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D Omd of Si per'oknt of Com. Schools of North Carolika. To the Board of Superintendents of Com mrn Schools for the several Counties in the State. Oi nti.fmex : At the late session of the Gt neral Assembly of the State an ar t was paanrfl which, among other provisions, re prtnlri the part of the Common School Law which requires the proceeds of the School Fund, iu each County, to be divided equal ly among the Districts. As you are all aware, it was found im practicable generally t enforce this Law ; and instead of this provision another was passed, which I think will meet the appro bation of every experienced and intelligent officer of our system. The mode of division is now left to the direction of the board of county superin tendents in each Bounty ; and the or.l v legal restriction on their discretion in this matter is that they shall act under the advice of the genvrul superintendent, and divide the fund in sueh a way as to secure, as far as possible, equality in facilities for educa tion, among all the white children of the p, . i 4 t i z.,rA :. u, I )- orn-.'it (oiil tii iii ,i t:. lril IS t Mil- clearly defined by the law, to wit, equality in facilities for education : and it is left to the countv boards, familiar with the char- acter of the counties, knowing their r-eo- grahical features, the manner in which thev aie neooled. iVc. to decide how this ... ... .j tm t. -i t.. I... utfniiir.,1 It is my duty to advise with you in re gard to this important subject; and I desire, in the discharge if this duty, to call your eapvcial attention to certain general prin ciples applicable to every section of the State. In the first place it most be remembered that it is still necessary, and will always be necessary, to be cart ful in the arrangement nf tan district. Under any sy -tern of di-vi.-ion of the fund, large districts, intended for scveial schools, are an eil ; and there i- an express provision of tin- law requiring awui-tnets to De oi a size not too large nor , Thf opinion of tho Supreme Court in 1 the year 1834, when only nineteen, Mr too -mall for one school. This provision tj,e irt.j Scott case was delivered by Chief Cobb graduated at Franklin College, Geor-wa- ins. rted two years ago when the school j justjce Taney. It was a full and elaborate i gia, and in tho following year he married laws were all re -enacted for the new re vis- : btutCinent of the views of the Court. They ; Mary Ann, daughter of the late Col. Zacha ed code ; and while there may possibly be : haTe decided the following all important riah Lamar, of Millcdgeville, Georgia, by cases when- it cannot be Immediately ear- points. j whom ho has had six sons, three of whom ried out, it is to be enforced as far as the . F'rst Negroes, whether slaves or free I are dead, the two youngest dying at Wash nature of the things will permit. that is men of the African race are not j ington city during the first session of the Let each hoard, therefore, make it a fixed citizens of the United States by the Con- J thirtieth Congress. In 1836 Mr Cobb was rule to keep b constant eye to this subject, stitution. ' admitted to the bar, and at once gave such and, as circumstances will permit, make 1 Second The ordinance of 1787 had no j evidence 0f talents, character and attain- continual effort to render the districts of independent constitutional force or leal j ments rarey possessed by one of his age the county more compact, more convenient, effect subsequently to the adoption of the j that m the engttjg year j,e was elected by and more uniform in size. Constitution ; and could not operate of it- tjie Georgia Legislature solicitor-general of In the second place it must be borne in self to confer freedom or citizenship, with- ( tj,e western circuit. Having early in life mind that equality in money, among dig- j in the Northwest territory, on negroes not j obtained political fame as a Jackson 'Union' tricts or among children, is not alwa s equality in facilities for education. It is not ju.-t to divide equally among the j Districts or equally among the children. j To give to each school the ame amount of; slavery and communicate freedom and citi saoney operate unfairly to the larger Dis- i zeiiship to negroes in the northern part of tricts ; and to divide the fund according to j the Louisiana cession, was a legislative act the number of children is ui.jut to the exceedine the powers of Congress and m'ul smaller distrusts. and of no legal effect to that end. For example : It may be necessary, on account of some :iiitural obstacle, as a river, ' mountain, or swamp, to lay off a very small incidental points : district with, say 2U children. Now, where j Eirst The expression "territory and there arc fifty children in a district, not ' other property," of the Union, In the Con more than 30 will generally attend school, stitution, applies (in terms) only to such and the average attendance will not, per- territory as the Union possessed at the hap-, exceed twenty five. Where there are time of the adoption of the Constitution, twenty children not more than twelve or Second The rights of the citizens of the fifteen will regularly