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That vihrn tho paper, through the fault of a subscriber, his been suffered to overron the time mbscribed for, that they have commenced a new i ngngement ftr another term. . 1 fP" If Mr. Bragg can be justly charged with being lute in his conversion to the cause of Inter nal Improvement, so may those whig in the J2! who now assail him on that point for the benefit of their party in the west. The Journals &how that he introduced the following resolution into tho House ol" Commons in 1850. "That it is the policy of this State to extend the North Carolina Hail Road West from Salisbury to the Tennessee lino, and ivist from Guldsborough to Newbern or Beaufort ; and that charters for this purpose should be planted to compunies on the same terms as those Iteretqf'ure granted to the North Carolina Rail Road Company." This resolution was intended to ascertain how many votes could be relied upon in the House of Commons favorable to an extension of the Hoad West and to grauting State aid to it. Mr. Kayner, an ICu stern Whig and a prominent member of the Convention which nominated Gen. Dockery, moved to lay the resolution on the table, and an examination of the Journal (page 960 Journal Il ic of Common) will show that Mr. Kayner, Mr. Cherry, and Mr. David Barnes of Northampton, three of the most prominent and influential men in tho Eustern Whig party v-)ted against the jdi' y of giving money to extend the Central hail Road West, and they are backed, with but few exceptions, by their party friends both Ivist and wist. The weight of numbers, of talent, and of ii.fluence of tho Whig party was, as this vote will show, thrown against the extension rf the Uond West, while such D mocrats as W. W. Avery, Samuel J. Person, and R. If. Saunders voted in favor of grunting a charier fur the Road West upon the same liberal terms as those allowed the North Carolina Rail Uuud Company. Ash viUe Nilis. From the Wlimington Herald. As ! Iwe cu1 ject of Rail Road communication with the West in is the prominent topic ; we have thought that a slight table iA distances from this point, west wardly along the routes proposed, would not be out ol place. WfUfSOTQl T Charlotte via Whitesville. Wilmington to W hiU'sville. ... 44 miles. Whitesville to Rockingham. . . . 68J " Jtockingham to Wadcsboro'. . . . 18 Wadesboro' to Charlotte 42 ti Total from Wilmington to Charlotte via Whitesville 172i " Wilmington to Charlotte via Favetteville. Wilmington to F.i yetteville via North East and B attv's Bridge Road 74 miles. Fayctteville to Rockingham. . Rockingham to Wadesboro'. Wadcsboro' to Charlotte. . . . Total, via Fayetteville. . . . . 51 ' . 18 42 " 185J M Difference 13 miles in lavor of Whitesville. But, should the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company build a branch to Fayetteville, as it has the power to do under its charier, and as it has the means at its disposal very readily to do, the new Company would have 17 miles less Road to build, than from Whitesville, thus : From Fayetteville, to Charlotte. . lll miles. Whitesville "... 128i Shorter from Fayetteville 17 miles. The distance from Fayettevillo to Greensboro' is 00 miles. Fayettevillo to Salisbury 101 mile " Wilmington 74 " Benufort 120 " Cheraw " Rockingham. . . . 22 We have nothing at this time to say about the advantages of either route towards Charlotte, via FYettevtlle or Whitesville. Both h;e strong ad vocates ; but our pre.sei.t object is merely to give the distances wiih the view to aid in the proper in vesication of the subject. VAsnrCTOX, June 16. Yesterday afternoon the luneral of 'he only child of the Ilrn. Jefferson I U vis, Secretary of War, Samuel Kmory, who died aged 22 months and 14 days, took place. There was a very" large funeral cortege the Pre sident's carr"g? forming a pa rt of the procession. Shun the man who deals in smooth words and has no ntln-r occupation, for he may bring you lo the same condition. CHARLOTTE : FRIDAY MORMM,, Jnne 23, 1854, FOR GOVERNOR: THOMAS BRAGG, ESQ., OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. For State Senator, CiPT. JOII WALKER. For Commoners, WM. R. MYERS, WILLIAM BLACK. We are authorised lo announce the name of SAM'L J. LOWUIE as a Whig candidate for a seal in the House of ( 'amnions to represent Mecklenburg county in iho next Gen eral Assembly. Election, 3d day ot August. CANDIDATES FOB SHERIFF, t& We are auihoriztd to announce E. C CRIER, (of Providence settlement .) as a car. d. date for the office of Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, at the approaching August election. candidate tor the oflke of Sheriff ot Mtcklei.burg county, at , some such arrangement is not made, as soon as ihe ending August ekc.ion. ,he CVntruI Road is completed to Raleigh, travel Kr We are authorized to announce R. R. REA, as a ( i r ., ... r r'i. )..