COSQVEmyG A DEFEAT.
It is gratifying to observe that our Democratic
friends are rapidly coining to entertain a most
salutary conviction of their inability any longer to
administer the affairs of the country with credit
to themselves or satisfaction to the people The
Washington correspondent of the New Forlt
Journal of Commerce writes as follows;
“The Congressional and other elections in Ken
tucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, &c.. show that
the Democratic Administration party have sub-
stantiallv prevailed At the same time the num
ber of Opposition members of Congress elected is
sujficient to mif tht Administration Dtmocracy
from tht trouble and respoasihHity of oryaniziny
the next House of' Reprtmitatives. Neither the
Democrats uor the Kepublicaus will have a ma
jority in the House, though the latter party may,
through the aid, direct or indirect, of Southern
Opposition members, secure the organization ot
the House. This is to be hailed with satisfaction
as a result favorable to the peace of the country.’’
One would naturally suppose that a party which,
in the person of the present Chief Magistrate of
the nation, is charged with the direction of the
Executive branch of the Government, would de
sire to find itself honored with the confidence of
the people in the Legislative Department also, to
the end that itx policy, if believed to be wise and
beneficent, might be carried out without obstruc
tion or modification. What, then, are we to in
fer when we find leading exponents ot the party
pointing with ill-disguised complacency to the
fact that, while "substantially” prevailing in the
late election, they have succeeded in allowing u
sufficient nnmber of “Opposition members” to be
elected to the next Congress “to save the Admin
istration Democracy from the trouble and respon
sibility of organizing the next House of Kepre-
sentatives/” And this arrangement, the writer
udds, ‘“is to be hailed with satisfaction :ts a result
favorable to the peace of the country.” We have
not for a long time met with any admission on
the part of our Democratic friends which seemed
to Us more frank ur more indicative of a modest
desire to be relieved of the burdens found to be
incident to the pu.-.session ot official place and
civil authority. It is to be hoped that so much
diffidence, the re.'ult in the present ciu^e of ad
mitted incapacity, rather than of prudent mi.s-
givings, may not pass unheeded by the people,
who. we presume, will not find it difficult to lodge
political power in the hand?; of those who believe
too confidently in the wisdom and expediency of
their measures to hail with satisfaction a result
which should destroy their ascendency in the ad
ministration of our civil affairs. But, in any as
pect of the case, it is pleasant to observe the po
litical philosophy which extracts consolation from
the succe.ss of the Democracy in recently gjiininir
a los and conquering a defeat, it having been ap
parently demonstrated to the .satisiaction of their
more sagaciou.s adherents that the party is better
fitted to adorn a private station than to occupy
posts ot honor which are at the same time sources
of “trouble and responsibility ”—Xit. Int.
n Canada.—One hears and !«?es
APPLE CULTURE IN WESTERN CAROLINA.
The soil and climate of our section are peculiarly
adapted to the successful culture of the apple.
Trees here are vigorous in their growth and live
to a great age. We remember some that were
growing on an old Indian improvement, when
we were brought to this valley a boy, some thirty
eight or forty years ago. They were then trees
of respectable size and very prolific bearers. They
are still living, are good bearers and seem as
thrifty as then. We think they must be sev
enty years of age. Orchards planted with the
first settlement of tfie country, wherever the lo
calities were judiciously ^ade, are exceedingly
thrifty. We attribute the fact to the adapted-
ncss of the loil and climate to the growth of the
apple.
The ingredients of the soil in all this primitive
belt are such as are necedsary to the most health
ful developement of the trees and the perfect ma
turation of the fruit. The quality of the fruit
produced in Western Carolina is very superior.
We meet with none which for delicacy of flavor
and excellence in every particular excels our
mountain fruit. Our most esteemed varieties are
nearly all seedlings which have originated amongst
us, all of which surpass the most popular varie
ties brought from the north and west. Kven
New York and Ohio arc unable to furnish us with
apples equal to our own. The simple fact that
our best fruits are seedlings goes to prove that
our climate and soil are wonderfully adapted to
apple culture. The pure mountain air combined
with the adaptedness of the soil furnishes amongst
us localities unsurpa.ssed, perhaps, in the world.
Our market facilities are very unfavorable.
We are compelled to get our fruit to market in
common road-wagons; and the usual method is to
pour our apples into the wagon beds pcll-niell.
without any regard to difference of variety. In
this condition it is hauled a hundred miles or
more over the roughest of roads; and yet alter it
has been carried to market in this condition we
are assured by fruit dealers that the fruit Iroin
other sections cannot compete succes.sfully with
ours If under these disadvantages our fruit is
in such demand, give us a rail road to induce
more care in preparing it for market and we will
never fear competitioo. Moreover there would
be a vastly increased amount shipj)ed from this
mountain section. As it now is much «>f tlie
product of our euuetry is wasted, fed to stock and
converted into brandy by distillers. There are
four counticiN here which can very easily produce
half a milliiMJ bushels of apples annually. This
amount put into market in good condition would
bring into our midst half a million dollars: and
we may safely say that in a few years after the
first passage of the engine and train across our
mountains, the aggregate would be greatly in
creased. Add to this apple crop the wine we arc
capable of producing and it would make a hand
some thing. Let those who control our rail
road enterprises look at this thing.
t'rankliu A’. C. (V»x>rrer.
