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WESTERN DEMOCRAT. nfi CHARLOTTE. LETTER FROM MR CLINGMAN. The Standard y : We have received the following letter from Mr. CBagMH. which corrects iui, Ptl to rest tin- false hood in relation to Ida position on distribu tion, originated by the Regi.-ter's corres pondent "Clio." Asiievii.t.e, July 23, 18Sf. Messrs. Holmes A: Wilso: My atten tion Imm been called (since I came home lat eveiiintr.) to a statement of the Raleigh Knaiatirr frmfnfl that I hud in a speech in tlii place "come out for ft dwtribbtMrti of the proceeds of the public land-." Are. The Register has been imposed upon by the wilful falsehood of its correspond. ut : be cause I made no declaration which could have been so fur misunderstood us to author ize the atateattttt made in that papr. If the Editor of the Begitr, whom I have regarded always as a man f honor and u gtiiti 1MB, wishes to know what I did say on the occasion. I may add, that jvhile stat yjg tl giyections to the land di.-tribution scheme, and justifying my vote ami that of the North Carolina delegation for the depofr it bill of the last easion, I maintained in HJihf ;)"' on J mi a.- clfnr Imffgumtge as I jconi.il command, that no distinction could justly be taken between the money derive) from the land sales and that eoileete by taxation ; that the government had D right to raise revenue except for con$ 'ulional and ncretsary expenditures; thatne lands bad originally and expressly ben given to it for its rapport; and that tie tviirl and .cUii r taxe; could rightfully h' imposed only to raise so much additional revenue as miglit be necessary to motf Bach ezpendi fuics as the constitution required should be made. Hence 1 insisted, feat whenever the government collected mure money than necessary for these purposes, it grossly abued its powers, an was guilty of a icrougful taking or f.cinrlium from the tax payers; and that thd remedy in- such a wnmgfml taking would have been the return of the money to tlie individuals who had been forced to pay it. As this, however, was hnpiall li able, by reason of the manner in arUth the taril? ta;:es were collected, tho next be.t thing perhaps that could be done, was to dVpoait it with the States in accor dance with the precedent establi.-lu d during Gen. Jacks, n-s administration. To avoid frjijch astute if things, however, I maintain ed that it was u. duty of Congress to re duce the tariff ttxes referred to my con stant efforts for the last seven years to effect this, and decla?ed it to be my purpose to insist on a further reduction than that which had been made uring the last ses sion. To show the impolicy of distributing the proceeds of the public lands, anJ supplying $e deficiency thus created by additional taxes, 1 went into a calculation (f tho cost of collecting the public revenue, including llic ,XMn4 i T till 1 111 o t . . J... ... , . , ing officers. Arc. ; and also endeavoring to show that we paid the manufacturers a BtiD larger sum thaf the government itself re ceived ; and hence, that for every dollar the people would get by distribution, they would probably lose more than two in the ghnpe of taxes and protection to Northern manufacturers. After illustrating this view by references to our own State system or collecting taxes and paying officers for the same, and the operatjon of the tnriif-taxes on salt. ?ngar, railroad iron, &C, I declared that I would vote for no proposition which looked to dividing the land fund or other government money, so as to create an ex cuse for high taxes. I added, however, that if at any time I found that by reason of a failure to get the taxes n duced, there should bo a surplus in the treasury which tho government could nof apply to any con stitutional and necessary object, in the ab sence, of any other better ivmedj- for the pvil, I would vote to deposit it with the States, just as an individual should return money paid by mistake, to tho rightful flwner. As I used these and similar illustrations in the course of my argument, you will see, gentlemen, that it was not possible for any one to understand me as the correspondent of the Register professes to have done. If the Editor of that paper desires, there fore, that its readers should understand what my opinions are, ho has it in his power to enlighten them by publishing this brief synopsis ot my speech on the occasion re ferred to. Very respeetfullv, iVc T. L. t LIXGMAN. WASHINGTON MONI MKNT ASSOCIATION. A correspondent of the Philadelphia In quirer, in refering to the Washington Monu ment, says : "The series of articles exposing the mal administration of tho affairs of the Wash ington Monument Association, by S. Yorke AtLee, esq., have so far remained unan swered. Xo denial has been given to a single one of his allegations, either