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A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS. PRICE $2 PER YEAR In Advance. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. RUFCS M. 1IERRON, Publisher. aI)e ffafes Distinff an t!;r SSilloai, but one 00 ra. ROBERT P. WARING, Editor. NO. 34. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1851 VOL. 2. iisinrsa Curbs, &c. 21. if. vyiBiHS, jMomiy at hair. Office in Loner gnu .: JSriL Building, 2nd oar. C IIAR LoTTK, If. C. KANKIN, PULLIAM & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in FOREIGN AND DO.MESTK STAPLE AM) FAM V NO. 131 WHM mUMTi scPt23, ly CHAKLKSTON,S.C. Mb jantarrni sad Duah rs ia PANAMA, LEGHORN, PUR. SILK & W OOL ns.jt u OPPOSITE CHAKUSSTO?! HOTEL, soPi23,T:i ly CIIARLKSTON, S. C. N. A. COUE.x. LI OPoLD IOHK. N. A. COHEN & CCHN, I M ft 'KTEKS A NO KAURI IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, No. 1 7 ." F. AsT BAY, ( 1 0-1 y .) CHARLlvSTX N. S. C. WllPLAir, fi 45.ur.it x iti icsii:. A ND UOMNISSIOM M I : RCI1A NTS, AT!. A I II V llVlcr. CHARLESTON. S. C. ST '.inmissinu Est sejlm Cotton Fifty cents pi r Hale. Sept 23, 18&3. 10.l v. RAMSEY'S FIANO STOPS. MUSIC AND Ml SICAIj INSTRUMENTS. S?ci A I K I 9 A . a riifni TC--svf Diagonal Grand HANDS: .VS lvis Co.'s Pat itent &41SpMISIOtl trn!e 1 1 A. I a ; I bickerings, T r a v e r s' ami tbei best iiuki'rs' Pianos, at lb Factory Prices. Columbia, S. C, Spt. 2t, 185. : o-i v- ichi;tt v RODseru, FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, xV. 1 ' ArtuMtic Whatf, Cll A RLKSTON, S. C. VW Literal advances ma '' on Consignments. , Peruvian Guano, Farmers' Planter and KelUewell s I Mixture always on hand June 24 49- ly ATTORNEY AT LAW, XI "II. I. nractice in .Mecklenburg and the nrijeiaing 1 . . I. I I I !.... t conn a.i prosec,,,.- ....., ... ... . . . , Ijiiiis. ISHSCC in joiin-iiMi iniim nij,, Kerr's Hotel an. I the Post Olhce, up stuns. March t. Is ' iy CAROLINA INN, BY JENNINGS B. KERR. i ha riot It, .V. C Jaaaary 28, 1863. 28tf Mrs. A. V. VIIKAI.Ai, n - - fi i O r wlIu. . J UJ iKfJLi - i r A V VR W tfMi' M -o Uj UJUU ftssisVnTff. on Main Street, 'J .loois south at Sadler's Hotel.) CIIARLOT1 K, N. C. C?Preses cut an ! matlr ty t'.ie relebratad A. !..('. msthsJ, and warranted to lit. Orders solicited and promptly attended to. Sept. , tC3 8-1 y. UAII.li: V LA HI BERT, SIS Kl. STBKBTj CHARLESTON, S. C, IMPORTERS it DEALKRSin Royal Velvet, Tapes i.v Brasaets. Tkree nlv. laxraia ami Venetian CARPETINGS; India, Rnsfa and Spanish MATTINGS, Rags, P.H.r Mats, ic. Jvc Ol L V LOTHS, ol all widths, cot lor rooms or entri. 1 IUISH UNKNS, SHIRTINGS, DAM ASKS, loapers, ; ! .i . v ..i .... n... i. .. ... Ar. catena assoiAmenJ at Window CURTAINS, CORNICES. Kc, Ac trr- before w (EMoreaants will .! well to exaa.me our yto.-k row of ihe turning plow. Composts, into the com sre Bwrrrhnsins; elsewhere. position of w hich guano i nter largely, could at ' this stage of ihe corn crop be most advantageously The American Hotel CHARLOTTE, N. C. 1 REG to ana., i.e.- to .j Iri. nds, the public., ,..1 pres. ent patron of the :.h,w Hotel, that I have leased the I for a term of years tr.-ni ihe lt of January next. ArVf whieh lisae, the entire property will he thorough- lv repaired ami renovated, and t'n house kept in first .i . i class style, rbis Hotel is near toe IX-pot, and pleasant. I ly s.toa'tc.t, rennrrinr it a desirable h hisc for travellers Sad la loin Dec 10. I8.-:I. C. M. K W. CHARLOTTE f ARRIM.r: r ? MAM FACTORY. o .";$. Opposite the .?i. T'HE subscriU-r hereby inibrass hi friends and the r -i t i " n- ' ,,- ... i . . ,.-.ii.,.. 'l ' a limit ol soil which is onlv sufficient to stim Mblie, lliat he uianut.ietiirex out el the lust mute- : . .. i I . 1 C - 1 . . .1 . .1 I . I tials, and hy the best ot (Turkmen, every kind ol CARRIAGES 80 BUGGIES. And he fiirtlieriii-re warrants every arlo :1a made bv hnn, as bs just what he represents it. II- devotes all Ins time, talent and means tu his trade and iilatt.rs himself that he can five general satisfaction t all who may call on him. J. TROTTER. Hews bet J, 1053. I ii. if. II a It (11 ft ttH AKP, AUCTIONEERS Am COMMISSION MERCHANTS. coLraatA) s. c, is aMerchandise, Personal Property! I TT1LL attend to the sale of all kind Produce, Ice. Also, Real and lr purchase and sell Staves, Ice., on Commission Sai.es Kom No. i-.'i Richardson street, and iaaSM diately opposite the United States Hotel. Feb '.t, ISol thos. n. naaca. j. m. f.. shaki. Livery and Sales Stable, HY 8. II. BE A. A T the stand formerly occupied by R. Morrison, ia I Charlotte. Horses ild. Inr.