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I I wi- uw tbt be had ever espraauTj r-. tracted these opinions, but because I sup poM J thai l is experience at Washington Lad induced buu t abandon or modify those earlier viewy. Mr. Buchanan expressly and frankly, at an arly day, ovowt-J bis change vf opinifMt. iid tor the last thirty years hu Howa by Uu entire life, both as a politician and a ui.ui, that be was a found republi can. aaJ national, and liberal t the South. Ib 1SJ5 he gave nu able and manly sup port of tbe IMdll tilW of Toxin. After the ac'piUilion of the Mexican territory, be, in .ricert with tbe entire .South, used hta b Si efforts to g t tbe Missouri line extended to tbe Pacific; and, after all prospect of ef f. cting tbis vas defeated by nortbern votes, be tben sustained the eompr-mii-c measures of USk including tbe fugitive slave law. Though abroad during tb struggle on tbe Kansas and Nebraska act. yet. iiumcdiate ly oil bis return, be uvowed himself, in the most emphatic term-, the friend of the mea sure; afiirimnj? not only ifs constitution ality, but nNo its justice, propriety and ne cessity. Since bis nomination, be hrs en dorsed thoroughly tbe sound and national platform of the democratic Convention. His intellect Ual abilities, bis moderation aHdhsadb ml . i . j ml Sksm a .toln.nttui 1 . . , . , ' . II I . . i M ui.rietii'n filial nl ton. D, .III .1 u,- .ub ............. v ...... Isww sive information and dignity and eourteay of mauner as a gi nthwisn. ail go to lam a character every way worthy of tbe high sta tion for which he has Ixeu nomiuntt d. A to bis colleague on the tieket, John C. ' Preekenride, au intinja.'e acqujintanei for lour years, during our join poagraasiou sl service, authiizes me to say that he i- in all respects, eminently qualified for the COS of Vice President of the 1". States. Our opponents, the Hiaek Republicans. uts uasnuuMUU was. J. c. rruesoui tor tue ui)1).s hey mgroe t weaken the slave Presidency. Col. Fremont is a Uativo of I u; raflaettCe, and also to consent to noutli Larolma, nut a citizen, 1 believe ot California, from which State be served for a few mouths as a Senator, elected bv tbe Democratic party. He has subsequently abandoned that party, and avowed himself a free-soiler, and opposed to slavery gene rally. To this latter circumstance his no mination is understood to be owing. Though formerly an officer in the army, he was seldom if ever in a battle; though sen ator for a little while, he is understood ne ver to have spoken, or mad e amotion in the Senate ; and as a statesman he has no re cord at all. A native of the State of South Carolina, he joins those whose sole bond of union is hostility to the section in which he was born. Indebted to the Democracy for the only political position h ever had. ho lends himself to their enemies, ami has re cently declared that be belongs neither to the DomoeraJic nor Whig party, or Know-N'o- thing or Abolition party, but that he is sha- ply opposed to the slavery extension, dec. The adoption of such a candidate shows Free Suffrage a t was passed by a three thei governing principle of the organization fifths vote, as he promised them it would he represents, viz: that hostility to the be, and it is now on the high road to emn rights of the South overrides with them all plete success. Tin surest way to defeat other questions. Such a ticket has no Free SuflVage and increas the demand for claims on your support, and probably will j a Convention, is to vote for John A. (iil hare no electors appointed in our State. mer ; and the surest way to obtain Free They hope, however, to divide and distract : SuflY.ige is to vote for Thomas Bra Let the Smith by means of the nomination of the people, and especially the non-freebold-Mr. Fillmore by the Know-Xothings. anil , ers, know these faets. John A. Gilmer will, then fore, leave those allies in fact, if not in intention, to manoeuvre as well as they can to defeat, or at least damage, the Democratic candidates. The contest, then, is really between the Democratic party, purified by losing its free-soil elements, and strengthened by the accession of patriotic and intelligent whigs. and all the anti-slavery factions combined in a party appropriately designated Hlnck Bepnbliean. As to Mr. Fillmore, he is no more really in the struggle, than was Mr. Tyler in the contest of 1814 between Clay and Polk. Ho is not expected to get a single vote in the free States ; and votes given to him in the South would only tend to throw the election into the House of Re presentatives, and thus give the black re publican candidate a second chance to be elected if he failed before the people. I knog that certain politicians in the South are trying to create a different impression. They or their friends are candidates for of fice, and hope to sustain themselves in their several localities hy deceiving the people as to Mr. Fillmore's chances. I do not. of course, intend to include my colleague, Mr. Readc, amongst thcas. As he is so un acquainted with the past history of the country not to know that Mr. Fillmore ever appointed free-soilers to office, it is not Strange that he should not see through the , .1,,,:. . m, .1 . , , i I g.une tuat is Attempted to ho nlaveo. I ... . ... i g.ve h,m credit for really believing that his candidate has some chance for success. ' Rut in all sinceritv. I would ssv to vo. t you. fellow-citizens, that if you wish to help the black republicans, it would be more manly . . . . . - car if thus easily humbugged and cheated. But, gentlemen, candor