publicly pr privately, and it would appear as though the parties implicated designed to allow the public to enter judgment against them by defunlt. The revelations must affect the interests of that work materially. In its present condition, the monument is a disgrace and humiliation to the American people. That it should ever have fallen into tho hands of any political party was a great mistake, and this fatal error will de lay its completion for years, if it does not prevent t entirely. It jt is ever to be finished, it must be rescued from its pres ent management, and, if once placed under suitable guardianship, it seius strange if the spontaneous patriotism of the nation will not immediately contribute the amount necessary to perfect the original design. Mr. AtLee has done the country service bv his manly anjj fearasM exposition." m m Si iciPK. The Cl..rkvii!c Tobacco Plant is pained to learn that on Saturday last, Peyton Chandler, of G rmville eoun t r, N. C. son f A. J. Ch oi. I. r. of Mecklenburg county, Ya., eotnmiitt! sniride bv shooting hiamtelf thronirh the head with a m FOREIGN NEWS. The dittos of the North .American, from Liverpool, are up to the 15th July. The Mutiny ix India. The mutiny in India was spreading. Twenty-three regi ments had joined the rebellion, and the fall of Delhi was hourly expected when tho in&il left Cor Calcutta. The loss of the British army by defection is estimattd at X'.OOO, but It is believed the crisis has passed, as the last advices indicate a panic and many desertions from the rebels. Tho mutiny is confined to the native troops ftt Delhi, those at Bombay and Madres re maining b-yal. The native troops at most of the stations in Punjaub had been disarm ed. The British troops attacked tho insur gents at Delhi and defeated them, captur ing 20 guns, though Iho insurgents still hold the town. The English Government is acting ener getically. Gen. Anson, tho Commander-in-chief of tic British arwy in India, had died of cUdera. Sir Colin Campbell was appoint ed to the vacancy, and left England at a feuiiLours notice. Civina. Canton is suffering foom famine. A sevj.ru battle between the rebels and im perials had been fought above Foo Chow poo The result was not certainly known, but it is believed that that the imperialists were vicarious. GnCAT BRITAIN. In the House of Com mons Mr. Pillwin gave notivo of a motion that the Clevk of the House, in admiuister.-"ni"- the oath to members, bo authorized to omit from the oath of abjuration the words: .'On the true faith of a Christian.'' On Tuesday, Colonel Lindsay moved an address for copies of Secretary Marcy's letter to the French (iovernmcnt, in ans.ver to the resolution of the paiis conference on the subject of privateering. Lord Palmerston said that it was not usual for Government to produce eorres. pondence between two independent Gov ernments. Secretary Marcy's letter to the French Government was not officially in the hands of the British Government, and could not be produced. The communication of tho American to the French Government had been made by the last Government of the United States, but tho present Administration had inti mated that they did not wish for an answer to it ; and, under these circumstances, tho louse would feel that the question could not l,o discussed properly. He therefore hoped it would not be passed- Lotd John Russell thought tho Govern ment could make a statement of the grounds upon which tho declaration had been enter ed into. He was afraid the consequences would be very serious, but England was bound to them now. Sir Charles Napier thought the engage ment cpuld not be broken, and would necessitate the blockading of every port of the enemy. The motion was withdrawn. FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of tm'r: ' r j : ai covered was the most serious of any we have Inowledgc of in the character of the persons concerned, tho extent of its rami fications, and the objects proposed, which included the assassination of the Emperor and a revolution throughout Southern Europe. Tho members of a Provisional Government wero already named by tho conspirators, and the plans wero near per fection when the discovery was made. Italy. Nothing has been received from Italy but lengthy details of revolutionary movements already anticipated. o-8- LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. The Illinois has arrived, with Aspinwall dates to the Huh, and San Francisco, to the 5th. She brings nearly $1,500,000 in specie. The primn.ry election for delegates to the Democratic Gubernatorial Convention, resulted in the overwhelming defeat of the Broderic party. Weller will bo undoubted ly nominated on the first ballot. The miners have held meetings denoun cing Fremont s Mariposa claim, and threat ening resbtunco. The Supreme Court in tho