CHARLOTTE:
FRIDAY MORMKC, April , 1K55.
Kr W. S. LAWION fc CO., (South Atlantic Wharf,)
mm our authorix. d agents in t Iiarlrston. S. C, ai d are duly
npowtd to iak" tUtlliWUli and BssfeerifMmss at die
i rtiired by ue. and gr&nt receipt?.
CHARLOTTE MiBKLT.
Wbstthn Dkjiockat Office, )
Thursday F.vening. April o, 1956. $
Cuttoji Coming in brikly ; 500 bales chang
ed h'ands since our last, t prices ranging from 5
10 71.
FLOiH-r-Mnrkel well supplied ; sells at 3 a 6 j.
,Ry&Uc. Meal 60c. Peas SOc.
Wheat Commands $1 50 per bushel.
Uacox Hog round, 8 a &J. Laud 9c.
CT We were at I'nion court this week, and bad an
opportunity to converse with the people with regard not
only to tlic moant of money that County would sub
scribe to the'. Wilmington and Charlotte Railroad, but ot
the approaching canvass for Congress.
On Tucwlay a prJiruiinry mielinp wash Id f. snake
rrangementa for holding niaa met tings, where the
people will be addrtA-ed upon the iniporlai.ee of building
the Railroad, now chartered, running through their
e unty. The Chairman, M:ijor Covington, in explain
ing th-ohjrct of the mciting smJ an elaborate and
able y cth in favor of immediate at id em-rgctic action
in t);C pii-nii.ior, nl wa Uink Sr"nsT ! i vory one pre-
sent of the vail benefit that would accrue to the people
by its construction.
In obi dicnee to a r.,ll we nl.-o submitted a A. w remarks;
after which, T. H. A.-he, Kq.. the S-nator from Anson
and I'nion, in r :;poiisc to a call explained the provisions
of the Charter and inride it clear that it was one of the
ir.ost libera! ever granted by the State. Mr. A.'s speed
was able . e"iiciusivf iul made a deep impression.
We do not entertain a doubt but thai the Road will
be built, mid that I'nion will take her full quota of the
stock. Cen. A. J. Dargan was in attendance on the
Court, and informed us tl ..' he was fully in the fi.ld for
Congress. He is a gent leman of ability, and has served
his County several years in the Legislature, and wc
have no doubt he is one cf the strongest men in his
party. Union is right side tip with caie, and wc hear
on all hands that she will give the gallant Craigc over
J00 increased majority. He will beat Gea. Dargan, or
any other asaa the Whigs may start, at least 1500.
07 Whet has become of our Foundery and
Machine Shop ? That enterprise should be car
ried through. With Rail Roads leading in every
direction, and almost in sight ol the banks of Iron
ore, it must pay the enterprising Mechanics who
embark in it.
An Unique IVouc of Dunning.
A poor editor "out west," whose pockets are
empty, but whose books nre filled with long stand
ing accounts, makes the following novel appeal to
his delinquents.
We call the attention of those who owo the
printer to the notice, and hope they will govern
themselves accordingly.
"Friends, PaloJis, Subscribers and Adverti
sers : Hear us for our debts, and get ready that
jou may pay; trust us, we are in need, and have
regard for our need, for you have been long trusted;
acknowledge your ind btedncss, and dive into your
pockets, that you may prompily fork over. If
there be any among you, one single patron that
don't owe us somethin', then to him we say step
side ; consider yourself a gentleman. If the rest
wish to know why we dt.n them, this is our an
swer : Net that we care about cash ourselves, but
our creditors do. Would you rather that we go
!o jail, and you go free, than you pay your debts,
and we oil keep moving ? As we agreed, we have
worked lur you; as we contracted, we have fur
nuhedour paper to you ; as we promised, we have
waited upon you, but, as you d-.n't pay, we dun
you ! Here are agreements for job work ; con
tracts for subscriptions; promises for long credits;
and duns for deferred payment. Who is there so
mean that he don't take a paper? If any. he
needn't speak we don't mean him. Who 19 there
o green thai be don't advertise ? If any, let him
lide ho amt the chap either. Who is there so
bad tl;at he don't pay the printer ? If anv, let
him shout for he's the man we're after. His
name is Legion, and he's been owing u$ for one,
two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight years
long enough to make us poor, and nurnaelf rich
at our expense.' If the above appeal to his con
science, don't awake him to a sense of justice, we
shall have to try the law, and see prfcat virtue there,
is in writs and constables."
C ha 1 1 otic Volunteer Company.
According to previous notice the members of
the Charlotte Volunteer Company met in the
Court House, on Thursday Afternoon the 29th
ull., at 2 o'clock. The meeting was organized by
calling Dr. Elajf. PritcharT) to ihe Chair, and
requesting M. P. Pegrax to act as Secretary.
The Chairman having explained the object of
the mee:ing, on motion of S. J. Lowrie, Enq.,
the Company proceeded to the election of Officers,
which resulted as follows, viz :
Captain JNO. A. YOUNG.
