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t..h t.iin s e- n i t . i ruby hps aud i hiaji '''i :i vN --beware, my gii I, thinks I r ia will liinj, to oiir mmYow , thtt .M li h.-i-ii iiiiiiiu- t!i eriud-jton.; I'm- a . 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 . U It. ii I see a hoisted into office by part spirit - v, iihou,! a single qualification to render I'iui either respectable or useful --alas! meshinks, deluded people, you are loouu tl for a season to turn the grindstone I or :, booby. A Patriotic V()in:iii. Charh -l-ui M-miry, of the 2rflli The oh., contained the following communica tion: the substance of which ya of actual occurrence, and took place in Orangeburg. "Not long since, w hde attending one of lit. Tax Collector's polls in this parish, I was ill -lighted to hear an expression fall Iroiti the lips (d a lady who happened to ho present ai ihi- polls, and I think it .should he spread before your readers. It was as follow s : When the Tax Collector handed her the amount of her taxes, she exclaimed with astoiii.-dniient : Sir, what means all this This aceount is double that of last year Tli.:Ta ( 'oilector then w cut on to tell her d (lie new I;uv. and finished hy telling her t!. .t the principle (il.jeet of the taxes was. Jo rai-ii urn o monev to m-,.,-.,-,. s,.itl, ' iroliua t.i meet il.,- .-.u-mi- 1 1.. i. ...;.. tills he,- coiii.teuanee brightened as she. ex- claimed: if that li Llie object 1 caro Hut it it were doubled again." W ould that the God of battle would infuse, into all our .'ouls such noble patriotism ! Then we won!. I be prepared to preserve pure and laimaeulate, tlje unsullied honor of the PL- "! I. ICO S-r Ku-.t ii; Wheat.' It ill be remembered that the wheat crop en. -rally, was very seriously affected hy lie- i-nst las! senvj!!, and as present indiea"-lion- aro by no mcaus faorable, the fol I r i 1 1 iiil'oi oiutioii may prove to be of e.rea beiudit to our agricultural friemjs. In Western Virginia, win-re the climate I-; c.ibl anl damp, the wheat crop is never Millcred to rijx-ii, it is alway s cut before t ho -!i-aw turns yellow , the only way to pre eut the rut effecting the w hea't in that louutry. We understand a gentleman in Surry county pursued he same course last .--e.-iMm, and saved hi wheal, w hilsl cro).s generally suffered severely. ueinember, e. Jii-u lb ie rust strikes vonr wheat cut It " illioni ib fay. cot'ia. 'I he following resolution w as adopted by acclamation at the Southern Rihts .Meet-in- recently held jn Sciiven county, (leor- '..;--... "That in the event South Car ma seredes from ilo I i' v i. . 1 1 ilia! tli- overuiueut of ihe maioritv vioiiid try j iMiimSdair her from her just . it-hi to do so, we, the members composiuLr I 1 1 t IN IH..,.t ,. .!.. . I.. I .... . ' . ' ie I i' ! r , , " . . ... I tee o f.ie in.i- , o. w.. I ie I mii o.eo"e o -se vi' in iiii i support tier cans with our lilies to the death." u For California. A parly of twenty whites, and five ser anls. ou their way to California, arrived esieruav. ami our on .-it n IlotcJ. TJjey are to bo joined 'i.ier company, to-day, of three ai d lour servants, making in alH u a. nigrants to the "-old regions are. and, from North Carolina. we ii, i f iiey carry H-sidcs i-izht negroes with tiiem. and seeiX 'I'"" oong iu lesi ineir i.i. li! in this laTSj ol free-soil principles. U e u'ih tbein iicceSi il1 their undertaking, and hope that they ijjaysJJhc disappoint ed in ilii'ir antici nations .'.leivtiire Jrom our city, iux'le Isabel, on uiiday next, going fy the f the . Isthmus. Chinl's ton Sun . A Cvinespondentof the N ew Ycnv n,,i, lit .';, w riting from Louisville, Kentuc ihe State which Mr. Clay pledged to semj a regiment of horse dragoons into South Carolina to subjugate her people, "discour seth thus: "They (the Kentuckians) arc willing to taik'Tnion! every thing for liiion!' and this iu good faith; but if fate should will their hopes to blast, they will stand as a pillar of the South. They seriously be lieve tint South Carolina is about to with draw from the Luton, and should the North sliU cling to her Sewards and Stun ners in this crisis, aud the President call out the United Statec Ar.'uv to -subdue the Palmetto, fifty thousand lxeniucky bayo nets will face the music of Uncle Sam, and make Carolina's cause her own. Mark this prophec v."' Providential