case of the Mercil Mining Company versus Col Fre mont, granted a perpetual injunction upon Fremont, preventing him from interfering with the operations of the compain. Oregon Tkkiutory. The official ro turns of the election show that the majority for Lane for delegate for Congress will reach nearly two thousand. The Demo crats have also been successful in the elec tion of a majority of their territorial repre sentatives. Fears are still entertained of further In dian difficulties at Dalles. The policy of making Oregon a slave Stato is zealously urged. A prospectus has been issued for a pro-slavery paper. Central American dates to tne 4th instant report the Chilian plenipoteniary arrived at San Jose with proposals for the contem plated Spanish American confederation. Four hundred of Walker's men are at San Jose and Puuta Arenas, Costa Ripa. They had chartered the steamship Tennes see to take them home. Gen. Barridas, late commander of tho Sahadoriaus in Nicaragua, had made an unsuccessful attempt at revolution on his own government. Further advices states that the determina tion of the Costa liicans to hold the rive rs had given great offence in Nicaragua ; and that Costa Rica had sent to England for three gun boats to enable them to strengthen their position on the rivers and lakes ; and that a light was to come off next month be tween Wartimer Chilton and Mendez ; and that tho Chamorro party have sent urgent solicitations for the return of Walker. Tas University. The exercises of the. University were resumed on Friday 17th insU We learn that the Freshman dan consists of (3D members. Beside them 19 names hare been added to the Sophomore Class, and 2 to die Junior. There are about SKI new studeuu in ail. Chapel Hill Geo itc. REVENUE LAW. The following correspondence explains itself Washington, N. C, July 5th, 1857. DEArt Sm : We have been asked by a number of Merchants in this place, to give our opinion on the construction of tho 24th Sect, of the Revised Act, ch. 3-1, of the acts of 1856. Wo feel a difficulty in doing so, because a literal interpretation would be so injurious, that we cannot believe the Legis lature ever intended such a result. We have suggested therefore that you should bo consulted ; so that if the effect be inju rious, it si ould at least be uniform through out the State, and the pressure borne equal ly by all. Please inform us officially of tho views of the Government on the following cases. 1. If A sells Turpt. or Cotton of his own production in this State to B, and B sells to C. who ships and sells it abroad are both B and C bound to pay the ta of of 1 per cent, on the Turpt. or Cotton ? And is this so, regardless of how many times it may be sold before exportation ? 2. If A, jobber, imports goods from New York, aud sells to B, who retails to the con sumer, are both A and B bound to pay the tax of I of 1 per cent. ? You will perceive that these cases are substantially the same ; the first relating to goods produced in the State, and exported for consumption; and tho second, to those imported for consumption. If the first is answered affirmatively, it will go very far to break up tho internal trade in our own staples. If the second is answered in like manner, it will break up the jobbing business, a large one in our Eas tern, and probably interior Towns, and com pel every retailer to buy his goods oiroad. Further, if we had any foreign import trade, such Legislation would seem aimed directly to break it up, as ports of all other States w.ould have a preference pver our own to the amount of tho tax. 13. If A sells goods imported from Ne-v York, and takes Turpt. or Cotton in pay ment, is he, as a purchaser of his New Yor goods and of tho Turpt., bound to pay a tax on the two sums ? If this is answered affirmatively, it will break up the barter business and produce infinite inconvenience. 4. Po sections 24, 26 and 27 impose any tax on the dealings of Merchants prior to 1st July, 1857 ? Aro not the taxes then payable by them, anticipatory of their busi ness from 1st July 1857 to 1st July 1858, and applicable only to their dealings in that interval I 5. Does sect. 27 apply only to those who have not been dealing in merchandise before 2d July, 1857, or also to those, who wero so dealing before 1st July, 1857, and "open store" after 1st July, 1857, by continuing their dealing ? If Sec. 24 imposes a tax, wot on property, but on conduct (to wit : purchases) prior to its 2aitsagci it would seem to be an ex post facto law, and more in the nature of a con fiscation than a revenue act ; and in its con- ptimiwuaiuj fiuuuirui. 