North Carolina Newspapers

WESTERN TmmSJ c&CHARLOTTE. NEW POST OFFICE LAW. The National Intelliguct-r intllihes the following regulations, which the Postmaster Generul lias made to carry out the provi sions of tba act just passed requiring pre payment of postage ou all transient printed matter : 1 . Books, not weighing over four pounds, .r. v a LUiit n tlif. tiinil l.l-f TKiill 1)V lIKStilLTO , ji.t.nn. kimniu nt one rent an ounce anv distance , in the United States under three thousand , miles, and at two cents an ounce over three thousand miles, provided they aro put up without a cover or wrapper, or in a cover or wrapper open at the ends or sides, so thut tlieir character may be determined without removing the wrapper. 2. Unsealed circulars, advertisements, business cards, transient newspapers, and every other article of transient printed mat ter, (except books,) not weighing ovor three ounces, sent in the mail to any part of the United States, are chargeable with one cent postage each, to he prepaid by postage htumps. Where more than one circular is pi int. d on a sheet, or a circular and letter, each must be charged with a single rate. This applies to lottery and other kindred sheets a.-Miming the form and name of news papers ; und the miscellaneous matter in such sheets must also be charged with one rate. A business card on an unsealed en velope of a circular subjects the entire packet to letter postage. Any transient matter, like a circular or handbill, enclosed in or with a periodical or newspaper sent to a subscriber, or to any other person, sub jects the whole package to letter postage; and whenever subject to letter postage, from being sealed, or from any cause whatever, all printed matter, without exception, must be prepaid, or excluded from the mail. It is the duty of the postmaster at the mailing office, as well as at the office of delivery, carefully to examine all printed matter, in order to see that it is charged with tho pro per rate of postage, and to detect fraud. At offices where postage stumps cannot be procured, postmasters are authorized to receive money in prepayment of postage on transient matter; but they should be care ful to keep h supply of stamps on hand. SALE OF NEGROES. The Columbia Carolinian states that a number of negroes were sold in that city on the 5th instant, at the following prices: Boy S3 veers old, $1,195; boy 25 years old. $1,100; boy 0 years old, 91,050; boy 40 yearn old, 150; boy 40 years old, $1. 000: boy years old, $1,075; hoy 14 years old, $1,000; boy 8 years old, $83J; boy 10 years old, $1,170; boy 20 years old, $ 1,200; boy 19 years old, $1,250; boy G years old, $410; giil 10 year old, $775; girl 16 years old, $1,000; girl 12 years old, $705; wo man 50 years old, $225; woman 21 years old, $!?iiO; woman 55 years old, $.'lw5 ; wo man 32 yours old, $Go0; girl 12 years old, $300: girl 18 years old, $050; seven in a family, say one 65, one 75, one 45. one G, two 4, one ii, (an overage of $400 each,) $2,800; boy 22 years old, $1,025; boy 9 years old. $700; woman 3d years old, and 2 children, boy 5 and girl 7, $1,005. Plan tation 600 acres, $.',450. Besides many horses, mules and wagons, which brought very high prices. DEATH OF A CLERICAL MISER The Rer. Henry Dickenson. M. A., who recently died at West Retford, England, was the last of a family who had lived in the neighborhood over two hundred years: He was penurious and eccentric. Al though possessed of ample means, he never kept any domestic servant, and seldom per mitted any one to cuter his abode. His ap pearance, excepting Sunday s, was exceed ingly mean for a clergyman. He used to go unwashed, for a week together, and ho used to clean his own shoes about once in the same interval. About three pounds of meat, a small loaf or two of bread, and half a pound of butter, served him aud his wife for a week. Mr. Dickenson continued in tolerable health up to Sunday, the 16th, when his parishioners observed much diffi culty in the performance of his duty in the pulpit. In the morning of that day he delivered an affecting sermon. In the afternoon he preached for the last time, taking for his text the 2d of Peter, chapter ii: 15, "Ac count that the long suffering of our Lord'p salvation,' and dwelling repeatedly and with marked emphasis on the word "salva tion." On leaving the church, he had to be assisted to tho rectory by two of his parishioners, whom he dismissed as soon as he got to his own door. In consequence of his indisposition the church-wardens, a day or two afterwards, tendered their good offi ces at the rectory, but Mr. Dickenson de- clined their help, and it was only by a kind of gentle compulsion that they succeeded j in getting into the house. ; Mrs. Dickenson j at first refused to open the door, but was ultimately induced to admit one or two persons. They found her hush aud in a deplorable , invention of steam, and the application of state of prostration, arising from the sheer eiecr;city to its modern uses, has been in want of the necessaries