North Carolina Newspapers

XI A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany. rfflpy TfiHH J PALMES EDITOR ANI PROPRIETOR. J $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. VOLUME 4. NUMBER 34. Office on IVtvin. Street, O'-iE D30R SOUTH OF SADLER'S HOTEL. TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1856. 2To7C- Series Lw J Bxii fix B N OFFICE OF Tin: 1 AW Having n ceutiy visited New-York, and se lected frni ,!.'- old and elegant Foundry of Geo. IJruce, Esq., A Q! AN 1 i i V '1" ilm unb asljion&hlfCqpr, We arc uow pre pan d t F.xi cut.? Ixo. tlic Best SSt31o, . s B0QK MB )i 'Wssfffsssj the .limns, a:ul yon V-V; ;AiV cb;ee assortment ol GRAPE ... . ., I INF.S, Raspberries, Strawln-m.-s. Ax. &c. mmiiiplW the Results," orders, accompanied with the cash, Is one of tl.i es tablisbi 1 tnaxintsof business. will r ceive prompt ::'. ntion, and th" trees will 1 be neatly packed and directed to any portion ot I tl'.i- country. OROEIIS KlU! Pmm .liin Onnntl TlVM nil PAMPHLETS, HANDBILLS, AKUS. CIRCULARS, LABELS, CLERKS' BLANKS SHERIFF'S do. CONSTABLES' do. MAC ISTR VTES'di. ATTt RNEYS' do. OR FOR Required by the bt dncss Community, WILL it:: EXEi t .1 : WITH INT Hi "JL1 : : T JIT, & ,,15 I S 5 T AND ' . .. ' ' Li vLJ j-J U J - ..Lj j j -ri'! X"! "St 7"j(12 cj jL3L.Lxi.cS.JE3l o" . t. r 1 3 & 2 . a fel M v Vf 1 4 t . I ' tXC. Ju. V, I ALWAYS ON HAND. 5 (Dr tf rwutc!) to irbcr.( By MILLER & OP.R, MVAS bein n-fitted in a sty! of neatness not I snrpas.i1 hj i 1 ; South -v States, Mv "h '' ' ::i 1 - ; - ' ; -:" - ill". - - 'ortSinlM, IfirnHtiie, !: (alii. TV, ! ....... .. .. . , , ,. ! ' 1 . . . '.il id MARKET. ! TI , . . .- ... laanknit tor 1 istla . ' . - . .; .1 con-; liaaam r ol in . 1 . : . ;i 1 1. '. and then -t ..; tnai We have do allusion : .; n wspapi 1 miff, but to a putf us is a p iff. on :i p nnin imp rt 1 t i gar snch as yon e:t:i find the Eagb-Saloon. Old CreMcrnl Brandy, Vint ige of Ib.to b fimi 1 at the Eapfc Saloon. 1 Pinett'a old Castilian Erandy V. n!.. 01 l-l-. :,t th I'. Saloon. P. II. Goodwin A Brandy A superior .-irtic lot medical purposi :"-r sale at the Eaerk s iloon. Win a. IfaoHra, Port, Malaga, Sli rry, and T a sup :.,; quality, can always be fbu Eagle Saloon. ... Alkaay Cream tLKaod Newark (A Bferiof articli ) to b h id at the Eagk Saloon. Sardines, Lob3tcr3, Pickles, Catsups. kc, A.c, For saieai 1 milllk & orr's Chmriotte. Feb 20 Eale Sauwx. ,,,.,,... V. FlSfllON BLE TAILORLNil. : THE tcriber announces i to the pal g, , rally, that he I is now receivintr . 1,, . I incnt ot new Clolhs, Cassimeres WESTiJtTfSS, for Geatlemen'a wear, and will Cash at a small orofiLor made toor- ut-i accoieii p to the Ian t styles, siiop next j door t Elma' Grocery Store. I j ,. .... s pt. an. 't-u.-jj L. RE A. ; D t ic, T 1i nr. -...o-crio . o uwj anstous to close up ' th-ir Accounts for ls5-l-'5, nsapectfnUr i qnest ALLPERSOKS IDi:ilTEI HF. snhaeriher h !n , 1 requ 'tTns tO Settle tin rit one.. ..r iko'ir ..,,. ...:u t : into the bauds oS au Otbcer. . . . r , v. .VI.UIUUI H1U UE DUI , . TROTTER & TODD Cbarlotte, Jan. 15. lc.r6. 3t - . , DC Kil,l I..I 71 RS. WHEALAM, Opposite the Pot-Oflice. ALL DRESSES out and Bade by the celebrated A-B-J method, and war ranted t.. fit. BONNETS Trimmed in the lifts t Style, at the shortest notice. Charlotte, Feb 12, 1856. tf ROBERT GIBBON, M. D. OFFERS his professional Ben k a to the pub lic, in the practice of 81 RGKRY, iu all its various departments. Dr. (in: itos will operate, tr. at, or rive, advice in ail cases that asay require his attention. ''j-"Office No. ", Granite Range, Charlotte. Feb. 10, 1866L-Iy RO BK RT P. Wi RF, Attorney at I. aw, ( Office in building attached to the American Ho tel. Main street,) Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 29, 1856. tf S. Yt . DA VIS, Attorney 6c Counsellor at Lw, fJtl.tttLOT7E, JT. C. Jan. 1 , 1 -.");. if S. W. WESTBROOKS, Proprietor of lite nil ford POMOLOGICAL GARDENS lVursenos, 'OCLD resw-ctmlly call the attention of our South ni ritiz ns to his sew ct collec tion ot native an.! acclimated vanities 01 r tc 1 1 f TREES, embracing simw FORTY THQUSAND I tn-es of the following varieties, via : Apple. 