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BY WILLIAM J. YATES, ?
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. )
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORW CAROLINA.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1857,
VOLUMTS 5.
NUMBER 34.
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At the iVestcru Democrat Office.
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Administrators Bonds and Li tters,
(Juardian lionds. Indenture,
Deeds for conveying Lands or houses,
Prosecution Bonds, Ca Sa Bonds,
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Th? Charlotte niNtnal Fire
Insurance Company,
C1o TINTES t. take risk- against k by
1'llV Oil H"U..-, (J. .:!-. Pimlne ', Ac, at
iiMiai r.e-. OiSee in B.awl.-y" BniMiar;. up
TORUS
M. B. TAYLOK, President.
S. P. ALEXANDER, V ice rres d. nt.
.1. A. VOI'Mi, )
J. II. WHITE,
J. II. ('AlUOV, F.xeeutive ('ornniitue.
COVrSKMAN,
A. U. STEELE, J
J. II. WILSON, A rnr.
E. NYE UUTUHISON, Secretary.
July J -, Icijo tl
Ilaraan !
Bargains ! !
CHINA DEPOT.
II . E KlVuOLS & BROTHER,
IMPOSmO OF
CHINA, GLASS & EARTHENWARE.
Also, a great variety of Tea Trays, Lumps,
Table Cattery, Britannia and Block Tin
Ware, Wood ami Willow Ware, and
Housekeeping .trticles srenerally.
NEXT POOS TO COMM ERC1A I . IJAXK,
COLIJ1BI.1, !. V.
fjp" Parking warranted.
Nov. 11. 1850. I'.Mm
Notice.
HAYING obtained Letters of Administration
upon the estate ot W. P. Trotter, deceased, I
giro notice to all persons ind bl. d to the late firm
of T. Trotter & Son, by note or book
account for the bal four or five years, to eesse
forward and pay the same w ithout delay, and
thi Why save cost, as the concern must be set
tled up. THOS. TROTTER, Adru'r
an! Surviving Partner.
Feh. 3d, 18S7. ::i-ti
The Watch am! Jewefay l.nsine-s will in the
future be conducted by the subscriber, who will
spare no pains er expense to give general sati.s
factiou. Watch repairing done in a superior Man
ser, and at the shortest notice.
Tims. TROTTER.
Executors' Sale.
-THE undersigned Executors to the will of
Was. Oat-s, d-c"d , late of Cleave land county, N.
C., will s-ll on th- nrassMca Is the highest bidder,
300 Acres of Land,
on Persimmon Creek, eight miles east of Shelby,
it: Cleavt land county, N. C, on Tsesday the 3d
day of March next. On tin- 'and is a good Saw
Mill, a Wool Factory of two Catders, 3tt0 Spin
dles. B Looms with other necessary machines for
the manufacture of tine Cassssseres, Jeans, Lin
seys, she-, with otlier necessary improvements.
The Laud is of good quality, and mostly wood
land, only a few acres having heeu cleared.
Terms will be aecomniodating.and made known
assay of sale. F. OATES. I
W. S. A. OATES. K
Ej
Muddv Koch, Ch aveland Co., N. C
J n. 20, 1857. SMkv
THE MOUNTAIN HOTEL,
MORGANTON, No. Ca.
THE most digilde and hnhshhi Hotel in the
Town of Morganton. N. C, or in the western
part of the State, is otf.n d torrent with its furai
;ur", on low and accommodating terms It has
had, and still continues to have the largest share
of patronage. Any person desirous of engaging
in the bus'.ncs,:. would do well to call immediate
ly aud examine the premises. Further particu
lars can be obtained on application to
J. M. HAPrOLDT.
Feb. 3d, 1857. ni-rt
WE TOLD YQI SO.
E have jmt received a second supply of ;
Ready Made Clothing,!
BOOTS AND SHOES,
and a preat many other poods, which together
with what we had ou hand, makes our Stock !
large and complete. And we will sell at a small j
advance on cost to close out our stock of Fall and '
inter Goods by the first of March.
We have a large stock of
Lad ie lire Goods,
which we will sell at cost for CASH.
