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J I "Western Democrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. In the Senate on the 17th, the bill to construct the Pacific Railroad was discussed and then post poned till December next. Below we give a sketch of the discussion on the occasion : Mr Benjamin of La. considered it obvious that the Senate cannot agree on any route. With a diminished treasury, loans and prospective ex penses, he could not think that Senators imagine they can pass the bill. He would, therefore, move, as a test vote, that the further consideration of the subject be postponed till December. Mr Gwin of Cal. would consider such a vote an indication that the Administration does not intend to give any aid to connect the Atlantic and the Pacific, and as a violation of all the pledges of 1856. Mr Johnson of Ark. said the spirit of sectional ism is so strong that there is no hope of a route offering justice to the South. He would, therefore vote to postpone the subject till December. Mr Houston of Texas moved that the Eastern terminus of the road be in Arkansas, opposite Memphis, Tennessee, and spoke in favor of the El Paso route. Mr Brodcrick of Cal. reminded the administra tion opponents othe bill that the vote of California was given to Mr Buchanan on the faith of a Pacific railroad. As to an extreme southern route we misrht as well have a railroad to the moon, inasmuch as it would cost an equal amount to carry the road from South California to San Francisco. Mr Iverson of Ga. was in favor of the construc tion of the road, and believed it constitutional to make such a contract. Mr Green of Mo. did not like to hear the issue raised on this question of the North and South, for the reason that if the road was built at all, it will be for the interest of all. Mr Wilson of Mass. said that the sentiment of the State of Massachusetts approaches unanimity in favor of the Pacific Railroad, and he would say that she had on the subject none of the sectional feeling which &he had been represented as hav ing. Mr Douglas of 111. said be had witnessed with deep regret the indications of defeating the Pa cific Railroad thi.s session. All the Presidential candidates were pledged to do it. It was almost the only question in the last campaign on which there was but one opinion. It was strange that a measure so long before the country should be made a subject of such disagreement. If the bill was not the best that could be, let it be mod ified, and let all unite in the great object of con necting the Mississippi Valley with the Pacific. JIc hoped it would not be postponed. Mr Bell ofTenn. was in favor of the road in a catholic spirit for the good of all the I nion. He thought, however, the proposed route was a de parture from a medium line, and would suggest St. Louis as the terminus. Mr King of N. Y. wished his vote not to be misunderstood. He was in favor of the road, but objected to large gratituities to public lands for it, which had better be dc oted to home steads. Mr Mason of Virginia, urged against the Gov ernment's inaugurating a new system of bounties, payment in advance with the view of inviting labor and capital to undertake the work. The expectation held out to contractors, he said, are illusory. The road will cost from one hundred to two hundred millions, of which the Government give twenty-five millions in money and twenty -five millions of acres of land. Will any substantial contractor take such a risk ? He was forcibly im pressed with the conviction that if the Govern ment can be induced to touch this thing with it3 little finger, it will have to pay for it in all time. It was fortunate, however, that these lands were worthless, else a syteni of fraudulent credit would be built on them that would result in anoth er national bankruptcy. He would oppose every bill in every shape that proposes to bring an in satiable swarm of speculators to the doors of the Treasury b donations of money or lands. Mr Benjamin's motion to postpone the further consideration of the subject until December, was then carried by yeas "lb, nays 22, as follows : Yeas. Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Biggs, Clark, Clay, Collamer, Davis, Dixon, Evans, Fes senden, Hammond, Hale, Houston, Hunter, Iver son, Jones, Johnson of Tenn., Johnson of Ark., Mason, Pearce, Sebastian, Slidcll, Thomson ofN. J., Wade, Wilson. Nays. Allen, Bell, Bigler, Bright, Broderiek, Chandler, Poolittlc, Douglas, Filch, Foot, Green, Gwin, Henderson, Kennedy, King, Polk, Pugh, Seward, Simmons, Stuart, Trumbull, Wright. LATER FROM EUROPE. The steamer Arago has arrived with foreign dates to the 7th. An advance in Cotton is report ed, which has had the effect of raising prices in this country. The political news is unimportant. Intelligence from Genoa of the 2d gives the result of a trial which took place at Lucca of the Leghorn insur gents. Eight of thj prisoners are condemned to death, and eleven to various terms of imprison ment. Five of the latter arc Sardinian subjects. A Startling Scene in Chi rcu ! Desperate attempt to stab a Female I On Sunday night last, toon after the services commenced at the Episcopal Mission Church in Brooklyn, a young man entered, and after carefully viewing the congregation, walked up to a young lady in the choir, whose name is Frances J. Bennett, and