of life, according to : strumental to a considerable degree in the opinion of the medical men. He sank puinUg down the ancient usages and old into a state of cyncope, and died about one , iana marks heretofore established and ob o'clock on the morning of the 16th. served, and have inaugurated in their stead Notwithstanding these indications of pov- j tne "nimble sixpence," the quick return, erty ana misery, it nus been ascertained that Mr. Dickenson died worth between 40,000 to 50,000, the whole of which he has bequeathed to his wife. He was also considered a liberal landlord, and the poor of West Retford have not unfrequently been benefitted by his charities. The Herbert Case. Washington, Jan. 7. It appears from a document sent to the Senate that the made bv tne ProPer officers of this Bank. Netherlands government approved the ! indicte that the investment of the funds - - Tv tj . . . 'of the State in this institution have been conduct ot its minister, Du Bois, in refusing i ... . . to testify in court in the Herbert case, Du j ecedl"6y remuneratmg to the State. I Bois, was willing to file his testimony in ask' then' wb is il prop06 to destroy this the State Department. Netherlands pro- ! Bank is it because a better one is pro fesses the warmest friendship for our ' posed ? Not at all. Will gentlemen com governmcnt. 1 pel this Bank to go into liquidation, and OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY Delivered in the Senate of North Carolina on the 22d December, on the Bill tore charter the Bank of the State. It must be conceeded that the question now under consideration it, perhaps, one of the most important questions that will engage the attention and earnest consider ation of this General Assembly a ques tion involving the character and financial condition of the State; its public credit and its commercial and mercantile arrange ments, not only internally, but in its ex- ternal operations out of tlie State. What ever else may be said of the State of North Carolina however much she may have been derided aud defamed by unworthy as persions upon her character, political and commercial, she has ever stood forth among the nations of the earth, first in public confidence, and first in all those attributes that constitute fidelity and in tegrity in the faithful regard of her good name and public credit. She may have been reproached, heretofore, as a laggard in the race of nations to a distinguished position in commerce and in the arts and sciences. Though we may not aspire to an eminent distinction a distinction equal to our more fortunate and favored sister States, in many things that constitute a great people we can, at least, claim to be equal to any in true patriotism and public virtue. Intimately connected with the develop ment of the resources of the State, 'is the establishment and maintaiuance of a judi cious and equitable system of legalized Banking. It is a question of the greatest possible import to every interest of the State that the currency and exchanges of the country shall remain in a perfectly healthy and reliable condition, securing the confidence of every class and interest of our people. Should this confidence give way in tho public mind, the whole body politic is immediately deranged, distress possesses the public mind, and commercial ruin, to a considerable extent, follows as a necessary consequence. Could these fatal consequences fall upon those who are re sponsible for a state of things so unfortu nate and unnatural, it would little matter; but too often its baneful effects falls most heavily upon those who are the least re sponsible for it, und the least prepared to stand up under its operations. It becomes tho Legislature to guard and protect her people from undue and improper privileges to institutions that aro to furnish the cir culating medium among her citizens. If wild and unnatural liccuse is granted, based upon vague, imaginary, and untried finan cial operations, there is great danger of inaugural ing practices and precedents which may end in total ruin and utter bankruptcy of the Stute. There has, perhaps, been no business or profession that has undergone greater changes in the application of its general principles, than that of Banking. Its general principles in the main are doubtless the same; but its application must vary and conform to tho incidences and requirements of commerce in all its ramifi cations; hence it is that institutions hereto fore known and recognized as Banks of Deposit and Discount, which was under stood to mean a place for the safe keeping of the Public monies of the State, or that of individuals, to be handed out on LONG TIME paper, interest payable at 88 days, and the principal whenever the Bank goes into liquidation. It is impossible for any Punk to sustain its credit in the present day with such a system. It is unfortu nately too often the case that the public mind is carrier, away by prejudice or by an imaginary, undefined evil somewhere lurking withiu the folds of a Bank