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0 li e s t ern tmimt ON T!'E WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET SB 3 per anmiT-n CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. IN ADVANCE." mW&l&M :3o TATI8. Editob and Proprxetor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1858. SIXTH VOLUME NUMBER S12. (Published erery Tuesday ,3) BY WM. J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. Edwin A. Yates, Associate Editor. Ifpaid in advance ?2 00 If paid w ithin six months I 50 If paid after the expiration of the year 3 00 fc-.y Anv person sending us five sew subscribers. Krroniiianied by the advance subscription ($l) will receive a sixth copy gratia for one year. ar-Subscrilers and others who may wish to send , . ,, ..... lio -ii lv mail, at our risk. Rale of 1dvt rlisinpr : One finare of 1 1 lines or less, for 3 months. $ 4 00 .. .. " S 00 13 " 10 00 Our square, or less, first insertion, S 1 00 Each snbseqnenl insertion 25 ay Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. gtFor annonnring Candidates for Office, ?3 in advance. af Advertisements not marked on the manuscript for a specific lime, i!l be inserted until forbid, and hanr d accordingly. tVal Itoticts. SAM: P. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor at Law ma AY ALWAYS BE FOUXD AT THE OFFICE .tB- 'I Wm. John-ton. Esq. g-r- Prompt attention given to Collections, writing afllrrds. Conveyances, fcc. January 2-. ly W. A. 0WKNS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C 1 flLL practice in the Courts ofthis and the adjoin ing Counties. OFFICE sbarlt orrosm the Post Office. lanuary I!, lsjs. n La F. ALEXANDER, Attorney at Taw , Charlotte, A C. Office over China Hall. August 1 1, 157. y So P0 WABMW, Attorney at Law, IharUlte, K. C, A. 5, Springs Building, Will in future devote his time exclusively to the duties of his profession. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jan. 1. 1858. tf. tllrirical Uolitts. ROBERT GIBBON M.J). HIEDICIIVE A.I lB5ERlr, Office Xa. 5, (iranitc Row, CHARLOTTE, X. C. February 10, 1858. FOX Sc WHITE, :nm,-l BB3 VMS- TMftt Medicine and Surgery. s3" Offick up Stairs in Springs' Building. C. J. FOX, M. D. W. E. WHITE, M. D. April :t. 1858. 3-tf NOTICE. ALL those indebted to the subscriber will make im mediate settlement, or their Notes and Accounts will be placed in other hands for collection. April 3, 1858. 3-tf C. J. FOX. MIL LINER V . I ND DRESS-MAKING. IKS. WHEAL AN respectfully informs the ladies of 1 I. Charlotte and vicinity, thai she has returned, and offers her services to her old customers and friends. Residence one door above the Post Office. June 30, 1S57. Town Taxes. I now have the Tax Lists for 1857 ready for settle ment. Persons liable to pay tax will please call on the undersigned and settle forthwith. ll is hoped that ibis notice will be Mifficieat, as the aionev must be collect ed. S. A. HARRIS. June If,. 1857. tf Tax Collector. E. P. tllelHKll IL.D, Auction and (oimmsmoii Merchant, Tor the sale and purchase of Stocks, Bonds, Koal Estate, Negroes, .c. Office 198 Exchange How, COM ?IE$i , i'. Particular attention will be given to the Sale of Merchandize nn I Produce generally, unit Rircu to Fisher t Borroagh, J. k E. B. Stowe. and S. M. Howell. Charlotte. April J7. 1858. 8m NOTICE. OUR NOTES and ACCOUNTS are in the hands of W. A. OWENS, Esq., for collection ; and those wi.-hing to save time and money, must settle by CASH hsfore the 1st of July, IS 58. FFLLINOS fc CO. Mav A. 1858. 2m. COX'S PATENT (iELATIilEi A Mperior article for making Jellies. ALSO. Extracts ,,r Flavoring, viz: Vaniiia. Lemon, Peach, Almond. &f. Orange, Celery, xc. for sate at SCARR & CO S Mav is, Charlotte Drucr Store. THE snhscrihers Infbmi the citizens of Charlotte and vicinity that they hare established ;t UMBER YARD J. town, where they intend keeping a supply of all ''Vis of Lumber for building and other purposes. Mr Jonas RudisiU is their agent in town application may mado to him or to either of the undersigned. Oct 6, 1857. MILLER PORTER. WHITE SULPHURht Brstrrn Srmocrat. CAT A WO tOlTY, IV. C. Those Springs are situated fifty miles North of Charlotte, 20 miles West of Statesville, and 25 miles East ofMorganton, at the foot of the Mountains, and in a vicinity unsurpassed for the salubrity of its climate. The Proprietor. roprictor, m, announces to the public that his House is again open, ! with every accommodation for the reception of visitors. The peculiar tonic, alterative and invigorating pro perties of this LArATER, I render it invaluable in Diseases of the FAver, Dyspepsia, Chronic Diarrhoea, Nervous Debility. Spinal Diseases. Incipient Consumption, Scrofula, Eruptive i Diseases, and all cases of debility accompanied with de fective appetite and want of assimilation. Particularly