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WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, 1ST. C two a at. CHARLOTTE, It. C. Tuesday, September 6, 1 H.T9. HON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. j Bank of North Carolina. The books of j This distinguished gentleman has created anoth- subscription to the capital stock of this Bank (2d j or great sensation in the political world, by pub- opening) were closed on the 1st Sept. At this j lisliing an essay in Harper's Magazine on the sub- place 836,700 were subscribed, which, together ject of slavery and Territorial sovereignty. The with the amount of stock previously taken, makes article is headed " The Dividing Line between 8299,000 fur Charlotte. We learn that it is i The Next Democratic National CoNVEX tR'N According to a resolution of the Demo cratic National Convention, the number of Dclc ra tea to which each State shall be entitled in the next Convention is to be the same as at the last Conveatkm in Cincinnati, Tis: two from each Con i m lioaal District and two from the State at large. The Convention is to be held at Charleston, and the time to be fixed by the National Executive Committee, which consists of one person from each State. Titos. D. McDowell, Esq., of Bladen county, is the member of the Committee for North Carolina. Foar rears ago the different comities held mcct ines and appointed delegates to a District Conven tion, which Convention selected two delegates to represent the District. The delegates for tiie State at large are selected by the democratic State 'on vrtitioii. It st eins to us that during the Fall and Winter Courts would be a pood time for the party to make arrangement for the appointment of delegates. We merely make the suggestion for the considera tion of our friends in the various counties. probable the second subscription will have to be scaled down two-thirds. Mr Dewey, the Cashier of the Bank at Raleigh, publishes a notice stating that " whereas it is ex pected that the Bank of North Carolina will be in operation on or before the 20th of October," debt- Federal and Local Authority Popular Sovereign ty in the TerritorieJ It would fill 15 or 18 col umns of our paner; Lut it seems that no one but the Harpers is allowed to publish it, as they have secured the copyright, for allowing which Mr Doudas is well rasped by the press everywhere. ,, . , , . , , ors to the old Bank of the State may pay off their I he essay is a masterly production, and bears , x i i u i-i i debts by discounts on tiood notes payable to the the marks of having been well studied and care- f J r ii ..i n'L i a Ai - new Bank according to the terms of discount which folly written. 1 he position assumed and the views may b& bj Bank enunciated by Mr Do .glas in this article seem to , p; correspondent of the Greensboro displease the southern press (or at least those ' Times sayg . A large portion 0f the gold sub whose opinions we have read) more than anything ' 8Cribe, paid jb hag sent invested he ever before said or done. A general tone of i U. S. Bonds; some 8300,000, and another pile, dissatisfaction is expressed. say 8270,000, has been loaned to the present Bank We have not yet had an opportunity to read the at 5 Per ccnt II is expected that the new Bank entire article, but the substance of it may be stated "ill be ready for operation some time in October . . I next; the notes will be on the same style as those in a short space : The complete right of a Tern- recently issI ed by the Banks of Charlotte and tonal Legislature to abolish slavery is asserted, and Lexington. It has been determined that the the rigb", of a resident to hold slaves in a territory, j towns of Elizabeth City and Newbern will not - l .. mm in opposition to the prescribed will of its local Lc- navc branches 5 i the hrst named no books were opened During the last opening of subscription books Get out of the Way. The Edenton (N. C.) Express, opposition, desires the nomination of the t&jT We learn that the packet of our paper for Mountain Island post office failed to reach its des tination last week. Tin- bundle for that office is alwavs put up in time to go hy the Stage on Tues day morning, anil we don't know how to account i". r its miscarriage, as the Postmaster here is certain he mailed it. Tobacco. A few days ago we visited and walked through m the tobacco plantation of Mr. John O. King, of this county. He has about 2IMJ,(NMj plant.