WM. J- YATES, Editor 6c Proprietor.
Tuesday Morning, April 21, 1857.
FOR CONGRESS,
HOV BIJRTOI CRAICiE,
OK
ROWAN COUNTY.
HAWKS' HISTORY OP N. C.
We arc indebted to the courtesy of the
publishers, Messrs. E. J. Hale ic Son, for
the "History of North Carolina: with Maps
and Illustrations," by Francis L. Hawks,
p. D., L- L. D.; Vol. 1, embracing the
period between the first voyage to the colo
ny in 1584, to the last in 1591.
The Agent, Mr H. W. Horne, will visit
Charlotte about the 20th of May, when an
opportunity will be offered to those wanting
the work to supply themselves.
Charlotte Mutual Insurance Company-
At the regular annual meeting of
t'nis Company, held on the 14th inst., the
following gentlemen were elected officers
for the current year:
Dr. M. B. Taylor, President.
C. Overman, Esq., Vice President.
M. B. Taylor, C. Overman, J. A. Young,
Wm. Johnston, J. H. Carson, S. T. Wris
ton and F. Scarr, Direc tors.
E. Nye Hutchison, Scc'y and Treasurer.
ty We learn that about three hundred
yards of the track of the North Carolina
Railroad mma destroyed on Thursday last,
caased by the wood, -that is kept piled on
the side of the Road, taking fire. The des
truction was at Pine Level, between Golds
horo' and Raleigh. About 1,000 cords of
wood was consumed.
tTTk Winston (N. C.) Sentinel says
there are BOOM people in that neighborhood
iilv. who desire to know what has become
of "Col. J. W. White."
A Kansas paper says that White is an
impostor.
First District. Wni. N. II. Smith,
Esq., has bees nominated by tlie whig
aim rkw Convention in the first Congres
sional district, lately represented by R. T.
Paine. The democrat! will have a candi
date, but he has not vet been designated.
!VJ The Hon. Calvin Graves, member
of the Hoard of Internal Improvements,
having resigned, John I. Kirklund, Esq.,
of Orange, has been appointed in his place.
The Hoard now eonsists of Gov. Hragg,
i -oJFcm President, and N. E. Cauady and
Mr Kirkland.
Mrs. Fisher, Matron of the Insane Asy
lum at Raleigh, has signified her intention
t i resign that situation on the 5th of June,
and the Committee, W. W. H olden Chair
man, advertise for a suitable person to
supply her place. Salary $.")(), board and
lodging furnished by the institution.
The tkovulel) Land. News from Kan
sas represents the free-State men of that
territory as being greatly dissatisfied with
the appointment of Mr Walker a Governor.
Tlu v regard him as too much of a slavery
man. Thus, while same southern papers
believe, or affect to believe, that Walker is
not to be trusted because he expressed the
pinion that Kansas would be a free State,
northern freedom shriekers are opposing
him because they think he will use his in
fluence to establish slavery in the territory.
Both sid s may complain, but Mr Walker
will perform his duties faithfully, no doubt.
Fai iinv ills Western Railroad. The
Comnty of Cumberland, by a vote of her
citizens on the 9th instant, authorized the
County Court to subscribe 1 00,000 to the
Western Railroad, which is being construct
ed to the Coal Fields. The Fayetteville
pajK?rs sjeak with confidence of the early
completion of the Roak.
'.IF The receipts of the Wilmington and
Manchester Railroad, from travel, freight
and mail, for the month of February last,
were 4.'J,.70 20, being an increase of $7,
sea 21.
in
Bishop Pierce, of the M. E. Church,
: to preach the annual sermon at the next
commencement of Greensboroegh Female
College, May 21st. The Bishop has the
reputation of being the most eloqueut and
accomplished orator in the South.
The Revival, at Rai.ehwi. X corres
pondent of the Petersburg Express, writ
ing from Raleigh, says:
"The religions interest at the Baptist
Church has (tattered no abatement. Twenty-five
(r thirty have professed conversion,
and numbers of persons are serious on the
subject. Thirteen of the new converts have
been received into the church, and others
purpose joining during the present week,
preparatory to their baptism on Sunday
next, probably. The ''believers" will be
baptized at the Raleigh paper mills on Crab
Tree Creek, about three miles from this
city. The accommodation for this purpose
at these mills are said to be very good in
deed. Since Friday last the Baptist pulpit has
been occupied by Professor Wingate, Presi
dent of Wake Forest College. I noticed
in the pulpit on Sunday last, the Rev. Mr
McDaniel, of Fayetteville, who has come
up to assist the pastor. Rev. Mr Skinner,
during the present week.
Bishop Atkinson's Appointments.
May 15, Mucksville.
" 17, 5th Sunday after Easter. St.
James, Iredell county. Consecration.