1st Lieut. H. M. PRJTCHARD.
2d do B. H. DAVIDSON.
8d do J. H. CARSON.
Ensign W. L. DAVIDSON.
1st Serg't. J. Y. BRYCE.
2d do T. D. GILLESPIE.
3d do J. H. JONES.
4th do R. SHAW.
On motion, J. A. Young, J. F. Irwin, J. Y.
Bryce, W. L. Davidson, J. H. Carson and James
Brian were appointed a Committee to report on
Uniform and Arms a: the next meeting ; and S. J.
Lowrie, G. II. Spencer, Jno. Rigler, P. J. Lowrie
and J. Townly a Committee to draft a Constitu
tion and By-Laws for said Company.
The Officers elect were requested to write on
immediately for Commissions.
On motion, the Charlotte Whig and the Western
Pemocrat were requested to publish the proceed
ings. The meeting adjourned to meet again on Thurs
day the 5:h inst., at 3 o'clock, p. m.
H. M. PRITCHARD, Chair'n.
M. P. Pegram, Sec'y.
Recruits Arrested.
PiiIDAdelphu, March 29. The U. S. Marshal
a - n . a
arrested twelve men tins moruinfir on ooara an
outside steamboat for New York, enlisted hereby
British authorities for foreign service. The re
cruiting officer is also to be arretted.
Mr. Thompson, United States Consul at Ltgua
has scn arrested and brought to Havana.
Rail Road Meeting 4 Gaston,
The citizens of Gaston County held a meeting
at the Court House in Dallas, on Friday the 23d
of. Aiarch, 1855, for the purpose of adopting and
f-Vrsmg Resolution, relate to the Charter granted
by the legislature of North Crohn, at ..s a
sess.oo. for the construcuon of a
.V
Ull, UII IllUtlUU VS wi w - i . )
hud, E--q-. was appointed Chairman, and J. G.
Lewis and Amzi Ford were appointed Secretaries.
On motion of J. H. While. Esq.. the Chairman
appoinied u Commiliee of nine to draft a preamble ;
and resolutions expressive of the tense of this j
meeting. Whereupon, the Chairmnn appointed
the following named persons said Committees A. I
Doyle, Esq., Col. Richard Rankin, Japer Stowe, j
Kso.. David A. Jenkins, James H. While, Isaac
IL Holland. W. T. Shitm. Esq., Dr. Wm. Sloan
and Dr. James Abernalhy, who, through Col. R.
Rankin, reported the following Preamble and Re
solutions, to i :
Whereas, by an act of the late General As
sembly, a charter has been granted for a Railroad
from Wilmington to Charlotte, and from thence to j
! .i r i . i l til. ajb - , I
nai nTioruion, wnicn, in any isr a
must necessarily pass through or near the centre
of this Cotmiy. Thcrelore, we the citizens of
Grit:n County fully appreciate the importance of
said Art, not only to this county but to this sec
tion of the Stale; and to all those wii bin whose
reach and for the accomplishment of the same,
as one ind.vidual to raise our proportionate share
... Ill ..-,. in t iii nn trpf nni! nrtlln
of tlie amount required to secure
ecure the charter;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That in order to secure the comple
tion of the enterprise, we appeal to the citizens of
this county to come forward to this great work,
whether they be farmers, merchants, mechanics,
or capitalists, we hereby say to them that here is
a work of improvement worthy of your efforts,
which will not only be an advantage you but to
your posterity after you ; and we would especially
call upon those who have been heretofore satisfied
ol the advantages that would certainly result from
a work of this kind, to rome forward now and
lend their ajd to this great scheme as on the result
of our action on tula project, the prosperity of this
county and of this section of the Stale will greatly
depend.
Jlesolvcd, That we call upon the citizens of the
different counties along the line of this Road west
(rom Charlotte to join with us in carrying out this
measure, believing that our interests are mutually
combined together in this project, and we hereby
pledge ourselves in good faith, to use every means
in our power to accomplish the same on a fair
and reasonable principle, and we further say to
all those concerned on the line that if they will
join us in good faith to secure the charter, that we
will be the last to retrograde.
Resolved, That we tender our sincere thanks
to the Hon. John G. Bynum, for introducing the
amendment, also to all those who aided in its
passage.
On motion of J. II. White, Esq., the proceed
ings of this meeting was ordered to be published
in the Western Democrat with a request that al!
other papers friendly to the enterprise copy.
ISAAC HOLLAND, Chairman.
J. G. Lewis,
Amzi Ford,
Secretaries.
Scaacm of Breadstuffs and Meat. The
short harvest of last year is beginning to reveal
itsell now very strikingly. The New York Post
says that the opening ol navigation on the river
there dots not add to the supplies ; on the con
trary, the dealers of Albany and Troy are making
purchases of wheat in the New ork market. The
Post adds:
44 The stock of wheat is reduced to 25,000 bush
els, nearly all southern and Canadian. When the
canals open it is not expected that the supplies
will be heavy, either from Canada or the Upper
Lakes, whence only supplies can be had. No
supplies of grain or flower can come from Ohio
or the interior of this Slate, so that the sources of
supply, until after next harvest, are very limited.
