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A llr ' ' ' fl "Se llrqe io God, io ijoqlr fowftij, ai3 io jjoqr i)tiij.M VOXiXJMIE S. CHiLRILiOTTB, 3NT- OXJXjST IS, 13S6. THOMAS J, HOLTON, Editor Jt 1'noi'HiiToa. TElfMS i The North.Oarnlina V h i jr w-illbcanWded loiuh. rril-rrs t TWO M II.I.AItS in advance ; TWO .tOM-AR AXU IIFTY I .'KYI'S if pi e men t I 6J viil lur three months ; and 'I'll II IMJI.I.AU8 t the rnd of the year. No p;in-r will tie discon. t, lined until H srresrages sre uid , except ut llie 0,lH'ii ul the Kditur. A Jver ti semen t inserted l One Dollar pt r square 16 lines "r '" '"'' type) l)"t inser. lion, a nil -5 ci n U lor tsrh con ti nut nee. Court nd ,., rUxnipnK and Sheriff's ttuhs charged 2J r cent. Ii i(f hT ! nd deduction of 33J pt-r cent, will b mailt I'rcnn the regular prices, lur advertisers hjr (I, c vcjt. Ailvtli mi nU inserted monthly or I u arli fl v. ot 1 per iimre lor each tunc. r-Vtui . monthly "5 ecnti per stiure fiirescli liuic. J JTotni'er re authorised la act agents. 1odrn. From the Dollar Newt.pupti, The Hi ppif r Home, IT VIM MART O. UriKIK. Wii.-n grirf .ta l o'rr l. t lift., t And ..- tttr Ifmfrr i jf h . U lit-n burning tear-dropa .tart And l'vc I 'i wolicn e jt ; Nn jrlniure in t.e hF4rlt N ptn-H. of ... impart ; Vhrn hir' brtf lit Hrcanii appetr T nil jl'Kim, Aiit rr thiii j !mn'd nift Ier 8f u i dptm'd to the ! nib ; T i wet In ihtnV thrrr ii IV.h r mrmi, j .f Ii ran iif rr reme To taint innnf y d bl.at. liscfllantons. 222 CIHiyAJ. WISSSg?. In the spring of '-11 I wis ei'led to Jtek lon to itU'tid entirt, Laving hero engaged to defend a young mao accusodof robbing the rani. I bad a Itiig conference with toy client, n 1 he leknow'.edged to me that on tiie nitiht when the mail was robbed ha hid l'"n with a Prty of di-iipated companiutu crrr to Tophsm, and that on returning they Ui. I tag mail carrier on liorsebaek coming from Jacksna. Some of bis companions were very drunk, anl thy propjkej H stop the carrier aud overhaul his bag. The roads were very muddy at the time, and the coach ouM not run. My client assured m that he not only bad no hind in robbing the mail, but that be tried tj diiusd his com panions. Rut they would uot li-!i u to him. One of thm slipped up behind the carrier nd knocked him from the horse. Then they Inund and blind folded him, ind hiv tng tii d biui to a tree thy lok the mail eg, and made off to a neighboring field, wherj they overhauled it, finding lomo fie hundred dollars in money in various letters. He went with them, but iu no way did he lm any hand iu the crime. Those wbe lid it fled, and is the carrier reeognii.d Lim iu the party, be Lad been arre-ted. 1 he mail bag haj teen found as well is the hitcrs. Tho"io letters from which 111 3 )' had been taken, were kept, ly order of tue officers, and duplicates scot to the vari 0'is person to wbmu they were directed. The letters had been given to mc for exam "ilion, aud I had relumed them to the prosecuting attorney. I g"t through with my private pre li 111 1 11 n -rna about toon, and as the case would not come up before next day, I went into court see what was going on. 1 ho first case which came up was one of theft, and the pri-om-r was a young girl, not more than "event-en yean of age. Eliiabeth Mid wrth. Sho was very pretty, and bore that ""Id, ilinorslit limb bIm..I, rA ...t.l "i culprit. She was palo and frightened, " I Hie moment my eyes rested upou her, I pitied her. Sho bad been weeping pro f ie!y, fr bt r bosom was wtt, Lut as she fl'"hd so many eyes upon her, she became much frightened to weep moie. Jhe coiiipl.iot against hut set forth that hc had stolen one hundred dollars from Mra Nasflj) ,, , ,10 CJe Wfut OQ j fjwd that Mrs. Na.eby was Lor mistress, a aii,y widow, living in town. The poor 'rl ''"-'-'ared her iiinocetieu in the most -wild ,4r'", and called on God to witness that she ouU rather die tban steal. Hut eircum- Uuccs were hard against her. A hundred ""liars in bank-note, hid been stolen from her mistress'i room, and sho was the only on ho had access there. A his juncture, while the mistress was u!'"h the witness-stand, a young man came ind cnn.il.f .... 1 .1 . , i "" j ma arm. no was a line j iJoking fellow, and Lie .tn,.,l i I.:. eyes. ' I hey tell me you are a good lawyer 1' whispered. , ' I m a lawyer,' I answered. 'IhenO! save bel t You cue certain 'y o it, fur she in in nocent.' '. Is she your Mstcr I' ' No, sir,' he Baid.' 4 Rut but' Here ho hesitated ajjain. 4 Hat the no aoiinsel !' I asked. 