ed the ready and decamped, when the real owner ol the horse, who was in pur- •'Uit, came up and proved his property. UoH also sold a horse to another person, and took his note with security at six days, but tlie ink was scarcely dry, when hr parted with the note at a considerabk- discount for cash. Xo doubt this horse was also otojeiij tbouj;Ii not u-; vet claini- CHARXiOTTIS TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1826. THK CIIUUCH YA«U. The people of Charlotte and its vicin ity, who have friends interred in the Church Yard, and all others generally,are particularly invited to assist on Tuesday next, 22d August, in throwing up the ditches around it, to prevent hogs from getting in, and to clear up the yard so as possc.sscu only as much libcralily, in re gard to these imj)ortant institutions. _ The last Italcigh papers contain a list of the eases dccided at tli'o late term of the Suproine Court. The list occupies nearly four cohimns of the Hegister; its length consequently cx- crudes it ft-om our present number; but it shall be published in our next. Another gold mine has oecn discovered a- bout half a mile from thi.s town, on the planta tion ot W illiam Itudisill. 'I’he mine is not con venient to water; and the auriferous earth is daily transported through our streets, in wa gons and caits, to the washing places. We to give it thi appearance of a Christian bave not ascertained how much gold this earth Burial Ground. It is likewise intended to clear up the Academy square on the same day. Those who are generous enough to give assistance, will meet at the Church with their tools, at 7 o’clock in the mor ning, at which time the bell will be rung. Spades, shovels and grubbing hoe«, are the tools necessary to bring. We were favored with fine and refresh ing rains last week, after a drought of nearly six weeks. The Raleigh Register states that there are several candidates to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Nash. It is seldom that an office goes a begging in this country, be the salary what it may 5 but it is not always that persons properly qualified, ca«n be obtain ed. We are not friendly to high salaries ; but to important offices, we think such salaries should be attached, as will com mand the services of men of talents and experience. The salaries allowed the Judges of our, Superior courts, are not proportioned to the services required of them ; hence the frequent resignations ; and such will continue to be the case, until the duties of the Judges are lessened, or more adequate salaries awarded. Among the foreign extracts in this weeks’s paper, will be found an account of Mr. Randolph’s speeches and sayings at Liverpool. la America, Mr. Ran dolph could find nothing to praise—he could see nothing in his own govern ment, but corruption and venality—he scattered his libels on every sidejhe even ransacked the grave, and disturbed the ashes of the venerable dead, for subjects of his better invective : so meanly did he think of the moral principles of his coun trymen, that he would not even buy a Bi ble printed heie, for fear the scvmth com mandment might be omitted—his bible must have the London imprint. But in England^ the scene is entirely changed. Every thing there is excellent, worthy of all admiration: he boasts of his “English blood,” praises the minister, courts the nobles, makes a display of his aristocratic principles ,• talks very like a member of the English aristocracy, about keeping down the dregs of socidy,” i. e. the com mon people ; then takes off his hat to a mob, and calls them the band then strikes up Yankee Doodle, than which nothing could have been more mul-appro~ it touched no sympathetic chord in Mr. Randolph. 