North Carolina Newspapers

rif t v a tf.s. EniTnR & Proprietor. T ' v CHARLOTTE. -m l Tin M . 189 UC3UB The New Year. " Juat r j .,, threshold of a new year. J Sob .., -ii : nns nnei sorrows, us h"po t S - li. nAQ nni u ; wav to the crreat un- M'-l L - . na.or- t,i return. How many, at its nun 11 nut vrith briffht anticipations r cc ; the. schemes they had under- , novir realized tlieir lona IV 1119 ncn-v .1 How many pressed onwara in tne If l I B ft r i m. it l Ufa willi a -f:nr nros- real. " , i A f I I I UI1IU41 ...w the clse of ttie year, anu u..a 'hiiit with the m.irntv cara- t'l i: v, n i . . i ..! rf il,.!ith." ere its sDrini?- ail III - ft bad warmed the earth and bursted the -n:.. i.. ii-i Timo nasses swiftlv away. 857 is upon Us, and we have been permit- ! I A. teu to see its commencement; dui no ruy of light through the "dim vista" of the future falls across our pathway that can pnnhle us to see what is in store for us. As a Slate and Nation we have been highly favored and blessed during the past year. Calamitous war has been kept far from us, 1 ..... I.-..-. ri t unci ij c by famine or pestilence, Hut happiness) and quietude have gushed iorth, like the crystal water from the smitten rock, to all our people. These things afford abundant cause for thankfulness and gratitude to the great disposer of events, for all his mercies to us. , , ty On the 2d page we publish a plain and sensible communication on the C. F. and D. R. Improvement, to which we in vite attention. We had intended prepar ing an article on this subject this week, but circumstances beyond our control pre vented our doing so. t m lV Next week we will publish a speech delivered in the Senate of N. C, by Wm. R. Myers, Esq., of this count, on the sub ject of Banking. m FOREIGN NEWS. The steamer Niagara has arrived with latest dates from Liverpool. Cotton, Lover qualities had advanced an eighth better qualities firm but unchanged in price. Ureadstuffs dull with a decline in Flour. England is sending troops against I'ersia, and l'russia is preparing to commence operations against Switzerland. Col. AtJEX. llURCIIISoX, the President of the Cape Fear and Deep River Improve ment, published a communication in the Standard some weeks since in regard to the nianagementof that work. We believe the work has been an entire failure, yet we do not entertain the least idea that it is owing to any bad management on the part of Col onel Murchison. If the Company had em ployed more such men as Murchison, in stead of paying an enormous salary to a Yankee Engineer (who spent but a small portion of his time in superintending the work.) it might have been better for the State and for the individual Stockholders. We know of no man who could have done better than Col. Murchison under the cir cumstances. SUPREME COURT. The following gentlemen have been ad mitted to practice in the Superior Courts of this State : Thos. C. Fuller, of Fayetteville ; Jesse J. Yeates, of Murfreeshoro' : J. M. Taylor, of Nashville; J. II. Bullock, of Person; John William, of E City; Mclver, of Moore; N. H. Fennell, of New Hanover ; M. M. ("owles. of Yadkin ; J. Davis, of Yadkin; O. R. Rand, of N. C. ; J. I. Scales of Rock iagham ; 11. R. Moore, of Person ; E. Mar tin, of Salisbury. And the following, among others, have obtained licence to practice in the County Courts : Wm. J. Kerr, of Charlotte ; R. A. Mc Laughlin, Iredell; R H ltroadfi eld. Rowan; J. C. Hitchcock. D n idson ; II. II. Rattle Jr, I i i ll . I 'i' llrll.l - i i ,,',,.. ,ii IA 1 M. .s. Rohms, Rando ph ; I). M. r urchee. ' Davie ; W. M. Hardy. Huucombe. Japan. A letter to the New York Times gives an interesting account of the landing and reception of the first American Consul. Mr Harris, in Japan. Mr Harris informed the Governor at Simoda that he had been sent by the (Jul ted States government to Japan to act ar Consul; that his duties were to look aftei the rights and interests of those American citizens who may have commercial dealings with Japan; to care for the interests oi American seamen in that part of the world, and to see that there was no infraction, h them, of the laws of Japan. The Gov., after saying that lie thought the Japanese fully competent to discharge these duties, and after interrogating Mr Harris pretty sharply, finally consented to his reception. He is now snugly quartered in a Buddist Temple which they have fitted up for his accommodation. On the 1st of September, the American Consular flag was unfurled for the first time in the mystical Empire of Japan. A wise man m Gotham. According to the prophecy of a Millerite, New York is to be destroyed by fire and earthquake "-uivv nignt. 