as a man and du- ty as a r, preseatative compel me to say to you, that in my judgment the success of t - a a , . . ... ... me Diack republican candidate, Witi its ne- cessary consequences, will most probably bo fatal to the existenco of the government. sojemn conviction mat ir lite na- tional democratic party were destroyed to- - on ot the states would not en- dure for two years longer. It is the force of this truth, which is causing wise men and patriots, without regard to former par- J ty associations and prejudices, to take their j , '.1.1 .... . W m v ' V lUVtl 1 stand with those who intend to make a great ! effort for the maintenance of the govern- r , . . a v I ment ot ashiugton. As Xorth Carolina , will have the honor of firing the first guu in this great battle, so a decisive triumph there will tend powerfully to encourage and strengthen the friends of the constitu tion and the union everywhere, liespect fully, T. L. CLIXGMAX. City at Washington, June 20, 18o6. xor you io vote uirectiv tor their candidate. ' c . , . . . . ..,., ir u . . - . . tacts. fr it is notorious that those bills did If you hesitate between their man and that . , ... ., . , . , not allay, out on the contrary increased the ofthedeinocracy.it would bo better for ' . .." , . . , ,. i exeni mi nt bv the opposition oi Mr. 1 . s you to decline io vote at all. You would v r ' i . ., r I Northern friends to the fugitive slave bill, tbus save your credit as men of common u: , i , , ' , Z , """"" His m cs'j :s also shown by bis condemna- sensc, and escape the deris on and lau-h- L- ri a i . .... , I ... , tion of the Administration for the controver ter of the abohtionlsts, winch you would in- I v.,,...,..! ... , UTTPP Y IPMn'P T BlO rJaJ3l V Fj JlUl 111 I. J;L CHARLOTTE P Tofsday Mumiijr, July 8, 1856. FREE SUFFRAGE. A friend iu a neighboring county writes us, reouestiug a statement as to the exact condition of the Free Suffrage bill at ibis time some of the people iu his locality not being fully iafufcd ou the subject. We auswr a follows : Tbe Free Suffrage act passed the but (jeneral Assembly by a majority of three- ; tilths of all tbe member. The act is now being puhiishi d in the Ot p;ij ers. pttTSO- .mi iu rwwaMuaa U1 '" ' at the next session of the Legislature, it ........ I ... I ..i-'.I.M II . . . . . .... I nbtniM receive a vote of two-thirds of the whole representation in tbe two lionsesi it will tben be submitted to the people for tin ir approval or rejection. If they should approve it, voting upon it at the ballot box, it will tben become a part of the State Con stitution; a::d iu l3e oil persons who are 1 i :i ..i - " - ,.e huh i ii i lieu in v 1 le joj invito i 1 mons will also be entitled to vote for mem bers of the Senate, if it should be reject ed which we da ii". l- a'- it will again be I passed by a rote of three-fifth, and again put on its course l'ward becoming a part uf the State Constitution. Such a measure ii i may be uV'i steu, tut i can never OS ue ' trored. i . . Join: A. Gilmer, the Know-Nothing caa- 1 didate foe Governor, Las uniformly voted againKl Free Suffrage while a saemberol the Leffiidature: and be is one of the bitterest .....l . : .... .! .!. , 1. 1 f j m , IHl IIIW.-V l.l-I H.M,rU,. U,. sure has. He is not willing lliat persons who do not own as much as fifty acres of land shall he allowed to vote for Senators. tin utcrtueta lar on HUVeM. w e a-seri wnat ! we k ROW) to be true, and what we ran prove, by undoubted! documentary testimony; if denied. We challenge contradiction. Gov. Bragg, on the contrary, is a Free Suffruge man, ami lias always been so. He occupies on this nueMioii, tlie sasce grounds occupied by i;v. Reid. lfc isjor the re temi art, and is opposed to tampering witb slave property by withdrawing it from tin basis of representation, or by increas ing the taxes upon it. He is in favor of" protecting alike all the great interests of the Staie, Mini is opposed to unequal taxa tion. He thinks it best that all property should bear iN due share of taxation, and will never cun-cut to discriminate against any particular sort of property, as Mr. Gil mer proposes to do. Gov. Bragg told the people, two years ago. that the surest way r. i . i - .,. to obtain Free SuflVage was to continue the Democratic party iu power. The people took him at his word, and did so. The votes all the time against Free Suffrage, ami then when he is calh d to account for it to the people, he goes about looking up ex cuses for his votes. Such a man cannot be depended on. He is an enemy to the mea sure, and will defeat it if he possibly can. I!alili Standard- FUduMORE IN FAVOR OF THE MIS SOURI RESTRICTION. Fillmore's position in regard to the Kansas-Nebraska bill, is ascertained at last not by the declarations of his friends, but by his own public, positive and explicit avowals. Below, we publish a speech which he delivered in Albany, a few days ago. The "measure" which he reprobates as the source of the present sectional trou bles, and as the offspring of selfish and ambitions objects, is indisputably the re peal of the Missouri restriction. So pleased was the Editor of the "Whig" with the denunciations of Mr. P. against this Southern measure, the Kansas-Nebraska bill, that he regard) d Mr. F.'s speech as a second Declaration of Independence. o v .1. i. - .. i - ,oi mi- i I'Ullll. iiv iss-.ivu IUC BMVYVU IU rtll Extra, ntul sent it out to his readers. We shall aid him nil in our power in giing it circulation. It shows conclusively that Mr. F. is with the Abolitionists of the North, in opposition to