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Western Democrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 4th inst., the Printing Bill offered by Mr Johnson, of Tenn., was slight ly amended and passed. The President signed the Kansas bill on the 3d. In the House, Mr Faulkner submitted a bill to complete the Military Road in Oregon. The Paulding affair was taken up, and Mr Ritchie made a minoritv rcnort. thanking the Commodore fnr seizino- Walkpr Mr Clintrnian reported a joint v m , - resolution abrogating Hie Clayton-Bulwcr Treaty, The Minnesota bill was taken up. Several mo- . . . ... i .MfMi,iini i v - r tions to amend. The third reading of the bill was , him oxecutive agistracy of North Caro negatived. ! lina, and no man of ordinary sensibility can fail in In the Senate on the 5th, the Judiciary Com- a right estimation of the honor and distinction of mittee reported adversely to the pas c sate oi u ut;ii- ... , . . . . j i or?. KnnL nui law Mr Benianun introduced a resolution of inquiry as to our present relations j that j make ti,;., announcement, lam only sus with Meiico. and whether any measure had been tllined hv the consciousness that I shall bring to adopted to secure indemnity for the Tampico out- rases. Agreed U. A bill for the relief of thc widow of the late Commandor Herndon was passed j by a vote of 32 to & Mr Mason's original Para- guay resclton was passed; it authorizes the rresi- mm. - m .a k t dent k use the requsite force to obtain justice. In the House, the French Spoliation bill was reported, and postponed until next January. The right of Conmdere Paulding to arrest General Walker, was discussed. 31 r Clingman introduced a resolution against the interference of the I'nitcd States on foreign soil, and made a speech, giving a hOPry of the Nicaraguan affair, and in favor of the abrogation of the Clavton-Bulwcr Treaty. He said he knew the British Cabinet was tired of this edmpTiciry, and willing to abrogate the treaty on fair and honorable terms. in the .Senate on the 7th, Mr Clingman was sworn in as foirator from North Carolina. Thc Senate adjourned through respect to thc memory of Senator Evans. 5n the -House, Mr Clingman resigned his seat. Thc -House ;also adjourned out of respect for Sen ator Evans. JUDGE ELLIS' RESIGNATION. We are inddbtcd to His Excellency (Jov. Bragg '(ay9 the Standard) for a copy of Judge Ellis' let ter of resignation, which is as follows : JacKSOlf, April 20, 1S;")8. .Sir : Having to-day closed my circuit with Northampton Court, 1 avail myself of the earliest occasion thereafter, in pursuance of a purpose here tofore formed, to resign to you my commission as a Judare of thc Superior Courts of law and EjnHy. rIti surrendering' th"s rniinant io.siti)n, with which I was 'honored by thef General Assembly of the State at an early period of life, I take the oc easlon to express through you, ray acknowledg ments to the people of North-Carolina, for the aid I have ever received at their hands, in the dis charge of the official duties. Never have any people evinced a more law abiding spirit, or a more uaanimous disposition to sustain-the. magistrate in thc sAninintistimi of the laws. To the members of the legal profession have I been uniformly indebted for enlightened counsel and courteous attentions in our official intercourse, of which .1 sballever have a grateful recollection. Your obedient servant, JOHN W. ELLIS. Thomas Bkaoo, Esq., tjoveriier, kc. Raleigh, N C. For A Hextrrn Ihmocrc.t. DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN LINCOLN COUNTY. At a meeting of the Democratic partv of Lin coln County, held at the Court House in Lincoln ton, on Saturday, May 1st, 1858, on motion, Col. A. P. Causler was called to the Chair, and lavid Williams requested to act as Secretary. Wm. Lander, Esq., explained the object of the aneeting, after vhich the following preamble and .resolutions were adopted: Whereas, at a meeting of the democratic party of Gaston county, a Convention was called to meet in Lincolnton on the 2d Friday in May, to nomi matc a candidate for the Senate, to represent this District in thc next Legislature, and the democra cy of this county being desirous to meet Gaston And Catawba in said Convention, be it therefore Resolved, That the Chairman appoint fifteen delegates from each Captain's Com any to repre sent the democracy in said Convention, and also to nominate a candidate to represent Lincoln coun ty in the House of Commons. ReswJved, That all other democrats of the coun ty who may be present on the day of meeting lie considered delegates Resolved, That the Chairman and Secretary be ; added to the list of delegates The Chairman then appointed the following gentlemen as delegates: Crau-forTt Company Robt Williamson. Thcojtliilus Sherrill, W M Rineha'rdt. J A Runisour, Win J Hoke. W It Clarke, Jonas Paysour, H Tanslcr, R G Ramscv. J B bmitli, Lewis LMhnger, Philip Plank. R R Suimnrr Dsm l Miis teller, Andrew Hauss. Beam's Company J M Ream, Joseph Williams, I) F Beam, Thos Bess, Dan l Rnp, David Pratt, G W Hull, Joshua Pcudleton. Sam'l Bailey. Martin Shytle. Law eon Bess. Newman