18, Christ's Church, Rowan county.
" 19, St. Andrews "
iy Mr James Cassidy, of Wilmington,
has been elected President of the Cape
Peat and Deep River Navigation Company.
VW We had a heavy frost in this section
on Sunday night, the 19th instant, after
several day s of rain and "mud," dissipating
all hope of "fruits and flowers and all
things green. " When shall "this winter
be -nade glorious summer"? thats the ques
tion. Tell us, "ye winged winds !
The men in North Carolina -who r nnw ru.
ing the banner of American-whiggery, are the
same ones who shouted "amen" when the plat -MSat
was promulgated denouncing the Whig
party as corrupt and unworthy of trust. Char
lotte Democrat.
Is not our friend and umquhile neighbor,
of the Democrat, mistaken about the phase
ology of that platform? We never eaw
any platforms "denouncing the Whig party
as corrupt and unworthy of trust," unless
the language of certain democratic plat
forms which have been "promulgated,"
might have been construed into suchsde
nunciation. We challenge the Democrat
to produce any platform ever promulgated
by the American party, containing any
such charge, and of this we put ourselves
on the country. Now, issue having been
joined, somebody has a chance of being
"cornered." and we know it will not bo the
Argus. Fayetteville Argus.
To the law and to the record we appeal.
If the Argus is not the one that will get
" cornered " this time, it will be because
there is no meaning in plain language.
We asserted that the old whig party was
denounced by the know-nothing platform.
Now let us define the word " denonnced."
Webster says it means 1st. "Threatened by
open declaration. 2d, Accused; proclaim
ed." The know-nothing National Convention
which assembled in Philadelphia in June,
1855, adopted a platform containing the
following declaration and proclamation:
" The American party having arisen
upon the ruins and in spite of the oppo
sition of the whig and democratic parties,
connot bo in any manner responsible for
the obnoxious acts or violated pledges of
either."
In the above sentence it is proclaimed
that the whig party was guilty of obnoxious
acts and of violating its pledges. A severe
denouncement, endorsed by all who ap
proved and stood upon that platform, our
friend of the Argus among the number.
But the platform continues:
"And the systematic agitation of the
slavery question by those parties whig
and democratic having elevated sectional
hostility into a positive element of political
power and brought our institutions into
peril, it has therefore become the impera
tive duty of the American party to inter
pose Jor the purpose of giving peace to the
country, and perpetuity to the Union.''
Here the whig party is accused of eleva
ting sectional hostility and bringing our
institutions into peril. Remember that one
of the definitions of "denounced " is " ac
cused." And to show that the old whig
party was "corrupt and unworthy of trust."
the platform (the same that met the appro
bation of the Argus) declared it the impera
tive duty of the American party to inter
pose for the purpose of giving peace to the
country and perpetuity to the Union.
Now, does not the Argus that the
whig party was not only " denounced as
corrupt and unworthy of trust " by the
know-nothing platform, but it was pro
claimed a reasonable inference from the
language used that it was necessary for
the "American party " to interpose in order
to keep the whig party from destroying the
Union ?
Who is "cornered" now, neighbor?
We know it is not the Democrat we have
cited the record to clear us and as "some
body has a chance of being cornered," it
would be well for the Arg'is to " 'foss up.'
Will you do it ?
O
Lamentations stiix ascknu. The
opposition papers are making the welkin
ring (if there is any ring in the welkin)
with their disquisitions on the land ques
tion. The proposition to loan the surplus
in the national treasurj- to the States, has
aroused their lovo of gold and created
bright visions (imaginary of course) of
future prosperity. If the measure proposed
to give the surplus revenue to the States, we
could account for the great anxiety mani
fested on the subject by our opposition
friends, but as it only offered to loan North
Carolina a certain amount (ai)d a sma'.l one
at that in comparison with what New York
and other abolition States would get) we
are at a loss to understand what they mean
by their constant lamentations at the de
feat of the measure. We suspect their
object to he to make political capital for
the purpose of getting the outs in and the
MM out. This is what they are striving
i i.i a . a
tor, ana tney nave revived tne land ques
tion and distribution question for the par
pose of exciting public opinion against the
democratic party. The opposition party
lias been defeated out and out on this ques
tion heretofore, and we think the same fate
awaits it again. Let the people be not
deceived by clap-tiap arguments, and car
ried away by the proposition to divert the
national funds, temporarily, into the hands
of the States. Let the protection now
given to the capitalists and manufacturers
of the North, afforded by a Tariff which
oppresses the South, be withdrawn by a
reduction of the tariff, and let the proceeds
from the sales of the public lands and the
surplus revenue, bo devoted to the legiti
mate objects for which they were intended,
that of defraying the expenses of the Gen
eral Government. And whenever whig-know-nothing
papers feel like talking about
squandering the public lands on the new
States, let them tell the people that Mr
Fillmore, their President aud their candi
date, signed the greatest squandering bill
ever passed by Congress, the Illinois cen
tral railroad bill.