the Kansas bill, and "imuwi io uh: , ,. . . Administratmu on account of that measure f . fo (hfl Th, h . . Af . v . tvitn lliill in t ii.ir . -ii,-. ....... - . . . t - . . " "l eianiis ww mi is e milieu io a scuionienT oi the slavery excitement, hy reason of the , ( w:n- : i.:.. u.. :r. ... .vi'inooiuisi - i,ur, ni u io ills nei;tis:i'es 91 i, oil i.iimilil miu l Uv sum- Iff ina.rS ill Kansas. Of course, he as President, would have prevented these difficulties and he is the man. according to his own showing to otliot aml Sl.ttle tiu. m ! How ? By vield- ing tn England and to the Abohtiouists all they desire, we presume, for he igne not to tell us how else they could have been avoided or could be settled. We l av "O marked, in italics, certain portions of hi ins speech, to which we allude, The speech shows, too, that Mr. F. is jealous of his rival. Fremont, for the vote of the Abolitionists of the North: and in making war upon Fremont and his party ' - " m-- u M - U 111.1 1 1 1 ' .1 1 ( f and attempting to show his own superiority of claims for the Best Presidency, be at . . 1 the same time shows the claims ot Buehan- at. an and Broefcenridge, one Ming from the Xorth. and the other from the South. But, the truth is, Fremont is a Southern man although a Benedict Arnold of the South and therefore Mr. Fillmore's argu- j ment falls to the ground, in reference to the impropriety of selecting both candidates from the Xorth. Siuce Mr. F. has avowed hi opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska bill, thl.re no OIir,.T a shad ; of difference be tween him and Fremont, so far as tbe South is concerned and we challenge his friends to point out the rJiffere fi. His know-no-t!iing frit nds may affect to believe tl at tbi speech reseuts b im with additional claims to tbe support of the South, but a critical examination of it will show that it affords additional reasons v, Iiy no Southern mail should give hint bis support. We repeat that now Millard FilhjiO occupies pre cisely the platform of rreniont, on tbe Kansas-Nebraska question, and all others i.i which the South is vitally interested. MR. FILLMORE 3 ALBANY SPEECH. Mi:. Mavoi: ami FsiXOW-CfriZEKS : This overwbi lining demonstration of con- . . . . -. ; gratulatwa ami welcome, almost deprives ,,ie OI- tj. power of speech. Here nearly thirty years ago t commenced my political 1 career, tn (DM duuuu.; i nr.-i saw a i gis j lative body in session (cheers,) but at that time it never entered into the aspirations ol j my heart that 1 should ever receive such a . welcome as this, in the capital of my na- live State. (Cheers) j Vmi have been pleased, sir, to allude to I my former services and my probable course j it 1 nl.ould be agiiin called to the position of Chief Magistral:- of the nation. (Ap j plause) It is uol pleasant to speak of one's ! self, yet I trust that the occasion will justi fy me in briefly alluding to one or two e vents connected with my last administra tim. (C beers.) You ail know that when I was called to the executive chair by a be reavement which overwhelmed the nation wit!: grief, the country was unfortunately agitated from one end to the other upon the exciting subject of slavery. It was then, sir, that I fob i'. my duty to rise above every sectional prejudice and look to the welfare of the whole nation. (Applause.) I wus compelled to a certain extent to overcome long cherished prejudices, and disregard party claims. (Great applause.) But in doius this. sir. 1 did no more than was !one by many alder and better men than myself. I was by no means the sole instrument under Providence, in harmoniz ing those difficulties. (Applause.) There were at that time noble, independent, high souled men in both Houses of Congress, he longiug to both the great political parties of the country Whigs ami Democrats, who spurned the character of selfish party leaders, (cheers,) and rallied around my administration, iu sunnort of the irreut mea- sares which restored jnicr to an agitated unit riislwlfd couMtrtf. (Cheers.) By the blessings of Divine Providence, our efforts wen crxcmea with .siria( success (cheers;) and when I left the Presidential chair, the whole nation was prosperous and contented, and our relatious with all foreign nations were of the most amicable kind (cheers.) 1 rait m a .a I The cloud that hung upon the horizon was dissipated; but where are we now ? Alas .' Threatened t home with civil war, and from abroad with a rupture of our peaceful relations. I shall not seek to trace the cau ses or tins cnange. l neso are the tacts, and it is for you to ponder upon them. Of j the present administration 1 have nothing to say. I can appreciate the difficulties of ad- I ministering this government, and if the pre- j sent extculixe. and Ins supporters hare with good intention and lames! hearts, inailc a mistake, I hope Gotl will forgive them as I tin. (Loud and prolonged applause.) lint if there be those who have brought these i calamities upon our country, for selfish or ambitious objects, it is your duty, fellow citizens, to hold them to a strict resjioiisi- j bility. (Cheers.) The agitation irhich disiiirhcd the peace of the country in 1850, was unavoidable. It was brought upon us by the acquisition of r.rur temforu, for the gorernmcnt of which it was necessary In provide territorial ad- ministration. Bui it is for uou to sat u !ir- met t ie present the counLru and agitation which hUac!s , , ; , . : , ' Juts Pot been recklessly wl wantonlu pro- rluccd ' the adoption of a measure to air in personal advancement rather th in any puol ir good. ( I 'heevs. ) Sir, you have been pleased fo say that I 1 have the union of these States at heart. J This, sir. is most true, for if there be one j object dearer to mo than any other, it is the j unity, prosperity and glory of this great ! Republic; and I confess frankly, sir, that 1 i v ii . 