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WjjKKN DEMOCRAT. mCHARLOTTE MR. BUCHANAN AT HOME Under date of November 1st, a corres- . m r 1. -. Pt " froM UUT, lVnn.ylvan.H. draws the following attractive picture of "Mr Buchanan at hine:" Ou approaching Wheatland the visitor it, struck by the air of comfort and trimness that pervades the place. The mansion is a plain brick one, without any pretension to architectural beauty, but the site on which it w built commands some picturesque views, and is shaded by fine old trees. It M a simple, substantial, republican looking dwelling, without any of the composite decorations with which our city millionaires are in the habit of ornamenting their suburban villas. It has a warm, genial, homestead aspect, promising a hospitable welcome and substantial cheer to those who may enter its walls. Previous to its purchase by Mr Buchanan, it belonged to Mr W. M. Meredith, late Secretary of the TrgBry under General Taylor, and was built, we believe, by a brother-in-law of Robert Emmet. "On entering the house I was shown into the library where I found Mr Buchanan, with about ten or a dozen gentlemen who were all unknown co me. but who, I believ wercforthe most part leading politicians tm the !ieglifMrliiid. 1 he conversation appeared to be ntiliatml, and turned, of course, on the sahject of the election. Mr I'u hanan, listened attentively ;o the remarks made, but to'k very liitle part in them. From his calm, impassive manner, one would have supposed him to be the party hast interested of all the persons present on the aahjft under discussion. It was manv rears since I had seen him, and 1 was forcibly struck by the little alteration which time and the cares of office had effected ia braaMoi saraaee. 11c looked even oiuiger, fresher, and stouter than when i we but met. Nothing could be lander or j i- i .i i i i ; more cordial than the manner in which he I receive I uh aitlionni tlteinotjvo ol mv visit t III , ll"l.U 111" UtVII I V Jt ... ..It .. .;..!. l' ..... . .f BMW was more uf a personal than a political one. If. I . .-Y.. -.''. rv C ,i 'mi . t . . ,,. IMiaMaMU Ul I .... j I "8 w I Sooth and out h - west . A convention in re- much tm kummit of manner, f..r I caa I ferenoeto this matter Is to held in Louisville, aamre yon it is severe: y put to the test. Ky., in May nest, in connection with the Heis beset by boats nl i-it.rs of all ; Meeting of the Southern Baptist Biennial condition, stanse nf thrm qaeer samples ofj Convention. The delegate to this Conven bamanitj Only think of an enthusiastic-' ,,on wcre appointed and instructed to re ft aMim blllllllll4,iil making a lmg joorney I P6" C. Convention in each of to take a cast of his head ! Mr Buchanan ,1,rs0 ,n,etfSs- Riders Brod- r-civedhi bdv visitor with the greatest f"rd' T1,n' Mitchril- Hooper, ,. . . ,. , McDaniel, Skinner, Cansler. Jordan, Tobey aoirteneae, invited her to dinner, and totd . . .... . . : . . . Jamoji, Dobson, mgate, 1 . II. Pnchard, her she was welcome to examine anything SoK,moUi Wheeler and Repttoo. she pleased a-bout the prcmi, with the , Among tho from othor gtateg wp exception of his bumps. Vou can imagine ' mnv m(.n,ion Elder T. C. Tensdalo ,D. D. the nwtifieation of thi.s ardent rotary of ! of Washington City. Elder E. Kingsford. science at 1 eing Compelled to 1 avo w ithout D. D. of Alexandria; and Elder A. M. Poin- aV"niplihiug the otject of her ionisey. 'The only familiar face which I en countered during my brief vNit to Wheat- : land was tha. of Mr Bradv, f Broadway, the wdl-kaown photographist, lie came This ecclesinstical body met at Mt. Mo there tO take view s of the hottse and riah, in Guilford county on Wednesday the surrounding scenery and I believe has j 5th inat. Through the kindness of the Con succeeded in obtaining representations of ' ference, we are permitted to give an advance every obi.HJt of interest about tho premises. ! sketch of their proceedings. These picUuee will form an interesting feature in the fine historical gallery which this enterprising artist has succeeded in collecting together at so much expense. In the event of Mr Buchanan's election they will probably bo engraved for general circulation." j Danl. Thompson, J. A. Neese, AlsonGray, THE OUTRAGES IN BALTIMORE, j H. T. Weatherly, T. C Hays, G. A. T. The Baltimore Republicnnof Wednesday I Whitaker, J. G. Stockard, Jno. Gordon, erciiing s.n - ; I J. W. Haith, J. W. Xaylor, J. Guyer, R. 