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7'7l HfWlTl f 'rin'hl fl Tl 7 yU Vf jOxj 1 Zj.Xl if iJxiiulJ UJllll A WARING & HERRON, PROPRIETORS. I tl- i , tie dor aeeffll ol SSaller't Iloitl iivairs. Terms of Subscription. If paatafricff in adinnce li m tl M'llhin ifanw Mouths J,.'iJ It i.aiil at (he ihI ot ilw year. :t,W No subscription will he lecarccd lor a fehurui jifrutl ilian e.t mmIh. li'r Any awansi seastag us five SSW Mibacribrrsi, acc.mja- ! by die aSwaate aaVaniatiea, '.?!',) will recrivc dM siAib -"-T o!aS; ,jm ytar. Terms of Advertising. AJiUfiai tala will In uiM.rn. I at 81 pcraji:are for rlj first a .'1 :" cem lor eatli iimw ms-c-iiioii. Aaouaiecoa at thirteen hats or lr-s, this m inter, 1 ii iar lir ilrilnriinn rill rr aitw u !l:?t who auvc-r- I tisf by the year. DmUc an 1 Jin.tnal on die M AaUania m u l .r each mar 11 All. AmmiM v.. 11 tw taargtd 25 per reie. ti HMMUj 'jI 4'itniiily $1 jx.; a ,i.are Ofettuaria, Tnb He ef Reaped, Sdicious astatine, and IS j. vatcat s (cieties, :i! be charged hall the Aht-n um i a it . t or aaiM in caud .hit. 9 MVf " in advanee. Proh-:.iial ami BaaiaaM fattl 1 et Ai sa ai ill be inserted a: &3 a j Ml ; not racttaboa s'juait '. ifT Letter on baSMSSaS aaasl te udAmm & la the Proprie tors, post Mi', ' : 1 - irc aiteiuion. fry Subacri!..:!! .hmS others who ;.; wihti to cf-iul 11101. f in us, can rlo at ail tini ., y mail, nt.d at our risk. i:IIMIl t'ORRESPOH D E NCE. KlottSK IT CnMM NS, ) R ili igh, Dr. 1 I h, 1854. S Mn. Baiiui: On ye-t rd iv, Sunday, I visited ilka laaaoc Asylum. It is true lh.it 1 h;id heard th.it the Stale had nodertaken the construction of vm h a building, hut that i s dimensions was ol nucli magnitude liad iever rptrred my imayin.i tion. 1 was struck .ih vond( r and astonisli Kot ai ibe OBdertakiag. It is two hundred and ii'ty yatds long and four stori s hih. I am ir maMtielv foiced to the conclusion that did North Carolina owe no debt, the completion and main -tn loo nee of this est.ibl.-jlimo.':! of itself would be artlply sufficirnl to cnM into requisition the entire resources of the StaftB for years to come. If are are to j-idgo from appeafancea its completion must iicc-ssurily lie at a rcujot", I may say l a far dis tant day. I learn tljat the State will be called on lor 000 at this session enough, I presume, to ke p it Kr'g until next scb.ston, when a like HBJODBt will kgaia he called for. And in the face of all this, are hive members uf the L' gtsla'urc calling on ike S aic for millions fur Internal Im nrovemenl purposes. Where this thing is to stop ii quires n l,ir-3einj eagneity beyond w hich your correspondent cannot 1 iy claim to But its results eriU.be as certainly known and felt as that extra, ragaase ami utdiseretion pr iduccs ruin cn;l ban!; rtiptcy. Strange as it nay srrni to our friends distant bom the Capita!, that even, at this early period ol he session, that long discussions have already taken pluce in the 1 1 ...- of Commons upon pro pi silions to adjourn to meet on the 1st Monday iu November next, &C., itc. None of them, how. ever, seemed to be seriously entertained by the House. Something has bei n said about taking a few days about Christmas, which I have no doubt will bo agreed upon. It has been intinurted thai the m rubers would be invited to spend Cmristrnas in Wilmington. How thai will be I am not ad vis d. I would be pleas d w ith the trip, and would avail myself of the occasion of doii g so, neer bavins been d.cre. I will eonelttde this communication by adding, that nothing of peculiar interest has transpired since my l ist; beyond a bill fur the People's Bank, capital stock 5,009,000 ; one at Salisbury, one at Wilmington, &.c. The hill to emancipate Jerry panned its third reading in the Houe on Saturday only 1" ngnint it. The W hi tear i lie and Charlotte Railroad is the order of the day, 11 o'clock on Wednesday next. I have scratched this down in a hurry, lick it into shape. Yours, &e., X. Raleiuti, N. O, Dec. 11, 1654. R. P. Waking, Esy. Sir : For a short lime past I have resided in this City of Oaks. Our Legislatuio now iu session is emphatically a De mocraiic one. Having h Governor, the Speakers, i and a majority in each branch ndhertng to the Barne creed and faith. I am aware thai the people of Mecklenburg, ,n : common with others of our Slate, are evincing a 1 deep interest in the d. liberations ol this body. incitement pervades the misses npon the all-ab S . m mm m-m orsang uiem internal improvt m nt. every assembly composed of many or I w from I be mountains to ihe sea coast exchange views, and entertain hopes of better things lor themselves and others upon this suLj-ct. Upon no Lgisla'ure in our State, and but lew in any, have been made greater demand", or looked to with (under hopes than the present. ... 7 .... - - I wish the voice i. f that vauntvd opprobrium "Rip j .nn Winkle," so long reproachfully applied to us "J ihb iaee ui progn s-, luneu to rest with the shrill whuile of that iron steed 1 t ii f . 