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A Family Paper, devoted to Stale Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany. C?BY JOHN I PALMES,1 editor and proprietor. J $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. VOLUME 4. NUMBER 43. jVIalii Street, ) TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1856. "N&usr Series ONE O00R SOUTH OF SADLER'S HOTEL, S OF THE TERMS OF THE PAPER : Ctoo Dollars a rear, in bbancr. 9 f I I Hariri" recently visited New-York, and se lected from tli- 11 ami elegant Foundry of Geo. Brace, Esq. A QUANTITY OF Wo arc now prepared to Execute In tla.o Best Style, ALL KINI K m r rr 'Jttultipfy ' Vnum, mirf yoir multiply the ileuils," Is one of the established maxims of business. -o. ORDERS FOR PAMPHLETS, J CLERKS' BLANKS HANDBILLS, SHERIFFS do. CARDS, I CONSTABLES' do. CIRCULARS, j M AG I ST R ATES'do. LABELS, I ATTORNEYS' do. OK FOB Required by the business Community, WILL BE EXECUTED WITH i f t 9 TV ft ."-."S JAJi I 0 iJCJ i. J-' L-y D I S V A T i' u AND Various Is-iicls of if I ALWAYS ON HAND. (l (Bwtntci) to 0rttr.CS D PIANO lUKTKS. AIR. II i Colt R. i; MSLV. of u'nbia, S. C, l:tll I'lil'K' & 'i iisie Denier, s connTantl y recMV in a pood supply of Pianos with the LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, which has give them the premium over all others. and '?, octavo from S250 to $:too. to 7 $300 to $100. 7 t,. 7 $100 to $iro. Carved or and (Jraud Pianos .Tom $500 to $10011 Mr. R. beins a prartiral Piano Maker can insure to his customers a perfect instrument. Columbia, June 2 t, I .1.V 40 1 y Eating mitl i:IVeIisiieiit SATjiOOKT. THE nftdusigned takes this thod to re turn his thanks to his friends for the Bbe ral encourar' ineiit which has been extended to bim in his line ot bosiness, and to illthnra tb -iu that he has aaU ail establishment to Mr. .1. Ad kinson. who will continue the boshvai at the same stand. I shall reaaaiti '.. the Saloon, as heretofore, and will be happy to receive the calls of my friends, as usual. FrcU ot lolk Ovter AA'ill at all times be kept on'hand and served up m any t le d sired. Fine Tobacco, Segars, Wines Brandies. And the best of Liquors generally, Always on hand. MEALS, composed of such dishes as may be called for, served up at all hours, in the most ap proved style ot' cook tv. Way Hoarders Are taken, ttnon reasonable terms. Call at the Saloon, two doors north of Kerr's Hot. , if you desire som -thing nice to eat and drink and to re emit the inner man. W. II. JORDAN. for .1. Adkinson. Dec. 25, 1865. tf FRO 71 SIIBAMOPOL. no;h:nrr new from jb me i,nim, ay me last ar rival, but at Sebastopol, on Trade Th-' undersigned ha purchased of James Briant, 1 -ami i.apior est;' niisnment, anu inv.i-s the public to ffive him a call, as-uring them that bo will accommodate them with articles of the best quality, and in a style to suit the mot fas tidious taste. Give Sebistopol a call, and judge for yourselves. , WM. FUEL AN. rVbS, I806. tf Fresh Fluid and Camphine. A T PRITCHARD S Dreg 8tore, ron will Icl ,':'n1,S Pur"; F1id a; $1 per Ka-ou amphino 'JO cents, cask Apnl 8, 1856. 1 rr Tl rr r .a itr, :.s:.. r ,. - 1 S. W. IAVIS, Attorney Counsellor at Law, i ii.i n i. a r t C T.n. 1 , lKr6 tf ROBERT P. WAK1M, A I Issraevf at Lw, (Office in building attached to the American Ho tel, Main street,) Charlotte, N. C Jan. 29, I806. tf OaiAJii'JOf Jii it. HAVING located in this place, respectfully off. r his Professional Services to tlie citi zens of the town and vicinity. ; OSVJCM next oor ttMewp. Drocker &. Oinmm in' Srnre. April St, 1856. tf A Ii oI M(iiial ( anl. HAVING located in Charlotte pnwMdy, with the view of practicing Medicine, I would lesaecttally tender my services to the pub lie. '('. A. HENDEUSON, M.D. IT5 Office at the American Hotel. Aril 0, MfiS. tf ROBERT ii IBBO, M. D. OFFERS his prof-sioiial Services to the pub lic, in tin- practice oi SURGERY, in all it various l jiartr,i-iits. Dr. GUMBOS will oprrase, treat, or give advice in ali cases that may require his attention. I v Mice No. .", Granite Range, Charlotte. Feb. 19, 1856. ly A CARD. DBS. SA M L L- & JOSEPH W. CALD WELL have this day associated themselves in the practice of Medicine, and MM or the other uf the in can at all times be found at their office, next door t tin- State Bank, up stairs, unless pro fessionally engaged. In all daagefMH cases Dr. P. C. Caldwell will actaa consulting physician free of chary. SAMUEL I.. CALDWELL, JOSEPH W. CALDWELL. Jan. 22, 13;. ly :. OK. I. C 4IIW KLL will be at the Office of Doctors J. W. fc S. L. Caldwell from 8 to 10 o'clock, eveiy morning. After that bear, be will be