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FRIDAY JNRKUG, March 23, 1855.
ST W. S. LAWTOSr CO., (South Atlantic Wriarl,)
few our authorized agtftutui Charleston. 8. Cn and ate duly
empowered to tak Adwrrtiaemeiita and Subscriptions at the
rate required by us, arid grant receipts.
A FAIR PROPOSITION.
There are many of our subscribers who have
fceeli reading our paper for nearly three years,
io have not paid us one dime, though our lerois
re cash. To all those we say. Pat up between
this and the April Court, and we wftl only charge
the advance price but all who do not heed this
notice wc will in no case receive lesa than S3 a
year, for every year in arrears. Our terms are
$2 cash, 62.50 if payment is delayed 6 monffls,
and $3 at the end of the year. Thus it will be
seen that those who will accept our proposition
will save something smart, and we will be greatly
benefitted by it.
CHARLOTTE MARKET.
Western Democrat Of; ice,
Thursday Kvening, March 22, '55.
Cotton Market brisk, good d al coining in
400 bales changed hands since our lust, at prices
ranging from 5 to 7$, with an upward tendency.
Floor Buoyant at $S a 8j.
Co if 75 a 80.
Meal In demand, at 75 a 80.
Wheat None offered.
Peas 85. Bacon Hog round, 7$ a 8.
Suou Storm,
It commenced snowing Wednesday night about
10 o'clock and continued until morning, and up to
this writing (Thursdity) it is lying on the ground.
The weather is unseasonable, and it is to be ah
prehended that the early peach crop is entirely
destroyed. It is very singular and picturesque
to see the peach-blossoms mantled with snow.
Our climate is very changeable one dy we have
the balm of the Italian, the next the rigor of the
Siberian. Old Winter seem loth to leave and
" gentle Spring" retire abashed at his surly at
tempts to lay his head in her lap. The Sun is
now peeping out from behind his curtain of clouds,
and if old Boreas will retire to his Roljan prison
aad send the gentle south wind to breathe upon
our snow banks and icy manacles, the delicate
violet will again raise its head and the pencil-blossom
and hyacinth regale us with their delicious
perfume.
The mines.
Capt. Penman showed us a few eJays since a
beautilul specimen of talcose slate, interspersed
with quartz, which was taken from the Howie
Mine in Union County. The rock weighed about
one hundred pounds, and was richly penetrated
with veins of gold so large and shiny ihtft they
clearly visible to the naked eye. We saw
of the gold procured from the ore, after it
waa ground, and learn that it yielded a very re
munerative per cent. Mr. Harris estimated the
rock we examined as containing between $70 and
$80 worth of gold. The vein has been opened
25 feet, along the shaft, and is from 5 to 8 feet
wide and gets richer as it goes down.
Extensive machinery has been erected and ev
ery preparation made for the full development of
the hidden wealth of this Mine. There is, now,
one Engine, 75 horse power (probably the largest
and best in the State) in operation ; and 12 stamps
200 pounds each, without the wood shaft ; one
Iron Circular Mill, 9 feet diameter, with metal
runners; there are two Chilian Mills, one with
2 large runners, 6 feet diameter, 14 inches on the
face; also, one small Chilian Mill with 2 runners,
4 1 feet in diameter, 14 inches ou the face; one
large Araster Mill of 9 leel diameter, with 3 drag;
there is also another Araster Mill, 6 fc-et in diam
eter, with 2 drags. A small Engine is placed on
the south-east end of the Mine with pumps com
plete fur the purpose of drainage. There are now
employed 40 operatives, and the force is expected
to be increased in a few days.
We have been thus particular in mentioning
the various pieces of machinery and hands en.
gaged at this Mine, to give our readers some idea
of the magnitude of the business, and its probable
value. We have been informed by the Superin
tendent that the result, so far, has surpassed the
expectations of the Company under whose man
agement it is worked, and that the yield of gold,
daily, pays very remunerative rates upon the cap
ital invested, large as it is. The vein has already
been opened 25 leet, and is from 5 to 8 feet wide,
nod is very rich. There are also ten other veins
running parallel with each other, all angling to
ward the champion lode or central vein, and are
supposed to concentrate at a depth of 200 feet.
Tho Engine Shaft is already down 120 feet, and
yields coarse massive gold. Capt. P. brought up
with him on Tuesday, 500 dwts. of Gold, the pro
duct of two days' mining. The ore is imbedded in
late aod quartz, in large veins, w hich present a rich
and beautiful sight. The prospect now is, that
more gold will be brought to the Mint for coinage
this year than in any since us establishment.