11 we wicked inhabitants of the city do not repent, and confess their t"...j ....... sins publicly upon their knees in the streets, In view of the justness of the punishment. and the readiness with which the Sodomites embrace every insane and fanatical propo- sition that is "presented, we would not be surprised to hear that they had. at least gone one knee on it; but as to confessing their sins, it would require a life-time, j Indeeed, we are not surprised at anything from New York, Boston or Chicago. Cities whose inhabitants entertain such high no tions of negro blood, that ladies and gentle men are found applauding when a Buck negro congratulates them upon an increase of mulattos, we should think were fully prppared to receive with much feeling any foohsh prophecy or "spiritual manifesta tion," that would be treated with contempt even by our southern negroes. The Wilmington Journal, speaking of our article favoring the Danville connec -tion, says that we are oat "in favor of a charter for a Road from Greensboro' to Danville, so as to finish the section of the State, and leave it bleeding at both arms to the manifest loss of the State Treasury, the depreciation of State property in other lines, and what is more still, the violation of implied State faith." It sounds a little curious to hear our friend of the Journal talking about bleeding the State "at both arms'' when it is remem bered that the Wilmington and Manchester Road leaves the State at one side and the Wilmington and Weldon and Raleigh and Gaston Roads feed Virginia Roads on the other, thus bleeding one arm in two places, j We never could understand the consisten- . -i r ,.f oiir IfnU'irh and V i llBUMnn tw-icrh "v . rt borsopposmgine uanviue connection, wnne they are always found ready to favor a Road that will run out of the State from their own section. The Raleigh people (or at least their representatives in the Legis lature) are in favor of bleeding the Coal Fields by constructing a Road from there to the N. C. Railroad, so as to carry the coal to Portsmouth, Norfolk and Peters burg, and a charter has already been grant ed for that purpose. Though we hardly think the Journal would favor such a scheme as that, and we could not blame it for op posing it; but the Danville work is differ ent North Carolina towns get little if any trade from that direction now, and if the proposed Road was built, Wilmington and other towns in the State, it seems to us, might stand a better chance of trading with that fertile region. We certainly cannot acknowledge that State faith would be vio lated by granting the charter desired by a large portion of the West. tW On last Thursday, the 1st inst., our streets were thronged with people from the country. We witnessed with pleasure that polite and accommodating spirit which characterised our merchants in their efforts to supply their customers with choice goods at living prices, which they are fully pre pared to do. The parade of the "Rip Van Winkles" gave zest to the business of the day, and afforded much amusement for the crowd. It being hiring da) , Africa was well represented fine looking boys and girls met us at every turn in the street and all wearing a broad smile upon their faces, gave evidence that they were happy and well cared for. Negroes hired at a lower figure than formerly. Men brought $125 to $150 women $50 to 80. "We don't think D. F. Caldwell's Bank Rill will pass. It ought not to pass. We say this in spite of the majority f two o.i its second reading. The Central Railroad has too much power now in the State. It pokes its finger into every body's pie. At any rate, every Internal Improvement bill that comes up must he subjected to this test how will it affect the Central Rail Road and its Stockholders. WU. Journal. With regard to the Journal's remarks about the influence of the Central Railroad, we agree with it exactly. Therefore we think the argument that the Greensboro' and Danville Road would injure the North Carolina Road and "other lines," is not a good one. The people of the State ought to be allowed to use their capital to build any Road that may suit their convenience in order to trade at any market that offers the best imduccmcnts, and not be subjected to the test "how will it affect the Central Railroad and its stockholders, " or any other Railroad. And wo may follow out the same line of argument to show that the Cape Fear and Deep River scheme should not be brought forward as an obstacle to building a Rail road from Fuyetteville to the Coal Fields. One section should not be denied privileges in order to benefit another. Dr. PrjSET is not dead; his name has been confounded with that of Dr. Ilussey, i Prof, of Ecclesiastical History, at Oxford. As Important Case Decided. It is stated that the L. S. Supreme Court nave 1 come to a decision in the Died Scott cine, recently argued before them. All the Judges but two hold that Congress has no power over the question of slavery in the Territories, and that the Missouri Com promise is unconstitutional, consequently null and void. Ju iges McLean and Curtis lissenting from the majority, hold that Congress has power to prohibit slavery in the Territories. Amicably Adjusted. We learn from die Wilmington Herald, that Atlas J. Dargnn, Esq., of Anson county, and T. L. Hargrove, Eq., of Granville county, both members of the North Carolina Legislature, repaired to Fair Bluff, on Tuesday, accom panied by their friends, for the purpose of settling an affair of