charter. And it is freely argued that all Banks are more of evil than of good to the public, and that their officers are sharpers and swin dlers. This prejudice nine times out of ten arises from the resentment of disappoint ed applicants for favors. An objection is raised to the continuation of this institution on the ground that it is creating a monoply, that perpetuities are naturally and proper ly odious to a republican people. That is simply blind prejudice, and not reason and legitimate argument. Banks are useful or they are not useful. If they are useful, or a necessary evil, as they are sometimes called, that usefulness ought to be directed in that channel and established upon those principles that have been tested by long experience, and consumated to perfection aud public usefulness by a propor and due application of that experience, and a cer tain avoidance of evil, if any there be. Unfortunately the re-incorporation of a Bank too often arrays opposition based upon imaginary evils, unfounded charges of rottenness, favoritism, &c. The institution now under consideration has, doubtless, always been free and open for tho most minute inspection of its opera tions to any one properly entitled to claim that right. I will venture the assertion that the most searching examination into the business of that Bank, under its present able and efficient management, would de velop a high order of diplomatic skill in the financial operations of the institution. The the accomplished Banker. t . .,. nt'iuiimij; agl&iu bu wc oiooomwoii mai Banks properly managed are useful; and as one is entitled to the credit of being more useful than another, according to the skill and fidelity of its management, it necessarily follows that without skill in their management they would be an un mitigated evil. A reference to the reports then invest the funds of the State in an en terprise untried and unknown placing this large amount of means in the keeping of untried, unknown and inexperienced men. Senators should pause, and weigh well the operations of this thing, and its future con sequences. I desire no favoritism, but if the necessities - t of the State are such as circumstances seem to indicate, it becomes us to adopt such legislation as will the most certainly realize j the greatest amount of profit to the State j with the least possible risk. When we j legislate so as to realize that end, I con- ceive thr.t we have done nothing more nor less thar our duty; anything less than this j would clearly be a disregard of that duty. 1 A re. u sal of this charter on our part, j cannot esult favorably to the credit of the j State. It seriously cripples the Treasurer j in all future negotiations on account of our foreign debt. His wants are present and pressing. Where is it possible he will be able to procure the large amount of ex change that he is compelled to have during the first and succeeding year. It is idle to suppose that if you require the old Bauk to go into liquidation, that she will or can lend any material aid to his relief, for im mediate steps must bo taken for winding up. Suppose you charter a new Bank with a capital of four or five millions, and but a small amount of its stock is taken by individuals as I am sure but little will be, unless it is well known who will be at the heud of the institution can it be pretend ed that there will not be a panic? Can gentlemen answer for sucli a state of things? There is not a Senator in this chamber but will then feel the weight of this argu ment. The indebtedness of the constitu ency of Senators, in the aggregate, must be large, who could without any serious loss meet every demand with the ordinary indulgence extended by this Bunk; but if the extraordinary demand of a final settle ment be made, it must fall with a crushing force upon the country. I speak for my people; and no doubt the remark will apply with equal force to every section, and especially so to commercial localities. Granting that a new Bauk would be put into operation with the greatest dispatch imaginable; will not it, like all similar in stitutions, have to take the ordinary course of organization, which must consume a period of perhaps six months ? Can it be pretended that in twelve months thereafter she will be able to realize on her Bills, Arc, an amount of exchange equal to the ordinary demands of the country? If not, what then becomes of the commerce of the country ? It must languish. If a larger amount of dividends could be real ized to the State; if a safer investment of the stocks of the State could be made by the proposed change, there would bo some plausibility in the argument. This, I pre sume, cannot be seriously insisted on even j by the most bitter opponents of this Bill. The action of this Legislature on the subject of Banking is watched with a de gree of solicitude and care by the intelligent and accomplished Financiers and Bank kers both in and out of the State, but little known or understood by Senators on this floor. I received a letter this