There are other Minea in the county that are
turning out well. We have now, lying upon our
table, a glorious specimen from the Capps Mine,
which is extensively worked and is yielding well.
Struck by Liffhtylng.
We have been informed that on Thursday, the
15th instant, during an unusual and very severe
thunder storm, the lightning struck the barn of
Mr. Solomon Earnhardt, killing two of bis horses
nod totally consuming the barn, with a large
amount of corn, fodder and oats.
Mr. Allison has removed his School to the
Room lately erected for the purpose of a school,
in the rear of the Episcopal Church. We are
gratified to learn that be is extensively patronised,
that he haa now under his control 55 or 60 schol
ars. Mr. A. haa greet reputation aa a teacher,
and the establishment of a school of high grade
will redound greatly to the interest not only of
the rising generation but to the prosperity of the
town, x
Strawberry julips are among the luxuries they
were indulging in at New Orleans last work.
The Charlotte and Kntlierfordton
Rail Road.
It is currently reported here that the city of
Wilmington will subscribe $600,000 to the Ruth
erfordton, Charlotte and Wilmington Road, there
by securing the charier. Such an act of liber
ality and public spiriledness is worthy of immor
tal praise, and should stimulate the various points
aluug the line to 'emulate, as far as ibey can, her
noble example.
We publish to-day the proceedings of the meet
ing of the Commissioners, held on the 14ih inst.
at Wadesboro', from which it will be seen that
books will be opened for the reception of subscrip
tions on the 2d Monday in April. A large mass
meeting will be held to-day in Dallas, and another
in Lincoluton to-morrow. This Road will be built.
and then we hope to see Wilmington realize the
advantages that her enterprise and indomitable
perseverance has carved out for her.
HT We thank Mr. Mackenzie, an ornamental
and practical Gardener, for a number of packages
of Flower and Garden Seeds,Jrought with him
from old Scotland the hrne of Fingal and Os
sian, of Bruce and Burns. Mr. Mackenzie has
been with us only about a year, and already the
improved and highly artistic and ornamental ap
pearance of many of our places show that be has
been appreciated and kept busy.
No town in the South is evincing a higher ap
preciation of the beautiful and ornamental than
ours, and in a few years, when the shrubbery and
ever greens now planted out shall have grown up,
Charlottowill be as famous for cultivated grounds
and parterres of flowers, as Columbia.
The News in New York.
The reported death of Nicholas seems to have
had a favorable commercial effect in New York
The JUruld of Saturday says ;
Whether the Czar be dead or not, the an
nouncement of his decease, brought by the Africa,
has been felt upon our markets. It has since its
promulgation sent up cotton from to f cent per
pound, and the sales yesterday embraced about
2,000 bales, closing quite firm at the advanced
named. It also, in spite of a small stock, deadened
the markets for common grades of flour. Pro
visions, also, without much change in prices, have
been U ss animated. Coffee, with a stock of only
about 10,000 bags of Rio in this market, continued
quite firm, with light sales. Difference of opinion
regarding the death of the Czar continued to exist,
with a preponderance in favor of its reality. Yet
uch was the streng'h of opposing faith that heavy
bets were made with the odds on the side of those
who believed the report. In one case a cotton
operator bet $1,000 that he was not dead, and
afterwurds sold 1,500 bales of cotton at the ad
vance, in order to hedge in the eventual result of
his bet. We also heard of other bets, varying
from $500 to $600. Those who discredited the
report, if disposed to bet, generally offered to stake
$50 against $100 that the Emperor was not dead.
We merely allude to this matter to show the great
excitement and wide spread feeling produced by
such very important news, calculated to exercise
great influence over the affairs of business men.
The advance it has caused in cotton alone forms
an important item. We have, probably, two
millions of bales of cotton in the United Slates to
be sold. One quarter of a cent per pound would,
if maintained, enhance its value to the extent of
$2,000,000; and at three. eights of a cent per
pound, the difference would be equal to $3,000,000.
It peace should result from his death, or other cir
cumstances, as some suppose, the whole advance
would probably equal one cent per pound, making
a difference equal to $8,000,000 on two million
bales of the present crop.'
