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Vl&KST OF THE ACT TO RE CHARTER The Bank of'tbe State of IV. Carolina. Se-tiv 1. Increases the capital to $3. OOO.OiiO extends the time to January 1, 1885. and authorises the bidding of proper ty (including the capital) to the amount of $9,000,000. Sec. 2. Of tho $1,500,000 additional stock, one million may be taken by indi viduals, and any part thereof not subscrib ed by individuals within twelve months, may be taken by the btate. upon the same terms as the half million hereinafter provided. Sec. 3. The State shall subscribe for I five thousand shares, and not m .re than , $125,000 shall be paid in any one year j Sinking fund pledged for the payment of , .lit A 1 . . , ... - I the bonds sui.scnnea Dy w H- . value and State subscription not to be scaled Sec. 4 If more than $1,500,000 is subscrib- ed, subscriptions (except that of the State) ; to be scaled. Subscriptions of two shares Off less not to be scaled, until larger ones reduced to two shares. New sub.-cribers to be preferred to present stockholder. Sec 5. Payments on shares subscribed by the State to be "made in bonds of the State, bearing six per cent, interest, paya ble semi-aiinuuliy at , with coup ons," "which bonds may be hypothecated or sold, if the interest of the Hank shall re quire it." All payments on shares sub scribed by individuals or corporations, "to be gold or silver coin, or the notes of apecie -paying banks of other State-," one fourth at the time of subscribing, and one fourth every ninety days thereafter, until the whole is paid. Sec. 0 Aay subscriber (State not except ed) may pay the whole or uny greater part than one-fourth, in advance, and shall be entitled to interest on such advance, at the rate of six per cent. Sf.i:. 7. Rank to be managed by eleven directors four ftho Public Treasurer be ing always one) on the part of the State ; seven se!e, ted by individual stockholders. "In general meetings. State entitled to cast one-fourth of tho votes which individual stockholders are entitled to cast." Sec. 8. Each director of principal Rank (except the Treasurer to own at least ten shares. Directors in the brunches to be stockholders. Sec. (J. President to be chosen out of the board, and by a majority of that body. Salary to be allowed by the stockholders. Sec. 10. Branches or agencies to be cstahli.-hed by stockholders ; capital to be as.-igncd by directors ; may be removed by directors after one year's notice. Sk'. 11. President and directors may appoint, re moveable at pleasure, five di rectors for each branch, and such other officers as may be necessary, and fix their Compensation. . BBC 12. President and directors shall govern ami regulate the affairs of tho Rank. Sec. 13. Dividends to be declared t-eini-aiiuuallv. No dividend on new stock uutil all is paid in. Sec. 14. Returns of the condition of tho 1 Bank to bo made on or before 15th of April and October, iu each year, to the Public Treasurer, to be laid before the General Assembly. SEC. 15. Bank shall at all times, when required by the General Assembly, or by any person by them authorised, lend money to the State : Provided, That it shall not be required to lend, at any one time, a sum exceeding $900,000. Sixty days previous notice to be given. Each share owned by individuals subject to an annual tax of thir ty cents, which may be increased to one dollar: "Provided, That the tax shall not be greater than that imposed on shares in such other banks as may bo chartered at this or some other succeeding General As sembly." Dividends belong to individuals or corporations, may be taxed so as "not to exceed the tax which may be imposed on interest received on money loaned." Bec. 10. Provides for annual meeting of stockholders. Sec. 17. Stock of the State to be repre sented by Treasurer or such person as the Governor may appoint. Sec. 18. All stockholders (being citizens of tho United States) may vote in person or by proxy. Sec. I'J. Prescribes the number of votes to which stock shall be entitled. "Vote of the State to be in the same ratio compared with the votes of other stockholders, present, as is the stock of the State compared with the stt ck held by other stockholders." Src. '20. None but a citizen and resi dent in the State shall be a director ; nor any person (except the Treasurer) who is at the same time director of another bank. Sec. 21. No emolument to be allowed except by stockholders or directors of prin cipal Bank. Sec. 22. A majority of the directors of the principal bank, or any three of those of. the branches, to constitute a board. Presi- ! dent to be one of them. Sec. 23. Provides for called meetings. Sec. 24. Cashiers to give boud iu the sum of $25,000. j Bsc's. 95 and 26. Prescribes punishment af such officers as are defaulters. Sec 27. Journal of proceedings of di rectors to be kept by Cashier under oath. Sec. 28. Directors on part of the State to be appointed by the Governor, Secretary of State and Comptroller. Sec. 29. Bank only to hold such real estate as may be necessary for its accomo- dation