morninflr from one of the most experienced and ac- j complished Bankers in the country a gentleman residing out of the State but a native of North Carolina deprecating the course indicated by the Legislature, and predicting unfortunate and evil results should tho currency of the State be placed upon a basis ordinarily known and established in the history of all Bank ing. The character of the currency that should be given to the people should be " above suspicion." A bad currency I hold to be worse than a bid law; a bad currency must effect all classes and sexes, and its effects cannot be easily removed and public confidence restored. Its bane ful effects exists long after its apparent i cause is removed. Not so with a bad or an inoperative law; its repeal goes to the very git of its operations; its effect is immediate, ! and during its continuance there are com- i paratively but few that are materially damaged thereby. It therefore becomes US so to legislate on this important branch I of our duty that the greatest amount of good may be realized, with the least possi ble hazard to the largest portion of our citizens. ! f -i i 1 1' i r j 1 i if fi ti V' , , ... f t . i v l 1 . - . - ! ton Appointed. Washington, Jan. 6th. The adminis tration has been officially advised that j Villiers, the brother of Lord Clarendon and the late Judge Advocate General, lias been appointed British Minister to this country, ami will shortly arrive here. Official despatches received at the. Navy Department, from Cant. Hartstene, speak in glowing language of his reception in England. Thomas D. Condy, of South Carolina, has been confirmed by the Senate as U. S. Attorney for that State. Ri rer and Harbor Bills. Washington, Jan. 7. About forty mem bers of the House have held a caucus and concluded to consolidate all the river and harbor bills into a general bill, and to use their efforts to pass it over the Executive veto. Important to Bachelors. The Court of Oyer and Terminer, at Pittsburg, a few days since, on application for divorce, made principally on the ground that the. wife was an inveterate scold, and therefore a most undesirable life companion, was rejected. Judge McCIure remarked that, if men married sharp tongued women, they must expect an occasional excoriation, and not trouble this Court with applications for a severance. Bachelors should remember this decision, and we advise them to cut this paragraph out and paste it in their hats. A negro, in Columbia, South Carolina, had just purchased a new hat, which he stuck on his head, in a very foppish style. Soon after, it began to rain heavily, and Cuffee doffed his beaver, and tucked it under his arm. A gentleman, passing by, and observing the occurrence, said "You fool, why don't you put on your hat, and save your head from the rain." Cuffee's sagacious reply was uIJead b'long to Mossa hat b'long to nigger, sir." 6eittrsl f tittlligenct Fatal Accident On last Christmas day Mr. M. Mills of this District wbile rid ing an unbroke horse near Lands Ford was thrown and so badly injured that he died in about two days afterward. It. H. Fudge Esq., acting as Coroner held an Inquest on the dead body, result of which was a verdict according to the above facts. Ches ter Standard. The Earthquake in Candia. A cor respondent of the Boston Post writes from the Island of Candia, under date of Novem ber 15th. that official returns made to the pasha, show the following loss of life and property there by the recent earthquake. Persons ascertained to be killed, and whose bodies have been taken from the rubish, 525 ; ditto wounded, 627 ; total killed and wounded 1,152; buildings totallyoverthrown and destroyed in the city of Candia 2,239 ; ditto very badly injured, but partly occu pied, 17 ; total, 4,119. Buildings destroy ed in other sections of the Island, 6,111 ; total, 10,230. Vessels laden with provis ions and money for tho relief of the sufferers had been sent by tho Turkish govern ment to Candia, and one had arrived. Expedition against China. We find the following paragraph in the Paris letter to the Commercial Advertiser, received by the last mail : "But another expedition is spoken of, which will interest particularly the United States, and that is an expedition on the part of England and France against China. It is rumored that a very large and formid able fleet is to leave in the Spring for the Cbina ports ; to give assistance to mission aries who have been maltreated in that coun try and at the same time to attempt the ne gotiation of more liberal commercial treaties. The Catholic Clergy of France are in great joy at this anticipated project, and large number of missionaries are preparing to accompany the expedition. I cannot, how ever, guarantee the truth of this report." High Prices. Another instance of the very high prices which negro property is new commanding, is furnished by the sale of the estate of Wm. E. Anderson, by tho Commissioner in Equity, in this District, or. Tuesday. A woman twenty-one years old, and her infant