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VOL. 3.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1855.
NO. 31.
v Flallroad.
ttusiursa vL-urus, r.
ft. P. WA&KH6,
alitor ni y at Mauc,
0 "-ice ti Lmcrg'in's Brick Building, 2nd floor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
7H0M4S TROTTER & SON
HAVI-: jut opened a rplt-ndid stool; of WATCHES
and JEW EMIT, SILVBB &. PLATED WARE
and FANCY GOODS .f ll kinds. CC7" No. 5, (Jrnn
Itm Raw. ci. 27, le.4. Mtf
J. B. P. BOONE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
" r r ;H 'J yi'U rfi rt
IN
OM: LKJTHRJt, (.1LF SMttJTS,
MNINi; AND BINDING SKINS.
SHOE TOOLS ;' RVERY DKSCKII'I ION,
f'hwhtte, N. C
Oct. 20. l5f,4. ly
ELr;13 & JOHNSON.
Fsnrar4jBg aid Comsdion STercbaBfc.
NO. It) VENDUE l VNGK,
ll It r.Evr S. C.
W. W. Kf.MS. I
J im'' 23 5-l .
JOHNSON.
4-;f.
R. HAMILTON,
t'ltrnrr mf Ri.-A-u dnun nnd . .V; t ,
COLUMBIA, S. U.
f ir." 9 lil ly
WUYM
Cv . M I , I . I A
WliolosnJ.o efc? Hotail
ML $5 il C fi & H T $
TRADE STREET,
ttsaily "pptsite Elms A. Spratr's Giocery.
CHARLOrJE, N. C,
I), r 20ii
RflCTT Jk KORMOX.
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Sua. I n I 2 A'lnic WliitlJ,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
IV" Libi-r.il advauc s ma 'e on Con.stjrnment"".
I r S,irri tl itt ntion jLVon to the sale mt Flwar, Cora,
V - . tiv' :; u ri m; experience in the bssistsi , wc
teit c in.i I lit il siviii slifactiosi .
II .rch I 7, 183 I. 34-1 y
Dry Goods in Charleston, So. Ca.
15 ROW MX A. I-E.TI m,
iVroiiTi.RS OF DRY GOODS,
N. i-H :! 41 I King Mrl, ci.rner of .Market Street.
CHARLESTON, S. ('.
riinl.tinn V ..,!.-n. Blankets, See., ('rprtins and
Cnrtin Material .Silks ind Itieh )r s (suodsv Cbwfcs,
Mtntill.a mil Shurb, Term fash. One Price Only.
Murh I 7. I M 1 34 ly
BY JENNINGS 8 . KERR.
harlolte, .. C
J.nn.ry 28, l53. S'f
WINDOW SHADES,
ITHTAI -01S, MATRASSES
A NO
paper Ilaiiaings,
AT liRKAT BAKU INS.
r I'll K
1 a mt
subscriber lias in xtorc, of his own manufacture
id i-uNrtation in norinous stnCK ot WI.MHIH
SHADES, O-.lt on , rpcr Ilanginjrs, lutrsse,
S..iin Itclaine, Damasks', l.aoe and Mulin Curt.iins,
Tassels, I.i-opv Ac All of which are offered it prices
thai arc a paw ciated bv all r!o-e koyer and KOuSMSiilCal
base-kerM r..
II W. KINSMAN. 177 King st.
Mr?S 51 lv Chsitltf Ion, S. C.
i nr
a
I.iftinc and Foreirj:, (ornish
i 'rushers,
Mi tins '.v.rk
St a 'Tips, Steam Engines, and general
made by the subscriber? at short notice.
LANU, COOK eV CO..
Hudson Machine Works.
Hud. on, N . V.
Relrr to
Jas. .'. H
innc 2. I-:I
Je, Esq., New-1 ork.
43 y
3j W oi'li-B,
.V I i!')t i , J't ll II .
j'f..-. sj k. iTi'i'-rs mi stiurturc Mining Machinery, as j
I i llawt.ris: Tn I'otxmi Pcurmo Ekgins, high
, .1 I 1 w presaore Pumping, stamping and Ho'stmg
St. .m Kx.iisr.s; Cokkisn I'i mts. Sr.i.vrs. Cnrsiirns,
tt'i- iik. Iros IImk ks. Pi i.i.kys of all sizs, and every
vari ;ty of Machinery tor Mining purposes.
