North Carolina Newspapers

D For the Western Democrat. CAPE FEAR AND DEEP RIVER. Mk Editor: I whs much pleaed to see in it Into number of your paper, an honest and independent opinion expressed by you about tlie works on the Cape Fe:tr and Depp liivers. It is time that public atten tion whs directed to the wasteful expendi ture of the pub ic numev on t!o c riven which, from their character, c:m never, with anv reasonable sum, be mad-- to an swer the purpose which its too sanguine friends flatter themselves can be aOOOSB- Hshed. I propose, now, to give a short history of the rise' and progress of these improvements, and shail MMM mvself in doing so. to the several acts of the General Assembly and the published reports of the ; officers of that Company. j In the year 1848, the people of the conn- ; tv of Chatham, aided bv some of the eiti- j J - - M ..... . I zens of the town ni Wilmington, proctireu tn be surveyed the Cape Ki'ar and D'ep Rivers, with a view to render llupin navi gable by means of slack water improve ments. They secured the services of an Engineer by the name of Thompson, who made a survey nnd furnished, in a detailed report i JUl the friend of the scheme the in formation they desired, with the probable cost of the work, fu this report Mr Thomp son gave it as his opinion, that the entire cost of Locking and Darning both streams. and rendering theuj navigable at nil seasons of the year, would not exceed $185,000; and in private conversations he stated, that so certain was he that he was within and be low the estiiiiate, that he wag willing to enter into bond with security to accomplish the work for that sum. This report was before the legislature of 1848, with the endorsement of Maj. Guynn that he had examined the figures and calculations of Mr Thompson, and hud no doubt of their correctness, 6cc. At the session of the General Assembly in 1848. a charter was granted with a capi tal of $200.01X3, and in a mppCmental bill of the same session, the State agreed to take $80,000 of the stock, being two-fifths of the theu capital of the Company. In 1852, the Cape Fear and Deep IJiver Company, finding that Mr Thompson had greatly underrated the cost of rendering those streams navigable, in his original re port although endorsed by Maj. Guynn made application to the General Assembly of that year to increase their capital to $350,000. and asked for n further subscrip tion from the State of 680,000. which was given, am condition, "that no portion of the amount authorised to be subscribed by tl e State should be paid until the entire work yet to be done, shall hare hern taken by con tractors, and bo. id and good security by persons resident in the State for the faith ful excvion and cc mpletiom of the mtirt work shall he given. ' ice see act o1852. ! Now, I ask. was the condition of this net ' complied with were bonds with good se- j curity for the faithful execution and com- ! pletioii uf the entire work given ? If they j were, whv baTO thev not been enforced ? i -j lint let ns liroceerl. In Ififti. this fi:n- ! pany. nndsng that Mr 1 hompson s esti mates were still far hi low the mark. rvrn with the addition o$150.000 t their enpi tal given m 1852 presented a Tery earnest and respectful nypeal to the General As sembly, and succeeded in getting their thcir capital to $1, 000.000, and soliciting a further subscription from the State of charter t irtr.er amended by increasing $300,000, or what is exactly equal to it. an endorsement of their bones for that amount. Well, this work, the then pet of the State. notwithstanding that originalhi it was to cost only $185,000, and to which the State had already contributed $160,000, had only to ask for a further subscription of $300 000 as above stated, and forthwith it is grnntrd, upon condition (now mark the condition) that the Company would mort gage to the State all their estate, red and personal, which thry then had, or which might hereafter belong to them, conditional for indemnity incr and ravine harmless the State of North Carolina from the whole or ' mi lit isms n tt li i in tit li- niMil' ! nnd issued. Arc. Now In re. I should like to be informed whetlcr this mortgage was in good faith t xecuted ? If it was, why does it not bind the entire property ofthe Company as it was intended by the net of 1S54. it should do, of this, there would bo no doubt, but that the President in his re port to Gov. Iliagg of the Gth December, says "that in the event that no measures of relief are provided by the pretest Legisla ture the work will be sold, yo." was there a prior mortgage which was kept concealed from the Governor and Attorney General, when they were called upon to approve of tlie mortgage and pledge to be given, be fore the public Treasurer should deliver the bond? it looks very much like it but let tlvose answer, wWnee duty it was to see that the interest of tlie State was fully protected. At the present salon of the General As sembly wc find that this Company comes again, and asks for additional aid of about $300.000 which if the Legislature shall grant will make the total aid given by the State Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars.'.'