'Nono that's good for any thing nobody that'll do do y thing for hr-r. O, Have her, end I'll pay you all I Lave got. I cun t py you uiuch, but I can raise something.' I reflected for a tiiotr.cut. I cast my eyes towards the prisoner, and she was at that moment looking at me. She caught my eye, and the volume of humble, prayerful cutrca ly, I read in those large tearful orbs, rcsolv- ! cd me in a inomeot. In my iioul I knew the ; girl was inuoceut : or at least. I firmly be- ! lieved no and pcrhnp I could help her. I ro. and went to tha girl, and. aked her if 6U wUbed me to defend her. She (aid je. Then I informed the court thut I was ready to enter the case, and was admitted at once. The loud murmur of satUfactioQ which rau through the room, quickly told me where the nympathits of the whole people were. I anked for a moment's cessation, that I mijjht speak to my clieut. I went and sat dowu by her side, and asked her to state to me caudidly tbo whole cane. She told me that she had lived with Mrs. Naseby nearly two years, and that during all that time had never bad any trouble before. About two weeks ago, she said, her mistress lo.-t a hundred dollars. 4 She tuiiscd it from the draw,' the girl told me, 4 and she a.ked me about it, but I knew nothing about it. The next thing I knew, Nancy Luth. r ImM Mrs. Naseby that she saw ine take the money from the draw that she w atched me through the key-1 hole. Tnen they went to my trunk, ind they fjund twenty-five dollars of the min ing money there. l!ut O, sir, I never took j it somebody tUe put that money there 1' I thi n a-ked her if she su-pcted any one. 4 1 don't know,' she sli, 4 who could hive dune it but anrv. She Lis never liked me. liecauso she thou? it 1 was treated Let. , . . . . ter than ah. was. She is the cook, and I ... was namr.ertn..a.- fit . 1 Lo poinu-d .Nancy Luther out to mo. She was a stout, bold-faced girl, shout two-' and twenty, will a low forehead, small erev eJ9, ?"? nos. and thick lips. I caught, bcr glance at enoe, as it rested upon the! ' fair young prisoner, and the moment I de-1 tected the look of hatred wLich I read thcr. j I was convinced that she was tbe rogue. : I 4 Oh, sir, can you help me V my client ; aked in a fearful whi-per. Nancy Luther, did yoa say that girls name w.,!' 1 4 W. ,r.' 4 Is there any other girl of that name -bout this plice !' 4 No, sir,' 4 Then rest easy. I'll try hard to save : you.' I left the court room, and went to the pro secuting attorney and asked Lim for the let ters I had handed bun the dues that had been stolen from the mail bag. lid gave them to mc, and having selected one I re- turued to the court room aud the case weut;awered. ou. Mrs. Naseby resumed Ler testimony. She ; said she entrusted bcr room to the prisor. er s care, and that no one else had access there, but bcr.-t If. Thcu she described the : missing money, and closed by telling bow sue had found twenty-five dollars of it iu tho prisoners trunk. She could swear it was the identical money she had lost, it be ing two tens and one five dollar biil. 4 Mrs. Naseby," said I, 44 when you first missed the money, had you any re.tson to believe that the prisoner had taken it?" 4 No sir, she answered. 4 Had yau ever belore detected Lcr in dishonesty ?' 4 No, sir,' Mrs. Naseby thru left the ststnl, and Nancy Luther took her place. She cume up with a b Md look, and upon me she cast a defiant glance, as much as to say, 4 trap me if you can !' She gave evidence as follows ; Shu said that on the night when the mon ey was stolen, she saw the prisoner going up stairs, and from the manner in which she went up she suspected that all was not right. So sho followed her up. 4 Elizabeth went into Mrs. Nascby's room and shut tho door after her. I Stooped down and looked through the key hole, aud saw her at Ler mistress's drawer. I suw her takeout the tuouey and put it iu her' poeket. Then hc stooped down to pick up j the lamp, and as I saw that she was coming out 1 hurried awny Then she told how she informed her mis- tress of this anl proposed to search the girl's ' trullk, I called Mrs. Naseby back to the stand. ! 4 You say that no one, save yourself and j tho prisoner, had access to your rooifl V I ..-:.i iv.-. ..t.i v i...i.. i..., . tered that room if she wished?' 4 Certainly, sir. I meant no one elso had any right there.' 1 saw that Mrs. N., though naturally a bard woman, was somewhat moved by poor Elizabeth's misery, I ,,i ,i i. i i l. ..... i nn vnir r ui. uii siunu. iff I means iu your knowledge, where your ino- uc y w as s 4 Yes, sir ; for abo often came up to iny room wheu I was there, and I havo given her money with which to buy provvions of market men who happened along with their wgons.' 