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wsmM gEtaecMT. P, 9. WARING, Editor & Proprietor. Q.fke, orue J jor souib of SadlcV Hotel up aaire. Terms of Subscription. II pf id ttriftU in advance - it paid within ihre- month - J,) II wild ai ibe end ol the rear. - - ; - .- .P0 t3r Any person sending aw five nicvv subscribers, scoompa aie4 by ib advance subscription, (U),; will receive the sixth py fWP s ve,r- Verms of Advertising. Advertisements wlf be inserted at $ 1 per square ior the first, arw '26 ceHis ior each suseqiu:ia ueUion. A squau: con sist ol thirteen lines or less, this size letter. A reef-'nahie deduction will be made to tboe who adver ije oy the year. Viiible column advertisement will be purged 25 per cent, additional on the usual ratea. Advert iaeroents inserted month); of irterrjr $1 per square far each inaertion. for announcing candidates for pffice 93 in advance. Jfroteesional and Business jGiards not exceeding ati lines rill be inserted at 95 a year; not exceeding a square $9. ty Subscribers and others who may wish to send money us, can do so ft all fitfiea, hy mrnit, and at our riak. A DtuioM( abroad on Know iotli- We f,nA in a Georgia paper the following ex IfcSaSj of teller from a distinguished Southern politician near residing in Brussels. We hive reason to believe '.he wrjier alluded to i the lion J. J. Seibela, Minister f the United Sralrs to Brussels, a democrat pf fine abilities, and Lieut. Colonel of the Alabama batujiup :u the Mt xicnn war : fkvmciM. My 23. 155. - My DbabSjb: U'hiiher are you all drilling jo the United Stales: Surely not into the haven. Of rher up n the breakers of Know Nothing ism I If I thought so I would Mush for our coun try and shudder for the cons qm nces. Q this midnight ronclnye, my dear Sir, J ban? more horror and loathing than for any o'h T pariy r aect thai has ever sprung Mp in the United sjia'ea. Fri. a cause it it u sci-at fiolitieal ornr, and ire Condi), b-cau-e it is pdi:icnlly and religiously uroscriptjvr, for which there is no t xcuae in our free country every man being at full liberty to Ijfiiilc, speak and publish just what he pleases. It is, too, in viol hi ion of the genius, spirit and actual letter ol our C-nsti ution, w;ich pi escribe liberty of religious belief and worship to all. 1 feel it, and libera hearts of fvirope all feel it, as a step Lapkwarrj in ihe ' Gnnd Republic;" and its complete success in the United States would cast more glporn over the already stricken hearts of Republican, than any event winch has ever hap pened since the foundation of our Government. The question is frequently pressing asked me: ' Can it be possible thai this last great rest ing place for the oppressed this last hope and ftay pf our stricken hearts this land to which fe coujd ever t"r n our wearied footsteps when phased and hnpted. frpm every other country be cause we loved frotd-m is this, too, to be shut cgains' us 1 Can it he possible lha we have been chasing a phantom ; that liberty is impossi ble, and that mm is born lobe slave?" My dear Sir, if you could observe the sad and hag gard countenances of many of iheso nobe forms ffiai have addressed me on thjj subject see their eyea swimming in tears sorrow and despair de picted upon every lineament ol their countenances, you would, lit myself, I am sure, purse, from ihe ipmnst recesses of your soul, this infamous, hideous, and damnable Order, which is not only destined to disgrace our country, and justly, too, if it ahould succeed ; but which, by its constant success, is to aubver'. our institutions and liberties and install the reign of a proscription but liulr bs (if any) monstrous and detestable than that of ihe Spanish Inquisition, thereby attaching to ps, as froasted Republicans, an infamy from which 1 ahohld baye hule hope that we could ever re-core.-. With such loa'hing do I b-hnld this Know Noth ing pr:y that I should instantly lose personal re ap' ct f"r the dearest friend I have on eartfi, upon earning that he had j-ined them. It is a party, ihe idea of which was conceived in the infantum littleness of- a anul incapable of appreciating gen erous or magnanimous act, and, I fear, alike inca pable ol performing one. Against such a party 1 would war to the death war as I would against ihe savage war without quarter and without pity ; fur if they succeed, it m sheer nonsense to Julk about the liberty or independence of the Unit ed Stales ; its sun will have set, and for myself I would rather il should go down in blood and in carnage than in the quief and permanent posses m of sjjch a party. I do not use strong iangunge because I writ privately. I would that every man, woman and child that lakes the least interest in any poor sentiments of mine could know ihem; (or, before my God, would sink instantly into