.' while individuals have only subscribed one Hundred and Twenty Thou sand how much of this latter sum has cier been paid in. no one knows for from the Treasurer's meagre report, no information can be gleaned as he presents no general statement of the finances of the company showing the amount subscribed, the amount paid in, and the amount due. Such a state ment should have accompanied the report of the President, nnd should have been so full as to have exhibited the true condition - ofthe financial attnirs ot tne company But suppose the Legislature in their wis- dom, shall grant them the additional aid now asked for, will it complete the work? Let us examine this matter a little. The Engineer, Mr. Douglass, in his report which accompanies the President's says, that "as the locks are all built of wood, and will in a short time require rebuilding. I would re commend commencing immediately and re build them of stone." He says ulso that the freshets have done much damage to tho several dams. I suppose he would like also to recommend that the dams should also he constructed of stone, but that rrcommeudu- tion will be held back until the State be comes so much iuvolved in the work as to compel it to make the dams as well as the locks of solid masonry nothing else will stand the sudden rise of the waters in the Cape Fear, which often, iu as many hours, a. aa ...a .1 r f rise thirty to forty teet. Hut it these locks will in a si hort time require rebuilding, as T .. nnrlai:.! efirc tlir-v TV 1 11 uiwl flip Plim .ill . i 'I'lim.-.. . ' .... j ...... iii. pany have expended $120.1X10 of private subscription, and $4G0,000 of money from the State making a total of $580,000, and still want $300,000 from tlie present Legis lature to complete the work, making the sum of Eight Hundred and Eighty Thou sand Dollars, is it not probable, after all that has been, and is to be expended on HHxden Locks and wooden Dams, when the company come to rebu:ld with stone, that more than double the sum already expend ed will be wanted to construct them ? I am one of those who from the beginning have constantly said that no sum short of $2,000,000 would ever suffice to Lock and Dam the Cape Fear successfully, and as this work progresses I begin to find that many others are becoming of my opinion. The committee of the Stockholders who made an appeal to the Legislatuie of 18o4 gave some indication of their opinions which may be gathered from the parallel they in- stitute between the Lehigh and Delaware Slack Water improvements built, a the committee say. by the same Engineer, Mr. Douglass, being about the same as to dis tance, or less, than the Cape Fear and Deep Hivcr Works, mid which they further say cost about Eleven Millions of Dollars, evi dently preparing the mind of the Legisla ture for continued subscriptions, until the cost will come up to nt least a fourth of the sum, that the same Engineer, Mr. D., has expended on the Lehigh and Delaware im provements. But the President says that "the opera tions i f t ic company have been very much embarrassed and retarded, in consequence f t) manv an(l continued freshets with w,jf., we had to contend, and to which our f,j)roVements, unlike any other in the State, nrg exp0fffif fhut freshets occurred in juv September and December, which did the'works great damage, and Mr. Douglass fym that "several attempts have been made J . bM , M I T"V 1 A. X . to strengthen lied KoCK fain, oui uuior- tunately, in every instance, before the con tractor could secure but winrs with pacaiug, a freshet came and carried it away. Now. all who know the character of the Cape Fear River, well knows, that every spring and fall, and frequently through the winter, it is subject to sudden and rapid rises : and the same causes alluded to by the President and Engineer, will constant ly occur at those seasons and produce the same effect, to wit: The destruction of their works. 1 see that the Legislature has recently passed a resolution, authorising the Gov ernor fa employ Maj. Gwynn t examine and report as to the present condition of the Cap Fear and Deep River works, and to give his opinion as to the probable a niount necessary to complete them. It is admitted that Maj. Gwynn is a man of science, and fully capable, if he had the time, to give the Legislature the informa tion they desin but in the examination he i- called" upon to make, with the water over all the so called improvements, at this in clement season, it must necessarily be su perficial and when it is remembered that the report and data of Mr. Thompson, which stated that the entire cost of on stractine this magnificent work, would only be $185,000. was endorsed by Maj. Gwynn, it should be an additional reason to receive any Opinion he may give with much cau tion. If Maj. Gwynn could visit the river during any one of those sudden and rapid floods and stand on the banks and witness hundreds and thousands of feet of earth wa-h away in an Lour, as ha been witnessed by Mr. Douglass, he would be better pre pared to make an estimate of the probable amount necessary to complete those works than by a rapid reooiinoisHiice. But Maj. Gwynn has been appointed to l.'ok at the rivers, dec. Why has the Leg islature not also appointed a committee to - . . . i look at the charter nt the company tne several acts of Assembly granting them aid. and see if the conditions of those giants have been complied with ? Why are they solicitiotis on the one hand about the river, and not equally so about the funds of the Statl Hut to conclude. Suppose the entire