to Females is this Water efficacious. ('. S. Browns tri-weckly Line of FOUR HORSE i COACHES from Salisbury to Asheville, passes within I five miles, and visitors can procure conveyances from ! Newton to the Springs at all times. May is, 1858. tf Copartnership Notice. The subscribers have formed a co-partnership under the name of HAND. WILLIAMS k FARROW, for the transaction of a COMMISSION BUSINESS in Flour. Grain, and other country produce. Their large stores on Hayne and Anson streets will soon he completed. At present, they will occupy N'os. 14 and 16 Hayne st. Liberal cash advances made on produce in store. From their long experience, and with their facilities for tid ing business, they feel confident in being able to serve their friends to the best advantage. CEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., THOS. M. FARROW. Charleston. May IS. 1858. lmo. A fiteliabfc NOTICE. T! mutual consent on the 1st dav of Januarv. 1858. The business of the Firm is in my hands for collection and settlement : and I hereby respectfully request all persons idebtcd to the late firm by Book Account to come forward and settle between this date and the 1st day of July, 1858. as I do assure you that all accounts due the firm at that time will be put in suit for collec tion. A. C. STEELE. Charlotte. Feb. 16, 1858. 41m SCARE & CO, DrHg'gitits V Chemist, No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. I NYITE the attentionn of Physicians. Planters, Merchants, fcc. to their new .and complete stock of DRUGS, CHEMI- ( AL.H, sc. the extensive patronage they have received from the Physicians of Char lotte and its vicinity is the best guarantee of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold by them. .March ,'i0. 1858. jpi IVE THEM A TRIAL. SILVER'S PLASTIC JT PAINTS: Cheap, Durable and Protective : Weather and Fire Proof. For sale Wholesale an Retail by SCARR k CO., Feb. 0. Chemists k Druecists. "PATENT MEDICINES just received from the Ware house: Avers' Cherrv Pectoral. Rogers' Liverwort and Tar, Wistar's Balsam, Guysott's Sarsaparilla and Yellow Pock. McLane's Pills, Strong's Pills, Avers' Pills, fcc, c, at April 1st. SCARR k CO.'S, Druggists. Wood's Hair Restorative. A fresh supply of this invaluable preparation for the Hair has just been received direct from New York, by March 16. SCARR & CO. CSAVAGE'3 URSINA, or Canadian- Beau's Gkkase. S9an elegant application for imparting a beautiful gloss to the hair March 16. for sale at SCARR k CO.'S Drug Store. ISouquet D'Oi EentiK, or xx Bourbon, From grove of sweet flowers this perfume was culled, Where deep golden summers exalt the perfume. W here the breeze from the South in the deep glen is lulled. Where flowers exhale, but forever resume To impart this aroma, 'tis the sweetest, the best, It steels o'er the senses like the nectar of Jove, To the bouquet of beauty it gives a new zest. Is the pride of the toilet and the perfume of love. Distilled with great care from the choicest Bowers of the South, expressly for the Boudour, Toilet and Hand kerchief. For sale in Charlotte by March It!. F. SCARR & CO. L ANCASTER'S KID GLOVE CLEANER, an un failing preparation, easy and simple in application. removing all stains and March 16. rrea e rrom t ne io e: ai sCARR CO.'S Drug Store. FINE SALAD OIL, new and superior brand of Olive Oil. an exquisite article Mav dads, for sale at 1: SCARR k CO.'S Hoofland'g German Bitters, eived at .1 i i - t Mav 18. SCARR A CO.'S Drugstore. PURE WHITE VINEGAR, CLOVES, NUTMEGS, MACE. PEPPER, fcc. a fresh supply, Mav L8. For sale at SCARR s CO.'S. Genaiae Frencli Mutard, An elegan Mav 1. Article for the table. SCARR ft CO. ILj Thv Cireai English Retnetiy. S1U JAMES CLARKE'S CELEBRATED FEMALE PILLS, rnsPAncn ntoM escnierios or sin j. tlarkk. m. d., rnV.-lciAN K X T It A O it IH N A it Y To TIIK QITKKX. rTHIS well known medicine is no imposition, but n I sure and safe remedy for Female Difficulties and Obstruction.-, from any cause whatever: and although a powerful remedv, they contain nothing hurtful to the constitution. To MARRIED LADIES it is peculiarly ' suited. These Pills have never been known to fail where the Directions on the 2d page of Pamphlet are well observ : ed. For full particulars, get a pamphlet, gratis, of the Agent. B. SI and postage stamps enclosed to any au- 1 thorized Agent, will insure a bottle, containing over 50 Pills, bv return mail. Sold "in Charlotte by F. SCARR & CO.. sole Agents, and by Haviland, Stevenson fc Co., Charleston, Whole 1 sale aeents. i March 2, 1858. J CHARLOTTE, N. C. iy The Register has done Judge Ellis injus tice, in producing the impression that he has an nounced himself in favor of four millions of dollars more to the Western Extension. The Judge has uniformly said that four millions had been appro priated lor