LNcaie. Three ladies. (Mrs. Osborne, .Mrs. Jones and .Miss Mary Caldwell) made a very nar oiv, escape on Friday evening last. They had st ated lhcmclves i:i their carriage to lake an t.vt ui;: ride, but had not pro-n-se.l '.r beore the horses, which we J earn, had tuajjife.ited some rt Mi v vuess be fore, became frightened at some liaise uear .Mr. Springs" new building, and started tf at a fearful rapidity. The driver attempt ed. to stop them by ruuniu on to ihe side walk uear Mr. Kistler's .carpenter iihop tailing in this, they look the street again. After running a short distance down the street he reined them into a gully, no doubt for tin; purpose of throwing the horse that w as the cause ol their running. Here he failed again and was thrown from his seat, but In; held ou to thj reins until he was told by some one iu the carriage to Lt them go. After running a short distance further, they left the street and ran upon the side-walk uear our residence, which they left at tke next cross-street, darting with their jjjmo speed into the street, and keeping ou ui:til coming to the cross : tre( t south of Mr. 1'. M. Brow n's resi dence, they attempted to run down it ;;' ie they were stopped by the carriage run- nm; as ain -t a tree. While the horses' were running, Mrs. Odborne attempted to j-et out ot tL- carnage, and had neayy Micceeded when the. sudden jar of the carriage- against the tree prostrated her on the ground, and it wai thought for .some time that she was seriously hurt, hut she escaped without any serious injury jflie other ladies, who remained quiet, diduot receive any injury at all. The carriage is a perfect wreck and it U a matter of won der how any escaped without material in jury nothing hut the protecting arm of (od could hring them safely through such a peril. The driver when thrown from his seat sustained some injury but he has near ly recovered. Charlotte. Journal. A gentleman in Franklin, Macon Oouii ty N. C, writing to a friend in this place, says : The Methodist church in Franklin is reduced to ashea. At day light this morn ing (June l!)th.) it was discovered to he on fire, and go completely, enveloped m ilames that there was -.m possibility of saving any thing. Sua.cs, furniture, Hooks, .Sunday School Library were all des troyed. " 1 here is nu evidence of any design in the matter, nor is it apparent how the I fire could Otherwise have been coinuiunica- l . " . s uie usual care was ,,',!it''-''l hi puttmjr out the lights at 10 tl;Kk I;ist "'ght "The friends are already taking steps preparatory to the erection of another in its place. Ashtvilte Xeivs. Look Out. It is nowr almost certain that the ladies of this city will adopt the new costume; and if so, the sweeping of the streets will fall as an expense upon the "city fathers." In such an event w e should not wonder if they passed an ordinance entitled an "act concerning short dresses," beginning: iikkkas, the ladies w ho have hitherto worn dresses generally known as "drag gletails," and w ho therein w hile traver sing the streets have swept them very satisfactorily, to us thereby saving an enormous expense to the city; and it'hrrcas, the said ladies are presuming to w ear a new style of dress, they denomi nate "costume a la Turk," and there by, w ill cause the expense Yf employing persons to cleanse said streets,a thing not heretofore done in the inemory of the "oldest inhabitants," iUJliey have here tofore been left solely to Ife cleansing by the "draggle-tails." Now, therefore, he it Tirsolrrtl, That we protest against this innovation upon the part of the said ladies as against the "mud and dust" of the city. lus'ifrcdf further, That we will raise a dust and provide an additional supply of mud, two matters that belong fier se to us alone, against such an iunovuliou upon long and established usage. liul it is furthermore yrov'ulnl, That if the said ladies insiston the right of appropri ation of the "breeches" to themselves, i breeches" to lbeoi;el ves. :i committee i.i i i . - . . . - . ' ' - .m. v i.i. uiinni iiuui uui jiuinMii- i l.l 1....1.. 