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tom mi CHARLOTTE: TUESDAY MOKNIKG, Not. 6, 1855. A .uw Platform. On our first page will be found a new " Platform of the American (Know-Nothing) party of North Carolina," sent forth "into this breathing world" by a State Convention which convened a few days ago at Raleigh. Their old principles having worn out and become unpopular, they have gone to work and made a new set. Whether the lust will suit their purposes any better than the first remains to be seen. We predict that they have not yet been formed and fashioned to suit Democratic taste. The planks of the platform have been changed a little, Mjmo portions left out and other splinters inserted, but the same old timbers are there. War against fo reigners and Catholics, still forms the ''great primary principle" of the Order. This principle, they declare is "paramount in importance to any issues of mere governmental policy." The Catholics and the m in ers, with their '"rink irish brogue," and "swcot tier man accent," are like the locusts of Egypt, ruining thti nation ; and the whole country is called ujhjii to rise up in arms and slay them, Tie- quptttuns ol lnuij or no slavery, five territory or slave tvrrlto nr. high tariff or low tariff the currency and puhlio land (MMKtioos, and all the great isut-s which have ln-rctofore divided partlea ;,u churned the attention of statesmen, sink Into utter insignificance, when roinpar"l to tho ui'xmeiitani ones, its 1 0 whether a Man was born at home or abroad, or entertains uL own rfligi'Ui auntlmentj ! If oijr Knuw -Nothing friends attach so much im jort:inc to a man's birth place and his religion, why do they not go a little farther, ami enquire whe ther ho wan horn north of Mason and Dixon's line, whether he Is a Nfaasackusean or a Vermonter, and whether ho doc not entertain some religious belief a- objeetionable as the Catholic. Why not inquire into the character, patriotism, principles and reli gion of all who belong to their party I There are those who entertalu tlie opinion that we have a mngt u- niorc misehievous natives than foreign er., and wlsOM principles and course are more dan-g.-rous to the jh ace and prosperity of the Union. Vt sympathise with our Know-Nothing frionda in the trouble they have with their principles" and platforms. They are continually meeting and alter ing them ; anil certainly .show a commendable de sire to shape them no as to please the people. As they have no fixed principles, tbey can exchange their old n.- for new ones with the same facility they licard an old and soiled garment for a new one. Hut, Democrats understand the game ; and will not he caught in the trap, although it may be st o -'catch birds of every feather.' H - - Jlr. Dixon, U. S. Senator from Ken tucky. The Democratic party were recently defeated by a small majority in this old strong Whig S:ate ; but the sign indicate a strong Democratic major ity at the Presidential Election next fall. The tullo.ving letter from Senator Dixon, who was el ected to the U. S. Senate by the CUy Whigs of Kentucky, is one of the significant signs to which era altrilr Kentucky, in a contest between Dem oc.ra.tic and Know-Nothing prinriples, will unite nr.xt Full, with all her sister Southern Stater, in easting her rote lor a Democratic President. Murk the prediction : Letter lrom lion. Archibald Dixon. Hkndehson (Ky. ) Sept. 1855. tJK.NTi.tMKN : 1 have received your note ol the inst., inviting me to be present at a meeting ol the democracy and national men of the country, to be held nl L'-xington on the 5 h ol" October next, to consult in regard to the safety of the republic. The republic is indeed in danger, and it will re quire all the sound and national men of the coun try to save it ; and occupying the position that I do, ol belonging to no party but my country, 1 would willingly eo operate with any pnriy that in this her hour of extremity can aid her. The Ame rican party at this time ennuol help her divided, it is, into two great sectional parties ; the one northern, and the other southern, and on platforms entirely opposite. It is impotent to do good, and only powerful to do evil. It can only arm the North against the South, and the South aganiel the North and then endanger, il not destroy, the I'nion. The democratic party now is the only p-irty that has a national platform on the subject h! slavery, on which the national mn ol every State can stand. It is the piriy that can defeat in the next presidential election t'-.c abolitionists and freesoilers ol the North ; and to accomplish this object. I will not only unite with them, but war with them to the death. Regrrtting that cir cumstances over which I have no control will pre vent my being present on the occasion alln h-d to, I remain, very trulv and respec fully, yo is Ac. ARC! I'D DIXON. To R. Wicklife, J. C. Breckinridge, C. C. R o gera. R. W. Woolley, esq., Committee of Invi tation. Letter of Gov. Wise to the .ew York Hard.' We find in the New York Xctrs a b-ttcr from Coventor ":sc, of Virginia, to the New York