THOIIA8. COKSOS & WEST.
i-iie 3. 1 45-1 v
Mi--lIC3 AL
NOTICE.
i U. P i '. t X LDW KI.L has associated his sun. Dr.
j ) JitSKPiJ IV. CALDWELL, with him in the Pr.;!--nec
-it Mi CHBor, 8nd story in Elms' new brick
building, M.r the C.Mtrlhosase.
K ir. ii 2i. 1 .".I. " If
v, R. ii p. r Anns ind.-bted to me by accounts are
rM nested ti svttlc tiic s.mc at ai e;.riy da v.
:vi .r -4 P. c. CALDMTELI..
15ii: A lSa;.KIW! IIOTI'iL
CIlAULOTTK, n. c.
T K EG to inaoaucc to my 1 r i uds, the public, .-.nd pres
J i ut patrosss of the ikstc lltt, that I have leas, al the
si ne ot a t mi of years from the l-t of J.inu . ry next. !
A Vr wh-ch llMtc, the entire property will he thorough
ly rep:-cd and renovated, and the house kept in first
.-laa atjlr, 'Pius U itcl is near the Depot, and pleasant.
lr -tit.iated, rendering it a dcsiralile house for travellers
ai-i tatuines.
D o 16, 23l C. M. KAY.
MARCH ft SHARP,
AUCTIONEERS anu COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
COI.t MB1A, S. C,
ITT"! LL atteud to the sale of all kinds of -Merchandise,
Produce, fee. Also, Real and Personal Property.
Or purchase and sell Slares. lie., on Commission.
St.s Rjom No. '2 Richardson street, and imme
diately opposite the United States Hotel.
Feb 3, 1831 THOS. H. MARCH. J.M.C.SHAKP.
MECHLENBIKG HOUSE,
M HAVING purchased the building on the cor
ner, -a few doors north-east of Kerr's Hot 1, and
repaired and fitted it up in first-rate style. I would
respectfully inform the travelling public that it is now
npen lor the n ceptiou of regular and transient boardtrs.
Drovers will 15 id ample accommodations at my hcosc.
J-tn 12. ff$. 55-lv F. II RI. V
CHESTER, S. C
By J. R. NICHOLSON.
MTU E subscriber respectfully informs his friend
and the public generally, that his house, kncii
as the "Railroad Hotel," opposite the Chester
Depot, is k'ii) open for the reception of regular and
transient boarders and the travelling public; and that
he is making every exertion to deserve and secure a
continuance of the kind and liberal patronage which
has hitherto been extended to hi.n. He flatters himself
that every needed arrangement has been made to pro
mote the comfort of all who stop with him : hi? rooms
are airy and Well-furnished, his servants are attentive
and obedient, and his tahlc constantly supplied with the
best of the season, fd that his .'ricnds will not want any
attention necessary to make their sojourn pleasant and
agreeable. Hi stables art furnished with good host,
lers and an abundance of provender, and he is prepared
at a moment's notice to supply his customers with pri.
vale conveyances of every sort, to any part of the sur
rounding country.
!! desires to return his acknowledgements to the
public lor past favors, and solicits fur the future an
equally liberal share of patronage-.
Aug 20,18.-4. 5tf JOHN R NICHOLSON.
Charlotte Marbfe Yard.
HAVING disposed of our entire interest in the Mar
ble Yard lo Messrs. Win. Tiddy At Son, we recom
mend thcni to our friends.
STOWE & PEGRAM.
September 26, 1?.4.
rP HE subscribers having bought out the interest of
1
.Mi t-;-.. Stuwe & Peerani in the Charlotte Marble
Var!, respectfully tender their scrviciS to the people of
l-hsrlolte and the country generally in Ibis line ot busi.
ness. They are fully prepared to furnish
Monuments, Gravestones, Marble
Steps, Table Slabs,
nd other p.ltcrns cut from Marble, according to the
most approved taste and styles, and upon the most ac
commodating terms ever offered in the Southern coun
try. The V.irdis situated on the North West corner of
the Charlotte Depot Ynl, where the subscriber, or
their agents, may always br found.
' VVM. TIDDY 6i SON.
Si-ptmibcr 26, 1854. lOtf
First Class Restaurant.
MILLER &. PHELAN,
SfJCCESWMta TO II. BKOKMAX.