All those wishing to buy goods for cash, should
call and examine our stock before buying else
where, as we will sell them goods lower than
they can buy them iu the place.
All those indebted to us will please call and
settle by cash if possible as we mnst have money.
We feel very grateful for the patronage we have
received for the last vear.
BROWN, STITT & CO.
Jan. 13, 1S57. 28-5t
IVew Store.
J. & E. B7STOWE
HAVING removed to their New Store on
Main-street, below Youn;; &. Williams'
Hotel, and opposite Boone & Co.'s new Shoe
Store, where they now have on sale a large stock
OF
g 0 1 ,
and such other articles as are usually kept in such
Houses., including their Domestic and
COTTON YARN.
Now in Store 300 Sacks Salt. 40 Bbls. New
Orleans Molasses. 5 Hhds. bst Portorico do.
5 lihds. West India do. 5 hhds. Cuba. 5 hhds.
of good Brown Sugar. 40 bbls. Extra do. Id
hbls.Crushad do. 1(K) bags pood Coffee. Eng
lish dairy and common Cheese, Bagging, Kope
and Twine, Adamantine and Tahow Candles,
North Carolina and Western Whiskey.
All at the Lowest Prices.
I pWe respi etftuly solicit a call front buvers.
J. & E. B. STOWE.
Dec. 0, 1956 rf
A New Tailoring Estab
lishment. JAMES BRIANT informs bis friends and
former patrons, tliat he has reopened his TAIL
ORING ESTABLISHMENT in Springs new
Building, where he will be happy to see any one
wanting any thing done in his line. All work
warranted.
Oct. 28th, 1856. lT-tf
RATES OF FREIGHTS BETWEEN
Charleston and New York,
By the Palmetto line of Steamers.
Wf ATT, STOGKER & LLOYD,
JEJC2 TORS
AND
dleneral Cnnisai lm 1 ere limit,
Adger's North Wharf,
' I H R undersigned, Factors and Commission
i Merc,-, ants, offer to receive, forward, and
ship merchandise and produce at the fol lowing
rates. The prices here name.! are those which
are generally charged by all the line of sail
vessels, but having no control over any other
Line than the one we have an interest in, we
cannot say that the prices here named can
be considered permanent, except hy our Line.
By that they arc permanent. The "Palmetto
Line" has ten fine first class Brigs and
Schooners, constantly running, and will car
ry fi eights as follows:
Wheat, 8 cents per bushel.
Flour, in harre.s, 2J cents.
" in sacks, 10 cents.
The drayage, wharlage, insurance, and for
warding coin miss. on, per bushel, for whe it,
is ------ 4j cts.
F'our, per barrel, - 16J cts.
Flour, per sack, - - - - 13 cts.
Freight on ail cases, boxes, Xc,
trom New York to Charleston, per
cubic foot. - - - - - 4 cts.
We measure every thing, to prevent ever
charges. Every thing shipped by the "Pal
metto Line" of vssels (Dollner & Potttr,
New York agents, and Holmes it Stowry, of
Charleston) an1' consigned to us, shall be
freighted for the above prices.
Produce and Merehandis ? consigned to us
will have the best attention.
W Y ATT, STOGNER & LLOYD.
Atisust 12, 1S.-.C
A ISO TE STEAD FOR SIOI
$310,000 worth of Farms and
Building- Lots,
IN tle gold region of Culpepper county, Ya.,
to be divided amongst 10,900 subscribers, on the
13th of April, 1657. Subscriptions only ten dol
lars each; one half down, the rest on the delive
ry of the Deed. Every subscriber will get a
Building Lot or a Farm, ranging in value from
$10 to $25,000. These Farms and Lots are sold
so cheap to induce settlements, a sufficient num
ber being reserved, the increase in the value o)
which w ill compensate for the apparent low price
now asked.
A company of settlers, called "The Rappahan
nock Pioneer Association," is now forming and
will commence a settlement in the spring. Am
ide security will be given for the faithful per
formance of contracts and promises.
tW More Agents are wanted to obtain sub
scribers, to whom the most liberal inducements
will be given. Some Agents write that they are
making $300 per month. Advertising wLl be
done for every Agent where possible. For full
particulars. Subscriptions, Agencit s, Ac,
Apply to E. HAI DER.