Nutioual Democratic meeting, which was held on .Monday, the 22J instant. It is marked by all the striking peculiarities of the writer. Not having room for the whole leiter, we make an extract, which refers to the conchological divisions ol the New York Democrats. Says Mr. Wise : "Finally , gentlemen, according with you, as I do, in the leading principles of yur platform, I cordially accept your invitation to uni'e with you in engrafting them upon the policy of the country. But 1 especially concur with you in the sentiment that it is upon principles alone we ought to unite; and that alt co aliti ons between those who essen tially differ on cardinal points, are unprincipled and demoralizing. And here I might panne; but, long as this letter is, I have a word more to say. 1 hope I have answered your kind compliment in its own spirit, without inquiring whether you have any alias any other name under Heaven bv which you are known among mun than that ol National Democrats. I have purposely omitted to do so. "Like yourselves, another body of Democrats of Nw York, lately, approched me fairly and opeuly, and I responded gratefully to them as I do to you. I was soon upbraided wM having given 'aid and comfort' to a certain party called 'Sofif .' Now, some ono may say that 1 have like, rise given 1n adhesion to the Hards of New Yr-rk! W ll, all I can say for myself is, that I don't mean to know any Hard or Soft names, for any frtends who will uni'e wi'h me in 'the mission ol the De mocracy to proclaim and maintain the great doc trine of civil and religious liberty, and to uphold and enforce the Constitution in its subiime priuci pies of justice and equality.' 'You must not wnder that your Democratic friends in Virginia are often confused by names and things m New Y'-rk. We wish to see a un ited D mocracy there on the old grounds of Jef ferson and J.ickson. We hear ol Hard, and Sofi, and Hal! Shells, and the idoas we form ol them can be best illutrat d by a suhj ct of natural his tory. We have in our waters, jjenth men, a cms laceous amiiia) c ilb-d a crab a sea fish, with fins and claws a' bo'h ends, and it can run either end loremost. Pke -t him this way and he runs 'hat that way und he runs this ! He is remar kable, gentleutn, lor his transformation. At one tine- ca-ch him and crack his claw and his stiel1, is hard, very hard, hard enough for ba ma ples to grow upon his back, and il will not separ ate or he dene-bed lr-m the inner eu'ich. u thai slate he is the H id (-'rah proper. At another tune, catch him and crack his claw when he is iiard b- sme lo cock his claw, gentlemen, and you will find that, i hough his outer shell is still very hard, yet ji will separate and can be detach ed lrom the. inner auticle or llun over tho mus cles. He is then ralh d the 'I'eeh r,' his shell will e e off from, without breaking the inner shell. l,rcr, natch him, and you need not crack his claw o sew wh-.t h- i, 'or his outer shell is then open ing nl every su'ure, and the crab is swelling mi1 ol its Hard and taking upon itself its Soft Shell. In that stte he is Called a 'Busier,' bursting his shell. And :.s 'P-l ; or 'Buster' he i very fat, and a hii to catch the very 'monarch ol ihe deep' with I L iter Mill, he I. as slipped u. ol his hard !i il, by a s rt of peristolic motion, and le It it a. long the strand, und has become wholly a soil crab. In that state he is good but too, and is pn-yd upon hy hard crabs and other fishes, and he is inert and can hardly crawl out of harm's way. Then, again, 'his same crab, 'gentlemen, hegiris to harden lrom soft to hard again, as he had before softened from hard to soft. Found in this Ins second intermediate state, he has becom" poor but more active, is not so good lor bait, and he is called a 'Buckram, for thai he is so like Ihe fabric of that name, and his shell is then flexible Ike vellum ! So that you see we have an idea ol ame Hards who are -Peelers,' tending to Soft, and ol some Softs v ho are 'Buckrams,' lending to Hards. And there is such a Hardening lb Soil and such a Softening to Hard, that we cannot dis tinguish the politicians of New York as we do the crabs sometimes hy sight, sometimes by touch, and sometimes hy cracking their claws. But this I do say, that I think I can see you are D m -crats ; that I can distinguish you, unmistakably, by the platform of principle you have put forth, and I am anxious .and ready to stand by and with and lor any portion of the Democracy of New Yotk who will unite on the platform of civil and religious liberty, as defined by the Constitution and bills of rights of our Slate and Federal Gov ernments, and as defen led by our State sovereign ties and our Federal Union. I cannot am! will not unite with any Wilmot proviso, with any dark lantern, or with any summary law paity ! "And how is it thai New York is divided against herseil in this great cause, 'which, down the tide ol time, unborn ng-9 yet will honor and admire ?' She, the Iimpire Siate she, the center of com merce she, the city set upon a hill, to waste her strength, to expend her