Alexander, Peter Baxter. Philip Car penter, Wm Linehardt. Roberts' Company Joseph Stanley, Si. .1 A Roberts, Lawsou Hill, Gen Dan l Seagle. W H Hull. David Boiles. John Wood, Coon Schnonce, Jacob Hoke. H Rhodes, Jr. Petr Saback, F A Houser, Jacob Rinebardt. David Rhodes, M F Hull. Carpenter $ Company J A Huss. Joseph Houser. John HoAver. Jonas Carpenter. Dan l Hoke, Absolein Wood, John P Cansler, C Quiekel, Goorge Koon, Abram Hnv ner, George Wise, John Rhyne, John Sain. Abram Sain. L fi Lorancc. Slacklurn Company Michael Carpenter, George Hudick. Ambrose Costner, Andrew Kilttan, Robt Black bum, Jacob Summerow, Wm McCaslin. David Seagle, Henry Bhodes, Sr, Noah Summerow, Jas Summerow. Michael Finger, Solomon Shruni, Jr. J 11 Blackburn. George Summerow. Atbury' Company Jacob Helderman. Aaron Good ton, Jacob Arentz, Solomon Rudisill, David Summerow, John Shrum, Daniel Asbury, Wm Xorwan. Spencer Munday, Rufus Lowe, Solomon Shrum, Sr, John Hel deriaswa. F M Rhinehardt, Jacob Reel. Dan l Dsliinger, Henry Link. Shel;on s C'ompan; W n Howard, L E Killian, W W Munday, J W Lowe, Mcacon Shelton. J W Derr Frank Howard, David Lockman. Isaac Lowe. H W Conner. J t uooason. tlihu Lockman. Joseph Shailon. Thomas Thompson, Freeman Kelly. Btali Uld field Company R E Burch. D A Lowe. George Kincaide. Thos Roszell. Milton Rankin. James Bryant, James Kincaide, P Cahlll. John Mela tosh, Thos Williamsou, Philip Bryant. B F Weathers. J H McLure, J A Saddler, F Hambright. On motion, the proceedings were ordered to he published in the Western Democrat, and the meet ing adjourned. A. P. CANSLER, Ch'n. David Williams, Secy. LETTER FROM DUNCAN K. M RAE. Raleigh, April 26, 1858. Fellow-Citizens: In announcing myself to you as a candidate for your suffrages at the elec- tion to ho he d in Anirust next, lor tne omce ui DC neiu in Awim "f-M, .. Governor, I take the occasdan to repeat the regret I have often expressed : that some one else better quailificd to maintain and uphold the great ques i tion I have been for the last six months endeavor ing to present to you, has not consented to take, i or continue in the field. In this slate of the case, I have not been able to resist the appeals which ' have been made to me by men of both parties, and without roLrr-nce tn nurtv. to consent to be a can to consent to be didate. - - i . j j No man who has a proper appreciation of the P1 nfnr. . 4 ,be lmPrea M1 rr.urnclV.illM- ,f 'ivkincrtn h:ivp conferred UDOD i heinir thus cler-ind bv the voice ot the people. 1 r y . . .1 ! 1 .1.- 1 L , .1. ..v, : xl . IX-.. t ...,,1 iY.s. ntltrir nm if am 1USMV Ililfiiiiui oi uic unc anu u v"vi, n.v v . J. . J 1 . , i t a nrti unnfCiu.tni iliffiilonee of mv merits and abilitv , your service, if honored by your choosing, a heart : devoted to thc welfare of our beloved moth- er. and wholly determined to strive after her in terests, and faithfully to maintain her honor and integrity. 1 know that all questions of policy ought W . . . i . l to be presented to the people, and l shall frankly meet all interrogations upon every issue which may rise. Having no platform purposely con struct d to he equivocal, on which to stand, without restraint by an dictation of caucus, .ind having ample freedom of movement, without danger of "missing the plank' I shall be able candidly to set forth to the people my views and sentiments. Seeking to obtain no man's vote by concealment, artifice, evasion, mjf language shall be to express, ami not to hide, my opinions. It is well known that 1 am opposed to any in crease of the State debt, or any addition to her lia bility, at this time, for works of Internal Improve ment. Nevertheless, I am an advocate of the completion of our present system, and of extending aid toother most important works, now slighted or neglected. T do not exaggerate or over-estimate the means when I say that if I can lead thc people of North Carolina to adopt the plan I shall pre sent, our Hail Roads can be at once extended to the Vallev of the Mississippi. The old town of 1 J . ; Fsyetteville, thc only market town ot our State in : the interior, situated on a river really navigable, the j ancient market for our friends of the West, now i within 40 miles of our vast mineral resources, and j just in this moment cut off and isolated, may be re i stored to communication with her former custom ! crs. Steam enterprise from our Eastern harbors ! may be undertaken, and all worthy objects of im- provement entered on and completed, without ad i ditioual burden upon our people, while the present i debt may be speedily extinguished and our pres j eat heavy taxation removed. What this plan is, I shall present in detail at the proper time, as 1 have already in part done. It is j known that in politics I have been always a Peino- crat. From my youth up, the records of this par ; ty bear testimony to my service and fidelity. ! There is now no organized opposition. Roth can- didatcs in all likelihood, will be willing L have I the votes of those differing from them in politics. It shall be my effort to deprive the canvass of a party character to secure to the people for one i time, the