INTERESTING ROMANCE.
The Knight of the Black Wool Thrilling
Scene ! !
A large bull dog jumped afoul of a
little cur dog in the street the other day,
and bit off the extreme end of his tail ! ! !
The above is all you will get of the inter
esting story in the Democrat if you want
the balance you must subscribe to the Yew
Xork Sledger, which will tell how cur dog
squealed, and what the bull dog did and
then how the little dog run. WTiregrass
writes for the Sledger Roastinear writes
for it, Jess Holmes writes for it, Pickle
pepper writes for it, George Gox writes for
it, so does Fred Douglas it is published
in the midst of abolitionism.
EF The poetry of M Eva Earnest " shall
appear next week.
ANTI-SLAVERY TRIUMPH.
In Missouri, a slaveholding State, for
some time past, an anti-slavery party has
been gradually growing and strengthen
ing, until it has become an element of
prominence in that State, which may, at a
future day, materially affect our peculiar
institutions. At a recent election for Mun
icipal officers in St. Louis, the contest turn
ed on the queetion of slavery and anti
slavery, and strange to say, the anti-slavery
party triumphed by about fifteen hundred
majority. This result is no small matter
it shows that we have much to fear, yea
more, from some persons living in the slave
StateB than from fanatics at the North ; the
former are working for the gradual emanci
pation of slavery, and are thus weakening
the institution, while the latter are not
doing much more than talking on the sub
ject. The triumph of anti-slavery princi
ples in a large city in a slaveholding State
is an event deserving of serious considera
tion and reflection. -The non-slaveholding
States are against us, we know, and we are
prepared to meet their opposition, but the
question is, how are we to meet fanaticism
existing, as it were, at our own doors. This
question will have to be solved sooner or
later, and the quicker southern statesmen
give it their attention the better for the
South.
Every day's experience demonstrates
that the institution of slavery is becoming
more and more circumscribed, and its field
of labor is not being enlarged. True, a
negro is worth more money now than he
was a few years ago, but we consider this
detrimental to the institution, for it is con
fining it to the bauds of a few, the raonied
men of the South. Men with limited means
aro not able to hold such property in con
sequence of the enormous prices.
It has been asserted that the supply is
not equal to the demand that in some of
the States, Virginia for instance, the scar
city of negro laborers has been seriously
felt. The abolitionists are "carrying the
war into Africa," and yet southerners aro
doing little or nothing towards increasing
their peculiar institution. Talk about re
opening the slave trade and a horrible wail
is heard even in the South, although her
citizens loudly proclaim that the negro is in
a far better condition here than he was in
his native land. It is time for the South
not only to assume a defensive attitude, and
maintain it at all hazards, but also to en
large the area of slavery and adopt meas
ures for supplying the demand. How this
desirable object is to be accomplished we
leave for the suggestion of older and more
experienced heads.
Name the Items. The whig-american
convention of the Gth Congressional Dis
trict, among other resolutions, adopted the
following one :
"8. Resolved, That we remain, as ever,
in favor of an economical administration of
the government, and wo are therefore op
posed to tho wild and reckless extravagance
of the late administration: extravagance
beyond all parallel in any former adminis
tration, and especially tho ot increas
ins; the compensation of members of Con
gress to the enormous sum of "$6,000 a
Congress and mileage," and made retros
pective so as to compensate the same Con
gress that passed ue act.
We challenge the opposition to show
wherein the late administration was guilty
of "wild and reckless extravagance," or to
point out a single item of appropriation,
recommended by the President, that was
unnecessary or wrong. They have made
the charge, and now we give them an op
portunity to sustain it if they can. With
regard to the increased pay of the members
of Congress, we advise our opponents in
the (ith District to settle that matter with
the black republicans and know-nothings
of the late House of Representatives, who
possessed the mnjoritj' and did pretty much
as they pleased. Did not Mr Puryear vote
for the increased pay bill?
3F The following are additional particu
lars concerning the recent explosion at thr
Coal Mines in Chatham County, an account
of which we published a short time ago:
The explosion took place at 8 o'clock,
A. M., on Monday the Gth instant, at the
Governor's creek Coal Mines, which are
situated at a place in Chatham county,
known as Egypt. The Superintendent,
Mr Robert Dunn, and four of the hands,
all white men, were instantly killed, and
two others were thought to be dead; but
after being buried awhile, (with apertures
in the ground giving their nose and eyes
fresh air the method usually adopted, I
understand, for the purpose of relieving the
lungs of tho sufferers from foul air,) they
were restored to life, but the life of one of
them, a man named Carrer, is dispaired of.