'There is Mt a man in this city who does Jones, R. R. Prather, Wm. A. Wills, not know that the bloody tragedy of yes- ; lt- R- Micbaux, C. F. Harris, Jno. L. Mich terday, called an election, was a mere hor- ' aui' d- Henshaw, Nathan Robbins. Q. Hoi riblt mockery that thou.-ands of illegal ,on James Deans, Joseph Causey, J. M. otos wi re polled by the opposition of de- i lvennett- mocracv. and that thousands of honest Rev- C' F' Ilarriii was clerted President voters were prevented from giving their for th BMui ear' and Rcv' W- H' Wills votes hy the organized aud armed bands of W8S tllted Secretary. Revs. John Per- who. t an earlv hour, took posses- dew and W . C Canno n, of theM.E. Church, ion of thu polls nnd keptpeaema through-' wero Qtroduced and invited to take seats in out the day. In several of the wards the ! tll Conference. maiority of tho know nothing is renter i 0no of the P";pal topics of discussion, than the whole legal vote, and yet the dem ocrats were scarcely permitted to poll a vote. " r O O These facts were early reported to the mayor and were treated by him with perfect iu- difference; his police force wero enlisted everywhere upon the side of the rowdies, and the increased vote which they received shows conclusively that their services we re ' verv effective avaintt the Jrrr.,.. ' "The course of the know-nothing press. including the American and Patriot, has been such as to encourage and stimulate the state of things which has brought such a vulgarity and indecVncy only equalled by j foiL1" 5tatiStiCS " " the Clipper, sneered at the governor, and , 34 Itinerants; 32 Unstationed Ministers ridiculed his desire to maintain the peace and Preachers, of the city, and complimented Mayor Ilinks ' Number of Members 6229. upon bis refusal to accept of any aid, dius 'ett inpr?R-e this year. 433. .hewing a perfect under,taudinamong the SHSL 'J f3?'000 , , ; ,u 1 c Sabbath Schools 13, Teachers 57, Scholars couii,i.ir4 as to the plan of carrying the 419. Greensboro' Times. elec tion iu this city. We would ak what ' , m , the coalitionists have accomplished by their violence and fraud and murders !" Sampson Sitkriok Colkt. At Fall Term last week. Judge Dick passed sentence oa Jacob Johnson, for the murder of Jacob ! Stewart, committed iu Harnett County some two years ago. The execution is to take j place on Friday the 19th of December. FayettcvUle Observer. The Orioinal Sabbath, in England.: in the year 950, commenced on Saturday at 3 P. M., and lasted till daybreak on Monday. In the reign of Jamea the I, 1606, a fine of one shilling was imposed by act of Parliament on every person absent from church uu Sunday. EARTHQUAKE AT MALTA. Malta. October 15. On Sunday, Octo ber 25tb at eleven minutes before 2 o'clock A. M-, the islaud of Malta and Gozo were visited by shocks of an earthquake, so vio lent in their nature, and so long in their duration, that the oldest inhabitants do not 1 4 Ixmmrn - ' - " v nit ui uri v?i mm m m j-- -v .. thing so severe. The first shock made it- Leere - ptiMg by a tremendous motion j mt by the passing of a I hmtMMimlii a thou.-and times reDeat- . j 0 o ed, accompanied by a rumbling noise, of di -taut thunder, which rapidly increased in violence until every building trembled. Scarcely a minute had elapsed when a more violent shock, accompanied by a loud er noise occurred. The alarm occasioned was general throughout town and country. Men, women, aud children, suddenly aroused from their slumbers, issued from every house, rushed into the streets and made their way to the squares and other spaces, which soon became full of people. The sentry at the Treasury left his post and ran to the main guard, which he turned out. under the impression that shells were being thrown in the town by an enemy from some steam fleet. The two shocks, the interval being so brief as to he incalculable, lasted two minutes. In the city of Valletta scarcely a building escap ed injury, and all corner structures have more particularly suffered. Of the Roman Catholic churches those of San Giacomo, St. Orsola, aud St. Ponuuico appear to have suffered most. N. C. BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION. This body convened in the Baptist Church in this City on Wednesday the 5lh instant. j and the deb-gates were called to order and welcomed by the President of the last Con vention, Elder James McDaniel, Elder Solomon acted as Secretary. The time was occupied in preliminary arrangements, and the Convention adjourn ed to meet in the State Capitol at half past 9 on Thursday morning. At night the introductory sermon was preached by Elder J. B. Solomon. On Thursday, the Convention met in the Capitol. Elder J. McDaniel was elected President, nnd Eldrer J. B. Solomon, Sec- retarv. The annual report of the Board of Managers was read, and the usual commit- tees appointed, rr V....