1" - . I - oiiioii t t-i ,.iw.i i tc ...... i........... i ioe oooy, in soif t'.ie discarded "Wrajjeletails." that we mav sweep the streets ourselves or appropriate them to such of our friends as may fear au ml valorem tax to meet the anticipated ex pense. St, Louis Organ. ChailoUo mid S. C ISuil Koad Company. ClIKSTERVILLE, May 28, 1 V0. In pursuance of notice, a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Charlotte & S. C Kail Road Company, w as held in Ches terville, on .May 2Sth, 1S51. The follow ing named members present: Knw aud ( il. Palmer, Pres'dt,B. F.Tay lor, Jolm Buchafian, James Fagan, James A. Lewis, Adolphus K. Hutchison, Charles J. Fo, John A. Young, and A. B. David- son 1 he follow ing resolutions were adopted : Hcsoli'ed, That the Chief Engineer be requested to have all unfinished contracts put immediately in such condition, as shall secure their completion by such a time as may be necessary for laying the superstrue- INre. solved. That the Engineers he directed to hayethe Nation Ford 011 the Catawba, s faias it has been injured hy the con struction of the hridge piers, put in a good condition as soon as pract''able. Resolved, That the President be directed to call upon the stockholders of North and South Carolina, for the remainder of their subscriptions! to be paid by the 1st of No vember next. Jiesolved, That the Engineer be instruc ted to conclude all contracts for timber for superstructure, necessary to complete the nail JJoad to the town ol Charlotte. 5 craps for the million. 'Struck by Ucbimitg,' is the cant term used by thieves, dec, when arrested thro' information, conveyed by telegraph, Such arrests have become quite common. 1. C. Pressley, Esq. has issued a pros pectus for a new daily paper at Charles ton, which is to advocate 1; Southern Confederacy, and oppose separate seces sion. The Convention of Congregational Min isters at Hoston, at the late anniversary meeting, raised a committee for gathering statistics relative to the " pecuniary and moral hearing" of tobacco, whether in the lWtn of sinokiug chewing or snuffing. .1 i ice Point of Law. It has been sug gested to our friend, Mr. liriefless, that ! his opinion would be very valuable on the question, w hether a man who dies before he has settled with his creditors, may be considered to have shown an undue pref erence, in pay ing the debt of Nature before his other liabilities ? Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, is hard 011 Citldings, the iYholition member of Congress from Ohio. Jn noticing the recent upsetting of a stage, lyljereby Gid dings had tw o of his ribs broken, the wag of the Journal says lie had mjv :) rather he had broken his jaw. W hy is the life of an editor like the book oi neveiation: isecause it is lull ot "types and shadows," and a mighty voice, Uke the sound of many waters, ever saying unto him iviitr. Short D asses. "I say Ned, what do you thiuk of that girl with idiort d.res and big trowsers, over there. Well. Kill, I think if it wasikHjTor the bis trowsers, she'd iust show thttA vlus vltra, and nolhii n shorter." The I'anr.ma Herald says it barren a native girl wearing twenty-one Aw-ricau double eagles (.4'0) linked 'ToJSrWa to form a chain. On the personf tw o others w e have seen from 5:J000 tjviOOO worth of pearls and diamonds, witjshun dreds of dollars worth of rich laco; and yet all were hare-footed, deeming shoes ami stockings unnecessary to complete their costume. t The short dresses have appeared in Cireen Hay, Wisconsin, worn by fjjuaws of the Menomonee tribe, who, in thejuixie ty to reach the tip of the mode, darrjed matters a little too high the dress mit com ing below the knees at all. This fashion, it strikes us will not suit married la!ies at all times. "V " The oldest person returned byCSn sus takers in the I'uited States ii Kukey Wright, a colored woman, in the City of Baltimore. She is 10 years of are, and .1... a . .: m ..t : IIIC .lSIMSldlll .imrMlillSdStllCICI8 IIU UUUUl I of the fact. At the tune of the Revolution in 1775, she had a child twenty-five vears oi age. The Southern Press completed its first year a few days since. It has been a faith ful sentinel ou the wall of our political Zion, and its trumpet has never given au uncertain sound on any great question af fecting the South. The Attorney General has decide that members of C.ongress.Jiave the franking privilege during the vyljole time forHicli they may be elected. -v If you get in a passion, always nine and give your wife and family the b nefit of it. Punching your hat is a good ytlet for indignation, but it don't begin witbj'.ick