II
AVI" just received and opened a fresh supply cf
pure and genuine
BRAND I,
WINE,
WHISKEY,
CORDIALS,
POUTER,
AI.E, &c,
selected by a judge, an. 1 warranted unadulterated.
lOO DoxeN of Spanish Segii's
of the best and most approved brands, comprising Prin
cipes, Regalia, Rio Horvdos, and various others, known
to be as aromatic and fragrant as any imported.
(ientlemi-n who wish to enjoy something that is very
fine, will always find us with the articles on band, and
ready and w illing to serve them.
H. S. MILLER,
Sept 15, 16.-4 Stf W. W. PHELAN.
CASH AND SHORT CREDITS!
M. L. HALLOWELL & CO.,
mi WA1ES00SE.
PHILADELPHIA.
Terms.
Cash buyers will receive a discount of SIX per cent.,
0 the money be paid in par funds, within ten days from
date ot bill.'
IJnciirrent money only taken at its market value on
the day it is received.
To merchants of undoubted standing, a credit of SIX
; months will be given, if desired.
: Where money is remitted in advance of maturity, a
discount at the rate of TWELVE per cent, per annum
! will be allowed,
i fXF" Prices for Goods uniform.
j In again calling the attention of the trading comma
j nity to the above Terms, we announce that notwith
i standing the general depression in commercial affairs
; throughout the country, the system of business adopt
: ed by us more than a year since, and to which we shall
, rigidly adhere, enables us to offer for the coming Spring
! season our usual assortment of
NKW SILK AND FANCY GOODS.
1 comprising one of the Largfst and most SPLENDID
! STOCKS to be found in America: to which we will re
i ceive constant additions, throughout the season, of new
ami desirable goods from our House in Paris,
j Jan 19, 1855. 2m
WILKINSON'S
DAGUERREIAN GALLERY.
1MIE subscriber having permanently located in Char
lotte, respectfully invites the attention of Ladies
and Gentlemen to his superior
' and would respectfully say that he is now taking D.i
; a uern otypes upon an improved plan, which Will not
; only add to the
BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE
I
! of tlx Ticturc, but will rrnricr it
DURABLE AND BRILLIANT FOR AGES.
l!c arculd iao respectfully invite strangers visiting
Charlotte to c:ill and examine his specimens, as he is
J determined they shall compare favorably vith any that
cin be taken North or South,
Rooms, Third Story, Granite Rangr, immediately
j over Trotter & Son's Jewelry Store.
Instructions, thorough and practical, given in
' this beautiful art, and all materials furnished.
NEAL WILKINSON.
I January i?fi. 1 ?55. 27-tf
nr.
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the
public generally, that he carries on the Tallor
illC DtlMMettS, and is prepared to execute or-
oers in the neatest and most fashionable Style.
Garments will be made to order, in strict conformity
with the present prevailing fashions .and styles of the j
dar. Warrants hi work to fit. and well made.
Shop in No 4, Springs' Building-, Robinson's old stand
Charlotte, Feb 2 23tf
Mrs. Shaw
BEGS leave respectfully to announce
to the Ladies of Charlotte and its vicinity fJ
that she lias opened a large assortment of new
Frenoli IsdCllllrxox-y,
consisting of the latest styles of
BONNETS, CAPS, AND HEAD DRESSES,
and a well-selected stock of
Dregs Trimmings and Paterns.
Shc'also continues to carry on the DR ESSJH A K 1 NG
BUSINESS, and feels she can give satisfaction in both
bianche. No pains will ho sparid to please.
Cf Ordm rrm f 1 T attended to.
Oct 17. 1 til Utf
Oelusion about Genius).
It is a common mistake, especially with young
men of ability to suppose that what they call ge
nius is sufficient lor success in life. They sneer
at the studious as ' stupid bookworms," deride
'.he industrious as " mere plodders," and boas'
inat it is only necessary to apply themselves for a
few minutes in order to conquer the most difficult
tasks. We have seen in cur time, mnny such.
We have observed them, moreover, in every walk
of life. We have known them as quickworking
mechanics, as brilliant declaimers in debating so
i cieties, 89 witty or eloquent students in College.
But we have lived long enough to notice that most
of ihem h.-tve made shipwreck of themselves furever.
The smart mechanic disdaining to work all the
week when lour or five days labor would produce
ns much us others earned from Monday morning
till Saturday night, bus generally acquired habits
of dissipation and idleness, and ended sometimes
in the penitentiary, but more frequently in the
drunkard's grave. The showy orator has become I
a lazy lawyer or good-ror-nothing editor, or pot
house politician. The idle (hough able student
has sunk into a fast young man," and died be
fore reaching forty, the victim of his own excess
es. As we look back on those we knew of these
classes, scarcely twenty years ago, we see alas
i that almost general ruin has overtaken them.
