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WW s wl vmwmiicsf jm $4 kl cfrBY JQKN J. PALMER, T.DITOR AMD PROPRIETOR. office on Main Street, ONE DOOR SOUTH OF SADLER'S HOTEL. OF THE cmoctat CJt-1n Having recently visited N w-York, and se lected frmn th. "11 and elegant Foundry f Geo. I.ruee, Eat., A QUANTITY O We nr.- now prepared to Execute In tlo Bost Stylo, A IX KINKS OF r-S-"'" - you multiply the Ifss," i. -,n ..f tin- rstah shod max imsof business- - - OK DKU S Klt PAMPHLETS, ii wui'.ii f ! CLERK' BLANKS I Diirm .1.. I .... 1 r . . . v- , - 11 1 .1... I'lKC'lTIJLBS, : MARIS! K A I h.s ..... LABELS, ATiVBA-ia no. ok rH iYJ L'JII 1 J 57 DiB 1 .-quired by the businesfl Coramanity, WILL UK EXECUTED Vv'rril tHSATNESS, C0CTNISb B JS3VT( II Various jl c3U o" BLANKS, vital) Ml xUik iyaxX) ALWAYS OS HAND- (i:rffuica to rbar. ' Proprietor of the iiillbrd POMOLOGICAL GARDENS NI iVurscrics, "mmT.lLU iiqpnlhBj ttrattoa of If ..ur Southern citizens to wlrvt rolUC tWnn mf h i five sad :u rHmat. l v ri. t. nfFKlTIT I i '. KS . mSnu iiii'soni- FOKTY TH M "SAN I ti-.s (4 ti;.- follow iiir varieties, viz : Appfc . PtT, IVarh, Plum, Aprirt.t, CfcrtTT, Kcrtariu, Ai iihuhI Also a choice 8Horttent of (ih'Al'K- V I X KS IT 1mi flll-wllffl if. A c i C T7"A:! oni. rs. mt oninrnl with llw rush : prompt .itt.t cion. :unl &e tlOM w ill hi i:.Mt'.v packed mui dii" vitxl tu any I'uni'.ui ol Jli. roiintiv. I. S P bum wUnw OnMMHtal Tr--s MB l- ppliid. Ad I i (ir--iibro', N. C. I t . ; ".in Eating nn! II vt itxIiiikmiI SALOON. I HIE -llili IwigWd tak s this Metbod t rw turti IjLs thiilrs to his fii. tuls t'"i- the r.tl .'m-oitrafini'tu whick ua .. crt.-mh .l to kin in his Ue f hnsin.-ss. aii.l to inform th.-m that h. Imm Nil his rsiaMihi: Kt to Mr. .7. AJ k.nsxti. who will continuo tho linsiiu-ss at th.- Kamf stand. I shall rrninin in tho Balo. n.s fit my lrn ul., a usual. rr'li .orfolk Ovlois in M (iui linn s on K' ill n HUN UN mrvwl tin in anv stvlr aestn ! Fine Tobacco, Segars, Wines Brandies. And iht hfvl n f I.iniinrw fui'r .ilv Always on hand. 1 j T .1... .1 lo . -n-.il mi it o I I I., .nr. in ... m...r .ii i , J . provi-j ttyle of cookery. . , ....... i. . i i i - May Ho:ii'li i' Ar- taken, uinm ir.naWe t. nns Call at the Saloon, two iMBMA of K.-rrV Hot. l. if vou th miv sun. tlnujr mm la . :U mi a,ik ad tJ n - ' tht innrt bum. W II .Illl.MlW Dec. 'Jo. I-.V.. tf Km .1. Adkn FASHIONABLE TAILORING. THE subscriber announce to the public generally, that ho is now receiving a lar-e assort ment ol new Cloths. Cassimeres -- " v' ;.u it s wear, . m wi.i r . . . - M fat Cash at a sin;: prafitw wits to or der ac.'ir.iinjr to the l;t, -t style. Shop nct dacM to Elis Grocery Store. Sept i IS94. It-d I. L. RE A. inl AND .... - J i.i A Familj Paper, devoted J Walt THE WAGON! Why s it Jenkins & Taylor sell Stoves so cheap? Because they buy them fiom the Manufacturers. JENKINS & TAYLOR WOULD respectfully announce to the inhabi tants of Charlotte and vicinity, that they have removed from Their Old Stand, to one door West of Elms & Spratt's Grocery Store, where they have now on exhibition, just re ceived from the North, one of the most EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENTS OF Ever ottered in North Carolina, among which, v. ill he found the celebrated Iron Witch Cooking Stove ! Which has gained such a famous reputation m the Southern Country lor the last eighteen months. This Stove we warrant superior to ;i:iy Cooking Stove now in use. It is simple in its arrangements, consumes less luol, and does more work in a given time, than any other Stove now in use. We will put one beside any other Stov of the same size in the United States, and if it does not do more w ork in any given time, we will forfeit the price of the Stove, and quit slling and go our death lor the better one. All Kinds of Parlour and Box We have, ami constantly keep an extensive and varied stock of T. and Sheet Iron, Japan and Britannia Ware, Bras fCrtt, , Cast Iron Bed steads, J I"f Reeks, Cradle i.yr., All of which will be sold Wholesale and Re tail, cheaper than ha ever been before of leredin th s vicinity. We would return our thanks to our Iriends and customers for the very liberal patronage they have bestowed upon us, and they may rest assured, that we shall endeavor, by close attention to business, together with a deter mination to please, to merit a continuance ol the siuie. Our Motto is "Quick Sales and Small rrolit." Ladies and Gentlemen are particularly in vited to cail and examine our Stock. ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK Attended to with dispatch. N. B.