brought $1,301 ; and a likely girl, four years old, $751. A tract of land which, five years ago, could not have been sold at $4, was bid off at $10 per acre. Yorkville Enquirer. Income of the University. From the report of Hon. Charles Manly, Treasurer to the Board of Trustees, we gather the following facts touching the income of the University of North Carolina. For the year ending November 20th, the receipts amounted to $24,811 29 : and the disburse ments amounted to only $12,631 05. The sources whence this revenue is derived are in part the following : Bank dividends, $15,250; interest ou State and "individual bonds, $3,124 77; cash from sales of escheated property, $6,023 52. Besides other property, the University has $150,510 safely invested, and producing an annual income. The tuition fees must also produce a large revenue, sufficient, we should think, to meet all the expenses of the institution. There have been, during the year, 18 beneficiaries, all natives of the State. A Scene Near Rome. It was supposed that with the introduction of railroads, the trade of brigandism on the high road would be at an end. Ic appears not to be the case, however, in the Papal States, as the following paragraph from the official paper of Rome will sufficiently attest : We learn that the railway train between Frascati and Rome was stopped by a party of brigands, who, at night, imitating the signal for the stoppage of train, brought it to a halt. They immediately secured the engineer and firemen, and then, after detaching the locomotive from the cars, proceeded with perfect impunity to rifle the pockets and baggage of the passengers. A brigand was stationed at either end of the cars with loaded muskets, while their fellows, armed to the teeth, forced the passengers to deliver up tlieir valuables. As the people of the Roman States are not allowed to carry arms, they are at the mercy of the brigands, who go armed to the teeth, and who, with a knowledge ofrthis fact, do not hesitate to assail people in their houses. After this incident, it is to be hoped the government will at least send an armed guard with the railway trains, for the protection of the defenceless passengers. "I'll call around and Pay." "What a world of woe is contained in these few words to the poor artizan and mechanic! "I'll call around and pay," says the rich man, to avoid the trouble of going to his desk to get the necessary funds, and the poor mechanic is obliged to go home to i disappoint his workmen and all who depend upon him for their due. It is an easy matter to work; the only real glory in this life is an independent idea of being able to ' sustain yourself by the labor of your own hands, and it may be easily imagined what crushing force there is in "I'll call around and pay," to the laboring man who depends upon that pay for subsistence. If those who could pay would only pay at once, it would place hundreds and thousands in a condition to do likewise, and would prevent much miserv and distress." "Sam's" Opinion op Himself. The Crocket (Texas) Printer states that Gen. Sam Houston, while on a visit to that place a few days since, said in private conversa tion, that "there was nothing now left for the American party but to join either the Democrats or the Republicans' This an nouncement of the decline of fortunes of know nothingiem may be considered as "official." CHRISTMAS. It was required of the Israelites of eld to give to their children a reason of their ob servances, when asked, "why do ye this V bat, how many, either old or young, could give any reason for observing the 25th of December in commemoration of the birth of our. Saviour ? When we recur to the his tory of the great event, it seems utterly im possible, to say the least, that it should have occurred at this season of the year. 1. It would be a very inconvenient time for making the enrolment spoken of ; and a very unfavorable season for traveling. 2. It is not likely that shepherds would remain in the fields tending their flocks so late in the year. With regard to the weather in that climate we learn that "December is the first win ter month ; the cold is piercing and some times fatal to those not inured to the climate, but rain is more common than snow. " Rob. Calinet. page 242. Another writer says, "during the months of November and December, the rains continue to fall heavi ly ; afterwards they return at longer inter vales, and not so heavy." Its observance did not originate in the early church. "There is no mention in the early church of any such observances, till between the 3rd and 4th centuries, and then the day could not bo found out with any certainty." And the day has been in all probability left in doubt, on purpose to prevent any superstitious regard being paid to it. The sacred writers were undoubtedly in spired what to omit, as well as what to ex- -n , . " JaI i ... . 