work finished. Will it ever be profitable! I l ave seen what the committee of stock holders have said on this score but we all know that to make any work of the kind profitable, the transportation over it must be certain. Can this certainty be accom- pHbed on the Cape Fear! Will there rather not be constant and unavoidable m- terruptions, caused by water loo nign, io admit of boats passing through the locks, and not sufficiently high to allow them to go over? Will not the derangement off a single gate, at any of the eight or ten locks, cause u suspension on the whole line and may not other accidents, incident to water navigation, occur which may delay the hundreds of boats required to transport the coul and block them up for a day, a week. or a month, thereby rendering the naviga- bon uncertain, uniciianio. ano. iwproiiiaMir. i ii l Ci 1 l I iif attention in me wgiswiun- ui- reeled to thi subject. It becomes them, ! as the people's representatives, to Km wen ; iutii th matter, 1 tlmt uo farther ap- ; propriations are made until a rigid scrutiny ; .... r . , - ..... ...... ... i,.wi i im the affairs of this cor Pol atioii is had. The public demand it. A TAX PAYER. The Newly Ixvexted War Excise, j A correspondent of the New York Jour- j nal of Commerce, alluding to the '-Infernal tern people? To build the N. C. road ? Machine" which Gen. Walker's friends j The thought never entered their heads have recently purchased for his army in What was done, you ask ? And how was Nicaragua, thus explains its efficiency and ; the thing brought about? Why, simply deadly instrumentality: tmT introduced one of those spe- In form it resembles a small grindstone cious, plausible and modest characters turned bv a crank, and will discharge 300 j naked charters to Danville the one ounce balls every minute, attended by very thing now proposed. The Charlotte only two men. Every machine is calcula- j Danville bill was introduced, read and ...A.. !,,.r,w;mpnts of soldi pm referred to the committee on internal im- . ' 4 I ' U. . . J loin fctM-1 ' - " " in the ame space of time. It can be di rected with the same ease as a common rifle is handled. The inventor, a Yankee, is now in Eng- land exnerimentine before the Admiralty, and a great many old Generals, of all coun tries, who evince much interest, and have written him letters expressive of their won der and astonishment. O-w distinguished Polish General expresses himsrlf to the in Ten tor, "that as soon as this deadly weap on becomes in use, wars and rumors of war must cense." The gun, or machine, dis charges without report, and sends the ball - ' tl.o fi;turirp of the ordinary rifle a ' j ,. ... "....., - ish government has offered tho inventor 200.000 sterling, if he can enlarge his machine to di-chnrge a 64 pound shot. l ins ne is now uouig. niiu ,.,- here he shall aocomidish it. The Russian Minister at London is anxious for the pat- ent, and has offered him his price ; but he says to his friends "I mean no other nation shall have it, but England, aud my own countr-." Pevio,, to hi D-oine to Europe, he offer- ,i .1 :i. tt, American Government U IPO J C -' - nt Washington. Experiments were made with one ounce and seven pound cannonades before our naval and otner officers, by or der ofthe Secretary of State, which proves all I have related above and to the entire . , ; satisfaction of those present. One of these ' "infernal machines," placed upon the deck of a vessel, one of the Commodores remark ed, "would sink a frigate in three minutes." Such a constant discharge of balls, just as fast as they can bo handled aud rolled in, with the accuracy they can be directed, must inevitably destroy all before it. besides the great distance and out of danger of the enemy's guns. Sheep in Ohio. The Ohio farmer esti mates the profit on sheep in that State the last year at $6,000,000, and the whole cap ital invested at $60,000,000. The number of sheep is, probably, five millions, and the mJ el?r lt. venr reached 10-196,000 pounds Kne fifth of the entire wool clip of I the Union From Vie Raleigh Standard. danville connection. Senate Chamber, ? Raleigh, December 18th. 1850. Messrs. Editors : I find in the Standard of this date, a communication, which seems , to have the ear-marks of authority, emanat- intr, doubtless, from some one of that nuin- erous class that may be seen hovering, like Tultures, around the outskirts of the two Houses, and are generally known as "lobby members." My first impression, from its heading, was, that it was a "special" message from his Excellency the Governor of the State. In this, it seems. I was mistaken. It. how- . 1 ' ever, possesses in an eminent degree, tne characteristics, by way of suggestions and recommendations, of a document that smack- ed of power and place; and the thanks, of r . . - . . . . at least a portion of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina are due, and the same are hereby tendered, for such tender and distinguished consideration, so generously bestowed on such unworthy re- cipients.