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I Eje Itfrstrrtt Urraorrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C Legislature of IVorth Carolina. In the Senate, on the 7th, Mr Edney, from the joint select committee on the executive mansion, reported the furniture and building to be in a most deplorable condition the one unfit for use, for the most nart. the other almost wholly untenantable. The committee recommend a sale by auction of such portions of the furniture as may be re jected by the Governor, and an appropriation of $2000 of any unexpended moneys in hand, for new furniture and neeessary repairs. Mr Brown thought the amount ot the appiopria tion too small, lie contrasted the bleak and deso late appearance of the Mansion, which he denomina ted the "people's house" with the scores of private residences around it. He was not prodigal or pro fuse in his notions of public expenditures; but it was the duty of the Legislature to make necessary appropriations. Tin- house and grounds in tpicstion did nnf cnmr.ort with the dicnitv of the sovereign people of North-Carolina. Mr Miller, reiving on the report of the commit- tee, did not think the houe lit tor new turniture. Mr Enney quite concurred in the necessity for a new house, but something was immediately ne cessary. Mr Houston moved to refer the report of the committee on public buildings and grounds, with an instruction to report by resolution or otherwise. Concurred in. Mr Davidson introduced a bill to authorize E. C. Grier, sheriff of Mecklenburg, to collect ar rearages of taxes. Mr Walkup introduced a bill to incorporate Pleasant Grove Camp Ground, Union county. The bill to lay off and establish, out of a portion of Ashe, a new county by the name of Alleghany, being the special order, was now taken up on its second reading, and after considerable deus.-ion, was passed by a vote of 24 to 20. In the Houe, Mr Dancy, from the joint commit tee appointed to examine the furniture of the Kx ccutive Mansion, reported a resolution authorizing the Governor to sell such portions of the furniture as arc unfit for use, and to have new furniture sup plied, and the mansion lighted with gas, and such other repairs done as may be necessary, at an ex pense not exceeding 52,000, along with the unex pended balance of former appropriations and the amount arising from the sales of the furniture. Read the first time, and the rules being suspended, passed its second and third readings. In the Senate, on the 8th, a message from the House transmitting an engrossed resolution on the Executive Mansion. Proposes a sale of the rejec ted furniture, to light with gas, and paint and white-wash the buildings, (expense to be met by public treasurer, ) and to appropriate 2,000, with proceeds of furniture sale and any unexpended balance from former appropriations, lor the pur chase of .tow furniture, &c. The resolutions then passed and were enrolled. In the House, Mr Pritehard presented a memo rial from certain citizens of Mecklenburg, com plaining of the nuisance caused by bringing dogs to church, and asking a law, fining white males and females five dollars, and whipping slaves and free negroes, for the offence. Mr McKay offered a resolution requesting our Senators and Representatives in Congress, to use their influence for the location of the national foundry at Deep Kiver. Rules suspended and it passed its second and third readings. Mr T. R. Caldwell moved a message be sent to the Senate, proposing to enter forthwith into the appointment of magistrates for the several counties, which being concurred in by the Senate, the coun ties were called over alphabetically, and the seve ral lists handed in by the members from each county. This business occupied the House until past two o'clock, when it adjourned. In the Senate, on the 10th, the Journals were read. The Journals of Saturda' contain 57 pages, and the ayes and noes were recorded 49 times after 1 o'clock. Mr Houston, (interrupted the reading) moved to suspend the reading of the journals, and in dulged some very sarcastic remarks on the action of the Senate on Saturday. The Chair decided that the Journals should be read entire. Mr Turner asked leave to ret.lv to Mr Houston. Not graotcd. In the House. Mr Love, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported against the Railroad from Beaufort to the Coal Fields. The special order was then taken up, it being n bill to incorporate a company to build a Railroad from Greensboro' to Danville. Ya. Mr Morehead occupied the time of the House in a speech about an hour long. He noticed in the course of his remarks the late article of the llal eigh Rearer, and a communication in the Stan dard, sinned 11. M. S. He reviewed the history of the North Carolina Hailroad, and declared that upon his part tliere had been no bargain or agree ment that the ltanville connection should never be built. Mr liridgers replied. He thought the Danville connection might fitly be compared to one man cutting a canal to his neighbor's race to drain off hn water. He continued his argument against the bill for nearly an hour. In closing, he said it af forded him pleasure to extend the hand