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WESTEEN DEMOCEAT, CHAELOTTE, 1ST. C. 18 oroocrat CHARLOTTE, If. C. Tuesday, May 18, 1858. for 1 over nor HON. JOHN W. ELLIS, OF ROWAN COUNTY. Sw the Senate, WILLIAM. F. DAVIDSON. For the Commons, WILLLA M SO N W ALL ACE. JAMES M. HUTCHISON. Election on the first Thursday in August. THE DISCUSSION. On Monday afternoon the 10th inst., Judge Ellis, the democratic, and Mr McRac the distribution candid.-.te for Governor, opened the tm ;-.:gu by a di-cussion in the Court House in Charlotte. The spc;iking com menced at 2 o'clock and continued till 7 p. m. MR MoRAE opened the debate by saying that after arriving in Charlotte he had proposed to Judge Elila to avail themselves of this opportunity to open the cam paign. He remarked that he announced himself a can didate with extreme diffidence. No man, high or low, rich or poor, entertained a stronger attachment for North Carolina than he did he should not devote much time to the discussion of national politics, for he thought State affairs ought to be examined and discussed. He t:is willing to answer any interrogatory, and hoped the Jadct would do the same. He believed that the cam- paiga would be conducted with good fceting on both . ,, j as there w.is no canse to expect otherwise. One ,( the great resources of a State is population j bow is North Carolina in this respect bow are her ; stocks, and how stands her aggregate wealth 7 Save j tii' v increased in value are we keeping pace with other States? if not, there must be some reason for it. From lWU to 1840. our population had increased but 2 per cent. from 1340 to 1850, he made the increase 7 per cent., others made it 14. Why is it that the in crease has been so slow? we must be laboring under a harden. We have not advanced in proportion to taxa tion after having tax alter tax heaped upon us we are no hotter ff. He was ready to propose a remedy, and if he could not convince the people that he was right, be did not want their votes he intended to u?c no , t but desired to reach their reason. In 1336, North j Carolina received 1.437,739 as her share of distribu- i lion, and had it not been for that we should now have j no schools. , Be said there was not a town in the State advancing j i:i prosperity not a factory but what was going down j people have failed in business and nearly everything was depreciating. The reason for ail this was our heavy Suite debt. People will be alarmed to see how taxa tion has increased. In 1846, $85,450 were sufficient but now, 12 years since. $524,000 will be necessary, an increase of 500 per cent. After complying with the agree naent entered into with the Wil., Char. Ruthcr f ni Railroad, the State debt will bo $0,000,000. In 1 85S "t we must raise $700,000 to liquidate debts thaf trill Gall due. He called upon the citizens of Meck leabnrg to look at the increase in their county taxes. $12.ooo more than in 1846. All this money had been devoted to internal improvements, without returning any substantial benefit?. There was no Railroad stock j Henry Clay's plan was to deposit all the surplus money ii the State that would command par it had never j in the treasury with the different States until the Gov beca higher than $60, while most of it could be bought ! era ment needed it. The latter plan his opponent had for $25 to $30. Even the Wil. and WeMag Rood had been unable to lay down a sinking fund of anv size, and will have to borrow money in Europe to meet its liabilities. He claimed to be an internal improvement man, but was opposed to appropriating another dollar from the State Treasury for such works at this time he thought the present condition of affairs forbid further aid, and wmilil, if elected Governor, recommend no further appro friotiont. There was no hope for the West to get fur ther help, for the East would not allow it there would not be three eastern democrat? in the Legislature who rould vote for it. He wanted to know what Judge Dlia' position was on that subject. The Judge said he would answer explicitly in his reply. He knew that the Judge would claim to be the candidate of a Con vention. He contended that that Convention had pur paaeij constructed a platform that could be construed in different ways to suit the East ami the West. The whole affair was a mere blank declaration. In the course of his remarks about the convention he alluded to th Hon. John Kerr, and said that hereafter he would pay his respects particularly to that gentleman. Buthe was in favor of completing our internal im plements with the public lands the people have only to stretch forth their hands and be enriched. The Tailed States owned 1.000,000,000 acres this was common property and it ought to be enjoyed by all like. But such is not the case Congress has been giving it away to the new States 30.000,000 acre? had hem given to build railroads he was opposed to this M well as to the Homestead bill now before Congress proposing to give 160 acres to actual settlers. The democratic party had declared that it was unconstitu tional to distribute the lands, but he contended that it a constitutional. Distribution would not increase tlic tariff such had not been the effect heretofore, wuen. in 1833, the surplus revenue was distributed, and afterwards repeated. The laud fund never did lower toe tariff. Distribution will do North Carolina good. d will not make her dependent. Illinois