- .ill nn ..! .,,, can d date lor Sheriff ot Mecklenburg County at the ensuing I Atisjus: election. Jttr We are authorized to announce W. A COOK, as a ! fnrnl ilatfi lur hhm ill of .Ylfi-k:eii hiij IJOuntV at t he nunina Augi:s; election. ' Kr We are autljoriard to announce JAM KS WALLACE ! as acaunxiaie tor Queriu 01 .utciticiiuuig v ouiuy ui tnc eu ! r.JOL M ft-1 I f. suing Angu;t elect on, UNION COUNTV. V arc authorized to announce Col. JAMES A. DUNN as a candidate to represent Union County ip die House ol Commons in the ueil Leg:slaiinc. i'o- annquucftis Candidates Jor office, 3. Gr As there sterns to be some misapprehen sion in regard to the position occupied by Capt. Jybn Walker on the subject of the Wilmington, Charlotte Sc Jcnesboro' Rail Road, we are author ized to state, that he vpws this project as being os thoroughly North Carolinian as any oi the Roads already built or contemplated ; and that he will not only exrt himself to secure the char ter, but will urge the subscription on the part of the Stile of two-thirds of the capital stock. As that policy has already been pursued, and this 8ecion taxed to piake improvements in other por tions, it is nothing but right and just that there Fhould be a reciprocity jn this matter, Upon the general sulj"d ol Internal Improve ment, Captain Walker agrees exactly with Mr. Bragg. They think it is safe to .invest the funds of the State where individuals are willing to risk their own that the expenditure of the people's money should be guided by prudence, economy, and a due regard to the benefits likely to result in improving the financial condition of the State they are opposed to the distribution ol the pro ceeds of the public lands, and look to our own means to pay the debt incurred. Being States Rights men, they believe the members of the Le gislature should be responsible to their constitu encit s for the appropriations of the public money, and not to the Fodenl Government. This is the only way to put a check upon embarking in wild and visionary schemes, recklessly squandering the people's money and involving the State, which will result either in repudiation or burdensome taxation. . . Deserved it. On Wednesday last it came to the ears of a number of our citizens that a man by the name of Hale, from the wooden nutmeg State, had been expressing himself in regard to our peculiar in stitutions rather after the fashion of Seward. He was politely waited upon and requested to leave in an hour or take the penalty which was simply a new dress made of old materials one ingre dient of which epters largely into the list of ex ports of the State. The creature did not seem to be actuated by malice, or a coat of tar and feath ers would have been administered without any ceremony. We cannot be too watchful of those itinerants who infest our country under the pretence ol sell ing their articles of merchandise, when frequently they are abolition emissaries. We are opposed lo their coming into the State any way, that we cannot prevent, but we can keep a close look out, and if we detect any misconduct treat them as they deserve, that is, to a coat of tar and feath ers and a ride on a rail, that's all. Merchant's Mill. By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen that the largo Merchant's Mill in process of construction by our enterprising isnd public spirited capitalist, Leroy Springs, Esq., will be completed by the 1st of September, and ready to commence operation. This enterprise we hope and believe will prove a profitable investment to its liberal proprietor and while it greatly increases the growth and business of our town, will be of incalculable benefit to the agricultural community. The main "building is 100 feet long by 50 wide, 4 stories high, with a 2 story addition the length of the factory by 25 feet wide the machinery will be put up in the 1st story, the stones run in the 2d, the flour be stored in the 3rd, and the wheat in the 4th. In the addition, an engine