The News from Europe, by the Africa, which
we publish this morning, is of the utmost impor.
tanco, if true,' in its relation to the war, the pre
sent and the future of Europe, and the civilized
world. To what extent we arc to credit the re
ported death of the Emperor of Russia, each must
determine for himself. After the Fall of Sebas
topol," we are somewhat chary of our faith in the
marvellous. In relation to the fate of the Czar,
we find a good deal said about previous indispo
sition, no bulletins of which had reached this coun
try. Hence there is something apocryphal in
the index. As it was an event, however, which
could not have been long current, without a deni
al if untrue, it is brought within the range of pro
bability. Those who are disposed to wait for the
fact until it is authenticated by some one who has
seen the Imperial delunct, arc at liberty to do ao.
We are half inclined to defer our own convictions
until M a more convenient season."
Nicholas 1. Paulowiisch, vhich is the son of
Paul, was born on the 7th July, 1790. Conse
quently he was within less than four months of his
fifty-ninth birth-day. He married Charlotte, a
Princtss of Prussia, sister of the reigning monarch
of Prussia, on the 13ih July, 1817, who was two
years younger than himself. She embraced the
Greek religion and took the name of Alexandra
Feodorowna. Nicholas ascended the throne on
the death of his brother Alexander, in December,
1825, his elder brother Cotistnntine, having re
nounced m his favor. The heir apparent to the
throne is Alexander Nicolaiewitsch, born April
29th, 1818, and now approaching his 37ih birth
day. His brother Constantine is nine years his
junior, having been bore in 1827. They are said
to have been together in the Crimea, during the
present siege of Sebastopol, and -jn the field of
Balaklava. Some difficulty has been apprehend
ed with respect to '.he succession, but we do not
see any probable cause for it.
Upon the death of Alexander, a conspiracy,
which had long been projected, suddenly broke
out, but was immediately suppressed by the ener
gy of Nicholas, who, in conformity with the de
cree of his father, at once ascended the throne.
This conspiracy originated in the army, but the
causes which led to it do not seem to exist at pre
sent. And as the succession is direct and legiti
mate, and in all respects popular, there is no rea
son to expect any dissension in regard to it. Thai
the current of events may be modified to an im
portant extent, is highly probable. At any rate
we shall soon learn whether the war policy is thai
of Nicholas or of the Empire.
The latest dispatches seem to add confirmation
to the report of the Czar's death, and to induce
the belief that it is a historical fact.
Baltimore Sun
From Washington.
W ashing ton, March 18.
For the expedition to search for Kane, the Se
cretary of the Navy has purchased, at 850,000,
the sieam propeller City of Boston. The new
light ship at Philadelphia will go on the expedi
tion as soon as refitted probably the 1st of June.
The Star says that not the slightest doubt of the
correctness of the report of the Czar's death ia
entertained by the President, Cbinel, Or foreign
officials.
COMMUNICATED.
Charlotte, flo. 8.
Repeated excursions of pleasure have afforded
us an opportunity of surveying other scnes and
localities, and of learning the names of their re
spective proprietors. The edifices of Capt. Lucas,
who is the Cashier of the 'Charlotte Bank, and
withal a gentleman of the first order; of Mr.
Williamson, who was until recently the Editor of
the North Carolina Whig, and of Mr. Waring
who is the conductor of your valuable journal, de
serve an especial notice and a high tribute of com
mendation and praise. It is to be hoped that Mr.
Williamson in prosecuting the duties of the legal
profession will obtain the success which must
eventually crown perseverance and merit, and
that Mr. Waring will continue to enliven '.he col
umns of the. Western Democrat.
Nearer to the Central Rail Road are the com
fortable, convenient, and fine-appearing residences
of Messrs. Myers, Brown, and Tiddy. Were the
intervening space to the Road occupied by similar
buildings, with ample and beautified enclosures,
they would materially contribute to the elegance
and enchantment of the view. Even progressive
young America will not always excite old Fogies',
and the greater efforts she makes to reclaim them
from oblivion only determine them to advance in
the opposite direction.
We discovered a novel and unique structure,
apparently commodious and well adapted for a
family, erected by Mr. Elms, and also the admi
rable and handsome mansion of Dr. Orr.
We noticed the wall furnished Clothing estab
lishment of Messrs. Ful lings & Co., Blair & Orr,
and also the Boot and Shoe Store of Mr. Boone.
In their line of business they are fully prepared
to please and suit the most fastidious.