ing the children or upsetting all the kucheu furniture. Try it on. t The most amusing man iu the woi tl is a Frenchman in a passion. "By gar you call my vife a vomau three several limes once more, and 1 vill call the vatch lixisc, aud blow your brain like a caudle, hy dam." The 01 concerts given by Jenny Jmid, are said to have realized nearly a miltim of dollars, of which Bariium haspocketeii ful ly 500,000 a pretty good nine ininths work. liloomerism. A man was seen ear Broadway this morning in petticoavS,'''and with a bonnet on. When asked by the police w hy he w ore this costume J He re plied, "My w ife has taken iny clothes, and 1 have taken hers." Milk is capable of undergoing the vinous fermentation, and consequently, of afl'ord- ior ;i uiiirirmniii IIkmhp At-. I,. I..' " "I J"".. . .u.vw w.lll.w . :.. i. i. . , nunc ill uie llio ieeiiiii rt-nmrv. m .r'"C. ., . .. ' J ' pared hy the 1 arters, might be taken for w hite wine Near New Hope, iu Augusta coimtv. Virginia, there has been lately a. granii as- seinDlageol tlie 1 linkers or Duukrr mounting to between seven and ten sand persons. The exercises were liar but interesting, and the Staunton1 dicator says "a more reverend and pectablo body of Christians never assm bled 111 this county. Christ was born among the poor, jrr;w up among the poor, toiled w ith the por, not uieii tor the poor. 1 lie cases 111 winch he ever came iu contact with rich mm arc noted with emphasis iu the Scriptine, as remarkable exceptions. The Baltimore Clipper says a letter his been received in that City, from New Or leans, w hich states that the expedition 1 gainstCuba has not been abandoned, but will certainly take place, notwithstanding the efforts of the government to preve it it. (Iref.t numbers of vountr men h.vl pledged themselves to the enterprise, 1' jl are prepared to embark at the first favora ble moment, with confidence of success. ' The first pair of boots evermanufacturec , were presented to a Mayor somewhere ia England, who, after carefully studying their use, came to the conclusion that the' were a new kind of basket, and, accor dingly, he gave one of them to his wife to do her marketing in, while he kept the oth er himself for carrying his hy mn book ami testament to and from church ! Quiz, was dining at a hotel, when cverv body called for peas, peas, until the peas were all gone, wuiz lelt uneasy, una throwing himself in the attitude of Patrick Henry, he exclaimed "Gentlemen may cry peas! peas: but there is no. peas!! "One word more, and I h?.? J How we dreatl to hear this expressi - i the lips of a speaker at public mee from ings. Its always a sure sign that he ,v bracing up for a fresh start! Look not mournfully into the oast, it caii not return; wisely improve the present II js mine; go iortn to meet tne snaaowy future without fear, and with a manlv heart. o iwi i,, i,i him was patronized by big bugs. Peter found it so, and the next morning sloped and found another, as he said ,e preferred to patronize a tavern where the bugs u ere not so lar-c. .. . ... . i ne Masonic i.ranci J.ougp o jvcniucKy have sent ou a magnificent block of marble for the Washington Monument. Useful Cement. To fix knives and forks their handles, use cutler's cement, made in of equal w eights of resiu and brick-dust melted together in an earthen pipkin, and applied hot. The hope of future happiness is a per petual source of consolation to good men. Under trouble it soothes heir minds; a midst temptation it supports their virtues; and in their dying moments enables them tosay, "O Death ! where is thy fting? O I Grave ! w here is thy victory!"' Johu B. Lftl.a member of the bar whose amiable character endeared him to all his acquaintances and rendered him an orna ment to the sphere in w hich he moved, died at his residence in Salisbury on the 10th instant. The pricfc oC-Aife in Maryland, under the existing constitution, is perfectly enor- mows ! Four dollars and a half ! Jusi six times as much as it is in our eood old State. No wonder that many of many of the people of Maryland have been so clamorous lor re form. Q Musquitoes are very small insects, hut one has been known to move a man weigh ing two hundred pounds, and keep him moving all night. We learn, from reliable source, that Ad am Crooks, of abolition notoriety, .was committed to Montgomery jail on Sunday last. He was urged to leave the State and. upon refusal, was committed. An Old Maid. A lady who has attained the age of twenty-four or five without hav iug married a fool, a knave, a gambler, a drunkard, or a loafer. Jtust. To take rust out of steel, cover the steel with sweet o.l well rubbed on it and in forty-eight hours use uuslacked lime finely powdered, to rub until all the dust disappears. "Semper Paraties!" as the Irishman ex claimed when sitting down to dinner. He I , i 1 1 ,l Hii l,,,.n,.0 . V ..,r.i w lieu lie luuik uttasiuii iu unscni.