--; T?. .!;. ...,.1 T,.- V....,l,, v. ! attention of the Convention the subject of a 1 - Theological Seminary for the Baptists of the . . . ' dexture, of Richmond, Ya. Raleigh Stand- ard. METHODIST PROTESTANT AN NUAL CONFERENCE. The President, John F. Speight, opened the Conference with quite an interesting sermon. The representation is very good, both ministeral aud laity. Besides about thirty lay delegates, we find tho following ministers present : Jno. F. Speight, T. H. Pegram, A. C Harris, A. V. Linebury, Alex. Bobbins, was a proposition to establish a Female Sem iuary of high grade at High Point. The comcrenco nnauy adopted the resolution to tabli!ih 8Jd school, but located it at tbia eonaty. The following board of Trutet's wcre elected : Geo. C. M-"denhall. J. W. Field, J. F. Speight. L W' Scheie, Calvin Johnson. C. H. Wiley, Alox- Bobbins, C. F. Harris and J. C. Ran- r 11 i i.a kin. In the debates much interest in the cause of religion and education were mani fested. On the Sabbath sermons were preached at various places in the vicinity. On Tuet Hero is an old English riddle, but it is stdl worth guessing. "More fickle than the wind that blows. namui tuuu me uamasK rose ; What strikes with dread the honest tar ? What Nelson fears amidst the war ? What's colder than the frigid zone ? What, ladies, you may call your own ? What's sweeter than a mutual kiss, Will instantly unravel this." .A f. wllA InliMllnlA. ' IT , , . . , .,Bmrwt e - oum-i. uist. He is so humble as to confess, when he censures what you have net said, that he cannot confute what you have said; and be is so kind as to furnish you with an oppor tunity of proving him a liar, as you refer to your book to deteot him. " From the Raleigh Standard. Kenneth Rayacr denounced by honest Fillmore men in Phila delphia. The Philadelphia Xews an old and relia ble Fillmore journal asserts that Mr Ray ner went to Philadelphia to advocate fusion at the request of black Republican traitors; aud that paper dwells at some length and with much bitterness on the disoord created by Mr Rayneriu the Fillmore ranks. Indeed, so aroused audeurngvd were the honest Fill more men by his conduct, that it seems Mr Rayuer at ouc time apprehended per sonal violence at their h tnus ; and iu proof of this we c opy the following from tho Philadelphia Sun of the 4th instant : 'Mr Kayner's speech was so earnest and truthful that it carried hope and conviction with its ehraoettt sentences. Three cheers were given for Rayaer and three for Union Ticket, as he closed and left to address another meeting, saying us he left the room that he believed that it he was attacked to night in the street- he would have twenty good and true Americans around him in five minutes to defend him. (Enthusiastic applause.) The Philadelphia News of 3d November, saj s : 'Mr Rayner is either ignorant of the eft'ect of the action ho recommends, or ho is wil ling to rii-k the hazard of the die. We re member well when Kenneth Uayner was regarded a the most ultra of the antagon ists Of abolitionism, and tho fanaticism of the Giddings and Garrison school. He de nounced tuese disorganizing doctrines in Congress in the most violent language, and in terms not strictly within the rules of parliamentary decorum. Now, he is advo cating an electoral ticket composed entire ly of the friends of Giddings 5c Co., und the greater part of which will enure to the benefit of the champion of Northern sec tionalism. Is Mr Rayner blinded by ambi tion .' Bet him explain these matters to his constituents, for ho will be called to a stern account by them. Mr Rayner overrates his influence, if he supposes that he can induce the Americans of Pennsylvania to follow him in the tortuous path ho has chp srn to waik in." The News was right. Mr Rayner did "overrate his influence," as is shown by the fact that thousands of the Fillmore men