-, from which he expects to realize 50,000 lbs. of fine tobacco the plants averaging four Ui the pound. A short time since we read a I iragraph stating that in Minnesota the tobacco uj clear of both worms and Hies; and strange as it may appear for this section. Mr King's field is exactly in the same condition being clear, as he informed us, f both these pests. He expects to put more of his land in tobacco next year, the M.il being light and peculiarly adapted to the cul ture of the "weed " The process of curing and manufacturing seems to us a little tedious, but notwithstanding this, he informed us that tobacco ja much better than cotton. W e learn that nearly all who planted tobacco in this section, ( mostly as a mere experiment,) have been very successful ; and we have no doubt the culture will be largely increased in a jear or two. Gen. Lane. We publish on our 2d page a sketch of the life of Gen. .Joseph Lane, which will be found very readable and quite interesting. Gen. I.ane has been spoken of as t he next democratic candidate for President, and from what we know of him as a true, sound, national man, we should be pleased to see him nominated by the Charleston Convention. No doubt he could be triumphantly elected. yistature, is denied; and hence the right of a slave holder in the territories to Conressioiuil nroteetion , i-i ii t ii- i - . . , I in Newbern 8295,700 were subscribed is also denied, lie not only denies the right of Congress, but also of the Federal Judiciary to pro tect slave property against the action of a territorial i I i i.i. . i i. n legislature, and contends that the jurisdiction ot Kenneth Rayner, ot North Carolina, for the Judiciary is limited by the action of the tcrri- President, and Edward Everett for vice President! torial Legislature; consequently he argues that the jfe Crittenden, Botts fc Co., may now give up Courts can afford protection to persons and proper- 1 a hope Gf eVer being made President, ty iij further than the territorial Legislature by j Tlie Express also prefers John Pool, Esq., of law permits and prescribes modes of proceeding, j Pasquotank, the opposition candidate for Gov- j The above, we think, is a fair statement of Mr ernor of this State. The Wilmington Herald thinks lit, I T T T iougias position. Jtis arguments to sustain it tuat Georae Davis. Eso. of Wilmington, should are enumerated as follows be nominated. The whig Convention is to be held First, Mr Douglas denies that Congress delegates I in Raleigh on the first Wednesday in December any powers whatever to the residents ot a territory; insists that the only province of Congress is to en able the residents to exercise for themselves pow ers of government, far beyond the competency of Congress itself to exercise. Next comes a review of the action of Virginia and other Provinces while yet Colonies of Great Britain. V irginia then claimed the right to pre vent the introduction of slaves within her limits, notwithsanding the laws of the mother country. Virginia and the other Colonies insisted on the right of entire self-government so fur as "internal policy" was concerned. Mr Douglas claims for the Territories of the United States an independ ent right of self-government equally as extensive. Next comes a reference to Mr Jefferson's pro posal, adopted by Congress in April, 17S4, enti tled "a plan for the temporary government of the territory ceded or about to be ceded by the in dividual States to the United States." This "plan" or "compact" Mr Douslas describes as I in connection with the Presidency JBSay Know Nothingism is not quite dead in New York it appears. The State Council was re cently in session at Geneva, and it is said the at tendance was large. A Convention of the New York know-nothing party is to be held at Utica, on the 21st of September. It is said there are 00,000 sworn know-nothings in the State of New York. The know-nothings of New Jersey have nomi nated Millard Fillmore for President. At the Shops of the N. C. Railroad Com pany a Locomotive has been built and put pa the Road. We learn it is home-made entirely. ? ft It is -aid that Vice-President Breckinridge has written a letter declining the use of his name firi"1" Hughes & Wilkinsou's Photograph and Anibrotypc Gallery, over Wilkinson & Co's jewel ry store, is something a little nicer than Charlotte has been treated to yet. Those who wish to be "taken" should call immediately. The pictures arc life-like, and are worth going to see, especially the one on the mantel-piece. -New Link. We learn from the Newbern Delta that arrangements arc being made by a Mr Doty, of .Norfolk, Ya., to place a line of" Steamers on the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal to run between Newbern, Norfolk, Baltimore and New York. It is stated that by this line shippers will be enabled to have their produce carried through to Norfolk in .;." hours, to Baltimore in 50 hours, and to New Vrk in 70 hours. The arrangement, it is said, is to be completed by the middle of October. guaranteeing to the territories, then called 'States,' or 'new States,' the entire riiht of local and in- f ......I cilf.rm-rn.,., ...... ...... 