-.I and sold. Gmd - ' rsnimilaliiisji far Drovers, rue custom of bis frieuas 1 and the Fubhc Generally solicited. ! Febru.rv 17, l-.it. Garden Seed! Garden Seed! TMIR8H, genuine and warrant, I ut r c. ived and J being constantly received at the Granite Drugstore, .ttiww .... i, . , - ii . .... v isjsivsj vv. v rtiiim tub. . The Breeze of Spring. Dull winter hastens la be jronc Ht'j disappearing fast ; The sunny hours are coming on The stormy time is past. The ice no longer binds the rill, Nor snows their mantle time ; For every bleak and barren hill Has kissed the breeze of Spring. 1 hear its music in the wood It Mtrhs along the vale ; Where summer flower in beauty stood, II lingers in the d-ilc; It plays upon the primro-e 6anks, And restn Hi merry wing; Th drooping snow drop kindly thanks The are stern breeze ot Spring, Ah! well it knows where violets grow In tiic lane ana shady line; It bids its sweet blue f iv'ritcs Mow, And onward speeds . STiin. It wakes the flaw rs of the field, And thev their offering bring The flowers their scett si incense yield To stent the bfCCZC of Spring. Th blackbird from the hawthorn bush K. news Ins lively strain ; On topmost branches stands the thrush, And tunes his throat amain: At close of evening calm and wild lie makes the for. st rinj With native wood-notes, clear and wild : He laves the breeze oi Spring. The robin leaves his winter friends For hedgerows far awav hoie his mossy nest be Lends, And pipes his plantivc lay. The lark, uprising with the liglit, On merry mountain w ing. Strains all his night till nut of sight, A;id hails the breeze of Spring. A hundred voices fill the -i i r The sun shines warmly dawn : Away with each intruding care, And leave the gloomy town. Come, mam along the srood-patb green Heat nature's favorites sing Enjoy the soul-en livening tcene. And woo the breeze of Spring. The Proper Cultivation of Indian Coin. We are aware that there are manv successful j growers of this crop, who at tha first glance w ill disagnc with what we are going to jot down on this subject ; but as we derive our information an(j bleeding feet. Dividing for a few days from ' stable ground, on which we can better stand in op froon the highest planting authority in the South, 1 ,i,e restj tnev jjg a grave in the sand and bury I position to fanaticism than on the shifting sands of we snail not be deterred irom making the r com- mendarions imparted to us by our friend Col. : Wadc kiampton, of Millwood, who assures us that ,e ias grown by far the largest crops he has ever harvested, both on poor and rich soils, w hen this system of culture was strictly pursued. I he land si-.ould be iiiorougtiiy ana deeply uro- ,.1VS On the morning ol the third thev move constitution are the easiest and the safest guard on k n up in the winter and well drained, so that no vrrv softly about, in making their preparations for j which, the question can be settled, regarded in re stagnant water is allowed to injure any portion of ,. rr.slIn.prion of their journey ; lor the child is ference to pany. It may be settled on that ground the field. When the planting season arrives, lay sleeping by the fire, and it is agreed with one con- I simply by non-action ; by leaving the Territories off the laud by single deep furrow s, five fee t opart, ; SpnI tnal ir sn!)!i no( be disturbed unlit the last j free and open to the emigration of all the w orld so drop the corn on rich land so as to allow a stand moment. The moment comes, the fire is dving long as thev continue so, and when they become ,WQ MaJ.a cvcrv eghteen or weDty inches On poor land the stand should not be so thick. If the land is to be manured in the drill it should be done by a previous operation, and at planting time, the manured bed should simply be opened. The corn seed should be covered carefully with bees and all clods overlying it completely pulverized. The corn emm s up beautifully and are allowed to stand until it is from eight to ten inches high, when tna sou is in no mr- wti irom ine piaaia wiin a turning plow. The hoe b inds follow and afier carefully thinning our the surplus plants, knock oli' the grass and weeds from the line of corn, and when h prostrated sialk requires support, it must be gently earthed up. Those plants which stand Moutlv. roomie not ihe least addition of earth. 1 . ,n. , , , , . . , . , . , i no corn is ;ntn ieii uniu it auains a neignt oi three feet and upwards, when a shallow farrow j should he run next the rows with a sweep or, scraper, and the turning plow used on the second furrow, to throw the soil to the plants. The mid dles ure then plowed out deeply and carefully, ui;h stout, long shov.