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1 XI CHARLOTTE : TUESDAY M0B1VIXG, Nov. 20. 1855. The Elections. The mint in e'earing away, and we now begin to see j the r- ill of the elections which recently 10 place j in several States. The verdict is looked to with pecu- i.ar interest, in cor,n?ction wb the next Prcsi ential rlactiee. It will be "e-n that tl.a returns have co:r.e in more favorable to the Democrats than the first news indicated. Lnuihinnn Tl.e Democrat-, have carried their entire ticket f -r State oficers in Louisiana. Lobe! C. IficJfline is the Governor elect The successful ruedidatesfor t ' t.gress :rc 1 o.-orgv: Eufus, -lr.. Ida Taylor, Thos. t DctrVm, and John ML Sandidge, the three la 1 olnir DhhmiHW- 7 he Know Nothings here a ritv of a-tir 20 fa the city off New Orleans, while the Deieocrats have about two thousand mi j .ritj in the State. The Legi-lati:r I- also I)ein -fpra)iej !V'U -Yoi li- The trail in lha Rued and confused Stale u .is f !!..v. -. : Fvc Secretary of .t.ii IJeadly, K. X.. 90.721 ; Kisr, Fwio fcUUJ : U-it.-b. jSuft, u;.l 33 ; VfurJ, Hani, 42.fiOn. The State Renate at : Fn4on, 19 : K. X.. 1 I, iMn leva, 7. The II m IV pnoevats, g 1 ; K. X.. .:. ; Fusi :i. '.v. In the i: v uf Xew Vork the Hard and S-.ft Democrat. e!- ed live of tlu-ir candidates the Knovj X siting only ihref, A- ttr its heard from, parstow, Den?-, has for Co.n. r uf V --i on .in. 2,3t0 majority. OMe. The complete return from Ohio show thai the jl'oi ious eietesr i4 the btsvjc Republicans is just no VK-t rv ai a!!. Chase Luis about 10,000 of a ma j.'Htv oq the popular rote. Ilia plurality over Me did is 13,000, Uvt ,(;00 ! The Know N-.thing majority in this State is only 2,635. Bowie an I Stewart, (Democrats,) and l;i-,-rm l, Davit, Harris, and Hoffman, (K. N.'s,) are el ected to Congress. Vansaut, (Dem.,) will con teat tin election of lJariU. on account of foul play in the 3d Ward uf I Baltimore, where tliere were 51 more I allots than there were names registered. Tfiixiili. The Democratic nsajoritT in this State is about f f'o;. It i Iwhered that the Democraja have made a dean sw. ep. and elected the entire delega tion t Congress The Know Nothings claim the k Hoq of one out of the live. The Legislature is IN in - rati.- by yj m ij aity. Ti ?x Jersey, The elect ioa in Mess Jersey lor members of ihe I, wialafum has p-su't d as follows.: Senate, D m crats 12, IVhigs 5, Know X 'things U. House, pessncrats, 10 VVbig-, G Know loathings, and 1 T inperance nnr.. - H'roni the Yorkville Citixen, Nov. 10. Rull-Road Rlerfltl in lallas. During Court fr of jaa'on county the friends ilail Road h. Id a iare nnd rnthusiastic meeting in HaJSaa. The prime (djec- ,f the meeting was to consi der the proposition made by Lrncolnion to the peo ple of Gaston, viz: thai the road ehould piss over lha Tncstasega rnln. within four rnih s at D.ilTs, if Uaston .county would subscribe 30,000 dollars. After the meeting w:;s organized, W- Laxter, I'.sq., of Liuc.vln uok the floor and addressed :hf inee'.ing at Jeagtb, showing the importance of the proposed route, nnd urging th-m, as the route through Dallas wag now out of the question, at once to secure the adv int:ig-9 of a road passing wiihin four miles of the County sent. N. V. Gi igx, Bq., President of the Road, f 4kured Mr. Lander. He also in an eloquent speech urged the neces.-i y of nocepling the pro position, and called upon the people of Gasinn in submit no longer to be shinned" by oth r S ites, but to coxae out manfully nnd secure for them selves and their posterity the inestimable advan tages of a rail-road etmnectioq with the sea coast of her own Strte. lie saiJ the amount asked by Lincoln was small, and warned the people of Gas ton, that if they fild to accept the proposition, it was the last opportunity ihey would ever have of constructing a rail road through their territory. R. P. WaiuXO, Ksq., late of ihe " Western Democrat," then addressed tbe .meeting. ILj ad located ihe proposition in ide by Lincoln, and argued that its acceptance was now the best and only thing that could be done m the premises, Mr. White, of Gaston, in a few pertinent re marks, also advoc it d the acceptance of i h. Ivn colo proposition, when the discussion was closed by Mr. Jasper Stowe, who coincided in the opin ions' expressed by the gep.