The damage to the property is said to be
very great. Tho mines are owned by a
Company in Philadelphia, and were being
worked on an extensive scale, The Com
pan', I understand, have recently invested,
or were about investing, $2,500,000 in
working them. This is the second explo
sion attended with fatal effect which has
taken place at. those mines, the present
year, another fire-damp explosion having
occurred about five weeks ago, by which
five men lost their lives.
VW There is Railroad communication
now between Charleston, S. C. and Mem
phis, Tennessee. The entire distance from
Charleston to Memphis is 748 miles, as
follows:
Charleston to Augusta,
Augusta to Atlanta,
Atlanta to Chattanooga,
Chattanooga to Stephenson,
Stephenson to Memphis,
136 miles.
171 "
140 "
30 M
271 "
746
The Cotton Crop. The New Orleans
Prices Current of the 11th inst., says :
" It is generally understood that there
has been more early planting this season
than usual, and on many plantations the
Cotton was up. According to authentic
advices from the interior, all that was thus
exposed to the action of the severe frost of
the night of the 5th instant has been killed,
and will have to be re-planted ; thus de
feating the realization of as early a crop as
had been hoped for.
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LATER FROM EUROPE.
New York, April 16. The steamship
Arabia, with Liverpool to the 3d instant,
arrived here to-day.
Arrests of conspirators against the Em
peror continued to be made at Paris.
Madrid reports says that the Spanish
force destined for operation against Mexico,
will, under every circumstance, occupy a
portion of the Mexican territory for the
protection of Spanish subjects.
The difficulty between Austria and Sar
dinia was widening, and it was doubtful
whether peace could bo obtained on any
terms.
The American ship High-Flyer had been
wrecked at Formosa. The crew bad been
murdered and the ship burnt.
Liverpool, April 3. Breadstuffs are
firm. Wheat has advanced from one to
two pence. Flour is quiet. Corn has ad
vanced six pence. Cotton was steady and
unchanged.
--
WILMINGTON, CHARLOTTE & RUTH
ERFORD RAIL ROAD.
The unanimous action of the county
Court of Anson county, at its recent ses
sion, is well calculated to brighten the hopes,
even of the most sanguine friends of this great
work. As will be seen by the letter of an
esteemed correspondent in that county, the
question of subscribing $150,000 to the
stock of the company is to be submitted to
the voters of that wealthy county on the 4th
of next July. Of the result of the popular
vote, we entertain no sort of doubt. Anson
is aroused, and will do her part ; and there
is no county along the line able to do more,
if there be any able to do as much. Her
people are wealthy and unembarrassed,
and will hardly feel the burden which their
efforts will impose upon them.
Union also, is coming up to the work,
as will be seen from the letter. Need we
say that we are gratified to see that such is
the case that there is still a North Carolina
patriotism and public spirit in North Caro
lina ; and that we are not all sold to our
Northern and Southern neighbors. JVil
mington Journal.
North Carolina Gold. We have been,
gratified, says the Warrenton (N.C.) News,
with thf sight of some small nuggets of the
real "Simon pure stuff" from the mine of
A. H. Davis, Esq., at Ransom's bridge,
about twenty miles from Warrenton. We
understand about forty hands are employed
in the mines at that place, averaging from
$2 to $2 50 each hand per day. The pre
cious metal is generally found in grains
among the gravel, but the nuggets we saw
were turned up in ploughing. The largest
weighed about ten pennyweights of pure
gold, and with others of less size made a
pretty pile.
The Naillks.s Horse Shoe. We were
shown, yesterday, a specimen of the nail
less horse shore, now coming into fashion
at the North. It is a very simple arrange
ment, but we do not think preferable to the
old style. The shoo is manufactured in
two pieces, which clamp the fork on cither
side, and are fastened together by two small
screws. Both sdes may be made upon the
pattern of the ordinary shoe. The upper
part or "vamp" is thin, and has a flange
projecting inward from its lower edge to
match a groove in the sole. With the aid
of set screws at the heels, the shoe is fitted
on complete. A very neat, but not very
economical affair. Petersburg Express.
Breach of Promise Suit. Mrs Mary
J. Shultz, of St. Louis has commenced a
suit in the Circuit Court for $50,000 dama
ges against Alexander M. Mitchell, of St.
Joseph, for breach of promise of marriage.
It appears, from tho petition of plaintiff,
that she was engaged to defendant, and that
the mirriage was to have taken place at the
Second Presbyterian Church on Monday
evening, April 6th, but the defendant re
fused to fulfil his engagement,although every
preparation had been made, and the guests
invited. Defendant, is now in St. Louis,
and is said to have an income of $100,000
per annum.
ELOPEMENT OF A PRIEST.