selection of a Governor without refer ! ence to his political affiliations. My appeal shall be made to my fellow citizens in the mass. If they I deem me worthy, and clothe me with the high trust to which 1 aspire, 1 will endeavor so to hold ' the reins of Government as to guide old North Carolina out of her difficulties and embarrassment, into the paths of prosperity and peace. Your friend and obd't servant, I). K. McRAE. CONSUMPTION OF COTTON IN EUROPE. The report of the Hon. Jacob Thompson, Sec retary of the Interior, communicating the report of John Claiborne, Esq., the Special Agent ap pointed to collect statistics on the consumption of Cotton in Europe, is an unusually valuable docu ment, alike to thc producer and consumer of cot ton. Hie length of the report forbids its publica tion in our columns, and we present, in lieu there of, the following abstracts : ENGLAND. In 1856 the import from the 1 I'nitcd States to England amounted to 780,040,- 016 lbs.; from the East Indies 180,496,624 lbs.; and from all other sources 03,346,888 lbs. Dur ing the qninqnenni: 1 period, 1851 '55, our cotton States furnished England with the enormous I amount of 3,424.502,024 lbs , all other countries j furnishing only 937,024,275 lbs. In the same period thc total export from the United States was 5,128,235,805 lbs. FRANCE. From the valuable work of M. Mo reau de Jonncs, the report extracts the following statistics, probably for 1855: Cotton imported to the amount of 138,226,000 lbs., valued at $17,519,- 750. Spinneries 500, employing 03,004 people, and producing yarns to the value at 27,379.200. j 1 here are 144 establishments tor the turthcr ! manufacture of pure cotton tissues, employing 14o,474 people, using yarns valued at 18,384,806 and producing tissues valued at $30,448,200 Other establishments, 550 in number, manufac ture laces, embroideries, and stuffs, in which cotton is used, but not solely, giving employment to 06, 302 people. By the labor thus bestowed upon the original 138,226,000 lbs. imported, it becomes valued at 802,012,40J, equal to 350 per cent of its prime value. In 1850, 173,920,744 lbs, cot ton were imported from the United States for con sumption, and 41,543.259 m transitu. In thc same year, cottou tissues of French fabrication were exported to the United States, valued at 1,897,200. Thk Zollykrf.in. There were in 1857, 190 cotton manufactories in the German Zollverein, consuming 121,050 bales of American cotton, against 04.900 bales from all other sources. From reliab'e data, these numbers will be increased the present year to 208 manufactories, consuming I08.O0O bales American cotton, and 77.300 bales others. In 1853, 91.120,119 lbs. cotton were im ported into the Zollverein, and 52.517.991 lbs. yarns and threads. Prussia receiving about seven ninths of this quantity. ArSTUIA. In 1856, according to an official re ! port 84,774,371 lbs. Cotton were imported into j Austria. In 1854, 189 establishment? for cotton j manufacturing were in operation in Austria, con suming (estimated) 145,000 bales. The importation of raw cotton into Lombard v is estimated at 30,000 bales, of which 25.000 are of the growth of the United States, and 5,000 of the Indies and the Levant. SWITZERLAND. From an official table, it ap pears that the import of Cotton into the Cantons of Switzerland, during the year 1856, amounted to 28,580,310 lbs., besides 386,540 lbs. yarns and threads. The annual amount exported averages 19,009,650 Ihs., while there are 10,208,770 lbs. consumed at home. 48 weaving mills in rri l o.- , i are spmneries ana ; SWHMnua. ' WESTERN DEMOCRAT, C HARLOTTE, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LATER FROM EUROPE. , , d fc ult T ln ,h MMut of T.ov Is nn thp 19th tho opinion of the law officers of the crown on the Chilian seizure was announced. Two pronounce it legal and one illegal. Under these circumstances the government think any strong measures unde- sirable at present. The acquittal of Bernard caused a great sensa- tion in France. The Monitcur did not publish the result when first received, and several journals confessed that they dared not publish tfce .peeeh j of thc r oi tne prisoner s counsel, wtners gave garoic ac- The Paris correspondent of ! the Times says the Emperor and his advisers do not regard the matter with inuineience, but no exciting language will be employed by the French press. LATER. Thc steamer Europa arrived on the 4th inst, bringing advices from Liverpool to the 24th ult. The sales of cotton for the week amounted to 88,000 bales. Fair advanced I to 2d.; the low qualities have advanced d. closing firm. HreadstufFs quiet. Corn advancing. Provisions dull. The work of persecution in France is going on silently, but unceasingly. Doomed prisoners are continuing to reach Marseilles every night from all department t. The arrests were all predetermin ed. They took place simultaneously in all locali ties a few days before thc promulgation of the law of public safety, from the old and recent lists of names, merely marked with the word '-republican." They are very numerous. The governor of Alge ria writes, urging for other