To no class of business men are towns and ci
ties more indebted for commercial prosperity and
an attractive exterior than diligent and ingenious
artisans. Forming an opinion solely from archi
tectural drafts and the manner o( their execution,
and from the caparison of steeds and parapherna
lia of the variety of conveyances, only a few of
which are shipped from the Northern cities, we
have reasons to conclude that your citizens are
favored with intelligent and useful Mechanics and
Tradesmen.
No locality is more free from political exclu
sivenessand religious sectarianism. The descend
ants of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declara
tion and inhabitants of the Hornet's Nest of the
Revolution are distinguished for a just appreciation
of their liberties. England has never understood
the Magna Charta of Republican freedom. Cal
vin did not understand it. Cromwell, though he
did more for it than any other man, did not. John
Knox did not. It was reserved for the founders
of our government, the framers of our Constitu
tion and such spirits as our Brevards, Grihams and
Alexanders, to wake up from the great heart of the
nation a responding echo to the appeal of the elo
quent and holy Apostle that we should obey God
rather than man. In the language of Bancroft
(who is now probably in our Slate) " it was not
priestcraft in any form that came to these shores ;
nothing came but a free people." Though they
found it no easy task to slough off the gangrene
which preyed upon the body politic, yet they come
hither with the spirit which emboldened Luther to
say, when tyrants ordered the German peasantry
to give up the New Testament, " No, not a single
leaf." They were inspired with an unearthly in
fluence when they declared that the right to tax
one pound implied the prerogative to tax a thous
and, and that they would not pay one dime with
out the privilege of representation. Patriot spir
its, so eminent and devoted, deserve the eternal
gratitude of posterity, ard the most splendid mon
ument tha genius can devise should be erected to
perpetuate the memory of their illustrious deeds.
Notwithstanding the prevailing spirit of free
dom of thought and opinion, your citizens are
lovers of good order and law-abiding. Their un
qualified and uniform submission to municipal
laws and the ordinances of the Mayor and Alder
men is abundant evidence of the fact. The pro
fane, intemperate, or disturbers of the peace may
find repose, ere they are aware of danger, in the
calaboose or prison.
The landlords, whilst they are exceedingly po
lite and accommodating to guests, will not permit
violations of etiquette and wholesome rules of so
ciety to pass with impunity.
It is often difficult for individuals to discover and
practise the golden medium between improper and
useless prodigality and a despicable meanness and
penuriousness of spirit. Having had some oppor
tunities for judging, we can affirm that no object
of charity or benevolent cause can be presented
to your citizens without receiving substantial aid.
The religious denominations are unusually liberal
in contributing to the support of their Ministry
and also to the general diffusion of the gospel.
Your city is as accessible as any other of the
State. The terminus cf Rail Roads from the
South and East and Plank Roads from the West
and North East, she is destined to fill a prominent
and interesting page of history. When the Wil
mington & Charlotte Road, and other contemplated
improvements, shall be completed, the unbounded
resources of the North State which are now com
mencing to attract attention, will be speedily de
veloped and every traveller astonished to behold
the enterprising spirit, unpretending wealth and
the intellectual, moral and social wealth of which
she is possessed.
Were it left to my individual preference and
option in what portion of the world I would re
side, I would respond by the declaration that J
would select America before any other land, North
J Carolina before any other State, and the citv of
Charlotte before any other spot beneath the sun.
TRANS1ENS.
The Outrage upon Hit EI Dorado.
Washington, March 18.
OCT The American steamer El Dorado on her
list passage from Aapinwall was fired at twice by
he Spanish frigate Ferrolona.
The friends of the administration here assert
that the President haa ordered thai extreme meas
ures be taken, if necessary, to exact instant repa
ration of Havana for the late outrage upon the
steamer El Dorado.
From the Pee Dee Star.
Meeting of the Commissioners of the
Wilmington and Charlotte K. R. Co
aay.
At a meeting ol the Commissioners appointed
under the act of incorporation, for the purpose of
creating the capital stock of the Wilmington, Char
lotte and Rutherford Railroad Company, held this
14th day of March, 18W, at the town of Wades
borouyn, General Alexander McRae, of Wilming
ton, wag elected Chairman, and Robert S. French,
of Lumbertoo, was requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman explained the object of the meet
ing. Present,
General Alexander McRae, of Wilmington,
Alfred Smith, of Whitesville,
Thomas A. Norment, of Lumberton,
James P. Leak, of Rockingham,
Walter R. Leak, of Wadesborough,
D. A. Covington, of Monroe.
It was Resolved, That (he books be opened
for subscription to the Capital Stock in Wilming
ton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, at the
places, and by the persons designated in the act
of incorporation ol said Road, on the 2nd Monday
in April next, and that the Chairman cause pub
lication of the same to be made in the Shelbyville,
Charlotte, Wadesborough, Fayetteville and Wil
mington papers.