'The whole scene, as portrayed in the Liverpool^ j)ipers, is calculated to inspire disgust in every genuine American bo som. Tha^ an American Senator should thus exhibit himself abroad, should dis play so littia national feeling, and such a manifest predilection for foreign customs and institutions, is, under any circumstan ces, a subject of regret but all acquaint ed with Mr.jRandolp.i’s aristoci atical no tions, expeqtcd nothing better of him. Mr. and Mr. Cuulf.v have been re-elected tc(CongrejS from Louisiana. It will be recollected, that in the election of Presidentj')j the House of Represen tatives, theytioted for Mr. Adams their rc-electior., |lcrefore, may be considered as e\idcnce|:hat the course which they pursued is aj^;)roved Iiy their constituents. They both hid opposition ; and their op ponents wei-fciVietidly to the election of Gen. Jacksof. Mr. LiviNc.fcrox has also been re-elected. The CorAration of Washington, at its June seslon, apj)ropriated Ri0,000 lor the endofinent of two public schools in that city.- This is highly honoraljle to tiie infanti apital of our country, and shows what hiberalily and public spirit can do. v.isli some of ll:e s’a’.es yielus to the bushel; but the g"old diggers say it is very rich. It is stated in a work lately publisl.ed in Eng. land, that in the mines of Mexico, Chili ard l‘e- re, the quantity of gold, in j)roportlon to the earthy matter mixed with it, is in general ex ceedingly smalK The common yield is no more than five or six ouivces of gold, upon the caxon, or fifty hundred pounds of the mineral; the richest mines aH'ord only ten or twelve ounces ; and those which arc hut just rich enough to pay die charges of workuig tjiem, yield only two ounces on tliat quantity The protiuct of the njines in this county, as far as trials have been made, is certainly much greater than the above ; and under the iii'iiiage- ment of scientific men, with the requisite ma chinery, their value would he greatly enhanc ed. In 1.1C usual mode of washing them, it is supposed that not more than one half of the gold is obtained ; and tliat a second washing of the dirt and gravel, properly prepared, would yield as much as the ih-st. ELECTION ItETURNS. The following are all the returns received ! since our last:— Col. Joseph Pickett, Senate; Clem ent Marsludl and John Smith, Commons. State of the Toll—In tiie Senate, I'ickett, 598; IJatcliff, 17J. In the Connnons, Marshall, 1198; Smith, 801; xVewsom, .397. Cabarrus—Law son II. Alexi;nder, Senate; Robert Pickens und John C. Uarnhurdt, (jom' mons. Lincoln—Daniel M. Forney, Sen^ite ; Mcssis Ship and Holland, Commons. /m/c//—Samuel King, Senate; Richard AUi son and Alexander 'l ori'ence. Commons. .ftoifan—John Heard, jr. Senate; John Linn and John Clement, Commons, j JJorough of S'a/Z.siwry—Charles Fisher John M. Smith, Senate; Thomas Hampton and John Ward, Commons. 6Vrtrtr///f_William M. Sneed, Senate; Nich olas Jones and Willis Harris, Commons. We undtM^t jnd, that upon the applica tion ot his It.xcelltncy CJovcrror Burton to-the President of the United States, Colonel Tu ttle of the Corps of Engineers, now upon duty near Wilmington, has, by order of tlu* President, been placed at ilie disposal of our Board of Internal Ini- provements,-br the survey of Cape Fear River. This augurs well to our Naviga tion, and is honorable to the Governor’s anxiety to promote the interest of the state, and to the President’s disposition to aid our view. N. C. Journal. A genikrr.an of higl, stmuiing, 1 mg to the opposition, on being pov, crfui-1 ly appealed to, a short time sinr-, ! y a | Inendofthe administration, in fu^oi of’ the niission to Panama, candidlv avowed his individual friendship lor, and approv al ot that measure, but honestly d.n lur ed that he eould not support it puhiicly, because the opposition urrp bound to op pose ivenj measure of the administration, ol whatever character it might be, in or der to pull it down. [^Porlland Patriot. clrnr coiir( rn, :i v collect .on o* l.nplisli, Cl is.u *1, Scliool, ami Mise. ll.in- lons yVW/.t, will 1,1. d on l . ii'S'l.iv i.veii- mg, .’9th )ust. ate;ii-iv