1 , ' . .11 .... I. 1 -o :.. .i. . r i..hj "j uo okuu me bjiu unBims Menu. 1 We would wish to see the resources of our Stale, 14 the richest in ihe gift of nature, but the j poorest iu all that depends upon exertion," de- 1 ye IOf Q. We would wish lo see realized ihose noble desires, so deeply cherished by uli, to ele vate, and forward the work of Internal Improve ments, and thereby increase ihe wealth, prosperi ty, and happiness of our citizens. In a word, we would with 10 see our own old North State the i brightest star in our glorious confederacy But ( n ugh of this, and to the point. And what is that ? A demand is made of the Legisla ture (I believe from everywhere) that a liberal, but judicious system of Internal Improvements be constructed. A demand easily made, but the extent of the system by no means so easily ; d fined, or the whereabouts the appropriations should be made agreed upon. For to what extent the imnns of the State should be appropriated in this " liberal, but judicious system," pnd in what w ay, and in whs! locations appropriated, are points upon which the representatives of the people uV for as wid' Iy : s (Im people themselves. Now, sir, I admit there are two extremes. In diff rence and Bnorneaess upon ihe part of the tta:r to lend her aid. " which if taken at the tide I of public opinion might lead lo redemp'ion" would seriously cripple, though I h pe not entirely ruin, the prospeiity and thrift of the enterprises ulrcady begun. While a reasonable and discreet appro priation upon the par! of the State, which appro priation can be raised whhout oppressive taxation uncn the c-eonle. Willi a disposition to do what were it possible by s.-me magical influence of I learn thai some members are ready to pro Ihc Legislature, we would wish to see our S'ate, Mi- ! pose, as an amendment to the bill for free coal, a perva-like, spring bright and clear into a new I provision for free salt, and free sugar, and free esisteaoa of prosperity and greatness. We w ould w ine. we can now, and leave that m hich cannot be j they want is, that ihe principles ol our Constitj done until another lime, will accomplish all that ftion shall not be violated, nor i-s compromises re- can really be accomplished with profit lo the peo- pie. I mean that ihe funds of ihe S ate should j he nnnmnriaied in nronortion to her means, and I I 1 i- r- eubject to ihe same economical control ; as a pru Vnl farmer. Recording to his means, would ap propriate and control hj's funds in ihe improve ment of bis farm. Then as already stated, the rxtcio 0f t!,. above-named system, and the appro priations Un-.-'o are questions of opinion. lt I Bi ,,,c" assurne ,lial l,,e extension 01 tne :orm Carolina Kail Road East from Goldsboro' to Beau- j lort Harbor, and West from some point on said Road to the Tennessee line, as the most limited and generally received opinion of this system. And le ihe extensions East and West also be re garded as a work of great utility demanded at this Legislature. Before undertaking an enterprise of such magnitude, requiring such nn expenditure of the public money. The following inquiry natu rally suggests itself to the mind of every taxpayer and thinking man. Are the resources of the State sufficient to warrant its construction, without de- j pression to the people, or involving the State in j bo enormous debt, which can onlv he liquidated 1 !y repudiation? This inquiry np ns the held of irguroeni pertaining to t subject. 11) this communication I neither purpose, at this tunc, to assume ::ii affiimativc or n native position . .. . .. , . j upon the above inquiry ; hut dimply give the bet, I and ihe reader cap judge lor bimsrif. A Bill has heen oiler, d to ex'end the N. ('. Rnl Road fom j Goldsboro' to Beaufort with a capital stock of, frv00,000, aiking an appropriation of lam-thuds Ooni the .Stale. Also a Bill to ex end the i. v. Rail Road from some point on said Road Wist, to Htmc point on the T anesaea line, or to some piiiiil on ihe liille Tennessee river in Macon coun ty, as tin Company may de.ermine, after organi zation and survey being made. With a capita! stoelt of sis millions of dollars, asking an appro profiriation of two-thirc's from the Slate. Whether or not the above named amounts would 'i .- a: l!i-i til to complete the proponed extensions, ol coarse a question of npiuion. And the best possible dat i upon w hich to base mi opinion would be a Id iced from the official report ol Maj. (iwin, in:.!, r h -c up -rvision and control, the Eastern and Western x' nsion have heen surveyed. The KngiiH'i r'? l. jiort has not yet bee? maue. But Rupposc the follouing to In-true, as I am in formed. From Coldjboro' lo Caallant'a point, P9 miles, cost 01,087,690; from GoJdnboro' to Beau tort, 09 miles, $1,743,090; Irom Goldshoro' to Lennoxville, 100 miles, 01,754,047 ; Irom Golds- horo' to ilea, $1,663,1 18. Th bribe aieraie coat of the four routes surveyed : - tr - - 01,712,186 as the cos! of the Eastern extension t)u ihe West there were two routes surveyed, vis: from Salisbury via tlie towns of Morjjanton, Abbeville, through theSwauanoa Gap to the Ten nessee line, in the direction of Knoxville, distance 1S5 miles, cost a Iraption over sevi n millions of doll .is. The other commencing at Salisbury, and