wil! be placed of 60 horse power, which is of suffi cient capacity to propyl 5 st Its of wheat stones, 2 corn stones, a saw mill, a sett of stones to grind corn au j cobs for the use of stock, and a barrel machine to manufacture all that will be used in packing the flour. The mill will grind and pack 300 barrels of flour in 24 hours, thus aff-rding a Market for five hundred thousand tulu is of w heat each year. The whole arrangements are com plete and systematic and reflect credit upon all parties engaged in the cr nstructin. This is a magnificent undertaking, one that the farming interests of this rich and valuable wheat giowing section have long needed to stimulate the production of this staple. The farmer now will not have to carry his wheat to mill and make a return trip for the fluur. He has no'hing to do now hut lo sell his crop in a bulk, deliver accord ing to contract, receive the cash, and thus do in one trip what was necessary to make several to accomplish. It rests with the farmers to say w hether this enterprise shall be encouraged. Tho want of a market will no laager be an excuse, for Yr. Springs will pay cash for every lu hel of wheat that is brought him and the trouble, h ss of, time, and expense of huckstering the fluur through I . I the country can be dispensed wiih. Charlotte Rati Road. We hear a good deal of complaint in regard to the time the Charlotte trains arrive at and leave Columbia. We think it would be to the interest of the Company so to regulate it as to prevent the necessity of remaining there so long. The train now reaches Columbia at 3 o'clock where passen gers going North have to remain until 12 o'clock next day the train then leayes there in the morn ing at 7, ana" at 1J the Manchester cars come in. when passengers bound in this direction are de tained 20 hours. Now, if the Charlotte train could wait until after the arrival of the Northern cars, it would then have sufficient time to reach this town by day light, and a great public conve nience would be effected. This we understand is the feeling all along the line, and we apprehend if 'uc e.- " ! Columbia is one of the most beautilul towns :n t he ,he country tfie Hotels pof7i(brlabIe ' " " r, y j- f, and landlords obliging. We do net so much object to tli las that is levied on our Dockets bv the delav ' as to the loss of time and hindrance. 'This is a matter well worthy of the attention of those who have the control, and t he sooner the a!teratjops are made the better it will be for the Company, rhe Weather and Crops. The heat crop is now harvested, and we are informed by good judges that the crop is an aver age one, The weather ha, for some week or more, been quite dr, and the corn and cotton are now suffer ing, While we write, the Heavens are overcast with clouds, and we hope before this issue reaches our country readers, they will be blest with abun dant showers. The corn and cotton crops are very backward, but if it is seasonable and we have a late fall, there is nothing in present appearances to preclude the hope that the labor of the farmer will be amply rewarded. Fine Harness. Mr. VV. Whealan has just turned out n sett of Buggy Harness for Maj. John Townley, that will do credit to any establishment in the country. Not understanding the technicalities of the craft, we will not attempt a description. The materials used are of the best quality, and the workmanship of the most superior order. The whole is got up in good taste, combining the beautiful with the substantial. He has also finished several Saddles, which, to be appreciated must be seen. We arc in favor of encouraging home enterprise, particu larly when we can get better articles and at North ern prices. This Mr. Whealan promises to do. Try him. Rail Road meeting in Wadcsboro'. Pursuant to previous notice, on Saturday, the 16th insf., a large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Anson county convened at tho Court House in Wadesboro' for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of building a Rail Road from Wilmington to Charlotte, and thence to some point further West. On motion, A. Little, Esq., was called to the Chair, and N. D. Boggan requested to act as Sec retary. The meeting included all classes of our citi zens, who are animated with the same zeal in prospect of the advantages which would arise up on the completion of the noble enterprise. On motion of A. Myers, Esq., the Cha:rman ap pointed the following committee to draft Resolu tions for the action of the meeting, to wit: A. Myers, S. W. Cole, P. Richardson, J. Medley and Elijah Carson. During the absence of the Com mt'.'