North Carolina Newspapers

u tti nnlcatlQH' For tin Western Democrat. FREE NEGROES. Mr Kihtor; I propose, with your pcr mfi - to offer through the columns of your highly conservative journal, a few of the reasons which should induce the Legis lature to enact some statute by which the State could be protected against the had influence of the free negro population, either by forcibly comp'-llrhg them to re move beyond her borders, or, which is preferable, by selling them into slavery. I shall take it for granted, for the present, that either or both modes are Contitu tional; reserving thut question for future investigation and discussion. And if I shall succeed in nrousing attention to the importance of some action on this subject. I shall be amply compensated t'..r mv time ami pains. The shivery question ha been a often discused that most persons are heartily tired of it. and I shall nut there fore meddle with it in any of the usual forms in which it is present, d. Bat what ever is calculated to give security to the institution and to strengthen it among us, is worthv of the consideration of that body in whose bands the destiny of a gnat and free people is voluntarily and freely en trusted. . T c M i i ii divest ourselves of all prejudice and sickly sentimentality, and endeavor to view .hin-s i as thev are. I toes the free neero exert a delitei. ms infliinnr noon flie -Live T Tliv i are a lazy, vagabond race, and by their j England. In the House of Lords on idleness and want of thrift, are forced to Monday, Lord Clanricarde moved the pro tamper with the slave in order to eak out duction of the papers relative to the affairs a precarious and miserable existence, or to ! of India and spoke strongly in favor of a suffer the privutions of hunger and want, j complete reform of the Indian government Occupying an anomalous position, without j His motion was adopted, the rights of the white or the protection of j D'lsraeli also, in the House of Commons the slave, they are the medium through I moved the production of certain papers which the former are endangered and the ! relative to the organization of the Bengal latter corrupted. Of the same or kindred 1 army, und elaborately reviewed tbe British color, the slave regard them a no better i Indian policy, asserting that the present than he is, and yet their possession of free .doin dissuti.-tiei. the servant with his condi tion, and instills into his mind all those notions of insubordination and rebellion, which, oiio year ago, came so near pro ducing a catastrophe, shocking to the whole southern mind. With an abundance of time, and far too indolent to employ himself in useful labor, he occupies himself in demoralizing the slave and subverting the whejesome restraints of the master, Beatles u and dissatisfied himself, and placed by nature and by law in a position from which he can never hope to rise, he is an internal foe an enemy ill the camp and forms a body-guard by which the abolition ist will be enabled to gain the citadel and demolish the institutions of the South. Many of them can read, and having lei sure, they noiselessly slip from one section V another, spreading moral pestilence aud insubordination wherever he is directed by the controlling minds of tor enemies. Phy sically and intellectually unable to contend with tho stronger race, he prradually de scends in the scale of being, and but for the partial restraints of Kw, would, in a generation, as his brethren In St. Domingo have done, relapse into barbarism. Their condition is unhappy, and admitted by the most miserablo of them to be greatly in ferior to that of the slave. Hence, to bring them under the control of kind masters would be doing fiesta positive benefit. All history and experience demonstrates that they, as is the case with tho African race, have neither prudence nor forethought, and hence it is thut but few of them accumulate property, even under the most favorable circumstances. He is not only given to pilfering, but in duces the slave to supply his wants by depredations, and, as is too often the case, pays him iu liquor, thus doing the slave a doublo injury. Who, that has looked through tho State, has not been struck with the crimo and want that seems to be the common heritage of this unfortunate race ? Left to their own control, it is well known that they will not exert themselves to ob tain a support honestly; hence, they have fewer of tho necessaries of life than tho slave, and mme of that careful attention j rhich provides for him when disease and old age fixes its iron grasp upon him. They are. in many instances, beyond the pale of law, aud subject to all the mal treatment which prejudice (produced by their own misconduct) has engendered against them, and I therefore conclude that a good home, with tho certainty in sickness and in health of ull the comforts of life, would be a full and fair remuneration for their nominal freedom; thus, not onlv doimr e , , 3 j tho tree negro a real aud positive good, but 1 , . i greatly protecting the slave and the insti- . tutmn of the South, by converting its most ' insidious foe into useful co-laborers. There can be no valid object ion to this proceding. viewed either morally or politically. The South has long since occupied the only tenable position : that slavery in the abstract is right, and confers a positive and absolute hies-ing upon the Atrican ; and if t -- ui'iuiw 'ii nun o.