Tort Royal, Caroline Co., Ya.
Jan. 13, 1R"7. 3m
DISSOLUTION.
The Copartnership of FISHEK. BUR
ROUGHS & CO. was dissolved by mutual
consent on the first of January, 1857.
All jM-rsons indebted to the said rirm are re
quested to make "immediate" payment to
FISHER & BURROUGHS.
January 13th, 1857.
hi, wmm.
The undersigned having purchased MrN. A.
Hoxie"s interest in the firm of F B. & Co.,
will eontiuue business at their OLD STAND.
In returning thanks for the liberal patronage
bestowed upon the old firm, they hope, by con
stant attention to the wants of their customers
to merit a continuance of the same.
JOHN FISHER.
JOHN C. BURROUGHS.
Charlotte, January 13, lr,"7. 2m
F R E S H
GARDEN SEEDS
Scarr & Co.
Have received a fresh supply of
LANDIiETH'S GARDEN SEEDS,
consisting of every variety suitable to this cli
mate. Also, an assortment of
FLOWER SEEDS.
Jan. 13th tf Charlotte Drug Store.
CHEAP SOAP,
Key Stone State Saponifier
OR CONCENTRATED LEI.
One pound of the Ley with five pounds of
Fat will make twenty-five pounds of Hard Soap,
or one hundred pounds of soft soap.
It is admirably adapted for rendering hard
water soft, and is fit for household purposes.
For sale in one pound tius 25 cents each at
SCARR & GO'S
January 13th. tf Drug Store.
K. Bf . MURCHISOX. A. J. HOWELL.
MURCHISON 6l HOWELL,
! COMMISSION HERCSAHTS,
Jfo. 104 If 'all Street, J IT.
Feb. 3d, 1837. ly
Notice.
HAVING returned to Charlotte, I am again at
the disposal of those who may require my servi
ces in the practice of Medicine and Surgery.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
Feb. 3d, 1807. 31-tf
FURNITURE.
A lot of Furniture is offered for sale.
Apply at this Office, or to J. M. Sanders.
The subscriber, near Armstrong's Ford on the
South Fork of Catawba River,' has for sale
TWO NEttKO MEN,
one a brick-layer, stoue-cutter and stone mason;
height 6 feet, weight 180 or 190 lbs, and is good
disposed. The other a good house-servant, six
feet high, weight 175 lbs., copper colored, with
a first rate disposition. Warranted in every
respect.
LEROY STOWE.
February 10, 1857 U
"REMOVAL
The subscriber informs his friends and the
public generally, that he has removed his
Tin Shop
to the house 1 door West of Brem & Steele's
store, formerl occupied by A. Bethune &
'o. as a Tai'or shop, where he intends to
keep a general assortment of
Tin Ware and Stoves,
which will be sold on as reasonable terms as
anv other sho in this place.
To accommodate his friends from the coun
try, he proposes to take all kinds of
PRODUCE
in exchange for TIN WAKE or STOVES.
He returns hi than!: to the public for their
liberal patronaji'', and he hopes by att-ntion
to business to still merit their tustom.
All orJers for
JolD worli
will be uiK'tuaIly attended to, a. id at the
shortest notice.
R. V. MOORE.
Charlotte, Feb'y 10, 1857 6m
XSTotice.
IN pursuance of a Resolution passed by the
Board of Directors of the Western Flank Road
Company, at a meeting of said Board hcldjtif
Charlotte this day, (the 20th January,) I ao
hereby requcs. the Stockholders of said Company
to meet at the house of Mr. R. A. Bozzell, in
Mecklenburg county, on the :-d day of March
next, on business of importance.
C. C HENDERSON. President.
Feb. :?d, L57. 31-1 m
N. B. The securities to the Bonds of said
Company are also requested to attend at the
same time and place,' or to be represented by
proxy as securities. C. C. H.
NOTICE.
THE Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Com
pan3' have made arrangements for forwarding all
goods consigned to the care of the Compauv , and
destined for any point on the line of the North
Carolina Road, free of commissions.