the road west of Salisbury, subscribers to raise two millions, making six millions in all; and that he would consider it bad policy to expend so large an amount and net make the connection; that the estimates of the Engineer showed that the above amount would complete the work, but that if it did not, it would certainly come very near it, and he would go for completion. The Jieoister is of late onnosine internal im provements and denouncing high taxes, iust as if :i ,P ,.n 7 J . . there were no Western Carolina and no internal improvement men in the State. The sword which our co-temporary is wielding cuts both ways. In order to hit Judge Ellis he must cut through the bodies of his own friends. If we wait lor distribution if we do nothing more to improve the State until we have obtained the proceeds of the public lauds, we may prepare ourselves to stand by and see North-Carolina decay, and at last relapse into the condition which she oc cupied thirty years ago. Distribution is a hum bug. It will never lighten any man's taxes, nor build three feet of Railroad. Standard. Over fifty thousand men have applied to the President to fill the two new regiments for Utah. The Judges in Virginia are ruling against the farmers who claim damages front railroad compa- nies for loss of cattle (killed by locomotives) left in an open field, through which the railroads run. 1 he Fredericksburg Herald says, "the enhanced value of land contiguous to railroads, the conven iences to the planter, and the damages awarded him in the construction of the road through his premises, certainly justifies him in going to the ex pense of fencing in his property so situated.' New Flour. We have seen says the Augusta Constitutionalist, of the '22nd, some line samples of new wheat from the farms of this and Columbia county; and understand that the crop in this locali ty is very fine. The new wheat this jcar has ma tured at its usual time in this section, but it is about three weeks earlier than last year. All our merchants' flouring mills will be engaged during next week in grinding new wheat. Large Amount. Rev. Dr. Sehon reports 8201, SOU as the amount collected for missionary purposes last year, within the bounds of the 31. E. Church, South. BSsT" The General Conference of the Methodist Church, South, has expunged from the Discipline the rule forbidding " the buying and selling of men, women and children with an intention to en slave them. MOTICE. Y ORDER OF COURT, I will sell on the 29th day of June next, at the Court House door in Char I? lotte, the LAND belonging to the E.-tate of Wm. P. McLelland, dee'd, lying on the Tuckaseege Ford Road, li miles from town, containing SIXTY ACRES more or less, on which there is a good DWELLING HOUSE and all necessary out-buildings. Terms: ( months credit, with note and approved se curitv. and interest from date. J. A. HUC-GIN'S, Adm'r. Charlotte, May 18, 1858. 9-7t Slate of N. Carolina, Mecklenburg Co. Superior Court of Lav: Spring Term. ORDERED by the Court that a SPECIAL TERM of the Superior Court of Law for said county, be held at the Court House in Charlotte on the Fourth Monday in June next. Suitors and witnesses in civil cases will please take notice. Test: Mav 18, 1858. J. B. KERR. Clerk. Office of the t . & So. (a. K. It. Co.,) AT CHARLOTTE. The Coupons due on the Ponds of this Company on the 1st of July next, will be redeemed at this Agency when presented. Mav ltf. 1858. A. H. MARTIN, Agent. W. C. WBITFORD, General Commission Merchant, East Front Stiurt, NEWBERN, N. C. Agent for Smith's Line of New York Packets. BSr Goods received and forwarded. May 18, 1858. 6m Sl.M.MI-i: KKSOKT. TVIoviltrio House, SULLIVAN'S ISLAND. D. MIXER, of the Charleston Hotel, would mot re spectfully inform his friends, and those in search of a pleasant summer resort, that on or about the 15Jl cf June next, he will again open this fashionable Summer Retreat, and continue it through the summer under his individual management. The cars will run to and from the boat, thus making the House accessible at anytime. Mav 18. 1858. !t-;t Keep Your f'innos in Tunc. 1IIE citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country are a train reminded that the subscriber is at all times prepared to repair and tune Pianos and Melode- ons in the best possible maimer. I!,' would not say i that an old instrument can be made to sound as well as i a-new one with all the modern improvements attached j but he is prepared to ?aj thai an old instrument which will justify repairs at all. can be made- to emit as good and as sweet a tone as the ?aine instrument did when : new. He also intends keeping constantly on hand. NEW PIANOS, from tne m.st celebrated Manufacturers in the United States, which will be e sold at manufacturer's D PIANOS received in I prices, with freignt added. Ol Dart par for new ones, according to their value. He also intends keeping constantly on hand, second I hand instruments, to sell or to rent. Anv person having old instruments, and are desirous j of selling them, may do well to have them repaired and i kept exposed to sale in this market. gefjU Repair Shop and Wareroom at the Musical Hall, I up Stairs over China HalL ASA GEORGE, i Charlotte, N.C., Jan. 20, 1358. 