That there is naturally a difference between
mon jn point of ability, we do not pretend to de
! nv. l his ditierrnce is less great, However, man
i rr s -1
! i. generally supposed ; and no genius, moreover,
i is sufiirfii iit of itsrlf without discipline and study.
j Tlie dilLnrrnce we say, is not so great as is usually
! bclieve'l. It is true that one person may excei
j another in vvlial is popularly called eloquence, bu !
generally he is deficient in something else, as for j
rx.imple, in the purely logical faculty. A witty
lawyer, able to keep a jury in a roar, may no.'
be as competent to argue a case in b.'ine as a Ivss
felicitous rival. An excellent book-keeper, to j
whom long columns of figures are nothing, maj j
yet have no mechanical faculty at all ; and a gooc j
mechanic may be a poor accountant. Nature ,
uisely distributes her favors, generally bestowing
difXcn nt specialities, so lo speak, on different per
i s. ns. Jr-fferson as a great civilian, but had no
1 talent for war whatever. Wayne was n splendid
general, hut quite an indiflerent legislator. Put
nam could head a charge gallantly, or defend a
post heroically, but Lad no head for planning a
complicated campaign. In more bumMe liie we j
see similar prools of ibis difference. There are
women, for instance, who can cut and fit, as ;l by
instinct, who seem, indeed, natural born mantua
makers or tailors. There are others who always
bungle if they attempt such things.
Everybody, in fact, who is not an idiot, has a
favorite faculty, or, to use the proverbial phrase,
" a knack ol doing something." JVqw genius, in
i's true acceptation, is a knack ol doing many
tilings, or, in us narrow sense, is h Kiiacit oi ex
celling in .'itcrature, politics, or war. But as, in
the humblest life, proficiency, even in that for
which the person has a peculiar faculty, is only
to be obtained by practice, so, in the higher walks
of mind, discipline is absolutely necessary. The
boy, who is put to learn the stone-cutters' trade,
because he is always moulding figures in clay,
never becomes a sculptor unless he studies hard.
The youthful dabbler in water colors never rises
to be a great painter without long years devoted
to his art. The lad who makes a capital college
speech, ends in becoming a mere wordy declaim
er. unless he learns to think. It was not only his
tab nt for painting, which won for Raphael the
title of "divine," but the days and nights he de
voted to mastering drawing and composition. The
great Milton worked hard at poetry for thirty
years, endeavoring to perfect himself, before he
bgr.n Paradise Lost. There is not a famous his
torian of which the same cannot be said. To
rely merely on what is called genius, is to insure
failure, nay ! is to cast away opportunities be
stowed by Nature ; it is, in fact, to squander, like
a spendtln ift, the fortune, as it were, w hich was
given in advance at birth. Philadelphia Ledger.
I' . :. i L r ...
A Sublime Briclul.
Invitations are out for the most sublime and
magnificent nuptial evi r celebrated upon our planet
the wedding ol the rough Atlantic to the fair
Pacific ocean. An iron necklace has been thrown
across the Isthmus, 'he banns are already pub
lished, and the bridal party will leave the city ol
New York on Monday, February 5th, to perform
the august ceremony. Some seven millions of
dollars have been spent in achieving this union ; !
but as the fruits thereof will 90on show, it has
been money well invested. Across the bosom of j
the Isthmus the golden products of our Pacific j
borders and the incalculable treasures of the dis- j
tant Urient are destined to flow in ueremitting
streams.
The stupendous enterprise of uniting the two
oceans which embrace the greater portion of the
globe we are proud to say, was conceived and ex
ecuted by our own citizens, in the frowning face
ol obstacles that none but Americans could have
overcome. The swamps, mountains, and mias
ma of the Ithmu drove all (he engineeis of
Lurope home in despair who contemplated the
gigantic undertaking, and the Herculean work
j was left to tho hands and hearts of men in whose
vocabulary "there is no such word as fail." To
the lato lamented John L. Stevens and his asso
ciates, Aspinwall, Crjauncey, Coit, White right,
and others, the world is indebted for the comple
tion of this great bond, this commercial linking of
the hemispheres. An enterprise so full of poetic
sublimity and so fraught with interests co-t xten-j
sive wiin tne w nolo carin may wen comm. it; j trie
admiration of the world, and deserves to be fitly
inaugurated hy such a bridal p:irty as are sin"
preparing to embark as witnesses of the grand
consummation. It is a theme for such an Fpitha
lamium as was never sun? in Grrece, and an oc
casion lor a worldringing hurst of eloquence that
makes one depioro afresh that the tongue of Wi fa
ster is mute in death. XiuYork Mirror.