-Iemen who preceded bun. The meeting then pJjoprned without any d fi ni'.e action. From lha Wi!niiiigt.ni Hirald. It is known tUit lha prparatory enrrev of ih,t portion of ihe Wilmington. Jhirltte and Ka'lier lord Hailroad, from Cbarlott'- to Rntherfordton, his been completed; and jt will be ascertained, we think, when the report of the Engineer is made public, that the route idlers no senom impedimenta in the way of the construction of the work. All that will be needed will be a liberal subscription lo ihe stock, hy the counlwe most interested. M-ij r Mclntyre, the jjeneral asjent, is now can vassing the counties this side of Charlotte foi the purpose of obtaining subscription', and the ener getic President of the Company, I. YV . Guion, Eq.,-has taken the field tor a like ol j -ct. The counties up above have not done their whole duty. Robeson, has not respondi d as we had a right to expect sh- would respond. Bichm nd. has done better, but has not yet reached her ma ry in. Anson, Union, and Mecklenburg have done worse. We say this owe in surprise! ihan captiousm ss. The road, if ever bttilt, will advnntag these coun ties so materjally aill add so much to i h-i r weulth aod prosperity that the wonder is, so ht. le interest is apparently manifested iu its success. Clesveland county, through which ihe road will probably pass, has subscribed sixty-two thousand dollars j whilo Rutherford, the western terminus of the road, ba subscribed but fjfiy-eight thousand dollars. This will not answer. If our friends above, wish the road built, tney nmi come down more liberally than they have yet d me. They must increase their subscriptions. Rutherford county is able to subscribe. $100,000; and she ought to do it. The Western Eagle, an able paper pub- lin. a ..i Rui.n-r ..rJi.iu, i iuiiy ft" i thiyMid e.uidiaticiv endeavors Jo s:r up the people Hi ( liberal action on this ubj"ct. Ft says : The people of ihis county at no tjn have stood i in as great ne J of a Itmlro iJ as ihey do at this very dav. oounern wnea, or if "- found its way, in large quantities, to .be New ! York m.rk where it commands a higher price ; per bu-h l than we-trrn wheat. Thw ha en-a'ed J a la ' Uf ! tnai d .or it 111 SoU'hern nmke's at an -irf-:iice on f. rm' r prices. Rven b re we fel me bepefit of i;'s demand cfsh is o'n red U,r "j,000 )Uhes ol wheat, l one dollar p- r bhe?l. j The sum'us amount of ihe uhc si crop in this J county tliis enson is rarioqs :m nni) to oO 0 0 hashefa -(' v estimated irom r c ov.-iij. rice we ! .. :.i io nan 'n.u bIhi no m hrtotra d- livered in the town at the present rates, $40,000. To ! tr .nsp.ot ihis to Chester, it cos s 't cent, nnd ! 'rnm f'hester 'o Chaiies'on it cos s much or more lhaa it old in -end it bv railroad directly I from ihti plaeei to iVilmingtim. j Hence p hecomes p. rfect'v eviden' to i h the ; (proposed rai'rnd in op ri"K farmers could : , re.,1 z- 4- per cer t, m re tor wheal than they do i ' now, and the buyer re. 1:7. - just the tm pr-d'us j he does no.v un der the presrnl circumstances. He could juel as well rtfTord 'o pay 81-33 or 81-50 , ' per bushel as he can now to pty Si. 00. Cnse ' queiily,the farmer who ha 100 bushels of wheat ; 1 tli dispose of now rec. ives lor it only $100.00, ! but had we faciei, s d' I ra np -rt . ti n. he Would j realize 9130,00, $140 03, or even $15 0.00 ; and' ' . m ... with .M00 bush Is would receive for i", not j S-'l'OOO but 400 00 11 Now apply the same Hanfiin0 to the. 4l.00: bu-hels .( heat for sale 1 in ih a man y, and you Will fin I ihil risers atigh' 1 re;,iz ale ui $15000 mor lor :h - wheat crop ihan ihev can under tlie present cireumslanoes. Is it aurnriainn that m w v is scarce, w hen ihe I " . I nn.frs ..n nrnJuce nr.- SWailo'.V J HO IO this way ? i The s me reasoning will apply to h corn crop and i rerylhing else farmers c n raise In sell. fn th.' o her hand, a railroad iH cheapen al ! most everything the farmer h s to buy particu larly groceries in the s me ratio; and s ill our ' merchants can make ihe -a.ne profi's Ihey do now ; 1 and. doubtless, for cash or ready pay, they would ! be s tisfied wi'h a less per cen'. We might go on to spe ik r the increased aalue 'of real estate of the impetus it would give to 1 fnnnnfiietiires nf prv sneeies : of the developui' j i of mineral wealth thai .-.beunds in ibis c unty and the investment of capital here fr .m other stales ih.-.t nil! !iind the enmnli' ion of the en to nri -e . and render this section of country, unsurpass- d in ' k.o.., ... .-oalih nrosneiiiv and i ' refinement. But to obtain these so desirable ad- vantages there mut be capital invested. The I i i. . ..n T k ..Ir krur mnh ! nouns are s.ni upi n. ij i r.n u "it ... n - he himself can put down, and n t how much this or thai individual "rriyht could or shui'd ' put down. Il this spirit is carried out, the road is snre. Since writing the above, the Charlotte Demo crat h is eooie to hand, an I fl notice there is to be a grand barb-cue at Monroe, Union county. on Wednesday, the 2 h inst., for trie purpose of obtaining subscriptions to Ihe r d. Messrs. J. W. Osborne, J. A. Young, John W.,!ker, Thomas S. Ashe, H. W (Juion, Commodore R. F. Stock ton, Walter L.. Steele, R. P. Waring and other I genth-men are expected to andress ihe meeting, j It will doub less be an interesting occasion. 