.ee the meeting was highly entertained by speeches from Gen. A.-J, Dargnn and (J.S. Ashe, Esquires. The Committee reported the following Pream ble and Resolutions which were unanimously adopted ; to wit : Whereas, The construction of Rail Roads judiciously located is calculated to develope the resources of our State to facilitate the transpor tation of our produce to enhance materially tho value of our real estate improve our social condi tion, and to confer its advantages alike upon all classes within its influence, we are therefore dis posed to avail ourselves of the present favorable op portunity to express our decided approbation of a I movement which promises the above results : Be it therefore Resolved, Thnt we approve of the contemplated Road from Wilmington, or from some point on the Wilmington As Manchester Rail Road to Charlotte, and from thence to Jonesboro' or some other western point; and that we are willing to contribute our mite towards i's construction. Resolved, That in viewing the above Road in every sense as emphatically a STATE ROAD, we hereby instruct our members to the Legisla lure to use all proper exertions to procure a char ter for the same, and to induce that body to sub scribe to its stock in the same proportion as it did to the North Carolina Road. Resolved, That we highly approve of the pro posed Rail Road Convention to be held in Char lotte on the ensuing 4th of July, and that the Chairman appoint one hundred delegati s to rep resent the views of our citizens in that body ; and in addition to the above all the present meeting is hereby appointed a delegation to said Convention. LIST OF DELEGATES : II. B. Hammond, A. Myt rs, W. R. Leak, A. J. Dargau, Geo. W. Little, Thomas S. Ashe, M. Shaw, N. D: B ggan, W. S. Kendall, M. Sigman, S. W. Neal, James Boggan, J. R. Hargrave, L. D. Kirby, G. W. Meachum. II. Haugh, C. Bir mingham, Jt?sse W. Cox, James C. Caraway, L. M. McLendon, E. Cooley, F. M. Pul, A. C. Moore, Wm. E. Fray, P. Richardson, E. F. Lilly, J. P. Jones, Jhs. A. Leak, Dr. W. G. Jones, Dr. W. C. Ramsey, Wm. C. Smith, R. Crump, II. W. Deberry, P. N. Ingram, E. R. Li es, Dr. J. W. Crawford, A. J. Cox, M. C. Long, Jere. Hen ry, John Wall, W. F. Burn., Joshua Allen, W. N. Parker, Wm. Baueum, Riley Diggs, William Allen, J. White, Jas. M. Knotts, Dr. J. II. Till man, David Hostile J, D. Niven, Alfred Buucum, W. G. Smith, S. W. Cole, D.vid Carpenter, V. S. G-irrctt, W. I. Ledbetter, W. C. Flak-, Ben. D. Henrv, J imes Tomlinscn, Dr. W. L. Terrv. Joel Gud'dy, W. Alien, Harvey Kro:!s, N. M. Hubbard, Henry Digns, Dr. J. B. Coltrell, T. liar- J Dr- W TwiTJ' MW' M"ske' George Spencer, C. C. Bhckwell, II. A. Craw- .. , " 1 . Bv: u r Ci urj Myers, Archibald Niven. Dr. C. Watkins, Joel Tyson, Dr. W. S. Kndall, John Spencer. Joel Rushing, Thomas Culledge, William Little, Thos. J. Lockhart, B. J. Dunlap. G. B. ThreatlffiH, B. l.'IU, M-r . ... " "J " " ' . . . . , I 17 1 13 T A f..U it I R H Paul, Peter May, J. F. Streater, John Grady, R. Buchanan, James Curtis, Thos, J, Polk, John P. RatcliiT, Robert L. Steele, John Tyson, jr., Wm. L. Ledbetier. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be pnolished in the Pee Dee Star, and the Char loi'e. and Wilmington papers. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. A. LITTLE, Chair'n. NORFLEET D. BOGGAN. Sec'tV. From the f J3oletin Extraordinario del Oobierno del Salvador," of May 2. Ruins of the City of San Salvador. Quis taha fanco Tempeiet a lacrimis Vjrgii.. The night of the 16th of April, 1854, will ever be one ol sad and hitter memory for the people of Salvador. On that unfortunate night our happy and beautiful capital was made a heap of rums. Movements of the earth were felt on the morning of Holy Thursday, preceded by sounds like the rolling of heavy artillery over pavements, and like distant thunder. The people were a little alarmed in consequence of this phenomenon, but it did not prevent them from meeting in ihe churches to cel ebrate ihe solemnities of the day. On Saturday all was quiet, and confidence was restored. The people of the neighborhood assembled, as usual, to celebrate the Passover. The night of Saturday was tranquil, as was also the w hole of Sunday. The heat, it is