at his own house, subject to the call of any of his friends, unle s professionally absent. HK!X. W II E AX A A , Dress Maimer, Opposite Mie lol-OIIi f A LL DRESSES cot ati l made by the celebrated A-I5-C method, and war ranted to fit. BONNETS Trimm-d in the latest style, at the shortest notice. Charlotte, Feb 12, 1 .". tf v!I?. M. J. CRAIG, Three doors below Trotter's Carriage Manufactory 4 H.lllLitTTE. April 22, 1856. ly RORERT SHAW TAKKS tins opportunity of intorming the public generally, and all who intend going to Kansas in particular, that he intends to con tinue the Saddle and Harness Business, At his old Stand, in Springs' Corner Building, where he intends to keep constantly on hand a supply of Saddles, Bridles, Harness, &.c " Every Deseriptiott. His friends are respectfully invited to call and supply themselves, as every article in his line will be afforded on the most reasonable terms. REPA I It I G done at the shortest notice and who neatness and dispatch. Charlotte, Feb. 86, 1856. tf BOOKS For Sale AT TIIK CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE. tXIHE NEW PERCH ASE. or EarLT A'f.ars -I- in THE FAR Wkst Bi$ Robert Carton. Till: ADVENTURES OF IIAJJI BABA in Tuikey, I rsia, and Kussia Edited by Jttmrs tfisWer. STANHOPE BURLEIGH, The Jrsuitrs in our Hisa ics. One of the must interesting Novels that has been written in many years bv Ihltn On. THE MU8EU1I of Remarkable and Interest ing Events, containing Historical Adventures and Incidents. BLANCHE DE AR WOOD a Tale ofModern Life. EVENING TALES being a selection of wondeiful and sup rnatural Stories, translated (nm the Chinese, Turkish, and German, and compiled by Hairy St. Clair. LF.XTCOX OF FREE MASONRY. rtV Containing a definition of all its communicable terms. The True Masonic Chart, bv J. L. Cross, G The Free-Mason's Manual," by Eev'nd K. L J. THE" ODD FELLOWS' MANUAL, by the Rev. A. B. Grash. , t LOWRIE.& ENNISS, jCharlotte, March , 1866 Book-Sellers. U WlilOV llil I' Viiiannrfl lllb subscriber announces to the public generally, that he is now rcceiring a large assort ment of new Cloths, Cassimeres AND Ibf Gentlemen's wmr. and will be soUi tor Cash at a small profii.or ataoe to or der accoriliiijr to the latest styles. Shop next door t 1 Elm ' Grocery St. re. S. pt. 29, 1ST-4 10- 1 D. L. RR.A. REMOVAL. H. W. Beckwith has removed his Jewelry Store to No. 2, Johnston's Hew, three doors South of Kerr's. Hotel. 30-ly Fob. 16, 1855 1 f' 1 I i ! Uttos of tbc Jl an. THE TERRIBLE MASSACRE ON THE ISTHMUS. FURTHER PARTICULARS. We have further particulars of the dread ful massacre on the Isthmus between the Americans and natives, a brief account of which was given last week. The following version of the murderous affair was fur nished the New York Tribune by a pas senger, and its correctness is fully cor roborated by the accounts of the Panama journals: On the afternoon of the 15th of April, the passengers per steamer Illinois arrived at the rail roud depot at Panama, on their way to the steamer J. L. Stephens, but owing to the low tide they were detained on shore. A portion of the passen ?rs by the Cortes from San Francisco were aiso stop ping at the several hotels in the vicinity of the depot. There could not have been less than LOOOor l,2l0 Americans congregated about the rail road terminus. About sun set a ditEculty occurred between one of the Illinois' passengers (a notorious character from New Orleans, known as "New York Jack,") and one of the negroes, which was freely joined by friends on both sides, and a general row now commenced. Pistols, bowie-knives, swords, muskets, clubs and rocks were freely used, and with deadly effect. The Americans were generally un armod. having only a few small revolvers, and, consequently, after a short struggle, had to yield the ground. The natives were reinforced by large numbers. They now made an attack upon the different hotels and drove all the inmates out, many of whom sought safety, as they supposed, in the depot building. About this time the police (God save the term!) was called in requisition; but in stead of attempting to restore order, it is positively known that a portion of them joined the negroes and made the assault upon the depot. The police and negroes fired upon the crowd, and drove every man, woman and child from the building, who, in their fright, ran in every direction some to the boats, and others to the thick brush and woods, where they remained during the night, and with the expectation of being murdered when daylight appeared. A large number were fortunate enough to get on board the small steamer, and were con veyed to the J. L. Stephens. Aftor