-l plow., and with this treatment yon may lake off your hat to the crop and " luij it fti.'1 If poor land is cultivated, and specific manure should be used at ihe second working, it should be scattered even in the shallow furrow next the corn and covered bv the succeeding lur- and prontauly applied. S . . -i . ueh aids to the produc- f i i- . t n o tf? a .1 ! I , 4. . . . I -l i . I i. m . . . . I ' I . . . t . . -e . : .. . .... - " ax. w hen the plants required v lo periecl Hie gram, ' l,inr ' " I 'l the ce reals. Manure applied early in the win- ter or spring, is so frequently exhausted before ,),e pana are ready to elaborate its const itu , ... . . , n . i i into grain, that we often see large stalks yield B . .- " P ' crop ol corn. I he crop is frequently nfs mg cut short Inn. hv Into and uoiudiffinos nlnwinira. kv : which the millions of small roots are severed and ! their froctift ing influences lost forever to the p!an The system recommended by Col. Hampton, is! one well adapted to the preservation of all the vital energies and requirements ol the plant. The crop j is eoslroinod in t.iel knir under hv Inns snrtMMl!nr 1 until it begins ot join. By the system of tillage pursued, the roots of the plant are never interfered , with in the culture, an.! they are ready to take ad- . in in.- nno rienect a medium srrowin oi inn ncim , vaotasje of the strength of the soil in the ana be- tween the rows whenever they are allowed to pene- irate it. The terminal ion of every root has a perfectly defined mouth to receive nutriment. Just at that period when the plants most need it, this soil is thrown within their reach, and without in- terrtiption, they revel ia the freshly pulverized nsoold, and arc never disturbed unt'il they have lived their days, and finished the work they w ere - ; destined to peiform. The nearer we can imitate nature in giving the proper food and growth to plants, the more certain arc we of success. In tho cultivation of the cereals, however, a different rule has len adopted by the old system of tillage, and in this recommended mode of cultivating corn, : restricting oi ine luxuriance ol its growth m its earlv st i.'cs, tnav he reasonably sustained, be- cause the plant is cultivated more for the grain than the foraoe. When the neriod of earinaf ar. i 1 rives it is allowed MtUPlHv lo take possession of - - Ihe soil, and of course most receive the full benefit . '"' '' ninterrupl-d extension of its roots. How many cf our readers in the different sections ol th ". .... i . . . s,.,.ih it'll ,T'vp th:i mo ' n Iroi in. roruirl nm. I gress i 3 - ress S-nr i rn Ajtrtruttiirisl A Beautiful Story. The KUssoarl Compromise. , , ., , , cr j i LrriTv i Mr. Calhouti's opinion of the Missouri Conivro- The most beautiful and affecting incident I know, 1 . i i t- i ; .1.- f,.ii,,wii .r Dime and Ordmatvc of 1 57. associated with a shipwreck, is the loPowing . . ,. . , The Grosvenor, an East Indiatnnn, homeward Mr. Calhoun, in one o his speeches on the or bound, goes ashore on the coast of Caffraira. It I dinance of 1787, speaks as follows: is rrsuivr-d that the officer, passenrs and crew. The act itself was unauthorised. The articles in number one hundred and thirty-five souls, shall I of confederation conferred not a shadow of author endeavor to penetrate on foot across trackkss de- ily on Congress to pass the ordinance, as is ad Berts, infested by wild beasts and cruI savng- s, j milled by Mr. Madison, and yet this unauthorised, to the Dutch settlements at the Capo of Good Hope ; one-sided act, (as it has turned uit to be,) passed with this forlorn object before them, they finally in the last nomenls of the old confederacy, was separated in two parties never mure to'meet on relied on as a precedent (..lluding to the Missouri parn Compromise of 1820) for excluding the South from ' There is a solitary Utile child among the pas- i two-thirds of the territory acquired from France sen,rers a little boy of seven years old, who has by the Louisiana treaty, and the whole of the Ore no relation there ; and when the first party is gon t3rritory, and is now relied on to justify her moving away, he cries alter some member of it exclusion from all the territory acquired by the who has been kind to him. The crying ol a child j Mexican war, and all that may be acquired in any might be supposed to be a little thing to men in manner hereafter. such great extremity, but it touches them, and he ' The Works of Calhoun, vol I, page 3b9. is immediately taken into that detachment, from Again, 19ih February, 1818, Mr. Calhoun re wl.ich time forth, this child is sublimely made a ; marked as follows: sacred chare ; he is pushed on a little raft across j Sir, here let me say a word