substance, to dwarf her influence, to lower her dignity, to eclipse the light of her own fame and glory by distracting divi. sions, by disastrous discord, hy confusion of her friends and fusion of her foes. Rally and rescue! Shall the spoils separate us from each other and from our country ? N ! nor principalities, nor fiowers. nor ihinps prpvpui nor things io come. We will strike together, and strike home lor our God, our country and our Constitution ! Yours, in the faith. HENRY A. WISE. Death or Hon. Edward B- Dudley The announcement of the death of the Hon. En wakd B. Dldlky ut his residence in this town at 10 o'clock last evening, has caused a profound sensation of regret. He had been in failing health lor several years past, and his death was therefore not unexpected. Edward B. Dl'OLEY has filled various offices of distinction and trust in this State. Born in Onslow, he represented that County in the Gen eral Assembly. Removing to this place, he went to the House of Commons several times as the representative of this town under the old Borough representation. He was chosen, in 1829, a mem ber of Congress from this District to succeed Gov. Holmes, wo believe, and declined a rceiection. Subsequently, he was elected by the people Gov. ernor ol the State, being the first Governor ever elected by the people. Two years afterwards he was re-elected. He had a strong hold on the af fections of the people, and was universally es teemed by political friends and foes, for his sterl ing qualities ol mind and heart, his enterprise, liberality and good works. He give an impetus to the cause of Internal Improvements in this Stale beyond that of any other citizen, and may be justl styled the father of the system. He was chosen the first President of the Wi. mington and Raleign Railroad Company, to which great work he contributed largely from his for tur.e, and to the successful completion of which he brought un'iring energies. II" was afterwards the first Presidrnt ol the Wilmington and Man chester Railr'ta I ("o npa.iy, and at the time of his death was a Director in the first named Company. 1 Vilm in -ton Herald, Thk Wkstkkn N. C. R. R. Company. It ap pears that 'roub!-, or dissatisfaction at least, is likely to spring lrom the recent action of the Board of Directors ol the Western N. C. Railroad Company. The Board pass d a resolution or dering a survey ol the route from Salisbury to Moiganton, and lor the letting out of the contracts along ihe Pntire route, giving the preference lo stockholders in the granting of such contracts under certain conditions. This net of the Board, in ihe opinion of Clias. F Fisher, Esq., one of the Directors for the Stale in snid Road, was in viola tion of the charter, and he then fore tendered his resignation. Judge Ellis likewise resigned his office of Director, as Mr. Fisher 9tates in a com munication to the Salisbury Watchman, "because of his inability to attend ihe first meeting of the Board, when he ascertained that ineeiins was likely to be one ol important business properly requiring a full lliard." Prior to Mr. Fisher's resignati on, he offered a set of resolutions essen tially different in terms from those subsequently adopted, but th y were rejected by tho Board. A meeting of the stockholders of the Yidkin Navigation Company was hld in Mocksvilie on the 20ih inst. Two Directors (John A. Boyden and Tyre Glenn) were elected on the part of the individual stockholder. The directors on the part of the State are Messrs Efairatoa, Kerr and Jones. Owing to the failure of the Stato's prosv to arrive in time, the company was not fully or-uamz-d. Another m -etiug is to be held ou the 24 1 h November. Slave Labor in KaiiKus. That K iiisas is adapted In Slave labor, no one willdenj, who has any knowledge of the coun try. There are many slaves now in the Territo ry, and those who are hired out ate commanding large vage9, A good female slave, capable ol doing housework mid cooking, will readily brinji one hundred and filly dollars per year. Laboring hands are in d mand at from thirty to fifty dollars per month. Smaller servants, capable of nurs ing, or doing other light work, can be readdy lured O'lt at fair prices. The demand lor Slave labor at this time is greater than the supply, and presents a good opening lor the Slaveholders ol i he South, who ore willing io remove ton country where their properly will gteatly increase Hi value, and their servants pay them a Urge interest on the a mount of money invested. 