1'. ar, Peach, l'liim. Apricot, Cherry, Nectarine, AI- be supplied. Addn Oreeusboro' i . ,V 1. K. 3ni- N. C. CARRIAGE SHOP. mBE SUBSCRIBER BEtiS leave to inform i his friends and r lie jmbiic senerallv.'that ' ' is sti 1 carrying on th- " :i rr i :t $T Ma'iiii;; i;tiinrss in all its various branches with all the increased facilities af forded by modern improvements. He ha now on Land a laree number oi BUGGIES, CAR RIAGES, ROGKAm AYS, tc, made on the most approved styles out of the best material. to Which he asks the inspection of purchasers. His establishments is on College anil Depot streets, where he will be glad to see his JOHN II ART V Jul v 28. 1855. i-ti S. Howell, And Harness Manufacturer. (Three doors south of Sadler's Hotel,) CHARLOTTE, N. C. rn HE subscriber, thankful 2i. for the very liberal pa tronage bestowed upon lum during t he past year, has now made more extensive pre paration for the future de- ....... r ... i r 1 hwuu ior 01 iv ill ui line, g an 1 will endeavor to furnisasw all that may want Saddles a-id Harness, with a superior article at the lowi st possible prices, lie has now on hand , a very large assortment ot Saddles, Biritiirs. Harness, Saddlery Hardware, Whips, Buffalo Robes', Saddle Cloths. Skirtings, Hog Skins, Patent Enamelled and Harness Leathrr. together w ith every thing usually kept in my Iwie of business. E7AII kinds of Saddles and Harness made , , . , ct t:ie nortest notice, DT3 Repairing promptly executed. S. M. HOWELL. Uut23, 1S55. 3-tf e:okert SHAW VKES this opnorrnnitv of informine the public eenerallv, and all who intend rtnnv t Kansas in particular, that be intends to con- tinnetl Saddle and Harness Business, At his old I, m S:m. Corner Building-. where hi-int ndsto keep constantly on hand a supply ol Saddles, Bridles, HaraessAc Of Krcry Description. t,'!',,!s ;,r' r"'sl' l';l'".v invited to call and "miVv n"-, - article in bis line wi b atftirdi d on the most reasonable terms. 11 ' the shortest notice an,1,l""i:,il "d dispatch. - -oue, i ...... i -..;: PIANO FORTES. fr?yq A I K- HA MSEV, of jll i. oiumoia, a. u I in no l oi li' & Tliisii Healei, is constantly receiv ing a good supply o Pianos with the LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, which has given them the premium over all u 4"c,' " a"u i octaves trotn ot) to 3UU. . r i . , . . " . ai o 7 K " $300 to $400. 7 to 7 $400 to S450 " ' " vjiouu x luuos irom juu io Wor.. an. I i D . . . - . 1U"U. Mr. R. being a practical Piano Maker can insure to his customers a perfect instrument. Columbia, June 2J, 1605. 49ly intend Snttlliatnce. DREADFUL RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT. SEVERAL LIVES LOST. A terrible accident on the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, took place on Monday morning the 10th instant, about Hi o'clock. The calamity occurred near Margarettsville, about G4 miles from Portsmouth, and 16 from Weldou, X. C-, and was caused by a bridge giving way as the train was passing over it. The trustle work at the place is some 30 feet high, and had long been regarded as very insecure ; in fact, the engineer had just "shut off" steam intending to cross at a sic v rate of speed, when the engine left the track, and was followed by the whole train con- ' eisting of an express car, a baggage and : mail car, and two passenger cars, down into -i deen ravine. Before anv of those on the ' train hud time either to reflect or act, it was I found that the cars were on fire, and, horri j ble to relate, no less than four persons were ; literally roasted to death in the flames. Every car was also entirely consumed. Even the wood work on the locomotive, and j the entire mail and express freight was so I thoroughly destroyed that nothing remains but a pile of ashes, with here and there a ; brass lock, to mark the scene of devasta ; tion. Mr. Wm. T. Daughtry, the U. S. mail agent, and a most amiable and worthy gen tleman, was so nearly consumed, that he was only identified by his watch, which, strange to say, was wholly uninjured, and runiiinr. Mr. D. leaves a wife and six children in Norfolk. Mr. YV. (.;. Kilkelly.oneof Adan:.