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Fiom the Wilmington Journal. CORN FOR TEE WEST. W have had occa.-in. more than once to ntic or copy thv itatpmentiiithe papers published in the Western comities f this State, especially along the line of the Cen tral Ka ilroiid, indicating the extreme scarcity and conHnent dearth of Corn in thsit FeetKM resulting in present mid pros pective suffering. It will be seen from the annexed resolu tion pussed hy th Hoard of Director at their meeting on Friday last, that the Wilmington and Wehlon Kaili-oad Company has taken Pfntpt action in view of tl:is emergency, and for the p jrjose of rtuitribut ing fiornething toward- relieving the pres sure felt, has resolved In transport corn and provisions intended for those counties over the line of their road at half rates un til the first day of next October. We trust that tins will be met by cor responding action in other quarters, which, with the local measures adopted will have a happy tendency in averting any intolera ble pressure until relief shall have been af forded by the now growing crops. The prospects of the w In at crop, we are happy to say, are excellent, and this with the out j crop us feed for stock will, before the sun. mi'i baa advanced much further, do much towards making thing! ea.-icr : Office Wii.m. & Wklin R. K.Co. Wihni. g.on, May 29th, 1857. "Whereas. There exists in many of the Counties in the middle and West-ru portion of our State, an unprcct dented .-cui city of Corn and Provision, requiring the importa tion into those Counties of an unusual quantity of these articles to meet the neces sities of the people, ltesolvcd. That this Company, until the first dav of Oetoht r next, will transport PINEB UR MOCCASIN ON "DISTRI BUSHUN." & From the Raleigh Standard. Moccasinviixe, N. C, May 22, 1857. Mb. Printers : I've red 6umwhere of a foo!i-h feller that tried to ketch a bird by openitf his buzxurn and shakin' the tree the bird was eettin' on. thinkiu' he could shake it out and it would full into his buz zum. The re.-ult was. the bird flewed off and left the pore fool with a empty buzzum. That's jest about the way with the distri bushun humbug. The Know-Nothin'-Sam-American-Whigs keep tellin' us that all we've got to do is to open our pockets and get them full of dollars. Whoever tries it will meet the -nine luck the feller did that ! tried to shuke the bird down ; for it ain't the natur of money to jest crawl into a man's pocket without a effort on his part, any morb'n it's the natur of birds to full when you .-liuke a bush. When any body promises to stuff yeur pockets full of dol lars all for nothin'; you may be shore he's ly ii und that the truth ain't in him. Sum of our people make a ruity fuss about our State tuxes, and want the gineral gov ernment to give us money and relieve us from these taxes- Now. where in thunder does the gineral government git its money but from the peojrie and from the sales of public lands Theu if the gineral govern ment gives you money, you must give it the money to give to you, and pay its offi.-huls to take It from you, so that for every dollar it gave you, you'd give it at least $1 25, and you'tl gain a loss of a quarter on every dollar you get. Jest let 20 meu throw in a hundred dollars apiece and give sumbody 10 per cent, to take it and keep it a year and then divide it out among them ajruin. and you'll have an example of the practical He made no anser st all, but he looked very much like a goose, and left. The upshot of the whole matter is, that the South has to pay heavy taxes to sup port Northern manufacturers ; and the more distribushun we have.-the more taxes we will pay, and the North will grow richer and the South porer States' rights will be weakened and abolitionists will be strength ened the constitushum will be trampled upon, and then the Union an't wurth pre servin'! I've got sumthin' to say about that 30 millions of surplus now in the tresbury, but I'll put it off for the present. I've writ a long enuf lettur for this time. Yourn till deth, PINEBUK MOCCASIN. P. S. How does the editurof the Regis ter pronounoe his name. Sum ses it's Simm, and sum ses its Sime, and sum ses it's Si mon. I reckon it's Simon Shellotts, as Jo Smithers used to call Simon Zelotcs. T ARMING PROSPECTS. The Cotton Prospect. We have never heard as general and loud complaints at this season of the year, as our farmers are now making about the prospects of the cotton crop. One planter of considerable skill and means whonr we know of, has plowed up every fool of his cotton crop and planted the ground in corn. Others are engaged in doing the same thing to a partial extent. Chester Standard. over any part nf the line ..f the l'o.td of this i W(M kin' of distribution and the profits to be i ..... ..II ......I. i .1 H ! I ouijiiiMi . nn PHvii corn aim i ioi.