re- iircment, wjihcul ihe possibility of ever being heard of again, in preference to rising to the high: est honor f Ue Republic by the slightest word pf approbation or compromise with such an odious p. .nccrn. I rejoice to see you battling ag.vnsi them. I fear some of our friends put it off too hng. The very seeds of the hvdra should have beep crushed out in the beginning they should pot fe-y.e Jbeen allowed to Imteh in any decent com munity, particularly in the South. I early saw lhat unscrupulous Whiyjeadera would sei$s upon It to beat ihe Denvcra.c.V. Our frjends should pave been early warped of the dinger. In Virginio we are making the fight gallantly and in the r;giit spirit. If we succeed there, all w;ll befell; but if we do not, and the gloij us p!d Domipion ihe land of Washington and Jef ferson must gp under the cloud of proscription, wo must hope that p will be oply temporarily, gird on our armour, go to battle in good earnest, and stick lb closer to and bug q.ur colors the lighter as ihey are the harder proofed by Ibe epe my. I never had more hope or confidence in the Democracy than now. At the Neuth we have been beaten and crushed, Li is true, but our colors javere kept flying, and our noble brethren, purged pf trpo; and" fojyar's. ahowej au undaunted front amid ihe general overthrow. Such oldjerp will live to fight another day a regular army of Democrats around which will evrmualiv rally the jhe honest men of the ipasaes, tioyjjh ,lhey may have been once deluded, and wjjj gain such a bat fla as Democracy ajotyj knwns how to win. Let the Democracy only stand firm and united, and nothing is to feared from Abolitionists or Kiio ' xioinings. in New York, a course of lectures is advertised, and the subject is Episcopal Methodism, Anti American in its Spirit and Tendencies, a Danger pus Foe to Republicanism." This is only theV j$innui j?f the end. D ihe fires of nejsecutiop be a;p;teo, wnom win iney not Consume A Whits Swallow. We have heard of white prowa, white blackberries, and the like but a white swallow is rather a novel curiosity. Among rive of these birds which had takeD their night's (lodging ip the porch of a geotleman' house a few da va since, one of them was noticed to he nerfoct. y white. In every other respect he resembles hi companions in size, form, and peculiar twitter pf its species. B it the fact of his being without a male would seem to show that he was mn rider pd an alien among the fraternity of swallows. New Haven Rihter. I..,. I . CHARLOTTE : FRIDAY MORNING, Jily 13, 1855. JCT W. S. LAWTON St CQ , (South Atlantic Wharf,) are our authorized agents in Charleston. S. ii., ai.d are dul empowered to take Advert isements and Subscriptions at the ratea required by up, aru grant receipts. SjBVENTH DISTRICT. FOR CONGRESS, HON! BURTON CRAIGE, OF ROWAN. ' Election 24 Day of August, t ffAftLOTTK 1.4BKET. Charlotte, July 13, 18$5. Cotton Very Ipfle offered; market heayy extiemes 9 a Flour Limited upply j Rrf r kT'wg 9 p-r Hirt-I. Wheal SI. 25 a S1.50 per bushel. Very liiile offered. Corn 90c; slight decline. Meal 9Qc. Bacon -9 a 10c, hog round. Lard 10 cenls. fJtC" VVe ask the attention of mr readers to the verv able and sensible article signed "Tux Pyer!' in to days paper, on the location of ihe Charlotte and Rutherford R il Road. - - - - " Hunk of Cliarltttle. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Bank took place on the 4th inst. The following were elected directors for one year : J. H. Wilson, J. II. Whi'e, Thos. H. Drem, Benj. Morrtjw, Jn-. A. Young, S. P. Alexander and H. B. Williams. IL U. Williams was unanimously elected Presi dent. Democratic Ulectinj;. The Democrats and anti Know Nothings held a very spirited meeting in the Court House, on Saturday evening laat, to make arrangements for a grand Mass Meeting to come off hereon the 24h instant. Shortly after lea the crowd commenced pouring in and continued till there was not a vacant seat to be had. It was firmly predicted that it would be a failure, but " the wish was father to the thought," for a larger or more enthusiastic gath ering of the town we never saw. The feeling is fully aroused and the Democracy with an undi vided frcut will march to the ballot box on ihe 2nd day of August next, and bury ihe hybrid 'Sam" so deep that the hand of political resur rection cun never reach him. The meeting was presided over by D. Par'ks. E-q , and several gentlemen delivered short ad dnssci which met with the warmest response from (he audience. Resolutions denouncing the spirit of religious persecution and intolerance in corporated into the creed of our opponents, sus taining the National Administration of President Pierce and pledging the D- mocracy lo renewed efforts lo secure Hon. B. Craige's re-election by a largely increased majority, were most