North Carolina Newspapers

A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture. Literature, and Miscellany. 9b' JOEH I PAIMER.'BH CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. KIITOR AND PKOFHIETOB. V 0 LVM E 4 . NUMBER 30. Main Street, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1856. -N"gtv Series ONE DOOR SOUTH OF SADLER'S HOTEL. IN ok Tin: eurocrat! a! AND ,1 lyr Having recently visited New-York, and ae reted tVi-m the eld and elegant i-. mdrv of Geo. Bruce, T!- A QITASTIT .' n Urm anb ,-fanliionablf (Kqjir, ; We are now pit pied t F.xccuto In. tno Best r3t3rlo. , XM4l Ot tWffS " lluiUplij the JMetms multiply Uc ilisntl one of tiie itahlihed mavmisnf bUi-UteSl , r -a !" OEPCTa F"t". PAMPHLETS, I CLERKS BLANKS 1! VMKII.U, SHERIFF'S i... CONSTABLES' !--M ACS ISTR ATES'do. ATTORNEYS' C.n. r i:J s. I.'IRCIXARS, L V.'JKI.s. sired WILL Ihe bu-ino-- ( ouununity, BC bxw i i ::: with .A- FT? 1ST S T s i a T r n A N I n 1 J V ' i BLANKS, I t.l! tlfjiul 'Vv ,, .V BDr (fimnlfb to Oritr. CLARENDON IRON WORKS, VYIIsaaiasfff sa, . e . 8.HV .VIilI.s ot every ji i, iv Miaing Maehtncr and Pdmp", -rit an.! Flour Milla, complete, Parker. Tar kiac md other- WTater-wh Bio -ti M Punijis and lhirins, i - Pitt's Corn ml Cob Crasher, Rice Thrashers, Shingle Machines, Knitting Hangers snd fula. !', otton Gin a ad Gearing, Iron wtings of all kinds and p.. lir '.ss ( LoeoaBOtive and TnknN, Flue and pUia Cylinder BUers, Iron Smith arrk ,.!n!I kinds, I I ui I oek lor Houses and J .;!s. TU ESTABLISHMENT Having been reorganized (br lha ex .-. -- our;) WO A uticn lin rr I luiii. tn illy to the x eatioa of all order, the public iu.iv r. st satisS r thai any worJi a bieh in i i?Vf r btbII !... KMMnll i. ...... I .......... ding to promise, and of sneh workmanship as j eaaa 4 I ail to give Mtisfaction. THE MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT IKiii in charge of rich of la'i-nts and . 1 peri nee, 1 have n besitation in saying that the work hereafter torncd out. shall eempars favorablj in every respect with thatof the most celebrated the Stt,-, ::i: at aeiees winch Will make it l thi interest of r.il i.i want to s:id mo their orders. REPAIR IVOKK A. nays done without delay and having a lorce tor Mat purpose, it aril prove ad. aatagewesta any person needing nwh t. rive mm tne pretercnce without reirird to rxi.rnw I " ennn same from a distance. "rli-rs Will '. :,,l.!r,...,l t,. "CI .,).,., Ir..n I Mi i iluunjrton, N. A. II. VANBOKKELEN. Oct. 93. '55-tf Proprietor or the ultitn.eM P0M0L0G1CAL GARDENS AND tier IVTurseries. c, Jtasnbetrjes. feni x. rAd orders. aciv,mn:...i ...:.u .v. . . I - -- - uc casn, I mw atrj packed and directed to ,nv n; .- iu- country r-v..jii i S. P.. v: V j .. r 1 .r. H. WMMBOMMEME Proprietor Saddle 6t Harness Manufacturer, rRltn suhscribet hiving parchas d the v- ' (Three doors south of Sadler's Hotel.) Ji tir.. i utrrt at in tho CiAaas laoa j charlotte, a. c. MToxaa. sotieita orders .or -i-ui- , t .i , , . I rilE sabsenber thankful ' . " ? ' MeaDI fjr the very liberal patron- v.m . ?1$,??At ri X W K'iriliCS ' 1 a bestowed upon him dur- - - - - - 1 wribj " j KISS,eaml )THP'rv aaaaan T." l T " T I T T " 4 X"Tv ge of ,a, fuw - -vi rp: , - vviui-ui. yji. it n v r r-.- i THE MAN I LOVE. I love an open oouuti-uaiice, A kiii"! aul Bohle fac'; The indx of un honest b art Thai lovea The human race! A brow on which a smile is throned, Like sunlight on a flower As open as tbe regal skies, Witb lx amj ot" love anl power ! I love the. kinJ ami welcome glance That proves we're not alone ; Ami oh ! bow sn t lo find at times Bem feelings like our own : A hear) that beats witb panei hopes, To pity and to bless; That strivt s to make eartb's comforts more, Its pains and follies taN .' I love tbe man whose b Bit is true. Who addon wears a frown ; And loves all arn. Gran bim who toils To bim wbo wean a crown ! Whb mildiii ,s alwav-, on bis lips, A bee aiid open mind, A brow wiib mental grandeur snanu'd, A soul sii'ireinclv ki;id ! Attorney &. Counsellor at Law, UU.1RLOTTE, JT, V. Jn- i, tf Attorney at Law, (Office in Lonciyjaa'a Brick BoOdlag'.Su Boor,) Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 89, 1856. tf PIAXO FORTES. (rW0fc$ ? I R. RAMSEY, of 1 Columbia, S. C, Piano Forte & Dealer, RTfff f iTlnsic t vf.V is consta XiJtSr ing a go. autly rec?iv- good supply o Pianoa with tbe LATEST IM PROVEM ENTS, Which lis given tliem the premium over all Others. 