1 Nest Rail-Road Project. The people o' : Salem, N. C, are thinking nf building a rail-road fn.m that place to High Point or Islington, in ! Davidson county , a distance of 18 or 20 miles. ! where it will intersect the North Carolina rail ' road. Tin- estimated cost of building and stock ing the Road is 300 000, which ami unt the pec pie of Salem, it is stated, could easily raise. Z7o tlei'irn o. rt'tt ttwiit. Mr. J..... -Turner is bu-ilv engio-. rj ja surveying rtiff-r C ent routes between Salisbury and Morganton. He is i.n aide Engineer, and will no doubt sooli be ready to rubmit a report of his experimental surveys. His corps is divided into two compin ies ; one being employ d on the line between S-l isbury and the Catawba R;v r; the oth"r between the River and Morganton. The greatest d.fficul ty on the whole line, in the final location of (In road, will occur between Statrsville and th.i Ca tawba river. Salisbury lit raid. Railroad Celebration. We leirn that a yreat celebration took place at Thomasville, Da vidson county, on Friday last, on ihe arrival of the cars at that place. Siirring and appropriate speech's were m ole h Gen. Leach, of Lexington, and by Messrs. Gilmer and Gorreil, of Greens bo rough. A line barbecue was served up lo a col lection of abut GOO persons, cannons were fired, and the steam horses, in iheir iron harness, pranc ed proudly on their track. Eery thr g passed off well, and ihe large crow d di-p. rsecj late in the I evening wiih full stomachs and patriotic feelings. 1 nomas v il le is eleven miles north o! L xington, and the road will he open to High Point, seven miles lariher. in a few days. The Eastern end of the road has reached M r-Leansviiie, fcbout eigh" mih s north of Greensbornugh, When the Wes tern nd reaches H'gh Point there will be a gap of only twenty mih s between the two ends for staging; and if the weather is favorable it is con fidently expected that the whole line will be com pleted by Christmas. So mote it be. Raleigh Standard. North Carolina Baptist State Conven Tlon. On Wednesday last at 3 o'clock P. M.. ! the delegates composing the Bp it Stale Conven j lion ol North Carolina, assembled, according to .'previous appointment in the Bipiist Church in Warrenton. The number ol delegates clerical and lay, appeared unu-Ually large. Upon taking the Chair, the President of the Convention, Rev. Jhs. : McD.niel, of Fayetleville, read a portion of the sacred Scriptures, and delivered to the members l the Convention a short bui most eh queni and impressive charge. The K v. J as. Me Daniel, wa re-elected Presi dent of the Convention, and the Revs. Wm. H lord in. J ime, and Dr. Hooper were elected Vic. Presidents. Rev. Geo. W. Johnson was appoint ed Recording Secretary, ai d th Rev. W. M, Win gale, Corresponding S JV u s. ret .rv. Warrent'jti North Carolina Mbtiiooist EriseopAi. Con mnniicn. This body assembled in Wilmington, the 4 b insc. The Conference was opern-d with religious services by Rev. J .mes Jamieson. On calling the roll fifty. one members answered to their n .m. s. I Th- Bish p, ReV. Jqmea O. Andrew, D. D. not i having atiived, R.-v. I). B. Nichols ui w as . lec ed i President, lev. Ira i W cne. Secretary, and l James . l wis, ASi4iaai c cr.i iry. Bihops Andrew an I Marly are in attendance I this morning. AxoTitrn Railkoad Accident. We h-arn that a collision took place between two freight trains, about 16 miles west of Raleigh, on the N. : C Railroad, on Tuesday night last, by which ihe -ngins were sm h-d to pieces ; and by which, 1 we r.-grer to e..rn, that Dr. D. A. Montgomery. of Alam.ncr, got his arm broken, ami another j genibman, whi.se n ime we did not lean, jras I greatly injured. We have heard no further par'tc i .ars of the accident. Greensboro PsJriot. V II I a m vnU1,PT..B l- KB.NCH BOAD Rtf', OiiQAMS Rhad (J-'MP a NT. In obi dience to the rail of the President of the Board of Oomrpis-ioners named in the Charter, the Stockholders of the above Company met in this place on yesterday, 14th, j an 1 proceeded to organize the Umpmy. i ne following gentlemen were elected Directors : I. W. puon, W. S. Mills, Daniel Blake, N. W. Wnod.flu, John A. Kagg. B. J. Smith, Lpt.raim Clavion. W. D. Rankin. P. W. Roberts The Board of Directors subsequently met and elected the following Offi "er- : Pretirtenf .1 ihn Baxter. 7'. rttsvrfr Joshua Roberts. Sr nliry Thorn;. s (T. Ma-ie. Ash, -vie Xeirs, 15th inst. Pa ICRs of N kg bobs. A family of negroes, consisting of a w- man and five children, were sold under he hammer this place v senlav, at ihe following prn.es : Woman 2S years old and two child en, one tjj.d 2 yeara, ttie titter 10 month-1, bro.ioh 2t0; boy 9 yenrs nkl, So5 : boy 10 ve .rs oi l. 80-5;) ; boy 1 ye'irs 8750. These prices do not indicate hard tirots. Aslivile Sen s, 15th inst. ir The i (Ticrrs of the Greenville nnd Col nm'o i Rill Road have pass, d a resolution giving to pit titers the privilege of passing on 'he road lor one fare, when going to any market for the pur pise nf selling co ton. Scprriob CotrBTis Cl:: avel v n d Will com-riv-nce lha 2nd Monday in Ib cein!er next ; "ii" we. k liter than usual, in consequence ol Polk COll'1, Decision ! Julg Person. Bv a cooimunica tion in the Xewbern J.xirml we learn thu Judge Person made quite an ipipottant decision while holding Court 'here list week. The writer Siys : 'This community h is been much enlightened 