and transaction of its business, and securing its debts. Sec. 30. Bank may deal in gold or silver coin or bullion, bills of exchange, &c, and may invest one-half its capital in the pub lic debt of the United States or of the State. Sec. 31. Provides the manner in which bills or notes may be issued. SEC. 32. Xo note to be issued for less than one dollar, and no certificate of de- The Sinking Fund consists of all the divi dends on the stock of the State iu the North Carolina Railroad, the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, and iu all other railroads built or being built, all Plankroads, Turnpike roads. and Navigation Companies, not otherwise appropriated, and all excess of revenue, collected under revenue laws after paying the annual charge upon the Treaaury. posite, etc., for leas than twenty dollars. Legislature may restrict the issuing of notes of less denomination than five dollars. Sec. 33. Circulation not to exceed twice the amount of capital actually paid in Sec. 34. Bank shall not take more than , spects 10 ex-irreiueni r-ierce we rew six per cent, per annum on loans or dis- dence of Gov. Marcy. Hon. David S. Reid, counts. Senator from this State, introduced the Sec. 35. On failure to redeem its notes, company to Mr Pierce, after which he ad bank to pay at the rate of 12 per cent, from ' dressed him as follows: the time of demand. When branch is dis continued, notes of that branch to be paya ble at principal bank Sec. 36. Bank to receive deposites of t,e DubHc Tourer in such funds as it re frnm ...- nenositnrK. 1ank lillb,e to be pro8ecuted for vioatio1 of iu charter whenever the Legi.,iature shan direct. committee appointed by " th f.Utaw mav insoect the books. Sec. 3D. Forty days notice to be given for the stockholders to convene for the purpose Qf ascertaining whether tlicy will accept a renewal of the charter. If a majority of bidders representing one-half the stock shall agree to accept, the President shall notify the Governor thereof within thirty days after such meeting. Sec. 40. Act to tuke effect immediately after the stock holders agree thereto, and signify their asent to the Governor. Sec. 41. Repeals so much of the present charter as is inconsistent with the provis ions of this net. See. 42. All the property of the present stockholders in the bank over one hundred dollars to the share, to belong to them, and may be withdrawn and divided among them. See's. 43 and 44. Prohibits directors or other officer! from receiving any compen sation for negotiating notes, Ac., or from discounting notes, Ac, purchased by them. Sec. 45. Act to be null unless accepted within six months after adjournment of General Assembly. Sec. 40. Provides for opening of books in Concord, and when $150,000 shall have been subscribed on the books so opened, aud the instalments paid in, the directors are required to establish a branch in Con cord, with a capital of not less than $150, 000, provided such branch sham not be contiuued to the detriment of the bank. Sec. 47. Directors required to establish a branch in Lexington, with a capital not exceeding (400,000, "provided that it shall not be continued to the detriment of the bank, and provided that the capital of said branch shall be subscribed in said town. I THE MODEL YOUNG MAN. There are no longer any boys. All are yung men from the time they get pockets iu their trowsers until they come home reg ularly drunk, accompanied by policemen. They are, now, either sons of honest men men who constantly add to the general wealth and prosperity the men who are the superstructure and bulwarks of national strength and progress, or they aro tho off spring of brokers , note-shavers, money -lend- ers, pawn-brokers or bankers. In the former case, the model young man is utter ly ashamed of his father and mother, and entirely ignores the "old man" and the "old woman" on every occasion. On the con trary, the latter proclaims tho "governor"1 and "his lady" loud-mouthed to the world, and he is known by young ladies as the son of the wealthy banker who keeps thtra gilt balls hanging over his door for ornament, aud who is a delightful young man, drink ing and gambling regularly, and an only sou. The model young man finishes his education when he eau manage a glass of brandy without winking, and he can tell at once with the smack of the lips, whether that liquor has been "doctored." His con versation is mainly in regard to his own varied hair and his expectations. His am bition is Confined to uiakhig a "carom" at billiards, by "taking" six cushions, and to being connected with subscription parties, which arc entirely select, and at which "all the model yoaug men consider it necessary to get drunk, as a mark of manhood. The model young man lies ubed in the morning, and has contraband bottles of Congress water in his apartment, mingled with bot tles of whiskey the "rale mountain dew." He gets his breakfast at the restaurant, where he has a large bill, and begs money of his mother to satisfy his creditors. Ho spends his time pretending business through the day. He i