honor. The difficulty was amicably adjusted on the ground. Horrible affair in Kentcckt. A family of eight persons, named Stith, residing in Harden county, Ky., has been poisoned by a negro cook. Six had died, and the others were not expected to live. Washington, Thursday, Dec. 31, 185G. On dit here that Mr Sanderson of The Phil.idploln:! News will renlv to the af.ack 1 f y. on his charactei in Kenneth llayner's speech at Raleigh, promising 6orae rich political disclosures. North Carolina Coal Fields. Dr. A. M. McDonald, of Buffalo, North Carolina, hfls sent t0 the Museum of the College of Charleston, two large masses of the bitumm- ous coal from the Egypt mine, on Deep j river, with the characteristic fossils and minerals of that interesting field. lie writes that the Fffvpt shaft is t crvpt shaft is now 46b teet deep, and the coal is reached at 423 feet from the surface. The seam measures 5 feet 10 inches in thickness. These specimens have all been placed in the Geological department of the Museum of the College of Charleston, where those interested will have an oppor tunity of examining. Charleston Mercury. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Correspondence of the Western Democrat. RALEIGH. Jany 3d, 1857. Mr Editor: The "collected wisdom "of the State having been dispersed for the last eight or ten days to their various homes, are now re-assembling, "fresh from their constituents" and the "gratification of af fection," prepared, doubtless, to enter faithfully and with a good will, upon the dutiesof Legislators. This was indicated in both Houses to-day from the earnest man ner in which their respective Speakers pushed things forward. Quite a number of Bills were disposed of this morning; none, however, of especial public import, unless we except the "Bill to promote mat rimony." Mr Gilliam, of Washington, dis cussed the merits of the Bill at some length. Mr Crump, of Montgomery, proposed as an amendment to "lay an annual tax of $1 on ull old batchelors for the support of in digent old maids of the State, which amend ment was accepted by Mr Gilliam. Mr Settle, from Rockingham, hoped the bill would pass; the promotion of matrimony in the couuty of Washington, according to the Comptroller's report, called for legislative action, as it appeared from that report that but one marriage had been solemnized in that county during the past j ear that an evil in so vital a point called loudly for a remedy. The bill, together with amend ments, was finally lost upon amotion for its indefinite postponement. It is to be hoped that no serious results will arise to the marrying public by the defeat of this bill. It struck me as a little remarkable that it did not occur to your most excellent repre sentatives, during the discussion of the bill, to have it amended by authorizing your worthy Mayor and Town Marshall, by virtue of their office, to " promote matri mony;" it may have occurred to them, however, that you still have Esquire Nor ment, Jr., in all cases of emergency. The engrossed bill from the House to emancipate William Lord was lost to-day in the Senate by a large majority. There appears to be h fixed determination in the Senate to emancipate in no case whatever. The difficulty betw. u Dargan of Anson, and Hargrove of Granville, growing out of a collision in the House, has been honor ably settled by mutual friends, without an exchange of shots. Next week will be one of muchdiscussion and labor in the Legislature. There is much work laid off in the Senate, as will be seen from the reports that a special order has been made to take up some important bill for every day in the week; commencing on Monday with the bill to re-charter the Bank of the State. The Danville Railroad bill is the special order for Wednesday. There probably will be more hard fighting over this bill than almost any other during the present session. The opposition in the East indeed, all east of Greensboro' is deep-set and bitter; to us it seems unreason able and arbitrary, and we should fight for our rights to the bitter end. S. Up to the 3d inst., nothing of importance had bfin transacted by either branch of the General Assembly, a large number of the members being absent spending the holidays. On Thursday last, an election took peace for Attorney General to supply the unex pired term of Mr. Batchelor, he having re signed that office. The vote stood for W. H. Bailey, of Orange, 91 ; H. W. Miller 3; B. Moore 3. Mr. Jenkins was elected some time ago to fill the regular term. Rumored Duel. A New York corres pondent of the Albany Argus says that Col. Fremont has challenged Toombs, Georgia, to a duel Kxchun ge. Another rumor confirms the above. It is rumored that the arrangements for the meeting are all complete, and that the bat tle ground has been selected. Henry Ward Beecher. the Brooklyn warrior and philan thropist, is to be Fremont's second, and Brooks of South Carolina, is to be secoud for Toombs. Drs. II. Greely and T. Weed will be in attendance on Fremont they having bled him so frequently they under stand his constitution. Tlio