-Wc will tell you why we head our advert isemi nt "Wait for the Wagon,' it is because we have three wagons constantly traveling through the coui.tiy with Stoves. QrA 11 orders will be faithfully and prompt ly attended to. ' Charlotte, Sept. 25, '.53-tf CARRIAGE SHOP. ' :;-- t -t, i I UK SL B9CBIBKR BE(iS leave to in form his friends s.nd the public generally, that he i still carrying en the Carriage .llaklil Rlisiness in all its various branches with all the increased facilities af forded by modern improvements. lie has now on hand a large number of BUGGIES, CAR RIAGES, KOCKAWAYS, &c, made on the most approved styles out of the best material, to which he asks the inspection of purchasers. Mis establishments is on College and Depot streets, where he will be glad to see his frien'ls. JOHN II ARTY. July 2S, 1S55. 1-tf S. SI. HOWELL. Saddle &. Harness Manufacturer, (Three doors south of Sadler's Hotel,) C1IAKLOTTE, N. C. THE subscriber thankful for the very liberal patron age bestowed upon him dur ing the past year, has now made more extensive pre paration for the future de mand for work in his line, and will endeavor to furnish all that may want Saddles and Harness, with a superior article at the lowest possible prices. He has now on hand a very large assortment of Saddlt Bridles, Ifircss, Saddlery Hurd u ire. Whips, Buffalo Roles, Sad Cloths, Skirting, Hog Skins. Putt nt En amelled and Harness Leather, together with every thiag usually kept in my liae of business. CC7A11 kinds of Saddles and Harness made at the shortest notice. 1X7" Repairing promptly executed. M. HOWELL. Oct 93. 1855. 13-u SADDLES & HARNESS. THE SlisSCRlBERS have entered into co- partnership and open- new Saddle and Harness AT R. SHAW'S OLD STAND, l Srings' Brick Corner Bi ilmxg, where they have cctistantly on hand a large and splendid assortment of Sadd lea, Bridles, Hare8s,ftc ol every description, according to the most approved style and fashion of the day. They are also prepared to manufacture anything iu their line iu the most substantial and work manlike manner and better than the best. We respectfully invite the public to call nsti examine Ibr thturlrri Repairiag done at short notice aud with neatness and dispatch. SHAW & PALMER. March 2, IS3S. 32 tf Splendid Variety of Ladies' RECEIVED this day. cQn5s'.-:-i Lndics InacR i iik Julian GAITERS, " Highland M Tun - Julian M ' M Creole Cl. Silk Tip M:s.-cs' Black and CoL Silk GAITERS, at BOONE'S SHOE STORE. Ladies, call and Be them March 2. l-''5. 30.,,- J - . rrz. ZZ -' 1 WUAM ed a to State Intelligence, the News CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, GENTLY CHECK A CHILD. A child, when asked why a certain tree grew crooked, replied : "Somebody trod upon it, I suppose, when it was little." He who checks tho child with terror, Stops its play and stills its song Not alone commits an error, But a grievous moral wrong. Give it play, and never fear it, Active life is nod. feet; Never, never, break its spirit, Curb it only to direct. Would you stop th' flowing River, Thinking it would cease to flow ? Onward must it flow forever Bi tter teach it where to go. MJSOE3-L3SrX. SOMEBODY TROD UPON IT. "I mesa somebody trod upon it when it was a little fellow." S. said a little child when asked if he could tell why a full grown, vigorous tree grew crooked. How painfully suggestive the reply, "trodden upon when it was a lit tle fellow." The dew and the sunshine lent their aid to beautify, the ruin and the fruit ful earth to strengthen, but it av ailed not ; when it was a "little fellow" somebody trod upon it ; its glossy, green stem grew curved and its juice turned into new channels, de fonnity claimed the young tree and bowed its princely head. We thought of the tall old man, bent, shriveled, aud who hoarded a burton that he might coin it to gold, locking his head in iron, putting his very smiles out at interest. Once ho was a trusting boy ; once benevo lenco was his crowning virtue. What shriv eled his vitals into premature avirice ? Alas ! when it was ti little fellow somebody trod upon it. The sweet little germ had hardly expanded its leaves to the light of day be fore cold calculation lifted its leaden foot aud crushed it out of all beauty. Tho tree grow crooked until its deformity shamed the heavens and the generous child became the man of adamant. A little girl with every winning grace of childhood looked from her stately home up on groups of happy children, and begged to Join them. She saw them chase the butter fly and bury their hands in the clover blos soms. She saw their ringlets toss upon their .sunburnt shoulders, and shook her oivn curls of satin gloss. She saw them stahi i...: i.,,.u. -,,.;th