drawing a dagger, made a desperate though unsuccessful effort to plunge it in ner breast. She screamed, and as a second effort was being made by the fellow to carry out his awful object, some gentlemen interfered, and held him until Inspector Mullin appeared and secured him. The name of this would-be murderer is Josiah Newman, and it is supposed that he attempted to take Miss Bennett's life on account of some love troubles. His character is said to be good, and his conduct is almost inexplicable, though it can be traced to no other than the above named cause As far as can be learned, Mr Newman, who lives in New York, fell some time since in love with Miss Bennett, who did not feel like reciprocating his attachment. He pressed his suit, however, until the lady, growing indignant, ordered him to leave her house never again to enter. The first she saw of him after this, was when he made the attempt upon her life. Since his arrest he does nothing but cry, and when told that the least time he could be sent to prison for his crime was six months, ha remarked amid tears, "I don't care if I go up a year. I'll love her as much as ever." He savs that he only intended to kill her out of love so that no one else could have her. An examination will be held in a day or two. Singular Case of Death. Mr Wm. D. Brown, died at Nashville, Tenn., a few days ago, in conse quence of swallowing, during sleep, a piece of gold plate and three artificial teeth, which he had forgotten to remove on retiring to bed. MEETING OF EASTERN DELEGATES. Goldsboro', April 16, 1858. At a meeting of a large number of Delegates from the counties of Eastern N. Carolina, held at Goldsboro', on the 16th inst., on their return from the Democratic State Convention at Charlotte, Owen Fennell, Esq, of New Hanover, was called to the chair, and C. C. Bonner, of Edgecombe, appointed Secretary, and the following resolutions unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we feel deeply indebted to the citizens of the town of Charlotte for the politeness and hospitality with which we were treated during our attendance on the Democratic State Convention, held in that place during the present week. Resolved, That we tender our thanks to the President and officers of the North Carolina Rail raod Company, and especially to Wm. Lee David son, Esq., the very gentlemanly Conductor on our present trip, for the uniform kindness and atten tion extended to us in passing over the road. Resolved, That these proceeding be published in the Wilmington Journal, Goldsboro' Tribune, and Charlotte Democrat, and that the other Demo cratic papers of the State be requested to copy. OWEN FENNELL, Ch'n. C. C. Bonner, Secretary. HORRIBLE MASSACRE. The Kingston (Jamaica) Journal gives the fol lowing particulars of a horrible Indian massacre, in Central America, of which brief mention was made a few days ago : Intelligence.bas been received of a horrible mas sacre by the Indians in British Honduras, in which there were no less than one hundred and four vic tims, and forty others taken prisoners, whose fate up to the date of the intelligence was uncertain. The particulars as related by one who was present, go to show that Bacular, a town about a day's journey from Corosal, was taken by the Indians on the 27th ultimo, when a hundred and tour persons were killed in the assault and forty taken prisoners. As soon as the news reached Corosal, three or four gentlemen started for the place, and one of them, a Mr Flake, returned almost immediately, stating that the Indians would ransom their prisoners for $4,000. Considerable exertion was immediately put forward, and in two days the amount was rais ed, $2.5'J0 in casli, and the balance in goods, such as are required by the Indians. The stipulation was placed in the bands of the Indian comman dant, who promised that he would treat further on the following day ; but at midnight on the 31st, the whole Indian force was called out to consult their orach the cross when it was determined that $4,000 must be paid down for the female prisoners alone, and S?3,000 more for the males, or they must be led frth to execution. Thirty women who had been violated by almost all the soldiers, and eleven men, were then led forth, and their screams ring ing in the ears of the English, who wished, if pos sible, to save them, were inhumanly killed liter ally hacked to pieces. The superintendent sent Captain Anderson and another gentleman with a letter to the Indian commandant, supplicating mercy for the unfortunates, but his messengers and letter were treated with contempt. m Result in Connecticut. The Bridgeport Advertiser and Farmer says: "We were then emphatically told that the Democrats of this State were nearly all opposed to the President's policy of admitting Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution, and that the figures, on the first Monday of April, would show that the office-holders and their immediate dependents constituted the entire administration party. Well, let the vote speak for itself. In 1850 the Demo cratic vote for Governor (Mr Ingham,) was 32,826. In 1857, it was 31,150. In 1858 it is 33,172. Indeed, our belief is, that the vote for General Pratt is the largest that has ever been given by the Democratic arty at a gubernatorial election in this State; and it is clear that the blacks have been