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WESTKitN DE MOCK AE " CHARLOTTE- Tuesday Morning, Feb 5, 1850. NORTH CAROLINA RAIL-ROAD COMPLETED. It affords us gratification to be able to state thut this great central work is com ideted, and that the cars now run daily from Charlotte to Gohb-borough. distance of 23 niil s, leaving here at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and arrh ing at o'clock in the evening- The first through trip of the passonjjer train was made on Thursday la.-t, the last day of February. The freight trains are also going through. A schedule of the running of the mail and passenger trains will be found in our i.dvc-rti-ing columns. We have now a rail-read connec tion with Raleigh, Petersburg, Richmond, nnd with ail the- greLit cities of the North, OO to the Uses of Canada. We congratulate the BOOM rous portion f tie people of North Carolina, whose interests are greatly to be pMhMtad by thai great work, upon its snc-ce-f ft. completion. It baa been fini.-hed in good ti ii-. sod in a ssanacr not inferior to lbs bcajt 'o.v! n'. ..-t rahntantial rail-ways in lb United States. Onr f the great ucl rantagi - if its Rual coaiplt-tlmi i- already :!.-' ;!'! nnd i on their la-ugers u !-i l-harlestou nth are ruw Cowing this route, cat hi Gohlsborwugh and the end of following the old 1I; s by gton and Manchester road On ). II the Winning! this ;-;ibj. Inwiac couuu invite attention to the fol ruieathtna which we find in a bite auiubcr wf the Charleston Standard: HEW RO LITE TO THE NORTH. , In aimthet Column, we have published a b iter upon the subject of the Chuih ston and Smith Car diaa Railroad, its profits and its prosper ts, and in that connection, have been furtl favored by .Mr. T. J. Sumner, KngUteej Bpoa the N"ith Carolina Central Railroad, with a few facts in connection with thai enterprise, which give promi.-e of the early aehievement of results whicji are much to be desired. Tin- North Carolina Central Railroad, it will be remembered, commences at the northern teriaiaasof the Charlotte and Sooth Carolina h'aiiroad, and extends on through Concord, Salisbury, Lexington, Jamestown, Greensboro, Graham, flilfeboro, to Raleigh. The whole rout,- i thro-igh a tract of coun try, rich in scenery, abundantly populated, and teeming with productive energies. At Raleigh, then- is an cict. rsios of the road to a connexion with the Wilmington and Wddon Railroad at Gohlsborough, and Bother extcBunonjto connect witfc the Peters burg and W Idon Riilrond, upon the lower borders of Virginia. Beside this, at flreens bofO, the uisfaiioo is only forty miles to 1 )an i:i Virginia, from which point a ra:.': i is completed to Petersburg, giving a lino almost entirely dated from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Petersburg and Rich mond, end the interval lietween dreeM-diori,' and Lnnville is to be filled with lines of st, ges, whack are to be the best that can be started, nnd which will accomplish the dis tanee in about five hours, and thus save in the route between tho South and North ubout one hundred miles. This C atral Railroad is now about com pletion. This work has been constructed in the best manner possible; the iron is all of the h avicst Trail ever used in this coun try, the cross ties and other superstructure is of material cart fully selected and the rolling stock baa all been procured with the s-ingle object of having it as nearly perfect as possible. Such being the condition of the road, it will be seen that it presents an ndmirable opportunity of electing routes to the North. If there are reasons why it is not desirable to follow the old seaboard route, ti e tourist may take a turn among the bills and cultivated districts of the old North State, and with the view of facilitating their object, the schedules will be arranged to suit tho connections North and South, and the time required to complete tho distance irom Kingsville in this State to the connec tion in Vii giniavill bo. if possible, the very same required by the . aboard route. The advantages to the travelling public, however, are not all that are to be con sidered in this connection. The Completion of the North Carolina Road lays open to the markets of our city the products of a populous und eminently fertile di.-triet. It is a tract of country not particularly noted for its fccellcnv,e ju any particular staple, and the aggregate of its productions assy not be so valuable in market as are those af onr own Cotton growing regions, but it is their greatest merits that they will be varied, and nr of exactly that character required by the commercial necessities of this par ticular place. Of cotton nnd rice, our re ceipts ban bam ahuaora greatly in excess of our requirements. Only a portion of oar rico is sold for consumption in our market, and with respect to cotton wo stand in no other relation than that of a great commer cial depot, through which it passes to a market for consumption in other countries; but of the products of North Carolina, all will come- to a market for consumption. Flour, corn, wheat, and other small grnin will be consumed by the city and adjacent rico and cotton districts. Their printing pnpor will be used in our several offices, their cotton