of con- ' gratulation to the Editor of the Register; of him it might be said ''well done thou good and faithful servant." However he might differ with him in some points of politics, yet he was lad to see the editor have independence enough to speak out for I the good of North Carolina. Mr Caldwell, of Guilford, bad Commenced some remarks in reply, when the House adjourned under the rules. In the Senate, on the 11th, on motion of Mr ' McDowell, the bill to aid in the construction and equipment of the Western and Coalfields railroad was taken up ou its third reading; and after a ' lengthy discussion was rejected by a vote of 22 to 21 the speaker voting and making it a tie. The vote was subsequently reconsidered In the House, Mr Morehead offered a resolution authorizing the distribution of one copy of Hawk's History of North Carolina to each common school in the State, to be paid by the Literary Hoard. Mr Fries, introduced a bill to regulate the rate uj i more.-i aim wpuu me 1 i-tui iiiupicr oi itcv. Code. This bill is drawn up by the finance com- niittee; it repeals all the penalties for taking more than leeal interest, save the excess of interest over the legal rate of six per cent. On motion of Mr Sparrow, the House went into a committee of the whole upon the Greensboro and Danville Railroad bill Mr Uadham in the ehair Mr Caldwell, of Guilford, resumed his re marks, and spoke for a considerable time in suj port of the bill, giving a history of the internal improvement policy since its inception in North Carolina. Mr Bullock spoke warmly against the policy of establishing the road, aud pointed out its injurious onfoquences to the State at largo. He made an effective speech against the bill. Mr Green, of Franklin, followed on the same side in a very clever speech, going over the entire ground, and made a most convincing statement, that there was a contract understood relative to the Danville connection. Mr Green was complimented at the eUtae of his speech by several persons in the lobby. Ml Settle rose to reply, but on motion of Mr Dortch the committee rose; the chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Wed- nesday LATER FROM EUROPE. New' York, Jan. 9. The steamship Africa, I from Liverpool, has arrived, with dates to the 25th 1 of December. ; The latest news from China and India is unim portant. The ship Isaac Wright was burnt in tliG Mcr ' sey. She had three hundred passengers on board bound to New York; all of them were rescued. The burning of the Isaac Wright occurred at night, while the vessel was at anchor. Great con- sternation ensue but no casualty resulted. 1 he vessel was scuttled and ran aground was composed of fine goods and iron. Her can;o ino SMnmsiup muiaii empire, oi the Gal way line, lias neen conaemneo ami oruereu to ue soiu. The President's Message still occupies the at tention of the- London "Times." Some threatened rioting had occurred among the military and militia at Woolwich. The result of Montalembert'fl trial in France is considered a triumph over the Government, as the miid sentence annuls the law of exile under the law of suspicion. Uoog-Koug dates to the 15th November state that business is checked by the high prices of tea. . . i i i i i i u THE GREAT SOUTHERN ROUTE. The great route from the North through this city and Danville, to the South, must become the most popular thoroughfare for through travel be tween the North and South. It passes through the beautiful and salubrious champaigne country, which lies between the head of tide water and the Mountains is free from swamps, malaria, and dreary pine barrens which infest the coast line, and from deep cuts, short curves, tunnels and nume rous bridges which lengthen, retard and increase the risk on the transmuntane and piedmont lines further West. Atlanta is assumed to be the great point of Rail road connection in the Southwest. We announ ced a few days since that the South Carolina Legis lature had chartered a company to build a railroad from Columbia to Hamburg, a distanee of fifty miles. This will diminish the gap between Co lumbia and Atlanta, and greatly facilitate our con nection with the Georgia system of railroads. But, a yet shorter line is chartered. An air line road from Atlcnta, Ga., to Anderson Court House, S. C, is authorized, and the company is organized, and a recent meeting determined to go on with the enterprise at an early day. They also deter mined to confer with the South Carolina air line Railroad Company, in order to co-operate in their labors. By this road to Anderson Court House, the Greenville road to Newberry, and thence by another chartered road to Chester, and thence by the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad to Charlotte, we have a nearly direct line. This will be the most direct line that is yet proposed from Atlanta to the North, and the route will be in all other respects the most agreeable. There is yet another route that must add im mensely to the travel and the business of this line. This route is the North Carolina road chartered to diverge from the North Carolina Central either at or about Salisbury, and pass west south westward lv toward Chattanooga, where