acquainted personally with the degraded women of the town, and goes to parties in the eveniug steaming with "coffee royal" und debauchery. He lives on expeetantcy. daily creating debts to be settled at the "old man's'" death : and final ly, should the "old man" prove rather healthy and rugged, he complains of the tediousness of time, and of the meanness of tl,e IU wno tenaciously clings to Ufe for tIu larP of keeping a model .vm,n mun in trouble and debt. He is generally at the billiard room when tho old i ,"fU1 ls at his last gasp, and arrives in time to ten tl fuueral in black kids and cro- J "dile tears, and with an inward feeling of J"-v RI,(1 exultation awaits the reading of, the lat will and testament. He sees the "old woman" die without a pang, and adds the "old woman's' dower to his own por- tion, with unconcealed satisfaction. He lives a martyr to fast horses aud a ruined constitution ; to passions which he is pow erless to satisfv, and dies where his ances- tors fil commenced business, with a bag and hook in the gutter. Buffalo Republi can. Religious Revival. It affords us no CTTImII A ii mm I ..f rvMtififitt.in lL. ' 1 i,in: u ...-.... w omic, mat i rem sei v es 01 uie o. st. acott, out her ma most interesting revivals are now goiug on chinery had been so much injured that they at the Baptist aud Methodist churches in j were unable to bring her down till repairs this town. The Word is being preached j are effected. with zeal, and siuners are falling before the n , t7T! r - , . . ,. p , Settled. By the intervention of friends, power of truth. Several have made profes- . . r. . 1 the personal difficulty between Mr. Toombs, siuua ui converMou aiiu iiiniiv oiners are earnestly seeking an interest in a Redeem er's love. The denominatious referred to, seem to be vicing with each other in their efforts to do good to reclaim sinners from the error of their ways, aud teach them the May God prosper His work in this part ' as ,scommon amonS gentlemen." Senators of the moral vineyard, is our humble but j Bah?r, Crittenden, Rusk and Mason effect sincere prayer. Crv Idsbe re' Tribune. I ed the settlement of the difficulty. VISIT OF NORTH CAROLINIANS TO GEN PIERCE The North Carolinians in Washington city, attending the late inauguration cere monies, some 30 in number, paid their rc- -.. -r i . t i .i r Senator Reid's Address: G ex. Pierce: A portion of the citizens of North Carolina avail themselves of this occasion to testify their respect for you as a man, and their high appreciation of your eminent public services. Your efforts to maintain and perpetuate the great princi ples of the constitution challenge the grati tude and the approval of the whole country. Our State partakes largely of this feeling. At the commencement of your adminis tration you bestowed the compliment upon North Carolina of selecting her distinguish ed son as a member of your Cabinet ; and although we deeply, deeply regret to say that he retires from the public service in feeble health and with a shattered constitu tion, yet it is a high consolation to know that he has left the great arm of the public service intrusted to his charge in an emi nently healthy and prosperous condition. In bidding you adieu, we express the fond hope that, in the retirement of private life, the remainder of your days may be as peaceful and happy as your public career hasbcen brilliant aud successful. ilr Pierce's Reply. General Pierce replied that he felt deeply sensible of this mark of respect and kind ness on the part of citizens of the State of North Carolina. During his administration it had been his fortune to confer freely with members of the North Carolina delegation in Congress, and to lean much on them for counsel and support ; that from none did he ever receive more patriotic advice or sincere counsel. Allusion hud been made to James C. Dobbin, and he could sincerely say that if North Carolina felt kindness for him, that he was more than repaid in the talented and pure-hearted executive officer that she had given to his aid. He had never met Mr. Dobbin until he had summoned him to the council board ; throughout the whole ad ministration he felt deeply the influence of his enlarged views and patriotic counsel. In the most excited discussions of the cabi net, amid the severest conflict of opinion, the clear head and pure heart of Mr. Dob bin "like the sweet Soutk" breathed the spirit of conciliation and concord, and he was cheered in his course by his matchless and winning influence. Of such a man any State might well be proud. His influence in the important branch of the public service over which he presided would be felt for years to come. The only painful reflection ever felt was that his health had been im paired by his laborious duties, He hoped that his valuable life would be spared, and that long years of future service and honors awaited him. General Pierce stated that he had ever cherished a profound respect for the Stute of North Carolina, aud the deepest interest in her early history. On a recent occasion, in an interview with a