There are no receipts of importance via New Or
leans, and the supplies of Southern flour are light
from a w ant of wheat to grind. Pi ices, there
fore, instead of faliing when navigation opens, are
likely to be fully maintained, if they do not actu
ally rise."
44 The great scarcity of feed for hogs, is, we
observe, greatly diminishing the number of hogs
in the country, especially in Illinois, and will pro
duce a serious effect, by and by. in the price of
provisons. The immediate result, however, has
been in sending more hogs and hog flesh to mar
ket. More fresh pork has been consumed this
winter than usual, and has had considerable influ
ence in checking the prices of other meat."
Death of the Czar.
The Journal des Debats says: 44 The Emperor
Nicholas has not died suddenly ; he had been ill
for twelve days before. We have before us letters
from St. Petersburgh of the 19th ult., which state
that the Emperor then kept his bed by order of
his first ph sician, M. Mandt. The Empress was
also ill, and confined to her bed, and, as the apart
ments occupied by the Emperor and Empress are
situated one on the ground and the other on the
first floor of Ihe palace, they had no direct com
munication, and did not see each other. The
Emperor, however, must have called the Empress
to him, as we know, from a telegraphic despatch,
that before his death he had assembled round him
all the members of his family present at St. Pe
tersburgh, in order to give ihm his blessing.
Our correspondents attribute the illness of the
Emperor to a cold. Notwithstanding the severity
of the weather, he continued his usual occupa
tions ; he was desirous to see everything for him
self, and in the most minute details ; he visited
the soldiers in their barracks : he passed long and
frequent reviews, forgetting ihe precautions which
his age required in such a climate and in such a
severe season. To all the observations made to
him by hi children and by his most devoted ser
vants, he replied that he had something else to do
besides taking care of his health. He had, how
ever, attended to it for more than a year past, and
at times felt uneasiness.
44 He sa'd that he had reached, and even ex
ceeded, the number of years which God had al
lowed to others of his race, and that his end was
not far distant. He had treated hims,,l( according
to his own ideas; he had insisted on his physician
putting him on a regimen which would prevent
his getting corpulent, of which he hud a singular
dread. What change has taken place since the
19th of January ? It is said he had an attack of
apoplexy, or of paralysis of the lungs. This was
a thing which Dr. Mandt had not Anticipated, for
at that time he felt no alarm, and his language was
most satisfactory. The Emperor Nicholas was
moreover subject to attacks of gout and at the
commencement of his illness he had felt some
symptoms of it."
High Pricf for Nrgroks. At ttie sale of the
personal estate of the la'.e Samuel Mdwee, in An
derson district, this week, we b'arn that twenty
five negroes, of all aj;es and sizes, were sold, aver
aging $595 each PirkeHM Courier.
ty Ex President " Walker, the filibuster,
has been granted 52,0C0 acres of land by Nicara
gua, where he is abcu: lo settle.
j Foielgrn Mew.
The slenmship Asia arrived at New York on
SQ h uj( omj brjn6 following intelligence :
j fa ttll cen.ercd on the
rf Vjenna which ' f()rrn.
, ? fc
j ond fears were .bent auhtly bab.r.eed as l the
of peace reUltmg from the Confer-
ence.
From the sea: of war he most important slate
ment is, thai the Allies have re-opened iheir fire
upon Sebastopol, and wiih goodtff'Ct.
The London money market was growing easier,
and consols remained steady at r3j.
1 The Liverpool cotton market exhibited consid
erable animation, but at a general decline upon
the quotations advised by the Atlantic, reaching
in some cases ; I per lb. The sales during the
1 week reached 07.000 bales, spinners supplying
themselves liberally.
' The market for hrendstuffs was firm, arxJ prices
had slightly advanced. Indiun corn, however,
i was quiet, at about previous rates.
THE ( ZAR ALLvXANDl.K S MAiMrbMu.
The following is the manifesto issued by the
Czar Alexander tMbe Russian army :
M St-steRsbuko, March 5, 1835.
"Valiant Warriors faithful defenders of the
Church, the Throne, and the Country: It has
pleased Almighty God to visit us wiih a most
painful and grievous loss. We have all lost our
common lather njid benefactor. In the midst of
; bin unwearied care, Russia prftperi-y and glory,
' and Kussia s amis, tne emperor Plenum- . i -
d father, has departed ih8
mortal life. His last words were : 44 I thank te
glorious loyal guard who, in 1825 saved Russia,
and also thank ihe brave army and fleet, and pray
God to maintain the courage and spirit by which
they have distinguished themselves under me.
So long as this spirit remains upheld Pussh's
tranquility i secured both within and without
and woe to her enemies.'
44 1 loved my troops as my own chiUren, and
strove as much as I could to improve tteir condi
tion. Though not entirely succeesfil in that
respect, it was from no want of will, kut because
I was unabJe to devise anything letter or do
more.