and woollen fabrics will clothe the laborers upon our plantations, their meat and farming products will supercede supplies which come from further north, und for all those they w ill purchase the com mercial equivalents in our market. As we have said upon a previous occa sion, it is not between points upon the same parallel of latitude that Commercial inter change occurs, and this is so for the reason that in tho same parallel of latitude, under ordiuary circumstance, the same products are cultivate!, but between different paral lels of latitude, there is to advanced states of society, almost the necessity for Com mercial intercourse. Thero is seareclv nnv one section of tho world, that is competent to the supply of all the artificial wants of t inhabitants j for those that are not sup .' d. th. re must bo a reference to others differently situated ; and North Carolina, in the difference of its latitude, and the greater difference in its products, than would be naturally indicated by its latitude, stnnds as a natural and necessary cor relative of our .Stale, and is the very region which, while it is the most accessible, and is now entirely open, is in fact, the very ono wh;ch, of all others it is of the irost im portance to approach. The stoekhold-rs ;f alns r-yud sind the public will be int'-restcd to know that in ten dayn the North Carolina Central Koad will be eompleteeh giving to travellers choice of routes, going to or returning from the Nor thern CiC'- . The cost of fare will be no mora than by Wilmington, and it is expect ed that the time will he the same. Sche dules will be published as soon as the Cen tral North Carolina Road is completed. To all the hopes of increase of business from this locality, there is tue OMCOvrage- j . . . .. ., . . -- i ment which occurs irom the conuilHMi or the South Carolina Railroad. This conu i ny is tasked to near its ttmost eay rity to afford transportation to the freight that is already offered at Colu?nV.. :nd without a double track may End pogKJ difficulty in ac oonn.it dating i 1 rjjBruBoant; but it is now i in contemplation to batuJ a double traek J firum BMutelvrilic to Charleston, which will i offer great relief, and if that sh mid be in I ..... ii i i , sumcv ui lucre win very posnoiy ue an ex tension of the Cberaw and Darlington road to Salisbury or Concord, on the North Car olina Central; or if this should uot be- found desirable, there maybe efforts made to open the Sautee river again to navigation. Of tin- feasibiliby of such an undertaking we have litte question. In the construction of tenmboats adapted to the navigation of ((hallow streams tbere has of late been great improvement. They often exhibit a great capacity of freight upon from 90 to 30 inches of water. The time has never yet occur red, perhaps, when there has been less than four feet of water bx the main channel of tins river. The channel bus been blocked Dp with accidental impediments, which, at low water, has obstructed navigation, but those, with suitable machinery, might easi ly be removed; less, perhaps, than one hundred thousand dollars would relieve the stream from every piece of timber which offers difficulty, and we believe that tin. ex elusive right to the navigation of the jtiver would be a sufficient consideration for tho employment of all the private capital that would be necessary to effect the object, and give to Columbia and Charleston another means of intercourse not loss desirable, in many respects, than that which private cnpital has already provided by means of rails and locomotive ;. Nor is this the matter of a vague conjec ture. It may bo doubted whether the Leg islature can grant a charter for the exclu sive navigation of the river to any private company, being navigable from the sea, by vessels of ten or moiu tons burthen ; it may be doubted whether it may not be declared 2ullici juris and open, therefore, notwith- ..! MlB; y" inti,,n tin UW (,f the commercial world ; but even without tins there are men of capital wdio look to the navigation of this river with but slight im provement as a sphere fin- profitable invest ment ; an.d when it is remembered that Greenville and Anderson, and Chester and Charlotte, and the central districts of North Carolina, and even tracts of country beyond the Blue Ridge, have now, or are about to have, a direct interest in facilitating inter course between the Capital and metropolis of the State, it is hardly to be questioned but that sufficient interest will be furnished to carry every practicable improvement into effect. NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. Chart.ottk, N, C, Dec. 20, IS'm. Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad A'. C Central Railroad Increase of Pro fits, Prospects, fyc. Me:.si:s Editors : In consideration of your solieittude to give expression to the progress and improvement to the country, I tako the earliest opportunity of giving you some short account of the condition and prospects of the Charlotte and South Caro lina Railroad, as they wore exhibited at the la.