-; 6c Co.'s Express messengers, running between Balti more and Augusta. Georgia, was in the mail car at the time of the accident, and was so burnt that nothing was found of him but a few charred bones. The amount of express matter was unusually large, some six or s en tons, every portion of which was burnt to ashes. Mr. Kilkelly resided in Golds boro', N. Ci where he leaves a wife and four young children to mourn his untimely end. His remains wero brought up to Goldsboro' for interment, lie was univer sally beloved. In the same car were two boys from Portsmouth, who were in the habit of travel ling up and down the road selling books and newspapers to passengers. One oi these, named Cox, was probably instantly killed. The other, a lad named Gary, was alive when extricated, but breathed his last im mediately on being brought to the air. Both were dreadfully burnt and bruised. These arc all who were killed, and all were at the time in the mail ear. Among those severely injured were the following : Geo. C. Bourdett, Conductor, had one arm and three ribs broken, and was other wise severely bruised. Mr. B. will proba bly recover. Wm. Weymouth, engineer, badly bruised. Woodis Neimyer, of Portsmouth, three ribs broken. Leon Clary, of Windsor, X. C-, collar bono fractured. J. P. Allison, Brooklyn, X. Y., slightly injured. Dr. Williamson, (dentist,) of Xorthamp ton, X. C, Feverely wounded about the head and face. Octavius Cook, severely burned. Three or four others, whose names are not given, were more or less injured none of them, however, seriously. The number of passengers was unusually small not exceeding twenty in all, including three ladies. This was fortunate for had the train been crowded, as usual, the loss of life must have been terrific. Among the packages in chanrc of iho Express Company, was a box containing unsigned bank notes for the Hank of Wil mington, (N. C) These were scattered around in the greatest profusion; and it will be well for our merchants to look sharp, or they may take some of them as genuine. As most of them wi re either much burned or charred, they can be easily recognized. All we saw were of the denom ination of V. and X. The bridge or trestle work having been set on fire, shared the fate of the unfor tunate train, and was totally destroyed. The company having no engines or cars at the Weldon terminus of their road, they were unable to transport their passengers up to the point of the disaster. In this dilemma, Mr. C. 0. Sanford, Superintend nt of the Petersburg Railroad Company, sent, unsolicited, a locomotive and train of cars to their as.-istance, with the request that they shuold keep them uutil their road is again in running order. The Norfolk Argus, says that foul play is aaepected with regard to the breaking of the trestle work, a train of 40 heavily laden freight cars having passed over it on Saturday in safety. The dead and wounded were taken to Margarettsville, where medical aid for the latter was procured. Lin:. For every one, life has some blessing some cup that is not mixed with bitterness. At every heart there is some fount of pure water, whose sweetness is some time or other tasted. Who is he that has not found in his path of life some fra grant rosebush seeming to fill all the air with its sweat perfume ? TAXES OF NORTH CAROLINA The Raleigh Standard is publishing the Comptroller's Report, showing the amount of Taxes paid by each county of the State, in 1855. We give the exhibit for Mecklen burg and Lincoln counties, and will publish the