41 May these ever memorable words remain pre
served in your hearts as proof of his sincere rove
for you, which I share to the largest extent, and
let them be a pledge for your devotions to me and
Russia. Signed, Aiexakder."
The Emperor Nicholas' Las' Words.
According to English account! the Emperor
Nicholas when last addressing Alexander, advi
sed him to make peace, even at the loss of Rus
sian influence in the Black Sea that he, (Nicho
las) would lake the responsibility, as he had not
I believed in the possibility of an Anglo-French al
: liance, and that Alexander's constant effort should
be to detach France from England, and Uiite Rus
sia with Austria and Prussia. Nicholas is then
said to have added 4' Perhaps his pride nad been
excessive, and God had humbled him therefor."
The above is probably manufactured for the
English market.
The Congress of Vienna.
The Congress of Vienna formally met on the
15th. Present, one French, two English, two
Austrian and two Turkish representatives. The
Russian plenipotentiary was. not present.
Telegraphic reports say that the discussion was
on a g. neral basis, and that negotiations termina
ted satisfactorily.
Vienna, Friday Night. At the Conference
yesterday, the Plenipotentiaries exchanged pow
ers, and the proceedings were entered upon. The
four bases and interpretations given them by the
allies, having been set forth, the representative of
Russia accepted them verbally. One of the rep
resentatives was thereupon deputed to draw up a
minute or Protocol, which is to be sinned to-mor-
row, (Saturday.) the first thing when the ambas
sadors meet. This document will constitute the
basis for the negotiations for peace.
Paris, Friday N'ght. The mission of General
Wedell has completely failed. Prussia reluses to
accede to the treaty with the allies, and will not
therefore be permitted 'to participate in the con
ferences. From Sebastopol. The allies had resumed
their firing npon the town. Letters dated March
1st, explain the discrepancy between the French
and Russian accounts ol the storming of a redoubt
on the night of the 3d. The French did storm
and capture two Russian redoubts, but finding
them not tenable, blew up the rctSoubts, and retir
ed with a loss of 100 killed and wounded.
The Russians are fortifying in a formidable
manner the valley of Inkermann. They are also
erecting mortar bakeries at Kamara, and threaten
Balaklava. They have sunk two more ships in
in the harbor of Sebastopol.
Menschikoff has gone to Moscow, and the two
Grand Dukes are on their way to St. Petersburg
from the Crimea. It is, consequently, not true
thai the Grand Duke Michael is killed.
Gen. Ostend Sacken is now the commander of
Sebastopol and Luders al Odessa.
France. The Emperor's visit to the Crimea
continues doubtful.
Warlike preparations are as active as ever.
Orders have been given to prepare lo transport
from Toulou 59,000 men and 8,000 horses.
Tne Russian Dynasty.
Russia reckons three historical dynasties the
first commencing with Rurik, a prince of Scandi
navian origin ; the second, that of the Grand Prin
ces of Wolodomir, commencing in 1757 with An
drew Yourewitch, who was assassinated in ins
palace; the third, that of the House of Romanoff,
commencing in 1613 with Michael, and number
ing amongst its descendants Peter the great, found
er of the existing greatness of the Russian mon
archy. Peter the Great ascended ihe throne in 1682,
having for his first wife a Princes of Wolfenbuttle.
He organized ngainst Europe that great destruc
tive machine known as the Russian empire, and
reformed his country with a hatchet in his hand
instead of a sceptre. His son Alexis, terrified at
the cruelties of his father, fled -first to Austria, and
then to Naples. Peter prevailed on him to return,
w hen Alexia was tried and condemned to death,
The sentence was commuted to perpetual impris
onment, but the unfortunate prince died on the
morrow, of poison. His mother who was soon
after committed to a convent, also difd suddenly.
Peter the espoused Catharine Skovrousky.
Later in life he became suspicious and cruel, and
grew tired of the ascendancy of his favorite
Menschikoff. In 1725 he dted suddenly m his
palace.
Catharine I. succeded him. At her death, after
a reign of two years, iMcnschikofTelevated to the
throne Peter II. the son ol the unfortunate Alexis.
This Emperor, who was governed by the Dolgo
rouki family, ordered MenschikotT and his family
into Siberia. During this reign the old boyards
recovered their power, and the German and other
adventurers patronized by Peter the Great and
Catharine were in disfavor. Peter, too, died sud
denly in 1730
The old Russian party, by a sudden reaction,
seized hold of the government, and proclaimed us
Empress Anne, Duchess of Courland, niece of
PeU;r tho Great, nnd daughter of Ivan, who was
put ;o death by order of the former sovereign.
The Dolgoioukj family, no had bestowed the
ci own on Ai.ne, were sent to Siberia ; and Biron.
a Courland favoiitP of tho Empress, governed
Russia. He is said to'have transported 25,000
men into Siberia, without trial. Anne died exhaus
ted in 1740.
Biron placed on the throne the young Ivan the
chi'd of the Duke of Brunswick Luneburg, nnd a
nephew of Peter the Great. General Munich, the
favorite f those now in power, sent ftton into
Siberia. Lesh.rk, a French barber, conspired
tlh Elizabeth, a daughter ol Peter the Great.