able to save themselves from utter defeat only by trading and harsaiuins with the Know-Nothings for their votes."' DKSTErCTIVE Fire. At or a little after seven o'clock, on the evening of the 17th inst., an alarm of fire was raised, the location of which could not be ascertained for some time. It was at length found to proceed from the Steam Saw and Plain ing Mill of Messrs Costin, Gregg & Co., on the other side of the river some distance below the depot of the Wilmington and Manchester Kail Road Company. It would appear that the fire caught under the slide at the saw mill, and was kept under for a considerable length of time by the hands on the other side of the river. Some difficulty seem ed to exist in getting the fire companies and the apparatus over, and before efficient assistance could be rendered the mill was in a blaze, and was finally consumed, along with from four to five hundred thousand feet of lumber, involving a loss of not less than $25,000. Wilmington Journal. The Tmxmixation. We have rarely seen a more brilliant display than was got up in this Town on Friday night last, in honor of Mr Ellis, the democratic candidate for Governor. Many of the houses had their windows illuminated a light in every pane which, with the bon fires kindled in the streets, and fire balls flying through the air, lit up the town in a blaze. It was certainly a very splendid compliment to the Hon. gentleman ; and coming from his neighbors, and personal friends, will doubtless be most highly appreciated by him. The whole evening passed off pleasantly, without an accident of any sort to mar the hilarity of the rejoicing people. Salisbury Watchman, 20th. Coli -Blooded Murder. A correspondent in forms us that a most cold-blooded and hiatal mur der was perpetrated in the upper part of Holly Shelter District, New Hanover county, on last Thursday. The particulars, as related by an eye witness, arc as follows : Some time last Summer, an execution for a small sum was issued against one Noah Lanier, which could not be collected without selling de fendant's land. The land was accordingly sold, by due process, and a Mr Pridgen became the pur chaser, at a low rate, and afterwards sold it to Mr Edger Castine, brother-in-law of Lanier, who had paid considerable security money for the latter. Mr Castine proceeded on the 14th inst , with his team, and the two young men whom he had working with him, to plough and plant a crop. Lanier, seeing hiui at work, went into his house and got two guns went to Castine and told him he in tended to kill his horse and then kill him. Cas tine, not supposing him to be in earnest, paid but little attention to what he ( Lanier ) said, and kept at his work. Shortly after the threat. Lanier tired and killed Mr C.'s horse in the plough, and, before Mr C. could get to him. he (Lanier) fired his eeond gun, the load taking effect in the side, and causing Mr Castine's death in a few minutes. Lanier has so far made his escape. We learn that Mr Castine was a very worthy young man, and his untimely death has cast a gloom over the neighborhood iu which he lived. Wilmington Journal. m l "Squibbs" wants to know if doctors, by looking at the tongue of a wagon, can tell what ails it? WESTEEN DEMOCEAT, CHARLOTTE, INTEHESTTNG LETTER FEOM UTAH. The following letter, dated Camp Scott, Utah, March 1st, contains some interesting information about the army in Utah. The writer says that on the day of writing the thermometer marked 50 deg. above zero, and the air was as balmy as if un der a tropical sun. Grass is growing on the moun tain elevation, and in the valleys the snow has dis appeared. The fine weather commenced on the 15th of February. The writer says : Divers rumors are afloat in camp concerning the attitude of the Mormons in Salt Lake. But we have no reliable information from that quarter. One of these rumors says that the Mormons are all leaving the city and seeking refuge in the moun tains. Another states that they are sending only their women and children to the mountains and outside villages for security, while the fighting population are to remain and prepare to give us a hot and inhospitable reception in the spring. These rumors are brought in by Indians, who may be interested in behalf of the Mormons, to circu late them. The beef stowed away for our supplies until spring, has commenced to thaw. Fears arc enter tained that much of it will spoil if this warm spell continues. Hut efforts are being made to preserve it by surrounding it with ice. If this project fails, we have about six hundred head of cattle cn the hoof that can be slaughtered at pleasure to supply the demand. Six hundred head more can be had from Platte Bridge early in the spring. The expedition alluded to in my last article, as having gone to reinforce Captain Marcy, have been so fortunate as to reclaim forty-four battery horses, which were supposed to have been stolen from the army last fall. The horses were brought into camp three days ago by some I'tah Indians. On being questioned where the horses were found, these Indians would only reply. "Away off yonder ; away off many heap of deeps from here." It is supposed they were reclaimed somewhere in the Uinta Valley. They are in fine condition. Two days ago intelligence came to us that the body of a man was found in a tree near Smith's Fork. Some dragoons found the