North Carolina Newspapers

tliment to the Queen, by wearing his uni form, as he would upon occasion -on u tj," a boose. Mr- Dallas must have euter taiaed a 4uWr opinion, or be never wuld lave permitted a friend to attempt en trance upou such a public occasion- He luiew that in Europe, all rrts of uniforms, ven of volunteer corps, are paraded by English gentlemen, under an opinion thy Hre valid opoa scseh oecasians. Swords and spare are authorised. Our English firfc-ods, as well as others on the Contsnwit, often laut and tliiuk it strange that Americans dbuW desire to be prencntod at Court, booeua?th people there. tre not allowed to -enter the MMM of the Sovereign, as ax; ail are to visit the Presi dent, Gwwwsrs and other dignitaries of this groat awoi. Every Americ an who goes to Washington, calculates to tliuke bauds wb the Preswretit. Every one Jres mm in Am c he lias but would look very trngt tt awa keeper, if there should he owe a-bra, who would criticise his hat, cravat, W5s, or trowscr.-, before be was tallowed to enter "The White House." This frcedrwjw from restraint give ft uuht, easy rnnfnter tu our people, which surprise Ra ropns, who expect us to be dazzled bj fce eyhnJui saf u Court, whioh only reminds us of the exhibitions of u circus. We ven ture to sny, our decent negro slaves, would carry more quiet und cheerful gentleness and better manners Into a Court Circle, than ball the gentlemen admitted in G resit Britain, been use they are accitstogH d tu be among their master's best Company, and acquire his ways and address. Itcsides we are not a very "scary geu eratiou" and t;iki things " uncommon cool," We are of opinion, w hen an Amer ican presents himself fur adini-sion to a foreign Court, he should conform to thtir regulations. If he rill not carry a sword, a whito choker, or a velvet hat, under his arm if such be required let him stuy at home. But, at tho British Court, such special requirements should he printed in general circulars, that our Ministers and people may understand them; for there is such a variety of barbarous costume admissible, we ought to know the extent or limit of the prohibitions. Wc liavc red in English history, there was a time, when Britons painted their nak ad legs, like other savages when Peers end their wives rode to Lojidou upou the same horse when laws were made to ob lige tho "natives" to wear browsers; which some of our forefathers carricd.over their shoulders on pitchfork or a sjjillalah, to "save tho law.'' Tho record of J'riti.-h "manners" js a very curious one, for study. It is uot a thousand years since laws were required, to prevent British parent from selling their owu children. like tho Circas sians and Georgians of the present day before tho figures of Arithmetic were car ried Into Europe from Arabia, or they had any knowledge of musical notes. Seven hundred years ago they began to use glass windows in private houses, but chimneys were not known; while tho huts in large cities were thatched with straw, as they are in Africa, now; splinters of pinewood acted as candles; knives and forks were luxuries, and they had no gold coinage. Four hundred years ago, they possessed neither bibles, prayer books, maps, nor charts. Three hundred years sinco pins began to be employed to hold up the Eng lish women's clothes. Thoy had sewers of wood or metal, such as butehers now use to tack up flaps of beef. A coach for the first timo was then driven in Lou don. About two hundred years ago they first established posts from England to Ire land, learned the use of tea, decimal frac tions, and bayonets to their muskets. Let the people of Great Britain, who ridi cule our "manners," ascertain what has been done for the benefit of social existence within tho last hundred and fifty years, by their Atlantic descendants, intermin gled with those of every other nation in Europe; and overlook, if they can, the rapid advance mado in arts, science, let ter., and comforts, by their wild relations on this side of tho water, who have other matters to think of thun dress or parade, although we venture to say there is not a better dressed nation in Europe! Within that time we have civilized whole nations of wild n 'groes, sold to us from British ships and by British owners, to supplv to bacco, rice, cotton, and sugar to our pro genitors, who had neither. We bam given an impulse to their trade and manufactures, to their commerce and knowledge, by our ingenuity, industry, and enterprise, more rapidly advanced in every thing valuable for life, than they had doue by themselves, for a thousand years before. English etiquette in in many respects an tiquated and absurd ; therefore scarcely de finable to ur intelligence. It is kept up from a fear of change, by certain old-school gentlemen, who rule in such matters, "by ancient eoAom." We were pleased to observe that the Bles ter of ceremonies performed his strict du ties, in gcutlemauly style, and that the am iable lady, the Professor desired to see, promptly and kindly ordered he should be admitted, "in any costume." We consider it ridiculous to stick a sword by the side of a professional scholar, who never carried one or to place under his arm