6 am! 6 octaves troin $'-2'',0 to So'H). 6 . to 7 $o00 to (400. 7 to 7i S400 to SloO. Carved work and Grand Pianoa :rom f ";0Q to Mr. R. beiK a practical Piano Maker can insure to li:s customers a perf-' instrument. CpJambia, June '21, 1830. I91j HARNESS. THE SraacamsKs lu. f enrereil mtoco. rjwl L..WI t rvi r r ii ; n i n ;i i? d nnn.v I .i i w Sad Ale ;i 1 , r -i IVdl anufact AT R. SHAW'S OLD STAND, In SniNfis' BmcK Coaana Bi n ding, where Ibej have cor.stat:tiy on band a larje and spieniiid assortment of Sai!Ics, Bridles, Haniesskc . ol every description, arconiini! to the most approved style am! fashion of the day. Thy I are alo prepared to manufacture anything in j their line in the most substantial and work manlike manner and better than the best. We respectfully invite tbe public to call a:;d examine for themselves, j Repairing done at short notice ar.d with neatness and dispatch. SHAW & PALMER, i March 2, IS55. 32 tf S. JI. HOAVELL, S ti e past vear, has now made more extensive pre paration lor the future de- aiut for work in his line, Tl'iii t ill onilaTi'Ai- t- I 1 1 p i . i k U all that may want Saddles , and Harness, with a superior article at the loweat possible prices, lie has now on hand a very iare assortment ct Saddles, Bridles, S3 aria ess. Saddlery Hardware, Whips, Buffalo Robest Saddle Cloths Skirtings, Hog Skins, Patent Enamelled , ntn Harness Leather, , together with every thing usually kept in my . line of baaiaeaa, 1 itAll kinds of Saddles and Harness made at tbe shortest notice. i Repairing promptly executed. " S. M. HOW ELL. .; Oct S3, 1855. 13-tf NEW B003 IS FOR SALE LOWiilE MD ENMSS' STORE. sHE Sl.ive of tnc r.amp, a Posthumous Novcl.by William North Ingenae, or the first dsv of the Blood, bv saiezaoaei uumaa. original manuscriDt. ited irom t be Fasbion ami i';inc:es, by -Mrs Stephens, she Maroon, a legend of the C.irribces. and other talus by Y. Gilmore Si nuns. i ue i asiie UuUaers. !v t: kl- l, . I . I r i i -e," " riie 11 ir of Rcdelvffc " "Scenes and Heir of RadelyfTe. "Scenes 'I .'1 ill. Ills . j t hnce," etc. . w,u .an or rue i ruwiiers l.-.tcrtain. ; mrut, bv T, . . 1 is.i I mm. S,-n The above tl le very latest and most p ;iular novels of the dav. 'c constantly keep on band a large and well st.Ltieu sine., oi si..iionury ot every kind, and are constantly rcCeiviac all tkm LU, ttiat are being pohlished, and books that v.-e have not rot. we can m t on ik. .k Zl I . - . ........... ..... i t on the shortest no- t. RK.flOVAL. R. W. Beckwith has removed his Jewelry Store to Xo.2, Johnston's ' A. t il i .-...I ixow, uiree coors SOUtn ot Kerr's Hotel. 20-ly n .i , ..I J. B. F. BOONE. U'TTOT PSit i? n. . ... kliail UtAX,tK la iD I .i..Ai.ra,sS,LlxlX04 Binding -fcKINS,SuOE 1 OOLS OF Kvf.ry Descriptiov CHAKLOTTE, N C :SCR,TIWU Oct. 20, 1864. tf . T . llarnen ;:$&3-ai-, n. Traneli "b- 16. is:5. (Srnrrnl Cntflliitnuf. MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTH CAROLINA. The Richmond Enquirer says : "We think every sensible man in Massac husetts, after comparing the census of his own State with thatof North Carolina, whether he he actuated by aolfiflh policy or enlarged phi lanthropy, will acne from tho comparison, a warm friend of the Union as it is. The statistics, which we shall cite, might, oi' themselves, induce the belief that the Bay State was only productive of criminals and paupers. But it is well known, that despite i . ,: ir. i rtoiti,., i;rbnrt1i hei fanaU ism, she is wealthy, enlightened, industrious and energ-tie. Her commerce, and manufactures supply her with the pro ducts of agriculture. Disunion would crip ple those resources, and probably expel her industry, skill and capital, to better mark ets and more congenial dimes. The pop ulation of Massachusetts in 189tf was (in round numbers) a million, that of North Carolina, eight hundred and seventy thou- j -and. Massachusetts produced thirty-one j thousand bushels of wheat, two millions j three hundred and forty-live thousand bush els of Indian corn, and three millions five hundred and eighty-five thousand bushels j of potatoes