-iou intended -for delivery at any poiat on the line of the North Carolina Uujl Koad, West of the County of Johnston, ut one halt' the rates e-taidish d by the present tariff of charges for transportation of the uiticles hereiu before referred to." WHAT OEN. WALKER SAYS. The Xi-w Orleans Daffy Times gives a gruphiu aeeoimt of the enthusiastic recep tion of Gen. William Walker, the hero of Xioaragua. Upon landing, a constant oration was given lm at every step from the lavas to the St. Charles Hotel. The reporter says : 'After the lapse of some time, during which persons wer-i advancing and retiring, the General and the writer drew aside, and, Keated together, attempted to enter into conversation ; but it was in vain. People at each moment would come forward, one would atttempt a s-ieech and all would wish to say a word. A happy thought was hit on by a friend, lights were pluced in the inner chamber and hi a minute afterwards we were closeted alone with Gen. Wulker. Sucoinotly he informed us of his adven tures in Hivas since the time when the last news came from that quarter. He and his men. numbering some four or five hundred, in a fit stato for notion, were strongly forti fied in that city on the 25th of .March, when they were attnr ked by the enemy, some 2.500gtrong. Fourorfive hours sharp fight ing took jdace, and then the foe was driven hack with a loss nf more than 400 men. The Americans fought behind barricades, and lost but three killed and about the same wounded. All pawed quietly in the city from this time until the 11th of April, when the enemy, who had received reinforcements from Guanti mala and Leon, and now coui t ed about 1,7U) men. again as-ailed General Walker. The fighting only lasted until 8 o clock in the morning. Again the foe was driven back, and with a loss of 150. The Americans, from there superior skill and position, scarcely sustained any Injury. This was the General's lat battle with the foe. There were several native soldiers with him, who were continually hearing from their countrymen. Kach report showed that the Costa Ricans were becoming more disorganized, and the hope was confident! y entertained that they would soon retire from mecouutry they had invaded. Thus things went on until the 25th of April, when Cap taiu Davis, of the United States sloop-of-war St. Mary's, sent an officer to the citv to proff. r to all the ladies a safe escort from the place. This was accepted, and manv of the most useless of the men retired with them. The absence of all these men made him feel stronger, as some were disabled and others mere loafers. His provisions were not over abundant, and less mouths to feed was also a consideration. On the 30th April. Capt. Davis again sent to him, informing him for the first time of the failure of Cat. Lockrislg, a,,d adding that his cause in Sirs was hopeless, and it would be well for him to take shelter on board the St. Mary's. The General was unwillingto listen to this counsel, but agreed to let Gen. Henuingseii and other of his officers have an interview with Capt. Davis. They returned to inform him that the Cap taiu was peremptory in his tone, and had threatened to seize the Xicaraguan schooner Granada, if opposition to his wishes were maintained. derived from it; and you'll also have a very perfect specimen of 20 egrejous fools, fur which Barnuoi would give a good nice. Uut. say these distribushunists, there's the public lands that ought to be divided. Well, s'posin, we do divide them, what'll they bo worth ? There'll be 31 States with lands to sell, and they'll all be ankshus to sell, too ; and the land will be sold to speckelators at a low price and in large quantities, and in few years there'll be a few big land holders to grind the pore and exact whatever price they please, and we'll have a landed aristocracy like tha in Ing- aiid and Ireland, and at the same time we'll be pa) in' taxes in the way of the tariff, to make up for the loss of these lands and their transfer to unconshonnblo specelators and aristocrats ; and the eend of it would be civil war and blood.-hed, and a gineral breakin' up of every thing and a universal smash. That's jest what I b'lieve about it. Bat then, ses sum. sell the lands and di vide the proceeds. Well, s'poso you sell lands and git a million of dollars and divide it out. An't you got to pay sumbody to do it ? And don't it take jest a million of dol lars out of the treshury that's got to be made up by the tariff? You git a dollar for your "sheer" of the public lands, as Gineral Duckery ses, and you pay two dol lars for warin' a broadcloth coal to make up for that dollar. Don't you reckon it would tuke you a long time to get rich at them rates. It's sumthin' like a old game I've hearo tell of called "chuch-a-luck," in which it was sed, -the more you put down the less you take up." T jl ' - fr . .i -i, . , nui mmm iuitb uuoiner niustrasliun PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEM BLY OLD SCHOOL. The sessions of this Assembly, which began in Lexington. Ky., on the 21st ult., were harmonious. The Presbyterian Herald, in rpoaking of this assembly, remarks that each General Assembly seems to have-some peculiarity whioh distinguishes it from all the other Assemblies. If," says the Herald, "wo were called upon to affix a distinctive name to the present one as far as the proceedings have gone, it would be the "Mis.