delegation from Ten nessee, he could not refrain from remark ing that the conservative qualities and true principles of government which marked the course of Tennessee were attributable to tho fact that she was the offspring of "the good old North State." To the State of North Carolina, to her citizens, and especially her Senators present he felt grateful for the support he had re ceived ; he should retain a deep sense of their kindness and generous confidence. At the close of General Pierce's remarks Governor Marcy 'came into the room aud was presented to the company. After a few minutes spent in general conversation, they all shook hands with General Pierco. bidding him a final adieu. IMPORTANT FROM NICARAGUA. Walker Star in the Ascendant. The Steamer Empire City, at New York, brings news confirming the dispatches via New Orleans of the success of Walker's troops on tho San Juan in Nicaragua. A letter dated Greytown. Feb'y 20th, says: "After the capture of the river boats the other day Mr Scott, the agent, with sur prising speed and energy, prepared a boat (called the Rescue) and dispatching her up the river ; but from her not having return ed, reasonable fears were entertained of her having fallen into the hands of the Costa Rican, but which were dispelled by her making hor appearance. On Sunday (15th) news reached Grey town that Walker had re-possessed himself of Serapiqui. From inquiries I have made of those here it would appear that on the 13th Walker's party attacked that place at 5 A. If., with a force of 200 mon and two nine-pounders, the Costa Ricans holding on till about the same time the following day, when they evacuated, and Walker's people took possession, after sustaining a loss of two mon killed and three wounded. From a statement of a prisoner in the hos pital, it appears the Costa Ricans had a loss of 11 killed and 20 wounded. The Rescue above referred to. confirmed the Serapiqui accounts, and brought further news of the fall of Castillo into the hands of Walker's party on Monday, with a loss of 8 killed and 20 wounded. It is stated that the Costa Ricans lost no fewer than thirty-two killed and 60 wounded. Some of the accounts say many more. 1 hey also re-oossessed il 1 - . T X- c ... w i of Georgia, and Mr. Davis, of Missis sippi, both now Senators, has been adjusted, aud the parties have agreed that all past controversy shall be no more re garded, aud that when they meet "thev shall receive, speak to, and treat each other From the South Carolinian. TRIUMPH OF RIGHT A PRINCIPLE. In September, 1855, we made issue with the City Council of Columbia on the right we claimed to attend their public meetings, and to report proceedings if we thought pro per, without "let, hindrance or question," and it will be remembered were treated with indignity by the Mayor, and ejected by his order by one of his officials, vi et armis, from the Council Chamber. Under the advice of counsel, we brought an action for ''Assault and Battery ri et armis," for damages, as the proper course of proceeding to bring out all the points of I the case, and to vindicate our corporate j rights and the freedom of the press. ! The case created much interest at the ! time, and the verdict of public opinion, not j only in the city and State, but throughout 1 the Union, was in our favor. In addition I to that testimony, we have now the highest satisfaction to add that of a Court of Law, j and the verdict of a jury of our countrymen, j We have been fully sustained" in every point of the issue we made, and we are proud of the distinction of having been the humble means of presenting for adjudica tion, for the first time in the history of the government, the principle now decided, that every citizen has a right to attend a public meeting of a municipal council with out being questioned as to his purpose. As the case presents many points of in terest to the press and to citizens, we have made arrangements for a full report of its details ; and as soon as our reporter can prepare his notes for publication, we will present them to the public. In the mean while, we will only cive from bis Honor Judge Withers charge to the jury a few of the propositions which he impressed up on them as the opinions of the Court. They arc founded upon truth and justice, and sustain us iu the issue we made with E. J. Arthur, representing the municipal corpor ation of Columbia. The jury has given a verdict even against the ministerial officer, JohiuBurdell, who carried out the high-handed order of Mayor Arthur and although the damages are nominal, being $25 against E. J. Arthur, the Mayor, and Gi cents against his agent, they are enough to show that the jury re cognized the former as the chief offender, and the latter as having offended only un der an official order from his principal, but still that he deserved to be condemned for the act. We are highly gratified at the result which has restored us the legal possession of rights, of which we have been unjustly deprived by the assumption of authority on the part of men elected by the people to