The Grape Orop.—Accountji of the prapc
crop throughout the country are generally favor-
Fwjitiv-'s
much in Canada of runaway negroes. Their i able, and indicate an increased attention to thi
condition is described by all impartial observers , branch of culture. The vineyards of Ohio, which
aa pitiable in the extreme. Unsuited by nature ' the first rank u- regards their mode of cul-
to the rigors of a Northern climate, they soon ture and pecuniary imp'jrtance, are said to prom-
“dwindle, peak and pine,” amid all the pangs of ise better than since IS.33. The same is true, .so
itarvation by oold and hunger. The encourage- we are enabled to judge of the vines in
ment of black emigration has loaded the poor- i ^’orth Carolina and Georgia, where they are re
house and the jails, while the loathsome inter-i reiving increased attention. In West Florida,
marriages which are allowed and even encouraged j too, the newspapers represent the grape as being
have caused in some localities a terrible de-} cultivated with the best success for vinous pur-
moralization, j poies. The manufacture of wine from the wild
Stories abound of the dissatisfaction express- j grape has been commenced in Washington Co.,
ed by the expatriated blacks. A short time I un^tr the supervision of a centlcman pre-
since an extensive planter from Kentucky visiting i viously engaged in the business in the island of
the Clifton House received many voluntary at- Madeira, who is represented bv a correspou ient
tentioDS from a poorly dressed young biack, who ; «f tbe N. O. Picayune as ‘‘delighted with the
finally said “Massa Col'nel, don't you know me?” prospect” and sanguine that such of his country-
“No,” said the Colonel, “I never saw you before.” ‘ “^en as have been compelled to abandon their foV-
The young fellow then declared himself a run-a- ! “^er occupation by the vii^e disea.se. misiht there
way from the Coionel's plantation near Louisville, j resume their labor with succc.ss.
and demanded alms. His old master gave him a 1 At the late exhibition of the Fairfield Airri-
sufficient sum of money to replace his rags with a ' cultural Associatioa of South Carolina. Hon. W.
decent suit of clothes, when the following conver- j Boyce, M. C.. made a report a.>! chairman of
sation is described as having taken place: j the fruit committee, in which he stated that there
“Massa, ’should like to go back to Kentuck.” j is no product oi the .'^oil available in that State
“Well,” Jack. I shall not give a cent to help you I which will yield such enormous profits as the
back. You have run away from, a good home,
and you can run back again, where, if vou behave
yourself, you will be taken care of.”
What became of Jack is more than is known;
but if there be any return tickets by the “Tnder-
ground Kailroad,” Jack will avail himself of the
first passage.—Jour, of Comnu r't.
Tht! dd Doy of Xinyara.—Have V‘»u ever
heard of the Wild Dog of Niagara? Just below
the Suspension Bridge on the Canada side and
hanging over the river to a height of some two
hundred feet, runs for some distance a huge,
broken and over-reaching precipice, which no hu
man being could climb or descend without a.ssist-
ance. Near the surface of the water and on the
broken rocks, a large, noble-Iooking and peculiar
ly marked New Foundland dog has been seen and
heard, at \arious times during the past two years^
and lately within a few weeks. This fact is au
thenticated by the testimony of many respectable
and veracious eye-witnc.sses. and as there is no
way for the poor animal to return to civilized life
and the amenities of human intercourse, he is a
subject of much curiou^i speculation. He is a
kind of Robinson (’ru.soe among dogs, and it is
supposed, picks up his precarious living from the
fish and small animals on hi.-“beat,” which is
only half a mile in length. His howling lamen
tations from the rocky reces.ses of his retreat are
often heard at midnight, and a daring attempt to
approach and save him wa.? rendered fruitless by
hi.' ferocity. An additional air of romance lias
been thrown around his fate by the storj' that he
i.s beni(janing his master whom he “lost” at the
Clifton House some two years since. It is pro-
liable that he ; the dog, and not the man,) was
washed a>hore by the Rapids, which sweep along
here with terrific velocity. But whether an exile
or a disheartened misanthrope, the poor east-a-
way has the hearty sympathy of every one who
approaches the spot and conjectures his probable
fate.—Bri>J Xotns of Canada in Jour, of Com.