as to the compro broad rivers bv the swimming sailors ; they carry mise line. 1 have always considered it as a. great him by turns 'through the deep sand and long error ; highly injurous to the South, because it grass, (he patiently "walking at all other limes;) surrendered, for mere temporary purposes, those They share with him such putrid fish as they find high principles of the constitution upon which I to eat ; they lie down and wait lor him when the j think we ought to stand. I am against any corn rough carpenter, who becomes his especial friend, ; promise line. Yet I would have been willing to lags behind. Ueset by lions and tigers, by savages, acquiesce in a countenance of the Missouri coin by5 thirst and hunger, bv death in a crowd of 1 promise, in order to preserve, u nder the present ghastly shapes, they never O Father of all man- j trying circumstances, the peace of the Union. kind thy name be blessed or it ! fuget tliis child. ! One of the resolutions in the House, to that effect, The captain stops exhausted, and his faithful cox- , w is offered at my suggestion. I said to a friend swain goes back and is seen to sii down by his there, " Let us not bo disturbers of this Union. side, ami neither of the two shall be any more be- j Abhorrent to my feelings as is that compromise, held until the great last day ; but, as tiie rest go line, let it be adhered to in good faith ; and it the on for their lives, they take the child will them, j other portions of the Union are willing to aland by The carpenter dies of poisonous berries eaten in ; it, let us not refuse to stand by it. It has kept pence starvation, and the steward, succeeding to the for some time, and in the present circumstances command of the pa rtv, succeeds to the sacred perhaps it would be better to bs continued as it is." guardianship of the child. But it was voted down by an overwhelming ma- God knows all he does for the poor baby ; how jority. It was renewed by a gentleman from a he cheerfully carries him in his arms when he j non-slaveholding State, and again voted down by himseM is weak and ill; how he feeds him when an overwhelming majority. himself is trrined with want; how he bids his I see my way in the constitution ; I cannot in a rnp-tred iacket round him lays his little worn face ; n ivnmnn'q tenderness noon his sunburnt breast, soothes him in his sufferings, sings to him aa fe jmps ;,01(r unmindful of his own narched I tle;r o-ooi! friend the cooper these ,wo com- alone in the wilderness and then the t:me nomes when both are ill. and beo their pan ions wretched partners in despair, rei I mirn(f.r now to wait by them duced and few in one day. Thev wait by them one day, they wnii by them two and the child is dead. j States, to adopt whatever constitution they please, His faithful friend the steward lingers but a little with the single restriction to be republican, in or whilc behind him. Ills grit f is great, he staggers der tn their admission into the Union. If a party on for a few days, Iic9 down in the desert and cannot safely take this broad and solid position, dies. Buthe shall he reunited in his immortal j and successfully maintain it, what other can it take spirit who can doubt it I with the child, where : and maintain 1 If it cannot maintain itself by an he and the poor carpenter shall he raised up with appeal to the great principles ot justice, the con- w . . . - ,1,. i.. I Y" he words, Inasmuch as ve have done it unto tlc cast nf ,i,ese, ye h ive done it unto me.' No Mother. "She has no mother!' What a in that volume of sorrowful iruth is comprise! single utterance no mot he i ! i down the hard rough paths of life, and become inured to care and sorrow in their sternest forms, oeiore we can lake home to our own experience the dread reality wo mother without a struggle Pervading the country that the Union and our po and a tear. But when it is said of a frail young ,,t,cal institutions are in danger, which such a girl, just passing from childhood towards the life , of woman, how sad is the s.ory summed up in j that one short sentence ! W ho now shall adrnin ister the needed counsel who now shall check P""on m wnicn me siavenoiainT ano non-aiave-Ihe wayward fancies who now shall bear with ho,0,ng States stand in reference to the subject un Ihe errors and failin.rs n( ihe motherless dauohier ! der consideration. The former desire on aciion D-al m ntlv with tha child. Let not the cud of her sorrow be overfilled bv the hi .,iino,u r . ,.,,r i.ii.iiuii .'g i'i ,mih bearing, or your unsympathizing coldness. Is she heedless ol" her doing? Is she forgetful of duty i Is she careless in her movements ? Ke member, oh, remember, she has no mother 'i III il il' I ,inu;vwiiiiy(iiiniuc..Li''liiliUpi , , , J ' . . un a r-iit. nit. O I I noes snc su sorrowing i uoi s sue pass wan a languid sten and a downcast eve. when von would . . - . ' . , , - fi . ' ,(. of vou,h Chide her not for she is motherless ; i . ..... -nPPtlU l.rtu,st ,!,,.. mVin her hke un incubus. Canyon gain her confidence, ! can von win her love I Come then to the mother- I less with the boon of your lenderest care, and by the memory of your own mother, already, perhaps, passed away by the fulness of your own remem bered sorrow by the possibility that your own child may yet he motherless contribute so far as you may to relieve 'he sorrow and rep.