Col. Benton, in acknowledging the present of a
silver pitcher from the New York Mercantile
Library Ai4ociation, informs his young friends
thai he attributes whatever of mntal and bodily
vigor he now has and w hatever of business appli
cation he has ever shown, lo a resolution form
ed early in life to abstain from all intoxicating
drinks
Vloletla and Allendorf.
A ONE HORSE NOVEL.
Violetta started convulsively, aud turned
her
for
tear-drenched eyes wildly upon the speaker,
j to her there seemed some-thing strangely lamiliar j
in those low rich tones. J heir eyes met ; his
beaming with joy and tenderness ; her eyes
gleaming with uncertainty.
Violetta !'
AHendorf !'
And the beautiful girl sunk from excess of joy
upon his noble heart, throbbing with pure, holy,
delicious love of other days. Allendorf bunt ten
derly over her, and bathed her pure white tem
ples with the gushing tears of deep subdued joy.
While doing this, Violeiiu's father, Rip Van
Short, was seen approaching ihe lovers wiih a
flail. Allendorf saw the aged patriarch, and
with one mighty leap cleared the banisters and
rushed down stairs. But Van Short was not to
be thus done. He put after the flying Allendorf,
and just as he was turning the corner of the red
barn, gave him a lift with ihe flail and phced him
on the other side of Jordan. Violetta, driven to
disiraction, threw herself upon the grass, and for a
long hour was deaf to every consolation. (To be
continued.) JV. Y. Dutchman.
Nervousness of the Doo. The Nervous sys
tem in this creature is largely developed, and ex
erting an influence over all its actions, gives char
acter to the beast. The brain of the dog is seldom
in repose ; for even when asleep, the twitching of
the legs and the suppressed sounds which it emits,
inform us that it is dreaming. No animal in more
actuated by the power of imagination. Who is
there that has not seen the dog mistake objects in
the dusk ol the evening? Delirium usually pre
cedes its death, and nervous excitability is the
common accompaniment of its disorders. To
disease of a cerebral or spinal character it is more
liable than any other domesticated animal. Its
very bark is symbolical of its temperament, and
its mode of attack energelically declares the exci
tability of its nature. The most fearful of ail the
diseases to which it is exposed, (rabies.) is essen
tially of a nervous character; and there are few
of its disorders which do not terminate with symp
toms indicative of crania' disturbance. This ten
dency to cerebral affecti-i s will, if properly con
sidered, suggest those casual and appropriate acts
which the dog in affliction may require, and which
ii would be impossible for any author to describe.
Gentleness should at all nines be practiced ; but
to be truly gentle, the rea 'er must understand il is
imperative to be firm. Hesitation, to an irritable
being, is, or soon becomes, positive torture.
Mayhtufs Work on Dogs.
An Arab Legend. King Nimrod, one day,
commanded his three sons to enter his presence,
and caused to be placed before them by his slaves
three sealed urns. One of the urns was of gold,
the other of amber, and the last of clay. The
King told his eldest son to choose among the urns
that which appeared to contain the treasure of the
greatest price. The eldest chose the vase of gold,
on which was written Empire; he opened it, and
found it full of blood. The second chose the am
ber vase, on which was written Glory ; he oppned
it, and found il filled with ashes of men who had
been famous on the earth. The third took the re
maining vase of clay ; he opened it, and found it
empty ; but in the bottom the potter had written
one of the names of God. " VVhich of these vases
weighs the most?" demanded ihe King of his
court. The ambitious renlied. ihfi vase of orolil :
the poets and conquerors, the vase of amber; the i
sages answered and said, the empty vjse, because
that a single letter in the name of God weighed
more than the entire Globe.