body thus sus pended, cut it down, and buried it. A jury was ordered to hold an inquest on the hotly, for the purpose of ascertaining the particulars of his death and identifying the man, It is not known positively who the man was that was hung. Those who found him report that he had red whiskers and a mark, as if from a cut, on his right cheek. His skull was knocked in behind. This shows that he did not hang himself. The body had the appearance of been hanging some months. His eyes were eaten out by the erows, and his face was so picked and mangled that nothing more was observed which could aid in identifying the individual. There are how ever, strong reasons to believe that the body is that of Br George Wr Hickman, who was re leased from Colonel Alexander's camp last fall. Dr Hickman hart a red goatee on his chin, and a whitish moustache. He also had a scar on his right cheek. A few days after Dr. Hickman left our camp, it was whispered among the mountain men here, that 'he had not been able to male the connection,' meaning that he had been cut off before he could join the Mormons, then at Fort Bridger. Dr Hickman, as well as his brother, the notorious "Bill" Hickman, had had much to do in the out rages committed against the mountain men. His clique, headed by "Bill" Hickman, had driven them from their homes, had stolen their horses and cattle, and had remorselessly appropriated to their own use much of their property. It was stated as a fact that the mule Dr. Hickman rode out of our camp, when he was released, was stolen by "Bill" H. from one of our guides, now present in our camp. It is thus rendered highly probable that the dead body is that of Dr. IL, who was murdered to gratify the malice, which the mountaineers bear, not only to the Mormons generally, but particular ly to "Bill" Hickman, the Doctor, and their clan. It was not known until last week that anything more could be done by the agents of Messrs Rus sell & Waddle, contractors to the freight for the army here, or that another disclosure of the doings of this firm could be made which could surprise anybody here. Last week, on examining the wagons that Mr Rupp, their agent, packed at Fort Bridger, there were found in an interior wagon one thousand lbs. of powder, and other mechaiidize directed to Eld ridge the agent for the Mormon Church, with "For X. Y." underneath. "X. Y." means the Church of Mormon ! This powder and this mer chandize Russell & Waddle, through their agent, Mr Rupp, carted all the way across the plains for the enemies of the Government, which employed Russell & Waddle to freight provisions for the army it has sent here to put down the Mormon rebellion ! We are awaiting anxiously the February mail from the States. Unless the President sends posi tive instructions to Colonel Johnton to remain here until reinforcements reach us, this "little" army, as it is termed by our sympathizing friends in the States, tcill be in Salt Lake City by the middle of June. It will move from here in April, and if a battle is to be fought it will be decided soon. I am assured of one thing, namely, that it is not the intention of Colonel Johnson to retrace a step which this army has taken or is to take. Col. Benton's Last Work. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer says: "I learn that, although Colonel Benton went through the usual formalities of making a will, he nevertheless died very poor. The creditors of his estate are not likely, however, to press their claims unpleasantlv: and if a project on foot in reference to a certain disposition of his latest literary labors ' is successfully carried out, his debts will probably be paid in full. Every one who had business 1 dealings with h:m speaks in the strongest terms of j his Spartan sense of honor and faithfulness to his ! engagements, and one secret of his late indefatigable ! labors lies in the fact of his extreme anxiety to cancel every pecuniary obligation before his decease." This writer evidently has reference to the J proposition that Congress shall order, for the use of j its members and the Government offices, an edition of Col. Benton's abridgment of the debates from the first session of the First Congress up to 1850. j Money on Deposit in this Country. In the Banks of the four great cities of this country, New York, Boston Philadelphia and New Orleaus, there was last week on deposit no less than one hundred and twenty eight and a quarter millions of dollars, an increase on the previous week of nearly two millions of dollars. This does not show any great revival of business in this country at large. In Boston, previous to the great financial crisis, the amount on deposit in the various banks of the city was not much over fourteen millions of dollars; it is now twenty and a half millions. The specie in the banks of the four cities last week was fifty-seven millions five hundred thousand dollars; the previous week fifty-five millions eight hundred thousand dollars an increase of a million and a half in one week. MATCHES AND WOMEN'S BIGHTS. Within the past week it is understood that an unusual number of runaway matches have taken place in this city. It is rumored that some of our principal up town hotels have been the scene of some of these amatory hegiras, and that certain among the Wall street bankers are more interested in them than they