had received 2,50o,000 acres with which she built a rai'road 700 odes long at $40,000 per mile. Ohio was cited as hav ing been made prosperous by receiving land, and was &ow the third State in the Union. Other States were named as having been benefitted in this way. Distribu tion could be secured if the North Caroliun members of Cflngress would do their duty to the State. They voted f,r the Kansas bill w hich allowed land, (a bill that he "il i have voted against in its .original shape if he I had been in Coaeres?! and thev aaght to co for a share North Carolina. Notwithstanding his present position, he claimed to a democrat he had taken the stand he occupied ei mature deliberation, and would stick to it. He Poke one hour and three-quarters, repeating, mostly, lj speech delivered here two or three months ago. ththis exception, that he did not eulogise Stephen A. kuglas nor berate the democratic press. JniE ELLIS replied. He stated that he appeared Wore the people somewhat unexpectedly He had r n,"j" - - : on his way to Union, and learning that Mr McRae j dired to speak, he determined to meet him. It aff-.rd- j H k: . . . , . r r. .i.i.. - "mi sreai measure to meet uis menus ui .ic-cmvu- D'!r l t . ... l. i " i -b ucre ne nau maue nis maiueu soeecu. au-i i- though IS vears had elapsed since that time, he still L'1 on to the old democratic banner and was here to- j d:y for the purpose of defending the principles of the ; part.v- He had just resigued an honorable and respon- j 't)le position while in the discharge of duties apper- Uining t0 ,hat p0sition ue mav have made enemies, but ; h was not conscious of haviug done any man injustice -ehad tried to do his duty to the State and to his God. j did not appear as a mere seeker after office be wa ; forth by a Convention of tbe democratic party, and j appeared as the advocate of the policy and principles of that party; which party was the ouly constitutional one in existeuce, and which had endeavored to uphold the interests of all sections, and was now fighting the battles of the South against black republicanism and me enemies oi state equality. F mm thp cr mnmv ,;,.tnI-. H v. a a. ir J r"-" - "j opponent, air sioie lor it. Tbe democratic Convention of 1852 pad McRae, one might be led to suppose that we were on a resolution in favor of internal improvementsMr Mc the verge of ruin but the picture had been overdrawn , Rae was in that convention and voted for the resolution, and exaggerations made that facts would not justify. ! and it did not seem right to hear him now complaining Under democratic administrations, our territorial limits j aoout the State debt after favoring schemes which had increased thrce-fold our people were contented i causd il- and happy, and, in a majority of cases, prosperous, f ll WAS a38erted b.v hia competitor that our improve Such would not have been the case if the misrule had ! meDtS had dne DO good; that towawe" decaying and predominated that his opponent had pictured up. i bu 'ine9S Knerally was depressed. Internal improvc- The Constitution ouiriit to be strictly construed nrt i ment3 had not' crta'nly, caused a depression of busi- upon this principle the democratic party had endeavor- ed to act. In the early history of the Government a proposition was made to liquidate the debts of the States by the General Government, which was resisted by the democratic party nnd prevented Mr McRae's scheme tended in that way now. Gen. Jackson had given a death blow to works of internal improvement by the Government, but his friend, Mr McRac, was try- The new States had been referred to by his competitor ing to inaugurate a similar principle by getting the i as having been enriched by the public lands; but it was public lands for that purpose, although he still claimed ! not that entirely which had benefitted them ; the far to be a democrat. This would not accord with Jack- ! mers of those States had been successful in cultivating son democracy or with the principles of the party at the present time. His opponent had maguified the State debt, and wanted to scare the people about taxes -both parties were responsible for the State debt, and it was unfair to try to injure the democratic party with the cry of high taxes. The arguments of his opponent tended strongly towards repudiation, which would be dishonorable to the State and its citizens. If this debt was never paid until we got public land to pay it with, it would certainly go unpaid. The Judge then alluded to the practices of the demo cratic party with regard to a U. S. Bank, high tariff, &c, and showed the injurious effects and unfairness of high tariffs. But if Mr McRae's plan were adopted, the tariff j must be increased again, and for one dollar received two would have to be paid back to the Government, which would benefit northern manufacturers to the great injury of the South. j This was no time for any one to try to disorganize the ! democratic party. It was the only national party in j existence Senator Seward had said that it was the only party that had successfully resisted black republi canism all other parties had been overpowered by northern fanaticism, and it was the duty of every pa triot to strengthen the democratic party instead of try ing to weaken it. His competitor had declared against the original Kansas bill, and condemned the N. C. mem bers for voting for it. He thought they did right, and the