places of confinement being chosen. Algiers alone has already 700 prisoners. The ferocity in the execution of the orders is rivalling the Syllan despotism of the measures. M Lebrun, a notary at Charot, arondisseinent of Bonrges, department of the Cher, was arrested at the end of his dinner. Struck by the sudden ness of the measure he was taken ill. He was re fused all help, and was brutally dragged into the van. On the way, at St. Florent, he implored for a medical man, and was equally refused. On reaching the Maison d' Arret, at Bourges, his state was such that the jailor declined to receive him. He was taken to the hospital, where soon after he died. Jean Bartheix, inn-kecper, at Mazannet, depart ment of the Tarn, seventy years old, had been transported to Cayenne in 1852, from whence, three years alter, he was removed to Algiers. He remained there until February, 1858. Being then seized with a severe complaint (swelling of the liver,) he obtained a ticket of leave for six months, and hastened home. Fight days after, he was ar rested, manacled, dragged from prison to prison to Marseilles, where he is now in a dying state and without any medical hel . Italy The conspiracy bill has been again warmly debated in the Sardinian Chambers of Deputies. Count Cavour declared that the meas ure was introduced irrespective of any external pressure, and that the ministry had made it a cabi net question. PRUSSIA. The Chamber of Deputies had agreed to the augmentation of duty on beet root sugar, making it one-forth instead of one-fifth of a thaler. RUSSIA. All import and export duties arc to be increased by five kopecs a ruble from July 1, the additional revenue to be employed on thc fron tier railways. INDIA. The trial of the King of Delhi was con cluded on the 9th March, but the result was not known. Nena Sahib was at Calpee preparing to pene trate the Deccan, in hopes of being joined by the Mahrattas. The British would soon attack Calpee. The executions at Delhi and other cities con tinued. Thc news from Lncknow is to the 19th of March. At that time the city was entirely unoc cupied by the British troops. There is of course . .1 1 r exaggerations as to tne number ot the enemy. I he resistance was creditable to the rebels ; there was fighting from the 0th to the 14th, perhaps to the 19th, but on the 14th "soldiers and civilians poured out of thc city in a torrent " They were pursued by (Jen. Franks with 10,000 cavalry and artillery, and no doubt the fugitives have suffered severely. Where the remnant had gone to was not known, but there can be no doubt they will not again offer any resistance. The Leviathan will not be completed till Au tumn, when she will make several trips to Ameri ca. And next Spring enter China and Australia trade. The Servian Ministry have resigned. The Eu ropean complications were increasing. Austria was concentrating troops on the Sardin ion Frontier. Placentia had been placed in a State of scige. The difficulty with France and Portugal relative to the seizure of a French vessel containing emigrants has been settled. A change in the Ministry of Portugal was ex pected. According to a Madrid correspondent of the New York Tribune, a Democratic revolution is at hand in Spain, thc success of which is to establish a republican government. A letter from the correspondent of the Times in China shows that up to the taking of Canton we knew nothing of China, and that those who affected to be informed knew no more than those who ad mitted their ignorance. INTERESTING FROM MEXICO. The steamship General Rusk, Captain Smith, from Brazos, Santiago, with dates to the 24th April arrived at New Orleans on Wednesday last. By a previous arrival we learned that the party 1 of Indians who committed murder and other out- I rages on the American side of the river, were pur sued into Mexico and captured. Thc Brownsville ! Flag of the 14th gives the following particulars of the occurrence : The 1 ndians were overtaken at a place called '"La Mesa," on the other bank of the river, on the day after the depredation. Gn being attacked, they fled to thc woods ; but were surrounded, and we are told live of their number were killed. The remainder then surrendered at discretion, after de man ding a promise from their captors that they I would not be sent back to this lank ef the Rio Grande. We learn that they have been brought into Matamoraa p.nd lodged in prison. We arc uninformed as to what disposition will be made of thorn though it is hoped they will not be allowed again to trespass on life and property. Wiih our: citizens there seems to be a settled determination on this head, should they ever again come within their reach. The Flag states that a sum of between two and three hundred thousand dollars had arrived in Brownsville from Zacetecas, in charge of Don ! noque karate. In consideration of the unsettled state of the country about Zacetecas, Don Rotjue employed an escort of forty soldiers, who were dis- missed at Monterey, and it was rumored that on their return, they were attacked and massacred by . : ...... yjkl about one hundred and fifty Indians. . " 1 REJOICING IN