would like. Something, of course, must be allowed for the vernal season, which, as every one knows, prompts mankind as well as the brute creation to love. But even allowing for this, it strikes us, judging from certain data before us, that the mania for runaway matches must be on the increase. We believe it to be a fact at the present time they form quite a large proportion of the aggregate mar riages which are celebrated in these parts. They have been on the increase for some time. One may perhaps date the new developement ot tne.r popularity from the eclat which attended the efforts of Miss Marv Ann somebody to become Mrs t .. v. r.. -..,;iv and the frowning indignation or our best society. That startling drama roused the energies and fired the imagination of all the ardent young girls in the city. They did not all sigh for red-haired Irish coachmen, to be-sure ; most of them figured to themselves an Adonis, perfect in face and figure, and equally capable of winning a woman's affec tions and braving a brother's wrath. But the main thing they have pined for has been a hus- band to run away with them, and, as we said, very many of them have not pined in vain. There are hundreds of young married couples innaDiting New York at the present time who were in such a hurry to become man and wife that they could not waitfor anybody's consent, or any vulgar pecunia ry means; who are now dependent upon the sup port of some relation, and see before them, as plain as the sun at noonday, a life of misery, ob seuriety and possibly crime. It may be asked how does it happen, in this en lightened age, where our girls are so tremendously educated that they know not only all they should, but a great deal besides which they would be Let ter without, that young women should be found ready to run away with idle vagabonds after a few days' acquaintance ? Our young girls are not children. At 14 they know everything. Most New York girls at 16 are as worldly minded as men of 30. There is no deceiving them or catch ing them unawares. As to passion they have nothing of the kind about them. Ihey are mere pretty, fanciful, artistic, cold, calculating, and sur prisingly clever pieces of mechanism nothing more. Yet these same women will deliberately fly in the face of parents, friends, society and common sense to marry a tipsy fiddler, or an idle, worthless scamp of some sort or other, who never could sup port a wife, and who takes one in order that she may support him. There can be very little doubt but the recent agitation of the question of women's rights has had much to do with the increase of run away matches. Her marriage is the only thing a girl cares about having her own way upon. She don't want to vote, or to command a ship, or go to Congress, or to plead causes, or to cauterize ulcers. But your true daughter of Eve would rather, if you please, choose her own husband, without regard to any body else's opinion. Therefore when the woman's rights advocates proclaim that she has a right to independence of foreign control, and that her in dividual will is her best guide ; when Mr James T. Brady and Mr George W. Curtis preach in a fashionable lecture room against the horrid tyrran ny practiced by parents and guardians over their daughters and wards; when every insidious argu ment is employed to inflame the minds of young girls by painting the wrongs of women in vivid colors, and calling upon them to assert their rights as the equal of man ; what can a girl do, how can she bear witness to the eloquence of the lecturer better than by running away with a coachman or a fiddler. Ar. V. Herald. Horrible Affair in Alabama. We learn, says the Central Enquirer, that on Saturday last, a man by the name of Asa Edwards and his daughter were killed in this county, near the line of Shelby. 1 he circumstances, as far as we can learn, were as follows: It seems that the sheriff of Shelby county had a warrant lor said auwarus, anu enacavorea 10 execute it, but Edwards resisted and the sheriff then summoned a posse to assist him, and went to the house of Edwards and demanded his surrender, which he indignantly refused, whereupon the sheriff ordered his passe, or some one of them, to shoot him, and a man by the name of Pacer fired upon him with a rifle, the ball taking efleet first in the flexor muscle of his daughter's arm who was entreating her father to surrender thence through the body of Edwards, causing almost instant death to the father and daughter. O. B. Matteson How He is Treated at Washington. The editor of The Columbus (Ohio) Journal, writing to his paper from Wash ington, says : ul met Matteson the other day in the Capitol. He looks a good deal broke down. He has grown ten years older in appearance since I saw him here two years ago. lam glad he has some inward monitor to punish him, for he appears insensible to shame. He was in the House when his case was under consideration, when Craige of N. C. said in reply to Seward, that 'every legislative body had a right to protect itself from contact with scoun drel and much more of the same sort. It did not appear to affect him. He will, we trust, be a warning in all future time to men intrusted with power to act honestly, and to keep their hands clean, and their hearts pure. No one speaks to him in the House that I can see, nor have I seen him spoken to in the