true, was considerable, but the at mosphere was calm and serene. For the first three hours of the evening nothing unusual oc curred but at halfrpust nine a severe shock of an earthquake, occurring without the usual pre liminary noise, alarmed the whole city. Many families left iheir houses and made encampments in the public squares, while others prepared to pass the night in their respective court yards. Finally, at ten minutes to eleven, without pre monition of any kind, the earth began to heave and tremble with such fearful force that in ten seconds the entire city was prostrated. The crashing of houses and churches stunned ihe ears ol the terrified inhabitants, while a cloud of dust from the falling ruins enveloped them in a pall of impenetrable d.ukness. Not a drow of water could be got to relieve the half-choked and suffo cating, for the wells and fountains were filled up or made dry. The clock tower of the Cathedral carried a great part of the edifice wuth it in its fall, The towers of the church of San Francisco crushed the Episcopal Oratory and part of the palace. The church of Santo Domingo was buried beneath its lowers, and the college ol the Assumption was entirely ruined. The new and beautiful edifice of the University was demolished. The church of the Merced separated in the centre, and its walls outward to the ground. Of the private houses a few were left standing, but all were rendered un inhabitable. It is worthy of remark that the walls left standing are old ons , all those of modern construction have fallen. The public edi fices af the government and city shared the com mon destruction. The devastation was effected, as wo have said, in the first ten seconds ; for although the succeed ing shocks were tremendous and accompanied by fearful rumbling beneath our feet, they had com paratively trifling results, for the reason that the first had left but little for their ravages. Solemn and terrible was the picture presented on that dark, funeral night, of a whole people clustering in the plaza, and on their knees, crying with loud voices to heaven for mercy, or in ago nizing accents calling for their children and friends, which they believed to be buried beneath the ruins. A heaven opaque and ominous ; a movement of the earth rapid and unequal, causing a terror indescribable ; an intense sulphurous odor filling the atmosphere, and indicating an ap proaching eruption of the volcano; streets filled with ruins or overhung by threatening walls ; a suffocating cloud of dust almost rendering aspira tion impossible ; such was the spectacle presented by the unhappy city on that memorable and awful night ! A hundred boys were shut up in the college, many invalids crowded the hospitals, and the bar racks were fiill of 9oIdiers. The sense of the catas trophe which must have befallen them, gave poig nancy to the first moments of reflection after the earthquake was over. It was believed that at least a fourth part of the inhabitants had been buried beneath the ruins. The members of the govern ment, however, hastened to ascertain, as far as practicable, the extent of the catastrophe, and to quiet the public mind. It was found that the loss of life had been much less than was supposed, and it now appears probable that the number of the killed will not exceed one hundred, and of wounded fifty. Among the latter is the Bishop, who re ceived a severe blow on the head ; the late Presi dent Senor Duenas ; a daughter of the President, and the wife of the Secretary of the Legislative Chambers the latter ssverely. Fortunately the earthquake has not been fol lowed bv rains, which gives an opportunity to disinter the public archive, as also many of the valuables contained in the dwellings of the citi zens. The movements of the earth still continue, with strong shocks, and the people, fearing a general swallowiug up of the site of the city, or that it may be buried under some sudden eruption of the vol cano, arc hastening away, taking with them their house-hold good, the sweet memories of their in fancy, and their domestic animals, perhaps the only properly left for the support ol the families exclaiming with Virgil, "Ncs pnlfice fines etdulia linquimus arva." - . Good Kcws! We write this paragraph from Cherokee County Court. We have been, within the last two weeks, in the counties of Burke, Rutherford, Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Cherokee, and we have