Tbey entered :he chamber of the Duke of Bruns
wick, look the young Glar from hi- cot, and sent
him to the fortress of Sci.lu-.selh. rg. His parents,
who were thrown into the castie of Kohm-gora,
lingerrd through twenty years of suffering.
Elizabeth, now Empress, sent for the son of her
sister, ihe Dutchess til Holstein-Gottorp, who was
married to a princess of Anlnli-Zebet. Elizabeth
died of some undiscovered malady in J762, and
the Dke of Holstein-Gottorp ascended the throne
under the title of Peter III. Catherine of Aobalt
Zebet, his wife, had him assassinated the same
year in the Peterhoff Palace. A lew days after
wards Ivan suflered the same fate in his prison of
Schlusselberg ; and thus ends the legitimate line
of the Romanoffs. The succeeding Czars have no
drop ol Muscovite blood in their veins.
Catherine and her favorite Potemkin now gov
erned Russia. She lavished an unnatural haired
on her son Paul, who betrayed a Finnish origin
by his Culmuck face and red hair. Catherine died
of apoplexy in 1796.
Paul I. ascended the tUrone, and took to wife a
princess of Wurlemberg. Of a fantastic temper
dangerous to all about him, notwithstanding all his
vigilance and precautions, Paul I. was strangled in
his own scarf on the night of the 23-24th March,
1801.
Alexander succeeded him. His favorite, the
cruel Arakbchuff, governed in his name. To
wards the end of his life this prince was infected
with religious mysticism; and Russian orthodoxy
suspected him of a leaning towards Catholicism.
He died al Taganrog, on the 1st ol December,
1325.
There were still alive three sons of the Emper
or Paul. Constantine abdicated in favor of his
brother, receiving in exchange the viceroy-ship of
Poland. This Prince died in 1831, after an in
terview with Count Alexis Orloff; and his wife
soon followed him to the lomb.
Nicholas ascended the throne in 1825, and in
augurated his reign by drowning in blood thi re
volt of the 13th ol December. After a reign of
thirty years he died suddenly at St. Petersburg, on
the 2d of March, 1 855, from a disease of the lungs,
according to the Moniteur from a stroke of apo
plexy, according to the Debats. Michael, Paul's
fourth son, died suddenly at Warsaw in 1848,
during the war in Hungary. This prince was op
posed to the Russian intervention in Hungary, and
persisted in a claim to the viceroyalty of Poland
for himself.
Interesting from Havana.
The Isabel has arrived from Havana, with dales
to the 5th ult. The Courier learns that much
excitement prevails at Havana, as Don Ramon
Pinto was executed in that city at seven o'clock on
the morning of the22d instant, and to such a pitch
had the feeling on the subjerTt reached, that the
Captain General had not been seen in public since
the event. The body, however, instead of being
exposed ihe usual time, some twelve hours, was
removed within three, the indignation evinced by
the populace, rendering the measure peremptorily
necessary.
Tho state of affairs was mainly brought about,
we learn, in consequence of what appears to have
been the vindictive conduct 0"f ,lhe Captain Gen
eral. Some informality, it seems, having taken
place on the trial, the Minister of War refused to
countersign the death warrant, on the ground that
the evidence convicting Pinto had not emanated
from "one whose character stood as clear as the
sun at mid-day," but 14 from one who had served two
apprenticeships at the chain gang." The Captain
General thereupon convened a council of four,
and, after due deliberation, two declared them
selves in favor of the death penalty and two for
acquittal. The casting voice was then left with
the CaptBin General, who, instend of inclining
towards the side of mercy, condemned his former
secretary and Iriend to the garrotte hence the in
dignation. The trial of Estrampes and Felix was to have
taken place early this week. Our Consul, how
ever, Col. W. Robertson, had, we learn, protest
ed most energelically against their being Drought
to trial, and insisted upon their liberation. The
result of his application was not known when the
Isabel sailed. South Carolinian.
Fate of Sir John Franklin. An additional
gleam of light '.ias been cast over the probable fate
of the Franklin Expedition by an Esquimaux
named Mastitukwin, who accompanied Dr. Rae's
party, and who has been for many years a mem
ber of the Wesleyan Congregation at Roseville in
Hudson's Bay. Dr. Rae has always considered
thi native highly efficient and trustworthy. On
his return to Roseville, ihe Esquimaux stated that
44 he wintered with a party in a snow house, where
they had six weeks constant night. In March
last, (1854.) ihey started on the ice to the norih,
and were 37 days on their northern journey. They
were 100 miles beyond the region inhabited by
the Esquimaux, but they still found the tracks of
the musk ox. Sir John Franklin and his party
are dead; but, perhaps, one or two of the men
may still be alive, and amongst the Esquimaux.