1 o the Southern Far mers Kansas presents a fine fidd lor profitable employment. Our soil is adapted to lite growth ol hemp, lob aoo, wheat, Corn, and other siaple pro ducts, and will produce equal to lb best lundj in Kentucky or Missouri. Land, in any quantily, can be purchased at the Government price ($1.25 per acre ) and a ready market is near at h ind lor every thing (h it can possibly he produced on a farm. We invite our southern friends to lock in to this territory, und t ike up our rich lands at the exclusion of lip criminals and paupers of the eastearn cities. We hope by ncjr.1 spring to wel come a lar'e number o! Southern Planters to the Pro Sluverv Territory of Kansas. JiLrhison (Kansas) Squatter Sovereign. Tic Trade in Unman Flesh. The following statement is calculated to pro duce a thrill of horror in every feeling heart. Where is WilbkkfoKCE ? "Arrival of another Detachment of Scot' h Fac tory Gals. Among the passengers by the ship Star of Empire, which arriveC ai this port on Wed nesday, lrom Liverpool, wert about sixty Scotch girls, eiig'ig1 d 'c work in ihetactorias here. They were mostly young, neatly dressed, and some ol them are quite good looking. They were for warded to Holyoke, tfieir place of destination, last evening, via the Bost.ui and Worcester Rail road " Boston Travtller, Oct. 23. These poor children, torn lrom the paiernal roof and from till the endea-ments of native land and home, and sold to New-England cotton spinners, without benefit oi" the habeas corpus or the II iss Committee, are '-forwarded to their destination' without the special wonder ol a single philanthro pist in Boston, If they had only been destined to raise cotton instead of spinning it, what an uproar there would have been in Fmeuil Hall and the Fish Market ? Charleston Mercury. Kansas and tlie South. ('lf Kansas is abolitionized, Missouri ceases to be a slave State, and New Mexico becomes a free Stale, California remains a free State; but if we secure Kansas as a slave State, Missouri is secure, New Mexico and Southern California, if not all of it, be comes a slave State ; in a word, the prosperity or the ruin of the whoie South depends on the Kansas strug gle." The above extract from the Hon. Dr. R. Atchi son's letter to the King's Mountain Committee is worthy ol the serious consideration of the people of the South. Mr. Atchison has bng been most honorably identified with the cause of the South, and, as a Missouri ui, and a sagacious statesman, is well fitted to judge of Ihe issues involved in the Kns is struggle. His warning, therefore, should be heeded by Sou-hern men. Trip to Charlotte We had the pleasure, last week, of enjoying the hospitalities ol the good citizens ol Charlotte. Leaving home Tuesday evening, we staged it to Lexington, the nearest point of the Rail Road. We spent some time in 'he Flig office, and left in she Cars at 3 o'clock A. M., for CharloMe, which place we reached at 7. The cue and at tention paid to their respective duties hy the Con ductors, Engineers, &c, on this end of t'h" road deserve particular notice. Every man is strictly temperate und attentive to his business ; and it is from this cause, we never hear of any accidents on the road, except such as originate from other sources. What a difference iu casualties and loss of lives, if thus much could be said of all Rail Road. In justice to the travelling public, it should be the especial business of all directors to accomphish this thing. After the nights ride and enjoying the bracing breeze of a white fri s y morning, the smokinjr warm breakfast at Mr Kerr's Hotel, was, as such things are to us generally, quite palatable. And Mr. Kerr's liberality, io loot' up the bill with naught, had no tendency to change our previous opinion. The families of Charlotte kindly consented to entertain the Representatives to the Grand Division free of charge. It is at home, intimately asso ciated with her citizens, we learn the true charac teristic of a people. And with our little, observa tion in the world, we never saw an energetic and business people ihtt was not kind and hospitable. Charlotte is no exception to the rule. It was Court week for Mecklenburg County, and n large number of her citizens were in at t?ndi.ce, all bearing in their countenance the true impress of the "hornet's nest." i Thursday was the day set apart by the Gov. ; for a day ol thanksgiving; to be observed by the ' suspension of business &c. And as we walked ! up into town Thursday morning and saw the ! entire cessation of business, we were again forcibly ; reminded of the characteristics of a business people. Hard must be the condition of that com- mutiny, which, after a year of such plenty, can not render up one day for solemn thanksgiving. G retnsljont G ' uardian. The Statk Geologist. Professor Emmons. the N. C State G oiogist, passed through Raleigh a few days ago, on his way io the Chatham Coal Fields. The Raleigh Standard learns thai Profes sor E's Geological R ports for this Siate will be put to press some time during the ensuing winter, and will be printed (ono thousand copies) by March or April next. His laboratory is in Al bany, New York ; and he has been there for some months past, engaged in analyzing, and also in having prepared the plates for his forthcoming Reports. On Sunday night last, says the Chester (S. C.) Standard, a man by the name of Bradley was ! murdered wth an axe by a Mr. Williams, about i lour miles above this place. It appears that the ' parties were North Carolina wagoners, travelling j together ; that Williams had be n drinking for 'several days; that on the evening of the occur ! rence he and