serve them as agents or trustees, and not as autocratic oppressors. The following are the most important points of the Judge's charge : "It is a right in every corporator to at tend a public meeting of the local legisla ture of the city of Columbia. He may be ex pelled for disturbing the debates, delibera tions, or proceedings of such body, though the meeting aud proceedings be public or open to the corporators. To exclude a corporator from such public meeting or to expel him from it, at mere pleasure, or for no reason connected with the free, full and undisturbed exorcise of their functions, or the discharge of their duties is not a lawful exercise of power and if force upon the person be used, it is an assault and battery. "It is matter of common right, in every species of our elective representative gov ernments, that the voter shall be allowed, upon condition of good behavior in his de meanor, to hear the public debates and witness the public proceedings of his rep resentatives, engaged in the performance of public trusts. "To exclude a reporter and to exclude a corporator is not one and the same thing. To eject a corporator from a public meeting merely because it is suspected, or avowed by him, that he means to publish a report of its proceedings, is not lawful. Yet if such corporator has shown by previous conduct that he calumniates, asperses, or misrepresents the Council, and misleads the people, their constituency, it would pre sent a question of some dtfficulty to say whether he might not, or ought not, to be excluded. It is not this case, upon the evi dence, and need not be decided. Any cor porator who attends may give unfair or false verbal accounts of proceedings, and tho difference between him aud tho owner of a paper is only that the latter may give his account a wider scope and more per manent form. But if under guise of the Liberty of the Press, a common calumniator seeks in character of corporator to malign maliciously and to misrepresent fraudulent ly the acts and debates of a public body of any sort, it would be difficult for him, if that fact were made to appear, to show a right to damages, if he be foiled in such a purpose. To assume beforehand that this will he done, however, would amount to a censorship over speech or the press. "Without some legal and satisfactory reason adduced to the contrary, Dr. Gibbes had a right to publish a true account of the public proceedings." THE CROPS. Tennessee. The West Tennessee Whig says : Tko X'l r,r. c C - c- 1 . no ucoi w-j' uui minimi jrienus inform us, never looked better, and the prospects never fairer, for a large and beau-, le l r .u- i rr-t ,j J tiful crop of this cereal. The fields of wheat, under the influence of warm rains and soft sunshine, look wonderously green now, and our friends anticipate a full and plentiful harvest the coming summer. Georgia. The Athens Watchman says: "It is difficult, so early in the season, to say what will probably be the fate of the wheat crop; but we regard present indications as exceedingly promising. The unusual se verity of the winter has left it backward, it now looks remarkably well in this county ! and Walton." Virginia. The Abington Democrat says: "The wheat crop in Washington and adjoining counties in Virginia is doing well,, having suffered but little from the se verity of the weather. In East Tennessee it is looking remarkably well, and double the usual quantity was sown there last fall. From the Washington Union. THE NEXT HOUSE OF REPRESEN TATIVES. The impression erroneously prevails to some extent, that the democracy have al ready chosen a sufficient number of mem bers to insure a majority in the next House of Representatives. That such a result is most desirable, and that it is the duty of our friends to sustain the President of their choice by a working majority in Congress, cannot be denied. The Senate is with us, and the House will be, if, in the elections yet to be held, all minor considerations are thrown aside, and the true interests of the country kept steadily in view. The elec tion of Mr Buchanan was an unequivocal triumph of truth over error, of reason over fanaticism, and grave assurance of stability and permanency to the Union. It was not, as some idly asserted, a "truce" or a "res pite;" but a solid, substantial victory, giv ing peace and repose to the country, the benefits of which will be enduring, if those who achieved it "take no step backward." The victory, however, will not be com plete, unless the democratic party finish the work so nobly begun, and send a majority of good and true men to the House of Rep resentatives. That this may be done, we have no doubt. Energy and determination, with harmony of action, will put success beyond perad venture. It is certainly of the first impor tance that this great good should be ac complished, for upon it in some measure depend the usefulness and success of a democratic administration. With nn op position majority in tho House of Repre sentatives, the policy of the administration will be balked aud hampered ; and well dis posed as