runs west wtih the last named survey 60 miles to a point called the Horse Ford on the Catawba j river, via the town of Lenoir, through the Watau- j ga Gag to ihe Tennessee line, in the direction of Jonesboro'; distance 121 miles, cost a fraction I over six million of dollars Tim difltreiicc in durance between the two pro- nosed western routes you will perceive is 01 miles; and in amount will probably be something like a million of dollars. The difference in distance ill: i- i ti i:rr : j and amount, being in favor of what the Mecklen burg net lle would call the Jonesboro' route. Uul see ihe amount. Take the least western estimate, and round numbers. Western extension 000,- i not) ; easii rn extension 9l,7UU,UUU. AJJ -,uuu,-000 to complete the North Carolina Railroad ; fii.-i L :o SiR O I ' OOn tr pmnnlr-lp 1 1 1 . T C. Railroad md eastern and western extension. Two thirds of! " ' 1 ibis last amount makes five million, nine hundred , und forty-one thousand dollars, to be appropriat ed by the State, or So l) 11,000 of State aid to complete the North Caroline Kailroad from Beau fort to the Tennessee line. J I have now carried the reader from Beaufort to I the Tennessee line ; and like mysell may be some what weary. I will relieve you, and myself by ' repairing to the Iair grounds to see Prof. Flliott's ; asucnsion;n the balloon. I am, with respect, AMICUS. From Washington. Washington, Dec. 11, 1854. It was expected that the discussion of the pro position to repeai the duties on coal would be commenced to-day. Mr. allbridge will support the measure with great zeal, as the representative ; of the consumers who shiver at the mention of ihe present prices of fuel. Congress ought not to hesitate to repeal this duty. It is contemplated -f II. by the treasury project of the tariffto put coal in the free list. I he Liverpool coal may, in that caSe, be brought more freely than at present into j our southed ports as ballast. The expense of transporting anthracite or Cum berland coal to these points will give the market there to Liverpool coal But in the norinfrn towns, where anthracite is preferred, no foreign coal will come iu competition with it for the pur poses of domestic fuel. A more free introduction of Novia Scotia or New Brunswick coal cannot take place until more mines have been opened and more capital employed in the business. The consumption of coal in this country increases at a more ranid rate than its production I I As the longest way round is oflen the shortest ' vav home, so it will be easv to perfect a new ' . ... ... . ' . I mriu proj-ct auring tins session as to ellect an ai u.ration of any one of its provisions. a 1 . 1 1 . 1 rv lnasmucu as me cnaracter o; ihe next riouse is already supposed to be determined, and as it is noi expected to be remarkably favorable to the ' views either of the administration or of the pres- ent majority of Congress, the expediency of de priving the next House of the sinews of politics that is to say, the surplus in the treasury is gen erally acknowledged. Measures are in contemplation for reducing the 1 amount of money in the Treasury, especially if the revenue be not reduced. Congress may find many and proper objects of public expenditure in paying debts, settling long contested and trou blesome claims, making public improNements, augmenting the Navy, and carrying out a proper system of coast defence, by stationary or other means Some demonstration is to be made in the House for a repeal of the repealing clause of the Ne braska bill, but it will not have the effi-st to create agitation and prevent the prosecution ol ordinary business. u,.ns etecuon 01 oe aiur origin as t r siuem o , the Senate, the Pennsylvania says with force and j rf-r.i -I . r ci . ti - t. f - t- beauty : Tnorp is nnc feature in his election lo the In . I r . t c .Ll.L 1. Likl a i i resiucncy oi me ornate wwreu is uigniji mwiHcu dable to the South, and which should forever set at rest the eternal whine about Southern selfish ness. We believe every Democratic Senator South of Mason and Dixon's line voted for him, although he is a prominent Northern man. All jeeted. and iney are men as ready lo vote lor a Northern as a Southern candidate. Their feaity o the Constitution is the foundation stone of their education, which may account for their extreme j. aloiisy of i's infringement. Ji yvould be well for some of the Northern States if iheir people were educated in the same love of the paramount law ol the lard. In the event of the decease of the Jnjon, Mr. llright would be Prisid nt," CHARLOTTE : FRIDAY JHORlflffG, December. U 1854, TOWSf COl iCIL TICK LT. For lntendant, WM. F. DAVIDSON, For Commissioners, THOMAS H. BR EM, ROBERT SHAW, JOJN RIGLER, W. W. ELMS, J. A. MUGGINS, R. McKEE JAMISON. tHAKLOTTE MARKET. Friday Morning, Dec. 22. Cotton ).)ull ; good deal off! ring ; extremes range from 5 to ?i Fi.our Great deal coming in, and complaints of short weight ; from 8S$, to $8 35c. Corn 75 to 80c. Pork A slight decline : from 6 to 6.'e, Meal 60 cents per bushel, I'i:is 65 cents. Rye 85 cents per bush I. Oats -13 and 50. To our l"al rous. We regret