If landed on the Company's wharf, tie re will
be no charge for wharfage or drayage ; but these
expenses will be incurred if landed on any other
wharf, and will be added to the freight on the
way-bills, to be collected on delivery, by the
North Carolina Railroad Company.
N. B. To avoid detention at Wilmington, it
is essentia that the amount of freight by vessels
shall, in ull ruses, be distinctly stated, in dollars
and cents, on each bill of ladingand if goods for
more than one1 person are included in the same
bill of lading, the amount of freight for each con
signee must be separately stated.
The foregoing notice has been received with
direction to publish for the information of all con
cerned. By order of the Board of Directors.
S. L. FREMONT, Eng. & Sup't.
Office of Engineer & Superintendent, o-itf
Wilmington, N- C. Jan. 28th, 1857. i
Swann & Co's Lotteries.
FAIR & HONORABLE.
Take all hills on solvent Banks, A T PAR.
Pay all Prizes without
Diseount.
W. EL HUTCHINSON, Agent,
ATLANTA, GA.
Now let those huy who never bought before,
And those who always bought now Hoy the more.
January 20th, 1857.
2m-pd.
DE10SSEY k SaOTO,
Wilmington, N. .
New-Yorls.,
GENERAL COMMISSION
MERCHANTS.
Usual advances made on consignments.
September 2, 1856 ly
FOR SALE.
The subscriber, desiring to retire from the
Printing business, offers for sale the entire Estab
lishment known as the CAROLINA TIMES,
to which is connected a well conditioned JOB
OFFICE.
The Times (Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly
issues.) is in a prosperous condition, enjoying a
very fair circulation and a large advertising pat
ronage. The Job Office is in good order, con
taining abundance of material for the execution
of any class of work, and is liberally patronised.
The Press department, containing 3 Presses,
is also complete, and worked by steam, running
one Adams and one Cylinder Press.
As Printer to the House of Representatives,
the subscriber has made ample arrangements for
the execution of its w ork, which affords ample
remuneration, and properly managed cannot tail
to give a handsome profit.
As the subscriber has determined to sell, an
opportunity is afforded those w ho may desire to
engage in Journalism to secure one of the best
conditioned and prosperous establishments to be
found in the South, at very low figures.
For ftirtber information, address the subscriber,
at Columbia, 8. C. E. H. BRITTON.
-TTilrnfl. n
SPEECH OP MR. W. R. MYERS,
Of Mecklenburg, delivered in the Senate on
a bill to charter the Dan ville and Greens
boro1 Railroad, introduced by Mr. Boyd,
of Rockingham.
Mr. Myers said : Mr Speaker, the Sena
tor from Orango (Mr Cameron,) set out
with the extravagant declaration that he
has almost persuaded himself, (from the
scenes that are being enacted, and the de
clarations of Senators.) that his locus in
quo is not real ; and that he is really iu the
capitol of the State of South Carolina or
Virginia, instead of the State of North Car
olina. I sir, like the Senat -r from Orange,
am unable to realize the fact that we ure
really and truly in the Senate of one of the
sovereign States of republican America, but
rather in the halls of some despot of nion
archial Europe; and sir, am I not fully sus
; taincd in this declaration from the extraor
' dinary course, unreasonable exactions, and
arbitrary demands indicated in this discus
sion ? If fair reasoning and legitimate ar
guments characterized this discussion, there
might bo some reasonable expectation, some
rational hope, on the part of tlie friends of
tLis bill, that passion and a blind prejudice
would fail in the unjust exercise of au un
relenting power. But sir, it seems that no
such hope is to be vouchsifed to us. Were
it a question of dollars aud cents, instead
of a question of merit, a cold calculation
j might be entered into with but little regard
to results; but a question of such para
mount importance, that strikes at tlie very
principles of free government of rights of
minorities are questions pregnant with
consequences, if carried too far, the results
of which cannot easily be estimated. We
have been appealed to by Senators to build
up and promote the commercial marts in
our own State, and not be bled as a strong
man, at both arms, by Virginia on the one
hand, and South Carolina on the other; that
putiiotism and State pride demands that a
fostering care should be extended to the
commerce of our own citizens and our own
State, and are called on to recur to the
wholesome precepts of the eminent and wise
men that have adorned the historic page of
this Commonwealth. No man sir, has a
greater reverence for the teachings of the
wise men and eminent statesmen so hand
somely eulogised by the Senator from Or
ange than myself. But, sir, it struck me
as a little remarkable that the patriotism
and State pride so much commended, was
practically so deficient just about the spot
on which we now stand. It will be remem
bered by Senators that that was a most ex
cellent opportunity to test the fervency of
that patriotism, and an exhibition of that
State pride, in the respective charters of
the Raleigh and Wilmington and the Raleigh
and Gaston roads, both of which passed
about the same time, probably at the same
session. Patriotism kicked the beam ; the
Wilmington connection was repudiated, and
the capital of the State of North Carolina
virtually sold, according to their own rea
soning, to the State of Virginia.