a description of bead peice he never wore ; but such is the rule of the British Court, and such must be done by those who desire to be "presented." When an English Embassador refused to perform the customary prostrations be fore the picture of the Emperor of China, al though he offered to bow reverently three times, as he was required to do before his own King, he was laughed at in Europe, because he thus failed in a special mission. The formal, quaint dtesa, the bowing in, and backing out, of the presence of British majesty, partake of the same absurdity as the ceromonials of "The Son of Heaven," at Pekin. They are not serious matters, to us, in either .case.; and we may laugh at both, with equal indifference. But, when we wish admittance to either, we should oontrolourselvea, at any rate, till we got in j and pass out, ag.nu. a neu, both, a very "fair game." We venture to believe there are better manners, kinder feelings certainly more intelligible language, in any of the Interior districts of the C States, than can be found .. nrncnt i mp nmun? similar eiaasew , in England, Scotland, or Wales. We trust our relations over tho water will not be over strict with us. at Court, when they aru so very lax in important matters, every where else. A TRAVELLER August I, IrtoO. - IMPRESSIONS OP A TRAVELLER. TPIP OH TMK N. '. HAll.-UO.Vl. We make the following interesting ex- tracts from a h tier in the Jf ,,rk Journal of Commerce of July 1U, written atC'ulum l)ia. S. C. over the signature of "The Wan derer." and dated June i,8, 1856; "My proposition now Js, to lend you from Weldou, over another route through North Carolina, to Columbia ; and I invite you and your render-, to accompany me with observant eyes and willing minds ; and the distinct understanding that we do not at tempt to prejudice one interest for the ben efit of another. Ourohji ct shall be to relate the truth, as ir ecuurs to us. While sitting 'be omnibus wbioh con veys "through passengers" from the rail road to the station at Washington, und re flecting in regretful iilence Upon the long separation yet to occur between my sell and my better self, I was addressed in quite an ingenuous and intelligent strain, by a stranger; und. upon mutual identification with North Carolina, we became compan ions. My companion was bound for his residence lit Hillshoro, some twelve miles North of the Htute University of North Carolina. After sleeping soundly in the cars from Aquia Creek, we breakfasted at Peters burg; came ovei the poverty-like soil of Virginia in that section of the Stated until we reached the rich lands of the Roanoke, in North Carolina, extending to Weldon. And here, at Weldon, commences our new route of travel. At two o'clock P. M., ufter a fine dinner at Moody's new nnd cleanly eating house, we took tlc cars of the Weldon and Baleigh Hailroud; and after passing through a good Oakland farming country, where tar, pitch and turpentine, though extremely valuable to the world, are not known, wo reached the beautiful embowered little city ot Ilal eigh, the North Carolina seat of govern ment, where the largo granite Htate house, with its collonade fronts, and almost every private residence is overshadowed by groves of tall oaks in full summer green. The granite of which the fine capitol is built, was taken from a quarry about two miles from the town ; and the capitol stands in a square of 180 to 200 yards in diameter, and surrounded by an iron fence. The ouks of the square are tall und spreading. While speaking of the capitol of Raleigh, it may be as well to state, for the informa tion of those who do not know the fact, and for the honor of North Carolina, that she was the first State of the American Union which had sculptured und paid for a splen did Italian marble statue of Washington. It was the work of the great culptor Can ova, and cost some twenty-five thousand dollars. It was seuted on an Italian mar ble pedestal, clud in the Roman toga, and holding a tablet and scroll in the left hand, and a pen in the other. The marble of which the whole work was composed was white as snow. It was destroyed in the conflagration of the old Capitol, about twen five years ago. Yon may know all this, but your readers do not ; and henco this historical synopsis. After a visit to some business men at Ral.-igh, a good supper at Col. Yarborough's hotel, and a treat with piano music und singing at the house of a friend, I slept soundly at No. 41. Yarborough's, on a fine bed ; aud left the next morning at half past nine, on the North Carolina Central Rail Road, for Charlotte, accompanied by mv young friend, who left the cars at Hillsbo rough ; after which, Judge B. of the Supe rior Court, who entered the cars at Hills borough (strictly a burrow among hills) be came my companion und instructor, as far as Charlotte. Baleigh contains an Asylum for the Deaf anu Dumb; and an Asylum for Lun atics, about 700 feet long, has recently been completed on one of the oak clad hills near the border of the town, aud is occupied by a number of inmates. It presents quite an imposing appearance viewed from the town. I believe it is a Stato institution. The country after leaving Raleigh, be