Vatuafion of Boaton.—The city assessment of
BoftUm, just completed, shows the real estate to
amount to :J157,092,800, and the personal estate
to 8104,921,700—total 8262,014,500. The rate
of taxation is 89.70 on the 81,000, equal to 97
cents on the 8100, which is the heaviest ever
known to the city. In addition to this tax, a
poll tax of Si 50; the number of taxables under
the head of polls being 33,323. The assessment
shows an increase in the total valuation, over last
year, of 87,293,100, or 2 86-100 per cent. The
increase of real estate 83,514,100 or 2 29-00 per
cent; of personal estate 83,779,000 or 3 73-100
per cent. The increase in the number of polls is
735 or 2 26-100 per cent.
South.” he st-u-s,
but a fact,” the
Brt-adstujfs and Provisions.—L pou the appli
cation of the Chamber of Commerce the Secre-
, tary of the Treasury has furnished an exhibit of
the aggregate value of breadstuff’s exported to
; foreign countries from the United States for each
year from 1828 to 1858; also the export value
ol provisions for the same period. This exhibit
; is published in full in the report of the Chamber
; of Commerce for the past year. We extract for
i our columns the statement for the past seventeen
j years only, (out of thirty-one,) commencing with
j the year 1842. The importance ofbreadstuffs in
our export trade to .lOurope, &c. is thus fully
I shown, as well as the part which salted provisions
j occupy in our foreign export. The shipment of
breadstufTs in 1855-1857, exceeded thatofthefa-
mous famine year 1847, while that of provisions
I was larger in 1855-56 than at any previous or
subsequent period. If we could rely upon such
an export (74 to 77 millions annually) for the
future, it would give a great stimulus to pro
duction in our country;
vine. “Wine making in the
“is no longer an experiment
only impediment now in the way being want of
information as to the mode of proceeding. The
same labor that can produce cane and make sugar
will be available for this purpose.
The State of Missouri, however, is pre»‘minent-
ly adapted by nature to producing the vine, and
the “St. Louis \ ine and Fruit (Growers’ Asso
ciation” contemplate entering this inviting field
on a large scale, by planting a vineyard of l.OOU
acres. The area available for this and kindred
enterpises is greater than that of the entire wine-
districts of Prance. The blufll^s of the numerous
streams in southern Missouri and in the vail*'}’ of
the Osage are described as frejuently Ibrming
natural terraces, nearly level at the top and cov
ered with a light warm and rich soil, wonderfully
adapted to grape culture. Though the fruit
grown here is not as large and juicy as in some
richer soils, this di.sadvantage is more than com
pensated for by the superior juality of the clus
ters in other respects. It is esimated that not
less than 5,000,000 acres in southern *^Ii.s.sou^i
present rare attractions to the vine-dre?ser, while
favorable localities exist in all parts of the State,
in which the grape can be cultivated to :idvantage.
It is a curious fact, seemintr to indicate a special
arrangement of Nature with reference to wine
growing, that numerou.s caves abound in that
part of the country, with a temperature so low
and uniform as to preserve wines in their best
Btate for an indefinite period. I’ltimately, (’ali-
fornia and Missouri must rival the most famous
wine countries of the old world; while other lo
calities comparatively insignificant but still im
portant, will furnish a liberal contingent of an»-
matic juices from native fruits, wherewith the
philanthropist may run a tilt with death-dealing
distilleries, and the villainous compounds now
dignified with the name of beverage.
X. V. Jonr. of Com.
American Iron.—In 1856 an experinient was
tried by the Georgia Central Kailroad to test the
qualities of American and English railway iron.
English rails (of extra quality and price) and
American rails of the same pattern were laid on
opposite sides of the same track for a long distance,
so that their qualities might be fairly tested, un
der perfectly equal conditions. After more than
two years of wear the General Superintendent of
the Road has given his report, from which it ap
pears that the American rails were much better
than the imported ones.
.^irw York Sugar Trade.—The annual report
of the chamber of commerce of New York states
that the quantity of brown sugar used by the re-
. . fineries annually in that city is about two hun-
r/te H istonsin W heat Crop.—Ihe Milwaukee dred and fifty-two millions of pounds, (112 000
Wisconsin has no doubt that the crop of spring , tons) producing, at an estimate of sixtvper cent
wheat now harvested in that State is larger than i over 67,000 tons of refined su-ar '
in any former year. It esumates the amount at'
14,OUO,OUO bushels, and allowing 4,000,000 for i Gienny says: Mice and
-consumption, there will be lO,Ou0,000 bushels ' easily destroyed if we set about it
for expoit. j in earnest. Get live plaster-of-paris and flour.
It is s^h7tl7rndra~nr^hT^^^ I ‘‘^em dry in equal quantities, lay it in dry'
proving very disastrous to the corn crops. Im- i u fu"' sprinkle a little sugar amongst it.
mense hordes of them are found in the fields woh- mice eat ravenously, the plaster
bing the corn and destroying it. 1 directly after it is moistened, becomes
) J* iump inside them, and kills to a certaiuty.
