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Double column advert iacnient will be charji d -5 per cent. additional on lha usual rates. hfj'"TTllimn m0n,h!y r qU"r'er,y " ' ",are T he Insurgents hud Vacated cm the north en Ob tuarie, Tribute of Respect, Religious meetings, and trance of Loo Choo, the grand cannl. and the Benv4eui societies, w.ll be charged hall the Advert sing ,nperi:.lists have occupied it. The Custom-house r2 mnnnuar.m - f..r offir,. an in advance. hs b en re established at Shanghai. Professional and Business Cd noi exceeding six lines will be inserted at $ a year ; not exceeding o aqi aie 9''. ty Letters on business must lie addressed to the Froprie tors, pott paid, to ensure attention. 9?T Subsc. ibers and others who may wish to send money to us, can do so at all times, ly mat', and at our risk, e E I - FOR IK, Continued Tirtories of the Turks ittisiarn Twice Defeated Activity of the Allies Orders to Burn Russian Property, &c. The s'luin-hip Audita, a hich reached Halifax on Tu'-ad.i , br- unlit dad s from London and Liv rrpol to the I3'li ol April, b ing iMf week liter. The h ading ha'ures ol the new wi re fore shadowed in our te'egriiilun d spateh on last Fi i day. nevenhei. st hi nearly ever body is mnx- i . l- .i .'i .u i lotisly wu.ching the pr..gn ss ol the war in the eastern part ol the C):d World, we Inve no doubt ; ihe following additional items will be read with interest. : There hid been Danule. no change in affairs on the Aitvices Irom ;nc Ualnc to April iy;ii, state that a a i a i i . v i .1 thne American hip were somewhere in the j A dispatch from Turin, dated piil 10, states BaJiic wuh stores for the Russians, and an English ; thai the Prince do Monaco and his Aid-oV.camp steamer had been despatched for I hem. j had been imprisoned in the fort at Nice. Several Admiral Napier had lelt Ki"g' Bay for the j other arrests had taken place, arising out of the Island of (othla.id, it being reported that some j recent revnlt. RusKiau jMrta w en- open and a Russian squadron The trial of the assassins of Count Rossi is clos ed" F..roe. There was but little ice in the Gulf ed. Colonel Grand. vo and three others have been of Finland. condemned to death. The whole allied fleet was in the Black Sea The farmers in England were lamenting the con. near Varna. All the marines of the flt-et were tu be landed to protect that place. Au.iral Duu (1 is had Hgealizi d bit cruisers to take, hum and destroy everything belonging to Russia. His fleet was in commu.iicatiou with the Turkish land force. Piince Puskiewitch arrived at Bucharest on the oh. Gortfchakofl" retains command of the army aulject lo the orders of Paskiewitch. On the .'tilth of March nu important sally w us made on K tlnf.it, an I a sanguinary encounter of four hours occurred. The Russians were routed with great loss and pursued a considerable distance. The 13'itish war-steamer Cyclop, arrived at Malta on theTih, bringing important news. The Turks M I)obrud-!ia, af:er the Russians crossed ihe Danube, purposely left a free passage for them to Hirshovn, and then attack) d them in the rear. After a hard fijfhi one half the Russians were cut lo pieces, and the other half n:crosed the Dan ube. The Turks had evacuated Chemarsoda, which was razed by th Russians. It was also afsfj d no date- that 30.000 Russians had crossed at Gulatz without opposition. All the accounts are very confused. Two English vessels on the Danube filled with grain, had been tired into by the Russians, and one sunk. Three thousand French troops arrived at Con sautinoplo on the 3d. The declaration of war by France and England caused immense rejoicing at Constantinople. It was reported that the French Colonel Drew belonging to Omar Pasha's staff, had been killed in a recounotssance. St. Petersburg was illuminated, and a tc ileum swng on the receipt of the news of the passage ol the Danube. Tle Russian frigate recently lying at Rio Ja neiro hud been offered for sale. It was not true that the Russian Minister had been recalled from London. Two marine engines for Russia have been seized at Napier's Works on the Clyde. the r smoa or the ueb.mamc powers, ac Austria appears to act more in unison with the Western Power. Prussia leans more In Russia, though temporizing with both parties. The Pro- tocol uuarun'eeiug the integrity of ihe Ouoman v Empire was signed at Vi nna by the Four Powers including Prussia, but simultaneously therewith Prussia introduced into her treaty of mutual alli ance with Austria a condition and limitation, w Inch must render the treaty a di ad letter, and w hich Austria consequently refused to accept. All the Military arrangements arising out of the proposed treaty have been referred to a Commission, presi ded over by a Prince of Prussia. Hanover and all the minor German States excepting Bavaria, aide