-iiioi . men is mo .... . 1 . . 1 bulwark of our hope gone, und abolition . n mm mm. t !... .1 . 1 becomes only a question of time. If the wholesome restraints of a master confers benefits on the slave, will it not likewise have the same efl'ect upon the 1 lazy, BMal-eivinsed free negro. If Jt is j ngnt to imiii those m slavery we now have, we are estopped from denying the legality of reJueing the free negro to the same state of subjection. If it is wrong to en slave free negroes, it is equally so, by all priuoiples of morality or Christianity, to hold the descendants of free negroes in slavery; and if our ancestors did wrong, we are not justified in perpetuating that wrong upon the score of expedieuev. No, sir, slavery is morally, politically and socially right, and the South will be justi fied iu the Mght of God aud man, by avail ing herself of all the proper means within her reach t strengthen and porpetuate that institution which has done so much to ameliorate the condition of man bv extend ing civilization aud dispensing all the com forts of life. If free negroes, theu, are u uuisaucc. and by their presence among us corrupt tbe slave, render him insubordinate, and injure the value of that species of property, theu, by every principle of common sense and self-preservation, the Legislature is culled upon to devise some means of abat ing it. And if by selling them into slavery they are provided with a home, improved in condition and furnished with more of the comforts of life than any other laboridg class in the world, what objection can the sentimental philanthropist find to the "pro ceeding? There is an incompatibility in the existence, for a great length of time, of the two clashes in the same community. The period will arrive when they must either be ull slaves or all free. The ques- ! tion must be met, and sooner the better. That population is increasing and becoming every day more troublesome and dangerous to the institution of slavery. There were in 1850, 27. l&i free negroes in the State; r i i . J a. T no number nay now saieiy oe pnwvo ui 34,000 ! What a pile of combustible ma triuls far the abolitiou torch to set fire to the fair temple of .Southern liberty and in dependence. I will next week endeavor to show how the sale of free negroes will effect the in terest of the State and strengthen the in stitutions of the South. MACON. Fort is n Intelligence. 0 The Mowing additional items of foreign news are embraced in the advices per steam er Indian outbreak would result in a national revolt, ami denouncing the apathy of the Govern ment in the present dangerous emergency. Lord John Russell moved an amendment that an address be presented to the Queen assuring her that tho House would cordial ly support tho government in any efforts necessary to suppress the disturbances in India. D'Israeli's motion was rejected and Lord John Russell's adopted. The utmost dispatch was being used in the shipment of troops to India. The London Times remarks that as Can ton is now in the power of Great Britain there is no substantial reason why the mere proof of this should not obtain for England all the objects of the expedition without further bloodshed or military operations. The London Times appears to regard the news from Indians favorable, but the Daily News takes a more gloomy view. At the General Conference of the Wcs leyan Church, in session at Manchester, the ladies' anti-slavery society protested against Bishop Simpson and Dr. McClintock, the delegates from the American Methodist Church, fui alleged complicity in slavery. France. Nearly all the parties charged by the Ifoniteur with complicity in the re cent conspiracy, emphatically deny the charges in the London papers. Ledru Kolliu is especially bitter against the Moni teur and the French Emperor, and appeals to tho British courts of justice. Letters from Paris, however, intimate that there is sufficient evidence that France can demand their extradition, but will content itself by simply asking England to transport the par ties ooimctcd. Spain. Letters iu the London Times states that the English and French ambas sadors at Madrid had notified Spain that she could not rely on assistance from their governments in tho event of war with Mexi co, consequently Spain has acceded to the offers of mediation. A representation from Santa Anna had arrived at Madrid. Germany. A Berlin dispatch says that the governments who are parties to the ZoUverein, collectively claim from England ? n 1 m inn it r t n J K . . 