it will connect with the roads terminating there. Without this last, however, the roads authorized in South Caroliua, will, with the gap between Danville and Greensborough, N. C, filled up, make the shortest line for through Southern trav el. That this gap will be filled up, and the South Carolina and Georgia air line Roads already au thorized to he built, we have not a doubt. North Carolina may refuse her consent for a time; but she will ultimately yield to the dictates of a sound policy and the demands of public convenience. i nis measure win te of the through travt lost largely already. Roads have diverted i. 1 1 i necessary lor tne uron her roads. retention She has The Virginia and Tennessee an immense travel lioin her Wilmington route, and no one thinks of the crook ed route by Raleigh, A Nkw Tkuiutokv. Colfax's bill for the or ganization of the new Territory of recently discov ered Gold Regions of Dike's Peak, Cherry Creek, etc., extending from the parallel of longitude 103 deg., to the crest of the Rocky Mountains, being four to five degrees in width; and from the 37th to the 42d parrallel of latitude, including parts of the Territories of Kansas, Nebraska. Utah and New Mexico the larger part of which lies in the pre sent limits. The new Territory will embrace within its bor ders, not onl) the gold diggings, but also the famous Three Peaks, the head waters of both forks of the River's Platte, Arkansas and Rio Grande. Its boundary lines will be guarded by Rent's Fort in its South East corner. Fort Massachusetts, near its Southern boundary and Fort Laramie just be yond its Northern line. St. A rain's Fort will be near its centre. Riedger's Dass, which shortens the road to Cali fornia over 100 miles, is in the Northern part, and the Coochatope Dass in the Southern part of. the new Territory. Colons is the name favored by the settlers there, nearly two thousand of whom are now located at or near the gold region. Colfax expressed the opinion that by next summer there will be at least 20,000 persons in Colona, and. as it is important that they should have a distinct Territorial Government, he has prepared a bill for that purpose. How Coffee Came to be Used. Tt is some what singular to trace the manner in which arose the use of the common beverage, coffee, without which few persons, in any half or wholly civilized country in the world, would seem hardly able to exist. At the time Columbus discovered America, it had never been known or used. It only grew in Arabia and upper Ethiopia. The discovery of its use as a beverage, is ascribed to the Superior of a monastery, in Arabia, who, desirous of preventing the monks from sleepingat their nocturnal services, j maue i.ieiu uiiiik i ue iiiiiision oi coiiee, upon tne report of some shepherds, who observed that their floeks were more lively after browsing on the fruit of that plant. Its reputation spread through the adjacent countries and in about two hundred vcars reached Paris. A single plant brought there in sixteen hundred and tourteen became the parent stock of all coffee plantations in the West Indies. The extent of consumption can now hardly be realized. The I'r.ited States alone annually consume at the cost of its landing, from fifteen to sixteen million of dollars. You may know the Arabia or Mocha, the best coffee, by its small bean of a dark color. The Java and East Indian, the next in quality, a larger and paleryellow. The West Indiun Rio has a bluish greenish gray tint. WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, CLANDESTINE MAERIAGES. If we inquire what is the common result of such marriages, we will nnu tnat in tne large majority of cases they do not produce the coveted happi- ness. After the first excitement passes away, af ; tcr the charming romance has been enjoyed and grown stale, after the rejoicings over the brilliant i victory have been duly celebrated, there arises the ; necessity of counting the cost, and the vulgar ele ments of bread and butter are found to enter large- ly into the requirements of the connuptial state. Sometimes the young couple are possessed of suffi cient means to provide the necessaries and even the luxuries of life, but in these cases ennui is an earlier visitor, because the healthful excitement which is the product of daily occupation is want ing. Too much of the felicity of these hasty mar riages is found in the first success, the first triumph over formidable obstacles; and the constantly re curring lesson which both learn is that the idolised object of such boundless love is not angelic, but human. It is almost infallibly certain that neither 1 .1- 1- ..... f j party has anything approaching a just estimate of j the fearful responsibilities belonging to the wed- ded state. Under God, the entire happiness of a j wife's lifetime depends upon the feelings and con- duct of the husband to whom she may have rashly 1 committed all Ler hopes. Altogether, aside from i the requirements of food, raiment and shelrer, I tliere are ten thousand indispensable elements, in every happy household. The ever present sym ; pa thy, which cannot be cultivated, but which must ' be of spontaneous growth, and which is not