-t meeting of the stockholders. The earnings of the road for eleven months, ending 1st December inst., ."jxUtMOS 85; estimate for Dec. 31,591 15, making '280, 000 00 for the year ; last year the total earnings was about $240,000 00; increase $40,000. The increase was about the same hist year, and nearly ail from freight. The Board has declared a dividend of per share payable on first of January, 1850, from earnings of the last six months. The expenses of the road for the present year is about $ 140.000 ; the dividend about $92,000, including interest on bonds ; the balance for purchase of engines, cars, buil dings, and surplus for depreciations of pro perty. Included in the current expenses u the relaying twenty miles of new track. The completion of this road, while it will open up an access to us, will also open up the means of an approach to the North At lantic ports, and many products will be car ried off, bur. as wo have stated, to all the articles of commerce, there i- s want here; to the extent of our ability to consume them, they will he sent to us, and will only go ahead when they are in excess of our ne cessity. The connection will increase the travel over the Charlotte Railroad to a .cr.;, --demob? extent, which together with hM leasing freights, will make the stock pay as well or better than any road in the State. The capit.-.l, atoch, and bonds of tho Com pany are about 1 ,500,000. The earnings this year CS0,tKK). and with increase from passengers and freight, we amy estimate for next year ::tn.OO0, with very little in crease in expenses; this puts it" beyond a doubt, a good dividend paving road. The North Carolina Central Road is one of the best roads in the United States, and equipped in the a cry best style ; the very best engines and first class passenger ears. They can travel at any rate of speed neces sary, up to 40 miles per hour The track IS nil ne:irlr new- :m nul with t ir uwvi,..t rail, on heavy cross timbers, fee &e. ! Ibis route will connect at Weldon. j Ciie.sTf:n. VIRGINIA KNOW-NOTHINGISM. A war of rival factions of this piebald or ganization, has been going on in the old Do minion for some weeks past. Mr. Botts and the anti-twelfth section-Philadelphia-platorm wing, who desire to ignore the slavery question altogether, leading off on one Mde, and the Richmond Whig and the advocates of the slavery section of that plat form filing off on the other ! We have in formed our readers that Mr. Butts bad tjcen nominated for the Presidency by the com bined Councils of th- City of Richmond, and that thy Whig had pronounced this ac tion of this Councils an unmitigated fraud upon the great majority of Know Nothing voters in that city ayd State. The Whig, therefore, appealed from the action of the Couin ils to the decision of the masses and a Convention was accordingly called to test the sense of the Know Nothings upon tl,:. important more. That Convention has been held, and its proceedings are before us. The Whig was right liotts was floored instead of "ignoring"' slavery, the Con vention "ignored" liotts ! Botts was there in person he offered a series of resolutions himself, and supported them in a character istic speech, but it availed him nothing- -the wire-pullers of the "combined Councils" were routed horse, foot and dragoons. Right in the teeth of the opposition of IJetts and his supporters, the Convention adopted the following resolution : Resolved, That this Council do bereby adopt the entire Platfornj adopted by the National American Council at Philadelphia, June 10th, 1855. The effeetof all tin's is, as is usually the case wh-rever Botts is in the melee, a be au tiful "row in the camp." The Know-Nothing papers are hot and furious over tho dis sensions in their ranks. Some are trium phant a few mad as sore-headed bears over their discomfiture, and others dejected. The Bedford (Yu.) Sentinel, for example, a staunch Know-Nothing organ, attaches no sort of consequence to any resolutionsor proceedings of Virginia Know-Nothings, and clearly foretells the wreck of "the American party of the Union" through the instrumentality of "a few impracticable politicians." The Sentinel of last week spoke gloomily as follows : " There are some other p.orsons whom we should infinitely prefer to see placed in that high position (the Presidency,) rather than John .Minor Botts ; but, at the same time, we will not conceal the fact that he would suit us much better than any Loco foe o now living. Any resolutions passed by the American party in Virginia, are, to make the most of them, entirely harmless, and lengthy disquisitions on their part just that much time misspent ; and, as for the angry controversy and personal recrimination, they are simple absurdities. The Whig party of Virginia did the tallest kind of bu siness in the way of bragging and passing resolutions, but, alas ! when the time for action came, "the y were not thar So, we fear, it will be with the American party in the State. Just as long as tho Tenth Le gion retains its present locality, and the re turn of the1 s.chool-master from abroad is delayed, just so long will Lo.cofoeyism be SSuoritj party ' of tnft'ysitiernpl to dictate to the majority in other States, is sheer presumption, and the fact that we are unable to manage our party affairs success fully in the few counties in which we have the preponderance, affords the clearest pre sumptive evidence that we have no business