lobbies. He is avoided when he passes ; people turn round and point him out as 'the scoundrel Matteson.' It is said thct he in tends to resign his seat and retire to private life." Sic k Senators. Of the seven absentees in the U. S. Senate, two are dangerously ill; one has not been in Washington since his election, and another has been three months absent from sickness. Mr Henderson, of Texan, is far gone in consumption. Mr Davis, of Mississippi, is in danger of losing his eyesight. Mr Bates of Delaware, has not been heard of this winter. Mr Reid, of North Carolina, left for home about the 1st of January, and was unable to get further than Richmond. United States Protection. It seems that the Attorney General of New Grenada has recommended to his Government the incorporation of the States I of New Grenada into the American Union, under ! the same conditions as the States that already form the confederacy. They want peace and security, and the Attorney General thinks there is no where else to get it than under the United States flat? N Grenada is ttfcd by a race of negr and rnulattoes. rormerly, when slavery existed .1 .1 ... - , uuere, me nrann oi .icw trrcnada was most prosperous. L nless by some such process as that adopted by Maryland, these mongrels can be bought to a condition of usefulne the province would be entirely ueles to the I aited States. RUNAWAY Its. C. NEWS ITEMS, Ac. -TheBank of Cape Fear has declared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent, for the last six months. , A general resumption of specie payments took place in the Pennsylvania Banks on the 12th of April. We learn that Rev. C. FXteJ D. D., has been invited to deliver the Valedictory Sermon before the senior class of the N. C. L niversity at the Commencement in J une next. Bishop Pierce is to preach the Graduating sermon at the next commencement of Normal College. T?xr nrmrv A Tyng- We have already mentioned a sad accident which occurred to this - eminent Philadelphia minister last week, nis arm i i ... : an -lorrienltiiral machine. ; - o lacerated. Mortification having y was amputated Saturday, very appeareu, me r close to me biioumci p. S. Mr Tyng has since died. The Wheat Crop. Accounts from all sections represent the wheat crop as very promising. In this locality wheat is looking remarkably well, and bids fair to yield an abundant crop. Winston Sentinel. We have lately seen several farmers from various nortions of Granville, and they represent the Wheat j crQp looking as well as they have ever seen it at I tjjjg scason 0f the year. If the bug that terrible curse to this crop does not get among the wheat, an extraordinary yield may be expected. Oxford Leisure Hour. Fatal Hurricane. The Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, of Monday week, says there was considerable damage done by a hurricane, a few miles below there. Mrs. McDaniel was killed by the overthrow of the house, and her husband had his thigh broken. At Athens, both churches, the academy and two dwellings were blown down and two young women injured. Bun Through. The ears on the Atlantic Road run on to the track of the N. C. Boad and deposited their passengers at the station in front of Griswold's Hotel on the 20th. Merchant King honored the occasion by discharging about a keg of powder from our ancient field piece, and some enthusiasm seemed to manifest itself in the vicinity of the railroad shed, though we believe no speeches were made. We are now in direct communication, by railroad, with our Newbcrn neighbors, with whom we hope soon to be more intimate. May they realize from the completion of this work, all for which they have so patiently waited. Goldsboro Tribune. Too Bad. The quack medicine men are taking advantage of the revival excitement. An advertise ment appears in a New Orleans paper, headed with the momentous question, "What shall I do to be saved?" and concluding with a recommendation to try "Bones' Magic Bitters and Pills." Cot,. Fremont Beaten. The Supreme Court of California has decided the ease of Biddle Boggs vs. the Meree Mining Company reversing the judg ment of the Court below. The question involves the title of Fremont to the mineral wealth of his Mariposa claim. The court decides against Fremont, and that a fee simple to land does not carry with it the title to the gold extracted therefrom. This is considered a great triumph for miners. A Singular Result of a Singular Dis cussion. It has been stated in one of the prayer meetings of New York, that a club of profane infidels in Andover, Mass., were recently discussing the subject of baptism, and using the Bible to ascertain what it said about the matter. The result of their study to know what it taught on baptism, led six or seven of them to exercise faith in the word of God and in Christ, and now they are rejoicing in the Saviour. We learn that the Dwelling, Kitchen and I Smoke-house of Mr James II. Harmon, about three r miles from Pittsboro, were all consumed by fire on the night of the 1st instant. Much of the furniture. i clothing, &c, in the house, and a good portion of : wie contents oi uie smoKe-nouse, were destroyed. The fire was accidental. Facts in Regard to Railroads. The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad is 204 miles in length, and it cost about 7,000,000. In 1850 the taxable value of the land in the counties through which it passes, as taken from the census, was 828,942,647, and in 1856 the State assessment makes it $53,917, 229 !! or an increase in six years of $25,365,558! This sudden increase is alone the result of an internal improvement, which has cost only $7,000,000. A Quaker having sold a fine-looking, but blind horse, asked the purchaser: "Well, my friend, dost thou see any fault in him?" 