never known our party friends to be in better spirits, more enthusiastic, or more certain of vic tory, than they are in all these counties. If ilmre is a single Democrat in any one of the above named counties who will vote against Bragg, we have not been able to hear of him, and we are confident his vote will be belter than Gov. Reid's was two years ago. Union, harmony and indus try will ensure us a glorious victory. Let us have it. Asheville Neus. An Opium Eater. A young man named John A. Butterworth was before the Police Court yes terday, charged with being a vagrant, nnd plead ing guilty he was sentenced to three months in the House of Industry. For some months past, according to his own statements, he had bsen in the daily practice of taking opium, until at last it required iwo and a half ounces per day to satisfy the craving of his appetite. This seriously affec ted his nervous system and his general health. After consulting with a physician on Tuesday, he expressed a desire to go to Deer Island, whre he would be out of the reach of his favorite drug, nnd at his own request a complaint of vagrancy, was made against him. Bos: on Journal. Houston and Benton. General Samuel Houston did us the honor the other day to send us word by a couple of our cit izens, who met the hero in Texas, that if he had his way about it, he would hang up the editors of the Advertiser and Gazette '-like dogs." Doubt less the old traitor would like to hang all the ed itors in the country "like dogs." except the beauty of the New York Tribune, and other abolition ed itors, who bespatter the old coward with the most fulsome praise since he turned his back on the South. The fact is, old Sam has been acting like a""free nigger" ever since his waster, Gen. Jack son, died. As long as Old Hickory had his eye over him, the soi disant hero of San Jacinto was kept straight; as straight as a vicious man can be kept by a virtuous one. Since the melancholy event above alluded lo, however he has been try ing to set up for himself, impiously casting his eyes towards the White House, and selling himself to the abolitionists who are ever ready to piek up the broken down debauches of the South, and makes almost as much ado over them as over the negroes they steal from us. He t? now in the arms of those who once exhausted all the dirty terms in our language to characterise his immoral end ras cally character just as old Benton is in high fa vor with those who for thirty years accused him of Truly, time makes us acquainted with strange bed-fellows and extremes meet but old Sam will never have the pleasure of making a rope meet around our mcks, nor will we cease to lash him through our columns as a traitor a thirty pieces of silver politician. He is fit to hang dogsj he should never aspire to hang any thing else, exeppt himself. By the way, we have a chapter in the life of Houston, not contained in that by C. Edwards Lester, and yet unwritten, which we will supply if he sends us any more of his impertinent messages. Montgomery Advertiser, Abolition Sympathy. Burns, the fugitive, while here on his return to Richmond, was quite communicative. He stated that his leaving Rich mond was accidental and not permeditated. He was employed as stevedore in loading a vessel at Rockets, and after knocking off work for the day. lay down in the hold and soon fell asleep, having no idea that the vessel had finished loading, but supposing he would be employed on board again on the next day. He waked up some time after, and finding the hatch cjosed. called out to b released from his confiement, which was done. He insis ted on being put ashore, but it was refused, and ihey told him he would soon be in Boston, where he would find plenty of friends, plenty of employ ment, and want for nothing; so finding they would not put him on shore, he made up his mind to go to Boston, and be n gentleman. But on his ar rival he was sadly disappointed. There were plen ty of idle negroes there and he could got nothing to do. It was nearly a month before he got a job of work, nnd in the mean lime he was half starved and ragged as a buzzard. None of his abolition friend cared for him until their found out that he was a "runaway nigger," and then they were ready enough to help him. A common nigger there (he said) was of no account with them he might starve and rot; but if he was only a "runaway," they were almost ready to fall down and