southern people were almost unanimous in this opinion. It was objected that Kansas got too much land, but she had got no more than other States coming into the Union his competitor had not raised this ob- jection to other States when they applied for admission. avA it was strange that he should object to Kansas on this point. Objection had been raised by his opponent to the democratic Convention and its platform he ridiculed both said the resolutions were evasive and meant nothing. But, said the Judge, look at the gentleman's letter announcing himself a candidate it was composed of different timbers, one plank for democrats and an other for whig? he was trying to play the game of open and shut, the advantages of which were all on one side open or shut his opponent expected to win. Mr McRae'a proposition was to close the land offices and withdraw all the lands from market, nnd then issue warrants to the States for certain amounts of land. pronounced wrong, and had said that it was a stain upon that gentleman's escutcheon. But for his part he did not think so of the two, he liked Mr Clay's plan the best thought it was more practicable. If Ilenry Clay, with all his ability, failed to succeed with his pian, how could thi3 distribution candidate for Govern or do anything? According to the rule of strict con struction, distribution could not be accomplished. Mr Calhoun had said such were the overwhelming consti tutional difficulties attending this measure that a man who went for it would he ready to swallow almost any unconstitutional act even the schemes of abolitionism. Mr C. was a southern man, a slaveholder, and he had pronounced against the practicability of distribution was not his warning worth something? Jackson, Ben ton, Webster, Clay and King had pronounced it uncon stitutional. Webster had said we were no more author ized to give away the public lands than the money in the public treasury. This was no time for southern men to favor unconstitutional schemes. Such things i would be resisted in every aspect. But Mr McRae himself, at one time, thought this ! scheme unconstitutional. A resolution was introduced ' into the Legislature of 1842, declaring that North Caro ! lina was entitled to her share of the public lands, and Mr McRae voted against it. If it was wrong then it is ! wrong now. Up to 1852, his opponent had been op j posed to distribution he had stood upon the platforms ! adopted by the national Conventions of the party, and ' they declared against the principle but now he came ' forward and said it had always been practicable. ! Complaint was made because land had been given to ' the new States, nnd it was charged that it was being squandered in this way. He denied this, and contend ed that in most oases value had been received by the Government. There may have been some imprudent grants no doubt there were grants made that he would have voted against. The land received by Illinois had Leen cited as an instance of this kind; but the gentle man should remember that Mr Fillmore signed that bill, and a democratic President was not responsible for it. The public domain should be kept as a source of revenue to the Government. From the foundation of the Government to the present time $169,18P,000 had gone into the public treasury from this sourc e had it not been for these sales this amount would have been collected f'ora the pockets of the people. A large por tion of the land given away went to the soldiers who had fought our battles, and to their widows and orphans was not thi.-. right did we not owe them something? 1 Judge Ellis then stated his position with regard tc j q the gtate are detcrmined to rally to his sup internal improvements. He was in favor of extending j port wUh the game zeal which prompted them in for- , aid to complete works of internal improvement already j mer da. From what we hear, we suppose the sub begun, and thf construction of such others as may be j stHnce 0f the discussion was about the same as it was ! deemed expedient, at the credit of the State and the means j here, except that nothing was said about the " Danville of her cituens mat permit, without injuriously affecting j connection." i the one or imposing too onerous burdens on the other. I " " .. I ... i i . , . Kq P Railroads i.v North-Cabolixa. -Rip an Winkle, ! Tor instance, it the money already appropriated to the ; keeoinsr up. we see. with the spirit of the aCe, Western extension did not quite complete it, and only j needed a small portion more, rather than lose what the j i out, he should favor further aid. But his opponent, Mr McRae. had declared opposition to granting another ,.t nil tlr m.iticv alreiidv pinended to be lost .. - v j , for the want of a small amount of further aid. If noth- 1 . . . 