the necessity we are Uf.dei" of calling upon those whp are in arrears lo come forward and settle up without delay. P.tper, labor, and eyery article used iu our business have greatly ad- j vanned in price and unless our patrons are more punctual we will have to suiTt-r. There are many good norm s upon cur list who have never paid one dime for the paper of which they have been readers for nearly three years. There is a lightness itj the monev market which ! must operate hard upon us who have to pay cash for all our materials, unless we can receive at least ( a portion of what is, and has long heen, due to j the office. The 1st of January will be a most capital time to make glad the Printer's heart, by a punctual response to this call. - . Christ twas. Monday next is the day held sacred by the Christian world, because of ii being the anniver- sary of the birth of the Saviour. To us living under the blessed light of the gos- j dispensation, it cannot fail to awaken in our i minds, feelings of the profoundesi gratitude, that we .... are not on y permitted in our inmost souls to wor- ship the great disposer of human events, but en- j joying under the Constitution the right to do so according to our own views and judgment We i thank God that the dire spirit of religiQUS perse- i. ... : ii J I.I. ..,! cuuon nas never out iu a very uii urgrrc the records of our legislation and when we shail make religion a test of the fitness for the charac ter of a public officer, we may say farewell to liberty, to peace, and to quietude. Our fathers fled from the comforts and refinements of civiliza tion to build a temple in the wilderness of the new world, where each might enjoy the liberty of con science and in the dark period of the Revolution, the " lime that tried men's souls," persons of all principles and creeds were found battling under the same banner ; and their blood flowing promis cuously watered the tree of liberty and it grew and flourished like a green bay tree. Shall we, at this late period, when not only the old world is convulsed with revolution, but our own country is now lashed into a storm by the ex- citing isms let loose from the charnel house of the j North, add another still more exciting element to fan the fire into a flame? Church and State, Hell g'n and Tolitics should ne kept asunder tne ; , r-k .. . i ilk i .1 brightest hopes of man, the success of the model i Republic of the world demand it ; and woe to that j maI1 or party th(xt strives t0 blend thpm. Christmas is a period for the re-union of friends j . i j i ,- .- , i ! lone separated, and for participating in those in- r u- u . j noeeni, sacreu iwiuigcuwa wu.cu i,-u...i mc co that bind us together. It is a day upon which the Christian rests Irom his labors, and should cele brate it, not by gloomy penance or riotous excess es, but in a calm, sweet and rational interchange of the offices of friendship. It is a day which old Santa Clans has set apart 10 gladden the hearts of children by the bestowing of those little presents which he mysteriously transports in his fairy car riage from one chimney top to another. It is truly a beautiful custom and we delight to see it L,,t .,n On this rlnv nf universal rest, ihe nrin. r" r- j - i ter is the only one of God's numerous creatures that ceases not from his manipulations. Then kind reader while you by your blazing hearth are enjoying the joinl product of his brain and fingers, et fj a sympathizing sigh for his hard lot, and pathizing sigh I try, by being punctual in ihe future, to rub off some of the asperities of his unenviable situation, j With these reflections we wish one and all a "rite merrie Christmas. Tlie Swiss Bell Ringers. This celebrated company will visit our town next week, for the purpose of entertaining our citizens with two of their novel and unrivaled concerts. In speaking of ihe performances of this Cjmpany the Asheville Spectator says : "Suffice it, that in softness of tone, distinctness of note, and precision of time, we have rarely, il ever, seen theii performance excelled. The na tional airs of America, "Fisher's" and the "Eng lish Hornpipe," seemed to be the favorites of the . ii 1 1 1 - j--, . - j- -g - ' 1oo ," ' 1 v our na lie nee. nor ! company ; out it was really very naru 10 uiscrim was neither too long lo weary our patience, nor ! :oo short to gratify our curiosity, and was ngreea ; bly diversified by glees by the company, and songs by ihe excellent vocalist G. Breyvis. Tow ards the close of the concert, the admiration of the audi ence was excited by the wonderful performances j of Sig. Fittini on the "Tronduenmephilipinotrosia ! momento," (!) composed only oT wood and strayv. We advise our patrons and ihe public generally, not to miss nn opportunity of seeing and hearing this phenomenon in the musical world." a o m - Arrested. David and James Sharpe, who it is supposed committed a homicide on Monday the llth inst., and escaped,' were, on Sunday last, after several unsuccessful afempts captured, and are now in our jail lo await their trial. t ICail Road s tefii at ion at Salisbury on tlie 4tli of January. Wu have