1 . , I . . bombardment of Canton. India. Uneasy feelings prevailed at Madras, but the army of that presidency and at Bonihav was even without the slight est sign of disaffection. An act had been passed by tho Legisla ture placing the Indian press under a license system. China. The dates from Hong Kong are to the 10th of June. u .i i r , , . obstinacy at the taking of their fleet bv the n u ti i i u i M , , British. The British had 83 killed and , , r wounded. Major Kearney was among the killed LATER FROM EUROPE. Halifax, Aug. 11. The steamship Can ada, with Liverpool dates to tho afternoon of the 21)th July has arrived. The vessels with the Atlantic telegraph cable were all at Cork, and would leave on I the 1st of August for Valentia. The cxper- i l i .1 i i m . "nent through tbe whole length of tbe cable was hiirhlv successful. The Indian mail confirms the telegraph advices. Tbere is no confirmation of the capture of Delhi, but the rumor has obtain- ed much credence, for a general risim- at Calcutta, among all the Europeans who have urrived LiViutixiL, July 29. Cotton closed with an advancing tendency. The sales of the week amount to U2.(HMJ bales, of which speculators took i,U00 bales, and exporters 4,500 bales. Flour is dull. The Wheat Chop. The Atlanta (Ga.) Examiner, 7th inst, says : On Tuesday last, one hundred and twenty freight cars passed over the State ltoad. from Chattanooga to Atlanta, loaded with wheat. The receipts for this freight by the State Road, on that day, amounted to 4.500. The Augusta 1 ispatch, 6th inst, says : A large quantity of wheat is now coming down the Georgia Railroad, enroutt for its final destination. About forty car loads pass over the South Carolina liailroad, for Charleston, every day. AN ELOQUENT SERMON ON THE DEATH OP MR DOBBIN. We find in the Fayetteville Observer the Sermon preached at the Funeral of Hon. James C. Dobbin, on the 6th inst, by Rev. Adam Gilchrist, Pastor of the Presbyterian j Church in Fayetteville. It is appropriate i and Beautiful. Had we room we would pub- I Ush the whole of it. The following is an . extract : "1 leave the task to others better able thau : myself to recall to your momories the . features of his public career. Of these I ; will ouly use as much as may be necessary 1 to illustrate his claim to be considered as a j perfect and upright man. I seem to see j him standing before me like a statue, not forased of rough granite or standing out in colossal proportions, but made ot the hnest marble, and showjng the most beautiful symmetry. I may not see swollen muscles iu that arm, nor is it raised in a warlike at titude as thougn in some bold attack it would crush an enemy at a blow ; but I see a lithe, sinewy form, displaying the activity and firmness which the occasion may de mand. Let those who have traced him from boy hood up speak : Says one, who was his school-fellow, "the boy was father to tho man." Xo tricks of unseemly mischief, no disposition to be the tyrant on tbe play grouud, or to show himself the sheepish, skulking coward who is apt to call down in jury on himself by his own fears : but there he was, both unprovoking and fearless, the embryo man. Says one, whose testimony deserves to be taken, for it is a testimony from home, I never knew him give me a petulant word or wilfully disobey my com mand. Trace him next to College ; there ho is the studious youth, attentive to rules, cherished by instructers, and beloved by associates : gathering golden opinions, and obtaining the reward of his diligence by de parting with College honors. There he made a public profession of religion. I learned the fact at his own lips. That after a season of religious excitement had passed away, and many had fallen back into the world, when there were few or none to give him encouragement, save his venerated President, Dr. Caldwell, he came out from the midst of at least a hundred of his fel lows, to avow himself thenceforth the ser vant of God. To that act, said he, I owe all my after success in life. In times of temptation, it has been my security ; in times of difficult-, it has nerved mo : it has been my shield and support, for I have thrown myself on God and been helped. Trace him next in the professional walk which he had chosen. I would not trench on the province of his Brethern at tbe Bar, but his urbanity was everywhere proverbial and his synthetical mind, able to construct a fair showing out of the materials presented to his hand, did away with the necessity of his employing, as his integrity would have led him to disdain, any improper artifice. As a politician, he possessed the rare merit of never being offensive to his op ponents : keeping his own temper, others could not be angry with him. Where too many have found a dirty pool, his hands remained unstained. In Congress and in tho Legislature, his course was such as to please his constituents, and to win the re spect of his fellow-members in both bodies. And here, as evidence of his public services to our own State, I can but remind 3-ou how much an affl'cted class of our fellow-beings owe to his exertions, nor can I forbear bringing to your recollection the touching circumstances connected with the passage of the bill establishing a Lunatic Asylum in North Carolina. A noble woman, whose services in this respect are known through out tho length and breadth of the land, had plead privately but in vain with many of the members of the Legislature. A bill was introduced and it was lost ; but the 1 lady referred to had been constant in her attendance upon our friend's wife, who at that time was laid upon what proved to be her bed of death, and whose dying request was that he would exert himself for the passage of tbe