1 a! press, .kuseoius, in tin century, in tue nine of Constantino the great, in his Ecclesiasti cal History, has a chapter on "The times of our Savior's manifestation among men," in which he would naturally fix the date if known, but he gives us n fining more thau we have in the Bible. Nor does the origin of this day called Christmas recommend it to our regard. "Like many other observances it was bor rowed by the Catholic church from the heathen. The well known Pagan festival of the Saturnalia, instituted in honor of tlieir fabled diety, Saturn, was celebrated by them with the greatest splendor, extrav agance and debauchery. It was during its continuance a season of freedom and equali ty : the master ceased to rule and the slave to obey ; the former waiting at his own ta ble upon the latter, and submitting to the suspension of all order, and the reign of universal frolic. They began on the 19th of Dec. by lighting a profusiou of wax cau dles in the temple of Saturn ; and by sus pending in their temples and in all their habitations boughs of laurels and various kinds of evergreens. The christian church appointed a festival in honor of her master's birth, nearly about the same time, for the purpose of superseding it. In do ing this, tho policy was to retain as many of the habits which had prevailed in the Saturnalia, as could in any way be recon ciled with the purity of Christianity. They made their new festival therefore a season of relaxation and mirth, of cheerful visiting and mutual presents. They lighted candles in their places of worship and adorned them with a profusion of evergreen boughs. Thus did the Romish church borrow from Pagans some of her most prominent obser vances." The same parellel between the two is drawn in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities under the word Sa turnalia. The birth of Christ is not made an era from which to reckon time in the Bible, though his death is, in Daniels prophecy of 70 weeks. And no one proposed to make it an era, till Dyonisins Exignius in the 6th century. A great variety of other eras were employed by ancient historians. And when they began to reckon from this, they did not go back to the true date as it is now generally believed. The real Annus Domini is now placed differently by dif ferent men. Browne in Ordo Saiclorum fixes a conjec tural date 5 years earlier. Justin Martyr in 2d century makes a remark from which we infer that he thought it about 5 years before our A. D. Irenaius who also lived in 2d. century, says that Christ was born in the 41st year of Augustus Caesar, which would make it 4 years before. Turtullian seems to have believed it 4 or 5 years ear lier. Some fix upon 2 or 3 years further back. Dr. E. Robinson in his Greek Har mony, page 180, says "that this our com mon era begins in any case more than 4 years too late ; that is from 4 to 5 years at least, and more probably from G to 7 years after the actual birth of Christ.'' This era was first used tn historical works by the Venerable Bede, early in the 8th Century. Thus we see that the whole matter is in volved in doubt. No one knows the year, the month nor the day of Christ's Birth. Dr. L&rdner conjectures about the 1st of Oct. They then who pay any religious respect to Christmas, are in so far promot ing superstition. Greensboro' Times. 13F There is no truth in the report that the Supreme Court has come to a conclu sion in the Dred Scott case, involving the constitutionality of the Missouri Compro mise. The Judges have nor yet had a consultation on the subject. m Change of Public Opinion. The Dai ly News, of New York, a conservative Dem ocratic journal, expresses the belief that a change is taking place in the public opinion of the popular mind in relation to Federal politics. It says: "Since the election of James Buchanan a change has come over the spirit of the popular mind at least, if we may judge from the moderate tone of the press in every part of the country and of all shades of opinion. The ultraists and extremists of every quarter stand rebuked by the triumph of the Democracy and its representative man, James Buchanan. The Nebraska bill expresses perfect neutrality on the great i : j i . I evening ijuceuuu ui iuc ua n csvnews at once radicalism on either flank it was a measure not of compromise, but of just moderation, and its spirit is perfectly ex pressed in the character of the great states mac of Pennsylvania. GLORIOUS LIVING. Ten Wive and a half to Each Man. A writer from Fillmore city, Utah, fur nishes the following little historical and physiological sketch, exhibiting political standing, personal qualifications and mari tal responsibilities to say nothin of those which are paternal of some of the promi nent Mormons of the territory : Of the members of the Council, 13 per sons, each has the number of wives respec tively affixed to his name. kv. HerbertC. Kimball, Presidl T Council 57 Daniel H Wells Councilman, (cross eyed) 19 Albert Carrington. (crippled and near sighted) 21 Orson Pratt, (crippled and near sighted) 7 Wilford Woodruu, (crippled and near sighted) 12 John Stoker (cripple and near sighted) 8 Lor in Farr, (crippled and near