7ui uuents desire to discharge all their duties as good citizens, however onerous; they are satisfi ed that the defects of tho law do not aiise from any intention in the Legislature to oppress, but from want of consideration merely ; the greatost evil of an obscure tax ing law and the remark applies equally to one whose security makes its construction doubtful is, that it never operates equally ; the most conscientious bear the burden, those less so evade it. They desire to know, therefore, whatsis the construction which the government officers intend to" enforce, so that they may act accordingly. The im portance of the subject warrants us in re questing an pajdy reply. Respectfully Yours, W. B. RODMAN, R. S. DONNELL. To D. W. Courts, Esq., Pub. Treas. Treasury Department of N C, ? July 13th, 1857. $ Gentlemen : I am in receipt of your favor of the 5th inst., and will proceed to answer your question in the prper stated, not repeating them, as I presume you re tained a copy of your letter, 1. By Section 24 Revenue act, every merchant is to pay J of 1 per cent upon his capital employed, saving the amount of his purchase of ready made clothing, upon which he is to pay 1 per ceat. How is the amount of .his capital to be ascertained ? I think the answer is furnished by tho Act. ?The Capital aforesaid shall be the a"-rre-gate sum of the purchases of goods, wares and tnerchandise, made within the year preceding the first day of July, and herein shall be included the amount of the pur chase of goods wares and merchandise and spirituous liquors, or other things not herein particular,' y enumerated, ichether of this or another Stat$." The tax is on the Capital employed, not the articles purchased, and this capital, by the broad term of the act, is the aggregate ex penditure for all articles purchased. It is difficult to stop short of this and say, that one sale or many sales of an artiple, pro duced here or abroad, would take it out of the act. and I cannot see that there is any exemption to any purchaser, no. matter how many transfers are made before the article leaves the State. 2. It seems to me that the jobber is a merchant as well as the retailer, and that tho law mrvkes no distinction whatever. Each pays upon the Capital employed, with out reference to the particular goods sold There may be force in what you say as to the policy of the law, but that I consider aside from the construction, when it is plain. 3. Upon a fair exchange of goods, for in stance produce (the case put by you,) I do not think the Merchant bound to pav a tax on the price of each as capital. This would be virtually paying a double Tax without doubling the capital. But I think it must be a bona fide barter or exchaugo of goods for goods. 4. Section 24 and 2fi i.npv a tax on the capital used by Merchants for 12 months prior to 1st July, 1857. Section 24 says "within tho year precediug the 1st July," and Sec. 20 says "uuy Merchant engaged in business on the 1st July, shall apply to the Sheriff, and on paying the tax on his capital estimated as aforesuid, may continue his business, &c. The General Assembly increased the tax on Dividends and other property for 12 months prior to 1st April last and I cannot see that they have not the power to tax the capital of Merchants jn the same manner. 5 I think Sec. 27, applies only to those who have not been iu business prior to 1st of July, 1857. Very truly yours, D. W. COURTS, Pub. Treas. Messrs. W. B. Rodmand and R. S.Don nell, Washington, N. C From t)u Fayettcv'dle Observer. CAROLINA FEMALE COLLEGE. The annual commencement of this insti tution took place on Wednesday 22d July. The exercises were opened on Sunday morn ing previous with a sermon to the graduat ing .class by the Rev. W. A. McSwain of the S. C. Conference. He spoke from 1 Corinth. Chap. 13 verse 12. His discourse was listened to with marked attention and was admijably suited to the occasion- On Monday and Tuesday the lower classes were examined in the different branches to which their atentiop had been called dur ing the year. The result was creditable to all ; while some eyinced a proficiency rarely surpassed The "Conversations" of the little giife on moral, literary and scientific subject!, which by the way, is a feature I never before saw introduced, were well re ceived. Indeed the sprightful and grace fulmanuer of some and tho natural unre strained abandon of ethers, were really re freshing. Tuesday evening was given up to aLec tire by Prof. Gilliam of the College. Those ,vho were fortunate enough to hear and un der -stand enjoyed no doubt, a rare treat. If the Professor has a fault as a speaker, it is that his language is so chaste and beauti ful, the mind is drawn from his subject mat ter entirely. Wednesday, the Graduating Class ap peared on the boards. Their familiarity with the higher branches of mathematics, cliemistry, geology, mental and moral science, as shown by the examination, was a sufficient guarantee that they were not hoine nrematurolv sent forth. Though c a. rigiiy questioned they were prepared at every point. Theircompositions too show ed in order of talent unusual in girls so yoang. Below is a'Jisf of tho Class and the subjects on which they wrote : 1. Miss S. A. Walsh, N. C, Nature and Bevelation. 