bill. Shortening that period when he had retired with a stricken heart for the purpose of seeking consolation, he goes from his chamber to the House of Commons ; he moves a re-consideration, and as though he hears the voice of his lovely wife penetrating his ear, and as though the spectacle came before him of the numbers of those throughout the State who are deprived of God's noblest gift, he pleads their cause from a gushing sensibili ty losing sight of himself iu his manly ap peal for them, he knows not that he is effecting anything, until he becomes con scious of a death-like stillness in the room, and witnesses the tear falling from the Speaker's eye. He wins in triumph ; the bill is re-considercd and passed, and ample appropriations are made. The stately home of the afflicted should bear his name ; for it is the monument of his sympathizing man hood. Look to him next as a member of the Cabinet. Useful reforms will testify to the correctness of his judgment as well as the integrity of his principles. How difficult is the work to reform, when evils to be reme died are both multiplied and magnified. j And yet he succeeds in establishing the principle, that promotion in the Navy shall go by merit and not by time of service. J Here, he sustains the reputation, previously acquired, of being able to do his duty, whilo giving as little pain as possible to those whom it might affect. Numbers, who might have conceived themselves injured by his course, found in him afterwards a sympa thizer aud an assisting friend. It is no common testimony to his worth, (consider ing the source whence it comes,) given re cently to your speaker by a distinguished gentleman in the service of the Govern ment : "He is tho most truthful public man I have ever known, and without pro nouncing him the ablest, he was the most popular member of the receut Cabinet." Let us not forget, that while he labored so diligently and accomplished so much, he was for a great portion of the time a dis eased man. Who but he could describe the pains which he took to conceal his in I firuiities : showing and receiving courtesies when he should have been in his bed ; the whole time of his sojourn in Washington was a martyrdom ; and when he came back among us, it was to thank God that he had been permitted to return to die among his kiudred. And here too, again, I assert the parallel to the text is complete his end was peace ! How little are revealed to us of the meditations of a man whose ties are daily loosening his steps to the grave, and looking beyond with hope. One interview I had with him I can never forget: Grati tude to God was his theme ; and listening, as I did, to his rehearsal of the Divine mercy towards him from youth up, I cut short an interview which, though greatly to my benefit, I feared would be to his injury so great appeared to be the strength of his emotions, working upon a delicate frame. In the last interview I had with him, which was but recently, he ex pressed the most entire resignation to the will of God, and a full assurance of happi ness in the world to come. I am told by one who witnessed the dying scene, that after addressing his farewell to his children,' he composed himself in silent prayer, and then looked up in ecstacy aud said, "Praise the Lord, O my soul !" To his children, our friend has left tho rich legacj' of merited fame ; to this com mnnity, the precious memories of a bright christian example ; to his State and Coun try, the enduring effect of wise counsels and a benevolent heart." THE USURY LAWS. It is now this day (August 5) three years since tho memorable abolishment of tho Usury Laws by the British Parliament. Such au important change in the commer cial policy of tho country could not have been adopted either suddenly or without mature consideration. In fact, the change had been going on, gradually, for more than twenty years; and tho advantages of experience were thus sought, from time to time, as the restrictions were, step by step removed, and the commercial circles of tbe country thus finally relieved from the oper ation of the-former vicious laws. In the year 1833 tho first important in novation upon the Usury Law policy was made iu England. Parliament abrogated all such laws in reference to commercial paper having less than three months to mature. Even this was a highly beneficial change, because it promptly relieved more than half of all the commercial paper of the country from tho unwise and heavy burden previously existing. After four year's trial, it was found that commercial and manufacturing people, of all classes, pronounced the new features of the law to be advantageous in their opera tion to borrowers, if not to lenders. The next step was in tho year 1837, when Par liament granted further relief by removing the usury restrictions upon all commercial paper having twelve months or less to ma ture. This would seem to cover the ground entirely, and to furnish all the relief that commercial circles could reasonably de maud. But so satisfied were the English people and tho English Government, that ihe Uaoxjr Iiftws, even in theii mililej-t form, were inoperative or prejudicial, that after various petitions and investigations, the to tal