received, Irom the Committee of Ar i rangements, an invitation to attend the celebration i commemorativs of the completion of the Central ! Road to Salisbury. From ali we can learn, we expect thai our neighbors will have a grand jolifi cation. It js an event that ought to arouse in the heart of every North Carolinian feelings of pride i and exultation. We have ever been a warm : ind consistent friend, not only of a "judicious 1 system," but of this road in particular, and we i heartily rejoice that the good work is fast tend ! ing to a conclusion. We have no doubt that the i d iy w ill be celebrated in a manner worthy of the ne it inaugurates, and of the people and the piace. j We trust that Salisbury, under the magical influ ! ence of the ste.im car, will realize her largest ex. j peclations and continue to grow and increase ; commensurate with the enterprise of her citizens. We take this occasion to say, that our people l do not entert; in the slightest envy of Salisbury, j We believe that there is sufficient back country to support two such towns, and that her growth and i prosperity will be a source of gratification to us. Our bear's are broad enough, we hope, to era- i brace every 'look and corner of our noble old State ; and our most anxious desire is to see her i ribbed with a nett-work of Rail Roads, speeding j intelligence and infusing energy, and carrying wealth and comfort to the homes of all. Conilagi at i on. We learn tiiat a destructive fire broke out in StatesvUie, Iredell county, N. O, on Monday night last, w hich consumed the principal part of the village. The Court House, Post Office, several fine new D veilings, &c, were consumed.. The papers of the two Clerk's Offices were saved, but the books and contents of the Register's Office were destroyed. The fire originated in a wooden building in the west end of town, occupied as a ! Shoe shop and Drug store, and is supposed to j have been accidental. Raleigh, Dec. 13, 1S54. Yesterday, Mr. Smith ol Halifax, introduced a bill in relation to free negroes, which is pretty stringent; providing for binding out all ages and siz s. Mr. Shepherd introduced a bill to increase the cupital of the F. fe W. Plank Road Company to $400,000. Hop. Mr. Graham delivered a speech on the Convention question, which consist- mos'ly of the same old whig arguments. On Wednesday 13th, when the hour arrived for consiuering tne w ii. & unariotie ttaiiroaa Din, i .i n s . t i i i i i Hit it i.r j lk w niuiiiucio m t.i- i juuaci itj i , , , . . . tliain li.iinir f r Ic u- iimhii Kni-;' in t'.wi I !. ii.-,i fV f m jn (he Senate. Mr. Bices made an effectual re i i - i ply to Gov. Graham on the Convention question 1 suppose his speech will be reported. Mr. Bisirs ; is v lino speaker, and sustains nis points by close argument. Considerable debate arose to the Bill giving the . . .. v.... ..v.r, . estates of joint tenants in common. I he original ri!irta r i lrl. Ii r!n rrr i 1 1 ri cl i n inn nvpr (Iia c!r r, f I : 1 1 i . j: .. .u r ! i lie emei a:uriieiua ui uiu iiiims ui uie iiiea&uie, while against these, Mr. Dargan arrayed the im portance of the property involved under the law ; the loose manner in which business was transac ted in the County and Superior Courts, &e. After an interesting debate, the Bill and its a- mendments were re-committed to the Committee on the Revisal of the Statutes. W.IIerald. Rumored Failvbes. It would he useless to ! nil Aiirl s. I I.a r..nl 1-t..f l..oii-.r. , ..'T'.w.. I : t I! I LU I U LUfJ I 1 1 C ( L L LI 1 (I L ULii it. o3 .111. 113 111 ,; tn amBnmo a or i an(j threatening appearance. Already th re are rumors afloat of the suspension or failure of sev. eral heavy houses, and it is feared that these will !e followed by others that will prove still more disastrous. Whi'e so many establishments are . . . , . . , going down in other cities, u cannot be expected ,ha the busines8 men of s c,ty w,l escape un scathed. There were reports on Saturday of no less than three suspensions, and in addition, Mr. Rice Dulin received a dispatch from Columbia, notifying him that the Columbia Insurance Com pany had suspended, and advised him to notify all persons therein insured of the fact. Charleston Standard. The High Price of Paper. The great ad vance in the price of paper within the last six months has put the publishers of newspapers to serious reflection how to counteract the evil. It is suggested in the West, among other things, that publishers reduce the size of their papers ; de- mand advance papment in all cases ; cut off "dead- heads," and prune exchange lists. The effect of this would be to reduce the consumption of white paper and enable the printer to live. It is now stated that rags cannot be had in sufficient quanti- 1.1 1 - .1 - .1 ty, and the reply to this is that an increase in the j price of paper will not supply the delicit. Ad vance payments would remedy a host of evils at tendant on publishers. North Carolina Banks. An announcement in Dye's New York Bank Detector, of the failure of the Commercial Bank of Wilmington, the Bank of Wadeshoro', the Bank of Fayetteville, and the Bank of Washington (all North Carolina Banks) is pronounced, by the Wilmington (N. C.) Com mercial, as utterly untrue. That paper adds : ,4 4 more infamous cheat and imposture ..vas never uttered under the impression of types and ink. These banks are as s.iund as any in the Union, and were never in a better condition than at this time, as we have good reason to believe." QO Hon. A. P. Butler was yesterday re-elect- ed Q Senator of the United States for six years rom the 4th ot March next' whon hi3 Present term will expire, by the Legislature of South Ca rolina. We take the above from the Globe n( yesterday. It is the first announcement of the re-election of j Judge Boater that we have seen. Appearing, hoyvever, in so accurate and well posted a paper j as the Globe, there is no room left for a doubt as la its corree'.ness. Wecongratulate the Senate and the country on the re-election of Senator Butler. He has served his State ably and faithfully in the United States Senate. Sj:nh Carolina has many noble and gil- ted sons, but she has none who would more ably and yvorthily fill a seal in that august body than Judge Butler After ihe Sting of folly has made a man wise, they find it hard to conceive that others can be ! as foolish as lhev have been. om urup.a, ,u a.speuse wu m P"iie thousands of their young men to counteract their ,UrL , qUlly makinr sal7 111 Mecklenburg. treasonable schemes. They will be successful, Mr. Philips offered an amendment proposing a j and ,f ;he (ipi,Uf; s t of s(averv- darkens K .n general law on the subject Mr. Stubbs submit- I sas ;he e of the So(Jth m - t,)anl ,he Rt,d ted an amendment giving the power ol sales to , Republican, Jacobin, and infidel editors of the Superior Courts of law alone. jj:ist The Bill was discussed ably by Messrs. Black j lQ"refereiM.e to the candidates for the Legisla and Phillips in favor, end Mr. Dargan in oppos.- ! ,ure lhev wi a, ,east) nine.ienths of them, be in ion. Instructions of constituents and policy were j favor Qf ,he )rincipes ,aid down in the Douglas1 i. ... i .. .. .. ..... .-.i .1... ii .1 . .. r .1... o The Slavery Question. The subjoined resolutions on the slavery ques tion were introduced into the House of Commons a few days since : 1. lic$uh-cdt That the act passed at the last session of Congress providing territorial govern ments for Nebraska and Kansas, embraces the true principle in relation to the power of the fed eral government on the subject of slavery in the Territories. 2. Kcsolial, That ihe principle asserted in said act on the question of slavery is a subject of vital importance, npon which all southern men ought to unite. 3. Resolved, That the attempt on the part of some of the States of the North to interfere with slavery in the South, is a flagrant violation of the constitution of the United States, and fraught with incalculable mischief to the people of this Slate. 4. Resolved, That the preservation of the rights of this State in the peaceful enjoyment ol the do mestic institution of slavery is a paramount duty. 5. Resolved, That much praise is due to the patriotic men who have boldly maintained the compromises of the constitution in the midst of the infuriated fanaiicism of the North. 6. Resolved, That this State is determined to resist any further encroachments upon her consti tutional rights. 7. Resolved, That, in the event the federal gov ernment repeal or impair the efficiency ol the pro visions of the fugitive slave law, or refuse to en force its execution in good faith, it will amount to a virtual dissolution of the Union ; and that it will w become the duty of the State to take such measures as may be required for her safety and security. 8. Resolved, That, if either of the contingencies contemplated in the foregoing resolution should arise during the recess of the General Assembly, the Governor be requested to convene that body, to the end that the rights of the State may be maintained. 9. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the executive to each of the senators and representatives in Congress from this .State, lo be laid before their respective houses; and also a copy to the Governors of the respective States of the Union. Affairs in Kansas Slavery, &c. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger writing from Kansas, before the late election had taken place, explains the causes which will pro bably make that Territory eventually a slave State : Jn July last, I wrote you that Kansas would not bo a slave State. I am now of a different oj anion. The impertinent and insolent interference of your eastern fanatics, the colonizing as they have done , . . . . I r" . " .f"""" - -ft".' i of the popular will, has brought about this result I They have located themselves near the Kansas river, named their City Lawrence, and number, I am told, some hundreds of voters. 