WASHINGTON. The night after the passage of the Kansas bill the President was serenaded and congratulated by a large concourse of people. Mr Buchanan addressed the company as follows : Gentlemen : I feel very much honored by the kindness which you have displayed in coming in j J such respectable numbers to give me a serenade, ; 1 have long been acquainted with Washington. I ' have been intimate with my fellow-citizens of this j city for a longer period than many of you have lived, and have never received anything but kind- j Dees, attention, and good will from the population of this Lhstnct Cheers, j 1 thank y most ; coiuiaiiy isaiine Kinuuess wuicu youi wnn;i have extended to me still lives in the breasts of j their children, and I hore when I leave the city, ; it 1 live to return to my quiet nome, l snan can,) Willi me your auecuouaie regaro, huru j- otm" endeavor to deserve. Applause. This is a .rrr.nt oeension on which vou have assembled. It .1 ir A A ...l.,.. I. chn ' is far above men. The best interests of the country I were involved in the long contest which has so ! happily terminated. Applause. I hope and ! believe that the result will tend to promote the j peace and prosperity of our glorious Union, cheers; j and, of all the people upon the face of the earth, the people of Washington are the most interested iii preserving this unity of interests which has rendered us glorious abroad, and successful and prosperous at home. Cheers. I do not think that it will be becoming in me to enter into any discussion of thc great question which has so hap pilv terminated. I therefore must conclude these brief remarks wiih again repeating to you how heartily I feel your kindness, and how gratefully I shall ever remember it to the last period of my existence. Cheers. The President, having retired, again approached thc window ; and remarked that there were several gentlemen with him. He did not know whether his friend Toombs would be willing to speak or not. Immediately there was a loud and prolonged call for Senator Toombs, who came forward, and, so soon as quiet was restored, spoke as follows : MR. TOOMBS' SPEECH. Being introduced by thc distinguished patriot and Chief Magistrate who has just addressed you, as well as encouraged by your complimentary notice, I suppose I must join my congratulations with yours upon this auspicious occasion, which calls for rejoicing throughout the broad land. After a contest of ten years, growing out of sec tional differences, we have yesterday in the House of Representatives and Senate passed a measure, and I doubt not it will be confirmed by the Presi dent of the United States, of great permanent )eaee for ourselves and our children after us. Applause. This is a pacification in which there tas been no dishonor anywhere, in which there has been no concession by the North to the South, or by the South to the North, but iu a spirit of broth erhood and patriotism they have come together and settled their sectional differences upon a sacred and permanent, and fundamental ground of public principle and public honor. Applause. There fore, as there is a triumph nowhere, there is a sting nowhere, and we see nothing in the bright and brilliant future but peace and harmony, and prosperity to the glorious organization of the Democratic party who have brought the country safe through all its struggles. Therefore, gentle men, 1 have a right to rejoice. Let us all rejoice. Let the voice reverberate from the hill tops and through valleys all over this land from the Atlantic to the Pacific frcm the Lakes to thc Culf that there is peace, true peace, honorable peace, throughout out all thc land ot America. Applause And who arc there to oppose it; who hall raise a voice to destroy it I fa voice in the crowd; "Nobody." Where shall it come from ? It can only come from the disappointed cabal the coalition who traffic in public safety, public honor; and they will sink in inglorious obseurity while the star of America shall rise and shine transcendent now and forever. Great Cheering. FROM UTAH. The Leavenworth Ledger says that despatches from Utah reached Leavenworth on Monday the 3d inst., asking reinforcements, and stating that a skirmish had occurred between a Mormon guerilla arty, and a body of troops under Capt. Anderson; two thirds killed on both sides. A TALE OF HORRORS. An atrocious crime has just been perpetrated iu Sziksza, Hungary. A hawker, who had long been in the habit of travelling about the country sell ing linen, stopped for the night at the house of a .... ....JV, , peasant. After taking his supper quietly with his I hest, he retired to bed. In tne middle ut the niuht the wife awoke her husband, and proposed to him to go and murder thc hawker, in order to get pos session of his property. The husband positively refused, on which the woman calling him a coward went and plunged a large knife into the heart 01 thc sleeping hawker. Thc husband then, by order of his wife, put thc body into a sack and threw it into thc river, while she sat about removing all the marks of blood. In the morning, her son, a boy of five years of age, asked his mother for a piece of bread, when she took the knife to cut him a slice. Seeing this, the child cried out, "Do not cut it with that knife, for you used it to kill the hawker !" On this the woman, fearing that the crime would be revealed by the child, seized hold of him and threw7 him into the oven. It so hap pened that on the very night of the murder, the house of another peasant had been robbed of a quantity of meat and bacon, and thc owner had been prowling about in search of thc thief. In passing near the house of his neighbor he smelt an extraordinary odor of something burning, and gave an alarm. When persons were entering the house to search for the c;ittse of the smell, the L.wl ..U.l .v.