It whs ordered. That the name of Peter A.
McEachen be added to the Commissioners for the
county ol Robeson, at Floral College.
That Haynes Lennon, Thomas S. Vail, Lovett
Peacock and Marmaduke Powell, be added to the
Commissioners of ColumbSs county, at Lnnon's
Store.
It was ordered, That the Directors of this Com
pany, hereafter to be appointed, be requested, in
all contracts for work, on the road, or materials
for said road, to prefer stock holders over all
others, to the amount of their stock, all other things
being equal.
It was ordered, that W. W. Hart, be added to
the commissioners at Monroe; Wm. Hamilton,
Wm. L. Steagall, Cary Tolson, at Hamilton's;
William Houston,. Captain James Houston and
William Hudson, at theJDavis Gold Mine ; George
McCain, John Stewart.'CoI. William W. Walkup,
and Hugh Wilson, at Wilson's Store; Robert
Howard, Robert Home, Col. James A. Dunn, at
Howard's Store ; for the county of Union.
William Maxwell, William M. Mathews, Wil
liamson Wallace, for the county of Mecklenburg.
It was resolved, that it be recommended to hold
mass meetings, in the different counties on the line
of the road.
On motion of Mr. Norment. it was resolved,
that it be recommended to the commissioners,
that a subscription be taken up as early aa prac
ticable, to pay the expenses of a survey from
the town of Wilmington, and from Whitesville
to Lumberton, and that John C. McRae, of Wil
mington, be appointed to make the surveys.
1 The lollowing form was adopted as a caption to
make the surveys.
"Subscription List for the Wilmington, Charlotte
and Rutherford Rail Road Company.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Coil NT V.
We the subscribers, agree to take the number
of shares opposite our several frames in the capital
stock of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford
Rail Koad Company, in accordance with the pro
visions of the charter of said company.
The following form was adopted for the receipts
to be given to the commissioners.
County of
A. D. -
Received of
dollars it being five per cent
on shares subscribed by him to the stock
of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutheriord Rail
Road Company.
Chairman of Com mis.
The meeting arljournejd subject to the call of
the Chairman.
ALEX. McRAE, Chairman.
R. S. French, Sec.
Gaston County Bible Society.
The annual meeting of said Society was held
in Dallas on the 16th of February, 1855. An
appropriate Anniversary Sermon was preached
by Rev. Samuel Watson.
The meeting was then called to order by the
President.
The proceedings of the last annual meeting
were read by the Secretary.
The Treasurer's Report was received, exam
ined by a committee, and adopted, which is as
follows :
Books on hand, $ 29 25
Cash " " 35 20
Books sold on credit, 6 45
Given away by Agents, 13 09
Due from Parent Society, 6 39
Pd. freight on 2 box's of Bibles, 8 55
Postage, 15
Acc't. ou Parent Society, 1 45
$101 13
Amount of Stock, Cash,
die, last year, $ 83 64
Individual contributions, 11 10
Due from Parent Society, 6 39
Received from Congrega
tions this year, $ 40 42 J
Amount in my hands from
last year, 27 50
Paid Agents for canvassing
the County and supply
ing those who were
without Bibles,
$101 13
67 92 i
37 50
Amount in my hands, $ 30 67?
E. PASOUR, Treasurer.
The Agents report that they found 86 families
without the Bible, in Gaston count-, and supplied
them by selling or giving.
Resolved, That all over the amount of Seventy
Five Dollars, in Books and Cash, be forwarded
by the Treasurer to the Parent Society as a do
nation by this Society.
Rev. Jesse R. Peterson was elected President.
J. W. Freeman, Samuel Gingles and J. M. Han
na, Vice Presidents. Wm. M. Holland, Treasu
rer. Isaac H. Holland, re-elected Secretary.
Executive Committee : J. M. Carson, Amzi
Ford, W. Pegram, A. Morris, T. M. Hanna, Wm.
M. Kerr, and L. Mauney.
The next Anniversary will be held in Dallas,
on Friday before the 3rd Monday in February
next. I. H. HOLLAND, Secretary.
CO" N. C. Whig please copy.