1 have seen some of them, and they are the most unmitigated looking set of blackguards I have ever laid my eyes on. Up to late in September there was no excite ment in the Territory on this question. Every body here and iu Missouri believed that Kansas would be a free State, but no sooner d'd these co- ... ionists appear here than all the river counties in ; a,i,0.., d1w.u . Nebraska bill of the last session. Tlie maiis- Horses to be put on tlie iracK, We have been favored with the following ex tract of a letter addressed to the Postmaster of this city by a special agent of the Post-office De partment, dated at Columbia, S. C, on the 17(h instant : " A despatch has been received from W. II. Dundas, Eq., second Assistant Postmaster Gen eral, directing that contracts should be made for wagon service, to take effect from the 1st day of January next, and continue until the 30th of June following, to supply mails to the offices now being supplied by the South Carolina Railroad Company, as the terms proposed by the company for carry ing the mails could not be accepted by the Post mastei General." If the people of this city will quietly submit to the foregoing arrangement, we must need be sat isfied. It is useless to waste words on the subject. It is to be hoped that steps will be taken to hold a general mass meeting of. our citizens at an early day, in order that a weighty remonstrance may be forwarded to Washington against this deter mination to compel our people to return to the slow and antiquated system of transporting mails bv horses instead of steam. Ciar lesion Standard. Tlie Wilmington and Charlotte It. R. We have been somewhat surprised to learn that i the above project is viewed with suspicion by some of the friends of the North Carolina Ccntial Rail Road, from a fear that it would come in competi tion with that work, and thus tend in'some mea sure at least, to depreciate the value of the indi ! vidual and State Slock therein ir m 1 -1 We cannot but regard these fears as nfterl v groundless, and entertained without a sufficient examination of the matter, which we think would tend to dissipate them entirely. In the first place the proposed Road is not designed to tap the Cen tral Road at any point along its line. It is in tended merely lo connect with it at one end at a point too, from which no produce now goes over the Central Road for shipment or sale at any sea board market. All produce now arriving at Char lotte goes over the Charlotte and South Carolina Road to Charleston, and it is with that road alone that the Wilmington Road could come into compe tition. That it would secure a large portion of North Carolina trade to North Carolina Markets, is an item not to be overlooked in the considera tion. With this road we can compete for the rich trade of a section of our own State which now ' goes and must continue to go to Charleston under existing arrangements, and in entering this field of ! compeiion, we will not lake a pound ol produce irom tne uars, or a dollar ol revenue from the Treasury of any existing North Carolina work Wilmington Journal. To Whom it may Concern. Men of wealth who have many children should remember that at iheir death properly is lo be divided amonnst uicut, indumy uib uriare oi eacn small, and that it is positively unjust to establish in them habits that great wcaltti alone can sustain. It not unfrr.. ; quently happens that young people, who have been j reared in idleness by wealthy and weak parents, j soon spend their patrimony when left to them'. j selves; then, as there are but three ways of ob- taming a living Inat is, either bv working h0 j ging. or stealing; and as ihey do not know how o orK, or wouiu not ,t they did, they naturally become either beggars or thieves. Louisville Journal. A Curious Surprise A Sev.. , Sleep. crv The Rochester Union relates the foil The Captain of the Plover must have"1 something of the feeling that Rip Van Wi?"" perienced when he woke up from his ext ry nap in the Kaatskill mountains : 0"1- Taken by Surphise. A letter from B cisco to Mr. R. R. Harris, of this city ?r,o brother, relates a curious incident that " there a short time since, which we do iwZH to have seen in print. Her Britannic exploring ship Plover arrived at San Fnm''f' short time since from the Polar Sea, h.lCi,Co had been ice-bound since 1847. ' ere h When she left San Francisco some - ...a: ..: ,,e,r'i was a mere trading station, resorted In I... vessels in pursuit of hides, and the town or contained only a few adobe houses. The and crew of the Plover expected to find tf? San Francisco in 1854, that they left iu" The captain, therefore, sailed into the bay Wl l1' a pilot and approached the city in the eve He was much amazed at the numerous lioh n' saw. sk When he awoke from his dream of seven the side of the ancient San Francisco &i ""-J UCCUi, Ht' known nothing of the Mexican war, and ces j other great events that had taken place durinetl -- ; me man as .i n rpgiotn 1 i in v i - iiau u of the North. i iin ho hiH lon I I - rw I 1 1 rv. in t Y a f v Ul I lit- nnrin. Cioveruor of Utah. The reign of Rrighum Young is a; an .y iic is uu longer uie uuiernor oi Ulan. Ve ats informed by 'ho Union, of yesterday, ihal President has nominated to the Senate Hreve- Colonel Edward J. bteptoe, ol the United Si, army, as his successor. Colonel Steptoc (s,u, the Union) w ho is in lineal rank a captain of jr. tillery, and who has been