sighted) 3 Lorenzo Snow, (cripple and near sighted) 25 Leonard E. Harrington, (crippled and near sighted) 3 Benjamin F.Johnson, crippled and near sighted) Isaac Moorley, (72 years old J John A. Ray, (from Texas) George A Smith, (crippled fc near sighted 5 Grand total, men 13, women 171 House of Representatives, 26 members : J. M. Grant, Speaker, has C W. W. Phelps, (printer of Morgan's book) 7 A. P. RoCkwood, (an old man) 8 Edwin D. Woolley, (a small man) 5 J. W. Cummings, (crippled) 10 Hosea Stout, (lawyer from Kentucky 3 dead) 1 S. W. Richards, (young and handsome lawyer) 15 Jesse C Little, (lawyer of Boston, Mass., 3 Wm. Snow, (Vermont laborer) 8 P. H. Young, (older brother of Brigham tailor) 5 C. V. Spencor. (of Mass., quite small) 2 Ezra S. Benson, (old and homely) 15 James C. Snow, (quite poor) 3 Aaron Johnson, (has three sisters, and al together) 6 Lorenzo H. Hatch, (wagon maker) 2 Jacob G. Bigler, (farmer) 10 George Peacock, (farmer) 10 John Eldridge, (phrenologist two dead) 1 Isaac C. Haight, (coal digger) 12 Jesse N. Smith, (lawyer) 2 John D. Parker, (old and deaf) 3 Jesse Hobson, (ox steamster) 10 J. C. Wright, (hotel keeper 5 James Brown, (dairyman 7 Enoch Reese, (farmer, etc.,,) 2 W. A. Hickman, (one of the Danites) 3 Total, 127 To which add officers of the House, to wit : Thomas Bullock, (Clerk and an English man) 4 J. Grimshaw, (Assistant Cl'k and an Eng lishman 5 Chandler Holbrook, (foreman and deaf) 4 Jacob F. Hutchison, (Messenger,) 2 Joel H. Johnson, (Chaplian 7 Total, 22 To which add 63 for the number of Gov. Young's wives, and we have the whole number of females thus represented by the members of the Legislature, and his excel lency, amounting to 420; or in other words, 40 men have 420 wives. A NEW TRADE. Already some palpable good has come of the Southern Convention at Savannah. A gentleman of this city who attended the Convention was surprised to find that a prominent merchant of Savannah purchased his supply of nails in a Northern market. In reply to a friendly remonstrance, the merchant contended that he could not get his nails in any Southern city. To this the gentleman answered that an abundant sup ply of the best article was manufactured in Richmond. The merchant immediately sout an order for four thousand kegs to the Old Dominion Company of this city. That is the way to do the thing. Neither the commercial nor manufacturing interests of the South can thrive unless Southern merchants are ready to give the preference to one another over the merchants of the North. The merchants of the South should deal generously with each other, in the con fidence that for any temporary and trivial loss of advantage, they will be compensated in the end in respect both of private aud public interest. In the above instance the Savannah mer chant did not suffer any inconvenience ; and besides getting his nails on as good terms as they can be bought in the North, he has the satisfaction of contributing something to the individual welfare of his section. This inconsiderable transaction promises to open a profitable trade between Rich mond and the South. We understand two vessels have been since loaded at this port for Savannah. Richmond Enquirer. Snow Balling with a Vengeance. On Thursday afternoon, says the Argus, a gang of fellows collectod on Water street.. Norfolk, and commenced a furious snow ball frolic among themselves and attacking all who passed. Some were rolled about in the snow, some knocked down with stones, and, horrible to state, part of a man's nose was bitten off! Dirks and pistols were di avn, clubs used, and the yelling, shout ing, hollowing and howling were absolutely frightful. A Most Remarkable Case. We do not expect that our readers will place the utmost confidence in the truth of the following, which we find in one of our exchanges : "Charles Houston, a man well known on the Alabama river, but the last few years a resident of California, was killed by the explosion of a steamboat near San Francisco a few months since. A noble Newfoundland dog, owned by him, escaped injury, and dragged the body of his master to the shore. The dog was sent home to the mother of the deceased, residing in Perry county, Alabama. On being shown a daguerreotype of his lost master, the dog immediately recognised it, and commenced licking it, sending up the most piteous howls; since that time he has refused all food, and moans almost constantly. When last heard from he was in a dying condition) and is probably dead by this time. INDIAN OUTRAGES. The Austin (Texas) State Gazette 8ay8. A gentleman (Mr. Neal Robinson) writes uj from the Upper Blanco, that there have been more depredations by the Indians in Kerr county Seven citizens were lately surprised by a party of thirty Indians ; three of the whites were killed on the ground, two others were wounded ; one mortally, t he other slightly, and the remaining two mtdo their escape. One of the wounded man succeeded in reaching some rocks and hid ing in their clefts. He says that the In dians, after