The Life of P. T. Bakncm. If one word
would express our full contempt for this disrepu
table book, one word would be sufficient notice, of!
it. Its dullness, its conceited coarseness, and the
disgusting way in which it puts cant about the
Bible face to face with a glorying in shameless !
frauds upon the public, have astonished us. We j
see a paragraph gm'ng the round of the papers to
the effect that Mr. Barnum sold his autobiography i
as he has here written it, his public shame by j
auction to the highest bidder, for 15,000. We
are not disposed, after reading this book, to be
lieve anything that telates to Mr. Barnum as an
entertainer of the public, but if the paragraph be
true, we can only commiserate tho purchaser. A
book like this, stupid and revolting as it must be
to every right minded reader, will not find many
purchasers in England ; and wo think better of the
Americans than to believe their taste can be hit
by such witless vulgarity and leaden impudence.
London Examiner.
Labor and Its Rights. We often hear the
remark that a man has a right to a living, in
which the implication is very strong that if he
docs not earn it himself, he may claim it of some
body else who has earned it. A man has only a
right to such of the productions ol labor as he him
self has creatfd with his own industry, lie Ins
no right to a living independent of his duty to c arn
that living for himself by his labor. Every m in
has the means of earning himself a living in the
physical and mental power with which he is en
dowed. He should use those means so as to com
matid a living, hv making his lubor useful to oth
ers. Society is under no obliga'.ion to find a man
employment in such purs.iits only as he desires,
or find it convenient to follow. The object of all
labor is to satisfy some existing want. Il society
does not want particular kinds of labor, it is und"r
no obligation tu.-purch.iso ihem, and the individual
should turn his labor to such productions as so
ciety does need and cannot do without.
ty The New York Herald f the 8th inst.
contains a long article on the su'j -cl of the recent
election of Senator Seward, from w hich we make
the following short extract :
' in the Senate fiva Know-nothing voted for
Seward, and his majority was live a clear Knur,
nothing majority. In the Assembly his majority
was twelve ; but h d the seven Know-nothings
voting for him opposed him, there would have
been a majority agning him oi two. Thus ilia
vote of each house and the lee 'ion f Seward
were decided by Know-nothing votes.'
A Just Tribute to Wilmington.
Mr. Ashe in his speech in the Senate the other
day, on the bill to incorporate the Wilmington and
Charlotte Railroad Company, in reference to Wil
mington, said :
"1 have no objections to affording other towns
in the State facilities for engaging in honorable
competition with Wilmington, but 1 cannot con
sent that its claims shall be slighted. Ii has done
more for North Carolina thun all the other towns
! of the State put together. It was but the other
day that the Senate listened with so much plea
sure and delight to the eloquent language which
fell so feelingly and gracelully from the lips of
the. Senator from Hertford, while he pronounced
a high aud well deserved eulogy upon some of our
patriots and heroes of the Revolution upon our
Nashes, our Polks, Grahams, Davidsons,
and
Alexanders. 1 would be the last man in North
Carolina, Mr. Speaker, to tear one leaf from the
laurels which they have so justly aud dearly won.
I would be the last man in the State to detract
one lithe of the glorious immortality which em
balms their memories. But, sir, let it not be for
gotten that there were the first fires ol freedom
kindled in North Carolina that there the first
bold stand was made to British misrule and oppres
sion, ten years before the revolir.ion, a success'ui
resistance to the Stamp act into this colony that
it was by her citizens the last Colonial Governor
was compelled to flee from North Caro'ina soil.
And, sir, in more recent times let it not be forgot
ten, thai the first iron rail in the State was there
laid that the first iron horse in the Stale was
thence sent forth on his great errand of arousing
j our people from their lethargy and inciting them
j to advance in the inarch of improvement that it
was ihe citizens of that town, who, actuated by
j that spirit of industry, energy and indomitable
j determination which has always characterize
I them, first illustrated by successful experiment in
j this State, the importance, the usefulness and the
j aptness of Railroads, to wake up the dormant en
! ergies of a people ic stimulule every industrial
pursuit and deveiope tne resources of a country."
We hope to have the pleasure, in a short lime,
to publish the speech entire from which the above
is an extract. The speech was listened lo by the
Senate with deep interest; it was one of decided
ability, and in our opinion contributed much to
the passage of the Bill for the construction of ihe
Charlotte Railroad. Raleigh Star,
IVovcl Law Suit.