there voted for Buchanan. The Philadelphia News on the 4th says : "Mr Rayner was brought here at the instance of the black Bepublieans, and even this Mr Jlillward and his traitorous coad jutor, Mr Cooper, dare not now deny. If these gentlemen were the instruments iu the hands of that party which seeks the blood of the American organization, so much the worse for them. If, after receiving the honors of tho party which elevated Mr Mill ward to the dignity of a Congressman, he chooses to play second fiddle to the North ern section of locofocoism, this is his matter, not ours, at least, until a more fitting occa sion. But why not let Mr Rayner speak for himself? He aspires to be a leader in the American party, yet on the eve of the most important Presidential election w-itneseed iu the country for years, he abandons tho canvass in his own State, and comes here, to do what? to assist that party to which he claims to belong? No! To aid it in elevating Mr. Fillmore, its nominee, to the Presidency ? No ; but to ask it to prosti tute itself beforo and beneath the form of a sectional organization, and to ask its mem bers to vote for an electoral tieket which has none others in it but friends of Johu C. Fremont. If Mr. Rayner can reconcile this conduct with his duty to the American party, let him do it: but we say to him, now and henceforth, that no matter what were his intentions, he camo here and cast a firebrand among men who were contend ing for principles which must live or die with this contest. If Mr Rayner is no better politician than to be guilty of such conduct as has char acterized his present visit, we confess that he would make but a poorleader. Lethim, before coming here to iustruc the people of Pennsylvania, look to his own deserted State, and let him go back to the State of North Carolina, if he dare, and tell the peo ple there that the object of his mission into Pennsylvania was tc advise the Ameri can party to a cohabitation with Black Republicanism aud Northern Sectionalism, whose crusade aims the ASSASSIN'S KNIFE AT THE HEART OF NORTH CAROLINA, as of every other State south of Mason and Dixon's line." Colored Persons not Citizens of the United States. Application hav ing been made to the State Department for passports to a company of colored minstrels, about to visit Europe professionally, a re ply has been received by Mr Rice, clerk of the Superior Court of New York, who made the application. The reply is from J. A. Thomas, Esq., Assistant Secretary of State who says that Secretary Marcy refuses the request. His reasons are thus set forth : A passport is a certificate that the per son to whom it is grontt J is a citizen of the United Slates, and it can only be issued upon proof of thisfact. In tho papers which accompany your communication there is , not satisfactory evidence that the persons , , r . , . tor whom yon request passports aro of this - description. They are represented in your ' letter as 'colored" and described in the j affidavits as "blacks." from which state- ' meats it may be fairly inferred that they ' are negroes. If this is so, there can bo no ' doubt that they are not citizens of tho j Luited states. The question whether free ! negroes are such citizens is not now pre sented for the first time, but has repefited ly ari.-en iu the administration of tho na tional and tho State governments. In 1821 a controvert v nrosp as to whotlior free Demons of color were citizens of the i iiii..'u oiaies, wimm tne intent aim mean- i ing of the acts of Congress regulating for eign and coasting trade, so as to be quali fied to command vessels; and Mr Wirt, Attorney General, decided that thev were not. and moreover held that the words ! 'citizens of the United States, were used in the acts of Congress in tho same way as in I ngress in tho same way tho constitution. This view is also fully sustained in a recent opinion of the pres ent Attorney. Mormoxism in Great Bkitaix. Eng lish papers state that the Mormons are making many converts in that country, by exaggerated pictures oi life in Utah. They now openly teach their doctrine of polygamy, but it seems no impediment to converts from the fair sex. The annual emigration of converts is about 8.000. Indiana. The full returns from Indiana give Buchanan a plurality of 15,000. GRAPHIC PICTURE OF NAPOLEON The personal apppearance of Napoleon, in the last days of his power, is