amount for other counties in this section, when received : MECKLENBURG COUNTY. Polls 4,103 Acres Land, 295,242 Valuation do $1,084,506 Do. Town Property 239,675 Gross l ax. Land, Town Property, Poll, Interest Received Dividend and Profit Lawyers, Physicians, Arc, Mortgages, Deeds, dec, Stud Horses, - Capital in Trade Pistols and Knives, Dirks and Canes, Gold Watches, Silver do Pianos. - Plate Pleasure Carriages, 1,309 98 288 81 1,642 80 1,521 45 20 25 144 00 13 00 20 00 12 50 1 00 1 00 237 00 49 25 52 00 16 95 304 50 6 00 972 25 40 00 70 00 Playing Cards, . Merchants' Capital, Taverns, Circuses, &c Retailers & other Liquor V end's, Drovers Auctioneers, Arrears for 1853, 235 00 10 00 1 41 12 27 Total amount, 86.981 42 The discrepancy in the amount of taxes collected in the various counties of the State, is remarkable the sum in each vary ing between 600 and 18,000 dollars. For example, we copy the amount of Jackson enmity, which has nearly as many acres of hind as Mecklenburg, and yet pays only about $600 taxes, while Mecklenburg pays as many thousands. The largest amount paid by any one county, is probably Xew Hanover, which pays 18,274 52. JACKSONCOUNTY. .Polls 478 Acres Land, 262,259 Valuation u $199,502 Do. Town Property 416 Gross Tax. Land, Town Property, Poll Interest Received, Stud Horses Pistols and Knives, Dirks and Canes, Gold Watches, Silver do .248 08 50 .182 80 . 2 16 . 50 00 . 8 00 50 . 2 00 . 2 00 Pianos, 1 00 Pleasure Carriages 2 00 Merchants' Capital, 30 87 Pedlars, 60 00 Taverns 10 00 Capital Liquor Traffic 7 58 Total amount, 8607 49 LINCOLN COUNTY. Polls, 1,558 Acres Land, Valuation do $583,260 Do. Town Property 87,359 Gross Tax. Land 714 08 Town Property 104 83 ! Poll, 622 80 j Interest Received 283 60 Dividend and Profit 169 35 Lawyers, Physicians, ice, 54 00 Mortgages, Deeds, dec, 25 00 Stud Horses 30 00 Pistols and Knives, 8 00 Dirks and Canes, 50 j Gold Watches 47 00 ! Silver do 10 50 I Harps, 2 00 Pianos, 24 00 Plate 5 06 I Pleasure Carriages, 52 50 I Playing Cards 5 75 ; Merchants' Capital 165 77 1 Taverns Circuses. &C, 20 00 50 00 Koloilnrs A- Atlior r.Innnr Vaiulora 1 " rill I Auctioneers, 3 45 Collateral Descent, 285 31 Arrears for 1853, 9 16 Total amount, $2,705 16 DESPERATE AND FATAL DUEL. The Rome (Georgia) Courier has an ac count of a duel lately fought near Dallas, Paulding county, in that State. The par- j ties were Wiley Jones and Wm. Bane, rel- j atives. They fought with rifles and fired three times. At the first shot t part of ; Jones' left ear was cut off. The parties j not being satisfied, they re-loaded and fired, j a part of Jones' right ear lock being cut off bv the ball of his antagonist. They were : still not satisfied loaded again and fired; it .1 n J .1. ...... 1, T 1 . . ! knock him doxn with it, but Bane got the advantage, knjeked him down and beat his brains out, and fled unhurt. Jones died immediately, and up to latest accounts Bane had not been arrested. MURDER OF AN EDITOR The Kosciusko (Miss.) Chronicle of the 23d ult.. contains the particulars of the de liberate murder of its editor and proprietor. Charles S. Lamsbnry, on the previous Tuesday evening, by one Ric'd W. Payne. It appears that Lambury and Payne had previously had a quarrel, during which the latter was slightly wounded with a dirk. On the evening of the murder, Payne came to Kosciusko armed with a double barreled shot gun, and shot Lambury as he was going from the office to his hotel, putting seventy-two shot in the right side of his victim, who expired in great agony in about 30 minutes afterwards. Payne fled. uane s oau passeu imuugu ounes mu,ju ; of February if I am not mistaken in the above his head. Jones then made at his j date your Miles Standish left the Legis antagonist with his rifle, and attempted to : ,atu d never appeired there arain. THE DDPFICULTTES WITH ENG LAND. The Washington Union contains a long review of our differences with England, and after referring