such a majority may be, it has the power, nevertheless, to check-mate, to cripple and defeat. The responsibility of the government is then upon us, without the power to discharge the trust with fideli ty and exactness. Give the democratic party, on the other hand, full control in Congress, and all they have promised, and all the country expects, will be fulfilled, in a wise, conservative, beneficent public pol icy. That our friends in the States where el ections are yet to be held may fully under stand how much must be done to give the democracy the next House, we present two tables. The first classifies the members elect, politically, and the second states the relative strength of the democrats and their opponents in the delegations as they were returned to the last Congress : Members of Thirty-fifth Congress already elected. Democrats. Opposition. Maine, 6 New Hampshire, 3 Vermont, 3 Massachusetts, 11 New York, 12 21 New Jersey, 3 2 Pennsylvania, 15 10 Delaware, 1 South Carolina 6 Ohio, 8 13 Indiana, 6 5 Illinois, 5 4 Missouri, 3 3 Arkansas, 2 Michigan, 4 Florida, 1 Iowa, 2 Wisconsin, 3 California, 2 G4 90 Political complexion of the Delegation of States in the Thirty-fourth Congress, in which elections are yet to be held : Democrats. Opposition. Rhode. Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia. North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, o 4 4 1 3 2 2 1 1 6 5 1 1 33 90 33 2 12 5 6 5 4 3 4 5 1 47 64 Members elect Members 34th Congress 47 111 123 111 234 Whole number It will thus be seen that to secure a ma jority of the House," 118 members, the Dem ocrats must gain seven members over their strength in the last House in the States named in our second table. Political cal culations aro not always of a reliable char acter; but still, with the light furnished by the Presidential election, we think an esti mate may be made which actual results will, in the main, justify. Commencing with one side of the House, wo are quite confident that the Democrats will gain members in the following States: One member in Virginia, one in Alabama, one in Mississippi, two in Kentucky, one in Tennessee, one in Texas, and one in Missouri a gain in all of eight. Each of the districts claimed gave a decisive major ity for Mr Buchanan, and can and should do as well again. Besides these gains, we should gain two in North Carolina, one in Georgia, and one in Tennessee. Mr Buch anan carried both of the North Carolina claimed districts by handsome majorities, and the Georgia and Tennessee districts by a few votes only. If our friends put forward their best men, they may secure two ot the tour, it not the tour, districts we have indicated. i here is, then, a strong probability that we shall train ten. oerhans. ' i l 1, , . : it.. . 1 . : . , iweive, uiruiucis in me elections wniCIl are to come ofl during the next summer and ""SSS e u v ti , , Tfae brunt of the battle is with the demo- cracy of Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Alabama. They can either save or sacrifice, and with them, b?ld' unselfish' ,and true. whenever princi- pies are at stake or duty points the wav. .. .... (i-A n- DtnlrA . . w. j-1 , , i- , . : A. . AM there is safety and success. We have an abiding faith that they will "bear aloft our good old banner once more in triumph ; and tnat v ir,nitt' Georgia, Mississippi, Lo iaua, Texas, and Missouri will contribute their voice to swell the general rejoicing. The North has done well better than was anticipated and promise more for the fu ture. The South has never faltered ; let the South stand firm now. Let the South vote for members of Congress as the South voted in November last, and all will be well. uis- One vacancy, caused by the resignation of James S. Green, subsequently elected to lie uruair. I nuns M. . JDiair. WhO elected as a Democrat, is generally classed was with the Opposition, because of his well known views on the slavery question . THE HEW SENATE The following is a list of the members who will compose the United States Senate for the next twe years : President...... John C Breckinridge. Secretary,..-. Asbury Dickens. Number of members, Democrats in Roman; Rupublicans in small capitals ; Americans in italic Term Expires. ALABAMA. C C Clay, jr., 1859 B Fitzpatrick 1861 ARKANSAS. WK Sebastian 1859 R W Johnson 1861 CONNECTICUT. L S Foster 1861 J Dixon 1863 CALIFORNIA. W M Gwin 1861 D C Broderick 1863 DELAWARE. M W Bates 1859 Term Expires. MICHIGAN. C E Stuart 1859 Z Chandler 1863 MISSISSIPPI. A G Brown 1859 Jef. Davis 1863 MISSOURI. J L Greene 1861 T Polk 1863 NEW HAMPSHIRE. J P Hale 1859 J Bell 1861 NEW YORK. WH Seward 1861 J A Bayard 1863 FLORIDA. D L Yulee 1861 S R Mallory 1863 GEORGIA. R Toombs 1859 A Iverson 1861 INDIANA. G N Fitch 1861 J D Bright 1863 ILLINOIS. S A Douglas 1859 L Trumbull 1861 IOWA. G W Jones 1859 J Harlan 1861 KENTUCKY. J B Thompson 1859 JJ Crittenden 1861 LOUISIANA. J P Benjamin 1859 John Slidell 1861 MAINE. W P FESSENDEN 1 859 H Hamlin 1863 Massachusetts. H Wilson 1859 C Sumner 1863 MARYLAND. J A Pearce 1861 P King 1863 NEW