abolishment of these laws was effected on the 5th August, 1854. The bill to this effect had passed the House of Lords on the 27th July preceding, and was immedi ately brought forward in the House of Com mons, where it was favorably considered, and finally passed. The passage of the bill was strongly urged in the House of Lords by the Marquis of Lansdowne, by Lord Campbell and the Lord Chancellor. Lord Brougham supported the bill, both on mer cantile and moral grounds. Tbe Marquis of Lansdowne remarked that : "The inconvenience which had been found to result from the operation of tbe laws against Usury had been so many and so great, that notwithstanding strong prejudi ces on tho subject of Usury and Usurers, it had been found necessary to relax these laws from time to time. At the time of the commercial failures in the year 1836 and 1837, it was found that the greatest relief which was experienced was the result of a provision which had been introduced not long previously into the Act for the renew al of the Bank charter, enabling the Bank of England to dispense with the Usury Lavs." After three years we find no complaints from borrowers or lenders as to the opera tion of the new system, whereby money may be loaned at any rate of interest, and on any description of property, either real estate or otherwise. On the contrary, tho wisdom of the change is fully conceded by all classes. It is true that rates of interest in England since that time havo been extravagantly high : but this is owing to causes entirely independent of the new system. The in creased value of money may be traced to the greater activity in commerce, manu factures, and trade the export of capital to foreign countries for investment in costly enterprises such as railroads, mining com panies, banking companies in the East Indies, Australia, South America and in great speculation throughout England, Ire laud and Scotland. The beneficial results of the abolishment of the Usury Laws are fully demonstrated in England. We think tho example may be followed by New York and other States, where the penalties of usury are excessive, and where the law now prevailing operates as a severe check upon the employment of capital. 2V. Y- Courier. m Distressing Accident. We learn that during last week, a citizen residing in the upper part of Columbus or the lower edrje of Robeson, proposed to clear out a deep ditch which had caved in, owing to the excessive rains. His wife dissuaded him doing so at the time, but thinking it necessary to be done, he persevered and went to work. After some time hia wife heard a noise like of falling earth, and running to the place whore her husband had been at work, she found lhatthe whole bank had caved in, burying him under it. Assistance was procured as quickly'' ns possible and the man dng out, but not in lime to save his life, Wilmington Journal. THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. The Boston Traveler having alluded, in a very complimentary manner to the parti cipation of the various Masonic bodies in the ceremonies in memory of their brother, General Warren, "A Knight Templar" furnishes that paper with a brief history of the Order, on the ground that Freemason ry, bowing to the utilitarian part of the age, cheerfully opens its historical trea sures to every inquirer : The Knights Templar is an Order that originated in 1118, with nine valiant and pious knights, eminent among the earliest crusaders for their devotion to the cause in which the Christian world had embarked the rescue of Judea, and especially the Holy City, from the Saracens. The ostensible object for the formation of a distinct order of knighthood was to pro tect all poor and weary pilgrims on their visits to the places. To do this these nine warriors engaged themselves to a life of chastity and piety at the tomb of the Sa viour, solicited as their patroness " the sweet Mother of God," (le douce Mere de Dieu,) and took the four vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, and to fight incessant ly in the cause of pilgrims and the Holy Land against the heathen. Their first Grand Master was Hugh de Payens. Their style, "The Soldiery of the Temple," or "Templars," (Militia Tcmpli.) grew out of the fact that that portion of the palace of King Baldwin II, which was assigned to them as their residence, stood close by the church and convent of the Temple. The Order of Templars at once became popular. Their unremitting and unselfish devotion to such duties as guarding the pilgrims, their renown in battle, their pov erty, caused by an unreserved liberality for Christ's sake, and the enthusiasm of the age, drew the first warriors of Europe into their ranks. For 194 years their history is a golden page in that of the world. In 1312 the Older was suppressed by the joint efforts of Pope Element V and Philip Debonnair, King of France ; and the greater part of their revenues were made over to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, with whom many of them affiliated, and since that period they have only appeared in union with that Order. At the present time the Knights Templar, in connection with that of Malta, are in a high condition of prosperity. In the Unit ed States