2. Miss L. C. Dye, S. C, Virtue alone is happiness below. 3. Miss L. M. Plunkett, N. C War rior's Fame. 4. Miss S. A. Browne, S. C, Hope,; the bright morning'star of Life. 5. Miss C L. Dye, S. C, Flight of Time. G. Miss S. M. White, N. C Childhood's Dream- 7. Miss M. E. Walsh, N. C. Literature of the day, Valedictory, ai nigm,fitie astral Literary Address was delivered by Col. W. L. Steele of Rich mond. The Colonel is so well known to your readers as a speaker and a man of letters, that it is needless to allude to his effort hero. A gratified audience is the best evidenco of his success. The Musical performances of the evening, by Miss Campbell, Miss Cottrell, Miss Plunkett, Miss Porter, Miss Dye, and others, were awarded their full share of praise. They were very excellent. The presentation of -a copy of the Bible to each of the Graduates by tho Rev. M. A. McKibben, was followed by a neat and ap propriate Address. A few valedictory re marks by tho President, and the scene closed. Mayjthe College prosper and these annual festivities long continue. " VISITOR. Anson Co., July 23. A Lady Arrested and Fined for Obstructing tub Sidewalks The Bos ton Herald has the following report of a curious case. It will do pretty well for tie Herald : One of the most extraordinary cases ever brought before a legal tribunal was witness ed in the Poliue Court on Saturday. An officer complained of a young and renjark able handsome lady for obstructing the sicje walks of Washington street by too grea: a display of crinoline. As it is understood that the lady is highly connected, we will call her Mary Smith and not expose her true name. Before the complaint was read, Judge Russell inquired as to the whereabouts of the prisoner. The officer replied that the lady was waiting in the entry ; that himself and two others had endeavored to squeeze her through the doorway, but they wero too narrow, and ho wished the Judge's ad vice in the premises. Judge said thftt it was an extraordinary case. The constitution guaranteed to every one an open trials and he would not hold a session in the entry even to please a lady. Under the circumstances, he recommended that Miss Smith be moved from the entry to the front door, and he thought that she must spread considerably, not to be able to take her place in the prisoner's dock. The experiment was tried and found to answer admirably, tho door bein- some twenty feet wide, very little compression was needed and with a frown of indigna tion upon her pretty brow. Miss Smith found herself face to face with the judge, and listened to tho complaint which was read to her. The officer said he had requested the prisoner two or three times not to Ft p on the sidewalk, as people were unable I pass without going into the street, which at times was inconvenient to ladies wearing paper soled shoes, owing to the outrageous man ner in which the thoroughfares were water ed. The Court, in summing up, paid that the evil was one of great magnitude, and should be checked by vigorous mca.-ures. There was no statute under which too great a display of crinoline came, but he should tk the responsibility of inflicting a fine of 5 and costs, and he hoped that it would be a warning. The fine was promptly paid, and Miss Smith was discharged. PEABODY S PROLIFIC CORN, From the Columbus (Ga.) Sun. Having hoard much of this corn last fall, and seen some stalks exhibited in this place, cariosity led us to pay Mr. Peabody .a visit, with a view of seeing its appearance in the field at its most interesting state, that of silk and tassel. Mr. Peabody has in cultivation some fifty to sixty acres of sandy pine land, in this corn. Of course the land is highly manured and well culti vated, as without it, this year, it could scarcely produco twenty bushels to the acre. We were over the whole of hiscorn, and must say we never saw its equal in pro ductiveness. The yield is from two to seven ears to the stalk. We saw a few stalks on a spot made rich by being near an old house,' that were eared from the ground to within about thirty inches of the tassel ; they resembled trees of corn. The pros pect presented, of the whole crop, we aro convinced, is no test of what could be pro duced on the same land with proper seasons. The crop had gonethrugh a five weeks drought in its most critical period, so much so that the four bottom blades of the fodder on each stalk, on most of it, had fired and dried. The crop was relieved about five days previous to oiir visit, by a moderate rain, and two days previous by a good season, which was accompanied by wind