1 J 1 ng more was granted tne iave imereM wouiu grcwv suffer. But if hi opponent's plan was adopted how was ; he to aid his Fayetteville friends for whom he had man- , ifested so much interest in his late letter0 they expect- , ed aid from the next Legislature. tand for his part he would certainly not object to it,) but they could not , expect it if Mr McRae's views prevailed, because he was opposed to any further appropriations. How could he be an internal improvement man and at the same time oppose the granting of means to carry such works on. j He (Ellia) was as much opposed to involving the State in impracticable schemes as any other man, but there was a judicious and prudent course to pursue, and he was willing to adopt it. My opponent (said the Judee) has talked a great deal about the State debt, but he is in some measure respon- 1 - WVW Ui'.U.IUi'. J i - ! DCSr' neithcr were a11 our towns decaying. He knew. from personal observation, some towns which wee bene fitted by Railroads the N. C. Railroad had accomplish ed a great deal of good; if it had not paid any dividend to the State, it was of immense benefit to the people along the line; some counties exported four time3 as much produce as formerly it was of decided advantage i t0 the firmer. the soil, and all know how much this adds to the pros perity of a State. The citizens of North Carolina are in a3 good condition as those of Ohio, and more hone-t ; and rcsl)Ct'table. A portion of the public domain would be valueless without railroads through it. hence the government had pursued the policy of donating alter nate sections to aid in building them, which enhanced j tbe value of the remaining sections ; it lost noth this way. There had been SO so nan dcrinir : but if Mr inf in McRao's plan was adopted there would be squandering in reality, for he was in favor of giving 3o0.000,0to acres to the States, besides a large amount to the Pacbic railroad. This W.-ia, probably, land enough to make C Stated as large a:s North Carolina. After speaking for lj hours, the Judge closed by stat ing that he had labored under great physical debility, having been unwell for three weeks previous. MR McRAE replied in a short speech. He said he ' w&3 opposed to the Kansas bill in its original shape, but approved of the "conference committee bill," excepting that part granting land. He did not mean that nothing had advanced in this State, but that business had not continued to advance with taxation. He said he was willing to comply with agreements the Legislature had already made, but would go no further, not another step to increase the liability of the State. A newspaper cal led the '"Free Press," published some 3 or 4 years ago in Wilmington, was produced, and extracts read from it claiming that Judge Ellis favored distribution at that time. JUDGE ELLIS said, in his rejoinder, that he had never seen a coov of the is Free Press," and did not know until sometime after it had died out that it had mis represented him. That paper was started to help Mr McRae to defeat Mr Ashe, the democratic candidate for Congress in 1853; it had misrepresented many others in the same way ; it did not have character enongh to do any one much harm. Eut when a similar statement appeared in Mr Cautwell s paper at Raleigh, he hastened to correct it. The charge was wrong. About the winding up of the discussion, a desultory debate took place, the only important point in which was the question of the "Danville connection," which we have noticed in another article. The best feeling prevailed throughout, and both gen tlemen maintained their positions with ability. Judge Ellis more than satUfied his democratic friends, and proved himself equal to any issue that may be brought to bear against him. THE DANVILLE CONNECTION. At the close of the discussion in thi3 place on the 10th, between Judge Ellis and Mr McRae. Maud after most of the audience had left the Court House, the opin ion of each gentleman was called forth with regard to building a Railroad from Danville, Va.. to Greenshoro', N. C, or some other point on the N. C. Road, known as the '-Danville connection." As the candidates were about leaving the stand, a gentleman asked how they stood " in regard to local works." This was the question as wc recollect it. Mr McRac said that he was in favor of allowing the construction of any Road tho people wanted, provided they did it with their own means. Judge Ellis asked if he alluded o the Danville con nection ? Mr McRae replied that he favored the princi ple as a general one. The Judge then asked him if he was in favor of the Danville connection. Mr McRae re plied that he was. and wished to know if Judge Ellis was apposed to it or in favor of it. Judge Ellis replied that individually he was opposed to it, and for this reason: At the session of the Legis lature that chartered the N. C. Railroad, he (Ellis) had introduced a bill to charter a Road from Danville run ning through a certain part of North Carolina. East ern gentlemen violently opposed the scheme, and con tended that it would materially injure their section of the State. The matter was compromised by the friends of his bill and the eastern members by chartering the N. C. Road, and it was agreed that the Danville scheme should be relinquished. Under the impression that it was the best he could do for his constituents he became a party to that agreement: and it would be wrong and dishonorable for him now to violate it or advocate a revival of the scheme. This was his position as an in dividual. But he thought schemes of a local nature ought not to enter into this campaign they should be left for the Legislature to settle. The Judge further remarked, that if elected, he would not recommend the Danville connection. Mr McRae replied that neithcr would he, if elected, recommend it. The matter was then dropped. We think we have given the substance of the conver sation on this point correctly. The audience were on their feet at the time in the act of leaving, and a good deal of confusion prevailed, but we were