With the Western Powers and wiil support Austria in forcing Prussia to declare herself should the suhj et come before the Federal diet. The Independence B--lze announces positively that a treaty of permanent alliance, offensive and defensive, had Just been signed by France and England. The Aiutriuns were reported to be entering Servia. The Greek Insurrection. The Greek insur- rection makes no progress. The insurgents have j a ii I s a, . I Oren repuisr-u m several places. An Austrian ; invested in merchandize. note of remonstrance has been lorwarded to Ath- 'f n(, firt annual meeting in Sierra Leonp of the ens, holding the Greek Government responsible j Young Men's Society for promoting useful and for all mischief arising from ihe insurrection. Christian know ledge had been held, and the re All contumacious Greeks had been ordered lo j ports made show that Liberia was progressing in a leave Turkey. religious as well as a social and commercial point TheVery Latest byTelegraph liclutive to the War. of view. Copenhagen, April 13. Four steam frigates j Rv. Mr. McKay, the agent sent out from Indi undrr Admiral Plunridge, have born detached j ""J Rev. Mr. Pett-rson, returned in the Harp, from Napier' fleel and sent into the Gulf of Fin- ' nd at a meeting held in New ork on I uesday ipier land. The English frigate Imperinse chased a Russian corvette into Sveuborg. Berlin, April 0. Prince Barclay de Tolley proceeds to London on a special mission. Buciiabest, April 9. No battle has yet been fought at Silistria or Rassora. Ooessa, April 2. All the English and French vessels have been ordered out of rw.rr. St. Petsrsbi bo, April 6. The reserve bat talions have been called out w ith a second reserve battery for each corps. Marseilles, April 14. Admiral Bruat will replace Admiral Hamelin in command of the French'tleet m the "Block Sea, for the purpose of givin Admiral Dundas chief command of the combined fleels." Gen. St. A maud is to have chief command of the land forces. There is no late authentic nws from Turkey. The British frigate Amphyow is ashore near Dragn and cannot be got off. Admiral Napier having received a report that 16 Russian ships were anchored at Helsingfors was making preparations to attack them. IndJ i, China and Japan. The overland mail from India has been re ceived with dates from Bombay to the 14'h III:. 1 1 is reported that Dost Mahommed has offered an Affghan alliance against Russia and Persia. An insurrection had broken out at Bassir. Insurrectionary fighting was going op jo the Persian territories. j We have Shanghai dates to the 1 7th of Feb ruary, and Hong Kong to the 25lh. A Rnssihn I war steamer had arrived at Shanghai from Nan gaki on the lOih and returned on the 11th, bringing intelligence thai the Emperor had con- rentea to negotiare, and bad sent MM Ministers to treat with the Russian Admiral. Tfcej had also treated the Russian Admiral to a bosquet. Tin Japan se Ambassadors announce that Ja pan will open her ports, but will n quire time. The American squadron had not urrivtd at Na gosiiki when the Russian steamer left. I he sfort hip Supply hud arrived at Woosung on I he 3d of l-Vhrnnrv from Loo Choo A discovery of gold in Ceylon is reported near Colombo. MISCELLA?f EOI'S ITEMS. Nothing had been heard of the steamer City of Oiasgovv, when the Arabia left Liverpool In (.Ireat Britain evprvihint! svaa dull, principal ly on account ol the Easter Holidays, unich has ' greatly check d business ( ssion. Parliament was not in j General Sir Bichard Armstrong, and Admiral F.nu'p n ri Kirtlh rt..:.fi 1 he Arabia passe i the Africa cn the 10th, and j on the evening of the 19 h, fell in with the brig I Hannah, of VVhitehaven, in a sinking ennditioti, having on hoard the crew ol the - brig Helina, n' ' Liverpool. foundered atara. Took off both crews. JJ, ' Zv . ' , . f . , , rr i The Duke of Cambridge, Lord R-ilan and staff arrived at Paris on the Hth insl. Napoleon had a grand review of 25 COO of his troops on the oc- rnkin. The Duke carried the autocranh letter of I Victoria to Napoleon. - - c? i A faiewt II dinner was civen to Mr. Sandford ,. . " . . o i I t . - i - .11 ! 