I do not condemn the people of Raleigh
for the course they saw proper to take in
that matter, and only allude to it to illus
trate my position. They did what they
thought was their interest, which, I insist,
is the natural right of every community,
and that any intervention on the part of
tlie State is au exercise of an arbitrary
power one that cannot be justified upon
any just principles of State policy. Would
not the Senator from Orango, at that time,
have considered it an exercise of an arbi
trary power, on the part of the Legislature
of the State, to have refused the people of
this section of the State the poor privilege of
using their own money iu the improvement
of their internal condition, and of transport
ing the fruits of their labor where the best
prices could be obtained?
My friend from Warren (Mr Eaton) com
pliments the gentlemanly and accomplished
merchants of Petersburg and Norfolk, and j
informs us that the products of his constitu-
ents find a market in another State, and
plough the billows of the beautiful Chesa
peake. Yet he gets up hero and gravely
condemns as impracticable, for the people
of the west to desire to do the very thing
that his people do every day of their lives
go to a Virginia market and argues that
the people of Mecklenburg should be pro
hibited from taking their wheat to a first
rate market, with inexhaustible water pow
er, as he confesses the city of Richmond to
be, and handsomely alludes to Petersburg
as the cockade city, and likens Norfolk to
a bird sitting upon the waters. Is there
justice, is their equity in such unequal dis
crimination in such partial legislation
whereby the citizens of the county enjoy
advantages by which they can realize more
for a given amount of labor, and the pro
ductions of their soil and dairy, than the
citizens of a county in the western part of
the State? But, sir, this question is argu
ed on the part of the opponents of this bill,
to the effect that is construction would se
riously impair, if not utterly ruin the roads
already existing in the State. Let us ex
iinine into the truth of this statement. We
deny, in the first place, that it can injure
tlie North Carolina road, but it will greatly
enhance the interest of that company. It
is well known by every one at all conver
sant with the travel on said road, that no
through travel has ever been enjoyed by
that road. That the enterprising Presidents
of both the Charlotte and North Carolina
roads used every exertion, and resorted to
all the appliances in the . way of agencies
and advertisements, to direct the traveling
public iu this- direction ; it resulted in a to
tal failure.
It is insisted that through travel, by the
construction of the Danville road, with
other connections which will necessarily
follow, of which I shall speak a little further
on, can be thrown on at least 94 miles of
the North Carolina road. The way travel
cannot be in any manner diminished there
by. We must consequently get on the 94
miles of this road what has never been re
alized before, and this travel will necessari
1jt be increased to such a degree that it will
largely repay to the company the loss on
the remaining portion of the line. But it is
objected to on the ground that it will be an
extinguisher upon the Wilmington and
Manchester and the Wilmington and Wel
don roads. One would suppose, from this
argument, that the schoolmaster had not
been abroad in North Carolina, and that the
people were in total ignorance of the public
works of other States. But is it not a fixed
fact, well known to every intelligent and
well-informed person in the country, that
there is in course of speedy construction a
rival road beyond the mountains, which fix
es the destiny of our eastern roads beyond
a peradventure. I bring to the stand a dis
interested witness one who has no interest
to speak an untruth, and whose statements
must be taken as authority. I allude to the
report of Mr McRae, chief engineer on the
Charleston and Savannah road, which is j
free to the inspection of any Senator pres
ent who desires to examine it as to the facts
set forth. Taking Washington City and
Atlanta as common points, the report shows
that the East Tenness e and Virginia road
is one hundred and nineteen miles nearer
than the Wilmington and Manchester and
the Wilmington and Weldon roads. I ask
if this report be true, and there is no reason
to doubt it, can the proposed Danville road
be held in any manner responsible for it ?