1 1 i i i . 1 1 1 1 1 . i a. -,i ll"liiiii; f nil, , ' , r i, 8 particular section, much less of the several candidates before the people. I presume thev are all honorable men. Rut, sir, what j do we see ? An exasperated feeling between the North and South, on the most exciting of all topics, resulting in bloodshed and or ganized military array. We s:c a political parly, presenting can didates for the Presidency and Vice Presi dency, selected for the first time from the free States alonr, with the avowed purpose oj electing tJu st candidates by the suffrages of one part of the Union only, to rule orcr the l utled States. Can it bo possible that those who are engaged in such a measure, can j have seriously reflected upon the eonse j quenees which must inevitably follow, in case of success.' (Cheers.) Can they have """Q0 01 ioiiy to neueve tiiat our Southern brethren would submit to be cov- 1 erned by such a Chief Magistrate? (Cheers.) Would be required to follow the rule pre scribed by tbos" hn elected hiin in making bis appointments? If a man living Soutli of Mason ami Dickson's line be not worthy to be lresiden1 or Vice President, would it ne proper wkwci one rrom too same quar- in, as oi:e et i i:t- iuuii'1 ouni'l , U lo 1C- .1 s , present the nation in a foreign country ? Or, indeed to coll, ct the revenue, or ad- minister the laws ot the United States ? ... . . . . . I. .. i .. 1 : a i n-t. what new rule is the President to a- dnpf m selecting men tor omce f These are serii us, but practical nues- Hons, and in order to inniwi.ttn tlmm t'ull,- it is only necessary to turn the tables upon ourselves. Suppose that the South, having a majority of the electoral votes, should de clare that they would only have slavehold ers for President and Vic e President; and should eh ct such by their exclusive suffra ges to r.ile over us at the North. Do you think we would submit to it ! Xo, not for a moment. (Applause.) And do you be lieve that your Southern brethren are less sensitive on this subject than you are. or less jealous of their rights ? (Tremendous cheering.) If yon do. let me tell you that you are mistaken. And, therefore, you must see thai if this sectional party suc ceeds, it b ads inevitably to the destruction of this beautiful fabric "reared by our fore fathers, eemuated by their blood, and be ' rr ............. queathed to us as a priceless inheritance. I tell you. say friends, that I speak warm ly on this subject, for I feel that we are in danger. 1 am determined to make a clean breast of it. I will wash my hands of the consequences, whatever they may be ; and I tell von that we are treadm? nmn tlw briub of a volcano, that is liable at any mo- A A- 1. . 1 I .. " - -.-s ..... . ...... .... limrn Ull ITU n"'nt t0 hl!rt t,,rtli overwhelm the na V S EH T" hold ni! uelusive bone and thereby win votes; but never can consent to be one dung to tin na- le I ie Nortn, and another to the South. 1 should despise myself if I could be guilty of such evasion, (Tumultuous applause.) l r mv conscience would still ask, with the drama tic poet 14 Is there not sonic secret curse Some hidden thunder r. d with immortal wrath To blast the wivteh wLo owes Ida greatu- ss To bis country's ruin tn Cheers. Iu the language of tbe lamented, immor- tal Clay " I had rather be right than Pres ident." (Enthusiastic cheering.) It seems to me impossible, that those en gaged in this sectional agitation can have contemplated the awful consequences of success. If it breaks asunder the bands of our Union, and spreads anarchy and eivil war through the land, what is it less than moral treason ? Law and common sense hold a mau responsible for the consequen ces of bis acts, and must not those whose acts tend to the destruction of tbe govern ment, be equally bold responsible ? (Ap plause.) And let me also add. that when this Union is dissolved, it will not be divid ed into two republics or two monarchies, but broken into fragments, each at war with the other. But, fellow-citizens, I have perhaps said all that was necessary on this subject, and I turn with pleasure to a less nnportaut, but more agreeable topic, (Cheers.) It has been my fortune during my travels in Eu rope, to witness once or twice the reception j of royalty, iu ail the pomp and splendour ot military array, where the music was giv en to order, and the cheers at the word of command. Bat, for myself, I piize the honest spontaneous throb of affection with which you have welcomed me back to my native State, above all the pageants which royalty can display. (Cheers.) There tore, with a heart overflowing with grateful emotions, 1 return you a thousand thanks, and bid you adieu. (Prolonged applause.) t. anb .Cnrolin;tiaiIo;tbs. F-jt the Western Der.