1 1 .i 111 1 1 i n f a Pans on the 10th int tinued dry weather. The employers of S ockport had notified the operators :hat the adanc d wages given last year must be withdrawn. A sttike was anticipated. The Seurcli for Sir John Franklin. It appears the the Admirality, without sanc tioning any new expedition to search for Sir John Franklin, have determined that such orders shall be issued to Sir E. Belcher as will empower him to continue the search for the missing expedition for another year. Thus we hope, that the open water to the northwest of Wellington Channel will be examined, which, it will be remembered, was left unexplored by Sir E. Belcher at the dale of his despa'chrs last year. The names of the offi cers and crews of the Erebus and Terror, con trary to the notice given by the Admiralty, ars still retained in the "Navy List," and will remain there until the return of the searching hips. This change may be, in some measure, due to Lady Franklin, who has addressed a long and eloquent protest to the Admiralty against the removil of her husband's name from the Admiralty's books until all search lor him terminates. W ithout unextinguished hope she still declares that it appears to her reasonable that Sir John Franklin and his companions should not be con sidered dead, but living, and Lases her conviction to tle latter effect on these grounds : "1. Because i.o evidence has been discovered of any catastro phe having befallen him. 1. Because the quarter of the Arctic Sea where it is most probable that the missing parlies would be found living, or their fate ascertained, has never yet, as far as we know, been explored Sir E. Belcher, when last heard of, having advanced only to the verge of the open sea to the northwest, but without entering it ; and because the part thus indicated is one of the two courses pointed out to my husband in the Admir alty instructions lor him to follow, and also be cause it had been pronounced, after a thorough examination of the other course, that he could not have passed that way, 3. Because within this unexamined region the resources for supporting life are probably abundant and 4. Because my husband and his officer? steadily contemplated, and from the first provided for, a detention extending over an indefinite period, should difficulties occur to prevent their return at the time expected." It is expected that Capt. Inglefield will be ready to d part wi"h the PI oenix about the 18lh of this monih. London Alhcnccum. Late ano Interesting from Liberia. By the brig Harp, at New York, advices have been received from Monrovia to February 25. President Roberts w rites, under dite of the 24h, that the Republic was in a state of prosperity, and that good health generally prevailed. There were several passengers in the Harp ; one or two merchants who have brought out a con siderable quantity of palm oil, and w ho w ill shortly return with merchandise. All the letters by the Harp speak in high terms of the improving prospects ol trade. A colored j man named W ashington, who went to Liberia, a t , i, ,r i r , j (.. mr.nl hi n crn fi inn I l:i rt Inrfl I unn is nninir 1 an excellent businiss as a daguerreotypist, and has senl to n.w York $500, earned in one month, to ' - . ... I niht gave glowing accounts of what they saw- in Liberia. The churches, they say, have large congregations; the citizens dress as well and re spectable as in tho United Stales ; their houses are well furnished; true hospitality abounds ; beef, pork, poultry, vegetables ai;d fruit ol all kinds are abundant, and prosperity evident on every band. m mm About Ciba, A correspondent writes to the New York lluald that Commodore Newton has communicated to our government the fact that the capiain-general has in his posfession a royal de cree, authorizing h m, any moment he may deem proper, to emancipate all the slaves of the Island. Tin.' says the writer, "is tl measure of defence which has been hinted at by English and French papers, and is intended to carry out the threat that Cuba must be Spanish or a second HsytL" Thr Hon. Pbilo White, Charge u' Affairs oft he F uiied States to the Republic ol Eoaudor, eras offi cially received by that Government on the 27th December. CHARLOTTE : FEIDAY MORNING, May 5, 1854. FOR GOVERNOR: THOMAS BRAWI. ESQ., OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. ELECTION, 1st THURSDAY IN AUGUST. Editorial CorrcKpouttettce. JlALTinoiit, April 22, 1654. M. Hebron Dar '-. As the delegate from Mecklen burg 1 left Charlotte with '.he xpecfatioa of reach ing Raleigh on the night before ihe Convention met, but in consequence of the Lad management and disinclination to acct mmodate on the p:irt of the Uland cc Dunn line of singes, I was detained 24 hours on (he rad and did not arrive until the first days proceding3 were user. I found ussemLled the largest, most intelligent, and harmonious body thnt ever convened in North Carolina, Fifty-nine Counties were represented by Two Hundred and three delegates. The Resolutions, whieh doubtless you have published by this time, were pass d by aeclamn- lion. They embody the principles that we have ever contended lor, and are sound, conservative, and Democratic, just such Resolutions as might have betn pP'CIed he Pe" oI ,be Asa Biggs, and would meet the approval of such a convention. On all the subjects touched they sneak out boldlv and nlainlv. leaving onlv one . i , , , , . ',, construction, and capable of betntr unders.ood bv , . 