11.. k Pa.ui Hill gllVVUUIUVUIj UllVUIltlUlItU iJJ VJUIIgl vo sional legislation. Next, Mr Douglas insists that the clause of the '(institution: "New States may be admitted by the Congress into the Union;" and the further provision, "The ' Congress shall have power to make all laws neces sary and proper forcarrying into execution all other powers." v.c.. were intended to re-assert the plan" or "compact" of 174. Next comes an argument to prove that the fore going views are supported by the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Drcd Scott. Finally, an argument to prove that the compro , mise measures of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska act of L854, the Cincinnati platform, and Mr Buchan ! an's letter accepting the presidential nomination, J are in perfect harmony with the same views, j The concluding paragraph, which purports to j sum up the entire argument, is as follows: "The principle, under our political system, is that every distinct political community, loyal to the Constitution and the Union, is entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of self-government in respect to their local concerns and in j tcrual polity, subject only to the Constitution of the United States." Tub Soi tii Carolina State Fair is to be held on the Nth, 9th, 10th and 11th of November. The annual address will be delivered by Hon. Jos. A. oodward of Winusboro. Our South Carolina friends ought to make bet ter arrangements to accommodate visitors than they had at the last Exhibition. Many persons had to sit up or walk the streets of Columbia all night for the want of lodgings. -A prominent far mer in the eastern part of this State told us the other day that be attended the exhibition last year and had to sit up the whole night in the office of one of the Hotels. People who go to such places are gem rally able to pay for accommodations. The citizens of Columbia, no doubt, will do something to remedy the difficulty this time. While on this subjeet we might as well say, what many know from experience, that the accommoda tions at Raleigh, during the Fair of our own State, are not sufficient. The public don't expect or want the Baleigh people to entertain visitors at the annual Kxhibitious for nothing, but they have a right to expect a place to sleep and something to eat for money. If nothing better can be done, let luattrasses be spread in the Capitol the people's house.) and with a little bread and cheese no one will suffer for a few days at least. The Western N. C. Railroad The Salis bury Watchman, giving an account of the annual meeting of this Company, says: " We learn from the reports of the President, Treasurer, and Chief Engineer, the following items: Balance in the Treasury on the 1st July, 1858, as appears from lie port of Finance Com. then made, S 31,518 51 Amount received from individual Stockholders, the past year, 188,704. 84 Amount received from the State of North Carolina, 280,000 00 From other sources, as appears from Treasurer's Report, 12,152 94 Total amount of Receipts, 402,436 29 Amount disbursed from 1st July, 1858, to 1st July, 1859, for Iron, Construction, and all other expen ses attending the work, 453,102 26 Leaving in the Tre arj on the 1st July, 1859, $9,334 03 The survey of the second division, or section, of the Road has been completed; and by the amend ment to the Charter passed by the last Legislature, (and accepted by this meeting ofthe Stockholders,) this division may be extended to the Western por tal of tho Swnnnario.i tunnel. t&- Our sprightly cotemporary, the Washing- The track-laving is temporarily suspended at ton Dispatch, (neutral paper,) is inclined to object the Catawba river, awaiting the completion of the to what it terms our " definition " of an indepen- : bridge dent democrat. The Dispatch says: The. cross-tics arc laid to Hale's store The i Road, it is believed, will be completed to Newton j -Now, we had all along supposed that an independent hy tne 10th of November, to Hale's during the politician, was one who took the libertv of bcinj,' tne , , t . t exponent of bio own principles, whether democratic or present year, and to xMorganton by the 1st Janu otherwise. A democrat or whig who allows other men , ary, 18bl. j to expound or interpret the principles of his party for j The nett earnings ofthe road for the time it has him and who by consequence votes as they may direct, been in operation, amount to 6,285 07 subject cannot in our weak judgment be very independent, j q mQ)e reduction by the settlement of accouuts j however stronff a parti man he may be. ' , i b r not vet presented. We agree with the Dispatch exactly, that to be j The litigation touching the Burke county sub independent one must think and act for himself ;! scription, terminated favorably for the Company, but this thinking and acting does not render it ! Salary of officers--President, $52,000 ; Secretary . . ,. h , ... and Treasurer, 61,200; Chief Engineer, 3,000; necessary that he should refuse to co-operate with jirectorg) mileage. his party and give a hearty support to its nominees, The rohin stock of the road consists of four while he professes to entertain precisely the same , locomotives, and 42 cars of all classes. principles that the said nominee does. Some men Appreciation of Land. In alluding to the great advance in the price of land in the Eastern The first bale of New Cotton was sold in Winns boro on the 24th ult., at 11 70. Eight bales were sold in Selma, Ala., on the 22d at 12 cents. The first bale was sold in Columbia on