'One more question: Hare you known, of the prisoner's having had any money since this was stolen 1' No, sir T' I now called Nancy Luther Lack, and the Logan to tremble a little, though her look was as bold and defiant as ever. 1 Miss Luther,' I taid, ' why did you not inform your mistress at once of what you hud seeu, without waiting fur Lcr to ask a bout th loAt noney V " 1 Itueau.ie I could not make up my mind at once to expose the poor girl,' she answer ed promptly. You say you looked through the key hole, and saw her take the uiouey.' 4 Vcs, sir.' 4 Where did she put the lamp vhi!e she did no ?' 4 On'the bureau.' 4 In your testimony you said she stooped ; dowu when she picked it up. What do you mean by that!' Tim girl hesitated, and finally said she didn't meau anything, only that she picked up the lamp. ' Very well,' said I. 4 Hovr long Lave you been with Mrs. Naseby !' j 4 Not quite a year, sir.' 4 How much does she pay a week?' j 4 A dollar aud three quartern.' 4 Have you taken up any of your pay Vmce j ou have been there !' 1 Ves, sir.' 4 How much !' 4 I don't know, sir.' 4 Why don't you know ?' " How should I .' I've taken it at differ ent times, just as I wanted it, auJ have kept no account." 11 V :r t.lM. t ,1. -,uw " Juu uau "J " u uo prisoner, couldn't you Lav. raised twenty e. 1 11 . . 1 . . . 1. - 11 V. tl .1 . !.L i " -o, sir, sue repueo, wuu virtuous 111- dignatiou. 44 1 hen you Lave not laid up any money wnce you have been there T "No sir only what Mrs. Naseby may owe me." 11 Then you didn't have twenty five uol lars w hen you came there ?" " No, sir, and what's more, the money j found in the girl's trunk was the m -ney that -Mrs. Naseby lost, lou might have known that, if you'd only remember what you hear." .. .... This wa, said very sarcastically, and was intended as a crusher upon the idea that she could have put the money into the pris- oner's trunk. However. I was not overcome entirely. 44 Will y :v tell me if yu belong in this Slate T" I asked next. 44 I do. sir." In what town . She hesitated, and for an instant that bold look forsook her. liut sho finally an- 44 I belong in Soniers, Montgomery coun- ty." I next turned to Mrs. Naseby : 44 Do you overtake a receipt from your girls when you pay them V I asked. 44 Always," she answered. 44Cou'id you send aud get one of them for 44 She told the truth, sir, about my pay- tncnts," Mrs. Naseby said. 41 (, I don't doubt it,' I replied, 4 but oc- ular proof is the proof for the court room. I sC.s if vnu en 1 wish von would procure I r 1 1. ...i i .-so. 1. vou can. 1 wisu vou wouiu iiiucuie t nc reri iius. 1 .... N.c said she would willingly go, 11 the Court said so. Tbe Court did so, and she went. Her dwelling was not fur off, and' 1 . 1 . 1 1 ... 1 I , 1 f.nr she soon returned, and Lauded me lonr re. , . . , , . . ceipts, which I took and examined, lhey were all sigued iu a strange, straggling hatid by the witness. "Now. Naucv Luther." said I. turn'niL' to the witness, aud speaking in a quick, startling loue, al tlio same time looking tier sternly in the eye, 44 please tell the court and iurv. and ttll vie, too, where you got , c . 1 ii . . . . . .. ..... the seventy-five dollars you sent to your' r - sister in bomtrs : The witness started as though a volcauo had burst at her feet. She turned pale as death, and every limb shook violently. I waited until the people could seo Lcr cuntion, and thcu repeated question. 44 1--nevcr sent any !" she fairly gasped. 44 You did 1" I ths'tidercd, for I was ex- cited now. 44 I-I did'nt," she fait,!!" uttered, grasp- '4S 'he rail for support, " MJ il Plese your ,l0"r- AXnl Kentlfi- o ,,ie j,,ry." 1 "s;,i J sooa M 1 had looked tho witness out of countenance, 44 1 catne hero to defend a youth who had been arrested for robbing tho mail, and in my course of preliminary examinations I had access to the letters which bad been torn rcu and rilled of money. When I entered uPon th" ' ,"e"ra ,ho ,,;,n'0 of th" witness pronounced. I went out and got this ' letter .which I now hold, for I remembered to Lave seen one bearing the siguature of Nsucy Luther. The letter was taken out of the mail bag, ami contained seventy-fire dollars j aud by looking at the pout-mark you will observe it was mailed on the very next daj after the money was taken from Mrs. Naseby's drawer. I will read it to you, if vou please." The Court nodded assctit, and I read the j , , . . , .i , , following, wlncl. waa without date, save that made by the postmaster-stamp on the out- side. I irive it here ver atim ; 44 Sister Dorcas: I cei.J you beer seven-11?0 "'e1r.cuan "rmerii a n unporteni te-fivo do1er, which I '...nt yu to kepe it ,tl,at tl,,s frcl"""J' " produce should for mo till i cum he ant kepe it here le c0vcJ',id 1 " '"'"'"l1 coz ilne afraid it w!"to dont peke.' "''V " .' "I " .."'I ' - j ,,. . Is, .'