1 r, f . ' I,,R Kesolotion on Constitutional reform announces j'ist what we are for and the mode by w hich are Fined to nccomnlish it. How strikimr 1 does it contrast with the Janus-faced one on the i i - - - ri , , . ,17, , - ,P . n same subject in the Whig platform. To the De- J OI mocratic party only can the people look to have free suffrage engrafted upon (heir fundamental 1 iw. The Hon. Thomas Bragg, was nominated as the candidate for Governor by acclamation. A better selection could not have been made, sound upon all the priuciples of the party, a gentleman of unblemished character, of splendid ability, a convincing and powerful speaker the contrast be tween him and Gen. Dockery will be so great that none but the most bitter and incorrigible par tizan can hesitate between them. Under the lead of such a champion and such a platform, the annihilation of the Whig party is inevitable. His very name is a tower of strength and will send terror through the rank and fi e o! ; j tne opposition. 44 A little more grape, Lapt. Bragg I and the day is ours." At the mention of his name the applause be came rapturous. Such an entire unanimity has scarcely ever occurred the harmony not only existed in regard to who should become standard bearer, but not a division was called upon a single question. On the second day, gentlemen from every section addressed the Convention, Mr. Biggs leading off in his happiest style. All spoke well, but we were particularly pleased with the remarks of Edward Cantwell, Esq., of Wake. He is a genl'eman of finished education, exten sive reading, and his speech abounded with happy allusions, conceived in choice taste, was argu mentative and powerful, and delivered in the best style. He is a gentleman of decided talents and is destined to rank high in the catalogue of De mocratic statesmen of North Carolina. The tal ent of the party was there, and if we were to at tempt lo take off the heads we would swell this communication to a disagreeable length. Wre are very much fatigued having travelled all night, which is our excuse for this short and unsatislactory epistle. We stait in a few mo ments, in company with the Hon. W. N. Ed wards, of Warren, N. C, for Washington, from which city we promise, you a more extended and we hope a more interesting communication. R. P. W. Washington City, April 23, 1954. I have been so much engaged since I have been in this Babt 1 uf political confusion that I have had hardly time to dot down anything worthy of communicating. After the adjournment of our Convention, I concluded to take this place in my route home. In the lower portions of our State, which is the native region of our nominee for Governor, I found that his selection as the standard bearer of our party was most judicious. When we consider that his nomination was chit fly owing to the West, and so unanimously responded by the whole State, to this is added his own sterling merits as a man and a statesman, we cannot doubt his suc- cess. But ii will require action and industry lo defeat u the great strerig,b Gf intellect and firm- f r t ness of purpose" of Gen. Dockery. Dockery ' J ,u,s s,lown "'sel' our district to be a most unscrupulous demagogue, and of indefatigable . inousiry. rience. e must not reiy too much up i on his defeat, but all turn out and give him as he j deserves, leave to retire to the shades of pri- j . ri . . , I i:r.. tine i lie. I found at this City our State well represented, and 1 was much pleased with the frank and cour teous bearing of the President. He is well worthy of the high position he holds. His course will merit the approbation of his countrymen, and prove that he was worthy of their confidence. The Bill giving Ten Millions of Public Lands to the Insane Hospitals ot the States, has passed both Houses of Congress. Its features are against all justice, Constitutional and States-Rights. 1 shall take occasion to examine them in detail in another article. It is believed that the President will veto this Bill ; and I trust that he will. Every North Carolinian who visits the City is proud of the high reputation of his countryman, Mr. Dobbin, the Secretary of the Navy. H.s administration ol the Navy Department has been one of brilliant success. The ready response of both Houses of Congress to his recommendations evinces the confidf nee of Congress in the sagacity of his plans, and he has infused in the service a degree of energy and character, not only cred itublc to himself but greatly serviceable to the Natb D. In Congress matters are very interesting. Tim Nebrafcba Bill still affords a loop upon which many new members, as wall as old, may hang a speech On Tuesday last, after much blowing of trumpets, B nton emptied the vials of hw pent up rage upon the bill. It was a most complete f.olure ; if any other man than Benlon had de livered it, he would have betn scraped down. Never since the days of the Cyclops who in