-.ir the loss ol that lair, I rail child, who is written motherless. Porthind Eclectic Why no Teeth Decav ? AT the theories th.it ne and again have been advanced in answer to this inquiry have long since vanished before the lruc doctrine of the action of external corrosive OS"13 - ine great and uli-powerlul destroyer ol human teeth is acid, vegetable or mineral ; anu' 'r 'natters not whether that acid is formed in the mouth by the decomposition ol particles of ,ood ,eft between and around (be teeth, or whether n is "Pphed directly to the organs themselves, the r("su'-1 a the same, the enamel is dissolved, corro- ded. and the tooth destroy, d. Much, very much ot ,he dt r:y teeth may be attributed to the cor- r . - rnsive effects ol acetic acia, which is not only in , common use as a condiment id the lorm of vine- Sar' but 11 13 generated by the decay and decom- positmn ol any and every variety of vegetable "tatter. When we consider how very few per- ; so"s comparatively, take especial pains to remove ' ' - - " rV. , . , '7 "cl"tu ana uuu lh'ir teeth immediately a.ter eating, can we won- aer that diseased teeth are so common, and that I iheir early loss is so frequently deplored. I fttCtlCul Dentist. i Miss Susan Nipper says thai the Russians have , an awful responsibility resting on them for kiliino , i m i i ..... .. ... r I '. ,' lurks, lore VP TV I i : r Ic Ihnl l . i ... I., -..,. . k dozen widows. compromise, a compromise is out an uci in vuu cress. It may be overruled at any time. It gives ' us no security. But the constitution is stable. It I is a rock. On it we can stand. It is a firm and I compromise Iet us be done with compromises. Let us go back and stand upon the constitution! : llsewhere Mr. Calhoun uses the following Ian- ' guaire. But T go farther, ond hold tht juotioo and tho sritution, and sel!-rovernment, to wiuu otner suiu- ciently strong to uphold them in public opinion, can they appeal? I greatly mistake the character of the people of this Union if such an appeal would not prove successful if either party should have the magnanimity to step forward and boldly make if. Il would in my opinion, be received with shouts of approbation by the patriotic and intelli- Bc'" s""""' wv.,. .....6 itmmI , i -, . ,,-i j i ...i it -i Art bin i n rr col,rse wollltl olsPiJi ml a on There is a very striking difference between the ! ii .i i i if j -i of the government ; demand no law to give them any advantage in ihe Territory about to be estab - . - lished ; and willing to leave it and other territo ries belonging to the United States open to all their citizens so long as they continue to be Ter ritories and when thev cease to be so, to leave it to their inhabitants to form such governim tits as may suit them, without restriction or condition, ex- . i .- ii cept mat imposed by the constitution as a prere quisite for admission into the Union. In short, lheV willing to leave the whole subject where the constitution and the great and fundamental principles of self-government place it. On the c'JfHrary, the non-slaveholding Stales, instead of bring willing to have it on this broad and equal foundation demand the interposition of the govern ment, and the passage of an act to exclude the ci tizens, of the slave holding Stales from emigrating j with iheir property into the Territory, in order to ' give their citizens, and those they mn- permit the exclusive, right of settling it, while it remains in I tho ci mdi tion, preparatory to subjecting it to like j restriction and conditions when it becomes a Siate. ! Mi sical Mice. The editor of the Portland State of .Maine stales that about three weeks ago (he night compositors, of that office were disturb- j ed b certain musical sounds which seemed lo I come from the walls or from behind tie ir cases, j Some times it would be heard in a low, murmur- j ing tone on oneside of the room, and be responded j to in a lively chirrup from the other. The com positors soon begin to like the music, which re sembled somewhat ihe softer notes of the canary bird, with a prolonged warble at the close, and j learned to walk softly abouj the room, so that the oe r lormn nee shnnl.