within a few feet of the gentlemen, and heard every word distinctly. DISCUSSION AT MONROE. We learn from a gen tleman who was present, that Messrs Ellis aud McRae addressed the people at Monroe on Tuesday last. There was a respec'able audience present and the discussion continued for about five hour?. The Judge made a decided favorable impression, and there is no doubt but that the demoeracv of Union and every other portion of jn openig ncw r,nCs of railroad and extending old ones. The State has now we believe, some 1 900 miles of rail- .trj "T;b. been ma(,e BOmeWbt heavier by the cost of these works but the value of the lands, and of the products of th Slate, and its productive oower. have been so - , -- - - . ; . much increased, that the taxes ought scarcely to be thought of, considering the good that has been done." The above is the opinion of the New York Express, and will afford a thought for reflection. The Express might be surprised to learn the' Mr McRac is going through the State under-estimating the importance of these works and trying to arouse the prejudices of the people against Railroads. The citizens of Salisbury have made arrange ments to celebrate the 20th of May in an appropriate manner SXTPEHIOB COURT. fhi Spring Term of the Superior Court for this county was held last week Judge Bailey presiding. Ou Thursday, the criminal docket was taken up, and Martin Icehower and David Weant put upon 'rial on a charge of having whipped a negro man to ceith, the property of the former. It was in evidence that the negro was rebellious, but the whipping was too severe. The Jury, after a short absence, returned a verdict of manslaughter, and Icehower was sentenced to pay a tine of $750 and to be imprisoned 3 months Weant $250 and to be imprisoned 3 months. For the State, Solicitor Lander for the prisoners. J. W. Osborne, S. J. Lowrie, J. M. Hutchison and J. E. Brown. On Friday. Jim, a negro belonging to Gibson Scott, was tried for the murder of Ned, another negro, the property of Mr Win. Tiddy. After the examination of the witnesses, the Attorneys for the prisoner, with the consent of the Solicitor, submitted to a verdict of man slaughter, and Jim was semenced to receive 39 lashes, to be imprisoned until July Court, then to receive 39 lashes more, aud to be banished the State. For the State. Lander for the prisoner, Osborne and Wilson. Judge Bailey fined a gentleman $25 for forming and expressing an opiuion after he had been summoned as a Juror. We learn that the fine was af.crwards re mitted. An Extra Term of the Court was ordered to be held on the 4th Monday in June. WIL., CHAR. & RUTH. RAILROAD. A friend communicates the following information: The President of this Road on Thursday last secured the valuable sevices of Hay John Caldwell, for the gradua tion of all the sections between Charlotte and the Ca tawba River, not heretofore let to others. There are some six or seven miles in the contract, and from Mr Caldwell's high and well-earned reputation as a Con tractor, we think the Company may well congratulate themselves thai this part of the work has fallen into such hand3. We al?o learn that the contract for the masonry over Sugar Creek, near Charlotte, is nearly closed with a contractor worthy of all reliance. Beyond the Catawba, the Stockholders have been for several months past, en gaged on their contracts; and soon, wc trust, the whole work, to connect our mountains with our own seaboard by one continuous rail, will be in such a state of progres sion as will cheer the hearts of all true North Carolinians. FOUND DEAD. We are informed that a Mr Martin Steele was found dead in the woods in the north-western part of Cabarrus county, on Sunday the 9th inst. He had been missing from his home for ten days previous ly. When found his body was much destroyed by dogs and buzzards. An inquest was hc-b'! aud a verdict ren dered of death from intemperance. A bottle was found by his side. He was about 35 years old, and unmarried. FIRS. A blacksmith thop on Dr. J. M. Strong's premises, in Steel Creek neighborhood, was burnt on Sunday last, while the family was at Church. The barn and stables narrowly escaped the wind blowing from a favorable direction prevented their destruction. Fire in the woods was the cause of the accident. Fatal Affray. We learn that a serious if not fatal affray occurred in Oaston county recently, between Mr Leroy Stowe and two other persons, Green Massey, and his son. The difficulty arose about the posses sion of a plantation a fight took place, when the younger Green strucli Stowe on the back of the head, breaking in his skull, which it is thought wili'cause death, if it has not already done so. P. S. We learn that' is likely Mr Stowe will recover. CANDY MANUFACTORY. While in Newborn a few weeks ago, we met with an old friend, John S. Banks, who is engaged in the manufacture cf Candy in that town, for the wholesale trade. We suppose the most if not all of the retailers of that article buy their supplies at the North ; but here is an opportunity, for those who desire, to furnish themselves from a North Carolina manufactory. We give this notice because it is deserving we receive no compensation for it (as we never takea cent for anything we soy editorially) and we think if dealers will patronize Mr Banks they will find his candy a superior article and his terms reasonable. Let the citizens of our State encourage