weapons will be Sharpe's rifles, loaded by Beecher with Kansas gas. The distance will bo four miles, (by request of Fremont.) and the time midnight, fby request of Beecher.) The combatants to wheel and fire like fury. Toombs thinks this is the surest way to kill Fremont, (scare him to death,) and therefore consents to ti ne and distance. Brooks desired canes for weapons. The ground selected is Kamschatka, f'by advice of Burlingame.) A boat will be chartered by Congress to take as many of Fremont's friends as desire to be "in at the death," with the understanding that they are to re main there to keep slavery from spreading its blight over that fertile country. After the fight, a Kamschatka dog will give a howl for freedom. Cy Huntington, the great N ew York for ger, has been convicted, and sentenced to the State prison for four yars and ten months. The plea set up for the defence was in sanity, and his counsel endeavored to es tablish it frem the number of forgeries com mitted in previous years by the prisoner. The jury however were of a different opin ion, and this "fast young man" will have an opportunity to come t) his senses under the discipline of the State prison. TflE next Federal. Apportionment. Taking the popular vote in the northwest, and estimating the increase for the next four years, the Bostem Atlas estimates that Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan. Indiana and Illinois will be entitled to 5o representatives in Congress, in place of the 20 which they now send tothe House. The present House contains 00 from the slave States, and J40 from the free States. Under the next ap portionment, the free States will have about two to one. Washington. Dec. 22. Secretary Mar cy has stated iu a private conversation, thai the neutrality laws will be rigidly eufirc d against the recruiting agents of Gen. Wal ker, but that the recent order for the arrest of Garrison, Morgan and Walker, was merely an official preliminary to the com mencement of a ciril suit against those parties. GOV. BRAGG S INAUGURAL. On the 1st instant, Hon. Thomas Bragg was re-inaugurated Governor of North Car olina, and delivered the following address in the Senate Chamber : Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Commons : Two years ago it was my fortune to appear be fore you and give :be pledges ot fidelity requited by law before entering upon the discbarge of ihe du ties of Chief Executive officer of the State. Tbe time for which I had then been elected has expired. It may hardly be becoming in me now to speak of my past official course. My fellow-citizens of j all political parties will judge ot that, aiid, from my knowledge of them, I confidently believe they will do it, not only cor.? derate !y, but kindly. Errors, no doubt, have been committed y me. I claim no exemption from the weakness incident in a greater or less degree to us all, and trus-f ihat I am sensible, to some extent at least, ot my own im perfec'iona in particular. All I ask of ihim is, to believe that I have txen actuated bv honest purpo ses, and have, on all occasions, endeavored to maintain the hoi or ar.d dignity of the Slate, and to advance her welfare ai.d pruspeTity, so far as i had power to do it, within the scope of my official au thor! y. A majority of my fellow-citizens have re-elected me Governor of the State Ii.d bted to them as I was before, for ihe generous confidence repos d in me, when comparatively a 3tranger to most of them, I can fi id no language now adequate to express my deep sense of the obligation under which thry have placed me, and my gratitede for their decided sup port, after they had had an oppoi ttirnty, to some extent, of passing upon my official conduct. It is under these circumstances that I appear be fore you to-day to renew the pledges of official fidel ity heretofote given; and if I enter upon the dis charge of my official duties lor a second term, not with entire confi ence, I shall do so with alacrity, feeling assundthat my official acts, whatever they may be, will be fairly and impartially passed upon by all, and that my. errors, if any, will at ltast meet with the kind indulgence of those whose good opin ion and support I have heretofore been so toitunate as to t-ccure. We enter to-day upon another year whether it is to be one of weal or woe lor our coiinity and our State, is known only to Him who r Jes and directs the destinies of nations. Though the piospect before us is not one of calm unbroken brightness, and fragments ofthesiorm clouds which but lately overhung the land Mill flout in our political horizon, yet tiny have ceastd for the time to threaten us with danger or to excite our immediate apprehensions. These ind cations may be delusive, but I have persuaded myself that there is a calmer, a better and more tolerant spirit abtoad in the country. Our people have profi ed hy the breathing time they have had since the lae strug gle through which hey have passed. Educated in sell-governineiit, tliey have, on several e-ccasions, been a"Ie to witnstai d excitements wh ch would have