-especially so, as it addresses it- self to the General Assembly ofthe State of North Carolina, and concludes with. "I have tbe honor to be. your most ob't sv't." A document commencing so well and ending so handsomely, ought, of right, to make its mark, and sink deep into the minds of those whom it is iutended to instruct and enlight en. It is admitted, in the first place, "that the State has no right to refuse, under ordinary circumstances, corporate powers to carry on any lawful occupation ;" but that the bill to charter the Danville Railroad does not come within the rule : it being the ex- ception to the rule ; it being contrary to the State. Let us look at it. and . ...i. : tUn ,w.K f the State to ?l C ! i in & am. -7 i" - j - ' do a wrung to any portion of her citizens or the citizeus of the whole world, who may chance to cane this way. What is the pro posit ion gravely made to the Legi islature in this communication ? It is simply a de nial of a naked right to a certain portion of the citizens of the State. no small portion, no insignificant portion of a people; but a people representing, iu population and wealth, at least one-third of the whole State. Truths are stubborn things. And now to the record up to within a very recent date. There was no road within the State of North Carolina accessible to the people ofthe west nearer than the city of Raleigh nearly 500 miles from a portion of the west; and too distant from every portion to be en joyed by them. This, however, did not ex empt the west from contribution in the way of taxes ; which was, we believe, submitted to without opposition. The time and ex pense of getting from and to that portion ofthe State impelled the citizens of the west to propose a connection to the nearest nnd onfj road within their reach. That move was cordially met by our enterprising sister State of South Carolina. The original pro position being to connect Charlotte with Camden, S. C. I am grieved to think that it is possible that there can be any one so lost to justice, to equity, nnd fair dealing as to indicate the legislation granting that charter as "fatal blindness." I ask, had it not been for the "fatal blindness" of which he speaks, would there now bo any North farojna roU(T Would there now be any , , . , , Danville connection proposed, winch the gentleman so muc. uep.ec.es: on foot of it. One thins would have at , f Wn accomplished instead of a debt of $10,000.000 we would have been out of debt and out of roads. Did the Charlotte road receive any as sistance from the State? Not one dime. What was next proposed by these wes- provements. When it came out of their hands it was not the Danville charter, but the N- C Railroad charter substituted there for, to the tuno of $2,0U0,0C0. This was i considered ai mat time an act oi aroiirary e. , , ' a. P I" power, and great wrong to that portion of the Stutc, the substance of which was the denial of the simple, right to improve their internal condition ; and at the same time exacting from them the means to perpe trate, and eventually to perpetuate, that wrong. This state of things those people are not responsible for. Had they not proposed another and a very different scheme, then there might be some plausibility in the argument. Will you return to them the amount of taxes contributed for their salf destruction ? 1 guess not. O, they are nothing out a small remnant of creation, "a few citizens of . one or two counties, ' though they did pro ' jtct the Danville Road, which ws smother- j ed before it was allowed to see the light of ; day; and in its stead, and upon its ruins, a j serpent-like monster arises, which takes ' within its told and swallows up all else oe- ! sides. Are the people ot the entire west i expected to submit to the tribute that is ' proposeu io oe exacieu uy m. por : j Are they expected to pay, for all time to l l . , a : i i ..... i ..... f come, a oonus io travel out, oi meir wuy some hundred miles .' which would be, at four cents per mile, going and returning, eieht dollars for every trip, more than it would be to pass by the route which was by them sought for and denied? Is there no oppression in this? Is there no wrong to the traveling public ? It is complained that the treasury is impoverished, and that this road would destroy the stock in other roads. The answor to that is simple and plain. Iu the first place. I would say that if they are to be sustained by such odious and un just exactions off of any portion of the citi zens of the State, it matters but little how soon they go dowr ; for their continuance is wrong and oppressive. In the second place, it canuot be insisted on that through travel upon the N. C. Road will be in the least . . 1 - C .1 . affected by it; for no one can, for a mo- mcnt, suppose there is any amount of through travel on this road; t'jerefor?, no damage can occur in that quarter. The Danville connection must, therefore, do it no barm, but a great deal of good. Let us see how it will work. The East-Tennessee and Virginia Koaa is one nunareu .u.u """ - . . . -m l i. 1 J tnnlaan miles nearer to n astiington chj . nuu. I. ..... . -i r 1 lanta, than the ilmmgton ana Aiancimier itoaa. i nai roau is iu a spri-uj ward state to completion. The Danville road, unconstructed, cannot be held ac countable for this inevitable loss to Wil mington. But the Danville road, construct ed, could return to the State and the treas ury what must be inevitably lost, and with out it. irretrievably crone. It is idle to talk .1 .. tm mm nritlf. null all that u i sort of thing, when necessity stares us in the j face. How is it proposed to restore to the ' State the lost travel, and thereby replenish Ll- .. . r L. t 