-.ociat. Charlotte, July 5, 1856. Mr.. Editor: A friend has just handed me the Carolina Watchman, published iu Su hsbnrv. of the Jst instant, containing a communication from Chas. F. Fisher, Esq., President of the X. C. Rail Road Company, in regard to the passenger schedules and through tickets of the X. C. Rail Road and the Charlotte and S. C. Rail Road. As this letter purports to review the official inter course of the two corporations and the ac tion of the Board of Directors of the C. 6c S. C Rail Road, and reflects upon their proceedings, it necessarily calls for some statement, that tho public may rightly un derstand the matter. While I do not admit the propriety of discussing the policy of the C. Sc S. C Rail f Road Company through the public journals, I nor any accountability on its part to "ma- ny stockholders of the X'. C Road in Salis bury,'' yet as these mutters have been pub licly discussed by the President of tbe XT. C. Rail Road to bis next door neighbors, justice requires that I should review some ! portions of his letters. He tells them ' that up to a short time ! since. (21st of April) our mail train was run I in close connection with the C. ct S. C. Rail Road. Our connection with Wilmington &c W. R. Road at the East end was also perfect."' Now the X. C. II. Road construction was completed in January last, and her trains ran through in that month, and up to April 2lst. as stated, the X. C. R. Road was running in perfect connection at Charlotte and Goldsboro. Why was this not coutinued by the X. C-Road? This schedule gave no detention to through pas- engers. What road broke off this conneo- tionj The N. C. R. Road changed its sched- ule, as is admitted. The C. &. S. C R. Road haa not materially changed her passenger . , . . , , se,lt;tluI Ui 1,m;e J'oar' a,,d since the com- pletion of the X. C. Road only 15 minutes. Why then should Mr. Fisher complain that i uiv v,. ol cj. . xvoau oust rue IS turoufrn trav- . . , , ,. , , 1 v' """" u,u ma" " connection with the C. & S. C. Road "to and from" also at Goldsboro' and abandon it. This schedule, he states, was run "for a long time before the completion of our construction," and after the completion this time was reduced to 14 hours. This only enabled the X C. Road to make its , . - , , , connections more easilv: and v.'hv were thev - J J not k(Tl Tne President of the X. C. R. Road broke the connection coins East and West, at Charlotte and Goldsboro'. and he can bst answer why. Because as he says the Directors of the Charlotte Road would not run their trains in the nierht. Now, if the Charlotte Road did wrong, it does not justify the President of the X. C Road in doing a greater wrong. This is his reasoning. By the former schedule of the X. C. Road its trains left here at 5 o'clock and lo min utes, P. M. 45 minutes after the arrival of the Charlotte train, and conveyed the pas sengers on in time for the R. 6V G. B. Road, leaving Raleigh at 7 o'clock and connecting with the Wilmington & W. train nt 0 A. M.. going Xorth. The return train arrived at Raleigh in time for the passengers of the R. St (Jr. Road, reaching Charlotte at (J o' clock in the morning. 1 hours before the departure South of the Charlotte train. Thus ull adjoining roads had good connec tions, and the X. C. Road has only to return to its old schedule and all will be accommo dated, and the through travel be detained at no place, and have choice of the R. 5c (Jr. Road and the Bay line going Xorth and returning South. This unfortunate change causes a detention of the traveller of 5 hours and 40 minutes at Goldsboro', coming South, and 10 hours at Charlotte, and perhaps longer if he comes by the Bay line route, which a majority of our through travel pre fer. Going Xorth he stops over at Char lotte 13 hours, at Goldsboro' 1 hour and 55 minutes, and if he desires to go the Bay line (I think) 1:2 hours more at Weldon or stops over at Raleigh about 13 hours making not less than 25 hours detention. The C. A: S. C. Road expended $40,000 to make perfect connections with the S. C. Road at Columbia, and runs her trains iu perfect connection with the trains of that road- -not subjecting the passenger to any detention or extra charge until he is landed af Charlotte. This connection at Colum bia is of much more importance to the Char lotto Road than the connection with the X. C. Road, on account of the through trav el. As an evidence of this the C. fc S. C. Koad owed the N. C. Road about the 20th June last, nearly $100 to every fl, the X. C. Road owed it for through tickets sold at Columbia and Goldsboro'. I think it was in the month of March last when Mr. Fisher informed me that he ex pected to change his schedale to run in day light, as he said there was much complaint along the line on account of the night trains. His schedule time then from Goldsboro' to Charlotte was 16 hours. To avoid this and without having consult ed the Directors, I immediately proposed to make a double daily line on both roads. Mr. Fisher declined because he thought it would not pay. Subsequently the Board of Directors requested me to renew this proposition to the President and Directors of the N. C. Road, being unanimously con vinced that it would pay. If it would pay over a road of 110 miles, it ought to pay better on one 223 miles. This arrangement w ould have accommodated both the through and local travel. Nor will the roads ever be able to get the amount of through travel they are entitled to until this full connec- Hon is made with other roads at tjoiasDoro and Columbia. I do not recollect that the President on that occasion or any other ever proposed to me that the Charlotte train should return in the evening upon the arrival of his. I never understood him to make any such proposition either before or since he has broken off the connection. I certainly had never even submitted it to the Directors, and therefore they could not have declined it as stated. Had I understood the President to have submitted this proposition I could have readily answered him. Surely I could not have been so discourteous or insincere to one who