to the insulting tone of the British press, adds: "But we cannot forbear to add one remark, which is, that Great Britain is thus threaten ing the United States with war, not because we have infringed her laws or insulted her sovereignty in any, the least thing whatever, bnt only because, after she has infringed our laws and insulted our sovereignty, we courteousby request her to relieve us from the presence of her minister, Mr. Crampton, for reasons the most cogent and unanswer able. There is no other cause or pretext of rupture between the two countries. We shall see whether, with all her professions of civilization and philanthropy, Great Britain will suffer Lord Palmerston to plunge her into a sanguinary and fatricidal war pith the United States for the personal benefit of Mr. Crampton. If, in the wilfulness of conscious injustice, England choose to de clare war. let war come, and then, as twice already, be the God of Battles judge betwixt us and the Fatherland. MORE INDIAN MURDERS IN FLORTDA. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier, writing from Fort Myers, Florida, on the 26th ult., records another massacre by the Indians. The letter says : "A Mr. Hudson, a resident of this post, accompanied by his negro, Sam, left here some 15 days since for the oyster banks, in Charlotte harbor, with the intention of gathering a load of 03-sters for this place. Their prolonged stay excited suspicion that some accident had befallen them, and consequently on ' Saturday last Capt. dispatched an ; armed boat party in search of them. They ! proceeded to the bank and found their ves sel, a schooner of 20 tons burden, dismantled of her sails, and the dead bodies of Hudson and his negro on deck horribly mutilated; near by another boat, burnt to the water's edge, was discovered, and on shore the body of an oyster man named Martin, was dis covered in the same condition of the other two. The volunteers have taken the field, but as yet have accomplished nothing. The country is inundated with water, which prevents the regular U. S. troops from taking the field." FREESOIL GOVERNOR OF KANSAS. Mr. Charles Robinson, who is called "Governor elect of Kansas,'' was highly extolled by Senator Wilson, of Massachu- setts, in his late speech in the U. S. Senate, and compared with Miles Standish. Senator Jones, of Tennessee, in reply to Mr. Wilson, said : "I desire to ask who is this Mr. Charles Robinson, who is called Governor elect of Kansas? Does the honorable Senator pre tend to know who he is? Mr. Wilson nodded assent. The honorable Senator bows his head. Then I hope he will fur nish the Senate a biographical sketch of him. I have a few paragraphs in regard to that gentleman ; and, by way of aiding the Senator with the preparation of his memoir, I will state what I know of him. I shall not resoi't to newspapers, but I can refer to the records of the country to estab lish what I say. Mr. Chardes Robinson the Miles Standish of Kansas was once a citizen of the State of California; and what was he there ? Ho was the head and front, the leader of a band of desperadoes, as in famous as ever disgraced any agp or country. He it was that organized a band in the city of Sacramento for the purpose of warring against the rights of property there. He it was who led that band in that ever memorable, ever to be execrated, con flict, in which the peaceful mayor of the city of Sacramento, and the sheriff of that county, in attempting to execute the law, were shot down. He was arrested and put into prison, and while there was elected to the Legislature by these ruffians, these squatters, these men essaying to usurp the rights of property. He went to the Legis lature as the champion of that spurious or squatter sovereignty in California. When the Senatorial election came on, I am in formed by a gentleman well advised on the subject, instead of standing up to the party which elected him, he voted for the largest