proved fatal to oiher institutions than thens, and have triumphed over dangers which seemed almost insurmountable. To those unacquainted with the charae'er of our people, these excitements appa ed I ke- ui heavinj-s from the great deep of society. Tune has proved that they were but as the tempest tost octan waves, agitating the surface, wlnie below all was tranquil a: d unniovi d. While taking this hopeful view of affairs, I am not unaware of the fact that many regard the pres ent apparent calm as d-ceitful a mere lull in the storm, which is destined at no distant day to burst upon us with renewed violence. However this n ay be, it is new the dt:ty of every good citizen to endeaver to allay the excitement, abating at the same lime none ot our rights, but firmly and unfalteringly sustaining them, as ihe surest means of their preservation and of perpetuat ing that Union and those institutions, under which we have, in a short time, grown to be one of the great powers of the earth. Simple and unostentatious as are the ceremonies to day, we have heie represented the three depart ments of our State government the Executive, the Legislative, ai d those who compose our Supreme Judicial tribunal. We have all of us, distinct hut important duties to discharge. The most impoitant, however, are those devclted upon you as the exclusive law-making power of the State. In the progress of events, these duties have be come more varied and important :han &M merry, aid therefore requiring more time for I heir d.spatch. As the resources of the State are brought to notice and becom? better known, these duties are 1 kely to increase lather than diminish, and the scope ot our legislation to be widened and extended. I am aware, gentlemen, that several of the most imp'Ttant subjects u on which you have been call ed to act during the present session a:e yet undis posed o', but it is not my purpose now to speak of these or others, having so late! had an oppoitunity of communicat ng with you in another way. I trust I may be pardoned, however, for expressing the hope that al hough your session may heroine some what protracted, you will not suffer youiselves, on that account, to be hurried into h'sty and imp'-i fect legislation, always producing serious evils, and to undo tihich is iteutimes impossible. For myself, when my official term shall have ended, ai.d I return to the walks 1 piivnie life, I can h pe for no higher gratification than to se North Carolina d.stinguishi d by all the qualities which constitute a great State, ai.d taking tbe po sition at home and abroad which every one of her sons should wish her to occupy. Whether th.s shall be the case, depends more upon your 1 bois than mine. 'Ihat this hope may be realized, I am suie that' you, and all who hear me to-day, will most heartily desire. The Pre-Eminence or Woman. Even after death nature respects her inherent modesty, for a drowned woman floats on her fuce, and a drowned man upon his back. The noblest part of a human being is the head ; but the man's head is liable to bald ness ; woman is never btild. The mnn's ' fice is often made so, by a most odious beard, and so covered with sordid hairs, I that it is scarcely to be distinguished from ! the face of a wild beast ; in women, on the other hand, the face always remains pure and decent. For this reason women were, by the laws eif the twelve tables, forbidden to rub their cheeks lest hair should grow and obscure their blushing modesty. But the most evident proof ef the innate purity of the female sex is, that a woman having once washed is clean, and if she wash in se cond water will not soil it ; but that a man is never clean ; though he should wash in ! t'ii successive waters he will cloud and in fect them all. Englih Paper. m A Fact Worth Knowing. The New Yeirk Central Railroad Company manufac tures its own railroad iron at a less cost than one-half its market value. Tho average cost to railroad companies is now 60 to $05 per ton, while the cost to the manufac turer is about $30 per ton. Tbe cost of the Central Railroad Company's iron works all complete, including 1,560 acres of land, containing their ore, was $145,600. This sum the company sived in oue year by making for itself the iron necessary to sup ply the annual wear and tear of the road. MM Ey In London the weather was so dark and dismal that the inhabitants have not seen each other for three days, ony by artificial light. MORMONISM. The members of the Utah Legislature are certainly 'men of families," as it would seem from the number of wives each one possesses. It is stated that, including 68 for Got. Young, the members of the Legis lature, together with officers of same, 40 men young and edd, cripple and near sighted have 420 wives. The following are some selections of the "Sayings of Brigham Young, the prophet, on a variety of collateral topics." He still storms and raves, and hurls haughty defiance against all the outside' world: "True, we have more wives than one, and what of that ? They have tlieir scores of thousands of prostitutes ; we have none. But