that prostrated much of the most heavy ladened. Our opinion is, tbfijt the yield from the land in cultivation will be from seventy to ninety bushels to the acre. With the or dinary corn, and the usual cultivation, the same land, we are satisfied from compari sons, would not yield, this year an average of eight bushels to the acre. If such re sults can be produced on the poor pine lauds, what might not be done on the rich mountain lands of North Carolina, and tho Tennesse Valley, to say nothing of the productive lands of Tennessee and Ken tucky, and the great West ? From the spectacle presented, we are satisfied the yield on good lauds, from Mr. P.'s variety must bo double, if not three times that of the common variety. This, in these times of corn scarcity, is certainly a matter over which farmers should ponder. If two bushels can be produced on the same land, and with the same labor that now produces one, it is important that every planter should take steps to supplant tho common corn with the Peabody variety. PARfJSAIS HISTORY. A king of France, after a battle in which he was wounded, called his generals to his bedside, to hear what had occurred after he had left the field ; and, as no two could agree in any onestatement, the king, struck with the difficulty, exclaimed : "What, then, is history?" "Givp me my liar," said Charles V when he called for a vol ume of history ; and certainly no one can attentively examine any one important period of our annals without remarking that almost every incident admits of two handles, almost every character of two in terpretations ; also, that by a judicious packing of facts, the historian may make his picture assume nearly what form he plea?es, without any direct violation of truth. But history does teem with falsehoods and perversions. Take two instances, in the history of England, as now taught in our schools. We are positively told that Joan of Arc was burned by the English at Pouen in 1431 ; when it has been incontro vertibly established by ancient archieves of that city, that on the 1st of August, 1431), tho council of the city of Kouen made her a gift of 210 livres, for services rendered by her at the siege of tho said city. So that the burning of Joan is a myth, invent ed by the French to blacken the English character, and transferred to our history as a fact by those authors who too credul ously relied on French chroniclers. Again, Richard III has been held up to universal execration as a crooked-back monster ; whereas Stow, who was born for ty years after liichard's death, and had conversed with many who ha(l seen the king, declares "that he could find no such deformity in King Richard III as his his torians commonly relate ; on the contrary, ho was of bodily shape comely enough, only low of stature." In fact, all modern research have proved that llichard was neither that deformed person nor that mon ster of cruelty and impiety which he has been represented by our so-called historians. JsTo character in English history has been more misrepresented ; and could the shade of tho last Plantagenet rise from its grave, it would blush to find the name of Richard III in the same book as those of the Stuarts and George IV- " But success often lays the foundation of a good reputation with posterity. Atlantic and North Carolina Rail road Company. A meeting of the stock holders of this company was held at Kinston on the 10th of July. From a report made to the meeting it appears that the contracts for most of the work on tho road will be completed by the first of December, and all of them by the first of May next. The charter as amended by the last Legislature was unanimously adopted; also, the offer of a loan of $400,000 was unanimously accepted. In the proceedings of this meeting a ! specimen of gallantry was exhibited well worthy of notice. Miss. Sarah MetLs, formerly of Lenoir county, being the only lady who had risked stock in the road, Mr John D. Whitford moved she be presented with a free ticket upon the road for life, which was unanimously adopted. The next meeting of the stockholders will beheld in Xewbera on the lastThursday of June, 1858. To Ccre Dropsy. Take one handful of the seed of the cedr, the same of mullein, j the same of the root of dogwood, put into two quarts and a pint of water, boil down to one quart, add one gill of whisky. Dose, a wine glassful night and morning. THE COTTON CROP. rrua Vatohitoches Chronicle makes the following estimate of the sapply of cotton from the growing crop for the current year: Taking the average of the iasinv ux a Ws of our calculation, without re gard to the late spring frost of the present season, , the result will De as ioiiuwo . 