6m MORE ABOUT THE MORMONS. j A la'.e arrival from California brings the follow ing concerning Brigham Young and his followers : A party of old Salt Lake City residents arrived at Los Angelos on the 20th April. Brigham Young has issued a circular to all of his followers, commanding them not to tight, nor even to oppose the army of (Jen. Johnson, and that as the army a Ivances, they retire from the northern to the southern counties. He commands his people to avoid all contact with the soldiers, as it is not good for them to meet. With their wives, their little ones and their herds, they are to vacate the country of Salt Lake, including the city, which is to be given up to the soldiers, who are there order ed to erect a military post. hen they left, the movement had already be- g; anJ they assert that by this time ... ij ...i .1., v ... n tht city IS in vacated, and the army of (jrov Cunnmngs is occupation. All thoughts of war or of fighting are abandoned, and it is believed that peace will prevail from this time forth. There no longer exists among them any intention of destroying their property or leav ing it; believing that For all losses they sustain in consequence of the occupation by the troops, they will have a claim upon the Government. The retiring population are to form colonies in the south, upon the Colorado, the Mahove, and in the valleys of Serra Nevada. Many of those who left San Burnardino were badly treated in Salt Lake, because they "came from hell." It is said that the people have ceased to use su gar, tea, coffee and other articles which are con sidered indispensable in housekeeping, because i these things are not to be had. There is also said j to be a seavcitv of material for women's clothing. The people of the southern settlements are al I most in open rebellion against the Church. They j are taxed so enormous for the support of their ar ! my that their substance is nearly eaten up. The taxes amount to 2b per cent, of their whole prop erty. THE BRITISH OUTRAGES. Mr Mason, from the Senate Gomm'ttce on Foreign Relations, reported in effect that the official statements show a succession of acts of aggression by British cruisers in the Gulf, so marked and extraordinary as to awaken indig nation throughout the country. Vessels pursuing lawful commerce had been interrogated and fired into. Fifteen cases in the Harbor of Sagua la Grande had been officially reported, and e:;ch ar rival brought more. The continued persevering character of these outrages was such as to require us to arrest them at once, and end, once and for ever, such indignities. The United State, though often invoked, refuses to recognize the right of police on the high seas, resting on the principle that the marine under their flag cannot be visited or questioned without consent; and the committee reiterated the principle as one admitting no reserve and qualification, and to be maintained at any cost of blood and treasure. Indignant as the American people are and ought to be at these aggressions, yet their occurrence will afford an opportunity to end them at once and for all time. '1 he com mittee do not recommend further legislation, for the reason only that the President has already ordered all the available naval forces to the in fested waiters, with orders to protect our flag. TheHibject had been brought to the notice of the offending power through the proper channels, ana nothing snort ot a guarantee against tne re petition of such acts for the future will satisfy the American people. The committee also reported resolutions, in effect, that the visitation of American ships at sea, is an infraction of the sovereignty of the United States; that these aggressions demand such unequivocal explanation from Great Britain as will prevent their recurrence; that the Committee approve the action of the Executive and are prepared to recom mend such future legislation as circumstances may require. The total number of persons in the United States converted by the recent religious revivals is stated to be ninety-six thousand. Of these, .New 1 ork has furnished the greatest number, sixteen thousand. j 0 ' and California the least, fifty. Direct Answer to Prater. It is related of Flavel, that upon one occasion he took ship from j Dartmouth for London. A storm arose, and threat- j ened the destruction of the ship. Night came on j and the violence of the storm increased. About 1 two o'clock in the morning the sailors declared there was no hope of their being saved, unless the wind should change; for they were fast drifting to ward rocks, on which, should the vessel strike, she would be dashed to pieces. Mr Flavel requested that all who could be spared from the deck, should come in the cabin, and join with him in prayer. He prayed fervently for deliverance. No sooner was the prayer ended, than one came down from the deck, crying, "Deliverance! deliv ance ! God is a prayer-hearing God ? The wind has this moment come due west !" And true enousrh the wind speedily wafted them away from the rocks, anl nroumit mem saiciv to uonuon. i ll 1 . . 