enthusi astically passed. . . , The Democrats will hold another meeting here on to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock. This it is hoped will suit our country friends we want to see them in. Capt. John Wblker and other gen tlemen are expected to make speeches. The ball is in motion let us keep it rolling. tST We ask the attention of our readers to an article in lo days paper from the ' Washington umon on ,ne rvnow.o.n.ngs against inc Memo ,5t' Where is this :o eud 7 When the fires o of Religious persecution are kindled what denomina tion of Christians is safe ? First the Catholics are to be stricken down, then the next weakest it shares its fate, until one after the other will fall a victim to the bloody M loch of persecution -and Church and Stale be united and a particular Creed become the established religion of the land. Will our people close their eyes to this fact un til it is too late for successful resistance? Now is the lime to crush out this effort at a change in our constitution, before it swells tu such a proportion as to def us. The blood of our Revolution and the terrible sacrifices of our pai;ic4 fathers were made in vain if we arc so soon to depart from the policy bequeathed to us, anil follow ihe wake of the inhuman despolisof Kurope. The right to worsb'P JGd accordrijj lp the dictates of enligh tened conscience is piherent in our Republican form ol Government, and lo obliterate thatjw ise & tolerant principle from our Constitution is to change t hp whole fabric. hJ' ive recede or still pre9s on to that goaj lo which the God of nature with an unerring linger is pointing us? Let us adhere to the counsels of the immortal 4'ashjniou and Jiis co-patriots, who knew all about the oppressive and degrading; in f ,t;.. ious persecution. Granite If ug Sfcrp. Our friends Pritcliard A: Caldwelj are opening at their beautiful store, No. 3, Grapite Row, the largest and best selected assortment of fresh and genuine Drugs, Medicines, Pdims, pds, and in deed every artiple kept in a first rate Apothecary Store. Thejr slock of Fancy and Toilet articles are of the best quality, and commend themselves to the ladies. Essences and extracts, more deli cate than the perfume distilled in nature's alembic from the famous flowers that bounce in the po etic vale of Temp, luere await the fairy hand that is destined to receive the charm of a 'surfeit of sweets." Read their advertisement, and by all means call and procure a bottle of the Oil of Jasmine before some lair one "more luck v than the res" bears off the prize in triumph. 1 11 Roe Vale P. O. s ' A new Post P,fl?ce called Rose Vale has beep established ip this County, and Arthur Grief, Eq.M appointed Post Master. Sparlatifpttrs Frattalc Coll B"- We call attention lo the advertisement of this institution Ip bp opened next mon'h. l-'iny ol our readers know the Presiden, J. WofTord Tuck er, esq., by reputation as an able man. lie is assisted by a competent board of teachers. The great snlpbrity of Spartanburg, together with the cljims of the institution upon the dciiopijnati"ii under ti'hose auspices it has been founded, must brir.g lo it considerable p.tronge. Op Handed in by D. Parks, Eq.. "ex ojfficifji" as his defence against the attack ol'-A Mechanic in the last N. C. Whig: Fat Ulen, There is something cordial about a fat man. Everybody likes him, and he likes everybody. Your" Jshmaelites are, in truth, a bare tsBofd race : a lank tribe they are, keeion and bile. Food doss a fat man good , it clings lo him ; it fructi fies on him"; he swells nobly out ; and fi;h a gen erous pace in life. He is a living, walking pnn isler of gratitude lo the earth, and the fu!n-s th-'re-nf. nn incarnate testimony nifainsl the vanities of care ; a radiant manifestation of the wivdoru of j - - - B oood humor. A fat man, lb More, almost in vir lue of being a fat man, in, per, a popularity. In a crowded vehicle, the faiie.st mm will ever be the most ready to make room. indeed lie seems to behalf worry for hissiz lest it b in the Way of others; but others would not have lion less than he is, for his humanity is usually commensurate yyi-h his bulk. A fat man has abundance of rich juie.ii, The hinges of his system are well oiled, the s,r,rgs of his being are C"is le!s, and so he goes on his way rejoicing, in full contentment and placidity. A fat man b--ls his position solid in ihe wor'd ; he knows lhat hi being is cjgnruabl; be knows that h- has a ma'ked place in the nni verse, and lhat he need lake no extra pnins to ad vertise mankind that he is among them ; he knows lhat he is in no danger of being overlooked. It does really take a deal of wrong to mike one really hate a fat rqyp ; and if we are not always as cordial to a lliin man as we should he- Chris tian charity should take into account tie- force of prejudice -which we bave to overcome .