-, -ii iiie w ere melior they would be better." The Tadpole Dress is the title given to the new female costume hy the anti-reformers. The "Tom Boy Habit" is also one of the elegant designations. The New York Sunday Times speaks of it as a sort of "union and compromise" costume, half Turkish, half Yankee, with a little touch of the circus. Numbers of Cotton blossoms (says the Newberry Sentinel,) were observed on the plantation of Mr. John Sunnier at Poma ria on the 12th inst. The variety of cot tou w as that know n as the " Ilogan." The Legislature of Minnesota have passed a law that the use of Latin words shall he abolished iu the laws of the State. 9 FOR THE LINCOLN COURIER. To Cure u Cancer. Make a powder of brimstone and melted lead, w hich apply to the Cancer. Dress it twice a day with salve made of soap and the ashes of burnt Holly leaves. To be kept free from water until the roots are killed.' If your case is a bad one, first apply a writing pen full of corrosive sublimate, which is to remain four days if the pa tieut can bear it. Then wash it olT with warm water and dress it with a plaster made of tallow, bee's wax and elder hark, sage and plantain, first w.etting it with sweet oil and honey, ami the sore with a wash ot' corrosive sublimate. To be ap plied tw ice a day until the Cancer is cured. To Cure a Tumor. Take sweet apple tree hark, sage and elder bark, heat to a powder and make a salve of it with honey, then dust the plas ter w ith burnt alum and apply to the Tu mor. FOT TIIK LINCOLN COURIER. Acrostica.1 luiiuu. I am composed of 27 letters. My 1, 0, Inland 27, is the name of a man who by sinning brought death into the world. My 2, 8, 4, 21, G, 22, 20, 24, is a man in form, but a brute in principles and actions. My 4, 25, 4, 23, 4, 10, w as the founder of an ancient city. My 4, a part of drunkenness ami ruin but not of temperance. . My 5, 17, 20, 2(, an Emperor of Koine, who set the city on fire merely to see it blaze. My 0, 21, 15, 19, is a part of the human fraifie. My 7, 4, 20, 25, 12, 13, is the fabled god dess of the morning. My 8, 2G, 27, 15, an ancient city, where the mind, in Its wanderings over past ages, stops in wonder and amazement. My 9, 15, 21, 27, 7, 12, G, a country in "Europe. My 10. 25, 2, 2G, 27, is a city mentioned in the liible, as being destroyed by fire from Heaven, on account of the wicked ness of its inhabitants. My 11, 22, 4, 23, a distinguished phre nologist of the 18th century. My 12, 25, 4, 10, 10, 15, 13, 4, a celebra ted French w riter and a good delineator of human mind. "Mv 13, 5, 2, 8, 25, 27, 15, 9, 1, a constel- j lation in the Northern Hemisphere, lying betw een Pegasus, the Fishes and Perseus. My 14, 17, 10, 18, 22, one of the planets V My 15, 18, 21, 13, is a noted volcano in . Sicily whe'ie the heathens supposed Ju- pitcr lodged the giants after having struck i mem. ! My 1G, an abbreviation of the word and j My 17, 23, 23, 15, 21, a favorite female i name. I 4' 8' 4' 10' oue of lhe Sl63 of I qm n o, o, a nart of - 3,y ,p H' 1J' ' a parl 01 fUrfatnt'"" 1fl Oo no in My 20, , 10, 10. l.i, 23, 22, 10, a prince Abyssinia, concerning whom a tale, fa- mir,ar 'lo Inany, is toM. I j jj- jf jjj jt a rjv My river iu our own '01d North State.' j My 22, 23, 27, 7, 27, 7, 18, rw-,tch the faithful student lea 17,20, that leaves with re- j ,'uctance and revisiu u ilh pleasure, j My 23, 2G, 5, 2, 25, 21, the richest, most populous, aud most commercial cjfy jn the world. My 24, 2G, 14, 17, 8, the capital of onp of the United States. My 25, an interjection, expressive of a troubled and dejected spirit. My 2G, 27, 15, 11, 13. the Lif t letter of the Creek alphabet. My 27, l i -'0, 10. the fourth planet from the sun. i My whoU?3 what, 1 fear, many citizens of this freer-.v independent Republic, joying theOflvailiagcs and blessings which this "age of all ages" a 'lord-, will come to. by treating so lightly the cause of Tem perance; which mav (iod in his mercy avert. DON C. KOLLA; Lyceum, .V. C, June YMh, ISoI. FOR THE LINCOLN COURIF.R. Whkreas, the Sons of Temperance have been misrepresented, as regards the iuepa- ! ' hers & funds of the Order.it w as ordered lit I ' . ' , r e i i : i r:. v.. ,lot ., 1il". A large number of the en - , , e . I statement of the number of members ad amount of funds of the Order, be published ' i ,r n c i r- s by the X . P. of said Division. -I- ' , , . . . 