7 Tf 5 cniJ that ; " J m - - i "it will constitute the high road" of all the "travel, "not a few citizens," North and 1 South. The high road! And shall not N. j Carolina have the "high road of all the travel ! North and South?" I am sorry to think , that there are some that are so carried j a vay by blind prejudice, and a kind of I "dog-in-the-manger" policy that would rather, if it, the travel, has to be lost to them, see it go the "other side of Jordan," than to see their neighbor, who was origin ally entitled to it, but who was unjustly wronged cut of it, enjoy its advantages. We propose to build the Danville Road by the time the East-Tennessee Road is finished, so as to prevent their getting the travel at all. We propose to make 94 miles t UK Koaa . pan or uus - W e propose to pay as a bonus to tne stare, 20c on the passenger and 20c. on the ton ; realizing thereby to the State, on the Dan- ville Road alone, an amount not less than 1 one hundred thousand dollars; besides the larire increase on the 94 miles of the Cen- tral Koaa, increasing xne revenue amount equal to one-third or tne enure m- come of the State during the past year. Aside from justice, the interest of the treas ury demands, "State policy" demands that this charter be granted. I deem it ne cessary in this communication, already grown too long, to refer to the immense beds of coal and plaster which this road would reach. I have felt it my duty to say thus much in defence of right, in the defence of those principles that strike at the very existence of government itself. The paltry tax upon stamped paper, and the tax upon tea, of which our ancestors so much complained, seems an exceedingly small matter, but it involved questions of paramount impor tance. X THE GAY DECEIVER IN LIMBO. A breach of promise, of a peculiarly ag gravated character, says the Newark Atfr cury of Thursday, has just transpired. A young man, employed in one of our large clothing establishments, some months since, formed the acquaintance of a young lady of attractive appearance and unexceptiona ble character; enjoyinga good position in so ciety with whom he soon became intimate. and ultimately, by promise of marriage, effected her ruin. This occurred some three months ago, and since that time the lady has been urgently pressing upon her seducer the fulfilment of his promises. At last, alarmed perhaps by her incessant im portunities, he fixed a day for their action, which was yesterday, the 20th ult. Meanwhile, however, it appears, he had been pa3'ing attention to a cousin living in New York, and she being entitled in her own rights to a considerable fortune, ho effected an engagement with her also, and on Tuesday they were married at the resi dence of the bride's father. The gentleman supposed that his New York proceedings were unknown to his victim in this city, but in this ho was mistaken, she having learned of his intentions which were, im mediately upon his marriage with his cou sin, to start for the West some days since, through an intimate friend. Being deter mined to thwart his designs, the case was given into the hands of an officer, who, about an hour after the wedding in New York, appeared at the door of the bride's father, and asked to see the "happy bride groom," who, responded by his presence, was quietly informed that his proceedings were all understood, and that he must im mediately do one of three things pay down the sum of $10,000, find bail in that amount or go to the Tombs. Of course he was much surprised at these demands, said that he could not possibly raise the money, as an intimation of the facts which necessi tated its appearance would forever destroy him in tho estimation of his fallier-in-law. His expostulations, however, were useless, and excusing himself to the family by say ing that he "was going down with a friend," he inarched off with the officer to the Tombs where we believe ho still remains. How his absence is accounted for by the family, we are not-informed. It is said that the sum of $10,000, be longing to the bride, was advanced to her on the day of the wedding, and that every arrangement was made to start on a West ern tour that evening. Let Children Sing. The Editor of the American Magazine in speaking of vo cal music says : All children can learn to sing, if they commence in season. In Germany, every child is taught to use its voice while young. In their schools, all join in singing exer cises, as much as they attend to the study of geography ; and in their churhes sing ing is not confined to the choir, that sits apart from the others, perhaps in one cor ner of the house, but there is a vast tide of that incense going forth to God from every heart that can give utterance to this language from the soul. In addition to this delight ful influence music has upon the character, it has also a .marked influence in suppress ing pulmonary complaints. Dr. Rush used to say that the reasons why the Germans seldom die of consumption was that they were always singing. BP Hon. Henry W. Hilliard. of Ala., 'ias joined the Conference of the Methodist J E- Church of that State. aTONJ Divorces in Selem, Massachusetts. INSANITY DODGE. foUowing divorces hare been grant- We once heard one of the iiHtexpennc- rf Supreme Conrt ed and successful legal gentleman in this m . Wm. Small from Irene M. Small county and, by the way. at