1852, Crop in bales . - 1853, ' l -- 1854, " 3,262,900 2,930,000 2,847,300 3,527,800 estimated at 2,950,000 1855, 1856, Average of above 3,123,800 Add five per cent, for increase in cultivation, 156,200 3,279,800 But if the fall frost should take place at the average date, the 2Cth October, the growing season will be only six months and three days, one month short ot tne average, and we can only expect n proportionally short crop. 1857. Average crop in bales 3,279,800 Deduct 14 per cent, for one month short of average growing season 459,000 Leaving for the actual crop only 2,820,800 From the abovo I conclude that even if the fall frost should be protracted to the 19th November, the latest poriod for the last thirty-two years, the growing crop cannot exceed three million two hundred and seventy-five thousand bales, which would be much short of the commercial wants of the world, and if the fall frost comes at the average period of the 26th October, or, as often occurs, before that time, the crop will not exceed two million eight hundred and thirty thousand . 09- SUPREME COURT. This tribunal adjourned on tho 24th, af tor a session of 48 days. Opinions were delivered in over one hundred cases. The Court will meet in Morganton on tho second Monday in August. The following are the closing decisions at the recent session in this City ; By Nash, C. J. In Hogg v Capehart, in equity, from Bertie, negroes to be eman cipated, &c. Also, in Young v Young, in equitv, from Stokes. Also, in Cuthbertson v Long, from Union, affirming the judgment Also, in Lea v McKenzie, in equity, from Ashe, demurrer sustained and bill dismiss ed. Also, in Washington v Vinson, from Johnston, affirming tho judgment. Also, in Salem M. Comp. v Brower, from For sythe, affirming the judgment. Also, Sty ron v Howard, in equity, from Beaufort. Also, in Stato v Shaw, from Rockingham, declaring there is no error. By Pearson, J. In Barrett v Kelly, from Moore, affirming the judgment. Also, in Doo ex dem Atwell v McLure, from Mecklenburgdadgment of nonsuit set aside and judgment for plaintiff. Also, in Wes son v Seaboard R. R. Co., from Halifax, affirming the judgment. Also, in Osborne v Wideuhouse, from Cabarrus, in equity, loeree for salo and partition. Also, in Wilson v Mace, from Guilford, in equity, dismissing tho bill with costs. Also,, in Wein v Wilson, from Mecklenburg, in equity, petition to release disallowed with costs. Also, in Ward v Person, in equity, from Franklin, decrees of sale for partition. Also, in Scott v Wilmington & R. Railroad, from Wayno, judgment reversed venire de novo. Also, in Davidson College v Chamr bers, in equity from Rowan, the excess goes to the next of kin. By Battle, J. In Hare v Parham, from Granville, judgment reversed. Also, in Lea v Brooks, judgment reversed. Also, in Doe ex dem Bruce v Fauoett, from Or ange, affirming the judgment. Also, in Wallace v Mcintosh, from Mecklenburg, judgment reversed and venire de novo. Also, in Mears v Speight, from Robeson, affirming the judgment. Also, in Haws v Craige, from Alamance, judgment reversed and venire ce novo. Also, in Doe ex dem Gibson, from Guilford, affirming the judg ment. Also, in Johnston v Coleman, in equity from Cabarrus. Also, in Allison v Allison, in equity, from Cabarrus. By Nash, C J. In State v Cross, from Rowan, declaring that there is no error in the record and proceedings of the Superior Court. Also, in Louder v Hinson, from Cabarrus, affirming the judgment. Ra. Standard. Unfortunate Accident. We learn that one day last week, a Mr Clcntz living in Union County, was killed by his horse. The circumstances are these; he was going out to his field to plow, and when he was ready he took up his plow before him, and it is supposed that the rattling of the chains frightened his horse, which ranaway and tljrew him aqd his feet being entangled in the trace chains, he was dragged a short distance and killed instantly. N. C. Whig- HI About Grasshoppers. Tho Minnesota grasshoppers are not only destroying the crops, but are literally eating the people "out of house and home." The St. An thony Express says : "Every field from Itasca to Montioello was swept as with the besom of destruc- i " cuuivai'-a neius scarce a blade being left to indicate that a flourish ing crop had, a short time since, been grow ing. On a few pieces of wheat, short stubs of the stalks were left, but each with from one to ten grasshoppers on it, finishing the remnants as rapidly as their digestive organs would permit. But on the greater part of the fields, and all indeed in the vicinity of Mouticello, although the crops came up and grew beautifully for a short time, not a single indication of growing grain of any kind whatever can be discover ed. W'heat, oats, corn, and potatoes, gar densall have shared the same fate, and be come food for the destroyer. Nay. more, the insatiable gormandizers, not satisfied with taking the crops, forced their way into tho parlors and sitting rooms, and commenc ed an indiscriminate onslaught on curtains, sofa cushions, clothing, carpets, 6cc, and unless immediately removed, will, iu a short time, ruin whatever of this nature comes in the way." i Sam'l W. Melton, Esq.. has retired from the editorial chair of the Yorkville Enquirer. TxFnUUiTinv Winn,,,, know what has become of thn Iredell county who lately availed him J!. tte fliaa otone tor the bite nf . "Of a su uiiu uvck no wn.ni. rrt l-.,. r - -v auuw it t I b en ascertained to a donI . 