1 ' There are on the American Continent, , . , , , (exclusive of the States of Mississippi and . , ... i i Missouri, from w hich no returns have beeu . v r- i received,) o5C-J Divisions, numbering 2. S3.- Oi,., ,,,, , , received last vear, (18.0, was 749, 3 47, of which 208,401 .Vi, w as paid for beiJ-J efits to members in distress. The totalJrcf r .i .i. -..-oo ,o-i penses for the year, amounted to ?2o2,4oa .X). note aminini oi casu on iiauu, t i-o, 4G1 05. Per centate due the (Jrand Di visions iu number, amounted to S.'.'. 150 0o. I No official returns were received from Mississippi anil Missouri but they are sup posed to number 320 Divisions, and BJ,0(X) members. 1 It will appear from the above, that tbe average amount received by the (Jrand Di- . ,w ... . . , , . about S1000. Deduct this from the whole amount ou hand, and it will leave au ave rage amount of $71 42, for each subortll- nate Division. j The aboTc statement embraces 250 Di visions, numbering GG7G members in Cana-il da West, Nova Scotia, Arc, the receipts of which amount to 32,777 G8. I If we take off these GG7G members not in the U. S. we Ifave 225,510 the whole number of members in theU. States, except Mississippi and Missouri, which are set low n by the National Division at 13,000. JXO. P. ANTHONY, W. P. f i LINCOLNTON: SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1851. FOR CONGRESS. CHEEX W CALDWELL, OF MF.CKLKNBURG. Our Town. Though business is dull at this time, own ing to our country folks being busy w ith their harvest, the mechanical interests of the tow n are pushed along with increasing energy. Mr. Wm. R. Edwards, has just erectetl a steam engine at his Cupola Fur nace, which w histles and snorts incessantly over its hard and useful labors. It is a pretty piece of machinery, and as the first thing of the kind in Old Lincoln, w ill at tract much attention. Mr. C.C. Hkndkb.- son, has an extensive building nearly com pleted, where lie intends tanning leather by steam, his engine being made at the Lincoln Factory, aud it is presumed will soon be completed. Such enterprises re flect great praise on the gentleman con cerned, and Ave trust they will meet with ample remuneration for their great outlay. It is such men as these "that constitute a town. I i All other mechanical branches are in suc cessful operation, especially carpentering, there being three private-residences now go ing up; for Mr. W. H. Alf.xandf.r, by J. P. Axtiiony, and Tiios. Wf.lls, ami James Triplf.tt, by themselves, being both me chanics. ' ?. The Odd Fellows Hall, is now nearly completed it is a very neat frame build- ing with a cupola on top, neatly painted; and sets oil its neighborhood considerably. It is on the Main street east of the Court House, opposite the Methodist parsonage, and has been built with the assistance of our citizeus, who subscribe quite liberally IHT Hy reference to the advertising col when applied to, for all such purposes. utnns, our readers w ill find much property The Messrs. Hoke & IIolskr, are pro- advertised. The Laurel Hill Factory is to gressing as fast as water will allow them in ,e gold on the 1 1th of July the negroes of the building of the town bridge the hist Col. Mot. Estate, on the 15th and John pillar is nearly completed, and as the frame Falls, Esq., of Gaston, oilers his property work is in readiness, we presume it wlU for sale, as even he proposes to spend the uot be long before we can again cross the remnant of bi days in the far west. Read South Fork, w ithout danger of a ducking, the advertisements alw ays, you w ill there Resides the Odd Fellows, we have here find much to interest you. a Masonic Lodgc,two Divisions of Sonsof Temperance, a Section of Cadets, anil- ' The Governor of South Carolina has