1 v ihe learned and clear opinions on the subject of selling without i cen-e, delivered by his Honor, Judge jUson, during hsl week of Superior Court in ibis lce. II- decided that a retailer coqld only sell under his relail license at his usu il place of residence, that Druggists could not sell less than a qnit of liqu r, unless as a medicine to be prescribed by a regular Physician, that a sealed bottle holding less than a quart was under the same prohibition, in other words putting them in the same position as other d-alers who sell as a beverage I ss than a qtiar.' without license. CoHmekci yl IUnk. The annual report of tlifl President of the Commercial Bank of Wilming- I ton hows h i h I v nroti.'able vear s business; in Bank h iving declared two semi-ann ial dividend of five per cent. each. The contingent fund, iti clu.tinrr llm ornflls id' the last ihreO moillhs. art - now equal to 22 J percent, mtf Fire in MarI 'N. We regret to learn that the st.bl.-s nnd corucrib ol Mr. Joseph Conly, d Marion, were consumed by fire on the nighi rf the 2 1 inst. One horse and three muis wert burnt, nnd a quantity of corn, hay, fodder, &c, ere destroyed. Hutlierfordlon lagle, FntE. We ienrti from the Asheville News lha' on F id iv, 2Gth u!t., the extensive machine shops of Ephrnim (.'lav ton, Eq., of that place, took fin and were totally destroyed. Loss cstnil iled a $6,000. Large Yiddof Con,, It will be seen by re. Terence to the premium list of t he U.vie Agricul tural Fair, that Mr. George Wilson rais-d I5i bushels of Com on one acre of improved land. We learn the improvemeni cost him S0 , a pret ty large sum, it must be a din it ted ; but look at the result ? if pays him back th" first year. Will not armors learn something from such experiments 1 Salisbury Watchman. Hogs. The first drove of hogs of ihe season i .ssed throuizh ourt.ti-n on Monday last OP. their way South. They were VerV tine, and iheir ow n- r was asking six cents p r b eeii able to ascertain any !hin We have with regaro not hM number that will b dl iv 11 thrOUsh blS place this fall, but predict a great d ficit Ashvile Sjicrt'itor. A Belled Buzzard. Genth-men living in the Western portion of this County, report having -pen a helled Buzzard in their neighborhood, a f. w days mm. Th -v think he belongs to some one in Sou h Carolina, from the fac' that he is of th" "-hort tail'' species. He attracts the attention of his iribe in North Carolina, and seems loknow lie is a distinguished bird. Salisbury Watchman. Hobbiblb Murder. On Sunday last a mosi vhoeking affair took place in the upper part ol ihis District. A soft sh t his father and immediately afterwards killed himself. The circumstances, as we have heard them, are these : Basil I. Boone, the son of Daniel B am-, of tins Dis rict, liad been in altercation with his fisher shorty previous to fiis commission of the deed. What was the cause of ihe quarrel, we have not heard. The conse quence was, thai Iih possessed himself of a gun in some way, and shot his father in the back, the load entering in the region of the back-hope and between the shoulders. He ffjen left the house, and near by in an old field, in full view from llie yard, he succeeded in shooting himself, causing instant death. The father, it is thought, cannot survive the terrible w tind he has received. Edgefield (S. C.) Adveiliscr. SINGULAR Case. Our readers will remember that a man named Alfred Talley was arrested in ibis city no: long since, in company with n mulatto woman, bom he was supposed to have stolen. letter was subsequently produced from Mr. Sp eil Moss, of Mecklenburg, ihe master of the woman, which showed that he was aware of their movement, and fully approved nf ilp-m, and the parties were discharged. The ClarkaviU Tohac. Co Plant states I hat they uere on iheir way to Ohio to get married, and very likely (hey have ere this heen yoked together, in a Slate were amalgamation is tolerated. R ichmod Enquirer. Jt'R Y OF I.NftCEST. Was In Id at Jackson flen derson's, in ihis District on the 1 1 th inst., before Elias Wall, magistrate acting as Coroner, upon the body nf Dorcas Henderson, a child three years ol age, when a verdict was rendered that said child came to her deuth 'on account of having had an i excessive portion of shirituotis liquors given lo it by a fr e boy of color, named Tohe j whether it . was designed by said boy lo injure tl.e ehi'd in eo doing was unknuttii to said Jury.' Spartanburg Express. Damages. In the case of Dr. F. L. Zemp i semen, vs. the V dmiegtou and Manchester Rail Camaen, vs. the Wilmington and Manchester Rail- r";,d Company, trn d at Sumiervtlle th.s week, the J,iry d 'he danog-s at 10.000. -)r M,,P lol n ,PS ,rnrrl the accident and received other lupines The case excited much interest, ai d the Court was attended by the laches. Col. Cbesnut. Mr Caston and Mr. Spain appeared t.:r the plaintiff, and CI. Moea, Mr. Hay net worth and Jdr. Green com ru. Columbia CanjUnian. Tup Progress of the War. In France, the efforts of the