1 Z 1 .1 1 A Safe Independent Treasury. It will be remembered that the Secretary of the Treasury, in his annual report upon the state of finances, suggested as a subject worthy of consideration, the adoption by the several States of that system in the management of their finances, which has worked so admirably in the management of those of the General Government. The Legislature of Ohio, it appears, has acted upon this suggestion. At its last session an act was passed establishing an independent State treasury, and under the operation of that act the government of Ohio, in a few years, will have a hard money currency; and deal in no other. This act provides that hereafter all payments, under certain specified amounts, out ; of the State or count v treasuries, shall be made in specie, and the amount paid in something other than coin, are gradually increased until 1865. After that, all payments, large or small, are to be made in hard money, and of course all receipts will be in the same kind of currency. The Even ing Post predicts that the effect of the act will be most beneficial to the people and the Siate credit I of Ohio. CHARGES AGAINST BISHOP EARLY. The complaints against this distinguished offi cer of the M. E. Church, South, were sent up from eight annual conferences. The allegations are to the effect that the bishop had not given satisfaction in his acts and conduct, as an officer of the church, in some six or eight of the conferences in which he had presided. They do not in any way involve the moral or Ciiristain character of the bishop, but have exclusive refer ence to his official acts. The bishop occupied nearly two whole days in a calm, dignified review of the complaints, and succeeded, measurably, it is said, in satisfying the minds of a large number of the conference that the acts complained of had very many extenuating cir cumstances connected with them. Their examination and discusaion occupied the greater portion of several sessions, and were finally disposed of on Monday, May 24, by the adop tion of the following resolution, which was submit ted by Revs. G. W. Carter and J. G. Jones : Resolved, That after a patient consideration of the complaints made against Bishop Early, the Conference deeply regrets there is any ground for j said complaints; nevertheless, inasmuch as the complaints submitted do not impeach the purity of his character, nor his fealty to the Church, but re fer to themannerof his administration; and further more, in view of the explanations made by Bishop Early, and his expressed willingness to guard against giving offence in future on the points above referred to, his character do now pass. The vote on the adoption of the resolution, was taken bv an affirmative rising of the members without a division a -the Chair declaring it a verv decided affirmative vote Habits of Grasshoppers. A Goliad corres pondent of the Colorado (Texas) Citizen gives some curious facts in relation to the grasshop pers which have recently swarmed in that region. He says : "They have an especial fondness for wheat and cotton, but don't take so kindly to corn, the only vegetable they spare is the pumpkin. The most deadly poisons have had no effect upon them; fumes of sulphur they rather like than otherwise; mosquito nets they devour greedily; cloths hung out to dry they esteem a rarity; blankets and gunnybags they don't appear to fancy. They swim the broadest creek in safety, sun themselves awhile and then go on. The whole mass appear to start and move at the same time, travel for an hour or two, devouring everything in their way, and then suddenly cease, and not move perhaps for a week, during which time no feeding is noticed and finally they carefully avoid the sea coast." A Bloody Attempt to Murder. A few days ago the lives of Mr Burton and his wife, of Cas well, N. C, were attempted by one of their negro men. It appears that Mrs Burton had just risen from bed in the morning, and was dressing herself, while her husband was still in bed, when the negro man walked into the room with an axe. Mrs Bur ton asked him what he wanted, to which