-t not h iniprnmipil niglt lrie gerenaders appeared before them in the shape of two small mice. They were kindly greeted, and condescended to partake of the crack- era and cheese which were offered them They became on each succeeding night more famili.ir and more musical, and bow they sit and sing, and cheer the hearts of those who tarry at the fnf2 r i r tVArt nnon iKa ft mi a o ft.i. Vw r nn t mass of the citv's population are asleep They uemm ,:..i;i.; .L,i '. ' l! makps im hi fa. nl -.r B;i.m4 mJ.. i - - ntjuu. voiiii, iiiiii, am ill Ulll t when the lights are nut nut for the niirht Tr.'e i mice ar.; apparently of the common species, their color aa ashy brown inciinin" il anvthino to a j i 'ri j bI ,.,,..,- .h,. .. I, . in oiiimirv, with sh -r '. mump j bodies and tb licate limbs. Tribute of Respect. At a meeting of the Members of the Bar in at tendance on the Superior Court of Moore, held in the Court House in Carthage on the 22d ult, for the purpose of paying a tribute of respect to the memory of Robert Strange, Esq, deceased, their friend and professional brother, the following pro ceedings were had : The meeting was organized by calling Alexan der Little, Esq, to the Chair, and the appointment of John Winslow, Esq, as Secretary On motion, John D. Toomer, George C. Men- denhall and Samuel J. Person, Esqs, were nppom o rnmm;oM m rrnnn res,. I ni ions evnresKive of the feelings of the meeting. The Committee after retiring for a few minutes rptnrned and reported the following resolutions ; which, after addresses from Messrs Toomer and Mendenhall were unanimously auopteo : Whereas, It hath pleased Almighty God to re move from among the living, our distinguished fellow-citizen and professional brother, Robert Strange ; be it therefore resolved, 1. That by this melancholy visitation the Coun try has been deprived of an eminently useful and j able citizen, the profession of 8 talented and learn ed lawyer, Society of an accomplished christian gentleman, his friends of one whose attachment were deep and lasting, and his family of ihe fondest husband and father 2. That his death has filled our hearts with deep sorrow and left a vacancy in our body which can not be filled. 3. That we condole moBt sincerely with his greatly afflicted family, and truly sympathise with them in their sad bereavement. 4. That as a token of respect and regard for the memory of our departed brother and friend, we will wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of three months. 5. That his Honor Judge Saunders be requested to cause these proceedings to be spread upon the records of the Court ; and that a copy of them be transmitted to ihe family of the deceased. On motion of John II. ilaughton Esq., Samuel J. Person, Esq., was appointed to present the foregoing resolutions and the proceedings ol this meeting to his Honor, Judge Saunders, with a respectful request that he would order the same to be spread upon the Minutes of this Court. On motion of John D. Toomer, Esq. the Chair man of this meeting was requested to forward a copy of the proceedings of this meeting to the fa mily of the deceased. On motion of Waiter A. Iluske, Esq., the Edi tors of the new spapers in the town of Fayetteville are respectfully requested to publish the proceed ings, and the Editors of the different pnpnrs through out the State to copv the same. ALEXANDER LITTLE, Ch'n. John Winslow, Sec'y On the meeting of the Court, next day, Mr. Per son rose and said : May it phase your Honor : There is a sad ness in our hearts and a vacant place in our circle. We look around and one familiar face is not seen, one accustomed place is unfilled. Our friend and brother is not here. Judge St range is no more. With sorrowing hearts the members of the Bar met on yesterday to pay tribute to his memory, and I have been charged with the duty of reques ting that your Honor will cause their proceedings to be entered upon the Minutes of this Court. It is true that they cannot increase his fame, or add to the many excellencies of his character ; but they will serve to convey some idea of our high appre ciation of him w hile living, and our heart-felt sor row at his death. They set forth no cold formali ties, but breathe the affectionate remembrance of saddened friends of those who wore drawn lo him by the purity of his character .nd noble generosi- M of his nature. Of the public character of our j lamented friend it is unnecessary to speak. Among ! the records of the