Year.
Export value of
Export value of
Aggregate of
breadstufFs
provi!«iou^
bread & prov.
S}»,87S,17t>
S7,024
700
§lG,902,87t>
l.'4;i
5,24y,l>00
5,954
523
11,204,123
1S44
U,038
739
17,970,135
1845
7,445,S2U
9,21)7
001
10,743,421
lS4t:
1),1)25,407
11,075
714
27,701,121
1847
5o,2)2,437
15.439
484
08,701,921
1S4S
2l',:78,GU2
14,794
I4y
37,472,751
iNfK
22,ss»5,7s:3
15,259
724
38,155,507
1S,'>0
13,000,5Ui»
12,984
804
20,051,373
IS,')]
14,55!,2o()
7,392
415
21,948,051
1S;V2
17,2')»),SU:}
s,()t>0
224
25,857,027
1^.53
•J1,s75,S7s
11,109
444
32,985,322
1S54
48,:;s:),l07
17,558
2k;
til),941,323
ls55
'21,557,858
17,337
494
38,895,348
;')(),
2U,r>«>7
,315
77,187,801
1 x57
55,t:L>4,s;{L>
19,043
020
74,0(57,852
1858
It 1,984
.795
50,083,2S5
y. Courier.
The Briti.^h Cotton Morfnunt.—Among the
many expedients which have been contemplated
and resorted to, memorials were recently pre.sent-
ed by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to
the Government, in which they urged the im
portance of extending such encouragement to Mr.
Bourne's j)roposals for navigating the Indian
rivers, as would enable the cotton grown in the
interior to be lian>{ort'd to the coast, with ade
quate facility and at a moderate expense. The
old Hast India (\>mpany consented to give to the
Oriental Inland Steam (’ompany, which has been
fornul in London to carry tins method of navi-
iration into practical effect, a yearly grant of money
to a.".'ist in carrying out the undertaking, and
whicli j;rant will, it is stated, of itself, return ten
per cent, yearly on the capit;il which the company
undertakes to expend. This concession is a much
moie favorable one than any which has been
granted to the Indian railways; but the necessity
of addi»t: to the British supplies of cotton from
India is considered urgent, and hence the most
liberal Ttolicy is advocated. The cotton manu-
fiictur^ rs ot the I'nitcd Kingdom recently formed
a great a.-*sociation for promoting, by every means
in thoir power, the production and supply of cot
ton; and the Londjn journals state that in order
to supply funds for accomplishing their object.>j,
they have assessed and made calls on, the rrspec-
tivc factories, in proportion to their horse-power.
It is stated that nine-tenths of the cotton of the
world comes from about thirtj’-eighl millions ot
acres of American laud, cultivated mainly bj
three millions of .\tricans under intelligent while
supervision.—Philadtlj>hiu Inijuirtr.
Rrti rtrnt.nt u/th'. Jiothsihi/da from /’utan-
cial W'jrld.—The interesting intelligence, by the
last .■steamer Irom i^urope, is n rumor of the retire
ment ot the Rothschilds Iroin financial world. The
report i» credited by the leading journals of this
Country and England. For this, various rea.sons
are as.-igned. some attributing it to the troubled
state of European affairs, others to the prostration,
by paralysis, of Nathaniel Rothschild, one ot the
most sagacious of that family of famous finan
ciers. To neither of the.se causes, however, can
it be properly atributed; first, because the Koth-
.'childs reap their largest harvests trom financial
speculation during periods of national disturbance,
and their most enormous and usurious notes of
interest are exacted from embarra.sed monarchs,
pending long and expensive wars. Now would
the prostration, by disease, of one ol the numer
ous family ot Rothschilds interfere with the
financial operations of the family, while t)ther
members of it, ix>ssessing equal talent, are active
ly engaged in business?
A leading New York Journal furnishes, in our
opinion, the most rational explanation of the cause
of this rumored retirement from the financial
worhJ of this famous family of money-lenders. It
is that Napoleon has completely changed the fi
nancial system of Europe, and has stripped the
Rothschilds of that pjwer. He has taught the
monarchs of Europe to rely upon their subjects
and not upon usurers for loans. He has introdu
ced the American system of loans so success
fully into Franco, that Austria, Prussia, and other
European governments have followed lii.'^ example.
When money is needed by the Emperor of France
lie advertises lor a loan, specifying the maximum
loans which the government will receive from
each individual. The bids for these loans have
not unfrequently exceeded ten fold the amount
desired by the government. By making thou
sands and millions almost interested in these
loans the government is strengthened, as each
creditor of the governmcrit becomes its friend and
partizan, and from the strong considerations of
selfishness, opposes all attempts against the gov
ernment; the destruction of which would be at
tended with personal loss to the creditor. The
tinancial greatness of the Rothschilds was the
result of the old system, when Kings borrowed
money from usurers, and then taxed the people
oppressively and cruelly to pay debts not unfre
quently due to foreign creditors.—Rich. Ex.