eighty -one thousand hogs, forty-two thousand horses and mules, and two hundred and sixty thousand cattle. The productions of North Carolina, in pro- portion to population, were about ten times is great. They produced two millions one mndred and thirty thousand bushels of wheat, twenty-seven millions bushels Indian corn, nve millions seven hundred thousand bushels potatoes, one million eisht hundred thousand hogs, one hundred and seventy four thousand horses and mules, and six hundred and ninety-three thousand cattle. What u field she exhibits for Massachusetts commerce and manufactures ! Yet she would fare better in case of a disunion than ; Massachusetts for she produces all the w..-..-... 1:j-.. .....i .1 urowicg o wis-, cum uujjui psvuuvt) us nave we spent; upon mic rive l'omts, sur lusuries within herself. ' rounded by want and suffering, by beggary, The statistics of crime and pauperism j fhame and crime. Th? fact of living here .., :1 . . :. . . . ..Q. . j is not m itself so hard as tho lack of means -.-.; 1 1 1 ; i ijiun- ,t blui mug u iiiiierenee ill la- vor of North Carolina, and prove that she can and does attend to the moral and phy sical condition of her people, and needs no foreign prompting or interference. Before quoting those statistics, we would remark, that fuel, so dear and so much needed in Massachusetts, is at every man's door in North Carolina, without money, and without price for there are fewtowns in that State. In Massachusetts, in 1S,(I, there were 15, ?(): paupers; in North-Carolina, 1,900. In Massachusetts, criminals convicted in 1850.7,000; in North Carolina, 600. Tn prist. as. in Massachusetts, 1,000; in North Carolina, 44. In jails iu Massachusetts, 1,000; in North Carolina, 31. In Peniten tiaries in Massachusetts, 431 : in North Ca rolina, 14. Odd Fellows' charities, in Mas sachusetts, $264,000; in North Carolina, 10,000. We think that these statistics deserve the serious study of every christian, patriot and philanthropist in the Union." MASSACHUSETTS ANTI-SLAVERY S OCTET Y. The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society held their 23d annual meeting, last week, at Post. .n. This infamous Society makes no ' secret of their seditious designs against the j Federal Constitution and the Union, but j glory in their treason and their shame. In 1 their most prominent resolution they declare and slave catching on every inch of Ameri- I etui soil, is to be trodden unuer fool and j j pronounced accursed." These and other i 1 t . . Kinurea resolutions were unanimous v a-; ; dopted, by prominent individuals of J : that : State rheir anti-Sluvory Report abounds with disgnstmg doctrines of irdutel woman's j rights and white and black amalgamation, j endmg in blathering lunacy and impotent sedition. And yet, as the New York Her- aid rem mouthed between the deliant, open I . A ' " T 1 1 . . treason ot tins l.Iovd (.arrison ' asylum and the smooth faced hypocritical pretences of Seward and his allies, driving al u"! ilIIU 'jecis, tne iormer is less i.er- ... . . . . nicious and less da.iererous to the Union and ,,, n,;tv tl,.-.,. tl, IntiAr J .1,. . r ....... ... v ...... .. ... mv ..uv . u. " gree to which the open enemy is preferable to the insidious and plotting traitor. Gar ' risen und his gang are in the open field : Seward and his set are bush-fighters, iu- f.;,. u .1 . ,.c i.:..u w . . .u " r i ' to PJ the msane ravings of the Gar- ...... . . .c . ' r, 1 .. . o t . . I.... .1... j...... i, k .. .... ...-.-. rt . WVU iUUUlU lfi.ll IUL 11U' , UlVlll of tho Seward nlliance require incessant , , - , ,T i watching and active resistance at everv; point. SESATOB Douguvs. The Hon. Stephen ; Dougiae, who has been so Ion" detained ! O i on his way to the seat of government by a violent and protracted inflamation of the throat, arrived iu Wushiugton on Fridav morning last. Hon. Rcbert Toombs declined to re ceive any compensation for his lecture on slavery, delivered recently in Boston, but requested that the amount tendered him be giveD to a society for aiding emigrants. ! " T -'7'- u.e country. Gen. Cass, in presenting a netition to the rTr? Vawe mia me 1 !.., ..!!,.. , : - i.. r. ji. a . is un- uts&oiunon ot tne i nion, in compart- T .. , . " ' , , winch the territory of Louisiana was j son with whuh all other issues with the I fhe foUowitt , remJkBi to c"untr' and by which the relij siav. power are as uust m the nu ance." ! 