attend. One teacher : United States emigrating into any Federal can instruct twenty live or thirty scholars ' territory, and the powers of the Federal as well as twelve or fifteen; and therefore government there, depend on the general where twenty-five or thirty scholars attend provisions of thc Constitution, which defines a school, only one teacher is needed, and where only twelve or fifteen attend one teacher still is needed. But if the fund were divided equally among the children, or according to the number of children, the school Could be kept open twice ns long in the larger districts as in the smaller, and the facilities for education to the children in the former be twice as great as to the children in the latter. The proper course, therefore, is as fol lows : Let all the di-tricts be laid off as nearly equal as circumstances will permit, and never too large for one school. Then, when it is necessary, as it frequently will be, to have a few very small districts, let the children in these be considered as amounting to some given number, say thir ty, thirty-five or forty. That is to say. allow each district to be considered as containing a certain number of children, whether it actually has that many or not. The board in each county can fix its own number : I suggest that it be not les" than thirty nor more than forty or fort v -rive. If, for instance, the number be thirty five, theu. if there be two districts contain ing less than thirty-five, each one would, in the divison of the fund, count thirty-live; and then let the fund be divided according to thai number of children. In this case the districts containing less than thirty-five judgment of the Court below should be af- ! Southern democrat, but by no means a se ohildren would euch draw the amount due ! nrim'd. j cessionist. He is a man of some eloquence. to thirtv-five children and all containing over this number would draw uccording to the numher of children. I urged this method of division on the boards of county superintendents several years ago ; and wherever it was adopted it gae suti.-faetion, and. in one instance, put an end to disputes which had lasted for a long time and caused a good deal of injurv. Finally, by the act of the last session of the General Assembly, changing the meth od of dividing the school fund in the coun ties, the several county boards were author ized to empower their chairman to visit all, or part of the schools in the county, and to pay them a reasonable compensation for time and expense. Each board can do this or not, at its dis cretion : and it will be well, in every county, to send out the chairman, on sueh a tour, once in every two or three years at least, to inspect the condition of the school-house, its location, the position of the district, and tho didiculties which the children have to encounter in going to and from school. He could also make such visits the occa sion of observing the conduct of the teach- ere, and of seeing how far the regulations of the system are carried out. Erery chairman making such visits must ilt of his observations to the ! general superintendent: and I here take J As there wiU, no doubt, be considerable occasion respectfully to solicit, from each curiosity to k0w something of the previous chairman, a map of the school districts of history of Ahe members of this Cabinet, we his county, with the numbers, names and ! subjoin the following brief sketch : sizes of the Districts. Every board ought f SECRETARY OF STATE GEN. LEWIS CASS, to have such a map, and a copy ofjought J OF MICHIGAN. to be sent to the general superintendent. General Cass was born at Exeter, New One chairman has presented to me a j Hampshire. He was educated at the Aead complete map of this sort, and as others j emy of Eftter, and studied law at Marietta, get time I will he greatly obliged to them ; Ohio, under the late Gov. Meigs. He was for similar favors. I wish, as far as possi- ' admitted to the bar in 1802, and in 1806, ble, to have before me the exact position of ' more than fifty years ago. was elected a every county. member of the Ohio Legislature. In 1831 I also avail myself of the occasion to j Gen Cags wag caed to the administration tender to the superintendents of each coun- j of thc War Department by Gen. Jackson, ty my friendly regards and my cordial sym- j In 1835 Qr lim Jn consequence Gf M pathies in their labors. j health, he retired from this position, much That they might not be called on to as- j to the regret of Gen Jmekmm1 who tender sume an undue share of the public burdens, j e(j h;m the raiss;on to France, where he ad I have had them exempted from certain j de(j his fame ;n defeating the quintuple other duties, as will be seen in the Acts of j treatyt through which England desired to the last Assembly but I would respectful- j scarcn tne vesseis 0f all nations, traversing ly suggest that fe -ir position is an honora- 1 the ocean. jn 845, after his return from ble one, of some advantage to the persons J ; holding it as citizens of the county, and af- ; ' fording a wide field of usefulness. . e These considerations, it is to be hoped, I a u.enise... " - ; i cheerful discharge of the duties imposed by ; I 1 : - .... . . . . . . n-1 . rt t , . . 