they are under one general gov ernment, styled the "Grand Encampment of the United States," of which the Hon. Wm. Blackstone Hubbard, of Columbus, Ohio, is Grand Master. Subordinate to this supremo body, which assembles trien nially, there are eleven Grand Commande ries, or State Governments, that assemble annually. That of Massachusetts and Rhode Island is governed by Dr. Daniel Harwood, of Boston, and has nine subor dinate Commanderies, two of thorn being located in Boston. In all, there are 137 subordinate Commanderies in the United States, embracing an aggregate member ship of nearly 5,0U() Knights. The costume of the Knights Templar is very rich and beautiful ; it is as nearly as possible that of the chivalrous warriors in the middle ages. It will call vividly to mind those famous passages in their career, when side by side they stood on tho battle field, scorning to yield until the last man had kissed his cross-shaped hilt, confessed his sins to God, and fallen face to foe. m u From the Wilmington Journal. lW It had been expected by some por tions of the opposition, that the recent dis putes with regard to Mr. Walker's course in Kansas, would have produced divisions in the ranks of the Southern Democracy, calculated to jeopard its succoss in the elections of tho present month. How far these expectations have been realized may bo seen from tho result, which, in the aggregate, goes beyond even our hopes. Why this has been the case how it has come to pass that the opposition could reap no advantage from the domestic difficulties, was very clearly stated on the night of the 4th inst., at a grand rally of the Democracy of Montgomery, Alabama, by the Hon. Wm. L. Yancy, a gentleman whose opposition to Walker has been from the first, of the most open and decided character yea, even to bitterness. In regard to Kansas, Mr. Yan cey said that : "He blamed Walker for any official in terference at all, because he thus violated the principle of the Kansas-Nebraska act, which forbade Executive as well as Con gressional intervention. Walker, however, it turns out, is not against the wishes of tho pro-slavery men, our friends there. This fact altered the character of his conduct somewhat. As far as Walker had gone beyond the principle of the Kansas act, he had assurance from Washington that tho Administration would disapprove. The Union, which had veered to every point of the compass lately upon this question, was now, he believed, beginning to express the sentiments of the Cabinet. But, even if Walker and Buchanan should betray the South in Kansas, be should not be disposed to join the opposition in this District as a remedy. What ! join a party that oppos ed and denounced the repeal of the Mis souri Restriction ! discouraged Southern emigration to Kansas, and supported Fill more for President ! who characterized that repeal as an act of bad faith, a Pan dora's box, and impugned the motives of the South to repeal the odious restriction ! But WTalker was now flashing the sword at tbe head of the United States troops in de fence of Southern Rights, to put down the traitorous Freesoilers. If he did his duty in thus enforcing the laws, and proved true to tho Kansas act henceforward, he, for one, would be ready to forgive him for the blunder in his Inaugural and Topeka speech." Now, that tells the whole story. Where could men go 1 One Democratic appointee Uad made a blunder in one matter. The position of all parties opposed to Democ racy was wrong throughout. Sad Accident. Aden, a nepT-o man belonging to Mrs. Puri-di, employed on the road as a station hand, was run over by the Express train on Sunday morning last, on its downward passage, four or five miles west of this place, and instantly killed, the wheel mashing off the upper part of the head. H'dhboro Recorder. THE DIFFERENCE The Richmond Enquirer gives the fol lowing very truthful distinction of divi sions of the democracy: To be a State Rights Democrat is to be an advocate of the Union, 0 long as the South is safe within it, and to hold in re serve secession, as the remedy, when State sovereignty and the Constitution are inade quate to the maintenance of Southern inter ests and the defence of Southern honor. To be a Disunion Democrat, is to deny tbe efficacy of the Confederacy, to abandon all hope of peace and desire for fraternal friendship with the North, and to contend that a separation of the slave and anti slave States is to be wished and worked for earnestly and industriously by the people of the South. The one only asks that the Government shall be administered impar tially, as it was originated and designed for the benefit of all parts and portions, each State and section of our common coun try; remonstrating against every indication of aggression upon the States, but unwill ing to cry out for disunion on account of every imaginary grievance. The other looks with an eye of prejudice upon each act of the Federal Government, regards with distrust tho protestations, aye, the manly acts of our allies and friends at. the North, and is ever arguing, or rather rant ing, to prove that the South is sacrificing herself for the sake of the Union, that the Constitution is altogether annulled, and that there