present, an u . Benjamin Fuller from Ellen ex-senator, and a keen Vmcl-&" Z Ful.er, for adultery ; Abby L. Cald opinion of mankind at Urge. He said tbat j ff Caldwe for adultery ; thirty yearaof daily professional practice wet. had brought him io contact with all classes o R fl of minds, and had given him an opportunity j se ' paniel Ryan from Elizabeth to carefully examine and study the wor.u, mentally, just as it existed, and he had ar rived at the conclusion, very much to bis regret, as he had clients by the thousand whom he desired to entertain a respect for, that nine-tenths of the human race were made up of knaves and fools, though out wardly appearing to profess good sense and a regard for correct principles. Of course, this opinion was whispered only, and no man save a keen, sharp-nosed lawyer, and possessed of the characteristic impudence and recklessness of one of the most success ful of the tribe, would have even whispered such an idea. The insanity "dodge" which the counsel for Huutington openly announced to the community, convinces us that the legal gen tleman above alluded to, is not the only one who estimates mankind thus. The world at large must be composed of knaves and fools to listen for a moment to such a plea. It is an insult to the commonest kind of common sense, and it strikes us that a jury of twelve men who would be obliged to sit an hour, and allow a limb of the law to cool ly persuade them to so stultify themselves as to be influenced by such a plea, deserve incarceration for life in an insane asylum. We understand the character of this plea. It is not to be supposed that the counsel will say it is insanity of the madhouse char acter, but that which has method in it, shrewdness in it; such as all dfpartures from moral rectitude for a specific object, well planned, and successfully carried out, always demonstrate ; in short, that this in sanity is a talent for rascality, well devel oped, and, like all real talent, accomplishes its purpose. If this kind ot nonsense goes down with any jury, we shall nt once sub scribe to the doctrine that all mankind are what the counsel for Huutington set them down to be, either fools or knaves. Day Book. ROGUES FALLING OUT. An unholy war has broken out among the Holy Allies of the New York Free Soil press. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the "Independent," his quondam organ, are be rating each other in ainostunsanctified man ner. It seems that Beecher, whilst not ac tively employed in enlisting recruits and buying rifles for Kansas, has composed and published a most devout and peaceable hymn book, which he puffed prodigiously with his own pious hands, in the columns of the "Independent." Recently, another musical clergyman, of New England, a kinsman of one of the editors of the "Inde pendent," also produced a hymn book, which was higdly commended in one of the reli erious iournals of the day. The amiable Beecher at once fell afoul of this rival pro duction, criticised it in the most savage manner, tomahawked and scalped the au thor after the most approved style of Beech er warfare, and wound up by declaring that his competitor had absolutely puffed his own hymn book! Upon this, the "Independent" at once revealed the agency of Beecher in praising his own holy melodies. The consequence has been a general, and most unmusical and unclerical scuffle all round, in which pacific hymns have given place to the most combative prose, and the sweet singing to sounds resembling rather the sacred psalmody of a bagfull of infuriated grimalkins than the billing and cooing of black republican choristers. Richmond Dispatch. FATHER MATHEW. Father Mathew, the Apostle of Temper ance, died at Cork on the 9th of December Theoblad Mathew was born at I homas town, Ireland, October 10, 1790. He was left an orphan at an early age, adopted by an aunt, and educated in Kilkinny Acade my and at Mavnooth. He was ordained to the priesthood at Dublin. Adopting the principle of total abstinence, he commenc ed a series of meetings, and soon awaken ed the enthusiasm of the Irish nature to his assistance. He travelled from town to town through the island. His progress was one trium phal march. He administered the pledge to thousands at a time ; at Nenagh to twen ty thousand in one day ; at Galway a hun dred thousand per day ; between Galway and Loughrea to nearly two hundred thou sand. From Ireland he went to England where the people were infected with a cor responding enthusiasm. Thence he came to the United States, from which he return ed in the autumn of 1851. His labors and triumphs here will long be remembered. Through all this Herculean labor he was constantly iu a state of personal poverty. When he began his work his brother was the proprietor of a large distillery. He supported Theobald until his wonderful success bad ruined the distillery, and re- duced the owner to bankruptcy. To meet the wants of the public benefactor the Brit ih government settled an annuity of 800 upon him, which sum was just sufficient to pay the premium upon an insurance policy held by his creditors as security for their claims. Since bis return to Ireland, the weight of years and the exertions of long labor have compelled his partial withdraw al from public life. A New Cent. We yesterday saw a specimen of the new cent It is a truly neat and beautiful coin. The material