., ,, - . lireetors'if llit- road to lower the tariff of y uu -nuM in a i iiii iruut lum kuo dont want nohodi to know i have got cniiy money, yu ot will yu. I am first rate beer, only that guile for nothing snipe of liz madwurlh is lieer yet but i hope to git riJ of her now, you know t rote you bout her. giv my luv to awl enquiren friends. This is from your iter till deih. Nascv Luther." 14 Not your Loaor." I said, as I hand ed biui the letter, aud also the receipts, 14 you will see tbat the letter is directed to Dorcas Lutliur, Somer?, Montgomery coun ty. And you will alo observe that one hand wrote rim t letter and signed those re ceipts. Ilia plain how the hundred dollars was deposed of. SeTenty-live were in that letter ami sent awny for safs keeping, while : merchants the advantage of 7 cents a bu-h-the remaining twenty-five were placed in l'l ou the price of wheat, which enables them the prisoner's fruuk, for the purpose of cov- ! t0 P8,J blt,tr Pf'CM "" ll'e C,"t'?,r,'1 . , , , !lisbury merchants can afford. J he re- ermg the real criminal. Ot the tone of the ult of h ,Lat a t,iC tounti( of other parts of the letter I leave you to judge. 1 l0wan, and a part of Itownu also, send And now, gentlemen of tht jury, I leave .ni nur, eiiiieiiiea oi 1110 jury, 1 leave luo.-t 01 meir wueat or uour i'V wairou ui ny case in jour bauds, only I will thauk r,'4-'t to Charlotte, from whence it is sent 1 1 ti -ii 1 .1 . South, not paving a cent to the Central road. jou, sua 1 know you wnl also, that an 111- , , ' -. , ... , . . ' . 1 Another resuit ot this conoition of things my God nocent person has been thu? strangely sav ed from ruin tod disgrace." The case was given to the jury immedi. ately following their examination of the let ni. til 1j- , . ter. lhey bad heard from the witness . own mouth that she had no money of her own, and without leaving their scats, they . . . returned a verdutof ".Not 1. 111 tv The youth who had first uked mc to de- , . . . . . lend tbo pr.soner, caught me hy the hand, - , Lat could uot speak plainly. He sim- ply looked at mo through his tears for a mainM1, i ,he rushed ta the fair nris. oner. He seemed to forget where he was, for be fliiDg his arms around Ler, and she laid her head upon bis bosom and wept aloud, I will not attempt to deseri-e tbe scene , . , ,, , , , ... . , , , , that followed! but it Nancy Lu her had not v,cen alrestcd for the theft, she would have Pp ol.Iir-d to seek the protection of the officers; for the excited people would have maimed her, f they bnd done to more. Npx1 mona I received a nots hand- souiely written, in wLich I wis told that the w ithin was but a slight tokeu of -rati- ,un, ,1 ,, fnP me ,-r..ru i behalf" ,f a J poor defenceless-, but much loved maiden. It was sigued 44 Several CitiVns," and con- j tulaed one hundred dollar. Shortly after- I wards the youth ca.no to pay all the money 1, ,, - 1 . , ," , ,. , 'be could raise. I simply showed him the note I had reeatved, and asked him to keep Lis hard earnings for bis wife when he pot 'one. He owned bo had inteuJed to Lizzie Madworth his wife very soon. I Next I succeeded in clearing my other ; client from conviction of rob! .ing the mail ; aud made a considerable handle of the for tunate discovery of tbe letter which had , saved an inuoeent girl on the day before, iu my appeal to the jury ; and if I made them ! feel that the finder of Otnoip deuce was iu the work, it was because I sincerely belief- Ic,l that the young man was innocent of all crime, and I am sure they thought so too. j A Tiiiui.T.tvo Shtvk.- ! . , , , ver from lii(t.ilo lias al i last succeeded in r.liin t)ie saf of the raising the safe ot the American hspress Company, w hieh was bist w ben the steamer Atlantic was sunk off Long Point in K2. It will le recollected that this steamer was , . . intantly sunk bv collision with a propeller, an(, b.it a l:lr,,; numWr 0f pse.ers were lost. The diver was protected by copper armor, and was under water fnr'.y uiu.utcs, "i"ng which tnn lie had some Mratigc ad- I ventures. 1 lie upper deck ot the steamer ' lies .lie hundred and sixty feet under wj.