blind rag" devoured their own offspring, was there ever such recantation of opinions lormed in earlier life and matured judgment. It was a perfect flash in the pan. The big gun has fired, and like "the peace-maker " of the Princeton had like to have burstt d out the bruins of Benton. He was replied to on the next day by Governor Smith of Va., who completely demolished him. But the Bill loses nothing by discussion. The delegation from our State is much respected in Congress, they are attentive to their duties, and alive to the interests of their constituents. Our immediate Representative, Mr. Craige, suffers much in health from the rigors of this severe cli mate ; no one is more respected for his integrity of character, and energy ol temper. As Chair man of the Com. on Public Buildings and Public Grounds, he has important duties to perform, as ell as delicate and heavy responsibilities to dis charge. Ho will do his duty wherever he is placed. I shall be compelled to remain a few days at Richmond, where you may again hear from me. R. P. W. Tlie Democratic Candidate. We have no hesitation in saving, from m'orma lion we have received, that Mr. Bragg will accept the nomination so cordially tendered htm by the late Convention. He had not received the official notice ol his nomination, as he was on attendance on his Courts, but we may look 'for liis letter of acceptance by our next issue. He was at Halifax Court the present week. The nomination was made so short a time preceding Halifax and North ampton Courts as not to admit of his making ar rangements to have his business in those Courts attended to ; and besides, he would have been compelled, in any event, to take a few days to ar range his busiuess before leaving home. Those who had confided their business to him had a right lo expect this at his hands. He will commence the canvass at the earliest moment practicable ; and to those who know his habits of labor and indomitable energy it is un necessary to say that he will perform his whole duly .Standa id. Thomas Bragg. r e t r i Governor, is a native of Warren Couniv. and is now in the maturity of manhood, between (orly and forty-five years of age. He received his first political impressions urnong a people well and widely known for their undeviating adherence to republican priuciples in the County of Macon, the wisest man as he was the best Democrat of his day. Mr. Bragg sprang from the people ; his father, Thomas Bragg, was an honest and enterprising house carpenter ; but though an humble mechanic, he has left sons behind him of brilliant and com manding fame such as Col. Braxton Bragg, w ho so distinguished himself at Buena Vista ; Judge Bragg, now of Mobile, Alabama, and formerly member of Congress Irom thut District ; and Thomas Bragg, the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor. Thomas Bragg's education was commenced at the excellent schools of Warren, and completed at the North in the Military Institute of the late Capt. Alden Partridge, where at the same time was pursuing the same studies that favorite son of North Carolina, the late Col. Michael Hoke. Mr. Bragg's legtil studies were conducted by Judge Hall, and on receiving his license he settled at Jackson, Northampton County, where he has re sided ever since. Fond of home, devoted to the du'ies of his profession, and naturally of a retiring and unambitious temper, he has never sought ol fice or political preferment; still he has never re fused to serve his party when called upon. In 1842 he consented to become a candidate for the Commons in Northampton; and such was the .force of his arguments, the power of his eloquence, and the confidence the people reposed in him, that he was elected in a County claimed as one of the strongholds of Whiggery. The records of that eventful session show that Thomas Brajry was uniformly true to his principles and to the people. He ably discharged, in that legislature, the im portant duties of Chairman of the Judiciary Com mittee a post accorded only to men of first-rate abilities. Since that period he has not been a candidate himself ; but so active have been his labors ameng the people, that, aided by the gallant Person, Bynum, Lockharf, Copeland, and others, the political character of Northampton has been firmly fixed as that of a Democratic County. He has frequently been a Democratic Elector for President and Vice President, in which capacity he has performed much beavj- and useful labor for his party. He is now a member of the Board of Interna' Improvements of the State, and, to gether with such men as David S. Reid and Calvin Grave, has been devoting his efforts to the ad vancement of the important interests committed to that Board. One of the truest tests of a man is the estimate placed upon him by his neighbors, and by those who pursue with him the same profession