11 until il.if war moil ? Pn At.. uLnt7 th papers inform us ? Milton ChronirU M r. Somers is weli and hearty, We j and it is believed he is out of all dan ana, from the bite. The dog which bit hira 17 a calf a few hours after bitting him, and h calf subsequently gave all tho symptom ' hydrophobia, and died. Salisbury man. VYe are authored b annouuee J. B. KEHp candidate for rp.ni". 4 to the office of Clerk oft" SujMTior Court of Mecklenburg County Si. tion tho first Thursday in August. tdki- We are reanMfej nounce WM. K. IJEID a candidate for re-elert;! -. . . - V .11 . to the Offico of Clerk of the County fj0 of Mecklenburg. Election on the S Thursday in August. Country Merchants Are respectfully invited k call and examine my Wholtsai Prices of choice AND MEDICINf put up in any stylo to order, by PRITCHARD, Druggist and Apothttan, July 28, 1857. Irv. in'.s C, Z om,; Otto of Rose, A large assortment of Lubins', Glenn's mi J. Hanles' splendid EXTRACT TOIUt WATERS, Soaps, Brushes, &c &c, m at hand, at Pritchard's Fancy Drug Stou, July 28. "Irwin's Corner Port Monnaies. A new and beautiful assortment, received at m Pritchard's Drug and Chemical Houst, July 28. Irwin's Corner Blake's Aromatic Bitters, An excellent Tonic and antbDyspeptic mei, cine, just at hand at Pritchard's Depot of choice Family Medicmt, July 2S. Irwin's Comer Yeast Powder, Yeast Powder, Now selling at 15 cents per Box, (formir price 25 cents,) at Pritchard's Corner Stort, July 28. SOLUBLE ESS. OF CAM HOR, For diseases of the Throat, Mouth, Stomac and Bowels, prepared and sold at Pritchard's Drug and Chemical blort, July 18. Irwin's Co. Condition Powder. Farmers and others interested in fine Stock, are assured that these preparations are unsw. passed as a htalth-giving remedy for Horses, Cattle, and nil kintls of Slock. For calej; Pritchard's Wholesale and Jicluil Drug House, July 28. Irwin's Corner. Patent Medicines. Call at PRITCIIAKD'S DKUG STORK, Irwin's Corner, for the most approved tit popular medicines of the day. J uly 28. OILS, OILS, OILS, A large and complete assortment for ullusn and purposes, just to hand at Pritchard's Dispensing Drug Stort, July ?8. Irwin's Corntf. live Stum, lyc Stuff, The very best of this class ol articles, con sist ing, in pai t, of Solution of Tin, Extract of Logwood, Cochineal, Madder, fec may be bought low at P rilchard' s Drug How, July 28, 1 r win's Comer, DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA CORDIAL. Jacob's, Stabler's and Benard's RemeoVi for the above diseases are tj.e best no it use, at Pritchard's Wholesale Drug flwM July 28. Irwin's lori TRY IT! TRY IT! ! Helmbokl's Concentrated Extract ofBo the best medicine in the world for tli'cl Diseases it proposes to treat Try it. fmtM Pritchard's Drug Home, July 28, Irwin' Com IVIilk! MILK!!! THE subscriber informs the atiieaisfO lotte that he lias made arrangt merits forsurr'' ing families with Milk every morning, desiring it will please give hjtn notiw, n" ? will deliver the Milk at their dwellings. He would inform those w ho rriirlit PnL purchase their Milk from him iMteM ' troubled with keeping a cow, thai be is WW buy their cows and pay the cash BUrkftsOl them. W. A COOk Charlotte. July 14, 1857. TRUST SALE. Will be sold, on Saturday tlfl; B j August, the property conveyed in trust t by Jos W. Ross, consisting of HOUSE and XiO? on which said Ross now lives, (ituat Eastern part of the Twn; Household w Kitchen Furniture; Horse.-; Wagons, &c., &c. W. 11. MYERS, Tr July 14, ia57. 65-4t Situation Wanted. A gentleman who is competent to Uke . of an n t,ngliNh school, or the tungnM uy n XrttHi-mv rlefiireu n uiliiiitinn (IS T'':" ,:' of a Satisfactory references given, both as to en and ability. Inquire at this office, or add JUNIUS. .c July 7, 18r7.-rt-pd Charlotte- NEW STOBB At Morrow's Turn-P HENDERSON & AHSEN8 UkePJ in informing their friends anJ K generally, that they have opened a UK OF THEIR STOKE at Morrow's T in Mr Wallace's Store-Room, where we and offer at and below Charlotte jssmm cellent assortment of Superior Clothing; Shoes; Hats B GROCERIES, Bonnets, trimmed and unt.imm Tobacco and Cigar?; AND FANCY GOODS- All persons in want of goods would 'o call in. as it will save then the "ou coming to Charlotte. ,,,f? HENDERSON & AH1 July 21, 1K.7. 664 0