A somewhat romantic suit at law has just been
terminated in Franklin county. It seems that one
John Leecher became pierced with the arrow of
Cupid, and, wishing to heal the wound by lawful
wedlock, he made proposals to tho objct of his
affections, which, it seems, she received favorably
but the father, Mr. Jacob Wyant, being a prudent
man of much foresight, required the said John
Lescher to enter into bonds ol five hundred dol
lars, conditioned that the said John Lescher should
live with his wife and treat her as a kind and af
fectionate husband should do; but the parties, af
ter living together some months, separated, and
this suit was brought to recover the amount of the
bond. The case was first tried at the last April
term of the Franklin court, when Judge Kimmel
decided the bond to be invalid. the case
was carried to the Supreme Court, and it was
decided that the bond " was good and valid,
and in accordance with the law." The case there.
fore, came up again in the Franklin county courts,
when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff of
Ihe result of this suit may give a
suggestion to anxious fathers whose
valuable
daughters are sought a 3 partners at the altar, and
an imitation of, Mr. Wyant's forethought would
show a prudetit concern for their daughter wel
fare. Carlisle (Pa.) Democrat, Jan. 11.
Bancroft against Know Notiiinoism.
The great historian, in an address recently deliv
ered before the New York Historical Society,
r
spoke eloquently and justly of the obligations due
from the American people. He views the great
subject from an elevated stand point, and his ut
terance of truth meets wiih a warm and cordial
response from the hearts of all truly patriotic men.
lie says :
Our land is more the recipient of all countries
thanofiheir ideas. Annihilate the past ol any
one leading nation in the world, and our destiny
would have been changed. Italy and Spain, in
the persons of Columbus and Isabella, joined to
gether for the great discovery that opened America
to emigration and commerce ; France contributed
to its independence; (he search for the origin of
the language we speak carries us to India ; our re
ligion is from Palestine ; of the hymns sung in our
churches, some were first heard in Itally, some in
the desert of Arabia, some oh the banks of Eu
phrates ; our arts came from Greece, our jurispru
dence from Home, our maritime code from Russia.
fc.ngl.ind taught us the system of representative
government ; the noble republic of the United j
Provinces bequeathed to ns, in the world of thought, j
the great idea of the toleration of all opinions in j
the world of action, the prolific principles of feder- !
al union. Our country stands therefore, more
than any other, as the realisation of the unity of
the races."
Solemnities of an Oath. The February
number of the Knickerbocker gets off the follow,
ing, for the benefit of courts, lawyers, witnesses,
dec:
A correspondent in Ottawa county, Michigan,
from whom wenre always glad to hear, gives us
ihe following Scene in the Mayor's Court at
Grand SL"pid's? Mayor Church presiding.
Witness called up to be swum by the clerk.
Clerk. ' You do solemnly swear-- -
Mayor, (with dignity.) Stop! The witness
will hold up his right h:ind.
Clerk. ' The man has no rigtn hand, your
Honor.'
Mayor, (with iome as pertly ) ! Lot him hw!d
up his left hand then.'
Clerk. ' He has had the misfor'.une to lese hi
left hand also, as yonr honor will porceie.'
Mavor, (avagely.) Tell htm to hold up his
right leg, men: a man tiisTant tie sworn in teisl
c urt without hoUUvg up soiii. thing! Silence.)
gentlemen . iiUr oignity mu: tie preservtd : i
! w itmss sworn on on Kg ;
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The Turkish Hfi
The Turkish navy has mei with many misfor
tunes, and may be almost said lo have ceased lo
exist. No less than seventeen ships of war have
been lost, destroyed, or taken since the commence
ment of lite war; about half of them on the fatal
day of Sinope. Of ihe vessels lost four are ships
of the line and two steamers. What remains of
the Turkish fleet are now in the Golden Horn.
Most of the vessels are damaged, and, there is no
attempt to repair diem, all the shipwrights being
engaged on the British and French vessols which
have suffered in the late gales. Men with some
knowledge of it, expected much of the Turkish
fleet, aud when the Ottoman left the Bnsphorut in
May last with twenty-one vessels under hit com
mand we all looked for some results. The atten
tion of the world was then much turned toCircas-
I km. a country which must always be dancerous
to the Czar if roused to renew its old guerilla
warfare.
As there was no c hance of another disaster
liko Sinr pe, stneo Srbsstopol was blockaded or
supposed to be so, the Turk fell fleet might have
produced a good eff ct by appearing on tho Cir
cassian coast, and encoursging the tribes to some
thing like active revolt. A community of religion
and old associations nnilc these race to the Turk
ish Empire, although they have long learned to
believe that the Sultan was no cflicieut protector
against the power of ihe CaPir. But the ighl of
n Turkish fl -et on the coast nhnndoiied by the
Russians, and of Turkish tronps sta'ioned in llu
forts which lately held Muscovite regiments, wbuld
have been a surprise, nnd the news would in n
f.'w weeks have p n' tratnd into every region of
the Caucasus ; but the Turks were Compelled lo
remain inactive Baltsehik-bny, where they dird
of scurvy and had lood during the entire Summer.