Full files of England and continental
papers brought by the Niagara, which left
Liverpool on the 26th of March, have been
received. Among other items of interest,
we notice the following which is furnished
by the Paris correspondent of the London
Times :
One morning last week every newspaper
office of Paris was visited by a government
messenger, who, in breathless haste, for
bade them to print a word of the news
which hid just arrived from Meaux. The
grand vicaire had fled with one of his fair
penitents, Mad'lle Vacquerin by name, and
one of the most beautiful girls in the place.
What makes tho affair so terrible just at
this moment is, that this intrigue of the
grand vicaire, which forms one of the accu
sations upon which Verger based proofs
of the corruption of the clergy, breaks out
just as Verger and his damning proofs were
beginning to be forgotton. The young lady
who has refused the most brilliant offers
of marriage, and who is possessed of a large
fortune in her own right, has, by the ad
vice of her paramour, who ia supposed to
have been her lover ever since she first at
tended his confessional, five years ago, only
waited until her coming of age and the
transfer of her money from the hands of
her relations into her own, to take this ex
traordinary and decided step. The grand
vicaire is a tall, handsome man, of good
family. The fugitives have landed in Eng
land and rumor declares that the reverend
father has written to his bishop, announc
ing his intention of throwiag his froe aux
orties, and threatening, on the first sign of
persecution or annoyances on the part o
the ecclesiastical authorities, to issue a pub
lie confirmation of all the "horrible calum
nies" which were suppressed in Vergers'
trial.
Crowded Audiexce. The , Rev. J.
Silliman Ives D. D., lectured to a crowded
bouse in Norfolk on Tuesday evening.
Subject, "Sources of Protestant Prejudices
against Catholicity."
LATER FROM NICARAGUA
The steamer Tennessee, from San Juan
arrived at New York on 16th instant.
It appears by her advices that Gen Lock
ridge, instead of capturing Castillo, as re
ported in the fillibuster stories brought by
the George Law, has actually abandoned
the attack and retreated, leaving the im
portant post of Serapiqui and the whole of
the river San Juan in complete possession
of the Costa Ricans. He retreated without
striking a blow, destroying on his way down
all the fortifications below Castillo. Sub
sequently he formed a new battallion of his
scattered troops, and would endeavor to
join Walker by way of Panama.
The steamer J. N. Scott had been blown
up on the San Juan river, during the re
treat of Lockridge, and over sixty officers
and men were either killed or wounded.
The wounded were sent in the steamer
Rescue to Punta Arenas, while Lockridge
remained up the river with his remaining
force. He was well supplied with provis
ions. N. C. Presbyterian Paver, We are
informed that this enterprise, heretofore
noticed in the Observer, met with cordial
approval of Presbytery (in session in this
county last week) and was earnestly
recommended to the Churches in its bounds.
Believing that the whole stock would be
subscribed within a month, the stock
holders present at the session (a majority)
recommended a general meeting at Greens
borough, on Thursday May 14, for the
purpose of deciding upon location and title,
and choosing au Editor or Editors. Fay.
Observer.
The Legislature of Massachusetts have
passed a law making the testimony of an
atheist a legal tender in the Courts of that
State.
Chicago, April 14. The election returns
from Iowa indicate the success of the Re
publican candidates for State .offices by a
majority equal to that obtained at the
November election.
E3P When the downward train last even
ing on the Wilmington and Weldon Rail
road, (going at twenty-five miles an hour)
approached the 99 milo post, a passenger
suddenly sprang from his seat, anu jumped
from the window of the cars.
The train was as soon as possible put
back, and search was made for his mangled
remains. The surprise of all on board can
be imagined when instead of these, the
passenger was discovered standing by the
track apparently unhurt. Seeing parties
approach him from the cars, he took to the
woods, but was soon overtaken and brought
back.
Dr. Sidney D. Sutton who was a passen
ger at the time pronounced the man as la
boring under an attack of delirum tremens.
As to the injuries, the Dr., after a superfi
cial examination, thinks them to be but
slight, and not likelv to prove of a serious
nature. Wd. Herald.
A Determined Couple. Mr Rober
taugh and Miss Wolfnrd, of Pendleton
county, Va., were married in Hampshire,
v a. The affair was an elopement. The
parties live some fifty miles distant, and
walked the whole distance the arm of tho
groom entwined the waist of his fair mis
tress throughout tho whole journey. A
rare instance of an elopement on foot, with
so happy a result.
Whale Caught. A whale of large di
mensions was harpooned and killed Thurs
day morning near the Shakkleford Banks,
about six miles from Beaufort, N. C It was
sixty or seventy feet long, very fat, and
yielded upwards of fifty barrels of oil, which
will be worth at least $1,000.