deceased, with a sou ol his and two of deceased's, were encamped together; that William.; rose in the night and, while Dradley was sleeping, clove Ins he-id asunder in two places; and tha he then fled and mide Ins escape. It is supposed that he was in a fit f delirium tiemes. A coroner's inquest wns held over the body by Giles J. Patterson, E-q . and a verdict rendered in accordance with these facts. Mr. William has t.een arrested and lodged in York jail. Mr. Bradley is said to be a man of much respectability, ol McDowai county, where he has a large fumi'ly. Melancholy Accident. This morning about 7j lo 8 o'clock, while the omnibus belonging to Holmes' Hotel was being driven up Front Street to the stable, the horses took fright at something and commenced running a little below Princess trew. At the crossing of Front and Princess the omnibus received a severe jar from striking Hgains' the flags at the crossing, which rendered the horses still more unmanageable. Mr. Gbriel Huimes, vvlio was on the bx driving, appears to hive been in s-mie measure unseated at this point und could not recover himself. While attempting to restrain the horses he was thrown lrom his place, and would appear to have fallen on his head. One of the wheels of the vehicle passed over him he got caught in the other, and was thrown round more than once. When taken up lie was dead, his neck being broken. Medical attendance was immediately at hand, but, q course, unavail ing. A colored man, "David," who was on the box at the stime time, was thrown off nearly two squ ares above, but not hurt. The omnibus came iti contact with a dray in the neighhorhood of Front and Walnut, when it was upset and torn to pieces and the horses got loose from it. Mr. Holmes fell about one-third of a spuare above Princess street. Mr. Holmes was thirty-one years 6 months and 22 days old, and hod before him the prospect of a long und useful life. Few men were more popular than he. and none more deservedly. He was an amiable, clever, generous man in nil the relations of life, and his loss will be sincerely re gtetted by a large circle of friends and relations. Wiimineton Journal. Another Ism Dead. A year or two ago, the people of Wisconsin embraced among other isms anti-hangingism, and forthwith abolished the pen ally of death. Since then, murders and assassin ations have increased to a fearful extent in the State, and, what is strange, some of the populace who held up their hands in holy horror at the idea ol executing a criminal according to law, did not hesitate, in two cases recently, to hang them in violation of the express statue of the State, by a resort to Judge Lynch. The deliberate murder, however, of Mr. Adams, the banker, at Milwau kie, a few davs ago, is likely to be thp final end of anti-hangism. The paper9 of the State are demanding that the ensuing Legislature shall res tore the death penalty, in defiance of the der.un eia ions of modern reformers. A Man Forbidden to Burn the Dead Bdv or His Wifk. The Milwaukee American says that city was thrown in'o the greatest excitement on the 19th ult., by nn atlempt of a man there to burn the dead body of his wife. The story is as follows : A Russian by the name of Pfeil married a wo man who was a Brahmin in belief. He was pos sessed of wealth, and both were persons ol culture. She sickened and died, and requested, according to th" laith of hpr fathers, that her body should be burned. Pfeil had collected six'een cords of wood, arranged it properly, and was about to perform the deed, when news nl the fact was circulated creating intense excitement. Sheriff Conover proceeded at once to Pfeil's house and forbade the act. 'The Russian assert ed his right and duty to burn the body of his wife. 'No law forbids,' said he, 'my religion commands; I will do it.' The body was in its shroud, the .orehes prepared, and ail was ready to place it on tlie funeral pvre. 'Lft it be borne to its place,' continued the Russian, 'there is no law against it in Wisconsin.' But the sheriff" took possession of the body, or dered a coffin, and made preparation for a Chris tian burial. The crowd grew, and thronged round the house. Alarmed or afraid to persist, Pfeil gave his consent to a Christian burial. 'You may order to have what ceremonies vnu please over the body,' said SherifTConoyer. 