or calling. Trfied by this test Thomas Bragg comes out pure gold. In private life he is known and loved fcr his benevolence, Lis amiability of disposition, his frankness and integrity ; and there is no member of the Bar who practices with Mr. Bragg, who does not speak of him in the highest terms as a man of talent and a gentleman. Mr. Bragg is a most impressive public speaker. His style is clear and pointed ; and while he de livers his ideas in good English, it is at the same time so plain that all can understand him- He deals neither in passionate expressions, nor in hig'i wrought figures, nor is he in the habit of missta ting or misrepresenting his opponents ; he is a man of truth, and will say nothing upon the stump which he would hesitate to utter, if necessarv, in private among gentlemen. In other words, he is a patriot and a statesman, and well fitted, in every respect, for the public service. His interests are identified with those of the people, for he is one of them ; the son of a mechanic, with but little as sistance and entirely unaided by the accidents of birth or fortune, he has made his way to his pres ent enviable position before the people. The Democratic banner could not have been commit led to ab,er or safer hands Tha he - that banner in triumph through the contest we have not tho shadow of a doubt. Raleigh Standard. The Ward Trial. The trial of Matthew J. Ward for the murder of Prof. Butler, at Elizabcihtown, Kentucky, w hich was commenced on the 20. h ult., has been brought to a close, and the prisoner acquitted. i Late Storm at the North. New York, April 29, 1854. j The damage done by the storm of Thursday j night was greater and more wide-spread than was I at'first supposed. Roof's, ehimnies and buildings i in course of erection were completely demonished in various parts of the city, though none of the properties thus destroyed were of great value. A number of vessels were capsized in the harbor, f and at least two lives are known to have been j lost. The Ericsson lies on her wet berth, off Jersey City, forty feet under water, and an etlort win soon bft made to raise her. So sudden was her capsizing on Thursday, that the company and guests on board, who were celebrating the success of the trial trip with champagne and its accom paniments in the cabin, and barely time to fly for safety to the deck. The storm did much damage in all the neigh boring cities, as well as in New England and the central part of New York Stale. North ol Troy the ground too was covered with several inches of snow, which was washed avvay by rain, and now the Hudson is rising so rapidly that the low er parts of Albany are under water. A destructive flood is feared. Chicago, April 23. We had a violent gale here yesterday. Several schooners were driven ashore and totally wrecked. Four men belong ing to the schr. Merchant perished. No other lives lost. Buffalo, April 20. Ttiere was a great gale on the lake yesterday, and serious disasters are anti cipated. The schr. R. Wood capsized, but the crew were saved. Disasters at Sea. Tho New York Courier recapitulates the nu merous marine catastrophes in tho last four months : The total number of persons who per ished on Ihe Powhatan i including the officers and crew, is at least two hundred and twenty ; on board the Tayleur, wrecked in the Irish channel, three hundred and seventy; on board the Staf fordshire wrecked oil Cape Sable, one hundred and eighty ; and on board the steamship San Francisco, one hundred and thirty making in these disasters alone, a grand total loss of nine hundred human lives. The average annual loss of life on the Atlantic does not equal the Ins of these four ships alone within ihe lait four months. We might add to these four other ships not heard from, and which, there is too good reason to be lieve have perished. The steamship City of Glas gow, sailed from Glasgow for Philadelphia on the 1st of March, with some four hundred souls on board, and has t;ever since been spoken. The Leviathan packet ship sailed from New. York on the 22nd of November, and the Lucia Field about the 1st of December, tpoth for Liverpool, and no account of either has been received. The dipper Dauntless left Boston for Valparaiso on the 22a of October, and nothing is known of her fate. The number of beings and schooners, and other smaller vessels wrecked upon our coast since the beginning of winier, has been fearfully great. These vessels are peculiarly exposed to ihe dan gers of coast navigation. This is not merely in consequence of their size, but because they are almost uniformly weak handed, and commanded by men of limi'.ed nautical skill, who own their position chiefly to the fact of being part owners, The amount of property destroyed has been en ormous, reaching in the case ol ail disasters on the Atlantic, during the last