1 1 lL . 1 .... , .... il f . . i iv . i i i'ii rego.auon-- nece.-.-a. .u um firo?i.u.uu , I C . I . I . . , . . . . 1 . I . . i ,.rr.. oritf VAn rT . un- iwwMiun ;iiimg,o '"j";-1 j the citizens of this Heaven-favored coun- 'try ; 1 was authonzocl DJ tne last Assemoiy ro , have printed a new pamphlet edition of ! the school laws, with a plain digest of in- ; dex, for distribution among the officers of , the sv.-tem ; and the work is now in the I ... , . . it i. i , hand.- f tlie Printer to the State and will , ; be published as soon as possible. ; With much r -poet, your o'bt servant,: jj "VII EY ' Supt. Coin. Schools X. C. ! March 5, 1857 re IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE U STATES SUPREME COURT. citizens by the Constitution. Third The provisions of the net of 1820, commonly called the Missouri Compromise, , ; in so far as it undertook to exclude negro In deciding these main points the Su- preme Court have determined the following in this as in all other respects, the powers of Con git Third As Congress does not possess power itself to make enactments relative to the persons or property of citizens of the United States in Federal territory, other than such as the Constitution confers, so it cannot constitutionally delegate any such powers to a Territorial government organized by it under the Constitution. Fourth The legal condition of a slave in the Stato of Missouri is not affeoted by the temporary sojourn of such slave in other States, but at his return his condition still depends on the laws of Missouri. As the plaintiff was not a citizen of Missouri and therefore could not sue in the Courts of the United States, his suit must be dis missed for want of jurisdiction. The delivery of this opinion occupied about three hours and was listened to with profound attention by those in the crowded court room. Among the auditors were Erentlemen of eminent legal ability and a due proportion of ladies. Judge Nelson stated the merits of the case the question being whether or not the removal of Scott from Missouri with b.is J master to Illinois with a temporary residence j worked his emancipation. He maintained that the question depended solely on the ! law of Missouri, and for that reason the j Judge Catron believed that the Supreme j Court has jurisdiction to decide the merits ! of the case. He argued that Congress j could not do directly what it could not do ! indirectly. If it could exclude one species - p j of propertv, it could exclude another. With i r ; . J regard to the Territories ceded. Congress i fo i could govern them only with the restrictions . .-. mi ' ia.t Willi ii wu. u tin 111. iiiiii itie Missouri act of 18:20 violated the hading features of the Constitution and was there fore void. He concurred with his brother Judges that Scott is a slave, and was so when the suit was brought. ..r t'w. 1,1.1. .. t ...... r.,.,1 .1... ; OC, . , . w . . - I n Saturdav morning Mr. Justice Mc- TZ . . . . , . ! Lean delivered his opinion in the case. It was iu dissent from the conclusion of the majority of the Court. Mr. Justice Curtis then delivered his opinion on the same case, which also dissents from the judgment of the majority. Separate opinions, concur- riiiiF in tKa in.l.,..,, nnnnun.-iil An f I u n , . . - I by Justice Taney, were reaa by Justices rL.bJ n,; w ' Daniel, Grier, Campbell and Wayne. E3T The Wilmingtouians are going to erect a Monument to commemorate thn i battle of Moore'9 Creek. j MR. BUCHANAN'S CABINET. We announcjro last week, the names ot the gentlemel who compose Mr Buchanan's Cabinet. prancei ne was elected to the United States senate from Michigan, and in 1848 nomi nated for the presidency, but defeated. He was one of the leading friends of the com- r t 1 . la promise ot jcou, ana subsequently noiy supported the Kansas Nebraska measure. , .i j.i" j t . . -i it t Un me 4tn mat., nis term expireu in tne u O C' i 1 1 1 "1 1 o. oenuie, uuu ne was succeeueu ov a re- publican. Although seventy years of age. Gen. Cass is apparently vounrer than most - j nQ intfclk.ctlial an(J hody vigor that hfe ftdministrution of the gtate Dopartment will re tation. COBB, OF GEORGIA. The Secretary of the Treasury was born t ru. ij :ii n : : 101 k t r . . .1. . vi" -v inih UBiRgwi 111 iciu. xitr la wmv son of Co- J,in A. Cobb, who, when quite j a boy, removed irom Oreenville, Hi. Caro I lina, with his father. His mother, Sarah ! R. Cobb, was the daughter of the late Tho. i Roots, of Fredericksburg, Virginia. In democrat, in 1842 Mr Cobb was elected on i a general ticket to the Congress of the U. States, it being his first service in anv legislative body. Since that time he has been frequently re-elected. He has served for one term as Governor of his native State, and as Speaker of tho U. S. House .fii.,.tUv..iuii.v.