Kon-iosj. dnnce to the music of their own voices, hunt tho sward for moss es, and she begged to put off her finery and wo in a white frock that would leave her limbs free, that she might laugh and shout and dance with them. But false pride and stern prejudice said no. Years after a wo man trod the halls of fashion. Crowds fol lowed her, for she was beautiful, but hol low hearted, false and cruel as beautiful. It was she who in her childhood longed to be a child. Pure as an angel, lovely in all her attributes, humility had then lifted its pale blossom in her little heart, when "somebo dy trod upon it," and it grew neither straight, nor fresh, nor tall, forever after. THE WINTER OF THE HEART. A beautiful writer counsels wisely when h says : "Live so that good angels may pro tect you from this terrible evil the winter of the heart. Let no chilling influence freeze up the fountains of sympathy and happiness in its depths; no cold burden settle over its withered hopes, like snow on tho faded flowers, no rude blasts of discontent moan and shriek through its desolate chambers. Your life-path may lead through trials, which for a time seemed utterly to impede your progress, and shut out the very light f heaven from your anxious gaze. Penury niaj-take the place of ease and plenty; your luxurious room may be changed for an humble one; and the soft couch for a straw pallet; the rich viands for the coarse food of the poor. Summer friends may forsake you, and the unpitying world pass you with scarcely a look or word of compassion. You may be forced to toil wearily, steadily on to earn a livelihood; yon n ay encounter fraud and the base avarice that would ex tort the last farthing, till you well nigh tarn in disgust from your fellow beings. Death may sever the dear ties that bind you to earth, and leave you in tearful darkness. That noble, manly boy, the solo hope of your declining years, may be taken from you while your spirit clings to him with a wild tenacity, which even the shadow of the tomb cannot wholly subdue. Amid all these sorrows, do not come the conclusion that nobody was never so deep ly afflicted as you are, snd abandon every anticipation of "better days," iu the un known future. Do not lose your faith in human excellence, because confidence has BOmetunes been betrayed, nor believe that friend-hip was a delusion, and love u bright phantom which glides away froui your grasp. Do not think that you are fated to be Buserable, because you are disappointed in your expectations, and baffled in your pur suits. Do not declare that (rod has forsa ken you when your way is hedged about with th.11 90 1 r rjMno sinfullv when he calls your dear ones to the land beyond the grave. Keep a holy trust in Heaven through every trial ; bear adversity with fortitude, and look upwards in hours of temptation and sufferniLT. Winn your locks are white, your eyes dim. and your limbs weary, when your stops falter on the verge of death's gloomy vale, still r.-tain the freshness and buoyancy of spirit whiehwil shield yon from the winter of the heart. of the World, Political Information, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, OLITIO EQUALITY OF THE WHTITE AND BLACK RACES. Banks, the free-soil candidate for Speaker, in the House of Representatives, a few days ago, in giving his platform of principles, on the- slavery question, said: "I have to say, in this matter, that I ac cept the doctrine of the LH claration of In dependence, that all men are created equal. In regard to the superiority of races, I am impressed with the conviction that it is to bo determined only by capacity for en durance, So far as I have studied the sub ject, it seems to me to be the universal law, that the weaker is always absorbed and disappears in the stronger race. Whether the black race of this continent, or any other part of the world, is eur 1 to tb white race, can only be determined by the absorption and disappearance of one or the other; and I propose to wait until the respective race's can be properly subjected to this philo sophical test before 1 give a decisive an swer." On the above the Washington Sentinel remarks : Nothing is more discouraging, nothing better calculated to excite apprehension than a contemplation of the rapid strides which Abolitionism has made in the Capitol of this great country. It has been but a few short years since the expression, in on humble manner even, of unsound opinions on tho slavery question, was deemed so treasonable as to call down unsparing denunciation, un measured insult, and sometimes personal chastisement. But now at the opening of the year 1850, such sentiments as the above are