one another whenever they can do so without injury to their pockets. A subscriber at Mountain Creek, Catawba coun ty, informs us that sometimes his paper is four weeks in reaching that office, and 3 or 4 numbers arrive together. He says : -I am fully pnrsuaded that they are sent out weekly from your office, but aie detained somewhere between this office and Charlotte by some person who is too stingy to pay for reading them." Wc have no doubt our friend is correct in his sur mises. There arc some narrow-minded, close-fisted persons who think it all right to borrow and detain sub scribers' papers in order that they may read them with out having to pay for them. From what we tear, wc are certain that our paper is read by twice as many men. at least, as wc have subscribers. We have heard of some instances where four men, heads of families, meet to read one subscriber's paper. Y'e shall say nothing against this practice we are glad they feel so much in terest in the contents of the '-Western Democrat," (al though they might afford to take a copy themselves) but if any of this cla&3 of readers are in the habit of detaining subscribers' papers, we hope they wiil see the impropriety of such cjuduct, and discontinue it. sir Sekatck Douglas Electiokeesixg. Mr Douglas is using every means possible in Washington city to main tain his popularity, by giving frequent entertainments and inviting everybody to attend. The American Medi cal Association recently met in Washington, and a gentleman who was present writes to the Columbia Carolinian as follows : Senator Douglas gave a reception and entertainment to the Association, the evening of the 5th instant, and the little giant, with his young and queen like wife, performed their parts in the most elegant style. Each person was introduced to Mr Douglas, nnd he in turn presented each to Mrs Douglas, who extended her hand with a cordial word of salutation. Many enjoyed the pleasing satisfaction of her recognition afterwards, and found her noble and graceful figure equalled by her in tellectual and social charms. The medical fraternity did not care to consider the Le-coiupt jn question on this occasion. Jif The ' Wilmington Herald " has been purchased by Messrs C. E. R. Burr, and appeared last week in an entire new dres, looking much improved. We like the Herald and wish it great success in everything ex cept politics. A writer in the South Carolinian, who traveled from Columbia to Washington, says : In setting out. we took the Charlotte route, and were so favorably in pressed with the comfort of the cars, and the despatch observed throughout this line to Weldon, that our return by the same line was forthwith a fixed j fact. Haviug fully tested the Wilmington and Man Chester route by way of Kingsville, and made the com- parison with the route by Charlotte and Raleigh to the same point. Weldon, North Carolina, we have no hesi tation in aflirming tht the latter is preferable in every thing which concerns the travelsr. and a trial is atl j that is necessary to convince any one of the advantages of this line of travel. Rev. Dr. Hawks, being on a visit to Wilmington, lectured on Thursday evening last before the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association of that town. He was also j to lecture in FajeiteTiile yesterday evening. CANDIDATES. At a convention of the counties of Lincoln, Gaston and Catawba counties, held in Lincolnton on Friday but j the 14th inst, Franklin D. Rinehardt Esq., of Catawba, was nominated as the democratic candidate for the Sen ate in that District. Ambrose Costner was nominated as the democratic candidate to represent Lincoln coun ty in the Commons. Henderson Sherrill and Gilbert Routb are democratic candidates for the Commons iu Catawba county. is Cleaveland county, A. G. Waters, J. D. Weir, W. W. Wright, G. G. Holland and V. B. Blonton have de clared themselves democratic caudidates for the Com mons. For the above information we are indebted to a frieud at Lincolnton. Caxdi&ates is Gaston. A democratic County Con vention, held in Dallas on the 27th ult., nominated Mr Wni. McKee for the Commons. We learu that Mr Danl. Regan is an independent democratic candidate. Bo.A democratic Convention of the counties of Cumberland and Harnett, held on the lllh hist., nomi nated Maj. John T. Gilmore for the Senate, and W. McL. McKay, C. C. Barbee and Jas S. Harrington for the Com mons. Very good selections. fjrg In the senatorial Diftrict composed of Bladen. Columbus and Brunswick, Thos. D. McDowell, Esq., has j been nominated as the democratic candidate. There is no better democrat la the State than Mr McDowell. In Columbus, D. F. Williamson is the democratic candidate for the Commons. In the district of Moore and Montgomery, A. R. McDonald is the whig candidate for the Senate. Iu Mocrre county, Dr. John Shaw is the democratic candidate, and W. B. Richardson is his opponaut for the Commons. Dr. L. A. Mill3 has been nominated by the demo crats cf Rutherford, Cleaveland and Polk counties, to represent that District in the Senate. In Randolph and Alamance, Jonathan Worth, whig, is a candidate for the Senate. In Randolph, II. B. Elliott and J. G. Ilinshaw, whigs, are candidates for the Commons. An exchange paper says the following gentlemen are candidates for the Legislature iu Caswell county: Hon. Bedford Brown, William Long, G. N. Thomson, Capt. J. M. Allen, Hon. John