-'giinsl his thinness. A fat man is nearest :o lhat most per feet of figures, a mnihemaiic.il sphere ; a thin man lo lhat most limited of conceivable dimensions a simple line. A fat man i a being of harmoni ous volume, and holds relation" to the material universe in every direction ; a thin man has noth ing. hut length; a thin man. in fact, is but the con tinuation of a poinl. Lectures of Henry Giles. The Wur News. The most important intelligence, since the battle of Alma, come to us by the America at Halifax, with dates from Liverpool to the 23d ul' The precise character of this news a, to de tails may not yet be determinable, but the general features nl it are quite plain. The besigm for ces ut Sevastopol had achieved n succession of minor triumphs. They had captured all the new Russian outworks on the southeastern side of the place, and had brought to bear on the original for tresses of lhat side a power tf siege artillery such as was never before directed against a position. No less than six hundred heavy guns for, a succes sion of days rained their iron tempest upon the Matnkoff and the Redan forts, which were regar ded as the keys to the whole southeastern defen c s of Sebasiopol. If they had not made a prac ticable breach, it was because it could not be made. On the 18th of June, a combined assault of the British and French was made against the Redan and Malakoff for's, and il was repulsed with ter rible slaughter. . It is said that the attacking cdumn of lite Brit ish lost four thousand men, and as the enterprise of the French was much the more extensive and their force much the larger, it is probable that iheir loss was proportionate. The home govern ments had both concealed the particulars, which by no means favors the supposition that public ru mor had exaggerated the fatal character of the repulse. Indeed we have h id too nvmy proofs of the un flinching valor of the French and British troops, to believe that on such an occasion ihey would have acknowledged defeat short of a frightful des truction of life. And tint it was defeat, amount ing almost to disorganization, no other proof is needed than the fact that 4 in the confusion,' the Russians recovered possession of the Marm-lon, won by the French ten days before by ihe loss of three thousand men. There is another point in the news which has its own peculiar significance, though lor the present it may be without much foundation. Napoleon has been sick ; it is even reported thai he has had an attack of apoplexy. There was in consequence a great panic among the stock jobbers. The re port is not proba'dy well -founded, hut suppose such a ihing were to happen ? Suppose the French Emperor dies, or becomes imbecile ? It is nearly certain that there would follow a revolution.. He is the Stale. There is nn one in his family who could fill Irs place, and the fabric of ibis power would, in all probability, burst like a bubble. What. then become of the Anglo French Alliance V These are considerations that ought not to have been lost sight of by British Sinn sm -n in deciding on the propositions belore thai late Vienna Confer ence. They may yel regret the pn cipitaiicy .with which tfiey shut the door on the offer of an hon erablepeapp.1 From the Standard. Who Jc? In his speech P Wednesday night, Mr. Ray. ner, the pious father of this 'second reformation,' as he icriierj lle feigoled and intolerant crusade of (he 'dark lanterns,' said in substance : lhat those who accused the American party of engaging in a religious persecution against the Roman Catholics, lied and knejp they lied. In this same man said: 'An exclusion from the honors, the profits ami emoluments of the Stale IS T1B HIGHEST rKBSECUTION WHICH PUB LIC OPINION WILL TOLEB ATE I A N V CHRISTIAN CuCN I BY IX T1AIS ENLIGHTENED ICR.' See de- bates in Convention .page 263. In the same speech in same book, and same page, be further said : Sir, the exclusion from office for opinion's sake, in thij enlightened age,' proceeds from iho same spirit ol bigotry and supersirion which has preyed upon mankind from (he building of Babel to ibe present time f j&c. Wlio lies now 7 Mr, Ray ner said also, that he stands upon the same platform now as he did in 1835. Who be lieves thai J Caving In " The charters of iliree Know Nothing Councils have been revoked, recently, in Connecticut, viz : one in Lyme, one iu $aleui,one in Colchester -for the reason lhat there was too much democratic sentiment among them ! One of the Councils iu New London has voted to disband. For the Westcri Democrat. Ma. EptTOK : Now lhat the public ipind seems to be quiet and easy on the subject of the Wil mington, Charlotte aud Rutherford Rail Rord, I deem jt a gopd opportunity to bring to the notice ol ih public