expressed with unblushing effrontery, and accompanied with a strut and a swagger. Not only are such sentiments thus expressed, but absolutely, and wo cm hardly realize the fact, the largest party in the House of Representatives is tho Freesoil party, and the largest vote for Speaker has persistently, for the last six weeks, been cast for the Freesoil candidate. Nor is this all ! That Freesoil candidate has in tho Capital of the country, and in the face of the white Ameri can nation, deliberately declared that he cannot decido whether the race and color to which ho belongs, and who founded this Government, is superior or inferior, or equal, to the negro race who were brought as savages to this country by men of England and men of New England, and sold as slaves to the Southern colorats. The M"':MlCnusett3 candidate for the speakership also speaks of "absorption," which Mr. Clingman, of North Carolina, v--y properly understood to mean "amal gamation." If n'ght in thus rendering the phrase, it is indeed humiliating to think that the most prominent candidate for he commands the largest vote for the Speak ership of the American House of Represen tatives, holds and boldly avows so monstrous and odious a sentiment as amalgamation, association, equality social and political, and marriage, between the white and black races ! Things have indeed come to a high pass, when a talented and cultivated member of Congress from the scholastic State of Massa chusetts, announces to the Congress, for the Speakership of which he is a candidate, that he really cannot decide whether or not so many negroes are not their equals nay, their superiors! Indeed, he cannot tell, until it is "determined by the absorption and disappearance of one or the other," which is tho best, tho white or the black race which is the superior, himself, or tho odorous big bucJ: negro, whose whole ambi tion is to scratch his nappy head, to warm himself in tho sun, and to eat, drink, and sleep. Such are the claims of the Hon. Mr. Banks to the Speakership of the American Congress. What, after such sentiments, would be thought abroad, of his election, we leave our readers to decide. ftf" GOV. WISE AND ABOLITIONISM. On the 15th instant, Gov. H. A. Wise, of Virginia, sent in to the Legislature of that State, a series of fanatical resolutions which had passed the Legislature of Vermont, and been forwarded to him, to be laid before the Legislature of Virginia. The resolutions are reeking throughout with black abolition ism, and were accompanied by tho follow ing message from Gov. Wise: To the Senate and House of Delegates of the General Assembly of the Common wealth ef Virginia : Gentlemkx: I hesitate to decide upon complying with the request of the Governor and Legislature of Vermont, to lay before you the accompanying resolutions of that State, "on so much of the Governor's mes sage as relates to Kansas." These resolutions are in every sense of fensive to us, and unbecoming the inter course and correspondence which should obtain between sovereign States in the same confederacy. They are designed to irritate public fi lling upon a topic concerning which it is naturally and habitually sen.-i-tivo and excited, and .are calculated to im pair the affection which should bind the people of the Statrs together in national union. Extremely erroneous and false in fai t and in principle, they ar.- not worthy of discussion. The time for discussing such unwelcome niissiv. s from State to Suite is passed. We cannot r, aspn w ith the heads of fanatics, nor touch hearts fatally bent upon treason. From time to time, for many years, the auti.3i s of such mischief have been remon Southern Rights, Agriculture, NORTH CAROLINA. 1856. strated Tgith in vain, and have been induced but to repeat outrages, to renew insults, and at last to "organize opposition to the Consti tution and laws, and to seize upon State and-Federal authority for further aggres sion. In the present posture of relations, we can but wait in calm, dignified and patient com posure, either for the worst to come to the worst, or for a returning sense of patriotism, a reverence for the past, a sacred regard to law and order, a love of justice and of peace to bo re-awakened and to restore a sister hood of States, its affection, its harmony, its glory and strength. I therefore recommend that no action lie had or taken upon these resolutions by you. It is proper, perhaps, that they should bo preserved only as State archives, in proof of the wrong offered us, and of our forbear ance ; and this, and respect for State sovereignty alone, determine me to no ce them as I now do. They are bv minor results