-, una m every position has been noted for his industry and ability. SECRETARY OF WAR HON. JXO. BUCHANAN FLOYD, OF VIRGINIA. The Secretary of War has long been a prominet politician in the western part of Virginia, and is a State rights democrat of the school of strict construction. He has j filled the office of Governor of the State, and during the last election was a demo- cratic presidential elector. Governor Floyd's public service has been exclusively confined to the State, and his appointment to the Cabinet is his first introduction to the Cabinet councils. During every presi dential campaign since 183G Mr Floyd has been an uctive supporter of thc democratic candidates. He is a fluent speaker on the stump, possesses considerable talent and versatility, and from his experience iu vari ous public offices will no doubt be found fully competent for the duties of his new position. Gov. Floyd is between 45 and 50 years of age, is in the undiminished enjoy ment of physical health, and an ardent ad mirer of the ladies. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ISAAC TOUCY, OF CONNECTICUT. The new Secretary of the Navy is well known ns the late United States Senator from Connecticut, and as a sound, national man. He was for a short period Attorney General of the U. States under President Polk, having succeeded Mr Clifford, when he was sent as commissioner to Mexico. Personally, he is exceedingly popular and accomplished. He is over 51) years of age. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR HON. JACOB THOMPSON, OF MISSISSIPPI. The Secretary of the Interior has been a member of the I louse of Represe ntati ves from Mississippi during several Congresses. He is an able speaker on the floor, and quite an industrious member in reference to every measure of practical importance before the House. He is a free trader, a States rights good practical abilities, and is between 40 and 45 years of age. POSTMASTER ceneral-aaron v. brown, of, XE-XESSEE Tt n 4 4 , , I he Postmaster General was born in . ,T. . . lirunswick county, V lrginia, in tho year tyntz r.. r . . . . J'Jo. (jovernor Brown was educated in v,K fi: a 1 j , -NOrln l iir ill in. mill nrr:t . I mi t . , nf o .-. . 1 Hill, in 1814, in the same class with Sena C tor Mangum aud ex-Governor Manly, of that State. He sat in the Tennessee Legislature un til 1839, when he was elected to Congress, I and held that position until 1845, when he I " " - ..- ,v. nucu II U i j i , .. declined a re-election and ran a successful race for governor against E. H. Foster, a aaaa of great popularity. He is a fine stump orator, and a State rights man of the strict constructionist school. Iu-har-acter he is said to resemble Mr Mason, who I i was Seoretary of the Navy under Mr Polk. ! He combines suavity of manner with un- 1 , , . , , , . ... blemished character, great industry and ; talent. It was to Governor Brown when a member of Congress, some twelve or tbir- teen vears aso, that General Jackson ad dressed his celebrated letter in favor of the 1 anncxation of Texas. Governor Brown is in his 62d year, but owing to his active and temperate habits is generally taken to be ten years younger. ATTORNEY GENERAL, JEREMIAH S. BLACK, OF PENNSYLVANIA. The Attorney Generalship has fallen into tble hands. Judge Black is considered to be among one of the most accomplished and able jurists in Pennsylvania. He was form erly one ef the district judges of that State, but on the law requiring all judges to be elected by the people going into effect, he was chosen one of the State Supreme Court Judges. He is in the prime of life, not over 45 years of age, and universally esteemed for the purity of his public and private character. THE ETHEOPIAN TWINS. Some few years ago a negro woman in Cumberland county, N. C, gave birth to twin children, more singularly and wonder fully united than the famed Siamese twins. They were purchased by Capt. J. C Pervis of this place, and sold to J. P. Smith, Esq., of Anson county, N. C, who entrusted them to Brower & Shelton. They were taken to New Orleans for exhibition, where they were tricked out of them, liecently Mr Smith heard they were on exhibition in England. Knowing that he could not re claim them as slaves, he purchased their mother and took her to England to reclaim her children. Upon reaching that country, he heard they were in Scotland, where he proceeded. He found them in Edinburgh, and the mother's claim was respected, even in Abolition England, where the rights of the master are unknown or disregarded. No effort was spared to induce the mother of these children to desert her master and remain in England. She said she had seen white slavery, and it was far worse in civil ized England, than African slavery in the United States. Indeed, so strongly was she impressed with the misery of white slavery, that she clung to her master and returned with him home, to endure the misery of negro slavery in North Carolina, as not only a choice of evils, but as the hap piest condition of the African race. Mr Smith and his negroes arrived at this place on Monday last. Cheraic Gazette. DEATH FROM POISONING. On last Wednesday evening, the family of Geo. W. Curtis, of this town, were poison ed and one of them, an infant, lost its life. A negro gave to a nephew of Mr. C., aged about 10 years, what was said to be Sasst -fras roots, from which some tea was drawr. for supper. Of this the family partook and were all poisoned. But by medical treat ment they all recovered, except the little child. It had partaken quite heartily