to attempt directing the affairs of those who have been succesoful in managing their own concerns. We have no disposition to see Virginia "a hewer of wood and drawer of water" for others, but we are equally unwil to see a few impracticable politicians wreck the American party of the Union. The Whig says: "In short, Botts, and Botts' backers, and Botts' views, and Botts' aspi rations were all "floored," and there they will lie with back to the earth, until Botts' few friends shall trundle Botts' carcass into Botts' final resting place." -"S - BRITISH VIEW OP THE CONTEST FOt SPEAKER. FROM THE LONDON NEWS. This obstinate contest is a good sign of the prosperous condition of the United States, both in their foreign and domestic relations. Did an enemy stand at their gates, were a commercial crisis impending, the election of Speaker would not be spun out to such a length. All other considera tions would be flung to the winds in order that Congress might proceed without delay to concert measures for averting the danger. But the United States have peace within their borders and beyond them. With ample elbow-room in their extensive and thinly populated territory, with an ample field of remunerative employment for a thousand times the capital and labor they can com mand, men have no temptation to civil broils; and, unless they force a quarrel on some foreign nation, no people or govern ment have anything to gain by attacking them. The annual meetings of their lie prescr.tatives aro devoted to routine busi ness, which might stand over for a year or two without seriously injuring them. They are the political locus-eaters of the modern world; they can afford to indulge iu leisure and procrastination. Felices si bona sua norint. The nations of the Old World have tho wolf constantly at the door, and must dearly abide any moment of precious time they let slip. m m The World SurrCumled by the Stars and Stripes. Tho American tonnage of this country now figures up 5,-O0,0O0 tons, and will make the very respectable fleet of 5,400 ships of 1,000 tons each. And if tho ton nage of the fleet be figured out in Yankee clippers of 200 tons each, and bo placed on the equatorial lino round this globe, each skipper may speak the nest in line, by rais ing his voice a little above the ordinary pitch on shipboard, round the whole circum ference of the globe. War would be a ter rible calamity to this immense fleet, and England would not fare better with her commercial marine of 5,200,000, but little b ss than our own. Providence Journal. L.vReiE Tax Payers. A good deal of notoriety has been given to the fact that N. .-oncrworth of Cincinnati, navs ovpr so 2 rwiii ...,n n.- w t ITul-,lic'aii states that the tax of James II. Lucas, Ksq., of the banking house of Lucas 5c Simonds, for the year 1855 was $25,430. FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. Gen. Walker has now a force of 850 men. Roman Kivat, son of the present Presi dent, had collected arms and ammunition for a new revolution, but Com. DeBisset, the officer appointed to escort Col. Wheeler, the United States Minister, from Grenada to Greytgwn, seized at Seragujn 24,000 cartridges, 13 kegs of power, 720 musket balls, and 75 muskets, and threw the muskets overboard in presence of the British and American squadrons at San Joan. Gen. Walker, it is represented, hat control of the entire country, and enjoys the almost entire confidence of the inhabitants of Nicaragua. His judicious regulations and laws, we are told, elicit the admiration of the whole com munity. The old Spanish laws are abolished, and American laws substituted. Colonel Kinney is said to be steadily and effectually colonizing his gram of lend on the Mosquito Coast. Col. Wheeler, the United States Minister, declined an invitation to a public dinner tendered hire by several United States citizens residing in Grenada, as a testimonial of approval of his course as Minister durii g fho late times of excitement in Nicaragua. THE ANTECEDENTS OF A MINIS TER. A short time often works great changes in individual history and station. Not many rears since, says the Detroit Advertiser, a few young men left the Western States for Mexico, and among them was one Mr Tindall, who had been a resident of Oxford, Oakland county, Michigan, where his re latives reside. On their way they fell in and became known to one Parker II. French, who joined them and created a very favora ble impression in his own favor, by his affable manner and conviviality of disposi tion. They travelled along together, French gave a flourishing account of himself, his resources and prospects, and in the end persuaded his fellow travellers to loan him all their money, with which hi? bought mules ta take out oh speculation. lie gave them his drafts on banking housesin Philadelphia and New York, but unablo to keep his own counsel, told an intimate friend in confi dence, that the drawees would have a good time getting their pay upon them. This J put the emigrants on their guard, and having no otlior means to reimburse themselves ot the money of which they had been swindled, they took possession of the mules. French left them, and they saw nothing more of him for several weeks, when one night when they were on their