of the same cause of arp1"0111"011 and danger which has assumed a much more formidable phase, and now arrest the gravest attention of our country. The Federal government is arretted in its operation, the representative branch of Congress is dis organized, and the representative principle itself is brought into dibi oputo by it at this very moment; and, in such a crisis as this, we can hardly descend to look to its results upon a Vermont Legislature and Executive. Our attention is called to Washington city, not to Montpolier. Parties, affiliated with those of Vermont, who have sent to us these resolutions, have grown so strong as to succeed in electing to Congress more than ono hundred representatives, to oppose a mere minority, who are now defending the constitution, and in withholding from that minority tho support of thirty representa tives more, chiefly of the Southern States ; and the effect is, that the House of Repre sentatives cannot be organized, except upon terms subversive of the constitution and Union; and the South is distracted and divided against itself. Is the design of tho plurality, disunion? Is the purpose of tho faction, division among ourselves? If so, it is time that all people and all interests in our country, should be aroused to a sense of the fact, that the easiest step to disunion, is a withdrawal of representation, and that the most potent cause to compel a withdrawal of representation, is to disorganize, distract and degrado'represcntation. How long Virginia shall be kept waiting for organization on Constitutional terms ? How long she shall bo kept waiting on dis organization, to avoid being put ttpon terms of dishonor or being exposed to danger? are questions for her people and her Legisla ture to determine. For my part, I repeat the recommendation of calm, collectod dig nity, and of patient and forbearing patriot ism. Wail! but be not wanting to ourselves and our posterity, I enrnestly implore you. With the highest respect, your obedient servant, HENRY A. WISE. Richmond, Va., Jan. 15, 1856. The House ordered 2,500 copies of the message to be printed, but unanimously refused to print the fanatical resolutions. AMERICANS MUST RULE AMERICA If one not acquainted with the tricks and falsifications of the Know Nothings should hear their war cry of "Americans must rule America," he would have strange feelings. Let us examine into this empty brag, and so express a new inconsistency of the Know Nothings. Congress, in virtue of our Con stitution, litis the right of legislating, and he who legislates "rules!" The Senate con sists of G2 members, the House of Repre sentatives of 234. All of these are natives of this country ; not a single one is of for eign birth ; yet the Know Nothing cry is, "Americans must rule America !" Instead of the foreign-born citizens of our country exerting a political power equal to their specific power, they are, in this respect, not represented in our National Legislature at all. Our total population amounts, at pres ent, to about 27,000,000, of which nearly 5,000,000 (exclusive of their children born in this country) are foreign born. If these five millions should be represented in Con gress on an equal footing with the native born, of the 62 Senators fourteen, and of the House fifty-three, should be foreign born. Yet the Know Nothings, in spite of all these facts, persist in proclaiming their hypocritical doctrine, "Americans must rule America." Washington Union. The Hon. Wm. Biglkr. The Hon. Win. Bigh-r, ex-Governor of Pennsylvania, who was elected to represent that State in the Senate of the United States a few days ago. was at one time a journeyman printer, and is now elevated to one of tin- most dis tinguished deliberative bodies in the world, and will 110 doubt prove, iu every respect, worthy of the high honor conferred- upon him. Mu. Webster. The works of Daniel Webster are before the public, in six mag nificent volumes, from the press of Little, Brown A: Co. Mr. Calhoun's are in pro gress, under the editorship of Mr. Crolle. The edition of Mr. Webster is elegant r.nd complete, indeed, it may be said, magnifi cent, and perfect. i. -..'""The Legislature of Missouri, at it;; re cent session, passed 770 acts. Literature, and Miscellany. Ktattal &?nttili(pcc. SLAVERY AT THE NORTH The seven several enumemtiont of tho inhabitants of the United States, reveal some facts relative to slavery north of Mason 6c Dixon's line, which at this day appear curious : Maine This State has had no slaves. JVew Hampshire In 17GO, 158 slaves; in 1800, 17; after that date none. Vermont In 1700, 17 slaves; afterwards, none. Massachusetts None by any census. Rhode IslandIn 1700, 982 slaves; in 1800, 381; in 1810, 103: in 1020, 43? in 1830, 17; iu 1840. 