- ter R11i frir l)(,iow WTl, ,;lerc j, allv. Clir. rent or motion. Evervthing therefore is exactly as it first wnt down. When the I .1 : ..i: .i. .. .1 .i. . .1 . .1- i. ...i.. u i ui ii u: neu upu i v iii'i i, uu whsmuu- . . , . ! . u-u iiy a ueauuiui r.iui, siiuju cioiuiniJ v a was well arranged, ,md her hair elcgautly dressed. As ho approached her, the motion of the water caused and oscillation of the head, as if gracefully bowin-j to him. She was standing erect, w ith one hand grasping the rigging. Arouml lay the todies ot several others as if sleeping. Children holding their friends by their hands, and mothers with their hahesi in thoir at ins were there. In the cabin tbe furniture was still untouched by decay, aud to all appearance had just been arranged by some careful and taste ful hand. In the office he found tha safe, and was enabled to move it with cae, and took it upon deck where the grappling irons were fastened on, and the pi i.e brought safely to the light. I'pon opening the si.fe it dis played its contents in a perfect state of preservation. There was in tho safe S,"i,0()i in gold, fM,"O0 in bills of tho Government Stock Rank, and a large amount of bills on other banks, amounting in all to about Sori, 000. The papers were uninjured, except that they spiolled very strongly of decayed humau bodies, as if it had lain for many years in a eofliu with their owner. Of course, all this money goes to the persous iutere: led iu the w.nderfu! adventure. LETTER FKOM CALEB FJIIFEU. Coscokd, June 12, I4:' fid. Jjr. Henderson : At vour reoucst I will briefly btate my viewy in reference to the re- ' duction of freights on the N. C. H. Hoad. 1 1 ns 'ou are aware, both a merchant i ana a tanner, as well as a stockholder in tiiim luau. minvii in 11 1 1 j mi iihii uig douply inv'olveJ -j ,ie illt(.r. this road, consequently my interests are csts of the merchaut. the farmer and the stockholders of the road are reciprocal. To freight to this point. Again, it is the hounden duty of the Di rectors to adjust their tariff so as to carry the merchandise aud produce over the great est length of road. Let us examine and see if this has been done. I will suppose that New York is to be the great centre in which most of our produce is eventually to find a market, particularly our wheat. The rail road freight on a bush el of wheat from Charlotte, N. ('. to Charles ton, S. C, is 20 cts., thence by sea to New York H cts. making the w hole cost of freight from Charlotte to New York 21 cts. The freight on a bushel of wheat from Clmrlotte to Wilmington is 20 cts. and ship freight to N. York 8 ct.s., giving to the Southern route an advantage of 7 cts. a bushel on the trans- 1 porta,ioll of w,rnt. anf aIr0 t0 CLnrlotte mo.-t of their wheat or llour by wagon di 4 is ' that the merchants of Morgatiton, and other points similarly situated, finding so many more returned wagous from Charlotte than from Salisbury, that they order all their j 1 I... cunt ll.Ala vi.i l'l.rlu.lii' n C"ruo . evil, 'J iivn, i. vnai it-,uil i u ,o tLe The freight on wheat from Concord to Charlotte is 0 cts. per bushel, and I am en- -ll.l J-t I I I . . . V t- . ! auicu 10 land a iiusuei 01 wueai in .. loik !'' ,,'e uh'a tote from this place for dl cts., wlnlat 011 the route via iluimgtoii, u wouU cost lle 30 cts a nd r have aUo Q , " ! contend against the Charlotte markets. ' The freight from Charlotte here on all lcl'!S- corD- tt,,a Mour' '? Vilillt SVii'Viltl r.ite tins flrliel of liav W(J are u?f:i 1 j cU. j,er ,00, nth0' our bales are as heavy and but little larger than cotton bales. A wagon may haul hay to Charlotte aud be allowed 8-J per day and then do it cheaper than tLe N. (J. K. II. J he t ,i .,1. ,P i,;i, that all theeouutry South of us haul their produce to Charlotte, sell it at better prices, and get their groceries cheaper than wc can ttr.d, t0, Scl tf'tC,UI "'T the neighborhood of the liariishurg Depot wore .;, ,cra, iu tUir auWrintious towards build- liberal iu their subscriptions towards build ing the road. Yet these men are already off frora benefits of the road, so far transportation of produce is concerned. Tha iit-nA from this Ilennt. to t hsrlotte is 1 .. From Charlotte thev arc charf- cd cts. per bu.-hel ou com and w heat ; 13 cts- per 100 for cotton, and 15 cts. for hay ; gvrMj 13 to 'Jo cts per 100 for dry goods. Ihe prices force them to haul all tk.ir proJuee ,d Charlotte. Jhe argument is, short distances wont pay. The YorkviUe road is oulv miles long, and it pays a .1 .1 . .1 if....- .!. .,r.,...i FoaJ ever will pay. I believe that if we could compete successfully with Charlotte, we could send 100,000 bushels of wheat from tins point over the N. C. R. R.ad. We hope to seud half that iiuainity to N. York thi en-uin- season, but our contracts will be made for iis delivery in Charlo..e-of course .,, , it.. -- 1 it will be wagoned there, entailing a loss tip- . 0 , f v 1 on the road. A few men living 111 the neigh - borhood of Gibson's Mill, on Coddle Creek, ,,, , , ,. iii-t.' Charlotte, can deliver a wagon load of w heat . . . . . v , , , i iu Concord in a day it will take two days i , . , ,. .,!. i , J for its delivery in I harlotte, yet the advance I , , , i , . , ,.i i . i . mil iiilni.lii. u iipii hiit ijirlofte inereliiitits 1 .i .w 1i-rsii I isneoril fitnl In liu iiq trnni is enabled to pay over what we can gain, i - 1 siil-i.. will t av him well to h ,il his wheat to that point aud once at Charlotte it is lost to the Central road forever. 