had been uniformly courteous to ine as to have delayed answering him for "several months" when I knew his desire was to promote the common interests of our Koad.;. I have greatly misunderstood him or he is entirely mistaken in relation to this subject. I was elected President of the Charlotte & S. C. R. B. Company on the 7th of February last, was much engaged for a fortnight or more on the Road could not have seen him before the 20th or last of February, and could not have delayed answering his proposition for " several months" when his latest change of schedule went into operation April 21st less than two mouths ufter my first official interview. ! It being his mail train he must have deter : mined upon it a week or more before the 21st to have obtained the consent of the Post Office Department as the mail was thereby delayed 12 hours. It is needless forme to say of Mr. Fisher, with whom my intercourse has always been so agreeable, that he is a gentleman of un questioned integrity, and I cannot conceive how this misunderstanding could have orig inated. It would seem that so important a proposition submitted even in the harrass ing and varied duties of his or my position would have met with prompt consideration. Rather than have had the connection bro ken off I should have acceded to the ar rangement he now says he proposed, al though it might have much deranged the well known and established connections of the Charlotte Road in its correspondence with every alternate train on the S. C Rail Road. Surely the President of the X. C. Road is mistaken in saying "with the Wilming ton Road there is no detention to passen gers going or coining." All passengers coming from the North via. Goldsboro' are detained there 5 hours and 40 minutes tminer North 1 hour and 55 minutes, and his is tho ucnycst the N. c. Koad comcs to ml-;nf nnniiirtmn with nnv Unid run making a connection witn any ivoau iuu nine to it. In respect to through tickets, I have only to say I have for months endeavored to make a through ticket from Augusta or Montgomery to Weldon, over the XT. C. Road, in connection with both the Wilming ton avd Raleigh Roads at an uniform rate per mile, with all connecting roads. This has been invariably declined by the N. C. Road. Nor "would the intelligent Boards of the Charlotte and Raleigh Roads" expect less of the intelligent Board of Directors of the X. C. Road, than that they w ould readily accede to "so unreasonable a thing"' as to add. ten passengers daily where they now only get one over the entire line even if they should all only travel 173 miles over their road ; which would give $51 90 per day while the other would pay $0 G9 per day. Is not the effort to save the 50 miles of travel, actually sacrificing the 173 miles, by driving off the through travel. This does not appear so unreasonable, unless the object is to run a road without reference; to the profits. Connecting roads of shorter lengths think they will be well paid by the increased travel under this arrangement, and I cannot see why the X. C. Road's profits would not be increased by it. In regard to the through travel, the Charlotte and X. C Roads can have but a common interest, and to get it we must make connec tions and offer inducements to the public. We may invite but we cannot force tho public travel. The Directors of the C. & S. C. Road have ever desired to co-operate with the Directors of the X. C. Road in promoting connections and granting facilities to the through travel, and feel that their interests in this matter are identical. WM. JOHNSTON. Directors ix the N. C Road. At a recent meeting of the Board of Internal Im provements the following gentlemen were appointed Directors on the part of the State in the Xorth Carolina Railroad Company : P. C Cameron, R. P. Dick, Samuel Har grave, P. B. Hawkins, W. T. Dortch, J. D. Bellamy, Giles Mebane and J. I. Sha ver. R. P. Dick, Esq., was appointed to represent the State iu the next meeting of the stockholders. Artesian Discoveries. In an Artesi an well now in course of excavation in New Orleans, the auger recently brought up, from a depth of five hundred and eighty feet, sand thickly interspersed with fibres of wood, fragments of bark, shells, dec It was thought wonderful not long since to find shells aud vegetable remains at a depth of sixty feet, but in this case they were found at nearly six hundred feet. The New York Tribune having de nied it, now gays " It is a fact tbat Col. Fre mont was married by a Catholic Priest." DAVIDSON COLLEGE. From a friend who was present on the occasion, we have received the following account of the commencement of the above institution. It would seem that this College is likely to become, and that soon, one of the roost important literary institutions of the South. "The annual commencement of this In stitution came off on Thursday, 26th of June. A multitude was in atteudauce, with he usual amount of youth and beauty. A fine opportunity was afforded for the dis play of intellectual culture oa the part of students, and of extravagant fashion on the part of the audience. After the arduous con flicts in literature, it must be refreshing to aspiring youth to be greeted by the pres ence of so many who are evidently so high ly pleased with themselves, and who seem to wish others to share largely in a similar feeling. Commencement day was preceded by an examination for four days, said to be search ing and close. Eighty students were in attendance. Of these eight graduated. Near fifty rise Sophomore next session, (15th of September.) The Salutatory