comes more and more interesting; and the eyes of the travellers are gratified by tho alternation farms, well cultivated; tall oak woods, interspersed with luxurious under growth ; fields of grain, ripe for the sickle, or covered by green corn and extensive open oak woods; handsome residences sit uated in large groves of tall oaks; small streams and rivers, and hill and dale with out termination ; the soil being red and brown, like that of most Southern hill coun tries, even to Texas inclusive. Much of tho scenery near the Yadkin riv- er reminds me of the country from Plain- field in New Jersey to the Delaware, bor- i dering the New Jersey Central Railroad ; but Jersey has, nowhere, such elegant groves ad woods of tall, large, spreading oaks, as are to be seen bordering the North Caroli- na Railroad; and there is one fact connects ed with this road, whieh ought to recom- mend it Aye, three fcts. 1st. It has no j trussel work to give way, to let the ears faJJ through or burn up, d. Tik bridges a. cross the rivers are strong, und rest upo j stone pillars. And 3d. It passes through , a handsome, hilly and healthy eouutry. i The first river on the route is the litjle J Eno, so called by the Indians, at Hillsbo rough; 2d, the Haw, an abbreviation of the aboriginal Saxapahaw ; nd not a corrup tion, as Tar is of Tan river, or River of Health, in the original; and the 3d, the Yadkin, The Eno is about 90 yards wide; the Haw 100, and the Yadkin some 200. The principal town between Balcigh and Charlotte, are H "dishorn' where large num bers of young men have been prepared for college; Green sborough, where large num bers of females have been highly educated in one nf the best female colleges in this or and Salisbury, a rich y J ' , . t - I A. I li u ,t I o I (LltiJIil two nights and ouc day, and found it con tain many handsome two story white resi dences, situated in groves of oaks, many of which oaks) I judged to be at lust sixty feet in diameter, from poiut to poijit of limbs. Mr. Young, proprietor of the Mansion House, ut Charlotte, iu which I hud a fine room, called my attention to a lump of gold ore weighing 38 ounces, valued at 90 per cent, pure gold, which, the owner stated, was picked up by one of his hands, on his plantation, between Raleigh and Weldon. At seventeen dollars an ounce for pure gold this lump is worth $584 40. He stated also that ho had receut.y sold a fine diamond from the same premises, for $.'ii5. A gen tleman of Charlotte, who has a fine collec tion of North Carolina minerals, showed me a curious specimen of sheet stone, about one-third of an inch thick, which bends to the extent of several degrees back and forth whieh I had not seen before, though it has been written of, He also showed roe en ormous specimens of amethy st ; some opal gurnet, diamond, most beautiful red oxide of lead, &.c, all found in that region of North Carolina, with carbuncles and other precious stones. The belt of country, some GO miles wide, between the Yadkin and Catawba rivers, is said to be one of the garden regions of j Democrats have ever charged was, that the earth, as a farming district, iudepend- m. Fillmore regarded the Fugitive Slave ently of its rich minerals. Let travellers pass J fejjl ("certain clauses of the Bill," if you over the Weldon and Raleigh, and the N. please) unconstitutional, and that he would C. Central, on tbejr way to the South, via j not sign it until the "written opinion" of Charlotte, and they will discover what few ! j,s Cabinet in favor of its constitutionality strangers know, that the piney lowland near j wasobtained; and this is fully substantiat the sea-board does not constitute the State ed by Mr. Crittenden, of North Carolina any more than "iNoo- But, the truth is. Mr. Fillmore, himself, wcemond" county and its sisters in poverty- jD Albany speech, acknowledges that stricken, Huckleberry dons, constitute Vir- l,e had "long cherished prejudices" to over gun. From what I have said, it will be seen that from Weldon, to Wilnibigtou, N. C, the distance is 101 miles. It is, then, about one mile to the W. and Manchester Railroad, which is 171 miles to Kingsville, S. C while from Kingsville to Columbia is about 20 miles ; making in all, 3o3 miles from Weldon, N. C to Colombia S. C. By the upper route, from Weldon to Raleigh is 97 miles, Raleigh to Charlotte 174, and Charlotte to Columbia 110 miles; in all, 381 miles by this route from Weldon to Col umbia, or 28 miles farther, and at a cost of about $24 more for railroad fure. From Columbia to Charleston, or to Augusta, Ga., the fare is $5, formerly 84." S"" INTERESTING TO" RAILROAD TRA VELLERS. The following curious question of law, which has been under consideration by one of the New York courts for some time, and which presents some features of interest to travellers by railroads, has already been briefly mentioned : The E ie railroad has been in the habit of charging an additional price for all tick ets not purchased at the ticket office. Sev eral persons, ignorant of the rule, tendered their pay to the conductor of the cur as he passed along, and found themselves com pelled to paj' this usurious interest. In June, a Mr. Austin