JERSEY. W Wright 1859 R Thompson 1863 NORTH CAROLINA D S Reid Asa Biggs OHIO. G E Pugh B F Wade 1859 1861 1861 1863 PENNSYLVANIA. Wm Bigler 1861 S Cameron 1863 RHODE ISLAND P Allen 1859 J F Simmons 1863 SOUTH CAROLINA JJ Evans 1859 A P Butler 1861 TENNESSEE. John Bell 1859 A Democrat 1863 TEXAS. Sam. Houston 1859 T J Rusk 1863 VERMONT. J COLLAMER 1861 S Foot I8ti3 VIRGINIA. RMT Hunter 1859 A Kennedy 1863 J M Mason 1863 wisconsin. Charles Durkee, 1861 J R Doolittle, 1863 Recapitulation. Democrats, 37 Republicans, 20 Americans, 5 Total .62 Contested. LATE FROM CALIFORNIA. The steamship George Law, arrived at New York, on the 16th inst., from the Isth mus, bringing through a good number of passengers, with nearly $1,000,000 in gold, and the mails which left San Francisco on the 20th February. Among the passengers on the George Law was General Wool, U. S. A. The Sierra Nevada brought several hun dred vulunteors and recruits for General Walker. The news is not very interesting. The State Treasurer has been impeached for misappropriation of the public fund to the amount of $250,000. An affray occurred at San Francisco be tween Mr Cohen, a Banker, and Mr King Editor of the Bulletin, a brother and successor of James King, of William. The former was shot through the jaws, and the latter, after examination, was discharged. Large numbers of "Fillibusters" have gone to Sonora. An indolent friend assures us that his wife looks like a wigwam, and he feared had the French Empress gone on expanding, that, although he has a farm of ten acres he would have been prosecuted for his wife's trespassing upon his neighbor's ground! CF" We have heard of some Astonishing cures being made by Prof. De Grath's Elec tric Oil. It seems to act on the diseased parts with remarkable effect and in a sbort space ot time health regains its sway, it can be had of the agent here, Dr. H M Pritchard. See advertisement in another column. March 13. 2m. NOTICE. The Board of Superintendents of Common Schools will meet at the County Court Clerk's Office, in Charlotte, on the 3d Monday in April, to transact business which will be before the Board. The citizens of Mecklenburg will take notice that, according to Act of Assembly, they are re quired to hold an election in the different School Districts, on the 1st Saturday in April, to elect three suitable persons to act as Committee-men in their District for the ensuing year, and report the same to J. P. ROSS, C. B. S. C. S., for Mecklenburg County March 17th. 1857. 37-5t NEGROES FOR SALE. I WILL sell at the residence of WILSON ARCHER, on Tuesday the 31st instant, O NEORO MSX, to-wit: BURBEL, SHAD, and JIM, the prop erty of the late Stephen Archer, dee'd: sold for division amongst said Archer's children. EF A credit of six months will be given bond and good security required. E. B. D. SLOAN. Adm'r, with the Will annexed. March 17th, 1857. 3t-pd HORSE POWERS, THRESHING MACHINES, fee The subscribers still continue to manufacture their Premium Horse Powers and Threshers, three different sizes: Two, Four, and Six Horse Power, with either Wrought or Cast Iron Cylin ders; they also furnish Straw Carriers or Separa tors, when wanted; and will in a short time be prepared to furnish Thresher and Winnower combined, which effectually separates Wheat, Straw, and Chaff from each other. The proprie tors are all practical Mechanics and have been engaged in building Machines for the last ten or btteen years, and are willing to rest their claim tor patronage on the merits of their work. Those in want ofMachines, or anything in our line, will please send in their orders early, as our motto is "first come first served." Address STAFFORD DIXON & CO. Snow Camp P. O., Alamance Co., N. C. March 14, 1857. 37-6t-pd MRS. HI. H. CARSON Opened a SCHOOL at her own residence, on Holiday the 3d Harch. TERMS: From f7 to $15 per session of five months, according to the age and progress of the pnpil. No deduction will be made for absence unless occasioned by sickness Charlotte, March 3, 1857. lm Exchange Saloon, MINT STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. 0. 1HE &UPKEMB COUBT The 8uprfci Court of the United States is ooiuUtated IVllO ww am Roger B. Taney, of Maryland. John McLean, of Ohio. James M. Wayne, of Georgia. John Catron, of Tennessee. Peter V. Daniel, of Virginia. Samuel Nelson, of New York. Robt. C. Grier, of-Pennsylvania. Denj. R. Curtis, of Massachusetts. John A. Campbell, of Alabama. Of the foregoing, Messrs. McLean hi xniivw were appuiutru uy general Jackvw. Messrs. Catron and Daniel by Mr Vang ren; Mr Nelson by Taylor; MrCunui Ur Fillmore, and Mr Campbell by Geo i i it-itc. it nut uv ocru inai oi toe nj Judges, five are from the slave States, four are from the free. Benj. Franklin and Prof. DeCiriti, Franklin brought electricity from tk' heavens to earth, but it remained for De Grath to apply that electricity to the i." lief of diseased and suffering mortals eases that heretofore baffled the sfcJ old treatment,1 such as Neuralgia, Khpurn,' tism, Pains, Stiff Joints, Deafness Swelli. Palsv. Piles. Skin