the natives had accomplished their work of death, and di-persed all from the ground, they commenced plundering the baggage and destroying everything to lie found in the hotels. The passengers, in their sud den flight, left and lost everything. After plundering all to be found in the hotels, the black mob attacked the depot building, which contained a h.rge amount of luggage and treasure, all of which the rascals ob tained. They then commer ced to tear up the rail road track, and to pull down the telegraph poles, and de-troyed bot'i rail road and telegraph offices. They were aware that the express goods would be brought over from Aspinwall that night, and had laid their plans to seize them. They tore up the track in the vicinity of the depot, in order that the engine might run off; but through the exertions of Mr. Williams, (a conductor on the road,) the express train was stopped by his signals before reaching the fatal point, and the lives of those on board and the goods were saved, and the train put back to Aspinwall, where it remained at the time the Philadelphia sailed. I have no means of knowing the number killed and wounded. There were twenty five Americans found dead, immediately around the depot in the morning, most of whom were passengers from the Cortez, but this number is probably not half that were murdered. During the night some scattering Ameri cans were picked up from time to time by the police, and escorted to the gates of the city, but with the requisition of from $3 to $'2U each for so doing, and in several in stances they were robbed of all money, watches and other effects found upon their persons, and their lives threatened in case of resistance. Soon after the commencement of hostili ties the Governor of Panama and the Amer ican Consul were on the ground, but their exertions to quiet the riot proved ineffectual. The Spanish portion of the inhabitants of Panama were much frightened. Every house and place of business was instantly closed and barred, and but few ventured out upon the balcony during the night. The hotels in the city were closed and guarded until morning. The writer says it is believed bvimany that 8100,000 in money and effects was lost by the passengers. He gives a list of over 51) sufferers, principally cabin passengers, whose aggregate loss in money, clothing, jewelry, Jcc, amounts to $41,336". Among them are Samuel M. AA'aggner, of Baltimore, the heaviest sufferer, who was robbed of $4,000 in money, and $000 in clothing, jewelry, &c; A. Douglas, of Baltimore, robbed of 91.300 in money and 230 in clothing. Ice.; C. Loveday, ot Baltimore, robbed of $'J5L in money and $5l0 iu cloth ing, &c. ; r. AV. AA'illiams, of Tennessee, robbed of $100 in money, &.c. ; A. A. Loch ler, of Philadelphia, $350 ; B. H. Johnson, wife and two daughter, of Illinois, $4,800; Mrs. Scoffey and four daughters, of Cali fornia, $2,050, and G. AV. Ingersoll, of Ohio, $30. The steerage passengers, it is said, have generally refused to make known their losses until they see what action our government will take iu the matter. It is stated that only one lady and two children were killed. Milchel Bettern, of A'ermont, who was killed, was robbed of $2,000. Among the wounded not mentioned yes terday were Joseph M. Parker, Bangor, Me., cut with a machete on the head skull fractured, and a stab in the loins; A. AV. Selover, Providence, K. I., shot through the lungs with a musket ball; A. Lante, Swane Strong, Maine, shot in the shoulder with a musket ball, which passed down into the kidneys; Patrick J. O'Niel, San Francisco, gun shot through the body, and a gash 011 the head with a machete; Nathan Preble Hancock county, Ohio, cut in the face very badly with a machete. One account says that but few of the natives were killed, while another states that about 40 of them fell. A correspondent writ'' ; that an attempt having been made to get the passengers who were in the vicinity of the station on board the little steamer, the natives formed a guard at the beach, and stripped men, women, and children as they approached, taking the women's rings from their fingers and ears, and their pins from their cuffs and bosoms. The treasure brought down by the Cortez was not landed before the riot, and was thus saved. At the Ocean House and the Pacific Hotel air the ba?;ae was scattered and more money taken in proportion because many of the inmaxes of those houses were returning Californians. There was among these also a large amount of valuable bag gage, consisting of jewelry, trinkets, crape shawls, &c. The next morning the rioters, being wearied, and many of them drunk, lay in the