44,r u i . , , , I rights ot its inhabitants were 1 . .. . - I "Mr. President. I have been nniiested bv i & n ' u' , uu in anotuer resolv,. they declare that -a om. IIcbrew - j the m ? Wtll the gentlemen find it in t olistlfltion Wiiici forji iws sbive hinit nff 1 are-.vel 4rlr1rAes r,f l.tl r Fr-m the New York Day Book. Letter from G n. O una, .71. C, to Lcwi Xapiran. Yasiinoton Feb. 5. Sir : I have, for many years, been in the habit of throwing all printed matter sent me from the North, by vile Abolitionists and incendieries, in the fire ; as I consider their falsehood as only surpassed by the impu dence of those who send them ; but as you (with some other fanatics) have seen fit to send me, over vour own signature, a com- momentum accompany mg a petition to Congress, expressing a doubt -whether there be. or has ever been, any legal slave- rv in the United States." dec, I will simply I . - . t)) that I am perfectly satisfied you are aware yourself that your every assertion : on the subiect of slavery is as false and '.-,., . , t i J ' "Gentlemen talk about the Papal power. mischievous, as your conduct in sending ; honoraWe gontleman from North-Car-them to me is impudent and insulting. , fMj. Read(? the othej. dav aM the If you have humanity, as you profess. hmorabje g(Mltlemau from Georgia, Mr. which you cannot make me believe, you may , Ster,liens WflPtber he would vote for a find around you, and perhaps in your own ; Cathoic whoge rclig;ous 0i);nions ho sus. empio mem, niueu uioie ueeuj oojl :is ui your ueuevoience man my or otner staves in the South. Go to a sewing establishment, perhaps within one block of you, and relieve the indigent mother, who makes a shirt for six cents, whilst her little ones at home are shivering for want of fuel to warm their withering frames, and aie fast dropping into untimely graves, for want of food and rai ment to relieve their squalled wretchedness. Go into the cellars and underground abodes of hundreds in your city, of all sexes and color, who associate together without even rags to hide their nakedness, steeped in , every species of crime, whilst starving for i every comfort of life, and show your bene I volence to them ; and I would especially recommend to you to bestow your benevo- lence on those described in a recent address j to the New York public, by the dev. L. M. i Pease, the benevolent bend of the Five T. i! r- cf.,v i- i rn "Five winters dark and dreary winters i . . - A . to supply the wants of the worthy poor, and to atiord shelter and protection to the home less. We have been compelled, by our relation to this people, to witness lit to bare feet treading the city pavements, until the nails have been frozen from their toes, to see their skeleton fingers readied out to us, and hear their cry for bread, when we have no bread to give. We have been compelled to leave the widow with her new-born babe upon her bosom, friendless and shelterless upon the street, because we had no shelter for her; to see boys ripen into criminal manhood, and girls into wanton womanhood. We have been compelled to hear hundreds of unfortunates beg iu vain, even in the nomn nt nm C.-t...... .... ........ ... ... ,.-.f,,, ,i .!. II:. ivivtui) uovi niivu MV.111V.U ill t. III UL.Ulli and afterwards die hopeless; and all for want of a little of that on which thousands are prodigal. This is hard." When you and your associates have veri fied your professions, and relieve your suf fering neighbors, it will bo time enough to send me anything relating to my slaves, who, old and young, are well fed, clothed and taken care of better, I am satisfied, than thousands of those who arc beginning to doubt '-whether there be, or has ever been, any legal slavery in the U. States." I Lnta ?ou havp done these things, 1 hope you wiU refrain flom sending me more of -vour lalse aud insultiug communications, JOHN McQUINN. To LEvns TAMPAN, New York, ttx ui- Tttt, ail. JJlVi, vv o. to present a petition asking for an act of incorporation to enahla tiuoo i.. nmet :i iJsm r u: -i . . ,. . i n nuisin , aim w man aye i..c- i-mr.ora 'ties ! r.oo,.eet...1 v-5r5, u t i.... i .u. .t. vv - nm - - i-v . n A UUUC tilIU( Llt'lt. Ill existinST law in tllis Dlstrirt ml-o nrm-icinT. , . . . I'VIS 1 1 11 -. low 111 tll! I) in .. . . 