of the tea and was too far spent before a physician could be procured. Tho roots were not all sassafras, and the poison is supposed to have been received from one or two small pieces of Jessamine root. Unfortunately the negro is not known and hence there is a great deal of mystery enB 1 aui fUial IJU- currence Dr. Knox, the Coroner, held an Inquest on the child, but no facts tending to crim inate any person were elicited. Chester Standard. Fraud in Cotton. We learn that at the "Columbia Mills," a lot of cotton lately bought contained an average of nearly one hundred pounds to the bale of cotton seed and coarse sand or gravel ; it was carefully packed in the centre of the bales. We learn too, that it was Ihe crop of a planter who last year had a claim sent back from Liverpool for the same thing. We think it nothing but right that the name of the rascal should be made public, so as to guard all cotton dealers from hav ing anything to do with him. We learn that he is from Union District, and that his knavery is sufficiently known in his own district and here to put nil on their guard against him in future. If he is made to pay heavily for his frauds, he may come at last, though against his will, to believe that hon esty is the best policy. Columbia Caroli nian. That Air-Line Road. The estimated cost of the air-line Rail Road, which is to connect Atlanta with Anderson, is $1,500, 000. The sum of 500,000 has been sub scribed, and the work will be commenced when to the subscription already raised shall be added $250,000 more, making $750,000, cr one half the necessary amount to completethe road. The Keeowee (Pick ins) Courier says, "Its completion is re garded as one of the "fixed facts" of this progressive age." Chester Standard. - A Family Poisoned. Mrs. Ralston and three children, residing a few miles from Carlisle, Pa., died in the course of a few days last week from what was at first supposed to be scarlet fever; but the physicians in attendance have since come to the conclusion that poison was je j cause of the deaths, and are of opinion that the water used by the family was irapre- ... J . 1 j nated with some poisonous substance. Deep River. Mr Douglass commences 1 his survery of the works upon the Cape Fear and Deep Rivers, this week, and will ! no UOUbr. TirrwutA it ; with vnrnr Immn. I -7 l ' u w - - MjVB 1 HI I I 1 j diately upon its aceomp'ishrnent the work j will be undertaken by the contractors and hastened to completion, when we may confidently indulge the fruition of hope too long deferred. Wilmington Herald. Hi lling Cotton Seed For Oil. There has just gone into successful operation in Montgomery, a mill for hulling the cotton seed, preparatory to the manufacture of oil. The quality of the oil is much improved thereby, and the convenience and cheapness of transporting only the kernel, is another inducement Thus hulled, the seed is immediately put in sacks and forwarded by railroad to Savannah, whence it is taken to New York, where as in Brooklyn a large amount of capital is invested in the cotton seed oil manufacture. SUICIDE OP REV. JOHN HOWARD On returning from a visit to his friends in Richmond, two weeks ago, Rev. John Howard, the worthy and highly esteemed pastor of the Presbyterian Church in this place, exhibited strong symptoms of mental derangement. It may be proper to state that Mr H. was a man of delicate constitu tion, a ripe scholar and a laborious student, sedentary in his habits, and, it is believed, for some time, had used tobacco to excess; indeed, for several days, he had chewed an incredible amount of tobacco. These facts form the basis of the most plausible causes of his fatal and afflicting malady. Mr Howard had a morbid conception, as he expressed it, that he had been " com manded to warn men that the judgment was near at hand;" and so intent was he upon the accomplishment of what he believed to be the command of his master, that he could scarcely be induced to take either rest or refreshment, but went from house to house, delivering his solemn message, quoting several passages of Scripture per tinent to his theme. On the 21st ult., one of Mr H.'s brothers, who had been informed of his condition, ar rived from Richmond, and, accompanied by Col. Albert, proceeded immediately to Staunton with him, where they arrived on Sabbath morning. Under the delusion that these gentlemen had no right to interfere with him in his work. Mr H. became quite restive and ungovernable. It was hoped that, under the judicious treatment of the physician at the Asylum, he would again be restored to the bosom of his deeply af flicted familv. But, alas! how mysterious In are the designs of that all wise, overruling Providence, "whose ways are past finding out!" This cherished hope was not to be realised! the lacerated heaiof his sorrow stricken companion was to receive a deeper wound! At 10 o'clock on Thursday night last, as we learn from a letter from one of the attendants at the Asylum, Mr Howard's room was visited, and he seemed to be rest ing well, and had a fair prospect for a good night's sleep. Early next morning his room was again visited, when, horrible to relate! the unfortunate man was found suspended by his