Counterfeits. A subscriber at Milton
writes us (says the Fayetteville Observer)
that he has seen at that place severa
counterfeit $6 and $100 bills on the Farmer's
Bank of North Carolina; and that "any
quantity" of counterfeit $10 Cape Fear Bank
bills are in circulation in that neighborhood.
lhe bad appearance ot the paper and
engravings makes
detect these latter. .
it easy, he writes, to
Unly vjne uulock. Mr eomino;
home late one night from "meeting," was
met at the door by his wife.
"Pretty time of night, Mr , for you
to come home pretty time, three o'clock
in the morning; you a respectable man in
the community, and the father of a family."
" 'Tisn't three it's only one; I heard it
strike. Council always sits till one o'clock."
"My soul! Mr .you're drunk as true
as I'm alive, you're drunk. It's three in
the morning.
say,
Mrs.
it's one. I heard it
strike one, as I came round the corner, two
or three times "
Eggs. The Western Democrat says
Charlotte is the greatest egg market in N.
Carolina. The citizens have eggs scrambled
poached, boiled and fried for breakfast and
dinner, aud then again for dinner and break
fast. A friend informs us this is all a mis
take. He says Gaston beats all creation
for eggs, and adds, that such vast quanti
ties are used there, that the navigation of
the Roanoke has been seriously obstructed
by the shells which the Gastonians have
thrown into it. Charlotte, therefore, must
keep dark in the matter of eggs hereafter.
Petersburg Express.
Mobile, April 16. Havana dates to the
13th inst., states that an attempt had been
made to assassinate Mr Smith, the British
Consul, for an exposure of the slave trans
actions. It is thought there will be no war
between Mexico and Spain.
Waexixg to Physicians. -
Dr. .kocock,
the Queen's physician has been perempto-
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the royal family, where he has been hitherto
admitted on terms of familiar intercourse.
His salary, 5.000 per annum, a royal
present on each safe delivery of the Queen,
and a large practice among the nobility, is
no small loss. The doctor has made every
effort towards reconciliation, but the Queen
remains in exorable. It seems that it came
to the Queen's ears that Dr. Locock was
given to too much talking, aud that though
she told Prince Albert that his habit of
sleeping between the blankets was "a vul
gar, dirty Dutch practice," she did not
care to have it told abroad. Liverpool Post.
Gld3boro,' April 14.
I have just learned that a change of
schedule is to be made on the Wilmington
and Weldon road in a day or two, perhaps
to-morrow. The mail train that now leaves
Wilmington at 6 A. M., under the new
arrangement is to leave there at 1 o'clock,
A. M., five hours sooner.
I understand it has been determined to
save five hours between Kingsville and
Weldon, by this new arrangement accom
plished. m
Recognizing Providence. A short
time since there was a very destructive
fire in Mobile, Alabama, which destroyed
some 12,000 bales of cotton. When the
news reached the interior, a gentleman
who had quite a large amount of cotton in
the city took immediate steps to ascertain
if he had sustained any loss. Upon learn
ing that he had not, and upon consultation
with his wife, he set apart $500, a donation
to benevolent objects, as a thank offering
for providential preservation.
MARRIED,
At Davidson College, on the 14th instant, bv
Rev. E. F. Rockwell, Mr John M. Porter to
Miss Maryarette L. Harris, all of Mecklenburg.
In Raleigh, on the 15th instant, Kenelin H.
Lewis. Esq., of Edgecombe, to Miss Bcttie,
daughter of Hon. John H. Bryan
In Lexington, on the 13tb instant. Rev. J. A.
Boozer and Miss Mary J., youngest daughter of
Mr Andrew Hunt.
In New Hanover county, on the 10th instant,
Mr J. W. Stringfield to Miss Rebecca A. Rogers.
In Iredell county, on the loth inst., by the
Rev. Stephen Frontis, J. F. A. Mellon, Esq., to
Miss Nancv J- H. Moore.
DIED,
In Fayetteville, on the 11th inst., Mrs Ellen,
wife of Mr John Smith, aged 37 years. Also,
on the 10th inst, very suddenly, Mr Richard P.
Overby, aged 43 years.
At Davidson College, on the 5th inst., Morri
son Hill, oldest child of Major D. H. and Isabel
la S- Hill, aged 6 years and 8 months.
In York District, onllthinst, Mr Daniel F.
Hall, in the 44th year of his age.
In Desoto county. Mississippi, Miss Margaret
Priscilla White, daughter of Moses M. and Sarah
White, formerly of Lancaster District, S. C.
DR. WAYT,
Has returned to Charlotte and is prepared to
resume the practice of his profession. Persons
are respectfully iuvited to call.
April 20th, 1857 2t
BONNETS AND MAITILLAS.
The largest and richest assortment of
Silk, Crape, Neapolitan and
STRAW
that we have ever purchased, and which cannot
be surpassed for beauty of style. Having
bought too many, we will offer them at a small
advance ON COST, rather than keep them over.