- i,..ix- i 1 i thc child from thc oven, and was endeavoring to carry it away m her apron, but one of the feet was seen protruding and the whole affair was dis covered. The peasant and his wife were arrested and the woman made a full Confession of her guilt. Thk Two Extremes. The St. "Lou-.s Democrat lias the following paragraph upon the arrival of Col. Kenton'.-- remains in that city: "j5y its side was the little coffin containing thc body of thc statesman's erandchild, McDowell I Jones Each body was enclosed in an aiv tieht zinc case, winch was laid within a mahooanv coffin hi V I:d Was raised so cs to allow friends to W.l- - 7 h rough a glass on the faces of the dead. The face of the great Missourian wore that expression of majestic placidity which was habitual to XI 1 111 13 life. The lips were slightly open, the eyes closed. and every lineament in the face in that indicated how trcntle and the end of the veteran's stormy H e. TWw,a . . - -j j o-ic ycl.- ijij , discoloration or wrinkle to be seen, and thc presence ; of death was risible only in the closed eyelids, and toe co Id, white, marble-like features. arrf'ir;iliCO Ot tbo an Thc mnHcKIM W ... '!,. .u, i. only sleeping with tL ln33 golden ha r. nestW amid ark- .. " , early BDrioir flower, who, rmri.v wWf si vi'jcii linn, urav own roan-spirit ' ' l - p M . O. " NEWS ITEtLL A Sad Occurrence,-- ! i,v m. R.lw.W Mnnre. that on Wednesday morning TT.rT3 ,1 i., fiAir.fi va vears. a respeciaDie ciuras Alamance county, committed suicide by hanging himself. The fatal act was couiimnou uuiu nr wh ch he had tor some uuie ; oi Bwnn-uVi . , . j Recorder i occasionally suffered his mina to oe oppress t)tSXREssing CiSUALlTV. We regret to learn n little son of Dr. Thos. C. Hall, of Anson j tnatdoe , between 2 or 3 j conn y, t a J Wednegdav last by a j-j-j who was playing with a j c - . ,. , . i-now was loaded. The : Sn -wb bo U.l not know was loaaea n Uivu aw shooting was undoubtedly aeciueruai, me being devotedly attached to his little master. Fayetteville Observer. Dr. Samuel H. Dickson, of Charleston, S. C. has been elected to the Professorship of Theory and Practice, in thc Jefferson College Philadelphia, Charleston, May 2. The steamship James Adger burst her steam machinery on Friday night, killing three firemen, and severely wounding the engineer and another fireman. The Norfolk Argus says "Snow this late in the spring is not unprecedented. We have often had snow in April and May; and in June, 1774, when cherries and other fruits Were ripe, there was a snow in Virginia nearly a foot deep." Devastations of Grasshoppers. The latest Texas papers speak of the devastations committed by grasshoppers. In many places entire corn fields have been laid waste, there not being left a blade or stalk of anything green. The corn, which had grown five or six inches high, has been utterly destroyed. A gntleman, from San Antonia, says these insects completely cover thc prairies in many places, destroying everything before them as they go. They are said, to be quite small, only one-half or three quarters of an inch in length. tStf We learn that a severe storm of wind and rain passed through portions of Moore, Chatham, Cumberland and Johnston counties on the 23d ult., tearing away fences, houses, trees, and scooping up the soil itself down to the clay, where the soil was soft and freshly plowed. Great destruction was done to the timber. We have heard of no lives being lost. We fear that this cold spell will prove very disastrous to the young growing crps. Corn Cotton, vegetables and fruit, have all been injured, and in many instances destroyed. Cotton, and perhaps Corn, will have to be planted over. Camden (S.C) Journal Cotton Killed in Georgia. A correspondent in Madison writes to the Augusta Constitutionalist that a severe frost was noticed in that locality on Saturday morning last, and it is likely the wheat crop is injured. In Walton county, we learn that the frost killed young cotton. We learn that Dr. S. S. Satchwell, of New Hanover, will deliver the annual literary address, and Ilev. J. L. Pritchard, of lliuington, will preach the sermon before the graduating class at the annual commencement, at Wake Forest College, in June. JUDGE Lorino. The nomination of Judge I Lorinr, of Mass.. to supnlv the vacancy in the j Court of Claims, occasioned by the death of Judge Gilchrist, was on Monday communicated to the Senate, by the