year, to a figure which even daring arithmeticians would shrink from certainly, if Hoy's List affords any sort of an in dex, beyond ten millions of dollars. Caloric Ship Ericsom Sunk. Nuw York, April 28. The Caiacu ehip li'rino., !.. e....ir .... the flats, near Jersey City, yesterday alternoon during the storm. She had just returned from a trial trip. The accident was caused ly the care less men leaving the port holes open. A large number of ladies and gentlemen were on board ; but all were safely landed. The storm of yesterday was very severe and a number of ihe small craft was upset. The Late Fire at New York. The recent fire in Broadway, New York, continues to be much commented on by the press of that city, and a general desire is manifested for the passage of laws that will prevent ihe erection of buildings in such an insecure manner. The whole number of deaths that have resulted from the calamity is eleven, though is is believed by some that other bodies are still under Ihe ruins. A rigid investi gation in regard to the causes of the calamity are io be made. The IVIelliodist Episcopal Church Case. We learn-that ihe United States Supreme Court has reversed the decree of the Circuit Court of Ohio, against giving the Methodist Episcopal Church South part of the assets of the Cincinnati ' Book Concern," and remanded the cause of the District for further action. The Japan Expedition. The English press are laughing at Commodore Perry for being out generaled by a Russian commander, who went to Japan and got a commercial treaty, while Perry was lying quietly on his oars at Hong Kong. Perry's slow motions have failed to realize the public expectations ol tho wonders which were to be accomplished by all the parade and show ex hibited before the astonished and petrified Ja panes. The Russian commander, with a force insignifi cant in apearance and in power, ecmpiished without difficulty what Perry, w ith all his show ol power, was unable to effect. The display the lat ter made naturally excited the fears of the Japanese and made them cautious and hostile. Mow Letters Miscarry. About ten days ago a prominent business firm in New York city de posited a letter containing remittances amounting to about $10,000, 'n the post-office in that city , di rected, as they alleged, to Providence, R. I. The package not having been received by the person addressed, by the due course of ma!, the matter was brought to the notice of Ihe postmaster, who instituted an investigation the consequenco of which was, that the package was found at Provi dence, N. Y., to which pi ice it was plainly direc ted. Such mistakes are too common among busi ness and financial institutions. Arrival op a Slaver. New York, April 25th. The brig Glamorgan, of New York, ar rived hereto-day in command of Lieut. Downs, P. S. N., having been seized on the coast of Africa by the brig Perry, on suspicion of being a slaver. Caspar Kehrman, Captain of the Glamorgan, with the mate and two seamen, will be examined be fore tho U. S. Commissioner. It has been ascertained that there were on board the P owhaian three hundred and eleven passengers, and twenty-nine of the crew making in all Three hundred and forty souls, not ono of whom esca ped the fatal wreck. The Brig Glamorgan, captured as a slaver on the coast ol Africa, has arrived at Boston. The captain has been bmnjHtl home lor trial. j 03- Col. Ed ward Stiff committed suicide at j Centre, Ala., on the 23J ult., by taking 10 "rains 1 ol Morphine Fir. Fillmore. Ex President Fillmore, accompanied k Hon John- P Kennedy, left ih s city v, 6 city vp.t.... morning in the cars lor Augusta. Z .1 Nashville. We understand it is the Mr. Fillmore to return ibis way from Nashyii'' and proceed Northward by the Wilmineinii ull. 44 Died by Inches." A account has reached us in mont extraordin,,. a private letter r' Vienna, says tho British Notes and Querieg ' high personage here, lhat has been the talk salons for the last few days. It appears iliata! circumstances of the death of General Ilavn presented a phenomenon of the most awful v!! on record. For many days after the death, tL warmth of life yet lingered in the right nrni ay left leg of the corpse which remained limped M moist, even bleeding slightly when pricked. delusion, notwithstanding, could be maintained' to the reality of death, for the other parts of ; body were completely morlifn d, and inrerrneni became necessary before the two limits a(x, mentioned had become either etifl or cold, 'fh writer of the letter mentioned that this Strang circumstance had produced the greatest awen the minds of those who witnessed it, and that ik. Emperor had bien so impress' d with it, that hi, physicians had forbiddi n the sulject to be alluded to in his presence. Memphis and Charleston Rail boa n.BT the report of the Pnsidentof the Memphis aid Charleston