he made no reply, but struck her a severe blow on the head with the axe handle, and then proceeded to attack his master. By the first blow a portion of the cheek and temple was cut from Mr B.'s head, after which the negro made other ineffectual attempts with the deadly weapon to murder his master, but alarm being given by Mrs Burton, the fiend desis ted in his bloody work. He was soon caught and tied, and is now in jail at Yancyville. rI he citi zens, after learning the circumstances, were so en raged that they threatened to seize the negro and burn him at a stake, but order was restored. Dan ville (Fa.) News. - Dr. Mitchell's remains will be deposited on the top of Mt Mitchell, on Wednesday, June 16th. Bishop Otey has been invited to pronounce the eulogy on the occasion. Process in Making Ice in the East Indies. Natural ice is never seen in the warmest parts of the country. To procure ice by artificial means, they dig on a large open phfin, not far from Calcutta, three or four pits, about thirty feet square, and two feet deep each, the bottom of which they cover about eight inches or a foot thick with sugar cane or the stems of the large Indian corn, dried. On this bed are placed, in rows, a number of small, hollow, unglazed earthern ; pans, formed of a very porous earth, a quarter of an inch thick, and about an inch and a quarter deep, j which at the dusk of evening, they fill with soft water that has been boiled. In the morning be- I fore sunrise, the ice-makers attend the pits and collect what is frozen in baskets, which they con vey to the place of preservation. This is generally prepared in some high, dr- situation, by sinking a pit fourteen or fifteen feet deep, lining it with straw, and then with a coarse kind of blanketing.; The ice is deposited in this pit. and beaten down ! with rammers, till at lenght its own accumulated ; cold freezes it, and forma one solid mass. The : mouth of the pit is well secured from the exterior air with .straw and blankets, and a thatched roof is thrown over the whole. The quantity of ice formed by the method above described depends on j a light atmosphere, and clear, serene weather. Three hundred persons arc employed in this opera tion in one place. At first sight this curious process may appear t ' be an effect of evaporation ; but this is not the case ; for it is remarkable that it is essential to its ! success that the straw in which the vessels are j placed should be dry, whereas, if evaporation were concerned in the congelation, wetting the straw would promote it. When the straw becomes wet by accident, it is obliged to be replaced by dry straw. The earth is continually losing heat by radia tio9, and loses most on clear, starlight nights, ! when there are no clouds to intercept and send back the rays of heat. The straw, like all filament ous substances, is a good radiator of coloric, and it is in consequence of the heat being thus given out bv it into space on clear nights that ice is formed. When the weather is windy and cloudy the effect does not take place. a The usury bill passed by the last Pennsylvania ; Legislature has been approved by the Governor of ; the State, it legalizes a mgoer rate oi mreresi t than 6 per cent FROM NICARAGUA.. Colonel Kinney and His Parti Arreted The British steamer Trent just arrived from Greytown, reports on the 2fth April Col. Kinney with men armed to the teeth, hauled down the Mosquito flag, hoisted in its stead the Nicarnguan colors, forced his way into the Mayor's house and foicibly dragged him out us a prisoner. The citizens were up in arms directly, and a message was sent to ('apt. Kennedy, of the Jamestown, for assistance, who came on shore immediately with an armed boat'.- crew. Mr Carlfcs Thomas, intriguing to support Kinney and gain the support of the Jamestown, stated that he was the representative of the Nicaraguan gov ernment, and had been informed by them that the treaty between the U. S. and Nicaragua had been ratified, and that they were, at all hazards to hoist the flag of the above country in San Juan. Unfor tunately he had to eat his own words, for Mr Pe Banvel, acting as consul, and lately appointed Min ister to Paris by the Nicaraguan government, pro duced his papers of office, and proved that the trea ty was not ratified, and that Mr Thomas dared uot show his face in that country, having been out lawed for being an officer in Walker's army. No thing was left to be done, therefore, as the citizens of Greytown insisted upon taking Kinney nnd his band prisoners off to the Jamestown, from thence to be sent up in the British Steamer to Aspinwall, which was done. How to Purchase Cuba. The New York Times takes the liberty of suggesting to Mr Buch anan that, if he wishes to purchase Cuba he should first stop the slave trade, and he will then