through your widely circuleied paper a few facts, bearing on ihe subject which seems to have been oyerlppked, and not as I have seen been presented to the public by any of the con tending parties. The charter provides that ihe Road slpilj ter minated at Rutherford, by the way of Charlotte, what are we to understand by that that you should build the Road on the most direct and practica Ide route that would plant the work on a sure and successful foundation, giving to ihe Road all the advantages of distance and locality, or are we to be lieve ihe good men of the Legislature intended the Road to be built lo suit ihe interesl of particular s. elfins at a cost of ihe advantages of the enter prise nnd an open disregard lo the interest of the Tax paying public. It is a work in which every Tax pyer has an interest. The faith and credit of the S:ale being pledged for the redemption of the Bonds of the company for two thirds of the capital slock, necessarily involves the tax payer in a larce amount of debt. Now sir, will this not entjte tx payer lo ihe privilege of being heard sp in delence ol tne worK, i say ueienet: ui ic because I have seen nothing from any quarter in be-hall of the public ns lax payers. It ret an to he a settled fact that the Road will he built, and present appearances indicate thai the Hopewell, Linonliitoa and Shelby route has llw mosi friend. That ibe good people of Site I by and Rutherford should consent to or prefer the indirect and expensive roule by way ol Lincolnlon and II .pewell 10 the direct route, is a matter that awakens my astonishment. Shelby is near on n direct line from . Charlotte lo Rutherford, and is 46 miles direct from the former, and '24 from the latter place. W,je from Shelby lo Charlotte by the way of Lincolnton and Hopewell, iho distance is near sixty miles, showing a stvitig in favor ol the direct route of loUrteen miles, which is tibout thirty per cent on the dls'ance of ihe short or direct route. Now sir, it is said thai by building i he Road by Lincolnton and Hopewell, sixty thousand dollars over the subscription for the direct line bus b'.-en raised, and pray sir, bow many miles of road will that sum build, at fifteen thousand dollars per mile, il will build only four miles, 1 aving ion miles to be built by ihe com pany, or not built at all. If the one millions should be exhausted short of the town of Ruther ford, the evil consequences do not stop at the first outlay in building the road, which ( propose to show by an illustration. Suppose the road be completed lo Shelby on the Hopewell nqd Lin colnton roule, sixty miles, nt a cost of fifteen thousand dollars per mile, will cost nine hundred thousand dullars. At the same rales to build (lie road on-the direct route, say for'y six miles, will cost six hundred and ninety thousand dollars, showing a difference in favor of the' direct route ol two hundred and ten thousand, a sum greater than the whole amount of the Lincolnton and Hopewell subscription. Now for ihe illustration to bear a passenger over the sixty miles of road will cost at the usual rates about two dollars and forty cents, and consumes about three hours and a half ol lime, and lo bear a passenger over the direct line of forty miles, will cost one dollar and eighty five cents, and consume about two aud a half hours time, showing a saving to the traveller near thirty per cent of cash, and a like proportion of time. Now sir, add evtn fifteen per cent on all the travel and freights of the road from Ruth erford lo Charlotte, and in ten years you will have a sum sufficient to build the entire road. And on whom will thii heavy lax fall, not on the people east of Shelby, but on the farmers of Cleaveland and Rutherford, and indeed all the travel and freights carried over the road from Shelby and Rutherford. Then sir is it not a matter pf aston ishment that Shelby and the Stock holders west should favor the expensive, route. I flatter my self that such is the case. The road when com pleted on a a short and judicious route will have advantages that no other road car. boast of now in progress in that direction. Rutherford is within forly miles of Asheviile, while Greenville ihe termjnus of the Columbia and Greenville road is sixty miles from Asheviile. Now sir, let us have a road that will afford ihe western trade and travel a cheap and speedy transit, and with twenty miles the advantage of a mountain country we can cot. fidoin ly claim the western trade and travel. Then sir, this road has other advantages that are ol consideration to the west which no otb-r road can boasl. A passenger taking the cars at Rutherford a a r i s 1 J a tkn u-or Lr can gi the CharU lesion, Wilmington or R.,,, If,, I , ' aluable inducements are offered and when such v lo travellers ol course s like inducement is