way from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, they wore surprised and attacked by a band of Mexican raneheros, with French at the head. They escaped with their lives, but lost most of their pro perty in mules and baggage. Tindall shot French twice in the body, and left him for dead, upon the ground, supposing that was the end of him. The next news he had of him, French jys full Mizdsior to the United States, from that independent government of Nicaragua. So goesthc wnrl.1 From the Edgefield Advertiser. HONORABLE MENTION OF THE SERVICES OF MAJ HILL. Mr. Editor : I am astonished that South Carolina, so just a mother, and one so dis criminating, should, in the bestowal of hor rewards of valor entirely overlook one a mong tho most moriiorious of her sons. I allude to Major Hill Ilarvy, or D. H. Hill, formerly of York District, and a brother of the State Reporter, Wm. Hill. He left Mt. Enon Academy, in Edgefield District, about the year 1838, and entered the West Point Military School, in which he held an honorable stand until he gradu ated. Thence he joined the regular army, and I believe was with it in all its early op erations on the Rio Grande. The first time I saw him after he left Mc. Enon, was at the storming of Contrera and the flag that soonest floated over the ramparts .of the enemy, and soonest emergr ed from his fortifications in pursuit of a fly ing army, was a flag borne by the Company Lieut. Hill commanded, at the head and in front of which he bore himself continually, through the whole bloody day of the 20th August. His Regiment, the 3rd Artillery, I think, was of the storming party in Smith's (Twigg's) Division, and his command was the Color Company of tho Rpgiment, For his behavior on this occasion, at the recommendation of General Riley, under whoso immediate eye he fought, he was bre vettod Captain. He was afterwards second in command of Twigg's storming party at Chapultepec, and again so distinguished himself by courage aad conduct, as to win the brevet of Major and the higher dis tinction of the enthusiastic admiration of ma ny of tho best officers of the army. If I am correctly informed, Major Hill was in near ly every important or perilous engagement of the Mexican war, and made conspicuous the virtues of his professions, wherever he had an opportunity for their display. At the close of the war, having boon cap tured, 7io by an enemy, he resigned his com mission in the army, with his laurels un tarnished, and became a Professor in Da vidson College, N. C, which institution now enjoys the benefit of his genius and high attainments- Tho sword which flashed at Contreras and Chapultepec, it is true, now rests in tho repose of peace, and time may wear its edge away ; but it would be most appropriate for his native State to give hiin another. I know he would preserve that with filial care, and another war mav summon to the field all the mettle and chiv alry of the nation. Why should we forget, I will not say, "the noblest Roman cf them all?" AN OFFICER. -.av Axother Black Republic.". -. It is ru mored that Faustin Solouque, the black prince of Hayti, who, with his thirty thou sand mighty and pu-ssant blacks, were shockingly whipped by a handful of Domin icans, may come for an asylum to this country. We congratulate the Black Re publican party upon so distinguished and important an accassion to their strength. -V. Y. Day Book. 1 f Ex-Governor Walker,. of Louisiana, died at New Orleans on the 2-lth ult. DEATH OF COMMOZORE MORRIS. It is with profound regret, says the National Intelligencer, that we have to an nounce the death of Commodore Charles Morris, senior retained officer of the United States Navy. He expired at half-past four o'clqck yesterday afternoon, at his resi dence in Washington, of inflamation of the lungs, in the 72d year of his age. Com modore Morris entered the Navy in 1G99, anc was, in the year 1613, for gallant and distinguished services, promoted to the rank which he held at the time of his death. His eminent services and his high standing in the Navy are indelibly recorded in the history of his country, and are known to all. It may be added to his honor, qu the un varying testimony of his brother officers, and" without disparagement tp any of the n .,.),,, -n fWa rant rr our traiiani men u' u" " - -v- xv i r. t Aforr; t the time Ifavy, that Commodore Morris, at tlie time I , t .1 ' . . . , 1 1 I , . . . ; , . . . . , . I I .1 1 I , ' 1 i ct nis neatn, i....- which constitute excellence in his profes sion, the ablest naval commander in the world. Nothing ever turned him from the line of duty, and when, at the end of fifty seven years, he reached tho highest point of professional honor, ho might truly have said, 4d have gained the palm, but not with out labor." SENATOR TOOMBS IN BOSTON. The Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, agreeably to invitation, lectured on Wed- nesday night last, at Tremont 1 emplc, Boston. He was introduced to the audience by the Hon. William Appleton, whose guest he was, und spoke at considerable length, giving his views on the subject of slavery, fairly and without equivocation ; and while advancing no extreme opinions, taking .the position that should be assumed by every Southerner. A few ill-mannered individ uals attempted the fool's imitation of a useful denizen of the poultry yard, but tho sounds were drowned by the hearty applause of the lecturer. Altogether the lecture np- j 'ite of our teeth; and why should we try pears to have been very well received con- i to control yours, when we can hardly mode sidering the locality, and the extreme views j rate our own ? Let mo tell you a secret ; rrtinl-Illl,.