polygamy they are unconstitutionally striving to prevent; when they will accom pli ?h their object is not for me to say. They have already presented a resolution iu Congress that ne man in any of the Ter ritories of the United States shall be allow ed to have more than one wife, under a penalty not exceeding five years' imprison ment and five hundred dollars fine. How will they get rid of this awful evil in Utah ? "They will have to expend about three hundred million for building a prison, for we must ull go te prison. And after they have! expended that amount for a prison, and roofed it over from th summit of the Sierra Nevada, we will dig out and go preach ing through the world. A voice on the stand : 'What will beciune of the women ? Will they go to prison with us?' Brother Heber seems concerned about the women's going witb us; they will be with us, for we shall be there together. This is a little amusing. "I want to see the Elders lire on butter milk and potatoes, and when they return be more faithful. But they go as missionaries of the kingdon of God, and when they have beeii gone a year or two, many of them come back merchants, and how tlie'y swell; 'how popular Mormemisin is; we can get trusted in St. Louis ten thousand dollars as well as not, and in New York Brother Brighatn's word is so good that we can get all the goods we want. Mormonism is becoming quite popular.' Yes, and so are hell and the works ef the devil. When Mormonism finds favor with the wicked in this land, it is gone into the shade ; but until the power of the priesthood is gone, Mormonism will never become popular with the wicked. Mor monism is nit one farthing better than it was in the days of Joseph. "If I would suffer it, I should have to lay eut $500 yearly for morocco sheies and bootees at from three to five dollars a pair, for the women could not worh without put ting on a pair of fine shoes. How many times have I told you these things? They are en my mind all the time, and I caunot get them off, but I must keep telling you until my mission is complete; I cannot help it. I foresee the consequences of an un wise course as plainly as I see your faces to day. "It is reported that many are going away. I say, gentlemen and ladies, you who wish to go to California or to the States, go in welcome, I had rather you would ge than staj-. I wish every one to go who prefers doing so, and if they will go like gentlemen, they go with my best feelings; but if they go like rasculs and knaves, they cannot have then), I have never requested but twe things of those who leave, namely, to pny tlie ir debts and not. steal. That is all I have required of them." Secretary Dobbin and old Ironsides. The following compliment to Secretary Dobbin, as well merited as it is gracefully expressed, appears in the Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia North American : "A graceful and becoming act of official discretion was voluntarily performed by the Secretary of the Navy recently, which deserves to be related to his credit, as well as an honorable example for the emulation of others who may sueceetl to the pent which he now fills with admitted advantage to the country, or in any other department of the government. The tour of service at a station is, by an accepted usage, about three years. Commodore Stewart, who has been in command of the yard at Philadelphia, finding that his time was about to expire, notified the Secretary of the Navy that, in accordance with the usage, he asked the appointment of his successor. Mr Dobbin at once replied, with generous acknowledgment of the great services of ihe gallant veteran, that no ordinary rule should be applied to him, and it was not only the pleasure, but the wish of the department, that he should retain the position, so long as it was acceptable, and that he would not be disturbed until its duty became an incumbrance. "It is easy to suppose what was the character of the answer which this high consideration spontaneously invoked from Ironside. Suffice it to say, it was worthy of the man and the occasion. He now retains his place as senior captain iu the navy on doty, and with the highest pay allowed by law four thousand fiv e hundred dollars a year. Such acts are their own most eloquent advocates. They address themselves to the hearts of men, and, like the beautiful quality of mercy, are twice blessed." The Slave Trade in New York. Circumstances which have lately come to light, seem to make it apparent that New York has long been a nest of slave traders, and that most of the vessels which carry on thtt nefarious traffic between Africa and Cuba are owned and fitted out in New York. The number of slavers fitted out in this port, within the last three years though not easy to state with precision, cannot fall short of twenty-five or thirty. Since Mr McKeon became U. S. District Attorney, in 1 854, three slavers have been seized, and forty-six men held to answer under various statutes; bnt only two convictions have been bad. N. T LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. New