property holder in California. On the 28th The journals show it; I had them examined last night. He left California, and the next time that Miles Standish, alias Mr. Gover nor Charles Robinson, makes his appearance on the stage, he is at his old game, leading on desperadoes to the violation of the law and resistance to the legal authorities of the country." New Jeksev. The Democratic mem bers of the Legislature of New Jersey have unauimously passed resolutions in favor of James Buchanan for the Presidency. Going to Law about it. Mr. Georgo Law's friends, in New York, have issued a protest against the nomination of Mr. Fillmore. m In the last ten years $99,000 have passed through the hands of Dr. Tyng, of Xew York, collected from his congregation for religious purpose. Tlie Presidential Vote of 1S56, from rresciit Appearance- The following (says the Xew York Her ald) is au estimate of the Presidential elec toral vote of 1856, based on the late elec tions, on the present organization of par ties, and on all the existing indications of the drift of the popular vote, State by State, majority or plurality, in November : DEMOCRATIC STATES. States. EVl Votes. Alabama 9 Arkansas 4 California 4 Florida 3 States. EVl Votes MISSISSIPPI - North Carolina.. .10 New Jersey 7 New York 35 Pennsylvania 27 South Carolina.. . 8 Texas 4 Virginia 15 Georgia.. . Illinois . Indiana . . Iowa Louisiana . Missouri. . ....10 .. .1 ...13 ... 4 ... 6 ... 9 Total D. vote.. .186 KNOW NOTHING. Delaware Kentucky .. . Maryland . . . ... 3 ...12 ... 8 Tennessee 12 Total K. N. vote.. 35 NIGGER WORSHIPPERS. Connecticut 6 Maine 8 Massachusetts... .13 Michigan 6 New Hampshire. . 5 Ohio 23 Rhode Island 4 Vermont 5 Wisconsin 5 lotal nigger worshipper s vote 75 In these estimates, says the Herald, (a paper which, until recently, has been of K. Nothing politics,) it will be perceived that no State is put down as doubtful. This is done in order to give the probable result in a complete and definite shape, and as strong ly as possible against the Democratic party. Otherwise Maine, New Hampshire, Michi gan, Connecticut and Wisconsin might have been as safely placed among doubtful, or even the Democratic States, as for the nig ger worshippers, because the nomination of Mr. Fillmore divides the anti-Democratic opposition forces between him and the Sew ard alliance in all the Northern States, where there are any available remains of the old conservative Whig party in exis tence. New York Herald. ' i . Sentence of Death. Yesterday, the solemn sentence of the law was pronounced by Judge Wardlaw, on James McConibs, convicted of the murder of Wm. T. Cross, a marshal of our city. The sad duty was performed in a deeply impressive manner by the Judge, and the wretched convict was urged with much feeling to give the few re maining days he has on earth to prepare for the judgment of eternity. The day fixed for the penalty of the law is Friday, the 25th April next. Columbia (S. C.J Carolinian. m High Price fok Negroes. On Tues day, the 19th ult., there was a lot of 16 ne groes sold in this place, upon a credit of one and two years, with interest from sale, for the sum of $18,143, or an average of $949,63. The ages of this lot of negroes ranged from 18 to 36, most of them being under 20 years. The negroes were No. 1, of their class, but were not such as would have made the highest average. Cheraw (S. C.) Gazette. Small Pox in Buncombe. The Ashe viUo News of the 6th inst., says that several cases of Small Pox have occurred in the family of Mr. Andrew Lankford, seven or eight miles northwest of Asheville, on the Warm Springs road, and that other cases have occurred in the eastern parts of the county. None of the cases have as yet proved fatal. The disease was indroduced into the county by a family returning from Iowa. Terrible Mistake. Dr. William P. Richardson, of New Kent County, (Va.) charges a vaccine agent in that State with having furnished "genuine vaccine matter" to him, in consequence of which eighty per sons who had been vaccinated in that county with it are now sick with the small pox, and some of the cases very critical. The sub ject is now before the Legislature of Vir ginia. The New Orleans Delta says that the new discovery of inoculation, as a pro tection against yellow fever, has been tried in three thousand cases in that city, during the fever term, and with entire success. Loans of the Rothschilds. The cele brated banking house of Rothschilds loaned during the past year, $515,000,000, as follows: England, 80,000,000; Turkey, $40,000,000; Sardinia, $10,000,000; Aus tria, $120,000,000; Russia, first loan, $130, 000,000; Russia, second loan, $100,000, 000; England, on exchequer bills, $35, 000,000. The Telegraph. The line of the Col umbia and Charlotte Telegraph, we are in formed, is in a forward state of repair, and the lessor has some hopes of having it in operation from Columbia as far as this place before the week of Chester Court. Success to these hopes. Chester Standard. A Requisition. Governor Chase, of Ohio, has made a requisition upon Governor Morehead, of Kentucky, for the return of the slave woman, who killed one of her children in Cincinnati, and who, by the de cree of J udge Leavitt, has been returned to slavery. in 3"We learn from the Cleaveland Times, that the Surveyors of the Wilmington, Char lotte and Rutherford Rail Road are now locating the road from Charlotte to Ruther fordton, and that at last acoounts they were about 7 or 8 miles from Shelby. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY. AN ADMIRABLE PLATFORM OF PRIN CIPLES. The following resolutions, reported from the committee by John L. Dawson, Esq., were unanimously adopted by the late Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention at Hanishurg. They show that the Dem ocracy of the noble Key-Stone State are true to the Constitution, the Rights of the States nnd the Union, and truly national , and sound in the great struggle between i National Democracy and Black Republi- I ; canism : Resolved, That in the present distracted ; condition of parties, in which sectional and partial issues have been allowed to attain a dangerous supremacy, we recognise in the policy of the Democratic party, that which I rests upon the Constitution as its bnsis; and that it is the party, which above all ; others has, in the language of the illustrious j Madison, ever continued "to hold the union j of the States as the basis of their peace and j happiness; to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as its authorities ; to respei t the rights ami uutnorities reserved to the States and to the people, as equally incor porated with and essential to the success of the general system; nnd to avoid the slightest interference with the rights of con science or the functions of religion, so wisely exempted from civil jurisdiction." Resolved, That by the general consent of the wise and virtuous of all nations, the framers of the Republic of the United .States, exhibited in their individual characters and in the result of their public deliberat jons, a degree of virtue and a practical statesman ship, to which the history of the world af fords no parallel; that in no part of the Federal Compact is the wisd mot our father more conspicuous, than in leaving the whole question of slur ry to the States, in their separate capacities; and that in the pro vision for the re-delivery of fugitives es caped from labor or service, they demon strated a sense of justice an appreciation of the value of the Union ail attachment to its preservation an avoidance of one sided philanthrophy, and impracticable theories of government which present- a proper ex ample for the guidance and imitation ot u, their descendants. Resolved, That we look only to the Consti tution, and the exposition thereof which has been afforded by the practice of Democratic administrations, for