afforded to Ihe trader who may seek a choice of either of the great seaboaid markets. tax payer. The Pkesipext at Cape May. A corres pondent of the Penusylvanian, in a leiter dated July 2, says : 'President Pierce attending church, (Rev. Mr. Nixon, who, by the way, is a young gentleman ol considerable talent and oi much promise.) The President never looked better. No one can deny but that his whole manner and bearing are very auraciiye. i. as particularly impressed with bis pondtfpl jp church. Occupying as he does a position more elevated than tha th rutin tii iKj greatest of earth's kings, he seeded to feel him self ip the temple of IJjm whoe presid-inoy ex tends over myriarjs of worlds an humble wor shiper.' Not recognisep as Christjams. An Ohio exchange paper says at the administration of the Lord's supper by the Rav. Mr. Wishart, at his churh ia New Athens, Harrison county, Ohio, a Jew Sabbaths since, he debarred all know-nothings from particinatiog in the ceremony. He lo.-k ihe position lhat a person could not be a Christian and an honest man, and at the same lime a know-noth-ing. Pbospects in Nobth Cabolina. A corres pondent of the Washington Union expresses ihe opinion that Anti-Know Nothing candidates lo Congress will be elected in eight of ihe nine dis- ii iii vi i .c omie. For the Western Democrat. Dcmociatlc Meellsssj. In acpordanee with a notice to that eflvct, a large and enthusiastic Pemocratic meeting was held on Saturday the 7ih int., at the Courthouse, The meeting was opened by calling David P-rks, Esq., to Ihe Chair, and appointing Dr. C. A. Hender son and S. W. Davis, Secretaries. Caleb Erwin. Neal Todd, H. M. Pritchard, J. M. Hutchispn and S. W. Davis, were appointed on the Commit tee to draft resolutions for the action of ihe meeting, relired for thai purpose, when, R. P. Waring be ing called upon lo address the meeting, arose and for a considerable length of lime, entertained the audience with a beautiful and eloquent speech in exposition of the objects, and workings of the Know-nothing orgaoiza'ion. The committee be ing present, reported the following preamble and resolutions, which wero read and unanimously adopted : WifKBBAs, The manifest activity of the know, nothing party of this disliict to secure at every hazard the election of their candidate, having be come apparent ; we the "democracy of old Meck lenburg, have in vindication of our cherished prin ciples, thought it advisable to hold this meeting and to pass the following resolutions t Resulted, 1. That in justice to the present ad ministration and ihe members thereof, we feel called unon to vindicate their action upon all the impor tant national questions, that have been submitted 10 their consideration, and that an acknowledg ment of the highest esteem is due from the nation, and particularly from the South, to President Pierce, for the firm and decided stand which he has taken in relation to the execution of the fugi live slave law. Resolved, 2. That we stand by the Hon. Bur ton Craige in the present campaign, battling as he is with a brave heart, nnd a strong arm for the perpetuity of trie Union, nnd rights of the South: Rcsohed, 3. That we regard the platform of ihe know-nothing council held at Philadelphia, June 5h, 1655, as containing nothing in i's entire em bodiment, commanding it lo the consideration of the voters of this Congressional district, or to the notice of the American people nt large. Resolved, 4. Thai we hk upon this fundamen tal basis of know-nothiug principles, as a species of political jargon and prevarication, ingeniously concocted for the purpose of deluding the unwa ry of all parties, nni drawing them unconsciously into (he folds of the new organization. Qcsolcerl, 5. Thn( in our opinion, since the action of the late Philadelphia council, (he institu tion of slavery has become more perfectly the object of political division upon geographical dis crimination, then at any previous period of our government. Resolvtd, 6. That the tyranny of religious per secution manifested on the part of Ihe self-styled American party, is at variance with the spirit and letter of the constitution, and absolutely inconsis tent with the doctrines of Irue Christianity. Resolved, 7. That the interference by Con gress with Institution of slavery in the District of Columbia, in the States and Territories, or be tween the same, is contrary to the spirit of (he Constitution, a breech of faith between the S'ates, and an injury and an insult to the Southern States, which they ought not, and must not submit to ; and thai the re-establishment nf the Missouri com premise line, nnd the refusal of Congress to admit Nebraka as a slave State, will be a sufficient cause of alarm for the Southern portion of this confederacy, Ip call into play for self protec