Lyoyernxneni to carry on - ihe war seem to be redoubted. Men, stores, material, surg-ons, S.st"rs ol Charily, all in enhanced numbers and amount are proceeding to the East. The rational spirit is up, and the game will be m ujfully played out. H LATLU IWU BOPE. ARR.VAL OF STEAMER PACIFIC. New York, Nov. 15. j Tie stC(imer Pacific has arrived, bringing Liver ; pool dales ol iNovember d. j Great excitement, amounting nearly to a panic, prrv.ibd throughout England in regard to a war i with the United States. Extras were even issued auuouoeing thai the American Minister had de- manded his passports, but on the night of the 2d Mr. Buchanan tebgraphe.d to Dr. Hunter, the ; Liverpool agent of the New York Associated ! Press, that the rumer was entirely without found- I . a 1 1 . ' The exeitemi nt regarding a war with ihe United ! States was produced Uy a series of malicious arti ' cles in the London Times, exaggerated by the provincial pr ss. Energetic remonstrances had p0D dales o! November 3 heen sent in !o government against involving the country in a disastrous war. There was nothing important from the sent nf war. Both armies were pr paring to go into winter quarters. The llis had retired to their former positions in the Crimea, on account of a threatened attack from the Russians. Jt wa, however, unlikely that any further operations would t.-.fce place this yi nr. Gen. Codiingtnn h id been appointed lo the com. niand of the English forces. Owing to the false rumor mentioned above, cotton had advanced d, with salea during the week ol'G5,0l)0 bales. Lower and middling grades of cotton had advanced most. .Fair upland bad advanced Jd., and fair Mobile and Orleans were unchanged. Sales lor export and speculation 15.500 bales. Manchester advices were more favorable. Breadstuff's were slightly lower. Wheat had declined 2d. Corn firm white 45s. 6. ; yellow 41-.; mixed 43s. 0 1. Canal fl .ur 42s.; Ohio 44-. '0 41s. OJ. Sugars active and advancing. Money market unchanged. The bullion in the B.nk had increased 05 000. Consols easie.'. 68 to 88. i. American stocks were Oeaiocj ulic ;nil A ntiKnow Pfothias 11 Pel i Hi.' AT M1LLEOGEV1LLE, GKOIIG1A. Pursuant to a oil, the Democratic nnd nnti- j Know Nothing party assembled in Mass Meeting at the Capitol, on Thursd iy evening, the 8th instant. On motion of Hon. Robert McMillan, Hon. Howell Cobb was oiled to preside over the de liberations ol the meeting. Gov. Cobb, on taking the Chair, briefly alluded to the object of the meeting, and with his accustomed eloquence, made reference to the past and f iture of our great party, and jiaid a just tribute to the soundness and nation alily of its principles. Messrs. R unsay of II irri-t, and N- 1ms of Elbert, j were appointed Secretaries. Hon. Alfred lverson moved for the appointment of a Committee of 21, to report business lor lv:e i action of the meeting. The Chair appointed t he to lowiiiii trentlemen as that Committee : lverson oi Muscogee, Toombs of Wilks, Stevens ol Taliafeiro, II. Warner of Merri wether, S-ward ol Thomas, llillyer of Walton, Wright of Floyd, Bailey of Butts, Linton of Stephens, . lrwoi oi Wilkes, II. Li. Lunar of Bibb, Dabm y of Gordon, Mcintosh of Eibert, Hutchins of Gwiuin it, Law ton of D lugherty, Scriven of Chatham, . L., Harris of Baldwin, McGuire ol Floyd, Phillips of Habersham, and Patterson of Jefferson. The Committee, after retiring a few minutes, returned tlnouirh their Chairman the following R 'solutions, which were read and sustained by Judge lverson w r h hi usu .1 ability and eloquence : 1st. Resolved, That as a portion of the Demo- nr:ilif nn.t unti Ivnnw Mo'hi.HT nartv of (ieriri'i:i ,,e ih.el'.re in ihe Luidnaoo nf ihe limroia Hon. vntion of 1830, "Ttiat we hold the American t() : Union secondary in imoor'ance only to the rights and nrinfioiefi il was A, sorn- d lo oeroelo.-O r tlo.t i I I" - o ' - - r t - ' pisi associations, present mutton, anu tuture pros pects, will hind us to it so loni as il continues to be the safeguard of those rights and principles. 2 1. Resolved, That we hereby declare our full and unqualifi' d adhesion to the follow ing Reso ld ion ol the Georgia Convention of 1850. and our unalterable determination to maintain it in its letter and spirit, viz : Fourth Resolution, Georgia Platform: "That thf State of Georgia, in ihe judgment ol this Con vention, will and ought to resist even (as a lust reiort) to a disruption of every tie which binds her to ihe Union, any action of Congress upon the j siit, j ct of Slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places sulj"ci to the jurisdiction of Congress, ii compatible with the safety, domestic tranquility, I t be rights nnd honor of the sluveholding Slates ; ! or any net suppressing the slave trade between j the Slaveholding Suites; or any refusal to admit as a Stale any Territory hereafter applying, be- duse of th" existence of slavery therein ; or any aci prohibiting the introduction of slaves into the j Territories of Utah and New Mexico ; or any act ! repealing or materially modifying the laws in orce fur the recovery of fugitive slaves." 