44 Sir John's watch, all in pieces, with his silver
spoons, knives and forks were found. The ship
was a great godsend to these people ; and they
now all have good sledges, spears, canoes, of oak
wood. Dr. Rae and his party did not see any of
the remains of Sir John and his party ; but tUe
Esquimaux informed him that Sir John was found
dead with his blanket over him, and, his gun by
his side. The probability is, that it is not mere
than two or three years since the party perished
by hunger."
Such are the words of xMastifukwin's narrative,
as detailed to the Rev. T. Hurlbut, ol Roseville
Mission, Hudson's Biy. They are entitled to
credence because the narrator is a native of the
country, acquainted vwth the language, and could
have had no object in making a false statement.
The various implements made of oak which were
seen in ihe Esquimax encampment prove that they
must have had access to at least one of ihe ships
of the missing expedition. London Athenazum.
Sale of the Memphis Navy Yard. The
Memphis Esgle and Enquirer says the navy yard
at that place was sold on ihe 5h inst. by the sheriff,
to satisfy an execution against the Mayor and
Aldermen of Memphis.
Died. The Charleston Courier has the follow
ing from its New York correspondent :
4 The newKnow Nothing paper The Ameri
can Tunes is 4 entirely dead.' It has not been
published since last Saturday, the 17ih. The
SI 00,000 subscribed, the 830,000 paid in, the
pleasant publication office in Fulton s'reet, nnd
ihe extensive pruning arrangements in Ann street,
were all in vain. Alter a brief and profitless ex'
istence, it has gone to swt 11 ihe ht ol injudicious,
unnecessary experiment.
From the Charleston Mercury.
Cnba and President Pierce's Adminis
tration. Fortunately, or unfortunately ihe Black W .rrior
affair took place before Mr. Soule could move at
all in the matter of acquiring Cuba. We. remem
ber w. II the b! me cast upon Mr. Soule, lor his
stern course on this occasion towards Span. He
was represented as evincing utter incompetency
for diplomacy, by his peremptory demand for re
paration for ihe insult put upon the United States,
by a dismissal from office of the parties who had
perpetrated it, and of three hundred thousand dol
las indemnity to the owners of ihe vessel. This
paper, with such facts as werethen before it,
united in his condemnation. We gladly hail the
advent of newer and better lights to do him jus
tice. It now appears, from the published corres
pondence, that in making these demands, he was
only obeying the instructions of the Administra
tion. Mr. Marcy's letters of March 11, 1854,
and of March the 17th, in relation to ihe Black
Warrior, are rigorous, explicit, and peremptory.
They distinctly state the feelings and determina
tion of the Administration, and mark out for Mr.
Soule the very course he pursued. We believe
that the Government would have succeeded in a
prompt and satisfactory setilement of this matter,
but for two reasons. The first was that Mr. Cal
deron was the Fore'gn Minister in Spain, and the
second was the non-action of Congress.
Mr. Calderon had been long in Washington,
and knew thoroughly of what elaments tho Whig
and Abolition parties were composed. He had seen
how these elements had controlled President Fill
more's Administration, with respect to the Lopez
expedition, and had made him jn the eyes of Spain
a man of consequence. In Spain, no doubt, he
took credit to himself for masterly diplomacy in
bringing the Administration over to her sidp. In
reality, however, he knew that Northern jealousies
and anti-Slavery prejudices had given him the
victory. He knew that so long as Slavery existed
in Cuba, there would be a powerful, if not con
trolling influence in Congress, w hich would make
any issue about Cuba a sectional issue, and thus
prostrate any strong measure for redress. How
he was appreciated in Madrid, Mr. Soule stales in
his letter of 1 9th June, 1854 : 44 Spain doubts no
longer but that she has little to fear from our re
sentment, as long as she dares talk in loud tones
to our rulers, and while she can command the ser
vices of a statesman who, like" Mr. Calderon, as
she supposes, not only wields a transcendant influ
ence over a great portion of the people of the U.
States, but is possessed of sufficient skill to get
their very Government to rid him of what obsta
cles might clog his manoeuvres here, or impede
the progress of his policy nt Washington.'
To the demands of Mr. Soule for prompt and
decided answers to his communications, Mr. Cal
deron takes his lime, waiting for information from
Washington, or developments in Congress. In his
answer to Mr. Soule, of the 18th April, he says,
in a spirit of confident insolence, 44 Nor does it
(the Spanish Government.) fear that, having rea
son on its side, the considerate resolution which it
may then adopt, will arrive too late?'' So confi
dent was Mr. Calderon in the lame quiescence of
the United StMes they had submitted so long and
so often, to the cold indifference ol the Spanish
Government, to their appeals for justice, that he
had no fears whatever but that their Government
would meekly welcome any 44 resolution" which
it might condescendingly adopt, in spite of iheir
threats and ihe peremptory course of their Minis
ter 1 And the resolution which the Spanish Gov
ernment did adopt was to justify the officials in
Cuba who had committed the outrage, and to re
fuse all compensation.