The Beginning of the End. The South
Side Democrat of late date says: 4 We learn that
the perpetrators of the savage assault on McGow
an at Weldon, on Monday last, boasted that he
was nothing but 4 a d d foreigner,' and that 4 we
Know Nothings would yet rule in the land,' asser
ting that the idea of hanging a native born Caro
linian for killing 4 a d d Catholic Irishman waa
ridiculous.' This is another of te phases of
the 4 Know Nothingism.' Will nor the conserva
tism in the land, of all parties, unite to put down
this infamous conspiracy, against the peace and
good order of society. ' Richmond Enquirer.
LITE NEWS FROM EUROPE.
Death of the Emperor Jgtenola.
TREATY OF PEACE PREPARED.
Halifax, March 15. 1855.
The steamer Africa has arrived, bringing Lir
erpool dates of March 3. Her advices are exceed
ingly important, being the startling intelligence
that the Emperor of Russia was dead.
On Friday it was known that the Czar was
very ill, and ho been given up by his physicians,
aqd on Saturday k was announced by Lord Cla
rendon in the House of Lords, and by Lord Pal
mers ton in the House of Commons, that the Em
peror had died at 10 o'clock, a. m., on Friday,
March 2.
By some it was surmised that he had been as
sassinated, borrt was generally believed that be
had died of pulmonary apoplexy. The details are
wanting, but there is uot the slightest reason to
doubt the authenticity of the news.
Great excitement prevailed throughout France
and England, and it wasnnow generally believed
that peace would be concluded.
The Vienna conferences were to open on the
5th instatif. The Vienna correspondent of the
London Timesjfays that the draft of a general
treaty has beerrayepajed. securing the integrity ol
Turkey, preventing further encroachments on that
power, and guaranteeing the rights of the 'Chris
tian in Turkey. These points were to be consid
ered at the conference.
Russia was still making immense warlike pre
parations. There was nothing new from Sebastopol.
Prussia seems now to lean more towards the
Western Powers.
Market.
Liverpool, March 3, 1855.
There have been large imports of cotton during
the weeK, amounting to 200,000 bales, and most
of the circulars quote prices as easier, and a de
cline of l-16d. in middling. The sales of the
week were 36,000 bales, including 3.500 to ex
porters and 1.000 to speculators. Brown & Ship,
ley quote fair Orleans Sjd.,' middling 5 l-16d.;
lair upland 5d.; middling 4d.
Breadstuffs were unchanged, except corn,
which had declined 5d to Is. Canal flour 40s.,
Ohio 43s.
The money market was easier, and it was ex
pected that the bank would soon reduce the rate
of interest. Consols had advanced to 91 J.
American securities bigher.
Breadstuffs in the United States. Hunt's
Merchants' Magazine thus speaks of the trade in
breadstuffs that will open at the commencement of
navigation in the Spring:
4 When the Spring opens the canals and the
lakes, a stream of breadstuffs will set towards the
Old World in an uninterrupted flow. The ground
sown is the most extensive ever under culture
within our limits, and if there be no blight on our
harvest, we can feed the nations of Europe so far
as they may need beyond their own production.
Previous to the coming forward of the new, (he
stores of old, which have accumulated at the va
rious points of inland shipment, will be sent for
ward, and that which wtis honrded during the fall,
when a high price was offered for it in vain, will
be sold far below ihe rates now current.'
A stocking knitting machine is among the la
test novelnes in New York. It was patented in
1851, but, with the exception of a few in Connec:
ticut, has not been practically tested. The Mirror
says :
A girl ten years old can koit half a dozen
pairs of stockings in a day, working the machine
by hand or foot. In a factory, wiih motive pow
er, one person can manage a dozen machines.
The stocking is entirely made by the mnchitie,
Irom top to toe, and no tumble fingers of industri
ous elderly maiden, sitting by the hearth corner,
could widen or narrow,' or 4 heel ' or toe,'
more perfectly. The invention is in the hands of
a stock company, who are about to apply it to a
large factory in this city, and who offer for sale
rights to use the machines. A. T. Stewart holds
$20,000 of the stock, and there are other heavy
a . . a .1 'V -. .
stockholders in tnis city.