President. Nearly all the Demo cratic members united in a request for his appoint ment. It is stated very positively in Washington letters that not only Sonora but Chihuahua and Lower California will be offered to our Government at a fair valuation and that an accredited agent is to come to Washington with full power to act Mr Young, late United States consul at Curacoa, has arrived at Washington with important dispatches from San Domingo. The condition of affairs as represented by Mr Young, is truly alarming. The American consul, the American flag, and in fact every white inhabitant on the island, are subject to daily insults by negro mobs incited, no doubt, by their worthless and forocious negro leader Baez. An Tmtortaxt Fact. A recent article , . ., .. m ' """""" revera me important iact that the government of England h to seek for military recruits for India among the fugitive slaves which are now in Canada This is turning philanthropy to a profitable account. From the Sing Sing Chronicle. TOUCHING SCENE IN A STATE PRISON One evening last week, just as the bell of the MUg ing i'nson was ringing "all right." and most of the officers were about taking their depar ture from the institution, a little girl, about seven ! years of age, entered thc Warden's office. On i being questioned as to her name and errand, she I said that her name was Agnes W , mid that ! she had "come all the way from New York to see her father, whom her mother had told her was in i prison at Sing Sing." The intelligent and mourn ; ful looks of the child soon enlisted the sympathy of the Warden and other officers, and it was at , once decided to gratify the wishes of the little heroine. But a difficulty at once arose there being no less than four convicts bearing the same name as the father, but this difficulty was soon overcome by the little girl herself. "J "" Jil-l ft' 9J ?i 1 her ffhr was a by trade, .... ... . I t unte iiiuL o yv employed in the "Shook Shop" was the looked for father. He was soon brought from his cell to the effice, and the scene which took place between the convict father and his child will not be soon for gotten by those who witnessed it. Accustomed as the officers are to affecting scenes between the con victs and their iclativcs, this one was too much for their feeling, and a tear stood in the eye of many of those stout hearted men. The story of little Agnes to her father was "that her mother was very Door. l:ved out nf and nu ... l - mJ 1 7 " V KT; 1 iVC, U . S C ) Ii 1 ' J 11 v (i I ' IMI1 I I II IV) C u I E. ' "mi, ou i?uu iiiou erlnJ do. wouiu come hersett ; that she left New York that morning without one cent of money walked through the city till she came to the railroad that ii , ' oc some nova loia her passed through that she crept in one of thc cars and ing .SinK; hid herself a 5! f pP05 awa3-. and hen found by the conductor, he allow peaoef.1 had been ed her to ride all the way for nothing nA .cu. T t " ',1 lur P and that A, . ,, - VJlKl "Cl L"G way to trio . i ... 1 1 " J some oi me the prison. " After use After spending some time with her father she 1 or uie nigiu Dy one of !T5 ,iL Hf f onr Lf, nrr to Jew lork, and had X U7i73r ae.voted " a to the IZTT 7 ,lUtC' where ehe wil1 taken of, and properly and kindly treated. Pat of Army Offickrs. The following are given as the amount received per year by tK several army officers named: Gen. Scott $18 Gen. Wool, $8,854; General Persifer F. 2? $8,189; Adjutant Gen. Cooper, $5,093- v McDowell, $4,020; Col. Totton, $4,648; Gen, Harney, $5,031; Col. May, $3,519; and the 2 average receipts is, colonels $4,800, lieut. coloLu aayVW) VW)VVV, vavuiuu ywvv, lieutdji,, OO AAA UUU Protection to Married Men. An act been introduced in the California Assembly J! exempt from attachment execution or garnishme'm one month's wages, not exceeding one hundred n(j fifty dollars, of married mechanics, laborers n(j clerks, and of persons having under their charw and dependent on them for support, fathers mother, minor brothers or sisters, children of a deceag wife, or orphan children. The Secretary of the Treasury received on Wednesday fifteen hundred dollars in TreasUrT notes from an unknown individual in New who states that he has cheated the government ui that amount during Pierce's administration. NOTICE. o UR NOTES and ACrOUNTK are in the handt f W. A. OWENS, Esq., for collection ; and tho.. wishing to save time ami money, must settle bjr CASH before the 1st of July, 1858. FI LLINGS CO May 4, 1858. 2m. Notice. LOST, on or about the 14th March last, a Not 0 E. A. McLeod for $12j, given 8th March last, and dut twelve months after date. The payee is hereby noting not to settle said Note except by my presentation or order. M. B. CALDWELL May 4. 1858. 3t-pd Stale of X. Carolina, Lincoln Cuubm, In Equity SZpriitg Term, 1858. Caleb Miller and others vs. Franklin Hauss and othtri. Petition to sell Land. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Franklin Hauss, John Miller mid wife, Camilla Hanti a.id Andrew J. Hauss nre non-residenta of tlua State. It is therefore ordered that publication be made in the Western Democrat for six weeks, notifying the said de fendants to appear at the next Court of Equity, to r held for Lincoln county, at the Court House in Lincoh, ton, on the 8th Monday after the 4th Monday in August next, to answer, plead or demur, or judgment pro-con fesso will be taken against them. Witness, Wm. J. Hoke, Clerk and Master in Equity for said County, at office, the 8th Monday nfter the 4th Monday in February, 1858. WM. J. HOKE, C. k M K. May 4th. Pr's fee $t. LAUREL. SPIMXC TB1HE first Session of this School will commence on M the first Monday in May, and close by the lust of September. It is located in Ashe county, near Laurel Spring P. O. No situation in the State atTords greater advantages in the summer season for such a School, than this. The purity of the atmosphere, the excel lence of the water, and thc proverbial healthfulnesi ef the place, will be an inducement with parents who wiih to combine health with intellectual improvement. The undersigned, with a competent female Assistant, will spare no pains to make thc School what its friendi desire it to be. Special regard will be had to the moral culture of youth committed to our care. Terms of Tuition, per Session of 'five months: Elementary Branches of an English I'M ii cut ion. Jj 00. Higher Branches of English usually taught in such Academies, $7 50. Board can be had in respectable families near the Academy, at iJiG 00 per month. Pupils will be charged from thc time of enframe to the close of Session; no doduction made except in casei of sickness. J. II I NTER. April 27, 1858. r,-3t-pd NOTICE Trust Sale. BY VIRTUE of a Deed of Trust, to me executed by J. C. Moore and M. I). L. Moody. I will expose to public sale at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Saturday, the 22d of May next, a House and Lot, in the town of Charlotte, on Trade Street, now occupied by J. C. Moore as a residence. The building contains a convenient Store Room. A credit of three months, with interest from date, will be given. Note negotiable in thc Bank of Charlotte will be required. SAM'L J. LOWRIE, Trustee. April 20, 1858. 5-5t Persons indebted to A. Hill k Co.. by note or account, will find them in the hands of HUTCHISON k BROWN. Call soon or they will be placed iu an officer's hands for collection. April 27, 1858. WK ,liive of some nstoni.-hiiig cures bring made by Prof. DeUrath's Electric Oil. It seems to act on the diseased parts with remarkable effect, and in a short space of time health regains its sway. For sale by II. M. Pritchard. EECEIVIXC 1 T A Large Stock of Fancy and Staple I)rv Goodf, Bonnetts and Ribbons, Clothing, Boots and .Shoes, Ladies' Shoes, a large Stock of Groceries, a Full Supply of Hardware, Fancy Goods; Watches and Jew eirv, and 10,000 other articles not mentioned. fitajr Please call ut Springs' Corner before buying and be satisfied that it is after all the best place to buy Goods low. HENDERSON k AH RUNS. N. B.-We have also a full Stock of the above Good at our Store at MORROWS' TURN OlfT. To which we would invite the attention of the public in that neighborhood. HENDERSON k AHRENS. April G, 1858. 3tf VST THE RELIEF afforded by Dr. J. Hosteller s Stomach Bitters " in all cases of Dv lar affections has given that valuable preparation wide popularity among thoso who for years suffered from such ailments. It is excellent as a tonic and ben?hcient in its effects on the o stein. Its historv one almr - t of miracles, one to which Dr. Hostt tter "can point with confidence and credit. Indeed, no remcdr, perhaps, m the same period has attained such an ex tended popularity as the Doctor's Bitters," which are ever regarded as a certain cure for distress of stomach. Those who have tried it speak priWflj of its effects, and therefore we can commend it to general use. Th " Bitters" are free from anything calculated to prove injurious to the system, or objectionable to the nalicut. Sold by H. ML PRITCHARD. Charlotte. April 27, 1838 Old and yomiK arc now indiscriminately usiiijr Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative ; some as a cosmetic o beautifier of thccomnlexion some to nrevt ntthc mtir fnllink some as a mere dressing of the hair, and others to maks it grow and to change gray hair to its original color ; and there is no doubt of its answering all the purposes for y.hicn it wan designed by its illustrion inventor. V.e are utterly averse to incurring editorial responsi bilities in trifling matters, but we deem it no trifling matter to have the hair on a man's head ( when preina turely falling off) actually and permanentlg restored, I neither do we consider it unworthy the editoral profc sion to recommend a Hair Restorative that will do tl very tfcwg. Wood,g celebrated " Hair Restorative is the article we have in view, and if the certificates the most distinguished men in the country are cntitU to credence then is this preparation all that is clainit-u for it on the part of its proprietor. Sec extracts from the "Missouri Republican" in the special notice column of this paper. Rahvcay Amrir, n. Sold by H. M. HRITCHARD, Charlotte, X. C. j
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