DiP... m. J ',uol, j m . "iu eieciric oil in and two days. Read this letter from a phtiL cian who has practised since 1826 (too IX known for comment) : Prof. Dk Grath, Philadelphia. Si r " At intarvat J 1 . . past, my wite has been subject to rheum.ti. of the most Violent cast faiv v.arl snmPtim. . . : : ne as to make it n. c ,epunuciiue wuu my son, (No. 103 t hemut street, of your city,) I info, med him 0f m.t. Tack she had about the middle of last mon h January, which was of such severity as to' completely paralv se the system. He, in his anxi. ty of his mother's welfare, tent me bottie of your Electric Oil ; but as 1 am on of the practitioners of medicine in our pUrt and not a proselyte to any kind of patest mv dicine, I did hesitate to give it a trial; ho, ever, on reflection, 1 conclud. d 10 try it, which I did, et persiona, oirectly up the leiter, aj after the third or fourth app ication she It. came rather passive, and before one-third of the bottle was used, not a single vestige of the disease remained in the syem, and the still cominues well, although he io(e outi distance of fourteen miles wiihont a renewil of any of the symptoms. 1 therefore feel it my duty, for the sake of suffering huinar.itj, and also fully believing that merit, under ili circumstances, should be rewarded, to forwui this testimonial. 1 am yours, truly. Joskph P. Elkinton, M. D. New Gretna P. O., Burlington Co., N.J. Caution. There are numerous itnitatioM sprung up on the reputation that my article has acquired. The public must beware They are worthless. OCT For sale in Charlotte by Dr. R M PRITCHARD, Druggist, sole Agent, and u.. ta i l : .... uy jruj;yisu4 auu uuuniry raercuanis gen erally in the United States. March 13. 2in. Notice. ALL PERSONS subject to amy a Poll Taio the State of North Carolina, who resided withii the limits of the town of Charlotte, on the tint day of February, 1857, or who had been princi paiiy t iiijtloyid in aay prttfc'afca or vucaiiouin said Town, for three mouths or more iminediatcl) preceding the said first day of February audiil persous who owned or were possessed af Tsblr Property within said town, on the. first dsy of February, are hereby notified to give in to uV Town Clerk, before the last day of March, ItsK, A LIST OF THEIR SAID POLLS AND TAXABLE PROPERTY. The said list shall state the numbers and local situations of the Lots or pnrts of Lots given hi, with the value of which they are assessed fur taxation by the State, the number of white taxa ble Polls, of taxable slaves, and of Free Xegron, residing on the first of February, on the laudici persons giving in said list. J. . KERR. Town Ork. March 10, 1857. 36-4t Tan Bark Wanted! WE want to purchase 1 .000 Cords of Tan Bark for which we will pay the following pr et.ii Cash, delivered at our Tan Yard, or at ei.aerol the Railroad depots at this place: White or Chesnut Oak Hark, 4 50 per cord Red or JJlack " " 4 00 BOONE & CO. Charlotte, March 3, 1857. 35-iim LAND FOR SALE. The subscriber offers for sale the situt tion known as White Hall," In the Steele Creek neighborhood, Directly on the main road leading froo Charlotte to Yorkville, seven and a bill miles from the former place and about four miles from the Charlotte and S. C. Railroad. The tract contains FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES, of which about one-fourth is uncleared, the remainder near ly all under fence, and montly in a good state of cultivation. The fences are in good repair and the buildings second to none it the country. The Steele Creek lands noted for their fertility, and this place ranki among the best. There are four churches, a flourishing Mule Academy, and femal school within convenient distances. The community is unsurpassed in tb general intelligence, public spirit, high toned morality, aud social qualities of in citizens. Persons wishinjr to purchase will app'f 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 thre 3 ears will be given. J. B. WATT. March 9, 1857. 3m. NO HUMBUG! THE subscriber is now prepared to fill orders for SUPERIOR WATER BURETS. He manufactures North Carolina material, etr ploys North Carolina capital and labor, and be solicits North Carolina patronage. By giviaf him a trial, and by comparing his with Norther prices, he hopes to be able to make a favorabl showing. A TRIAL IS WHAT HE WANT G. H. MAKEPEACE. tF" Messrs Worth &. Utley, of FayetteviD N. C, are Agents for the sale of the a bo Buckets. Fayetteville, March 3d, J857. y SWAN tfc Co's LOTTERIE FAIR A HONORABLE. Take all bills on solvent Banks, A T PJ& Pay all Prizes without Discount. . H. HUrCfflHSON, k ATLANTA, OA. N. B. These Lotteries are drawn every SaW- day throughout the year. Prizes range from $20,000 to $50,000 ty Price of Ticket f 10 shares in proportto"- No orders received for leas than So. March 17th, 1857. tf ture ot guiacum and morph.a. a,d to rock he, like an infant in a large .ocking chair, to i duce anv renose. Ilav. . ' " J I '-!).
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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