huts and boats aideep, and order was partially restored. The Cortez passengers were hurried off early to Aspinwall, whence they embarked on the 17th on the steamer Philadelphia. The British consul was active in assist ing the American consul and others in re storing order. GEN. WALKER COSTA RICA ENGLAND. The intercepted correspondence, captur ed by Gen. ATalkcr, between the Costa Bi can and the British Governments, puts a new phase on Central American affairs, and must tend greatly to exasperate an already excited feeling against the intriguing policy of England. In utter disregard of our neu trality laws, and in violation of the spirit of the Monroe doctrine, England is engaged in a most covert attempt at colonizing still further on American soil. The correspondence is published at length, in the new York Herald, and shows that Lord Clarendon freely offered 2,000 smooth bore muskets to the Costa Ricans at a certain price, but as AVallerstein, the agent of the last named government ob serves, with much sangfroid, "nothing is SAI1 ABOUT THE TIME OF PAYMENT !" This can mean nothing else than that Eng land never meant to demand any payment for them, but to that extent purchase the good will of the Costa Ricans, in order that she might the more successfully carry on her vile schemes of intrigue against the pol icy and government of the United States. AVallerstein tells Gen. Mora, in his cor respondence, of the " affable manner in which Lord Clarendon spoke" to him, and of his "manifestations of sympathy and friendship for Costa Rica," clearly indicat ing the true, the interested feeling of the British government. AYe make an extract from AA'allerstein's letter, dated London, Feb. 26, 1856, to Gen. Mora, the comman dant -of the Costa Rican forces: "AA'hen I was tolling Lord Clarendon that Costa Rica already had an army of 300 men on the frontier of Nicaragua he was much pleased, and said "that was the right step," and I am persuaded that my having made that insinuation is one of the reasons for giving us the muskets. The questions pending between this country and the Un ited States are very complicated, but there will be no war, for this reason, that the gentlemen in the great republic observe that although the British nation do not boast or say much on the subject, they are deter mined to punish the Yankees very severely for the least insult to the national honor. To the eyes of the whole world of this country in particular a war between tho two nations would be one of the worst of evils ; but to Central America the case would be very different, as AValker and his associates would soon be kicked out of Ni caragua. Coupled with this we have the intelligence that an English fleet will be immediately sent to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. These despatches show the temper of the British Ministry in terms of unequivocal im port, and give the lie to all the canting friendship it has professed from time to time, fully exemplifying the force of the stop thief proverb. AVhilst the British Ministry have been railing and charging our govern ment with unfriendly feelings, they have been secretly at work, and the more to be denounced because of their sneaking, covert and thief like stealth. Tho British and French solders discovered fighting under the Costa Rican flag shows that there are other filibusters besides AValker and his followers ! AA'hilst we deprecate war, and still hope that better counsels may prevail, that pub lic sentiment in England will be powerful enough to correct the insidious policy of her Ministry, it is quite possible that "Central America may become the Crimea of this Continent," in which event we should not be without our gain ; inasmuch as a contest with a foreign foe would at once cement the bonds of our Union, and rivet together sections of the country whose fastenings have not only loosed, but well nigh rusted in twain, by a canker that has been cher ished rather than remedially extirpated. DISAPPOENTMENT AT PEACE. The London Morning Chronicle says: "The English have came out of the struggle with a vague but irritating notion that they have not given any one a sound thrashing, and that all the millions spent upon their naval and military preparations have been so much money absolutely thrown away." The London Sun of the 14th ult., has a long exhibition of the bitterest spleen on the sub ject. The Morning Herald of the same date says : "AVe have expended our millions for nothing; not even to be indemnified for the expenses of the war." The French are amused at the "groans of the Britons." They have reason to be satisfied with their share