the 2d in t. at 12 cents. claim to be independent politicians and refuse to support the candidates designated by their party in a proper manner, not because they disagree on and Western portions of North Carolina, the Ral primcipks, but because they did not get their j eigh Standard remarks that it Is " more than pro favorites nominated. About such conduct as that j table that the lands in this State have doubled in there is no independence at all it is nothing more value since 1848. This great increase in price, nor less than factiousness. and the prosperity which pervades all departments Wc allow no man to form our opinions we of business in the State, especially that of farming, have always thought and acted for ourselves, and arc largely due to internal improvements. The have always published a true independent demo- j high price of cotton for several years past, has had, cratic paper; but while we take the liberty of being of course, no small tendency to promote the gen the exponent of our own principles, we have no eral prosperity referred to; but it must be recollected objection to having those principles expounded that every thing else has advanced in proportion by others who are caudidates for the suffrages of the advance in cotton, and that, without Railroads, the people good and true men and think that our farmers and business men would not be able to it is necessary such men should be designated by j roach the markets of the world with tbeir produce, the party in an oraniicd capacity; and by such ! The progress which the State is making in wealth, j .l ! in population, and in general intelligence the persons we arc willing iu suuu ut;iiic-i hki nit i, , ii juir I & .,tMr thn rr..nH nt fmmnnn sc inns and RfitinrtM nt The Virginia State Opposition Convention sto be held iu Richmond on the 14th of Decem ber. AGRICULTURAL. The Executive Committee of the Mecklenburg Arri rulturaJ Society will please meet at the Rock Island "thee, on Saturday next at 10 o'clock. all kinds should gladden the heart of every feg" The Wadesboro' Argus is somewhat exercised because we exposed its unfair attempt to make the im pression that Mr Craige received an annual salary, as a member of Congress, which averaged $40 per day. It replies at length to show how the bill to increase the pay of members originated, 4c. We said nothing about how the bill originated or who introduced it we mere ly objected to tbe misrepresentation of the Argus that the per diem was forty dollars, and we stated that the democratic members from this State voted against the increased pay, while the Opposition mem bers from North Carolina refused or neglected to vote. On referring to the yeas and nays, we find that we should have qualified the latter part of the above sen tence by stating that Mr Pnryear, whig, also voted against it. But while the record shows that all the democratic members, together with Mr Puryear, from this State, voted against the bill, it also shows that R. T. Paine and Edwin G. Reade, whigs, refused to vote for or against it, or found it convenient to be absent when the vote was taken. The Argus, in order to relieve itself from the dilemma in rvhich we placed it, says: " It is not the pay of any single member of Congress to which we object. It is not the pay of members, as appears upon the face of the bill giving to them $3,000 each session, to which we object, so much as to the innumerable extras, in addition to this sum, which make the pay of each so much more than $3,000 per session." Now let us see if the above will compare with what the Argus said before the election. We quote from that paper of July 28th, as follows- " Voters, Burton Craige, some three years ago, re ceived eight dollars a day for representing (misrepre senting would be a better word) you iu Congress ! Was he satisfied? He now gets FORTY dollars a dmy ! ! " Does not this show that the Argus tried to produce the impression that Craige"s regular pay was-$40 per day? and does it not set forth, in the strongest light, objection to the pay instead of the extras? It said nothing about the "extras" before the election. It sim ply said that three years ago he "received eight dollars a day,'' and " now he gets forty dollars a day." This proves conclusively that the Argus wanted to make its readers believe that the pay was raised from eight dol lars to forty dollars. It was to this unfairness that we objected. When the pay was $8 a day, the "extras" were a little more than at present, for by the new com pensation bill members are not allowed any books ex cept those ordered to be printed by the public printer. So that, if the Argus only objects to the "extras,"' as it says iu the first extract we make above, it ought to favor the new mode of compensation in preference to the old, and not attempt to prejudice the people against Mr Craige for the passage of a bill against which he voted. And if it is opposed to the "extras" why did it not oppose the re-election of Gilmer and Vance for receiving said "extras " ? The black republicans and