1 be W lliniugton aud Charlotte Roads will be along some of tK,.c ti,cS) aul thcu the matter will be at ,.,1 . . , It is unnecessarv t" consider cotton. Irom Charlotte to tioblAmio' it is ?2,ltl per bale : j from Charlotte to Charleston -?2,2.". Cabar- rus county w ill this year produce , 000 bale: of cotton Wo dreamed once, that this cot- tou would find an outlet via W llmington and the result has proved that we were indeed dreaming ls sum up the whoie matter. we, in Cabarrus, have come to the couclu sion, that so far as we are concerned, the great North Carolina Central Rail Road is a failure, and we defy them to advance freights ou us it is now at wagon rates I expect to scud to Charlotte from Concord bv wa 'ons the ensuing season, 1UH bales ' cf hay of course these wagons will haul j back all my Fall stock of Goods, ; .t present rates of freight, commissions and sacking, it will cost the fanner full fifty cents to sill a bushel of wheat in N. York, but. from this section of country, it is cer tain that the price of w heat must come dow n, and this cost of "0 cts. upon the bushel will act as an embargo upon the cultivation, aud the farmer will be forced to abandon it. I think that wh 'at instead of (lour should go to market, yet the board discriminates in favor of flour. It takes at our best mills, on an average, 5-J bushels of wheat to make a barrel, the transportation of this rJ bush els of wheat over the road at 21) cts. per bushel will amount to ?l. 10, while but 73 cts. is charged for the transportiou of a bar rel of flour the same distance. Major Gwynn, who bad a good deal to do in fixing the rate of freight on the North Carolina Rail Koad, confidently expected cotton to g' North from Charlotte and pass ou this road. Many persons thought it would con.e up from as far as Chester, and r . . . S- 1 vet cotton can be sent to .New lorK via Charleston a fraction le's than it can be had idown in Wilmington; and m with the pro- I ductii of the country generally, liov. More- head and Maj. (iwynn had a lung struggle with the Charlotte Company about a few feet of ground about the Depot at Char' lotte, insisting that to give up thei-e few feet would iniuriou.ly effect the immense local husmess ot uie ietjtra, iioau at iiini point. What a humbug ! iiuaba iiuiiiiul . , you wou,j Iiatur8i1y enquire, can or will these things be remedied? The remedy rests with the directors. A bale of cotton is sent from Augusta to Charleston. 160 miles, for 75 cents a bale other freight in proportion, and yet the in come of this road is SI . )'(', O'lll. 1 would remark so lur as 1 am conccrnH as a merchant, I would have but little iu-I passed are in a high degree picturesque terest in the subject of freights for my ueigh-, and flourishing. bors who bids, in my own market, has the) It would nut be interesting to your read same freights to pay that I have and brings crs, neither would your space permit me to me on a level; but the difficulty is the give i detailed account of my trip, but I freights go to Charlotte aud then they arc! must say that in the city of Montreal I was lost to myself and to the road. With ull ' agreeably disappointed. I find it to be a, these difficulties, I think whn the figures place of about Oti.mil) inhabitants, mostly arc made out for the business of the road, Catholics, but, ucv ertbeless,coutaiiiing many we will c. nip are favorably with other p jiuts ou the road. I write in great La.-te. Yours very respectfully CALE1S rilll El!. A DEMOCRATIC PORTRAIT OF MR. RL'CIIANAN. 'Ihe Washington Slur, the lesser organ ot j;,,, rJom for MlMJ ,ore . it has tK(J Democracy at the seat ot government, ju.-t ; t0Bl.r, .i, ttt0 ,llll(!rcd foet hi -h, and has prior to the meeting of the Cincinnati Con- j lhe )a t u,n j,, Nonh America. Our vention, spet.t its mind pretty treely about ! Canadian friends are strongly oppos.d to 'the sage ot Wheatland." Heal whut hejwar witjl tiie ijjj Slrit(.Si alJj t,,tertaia ' !lli nruiiuin tl.-it iiiiti w ? ' 1 f:iL- rtlnpp 44 We do not agrea with the lim,s and Viil iu the city of Ncw'-York ou my re n,t,,teln the belief that he is the greatest Uin j,, ,lai, ,hc p!eas,lre o( me,.tm,. man now identified with the Democratic par- I our can,i,ilte for ,lt. Presideucv, Mil ty. lie has been iti public hie almost umn.;arj pnimoro. lie appears to be iu the en terrupteu.y .