3d. Resolved, That we approve and endorse the nc i'm of our last Congress in ihe passage uf the Nebraska Kansas act, and the principles therein i established ; and in conformity with these nrinci. I ')les ,he PP1" o! Kansas have the right, when ihe number of their population justifies it, lo form a Republican Siate Constitution, with or without slavery, as they may determine, and be admitted .nto the Union upon an equal footing with the other States; and that her rejection by Congress, on account of slavery, would be a just cause for ';,e 0,sruPtlon ' " 'he t;es that bind the Stale ol : Georgia !o the Union. i 4;h. Resolved, That we adopt and approve the ! following Resolution passed unanimously by the last Legislature of Georgia: '-Resolved by the Ceneral Assembly of the Stale of Georgia, Thji opposition to the principles of the Nebraska Bill, I in relation to the subject of slavery, is regatded j by the people of Georgia as hostility to the people ! of the South, and that all persons who partake of I such opposition are unfit lo be recognised as com i ponent parts of any party or organization not : hostile t . the South." I 5th. Resolved, That in accordance with the a j hove resolution, whilst we are willing to act in 11 j party association with all sound and reliable men so . in every sec inn of the Union, we are not willing to nlli'iHte with any party that shall not recognise, i approve nnd carry out the principles and profrs nr I sions of the Nebraska Kansas act, and that ihe I Lerr,ocrauc ami Anu-ivnow Nothing p r'yolj 1 -'""'W OMghl io cut off all pirfy connection with ; every man and party at the North, or elsewhere, J rrocralic ami Ati!i-Jnow Nothing par'v of ,J u 44 1 -u,,,r IU"J rt,,iJ lairiy to wns line of action. 6:h. Resolved, That thoe sound and reliable Deuiocra's ol the North, who have patriotically .'n ight for the Nebraska Kansas act, and the main- tainance of the fugitive slave law, against the combined forces of Know NothingUm and Abo- litionism, (which seek their repeal, and who stand pledged lo support the admission of Kansas into the .Union as a slave Stale, should she ask it. merit the heartfelt sympathies, thanks andencour- ! ZZjj' V - 7- . a80' a,d lo her par agement of all Southern men, in their patriotic e",V , y l 3'ouLlnk ' married, and p(,sitiUn. 7th. Resolved. That in the ranks of the Demo- j I. v "n-iit .. c u.iru iuuiiu ho have stood by the rights those patriotic men, w ol the South, and, judging the future by the past, that party only contains the elements oi sounuur. upon the slavery question, upon whieh a national party can be constructed with which the South can consistently co-operate. 8th. Resolved, That it is expedient and proper that the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing par ty of Georgia be represented in the National Con vention of The Democratic party, which is to meet in Cincinnati next spring, lor the purpose of nom inating candidates lor President and Vice Presi dent ; that the Democratic and Anfi-Know Noth ing members of the Legislature, together with such other members of the party as may be chosen to attend, from their respective counties, be, and ihey are hereby requested to meet at some con venient time during thf present session, and se lect twenty delegates to said convention for that State. 9 h. Resolved, That our delegates to said Con ven'ion ought, in our opinion, to be instructed by those who shall appoint them, to insist upon the adoption of a ptitform of principles as the basis of a national nrganiz .tii'm, pti r to the nomination of candidates ; and thai said plalform shall, amongst oilier things, include In substance the following propositions : 1st. The recognition and adoption of the prin ciples established in the Kansas Nebraska act. 2 i. That neither the Missouri Compromise, nor any other anti slavery restriction, shall hereafter be extended over any Terriiory of the United States. 3d. The prompt and faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, and its permanent continu ance upon the Statute Book. 10th. Resolved, That no man ought to be held and considered a member of the national Demo cratic party, who does not recognise, approve, nnd adopt the foregoing propositions and that ihe De mocratic and Anti-Know Nothing party of this Stale, through its said delegation, ought not to af filiate or act in said convention with any delegate or delegates, who shall disapprove and vote against ihe same. 11th. Resolved, That if said propositions shall not in substance le incorporated in the platform adopted by said convention, the delegates from Georgia ought, in the opinion of this meeting, to withdraw from the convention, and lake no farther part in the nominations or other proceedings of the same, and that our delegates ought to be in structed so to net. 12th. Resolved, That the Democratic nnd anti Know Nothing par'y of ihis State, ought, and will supp rt the nominees of said convention for Presi dents and Vice President, provided the platform adopted by the sail convention be in accordance with the spirit and intent ol the foregoing proposi tions, and the nominees thereof be pledged, if el ected, to carry out the same in good faith in the administration of the government, and in appoint ments to office under the administration. 