'Gentlemen,' replied Ph il, -it makes no difference with us. if we cannot fin on in our way.' Thereupon the hody was bu ried though the American intimates that the wo man had been foully dealt with, and demands the fullest investigation into the matter. Agricultural Liberality. The Boston pa pers publish a list of thirty-nine individuals and firms who subscribed five hundred dollars each j to the fund of the National Agricultural Society. Marshal! P. Wilder and Hon. R. C. Wimhropeach subscribed $1,000, making with the above a total of $21,500. Kansas. The New York Journal of Commerce, referring to the decided ground taken against tlie restoration of the Mi-souri Compromise, by the National Intelligencer and other papers, which are opposed its repeal, thinks that there is now but lit tle probability that a vote to restore that Compro mise could be obtained even in the House of Re presentatives. It understands that although only two members of the New York delegation have been usually classed among the friends of the Ne braska law. about eleven ol the delegation will op pose Ihe disturbance of it, now that it has been adopted as the policy of the country. Old Almanacs as good as New. By a strange coincidence, which will not again occur for a long time, the new year ol 1855 commenced on the same day as in 1849, and, consequently, all through the year the date will be on the same day. But what is more singular is that all the movable holidays, from Septungesima to Advent, fall on the same dates and the same days. The almanacs of 1849 might, therefore, serve for the present year. Gro tii of the West. Twenty five years ago Iowa was a wilderness, tenanted only by the savage. Now she has a civilized population es it ma ted at about six hundred thousand, nnd con- i stantly increasing. The emigration to he Slate I this year has been very heavy. The National Agricultural Exhibition. The receipts for admission to this exhibition, held at Boston last week, amounted, it is said, to shout 850.000. One line of omnibuses carried 88.000 persons to the exhibition, and another ab ut 40,000. Another Democratic Victory. The terri tory of Minnesota has just furnished evidence of the manner in which she prizes that principle of the Democratic party which secures to her people the rijjht to lorn and regulate ihei r domestic in stitutions in their ,umi way. Mr. Rice, the Dem oeratk: delegate in Congress, is chosen by a hand, s.'ine majority, and the Legislature has a majority o' popular sovereignty. 'Ihe Court of Claims commenced its sessions in Washington city or. the 17th inst. Among the attorneys sworn, wo notice ihe nams of Hon. Geo. E. Badger of ihis State. There are 241 cases on tho docket, of which the one that in volves the largest amount or money, probably, is the claim for interest on the indemnities paid under the treaty of 1819, with Spain, by which Florida was acquired. Why is it impolite ? Can ny one say why it is considered impolite for gentlemen logo in the presence ol ladies in their shirt sleeyes, while it is considered correct lor ladies themseveg to appear before gentlemen without any sleeves ut all f We merely ask for information. . I The French Broad and Greenville Rail Road. We are very muuh gratifv d to lani that the requisite subscription, in order to secure the Charter ol this Railroad Company, has been made in Nonh Car-diou, and that ihe stockholders will meet at Asheville, the 14th of November next, to organize their Company. This is good news, bet ter than we was prepared to expect at this time. The citizens of Buncombe and Headerson deserve great credit for their enterprise and public spirit. But it is an enterprise which they cannot well over-estimate in its blessings to them and their beautiful and lovely section of country. Green ville (S. C.) Patriot. The Stage to Thomasville. We under stand from Mr. Kluge, the agent for Bland's line of post coaches, that the stage line running be tween the two noints of the Railroad, will con nect with the cars at Thomasville about the last of this week. It was at first thoughtthat this would be impracticable, as the country between that place and the road leading from Lexington to Greenshoro', was consideied too rough to run a stage over ; but since an examination has been made, a good route has been selected, over which the stage can travel with safety. This will save some twelve miles of staging, and greatly facili tate the interests of the travelling community. Lexington N. C.) Flag. Heavy Cattle. The fattest cow on the ground in .'ha Boston exhibition (says the Transcript) weighs 2,500 pounds, and is only 7 years ol age. The largest ox is 5 years old, and weighs 2,760 pounds. Th's huge animal measured 9 feet in girth, and is valued at $500. The heaviest pair of oxen are about 5 years of age, weighs 2,550 pounds each, and are valued at $500. Convention of Husbands. The papers state that a convention of husbands is to be called shortly at Syracuse, (N. Y.) to adopt some meas ures in regard to fashion. They say that since they have lo support the expenses of fashion, they have the right to regulate its caprices. It is also said that a proposition to raise boys only, in future, is to come before the convention. The members ore to resolve themselves into a hus band's rights party. Death of an Aged Convict. A colored man known by the name of Bob, who was oonvicted ol murder, and or some extraordinary circumstances in the case, was sentenced to imprisonment for life in the Mar) land Penitentiary died or. Wednes day last at the advanced age of 100 years. He has been in confinement for about 53 years. He had been so long accustomed to his prison walls that he would not leave them, and that which was designed as a punishment became his happiness by the forco of habit. Sale of Negroes. On Monday last in