mani fested in words, or looks, or acts; but. like an elec tric flash, passes from oue heart to the other the patient forbearance, which cannot be stimulated by any amount of stoical indifference, but which must be the legitimate offspring of an unselfish love; that rare self-denial which has no sting, be cause it is swallowed up in the sympathy with her gratification for whom the sacrifice is made. All these are constantly present in the heart of the true husband, and he who is unconscious of them, but lamely meets the obligations he has incurred. BRITISH BLOODTHIRSTY REVENGE. A correspondent of the Madras Athenaeum con demns in strong language, the merciless manner in which the native insurgents are butchered by the British troops, whenever they get an opportunity. He says of the storming of Salinipore: "After a great deal of Street fighting, the loss to the enemy was 700 killed and 300 wounded, all their guns taken, and a quantity of arms and am munition, with two elephants captured. Our casualties were two Europeans killed and about thirty in all wounded. I again say I do net hold to the indiscriminate slaughter of the sons of this prolific soil. At Salinipore, I am told, that the men, on their knees, prayed with upraised bauds, but they were not spared. Neither, as far as I have learnt, have any number of prisoners been made. I maintain that this wholesale killing is quite unbecoming to us as a civilized nation, and will yet, if we are not wise in time, involve us in trouble and disgrace. For the miscreant sepoys 1 have not a shadow of pity. But with the inhabi tants of Oude the ease is a different one. All the large bodies in arms against us are nothing more than armed retainers, taking service under various leaders. There are sepoys and sowars amongst them, but there is no man, no soldier, who could not easily discriminate between the marshal bear ing of a sepoy trained, and a man who handles a matchlock. Were there any urinal Jifff'tiuy, were the loss somewhat more proportionate, it would be consolation, at least to think (hat they died fight ing hard. But when we reflect that these numbers who are slain, have been disposed of by the rifle, or more commonly dug with the bayonet, it wears another aspect. Ibis wholesale slaughter must be put an end to. We have been glutted with blood." The English have avenged Cawnpore and the other massacres thrice over; they should ''remem ber mercy" now. Capt Rkid am the American Flag -It the gives us pleasure to notice that anions proceedings ol rue House on Hon. John Cochrane, of New joint resolution giving a vote i . i i Thursday last the oi k, introduced a of thanks to Capt. Samuel C. Keid, the hero of the battle of Fayal, in the gallant fight which he made in command of the private armed brig General Armstrong, in 1S14, for having made and designed the present flag of the United States. The design of Capt. Keid was adopted in committee, and the bill passed Congress on the 4th of April, ISIS. The new flag, as designed by Capt. Keid, was made at his house, in New York, bv his wife and a number of young ladies, and was first hoisted over the hall of the House of Representatives on the loth of April, 1 8 18. Nation a I In till igtn cer. Shooting Affair in Chester. Our readers have doubtless heard of the shooting affair, iu Chester, on the 9th ultimo, in which Mr R. Mor rison was severely wounded by a man named Hodges. The erjietrator of this wanton act, with his accomplice Howerton, made their escape, but have been arrested and lodged in jail in AsheviUe, N. C, to await a requisition from our Governor. Mr Morrison's escape from death is almost mi raculous. The ball took effect in the abdomen, passed directly through the bowels and lodged under the skin of the back near the back-bone. The Standard says that hr was "removed to his resi dence, but there was not so much as a glimmering of hope that he would ever recover. We are much gratified, however, to state that he has passed safely by the very jaws of death, and, to the won der and amazement of even the most sanguinej is rapidly getting well, although it does seem that the chances must have been a thousand against him to one in his favor. Such a wonderful case almost exceeds credulity." Yurketllt Enquirer. Mklantitoly AcnoKXT. On the morning of the 2oth ultimo, Christmas da', a most, melancholy accifteut occurred in tins place. .Mr Jleml l tlev, for the purpose of amusing his boys, bored a large auger hole in a log in his yard, and after charging it with powder drove iu a plug, leaving a small hole for priming; and without calculating the conse quences, put fire to it while standing ncarlv over it. The log was split, one part knocking down a fence near by, and the other part striking him On the temple made a large hole in his head. Though apparently lifeless at first, he lingered in a dying state for three or four hours, when he breathed his last Hv thi sudd. .ii UiMwmMii f ,,.;t,. ' i l-xi - i .1- x. : t.