handkerchief at the window, his body perfectly cold. He had fastened one end of the handkerchief to one of tho iron bars across the window, the other end tied around his neck, and then swung himself down, his feet resting upon the floor. His mortal re mains were sent to his friends at Richmond. This is truly a melancholy affair, and it has cast a deep gloom over our community; all seem to participate in the general feeling of sorrow and sympathy for the family and friends of the deceased. Indeed, Mr II. was highly esteemed and beloved for his j uniform piety and zeal as a christian min ister, anu his upright and dignified deport ment as a citizen. How one who had been so sincerely devoted to the great and ardu ous duties of the christian ministry 0110 who by every act of his life, no less in its private walks than in his public ministra tions, seemed to have an eye sioglo u tlo highest interests of the society in which he moved that he should die under circum stances so well calculated to cast a shadow over his fair name, is a matter deeply mys terious and incomprehensible, and cannot be satisfactorily accounted for by any sys tem of human reasoning. When we remem ber, however, that he committed the deed under the firm conviction that, in taking his own life, he obeyed the command of his Maker for he had remarked, when first conducted to his room, that he "had better be dead than detained from his work" we cannot but believe that he was not guilty of murder, in tho moral acceptation of the term. Woodstock Tenth Legion (Va.) March 5. o--o Wild Woman In Alabama. Marencro county, Alabama, is all astir on account of a wild woman that recently appeared in the woods and hills of that neighborhood to a party of huntsmen. She is a medium sized woman, fair and quite naked, with the exception of moccasins. She runs with great velocity, leaping on all fours over every impediment like an antelope. An editor, who was one of a hunting party, who also saw her, sa3's she was accompanied by a large ram, of remarkable whiteness, by whose wool she held on when running up the hills and springing over "rocks. The ram appeared very much attached to this wild and singular creature, and protects her. It appears that some fifteen years ago, a little girl, daughter of a French woman residing on the banks of the Tumbigbee river, was lost, as well as a pet iamb of hers. They were never after heard of, so that many supposed the little girl and her lamb had been drowned. The ques tion now is, can this wild woman of Marengo county be the same? It is highly probable; but how she has existed fifteen years in the woods, away from all intercourse in the world, is a mystery. President Buchanan's First Re ception. The spacious apartments of the Executive Mansion were filled Friday even ing last with a dense crowd or ladies and CrC tt 1 1 (. ' i-t 1 .1, ,ir lw . mJiwjJnatK. . i - , , r, . , f , ed oy Marshal Hoover to President Buch- a t 11 i i,- T anan, and cordially received. Miss Lane (a niece o tne President, "who will dispense the hosPitalities of the Executive Mansion) als reccived the salutation of the throng, r o ,m. , i . , i comnose tlie new cabinet wpta wnrmtw ,-, ' L v v-v,u- gratulated by their numerous friends. Prominent among the distinguished citizens v - ? was ei-Presideut Pierce, who was no less an object of respectful attention than when, but a few days since, he was "at home" in the brilliant saloons. The Secretary of the Navy has ordered the steamers Niagara and Mississippi to be equipped with dispatch, to assist in baying the Atlantic telegraph. A presentation of plate was tendered to Ex-President Pierce in Washington City, on the 9th inst., by Senator Toombs, on the part of the citizens of Savannah. Fiue. The dwelling-house and barn of N. S. A. Chatfin, Esq., of Davie County, was consumed by fire on Monday night last, involving a heavy loss. The fire originated in the kitchen. Salisbury Watchman. Correspondence of the Raleigh Giraffee. Charix)tte, N. C Feb. 23, '57. Ye Animal : Well, here I am, safe and sound, away up to Sharlot, flying round like a shot cat. Ye see, Mr. Editor, I wasn't doing anything up to Roily, and wasn't git ting anything for doing it rather, so I thought I would take a flying tour through the State and see if I could hear or see anything to interest the readers of the Giraffee. On Saturday before-day, I gets aboard of the old cars, and away we went up the road at the rate of thirty miles per hour. The first place I recollect seeing was Durham it is just about no place at all. We took in train-feed there. Pretty soon, we were shoving ahead again. The next place we got to was Hills-fcu, so a chap with a sore nose said, and I guess it is true, for I never seed so many hills since I was first borned; as for the bugs, I didn't see tht first one. I think the man who was employed to make the hills in the creation of the world, turn ed over all of his carts at this place, and was too lazy to pick up the dirt again. I liked to have gotten into a fuss at this place. Ye see, when the cars were moving off, I merely reached my hand out and took a man's hat off and he, fool like, got on the cars and gave me a cussing. I wasn't