ora tion was delievered by J. C Caldwell, of Fairfield, S. C Being in Latin it was lis tened to with profound attention. T. C Henderson of Davidson College delivered the Valedictory A. X. McCallum of Ten nessee, the Philosophical Oration. One on the "Old Xorth State" called forth repeated cheers. North Carolina bids fair to rival South Carolina in the work of self gratulation. Some of the Orations did great credit to the young gentlemen. The whole of the exercises were enlivened by the per formance of a Brass Band from Charlotte. C. D. Fishburn was inaugurated Profes sor of the Greek Language and Literature. On Wednesday, the rival Literary Societies were represented by their several speakers. Great disappointment was felt by the ab sence of M. D. Hoge, D. D., of Richmond, Va., one of the Orators elect, who was de tained by family affliction. The other So ciety was favored with an address from Rev. M. McQueen of Richmond county, X. C. Six additional orations were delivered by these Societies on Wednesday evening. Not being present at any of these displays of youthful eloquence, I can say nothing of their merits. The Trustees were in pretty full atten dance. They were apparently harmonious each trying to promote the interest of the College. They have obtained a Decree of the Court, that $100,000 of the Chambers legacy be paid over immediately. They expect that a final decision will soon be made in the case of this munificent bequest. The friends of the College are sanguine in their expectations, that all will be eventu ally obtained, and that it will amount to $250,000, or even $300,000. The Trustees have taken incipient steps to use the inter est as it may conic into their hands for the benefit of the College. The principal they can never use, according to the will of the benevolent donor. In connection with the President, Dr. Lacy, there are four Professors two of them natives of South Carolina. Another will be elected at the next annual Meeting of the Board. With seven Professors and ample funds, and with the blessing of the great head of the Church, Davidson College may justly look forward to a bright and glo rious future." Yorkville Enquirer. Postponed. The Truest ees' of the Statesville Female College, have concluded that it is best to put off the commencement of the session to the 15th of September. Z3T Public meetings are being held in England and other places in aid of the suf ferers by tbe late inundations in France. The Lord Mayor said he had been inform ed that France had 1251) English miles un der water, and that 4D.000 people were en- tirely stiicken down. . . UW The daughter of John C. Calhoun, who John Van Buren was reported about to marry, is already married to Hon. Mr. Cremson, of Md. Mr. Van Buren will have to wait. I2PMrs. Maria Campbell, a sister of Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, died in Philadelphia, on the 23d instant. UT Commodore Stockton and Ravner were in Raleigh, N. C. last Saturday. (5T The Lehigh, Pa., Valley Times has the Stockton and Rayner tieket at the head of their columns. m ilSIIon. Frank Granger, ex-Postmaster General, under Harrison, has declared for Fremont. Fatal Explosion. The locomotive " Norfolk," ou the Clarksville, Virginia and Roanoke Valley Railroad, says the Peters burg Democrat, exploded on Sunday last when near Lynesvitle, N. C, killing the engineer and two firemen and wounding i several others. The engineer was blown ! into fragments and was found 100 yards I from the place of explosion. The passen- j 1 1 " gers weie on their way to a church. F Col. Fremont, while in the United States Senate, voted against the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia ! VW The majority report of the Kansas investigating committee, covers, it is said, 3000 pages of foolscap paper. CiT The Pope has contributed 14,000 Francs for the relief of the sufferers by the inundation in France. ty Josiah Kilgore, Esq., a prominent citizen of Greenville, S. C-, died on the 22d June, aged 65 years. 1 The Hon. Philip T. Herbert, mem ber of Congress from California, indicted for the murder of Thomas Keating, waiter in Willard's Hotel, Washington, has been commit'.ed to jail. The Hon. Edward Stanley of Cali fornia, formerly of North Carolina, arrived in New York on Saturday, in the Illinois. ALL FOR BUCH atTa The LouisvUle Courier of Friday la. says : ' " Yesterday morning, the good wife of David Zueffly presented him with p0UR bouncing babies two girls and two boysi Mother and children were all doing well a could be expected, and honest David hi-a-self was still alive at last accounts. Wtt great good taste, the happy parents of this quartette of new inhabitants, immediately called the two sons James Buchanan and John Breckinridge. The two daugbicrs were denominated Susan and Mary Cath erine. Notice. LL persons having business with the Board i of Common Schools, will find tan at ii store ot J. 1 . & . m. Blair, on Satiuday 0f cch week. In my absence all paper? left wuh n. 5? ther Win. ltoss, will be aiivnded to M soon ' sible. J. P. KOsW. COaiman?" N. B. All persons making applications u u. . said school, must, before enteiuig on h s or herd ties, ootain a certificate of their qualifications a " teacher from the Committee of Examination K. N. HUTCHISON ' M. U. JOHNSTON ' J. F. ROSS, Committee ol Examination July 1, 1856 2w n' A Homestead lor $10! $310,000 worth of Farms and Building Lots, IN the Gold Rrgion of Virginia, ( Ctilpe nor Co ) to be divined amougst 1 0,200 rabecriben on the 17th of September, 1856, tor the benefit r i-oiT noyai reinaie ACHuemy. Subscriptions ONLY TKN noi.LAKS EACH ; one half down, tlw rest on the delivery of the DEED. Every sub scriber will grt a Building Lot or a Faun, ranir. iug in value from ij&in to j&Jo.OOO. Thes.