took his place in one of tho cars of the company without purchas ing his ticket. The distance of his trip was three miles the price ten cents. When the conductor came to him he offer ed the ten cents, but was asked for an ex tra dime. Finding that this mode of tra velling would become expensive, he refused to pay, and was shown the door. He bro't an action to recover damages ; judgment was rendered in his favor for twenty-five dollars and costs, the court deciding that the statutes did not authorise the company to demand more than threo cents per mile, and that all further charge was illegal, and consequently that they had no right to ask the sum in question. ACQUITTED. The young man Jarboe was tried last week in the Criminal Court of Washington, for murder, in the shooting of N alley, the seducer of his sister. The jury, in course of fifteen minutes ufter the case was sub mitted, rendered a verdict of acquittal. On this announcement the crowd expressed their satisfaction by excessive applause, and eagerly pressed forward to congratu late the avenger of a sister's wrongs. The result has produced a general rejoicing in the community. Jarboe, in company with his sister, met Nalley in the street, and appealed to him to marry his sister and save her from disgrace. Nalley refused a com pliance, when Jarboe drew i pistol and killed him. Unfortunate Affair. A correspon dent of the Peoria, (111.) Republican writes to that paper us follows : " Mary Ann Moody, aged 19 years, daughter of J. Moo dy of Roschcld, Peoria county, was acci dentally shot ou Thursday, the 10th inst. A young man living with Mr. M., wus play- ing with a double barrel pistol, one of which was loaded. The voung man was not aware of this fact, as there was no cap ou either "Our efforts to prevent the great Ameri tube. He put a cap on one of the tubes, j cnn party from being sectionalized or abo und with the desigu to have a little sport, j htionized, have been successful," saysCom poiuted it at Mary Ann. who was standing i mdore S. Now, this is news to everybody, a few feet from him, savintr he was vniiur to t m tne f a thousand facts showing the shoot. Ho did .xo, and the fatal ball enter- A hr k k... I : ed to the young man in a few weeks. Staubed. On tast Monday night, Mr. W. C. ttaaahao, Manager of Cresceut City ' Cirou, was stubbed between the uiuth and I tenth ribs, just about the region of the ; spleen. The affair transpired In the street, j while the company were exhibiting iu this j place. It being quite, durk, the person that inflicted the wound made escape ; but atroug suspicions rest upon a man in the neighbor hood. Although we refrain from any comment, we hope he may be urrested and a lawful hearing bad, so that the inno cent may be free from censure, and the guilty meet the merited reward. Mr. Man ahau is confined to his bed from the wound. but it ia thought that he will recover Grecnsbrorough, JV. C, Times. WESTERN. DEMOCRAT. Tnf sday jBorBiBgyABSt 5, 1856. A KNOW-NOTHING WITNESS. The know-nothings have drawn the fol lowing letter from the Hon. John J. Crit tenden, to disprove the charge that Mr. Fillmore signed the Fugitive Slave bill with reluctance. And that he considered the same uncauxtitutional ! The Wilmington Herald (know-nothing) thinks the letter of Mr. Crittenden a. clincher. So do we ; but it clinches as true that Mr. Fillmore did sign that bill with reluctance that he did believe it unconstitutional, until he "requir ed me Mr. Crittenden to give my opinion, IN WRITING, in regard to the CONSTI TUTIONALITY of certain clauses of the Bill, and J did so." "This," says Mr. Crittenden, "was done, no doubt, out of respect for his Cabinet," &c! Who believes that it was "respect" for his Cabinet, that induced Mr. Fillmore to consult them "in regard to the constitu tionality of certain clauses of the Bill?" Mr. Crittenden, by assigning such a mo tive, in tho absence of any proof, and in violation of common sense, shows a labored effort to release his friend Fillmore from the awkward position he occupies on the sub ject. We give Mr. Crittenden's letter be low, and a more lawyer-like or jesuitical production, we have rarely if ever met with. Closely scanned, it proves the truth of pre eislv what it undertakes to deny. All the j come in signing the Compromise bills, evi dently referring to the fugitive slave bill, about which Mr. Crittenden says he con ! suited his Cabinet, "regarding the consti tutionality of certain clauses of the bill." Why did not Mr. Crittenden condescend to inform the public what "clauses" they were, in that bill, which Mr. Fillmore regarded as unconstitutional? It was a bill made in obedience to a plain and imperative provi sion and requirement of the Constitution and yet Mr. Fillmore, who is opposed to the exercise of the veto power, had to con sult his Cabinot, "as regards its constitu tionality," before he would sign it! The "written opinion" shows that Mr. Fillmore would not sign that bill until ho had the advice and counsel, and instructions of his Cabinet to do so; and nothing could prove more clearly the abolition feelings of Mil lard Fillmore than his hesitancy about sign ing Koli a bill. The following