MANTILLAS also.
LADIES' DRESS GOODS
of al1 kinds and qualities, suitable for the season.
PARASOLS, FANS, Sec, &fc.
VERY LOW.
Ladies will find a large and well assorted
stock at
ELIAS & COHEN'S.
Charlotte, April 20, 1857. tf
Ready-Made CLOTHING
Our Stook is large, new and FASH
IONABLE well made, and of all grades
and colors; bought cheap and will be
sold the same way.
Our whole Stock is
UNUSUALLY LARGE, and
inducements will be offered either to
Wholesale or Retail buyers.
ELIAS & CO DEN.
April 20, 1857. tf
NOTICE.
I WILL SELL, FOR CASH,
III
II
on Wednesday of County Court, my
Douse f ot
situated on the Taylorsville Plank Road, corner
of Popular and Fifth streets, in a desirable part
of town. Any person wishing to purchase
would do well to examine the premises before
the day of sale, as I am determined to sell.
JAMES BRIAN.
Charlotte, April 20th, 1857 2t
NEW STOCK.
KOOPMAM & PHELPS
Have just received a larpe and splendid stock
of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
Consisting of
Ready-made Clothing
AND
Which they offer for sale at surprising low
pi ices.
... m i
Amongst tneir assortment may De touna
LADIES'
DllESS GOODS,
Muslins, Lawns, Bonnets, Trimmings, &c.
ALSO,
Materials for gcntlemens' summer clothing.
HATS AND CAPS,
Boots and Shoes,
Together with a great variety of Ready-
made Clothing for spring and summer wear.
An extensive stock ot all kinds ot
which they will sell at cost, with freight added.
We intend to sell our Goods at such prices as
will induce purchasers to trade with us. Give
us a call and w; know we can suit you iu qual
ity and price.
Call and get BARGAINS
f3F Highest market prices paid for Produce
of all kinds. KOOPMANX & PHELPS.
Charlotte, N. C, April 20, 1857.
Lumber for Sale.
The subscribers are prepared to furnish Lum
ber to those in want of that article. Their Steam
Saw Mill on McAlpins Creek, near Sardia
Church, is in constant operation, which enables
them to supply purchasers at short notice.
All kinds and qualities of Lumber for building
.i A wiAmifuiitnnnd niirnAOoo L--tit CtTX nAnn On A
.
for sale at reasonable prices.
MILLER & PORTER.
April 20th, 1857
5t-pd
Negroes for Sale.
Will be sold on Tuesday the 28th instant,
(County Court week,) at the Public Square in
Charlotte,
Three Likely Young Negroes.
One girl aged 10 years, one boy 7 years, and
a boy 2 years old. Terms made known on day
of sale. 8 A HARRIS, Auct'r.
April 14th, 1857. 2t
We are requested to announce
ELIAS PRESLAR as a candidate
for Superior Court Clerk of Union
Connty. Election on first Thursday in August.
Ii jinn
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
I WILL SELL, on Saturday, 1Mb rf April,
the Store-House and Dwelling tttf.j L d, know n
as the J. K. Harrison property. Also,
4 Unimproved Lot,
in the Town of Charlotte, and 500 At I.T.
OF LAND in Union County.
ty Terns nuHfcknnwa on dv of s.-y.
H. B. WILLIAMS, Truster.
March 17, 1857. ts
0C The shove sale is postponed until
Kfondav the STih April.
Christian Association.
It is reqnested that the young ciitlruxn of
Charlotte, of all denominations, will inert iu the
Court House this t, Tuesday ) vening, 21ht. at 7
o'ch.ck, for the purpose of forming a Young
Men's Christian Association.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY T. M . FAIUtOW.
ChaxlotteT April 21, 1857
It should be borne in mind that the fol
lowing are wholesale prices itm.-tly. We
endeavor to keep the quotation correct,
but allowance must be made for the fuct
that prices frequently change immediately
after the publication of the paper.
MJCON, Hams per lb 14 to 00
Sides " 11 to IU
" Hog round 14 to 00
Bogging, cotton, per yard - .. 20 to tK)
Bnf, per lb , 4 t6 7
Butter, per lb 15 to 00
Becsuai, per lb 20 to 22
Brans, per bushel 75 to 00
BRA SD Y, Apple per gal 50 to 00
Peach " 75 to 00
COTTON, per lb " 114 to 13
COFFEE, per lb., Rio 13 to 14
" " Laguira 15 to Hi
' Java IrttoifO
Mocha 90 to 98
CANDLES, Adamantine 33 to 37
" Sperm 40 to ftO
" Tallow 20toi?.'