Kerr, E. K. Withers, S. E. Wil liams, and others. MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. Report says (with how much truth we are unable to decide) that Hon. W. W. Avery and Daniel Coleman, Esq., democrats, aro candidates for Congress in the Mountain District in place of Mr Cliujrman. S. C. SENATOR. The Governor of South Carolina has appointed Col. Arthur P. Haynfl to the U. S. Senate in place of Evans, deceased. B. It will be seen by a notice in to-day's paper that the Charlotte and S. C. Railroad Company is now prepared and ready to pay the Coupons due on the bonds of the Company on the 1st of July. This willing ness to pay in advance is commendable, and speaks well for the condition of the Road. Lost Mail. We notice in the -Chester Standard" a statement that the Charlotte mail of the 14th April was lost on the Charlotte and S. C. Railroad. This is air error the mail of that date was not lost on the Road between this point and Columbia, for it was duly deliv ered at Columbia by the Agent. The loss occurred be tween Columbia and Charleston. We learn that there is no mail Agent between Columbia and Kingsville on the night train. It is a great mistake to hold Railroad officials responsible for lost mails they have nothing to do with the mail more than to furnish a car in which to carry it the government employs an officer to take charge of it, and the officers of the Road have no control over it whatever. Oil f;iom Iron Ore. Prof. Emmons ("State Geologist) has shown to the Editor of the Raleigh Standard a speci men of Oil extracted from the blackband iron ore taken from Deep River. It emits a brilliant flame. Prof. E. states that the ore contains a great deal of volatile mat ter, and is highly valuable for the purpose of furnish ing oil. Really, every means ought to be used to develop the mineral wealth of the Deep River region. J$t3& The General Conference of the Mcthudist Pro testant Church, in session at Lynchburg, Yu., has been excited and agitated by the introduction of a petition from the Western and Northern Conferences in regard to slavery, asking for a change of the constitution of the church on that subject. Secession is threatened by those Conferences if the request is not granted. After a stormv debate the matter was referred to a committee. An Old Okficek. A few weeks ago we noticed the resignation of Mr J. G. Stanly as Clerk of the County Court of Craven, after a service in that position of fifty one years. Wc now see his death announced as having occurred on the 1st inst, aged ?5 years. The "Old Dominion Cof le Por." Our frieud, A. A. N. M. Taylor, being determined that the people, of this section shall have no excuse for nGt having good coffee, has brought on a new kind of coffee pot, which make the beverage on scientific principles by means of a con denser, strainer, &c, am, (he can explain it better than we can.) Those who are fond of good coffee, and de sirious of economizing in hard times, must call at Tay lor's Tin Manufactory and get one of these Pots and give it a trial. m Gexef.al Assembly or tue (0. S.) Pbesbytebias Cuubch. This body met in New Orleans on the 6th inst. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Cortlandt VanRenssalaer. of New Jersey. There were 31 Syno is represented, including New York and all the States South aud West of it. Rev W A Scott of California, was chosen Moderator, and Rev II D Jankin, of Pa, tempo rary clerk. The fclowing are the delegates from North Carolina : Presbytery of Orange : Ruling Elder C L Payne. Presbytery of Fayetteville: Ret 3imean Colton, D D; Ruling Elder, Banholcmew Fuller. Presbytery of Concord : Rev Wm C Sheetz, Rot D S Kreider, Ruling Elders Thomas II McRorie, Z Alexander Long. The AxebiCAB Tract Society. We are gratified to auuounce that the abolitionists have failed in their efforts ro array this institution against slavery. A year ago, the Aboiitionis-ts passed a resolution in the Tract Society, directing the Publishing Committee to issue tracts upon -'the moral evils ai.d vices which slavery is known to promote." The Committee to their credit, declined to do this. The year passed by and no iucendiary pubBtation had been issued. The issue was, should the instructions of last year be re-affirmed by the Society, or should they be rescinded? The result has been that they have been rescinded, at the Annual meeting, in New York, bv a vote of at leu ft ten to one. WHEAT THRASHERS J. Ai t'j. B. .Stowe OFFER ther well known Wheat Th-a?brs at Cost, ; lor i.asn. rrunieu to give batisiacuon. aii ana examine them. Charlotte. May 13, 185. COX'S PATENT CrEL.VTIXE, A superior article for making Jellies. ALSO, Extracts for Flavoring, vit: Vanilla, Lemon, Peach, Almond, Rose, Orange, Cclerv, kc, for sale at SCARR k CO S May 18, Charlotte Drug Store. MARRIED, In Lincoln county, on the 15th ult., by Robt. Nixon, Esq, Mr Wm. Cashon to Mis? Jane Hagar. In Iredell county, on the 27lh ult.. Dr Jemc P. Howard to Miss Mary A., daughter of D. M. Stevenson. In Yorkville, on the Gth instant, Capt. W. T. Davis and Miss M. J. Wilson of Gaston county, N. C In Salisbury, on the 11th inst., Mr Benjamin Julia a, flgeel about 5 j years. In Davie county, on the 3d instant, Dr. D. S. Parker, of pulmonary consumption, aged 35 years. Office of the . & So. ( a. R. It. t o., AT CHARLOTTE. The Coupons due on the Bonds of this Company on the 1st of July next, will be redeemed at this Agency when presented. A. H. MARTIN, Agent. May 16, 185S. BY ORDER OF COURT, I will sell on the 20th dny of June next, at the Court House door in Char lotte, the LAND belonging to the Estate of Wm. P. McLcUaud. dee d, lying ou the Tnckaseege Ford Roal, 1$ miles from town, containing SMJCTY ACRES more or less, on which there is a good DWELLING HOUSE and ail necessary out-building?. Terms: 6 months credit, "with uote and approved se curitv. and interest from unte. J. A. HUGCINS, Adin'r. Charlotte. May 13, 1858. f ATTENTION, RIFLEWEK! YOU are hercbv commanded to appear at the Firemen's Hall on THURSDAY morning, 20th May, at 7 o'clock, a. w., with arms for in spection and 20 rounds blank CArtridges. By order of the C."ptln, W. A. OWENS, 0. S. Mnv 13. 