1-. . , . ,.; . t . ' f..r tl,..,o ,-,..,... ...,t.. ;.. " ..." . rlir:5f;n npnnri,;.l.:(ic " ,.,. A. I tiou is au aot of gross mjustifce, and if ' Cvntinued after our attention is rli t ' j, ould . . ,lisfrraco t(, onr illT. i dence. It would ill become ... t., - 1 u i, .. . c "... . i : I'IOCO.11 O. illl ai'lOl OI11S I illl Tl.n t.i.lh :w , m 1 ..... . .i . ii vi . . , , , . . . i ; the patriarchs and nronhets of Tv:...l t.. ! whose keeping for more than two thousand ! years were committed the oracles of the I , true and living God. Considered iu a his- ! torical aspect only, the rise and progress : ! and fall of the Jewish race constitute the 1 ; most interesting and remarkable, and, I mav i add, romantic episode in the whole unn.U ! of mankind. The incarnate Saviour himself, in his human capacity, was a Jew, and he came, as he declared, not to destroy the first dispensation that ot law but t fulfil ;t i by the second dispensation that of mercy. ilis revelation is freely offered to all the , , . - .. 1 ! worm, wnetner Jew or liemile; and it con- j demns every kind of persecution and intol erance, wbetuer civil or eccle-iastical. I trust that tbe feB idt leaJi"g to eternal tmrm COnmcta ctweeu tuo power to inflict, and Ft.-r io cuuuic, ui uni or tate posses s.ou oi ine American neart. nor write its cruel and unchristian decrees in the volumes I of American legislation. I move the refer ence of this petition to the Committee on the District of Columbia." (Agreed to.) CF" Fathew Matthew is laboring as a priest at Kena, one of the Fcjce Ir-Liads. A KNOW-NOTHING SPEECH. It appears that there is at least one Know ' Trth;nr moml.cr Pnnm-ess xrbn is not ; r -i f ,i t rri .i r afraid ot the Pope. This gentleman is Mr. er rru y -r.f.ii Lustis, of Louisiana. The Know ,othHrs . T . . .... i i . K,.-k of Louisiana, it is known, do not subscribe to the illiberal and proscnutive doctrines ot . , A, , , . , .. . ., , .t wi. 3 l -t r i.- Catholics. On the 7th instant. Mr. Eustis i ,. j it e t, delivered in the House of Representatives , , a speech, from which the following is an r i extract. It will strike everv one that he! i m Know Nothin Mr. , Readet of thu StRte ;nto B TI. , . ....... . . j-j reinarKt uj relation to ine lnierierenoo i ,. T. I o irrorestant ministers in pontics, are es- ' .... . . . . t , Tn . , ,lCCtod b 'i:ir' hosMl to the general inter est of the country. What right has that gentleman to challenge the nationality of his peer, his equal, and require him to purge his conscience, before he can hold commun ion with him on the footing of the American citizen ? What right have you to denounce him as a traitor to his country, and compel him to stand before your bar as a criminal as an individual hostile to the institutions of your country ? I tell you, gentlemen, you have just as much right to put yourhands in another man's pocket, to see if the money he has belongs to him, as to take that position towards the American Catholic as to dare to presume to ask him whether ho entertains opinions hostile to the institutions of this country. Gentlemen ought to recollect that here, in this Congress, there is not a single Cath olic priest. And, for my part, I am oppos ed to all religious interference with our po litical affairs. I am in favor of maintaining and keeping up the divorce between the Church and State which has been establish ed by our great fathers. Put, sir, that very same reason which makes me a deadly ene my of Catholic interference with our insti tutions, makes me blush for my country men when I see the ProtosHtnt Church soil ing its robes in dragging them in the mire of politics. Cries of 'Hear, hear." and 'Good ! YourLegislatures are filled with gentlemen who wear white cravats and black coats. 