is his letter a portion of which we have marked in Italics : Washington, July 11, 1856. My Dear Sir: In answer to vour letter ,1 1,1,. -Sltl tf U I i . , IJ i t ' i . i . . uu.aa. his administration, nor at any time, did he ever say tome, or in my hearing, "that the fugitive slave law was unconstitutional," or anything to that effect. Neither is it true " that it was only by your (my) urgent solicitation as his adviser that he could be induced to sign the bill." For the purpose, as I supposed, of acting, and showing that he acted, deliberately and advisedly on so important a subject, he required me, as the law officer of the Government, tc give my opinion in writing in regard to the consti tutionality of .certain clauses of the Bill, and 1 did so. I believe that, he also con sulted, as usual, all the members. This was done, no dubt, out of respect for his Cabinet, arid to secure to his conduct the highest sanction which tho advice of his Cabinet counsellors could give. All the members of. the Cabinet, I believe, advised in favor of the bill, and in so doing only concurred, as I understood, in the Presi dent's own opinion on the subject. There was no urgency or solicitation to Mr. Fillmore to sign the bill that I know of. I certainly used none, nor did I ever sup pose that arty was necessary. Mr. Fill more, I have no doubt, signed that bill free ly, and in obedience only to his own convic tions, and sense of duty. The above will afford you, I hope, sir, a full answer to you enquiries, and I have the honor to remain, Very respectfully yours. Ace. J. J. CRITTENDEN. ,Un S! T 1 . T r;m!u flint aiftir.r .1 1 1 i-i ,1 rr A CURIOSITY. The letter of Com. Stockton, declining the honors of the Presidency, is tho great est curiosity of the day. It is worthy a place in the temple of Fume, along side of Gen. Scott's "soup" epistles. The pen is .'aid to be"mightier than the sword," but in some hands the sword is mightier than the pen. The" letter of Com. S. may be intelli gible to Know -Nothing comprehension, but what he means by "Our efforts," "purging" the American party, the "Rational Camp," the "pledge" of Mr. Fillmore to "uphold the integrity of American principles," dec, is more than the uninitiated or those unac quainted with the secrets of the "Order" ; ca" comprehend ' contrary. -The American party has been ! nursed" adds Com. S. Well. God know i it needed "purging" but when, where, and how did it undergo the cleansing, scouring, j and purifvinz process? Who were the nhv- ; sicians, besides Dr. Stockton, iu attendance i on tho afflicted patient? j Commodore (or Doctor Stockton) thinks j he has straightened up Mr. Fillmore, in his "integrity,, by purgatives. He now retires ; rather unjrvacefuily from the practice of medicine and surgery although we are : not assured the patient is any better, than he was before. His letter is a first-rate medicine for hy pochondriacs. We know a Physician who carries it in his pocket, evidently for the j purpose of reading it to his patients, when iu low spirits. A man must be "far gone," who can read it without laughing. Here is the extrordinary production, which, after m pjwg the mountain had been longin sore travaU, was nshered forth into this breathing world throagh a New-Ark, N. hebdominal: Gektlemen : Our eflforta to prevent the great American party from being seetiona ilzed or abolitionized, have been success ful. It has been purged of all sectional and abolition men and dogmas. The National Camp has endorsed Mr. Fillmore' Amen- camsin, ana ne is picueu tegrity of American principles and the per petuity of our reformed organization. My object has been attained, and I am no longer a candidate for the Presidency. Your friend and obedient rvant, R. F. STOCKTON. To Messrs Allen, Jones, Robbinnet, &c Committee. FIFTEEN STATES OSTRACISED- Is the Black Republican anything (says the Detroit Free Press) but a sectional par ty the kind of a party that General Wash ington and General Jackson in their fare well addresses warned the country to avoid, as rocks upon which the confederacy would split ? Is it any thing else, either in its or organization or its purposes ? Let us see. Twelve States were not represented in the convention that nominated Fremont. Fif teen States could not, were he elected, have the slightest sympathy with his administra tion, nor take part in the affairs of the Gov ernment. They would be virtually ostra cised. War would have been made upon their institutions, and they would have no other resource than defence. It is painful to contemplate the then possible ensuing state of things. With a power behind the throne greater than the throne itself, holding to the doctrine that there is a higher law than the constitution, what would constitutional guarantees and constitutional barriers be worth to the South ? With audacious mockery tho Philadel phia convention resolved that the Union , ,, , uri . I 1 snail do preservea : v ny, me poimcui history of the chief engineers of that con vention is a history of continuous assault upon the Union and of persistent denials of tho binding obligation of the Constitu tion. It will be a sorry time on this continent when an