1853 FINE SALAD OIL, A new and superior brand of Olive Oil, an exquisite article for Salads, for sale at yirxy IS. SCARR L CO.'S Hoofland's German titters, Jut received at May 18. SCARR & CO.'S Drugstore. WHITE SULPHUR srjKi(Sp X CATAWBA COIWTY, N. C. These Springs arc situate! fifty miles North of Charlotte. 2o miles West of States villo, and 25 mile East of Morgaiiton, at the foot of the Mountains, and in a vicinity unsurpassed for the salubrity 9t its climate. The Proprietor, m. i. o. wiM&tff announces to the public that his House is again open, with every accommodation for the reep4Uno? visitors. The peculiar tonic, alterative and invigorating pro perties of this render it invaluable in MtiaeascH Of the WAttr, Dyspepsia, Chronic Diarrhoea. Nervous Debility, Spinal Diseases, Incipient Consumption, Scrofula. Eruptive Diseases, and all cases cf debility accompanied with de fective appetite and want of assimilation. Particularly to Females is this VYnter efficacious. C. S. Brown's tri-weekly Line of FOUR HORSE COACHES from Salisbury to Abbeville, passes within five miles, aud visitors can procure conveyances from Newton to the Springs at all times. May 18, 1858. tf W. C. WH1TFORD, General Commission Merchant, East Front Stblrt, NEWBERN, N. C. Agent for Smith's Line of Xcw York Pacctts. gjy Goods received and forwarded. May 13, 1858. 6m SUMMEllJtESOaX Moultrie House, SULLIVAN'S ISLAND. D. MIXER, of the Charleston Hotel, would most re spoetfuily inform his friends, and thoie in search of a pleasant summer resort, thai on or about the !5fA of June ner.t, he wil! again ojien this fa-hionable Summer Retreat, and continue it through the rummer under his individual management. The cars will run to and from the boat, thus making the House accessible at any time. May 18, 1858. -5t For Sale or Itent, FTER the first day of Jaiuary next, my RESI A DENCE adjoining the town ol Liatoiion, N. C. with 11 Acres of Land jittnehed, or 90 if desired. The House is 41 by 33 feet. ha 4 Rootri3 and Pflpsagn down Stairs, and one 33 by 20 feet above. A Negro House with 5 Dooms; a Kitchen 17 feet fquare; an Ice House, two Cribs and Grainen ; Stabk Room enough for 7 Horses and 2 Cow, with Wagon Shec1; a black smith's Shop; and nlso a good Spring of W 'iter on tho premises. This is an excellent location for a Lawyer or Physician. A bargain can be had if called for soon tnd termi made easy a3 money U not mach of an object now. All new and in good repair. I refer to H. Cansler and Wm. Lander, Esq'rs, for information. TT. H. ALEXANDER. May 18, 1858. Zta PURE WHITE VINEGAR, CL0 ES NUTMEGS, MACE, PEPPER, kc, a frtfab supply, May 18. For sale at SCARR k CO.'S. Gennine French MiiHarii, An elegant Article for the table. May 18. SCARR k CO. Copartnership Notice, The subscribers have formed a co-psrtnerghip under the name of HAND. WILLIAMS k FAB ROW, for the transaction of a COMMISSION LL'SINLSS in Flour, Grain, and other country prodsO. Their large stores on Haync aud Anson streets will soon be completed. At present, they will occupy JCos. 14 and 1G Haync st. Liberal ca.h advance? made on produce in store. From theii long experience, and with th'.ir tciiirte for do ing bnaiseaS, they feel confident in hocag able to serve their frieud to the fecct advantage. CKO. W. WILLIAMS CO., THOS. M. FAUilOW. Charleston. May 18, ItM. lmo. From th" Charleston C-urier. NEW FIRM. U will be tp.fv., on reference to our advertising colnmns. that Messrs Hand, Williams k Farrow have esUblitdicd a house in our ciu for the tmu.saction of a general produce business. Our city has expended a large amount of iRaej ia building rail rod, extending iuto the grain regiiuss of Georgia, Tennessee and other States, nd we think It it full time that wc were realizing iccre of the b cctits which it was contemplated would result from theae enterprise. These gentlemen are erecting commodious stores on Hayne-street, and will, wo icarn, at an early date, be prepared to receive and sell any amount of country produce. Tbey bring to the enterprise energy, capacity, long business experience, and what is of moi impor tance, ampie mean for the uccc. t saah business, which, in many respects, must result advantngsouriy ta the interests of the city. Mr Williams has b?en elected a director in tbe Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road Company, behalf of tbe City of Charleston, and will leave in 'a few days for the West; and wiil, we rc in formed, in connection with the duties of bis nrisatoa, ne gotiate with the different rail roai l.aes for a reduction of freight to tbe Atlantic ports. We sincerely hope that hi efforts may be crowned with full succt j. a 3