Prcshtitrrian Statistics.—The following will
show the com])arative statistics of the New and
Old School.
Old School. New School.
Synols 3,3 28
Presbyteries ]f,8 108
Ministerg 2,577 1,545
Churches 3,487 1,542
Licentiates 297 • 1S4
Candidates 493 370
Members added on examin-ition 2.^,945 10,705
Total communicants 279,630 137,990
^4)? American Kagle for the Emperor of Aus
tria.—A Richmond correspondent of the Peters
burg Express says:—The VirginiaCentral brought
down on its train of yesterday afternoon a rare
bird of the eagle species. It is of common size,
resembles the common gray eagle so frequently
caught in Virginia, bicipitous, or double headed
—and in this its peculiarity consists. The two
heads are clearly defined, and seem to be perfect
in all respects. It receives its food with the
same facility in either beak. It was captured
when a mere fledgling, near Luray, Page county,
by^ Mr. Joannes Schwartzbergen, and has been
carefully nurtured and fed by himself and family
ever since. Mr. S. has disposed of this curious
bird to the Austrian Consul at New York, who
intends presenting it to the Emperor Francis
Joseph. A more appropriate present could not
be made his Royal Highness. The national em
blem of his vast empire,—you will recollect,—is
a double-heiided eagle, but we will venture the
j assertion that this is the first live one ever seen.
POLITICAL PLATFORMS. !
Experience han proved that “platforms” are as ;
worthless in practice as they are anomalous iu |
theory. However ingeniously constructed, they •
soon betray symptoms of dilapidation. Whether :
from the haste with which they are patched to- |
gether, or the unseasoned and heterogeneous tim
ber which generally enters into their composition, |
certain it is that they are never expected to last
longer than four years, and even beftjre the expi
ration of that period “a general flavor of mild de
cay” is perceptible in all their parts. Such, for
insttuice, is the present condition of the Cincinnati
platform, if we sliould judge from the reports of
the political artisans who may be presumed most
competent to pronounce a scientific judgment in
the premises. Among those who regard it as too
insecure to afford any longer a safe foundation for
the Democracy is Mr. A. R. Wright, a candidate
for Congress iu the eighth district of Georgia,
and who, being recently placed iu nomination on
the basis of some merits more personal than his
acceptance of a ready-made confession of political
faith, accompanied his acceptance of the honor
with the following criticism on the utility of these
political structures:
“I think, gentlemen, yo«r Convention acted
wisely in ignoring those political mantraps, yclept
‘platforms.’ The people have been so often de
ceived and deluded by^ the promises held out to
them in these paper ‘shuffle-boards,' that they
have come to look with suspicion and distrust upon
all who advocate them. They are generally fair
to look upon, but, like ‘dead-sea fruit, they turn
to ashes upon the lips.’ Take, if you please, that
great piece of master-carpentry, constructed at
Cincinnati in 1856, by the great master-builder of
modern Democracy, with timber furnished and
brought from the different sections of the Union.
The South furni.shed palmetto, cotton, and slave
ry; the North oak, commerce, and abolitionism;
the Eiist pine, manufactures, and free-.soil; the
West ash, internal improvements, and .stjuatter
sovereignty; the Atlantic and Middle States pop
lar, free-trade, and non-intervention. All dove
tailed harmoniously together, and to the casual
observer—the masses of the people—exceedingly
fair to look upon; but within it is a ‘whited sepul
chre, filled with dead men’s bones.’ The filling
of the seams in the structure indicates the master
talents. The ‘internal improvements’ opening is
filled with the ‘I’acific railroad;’ ‘the s(juatter
sovereignty’ joining is made smooth by ‘non-in
tervention;’ the ‘slavery plank’ is covered with
‘Cuba;’ the ‘free-soil’ seam is covered with ‘un
friendly legislation;’ while the ‘Abolition’ panel is
garnished with ‘isothermal lines.’ Thus, all uniting
in one harmonious and symmetrical structure, well
calculated to catch the popular gaze and cajole ‘a
nation of freemen.’ ”
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New Haven, July ‘J*>. 41-6pd
THE
FRUIT B OTTLB,
FOB 9.\L* AT
TiME VKaVUEMl K STOMtE,
IS the CHE.\PEST and (I think) the best article yet
invented for the preservation of Fruit.
PRICES:—Quarts 2 (K), and Half Gallons 3 00. per
dozen, with Corks. Extra Corks 20 cts. per dozen.
This Bottle or Jar has a mouth 2 inches in diameter,
narrowing suddenly ^ inch at the depth of the cork, so
that the cork cannot be forced into the bottle.