is nickel and copper, and tlie size is a little larger than a ten-cent piece, although considerably thicker. One side is em bellished with the figure of an eagle in full flight, and the other with a wreath composed ofthe material staples of the country, encircling the words "One CenL" The weight light, and the appearance generally is quite attractive. Philadelphia Inquirer- morHitt. ffllKTTTV Mnnrn... T?van. for adultery There is not a city in New England which makes greater pretentions to "moral tone" than this same city of Salem. A theatre was started there some twenty-five years ago, but public opinion frowned it down. Circuses cannot easily get licenses there. Amusements, of almost any char acter, are looked upon as very questiona ble indulgences. Churches are outwardly supported, and an apparent iuterest taken in the labors of the clergy, yet lawless young men congregate the street corners and utter fearful oaths and obscene lan guage nightly, and to crown it all, a single session of her courts rolls up a neap oi in famy like the above. Five cases of adulte ry from the class of society supposed to be as free, at least, from immorality as any other the middle class. Abolitionism flourishes in this city of Salem, to a great extent ; this place and Boston may be said to be the hot bed of it. If such develop ments as the above and the late school girl affair at Boston, appear on the surface for the world to gaze upon, how much corrup tion must these Abolition holes have hidden which the world can't see ? New England is fast exposing her real character, one way and another. Is it a wonder that the South questions the sincerity of the Abolitionists of New England, and brands them hypo crites, in the face of such startling pictures of degraded society, as those above alluded to, present? It will not be long ere tins progressive peeple," whose morals the , i i 1 1 -' r ctorwl in world nave nearu so muuu o.-, " their hideous deformity, a spectacle ot shame. N. Y. Day Book. FREE LOVE IN MISSOURI. One Bride Figures in Two Marriages. The following brace of marriages appear- ed in The St. Joseph's ttuzette ot last Wednesday week. On the 'i2d inat., by the Rev. A. V. C. Schench, Mr. Wm. C. Williams to Miss Jane urauiey, au ftfid int.. in De Kalb. Buchanan county, by Henry Tutt, Esq., Mr. John T. Yates to Miss. Jane Elizabeth Bradley both of this city. We happen to know something of this in teresting farce this delic table morsel ot scandal, which have been the nine days onder of St. Joseph, and afforded a deli cate tit bit for the tongues the only true perpetual motion yet found of all the gos siping old woman and scandal venders ot that very moral town. The lady in question for one played the part of bride in both ceremonies had en gaged to two "sighing swains," and the day of marriage with each was agreed upon ; but it appears that her mother and sisterly relatives wished her to marry "Angelo,'' the man of her choice, and her paternal pa wished her to marry the other, (his favorite) and she wished to stave him off by an en gagement, as she did not at all favor his suit. But on the morning of the 22d ult., her "old dad," provoked by her obstinacy, conc'ided to have "things set on end" at once, and sent for his choice and a priest, to have "sunbeam," the artist for he is one of the artists joined iu pad beg our pardon we mean wedlock, to his daughter. The twain came, and the victim was awakened from her slumbers and marched in her stocking feet, like a horse to a brid (le) al, or a malefactor to the h alter. The ceremony was performed and the Argus oyed parent fondly thought the thing was "did up." But, and alas ! for the mutabili ty of human calculation, her "deary" heard of it and went at once in "connipshuns ;" he ripped, he tore his hair, he jumped, he he 8-s-wore; yes, he did some. It was awful to behold his agony, and while he was bewailing his lost Betsey, she was be- slumbering her visage for him. He man aged to procure an interview with her, plan ned an elopement in the evening, and went away with his feelings "slightly" relieved. Night came and cast her sable cloud over the earth, when the cheated lover, with a carriage, approached the bride's resi dence and stopped at the rendezvous agreed upon. Meanwhile the groom had retired, as Shakespeare says, "to sleep, porchace to dream," and waited for his oonsort to tumble in. She made some sort of an ex cuse to go down stairs, and left the expec tant bridegroom waiting in a state of awful suspense. She did not return ; an hour passed on the wings of time, and he started in pursuit of her, No one knew where she had gone until the old uegress spoke up : "La me, Massa, she's been gone with Mr. Y. this hour !" The oat was out of the bag. Imagine the bridegroom's foelings to clip Elysium and lack its joy ; to cull a bouquet and lose the most fragrant rose ; to get a glimpse of heaven and have the ; gates shut it was horrible ! Perfectly mou j strous, too hard for human nature to bear, ! He thought to commit a suicide, hut then it might hurt him, and be d'dn't. Hard cp for an Argument. The Richmond Whig attempts to trace the late insurrectionary movements to the issues made by the Democracy during the Presidential canvass. Instead of attributing these unsuccessful efforts at revolt to the poisonous influence of abolition journals, abolition emissaries, and