-mce 120. here is the leg- , io. ot- , 1....1.1. all j ;H , 1:.,;, . li-lative measure of domestic or foreign poi- icy originated by Lim that has become a leature 111 our public history ? He has been at the head ot our Slate Department and our minister to me Lourt 01 rt. James. Where is the tre-,ty negotiated or cousum- mated through his agency, except the un- j yh i'ii;lnoro U!ia av:tys iifn Liy re. important commercial treaty with Russia, et, ld t..stet.f.iea hi., fellow-citizens which is almost verbatim a copy ot many .everywhere, but the commendable modesty similar treatic. with other governments, te- Uuicii has characterized his actions since tore aud since made, iu many instances by : i,ia an.iva; in .,nv-York, have strengthened comparatively obscure Charges d Allans ou (lmi affKt.ti0 previously entertained for him. the part ot this government '. ( Ul!i C0U.se in ,ccUuir. to deviate fio.11 the 1 he idea ot his peculi.ir popularity at the; ut.,re.t roule lrom .ew.york to liuffalo, .-oulh-is worse than a mistake. It is a '."'- '10WS that be is unwilling to do anything erous misapprehension of tbe truth. 'He j wilicll woulJ iJok liku clectioueeriiiR for the south entertains no devotion to men w hate- 1,1, olVl(,e fur Ile is a c.,udidate. ver. Iu her estimation they stand or tall Tili, j, lha coul.!(! 0f a true ptriot, and together according to their records, and ' j10uIJ Lu npi,uuJea by all. If it u prop whenever befoie them for. office, their re- !tr;y S1 rprt c i .itt d by the people we may look cords only are considered. fol. Ll, u.llllin,viut return to tho po-iiiou Now, upou the question of protection, the . wliu, ol)ce ailt!i with so much er?iit to records ot Mr. Jiucianan is palpable against himself and houor to the couutiy. the doctrines of the South as that of any A tru!v aj t.thu.-iatio meeting , Ma . I the tariff .juclion 1 .11 . . l"lt .1 W'T4-'" getit.cman si any party uo ha ever Leeu 111 the consideration of t;01lS congratulating the American people he has ever made aiiyL,, ti.e r,.iurri of .Mr. Fillmore to the rotcctivc tariff speech, or giv- ... ..1. - .1 1.: .1. -a- . ... : which every man must necessarily occupy ."--eams of beu.g a cand.date for the -'a 1 "Jr!"'l tuuo0. ' L,e 1' l'"? ' ? ' 1 I uo doul" thf Lb aJ,u"B,!,t,!r ,Le -0V" i .u",l"V""u "u JC l. , ' ' r?m$ .0M tU 0M! St. lhe 't 1 :U,u"'u-"at,0U u''?.n t,lie JUt ' biejn iieiicciiv cu iuuscvcis inuu in iiii- , 1 , ... . 1 1 1 1 lioii slavetiolaiiig Mates, who, while ciaim- , . .... . " . ' ' ing aiiiiiiiuuii uu iuu i'tiiiuei .iiiv p.nij, I ' s . 1 0 shadowing issue of the times, is an ardent . . B, ., ., . advocate lor .nr. Imchauans nomination, ,, , , . . i avowediv because he hopes that in adminis- . ... , . tcnug toe government Mr 1. wi l make the fc ... j principle ot the Missouri restriction his pol icy rather thau that ot the rvausas-.Ni lras ka act. Wc frankly eonfesss that we have great distrust, indeed, of the peculiar class of po liticians out of Pennsylvania who have fair ly mounted on Mr. Ruchauan's back. Nvar- eu omer m.iu a mgii proiectue lariu une, for le unJ.-rufce to describe the appear the fact has escaped our recollection. L p- alice 0f mct.(ia;) or the gratifying inci ou lhe Pacific railroad question he certain- ' Ji;I,t, of tuu Il is euoug'li to say, ly differs as widely trom the Democracy of thai in its numbers, iu its enthusiasm, io its the South as any gentleman of either party ; ,iucora,i0,lS) i ju transparancics, in its be l.ow in public lite. I pon the slavery q ies- ! haviour, and last, not least, in the various tien, though until receutly an advocate for j asldros-'es of its pubiio speakers, it was the the txcluMou of slavery lrom all Liuted Igraudest exhibition that was ever witnessed States territory north ot ISO degrees and Mil iu the city of Washington 1 ininutesof north lstitude or, iu other words j qqic Speakers on the occasion, after the a Missouri compromise man he now lands opening ceremouic. were Senator Critten 011 the Kansas bid platform; a position ol'KL.niuckv ; Mr. Humphrey Maisball, ly every notoriously uusouud man claiming jr,lrt;tnt action of the' session. Mr. Dunn of atliiiation with the Democracy, is rmong i Inrli;jiia, a Rt pu! licau has been a consist them. The latter is uuscruputuus and en- jcht opponent of this bill from first to last, ergetic in carrying their points, favoring , an( js ,f,e 0iuy one of that party who re special legislation, aud, indeed, everything , eorded bis vote against it. Efforts are be that the South abominate avi for which she ' n,, Ula,!e ( procure a reconsideration, has long erroneously held fedci.,;sm alone j '() Tuesday the Kansas Investigating responsible ; as one has but to -pen 1 some Committee made their report, Tbe major time around the federal capital to compre- ;;tT cf the committee say that tho election of Lt nd the fact that those by far mo-t dan- yr Whitiuld is void on account of fraud, gerous