worship him. "Look at these clothes," said he, pointing to the elegant dress suit he had on "do you think thev would have given them to any common nig ger? Shugh!" Norfolk Herald. Walker the Filibuster, has surrendered to the United States authorities to save himself from fril ling into the hands of the Mexicans. He is to be fried for violating the laws of the country prohibi ting fitting out armed expeditions against other countries. There is another offence which ought not to be overlooked when the law comes to deal out justice to this individual, and that is the delib erate murder of two of his men, whom he had shot, under a sentence of court martini, composed of other pirates like Walker. Should he escape con viction under our laws, which is scarcely proba ble, under the testimony, the Mexican government will doubtless demand his surrender, to answer for the crimes he was guilty of in Sonora, Fashionable Pantaloons. The Courier des Etats Unis says : " We sny, yesterda', in Broad way, a young gent complacently promenading the fashionable side, and proud in the possession of the first pair of trowsers of a new pattern. The ground tint was gray; from the right boot arose a design, representing the heights of Gibraltar, the waistcoat just cevering the upper folds of the British flag, waving from the summit of a lofty tower. The left boot served as a base for Mount Vesuvius, in a state of eruption ; torrents of lava, rolled down the face of the mountain, inundating the vallejs in the region of the knees. The gen tleman was rewarded for this exhibition by the curious attention of a crowd of street boys, who followed in the rear of tho moving panorama !" The Largest Sheep in the World. Mr. Francis J. Gray, of Cynthia, Kentucky has a Kentucky- raispd hnc.k. weiffhinff about three hundred J o o pounds, and measuring around the girth five feet "two inches, fresh sheared, which took the first premium at the Paris (Ky.) Fair last fall. JUST Received a fresh supply of Summer Goods, con sisting of CLOTHING & DRY-GOODS. More BONNETS and beautiful RIBBON. Please call on M. DAUM, 2 doors below Spratt &. Co. Charlotte June 23, 1854- 4Ptf GREAT BARGAINS. I'HE Season is now advancing1, and the subscribers he . ing desirous of reducing their stock of Spring & Summer Dry Goods, which now comprises all the new and various style", offer them at cost and carriage, to those who lire about to purchase figured Dress Goods of any kind, Mania let.-, embroidered Chemisettes, Sleeves and Collars also a large Stock of Ready-Made Clothing, we would advise them to call and see our Goods and hear our prices, and wc know we can satisfy them. They will save money by buying from us. BROWN, BllA VVLEY & CO. ITJ We want to buy 2 000 bushels ot pood WHEAT, for which we will pay the highest market price. Charlotte, June 23. 48tf B. B. & Co. Statement of the Condition of the BANK OF CHARLOTTE, North Caro 10th of June. 1854. Notes Discounted, Bills of Exchange, Suspended Doll, Domestic Bills, Duo from other Banks, , Due from Agents, Bank Property, Notes of other Banks on hand, Specie, .... Vouchers, 550 00 9,793 00 50,320 56 4,213 30 $716,504 43 niAiinitiu, In Union county, on the 8th instant bv n- P. Mum. Kr.. Mr. J )HN M (I ir' " assistant Post Mnstcr nf Hub fifn.. .- ... . , .-, ..... .... ... v. Ill il If 'Ti. RY T Rf.AfR Hniuhtor nf th. L- U H.n nf t i flr lanhH nr rrwinti- . . , B . v taie , p DIED, In ibia ("Vtnnfir fin l-'riil iv itin n.L I A MRS KUIK. need 22 vears nr-H " i.. v. ...... ,, - n. j,!, . ....... , c? j vita Hia 1idnaa 1 ho F!iiy WAS ranirl in if. - inn in n vtrv itw hvm i'iiiiiiiii'ii'ii iru u triiLit hAU'auo r r n n r nofn nin no riiwi i. -I . I I'M . .. pared. Near , - " "Hfl urim.. nv iiiijiiliis uc 1 1 j i tj iiia riat i made a public profession Ul 1119 Dl II III I'l uri N IIU L-UUIH V-lU IIIIN9B II IIIQ 1 1 II l I I f V , n.wl S.V,.ftS,f As) fli.rtcclf tljitft f I, A Pkll.nt. f l ri: li. i .: .. "Sir VICCAi IJIO OTum n IIU i uii . i i "uu 1 i wrre. SUci gnve evidence of being a child of God. also ready, for in such an hour as ve ilii..L . l -1 .1. f me son 01 iiihii eumeui. Near Hickory Grove, Mecklenburg County ine iin iiisiuiu, r ix livi t , eon i j. t(. 4 r v. vi iiusjjic, ajj-u - yi.