the simple fact that such a man as Fremont was run for President upon the palpable issue of arresting the progress of the "slave power," the Whig chooses to stigmatize the Democratic party as responsible for the result We will not question the sincerity with which the charge is made, but we submit that it requires a remarkable spirit of fault-finding to attribute to the imaginary what ought to be attributed to the real cause. Peters burg Democrat. groceries; COFFEE Mocha, old Java, Laguim mi Bio, of various qualities, old and new crop TEA Gun Powder and Imperial, a choice article. MOLASSES New Orleans, Cuba and Cien fugos. CHEESE Goshen and Pine Apple. CHOCOLATE No. 1 and La Vanille, ths hitter a superior article. SARDINES Half and Quarter Boxes RAISINS Whole, Half and Quarter Boxes SICILY ALMONDS, FUberts, Current Citron, Mace, Nutmegs, Macarino and Venne' cilia. CANDLES Star and other Brands, in whole half and 6 lb boxes. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR -Whole and qaar ter Bbls. CANDIES Assorted and Fancy. CRACKERS Butter and Soda. PICKLED SALMON, Mackerel, Tongues and Lobsters. Smoked Tongues and Codfish. A good Stock of PRIME CIGARS, of the Washington, 0. R. Salbana, Don Pedro and other Brands, All of which will be sold low for CASH, by r, n or, THOMAS M. FARROW. Dec. 9, 1856. SR-if Notice Equity Sales. BY order of Court, I will expose to public sale, at the Court House, in Charlotte, on the lOthday of January next, 7 Likely Negroes : CREACY, p d so to 55 years, JIM 57 .SARAH 25, ALFRED '23, GREEN 14, CREACY, jr., 7, and JIM. jr., 3- All to be Hold on a credit of 12 months, the purchasers giving Bonds with interest from the day of sale, with s. proved security. D. R. DLNLAP, c. M. t. Uec. y, looo uujan J3TDR. WAYT, Dentist, hiving occasion to go to Virginia on profession! business, will be absent until HM 1st ot Jaauarr, 1857. .State of North Carolina, LINCOLN COUNTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, April Session, 185G. J. W- Lowe, Adm'r, and others, vs. Rufus Ballard and others. Petition to sell Real Estate for assets in the hands of the Administrator. It appearing from the affidavit of Petitioner, J. W. Lowe, that Rufus Ballard, David Ballard, Presley Cox and wife Epsey, the defendants in this proceeding, are non-residents of this Stati, and beyond the ordinary process of this Court. It is therefore ordered that publication be made in the Western Democrat tor six weeks, notify ing the said defendants that they be and apptar at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to be held for the county ot Lincoln at the Court House in Liucolnton, on the ad Monday iu Jan uary, 1857, then and there to plri.d, answer or demur to Plaintiffs petition, or Judgment, pro confesso, will be taken against tht m, aud a de cree made exparte according to the merits uf Plaintiffs petition. In testimony whereof, I have this, 4th Dee., 18513, signed my name and affixed tlie seal of said County J. A. HESS, Clerk. By W. R. CLARK. D. C. 23-6t REAL ESTATE I will sell, ou Monday ef January Court, the STORE-HOCSE and DWELLING attached, kuown as the J. K. Harrison property. Also, 4 Unimproved Lots in the Town of Charlotte, and 500 Acres of Land in Union Couuty. fy Turms made known on day of Sale. II. B- WILLIAMS, Trustee. Dec. 23, 1856. 25-bt CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office Up Stairs in new Brick Building op posite, Boone Sf ds shoe store. Drafts on New York and Charh'Mon, 8. C., Gold and Silver, and uncurreut Bank Hill BOUGHT AND SOLD. And special attention paid to the eolleetion of claims bv JOHN McKORIE & CO.. Dec 23, 1856 5t Charlotte, N. C. Whig copy lrn VALUABLE HOTEL IN CHARLOTTE, BY virtue of a Dved of Trust to me executed, I will offer at public sale, upon the preuiiaci. at 1 o'clock, P. M on the 27th of January next, i. being Tuesday of County Court, th Hotel known as the fcAIIi BL0AD MW&h, situated contiguous to the depots of the Cbarlotts and South Carolina ana ttje fort!i U&roliiia nan Roads in Charlotte. The Hotel building is tn- tirely new, commodious and tasty in appearanc, and so located as to give commanding advantages Pt the patronage ot the through travel of bulk Rail Koads. TERMS The purchaser will give notes witk approved security, due one half iu six aud tha other in twelve months, bearing interest from date. JOHN A. YOUNG, TiuaU. December 23, 156. 25-t LAND FOR SALE . The subscriber ffera for sa'e one vi uab'e Tract of Land, lying within one mile of States ville, N. C, adjoining the lanus ofA.K. Snnonto.1, F. 11- Dalton and others, contain ing about Ons hundred acres of which is well t mbered There is an excellent meadow, and s qoanti ty of eood upland in a high sttte of cultiva tion; there is also a good DWELLING HOUSE , and all nec ssa.y out buddings. For further cart cularsap.dy to A. W. Jamison of States ville, or the subscriber at Oak Forest J. U. S. ADAMS. December 23, 1856. 26 3t EDGE WORTH FEMALE SEMINARY, rpHE next Smon of this InsUtaUon will wm. Neither labor nor expense has been spared te secure Instructors of the highest qualifications m their various departments, and to make iuagj worth second to no Institution in the cn" in everything necessary to a complete fcflu tMFor circulars containing Terms, Connie of I struction, sVc.. apply to RICHARD STERLING, Principal Doe. 23, 1856. - - - - - - -