'Hear, hear,' and laughter. Your Congress has a large proportion of these clerical gentlemen. And I ask you, with all due respect and courtesy to gentle men of the cloth, to show me a Catholic priest or an accredited agent of the Church of Pome in this Hall, Laughter, and cries of 'Hear, hear!' Gentlemen who talk a bout the Pope of Rome ought to recollect that that poor old man, who is an object of so much terror to them, is now in the custody of a guard of French soldiers. But Mr. Clerk, I have consumed more time than I desired to have done. I will eimnlv close mv remarks lv nci ln V. fWntl,n,,fm,v.,.n. ru it tat where he gets the authority for thus black- I balling is peers, his equals, the Catholics' where he rret tbe fW; r,. ' ! them as the mere tools of the Pope of Rome? ! i. , . , ., i Huoio iiu gi-is me auuioriry i or consider ing them as unworthy of participating in the great councils of this country ? Does the gentleman find his authority, or will he find it in tho Constitution of the United States? Will the gentleman find it in the treaty be- by ced-d ions guitrauriea i our Country-in that address which is so often quoted by the orators of the American! W ui me geiincman nnu it in that Will the irpntlemnn finrl it I Ui : ' P - rent hook, the llikle. -t,;i. . , C' ' ' """ UVU veneration has been wasted so un profitably i m the Philadelphia platform ? I will tell the ! Sontlpman h wffl find it. He will, find io the gs and in the iuspira- tiou of that dark spirit of fanaticism which 5s tho cur?e of the Anglo-Saxon race. The ffentleman will find it in thnt snirit hv wl.lf.li ! I'rotestants were I riven f-,-, vr ......w. ........ . bj thir feUW Protostaat-' our colonial duy8" He wiI1 fllld h ln that 5PirIt which j made th Episcopalians of Virginia drive j aw0J their Puritan brethren from that State, j Alul wherG did these Persccuted Puritans j a,id Prutestants in 6enoral 6 What spot 1 dld the-v choo?e as an asylum in order to be ; ; protecteu irom tneir frotestant persecu ' tors? I will tell the gentleman where they went in those colonial times. Thev went to : , - . , , toe colony of Maryland to that eolonv , . V, .A , - who.- a inhabitants were under the influence ! tec ,. i r . - - " -bt, uuiuu oi ivome aact its corrupting tendencies. Yes, these Puritans SOUgiit a refuge in that colony which first in the United States es tablished the law protecting every man from religious persecution." -- ... . Great Park. The New Yorkers have at lost made sure of their rTcat Central Park, embracing an area of scleral hundred acres of ground. All the legal obstacles opposed have been removed, and the work of preparing the ground will be far advanced by next summer. It will cost 5,000,000 i dollars. COMPLETION OP THE N. C. RAIL ROAD. The Petersburg late! licence notices as ; follows the completion of this great work : . "We taKe great pleasure iu stating that , , , , - this grat work has at last bee.i finished, -p , , t A flint fWma (i ir cKftfn rrl t Uhni.lnff1 ! trains are daily passing through, nil the , "way. We congratulate the old North fctate -' , . , . , ' upon the occasion, as this road will be pro- ,l . , . , K. duetive to her people of immense benefits. ! . ... 1 r . , , lit w'li onpn mi new sources of wnalrn jmrl . ' . . ..... give additional imfdtoa to the spirit of im- i nrrivpmmil wiii.H ! fib.-rinfl in ber bmrl for will its bcneficient in Juices be limited altogether to North Carolina. A large portion of Eastern Virginia will come in for a handsome share of its profits, and that not only without prejudice to the interests of her sister commonwealth, but in a way to promote those interests. In view, then, of the many blessings which that work will most assuredly dispense to both States, but chieflv, of course, to the State under whose auspices and by whose liberal assistance it was constructed, we cannot but feel proud justification in contemplating the career of suecessiui operation winch is now ootore it. That its business and prosperity may be on a scale proportionate to its claims and mer its is our earnest wish, and we doubt not that every annual Report will hencefor ward exhibit more nnd more flattering evi dences of its rapid progress in public favor. A great deal, however, will depend upon its management, and on this score there is not the slightest reason to apprehend anything amiss." r' CONDITION OF JAMAICA. A Southern gentleman, writing from Kingston, Jamaica, to the New Orleans Picayune, gives a sombre account of the di lapidation which negro emancipation has produced in this colony : 'Kingston," heays, "which once count