W. N. TILLINGHAST.
Aug. 11 39itf
l^ummer Comforts:
R E F R I C.; E K A T O R
ICE-CREAM FREEZERS.
Wire Gauze Dish Covers;
100 doz. Yeoman’s Fruit Bottles;
Brass B’d Pails and Churns;
Iron do. do. do.;
Sponge and Hip Bpths;
Also, new supplies of
WHITE CHIxlTA;
Tumblers, Goblets;
Knives and Forks;
Common Earthen-ware and Wooden-ware.
Just received and on hand at
THE CROCKERY STORE.
W. N. TILLINGHAST,
June 30 27itf
Turnip lieed!
FL.VT Dutch; English Norfolk;
Red Top Strap Leaf;
Ruta Baga; Hanover;
Large White Globe.
For sale by JAS. N. SMITH.
July 13 3ii
Citrate ^afj^ne^^ia.
SELTIER APERIENT;
CONGRESS WATER;
PORTER:
SCOTCH ALE.
For gale by jaS. N. SMITH.
July 13 31 i
TEAS.
OLD HYSON.
IMPERIAL,
OOLONG,
and YOUNG HYSON.
All of first qualitj. For sala by
JAS. N. SMITH.
_ July 13 _ _ _ 311
Wliitc Li«ad.
LINSEED OIL;
WHITE ZINC.
For sale by JAS. N. SMITH.
July 13 314
WetUrn X. C. Items.—While the wheat and ;
oat crops were generally quite good this year, the |
corn has been much injured from the long con- j
tinued drought. Recent rains, however, will do j
much towards reviving the almost dying crops, ;
and in many places the corn crop will be tolerable, |
but in other sections will be utterly impossible to j
produce anything like a half crop. heat sells
very readily for a dollar per bushel, while the
best flour can be bought for six dollars a barrel.
Corn is worth $1 30; in fact it can scarcely be
obtained at any price.
Railroads have done much lor \\ eslern Caroli
na; productions of every kind have iucrea.sed; old
lands have been reclaimed, new lands brought in
to cultivation, business facilities increa.sed, new
towns .sprung up, «&c.
The Mining interest is looking up; some of
them are paying well, while others bid fair to do
the same. There has been so much wild and reck
less speculation in mining, and so many of our
mines have been worked only with a view to sell out
at an enormous price, that confidence in the real
and permanent value of mines in this country,
has almost ceased to exist. We lately visited
one of the mines at which five or six hundred
dollars worth of copper ore is raised daily. This
copper ore is barreled up and sent to Haltiuiore.
Valuable gold ore is also found at the same mine.
The company have mills for grinding the ore and
collecting the gold, on “the hill.” t?ome of your
readers may be curious to know the process of
“gold making.” The rocks and dirt containing
the gold are first placed in mills and ground to a
fine powder; this is then run through tubs, bowls,
troughs, &c., in which quicksilver is placed. The
quicksilver, from its greater specific gravity, lies
in the bottom; the fine particles of gold being
also heavier than the sand, sink towards the bot
tom of the trough, where they are taken up by
the (juicksilver. The gold is separated from the
quicksilver by s^jueezing through buckskin, dis
tillation, &c. Some of these mines have been
worked to a depth of four or five hundred feet,
(jold Mill, in Rowan county, has been the most
productive gold mine in our State. It has been
worked many years and some millions of dollars
of gold have been obtained from it.
Cor. A". C. Disjiutch.
Irunnnd Copprr of Western Carolina.—There
is, in the vicinity of Franklin, a deposit of mag
netic Iron ore, which we have believed for several
years to be valuable. It seems to be a vein run
ning parallel with the general strata of the coun
try. The (tre is of a superior (juality; it consists
of an aggregation of octohedral crystals, and is
highly magnetic. We have examined the ores
of Cranberry, and regard this freer from foreign
ingredients, and believe it would make a superior
iron to the celebrated Cranberry Iron. We have
no means at hand of knowing the extent of thi?
deposit; but our examination of the grounds and
the formation of the vein .satisfied us that it would
justify a liberal outlay. There are also valuable
deposits of Copper in this county and Jackson.
The development of these deposits will be made
so soon as we have a.ssurances of Rail Road faci
lities for transporting theores to market. Uur space
at present, will not allow of a detailed account of
these mines; but we now say. that whenever we
have a rail road, we will ship copper ores in
quantity from this .•section of North Carolina.
These items, added to our marble and other
products will make up a handsome amount of
freight on our road.
Franklin, Macon Co., Obst-rver.
Facilitit's for Education.—\ever were the fa
cilities for education in North Carolina greater
thanat pre.sent. A glance overNorth (Carolinaglad
dens every heart. Besides the number of girls in
the common, family or neighborhood ichools,
there are between 4 and 500U girls in the higher
schools of the Stato, and perhaps a greater num
ber of b)ys.