soon be able to make his own terms with the Span ish Court. The Times argues the point in dollars and cents. It is well known that the Captain General and the Spanish officials at the Court, the Queen herself included, share the profits of the trade. At present, it goes on to say, the number imported every year is estimated at about 25,000. The amount paid on the?e in hush-money to the Captain General and other officials, is several mil lions. As long as this lasts, Spain will be reluct ant to sell Cuba. Let our Government then, says the Times, join England in blockading the coast of Cuba, and stop the trade, then the Spanish Gov ernment will strike a bargain forks sale, not before. WASHINGTON'S SPIRITUAL WIFE. Professor Hare (who died recently in Philadel phia, and who believed in spiritual manifestations,) once stated, in direct contraditicon of divine revela tion, that the relation of marriage existed between the sexes in the spirit-world. St. Matthew talk us "In the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in Heaven." Matt. xvii. v. 80; but Prof. Hare teaches the reverse. He added, however, that it by no means followed that the same persona, who were man and wife on earth, continued conjugally yoked together in the world of spirits. They were entirely at liberty to perpetuate old, or form new matrimonial connections; and the spirits did, in many instances, change their yoke-fellows. As a case in point, Professor Hare mentioned that Mrs Gen. Washington had forsaken the Gen eral and gone back to the bosom of her first hus band, Mr Curtis. Here a bystander could not help exclaiming: "What a foolish woman !" Gen. Washington, however, as intimated, was not left in the forlorn condition of a widow-be-witched, but had consoled himself by taking another wife. Thereupon the b stander begged to know "who was the happy woman that the General had so highly honored and favored '!" To this the Pro fessor, after some hesitancy, replied, that he knew, but he had special reasons for not disclosing her name. The Professor afterwards admitted, how ever, that it was a deceased sister of his who waa the spirit-bride of Genera! Washington, but that his modesty prevented him from acknowledging publicly that he was the brother-in-law of the Pater Patriae. The Illinois Tornado. Tough Stories. The stories told of the freaks of the late tornado in Illinois are quite as astonishing as the hurricane must have been to the frightened inhabitants. 'J he Peoria Transcript is responsible for the fol lowing : "At Kappa, two ladies were blown away and have not since been heard from. They probably wore hoops. At Chenos it demolished a house completely, and yet left a book-case that was in it without a scratch or a broken pane of glass. It carried a large mirror sixty feet and laid it down unbroken, "lhe next morning after the storm a man was seen to crawl from under a barn, who, after being questioned, stated that he was coming aeioss the prairie, the wind picked him up and carried him a half mile, setting him down in a pond of water four feet deep; he waded out and got on a little rise of ground, when the wind took him again and hurried him with violence against the side of the barn, undo I which he crawled and spent the night. ''1 he most wonderful feat of al!, however, oc curred ar. Chenos. A farm -house wa blown at two jumps no less than 800 feet from where it stood, and set down so easily that the plastering was not cracked or the dishes knocked off the table, which was set for supper. A similar oocurretee took place at Gilnan, where a kitchen was blown from the side of the house into a slough without a plate being broken, and when our informant left, the in mates were journeying back and forth ou a rafl to get the cooking utensils for breakfast. M Novel Method to Prevent Potato Rot. Some Leigian boys, a few years since, for amuse ment, inserted some peas into potatoes and planted them. The result watt an unusual yield of peas and a crop of potato perfectly sound, though iu a nVld where the pirtititw were badly affected. Acting on the hint, Mr Jackson, of Leeds, Eug land, developed the theory that the potato, being deficient in nitrogen, would receive an equivalent of that article from the pea during the time of growing; and so its tendency to disease would be counteracted. He then tried the experiment, in serting four or five peas into eaeS potato, carefully avoiding injury to the SfSf, and ttiea p. anting in the usual way. The resnlt was perfeet success aa unusnai result of both peas and potatoes, aRd the latter perfectly free from disease. The tubera were found healthy the next spriag, sad wem planted with the saaae rcsoka.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 8, 1858, edition 1
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