tion, those reserved powers possessed by each State in virtue of their individual sovereignly. W. R. Myers was then called upon to address the meiting, which he answered wjih a speech of considerable length, in exposition of the ma terials of which the know-nothing party is com posed, together with their manifest lust after t ffice and power. Dr. Pritchard being then called for, look his seat afier making a few pointed and witty remarks after his usual happy and eloquent style. On motion, the meeting then adjourned, to meet again on Saturday evening, the 14'h inst., at the same place, lo which all the friends of the great Republican party, and lhoe opposed to the know nothing organization ore requested to attend. DAVID PARKS, Cha'n. Dr. C. A. Henderson, S. W. Davis. Secretaries. The CrusadvEileiidiiig. Assault on the Method lets. We have noticed the movements of the know, nothing of New Jersey against the Methodists, and the public meeting held in New York to de nounce them. It appears that a Mr. Graves is out in a volume having the same object called 44The Iron Wheel, or Republicanism Back wa id, and Christianity Reversed." A writer in ihe Cortland Democrat quotes some specimens of the vindictive work : Methodism cannot be justly called a church of Christ. Methodism a human invention is the granddaughter of Rome the grandchild of the man of sin, and son of perdition ; the church can not fellowship it.' 'The first chapter of the Dis cipline w holly untrue.' 'Methodism without either j l'er or divinity ns membe rs are preachers all unconverted.' 'Methodism the Poperv of Protes- I , , . .n u a . r .u r tanlism, &c. I he doctrine of the power of the keys held by the Methodist clergy in common with the rope. ' I forty untruths taught in the baptism of one infant Masonry has equal yea, far superior claims ihtin Methodism to assume the title and demand the regard and 'consideration of a church of Christ. 'It is a society set on foot by a man, not profess ing the slightest conformity to the word of God.' 'What is such a society but a great rival and anta gonistic institution to the church set up by the God of Heaven. The Methodist system is deaih to all the insti tutions lor which Washington fought and freemen died.' 'All the Methodist nreachprs in rlaL. .., y ? ,and yel h 88"S "8 ,in Methoditm I' ' " " B VIFU is only sixly-eizhl. years old. The Melhodist are ihe merest puppets ever wired or worked by s'rate gem. Oh, my couptry ! how much is it to be feared for thy liberties from these ?' 'The Metho dism of the Discipline is a naked clerical despotism and in essence Popery itself, and the worst form of Popery Jesuitism: 'A Methodist society is an inquisition, not a church.' I unhesitating v ptonounce it, ANTI-CHRIST The preachers are 'tyrants,' 'circuit riders,' scandal mongers ' 'hypocrites, and deceivers. Insanity fbom Spibitualism. In the Police Court of Boston, on Saturday, Ellen Brown, for merly a teacher in the Dw ighi School, was brought up as an insane person. She is a believer in 'he new doctrine of spiritualism, nnd by continual thought and excitement upon (he subject has be come insane. She imagines that she is continual ly receiving communications from the spirit world is totally unfit to u.ke care herself, and will h em ito an insane asylum. Boston Transrr.pt. From the Bdltimn. VTER FROM CAMFORRi' Arrival of the Northern Lig Nsw YoBK. J..l The steamer Northern Light arrived wharf at o'clock this evening, brinm. j from San Frs.ncisco to the 17:h ultr Among the passengers is Mr. Wheeler il merienn Minister to Nicaragua, who biiur, J important treaties. mm Purser Hatch informs us lhat ;he affair 0fr tral America are more disturbed than httntf1 Capt. Walker having receivid reinf.)iCrm t Real, jo, landed at Pn to, fcurtem miles rtortk San Juan del 8ur, on the 87th ult., with 375' I and is reported lo have taken Ktvas, and then' tend San Juan del Sur, carrying offthe armt m ammunition collected there, without oppo8iho The town of San Juan del Norte has a, bees organized under the lead of T. J. Martin, late Mayor. Twenty small frame houses and six brick hot,, es, on Stockton and Wilmington streets, in L Francisco, were destroyed by fire on the 15 ' Loss, $40,000. Lola Monte left San Francisco or. the 5.1, June in the hark Funny Major, bound to Aim,,, lis, where she will take to the stage, and then a. to Europe. The flour mills in California, now in operai are supposed to be able lo turn out 4,000, barret of flour per day. The settlers, are holding frequent meeting, concert measures for redressing grievance. 