- -n I ueen leu iu a mosi iiisiiessiug commion. j wile distressing condition rendered almost helpess and hopeless by the ravages of a cancer, with several small children around her, ! and a sister, a cripple by the effects of rheuma tism, who was dependent upon him and the scanty avails of her needle for support. The distressed situation of the family awakened the sympathies of our citizens, and a subscription was made up ! A Yaluablk Meiucink. Daring the present week, no sufficient to relieve their present necessities; but less than six of our friends, who have been induced to the loss of the head of the family will rest heavily i tr-v ,rof- De Grath's Electric Oil for rhumatism, in eon upon them Hillsboro' Recorder. i of having seen this preparation advertised in t our columns, have called upon us to state the result of ... their experiments. These persons assure us that their SkW brazil has WZ vessels of war nearly as rheumatic pains have been entirely cured by a few ap mauv as the United States oO of which are finp plications of De Grath's ' Electric Oil," and they re- steamers. Jier standing army numbers -5 000 men, aud her national guard 400,000 CUBIOUS LETTER FROM A SUICIDE. Hon. John A. Tucker who committed suicide a few weeks ago in Georgia, left behind him the following letter addressed "to P. H. Colquitt, Editor Columbus Times :" Dawson, Ga., Thursday, December 1G. Iam about to do a thing which I have had in contemplation since 1848 viz : to rid the world of me, and myself of an existence useless to me ; anj derogatory to others. And Mr Editor, how dare you or any of your readers say, it is weak, or wrong, or unmanly to perform the act that I am to perform. Life is a burden to me has been for years. I am di iven on by a destiny I have no power to control. Don't say to me, "It is your fault you could act differently." It is untrue. I always wished to act differently I have prayed to act differently I have prayed to God to help me to act differently. He knows my wish and pur pose was to be a good man. Ibis I have prayed j forlnmi boyhood; and yet I have not been a good - 1 w c man. "lucre is a uivmiry tnat snapes our enus. There is a power that drives us on like a feather before the wind, and we have as little power to direct our course as the feather in the gale. Now, with all my sins, follies and vices clinging to my skirts, I am going, unbidden, into the presence of my God, to ask him why I am not the man I always desired to be; to ask what punishment I am to receive for knowing my duty, desiring to perforin it, and yet not having the nerve to do it. Don't say I am drunk either, for it is not so. I tell you Peyton Colquitt, that I am doing this upon reflection. I lay all night think ing of it. I have looked at all the reasons for and against it. In some respects I have been asuccess ful man. As certain as the world stands, I would beat the race for Judge by more than the Demo cratic majority. That is not the thing with mo. I would not live to be President of the United States unless I could be the man I wish to be. From a boy, I wished to be a great and good man a man exerting a great salutary moral influence on mankind. But as it is, I am shedding death, shade and mildew i'rom the high places iu the land. I would have waited till I got home, but I know it would not do. I would then never have discharged the duty I owe to myself and mankind. I could not part with my wife and little ones. Several times in the last few years I have prepared myself for this event at home, when my wife knew nothing of it But to look at the children and hear them say "Da," or to look at a smiling affec tionate wife, that anticipated my wishes that for gave a thousand follies that never did an unkind act I did not have the courage to proceed. But believing as I do, that my departure from this life will benefit my family, as well as others, I am going to die here to-day. I have plenty of friends who will be sorry for this; but to all of them I say, John A. Tucker never professed friendship to any one, that he deserted in the hour of trial. My wife and my little ones I commend to vour care. TUCKER. rut " l . .1 . 1 J MOLASSES STATEMENTS. We copy the following from a long and interest ing article, entitled "Rambles in Surinam :" "We went to the boiling house, and saw the molasses tL(ped out jf the cistern and put into bar rels. The molasses that runs from the sugar bar rels is conducted 1 v a cutter into the cistern, which swarms with roaches and rats, many of which are found dead in the molasses, by which they are preserved from putrefaction. I could not help thinking that this country would be an elysi uiu for Chinamen, for they might feast here on their favorite dish, (rats.) abundantly, and molasses cur ed rats into the bargain. I do not know if the molasses which is imported into this country is used for any thing else besides distilling rum. It is certainly not fit for table use, for above mentioned abominations, it is besides the haudled by r! a nitiiv manner, that tne uesern- tion of it will ' a disgust every bodv with the same. The molasses is dipped out of the cistern with large copper spoons, but when the majority is re moved, these spoons cannot be employed any more, on account of the quantity of sugar which has set tled at or near the bottom, imparting a great tough ness to the molasses. Some negroes have