is no security for slavery except in separation. The State Rights Demo crat is he who would raise the war cry of Southern secession in such an event as the election of a Black Republican President, or the restoration of the Missouri Compro mise, but who sees as yet nothing to justify a disruption of the confederacy, and hopes for tho perpetuity of tho Union, by an un prejudiced and impartial enforcement of the Constitution. The Disunion Democrat is he, who, reckless of consequences, and regardless of the fact that the government is still in the hands of able, honest and pa triotic . men, that abolitionism has been beaten again in its efforts to seize upon the reins of power, and that the South is still secure in her rights, would dissever the North aud South to-morrow, and find no regret iu the thought that in the burial ground of nations, tho resting-place of this Union would be marked by a broken col umn. The State Rights Democracy are unwilling to abandon the Union yet But, while they hope to perpetuate it, should the rights of tho South become insecure in its keeping, they will not hesitate to unfurl a flag of iudependencG with only fifteen stars upon it. -s Gen. Jackson's Gold Snuff Box. It has already been stated that the joint com mittee of the common councils of New York have concluded to award to Col. Garrett W. Dyckman, of the New York Regiment, which served in the Mexican war, the gold box which was presented to Gen. Jackson by the authorities of that city, soon after his elevation to the Presidency, and at his death left by him to that person who should be adjudged to have been the most valiant in defence of his country's rights. Col. Dyckman is quite a young man, and refus ed to put in his claim, until the committee, induced by the testimony of numerous wit nesses waited upon him and urged him to make application. The snuffbox, which is valued at $1,000, is now in the hands of Andrew Jackson, Jr., of Tennessee, who purposes bringing it to New York himself. It will probably be presented to Major D. by the committee, in front of the City Hall, on the 14th of September, on which occa sion the military are expected to be out, a banquet given, and rather a splendid affair made of the proceeding. CHINESE SUGAR CANE. The following are the earliest notices we have seen of this year's crop of Chinese Sugar Cane. A correspondent of the Col umbia Times says : "On Saturday last I had the pleasure of inspecting a very good quality of Molasses, produced from tho Chinese Sugar Cane, grown by Dr. D. W. Rea, a planter in the Fork. The specimen proved to be a superior quality, a half gallon of which (Molasses) had been extracted from only twenty stalks. I learned that Dr. Rea, who is one of our most successful and influential citizens, has planted only four acres in this cane, and that he is satisfied be will be able to extract from it fifteen hundred gallons of Syrup, which, if equal to the specimen inspected, will be regarded by the heads of families quite acceptable for table use, to say noth ing of plantation purposes." Richard II. Smith, Esq., of Scotland Neck, N. C, writes to the Raleigh Register that he has made an experiment with the Chinese Sugar Cane, with the following re sults : "From three unripe joints of the cane, about one gill of juice was imperfectly ex tracted, and after having been boiled for half an hour, a table spoonful of very good molasses was obtained superior to the common grades of molasses. I write this to encourage those persons who have planted the cane, to go to work and make their mills, and give it a fair trial. If they have not cane enough to justify the expense of a mill with wooden rollers, let them extract the juice, as I have done in this instance, by using the edge of a piece of thick plank or scantling as a lever power. Make the experiment if with a pint of juice only. From the great yield of juice and the simple process required in making the mo lasses, I have no doubt of its complete suc cess, and that the day is not distant when the sugar-mill will be as common with our people as the cider-mill was years ago when every family will make their own mo lassesand the children white and black will eat bread and molasses, and drink "switched" to their heart's content. There are two things about which you should never grumble; the first is that which you cannot help, and the other that which you can help. AFFRAY AT NIAGARA FaTT An affray occurred at Niagara f causing considerable excitement th ' Tho particulars of these are as f02' A gentleman from the South K : or Missouri with his wife and d J were stopping at the InternationaTa11' On Tuesday they were on theCanar and took a ferry skiff to return. ' After the ladies had taken seats I skiff, an impudent colored man tora0 between them. The cent1om . at D-'.maii Why companied these ladies, the hushnnj c" and father of the other, requested tb v fvpiuv.; '"o Bout mm he occupy it. The fellow refused tocha his seat, and gave abusive lauguage . turn to politeness. The white m&u e: the black one by force from the 6f! choked him some. Yesterday morning the gentleman a wife came to the breakfast table at the I ternational later than usual, and aftej ly all the guests