of glory, but at what a cost of human life has it been achieved! The French loss of men is estimated at a hundred and thirty thousand, not including the terrible mor tality in the last three months from typhus fever and other camp diseases. Steam Power Eclipsed. The London Morning Chronicle announces an important discovery. It is stated that a great experi ment was recently tried at Arincennes in the presence of General Lahitte and the officers of the fort. The secret of compressing and governing electricity is at length discovered, and the power may, therefore, now be con sidered as the sole motor henceforward to be used. A small mortar was fired by the inventor at the rate of a hundred shots a minute without flashing, smoke or noise. The same power can, it seems, be adapted to every system of mechanical invention, and is destined to supersede steam, requir ing neither machinery nor combustion. A vessel propelkd by this power is said to skim the water like a bird, and to fear neither storm nor hurricane. The inventor has already petitioned for a line of steamers from L'Orient to Norfolk, in the United States, which passage he promises to ac complish in eight and forty hours!" Martyrs of the Revolution. A cor respondent of a New York journal, refer ing to the movement cf Southern ladies for the purchase of Mount Arernon, recom mends to the people of New York an enter prise which appeals more directly to the citizens of that State and city. He states that near Hudson Avenue, Brooklyn, is a little piece of ground, faced by a stone wall, and crowned by a rotten wooden build ing, bent ath which repose the bodies of ele ven thousand men, martyrs of America dur ing the Revolution. It is where the famous j Jersey Prison Ship was anchored during ! the AVar. The writer calls upon the ladies I of New-York to lead the way in a move ! ment for removing these bones to a sepul che worthy of such great sacrifices and of the mighty name of America. AN ENTERPRISING NEGRO. Negroes generally have not the capacity j or industry to acquire wealth, under any circumstances, bond or free. Occasionally, j however, as in all general rules, we find an exception. A correspondent (VV. H. Bow er) of the Saturday Evening Post, says : I "I have read in your paper an account of a free negro in one of the free States, who, j by his industry, had accumulated several thousand dollars worth of property, and raised a large family. Reading this reminds me of a case in South Carolina, which de- j serves notice. A negro man, by name Wil liam Ellison, was bound out by his master j to a gin-wright, in AA'innsborough, S. C. j During the time of his apprenticeship he j was allowed, by his master, to do extra work; and from his industry and economy he laid up sufficient money to purchase his freedom from his master. About thirty years ago, he came to Statesburg, Sumter District, S. C and commenced gin mak- j ing and repainng, and in a short time he was able to purchase his wife and children. I And the last time I was in South Carolina, I in the year 1845, AA'illiam Ellison owned j J 40 or 50 negroes, (among them 15 or 20 workmen,) a large cotton plantation, and j owns nearly half of the town of Statesburg; and I expect by this time (if he is living) he is worth eighty to one hundred thousand dollars. William Ellison is respected by j all classes of citizens, and is honorable in all his dealings. riT In 1860, the population of the United States, will be equal to that of Great Britain, 1 r oiri onn T 1 arm , r JO, wv, 7U CUU13. All 1 : ' '1 liiaL VI VJT't iiL Britain numbered three times our popula tion; but in 1900, if this world of ours lasts so long, the relative proportion will be ex actly reversed. Nothing like tho growth of Young Amerioa ! BARNTJMISM. Barnum, deprived of the fruits of his for mer labors, by being out-witted by a broth er yankee clock vender, has put his wits to work to "raise the wind" once more. He. has performed many wonders, but the grea test of all is his now enterprise. It consists in nothing less than passing down the Nia gara cataract, in a vessel constructed for this purpose. This vessel is a ball of gutta percha, thirty feet in diameter, supported in its interior by hoops, rings of steel, and wood. Strings of gutta percha, coming from four points of the rings, meet in the centre of the sphere, where they are fixed to a coat of mail of the same material. This is so fixed that a man buckled in it, hangs, supported by the four strings, safe in the middle of the ball. At the lower end of the ball, where the lower part of the mail is directed, some lead is put, so that swimming in the water