'No," was the answer. "Neither will he ever see any in thee," said old Broadbrim." "Industry must prosper I" as the man said when holding the baby for his wife to chop wood. WE have heard of some astonishing cures being made by Prof. DeGrath's Electric Uil. It seems to act on the diseased parts with remarkable effect, and is a short space of time health regains it3 sway. For sale by II. M. Pritchard. EECEIVING, A Large Stock of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Bennetts and Ribbons, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Ladies' Shoes, a large Stock of Groceries, a Full Supply of Hardware, Fancy Goods; Watches and Jewelry, and 10,000 other articles not mentioned. JJtr Please call at Springs' Corner before buying and be satisfied that it is after all the best place to buy Goods low. HENDERSON & AHRENS. X. B. We have also a full Stock of the above Goods at our Store at MORROWS' TURN OUT. To which we would invite the attention of the public in that neighborhood. HENDERSON & AHRENS. April 1858. 3-tf. fir Old and young are now indiscriminately using Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative ; some as a cosmetic or beau tifierofthecomplexion some to prcventthe hair falling some a3 a mere dressing of the hair, and others to make it grow and to change gray hair to its original co'or ; and there is no doubt of its answering all the purposes fur which it was designed by its illustrious inventor. We are utterly averse to incurring editorial responsi- i matter to have the hair on a man's head (when prema- ; turc,-v falling off) actually and permanentlg restored, bo i ncither do we coaaidT h unworthy the editoral profes- J "SjL j is the art.,-! ; ,-;w .nH .7T:' J Diiuiea in inning matters, but we deem it no triflinjr I " .ac I.C1 uutaics OI me mosi distinguished men in tne countrv are entitle ' to creaence then is this preparation all that is claimed !?r x?n e -prt of its ProPrietor- See extracts from ! oYJZgEt"" lumn j Sold by H. M. HBITCOARD, Charlotte X. C. -The Scientific AniM-. the course of some remarks upon the ' the following directions for accomplishing the tLZ object : Procure some finely grated horse castor, and dW of cumin and rhodium, and keep the three set J, in air-tight vessels. Rub a little of the oil of cu in upon your hand, and approach the horse on windward side, so that he can smtll the odor J the cumin. The horse will then suffer you proach him without any trouble. Iwmediibj. rub your hand gently on the horse's nose, gett a little of the oil on it, and you can lead him tt? where. Give him a little of the castor on any stance for which he has taste, and the most tn ble manner manage to get eight drops of the oil of rhodium upon his tongue, and he will at once be. come obedient to the most exacting comataX with which horses are capable of complying, jj, kind and gentle to him, and your permanent supremacy will be established, no matter what miT have been his previously wild and vicious chartc'. ter. We understand that Mr Rarey has ben challenged by D. Sullivan, also a horse tamer (grandson of the celebrated "Sullivan, the Whi perer,") to a trial of his powers in Cork, Ireland. A gentleman from Ohio lately stated, that bj adding his personal observations to those of a friej he could say, that from Ihnah city, Nebraska, w Washington, there was a line of prayer meetiio, along the whole length of the road; so that whert ever a Christian traveller stopped to spend the 1. . ....1.1 find a . wrr 1 1 1. .. evening across the tie entire breadth of our vast Republic. tiflMaii STORES," "Candles," Ac.-18W.-j, Navy Department, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. April 13. 18M. PROPOSALS, sealed, and endorsed "Offer for Saul Stores," or "Offer for Candles," or "OfTer for Salt-wtw Soap," or "Offer for Mustard seed, Black Pepper. c.,u the case may be, will be received at this Bureau until 9 o'clock, a. m., on the 18th day of May next, for furnish, ing and delivering (on receiving twenty days' notict) at the United States navy -yards at Charlestown, Mass, chusetts; Brooklyn, New York; and Gospcrt, Virgiai, such quantities only of the following articles (excepting the Salt-water Soap and the Candles, for each of whick separate proposals and contracts will be made) asnnv be required or ordered from the contractor by the chief of this Bureau, or by the respective commanding officers of the said navy -yards, during the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1858, viz: Boxes, shaving, India rubber, Combs, coarse, India rub. Brushes, shaving, bcr or gutta pereba, Brushes, scrubbing, Brushes, shoe, Brushes, clothes, Buttons, navy vest. Buttons, navy medium, Buttons, navy coat, Buttons, dead eye, Beeswax, in lb. cakes, pure, Combs, fine, India rub bcr or gutta percht, Grass for hats, Jack-knives, Razors, in single cases, Razor straps, Ordwaj'i, Scissors, Spoons, Blacking, boxes of. Cotton, spools of Nos. 12 and 16, 000 