- liull ill tll.lt I'Pcillll llTtOll the Slll)- -o r - ject of the "peculiar institution." FROM CALIFORNIA. The following items of news we gather from the late yrriyals from California : The total number of Jjynch law execu tions jnCaliforni.a during the year was forty eight, of w hich nineteen were on charge of murder, twenty -fiv.e on charge of theft, one for rape, one for arson, and to Indians charged with being spies. There were nine executions, all for murder, according to sta tute law. In 1855 there were 538 homicides, of which 138 were Indians, 32 Chinamen, 3 negroes, 81 Spaniards, and 27G other whites. Some addition amounting to about 15 or 20, must bo added to this calendar after the receipt of news from all parts of the State to the end of the year. During 1855, there were 179 applications for the benefit of the insolvent act in San Francisco ; and the applicants est imat- -- . - . i and tlicirmt- bilities at $8,377,827 leaving a deficiency of $G,858,G52. Tho gold exported during the year, as shown by the custom.diouse books, was $45, 182,031 ; During tho year there were 207 marriages in Saa Francisco, 72 applicants for divorce, anel 41 divorces granted. The loss by fire in the State during tho year is estimated at $2,002,599. A difficulty occurred a few days since at Bidwell's Ranch, resulting in the death of five Indians and one white roan. Tho In dians came into a store kept by Mr. Joseph Schaeffer, and asked for some flour, and demanded it without payment. Upon be ing refused they immediately shot him down and killed him. The white residents iu the neighborhood gathered together and pur sued the murderers and succeeded in killing five of thm- The exports of wheat during the past year has been quite large, equivalent to 155.500 barrels of flour. Australia and New York have furnished our principal markets for surplus breadstuffs. The total amount of wheat raised in this State during the past year is estimated as high as 2,525,444 bush els. A much larger amount will doubtless be produced this year. Railroads in California. Tho first railroad in California is in process of con struction, and eighteen miles of track had been laid at the date of the last mail steam er's departure from San Francisco. The road is called the Sacramento valh--. Four miles of the track only are required to be laid to complete it to its temporary up per terminus. Several other lines to vari ous places have been projected. THE SEMINOLES TO BE REMOVED. We are gratified to learn from the Flori dian and Journal, that the Secretary of War has issued instructions to Col. Munroo for the prompt removal of the Indians from Florida. Gov. Broome has been authorized to roceivp and tender to Col. Munroo, for immediate service, five oompanies of volun teers. Four, commanded by Messrs. Keu drick, Durrance, Sparkman, and Hooker, respectively, have- already been received. Captain Johnson's company, of Sumpter county, we learn, had been received by Colonel Munroc, immeeiatciy upon the happening of the recent Indian out-break. Gen. Davis and Gov. Broome deserve the highest commendation for their prompt action in the matter. The Hermitage. Last week, the com mittee in the Tennessee Legislature ap pointed to examine the Hermitage (General Jackson's) property, and report what it could be purchased for, presented through the Chairman two reports. The majority report states that 400 acres, including the buildings, tomb of Gen. Jackson, dec, can bo purchased for $50,000, and the whole estate for $75,000 ; and recommends the purchase of the whole or a part of the pro perty. The minority report expressed an opinion whether the State should purchase the whole or part of the estate. There are fourteen female physician8 now practising in Boston. (lommumtatimts. For the Western Democrat. Dear Julian : There has been a good deal of excite ment here of late about the "Wet" and Drv Ticket;" and, as you may conceive, the Wet carried the day ; and such a row tl.nt nivht. can better be as was kicked up that night, can better imagined than described. And what do you think they are up to now? WTiy, as in all weak cases, men look to weak sources, to turn their weak minds and direct their weaker hearts to some point of decision, so there is a paper in circulation, to be signed by all the sober women of the land, saying whether liquor shall be retailed or not. Now, Julian, did you ever hear of such a thing in your born days ? Why, do you think the voice of wonmn can have any weight to veto a vice universally practiced "xt l a. . . .1 i, 1,;.. tf i - . . , weight to veto a vice universally practiced I fa . ' , I Since loau gauiereu iu ma iun grapes after the flood ? If you .do, your opinion of the sex is higher than mine. Be it as it may, I will never put my name on the list ; no, not even for