killing their victims, commenced yelling over the bodies, and there were cob lected over sixty Indians. The Indians pursued their course to Sisterdale in Comal county, where they killed a young man who was driving up his father's and his own horses. He was first shot at from a thicket, it not being fatal, he hailed a traveller near by for help. The latter was unarmed, and rode up to the house of the young man's father. Before, however the father and traveller could reach the spot, the Indians had killed and scalped him, taken four out cf five head of fine horses and made their escape. E. B. Drake, Esq., Editor of the Ashe borough Bulletin, is about to become Editor of the Salisbury Herald. The Bulletin oEce is for sale. The age of the world is involved in grefct obscurity. There are about one hundred and forty different eras respecting it, some claiming the world to be more than three millions of years old. Julius Africanus, followiug the Septuagint version of the Bible, which is the most reliable nuthm-n.. y mmm mm ijf for chronology that is known, makes the x I a 1 1 i " m creation 10 uuvu lUKtn piaue on tne 1st of Jewish month Tisri, 5508 B. C., or 7365 years ago. The 5618th year of the Jews begins on the 19th of September. The 1274th year of the Mehommedan Era be gins August 22d. STEEL CREEK ACADEMY, The Patrons of this Institution bein desirous of giving their children a good Academical Edu cation, have obtained the services of John W. Henderson, a graduate of the University of Mississippi, who has had some three years ex perience in teaching and is fully competent to prepare students for any class in our Colleges; under a good moral character, and also a consis tent member of the Presbyterian church; raised in this county, but a resident of the West for the last eight years. , Terms per Session of five months as follows: Orthography, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, $7 00 The above with English Grammar, Geo graphy, Philosophy, Cbeinistiy aud Astronomy, 10 00 The above with Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, and the higher branches ot Mathematics, 15 00 The exercises to commence on Monday, 12th of J auuary, 1857. The scholastic vear will con sist of two sessions of five mouths t'l.ch. Pupils will beYee?ived at any time, and will be charged from the time of entrance to the end of the ses sion, except in cases of protracted sickness or some other agreement at the time ot'entvauce. Good boarding can be had in good laiuilies on reasonable terms. Jau. 0, 1807. 27-3t-pd '"oTIie frtvuds of It. M n - AJaxwell announce him as a candi date tor Die other ot lonnluble tor tlie lnur lotte Beat. Election 3d Saturday in Janua ry, 1807 . Servants to Hire. 4 I have two Servants to hire by the day or week, at 50 cents per day. They cook, wash and iron well, and are. good house servants generally. Also, a bov 18 or 19 at 75 cents per dav. A." C. WILLIAMSON. Jan 6, 1357. 27-3t CHARLESTON MEDICAL JOURNAL & REVIEW. C. HAPPOLDT, M.D., Editor & Publisher. The Twelfth volume of this Journal commen ces with January, 1857. ,Il will, as heretofore, be independent ot" ever? local interest and iri rluence, and will ha devwed to the interests ol its Patrons, and to the advancement and dissemina tion of sound views and correct observations. This Journal is issued ou the first of every al ternate mouth. Each number comoriseg odd hundred and forty-four octavo pag s, and con tains a Slel sKuraved 1'orlrait of a distinguished Meoieal Man. The volume begins with the January, and is completed with the November issue. It will thus contain six portraits and eight hundred aud sixty -lour pages of reading matter. Terms, $4 per annum, iu advance, which en titles the subscriber to receive his number free of postage. Subscription begins with the January number. IdK" Persons wishing to subscribe- should ad dress us by letter, enclosing $1 which will be at our risk if the letter is registered. C. HAPPOLDT, M.D., Jan. 6. 27-2t-pd Charleston. S. C. Charlotte Common Schools. WE, the "Common School Committees" for the two districts in the town ol Charlotte, inform the citizens that we have unitedly em ployed Mr. E. C Kims for the ensuing year, and that a School under his superintt ndance will be opened at the Common School-house in this place on Monday the oth of January, 1857. E. II. ANDKhWrf, K. M. JAMISON, A. GAAY, C. OVEHMAN, K. Git AH AM, J. UIGLEK. Dec. 15, 1856 5 w Wilmington, N. C. 110VX k aSOSSCT, GEHEEAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Usual advances made on consignments. September 2, 1856 ly WATCHES- OF ALL KINDS A QUALITIES. SOME VERY CHEAP. Of all kinds and NEW stvlea. Of all kinds, for sale at very low prices. Spoons, Knives & forks, Of every destription. Also, CA8TORS ASD CANDLESTICK8 OF ALL KINDS. Port Monies and Wallets, Ladies and gentlemen's POCKE T KNIVES of all kinds 8f prices. silver, ivory, and bone beads, also with crooks. The above article are offered low for cash. THO. TROTTER 6 SON. Charlotte, Dee. 30, 186. , tf I