administration shall be borne into power on the waves of sectional hostility, of one half of the States against the other half of the States of the Union. Washing ton Union. o REMOVAL OF GOV. SHANNON. appointment of his successor. The President has nominated to the Sen ate Col. John W. Garey, of Pennsylvania, to be Goternor of Kansas, in place of Wil son Shannon, resigned. CoJ- Geary is lit tle less than 40 years of age, and has held high civil and military positions. He was born in Pennsylvania ; graduated at Jef ferson College in that State ; was for many years a civil engineer ; was selected to be Colonel of the second Pennsylvania regi ment in the Mexican war, where he disti't guiokocl Limsolf by -rrnt Kravery and mili tary skill ; was appointed by President Polk, in 1848, to proceed to California as Postmaster of San Francisco, with the ex traordinary commission to arrange the pos tal matters of that State ; was appointed by Gen. Riley to be a Judge, or Alcade, in and for the district of San Francisco, with tho power to organize and establish a police force for that city ; and was elected first "Mayor of the city of San Francisco under a city charter, and was appointed by tho Stute Legislature as a member of the Board of Commissioners for tho funded debt. He is represented as admirably fitted for the wise discharge of the duties of the office to which the President has appointed him. THE GREAT FILLMORE MOVEMENT THE KANSAS BILL. The measure of Mr. Dunn, passed by the lower House of Congress, last week, abro gates the present Territorial Government of Kansas, re-establishes the Missouri res triction, and, generally, makes such changes in the law there as, if finally triumphant, will surely consummate the so oft avowed purpose of its mover, to abolitionize the territory past redemption. It is the great Northern Fillmore measure of thesessionits; sponsors, being Mr. Fillmore's two thumbs in the. House of Representatives Messrs. Haven and Dunn. Its passage through the House, by the union of the Republican Northern Fillmore parties, bears out all we have said with reference to the entire iden tification between those two great political interests, so far as the rights and future of the South are coucerned. What Southern American party man, who cares more for the security of the rights of the South un der the Constitution than for the triumph of the abolitionism of Messrs. Dunn, Haven & Co., (who are to bo the Government if Mr. Fillmore should be elected,) can lon ger hew wood and draw water for them? Washington Star. iy Mr. Brooks, who caned Sumner, has been re-elected to Congress, tn South Car olina, by the following vote: In Lexington district, 983 votes. " Edgefield " 2,161 " " Newberry " 1,381 " " Abbeville " 1,616 " " Laurens " 1,771 " Total 7,922. In Edgefield and Abbeville the amount of money collected (to pay his fine) was $615. The vote is a very handsome one under the circumstances two thirds of the voters having cast their ballots. Mr. Keitt has also been re-elected, with out, r-pposition, by a very full vote. A Mean Act. The Concord Gazette states that when Mr. Kerr passed through Rotherfordton, the other day, the town bells were tolled for him as he entered the place, and continued tolling as long as be was in hearing. This ia about as mean and cow ardly an act as we ever recorded, as com mitted by persons claiming to be respecta ble. tmm tJT Col. Colt has made t wo millions of dollars by making shooting-irons. He ia now considered by many quite a horse. Goisft it to the Death The Sandy Hill Herald states that at the funeral of an aeed and respectable citisen of Warren county. N. Y.. on Sunday, the 13th inst., the officiating clergyman, after the close of bis sermon, presented a large package of Riolr Rpnublican papers, and laying them upon the table, requested the audience each to take a copy as they left the house. Mortality among Children. In the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Bos ton, last week, the following number of children died, under five years of age : New York, 436; Philadelphia, 273; Bos son, 34. t Our Foreign Relations. The latest rumors from Washington are to the effect that Great Britain will ere long send out a Minister to supply the place of Crampton. Lord Howden, (formerly Ambassador at Madrid! is mentioned. There is some rea son to hope that the Central American dif ficulty is to be settled now by Great Bri tain's consenting to retrocede the Bay Is lands to the State of Honduras. m Hottentot Custom. Among the Hot tentots, if a widow marries again, she is obliged to cut off the joint of a finger for every husband she marries after the first ; this she presents to her new husband oh her wedding day, beginning at one of her little fingers first. 