4; in 1850, none. New York In 1700, ?2 1,324 slaves : in 1800, 20,353; in 1810, 15,017; in MBtt, MO88; in 1830, 75; in 1840, 4; in 1850, none. New Jersey In 17JM), 11,423 slaves; in 1800, 12,422; in 1810, 10,851; in 1820, 7,G57; in 1830, 2,254 ; in 1840, 074; in 1850, 325. Pennsylvania In 1790, 3,737 slaves ; in 1800, 700; in 1810, 795 ; in 1820, 211 ; iu 1830, 403; in 1840, 64; in 1850, none. In the new States north of the Ohio, slavery had but a slight foothold. The census in 1840 mentions 3 iu Ohio ; no other census returns any. Michigan is represented to have had 24 slaves in 1810 and 32 in 1830. Indiana had 135 by the census of 1800 ; 237 in 1810; 190 iu 1820 ; and 3 in 1840. Illinois had 168 slaves in 1810; 117 in 1820 ; 747 in 1830 ; 331 in 1840 ; and none in 1850. Wisconsin had 11 in 1840, and Iowa had 16 in the same year. THE ALLIED ASSAULT ON CRON STADT. Tho Paris correspondent of the N. York Evening Post gives the following account of the preparations that have been made for tho assault on Cronstadt : "In the formidable preparations for this expedition England will provide tho mate rials for tho attack, while Franco will furn ish tho army, which will consist of fifty thousand men, and will be increased to sixty thousand by the addition of ten thousand Sardinians. It is generally thought that Gen. Canrobert will bo placed at tho head of tho invading forces. "They have balls which will penctrato grauito -nil Vi Jfanec of one and a half leagues. Tho covering of the gun boats is also proof against tho balls of the enemy, which, striking repeatedly in tho same place, produce merely a slight scratch. Better still, they have discovered a way of niiiking the whole battery of a hundred and twenty gunships, larboard or starboard, as well as of the gunboats, bear upon one place at the same moment. Consequently, unless Russia has been enabled to collect the moans of defence on a like formidable scale, England relies upon destroying Cronstadt I by next June. France will complete! tho work, and all will be ready to march upon St. Petersburg. This, indeed, is merely their expectation, but I am bound to add that it is not entirely without foundation." THE FERTILITY OF KANSAS. Hon. Sterling G. Cato, tho Territorial J udge, in a recent letter to his brother, of Eufaula, Ala., says : "Tho people here are quite orderly, sharp and intelligent; a little rough in manners, but warm hearted and cordial. This is as fine a country as any on the face of the earth, and the profits of its productions would far exceed those of the cotton fields of the South. All kinds of groin, grass, clover and hemp, yield a rich product. I have no doubt but that slave labor would yield in hemp, corn and grain, tit least from thirty to forty dollars per aero annually. 1 have seen no poor land ; it all seems to mo richer than the best Chatta hoochee bottom, and most of it is just such land as, in the adjoining Missouri counties, is now selling at from $20 to $50 per acre. Corn is now selling at twenty cents per bushel, aud the product estimated at oue hundred bushels an aero; and the hemp crop (six tons per hand) at $140 per ton; and you see at once how labor is more produc tive here than at the South. It is impossi ble to give an adequate idea of the beauty and fertility of the soil and country ; gen erally rolling, without a great deal of tim ber, but as I understand, abounding iu coal for fires, and stone for building, and fencing; good wells of water can be obtained any where, besides, frequent streams running through the prairies." m m m As Incident that Bears its own Comment. The Natchez (Miss.) Free Trader states that Isaac, a body servant of Gen. Quitman, arrived homo a few days since. Shortly after the General reached Washington city, Isaac expressed a groat desire to return home to Mississippi. Up on being pressed for his reasonH for so swl dea a wish, he told his master that he had been repeatedly beset by two white men from Boston who urged him to accept their aid to run from his master. He utated that he was afraid that he would bo kidnapped into freedom, as ho believed the two men were capable of any atrocity. The General gave Isaac a pass with which he safely reached home, to his htfinito satisfaction. $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. M VOLUME 4. -NToTxr Series NUMBER 27. WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD. The Directors convened in the Town of Salisbury, on the 17th instant. The Direc tory continued together for several days, hearing the Report of Mr. Turner, the