Corn, per bushel . 82 to 00
Meal, per bushel W) to P5
Chickens, each - 1:.'A to ITi
CLOTH, Copperas 12 to 15
" Liusey 25 to 30
Eggs, per dozen 8 to 10
Fl OUR, per 100 lbs 3 00 to 3 124
.perbbl 6 00 to 6 30
Feathers, per lb 33 to 374
Herrings, per bbl 4to6$
Lard, per lb 12 to 00
Mutton, per lb 5 to C
MOLASSES, Sugar House 1 00 to 00
Common 80 to 75
Yarn, bale I 00 to 1 15
Clover Seed, per bushel 12 to 00
Mackerel, per bbl 10 to 24
Mullet, per bbl (Wilmington) 9 to 104
Nails, per lb 54 to 6
SUGAR,L,of 18 to 20
Brown 12f to 16
Tea, per lb 75 to 2 00
Salt, per sack 1 75 to 1 80
Oats, per bushel 50 to 00
Fork, per lb 64 to 7
Peas, per bushel 85 to 90
POTATOES Irish, per bushel 2 00 to 0 00
Northern per bushel. 2 00 to 0 CO
Sweet, per buAel . . 2 00 to 3 00
Wluat, per bushel 1 20 to 1 35
Whiskey, Western, per gal 00 to 05
WOOL, washed 27 to 8
unwashed 23 to 00
BEEF, on the hoof, per lb 5 to CO
by retail 4 to 7
REMARKS. Cotton tho receipts have
been fair. Flour is rather dull, and tho
receipts light. Bacon we advance quota
tions. We reduce our quotations of Corn.
We reduce our quotations of Wheat to ac
cord with sales. Peas would command full
figures. Butter scarce and wanted. Plant
ing Potatoes, few in market.
Trade throughout the week has. been
fair.
COLUMBIA MARKET, April 18.
Tike Cotton market presented no new
feature io-day, the demand was steady and
prices were very full and firm at former
quotations of 1 1 to L1 extremes. Bacon
hams 15, sides 14, shoulders 124; Flour, per
bbl. 7 to 83; Corn $1 to $1 05; Oats 05
to 68; PeasgSl; Lard IS to 16; Butter 30 to
35; Brandy $1 50; Whiskey 55; Irish Pota
toes, per bbl, $4 to $4 50; Beef 12 to 15;
I Salt, per sack, $1 50 to $1 60; Coffee 12 to
18; Sugar 12 to 16.
CHARLESTON MARKET, April 18.
The cotton market was quiet to-day,
owing to the rmuossf factors, at extreme
faH rates. The sales, in consequence, wero
limited to 782 bales, at 12 to 144 cents per
pound. We quote strict middling 14 cents;
good middling 1-1 i, and middling fair and
fuir 144 cents per pound.
NEW YORK, April 17. Flour is firm
and unchanged. Wheat is quiet. Corn is
heavy ; sales of mixed at 71 cents.
BALTIMORE, April 17. Flour has ad
vanced; sales at $6 06 to 6 12. Wheat ia
from 3 to 4 cents higher. Corn is very
firm.
DISSOLUTION.
THE firm of SPRINGS & McLEOD is
this day dissolved by mutual consent. All
persons indebted to the said firm, are requested
to make immediate paymeut. We acknowledge
the many obligations we are under to the public,
who have so liberally patronised us.
LEROY SPRINGS.
M. D. L. McLEOD.
April 13th, 18F7.
THE undersigned having purchased the entire
intttrest of M. D L McL'-od in the tirin of Springs
& McLeod, will continue the business at the
old stand, where he will be pleased to see his for
mer friends and customers and hopes to meet a
large share of the patronage. Mr. M'-Leod will
still remain with me and will at all dim s be ready
to wait upon our friends.
LEROY 8PiiINGS.
Charlotte, April 13, 1857 ::iu
OPENING OF
CHINA HALL.
Something New in Charlotte !
JAMES HARTY Sc. CO. respectfully infoim
the inhabitants of Charlotte and the vnMttadhtf
country, Uiat they have just opened t:)-ir m m
8tore, on the west side of Tiyon strt-t, in the
Atheneum Building, a large and splendid oit
meiit of
CHINA GLASS AND EARTHENWARE,
China Ornaments, Fancy Articles, etc., just se
lected from the NewestPatU-rns of Europ an Man
ufacture. Also, a large variety ot Looking G lass
es, Britannia and Plated Ware, Waiters, Lamp,
Candlesticks, etc. -
In commencing this new enterprise, tin- mm
senbers beg to assure their friends and the pub :c,
that they snail always endeavor by close at. iT
tion to the wants of the people to merit a Wieial
share of patronage. They will couduct mub I U
sines on strictly CASH principle, and (.bull n
deavor tonbow that this is lb untj com et v.. u,
for both buyer and sell r.
JAMES HARTY & CO.
April 14, 1857. 41-tf