piscopal, Presbyterian, Methodist and lju- therau Church, aud a Male aud Female Academy the Male is closed at present but. we learn will soon be re-opened by the Rev. Thornton Ri tllr, a geutlcruai-j every way calculated to give satisfaction. Under such representations, our distant friends will find that Lincolnton is looking uj, and w e hope soon to tell litem, that suf ficient is subscribed for the Flank Koad, which will enhance the value of property, and prove a new spur to the business of -4Hr county and its town. Celebration at ?Ior?anton. The Festival of 5t. John the Baptist, was celebrated by Catawba Valley Lodge, ! Al-iiiiu -nt M iirtt-iill mi. oil on the 21th i ft were- present, making in their procession quite- 1 . " archc I ! 311 imlos,,V .ppeariu t .. y . to the Court lUuse, where very beautiful , . and impressive prayers were reau fv tue , .. ... , ,, i Rev. Brother Mottk, and an aide and elo- quent Addresn delivered, by Dr. A. ' , ' . Mac key, drand .Secretary of the (rand a, , , , , ,- , , Lddgeof S. ('. It willbe puldishel m the Masonic Misctllany. of which Dr. M. is Fd - ,t0 ir. At two o'clock, the craft sat down todiit- lie r at the .Mountain llt-l, whore thing.- The afternoon w as spent iu social comcrse and the ceuin w as enlivened l the pres ence of the fair. The ladies turned out iu l. 1. ...... I t. tl. ' . ' . - selves reatlv notw itlistautlin the w ai'iuin of the w cather ami the crowded hall. It is seldom we see such an array ol" beauty as was here presented; and we have 110 doubt that every man felt that it was a compli ment tti the Ortler. It told them that the eloquent defence of its Orator w as not lost, . , ... but that w oman believed, that in the Ma sonic obligation was to be found one ol! their surest safeguards against tin snare i. and sorrows that beset their paths. The heart kept pace w ith the excellent mush.',, while the graceful movements showed tlu daiiciiiK master had been , as many anxious mammas found their daughters were out at three in the morning. We caniTot close this article, w ithout ex pressing lhe general delight at the beauti ful music, vocal and instrumental, furuibel by the ladies of the choir it was by no means the least important part of the cer emonies of the day. If ever we chance in Morgantou on a Sunday, we will try ami find out the Church those "uichideons " gt to. a. r. .ii. ly virtue of a dispensation from tho (rami (M'.ieers, l.i'Ki: 1i. kmk.k, Esj.,of Salisbury, Jrand Senior Warden, opened. Lincoln Lodge of Ancient l'ree and Ac cepted Masons. The following are the of ficers elected, until the meeting of the raud Lodge in December next. A. W. III UTON, W. M. WM. J EXKS, S. W. TIIOS. J. ECCLES, J. W. J. T. ALEXANDER, Sec y. E. S. ISA R RETT, Treas. L. P. HENDERSON, S. D. E. II. MOSS, J. D. J. A. JETTON, Tyler. The form of Installation was publicly roue through with on Saturday, iu tho Jourt House. When this was gone thro' villi, Mr. Ri. w kmkk made a short ami nipressive address, and one well suited to he occasion. The Lodge opened iiudcr 'avbrablo auspices, and we feel satisfied, vhile it follow s the example, ami obeys tbo ireccpts of its worthy Oram! Senior War len, the craft will resume the high position t had almost forfeited. VW The Charlotte Journal is rather has ty iu stating, thatMaj. Cai.uwf.ll refusv-i :o unite with Cen. Dot kf.ky iu tuakin ap pointments. If the editor's paper comes jut again before the election, he may make the correction. Maj. C. vtiUuvcet leu. D. it every place except Stanly, a on the 18th he must be iu Cabarrus, w here In; w ill address his brother ctitA-u soldiers. We presume Ocu. D. thinks, that Cabarrus county has been transferred to him by Mr. Darua.n; but there is? an old couplet "Re not too free with him to eat, Who offers you another's mtat;" And we have our doubts whether Mr. Dakgax hail much to give away, from the applause with which his declination w as re ceived. Hut "Peace be with him, his untimely doom Shall be thus marked upon his costly tomb: Fate cropped him short for be it uut'tcr- Stood. He would base lived much longer if ho could. "ed his proclamation authorising the managers ofvlections throughout that State, to hold an election on the 2d Mon day, of October next, and dav follow ice-. ijif fnrD pUtW- !: a Southern C-ngrc
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