York, December 28. The steamer Illinois, with California mails to the 5th instant, and $1,700,000 in gold, has arrived. The accounts from the mines are good, but there is still want of rain in some dis tricts. Mr. Hammond, ex-Collector of the port of San Francisco, has been acquitted of the charge of defrauding the Government. The Panama Star of the 19th contains an account of the war in Nicaragua, confirma tory of that received here by the Tennes see, but nothing new. A British quadron arrived at Panama on the 8th, it is understoed with a view of ex amining the practicability of establishing a naval depot at Tobago. A letter from Carthagena, dated Novem ber 23d. states that the British difficulty is still pending, and the blockades of tho New Grenauian ports will convene immediately. m CONGRESSIONAL. Washington, December 30 Senate On motion ef Mr. Weller, the committee on Territories was elirected to enquire into the expediency of providing means to establish aud settle the boundary between California and Utah. On motion of Mr. Weller. a resolution was adopted, calling on the President for a statement of all payments and allowances made, and all claims disallowed Gen. Scett. from the date he joined the army iu Mexi cc, to December 1st, '56, together with all correspondence on the subject. House The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, was passed after strik ing out $25,000 for Consular pupils. RECRUITS FOR WALKER. New Orleans, Dec. 29th. The steam ship Texas sailed this morning with five hundred recruits for Gen. Walker. New York, Dec. 3Jth. The steamship James Adger sailed for Norfolk to-day, with more recruits for Walker. There was no government interference. Fayetteville Arsenal. A communi cation from the Secretary of War, made in compliance with a resolution of the 15th instant, calling fer tin estimate of the ap propriation necessary for the extension of the United States Arsenal at Fuyetteville, has been made to the Setiate. The Secre tary transmits a report from the Ordnance efficc, estimating the whole amount neces sary for such extension at $50,350. We trust the appropriation will be made. MARRIED, In this place, on the 1st inst., by J. P. Ross, Esq., Mr James Shumani to Miss Margaret Stoof. Iu Mocksville, on the 28th ult., Mr A. A. Har bin to Miss E.J. Brown. In Davits county, on tho 16th ultimo, Capt. Morgan Howard to Miss Sarah A. Foster. In Davie county, on the 24th ult., Mr J C. Austin to Miss B. C. Cowan. In Mocksville, on the 24th ult., Mr Young Heifer to Miss Rebecca Holmes. In Iredell county, on the 23d ult., Mr T W Gibson to Miss Mary A. Holman. Also, Mr C. H. Kestler to Miss E. K. Lazeuby. In Davidson county, on the 23d ult., Prof. I. L. Wright of Normal College, to Miss Cynthia Kendal. DIED, In this town on the 31st December, Mr David Robinson. In Fayetteville, suddenly on the 1st inst., Mrs Louisa, wifa of Mr Charles E. Leete. In Iredell county, on the 25th ult., James B. Steele. Also, on the 20th ult-, Miss Nancy Mc; Ntn-ly, aped 22 years. In Salisbury, on the 22d ult., Col. George M. Weant, aged about 50 years. STEEL CREEK ACADEMY. The Patrons of this Institution being desirous of giving their children a good Academical Edu cation, have obtained the services of John VV. Henderson, a graduate of the Univeisity of Mississippi, wlio has had some three years ex perience, in teaching and is fully compete nt to prepare students for any class in our Colleges; uneler a good meiral characte r, and also a consis tent member of the Presbyterian church; raised in this county, but a resident of the West for the last eight ye-ars. Terms per Session of five months as follows: Orthography, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, $7 00 The above with English Grammar, Geo graphy, Philosophy, Chemistry and Astronomy, 10 00 The above with Latin, Greek, Spanish and the higher branches of Mathe matics, 15 00 The exercises to commences on Monday, 12th of January, 1857. This scholastic year will con sist of two sessions of five months each. Pupils will be received at any time, and will be charged from the time of entrance to the end of the ses sion,"Xcept in cases of protracted sickness or some other agreement at the time of e-ntrance. Good boarding cau be had in good families on reasonable terms. Jan. 6, 157. 27-3t-pd Servants to Blire. I have two Servants to hire by the day or week, at 50 cf;ins per day. They cook, wash aud iron well, and are good house servants generally. A. C. WILLIAMSON, Charlotte. Jan 6, 1857. 27-3t 3CDU'.1L JOURNAL & REVIEW. C. HAPPOLDT, M.D., Editor & Publisher. Thfs Twelfth volume of this Journal commen ces with January, 1B57. It will, as heretofore, be independent of every local interest and in fluence, and will be devoted toth's interests of its Patrons, and to the advancement and dissemina tion of sound views and correct observaiions. I This Journal is issued on the first of every al ternates mouth. Each number comprises one hundred and forty-four octavo pages, and con tains a ftle-l Kniirarcil 1'oHrait of a distinguished Medical Man. The volume begins with the January, and U completed with the November issue. It will thus contain six portraits and eight hundred and sixty-four pages of reading matter. Terms, 504 per annum, in advance, which en titles the subscriber to receive his number fire of postage. Subscription begins with tho January number. I3r" Persons wishing to subscribe should ad dress us by letter, enclosing $4 which will be at our risk it the letter is registered. C. HAPPOLDT, M. D., Dec. 6. 