We sometimes hear the complaint made that
the price ot tuition is too high. This is a mis
take. No set of persons of equal ability are so
poorly paid as our school teachers. How many
school teachers in North Carolina get rich at the
business? How few of them ever obtain a good
living. It is the most laborious, vexatious and
re.sponsible vocation, and yet none jjet rich at it.
iras/i. Dispatch.
The Wilmington Slave Case.—The boy when
questioned stated distinctly that no white person
on board the schooner knew anything about his
being on board. There did not appear to be the
slightest ground for supposing that any white
person did know. Captain Gilbert came up will
ingly—voluntarily. Some apparently suspicious
circumstances led to the arrest of the French
steward of the ve.ssel, but these circumstances
being explained, he was discharged. The pris
oners [4 negroes] were committed to await trial at
the next Superior Court for this County. The
boy John was also committed to testify, Mr. Rob
bins wishing him to remain in the custody of the
authorities. There was no argument by counsel,
but a disposition displayed to get at the real state
of the case.— M7/. Jour.
Arrested for Kidnapping.—On Tuesday even
ing May (icorge, a citizen of this County, was
brought before W. II. Harrison, and Jordan
W omble, Fsijrs., of this City, and committed to
prison on a charge of kidnapping. it appears
that Mr. George was found in possession, in
Lunenburg County, A a., of a couple of negro
men, the property of Mr. William.son Page, of
this County; and his manner and that of the
slaves exciting suspicion, he was arrest;d by Mr.
S. 1). Crafton and others and brought on here for
trial. Kidnapping, that is stealing slaves, is
punishable with death.—Ral. Standard.
^'l Man Allied.—A man by the name of Elisha
Herring (says the correspondent of the Newbern
Progress) was killed on the Wilmington and
W eldon Rail Road on Tuesday night last near
Dudley Station. He had been in Goldsboro du
ring the day, and left cn the 3 o’clock train for
home. Being somewhat intoxicated he refused
to settle his fare when called on by the conductor,
who promptly discharged his duty by putting
him off the train at the first convenient place,
which was iiverettsville, a village H miles from
Goldsboro.
From thence Herring pursued his way home
ward on foot, until overcome with intoxication he
fell upon the track. In this situation he was dis
covered by the engineer of the K o’dock train,
but not in time to stop the locomotive, the cow
catcher of which struck him upon the side of the
head, knocking him off the track and inflicting a
terrible wound, from which he died before reach
ing Goldsboro.
Xeir Cotton.—Last Saturday, Major P. Rich
ardson left at our office a perfect and healthy
boll of cotton of this season’s growth. From ap
pearances^ he thought it had been open several
days. We think this is the first this season in
^orth Carolina.— Arffus,
A. O. Crops.—A Halifax correspondent of the
Petersburg Kxpress says; Crops in this section
are not very good, nor so bad as I have seen tljem.
Corn and Cotton have suflFered for want of rain,
yet there will be nearly an average crop of corn
made, and a full average crop of cotton. Persons
from the upper part of this county and the lower
end of Warren state that tobacco is rather small
and that crops will be light.
THREK DAYS LATER FROM pr t,
-nkw yors, Aug.
The Asia, with Liverpool dates to "
August, arrived here this morninr. '
The Peace Conference wa.>j to meet y
on the 8th. Count Callorerds, Auitril^ ’
sentative; M. Desaubrois, Sardinian repre, I"'
and M. De Bourgueny, French reprt;,*!'*'*''
were en route for the meeting. ''
Disarmament iu the French uaw v-
ing. ^
The remainder of the late loan of lOo
francs is to be devoted to internal improv
It was reported that an unsucce.ssful
had been made to a.ssa.ssinate Garibaldi
It was said that France was intrii/ui,);,.
restoration of the Dukes of Parma atni '
A ministerial crisis iu Austria wa
imminent owing to a conflict of opiuiyi,^ ^ ‘
question of Reform. ^ '
A denial had been given bv X>,r.i
statement of a pretended interview betw
Emperor of Austria and the King ot .Surdi-^
Villa Franca. '•
\'he A'ienna Gazette contains au ,
voking the restrictions imposed upon , '
and navigation, on account of the war ^ '
England.—The British parliament haj
all the estimates and was to have beeu r,nr
on the 13th. ^ ■
The bill creating a naval reserve of
which will be to thv navy what the uiili*: '
the army was progre.ssing in parliament
The steamer Great Eastern is to be Jeii?
up by the contractors in complete order i, '
company on the l>^th.
In the House of Lords on the otL K,,r,: \
mandy gave notice of his intention to put a
tion as to the terms of the peace which werfuc?
discu.ssion prior to the treaty of Villa Franca
Earl Granville has announced that the crg^.
ment intends to adhere to the
principle,
which the sy.stem of national education lor ht ■
has been conducted.