your sake, Ju lian, dear to me as you are What's the use? Man controls the worlel not woman. And if we should, perchance, "get thcui iu train," as Sam Slick was wont to do, they aro just oa sure to break loose again, as the sun rises but to disperse the pearly dews of j morn No 1 If man can't refrain from in- ebriation, woman can't sign him .out of per- ditiou, sign she ever so otten Now, Julian, I tell you what I really think of this case : You gentlemen have a very high opinion of us; your respect and esteem are flattering ; we have an influence which, if carried to a certain extent, is pleasing to you, and gratifying to us ; but, here is the great point : to know when and where to stop. Beyond this point, wo be cunie obnoxious, you refractory. Now, a man's appetite is one of the fe w things re spectively yours; you will gratify it in one that I would not acknowledge to every man : In mp opinion there would be as much drinking on the Fair side of creation as on tho Shanghai, if it were not for a cer tain spirit that outwighs the spirituous. We arc too proud to mar the character which we inherit from tho garden of Eden. Though some, I blush to say, have fallen from the pinnacle of chaste sobriety to the abyss of degradation; whero flows the trim sou stream of "ginger-pop, champagne, and good old brandy," yet, us a general thing, we remain innocent; and that js more than you do Now, Julian, if you would, when inclined to give way to this weak, degrad ing habit of drinking, pause for a moment, ere you taste the enticing fluid pause, paue, and reflect upon what shall I say ? I will not direct you to heaven, no, you shall not think of holiness in such a profane home ; neither shall tho blossoms of earth cast their pure reflection upon yr,u you liiAVi.I'.e ,u oi! think of your mother, a Ijiotlier, loot lover, remember the displeasure of he'r you love, she can do you lots of .damage. Jlut above all things look to your purse, this is the pre-eminent thought of the present day : to diango your mind, instead of your mon ey ; and with a hope of sobriety ill one man, I close till further news from the Wet and Dry ticket. Your affec' cousin, ESTELLE. ..rsss yx'" For tht: Democrat. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL TEACHERS In these days of moral-reform so called, improvement run mad, and pseudo-philanthropy, good and true men look with dis trust upon whatever dogmatically pretends to interfere with the settled order of the social economy. This is well. To see whether a proposed scheme is really a radi cal "improvement" to "try the spirits," is not only the right, but the duty of every freeman. To start any new theory, to herald forth any great discovery, or to claim the praise of moving the public mind, is not the oh ject of this article; but humbly to call back the attention of men to what is already known, but too often lost sight of; and, if possible, call forth tho efforts of some point ed pen in favor of what underlies the whole structure of morals as well as freedom in a political point of view. It is from tho con viction that something needs be done that much must be done before common-school education can bo anything more with us than a system of the most degrading em piricism on the part of the teacher on hat of the taught a demoralizing, dementing, and enfeebling process, that I presume to say anything. This sounds like an alarm ing knell to the hopes of those who think we are on the high-road to perfection. If such will show evidence to the contrary, I will then admit my error. But I would inquire, who are our common-school teach ers ? Arc they not those, at least in a ma jority of cases, who have no other resource, nor fit for any other occupation ? And why, let me ask, are they such men ? Is it not because their remuneration is just such as no other class of men will submit to? Now it is freely admitted that the teacher should not be a man who makes money his sole object (for he should have the spirit of his calling,) yet he should bo supported supported in such manner as to feel that his labors are appreciated. Wheu men feel the importance of education; when they learn to rely on themselves; when they are as careful with regard to the quali fications of their teachers, moral as well as literary, as they are about those of their blacksmiths, overseers, clerks, dec. dec, and will pay them as liberally and with as little delay as they do their tailors, tobac conists, and grog-venders, then we will have schools worthy the name. We sometimes hear men talking in high strains of the blessings of education: indeed, so popular has this become, in theory, that you seldom meet a man who will not, when it suits his purpose, descant for hours together of the mighty importance of this instrument of good. But ean you believe that he is in earnest that he feels what he snv-a L. his theory and practice are as opposite the poles? "Oh ! this is fine indeed," saya one, to throw all the blame on the people and non0 on the teachers !" Admitted, friend, that vour tend,.,.... . - ro J the thing I . liee than what they are But the man who presumes to take upon himself the office of instructor shoukl fed that he has an awful responsibility resting upon him having by