This resolution did not come 44 too late" for
Spain, and Mr. Calderon was right. President
Pierce had laid the whole mailer before Congress,
and asked for provisional powers to enforce the
rights of the United States agamst Spain. We
doiitrt not, if Congress had supported him, he
would have sent a portion of the Navy to Havana,
and laid tlmt city in ashes, or obtained redress.
But how did Congress respond to ?iis message and
recommendations 1 They were relerred lo the
appropriate Committee, lay dormant and unnoticed
for months, and finally, when Congress was about
to adjourn; a resolution was offered in the Senate,
doubtless by friends of the Administration, lo in
quire of the President whether anything had oc
curred lo alter the aspect of our complications
with Spain, with respect to the Black Warrior.
He answered that no change had taken place no
reparation had been made. Wh it then w is done 1
Nothing. Congress left the Administration utterly
unsupported in any measures looking to force for
redress. The Democratic Party, having an over
whelming majority in both branches of Congress,
allows its Administration to be prostrated in an
effort to redress and an unquestionable outrage
upon our flag, and the rights of our citizens ! We
say unquestionable, for the flimsy pretext by which
the Spanish Goveinment attempted to sustain its
officials do not amount (o the dignity of reasons ;
and it has since, by its late settlement of the affair,
vindicated the grounds assumed by the U. States,
and acknowledged the falsity of its own. But
this recent settlement, what is it ? Not to speak
of the dilatoriness with which it has been con
ceded a point upon which Mr. .Marry and the
Administration were sterfi and explicit it falls in
every respect beneath their original demands.
Spain has not come up to our mark : we have
gone down to hers.
Congress ihe Democratic parly failed to meet
the emergency. Mr. Soule at Madrid, and Presi
dent Pierce at Washington, were equallv exposed
to the scorn and derision of Spain and her allies.
Sustained by the assurances of France and Eng
land, she gave herself no uneasiness, or anxiety,
as to her relations with us, never doubting, in the
language of Mr. Calderon, that her 44 resolution,"
whatever it was, would not be 44 too late.'' Mr.
Soule says in his letter of Dec. 23, 1853.
44 England and France have succeeded in making
us so odious to ihe people of Spain, that there is
not a word or a lookof insult which their officials
would spare us if they but could believe that it
would be borne with anything like composure or
resignation. The leniiy with which we have so
often put up with their insults, has induced ihe
belief that we are not as strong and powerful as
we seem to be. General Narvaes, when I was
last in Paris, speaking of us with went
so far as to boast that witb the sea and land forces
Spain had in and about the island of Cuba, she
could whip us whenever she chose to do so. I
thought, al first, that the Marshal was bragging;
but subsequent discoverieshave convinced me that
he actually meant what he said."
So too in his letter to Mr. Marcy cf the third
of May, he says : 44 The slowness of Congress to
take up and act upon the recommendations of the
President's Message of the 15;h March, has em
boldened it, (the Spanish Government) to resist,
nor can it be expected to move, till it sees some
further evidence of our determination to enforce
the consideration of our demands."
And again, in his letter of January 13, 1854,
just before leaving Madrid, he pays : 44 Neither
has their compunction been awakened by the
scorching arguments I was instructed lo place in
their hands, nor their supincness disconcerted, by
the significant suggestions of the President in his
Message 4a. Congress. They look it both with
perfect indifference, and do not as much as trouble
ihemseUes even with resorting to soft words and
empty protestations, U lull our tromplaiuts tnto
quiescence. My position, Under such I 1
things, has become unendurable that I doub't!f!
ousjy whether it will be in my power t0 1
even a few weeks my return home. J on
to be off from a court where so little res
paid) our country, nnd where the opinion f
tained of our weakness is a constant cucou' 1
ment to offer us fresh and indigestible disrruJS?' "
Such was the position, which ihe prou'
powerful Republic of America, held before?
rope. Heretofore, parties have not been kB M
in our foreign relations. It mattered notL 1
party had the ascendency in Washington, 4 ' H
suit to our flag, or a wrong to oar citizens'
ed ihe support of all to obiain redress. Thm111'
is passed. A sectional question has entered
our foreign relations. Anti-slavery paralyse, iL -the
arm of Government abroad, as it atrikea
down at home. Whilst it acts the part of the "
cendiary in the Union, it plays the part of au!
foreign nations, in supponing their aggression,
carrying on a warol extermination to theinsth0'
tions of the South. -
- -
Influence of Kiiow-Kothinslsm ,po
tlic Servile Population.
It is already announced, in the papers of L
Union, that the oath bound associations of Kno
Nothings are being imitated by the blacks h
are forming themselv s into similar societies', ZS
banding together under solemn oaths of secrecy a
to their actions and intentions. This is one of
.he legitimate effects cf the Know-Nothingorgaoi.
zetiod, and Southern men should look to its pro"
bable results among them, before coniributing i0
its spread, The past history of the organizaL
shows conclusively that hostility to Southern mm I
and Southern institutions js the great paramount
principle of ihe order. No where a! the North
has it elected a man favorable to the South ; and
no where at the North have its elected leaders
failed to manifest their hatred to Southern ieitt.