- Asseinb'y." Not an unkind or unbrother- ly word has yet been uttered. No discus sions for mere points of order or discipline have yet been held. The progress of the Church and the development of the resources for converting sinners, seem to have been the burden of all the speeches and prayers of the members. May it continue so to the end ! ! The moderation, dignity, and noble con servatism, which have marked and dis tinguished the proceedings of this body, ever since the period of separation from what Is now called the "New School" As sembly, have most deeply and favorably impressed the national mind. Long may these continue, and long may the elements that compose the present Church continue, in harmonious combination, to diffuse the rich blessings of justice, benevolence, truth and religion, extending their influence, until they embrace multitudes who have never yet been reached by their transforming and redeeming power. We learn from several gentlemen from the country that the prospect is very fine for a good small grain crop, the only thing now to be feared leing the rust. In some portions of this county the grass crop is very good, in others it is inferior. On account of the scarcity of horse feed the farmers have been obliged to put horses and cattle on the grass as soon as possible, consequently it is not very good. In the north-eastern portions of this county, we 'earn that great destitution prevails and starvation is threatening many families. The hail storm of last week did but little injury here-abouts but some distance off the destruction was very great. Ashevitle Spectator. I CAPE FEAR DEEP RIVER NAVI GATION COMPANY. We learn that the Directors of this Com pany, at their meeting held in Raleigh on the 2nd inst., received a communication from Messrs. Dungan, Cartwright 6c Co., the parties with whom a contract had been made by a Committee of the Company for the completion of the works on the Cape Fear and Deep River, in which communi cation these gentlemen state that in conse quence of difficulties with ether contracts, it will be impo-sible for them to put a force on the works of the Company before Autum. This delay the Directors declined sub mitting to, and resolved to push the work NEWS ITEMS. Arrival of Gov. Walker in Kansas. Lecomptok, May 2fcb Governor Walker arrived here yesterday. He read his in-ano-nral address; which was very length. It declares that the territorial laws shall be enforced, and criticises the action of the free-State men, and declares that the position taken will be maintained by the whole force of the government. In passing through the town of Lawrence, the governor assured the people that everything would be allowed for a fair inquiry into the points in dispute. Mr Summers, of Iredell county was JTo. I HI LlCU lV a J l uuc uay liui im-a. nij through with such means as they now p-js- j passed through here a few days ago on his The weather has been quite favorable since Sundav last, for those who have a stand f cotton. The wheat crops promise abundance, if the rust does not strike it ; while corn will be late, the crops promise to be lanje. Yorkville Chronicle. The Crops. We learn by inquiry of persons from various parts of this county. well as from notices in our exchanges as sionaiy . from .luroa(5 that the wheat crop generally continues to promise an abundant yield; but the harvest, owing to the long continued cold season, will be some weeks later than usual. The corn crop is exceedingly back ward, and it is too early to prophecy what will be the result; but we niry hope there will bo a fair vield. Hillsboro Recorder. The Crops. We are glad to learn, from our intercourse with fanners, that the prospect for good crops is everywhere Lr'gh tening Goldisboro Tribune. LORD PALMERSTON'S TREACHERY Lord Napier is iu a terrible state of vexa tion and discomfiture. He cannot obtain even the shadow of promise from Mr. Buch anan on which he can hope to inveigle this government into an alliance either to dis member a Central Amer ican State or help England to carve new colonies out of China. Palmerston's plan is to appeal to the ultra-abolition and disunion elements, by pretending to reject the amendments to the Marcy-Clarendon treaty, solely and purely because the Senate would not guar antee the treaty between England and Honduras, in which the Bay Islands were to be restored to their rightful owner upon condition that slavery should never be established in them. This claim was one of Palmerston's hypocritical tricks. He S'pose it's decided to be best for the State i km'w t,ie United States never enters into of North Carolina to pay all the county charges, (though, of course, nobody but a distribushun fool would make sirh a desi shun.) Then all the taxes collected for countv purposes must nass th ronrrli tbo hands of the sheriff, the county trustee and the State treshurer. each of whom must have his per centnge out of them, and what's left the treasurer must divide out to the peeple that paid it in, and instid of usin' it to pay county expenses, there must be levied a Sfate tax for that purpose, and out of it, too, the sheriff and the treshurer must have their pcroentuge. Wouldn't that be smart ? those entangling guarantees, and was told so personally long beforehand. The United States had objected, and does object