ijg.],, c.ui.ininic.r nt which, togeth. r with tlu- ' oaks. ina\ I. at any »mie previous, hy rallingoii tliesn 'sa tier. Tlie sale w ill he/xiM/MT.,. lerin-, Tw/;. ( iKiviotti', 19tl» 1 Kjr>. ern rpilK SMh.criher ivspectf.illy ivn,,ist ■ lio stuiul indehted to him. to tiie on-iiiing court week counts, eil her hv note rr those tlu ir iic- and s.'ttl scientihc work, a newly oiscovorrd plan |JOHN H for cutting steel with a pewter buzz ; the ! _[5»h^\ugust, —Jt9ft softness of the la ter, by its incessant mo- } tion, overcoming the hardness of the for- coming the hardness of the for- i mer and cutting ii i*uo anv Irngth that; VV /. 'fnmediately, two Journeymen the operator may wish. 'I'his ' ‘ Governor Shelby, of Kentucky, died on the 18lh of la^t month. .He was the first Governor of that State, and was a distin guished and meritorious Revolutionary Patriot. He acted a conspicuous part in the battle of King's Mountain, during the Revolution, as well as in the battle on the I hames in Up^xer Canada, during the late war. Great .drrival.—\ye announce much pleasure, fhe .arrival of the sloop Miller’s Daughter, Capt. Da\is^ with the first of the Grecian Ionic Pillars, from the Eastchestur quarry, intended for ^he iront oi the IMercliants’ Exchange, in Wall-street, N. V. This pillar weighs :5 tons, is 2 7i feet long, and three feet f> inches diameter at the base. The other three are of similar size, and it is calcu lated that they will be fjclivered here in three weeks. The contractors, Messrs. Francis Kain, Alexander Masterton, and Robert Smith, have in this stupendous work, encuuiuered almost insurmounta ble dilikultits, and were advi.sed, by the most skilful architects and others, to a- bandon the undertaking; but their minds were bent upon producing a work never l)efore attempted in this country, and they have, to their distinguished credit, succeeded. When these colossal columns are raised, they will excite the admiration of every man of science, prove a lasting monument to the memory of the ente’ - prising mechanics w-ho had the boldne;is to undertttke the Heixulean work. The ai)ove quarry is five miles from the land ing place where the Miller’s Daugliter took Ibis column, and only eight days were occupied in taking it to the place of shipment. A'. J'. Gazette. It is calculated that the annual harvest of grain of all descriptiorrs i:i Ohio, is more than fifty millions of bu? l.els. Mr. Mulford, of Bladen county, in tliis state, wa-. murdered a few’ days since t)y a negro woman, yhile Ivj was i;: 'he act of chas'isin;-- h>r with - - -..s may pos sibly jc true in Mechanics, but it never can be true in Poliiics. Wi^t is the op position but a pewter bu/.z ? A rilleman should Know better than to piime his piece w ith brimstone and molasses and load it with soft johny-cake : and men of higher standing might learn a lesson from the common sense of those they would enlist, and not depend so entirely on the folly and ignorance of the American peo ple, as to sup()ose that they will cpiarrel with an administration against which no charge is substantiated or even brought, metely because the disappointed and the ambitious tell them to be discontented. The Su}),. — We have been infoimed, that at a recent meeting of stockiiolders of t!ic Sun Fire Insurance C»mj)any, it was proposed to fill certain vacancies in the Company, and then examine into its concerns. 1 he stuck of the Sun was once quoted at no—it was purchased u|> to make a run on lirokers who were short, and alter they had licjuidated or brok»*, it lell to 80. VVe now learn, that a year a- go it had its capital ol So00,0()() and .>0,0u0 surplus safe, and now not more than of the whole is to be foutui, and no hjsses have been sustained. — Thin is indeed a case. ]V. V. Eni^uircr. The duties paid into the Treasury of the United States, by the City of New- Yoik, amounted, during »he last year, to more than 1.t millions ol dollars, being nearly one-third of the whole national re venue. its, Carpe/iters, of s*)ber'a.i(l inuu.