13F Tho Baltimore county Advocate is printed on paper made exclusively of south ern cane or reed, the kind universally used for fishing rods. It was manufactured for an experiment by Mr. Henry Lowe, at bis mill, near White Hall, on the Northern Central Railroad, in Baltimore county. m Prudence. The Paris correspondent of the Boston Post says that a musical per former, Vivier, who is engaged to come to the United States, is so frightened at our numerous Railroad accidents that he de mands a lifo insurance for fifty thousand dollars. An Awful Mixture. A woman named Eliza Livingston, having been found dead in Tallahassee, a few days ago, the Coro ner's jury returned a verdict that she came to her death " by the excessive use of chlo roform, laudanum and liquor." Destruction of the Cotton and Corn Crops. We hear sad news from all this section of the ruvages of the worm in the ootton and corn. In many cases, fields of hundreds of acres of cotton and corn have been laid waste, We have met with many planters within a few days past who have been sufferers their prospects utterly blighted. Some consider it the regular cotton cater pillar of 1846, while others say it is only a species of grass worm, in great numbers, not heretofore known to depredate on the cotton or corn to any considerable extent. Jackson (Miss.) Union. High Price for Negroes. There has been a greater demand for negroes iu Rich mond during tho months of May, June and July, than was ever before, and thoy have commanded better prices during that time. This latter is an unusual thing, as the sum mer months arc generally the dullest in the year for that description of property. Prime field hands (women) will now bring from $1000 to $1100, and men from $1250 to $1,500. Not long since a-likely negro girl sold in this city at private sale for $1700. A largo number of negroes are bought on speculation, and probably there are not less that $2,000,000 in town now invested in such property. Richmond Dis patch. - - ABOLITIONISTS TAKEN IN. It will be remembered that an account of a caning at the Metropolitan Hotel, by Mr Vicks, who thrashed Stanwood severely, appeared in our columns a few days since. Connected with Mr. Vicks we have a tale to unfold which will make the abolitionists of Philadelphia feel very cheap. It seems that when Mr. Vicks was about to leave North Carolina in company with Mr. Haywood on a Northern pleasure tour, he was requested by the Stato authorities to take with him a negro who had been sentenced to banishment from North Caro lina for a glaring outrage upon the laws of that State. Mr. V. consented, and on his j arrival at the Hotel in Philadelphia he reg istered his name Vicks and Servant. Soon after the Abolitionists appeared and used every persuasion to induce the negro to ab scond ; and ho informed Mr. V. that they had offered him $50 to run off. Mr. V. ad vised the boy to demand $100. The amount was paid and the banished negro who was taken to the North to be left there, received aid unexpectedly and is now residing among a class of people altogether worth his asso ciation. Columbia Times. Another Vote for Buchanan. We were not a little amused when going up in a Broadway and Fourth avenue stage, on Friday evening, at the result of a vote ta ken on the Presidency. There were twelve passengers, and among them was a sharp faced Black "Republican" looking gen tleman, who was quite disposed to carry on a conversation over the rattling pavements about the election of President, and boast ing, as these fellows love to boast. He evidently had hold of the wrong customer ; but nothing daunted, he proposed a vote, which was taken, when to his dismay he was the only Fremont man in the stage ! the other eleven being most incontinently in favor of Buck & Breck. The laugh was de cidedly on him ; but determined to take one more chance, he sprung for the change hole, leading to the driver, pulling the check, he cried out "driver, who do you go for for President, Fremont, Buchanan or Fill more ?" "A wee bit of a saxpence, Sir, if you please." "No, no," was the response, "who do yon vote for at the next election ?: "Vote for, did you say, is that all ? Well, thin, I votes for me wife and children first, and thin, if 1 have two or three left I shall give them to jSucA-anan share gee up," nd snapping his whip, off we went, but such a roar of laughter as ensued we have not heard for a long time. At the next comer the sharp-faced gentleman retired, with th remark that yon would never catch hi proposing a vote on the Presidency a in a stage coach or anywhere else K ' Aptly Quoted A sentimental gent'a. man, with all his senses concentrated ao! the juicy sweets of a watermelon, remark. " The meon-choly days have come The sweetest of the year." PIEDMONT Sulphur and Chalybeate Sprints JBtVJlKE COVTTW, JT. c. THESE Springs are 16 miles north of v ganton, N. Carolina, located in a besuTifTi Mountain o?e, and surronaded wirt magnificent Scenery. - From this point toe i ebrated Table Rock, the Linmville Fauj! the Cave, and other curtosities, are of easTi! cess, and make, to and fro, sn easy and pleMam day's recreation, and change of scenery, calCu lated not only to gratify but invigorate t W uu, as wen a muse nuusn a irBure amon tK mountains, during the season ef Sfanssni (La and a retreat from the snetee se cemnn tefcL brile regions. The superiority of these Waters has been nf ficiently tried to prove their efficacy, and man broken-down, and alaaest wasted nivalin hat, been fully restored to health by their uso. The ie waters have been analyzes by Dr. Hip. t, ef Morgauton, and