to the usurpation by England rob bing the Central American States of the ports on the Isthmus transits, and has in sisted on the restitution of these gateways of American commerce to their American owners. But although it was a little strong in the robber making any condition with plundered Honduras iu restoring the stolen Islands, the United States did not interfere to forbid the treaty ; the Senate only said it would not entangle itself in guarantees Finding that he had an opponent to deal with that he had not counted on, the Gen eral had all his guns disabled, much to the annoyance of Capt. Davis, and leaving hi sick and wounded to the csre of their sur geoas and the protection of the American flag, he in Company with his staff of sixteen officers, proceeded, some mounted some on foot, to St. Juan del Sur. a distance of twenty mile. This was on the evening of the first of May. The jouruey was accom plished iu four hours, and soon after night fall they were received on bord. The doop bor them to Panama, when Captain Davis went on board the Commodore's ship Letters of the General's awaiting him here from friends he was most anxious to hear from were withh. Id from him, and the com modore led him plainly to iufer. that while the General remained there, he would be treated almost a-a prisoner. With his staff he transferred liims. h" to the st amship Empire City, and without any event of note ou the wav, reached this citv." Don't it look right down silly? Yet it's ' wif" a gnvcrnment that had proved itself jest as sensible as the distribushun propo- ' so u'so an faithless as England done in sishun by the gineral government to the I Us Uo,u evas',,r,s and shameless violations Later from Utah. Sr. Louis, June 2. The Leavenworth Herald learns from Mr. Williams, who left Salt Lake April loth, that Brigham Young was carrying things with high hands, driv ing the Gentiles away, &c. Judge Stiles, U. S. Marshal, the Surveyor General, and a large number of emigrants have been obliged to leave the Territory. Appointments. The President has made the following appointments : Hon. Win. A. Richardson, of Illinois, Governor of Nebraska, in place of Mr Izard recalled. The Hon. Mr. Wright, of Indiana minis ter to Berlin, in place of Brown, present in- cumoent, recalled. Henry C. Murphy, of Ne " York minister to Netherlands, in place of Mr Belmont re called at his own request. Isaac li. Dillon, of Illinois, Consul to Bremen, in place of Hildeibrand, recalled. Wm. Thompson, of New York, in place of Croskey, recalled. Grabriel S. Fleurot, of New York, consul to Bordeaux, to fill a vacancy. Educational Convention. Ye have j been requested to state that teachers and others who propose to attend the Educa tional Convention at Warrenton, N. C, on the 30th of June, inst., should send in their names to W. M. Johnston, or E. E. Parham at that place, who. as members of the com mittee of preparation, desire to make all necessary arrangements for the accommoda tion of delegates. Statue of Washington. Gov. Bragg, of North Carolina, under the resolution passed by tne Legislature of that State, has contracted with W.J. Hu bard, of Richmond for the casting of a bronze statue of Wash ington, after the one now in the Capitol of Virginia. The work is to cost 0,000, and when finished is to be placed in front of the Capitol at Raleigh. Jt The Salisbury and Taylorsville Plank Road was soid at auction on Wed nesday tor $4,700 730. G. Foard chased. sess, and such further means as they con fidently believe they can command. The President with an Engineer, and Committee from the Board of Directors, was instructed to examine carefully all the works and to organize a force sufficient for their completion as far as the Gulf, this Summer We have further learned that Mr. Cassi dey, the energetio President of the Com pany, has secured, for this examination, the services of Henry McRea, Esq., whose ex perience, as Assistant Engineer on similar works in a neighboring State, eminently qualify him for making this reconnoisance. They leave this evening for the scene of operations. This certainly looks like doing something with a determination that it shall be done From the facts before us, we think that the plans of the Board of Directors can and will be carried out. Wilm. Journal. tW The Episcopal Convention of the Diocese of North Carolina met at St. Luke's Church in this town ou Wednesday, the 27th of May. A number of distinguished men ministers and laymen both of this and other States, have been present. We noticed Rev. Francis L. Hawks, D. D., L. L. D., of New York, Bishop Atkinson, of this diocese, Bishop Otey, of the diocese of Tennessee, and many others whose names we did not learn; we noticed also Hon. D. M. Barringer, Hon. Chas. Manly, and Peter E. Hines, Eq., having seats in the Convention. A beautiful and appro priate Convention sermon was preached by the Bishop of this State. Ou Thursday night an interesting discussion sprung up relative to Church Extension a collection was taken up to aid the Church Building Society. Rev. Dr. Ha-vks took part in the discussion and made a deep impression by his appeals for the cause. He spoke elo quently and feelingly of North Carol ina as the land of his nativity his mother land. The rite of confirmation was administered on Saturday night to several persons. 