front of the Court House o( Loudoun county, Va., four negroes were sold at extraordinary prices. A negro boy, 15 years of age, brought $1,000. Two n- gr girls, 10 and 12 years of age, were sold at seven hundred -'nd ten dollars, and six hundred dollars respective! : a small boy about 7, commanded seven hundred and seventy -five dollars. Immense Wealth. The Rothschilds, accord in" lo their own estimate, possess $700,000 000 in personal property, exolusive of real estate, seignories, mines. &c, which amounts to at least hall as much more, making the enormous sum ol over one thousand million dollars, or an amount much larger than the entire valuation of Now York city. Rev. Dr. Palmer We see it stated in our exchanges that '.he Rev. Dr. Palmer of Columbia, S. C, has received a call from the First Presbyte rian Church at New Orleans to fill the vacancy occasioned bv the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Scott, at a salary of six thousand dollars per an num. The Forty who Fell. Professor Tyler enu merates the names of forty physicians who perished at Norlolk and Portsmouth since the 8ih of July, as follows; Sylvester. Constable, Balson, Sylves ter, jr., Higgms. Briggs, Upshur, Tunstall, Selden, Burns, Trugien, Piirker, Lovett, Walters, Thomp son, Fiiess, Booth, Howe, Bacbe, Dillard, Gooch, Howie, Gelbardt, Blow, Jackson, De Besane, Obermuller, Decapry, Hunter, Schell, Craycroft, Mierson, Handy, Cole, Moore, Rizer, Smith, Mar shall, Craven and Berry, Touching Exhibition of Gratitude. One of the Philadelphia papers relates the following of a German girl named Mary Shellinski, who was placed on trial on Monday, for the alleged larceny ol a hundred dollars. She was defended by Wm. H. Martin, Esq. The defendant was acquitted, and late in the afternoon on Monday, when the jury had rendered a verdict of "not guilty in man ner and form as indicted," while the court-house was crowded with spectators, forgetful of every feeling but joy at her release, and gratitude to her defender, she astonished Mr. Martin, the court, the bar and the lookers-on, by such an affection ate embrace and such a kiss as was distinctly heard throughout the court room. Mr, M. was rather taken aback by this novel fee, but he sub mitted with the best grace possible. The tears streamed down the face of the poor girl as she left the court room, gratelul for the defence which had been made in her behalf, and regardless of the remarks elicited by her novel mode of evincing her gratitude. Massachusetts, In 1790 Massachusetts was the first Siate iu the Union, according to popula tion. It has now become the fourth, exactly re versing the ease of New York, which was then the fourth and has since oecome the first. Foreign Calculations op the Dissolution of the Union. A London correspondent of the National Intelligencer states that the expectation is general in England and Euoope that there will he a grand blow up in the next Congress, a dissolu tion of the Union in two years, ami that England will take the South under her protection. A Chance for Single Ladies. The last Atchison (Kansas) Sovereign says : Unpatronized beaoly is'C irce in Kansas! There is not an unmarried lady in Atchison. Poor show, this, for Editors and others, wishing io form matri monial partnerships! Sentenced to be Hung. At the late term of the Chester (S. C.) Superior Court, Jas. Huggins was found ttnilty ol Murder and sentenced to be hung on Friday ihe 2.iih of January next. Railroad. The Wilmington and Weldon R. Road Company have declared a dividend of 3j per cent, from the profits of the last six months, payable on ihe 15th proximo. Hung. Clarisa, the colored girl that poisoned Col . u. iisoii Mie 1 1 i it l Mr 1 1 1 ,k- extreme penalty of the law on Friday 2d inst. She met death with a calm an composed mind, shaking hands with several friends. She said the only thing ah eVaded was the struggle with death Yorkville (S. C.) Citizen. A Good Custom In Paris apothecaries are obliged to put up all poison in red papor. while white labels must be used for medicine intended for internal application. Acquitted. Williams, who killed Bradley, was acquitted at Chester C. H S. C., on the grounds of insanity. -ps otmcicu ine John Tan Buren Advising the Know. Nothings. In his Oswego speech, he winds up as follows "My Know Nothing friends, being gloriously floe.' ged out in every State in the Union, in Pennsyl. vanea, Maine, Indiana, &c, might as well taKe in their sign and go along with us." (Laughter ) OCT Governor Crittenden, of Kentucky, has been invited and has accepted ol invitations ol the Boston Committee to deliver a lecture upon Slavery iQ that city. 0r There was seven inches snow at Schoharie N. Y., on the 24'.h inst. OCT The pair of premium horses at the Michigan State Fair were purchased by General Cass for $1,000. 0O During the past season, up to the 1 4th inst, the toial number of deaths in New Orleans by yellow fever, was 2,584. ry It is stated that the Hon. Geo. W. Hopkint of Virginia, declines the very flattering appoint, ment recently tendered him by Preident Pierce, at Chief Justice of the District of Columbia. 