twice breveled loi u,. lant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Ur, ro Gordo and, Chepullepec, is, of course, tj, known lo the whole country in that relation. addition to tiiis, all who ure acquainted with hisj either personally or in his t flicial capacity, btat testimony to the dignity and manliness of lm character, his intelligence, h i extensive inforn.a- tion upon su'j'-cts not connected with Ins profe,. sion, his eminent discretion, and to tho eonacie tious and religious temper of bis mind. All their are qualities which signally fit him for tho delicau and important duty ol Governor ol a Territory iu peculiar in its condition and population as fty " We do not apprehend thai the suhtiluiUjn 0j Colonel Sleptce lor Governor Young wiii ,e m, tended with any inct.veni nee. We confide niudi in the practical good tense of ihe inhabitant! .jf Utah, notwithstanding th'ir peculiar institution and not b-ss in the combined moderation, 6ns ness, and sagacity ol Colonel Steptoe, who hfu been for some tune encamped near Suit Li City." The experiment of governing Uu.h by t fficerj totally disconnected from the peculiar society, rt. liious, and matrimonial systems ihut p "re vuij among the Mormons, will now have a fair trml, We hope lliat it will prove successful. A ijuiri submission to the authority of the Lniit-d Simo, thus judiciously i xerci.ed, will tend much to sot ton the prejudice' and abate the feeling ol acriuij. ny that have been caused by their peculiar iiuntu. tion, as well as by manifestations of a spirit nf :n sobnrditifttion exhibited by them towanW federal officers, not of their ponualioH. Hficsa. Seniui Prksidknt Pisbcb anu Gen. Scutt. Prcii, dent l'ierce p 'ached his 5bth birth-day on the 27ih ult., the Thank-giving day of the District if Columbia. Among Ins special guests on that nc casion was General Scott, General Pierce' go,, eral-in-chief in M xico, but now under the com mand of General Pierce. Such are the rotatim if place in the Republican wheel of fortuii'. General Scott, we are happy to say, has betina the enjoy m nt of excellent health, and the perm relations between him and the President arc of ihe most cordial and pleasant character. Relief fob the Poor in Newark. N.J. t is stated that upwards of three thousund me chanics are now wi hout employ ment in the city of Newark, N. J., and thai ihe greatest deslilltM prevails among the largest portion of iff m. In view of this fact, an assi ciation lor ilnir rvlwi has been foinxd, ai d the eiiv has bei n dividiJ into thirty nine diviners, and in eneb distnt visiter has been chosen, kehcted frunt he SMI philanthropic ri'izi ns, whose duty it is to nscerinin who are in the most needy circumstances find afford rebel. A letter, published in the Nulionid Jutelh gencer, eaya the Kusiana will have, in a rfofl time, two fiunded thousand troops concentrates M SebaStopol. Private advices from Europe my that thirty-five thousand men have been dcsjufiW from Odessa, and the Imperial Guard, tentyane thousand in numb' r, had been six weeks on ieir way to the seat of war, and would reach Sebnilo pol bed. re the 1st Di cemb r. Nicholas ia wf tairly sending forward reinforcements rn pidly, but e do not believe that two hundred ihoUM'1' men can be conct titrated nt Sebastopol in ! time staled. If th-y can, it will be twice ths nun ber the allies can possibly bring into the and yvould be decisive of ihe contest, for the lHe would soon have to be raised, if ihe allies ifcss selves did not sustain a disastrous defeat. A Governorfr of Utah Aptoihtsd. -The President has appointed Col. Steptoe, U. S, Ah Governor of -the Utah Territory, vice Brigs' Young, whose term of r ffice has expired. W S. is at present at Salt Lake City, in command o( a detachment of U. S. troops. Miii.ari) Fillmore. A despatch fi cm ISufTalo, dated the lth inst, says: " A 'gentleman of this city has positively ",' serted that Millard Fillmore is a member of tl" Know Nothing or American parly The question, however, not w ithstanding this positive BBser!!0"1 is open for disputation. The Ex-President maki no denial. Those best posted are silcnl." Emigration to Texas. The Nacogdeclif j Chronicle, ol the 28ih ult. savs: Verily Texas is filling up and that by .ho , Our citv presents every day a continual stream o city presents every dav a continual stream of wagons, loaded with women and children. household appurtenances. The emigrants set well provided with means, and slave properiv, a0" present all the evidences of having been used'0 the comforts of life. The Senate of North Carolina, on Thursday, decided that Warren Winslow. Esq.. as Speaks i of the Senate becomes Governor of the Stale out vacating bis seat in ihe Senate. A facetious boy asked oDe of his playmst""' Why a hardeware dealer was likes bootroaker , The latter, somewhat pozzled gave it up. 1 " said the oilier, 4 because iho one sold ihe n" and the other nciled the soles.' A breeder of Shanghais says that one of i''eae fowls, wrtetl caiing corn, takes omprrk a um '
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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