I think not. It has been argued by the
Senator from Duplin, (Mr Houston,) that
the increase from through travel was $210,
000, and from mail pay $50,000; that by the
construction of this road, this large amount
of increase would be lost to that company,
and that State policy required that this
thing should not bo done. I deairc to know
if it is State policy to allow this company to
play the "dog in the manger" to indirect
ly permit the citizens of other States to re
alize this large amount of income from mere
blind prejudice. In the name of God if
their citizens are compelled to surrender it
shall it not be enjoyed by the citizens of the
west? I think it should be, but we are
told that we must do nothing to destroy, or
in any manner affect the commercial ports
of our own State ; that we now have the
City of Wilmingten, and are now construct
ing a road, at heavy cost, to Beaufort; but
does experience teach us that we are likely
to be more fortunate in the transportation
of the products of the up-country than it is
probable wc will be in the transportation of
through travel ? By reference to the pa
pers you may see that regular freight lists
are made out twice a week, from the ports
of Virginia, going to the interior of the
State, as high up as the town of Charlotte.
This must be very unpatriotic in our wes
tern friends, especially so as to the ancient
town of Hillsboro', for I see they figure
largely in the shipments from the ports of
Virginia; but, sir, I have no doubt that it
is all right, and the same causes direct their
actions that stimulated the old Orange plan
ter to press through bad weather and over
impassible roads to get to the same Virginia
markets interest and tho results of a good
market. To this I do not object. It is right
that they should go where they can sell high
est and buy cheapest, and the constituents
I have the honor in part to represent claim
the same rights and privileges. Now, sir,
the very Senators that demand this propo
sition are living, either themselves or their
constituents, in the 4aily violation of these
wholesome precepts.
But, sir, to recur again in this most vex
ed question, as to who shall enjoy the ben
efits of the through travel. If the proposi
tion be true and it canuot be successfully
contradicted that the Danville road, and
94 miles of the Norch Carolina road, would
be "the great highway," why in the name
ofjustice shall we not have it. especially as
this travel must be irretrievably lost to our
own people if we do not get the road. And
to largely contribute to the finances of the
State, this company proposes to pay a bonus
for the liberty of constructing it out of
their own private means, of 20 cents on the
passenger, and 20 cents on every ton of
freight. Is this no iuducementto Senators
who so much deprecate the present embar
rassed condition of the State ? The Sena
tor from Davidson, (Mr J. W. Thomas,)
has put that amount to the sum of $50,000.
I think the Senator short of the mark. It
could not be less than $110,000 per annum
to the State an amount almost equal to
oue-third of the annua? income of the State.
Is this nothing to be taken into the account ?
and as figures are stubborn things, let us
see whether tho expectations set forth can,
upon any data, be reasonably hoped for or
seriously entertained. The report, as the
accompanying figures will show, (that part
from Chester, in South Carolina is assumed,
and I do cot think I am under the mark,)
gives the East Tennessee road the advan
tage in distance over the Wilmington, Wel
don and Manchester roads of 119 miles, and
the Danville route 53 miles ovpr the East
Tennessee road. Senators nttontion is par
ticularly directed to the following table of
figures, viz :
From Washington to Acqnia Creek, 55
" Acquia Creek to Richmond, 76
" Richmond to Bellfield, 66
Weldon, 20
Wilmington, 162
N. -eastern Railroad, 107
Manchester,
Kings vi He.
Branchville,
Augusta,
Warrenton,
Atlanta,
55
9
43
75
51
120
839
6
163
205
130
83
28
100
720
55
76
147
50
94
40
200
Total.