Top Boots Foa Ladies. A gossiping lady cor
respondent of the Home Journal, furnishes the fol
lowing item of intelligence in the last issue of thai
paper :
"Boots with turn over tops, are resolved on for
street wear by the ladies the turn overs to be
yellow kid. scolloped or fringed, the hoots patent
leather, so I hear. Your broaching the inflam
mable subject of ladies' expenses, has probablv
brought this about ; for the sidewalks sweeping
is quite our most expensive amusement, and short
dresses would reduce Stewart's marble palace two
stories at least. As our heels are to be made
visible, I shall send you a photograph of mine, at
the very first unveiling, for 1 suppose there v ill
be so much curiosity to know what they look like,
that the dagueneoty pits will now lake both ends
ol us. We were talking of it yesierdav when
Dr. was in, and he said that nothing showed
blood like a thin heel sloping under, as it is proved
lhat your race had not carried burthens. The
negro foot had a shelf behind, and the heel was
clubbed, from, being crushed out with a weight
for ages. Heelrognomy is going to be interesting,
I foresee."
Kentucky State Democratic Con
vention. Louisville, March 16.
The Democratic State Convention met at Frank
fort yesterday and nominated Beverly L. Clark
for Governor, and Boy ah Magoffin for' Lieutenant
Governor. Resolutions strongly denouncing the
Know-Nothings were passed.
Accident. The men, says the Wytheville
Telegraph, while engaged at work in the Copper
Mine of a Mr. Martin, of Ashe County, N. C,
were blown out somo forty feet from the bottom
of the shaft by the premature discharge of a blast.
Neither of thern was killed, yet both were fright
fully mutilated and mangled. The arm of one
was literally torn to pieces by force of the concus
sion. The eyes ol the other, it ia thought, are
blown out.
Queen Victoria. A startling rumor is in cir
culation jn diplomatic circles at Washington, to the
effect that the Queen of England was fast going
the way of her ancestors ; that is to say, becom
ing deranged. As this is not the first time such
a report has been promulgated we have little con
fidence in its truth.
Mr. J. B. Tinsley, of Richmond. Virginia, has
accept the J residency of the Siatesville, North
Carolina Female College,
Another Secret Society. The Pittsburg
Gazette states lhat there is a regularly organized
association of blacks in that oily, bound together
by the most solemn oaths, and meeting in arret,
whose object is the abduction of colored servants,
travelling with their masters, who are suspected
to be slaves.
Magazine Sold. Putnam has sold bis maga
zine for the small sum of 912,000
The Vet Power.
In article 1, section 7, of the Constitution of tk.
United Stales, it ia provided that "every bill whi h
hall ha vp nnMSfd the Hodsp rf R.nr...... ..
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and the Senate, shall, before it become a law u
presented to the President of the United State,
If he approve, he shall sign it ; but if not, he shah
return it, with his objections, to that houn in
which it shall have originated." The Constitution
moreover, provides lhat "before the President
enter on the execution of his office, he shall tak,
the following oath or affirmation : I do solernnl
swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute Z
office of President of the United States, and
to the beat of my abili'y, preserve, protect, aad
defend the Constitution of the United States." if
words, therefore, have a meaning, the Executiva,
of the United Slates perjures himself unless he
4 'return with his objections" every bill which he
cannot "approve." He also violates Ihe solemn
obligation imposed upon him by the wise forr light
of the framers of the Constitution, and which he
has voluntarily accepted, if he does not arrest
the passage ol a law until it can be more maturely
considered, whenever, according to his best judg.
ment.the legislative power bestowed upon Congress
has been used by it to the detriment of the country.
The first section of the first article of the Con.
stilution enacts that "all legislative powers shall
be vrsted in a Congress of the United States, which
shall consist of a Senate and House of Repreaen.
tatives." The President, therefore, can make no
law. Neither can he prevent a measure from be.
coming a law ; for if, after he has returned a hi!)
with his objections, two-thirds of both Houses of
Congress shall agree to pass it, it thereby become,
a law. notwithstanding his disapproval. The in.
flue nee of the President is purely negative. t
ran temporarily check, but he cannot originate a
bill. He is untrue, however, to his duty if he do
not faithfully consider each measure which ahall
have been parsed by the National Legislature
decide, according to his best judgment, whether
it meets his approval or not; and in conformity
with such decision, ei'her raise ' it to the dignity
of a law, by signing the same, or make known
his objections to its enactment. The question u
his mind may noi even be whether an act of Con.
gress is constitutional or unconstitutional ; but,
simply snd solely, as the Constitution establishes
whether after conscientious consideration he "ap
proves" or disapproves. In the lutter case no
option is left him he "shall return the same with
his ol jeciions to that House in which it shall have
originated."