The builders’ strike in London wx> dailv •
coming more serious, and it was feared thatoV'
day the steamer sailed there would be 411,
operatives in that trade unemployed. A
meeting of workmen had been held in HvdelV
at which a determination was evinced to ubi'i.
the nine hours’ movement. Employers had .
held a meeting and resolved to resi.st tht->/.
mands.
India.—The Calcutta mail of the 5th U
reached Malta. Despatches say that the i:uru[,.r
troops were accepting their discharges in lar .
numbers. The mutineers at Burhamjiore hadr-
turned to duty, except forty of them who w-re
have been Court-martialed.
Commercial.—LIVERPOOL, August C—(.V: -
slow of sale but prices unaltered. Sales fur
week reached 4i,UOU bales. At the close holdr:,
offered freely, but showed no disposition to
.sales. Fair Orleans ^id.; Middling Upland.,
In-Did. Flour dull. Wheat very dull. Cur.
very dull. Rosin steady at 3s. hd. a 3s. 'j.
Spirits Turpentine steady and market active.
3os. a 34s.
Post OjJice Changes in Xorth Carolina—TL
official paper of Thursday gives the following:
F.stablishid.—Jackson’s Creek, Randolph C.
Discontinued.—Summer’s Mill, Guilford;?
tato Creek, Ashe; Jenny Lind, Chatham; Baker,
Creek, Bladen; CTingman, Cleveland.
Quickest Trip on Record.—The clipper Schr
Napoleon left New York with goods for Wfeaur.
North Carolina on the 15th in.st. at 10 o’clucti
m. and arrived at Ocracoke Bar, at (5 o’clock.-
m. on the 16th inst., making the run troui N;>
York to Ocracoke in 32 hours, and to her wL»'
iu Newbern in 50 hours.—Xew. Froy.
High Prices of Slaves.—Two negro men wt:-
sold publicly in this City on Monday la.st, at
following prices: One, between forty and fi;;
years of age, at SI,640; and one, about thin
years of age, at 81,375. The man who bri U;;L
the highest price is a sort of “workman,” and
strong constitution.—Ral. Stand.
Blondin crosses Xiagara tciih a Man on
back.—Mons. Blondin crossed Niagara river
the 18th inst., upon a tight rope, carrying a n...
on his back.
During the performance a grand row occurrr;
when a man sixty years old, named (.’olwell,
thrown over the river’s bank and killed.
Magnijicent Present to Queen Victoria.—Tl
London Chronicle says: “We can state, on ii-
authority of a private letter from India,, thattii:
Maharajah of Cashmere is forwarding as a frc-
ent to Her Majesty a most costly shawl m:
which will contain, moreover, a bedstead of S'..
jold. The value of this regal offering is said i
exceed £150,000.”
Coal for Locomotives.—The cheapness oi ■
for locomotives in comparison with wood is da.,
demonstrated. The Hudson River Kailri
Company has added six more coal-burnin^j 1
motives to their road during the last four nion;."'
The whole number now in use is thirty-one. 1-
burning of coal reduces the current expense* ^
locomotive forty-five per cent., an item that au..
largely to the profits.—A'. Y. Cor. Xat. Int.
PATEilT
MICA Ax^DFIBROl S CEMENT ROOFIU.
^pillb cement consists of strong glutinous subsiHn.’-
i impregnated with fibrous matter, and covereii « -
Mica, which make it Fire Proof and a perfect
of the atmosphere in every climate, and we will
M\irrant ii \%*ater~Proof.
It also reflects the rays of the sun, making the
much cooler in Summer than tin or slate, and »
neither crack nor rot.
IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPERISHABLE,
and having been thoroughly tried for yearn in
York City, and various parts of the United State-. •
the cheapest and best roofing in use.
JOSEPH DITTO A (0.,
General Office, 378 Broadway, New V
N. B.—Cement for sale by the barrel, with fullpi"--
ed instructions for applying. We also offer for
Territorial Rights for a portion of the United iStatej
J. 1». tj '
June 13 22i^^ni
KIW1VE8 A«iD FORKS.
Ivory Handle Knives only-
Ivory haii«lle KnivtMi and Fork».
Horn tip ha.ndle Knive* and Fork*
Bone handle Knives and Fori&fi«
with 8, 4 and 5 Rivets.
BucRborn handle Knivest and Fork*-
Ivory Handle Carvers in het».
The forks of all the above are
and some have only two prongs.
Th€?*e Goods are seleeted willi a
cial view to the wants of the Retail Trade.
It is the intention of the subscriber to
keep constantly on hand,
AT THE CROCKERY
.\n assortment of Table Cutlery, which for it.s Tariety
good quality and cheapness, will eommanrf the attentw"
of all who desire to purchase.
W. N. TILLINOn.XST
June 30, 1859. 27-itlnj
Black and Crreen Tea.
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July 26
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