southern know-nothings (constituting the opposition) had the ascendancy in the House when the bill to increase the pay was passed, and the Argus had better hurl some of its anathemas against them for not voting it down, instead of mis representing those who did vote against the bill. The Argus may spin out its articles in reply, and squirm and twist as much as it jdeases, but it cannot excuse itself for endeavoring to make au unfair and wrong impression. Foreign Jeic. Xbw Tors, Sept. 2. The steamship Africa arrived here yesterday with dates fron Liverpool to the 20tb. Her news is unimportant. It is rumored that Generals Canrobert and Xeill had fought a dnel, and that the latter was killed. Nothing from the Peace Conference. Thi Cexscs or 1860. We presume the Marshal, Wesley Jones, Esq., will make his appointments of dep uty Marshals or census-takers, in January or February next, the time at which the appointments have hereto fore been made. It will not be necessary to appoint them at an earlier period, as the work will not be com menced until the 1st of June. The work is a highly important one. The Marshal, we may be sure, will exercise his bet judgment in making the appoint ments. Ral. Standard. A IIusban'p ifoa One Wanted. We find the following notice in the Oxford (Miss.) Mercury: A j-oung widow of prepossessing personal appear ance, and with a fair share of worldly goods, wishes us to state that she desires to form a matrimonial connection with a handsome, intelligent and re fined young gentleman not over thirty years. Ap plications will be received by addressing "Sallie Annie," through the Postoffice, until the loth of September. The lady has blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, and is rather below tb medium height, and is just twenty-five. The gentleman is expected to be good tempered. The number of Hogs in Kentucky were assessed last year at 1,310,000. The product of Tobacco has increased 7,500 hogsheads. Tn this count', on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. J. B. Watt, Mr Abdon Alexander to Miss Martha J. Sloan, daughter of Robt. Sloan, Esq. We return our acknowledgements to the happy pair for their kind remembrance of us, and wish them a long life of happiness and prosperity. In York District, S; G., on the 29th August, by Joseph White, Esq., Mr Henry Cruse of Charlotte, N. C, to Miss Nancy Ann Burns. In Orange county, on the 23th ult, Mr Wain Garrott to Miss Martha J. Bishop. In Alamance county, on the 14th ult, Mr John W. Duke to Miss Gula Newlin. In York District, on the 18th ult, Mr A. N. McNinch of Chester, to Miss Amanda H. Lawrence. At Millers Hotel in Winston, on the 28th ult., Mr B. Carmichael, aged 05, to Miss Minerva Boles, aged 20. " The Western Democrat propounds to us certain very silly questions, which wc are almost afraid to answer, for fear we shall be deemed as silly as the pro pounder. Wadesboro Aryus. In the same paper from which we clip the above, we find the following: "Mr Puryear, Opposition, voted against tlie bill, while Mr Paine, Democrat, and Mr Gilmer, Opposition, were absent." Now, any paper in North Carolina that is " silly " enough to put Paine down as a democrat, is "silly" enough to do almost anything else, and to deviate from the rules of courtesy which govern discussions among gentlemen. While the Argus is lecturing ou news paper propriety, it would be more consistent if it would practice what it preaches. The Argus is also "silly" enough not to know that Mr Gilmer .was not a member of Congress at the time of which it speaks!' Indeed, the Argus ought not again to talk about any one el.'e being "silly." If the Argus did not want to be deemed "silly" it should not have attempted to answer our questions, and utterly fail to do so. In reply to a query as to how much of the "big pay" Leach would refuse to take the Argus responds in this "silly" style: "As much again as half. Now, aftor you have found out the half, all jou have to do is to multiply by two, and you will have the answer." If anything is more "silly" than the above answer we do not know what it is, unless it was the "silly" manner in which the Argus ranted and blowed before the election. We have not a copy of the last Argus or we probably might point out a few more "silly" things. Our little Anson county cotemporary might as well keep cool. It can't hurt anything. But it would be well for it to try and be less "silly" and stick a little closer to truth. Thk Cholera U Europe. The cholera is said to be "i tking destructive progress in Hamburg. The London Medical Times slates that from the 25th to the 31st of July there were 424 ca;es in that city of which 332 a ere fatal. our personal favorites or not. Independence does not consist in refusing to support the nominees of1 Xortb Carolinian." a party in refusing to co-operate with a party in , , , ." , . 