the chart of our policy. That thce Constitute, till the fundamental law is changed by methods which itself provides, the highest law of our obedience as citizens; and that we utterly discard that partial and exaggerated sympathy, the at tempt to carry which Into practice, is at tho peril of our dearest interests as a nation, and threatens the infliction of evils of ten fold magnitude to those which it proposes to heal. Resolved, That the equality of the States is the vital element of the Constitution itself, and that all interference with the rights of the States by those who seek to disregard the sacred guarantees of the past, aud by all others, should be rebuked with the samo spirit that would denounce and repudiate all attempts to erect odious distinctions be tween those who are entitled to share tho blessings and benefits of our free institu tions. Resolved, That the effort to direct tho power of the Government by anti -slavery agitation, under the various names and phrases of Free-Soilism, Anti-Nebraskaism, Fusionism and Republicanism; and by in terfering with the rights of conscience, in establishing a religious test as a qualifica tion for office, by the secret oath-bound society of the Kimw-Nothings, is opposed both to the letter and the spirit of the Con stitution, and to the earnest teachings and practice of its earliest and most honored ad ministrators. Resolved, That we are now as ever un alterably opposed to the doctrines and designs of all organizations which contem plate the overthrow of the civil and religious rights of the citizens; that the equality of the citizen, like the equality of the States, is a sacred and inalienable right, never to be interb red with by factious parties and reckless legislation, without a subversion of tho primary objects of our political system, and a repudiation of the guarantees of the past and the hopes of the future. Resolved, That in the repeal of the not known as the Missouri Compromise act, and the passage of the act organising the Ter ritories of Kansas and Nebraska, free from unconstitutional restrictions, the last Con gress performed a work of patriotic sacrifice in meeting the demands of sectional excite ment by unshaken adherence to the fundu rm ntal law. Reo!ved, That this legislation cannot be deemed unnecessary, but that it was ex pedient to meet the questions of which it disposed, and which could never admit of a more easy settlement than at present. That we recognize in it the application to tho Territories of the United States, of the rule of "equal and exact justice to all men" of all sections of the confederacy, which was designed by the framers of our government? and which was defined as one of its essential principles by the immortul Jefferson. Resolved, That the Democracy of Penn sylvania, followed tho counsel of some of the wisest statesmen of the north and south, who were ready, on more than one occasion in the past, to extend the Missouri Compro mise line to the Pacific, so as to make it the basis of a final settlement of the question of slavery in the Territories ; but when this proposition was rejected in 1848, on tho ground that it involved an undue concession to the south, by the very men who now clamor for a restoration of the Missouri line, there seemed to be but one wise alter native left, and that was to refer the whole question of slavery in the Territories to the people thereof, to be regulated as they might deem proper; and we therefore cheer fully extend our hearty support to the policy of tbe government as recognized in the Com promise measures of 1850, and embodied iu the laws organizing tho Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Resolved, That unerring indications point to the Hon. James Buchanan distinguish ed alike by his high personal character, his tried Democracy, his great abilities, exper ience and eminent statesmanship as the nation's ohoioe for the office of Prsaldsnt e