to set down in it, dipping out with large gourds, and it reaches often over their knees. Cleanliness is to observed with jiggers and other sores. If our deli cate ladies and gentlemen had an idea of the man ner in which our imprrted nicuies were handled, they would surely abstain from the use of them. I once saw a dog fall into a copper in which the C;,ne juico v,'as boiling intensely; he was nearly done when the negroes succeeded iu getting him out. It happens, sometimes, that the negro who sits on the mason work into which the coppers are imbedded, slips into the foaming syrup while doz ing, and is boiled to death instantly. In neither j case is the syrup thrown away, for it will granu late all the same and noboJy is the wiser for it. Will Sour Krout explode ? is a question recently raised. We think it is mean and stink ing enough to explode, and do damage too. Fix. Will "Cod Fish" ever quit stinking. -Finale. A nat'onal convention of blacklegs assembled in Chicago last week, delegations being present from nearly every State in the Union. They are a splendidly dressed set of men, and wear jewelry in great prolusion. The revision of Hoyle, and the c idfication of the laws of poker, &c, are objects of the convention. What next l Pro". Wood's Hair Uestoratixe. This Restorative for nuking tiie hair grow, stopping its falling- out., and restoring gray to its original color, is becoming cele brated, All the quack nostrums are giving way before it. Three-fourths of the mixtures for restoring and beautifying the hair, do it more injury than good. They burn up destroys the life of its roots make the hair fall off, and produce premature baldness. Bat, l'rof. Wood's Restorative may be relied upon ascontain- iii vr iiotnniff wnictt can in any manner n? iniurioaa to the hair. We advi-e gray heads, and heads getting bald, to get a bottle and trv it. AVw York Democrat. Fur sale by E. N Y E IIUTT5HISON & CO. Dr. J. Hostettkr's Hitters meet with great favor as reaiedies for disease of the Stomach, and all oilier diseases arising from a disordered digestive system; and its component parts being entirely vegetable, it is more safe than the ordinary preparations offered to the pub lic, while its pleasant effect on the system renders it vastly popMIar with those who use it. Mr Hostetter's reputation is wide-spread, and the care with which be prepares his medicine secures it always safe and relia- ble. The Hitters are most agreeable in flavor, and. as it contains nothing that can impair the health, but, on thf contrary contribute to its preservation, this pre paration must prove highly popular. It is a genuine i iid truly valuable article for any of the above diseases and we sincerely trust that our readers may test its ex cellence. Sold by Drusrgi.st everywhere, aud bv E. NYE HUTCHISON & IX)., Charlotte, N. C. 1 a a i i - a i . . i con,mcnu lls m8a U) UM Wll are wnu mmj oi me IllPCMCl mi ii ii is rMj.'iii'U iu nut- 1 rvr. iUKVMCr, For sale bv E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. 1ST. C. J. Emmett Scruggs' Charge to iiis Know NothIxNO Legions. The following spicy gem from the last "Warrenton Whig," rather goes a wrinkle or two ahead of "Bruce's address." It anticipates a great local excitement in Kichmond next month : . . "State Convention. This body promises to be one of the most numerous and talented assemblages that ever organized in Richmond, Petersburg, or anywhere else. Messrs. Botts, R. E. Scott, Preston, Stuart, Summers, Seymour, Rives, Flouruoy and Boteler, will attend; and with such an array of talent, what Whig or American in the State would not spend fifty to go to Richmond to hear them!'' Awake, arise Whigs of Virginia, "shake off the dew drops that glitter on your garments and march to victory." These were the thrilling words of the immortal Harry, wheu the Whig banner waved iu the glorious breeze. Adopt it as your battle cry, march upon the foe, "break through the thick array of his thronged legious aud charge home upon him." After penning the above, the "Colonel," could not "do" a bit more political editorial for that issue of the paper perchance he felt that "sufficient for the day," &c. Pitch in ye pretty darlings, and go it like rockets or 'Mid pompous windbags tow'ring trot, With K. N., Botts, and old line Scott; Enjoy, by turns this ever tuneful choir One plays the brass, and one the golden lyre. JiiehmoHil Fnquirer. Werster's Courtinu. Daniel Webster mar ried the woman he loved, and the twenty years which he lived with her brought him to the meridian of his greatness. An anecdote is current on this subject, which is not recorded in the books. 