From Washington to Alexandria,
Lynchburg,
Tennessee line,
Knoxville,
Cleaveland,
Dalton,
Atlanta,
Total,
From Washington to Acquia Creek,
Richmond,
Danville,
Greensboro',
Charlotte,
Chester, S. C.
Atlanta,
662
Thus it will be seen that the travel is in
evitably lost to tho lower road, and the
time and distance is so greatly in favor of
the East Tennessee road that no other de
duction can be drawn than what. I have
shown. Apart from distance, time and
money, we hold that the State has no right
to deny a charter to a portion of her people
to follow any lawful business, or discrimin
ate in favor of a class or section. That the
exercise of such right is arbitrary and un
just one that cannot and should not be
submitted to, and Seuators should look well
to tho motives that prompt them to the per
petration of this wrong.
A DEFAULTING TREASURER.
Wo have already noticed the fact that
the Legislature of Mississippi has declined
to grant the request of Mr. Graves, the
State Treasurer, who became, some four
teen years ago, a defaulter, to bo permitted
to return to Mississsippi, on condition that
he pay the State $4,000 a year, until the
balance against him, $45,000, should bo
liquidated. His letter, addressed to the
Governor of Mississippi, und which was
laid by the Governor before the Legislature
is eloquent and affecting in its nppeals to
the clemency of the Executive. He urges
that he has suffered fourteen year of exile
in the terrible climate of Canada West ;
that his head is silvered over with troublo
and age ; that his wife, born in the sunny
South, "nobly deserted her parents, her
home, her all, to follow her husband into
exile, and has suffered a worse punishment
than him ; she, at least is innocent ; but
this has not prevented the climate from do
ing its worst upon her, and she is gradual
ly sinking into the grave ; all she asks is to
be permitted to return to the sunny South
to die." Mi. Graves has for years been
editing a paper in Canada, in which he ably
defended the cause of the South. The Leg
islature, however, doubtless from a stern
sense of justice, has refused a favorable
hearing to his petition, and ho realizes amid
the dreariness of the American Siberia, and
the sorrows of those whom his misconduct
has plunged into misery, that "the way of
the transgressor is hard."
Life in New York. New York is just
now a skittish place to live in. The "reign
of terror" is upon us ; but the terror is in
the hearts of the people. The rich and af
fluent do not dare go out of nights. Night
keys are out of use. The Bp-town gentle
men ring at their own bolted doors. In
many cases the servant girls will not go to
the door at all, but men are employed ; and
when the bankers and brokers, the cashiers
and presidents go home, they have their
front doors thrown wide open that it may
bo seen that no garroters are lurking in the
dark. Chamber doors are kept locked all
day ; families do not go to bed without a
general search under the beds and an ener
getic poking in tho closet with a cane or
poker. The murder of Dr. Burdell, the
streYt stabbing and robbery, the choking
and garroting, which are pastimes of our
city for the present, deter the theatre goers
the pleasure seekers from their usual pas
times. The houses of public play acting
are almost deserted, and the actors iu most
of our theatres are like disabled soldiers
on half pay. S-me talk of vigilance- com
mittees ; some call for a public nipeting.
The Mayor does all that ho can do. He
cannot do more with tho force he has. But
some aid must come from some source, or
the people will be universally armed. yew
York Letter.
"If you ever think of marrying a Widow,
my Son," said an anxious parent to his
heir, " select one whose first husband was
hung ; that is the only way to prevent her
throwing his memory in your face, and
making annoying comparisons." "Even
that won't prevent her from doing it," ex
claimed a crusty old bachelor, " she'll then
praise him, and say hanging would bo too
good for you."
A RUSSIAN MARRIAGE.
A 1'ii-i-s Torres p.uulent of the New York
Tioo - tell- tho following story :
"The Emperor of Russia has lately per
formed an act of justice to a much injured
and honorable American family, which re
flects the highest credit on his government.
Tlie facts were given me by Mr Sala, the
principal writer for Dickens' Household
Words, with whom I had tho pleasure to
dine at Loudon, and who was nn actor in
the history I am going to give you.