13th. Resolved, That we sympathize with the friends of the slavery cause, in Kansas, in their manly efforts to maintain their rights nnd the rights and interests ol the southern people, and that we rejoice at their recent victories over the paid adventures and jesuitical hordes of northern Abolitionism : ihat the deep imprest felt and ta ken by th people of Missouri in the settlement of Kansas and ihe decision of the slavery question in it, is both natural and proper, and thai it is their right nnd duty lo extend to iheir Southern breth ren in thai Territory every legiiimate and honor able sympathy and support. 14;h. Resolved, That we are uncompromising ly opposed to the political organization commonly called the Know Nothing Order, or Amercan Party, having no sympathy with their sepresy, ilnir oaths, their unconstitutional designs, their religious intolerance and their political proscrip tion. 15th. Resolved, That we hail with delight the late signal triumph in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maine, and other States, including Georgia, of the Democratic party, and of ihe patriotic Whigs, w ho co-opera'e in achieving these results over the Know Nothing organization, as conclusive evidence, that in the great practical questions in volved in that contest, Southern men may honor ably nnd successfully combine, without regard to pas' political distinctions, In save the Constitution from desecration, and ihe South Irom being pros trated before the power of Nor then fanaticism and misrule. 16 h. Resolved, That the Democrats and Anti Know Northing parly in al! our sister States, and especially of ihe Southern States, are respectfully and earnestly requested to take the foregoing re solutions into their early consideration, and co operate wiih us in the policy and objects intended lo be thereby secured. The Resolutions were unanimously adopted. Alter addresses from Honorable Alfred lverson and Hon. Robert Toombs, the meeting adjourned, sine die. HOWELL COBB, Cht'n. L. A. Nelms, ) t m r, Secretaries. J. N. Ramsey, Norfolk and Portsmouth. We learn from a gentleman who reached this city Monday after noon, that the fever has again appeared at Ports mouth, and that there were twenty-one cases jhere Sunday. There have been four deaths since S .t urday, among them young Reynolds and Sneed, whoss illness we mentioned yesterday. He says the weather in Norfolk and Portsmouth is damp nnd disagreeable, arid the very worst during which cases of fever could occur. The Tran script of yesterday does not mention these facts, but our informs m is perfectly reliable, and we lear ihe sad news is loo true. The Norfolk pa pers mention no new cases of fever there. Kansas. The Kansas Herald, published at Lawrence, of October 27, states that "seventy nine wagons, loaded with pioneers from Iowa and other Western States, passed Kansas city between Sunday and Wednesday of iasi week, drstined for the Neosho." Horrors of War. Within a radius of five miles around Sebastopol, it is supposed that more blood has been split, more lives sacrificed, and more misery inflicted, within a year, than on any other equal extent of the earth's surface in the same time since the day of Noah's flood. Sale of an Estate. The splendid estate near Leshurg Loudoun count v, Virginia, kuown as "Temple Hall," belonging to Wm. T. T. Mason, containing 679 acres, was purchased a few days ago by Henry A. Bali lor $-30,000. South Carolina Agricultural Society This Socieiy met in Columbia on Tuesdav last an WM Tery arae aUended. CO" Dr. J. B. Dvis has recently sold fir. I three-quarter bred Cashmere Kids, seven months j old, and one pure bred two years old Cashmere ! Buck, to.a gentleman in Tennessee, for $4 0C0 l'40 ewes at $200 each, and the Buck at $1 000 Charleston Mercury ' j r , , , I , 7 & chooI-glrl wat married i "V . iJ.e- Anoiner g'rl of the "c 1 S""c ",,UUS" THcnons yet ! ! " Brigham Young, the Mormon is renuterl worm nearly wuu,uuu. j A List of Premiums To be awarded at the Annual Fair of the Mirk lenburg Agricultural Society, to be held Charlotte, November 20th, 1855: 1st Prize Best managed Farm, l Silver Cup. 2d I'hizs 3 00 Essay on Agriculture, 95 00 Stallion 7 years old, and un der, 5 00 Brood Mare, 5 00 Colt 2 years old, or under, 3 00 Jack, 2 years old, or under, 5 00 Jennet, 2 years old, or under, 3 00 Jack coll 2 y'rs old, or under, 1 00 Mule 7 pears old, or under, 5 00 3 00 3 00 2 00 3 00 2 00 50 3 00 2 00 3 00 3 00 2 00 1 00 1 00 50 1 00 50 3 00 3 OQ 3 00 3 00 Mule Colt 2 y's old, or under, 3 00 Durham Bull, 4 00 Cow, 4 00 Calf, 2 years old, or under, 3 00 Boar 2 years old, 2 00 Sow, 3 years