31 r Webster was becoming intimate with Miss Grace Fletcher, when a skein of silk, which he held for her to wind, was getting into a knot, Mr Webster assisted in unravelling the snarl then looking up to 31iss Grace, he said, "We have untied a knot, don't you think we could tie one ?" (Jrace was a little embarrassed, said not a word, but in the course of a few minutes she tied a knot in a piece of tape and handed it to Mr W. This peace of tape, the thread of his domestic joys, was found after the death of Mr Webster, preserved as one of his most precious relics. Jg" Tom strikes Dick over the shoulder with a rattan as big as your little linger. A lawyer, in his indictment, would tell you the story as follows: "And that whereas the said Thomas, at said place, on the year and day aforesaid, in and upon the body of the said Richard, against the people of the State of New York, aud their dignity, did make a most violent assault, and inflicted a great many and divers blows, kicks, cuffs, thumps, con tusions, gashes, hurts, wounds, damages, and in juries, in and upon the head, neck, breast, stomach hips, knees, shins, and heels of said Iiiehard, with divers sticks, canes, poles, clubs, logs of wood, stones, daggers, dirks, swords, pistols, cutlasses, bludgeons, blunderbuscs, ami boarding tikes, then and there held in the hands, fists, claws, and clutches of him, the said Thomas." At a sale of Negroes in this place on the 1st inst., a lot of twenty, including men, women and children, brought Si (5,7 11; a blacksmith sold for S2,0UU, a field hand for 1,400, and a boy twelve years old for 1, 102. Marion Star. mmmm IMPORTANT NOTICE. BE IT KNOWN generally that we are selling off our Stock of R&ADY-MADE CLOTHING, FUR NISHING GOODS, &c, at considerably REDUCED RATES i order to prepare for the Spring and Sum mer trade ; so our FRIENDS Will come forward and avail themselves of the rare opportunity of supplying their wants out of our splendid stock of cloth, castor beaver, Hudson Bay Fur, Trccot Cassimere and seal-skin Over-Sacks, Raglans and Frocks; also, all grades of sattinet and cassimere Busi ness Coats, at less prices than vou PAY At any other House in the State. Our advantages for getting Goods and keeping up the stock are unequalled as is well known throughout the country, hence we deem it unnecessary to rehearse them, but will assure you that vou will find it to ' YOUR Interest to call and examine our stock before buying elsewhere. You will also find at the Clothing Emporium quite an extensive stock of all qualities of Black aud Fane.3 cassimere Pants, Black Silk and Satin Vests, Fancy Velvet and cassimere do.; also a variety of jQJJ Ka $i!D40fl(l3l. 0)0:- gents and ladies' Trunks, Valises, carpet Bags ; Boots and Shoes, and many things tootedious to take an ACCOUNT of, that are always found in a Gents' Furnishing House. WE return our sincere thanks to'oar friends for their kindness and patronage For 1,858, And we hope by attention to business and keeping the best and cheapest stock of clothing in the State, to merit a continuance of the same for 18."0. Fullings, Springs & Co. Jan. 10, 1859. GAEDEN SEEDS From Landreth & Thorium's, Received and for sale by Charlotte, Jan 10, 18.-)0. E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Fresh Coiigress Mater, Just received and for sale bv Jan 10th E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Blue lirass, litter, Herd's Grass, Orchard and Millet SEED for sale by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Linseed Oil, pure Sperm, Lard, and TANNERS OIL, For sale by E. NYE HUTCHISON. Churchill's preparation of the Ilypophos- phates, CURE FOR THE CONSUMPTION, for mie by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Fresh Burning Fluid and Linseed Oil, Low for cash by the Bbl. E. NYK HUTCHISON & CO. Tanners' Oil From 85 cents to $1 25 per gallon. E. NYE HUTCHISON k CO. Marsh's, Hull's and Chase's TRUSSES, single and double, large assortment, for sale bv E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Snuff! Snuff!! Lorillard's English and American Gents' andMaccaboy. E. NYE HUTCHISON k CO. English, French and American BRUSHES, EXTRACTS, Genuine Cologne, for sale by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Lubiu's Varnishes, Cobv.1i, Furniture, Copal (three qualities). Damask, Ja pan, ice &c. E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. New Remedy, A sovereign cure and preventive of the Piles. E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Correct Steaking. We advise all people to acquire in early life the habit of cooy language, both in speaking and writing, and to abandon, as early as possible, any use of slang words and phrases. The longer they live, the more difficult the acquisition of such language will he and if the golden age of youth, the proper season for the acquisition of language, be passed in xti abuse, the unfortunate victim of neglected cducj. tion is very probably doomed to talk slang for Hfe Money is not necessary to procure this education Every man lias it in his power, lie has merely to use the language which Rereads, instead of the slang he hears to form his taste from the best speakers and poets of the country to treasure up choice phrases in his memory, and to habituate himself to their use avoiding at the same time that pedantic precision which shows rather Uie weakness of a vain ambition than the polish of an educated mind. Home Journal. B- A. M. Hunt, of Columbia, offers a fifty dollar silver pitcher for the best specimen of a native African imported in the years 1858-'5y and exhibited at the next State fair. Agricultural Meeting. A meeting of the Mecklenbnrg Agricultural Society will be held in Charlotte on the 5th Saturday in January (being County Court week) at 1 o'clock. A full attend ance is requested, as Officers arc to be elected aud other important business transacted. Dec. 14. 