1 aetllers' party was being organized throughom 1 State. A rich gold quar'z. lead mine, and a iiU, mine have been discovered at Toulomne, whitt has caused considerable emigration in that dirtt. lion. The burning of the town of Auburn is said have entailed a loss of about two hundred and fifa thousand dollars. From the Standard Who i Right ? " I owe no a'legiance to any man or set or men, earth, save only to the State of North Carolina, and s far as she has parted with her sovereignty, t0 United Stttes of America. The charge that Catbol)( owe allegance to the Pope, ia wholly FALSK." Sq spoke Judge Gaston in his speech in the On, vention of 1835. Mr. Kenneth Ra yner, and ihe other criioioYn in mis second reiorm-ition, n-iu-ve otii,-ri Such declarations are m id-, s.-iy they, to di-ctifr the people ; and although the Cuiho'ic nitty mfl, i', ihey still believe, it not. The purity of ihe character of William (intm as a Christian, patriot nnd statesman, eahaot aa fer much fr m the -senseless diatribes of ameU a tato politician. His name will b revered Nonh Curolin by men of nil cp ed and all litical parlies ns n cherished birthrigh', wliip ih, speeches of some would he-atntemei. wiliwr, membered only for lime, and that with p.iv a disgust. Read th speeches ib liv-red in the C nn slL of 1835 on ihi s:ime question th.- I'ScfeSksi 4 Catholics from ffice made by otih Oafsfe Protestants, men aluast as patriotic Mr. lUfta and judge lor yourselves, trho is fight. The Crop.. Some time since, we inserted the follow ing nu. lies from the Charleston Courier : 1. What proportion do you Miink the Us! planted with cotton this fpring. bear n tint i( last year nnd the year previous in your own t-ih- jj borhcod ? 2. What is your opinion of the 'aad'sM obtained, and ihe condition of th" new cr-p compared with an average of ae soii at thu ;iiii dale ? 3. What proportion of the o'd crop of your dw trict is still remaining in the rmintrt .' Mr. George Brown ai Yorkvilb, Lbinn, 11 plies as follow : 1. From the short corn crops of last year, la geiher with the prcfl-il high price 'if c on, Si pi bushel, the planters sowed down a good dU imnll grain, nnd planted a heavy crop of corn,J course reducing the amount of cotton. I haver duced the cotton iwo acres to ihe h ind and incrcn- ' ed the corn. 2. From the long dry weather, ihe stand on tl upland is almost a future; a god minv of mi neighbors have ploughed up nnd plnn'ed em, others havff thrown out th- ir crop, ns their would not pay to work il out. The stand on 01 bottom land is good ; 45 acres of upland is om ' four h short. To wh it extent this will nffeel tit present crop 1 cannot sny, but must be heavy. 3 As to how much of lust years' crop has SMI I lo market ; our county makes about 14 ()() Mic j and I here cannot be over one-fourth gone. rW the Bigbee side of the c junty there is little, il am ' gone. - - - . . Anotiibb GsoBSfa Whig with the Db cbacy. Alluding 10 the recent Democrat ie aW ing at Sparta, ihe Constitutionalist and Repu notes the gratifying fact lhat Linton SNfbS E-q., Senator front Hancork 111 ihe last LVg ture, and long distinguished as a t denied and & cient member oi' the now defunct Wing pari), with the Democratic party of Georgia ialkep ent fight against Know Noihingism. Ifcasfts of the Platform adopted at Milledgeville oatM inst., and stands upon it with us. We cordi'!'! welcome ihi Old Line Whig lo ihe support of', cause, which now claims, in our conscionti"U ' , lief, the zealous efforts of every patriotic Souths man, without regard to past p diticil abstiaSSSl found d on issues now permanently settled. which, th-rcfore, no longer afford ground lor( paration ond conflict among Southern Whig! Democrats. Georgian. Gen. Libutknant. The Southern Sun Mj,: It was mooted on ihe streets of Jckon. J he (Gen. Quitman) had taken slock in 'Se establishment. Of course no ore wbokseS mam gave credence to a report so slanderou ' him as an honest, high-mined America", m& 1 firm, consistent and unwavering Democral, SS had rather be right than President. He was asked, however, as to the truth sity of ihe charge, in our presence. The old0 dier raised himself up to his full height, his') flashing fire, and with determined emphasis. nounced it a falsehood, a lie, nnd, siid he, l"0' me the dastard lhat circulated it, and i will k" him alive.' Cuba. The ialest advices from Havana Matanzas say lhat all apprehensions of fi I libu movements had died away, and confidence w fully restored. Business was inactive at Ms zas, particularly for imporled goods. A numt r 1 . . ...... c I am til errant si a he'. oi arucies were qune r r , , loss. Freight were dull for ail porls. The D' steamer of the new Spanish line was daily efPj ed. Several companies of troops have arrived Havana. MARRIED In Charlotte, N. C, on the evening of iho 5' inst., by ihe Rev. H. llewetf, Mr. John Yae Bbvce and Miss Julia C. Jonks, daughter"' v' L. G. Jones.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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