Chief Engineer, locating the Road and making preliminary arrangcnicntji for tho letting out of contracts at an early period. Tho Road will connect with tho North Carolina rail-rood at the Eastern end of Salisbury, not far from the residence of Archibald Henderson, Esq., will thence tnko the routo of tho Plank Road, and pass Third Creek near O- G. Foard's. Messrs. Shaver and Simonton commenced work on Monday last, on this end of tho Road, with a force of a hundred hand?. So "the die la cast," wo presume ; and tho Wo.itern extension ksm become u "fixed fact." Salisbury Herald. Important Case. We learn that a caso of very great importance was argued last week before the Supremo Court involving a construction of tho last Will and Testa ment of Gon. J. J. McKoy, so long Chair man of the Committee of Ways and. Means. His Will was executed in 1832, by which he directs that the slaves received from his father and thoso acquired by his wife shull be liberated and sent to Liberia, under tho direction of tho Colonization Society. The point made in the cnuso was whether tho original stock only became the objects of their master's bounty, or whether the in crease between tho date of the Will and his death wero also to be Bet free. Tho cause, we understand, was very ably and elaborately argued by J. G. Sheperd, Esq., of Fayettoville, and Col. J. G. McDugald, of Bladen, on behalf of the next of kin, and by C. G. Wright, of Fayetteville, on behalf of the slaves, for tho Colonization Society. There are about 250 negroes in all be longing to the estate of Gen. McKay, about one hundred of whom are involved in tho present cause. The Court has not yet de livered its opinion. Raleigh Register. Accident on the Wilmington and WELDONRAlL.ROAD.-On last Friday night, while Mr. Wm. Gay, section master on tho above road, near Rocky Mount, was passing over the road on his hand car, with two ne gro laborers, an unexpected locomotive, which had been despatched from Goldsboro to Wcldon for the mail train, was discover ed approaching very near. Tho negroes jumped off, leaving Mr. G- alono on tho lio.rd oar, whtm bo was knocked off by the locomotive, and, we regret to loam, was killed instantly, his skull having been bro ken. Mr. Gay was very much respected by thoso who knew him JVilmington Journal. Vegetable Life. Lord Lanosay statos that in the course of his wanderings umid the Pyramids of Egypt, he stumbled on a mummy, proved by its hieroglyphics to be at least 2000 years of age. On ex amining the mummy, after it was unwrapped, ho found in one of its closed hands a tuberous or bulbous root. Ho was inter ested in the question how long vegetable life could last, and ho therefore took that tuberous root from tho mummy's hand, planted it in a sunny soil, allowed tho rains and dews from heaven to descend upon it, and in tho courso of a few weeks, to bis astonishment and joy, tho rool burst forth, and bloomed into a beautiful dahlia. A Brick Machine. The Richmond Dis patch lias seen a patent brick machine at work in that city with which the agent says two men and two boys cun make 36,000 bricks in ten hours ; while by tho old pro cess three men and two boys can only muko two thousand. England's Finances. A member of the British parliament has recently declared that should the war not speedily be termin ated, England will be compel led to make a loan of 25,000,000 sterling, to supply her exhausted coffors. Election by Congress. It is said that in case the next Presidency should be thrown into Congress, and the States should vote as they stand at present, there would be 1 1 democratic, 11 republican, 7 know-nothing and two, tie. 0 Fib at the Summit- Tin; residence of tho lute Ben. Edwards, at the Summit, on the Ral eigh and Gaston Railroad, near CJaxton, wm des troyed by fire, on the night of the Ibtk inst. tl" It is stated that one hundred and fifty canal boats, loaded with flour and grain, consigned to Louis Napoleon, nro frozen in between Schenectady and Little Falls, N. Y. rSRev. Samuel Williamson, D. D., for merly President of Davidson College, bus received and accepted an invitation to set tle as pastor of the Church in Washington, Hempstead County, the extreme South Western corner of Arkansas. Vff Boston has rXx thousand morn females than maies, while Chicago has about fifteen thousand more males than females. fir I ceeney is a matter of latitud In Turkey a man with tight pants on sidcred so great a vulgarian that he is no! tolerated in respectable society. To in the presence of an Arab, is to ma., the acquaintance of his cheese-knife. I t R sia, that man is considered low who r f a warm breakfast of fried candles.