ed eighty thousanfl prosperous inhabitants, who resided mordUn a great accumulation of beautiful gardens than in densely built squares, now contains only about forty thousand poverty stricken people, composed in a great measure, to use the expression of an English gentleman resident here, of lib erty crippled uegroes. The white popula tion has largely cHmiai-br-d, and is rapidly disappearing. The colored population presents the most marked contrasts within itself. The young men look hale, well fed and joyous ; and the young girls, if at all good looking, give evident tokens of pros perity in their dress and adornments. The middle aged of both sexes seem everywhere joyless ; and the old are images of haggard want and despair." He observed women loading ships with coal, watched over by a dozen stout lazy fellows. The experiment with Coolie labor baf been a failure. "j ,- A PROUD DAY FOR JOSHUA R. GID- DINGS. It is the custom of the House of Repre sentatives at Washington to assign to the oldest member of the body the administra- tlon. f tlie ath to a n(MV Speaker. Ac- cordmSI7. when Mr. Banks was declared elected' !t appears that upon Mr. Joshua R. SJw f 7 .TTJ T I his is what Hon. Amos Kendall would de- signate "an evil omen," and Sam Weller "a werry peculiar coincidence." In refer- ence to -this incident, the Washington Sen I tinel says : "It is said that the ceremony of swearing j in the Speaker was performed by Mr. Gid i dings, the great head of Abolitionism, with j great unction, and in the most dramatic and luimnniN rpnnnev TTo Innirr.ri oc if 4Vi ! i w . . ............. . -. . ' . V. .3 . . 111.. L .Ml I . rtC rtll 1 - 1 .. X 1 j cwuio an Li. i- uiu iieyru liiariyrs unii young negro oaoies were intuscd into lum. He mCTt v - r P , bsk of 'P- Ti came clap- i.i. j r, -r , , . wcruus, M.uj.pnig 01 leet sua waving . ..' . S . ... fit 1'inr lrmmb.r.4.. A Knt " ..uuuiuuir.:., awmiumsmvuiMuimiant on.l ,-lfol- " UUU VAUllUtll. j .1 , . , I And this was tho closing of the ninth .... . T. , b , i week of the session. W ith such an open- I . u i . i i . mg to business what will the end be ? We ! f , ., , , . . .... " , fear that the coldest winter will be followed ! by the hottest summer ever experienced in : Washi:igton.-iV. Y. Herald. I CONGRESS AXD PRESIOEN'T MAKING. The Alexandria Gazette expresses the do sire, in which we heartily join, that Con gress, having now been organised in both branches, will give attention to only the necessary business operations of the gov. ernment, and adjourn early. The elements fit m.eb,ef In ha T t . . nr.. r. DMmwJa j -............ . .1.', i.'.'U. I i..' j' i u.-1: 11 I LL ". 1 v v.-, says the Gazette, forebode nothing but agi- fntl-r nnrl trio VAin.rrir (fill -l.T-.r. , , . Ti . when thev are dispersed. It is a curious v - J , 1 .. XT , fact, tnat as long as the House remained a i . . . unorganized, the country felt safe, but the moment an organization is effected, appre hensions of trouble are expressed, and the newspapers invoke them to go home as soon as possible ! r "n A FREE-SOIL MOVEMENT. Kansas Emigration. A oompany has been formed in this city, composed of fifty five families, and numbering in aU about 206 persons, who will emigrate to Kansas tbe coming Spring. They have a subscribed capital of 820,500. A site has already been selected a place on the banks of the Neo eha river, near tho southern bouudry of Kansas. JV. Y. Evening Pm. ,c Prfifinrl IllisffJIanij. A NIGHT WITH THE KNOW-NOTHINGS; Or, Uncle Jake's Experience. BY niS XEPHF.W. Thar never was a better dimicrat than I t., t..i hi .. lU j- , , A , .c . i attendm barbecues and specchifvmgs c crv I . ui r u chance, and like the Parson, could give n . ... , reason tor the faith that was in him he has - ! fillers been lwked up to as a sort of oracl.i in perlitical matters, and noes the history of the United States Pank ar.d itsorful iniqui ties, tho tariff and its opptessions, the dis tribution of the public lauds and nil them measures the old Whigs used to try to fix on the people so hard. In fact, Uncle Jako was a dimicrat from the top of his bed to the sole of his feet, and from ono side all thro' to tho other, and Aunt Nancy, his wife, was just as rambunctious on the sub ject as himself, only a little more