About eighteen months ago, a Miss
Ward, from one of the Southern States, was
married at Florence, after a short courtship,
to a Polish Count, whoso unpronounciblo
name escapes mo at this moment. They
were married before tho American Consul,
I believe. After living with Miss Ward
maritally for three weeks, the Count took
French leave one fine morning, carrying off
his y ite's jewelry as boofy. A letter left
behind informed Miss Ward of a fact of
which she had been till that moment entire
ly ignorant, to wit: that any Russian sub
ject not married according to tho service
recognized by tho Greek Church and tlw
Russian Government, was invalid and net
binding, and that the service which had
united them resembling in no wise the one
required, they were as free as if no sorvioo
had been performed. The consternation
of Miss Word and her family at this delecta
ble piece of villainy may well be imagined;
for on inquiry they found that the Count's
statement was but too truo.
Mi-s Ward aud her mother remained a
short time in Italy, endeavoring to obthi:i
some kind of redress for the base imposition
which had been practiced on them, but
I tueir efforts were fruitless. I hey then
came to Paris and spent the winter here,
where they were generally known to the
Americans resident iu the place.
At the period of coronation of the Em
peror of Russia, they went to St. Peters
burg. It was here that Mr Sala made the
acquaintance of the family, by a letter of
introduction from Paris. The "family were
going to demand justice of the Emperor of
Russia against his scoundrelly subject, Mr
Sala drew up tho petition to the Russian
Minister, and in this petition Miss Ward
demanded of tho Russian government "the
rehabilitation of her honor by a lawful mar
l ingo with the Count." The document wns
handed to Mr Seymour, the American Min
ister, and he handed it to the Russian Min
ister of State.
The moment tho case was laid before tho
Emperor, an order was issued to the Rus
sian Minister at Naples (whore the Count
was then living) to confer with the Neapoli
tan Government, with a view to his arrest.
The Neapolitan Government, which was
just then in great favor with Russia, yielded
at once to tho request. The Count was
seized by the Neapolitan police, and at Rus
sia's expenso wus conducted to the Russian
frontier; there he was received by the Rus
sian police and curried to Warsaw. Tlie
Wards were already there, awaiting his ar
rival. Tho Count was marched into the
church by a posse of policemen, and was
compelled to stand up before the altar and
marry Miss Ward in due form. When tho
ceremony was concluded, his wife, now
legally tlie countess of , made him a
formal bow and bade him adieu, forever.
And Salu. who was present, exclaimed,
"Young America forever."
The Count, who was au exile, was sent to
.Siberia, his property was confiscated, tho
Countess retaining by law one-third. Tho
family immediately left again for Italy where
they are spending the winter. The Father
and mother of Miss Ward were present at
the marriage at Warsaw, with revolvers in
their pockets, determined if there was any
flinching on the part of the Count, to blow
his brains out. For iu view of tho fact
that he was destined for Siberia under any
circumstances, it was feared that he might
not at the last moment pronounce tho nec
essary word.
Aud thus was a high act of justice per
formed by tho Russian Government iu a
bold and rapid manner, and an act which
does her the greatest honor.
A Good One. A Raleigh correspon
dent tells of a joke that occurred in the
House of Commons of tho North Carolina
Legislature. Some women, (to be strictly
Bcntonian) of rather Cypriin habits, were
mixed too freely socially, with others of
unblemished reputation in the gallery.
The strange admixture of pitch and purity
soon caught the practiced eye of tho Speak
er, who instantly ordered an Irish door
keeper to separate the goats from the shef p.
The Irishman started immediately on bis
mission, but the house was soon convuUed
with laughtur by the troubled phiz of Pat
at the door, and the following announce
ment in a round rich brogue : "Mr Speak
er, have indivered to tho best of my ability
to execute your order, but the divil tear my
jacket, if I can tell the ladies from the de
cent women." Pat was exoused from re
porting further progress in the premises.
tyA Frenchman having made a port
folio into an umbrella, an American, in or
der that he might not be behind in ingenuity,
made a snuff box in the shape of a pistol,
and by means of a slight spring, fired th
snuff up his noso. At least wo heard so.
But the reader need not believe it unless he
is very credulous.