1 he Convention adjourned Monday morn ing to meet next May at Edenton. The utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed during the session. At this time the mem bers have all left and our town again pre sents its usual quiet. Salisbury Banner. No Starvation in Tennessee. Brown low of the Knoxville Whig, of the 25th ult., says that the tales of want and starvation in Tennessee, so extensivol . imj WilUHlltU abroad, are exaggerated. There is a gen eral scarcity of grain, especially in five or six of the upper counties, owing to the failure of the crops the last season, and the temptation of exorbitant prices that induced farmers to sell out too close. These with the early winter and late spring, were enough to produce scarcity, but no one has yet perished, and the false alarm of "star vation" is a vile calumny and slander on East Tennessee. way to Richmond Va.; to try the virtues of the mad-stone which is said to possess tne power of extracting poison from the wounds inflicted by rabid dogs. Salisbury Banner. Troops fob Uuah. It is stated that the administration have certainly decided upon sending a formidable body of troops to Utah. Orders have been issued for the dispatch to that "Territory of the second regiment of dragoons, the fifth and tenth regiments of infantry, and Capt. Phelps' battery of light artillery, numbering in all some two thousand men,underthecommand of Gen. Harney. Burning of a Steamship Loss of Life. New Orleans, June 2. The steamship Louisiana has been totally destroyed by fire in Galveston Bay. She took fire on the morning of the 31st ult, and we regret to learn that eleven persons perished with the boat. Colonel Bainbridge, of the United States Army, and thirty-one other persons are missing. Only twenty-five were picked up by the steamer Galveston. TRUST SALp By virtue of a Deed of Trust to by Robert Shaw, I will proceed (mMftM 6th of July next, to sell ?he following 2 viz: K P"Pertj Two Negro Women, tbe and House and Lot on Tryoa street, t d cupied by Mr Shaw; Household uLr! Furniture; one Piano Fortes a small lot f if8 lenery Goods; and one Cow and Calf Tekms. Six months credit, with intera,t froia . P. ALEXANDER. Tm.i June 2, la7. 48-5t WAITED, A situation as a Teacher of a Classical ot by a young man who wisheto take char ' a permanent School, and who has had coaxw r able experience in teaching. For reference as to qualification, AP . . to Rev. A. Wilon, D. D., Melville AWPp1' county. N.C. ' Alainct Address J. J. WHITE, RaWh v care of Capt. Allen. 8 ' S June 2, 1867. 3t NEW CARRIAGE SHOP pur- Mates. You d make jest as much by one as by t'other, and with both together you'd be as ded broke as Jo Smithers was when they let his coffin full with him iu it and Soke his back, and the coffin too : and if that wasn't a ded broke, this distribushun broke would bo. It would be like my little hoy Peter sed t'other day when ho seed a yke of oxen pallia' off a old ded boss : Daddy," says he, '-that's what I call a ded drag." I b'lieve two sieh "ded drags" wouldn't be equal to the distribushun draa?. "Hut," said Xed Devolt to me one day. "the furriners has to support our gineral government, for we levies a tariff ou them." Now Xed is a strong dLstribushiufstS, and that shows how much sense he's got. Sed 1, Ned you're a fool, and I'll prove it to you. and I'll prove that you poj-, without grumblin'. to the federal government, ten times more'u you pay to the State, about which you make sich a consarned fuss. Xow. NVd. you bought a fine broad cloth suit t'other day that cost you $50. It was f read) cloth, and if there had bin no tariff it could have bin sold here for $4 a yard ; but the "cussed furrener" had to pay about $1 per yard by way of duty, and then he had to put it on the price of the cloth, and he sold it at $f a yard, and whoever he sold it to made a profit on it. and finally, Xed, you got it, and you paid at lea.-t $10 more on it than you would have puid if there'd bin no tariff ; so for that suit of clothes vou paid more taxes than you ever paid in one year to the State, and yit you didn't grum ble about it, but you grumble because you have to pay 50 ets fo the State for warin' a bed on your shoulders, and I'm not sartin but you're payin' more'n it's wurth and therefore have a right to grumble. Ned sorter slicked up bis nose and started off. but I called him back and I told him he could get that suit .r 40 if there had biu no tariff. Ses he, "Uncle Pinebur. you're too menny for me. and always was, but I goestu for distiibushun yit." Yes," ses E, "you go in for payin $2 on broad cloth and savin' $1 on your State taxes." ot tlie Clayton-iSulwer Treaty. Even Senator Seward disdained Palmerston's vile and transparent trickery in pretending to ask the United States to guarantee Eng land's treaty with Honduras. Mason and Hunter, of Virginia, amazed the Senate by defending the Marcy-Clarendon Treaty as Mr. Pierce sent it to the Senate ; but when it was put to them by a free State and free soil Senator whether they acceded to this principle of entangling offensive and de fensive alliances with England, they were silenced. The three points on which the treaty was amended were : 1. The Senate refused to sanction the dismemberment of an American State iu a form which implied a formal and complete surrender of the Monroe doctrine. 