scar ed a bit didn't say nothing though. Af ter staying the usual time at this place, we struck out again and was soon sailing along among oaks, black-jacks, rocks, mullen stalks, ash-heaps and shanties, and soon arrived at Mason Hall nothing there, only what is usually seen at depots, where there is nothing. The next place we stopped at was The Great Haw River House, and as the immortal Joe Miller would say, we all concluded to take in some filling. The Conductor, by the way, is one of finest and best, and most accommodating men 1 ever traveled with ; he told us the cars staid 45 minutes for breakfast! "Good souls,' said I, "Mister, to be sure, you don't, do ye?" Says he, "certainly we do, but why ?" "Because," says I, "wo can eat every darn thing in and around Haw River in fif teen minutes, and I don't see no use in wasting the other thirty minutes." They keep a good house here, that is, what little of the eating I saw, was good and I guess they have a plenty, but they hate to set it before some folks. After leaving this place, we proceeded on to Greensboro', passingGraham station, the town being some distance from the road, and McLeansville station, which is nothing more than a depot. Nothing serious didn't happen to us one little accident occurred before we got to Greensboro'. The cars mired down don't care how impossible it seems but the cars mired down got some rails and prized out, and glided up to Greensboro'. Greensboro' I think is a very fine place that is, if we are to judge from thc cloth we saw wrapped around the legs of some of the b'hoys. We were soon un der head way again traveling for Lexing ton we were pretty soon there, passing two of the most, beautiful villages I ever saw, that is, High Point and Thomasvillc! We were greatly disappointed iu Lexing ton, we expected to find a flourishing place, but instead, we found an old looking, time worn town but we think it will improve now, certain, as we saw a Mr. Enoch Ilines from Plumville, going there with a big tool chest, and ho said he was going to give it a rubbing over before he left. We cut out for some where else after leaving here, and within three winks of a bob-tailed cat, we were landed at a place called Salts barrel here we were showed up in an old cart-looking concern, and away we went to get dinner. We stopped at the Hotel kept by Mr. Grant, and the way he knows how to do things up, is a caution to turkeys and them red-head ducks, which friend Symc calls canvass backs. We made old Grant's molasses and slab jacks get away pretty pert ! The next place we got to was Corn-Cobs, or some such o.tt-landish names, we couldn't understand them. I saw more yaller gals than a few, every thing there was yaller if I had staid there half an hour longer, I should have been yaller too. We arrived at Charlotte half past four in the evening, and was conducted to that hospitable house kept by that persevering and accommodating gentleman, Mr. J. 1$. Kerr. We were treated better here than we ever were at a Hotel before. May friend Kerr live forever. As it is getting late, I will come to a close, and write more next time. Yours Giraflicnllv, PETER PLUM. Among the items of the bill of fare provided for the crowd w ho took part in the terpsichoi ean finale of the Inauguration ceremonies, were the following: $3,000 ' worth of wine, 400 gallons of oysters, 500 ; quarts of chicken salad, 1 200 quarts of ice e ii- in A cream, oOO quarts ot jellies, 00 saddles of ii.tni.... A s.V liimLuv. Q 1 .e t. 7 - mutton, 4 of venison, 8 rounds of beef, 75 hams, 125 tongues, besides pates of various kinds. At the head of the table was a pyramid of cake four feet high, with a flag of eacii State and Territory, with the coat of arms of each printed on it. Notice. ALL PERSONS subject to pay a Poll Tax to the State of North Carolina, who resided within the limits of the town of Charlotte, on the first A.... r.c sj i lj i . urfy oi rtuiuaij, ui irnu uau oeen mmci- r, . . - r pany employeu in any profession or vocation in said Town, for three months or more immediately Pr4 Cedigthe said first day of February and ail persons who owned or were possessed of Taxable Property within said town, on the first day of February, are hereby notified to give, in to the TWn Clw"k' 5"! 'he last day ofMarch' ,857 U LIST OF THEIR SAID POLLS AND TAXABLE PROPERTY. The said list shall state the numbers and local i sit.uations of tn; Lote or Parts of Lots given in, 'ihu Lilt- lame vi. ,, iijv.il tuey ait; ittfle.-v.evi iui taxation by the State, the number of white taxa ble Polls, of taxable slaves, and of Free Negroes, residing on the first of February, on the lands ot persons giving in said list. J. B. KERB. Town Clerk. March 10, 1857. 36-4t Gardiner, Me., June 22, 1854. Wm. H. Dyer Uear Sir: I have verd iwo bot tles ot Prof. Wooti's Hair Restorative, and can tru ly say it is the greatest discovery of the age tor restoring and changing the Hair. Before using it I was as giay as a man ot seventy. My hair has now attained its original color. You can recom mend it to the world without the least fear, as my case was one ol the worst kind. REMOVAL The "Western Democrat" Office i8 moved to the XT-jjp Stairs over W. W. Quinn's store, opposite p Scarr 6c Co's Drug Store, and nearly opp site the Court House, the second builds, from Huggins 6c Harty's corner. Tan Bark Wanted: Wis want to purchase 1,000 Cords of Tan BrV for which we w ill pay the following prie,., Cash, delivered at our Tan Yard, or at eitu" the Railroad depots at this place : White or Chesuut Oak Bark, $4 50 n,., VoA a. III .,.!.