7 , , , , . . , .r . I A negro boy about 13 years of age, belonging a pian nest calculated to secure ir.umpn ny unuea j Mf p. of Moore C0Ulltyt huDg himself j action by running counter to a party because : accidentiallv last week. The boy and some of this man or that man was not nominated such a j Jr Black's children were at play in a barn. The coarse as that docs not show independence ; it in- ! boy taking hold of a rope fastened to a joist told j ,. 1C , . , m . the children that he would show them how persons I . dicates selfishness. After a man has first deter- , UH- llu,c" m t , , . . . . . . . . . . . were hung. He placed the rope round his neck, mined what principle is entitled to his approbation, , from a coods box swung off. The ! . . ... .... . ..... . j 1 o . . ne snouid te willing to sustain me true expounaer (interpreter, if you please,) of tbat principle in j other words, go for principles, not men. children alarmed ran off to the house and informed the family, some of whom went to the place and j found the boy dead. FayetleviUe Observer. The Electrical Light. The light seen in the heavens on Thursday night, called the Aurora Borealis, was very vivid, and was an exhibition seldom witnessed in this latitude. A learned writer, speaking of this phenomenon, says: The Aurora Borealis is a luminous phenomenon, which appears in the heavens, and is seen in high 1 i t i t tides in both hemispheres. The term Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, has been applied to it be cause the opportunities of witnessing it are, from the geographical character of the globe, much more fre quent in the northern than in the southern hemisphere. Tbe term Aurora Polaris would be a more proper de signation. This phenomenon consists of luminous rays of various colors, issuing from every direction, but converging to the same point, which appear after sunset, generally toward the north, occasionally toward the west, and sometimes, but rarely, toward the south. It frequently appears near the horizon, as a vague and diffuse light, something like the faint streaks which harbinger the rising sun and form the dawn. Hence the phe nomena has derived its name, the Northern Morning. Sometimes, however, it is represented under the form of a sombre cloud, from which luminous jets issue, which are often variously colored, and illuminate the entire atmosphere. An exhibition so striking as the aurora could not fail at an early period to attract the attention of scientific inquirers, and to give rise to various theories. Some suppose it to be the refractiou of the solar rays; others ascribed it to be the effects of the magnetic fluid. Euler identified it with the tails of comets. Mairan supposed it to proceed from the intermixture of the far extending atmosphere of the sun with that of the earth. When, however, the luminous effects of the artificial electricity were shown when the electric light trans mitted through the rarefied air was exhibited and when the identity of lightning with electricity was established, these various hypotheses were by common consent abandoned; and the explanation proposed by Eberhart, of Halle, and Paul Frisi, of Pisa, which ascribed the phenomenon to electricity transmitted throngs regions in which the atmosphere is in a highly rarefied state, was adopted. Any doubt which might have hung round this explanation was dispelled when the relations between magnetism and electricity were demonstrated; and although tbe complete explanation ofthe deta.ls ofthe aurora has not been accomplished, the electricity and magnetism of the earth and its at mosphere must now be regarded as its source. Dr. Hawks. We regret to state that Dr. Hawks has declined the Professorship of History, recently tender ed him by the Trustees of the University of North Caro lina. Ral. Standard. In this county, on the 30th of July, Miss Elizabeth J., daughter of Richard and Jane Peoples. Iu Union county, on the 28th ulU, John Whiting, second son of Dr. Thos. W. and Mary A. Redwiue, aged 8 years and 22 days. The Greensboro Patriot will please copy. Iu Lincoluton, on the 28th ult., Haywood W., infant son of Dr. John A. and Susan S. Guion of Newbern, aged about 16 months. At Kittrell's Springs, in Wake county, on the 27th ult, Elizabeth Caroline, daughter of Col. C C. and E. F. Tew of Uillsboro, aged 2 years and t mouths. OBITUARY. Died, in Mecklenburg county, on the 3d of August, Mrs. Isabella IL, wife of Rev. John Hunter,and daugh ter of Richard and Jane Peoples, in the 39th year of her age. The person whose death is here announced deserves a more extended record. Her sufferings were tedious but not marked with severity.. Anxious to visit her friends at Due West, she attended the meeting of Synod at that place in October last with her husband, sister and daughter. Both on the way and at Synod, she was afflicted with chills and cough which excited the fears of many of her friends. On her return home her health varied from better to worse until a few months made it evident that Bronchitis had taken fast hold on her system. Aware that she could not live long, she asked her Physician to tell her candidly what he thought of her case. She heard the unwelcome statement with as much composure as if it had