2. It was objected that there was no real and definitive protection offered to any of the Isthmus transits, and instead of remov ing it. iuten.-ihVd the worst features of the odious Clayton Bulwer blunder. 3. It objected to a grossly unequal and j fatally citangling alliance, which accepted ami guaranteed the right of England to dispose of the ports and territories of the feeble Central American States without even consulting their will, their rights, or their interests. The treat; was not cast out of the. Senate on a sectional te : and Pahneratnn under rates the common sense of our eif!,, ; thinking he can help his schemes for dis union of the States by hisflimsy anti-slavery pretences. Lord Napier feels bitterly that his jesuiti cal Premier has over-shot the mark; but Buchanan and his Cabinet are well satisfied to see our national policy cleared of this speculating plot. James B. Clay, Esq., son of the late Henry Clay, though a Whig, advocated the election of James Buchanan in the recent contest. He has received and accepted the nomination for Congress, for the Ashland Ditnct, as a representative of the Democratic party. Moneyed men in the lower counties have been greatly alarmed by the reported failure, oi v . v . onmn usq within the present week. Mr. G was cashier of the Farmers Bank of Elizabeth City, and his failure may affect the bank very injuriously. There is a great run with these bills and general dis trust. His liabilities it is thought will not exceed $95,000, and if so, the result will not be so disastrous as some will imagine, as his assets are estimated at, atleast $100,000. First Engine. The "Swannanoa" the first engine for the great throughfare con necting the great West with the commer cial marts oi the world has arrived. It is a beautiful engine, of colossal proportions, and we long to see it rushing through the mountains and over the valley of the West such as are to be found no whero else iu North Carolina. We are pleased to learn that a sufficient quantity of iron has been purchased to lay about twenty-five miles of the track. This looks like giving a tangible shape to a great project oiiginally thought to be only in the imagination of the visionary. The contractors are pushing forward their work with all energy many of them have completed their contracts and are. ready for laying the iron. A large number of sills are already de livered along the road. Take courage, friends of the VW will not be long before you will be able to "lay your hand on ocean's mane, and play familiarly with his hoary ocks."Salisburj Banner. J Negro Testimony in a Slave State. The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writing from Bel Air, Maryland, under date of May 23d, thus records a decision of Judge Price, of the Maryland Supreme Court: In the case of the Stnto .,..:... uuiUOt the negro Presbury, indicted for assaulting Mr. Scump Smith, a white man, who was examined as the prosecuting witness, the court decided that the act of 184G, chap. 27, did not prevent the admission of negro testimony on behalf of the defendant, as said act was not applicable to criminal prosecutions against negroes, being intend ed merely to exclude negro testimony in civil proceedings where either of the parties is a white person. Negro testimony was admitted in the case and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Washington, June 3. It is believed that Co. Cummings, late superintendent of Indian Affairs in Missouri, has been select ed for Governor of Utah. Lawlessness in Ohio. Much excite ment occurred Friday in Green county, Ohio, by the U. S. Marshal conveying four persons through the connty on the charge of harboring fugitive slaves: He was resisted in his object and a writ of habeas corpus was issued to test his right, Finally he was overpowered by a crowd in Spring 5eld, and the prisoners liberated. Volunteers Going into Service in Florida. The War department has assent ed to a request of Gov. Broome, of Florida, that a recriment ot regular troops be substituted, by not exceeding ten companies or mounted volunteers tor the purpose of more vigorously and effectively prosecuting hostilities during the summer against the Indians in that State, the volunteers, being citizens ot Florida, and consequently acclimated will be much better prepared than regular troops to undergo the fatigues and hardships of a summer campaign, and operations thus continuously and energetic- illy progressing wni be much more likely to consummate the great object so anxiously desired alike by the citizei sof Florida and the Administration the entire cessation of Indian depredations and the consequent peace and quiet ot the people. Alamance Superior Court. The Ala niance Superior Court was in session week before last, Judge Saunders presiding. The most important case before the Court was the trial of John Shaw for killing William tribson, his