-,Criou5 Iiab- Aone others need apply. , ROUT. M. STF.RIJxVG. ( h.-irlottc, Aug. \'2. Vis\vUe. Ju\\u *M(k)yc. rilM K swI.scriluT having ,1 .,s Admin,5- X tr.itoron the estate of ti.e late John Moore, leeea;,e,l, ot l.meoln connly, desires ail ner.. s')ns indelited to s:ii»l estai.', to eome forward Mr. Munroe, the late president, has been appointed, by the (Jovernor and Council of Virginia, a visitor of the Uni versity of that State, in the room Air. Ji-fferson. ' W e observe, in a Philadelphia jjaper, a paragraph stating that a piece of amber has been found in the excavations which have been made for the Delaware and Chesapeak Canal. We are informed, from a competent authority, that several speci mens ol amber have been discovered on ibis route, and that they v'ary from the common amber in being of a deeper co- JVai. Journal. . ^ . !‘ud all those haxiiic- >nns .igamst .Maid estate, wdl pivstnt ihein fof and niukf settlement I settlement. August to, NuWce I'.f I HOVI.P, Adm’r. •It 97 4 LT- persons in.lel.te.l to the esf.Ke of .Tamn » A .Means,dece;m'd, . lth,r i,v „ot,. !,„„k i - ... .....uu,,uei;i-aseu, . ,th,.r hv not.-«r !,ook account, are rcf|uested to e.m.e forward and make p.ayiiient; and all those who iuvr elaims on the estate, are hereby noti)ie! to c,,„k- for- w.ir, and jjresent them, otherwise this notic: N'll he phad in bar ot tluir claims, act ordini- to law. I \WSON' H. Al.r.vanDER. 5 WH 1,1 \M c, mkaNs, Augu.',t lu, Cj” 'I'he Editor of fhi will please msert the aliove fliiv, Iireseiit his account to the Administrators. MKa.NS, c Admr’f-. •>19^^ Western Carolinian timi s, and Lishmen.—About 100 Irishmen arrive at this place j>er week. I'hey come— men women and children—bag and bag- gage—sleep in barns, under horse sheds, or in open air, wherever night overtakes them. Night before las:, 17 of them, with their lumiicr, piled into one little room on the second floor j and about morning, do.vn they all tumbled togeth er, floor, beds, knapsacks, kettles, and all. One of the number was considerably in jured by the fall. ' White Hall Emporium. A writer in the Christian Watchman relates the following anecdote of Mr. Jeflerson. He says that the circumstances were detailed to him by Elder Andrew Tribble, about six years ago, who since died when ninety-two or three years old ; Andrew Tribble was the Pastor of a small Bajjtist Church, which held its monthly meetings at a short distance riMii i\Ir. Jeflerson’s house, eight or ten years before the American Revolution. Ml’. Jeflersojv attended the meeting of the Church for.several months in succession, and after one of them, asked I'Jder Trib ble to go home and dine with him, with which request he complied.. ^Ir. 1 ribble asked Air. Jeflerson how, he was j)leased with their Church Ciov- ernment.= Mr. Jeflerson replied, that it had struck him with great lijrcp, and had interested him much ; that he considered it as the only form ot pure dtinucravti that tlien existed in llie world ; and had con cluded that it wonM be the best plan of (lOi'tntiiK nt for the Jlrnericun Colonics. I'his Was several years belore the declaration ot America!! Independence. To whatj extent this jjractical exliibilionof reli-1 gious liberty and efiuality ojuTated on Air. Ji.iTcrson' luvuiVs l\u* decree of tiie Court of Equity ^ot* Rutln rford eminty, pronounee.l at Anri! I enii, A I) lH'2h, m the rase of Arthur Hron- son, (.ool.l I oyt, James H. Murray an.l 1‘ete.r A,. .Ia\, 1 etcr W Uii.h hir and 1,1,/a Thonii)son, hxec.uors and Executrix of Jam. s Thompson, deceased, against Augustus Sacket,—| will pro ceed to .sell hefoir- the Coiirt-Hoiise at Aslieville. in the county of Muneomhe, on Fridav. the l.lth day of October next, one tract of laiid contain ing thirty-six thousand four hundred and ninety- h)ur acres : this tract is situate in the so.ith-e..st; corner of the county, on tireen river and its waters. And in Rutherford rounty, before the f:ourN House in Ruthcrlordton, on riiesIa\, the ll'thi •lay of October next, being in term'of the Su- perior Court of that county, I will proreM to .sell all the lands usually denominated » Si)eeu4 ation Lands,- situate tl.erein, eonslstiilg of (iHy-eight separate tr.aets or patents, contairintr an aggregat* amount of three hiindre.l an.l thir ty-seven thousand nine Inindn'd an«l lil'ty five acres. 