old or under, 2 00 Pig under 6 months old, I 00 Buck Sheep, 2 00 Ewe, 1 00 Indian Corn, largest number of bushels per acre, 5 00 Wheat, largest number bush els per acie, 5 00 Outs, largest number bushels per acre, 5 00 largest no. pounds per acre, 5 00 Turnips, the greatest quantity o produced on acre, Barrel of Flour, Yield of sweet potntot i acre, 2 00 1 00 2 00 1 00 r 1 00 50 r 1 00 50 3 00 2 00 1 00 50 2 00 1 00 1 00 50 1 00 50 3 00 2 00 1 00 50 $1 00 50 , 1 00 5b 1 00 50 2 00 1 00 , 3 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 1 00 , 1 00 50 50 25 2 00 1 oq 1 00 60 1 00 50 it it acre. Yield of hay per acre, Dozen Cabbages, Two-horse Plough, One-lmrse do. Scythe and Cradle, Buggy, K 1 1 II II I ' Bushel of fall Apples, LADIES DEPARTMENT Best 5 pounds fresh Butler Jar of Pickles, do. 1Q yards of Jeans cloth, 10 yards domestic carpeting, U 00 Pieced Bed Quilt, Double-wove counterpane, pair knit socks or stockings, 1 00 Alum or Rice Basket, Specimens of needle-work, 5 pounds domestic Soap, Dzen tallow Caudles, U II CYRUS WILLIAMSON, JOSEPH II. ROSS, I B. W. ALEXANDER, W. WALLACE, BENJ. MORROW, Committee. I J Foreign Itclatious- The Washington correspondent of the N, V. Commercial writes; "The Administration here do not represent that the British government has assumed a hostile as pect against tps. They do say that it has acted in a manner that is ungenerous, and tending tow ml a difficulty. It is possible that Inrejgti question may assume an aspect of such importance that the domestic questions concerning Kansas, slavery, &c, will be absorbed or superceded, in ihe con sideration ol the next Congress " If ihe last conj dure is realized, the eounlr; will have rjo cause for regret. Even if a foreign war be the result, it might be the means of s mim the Union. Kansas Troubles Fatal Ai fhav. The St. Louis Republican has the follow irg addition particular? relating to the recent attempt lo kill Pat. Lsoghlin, at Doniphan, Kansas territory, or, the morning of the 31st ull ; On that day Samuel Collins, who was, it seems, Colonel of one of the regiments of the "K in. sas Legion," an exposition of which had been made by Mr. Laughlin, determined lo force him to make a retraction, or to kill him. With I Ins de teimination, he niH some twelve other oJ his friends proceeded to seek out Mr. L'iuglli:i ami demanded an unqualified retraction of hi? recent statements. This he refused to do, nnd Collins immediatt y snapped his gun at him, but fortu nately (he weapon was turned aside by a specta tor. Laughitn then drew a revolver nnd shot nnf killed him. Mr. L. was dangerously hurt in iho conflict by a knife wound in the side. At tlit same time, Mr. Lynch, n friend of his, whs wounded in the head by the discharge of a gun. NOTICIi. TE BOARD OF WARDENS will meet at the IW 1 House, in Mecklenburg t ounty, on Saturday the BU day of December next, for the purpose of electing t Steward and Physician for the year 1856. A full meeting of the Board is requested. JOHN WOLF, Ch airman. Nov. 20 2t Cash paid for Hides. THE highest prices will he paid for hides by S. M. HOWELL. S doors south of Sadler's Hole! Charlotte, Oct. 30. 14 fJm VALUABLB LAND FOR SALE. 7 WILL seJ on Tuesdav the 27th nf V,.,n,.r .nv ; J valua'blu land, iyipj within one niife of the linr f j ihe town of Charlotte, containing three hundred anil j fifty ucrcs, orio hundred arid filly acres cleared, in fraad : heart, and in a state .if Jigh cultivation; the salsaes I heavily wooded. From us proximity to fiiurke: the limber will pay for the whole farm, ; The situation is high and healthy, a comfort.ble bouse and Other excellent improvement.., and a well of water not surpassed by any in this section. On the lame day I will sell all my stock of borne! cattle, fatted, hogs, farming utensels, corn, wheat, oA", . fodder, hay, huck, &c. Terms made known on day , WILLIAM GRIDBL!:. November C, J8o. 1$.$W LAND FOITSALE THE SUBSCRIBE. nfT'prs Inr t-iL f I a DI VTA, 1JON, on which he formeiiy resided, situated two miles S. E. of Lincolnton, on the Charlotte road. The tract contains about 200 ACRES, One half 1 which in in cultivation; upon this tract there is one of the in Carolina, estimated at sixteen acres. The house u a large, and well finished building, all necessary out LuLdingj are there in good repair. The Had Road that wifj run from Cha. otte m Lincolnton, must pass within a half mile of this place. 1 will sell this place at public sale, at :he Court Hou-e in Lincolnton, on the 2nd Monday inDecember next, if not privately disposed of. Terms twe.ve months after date with interest. Those wishing to purchase, would do well to go anJ look at the premises, and Rive a bid. If any person wi-hea information on the subject, ap P'y to R. Csnsler Esq., Lincolnton. or to the under signed, Shelby, N. C. ALEX. J. CANSLER. November 6. 1855. 15-5w BLANK ATTACHMENT FOR SALE AT THE OFFICE or tbe DEMOCRAT
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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