the head side will be turned upwards. Iu this upper part there is a hole which may be opened by the person in the interior. The ball is so sti-ong, as to sustain without danger the shock of the fall. On account of its size it cannot sink, nor can the person buckled in the coat of mail suffer any harm from the violence of the fall. As soon as the ball, after its fall, has found its centre of gravity, its inhabitant unbuckles himself, opens tho flap, and gets out of the hold, waving the United States colors under the applause of some 50,000 or 100,000 spec tators, whom Barnum intends to assemble, one dollar each, upon the occasion of his first performance. From every such per formance a gain $20,000 or $30,000 is to be counted on, since from all parts of the Un ion spectators will flock to the cataract of Niagara. Barnum is about to make an ex- peri ment with a dog. If that animal arrives all right below, a nigger will be engaged for the next experiment. If that one arrives equally safe, the Yankee undertakes the first serious passage himself. . Iranistan Deserted. A correspon- j dent of the Springfield (Mass.) American, who has just "been to Iranistan, the late palace seat of P. T. Barnum. says: "A ! visit to Iranistan, where Barnum lived so j lately in all his gljry, affords an excellent text for a sermon on the mutability of all mundane affairs. The grounds are neg- ; lected; the hothouse has received no more i care this winter than enough to' keep the 1 plants from freezing the fountains have forgotten to play the flowers are coming out amid heaps of leaves and rubbish, which have not been cleared away, and a rail bars the entrance to the deserted palace, whose figurative latch string always used to be out. The robins and sparrows hold undisputed possession of the grounds. Aladdin has lost his palace for a time. Jenny Lind and Barnum. Jenny Lind has written a private letter to a lady of Phi ladelphia, in which she deeply sympathises with Barnum in his financial troubles, as cribes to him the most noble qualities, and expresses her intention of placing a sum of money at his disposal. tW Mrs. Jerusha Palmer, for many years publisher of the Mount Holly (N. J.) Mir ror, and mother of V. B. Palmer, Esq., of Philadelphia, died in Mount Holly on Satur day night. She was 90 years of age, and was, with one exception, the oldest resident of Mount Holly. SPIRITUALISM The Newberry port Herald says : The Spiritual Rapping phenomena are creating quite a sensation in the south part of this county. In Lynn they are said to be re ceived, as from the spirits of the dead, by a majority of the people of that city. At a lecture on the subject, in Marblehead, by Allen Putnam, Esq., of Roxbury. 700 persons were present, and that was all the house would hold. In Salem this spiritual theory has been so extensively embraced by some of the most sober-minded and learned men including quite a number of professional gentlemen that it has become a matter of serious disturbance in religious circle?; the clergy of the evangelical de nominations are awakening to its preva lence and church action is being had on the matter. It is not surprising that a people capable of being infatuated with the miserable hum buggery of Spirit Rapping, should be anti slavery fanatics. Appalling Catastrophe. The new suspension bridge over the falls of Mont gomery above the Niagara Falls, gave way on the morning of the 3;Jth ult. The whole structure, with a man, woman, horse and cart, were carried over the falls, and went down the cataract a distance of 250 feet. EF The Lynchburg Virginian records the ale of a number of servants there, on Thursday, at the following high prices : Shadrach, about 70 years old, $100 ; Sam uel, $2,124; Mac, $2,110; AVillis, $1,900; Purnel, aged 25, $1,610; Peter, $1,400; Robin, $1,250; Charles, $1,580; Jack, $1, 770; Woodson, $1,320; John Mac. $1,640: Pleasant, $1,500: Dice, $1,275. The aver age price is over $1,400 each, and the ag gregate amount, $19,825. They were all bought by citizens of Lynchburg. 