National Senate, in the Legisla- i tive and Judicial histories of our own State, in his ! forensic efforts and literary productions, are to be found the very highest evidences of his distinguish- j ed ability and great public worth. These belong ; to the country in common with his fame. But I should be unfaithful to my own heart if I failed to j speak of his private and social virtues, of those I features of beauty in hi3 character, which may i not have been always seen by the world, but which I in the sun-light of friendly intercourse stood out in j beautiful perfection, of those gushing impulses of j his nature which won the confidence and captivated ! the hearts of his associates. To ! No man was more generous and confiding. his friends his heart was open as Summer and un varying as the Poles. His delicate sense of honor was offended by the slightest touch, and while he scrupulously guarded his own feelings, none were more readv to make reparation for injury, or did it with more graceful magnanimity. Altogether ( he was one of those men who lend a charm to so ciety, w hose friendships are warm and glow ing, and whose sympathetic natures, attracting others like themselves, cause the heart to rejoice in knowing, that men may in truth be brethren. As friends we mourn his loss. To us il seems a great sorrow, but how immeasurably greater must be the bereave mer.t of those to whom he was the best and fond est husband and father those who were cherished in the greatest depths of Ins heart and upon whom he lavished the riches of his affec'ions ! It is a high and holy office of friendship to sympathise with friends in affliction, and a melancholy pleas ure to feel that we are not unmindful of its de mands. We may partake of their great sorrow and share in the consolations of their faith and hopes. We may go back to the sick chamber and though the body perishes, there which makes us feel that the spirit is strong to conquer death, pure ! . .r.i r -. i t . i to meei vjoo. jjei us iniugie our gnei wnn ineirs, and with them in heart with our tears. let U3 bedew his grave We learn from the Washington correspondence i of the rsew 1 ork Herald that it is said a substitute j will be offered to the Senate Nebraska bill, by a Southern Democrat in the House. The substitute will consist of the bill as originally introduced into the Senate from ihe Territorial Committee. That bill is precisely the same as the Territorial bills of 1950. The object of this move is to do away I wilh the abrogation, express terms, of the Missouri j compromise of 1S20. Col. B nton will make a ' great speech against the bill. He declares he will j not be confined to an hour, and if ihe House insist up- ' or. his stopping a! the conclusion of that period, he 1 -:n C' L l- t .. . - i - . win inurm ins spnen mine rotunda, or in the open j air Dr. Gardiner. The Washington Star has the following re marks on the extraordinary trial of Gardiner: We apprehend that there is no question in the minds of any among us, except immediate personal friends of the deceased, as to the justice of the verdict of the jury, who have in this action vindicated the majesty of the law, after a delay of years, though il has been. The present Gov ernment of the United States, in carrying out the determination of ex-President Fillmore, to sift this matter to the bottom, deserve tho thanks of all ! who desire to have our public affairs conducted on the principles of integrity which all conceive ! necessary to be preserved m transactions between j man and man Public justice reouire-.i its punishments, and a Washington jury in the face of the most remark able efforts on record to screen its ostensible chief perpetrator, declared him guiliy on the testimony adduced. We repeat, there cannoi be said to bo a difference of opinion in this community as to the fact of his guilt. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment at hard labor, and died within a few hours after being surrendered into the hands of the Unit d States Marshal's officers, under cir cumstances which, as far 88 known while wc are penning this article, warrant the existing public impression that he committed suicide to escape the punishment awarded by the court. The circumstances attending his trial prove him to have been a man ol extraordinary nerve and sagacity. One w ho, had ho pursued right paths with the boldness, energy and shrewdness lie evinced in committing the devious frnud, and subsequently in defending hiinsell ngiinsl tho prosecution on that account, might have been any thing in public estimation at which he could rea sonably have aimed. f J is remarkable talents, ns developed in the