Hons. Does the South desire to encourage ihs
promotion of these sectet societies within her bor
derssocieties under the control of national coun.
cils, knpwn to be hostile to Southern interests ?
Where do the great body of thescKnow-Nothingi
reside? In the Free States. We have showq
their feeling as manifested by all the elections ja
those quarters ; and wuld the South desire to be
governed by the same power, which has governed
this organization in tho North and West? If not
let Southern men remember, that, should this new
Order become triumphant in the Southern States -it
is hound by its oath of membership to be go?,
erned by the will of the majority and that m.
jori'y has shown itself deadly hostile to them!
But independent of this (we should deem in.
sup- rable) objection lo encouraging Know-Noih-ingism
in , the South, its influence over the colon-d
population in inducing them to form secret atsoe.
ations, is fraught with such danger as should ol
itself compel every true friend of ihe Soulhto;i
his face sternly against so insidious a foe. V
shall not dwell upon the evils to which we refrr;
they will start up like the clanm!i of Hhoderiek
Dhu, uncalled for, before the imagination of eery
man who lives surrounded by this element of dm
cord and extreme peril. The South is a thousand)
fold more in danger from ihe organization into
secret societies of its own citizens, bound hv oath
of membership to vole for any candidate hicli
Bti abolition council of the North may select, (htn
from any other associaiion that has existence in
our land. We have thus hasiily glancd al some
of the evils which threaten the South through the
triumph of the secret organization. We leave the
subject to the thoughtful consideration of ihnis
who are too deeply interested in it to look idly
upon the march of so dangerous an enemy.
Baltimore Argus.
Col. McClung, 44 the Duklist." Tee di
patch published yesterday, staling that Col. Mc
Clung, 44 the duelist" had committed suicide it
Jackson, Miss., relerred to Cof. Alexander K. Mc
Clung, a well-known ciiizen of Mississippi, who
served gallantly in the Mexican war, as a volun
teer under General Taylor. He wai the lieuten
ant colonel of the Mississippi regiment. It in said
thai he was the first to scale the walls of the Mack
Fori al .Monterey, and for his intrepidity in placing
tl c stars and stripes on its captured trails, wai
marked and pierced by the enemy wiih wound
under which he suffered the most agonizing pauu
for several months. During General Taylor's sd
ministration, he was appointed Charge d'affnire
to Boliva, in South America. He was engaged is
several duels many years ago, and was noted for
demanding and granting the most enfrenie terms
of the fa.'sely styled 44 code of honor." Hi firt
meeting was in 1833 or 1S34, with a mnn by the
name of Allen. The weapons, pistols, to be fir-d
at ten paces, or while advancing nearer lo each
other, and ihen the use of the bowie-knife. Allen
fell. The second meeting was fivo years after
wards, with young Menifee, at Vicksbtirg. the
brother of Richard II. Menifee, member of Con
gress from Kentucky, in 1638 '39. The weapon,
the rifle ; both parlies excellent shots, but Meiiifee
fell at the second fire. He was also concerned
subsequently in olher duels. He was a mm of
fine talents and much influence in Mississippi.
The Angel Gabriel at Homk. Tha
gow Mail of the 1 lih of February states that John
S. Orr, nicknamed the 4 Angel Gabriel,' has arriv
ed at home, from New York, in the steamer Glas.
gow. Ii says :
4 A most dissonant screeching sound from the
steamer reached the ears of the loungers on lbs
quay, and in which was soon recognized the old
familiar war note of John S. Orr's (alias ihe Angel
Gabriel's) trumpet. As the vessel neared the
wharf 4 the angel (of discord) was only recognized
by his old acquaintances by the brazen emblems
which he carried, for he appeared not only to hs
become" a convert to the beard movement, but
to allow his hair to grow until it hung over hi
shoulders.
4 He sprung upon the quay, took up his old poi
tion at ihe large gas lamp pillar, blew a blast or
two on his trumpet, and shortly harrangued a
crowd cf curious onlookers, pointed to the scsrt
on his head, which he had received in Ci nails
and the United States m doing battle wiih popery,
said he would talk with the people of Greenock
for hours on Monday night of his adveniures and
hairbreadth escape anrong the yankees, wheeled
round, and rushed up the quay, going off to Gls
gow by the railway train.'
Too Fe EO.UENTLY Tuvk. Doesticks thus sum
up the objects of a charily fair : First To gi
ladies an opportunity to show their new clothes,
and to talk wiih multitude of unknown gentlemen
without any preliminary introduction. Secondly
To begas much money as possible from the gen
tleman aforesaid under the transparent formality
of bargain and sale, whi:h sale includes ihe buyer,
who is really Ihe only article really 'sold ' in the
whole collection. Thirdly -To give some money
to the ostentatiously poor, if there is anyjeft after
paying expenses, and the committee don t speni it
in carriage hire.
DEATHS.
Died on the pseng.-r train, between ihisplscs
and Chester C. H . S. C, on the 31st ult., I.
WILLIAM C. Writ EE, late of M irgrnton, N.
aged about 37 years.