27-2t-pd Charleston, S. C. Waring; tlomcj at db, No. & Springs' Building, t (4 noons soctu of the charlotte bask.) WILL in future devote his time exclusively to the duties of his profession. Jan. 6,1657. 27-tf The election of Iotendant and Com missioners for the Town of Charlotte will be held on Monday next. The following ticket is submitted for the consideration of voters: For Intendant : DAVID PARKS, ESQ. For Commissioners: WILLIAM F. PHIFEU, T. C ALLISON, WILLIAM II ARTY, R. P. DAVIDSON, JOHN TOWN LEY, J. lv. HARRISON. THE JffARKKTS. CORRECTED WEEKLY DV T. St. FARROW. Charlotte, Jan. 6, 1857. is BACON, Hams per lb 19 to 12 " Sides, per lb Hi to 14 " Heg round 2 1 to 00 Bagging, cotton, per yard 20 Bctj, per lb 44o 7 BmtUr, per lb 15 to 18 Beeswax, per lb SO to SM Bean, per bushel 75 Hi: A ND Y, Apple per gal 50 Peach 75 CO TTON, new, per lb 1UJ to Coffee, per lb Rio 1 to 15 " " Java IS to 0 CANDLES, Adamantine 33 to 37 " Sperm 40 to 50 Tallow 20 to 25 CORN, per bushel 65 to 67 Chickens, each 12J ot 15 CLOTH. Copperas 12 to 15 Liusey 55 to 30 Eggs, per dozen 15 to 16 t'LOLH, per m lbs 3 00 to 3 40 perbbl 625 to 6 90 Feathers, per lb 33 to 374 Herrings, pen- bbl $4 to M Lard, per fb 124 to 00 Mutton, per lb 5 to 6 Mackerel, par bbl $10 to 24 MOLASSES, Sugar House 75 " Common . 60 to 76 SUGAR, Loaf lb to 20 Brown 124 to 164 Tea. per lb 75 to 2 00 Stom -ican , pei gal 10 to 12 Salt, per sack 1.90 to 00 Meat, per bushel 60 to 65 MuUets. per bbl (Wilmington) $9 to 104 Nails, per lb 5to 6 Oats, per bushel 45 to 00 Pork, per lb.. 7 Pceis, per bushel 60 to 65 POT A TOES, Irish, per bushel 60 ts 06 Northern, per bushel, (none.) " Sweet, per bushel. . 50 Wheat, per bushel 1.20 to 1.30 Whiskey, Western, per gal 60 to 66 WOOL, best washed, 27 to 28 " unwashed 23 Kara, bale 90 to 96 Cloeer iced, per bushel $12tc CO REMARKS. There is very little Cotton in market prices range from 11 to 11 3-4 and firm. Flour is in demand at our for mer quotations, $6 to $6 90 per barrel. Wheat firm at $1 20 to $1 25 per bushel. Oats not much wanted price lower. Feathers arc in demand at 35 cts. per lb. COLUMBIA MARKET, January 3. Cotton In consequence of the Christ mas and New Year holidays intervening, and also the inclemency of the weather, there has only been a small amount of cot ton offering during the past two days ; still the few pales that have been made showed that the market was firm and prices verj full, at 11 to 12i cents. CHARLESTON MARKET, January 3. Cotton Tho demand is good with but little offering. Prices advancing. Sales to-day 700 bales at 114 to 12 cents. 5Tlie friends of It. II- lfj-,u Maxwell announce him as a candi date tui the ofhee of COHlulle for the Char lotte Beat. Election 3d Saturday in Janua ry, 1857. STABLES TO RENT. I OFFER for Rent the Stabl-s on the Ameri can Hotel Lots, excepting the Stalls reccnt lv erected and now occupied by Mr. D. H. Robinson. Rl'FUS BARRINGER. Charlotte, Dec. 27, 1656. 26-tf NTotioe. MI will sell at public auction on Wed nesday of ounty Court, my HOUSE and LOT situated on the Plank Uoad, corner of Church and Ninth Streets. JAMES BRIAN. December 22. 1850. 25-6t WATCHES OF ALL KINDS & QUALITIES. SUMC VtHT UMCMr. XggAgftgf ''l till MllUS anu styles. Of all kinds, for sale at very low prices. Spoons, Knives & forks, Of every destription. Also, CASTORS AND CANDLESTICKS OF ALL KINDS. Port Monies and Wallets, Ladies and gentlemen's POCKE T KNIVES of all kinds prices. WAWm (DAUB, silver, ivory, and bone heads, also with crooks. The above articles are offered low for cash. TIIO. TRO ITER & 80N. Charlotte, Dec. 30, 1856. tf To Exchange, TOWN Lots improved or ununprovsd for Negroes. Apply at this office. IXc. 23, Itfoo. 25tt HEW CASH STORE. We have just received and are now opening the i. argest stock of Imported C1GAMS ever brought to this market, vis: Emperatus Eugenia, l a Res Londret, Flora de iJhar.cston, Consoles Opera, Kio Monde, Washington, Jenny bind, Plantation, Regalia, And others, All imported Cigars, also, a large lot of common ones, so tbosa tridt want can smoke at any price, from to 10 cents s piece. Also, a fiue lot of Tobacco, for chewing and smoking. To the Ladies we would say, call and see oar and get something good for the Holidays. PINE APPLES, ORANGES, COCOA-NUTS. RAISINS. AND NUTS, CANDIES of all KINDS. TO THE BOYS We would say we have a large 1st of Fire Works That we are determined to sell cheap for sask. DON'T FORGET to call at IS. Wilkinson & Co's New Maod, on the burnt district, op posite Uooue ts Co a shoe store. N. WILKINSON CO. Charlatta, Doe. 9, 1SS. tm n at MMftMftBVft&iftttflftBttHftMftl HI