- Faimi and Lots are sold so cheap to induce sctilcnii'nu a sufficient number facing reserved, tin; baeresss in the value of which witi OmpeOtate for the ap. parent low price now asked. The most ample security will be given for the faithful perl'oruiauco of contracts and promises. fjjF' More agents are wanted to obtain subscri bers, to whom the most liberal inducements will be given. Some Arents write that they are mak ing $'200 per mouth. Advertising will be dona for every Agent where passible. For full parti culars, Subscriptions, Agencies, &c, apply to K. BALDER, Port Roval, Caroline county, Va. July 1, 1850 tS 10 MEDICAL Jora.YlL & UEV1EW. C. IIAPPOLDT, M. D Editoe and Publisher. Pl'MIIS Journal is issued on the First of every J- alternate month: each number comprises One llundied and Fony-ionr Octavo Pages; and contains a S.eel Engraved Poiuait of a dstingu iahed Medical man. The volume begins with ihe January, ai.d is completed with the November issue. It will thus contain six Portraits, and eight huiidted and sixty-lour pages of leading matter. TERMS: $1 00 per an nuo, m advance, which entitles ihe subscribe! to receive his numbers mi of postage $5 00 it payment is delayed until the end oi the year. Subscription to begin with tho Januaiy or July nuintjcis. C. HAPPOI.DT, June 1, 185G 2w Charleston, S. C. 0O-Pen?ons Wishing to subscribe shou d a die.s us by letter, enclosing 91, which will be at our nsk li the letier is registered. Town Taxes for 1856. ''T'lIE town Taxi s for 1866, and all arrearages, -L are now due, and must be settled by tho first day uf August, or I will proceed to collect according to Act of Assembly, without any dis crimination. S. A. HARb'IS, July 1, 1S.16. 5w Tax C ollector. CXF"VVhig will please copy. T7 JUL TOoran ton, . . rWlIITS new Hotel is now opened for B ftic nMmffwil O ri.fritUr on.l m-l9!l sient, lioanters and the travelling public. Every needful arrangement lias been made to promote the comfort of those who may stop with me. Aly rooms are large, well ventilated and better furnished than any Hotel in North Carolina. It is ray intention to make Una a FIRST CLASS HOTEL. My Si abb s are large and we II -supplied with provender, and I am prepared at a moment's no tice to supply my customers with Horses and conveyances to any part of the surrounding coun try. C. S. BROWN, Proprietor. June 24, 18S6 3m rsTThe Stage Ollicf for tbe Tri-Weekly Lino of Coaches to Salisbury and Asheville, is kept at the Walton House. NOTICE. BY virtue of a Deed oi Trust, executed to me on the lSth day of May, 18.ri5, by David Lmdsey, in favor of Kichard Peoples and T. A. Sharp, ! will proceed to sell, at the Court-Ilousc, in the town of Charlotte, at public, auction, on Tttt know the kith day or Jolt next, tho valuable property known as the Foster Mill Tract, containing about 93 Acres, Lying in Mecklenburg county, and adjoining the lands of William Lee, Smith's heirs, Nancy Alex ander, auu others I tion the land are Mills, including Grist, Saw, and Fiouriner, ii All of which have undergone recent ami HIOl !. M repairs, the location being as good, if not the best, in tnc cotintv, tor muling purpose. C W. DAVIS, Trustee. Charlotte, June 10, l.'.t;. ts NOTICE. IN CONSEQUENCE of baring lost by the fire which occurred in this place, on the morning of the 8?th of M.iy last, various Nottl and claims against numerous persons in this and adjoining counlie.-. which notes and atuhUs, br ing the property of e. C. Steele, a. Bets OTOE &. Co., and others, which were placed in tnj hands fix collec'jon: All persons, therefore, againut whom any of such claims are still standing un settled, are hereby duly notified, that unless tb'J appear immediately aud close up the same, by note or cash, I shall be compelled to file, lofb with, Hills iu Equity, thereby subjecting such persons to additional and unnecessary costs. S. W. DAVIS. Charlotte, June 10, 18o(5. tf A Steward Wanted. 4 PFLICATIONS for the above office in Da vidson College, w ill be received, natil Taes tfte th of July, (being Tuesday of Court,) ZJJ C';r",i1u,';.wi" "f ju lotte, to consider such applications. Inthene-an- time, any one desirous of securing the place, can present bis name either x rsonally or by letter to any member of the committee. ftev. W. W. PH ARK, Oak Liwn P.O. Rev. II. B. lUiNN INCH A.M. D. L Charlotte, A ii. UAV1IXSON, Esq., Charloue, ). A. CALDWELL, fOsq., Davidson College, k. J. McDowell, Eq., cat ties' Foid, Executive Committee. July 1, 185T 3w Something that wai never offered before! The best Plantation in Meck lenburg County. Also, the best Gin-House in Ar. Carolina. THE Plantation contains 500 Acr-0, in the Providence settlement, lying on tbe wa ters of Flat Branch, 14 miles south of Charlotte' Persons wit-hinn to pure-base, would do well to call andsec for themselves. It this tiact be not stifii cient, OTHER TRACTS ol equally good land, near at hand, can be (lufdnntd upon lair leinis. It there be ihoso ho wish to purchase a small tract, thy can also be accomtnod tcd in ihe same neighboi hoed. Also for sale, a Plantation with 340 A cr?, with a good SAW MILL and a GOLD MINE, lying on the waters oi June urtm-", 8 miles from Charlotte, well bmbered. Posaosio.. to be given on the 25ui day of December next. JOHN S. rORTER. 'UU Providence, May 20, 1836. 6m
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