The enemies of the veto power pretend that it
is a monarchical feature of our Government. Mr.
Hunt characterized the veto of the Collins steamer
bill as the "very height of tyranny and usurps,
lion," and accused the President of "dictating lawa
to the people," in a manner which, "if tolerated
for an instant, would prove the overthrow of the
liberties of the country." It is a sufficient answer
to these accusations, that nothing can he "usurps
lion" which is clearly authorised by the Cnnti.
tution ; that no "tyranny" is possible which can
he overthrown by a two-third wte of the Repra.
nentatives of the people ; and that opposing an
obstacle to a law is not "dictating a law." But if
i untrue that a trace of monarchical feature is in
be found in the qualified obligation to arrest party
legislation, which is imposed upon the President,
and it is absurd to represent the veto prerogative
ns an enviable privib-ge. To oppose the enact,
ment of a law is, on ihe contrary, die most disa
greeable duty the President ever has to fulfil, and
brings with it, in the very nature of thinga, an
amount of odium which it requires great moral
courage to encounter. It exposes him lo the im
mediate humiliation of having the hill he hat
vetoed passed over his head ; the offi-nce given
to the advocates of the law is the sure foierunuer
of unpopulari'y and abuse, both in the ntionnt
legislature and among the people ; and, however
righteous may he the course which he has adop
ted, his implied c nsure of the majority of the
Senate and House of Representative makes him
the necessary o j'-ct of hostile excitement in (hot
bodies.
The President is the elect of the nation, and
looks to the whole nation for approbation ard
support. This cannot be immediately rendered.
Whereas Congress, which represents a multitude
of constituencies, can call forth hundred-) of re
monstrances and outcries from interested parties,
by which the delusion may for a while be created
that a national measure has been sacrificed. The
veto of constitutional monarchs is absolute; m
that the odium incurred by a sovereign may eome.
times be outweighed by personal advantage ; but
the President cannot possibly obtain, by the exer
cise of his prerogative, arry personal advantage;
although, when the first ferment has subsided, he
may be lauded for the performance of his duty.
Yet the Constitution allows him no choice no
discretion. If he '-do not approve" n bill, he M
bound to return it to Congress with his objection.1;
and if he b deterred from so doing by fear of the
two third vote, or popular outcry, or disfavor
with party, he is not only chareeahle with treason
to his country, but stains his soul with the guilt ol
Prjtipy. ...
President Pierce has vetoed four bills during
the two sessions of ihe Thirty .Third Congress -Theae
were the indigent insane bill, the river
and harbor appropriation bill, the French spolia
tion bill, and the ocean mail s'eainer bill. What
ever mav he individual opinions wn h regnrdto
the merits of th se bills respectively, he deerf
praise, even from his oppone nts, for the pertor
ma nee of his constitutional duty, and for the ible
manner in which his reason for not approving,
have been, in. each instance, given. In no cms
have the "objections" been trivial, and we do '
remember that an attempt was made to refute uVa
io Congress. It la not to be expected that in
reasoning which has convinced the mind of P
President, will, in every case, be equally ckr
and conclusive to all'others. This has nothing to
do with the mattes, at issue, and it is aside fr
our present purpose to discuss the merits of either
of the recently vetoed bills ; but we maintain thti
at a time when so many hands are stretched fort
to relieve ihe public purse of its contents, a4
when wholesale plunder is aided by v holesale
corruption, the wisdom of the framers of the Cof
stitution in establishing the veto power is rorf
manifest, and the duty of the Chief Magistrate i
fulfilling its requirements is more imperative 'h'8
at eny previous epoch in the history of our coutv
try. Journal of Commerce.
Nebraska. ,
Both branches of the Nebraska Legislature W"
adopted the following resolutions by a nearly uds
imous vote :
"Resolved, That ws herewith endorse the pn
ciples enunsjated in the bill organizing the Ten1,
tories ol Nebraska and Kansas ; lha! we tTPf
that the geographical line between the Noriasr
and Southern States has been erased, leaving W
people of every State and Territory free to con
trol their domestic institutions; and that we coffj
mend the firm and patriotic course of 'l
without distinction of party, who have side
establishing the sound constitutional principle
Ihe compromise of 1850; and
"Resolved, furthermore, That we pledge k
selves lo oppose any unfair discriminations.
as those of the late Missouri Compromise ; t0
protect and defend the rights of ihe States, and
Uoion of the States, and to advance and perpetu
the doctrine of popular sovereignty."