1858. A. 13. DAVTD305, Tres t. VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. On Tuesdny the 25th of January, instant, it being Tuesday of Court week, I will sell ou the premises, the HOUSE and LOT lately occupied by Maj. J. A. Hnffiai, in Charlotte, situated on Trj-on street, two square from the centre of the Tow n. This property is in one of the best neighborhood in the village, having a Well of excellent w ater upon it, and the Dwelling and other buildings are commodious and in first rate repair. At the same time I will sell a number of excellent Feather Beds and Matrasses, aud valuable Household and Kitchen Furniture. JNO. A. YOUNG, Trustee. Jan. 1, 1859. 4L'-4t Valuable Properly tor sale. Negroes, Lands, Turpentine. Distillery, St'tek, Farming Implements, f-e., dlv. On Thursday, the 13th day of January, 185!, the sub scriber will offer at public sale, at Kl residence in Bladen conuty, about three miles from Beatty's Bridge, the following valuable property, to-irit: Twenty-eight likely Negroes, consisting of men, wo men and children. The negroes will be sold iu oue lot or in families, as may be desired. Also, at the same time and place, a valuable tract of farming and turpentiue laud, containing about thirty five hundred acres, lying immediately on the mini of Bh'.ck ltiver', and having a convenient outlet to Market by Steamboat navigation. The improvements on the above land consist of a comfortable Dwelling House, w ith good N'gro houses, Stables, and all other neces sary out-building-, with excellent water on the premi ses. The location is one of the most healthy in the State. Also, a No. 1 Turpentine Still, with a capacity of twcnty-Bys barrels Also, the whole stock of Horses, Cattle, Hog.;, Corn, Fodder, Peas. Forming Implements, Furniture, etc., etc. Terms, which will be accommodating, made known at sale. A. N. XlcDONALD. Dee. 28, 1858. 41-:it LAND FOR SALE. Two Hundred Acres of fine fainting Land, lying on the line of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, is offered for sale. Terms will be made accommodating. For further particulars apply to SAM L. A. HAURIS. December 28, 1858. tf NEGROES WANTED. WANT to buy NEGRO BOYS & GIRLS from 12 to 18 years old, for which the highest price in rii.-h will be paid. SAM'L A. IIARKtS. Dec. 28, 1858. tf Notice. By virtue of the last Will and Testament of DarM Chambers, I will expose to public sale at the late resi dence of said Chambers, on Thursday, the 20th day of January, 185!), the following real and personal properly, to-wit:" the HO.MK PLANTATION, containing nhoiit two hundred and. eighteen acres, lying on the wuters of McAlpin's Creek, adjoining the lands of Klani Wolf and others. A tract known as the Russell Tract, con taining about sixty acres, lying on the waters of Mi -Michael's Creek, adjoining the lands of Thos. Husscll and others. Also, a tract known as the Bojrca TrHrt, containing about one hundred acres, lying on McAl pin's Creek, adjoining the lands of Win Ross and others. These lands are well adapted to the growth of Grain and Col ion. At the same time I will sell the personal property belonging to the Testator, consisting of Horses. Mulei", Cattle, Hogs, Corn, Wheat, Farming Tools, Wagon, Cotton-Gin, n quantity of cured fork, Ac. Ac. A credit will be given Terms made known on the day of sale. WM. RE ID, E.xr. Dec. 28, 185S. 4t To Physicians. Dr. C7t u r thill's new Rtmedies for Consumption. Hypophosphites of Soda and Potash. Also, Com pound Syrup of the II ypophosphites. at SCARI! k CO., Dec. 21. Charlotte Drug Store. NEE8 ! SEEDS !! LANDRETH rS XXW CROP GARDEN SRMDM, Just received a full supply of these celebrated .Secdi direct from Landreth's, embracing every variety of Vegetable Seeds. With Asparagus Plants by the hundred, and VICTORIA RpnJBARB ROOTS. Also FLOWER SEEDS ' choice varictifi. SCA II R k CO., Dec. 21. CluirlutU Drug Slort. 8CARB & CO., friiKgit Ski VUcmitt No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte. N. C INVITE the attention of Phyneum Planters, Merchants, Ac, to their W and complete stock of WtUGS, CHHW ( -LS, kc. The cxtensi ve putronage tl"! have received from the Physicians of riisu lotte nnd its virinitv is the best Eruanintf' of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold l.' them. October 12, 18."8. For the Toilet. New and elegant stock, consisting of English. Frk and American HAIR BRUSHES, Tooth SrastMf great variety ; Tuck, Puff and side Combs in Tor!0'' shell, HufTalo horn and India Rubber. FRENCH and ENGLISH SOAPS. American, French and English Pomades, Genuine Lubiu's EXTRACTS, 23 rarf Also, cologne, verbena, geranium and other l'crfuirfr just received at SCARR k CO October 12, 1858 Drug'0. Mo j Choice Family Teas. Silver Leaf Hyson, Ooolong, Imperial, Breakfast, Gunpowder. Ne Plus Ultra, and other varieties at SCARR & C0 -October, JS58 Drug Mort- Preston fit Merrill's YEAST POWDER8' The only reliable Yeast Powder gold. a SCARR fOS October, 1853 DW ?T
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