had left the dining roor' After taking his seat at the table beside wife, the negro with whom he had the alte cation in the skiff on the previous dav up to him and said, "you aro the . choked me yesterday." The reply w ! "yes and I ought to have thrown von the river." ' a mto At this point the black fellow struck th man on the head with a heavy tumbler fca ing him senseless to the floor. The wifeof the gentleman thus assaulted, rose, with commendable heroism, dealt theft a blow which restrained him. Without instant delay, she run up stairs to tk rr 1 . rooms she occupied, and finding the locked, her husband having the by, L burst the door open, seized a revolver, sEj ran to the dining room. By thi8 tjme -black waiters had passed their company out of the house, and out of the immediate danger. Tolerable quiet was restored h the interference of the proprietors ufth house aud friends. The negro who had caused the diir. banco ran to the river bank, intending tu escape to Canada, but did not succeed. H6 was arrested by a constable, aud while on his way to answer to the magistrate, iu pSSf. ing a hotel a shot was fired from the sec 2 story window. Tho ball did 110 mischief but passed near the constable and hispri, oner. Who fired the shot, no oae has m ascertained, or at least it is not publicly known. It is charged upon both partio. The negro was taken before a magistral examined and found guilty of the assault. Tho magistrate decided toseuteuce the fel low to pay a fine of $15 and go to jail fr three months. m n .1 t - . t, 1 A ne soutnerncr wno was assaulted came forward and requested that the fellow lit not sent to jail. Tho magistrate then changed the sentence to a fine of $'25, which was paid. Mecklenburg County RAILROAD SUBSCRIPTION At July Term, i87, of the Court ofFfewd Quarter session, held lor the Coiintv of M.ik- lt-uiiv.rg, at th: Court House in L'harlvttr, 1 majority of the Justices being prspct, fcm determined and proposed by iLi ui that tbHYtur ty ot MeeklentMirg shall subscribe (or fwdvn Hundred Shares ot the Cuintal Stock ot'iir Wilmington. Charlotte and Kutlic itord Biihd Company; Six Hundred Shares thereof ub applied to the J-.asteru Division, and the itast der to the Western Division of mid Kod; on- vided that a majority of tbe qualifies ftteud the County shall Have first expressed an opium favoring the same. And to ascertaia ItSMW of the people, it is ordered that the Sheriff of tku County shall, on the FIRST THURSDAY OF OCTOBER NEXT, open and ketpoptmi polls for holding au election in relation to mm subscription, agreeably to the Acts regTiiaiinj the elections for members of the General Awni bly; and on that day all the qualified voters h members of the House of Commons in tlwOMi' ty, favoring said subscription, may vote "YKX and all opposing tho subscription, may n " NO ; ' ' anu the result of said election i-iial', V faithfully made known to the next Teiui oltto Court, to be, made a matter of record. It is further ordered, that the Sheriff shall vertise this order for sixty days in at least 6 public places in this County prior to said day election. It is a condition of this order that when sa subscription shall be made, the funds wd thereby shall be expended within the tint s Mecklenburg; and that, if the vote is in fw" the subscription, the Company must isewels Bonds of the County up payment ti aid scriptiou at par value, which Hoiids shall ros not cxceodLigfe-cnty yeara, and bearing i" at 7 per cent. W. K. REID.Clnt August 11, 1857. O'J-rn VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE. The subscriber being removing to the West , offers for his valuable TRACT OF LAND- lying 4 miles south of Charlotte, on the tnaw and Columbia Railroad, containing about 4QO Acres- J50 is in cultivation, 75 of which is fre-b la" The balauce is woodland except W acres. On tho premises is a good Dwelling House and all neces sary out-houses, a Giu-llousc and, Screw, &c. There is an excellent Well ot f in the yard A old Mine has been open1 d l the laud. Persons desrious of purchasing a P'al".'?! with almost every advantage, wouludow call and examine the premises, cs it is that such property is offered to the publK Negroes will be taken in whole or for 1 of the purchase money. I will take ple" ' showing the Land to any odo desirous r , t.-..:-. : La 0,0 1st of ciianiiiK. x ossessiou given oj Aug-11,1857. C9-tf HEAD-QIARTEBS. CHARLOTTE N. C, July 28, l"' (GENERAL OIWEHS Commissioned and non-commissiontd cers and Privates of the 62d and f Regiments of the 11th Brigade 0 ' Militia. ATTENTION1 ! FOR the purpose of a more compl' i"' organization of the 62d, fitfth and b'Jth of the 11th Brigade and the 'th K-g'i the 14th Brigade N. C Militia, you JJJj ordered to appear before me at your resp places of Reviews as follows, viz : y The Officers and rank and file "1 Reg-intent to apjear at the Court Hon -Town of Charlotte, N. C., on tin- j'1 'fr September next, at II o'clock, A. ..-y Officers and rank and tie of tbe "vr to appear at the Court House in the crrd N. C, on the 19th of S Vf . vSi Colonels and Majors to fill the vgr respective offices aforesaid in said K j- y, 11 U C1UCH, .rV- iu ctjB7a v. vi" . Ill Brigadier ng 11th Brigade Commandin D