son-in-law, at a constable s election in February last. It was shown by the evidence that both were intoxicated and had been quarrel ling. Gibson advanced on Shaw, who retreated some distance. The quarrel still continuing, Gibson struck Shaw several blows and kicked him, when Shaw turned upon Gibson and gave him a fata stab, which caused his death in a few moments. The jury rendered a verdict of manslaughter. Ingold, charged with the murder of fetanheld Steel, and convicted at the fal term of the Court, and whose appeal to the Supreme Court resulted in an order for a new trial, was again tried at this term, and convicted of manslaughter. Hillsboro Recorder. ftUJKsUitiiiiiK informs the public tha he has opened a Carriage stah lihmeilt in Charlotte, next door ll of the Jail, nearly opposite Trotter's old stand where he intends manufacturing Carriages, nu gies, &c. iu the best and most approved'styi! He respectfully requests a shaie of nan-mm he natters himself that he can give entire satisfe tion to those who may give him a trial. The workmen and materials will be. emnlovrl tm u VI,..,. A 11 U XV A TT VTl'ti JC& Repairing done at short no tice and in a durable manner. G. H. WEARN. Charlotte, June 2. 1857. y. aiiai aiiKAULE. some time ao an article went the rounds cf the papers stating mac a miracle UaU taken place by the healing of a woman while undergoing the ordinance of Baptism by immersion. We probably copied the same story. But the story has been contradicted by the minister who is reported to have administered the ordiuance, who has published an ar.icle. He says the only "shadow of truth" about the story was that the woman was an invalid which she is still, and he baptised her by juuiieisioii ne Deing a baptist minister. Foreign Items. The growing crops in f iance are magnificent. W7heatand Flour were declining in nearly all the French markets. liussian circles in Paris, maintain that the Shah of Persia has not, and will not ratify the treaty of peace as sent to him. Letters from Germany state that the Emperors of France and Russia, are to meet this Summer at Berlin. The King of Bavaria had been received by Napoleon at Fountainbleau. The London Gazette contains an order of council, announcing a contract of marri;ige between the Princess Rovai and Prince Frederick of Prussia. The British steamer Hornet had destroy ed 17 piratical junks on the coast of China. Baptist Theological Seminary. By the published proceedings of the late Baptist Educational Convention, it appears that they have determined to locate the great Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the village of Greenville S. C. The State'has to raise $100,000, and it is expected that Greenville will pay a fourth of it. A Romance Somewhat Spoiled. Some time since the Northern papers were g'reatly Machine and Blacksnii thing, S. J. PERRY at Work again!! The undersigned would respectfully inform the public generally, that he has opened the Shop formerly occupied by S. J. PERRY, and that he has also secured his services, for the pnr. pose of carrying on the Business in all its varioaj branches. All those wishing their work done in the best style can get it done here. So send on your hard J oba and fine Horses. M. L. FRAZIEE. June 1,1857. 48-tf LOOK OUT For Arthur's celebrated Patent Air- Tight Self-Sealing Cans, For preserving Fresh Fruits, Tom, toes, &c, used do. ring thfi hist two years with entire success, hy thou sands of Familii', Hotels and Board ing House kcepen. The above Cans are on hand and for sale, together wi'h a fall assorment of TIN WARE and STOVES, IW TWO DOORS East of Springs' Corner, Charlotte, N. C, by S. T. WRISTON. June 2, 1857. 47-:Jm. The American Hotel. This well-known and long established HOTEL, having undergone an en. tire renovation, both in furniture and Buildings, possessing in a great degree the ad vantage ot location, being on the coiner of Richardson and Blanding Streets, in full view of Sidney Park and in the centre ot business, which makes it one of the mo.-t desirable loca tions in the city, is now open to the public Gentlemen and Ladies visitiugour beautifo citjr will find ample accommodation at the Aineiicau, and the best that can be found in the Columbia and Charleston niaikets. Having secured the services of Mr. S. DYKE. formerly of the Congaree House, he will be bap py at all times to see his friends or acquaintance) at the American. The Stables connected with the House, toreth- er with the Oninibusses and Caniap s, wu be run and continued as heretofore, hy Mr. Jobn A. .Shiell, w ho will have as good outfits as niay be found in the city. He will be found ready at any time to accommodate citizens and the travel ing community with good and attentive driver) at reasonable terms. His Omnibusseb will be at the different Depot? in readiness to convey Pas sengers to and from the American and Hunt's Hotel, or any section of the city. Persons wish ing him to call for them will find slates at either of the Hotels, or at either of the Stables, on Lady or Blanding Streets. A. STERNES, Agent. Columbia, May 23. Jm. Hi in 1 1 Reminiscences of the Weather. Since the year 1816. as we are informed by one of the -oldest