been a jrnere medical prescription She spoke of her departure with such calm deliberate faith and confidence in the promises of God, that her victory over the fears of death, was remarked by all w?ho visited her. While her body was gradually giving way, she spoke of additional strength from God to sustain her soul. She lay at her fathers house, in a room adjoining one in which her only sister lay with a disease very like her own, but more rapid in its progress. These two sisters, whose hearts were knit together and who were never known to disagree, were destined to enter on their Heavenly inheritance nearly at the same time. Three days before Mrs. H. departed, her sister died, triumph antly exclaiming, "I know that my Redeemer livcth." Her sister's death inspired her with a desire to depart, that she might meet her again in the Celestial city. On the very verge of the grave, she desired to see her sister's corpse, saying, "I have not strength to sustain me, but God will give me strength." She looked on it for a few moments with intense reflection, and when taken away, she remarked in a whisper, for she could speak no louder, "my sister is in heaven and the Christian religion is all that the Bible represents it to be " Three more days of toil and suffering and her redeemed spirit, as wc confidently believe, entered on its promised rest. The sorrowing of a husband and the pitiful cries of four motherless children made all faces foul with weeping. The manner in which she discharged the duties of a minister's wife, will be remembered with pleasure in those churches where her husband officiated as Pastor. With what Christian courtesy and kind regard she addressed all, winning to herself friends wherever she went, will be remembered by many in her own, as well as adjoining States. The transient visitor as well as the suffering poor, can testify to the unveiled generosity of her heart. She was faithful in all relations, social, domestic, and religious. The House of God was her delight and secret prayer her strong refuge. Faithfully did she adhere to the principles of the church of her fathers. When the church was vexed she was vexed, but when it prospered her soul rejoiced. As a lilly plucked by the hand of the Saviour from the garden of the Lord, so she passed away to be here no more. "The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty." Loved one, thy work on earth is done, Well done; for He whom thou didst trust, Has come; and to his own dear bosom Transferred thy true and faithful Spirit. House for Sale. THAT comfortable and convenient Brick Dwelling House, nearly opposite the Episcopal Church, is offered for sale. The house has five rooms and a base ment, and is located convenient to business. It will be exchanged, if desired, for other property. Apply to WM. TRELOAR. Sept. 6, 1859. 2t NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the undersigned as ad ministrator of Joseph Patterson, deceased, are notified that their Notes are due. The money is wanted. I am called upon daily for money, and in many cases sued. I wish to save cost, and do not wish to put others to cost, but request all to lift their Notes without delay. A hint to the wise is sufficient. WM. PATTERSON, Adm'r. Sept. 6, 1859 V7-6t Southern Plows, Corn Shelters, Ac. Jt f. .?. f YHER if CO,, NO. 54 YESEY STREET, NEW-YORK CITY. A. F. M. k Co. would respectfully inform Southern Merchants and Dealers in Agricultural Implements, that they arc still manufacturing all kinds of both Steel and Iron Southern Plows, Plow Castings, Corn Shellers, Grain Cradles, Hay and Stalk Cutters, Fan Mills, Store Trucks, Garden and Canal Barrows, Gin Gear Segment Castings, ice, &c, expressly for the Southern Trade. Also, on hand, all kinds of Agricul tural and Horticultural Implements, Machinery, Seeds, Fertilizers, &c, fee, which they will sell at Lower Prices than any other house in the United States. They have a descriptive Wholesale Price Catalogue, which they will furnish on application by mail or otherwise. All Goods warranted to be as represented. A. F. MAYHER k CO., No. 54 Yesey St., N. Y. Successors to John Mayher fc Co. (Who established the basineEa in 1820.) Send for a Price List. Sept. 6, 1859 3m-pd For the Weitern Democrat. Mb Editor: The Town Commissioners might prevent many neighborhood feuds, by passing a salient hog law. The depredations ef hogs pro duce more bad feeling between neighbors than any other one cause which operates within the limits of the Corporation. There is scarcely a lawful fence in the town, and, indeed, it is almost impossible to keep fences in lawful order. Hogs soon learn to break through fences; children tear them down, and negroes leave gates open at night and in the day-time. Our Commissioners can do more by passing an Ordinance making it highly penal to suffer hogs to run at large in the streets, to promote the harmony of neighbors, and the happiness of the middle and poorer classes of our prosperous town, than anything else they could do within the range of their municipal functions. A