- " i a r ""u 4 00 BOONE & CO. 35-2 m Charlotte, March 3, 1857 RAIVA W A Y Fmm tnff-rcvTi Paliji N. Cm niy negro man DICK He is about six feet high, J5 years old, dark conpbete4;fcM rather a down ouuntenaw. when spoken to. He has a flu foot and a scar on his head I will give a reward of tea do!, lars tor said boy delivered in any Jail iu North (' secured so that I can get him; or twenty d0Hw. for his delivery to me in Alexander eoanty ai mi residence ten miles south of Tavlorgville. J. H. NEWLAND March 10, 1857 tf W' LAND FOR SALE. The subscriber offers for sale the situa tion known as "White !, In the Steele Creek neighborhood, Directly on tho main road leading from Charlotte to YorkVille, seven and a half miles from the former place and uboutfour miles from the Charlotte and S. C. lUilrond. The tract contains FOUB HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES, of which about one-fourth is uncleared, the remainder near ly all under fence, and mostly iu a good state of cultivation. The fences are in rood repair and the buildings second to none in the country. The Steele Creek lands ure noted for their fertility, and Ibis place ranks among the best. There are four churches, a flourishing Male Academy, and feumUt school within convenient distances. The community is unsurpassed in thc general intelligence, public spirit, high toned morality, and social .juuliiies of its citizens. Persons wishing to purchase will applr to M. N- Hart, Esq. to W. S. Prather oa the premises, or to the subscriber in the im mediate neighborhood. An indulgence of one, two, and throo 3 ears will be given. J. II. WATT. March 9, 1857. 3m. THE FIRST OF THE SEASON, AVE are receiving a very large and pretty stock of SPRING &, SUMMER GOODS. We have some beaut i in 1 DRESS GOODS for ladies. Also, some very fine mid pretty We have a very large slock of READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, BOOTS, AND SHOES, and everything that i ; to hi' found in Pry-Cnods OK GROCERY STORE. And we are determined to sell our Coeds at jui ces that defy compel itioli. If you want to liny gooda cheaper rtitni yen ever bttyhj i!:' w In faie lor the C:li, cad ami tt U e.-.e huv.i.y cM wh re as we Un auxiou to in II, and will skill lowi;k than the lowest. EaP Call and see for yourself. BROWN, ST ITT & CO. March 3, lo7. :'-'.',w TORS. Iff. E3. CilKS Opened a SCIiOOJi nf her own rcsidenc, on niolil;iy Hi 2.1 TJ ;s r !i- TERMS: From $7 to $15 pur . siou of five months, according to the ura and pragnil of the pupil. No deduction will he niadc ff auvsence unless occasioned by sickness. Charlotte. If? .eh 3, 1857. 1m Exchange Saloon, MINT STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. NO HUMBUG! rpiIE subscriber JL orders lor i1 now prepived io till I SUPERIOR MATER BUCKETS. He manufactures Noith Carolina materhd, n ploys North Carolina capital and labor, attd lie solicits North Carolina patronage. l',y giving him a trial, aud hy comparing his wiih Noitln in prices, he hopes to be aide t. make a favorable showing. A TE1AL IS WH AT 1 1 E WANTS. G. H. MAKEPEACE. 1 -i- Messrs Worth & Utley, of Fayclti ville, N. C, are Ageuts for the sale ot the above Buckets. Fayottevillo, March 3d, HSS0I. y State Iflcclical Society. THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING oflhf Medical Society of tho State of North Calolin. will bt- held iu the town of Edenton, at ." o'clock, P. M. Wednesday the 15th of April, WOi JJelcgates, formal ten! Members, and th 1 ro- fessiori generally are requested to attend. WILL ;rH(iM;;fM; Secretary N. C. Med. Soc. MarcTl 1857, . MANUFACTORY. THE subscriW near TUCKASEEGE FORD Mecklenburg eoanty, would res pectfully inform the public that they continue to manufacture Wagi iis, Carts and Buggies. Iu fact anything in tliat line will receive prompt at tention at their hands. Their work is put up iu a superior style, and will compare favorably with the best in the way of style and durability. A trial of their workmanship is solicited, feeling con fident that satisfaction can be given to those who may patronise them. of all kinds done in the best manner at short notice and at reasonable pi ices. i. B. & W. D. CL ANTON. March 3, 1857. 3m. To the Managers of the Meck lenburg Co. Bible Society. According to the resolution adopted at the las' An ni versa r;. , the Manag ; , in every eon gregation are expected to examine their respec tive fields and to supply all, who are destitute, with the Bible. The Managers will report at our annual meeting 3d Wednesday in May. TV time is short and yet are earnestly desired to give instant attention to this important matter. R. NYE HUTCHISON, Rec. St. P. S You will find Bibles for gratuitous dis tribution at the Depository, liowrie St, Enni' Book Store. March 3. 1857.
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