other Physicians, wto poldt, et Morgauton, anu saan J-eysicians. wfio are ready to near tnen.isway o we etfacacr ia certain disorders. Those wishing to visit these Springs, by calling oh Dr. H.ippoidt, a she "Mountain Hotel," will obtain nil the iafoma tion desired, as regards their curativp eftVrts a&t application to certain forms of disease. The Proprietor, in order that the Patrons of his Springs may have their stay rendered desirable and comfortable, has secured the services of Mrs PRESNELL, a lady who has had considers experience and enjoys a high reputation in public house keeping. He therefore promises that his TaHLE shall be furnished With the beat the coun try affords, aud served uo in a manner to plea, the most fastidious. Nothing shall be wanting to make every department adequate to the ,cit)u$ and wants of those who honor him with their company. JAMES C EST18, Jnly 15, 1856.3m PRESBYTERIAN mw&m mum, Second Notice. WITH a view of enabling them to mak their plans fully, as well as to have their sessions and vacations to coincide with those ot Davidson College, the Trustees of this Institu tion have determined to defer the opening of th-u College, until The 15th of September next, At which time they will be prepared for the re ception of pupils. They take pleasure in announcing- to the public, and especially to the friends of the College, who have manifested m great an interest in its establishment and succna, that their new and handsome edifice is uow draw ing rapidly to completion, that the services of a mu corps oi experienced Teachers will be secured in time, and every possi ble provision made tor the comfort of the young Ladies who may be entrusted to their care. It is their purpose now, as it has been from the beginning, to render their College inferior, in no respect, to similar institu tions of the highest grad"- and best established re putation in our State. The location is favorable to health, being iu an elevated region, and within a few hours ride of the mountains, while from the lower country it is easily accessible by ineani of the Central Rail-Road and a tri-weekly line of Stages from Salisbury, 26 miles. Board and tuition to be paid in advance. TERMS per session of five months, as fol lows : Board and tuition in tin'-English depsrt- ment I Tuition alouc H French Language, 5 00 Latin and Gr ;ek, each, 10 B Music, with use of Piano, 22 M Contingencies, 1 w Candles aud Towels furnished by the pupili. By order of the Board. 8. B. O. WILSON, Pres't. July 8, 1856. t!5S jMaaVanhM CIONTRACTS lor the Grading, Masonry ana J Cross-tit s on the Western Division w tV Wilminiiion, Charlotte and Itutherlord Kail U will be let on the 3d duy ol September next, ' tlx Company's office in Liricolnion. Stockholders and all other persons cksiiojaol conti acting, will send in tbeir proposals pni that nine, directed to the undersigned, tndutt "Hail Road FropatmU:' Maps, plans, pi utiles, together wiih the estimates. and secihcaiions tor the woik will be oeiiJ C inspection at the office on ai d alter the 1st l Au gust next and an assistant Engineer will be ready at all tunes to give any explanation that may be required. JOHN V. McKAE, Chief Engineer W . C. & I. It. U. Co. Lincoln! on, July i'.t, lrf5o 5w Town Taxes. PERSONS indebted for Town Taxes, f either or all of the years VBB-t-4' m&-'3 are requested to make immediate payment. All who disregard this notice, by failing topJj will find their property advertised for sale, in days from this date. Now, you have fair wW ing. S. A. HARRIS. April 29, 1856. tf Tax CsHisW Town Taxes for 1856. THE town Taxes for 1856, and all anearr are now due, and must be settled by first day of August, or I will proceed W coy according to Act of Assembly, without soy m crimination. 8. A. HAKffS, July 1 , 1856. 5w TaxoU: otioe. THE Tax Lists for 1855, sre now in 7 hands, and I hold them ready for iwf" I request all persons to inform me of any taxw which may not be listed. CP-All persons that have not paid their tax for 1854, will surdu come, up and fork ottr E. C GMEIl, Sbenft April8 i3rV tf Stop Him! RAN OFF, or was decoyed away frosa -subscriber's residence near Wood-W yum-- I Mill. Gaston couc.lv. N. C. on Sunday the29ib of June, a negro man namid a i, n i ; it t Arirwit 3fl v., u au i .. ...ii.a ! In W ' complexion, about 5 lieet 5 or 6 inches h't stumpy form, wi2hs about 140 or 150 pD''j and is slow of speech when spoken lo. H on when he icit, copperas punts, heavy dr .ie shirt, black wool hat, nd a PairofrB'r toed home-made shoea bis clothes very mW He took no other clothes, and no ea0e known for bis leaviusj I will pay TWENTY DOLLARS for J delivery to me at home or in any of tb joining county jails se that 1 get him ' taken up yt of the Htmte or the hou""1' home, showing that he was jnaking for State, I will pay FIFTY DOLLARS, if ed until 1 gat him and a like sum w' detection and conviction of the pero" decoyed hi in off, if it shall appear he r snaded awajr for their own ptirposea. LEANDbU SMITH Gaston, July t, 1855.tf 1 1 mJ M efWtaefla S A C K S for WU sale at $2 per .n!r for ejmh. and cash 00 1 7 Minim ii dESUjr- i J BREM Wtt&h Charlotte, Jury 15, 1966,-4 m . m