Citizen. The farm of the late Capt. Thos. Foster. consisting of about GOO acres, 2i miles from this place, was sold last Thursday by the Executors for 817,000. Mr J. C. Davidson became the pur chaser. Asheville News. CHARLOTTE MARKET. September G, 1859. Corrected weekly by 11. H. Williantg dr Co. Dacok Cofkkk Hams, pei lb, 14 15 I1 Rio, Sides, UlafclSf Laguirn, Hog round, 114 m It I. Jamaica, Lard, 13 () 14 Java Floco ScuAns Extra bft bbla 4 (5 5 5 00; New Orleans, do. in bags 2 25 & 2 3"i Superfine " 1 12 2 25; Finu " 1 T5 2 00 j Graik 1 Wheat, white, 00 1 00 " red, 85 02 Corn, 70 721 Rye, 90 ct) 00 Pens, 70 (a), 75 Beans, whfte, 0 00 (p) 00 Oats, 40 00 Meal 75 00 Cottok Fair to good, 10 j 11 Middling 10 10 Ordinary 8J a 9 Hihks Dry, 12 13 Green, 5 (S 6 Domestic Goods 4-4 sheeting, 9 10 h'ry Osnab'gs 11 AM CorruRAS Cloth, 15 lGjj I insej', 25 30 Cotton Yarn 12 a i4 14 (. 15 12 ($ 15 18 20 9 11 9 ( 10 Porto Rico. C.coflee sugar 11 (V 12 J crushed, 124 fed 14 i granulated, 12J (n) 14 ground, 12j 14 MOLASSKB New Orlenna 55 60 Sugar House, 60 (a) 00 West India, 33 40 Hctter, 15 Qi 00 Bkkswax, 25 30 ClIK'KKSS, 10 (it 12 Eggs, 10 (. 00 Bekk j tin the hoof, 3 p, 0 By retail, 5 1 Salt, per sack, 1 50 1 75 Potatoes, Irish, bush. 50 (7f 60 Sweet, 00 00 (Candlks Adamantine, 25 30 Sperm, 40 (a) 00 Tallow, 20 a 25 Mackerel No. 5 to 10, 1 00 0 00 ,No. 1 & 2, J febl$llj a $12 Bagging Gunny, Bale Rope, Iron Common, Rolled, 17 (m 18 10 12 4 (SV 5 a 5 I in Kits, $3 50 Spirits Rye Whiskev, 75 a 0 00 N. C. " 55 a 60 Apple Brandy, 60 a 85 Peach " 1 00 a 1 60 Note. Grain is sold ky weight Corn 56 lbs. per bushel, Wheat CO lbs., Rye 60 lbs., Oats 33 lbs., and Peas 60 lbs. REMARKS. Trade was not very brisk last week. Corn was offer ed freely and sold at 70 to 72$ cents per bushel. We make no change in Flour quotations. Good white Wheat ranged at abttut 90 to $1, a fine article bring ing the latter figure; but not much in market. Only 12 bales of Cotton were sold during the week they brought 11 cents, but the foreign news has caused a slight decline since. Seventeen head of beef Cattle were sold week before last at 1 cents, gross; Mr. Stout, town Butcher, being the purchaser. YORKYILLE, Aug. 31 Six bales of old Cotton have been sold during the week at an average of $10 15. Wc notice no material change in corn; we continue to quote prices at 85 to 90 cents per bushel. Bacon is in demand. We quote a further decline in Flour ; the sales made within the last few days were at $2 25 to 2 37. Enquirer. Columbia Cotton receipts from September 1, 1858, to September 1, 1859: Number of bales received, 44,091 Number of bales sold 42,459 Amount in store on planters' account, 1,632 New York, Sept. 2. Cottons The Steamer's newg unsettled the market, and prices declined cent. Mid dling Uplands 1 1 to 1 1 1 cents. Corn firm and mar ket generally unchanged. School Notice. THE Third Session of Sharon Academy will be opened on the FIRST MONDAY in SEPTEMBER. Terms per Session of Five Months : English Branches $ 7 50 Latin, Greek, Geometry, Surveying, Ac, 12 50 Good board can be obtained in the neighborhood of the Academy at $7 per month. H. K. RE ID. Aug. 30, 1859. tf Tlie Annual .Heeling of Stockholders of the Western Plank Road will be held at the House of Richard A. Rozzell, on Wednesday the 21st day of SEPTEMBER. C. C. HENDERSON, President W. P. R. Company. Aug. 30, 1859. 76.3t HATS! HATS!! Come to the Clothing Emporium, and buy you a nice fashionable Hat or Cap. We are receiving a large stock of the above goods at exceedingly low prices. FULLINGS, SPRINGS A CO. August 30, 1859 tf REMOVAL. WE inform our friends tbat wc have removed to the old stand of Springs & McLeod, corner of College and Trede street, and are now receiving a large stock of FJtJliY GMlOCERtES, which will bo sold low FOR CASH at retail or wholesale. L. FEASTER, E. A. McLEOD. CharlotU, N. C, Aug. 30, 1859 3m NOTICE IS hereby given that the Books of Subscription to the Capital Stock ofthe BANK OF NORTH CAR OLINA will be compared at the Officeof the Public Treasurer on the loth of September next, by which day all Commissioners are required to make return of their books. A payment of two instalments of 25 per cent, each, with 90 days interest on the first instalment will be required to be made to us on the 18th of Octo ber, in specie, on all stock obtained under subscrip tions made since the books were lust opened. Cer tificates of special deposits of specie in any of the Banks in this State, or their Branches; in the Banks of the Republic, Continental and Merchants' Bank, New York; Farmers t Mechanics' Bank, Philadelphia ; Merchants' Bank of Baltimore, and the Banks at Richmond, Peters burg, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.. will be received as specie. JOHN W. ELLIS, C. H. BROGDEN, D. W. COURTS. Aug. 30, 1859. 76-3t RANKIN & MARTIN Cout mission Ultrtjjants, Wilmington, N..C. ROBT. C. RANK! If. Aug. 30, 1859. ly-pd ALFRED MARTIN.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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