yards each, 3 cores, equal parts. Handkerchiefs, cotton, fast colors, 32 by 30 inch's, weight not less than 2 oz. each, texture 8 by 8 to inch. Needles, sewing, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, drill-eyed, between! Ribbon, hat, best French black, 12 yards to the piece; width 1 inch. Soap, shaving, in cakes; each cake not less than 2 01 Silk, sewing, blue-black; wrapper not to exceed two 01. to the pound. Thread, black and white, Marshall's best quality, and in such proportions as may be required. Tape, white linen, 4 yards iu length, inch wide. Tape, black, twilled cotton, 0 yards in length, inch wide. Thimbles, 8-10 and 9-10 diameter. White salt-water Soap separate bid for 100,000 IU. The soap must be manufactured from cocoa-nut oi!. and be of the best quality denominated "white wit water soap," and be delivered on sixty days' notice, in good strong boxes of about 75 pounds each, and, after inspection, the boxes must be hooped at each end, the expense of the contractor. The price to be unilon. at all the yards. Candles separate Lid for 50,000 pounds. The Candles must be "sixes,-' of prime lcaf-lird stearine, 8 1-10 inches in length, erclusirt of Up, in candles to weigh not lest than 14 ounces 00-100, nor more than 10 ounces, and be paid for according to the actual weight, without reference to commercial usuaje. the melting point to be not less than 140 degrees, Fah renheit. The wick must be braided, and corupoed of 78 cotton threads of the best quality of No. 27 yarn. The candles to be delivered on sixty days' notice, in good boxes, containing about 30 pounds each, aud the box to be marked with the contractor's nasne and the weight of the candles. MrsTAKD seed, Black Peppeb, 4c. Separate bids for all that may be required for the m of the navy, to be delivered at New York only. Mustard seed, American, brown Pepper, black, Malabar. Bottles, octagon, for mustard and pepper. Corks, for bottles. All the foregoing articles must be of the best quality, and conformable in all respects to the samples deposit ed at said navy-yards and in this Bureau, and subject to such inspection at the navy-yard where delivered" the chief of this bureau may direct, the inspecting m cer to be appointed by the Navy Department. All the articles to be delivered free of any incidents! expense to the government, in proper vessels or pack ages, and the price of each article must be the farne t the respective places of delivery. Packages in whi the above articles are delivered must be marked their contents and the name of the contractor, and H sufficient to insure their temporary safe-keeping. The contractor must establish agencies at such tions other than his residence, that no delay may ri in furnishing what may be required; and when the ex tractor or agent fails promptly to comply with a Teas' sition, the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Cloth ing shall be authorized to direct purchases to be a to supply the deficiency, under the penalty to be expo sed in the contract; the record of the requisition, or J duplicate copy thereof, at the Bureau of Provisions Clothing, or at either of the navy-yards aforesaid, hli be evidence that such requisition htu been made and re ceived. Two or more approved sureties, in a sum equal to thj estimated amount of the contract, will be required, twenty per centum in addition will be withheld frc the amount of all payments on account thereof as lateral security, to secure its performance, and Mjj any event to be paid until it is in all respect cornpli with; eighty per centum of the amount of all deliver made will be paid by the navy agent within thirty dJj after bill, duly authenticated,"shall have been present to him. Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on apP1'' cation to the navy agents at Portsmouth, New UnP" shire, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, N folk, Pensacola, and at this bureau. , A record, or duplicate letter informing the bidder the acceptance of his proposal, will be deemed a notifi cation thereof, within the meaning of the act of I8'' and his bid will be made and accepted in conform"? with this understanding. , Every offer made must be accompanied (as direct" in the act of Congress making appropriations for naval service for 184C- 47. annroved 10th of AufTt"1' 1846) by a written guarantee, signed by one or ram . . rP mor responsible persons, to the effect that he or they end'" Horse Taming. take that the bidder or bidders will, if his or their m be accepted, enter into an obligation within ten ds.1 with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the supp proposed. The bureau will not be obligated to cuoi er any proposal unless accompanied by the guaranty required by law: the competency of the guarantee If certified by the navy agent, district attorney, or coll" or of the port. . The attention of Lfddrrs is called to the samples r. seription of articles required, as, in the inspection bejoft eeption, a just but rigid comparison tcill be made bettf articles offered and the samples and contract, rfrrif'if 7 that fall below them; and their attention is also Part,n directed to the Joint resolution of 21th March, 1854. a the act of the 0th August, 1846. April 13, 1858. tf-4t
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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