inhabitants," says the Boston Transcript, no such season as the present has occurred. In the vear 181 in some parts of the State, snow fell to the depth of five inches, on the 4th of May. At that time the trees were in all the glorv of full blossoming, and so rapidly did the snow disappear lhat no injury befel them. The memorable year of 1816, it will be re membered, brought frost with each recur ring month; and in 1821, on Eater Mon day, snow lay upon the ground twelve inches deep. In 182a April 17th, there fell snow to the depth of eighteen inches ; while as late as 1848, a "flurry" of gnow .ccarredin June. For a wet cold, back ward. fog?y season, however, the spring of 1857 earncs off the inglorious palm; 6 The Naval Courts. The Naval Courts of Enquiry at Washington continue to drag their slow length along. These Courts, I exerd with the mystery attached to the it will be recollected, are held in pursuance : , ' I a -voun wn,te wonan, said to have of a law of Congress, the object of which j Nb, JS. was io give officers complaining of unjust . identify it. The papers" talked of the treatment by the Naval Reform Board, an deceased female as beino- qujte beautiful and the imaginative wove quite a romance opportunity of vindicaling their characters, and of re-instatement in their former rank. A errant innv rn i . . f . I. . m . 1 . iiiLW mi.-sc vouriS, DUt We hear of none coming out. The decisions, it is said, are to be known hereafter, and in the meantime the applicants are hung up ou the tenter books of suspense. (K7 Decency is a matter of lattitude. In Turkey a mau with tight pants on is considered so great a vulgarian that he is not tolerated in respectable societv. To spit in the presence of an Arab is to make the acquaintance of a cheese knife. In Russia that man is consideaed lowwho re fuses a warm breakfast of fried candles. In this country vulgar people are those who keep good hours and live within their in Al t,,.,.. I T aw own arounu it, it now turns out that the beautiful white womnn ha. been identified as the wife of Thomas Brown, a colored man from Lowell, Massachusetts who is now in the custody of the coroner, "Thc Vicksburg papers contradict the report that $96,000 had been subscribed in Mississippi to buy a plantation for ex President Pierce. Nothing of the kind has been done. Ii It aeema that Rhenmatiam, Daafness. Neuralgia, Swollen and Stin Joint, and other complaint, to which we are all subjects have lost their terrors. Prof De Grain's Electric Oil is war anted to relieve any case in a short space of time and with a trifling expense U can be had of the agent here, Dr. H. M. Pntchard. See advertisement in another column. May 13 2 m Discovered at Last ! Greatest Cure in the World for PAIN: Prof. Chas. De Grath's F.lectril 0.1. Phis oil is the only sure remedy in the world tor the cuie oi Rheumatism. Deafne-s. Gout, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Sciatica, Spinal and Bronchial complaints. Tic Doloreux. He. d- ache, t ramps, I'roup, Piles, Felons, ispraioi and Bruises, tuts i.nd Wounds. Swelled Glands, Stiff' Joints, Scrofula, Erysipelas, Sore Nipp es. Swelled Bieast, Wonib llisor- deis, Sa t Itheum, anker in the m. uth and stomuche. Palpitation. Kiuntions. t aked Breast, Cuinsy, .-ore Thi oat. Falsv. PleuriiT, Ulcers, Lock Jaw, Heart Bui n, J ooth and Kar-a he. Nervousness, eostiveness. Bumii Sore Gums of teething infants, liemerrhsge, Abscess, Sun Aeeks, Broken Bie.si, t nil- blairs Tetter, Shingles, trotted Feet. Fever and Ague, t happe.i H inds or any Dis ase tb.t .-. re sore or painful, n the only ar icle ver Drougnt Dt lore the public that will do its work perfectly in from three to twenty minutes has be. n used by thousands and ronounced to he the best remedy ever dis covered. This oil acts on the sys em with electrici ty hi of pure veget ble preparation. Not the flighted danger oi ap, lying it outW;.r ly or inw..rdly. Jfal onc gives a i.errnmitnt cure in most Cuses from ten to twenty min utes. The be-.t physiologists of Europe h ive dii covered'that a.l o ganic derangement of he animal -ystem is th.: effect of an obs'ruction of th pbysico-electric fluid in the organ di- eased. A skillful applic .ti- n ot this Oil put in immediate m tion the nerve fluid, ami tt. cure is at once accomplished. No bleeding no vomiting, pu.gmg, or bnsteriiig i re sorted to, CF" None genuine without s;gnatiire of Pro'. C, De (Jrath- Labels -ignea in writing. Princ pal De..ot No. 30 Soiirh Eight street, three doors b low t hestii ut, Philadel, bia. Country dealers and druggist c in be sup plied wholesale nd r. tail. Price 35 cents, 50 cents and $1 p r bolt e. Try everything el.e, give- this one simple trial. Caution. Be careful to nsk for and get D Grath's Ekctnc Oil, as woithles' imitation al outlet. There are numerous imitations sprung up on th.- reputation that my article has ..quir d. The public must bewure. They ar wor' bless, OCT For sale in Charlotte by Dr. II. M. PRITCHARD, Druggist, sole Agent, and by Druggists and country merchants gen erally in the United States. May 18. 2m.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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