Railroad we learn that ihe entire hot from the city of Memphis to the junction with the Nashville and Chatanooga Railroad, is either it successful operation or under eonirael, excepting about three miles in Alabama, and 29$ jo AbJ. Mippi. j tie aaaoces ol me company are in an easy condition, and the President thinks thete wU be no difficulty in completing the entire roudwith. in eighteen months or two years. The abaW portion of ihe line now finished is in active opera, tion, and j ielding a handsome profit over the ex. pense of tra asportation. Fayettevillk, April 2?. On Monday last, j quite a number of our citizens assembled a fiitle beyond the western boundary of the town, to wit- ness and unite in ihe breaking of ground upon llie Western Hailroud. Alter the int. resting ceremony b id been duly performed, M;ijor MaclUo, Tri-si-dent of the Company, invited ihe crowd to relrenh. menf, and the champagne flowed as freely as ilt wit and humor of the guests, inspired by thafh terest of the occasion. The trees had previously been felled on -about a mile of the truck, 80 feet I wide. Observer. " Caleb, spell Aaron f" M Great A, little a. r-o-n ron." " Very well. Ichubod, see if United States." 'Yes, sir! Great country, T-e-x-u-s." 44 Go up head." you can ppeli little countrv, A young man who has been missing for three or four months from Cattaraugin county, Ne York, and whom a whole cordon of hlimbaf spirit rappers had consigned to the wolves, is eo gaged in chopping cord wood near Pittsburg. Fire in New York. Another extensive and destructive fire, involving frightful loss of life, oc curred in Broadway, New-York, on the 28ih utt. Upwards often persons nre known to have been killed, and about thirty wounded. The Shad Fisheries of ib Potnma W... seriously injured by the rise ol the water. The Steamer Tribune was sunk near LoukvaV, Kentucky, on the 26th, and three live were leal. II A It EI I ED, In this county, on the 27th instant, by John P. Ross. Esq., Mr. MOSES L. BE ATT Y to Mrs. LAURA LENT1LLE. Second Epistle of JJ.D 1 chap. 5 v. D1E!, In Putnam count v, Georgia, on the .0,'h af March last, WILLIAM MvKINLEY, Era., io the 75 h year of his age formerly a cilizeo. f this county. FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. TOST in Charlotte, yesterday, a Black POUT-MON-j N A I K containing three $10 notea of the Stale Bank of So. Ta., one $5 note Bank of Charlotte, fi" in small bills denomination and Banks not recollected, and various papers of no value to any one but the ow ner. The above reward will be paid by Ipaviug the Porte-Monnaie arxi contents at Bryan c Thornpion' Saloon. May 5, 18.') 1. 41-tf NOTICE. ALL persons iud bled to the subscriber for obi claimi who pri ft r arttliag by hiw, can have an SMMMlaaL ty of doing so after the 13lh of May. 1 intend toeare North Carolina an! I expect to leuvc in a storm of de nunciations and handsome epithets for demanding mj just dues, which have long been withheld from me, huA I shall have the luxurious gratification of knowing Uil it - whistled itseil." April 21, 1854. 41-3t S. B. WATSON House and Lot for Sale. THE Subscriber will offer forsale to the highest bidder, on Tuesday of the next July County Court for Mecklenburg C'ountv. in the town of Charlotte, the House and Lot on Tryon Street f doors below the American Hote adjoining the Lotif Robert Sterling and Robert Shaw, and formerly knowi as the Zenas Grier property. Terms of sale made know on the day thereof. - JUNIUS A. FOX. May 5, '54. 41-tl Town OrdLlxianco. Charlotte. April 29, 1854. At a meetinsr nfthj Board of Com Wl iaaitoB tt prtaent John Kitjler, William R. Myers, Robert Bhaar, R. JatutMM, and VV. V. Elms; On motion, W. . Men w.'s appointed chuirman, pro tcm. It is Ordered, That a Tax for the year 1854. be cd at the following Rates, upon each different object Taxation, as follows, to-wit: On each $100 value of Real EstaU", a Jj " $!(0 value of Stock in Trude, J White Poll, between the age of 21 t 45 4 J BUck Poll, " " 12 It 50 2 P " Free Black Poll, 'j " - Grocer and Retailor of spirits, W " Company of Circus Riders, and all -others, subject to pay a State Tax, jj g " 44 Concert, per week, , j " u Daguerreian, " " Itinerant merchant or Pedlcr, or na"'J. Goods, wares and merchandize, not the growth ot7m facturc ol North Carolina, except Book, a tat ot t' On each f 100 of Interest, . a ' Physician, Dentist, Lawyer, ate., 1 Carriage of the value of $75 y a " a 300 i jo m $400 or upward, " Gold Watch, $ " Silver Watch, 3 (M M Piano, , , jl ' " $100 value of Gold and Silver Plat On each and every Dog, jo " Public Dray, jo " " Public fotr-hore Omnibus, $ " " Two-horse Oiiiiiioua On each Livery Stable, may 5 40tf J. B. KERR. elei For sale at this oMV"-
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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