1 hese lands, from their gcm ral disner- Sion, present all the varieties of soil, kc. to be found 111 the county. CooirM county, before the 01 rt.IIouse in (d.arlotte, on ^Ve,^nesday, the l.lth (laj ()f November next, being in term of the Superior Court for that cmint^, I will i>ro. eeed to sell twenty thou.sand four hundrfd and fort\-hve acres of land, comprisinif seventeen separate tracts or patents, .situate in the south- eastern section of the county, in or ue.ir the (jold M^ine region. Thriliovc lan.ls will be sold hy the separate tractor patent; an.l should the sale at any one of ttie above places he- „.,t finished „n the .Uy mentioned, it will continue from day to day, until c.mipleted, or until so much thereof is •wld .IS mu) he suflicient to s atisfy the above menth.ne.l .Iccree, amounting to cine hundred e tv-e.gl t .lol ars, and the legal interest there- p'lid -Istol Augu.st, A. 1). 1821, until ■rentis--CAS„. Conveyances of title to bo executed by the complainants T. F. IHUCHEl'T, Ctert, £» M„,Ur. Uve Uvuva^vays \ UAN A\VA V from the ffuh- scrilier, on Saturday, the 22nd of July, a jugvo man named JI.M. Jim is a stout, strong bu,lt negro, aged about -yo y.;ars, dark eomplexioil. _ with thick lips, flat nose, and features generally of a heavy cast ; hisTOh.g not recodee.ted, hut 1 beheve they consisted chu My of homespun. '1‘|" .iACIIM,, the property of V\ ,ll,am IMaek, lie- ing 111 ProvKlenc- settlement, in t!„s eoiinty.- ■ Rache isab.nit 15 years old. five feet siv inehe-. high, has a small scar down tiie hft si.je d he; neck IS a smart active negro and fond of dress! her clothing, when she left h. re, cannot now h.^ specif.ed. Jimand Raehel being man and wife the) are doubtless together, lr is not known wiiere they wdl make lor; but as Raehel, on i tor-mer occasion, was tak.-n up iu Randolph cour.tv, where she had live.l some time, it h possible they may havr: gone there. Any per son deliver,ng both or either of tlie above nam- e.i negroe.i to the suliseriber, or securing th nt in such way that I can get them again, slirdl b.- :mitably rewarded, and all -raM.nabl.- r vpense,-. •'■‘1 / ; w . I'ilOS. R. SM.MMT. I hurl' ‘tr, Mfcktf'uhv.r'^ ('o. / imiif!, i’l forming his { views and princijdes of religious and civ-' U\ IC*C| il freedom, which were al’u-rwardi so aljly I Rone, an .i|,prrnti.'c to the exhibited, I w ill not say. sui,jcriber, nn au.iy S^jnu: tin,,; it) the . ^ I ot Jun.- Iu,t. Sai.l (.fo;ge about hs years of a}, made. A: fiv ■ l( et M V person uho DIKl), In this town, on the 1.5th instant, Mr. i:-,,,.K„;r. ; Adeiinatiiy, ot the hrm of Kk.niiiim k k Aiii;h-I \vard ahwik vV VATiir. Hi-, death is 1. ,-pi_v lamented, and has lett a void in society v. hicli tanno! Ik-easily fill ed. In this connly, on tlie Idlh instant, Mr. E/.i;- Kii.L Rohi.vson, ag-il al)out 40, one of the el ders of .Sugar (Jrrek Chureh. On the 10th inst. at liie resldenei; of-lames .Spr.ilt, Esij. Vo.-I; iJistr!c% s. C. in the 2J.1 year of h.r age, .Miss Mur,/ K. UarU. ilaug!i(..r h- N»e (..'t ii.u'f. counts ii' lu s li\rli and w el) "ill (K lu I r tl.e i.jl * '.Ve Cl iiT.-, r. M Ai;l \ i of iiW lU, (I ,/r pulilihhcd, and fur sah ..t ..dice [■rice I '■ pi’ice l.?J t ents, “ A 01, tli. nr.'nt.” Hy S.imitl C. C ir t u r r 1, \. tlWt\eAu\A‘i\ls inu\ Wuuds I’^r Side, yt the Ofllec of' ^ ‘t. .\toiie- I r r , h I p.

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