0" From Washington Territory the reported election of J. Patton Anderson (dem.) as delegate to Congress is confirmed. The vote on the quei. tion of a prohibitory liquor law shows (ho defeat of that measure by a large majority. CP The Indians regard a thin husk on corn at an indication of a mild winter. This being true the one just approaching will be of the gentle kind) as the husks are said to be very thin. jtSTThe Hon. II. W. Hillmrd, ol Alabama, has accepted the invitation to deliver a lecture be fore the Boston Anti-Slavery Society during tho ensuing winter. J&T Sunday the 28th ult., was the 363d anni. versary of the discovery of America by Christo pher Columbus. CF A steamboat, the John Simonds, recently arrived in New Orleans, with four thousand six hundred and seventy-three bales of cotton. OCT" The Utica (N. Y.) Observer estimates the buck-wheat crop of this year lo be double that of last. EF" Dr. John A. Sanderson, one of the wenllhies1 planters in the South, died at "Etanus," bis home mansion, near Natchez, on Tuesday of last week. Besides his extensive estates in Mississippi, the Doctor owned several plantations in Louisiana. A man who does not claim to be a judge of swine, says: "Last spring I bought a little pig from n drove, and he was good for eating, but wnuld'nt grow much. He got so, after a week or two, that be would eat a large bucket full at a time, and then, like Oliver Twist, call for more. Well, one morning 1 carried out a water bucket full of douirh, and aftr he had swallowed it all, I picked up the pig and put it in the same bucket I had fed him from, and tho little euss didn't half fill it!" For the Western Democrat. Allow me to address through your journal, the citizens of the South, on the importance of nour. ihing a home literature. The South has been contending manfully for her political rights in lbs council halls of the nation for years; but she has never given that material aid to build up amongst ourselves a literature that would command the respect of the world. While our periodical liter, ature is suffered to sicken, languish, and die, that of ihe North Springs up and flourishes, scattering noxious seeds of black Republicanism, Mormon ism, and last, that horrid offspring of licentious, ness, free.loveism, all over the land. Had it not been for the healthy moral sentiment of our peo ple, those pernicious iims wou'd havo sprung up and produced no little fruit in the soil of the South. Are we to be forever chained to the putrid car cess o( abolitionism ? When we open a Review, are we to become nauseated by a peculiar flavor, such as is emitted by Putnam and other similar productions? We have it in our power of reme dying these evils. Let us cut loose from the North, and patronise our own periodicals, name ly, the Southern Literary Messenger, the South ern Quarterly Review, and other able Southern works, whose intrinsic value is ten fold to Har per, Putnam, Godty, (bah !) el id omne genu. A LI GUIS. THK MARKETS. Charlotte, N. C. Nov. 5, 1855. Flour coming in briskly, and commands from $8 to 8J ptr barrel. Meal, in great demand, from 50 tq 55. Wheat $1,30 to 1,56. Corn 45 to 50. Baton, hog round 13 to 13 cts. Lard 13 cts. Salt 2.50 to 2j. Pork, 6 to 6J. Virginia Butter, 20 to 22. Wilmington Mullets, $10,00 per barrel. Oats, from 30 to 35. Cotton, old crop, little upward extreme range CfQ 7 to 8 COLUMBIA, Nov. I COTTON Active at 8 fo SJ-most ol 'tlie sl t 8 3-8 to 8 -13-100 cents. CHARLESTQN, Nov. U COTTON Good, Middling, Fair 878 to 9 ccnU Market firm and active. CORN 90 cef. WJJpAT $1 85 to $1 9). FLOUR $J to $9 25- DIED. In this eounlv, on the 2nd instant, ZENAS ALEXANDER,' infaot son of Z. A. & M7 finer, ayerj 15 months. IMPORTANT SALE, HAVJNC qualified as administrator of R. H. V"8 Dec'd, late of Mecklenburg County, I will expo" t public sale at his late residence miles Es1 Charlotte on the Wadesbo.ough road, on the ?2i J vember, the following property, viz : Thirty-five likely Negroes, Men, Women and Boys, Twenty-five Hor.-es and Hp 60 b ad or Cattle, 125 Sheep, 2500 Bushels ol Corn, Quantity of Wheat, a large lot of Roughness, 4 War1' 1 Buggy, Farm.rg utensils, Blacksmith tools, Hou' hold and Kitchen furniture and everv article tost i farm usually needs. W. WALLACE, 4dmi?iistrator. November 6, 185j. 1.3w iarotoo. ALL persons indebted to us sxc warned to py P immediately, or they will find their Notes A Accounts in the h.mris of in officer for collection. Moj ot the claims are ol long standing, apd nobody can com plain, if a settlement is not now made, that it is foreti- li. &. J. LONERGAN. November C, 1855. 15 tf THE Co-Dirtm:rship lately existing under tbe nam of McNINCH Sc N KEF, was dissolved on tin 26to ult., by the withdrawal of Mr. Nef. The MARBLE AND STONE CUTTING will hereafter be carried on by the undersigned st Uis same place, and all contracts and settlements must b made with him personally. SAMUEL McNINCH. Chester, Nov. f, 1855. 15 lf
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