1 The Wheeliug Argus reports that a small comet has been seen there, as well as at Wilmington, N. C, for several nights. SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CIN CINNATI CONATENTION. The South Carolina Democratic Conven tion met in Columbia, on Monday last. Twenty-three districts were represented. The proceedings were very harmonious. Hon. F. AY. Pickens was elected Chairman. Mr. Poppenhciin offered the following res olution : Resolved, That this Convention, placing the fullest confidence in the sound conser vative principles that will govern the action of tho Cincinnati Convention, rcoommencl to the delegates composing this Convention., the call of public meetings in their several districts to receive the report of their dele gates after their return from Cincinnati, and to take such action as will secure tho support of the people of South Carolina to the nominee for the presidency of the Cin cinnati democratic Convention. The resolution was adopted. Mr. Orr beingcalled upon, addressed the Convention. On behalf of the State the following dele gate were appointed to attend the Cincin nati National Convention ; Hon. F. AV. Pickens, Ex-Governor J. L. Manning, Hon. A. G. Magrath and Gen. J. M. Gndberry. The following were appointed from tho Con gressional Districts : from the first, B. H. Wilson and C. AV. Dudly; from the second, AV. D. Porter and C. Macbeth ; from tho third, Hon. J. D. Allen and Col. B. H. Brown; from the fourth, P. S. Brooks and and C. P. Sullivan; from the fifth, Hon. J. L. Orr and James Farrow; from the sixth, Hon. F. J. Moses and E. G. Palmer. Mr. McGowan, from the Committee on Resolutions, reported the following resolu tions, unanimously adopted by bis Com mittee, representing tho spirit of various resolutions submitted to them : 1. Resolved, That a proper administra tion of the affairs of the Federal Govern ment must depend upon a careful regard, on the part of each of its brandies, for the limitations upon their powers, imposed by the Constitution of the United States, find a due respect to the reserved rights of the several States. 2. Resolved, That tho principle of the equal rights of the States in the view of tho Constitution, and of ell laws based upon it, constitutes the fundamental condition upon which the Union was formed, and can alone be maintained. 3. Resolved, That we recognize in tho removal of the Missouri restriction upon the equal rights of the slaveholding States, a practical acknowledgment of that great principle upon the part of the Federal Gov ernment, and deem this a proper occasion to render our support and assistance to the Democratic party in tho nomination and election of a Presidential candidate, who may represent the late action of that party upon this question, and whose claims of success may be made to depend, not upon a combination for tho spoils of office, but upon a fair representation of the great issue which is to be joined between the friends of the equal rights of tho States, and a strict construction of the Constitution, and those who are opposed to both. 4. Resolved, That in conformity with the request of our sister State, Georgia, "to co operate with her" upon this subject, this Convention deem it fit and proper at this time that in waiving for the present all ob jection to its organization and mode of pro ceeding, should be represented in the National Democratic Nominating Conven tion, upon condition, in the languugo of our friends of Georgia, that said Convention "shall adopt a platform of principles, which shall, amongst other things, include in sub stance the following propositions : 1. Tho recognition and adoption of the principles contained in the Kansas and Nebraska act, and in conformity with these principles, that the people of Kansas have the right, when the number of their people justifies it, to form a Constitution with or without slavery, and be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect equality with tho other States. 2. That neither the Missouri Compromise nor any other anti-slavery re striction shall hereafter be extended over any territory of the United States. 3. The prompt and faithful execution of the fugitive slave law, and its prominent continuance upon the statute book. 5. Resolved, That the inflexible devotion to sound constitutional principles of Frank lin Pierce, as evinced in his annual mes sages to Congress, and his adherence to the equal rights of all the States in sustaining the doc trine of Congressional non-inferven-tion and non-interference on the question of slavery in the common territories of the Union, entitle him to the gratitude, confi dence and cordial support of all true con stitutional Democrats. 6. Resolved, That Franklin Pierce is the first choic3 of this Convention for President of the United States, and that thorough identification in sentiment and opinion with the principles embodied in the foregoing resolutions is a pre-requisite, indispensable to our support in any candidate of the Democratic party. Mr. Meetze moved that the vote be taken on the resolutions separately; when each was passed and the whole adopted. r"IIon. P. Soulo lectured in New Or leans on Monday night last, on ovents now transpiring in Central America. 1