so. Now. Mr. Eastman. I don't like tn pinnsn ; rjaok Jak0f but the thil) is go d( ru haye to t(?11 you aW , Last Summcr thar cum Qur j ment a nice young man, sent out, as I larnt, j from your place to make No-Nuthins, but j ho didn't let us all no what he cum for at fust. Howsomevcr, he linked In quite a lot on 'em, principally Whigs, and I larnt that sum on 'em intended tryin thar hands on Uncle Jake. Thinks I, old fellers, you'll bo barkin up the rong tree, Berths, but the fust thing I noed they got hold of the old man, treated him, told him that the Diu.i crats was all a jinin' on 'em that it Warn't no Whig trick nor nuthin' of that sort that the Pope of "roam" was a cumiiiiu' here to use up our Government, to make preests of the boys an' nuns of all the gals thut all the other denominations wud have to cave in, an wear crosses und kiss the Pope's big toe that the No-Nuthii'gs ware goin' to stop all these evil things goin' to regenerate tho land, and bring things back to the days of Gineral Jackson that Gen. Jackson's folks war all fur 'cm, tooth and too nail, and what with one thing and another, the fust thing Uncle Jake nord he was a reglar ringtailed No-Nuthin. They dun the ole man a nite, and arter it was all over he started home, an as he went along his mind was full of misgivins, how could he face tbe ole 'oinan ? What would Gineral Jackson say if he was alive ? How could ho meet his old Dimicratic friends ngin ? and I he suddenly recollected that The Union, (the old watchman on the tower of our Perlitical Zion, as he used to call your paper) was opposed to it. All these things begin to work in Uncle Jake's mind, till, by the time he got home ho was in a power ful swivet. Ho found Aunt Nancy a sitting up fur him, and Uncle Juke he never was ashamed to meet her afore. "Well Jake, ses she, "whatou yearth hns kept you out so lute to night ;" for Undo Jake was very regular in his habits. "Why Nancy, T been round nttendin a mcetin to-nite," ses he, quite hositotiu like. "What kind uv a mcetin," ses she. "Wy a sort uv parlitical meetin," bos he, shiveriu all over, fur he was powerful onasy by this time. "Weil," ses she, "if you've been tryin to lied these no-iiuthias I aint got no more to say, fur you could't be in better business, fur I leyrn that sum as call themselves dimicrats. have jined 'em. 1 don't liko 'cm no how, Juke, fur they don't cum out open an above board, but ar pokin round at nite in alleys and dark places, but I thank the Lord you aint wun of 'em, fur I no I couldn't live with one of m to save my life." But what makes you look so, Jacob ! J"" ; i.re; iny nit) II VCU i it iroz ii rr. ... ..i i-1 . 1 - 7 TJ 1 i . . ui. e . . a 7 aud your hands as cold as L What's the matter, Jako ?" u turner much." sos nc .Tnkn. T mm- - - .. Jft,fM xr irv rbbII v-.ti-rt iif - Tii I J w "4,'v-' UU I 11 llH SI g to bed," so sayin ho tdirt into bed, and 7u- ij . , the old omaa arter him. n;mrK r'n., T. . Jiimcby Lnkle Jukc, arter tossin and u . .. . , , 'ani rodin about, gits to snep, and dretat that u- Tv j u , , P1" f he l f mUhJ T"ldU ' d WUh huu uo uuuiun t no longer voto his ticket, for his old friends and his principles, and he groaned in spirit. Auut Nancy waked him up, skcored to deth, an Unklc Jake had to out with the hole thing. Aunt Nancy jumped out ur bed and declared she couldn't stay thar, that a no-uuthin couldu't, cum a nigh her. Unkle Jak-.i at last told her ef she would forgive him, he'd go early in the mornin and git out of tho thing, but she told him no, she couldn't stand him till mornin, and directly Unkle Jake hauls on his close, aud went out and got the President and sum I more on 'em together, and swore he must ffit out afore mornin or kill sum body one. They let him out and when be got loose, he sung, he shouted, he danced and capered like a boy he run home and like to a squeezed Auut Nancy to deth : she good old soul, was raitily riled about it an pow erfully distressed, but pealed his pardoa with a kiss of forgiveness, an let by-gonos be by-gones. One man soon arter hinted to Unkle Jako that he heerd he was a no-nuthin, when ho pitched into the feUer an like to a walloped him to deth; since that tinio nobody ha ever accused Unkle Jake cf being a QO nutbia Vxeksburg 9intknzU