thus des cribed by Lamartine, and will be interest ing as coming from his pen, though we doubt very much its correctness : 'The Empire had made him old before his time. Gratified ambition, satiated pride, the delights of a palace, a luxurious table, a voluptuous couch, youthful wives, com plaisant mistresses, long vigils, sleepless nights, divided between labor and festive pleasure, the habit of constant ridiugwhich made him corpulent, all tended to deaden his limbs and enervate his faoulties. An early obesity overloaded him with flesh. His cheeks, formerly streaked with muscles, and hollowed by the working of genius, were broad, full and overhanging, like those of Othio in the Roman medals of the Em pire. An excess of bile mingliug with tho blood, gave a yellow tint to the skin, which, at a distance, looked like a varnish of pale gold in hiscountenance. His lips still pre served their Grecian outline and steady grace, passing easily from a smile to a menace. His solid, bony chin formed an appropriate base for his features. His nose was but a line, thin and transparent. The paleness of his cheeks gave greater brillian cy to the blue of his eyes ; his look was searching, unsteady as a wavering flame an emblem of inquietude. His forehead seemed to have widened, from the scantness of his thin black hair, which was falling from tho moisture of continual thought. It might be said that his head, naturally small, had increased in size to give ample scope between his temples for the machine ry and combination of a mind, every thought of which was an empire. Tho map of the world seemed to have been encrusted on the orb of that reflective head. But it was beginning to yield; and he inclined it often mi his breast, while crossing his arms like Frederick the Great an attitude and ges ture which he appeared to affect. Unable any longer to seduce his courtiers and his soldiers by the charm of youth, it was evi dent he wished to fascinate them by the rough, pensive and disdainful character of himself of his model, in his latter days. He moulded himself, as it were, into the statue of Reflection, before his troops, who gave him the nickname of Father Thought ful ; he assumed the poso of Destiny. Something rough, rude, and savage in his movements, rev ealed his southern and insu lar origin. Tho man of the Mediterranean broke out constantly through the French man. His nature, too great and too power ful for the part he had to play, overflowed on all occasions. He bore no resemblanco to any of the men around him. Superior and altogether different, he was an offspring of the sun, of the sea, and of the battle fat-lcl out of his elements even in his own palace, and a stranger even in his own em pire. Such was at this period the profile, the bust, and, the external physiognomy of Napoleon." SWIMMING. It is certainly most absurd to live all the days of one's life at the mercy of any one of the elements whatever, more especial ly water; and, in most instances, people who are drowned deserved death. In much of the interior of Africa, and in the central deserts of Arabia, swimming is of no use, owing to the general aridity of the soil, and want of atmospheric moisture. But islan ders like us, who are rarely out of sight or sound of stream, lake, and sea, ought to be amphibious. In angling, no man can be called a master who is not a swimmer. There is not a bridge at every turn across the Tweed, Tay, and Clyde ferryboats are rare and fords are deep. Over with you, therefore, like a sagacious Newfoundland dog, back and forward from shady and sunnybat.k, according to the flow of flood, and giv ing yourself a shake, drop the fly lightly above snout of trout, grilse, or salmon. In lake fishing, wherever, you see a strong and shelving shallow stretching along the deeps, have instant recourse to natation, and you will find your pannier with pounders, while land lubbers are in vain flogging from the shore. Don't talk to us about danger. The wave is tepid as milk, so no chance of catching cold; cramp is a mere bugbear; and, as every man knows his own strength, he is just as safe while he keeps within moderate limits in the w ater as on the land. We have, indeed, heard it seriously mentioned in conversation, that le who can gwim run , tef . , c v . , 1 . 