to the cause of the continued admin- J fll(j ,;,.)t j,,. election of Recder is not in ac istralion of the Government upon the doc- jCOrdance with law. 31 r. Oliver will submit trines of the constitution as made by our ; a , n0rity report fullers and interpreted by the democratic;, jjr- C'liiigni ui has at last attempted are Statesman of the South, are individuals who pv t0 the able letter of Hon. E. (i. Rcade. claim to be Democrats, as though only the jliive nnt yvi S(.en the document, belter to enable them to aid the enactment j on. Edward Staidev, formerly of your of propositions opped by the mass of the .s3t.lttf arr;vt,i ; Sew-York on Saturday. States rights and strict construction Demo- j RRONTES. craey of Congress. Such, then, is the evidence of a leading! " Democratic Journal, aud i: established these I yovr.t. DfKU Ilt'ST. Herr Driesbach positions : j w a travelling with bis mammoth menagerie 1st. Tbat Mr. Buchanan is now aud has i recently, and when near La Porte, Indi ana, alwavs been for a Protective Tariff observed, a short distance from tbe rosd, 2ud. That be has heretofore been in fa- under the shade of a cluster of tree', a fin-j vor of ex.'lu.iing slav erv, b V act of Congi e s. fit buck, llewts anxiaus to old lin il ; but from all the territory of the Cnited St.tes there was a law prohibiting tbe shooting of north of '"' degs. aud IUI iniu.1 ! deer, and he had no dogs. In this cm t- Urd. That every Northern Democratic : gency, a happy thought struck him. I Io Freesoiler is for Mr. R.'s nomination. i unbarred the wage of bis pet leep ird, and 4th. Ho is ,'' the Pacific Railroad, and pointing to the deer, in a moment the beau in this 14 differs widely Trom the Democracy i tiful. but treacherous animal, was stcalthi of the South." !lv creeping towards bis prey, and. with a ."lh. Every unsound man at the North j sudden spring, buried bis talons in its bo claimiii'' atliiiation with the Democracy has j dv. Herr Diieshach then went and dis mounted on bis (Mr. R.'sl back. Now. if these thiugs be true, (and surely the Democracy ought to know, and theij say so,) how can Southern States Rights, strict construction, anti-protection Democrats sup- port him. Lynchburg Virginia, f ruin our I'orri'spoiidtnts. M'A.'ftiNOTON, July 2, 1656. Having been absent from the city during the last two weeks my letters to you were uecessarily suspended. Wishing to take some little recreation, and nt the same tiuro attend to some business which had been en trusted to me, I made a rapid but very de lightful trip through a portion of the Mutes of Maryland, Delaware. Pennsylvania. New- Jersey, New-i ork, and ermont, and cross- ed the line and paid my respects to our cous i ins of Montreal, Canada East. The wholo length of the couutry through which I trav eled, appears to be in a healthy Mid fertile Istat -, ami the cities and towns through w hieh true and di vtv! Drutcstaiits. The build- lin.ru nf flu. t-tin oca mwfltr tf ul.it. a n I are massive and comfortable liusiuess of all kiuds appears to be nourishing, and a very commendable public spirit is manifes ted on the Part of the citizens of the town. l'ie cathedral of the Trench Catholics in this place is the largest building of the kind I ever K3W It Ulll split. 1 'J tlllll Tionron u-itl. ! ,1, ri.,i 1,,. i,: ,,... p; . i..t..r r.t. ern flUn. The enihusiasm with which he has j be(;n grt.t.l(.,i aa Ue jourilt.Vt.d towards bis ll01,e tiie iilie,t a,i is au CV;,,1UC(. uf ,,e upon tuu .-,; Qf Americans citizens. 1 vni bM Lore 011 Monday night. Resolu- L01iI,tr. ,,.. nd. It is not necessary . J . ' . ' 0,' Keutackv : Mr. Read v. of Tennessee: Mr. Harrison, of Ohio; Mr. Hoffman, of Maryland ; Mr. Broom, of Pennsylvania ; Mr' Sut"1' ( Tu,",ws-"5 ; n'1'1 Mr' L ,ke of Mississippi. AH of then, did honor to them- ! Selves and to the occas.on. and c. , bursts of applause, and cheers aft i fro.., the cn.hu-ia-iic multitude - lied forth r cheers of people whom they aduressed. I regrd to be compelled to say that our new Mayor in a state of intoxication pro ceeded to this meeting, and by interfering uulawfuliy, first with some boys, and aftr wards w'th one of the speakers, created con siderable disturbance. Such arc tho men whom the Forney and Pierce parly have set over us of this Dis trict, and whom they would, had they the power, place over the country. On Monday the House, by a vote of 100 to 107 rejected the bill admitting Kansas as a State with the constitution formed at Tepeka. This is regarded as the most im- patched the deer. A word of kinlncs, is a ccl which when drgppsd, ly chance, Lriui up a flower.
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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