-nra, uiuuuis and days. In 1 1 n KrnrKf rrlurl rn nrninrr T li A n nn,J jii in va B t UVB ,,,,' o gubvll Upj a oeaunoua nuwer, out ere iue evening tij. Mnoonr) ntnf jt oc. t'n In t Ft A JH a I nr li r. 1 1 . . C pasocu unity ivn iti , 11 uic uai 111 m;ui 3 fj my spirits nave oeen luiiua ny some onght dretQ but with tne aarx stiu nignt tne vision tins dtp, co. weiniiiKs uiai :uus it is in j ue- in youth H !:. 1 a I a (-.. 1 a 2-, I ' I . I fair morn we clasp some gentle one within fond embrace, but ere we are aware Death'i t inn augci una inn.xu inc lutcu uuc lu Ills 0 cold bosom. Partings and farewells cast I shadows all along lite s puthway, but they tell that there is a land Whcro farewell tears no more are thrd Upon its changeless shore, 'I'll " t there tho holy ones who meet Shall parted be no more. Oh, will it not be very sweet When all the ties now rivvn, Shall be united once again Within the gates of Heaven ? I love to think of that pure land. And its white, sinless throng; And sometimes my strange heart aspires 'IV. It au aig mi ungti a song, r KATEl !)AA AAA BUSHELS of WHEAT, lor which j Highest cmkIi prices will tc paid, to Iki, uveiiMi ni ma .ucrcnani iuin in t.narioiie, at anv ti alter the 1st day of September next. LEROY SPRINGS June 23, 1854. 4Hlf. sj i lie news, iniiviiic. uazciie. Concord, mi Burner. S.lishiirv. u ill mmk.'i innnllm .mil m nil lull. i. the Subscriber. I,, fj. I7"OR SALE. The subscriber bus for sale at his X oa Mc.Michacls creek, a l irge quantity of good luu bcr of various kinds, stacked, dried, and ready for dclii cry. JAMES KEllfi, June 23d. 1851. 48-tf Fulton Foundry and Boiler Worki FIEL2, BROTHER & CO. IilON FOUNDERS AND MACHINIST?, i MAM'FACrrREHS OF Steam Engines Sf Jtlinltigr JtMaehlntrti U For specimens of tlieir work liny refer to, Ik' chinery put up ut Vandcrburg Mine, Cabarrtu Cotur . North Carolina. 48.5s 1 ELMS 6c JOHNSON. Forwarding and Commission Mmhaid NO. 10 VENDUE RANGE, CHARLESTON, 8. C VV. W. ELMS. U. JOHNSON. June 23, '54. 43U". ENGINEERING. M'HE Undersigned is vjieparee to Frnf?n tu 1 specifications, and estimates, and to- uaMisct k Steam Engines and Boit.ei.s, Saw; and GltrsT Miu Mining Machinery, Hoisting, and Pcsirimi Eseiu Tobacco Presses and Scrkvs, and MACHINERY OK EVERY DESCRIPTION. 0 ( - - j, D . years experience in North Carolina, 1 am fully awi- lipin? a iiractira Machinist, and h vims' bat if" , , j ' ai facilities for furnishing good Machinery at fair pi" are unsurpassed. 1 will pay particular attentions w wants nt the neon e. anil 1 can s ,llv sav last I puiimg up ar.y macninery in any par: o: tne stain Noith and r-'outh Carolina, Agent lot McClintock's patent Safety Vslr . m . . T-. aa.L.f- m t Ol'UU S (Id (fill Hi UK ."lilllMIH, C I . Owl. D7 All letters to receive attention must bp. paid. HENRY (.. BhUCE, June 21. 48-6w, Consulting Engineer, i Raleigh, H.(M FASHIONABLE TAILORING. THE oiilcril)i r rjunouncri his former culnn i and tin- p $i lie generally, that he iMUjtjfl o:cned a NEW TAILOR'S! at the r c.nt bland of Robin' Res), where he is prepared to patch but-incss in his lineil shortest notice and sccordint the mont approved stvles ndi ions of the day, having in his employmt nt for this losc woiknicn of the first order to be found in tliUm otlier country. D7" All Orders from a dislano; promptly attendVi Address D. L. REA Charlotte Jun 23, 1851. NEW BOOKS. Just Received at the CharlolteBookSh Family & Pocket Bibles; with or without CUil A Complete Religious Encyclopedia, by the l N. Brown; John Calvin's Institute of the Christian Reli" Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; Washington and his Generals bj J T. HesdleJ! The Apocalypse unveiled; British Eloquence, by C. A. Goodrich; Life and Speeches of Henry Clay; Pictorial History of the Wars of the United Sti Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington; Heroines of History, by Mary E. Howitt; Flush Times, by Baldwin. Bloodstone, by Donald Mcleod, Spirit Manifestations; Hot Corn, or Life Scenes in New York; Life of John A. Murrel; The Swamp Steeo, or The Days of Marion ' Merry Men; The Laughing Philosophy, or Book of Fun; Fortune Tellers's Own Book; The Southern and Western Dream-Book; Also, a splendid assortment of Stationrey. ; The Ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully1' to call and examine. rt enniss & i'R,ot; Charlotte. N. C 48 tf Book 3357,556 81 Capital Stock, s 202,609 51 Note- in Circulation, 5,877 24 Bills Payable, 150 00 General Profit and Loss, 65,116 46 Due to Depositors, m M i) a. 34l5 - v $716' WM. A. LUCAS, Cm
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