Whether private jealousies, as is stated, influ
enced ihe conduct of the allied Admirals, it is dif
ficult to say, but the result was thai the naval
forces of the two nalions did noihing, nnd our
Turkish allies were cnw , ' ' '"7 "
measures. 1 he subsequent losses at sea nave di-
minished the fleet and discouraged the seamen;
and the navy, like the army, is painfully changed
from ihe force which, accumulated during years
of pence, made such a display at the commence
ment of the war. Only three vessels are building
for the Turkish Government, and these mako littlo
progress. There is a line-of-battle ship at Ismid,
another at the. Arsenal, and a frigate at Sinope.
Tlie Dominican Republic.
Some wet ks since we published an article rela
ting to the probible interference of Great Britain
and rrnnce, with the interests ol the United states
in the Dominican Republic. In the course of tho
article, the inhabitants were referred to, parenthe
tically, as mostly mulaitoe. The article attract-
j ed attention on the Isiand, and a correspondent
olij' Cts to the phrase as at variance with the fact.
He says that the population consists of whites,
and a mixture of white and Indian blood, together
with mulattoes, corresponding with that of all
the Spanish American Republics. He further
adds :
President Santana is a white man as well at
his secretaries. I know very well that the Domt
j nican people have been misrepresented by some
of the American newspapers, and I hope that
you will uso this notice in favor of a country
which has many claims, both commercial and
I political, to a deep interest on the part of the
people and the government of the United States.
Cuba is by no means preferable lo the Island of
S1. Domingo. On the contrary, the latter is much
richer than the former, having silver, gold, coal.
! copper and quick-silver mines ; different kinds of
! wood, suitable lor vessels; besides, being the
country ot the mahogany and several other pre
cious wo.ids. If Cuba is. the Key of the Mexi
can Gulf, the bay of Samana, in the Domini
can Republic, is no doubt ihe Key of the Curribtan
Sea.
I am nrt a Dominican. I was born in P'rto
Rico and educated and CulMiiized at Havana.
But now, I am an A mercian, because I hove annex
ed myself to this Republic, and married an Ameri
can !ad .
Epitaph of Thoniaa JeUVrson.
L"t the Know Nothings of the present day,
when they strive to prevent the writings of Thom
as Jefferson into a construction favorable to them
selves, recall to their minds the Epitaph he desired
to be inscribed upon his tomb. Ho had accom
plished many noble ends. He had sided to found
the Republic he had been the Originator and
Guide ol the Democrat party he had filled all
highest offices in the gift of a grateful people.
When death drew night unto him, he desired his
Epitaph to be written in these simple words :
Here lies Thomas Jefferson, author of the
Declaration of Independence, and, of the Stat,
utes, establishing religious toleration in the Com.
monwealth ol Virginia." Telegraph.
An Incident. A few days since, in one of
the neighboring towns, a little boy of two summers
was setu standing in the middle of the road, and
bestowing a very low bow upon a great, sober
faced cow, while he lisped forth in sweetest infan
tile accents, 'Thank zu, pretty moolly cow, for
making pleiscnt milk for me.' It seemed that
the little fe!ow lnda song book at home, wherein
a verse ran :
Thank you pretty cow, wfio m de
Pleasant milk to souk my breast r
and the couplet recurring to hi mind at tho mo
ment, he made it point to stop and thsnk Mis
tress Moolly ' on Die spot.
Was not the sweet child, as he stood baihcd in
bright sunlight, and bearing the impress of God's
fashioning hand so plainly visible upon the da wo
ing mind which looked forth from those bright
blue eyes, rending an instructive lesson to ohil
dren of a larger growth,' who receive all life'
common blessings so uoregardfully T
Boston Jouffuil.
Gjsj. Scott made Lisctenant Geneeai..
Gen. Scutt, for a long time the "blest Major Gen
eral in ihe world, is created, by special act of
Congress, Lieutenant General.
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A new Post office, i.is hen entnhiished in Gas-
ton u-Jtinty, nv lie namo w nunc r.n. rpn-
t rami Biack is I'. M.
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