course of the trial, generated for him a sort ol public sympathy, which in till civil ized countries surrounds men of genius even in the perpetration of crimes. The ubiding good sense of the American public, however, will not permit that sentiment lo be carried lo tho extent of forgetting that he has died thus tragically in n cause at which the minds of honest men should revolt. We are free lo confess, that we hope that oil the means to that end at the command of ihe Government will now be directed to the unravel ling of the whole history of ihe Gardiner fraud transactions, so far ns persons of nominal high standing who were connected with the original oh tainment of the money from tho Treasury, who have not yet been formally prosecuted, may have l.ccn directly or even indiruciiy involved in ihe af fair. We are not among those who can believe that lawyers of great experience, and with intel lects admitted (on account of what they had pre viously achieved in other cases) to be of the very first order, could have managed the Gardiner claim for years, without, to a greater or less ex tent, obtaining knowledge of its true character. The ends ol public justice require, if there bo laws which may authorize such an investigation, that all such persons implicated in the original case be prosecuted to the end. Their turn comes ne.x'. The mere reclamation of the portion of the fraudulently obtained money, which has been enjoined in the hands of third parties, wo appre-' bend, has rot been the main object of lbs Govern ment's proceedings; though that follows the ver dict rendered yesterday. The main purpose was to make an example of this flagrant transaction. The law's hand has fallen hard, indeed, upon I he nominal principal. Those who used him, how ever, ye' go ' unship! of justice.'' Shall ihey escape much longer ? On the Gardiner award $428,750 was fraudu lently abstract, d from the Treasury; $238,000 of which has been enjoined to be probably re turned into the Treasury. The deceased, Dr. George A. Gardiner, also drew from ihn Treasury 8lo:j,00(l on ihe claim of Dr. II. Meats ; 883,000 of which went directly to his own endowment. Mears, who is in Mexico, having been indicted, boldly admits that his claim was a shameless fraud, and unblushingly defies the Government ol the United States; there being no extradition convention or t-eaty between the tu o governments under which he can be demanded of Mexico for trial under indictment in ibis country. m 9 How Men ' ' BrsT Up." Men wilh unassuming wives never bust. It is the husbands of such women as Mrs. Dash and Lady Brilliant, who find themselves lace to face with the Sheriff, and cer tain mysterious documents adorned wilh red tape and wafers big enough for target exercise. The desire of a Xow York feminine is to out- shine her neighbors not in mental acquirements, but in ginger-bread ornament and gold-edged coal scuttles. If Mrs. Dash gives a game supper woodcocks stuffed wilh gold dust Lady llrilliant taxes the wind out of her by getting up another, in which Ihe prevailing dish will be birds of para dise, swimming in gravy made of melted pearls. It is this rivalary, and not " dabbling in railroad s'oefts," that bring ruination lo the fast men of Wall street. The " ill fortune" of which they complain is no more nor les1 than a brainless wife. Il Ihey would come back to happiness, therefore, they should turn their attention not to the fluctua tions of the stock market, but to ruinous absur dities of their own fireside. Thousand dollars repasts dont pay, while the merchant who pur chases hundred dollar handkerchiefs for "a duck of a wife," should not wondr r if the time eventually comes when "a goose of husband" lacked shirts, and was but ill supplied with breeches. 11 "Like Fatiikr, like Son." We are pleased to see that Robert Strange, jr., son of the lale Hon. Strange, ol Fayetteville, y.'orih Carolina, has been appointed the solicitor for the same judicial circuit to which his distinguished father hod been eh cted. The son is a worthy scion of so noble a slock. His attainments and ability will do no discredit to the fame of the father. Well educated, though 'our,g. already schooled by a large practice at tha t,ar amiable in disposition, courtly and pleusiug in address, and gified with a genius lhat can make ' way through much worse difficulties than any at present helore him, we look lorward to a bright career as hi future earthly heritage. On such a . . J . .. prospect no one more cheerfully congratulates Mr. 1 ftt range Unn we do FortumouHi iihhc.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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