1 risk of being drowned than those who . . CMUM and n Joubt people who cannot swim do not ofton Plunge into pools twenty feet deT Just people who cannot ride are rarely seen on horseback, and never killed acting as jockeys at Newmarket. In all accidents with boats, the good swimmers, it is said, are uniformly drowned. That, iu the first piaoe, is a lie; but, when it does so happen, pray who drown them but the j knaves who cannot swim a stroke, and : clutch hold of the lers of better men, and j O 'I draS them to the bottom? A prime seaman j "-" - " nor can he discharge all his duties. In j shipwreck, d'iring a storm, and on a lee shore of preeipices, swimming cannot greatly avail, and the sea will dash to death a thousand men among the floating fragments ofthe Dreadnought; or fir will consume - - - , , , it .-, the ship from the face of the sea; and the "strong swimmer in his agony" knows that ce shall never behold the setting sun. But to say that men in shipwreck have not a better chance of their lives, if able to swim, is about as rational as to say that men in balloon -wrecks would not have a better chance of their lives if able to fly. W holes alk Stampedb. A few nights since, fourteen slaves escaped from Kenton Cot Ky., and about the same time, twelve others were missing from the vicinity of Mayaville. Onslow County. The Superior Court! for Onslow County, was in session last week.j Ilia Honor Judge Manly presiding. The case of public interest was that of the State against "Abram" a Slave indicted for Rape and Murder, committed on the person ofj Ann N. Taylor, a young lady of 18 or 19j years of age, and a resident of Stump Sound District in that county. We learn that thej evidence on the trial was entirely circum stantial, but of such a character as to ex elude any other hypothesis than that of his guilt. The Jury after a short deliberation returned with a verdict of "guilty," upon which the Judge proceeded to pass sentence to be carried into effect on the 28th of this month. Immediately after sentence had been passed, the prisoner made a full con fession of his guilts. Wil. Journal. e-ne A COMPARISON The following wc find in the N. Y. Jour nal of Commerce : The Fremonters have much to say about the large majorities of their candidates in a few of the States, particularly Massachu setts, New York, Maine and Vermont; but suppose we take a look at the whole field. We shall then find that Fremont is farther behind in the popular than in the electoral vote. For it must bo remembered that in fifteen States of the Union he has no votes at all, or 60 few that they are not worth naming; therefore the whole Buchanan vote of those fifteen States is so muoh majority against Fremont. We are inclined to think that the votes of the three candidates in the nation at large (counting South Carolina as 30,000 for Bnchanan, and none for either of the other candidates) will bo in the neighborhood of what follows, viz : Buchanan, 1,750,000 Fremont ,1,250,000 Fillmore, 750,000 Total votes 3,750,000 The same paper makes out, from the majorities in the several States, an aggregate majority of 456,000 for Buchanan over Fremont, in the nation at large, or say, in round numbers, half a million. It adds that the joint vote of Buchanan and Fill more that is to say, the conservative vote of the country is about 2,500,000, against 1 ,250,000 for Fremont, or in the proportion of two to one. This is an encouraging fact, and shows that the nation is not whellv given up to sectionalism. Office or the Literary Board, Ralsioh, Nov. 3d, 1856. i The President and Directors of the Literary Fund having made distribution of the net income of paid Fund for the year J85; among the several Counties of the State for Common Schools, have dirocted the following tabular statement to bo published showing the Spring and Fall Distribution to each County, and the sum total distributed during the year. The amount ot the ran Lnstriounou win The Counties ot Jackson, Alaaison, from the Uounties our or which they were respectively rorinea. It will be observed that certain amounts are deducted from the portion of School Fund due to Counties having pupils nt the N. C Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, those Counties not having paid the tax for their pupils to tho Public Treasurer of the State as now required by law. The Board respectfully call the attention of the Justices of the several Counties, from the shares of which deductions are madn for pupils at the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, to the law requiring them to levy a tax for tho support of their xaid pupils, and that they are liable to indictment for not doing so. (See Revised Code, chapter G, section 12.) THOS. BRAGG, Pres. Ex. Officio 0 the Literary Board. PULASKI Cowper, Secretary to the Board. Counties. Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleaveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson. Hertford, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston-. Jones, Lenoir, Lincoln. Madison, McDowell, Macon, Martin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Mooro, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Polk, Kandolph, Bicbmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan. Rutherford. Sampson, Stanlv, Stoke",. Surry, Tyrrell, Union, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wison, Yadkin, Yancey, Fed. Pop. Spring Dist. Fall Dist. Total Dist. 10.16G $ 1,219 92 $ 1.219 92 $ 2,439 84 5,003 600 36 600 36 1,200 72 10,756 1,290 72 1,290 72 2,581 44 8,539 1,024 68 1,024 68 2,049 36 11,716 1,405 92 1,405 1)2 2,81148 9,973 1,196 76 1,196 76 2,393 52 8,024 962 88 962 88 1.925 76 5,951 714 12 714 12 1,428 24 12,338 1,480 56 1,480 56 2,961 12 6,919 830 28 830 28 1,660 56 8,674 1,040 88 1,040 88 2.081 76 5,836 700 32 700 32 1,400 64 5,174 620 88 620 88 1,241 76 6,208 744 96 744 90 1,489 92 12,161 1,459 32 1,459 32 2.918 64 8.234 988 08 988 08 1,976 16 16,055 1,926 60 1,926 60 3,853 20 6,703 804 36 804 36 1,608 73 5,252 630 24 630 24 1,260 48 9,697 1,163 64 1,163 64 2,327 28 5.308 636 96 636 96 1.273 92 12 329 1.479 48 1,479 48 2,958 96 17.723 2,126 76 2,126 76 4.253 52 6.257 750 84 750 84 1,501 68 14,123 1,694 76 1,694 76 3,389 52 6.998 839 76 839 76 1,679 52 11,111 1,333 32 1,333 32 2,666 64 13,770 1,658 40 1,652 40 3,31)4 80 10,627 1,275 74 1,275 71 2,550 48 9,510 1,141 20 1,141 20 2,282 40 7,228 867 36 867 36 1,734 72 6,878 825 36 825 36 1.650 72 17,303 2,076 36 2,076 36 4,152 72 5,320 638 52 638 52 1,277 04 18,480 2,217 60 2,217 60 4,435 20 13,007 1,560 84 1,560 84 ai21 68 6,907 828 84 828 84 1,657 68 6,883 825 96 825 96 1,631 92 6,656 798 72 798 72 1.597 44 6,585. 790 20 790 20 1,580 40 1&063 1,567 44 1,567 44 3,134 88 11,861 1,423 32 1,423 32 2,846 64 3.935 472 20 472 20 944 40 6,182 741 84 741 84 1,483 68 6,924 839 88 830 88 1,661 76 5,741 688 92 688 92 1,377 84 6,169 740 28 740 28 1,480 56 6,961 8&5 32 835 32 1,670 64 11.724 1,406 88 1,406 88 2,813 76 6,166 739 56 739 56 1,479 12 8,552 1,026 26 1,026 26 2,052 52 9,034 1,084 08 1,084 08 2,168 16 14,236 1,708 32 1,708 32 3.416 64 10,731 1,287 72 1,287 72 2,575 44 7,040 844 80 844 80 1,689 60 14,957 1,794 84 1,794 84 3,589 68 7 708 924 96 924 96 1,849 92 6,030 723 60 723 60 1,447 20 8,825 1,059 00 1,059 00 2,118 00 10,745 1,289 40 1,289 40 2,578 80 15,176 1,821 12 1,821 12 3 642 24 7.936 952 32 952 32 1,904 64 11.080 1,329 60 1,329 60 2,659 20 12,363 1,483 56 1,483 56 2,967 12 12.329 1,479 48 1,479 48 2,950 96 12,388 1,486 56 1,486 56 2,973 12 12.311 1,477 32 1,477 32 2,954 64 6,348 761 76 761 70 1,523 52 8.490 1,018 80 1.018 80 2,037 60 17,643 2,117 16 2,117 16 4,234 32 4,452 534 24 534 24 1,068 48 9.258 1,110 96 1,110 96 2,221 92 21,123 2,534 76 2,534 76 5,069 52 10,366 1,243 92 L243 92 2,487 84 4,780 573 60 573 60 1 147 20 3,348 401 76 401 76 803 5 11,478 1,377 36 1,377 36 2,754 72 11,642 1,397 04 1,397 04 2,794 08 8,068 968 16 968 16 1,937 33 752.542 $90.425 04 90,425 04 $180,850 00 FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE. It has already been mentioned that seven lives were lost in St. Louis, a few nights ago, by the burning of a cabinet manufac tory, part of whioh was occupied as a boarding-house. The St. Louis Repub lican says : The unfortunate men who perished, slept in e hoarding house building, in the second story, the access to which was by a pair of stairs upon the outside or north end of the building, which was soon in flames, and cut off their retreat. It is thought that in the endeavor to secure their clothes and other matters of personal interest, aud finding their retreat cut off, they went into the at tic story of the building, where they were suffocated by the smoke, and in the wild and dreadful circumstances that surrounded them, clinging to each other, all perished. Only one body was taken from the wreck yesterday afternoon, and that was a crispy, charred mass, with