his act of acceptance assumed ability, he is responsible for hi, whole duty whether he he really able it is another question. If irtfUl felt the weight that tbU vocati,m throws upon them how few would teach : Yet no one who Joes not so feel is qualified; In the words of a chasfc and eloquent writer, "The school is no place fof Q man without principle," I repeat, the schortjtno placf for a man without principle. "let such a man," says he, "seek a livelihood nnv where else, or, failing to gain it by other means, let starvation seize the body, and send tho soul back to its Maker as it is, .i ii i i ,i . . miner mau ne suouiu incur cue tearful rail) of poisoning youthful minds, and dr them down to his own pitiable level. If there can be one sin greater than another, on winch heaven frowns with juore anful displeasure, it is that of leading the vomiS into principles of error and the practices of vice." ' Oh, woe to those who trample on the mind That deathless thing! they know mt .!v4 they do, Nor what they deal with Man, porohamv, ,av bind The flower his step hatbmLwyl; qt light an. vv The torch he quenclies j pr to music wiitf The lyre-string from his touch that flow ; But for the soul, oh, tremble pad beware To lay rude hands upon God's mysteries Qwp ( Would that the sentiment contained here could find a hearty response from every North Carolinian J'rom Cherokee to Albe marle 1 Many attribute tho present deplorable conditiou ot our schools to the working of our school-laws and our legislation upon tbl subject. Nov,-, while it is evident that evil has grown out of the bounty of the State, 1 think it could bo showu that not the laws, but disregard for the laws not its legiti mate use, but its gross abuse has wrought what cif ovi,l is connected with it iu am way. Too many people, make be Stttte principal, and they become auxiliaries in tlie education of their children. They do not seek help from ihe State. They are tin helpers. Others go farther and will do nothing themselves, not because thev on not able, but the State's (,-ounty is sufficient in their estimation. While others still per vert the law by diverting its benefit mm the poor where ft belongs, and appropria ting it to the use of those who aro able u school their children liberally without any ffifL This seems to m;.'- " " f wbitb .-v ,veilto take this flank wj from those who are able to swim tin iKc'v learn to rely upon their own resources ',n my object was to solicit, to the aid of Dm needy, the help of the mighty. Is there not in old Mecklenburg one capa ble of making himself f it who is willing at least, to glance at the subject and give hu countrymen tho benefit of audi sugges tions as he may think practicable ! We shall see. DOMINIK. Stee! Creek, January 21, lH3ii. .I-... For the Western Democrat CHARLOTTE 8c8. C. RAIL-ROAD. Mn, EDfTQBtI know, sir, that you taL a deep Interest in whatever concerns tin prosperity of this town; and are willing t contribute whatever you can to sccaiv it. It is known to you that tho Charlotte an ' South Carolina Bail Koad has been t! ' menus of building us up, und to the ju i: cious management of its affairs in futun much depends. Charleston, for tlie present is our market, and to reach it we must pa- " over this Koad. How necessary then if i: to effect such a direction of it as to iuHir a safe, speedy, and cheap transit over i: -To do so, .-ir, we must have a thorough bu siness man at tho bond of it and it woi greatly benefit us if he could bo a citizen ff: this dace. I have been informed that Mr. Pahnerbi declined to be a candidate for re-eh -c-ti " and that the friends of the Koad have -ken of William Johnston, Ksq., as ).; -cossor. A gentleman better qualified f ' " the post could not be selected, and wel1" lieve his election would be hailed with gf"' tifieation by a very largo majority of tb North Carolina Stockholders, and by unm unity in the community. Mr. Johnston hf been controlinga large amount of money i many years, and has established a repoU tior. of a safe and expert financier. Be practioal man, and has had large cxpen ence in similar situations. By his ( !l"r! he greatly contributed to raise the stock ' the Statesville ITank Road, and by bit w ergy, tact, and knowledge of tho valu work, while its President, pushed forr the enterprise to completion in so short1 time and at so little cost, as to meet tt thanks of all interested iu it. Mr. Johnston is a man of sound judgnjtffl'" good common sense, and of high character and with him as President this Koad will re ceive the confidenca of the whole co nratui1' ity. The election comes off to-morrow, at Cb' ter, and happy will it be for this town if' friends should bo able to make him In dent. A MERCHANT Last IVotice.' PUBLIC NOTICE Is beret1. JP- ven, that all the Notes and Account finratt x. iillutn 6nM & Co., and Allison da Daniel, " JJ ferred to the undersigned, for the benefit oi creditors of said Firms respectively, u . they are in the hands of J. R. Daniel for , diate collection. iy Longer indulgence e be given, as the debts must be paid JOHN ALLlav J. R. DANIbb Dec. 25r 1855. tf rSThe " Whig" will plea? copf
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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