burnt and mangled bones protruding that horrified the sight Other portions of skeletons and cooked pieces of human flesh were thrown up by the workmen in the few minutes that we were present, that were sickening to be hold. WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAIL ROAD COMPANY. lnis roaa seems to be in a prosperous condition, judging from the receipts for the past year. We copy from the Superiuteu dant's statement : Gross receipts from all souroes from October 1st, 1855, to Sep tember 30th, 1856, is $49,349 38 Tho cost of operating the Roud for the same period has been 236,635 41 i1MV vr i , . i "heavy. We know of many instances of Showing the net earnings to be $242,713 97 From this it will be observed tho Road has been operated for a sum less than 50 per cent, of the gross receipts, which we believe is considered a good showing. The Company we notice has declared two semiannual dividends of 3d per cent, cash, equal to 7 per cent, for the year, and besides this, we are inforemed has set aside a sink ing fund "of 3 per cent., making in all 10 per cent, profits. The gross receipts this year exceed those of the year previous, by about fe37.000. while tho enst nf 1,.;,. -w- - 1 -i -w w v.- t v nij. the road remains about the same as for the year ending September 30th. 1855. Wil. Journal. COMMON SCHOOLS. De paia ro me persons eniiueu 10 tne same, laaam, roiK. narneit ana rviison win receive David David ( Perlina She'ton, Margaret Perry, Caroline Pratt, John Robt. Mary Jane E. Gurganus, f A. R. Chas. ( Wm. Chas. ( Julia A. A. , FROM CALXFORHTa New Orleans, Nov. 11. The steam V Tennessee has arrived at this port wit later news from California and San JUan her dates being from San Francisco to the 20th October, and from San Juan to 5th November. The news from Nicaragua is unimportant. The former accounts from that ceuntrv art confirmed. General Walker'R r-'wu jj considered more favorable. There are prospects that peace will shortly be pro claimed. r Fermin Ferrer has been appointed Minister to the United States, from Nicaragua. Mr Wheeler, the American Minister to Nicaragua, is returning home. The accounts from Oregon state that the Indian troubles in that Territory have been renewed, and that they are more serious and extensive than before. The result of the Presidential election in California is considered doubtful. A number of Indians in Menderno Countv stole a quantity of cattle, and were pursied and fifty of them killed. m Hoos and Pore. Tho Cincinnati Price Current of the 29th tilt, reports that contracts for fifty thousand hogs have been dosed in that quarter, chiefly at six and six and a quarter cents net, for early delivery. Tim packing season there will soon corainenc. The same paper reports sales of mess pork at $17 per barrel, while at the same period last year pork sold at twenty dollars. mm The bettinsr on Kentucky hn n .., bets of extraordinary magnitude having been made on the result of the late election. Lands, negroes, cash everything that ia property in Kentucky has been staked throughout the State. Hundreds of men are doubtless entirely ruined, and thousands sorely impoverished. Cin. Com. Death of a Centenauian. Mr William Telford, aged 101 years, a native of Ireland, and for the past seventy five vears a resident of Richland District, in the neigh- I borhood of Crane Creek, departed this life on Monday evening last, at his resideric.) without having suffered much affliction in bis last illness. on application to the Treasury Den-rtmpnt their portion out ot the amount distributed Deduct for Deaf and Dumb. C Peter L. Bay, Wm. Keek, 225 00 ( Barbara J. Whitsett, Wm. Covington, 75 00 Balance due. $ m 92 1.215 79 1,330 92 815 88 545 88 669 W Latham Watson, 75 00 75 00 223 00 C Moses Fisher, Leak Fisher, ( Catharine Fisher, Thomas Berry, Sarah BushaU, 75 00 75 00 Lazarus Crow, Jesse Holder, 150 00 1,976 7C 150 00 75 00 150 00 1.502 40 1.200 74 717 36 Massey, Wyles, Wm. Berry, Emily Hyatt. 150 00 75 00 2,067 fid 1,485 r4 Burt, O'Neal, 75 00 715 20 73 00 666 84 Shield, Shield, Tilley, B. Morris, Capps, 150 00 876 26 225 00 1.483 32 Penelope Pendleton, 73 00 849 96 Craven, 75 00 1,746 12 Larkin Snow, ( Cornelia Saunders, Narcissa Dnpree, Julia Simpson, 75 00 2,042 M 150 00 2,384 76 75 00 1,168 92
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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