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ill est en DFFICE ) o THE SIDE OF TRADE STREET V, i 7, Ml CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. IN ADVANCE.- V EST CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1859. EIGHTH VOLUMENUMBER 379. Editob and Proprietor. THE i-f i rvnvix 1 lit 'aJ.UA y Ua! - Published every Tuesday, j J. i'ATES, Editor and Proprietor. Edwin A. V atks, Associate Editor. If pan in advance S2 80 If jKtii within .: month - ' "i paid after the expiration of the y nr, ' 0 i.. Any person sending 114 live tw Mtbacrihaw, 1 4uiMUiied by ibc advance subscription (inj will receive a -ixth ropy oralis 1 r 011c year. L?j)'" Sub-cribcrs and others who may wish t Bead . In H3, "uii 'lo BO by mail, at our li-k. - "Transient advertisements nasi be paid for in 1 . :IUCC. I .-;" Ad re rti-eiiH tits not marked on the ma mtscri pt . .... ii will be imserted until forbid, ami , 1 according I r. J. M MILLER, M. 1)., riiHoner of Meiieiie aid Surgery, , .: 1 Hit. Office opposite Kerr's Hotel. i). 15. It HA, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. '., M iive prompl attention to all business entmsted to bis Professional care. (O'rici orrosm Keaa'a Hotel. M , li 1 I 1 859 v A. C. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, taken an office jointly with J. A. Fox. Esq, np-stairs iifM I r to the Court House, where be will be coa anily present to attend lo all calls on professional hu iness made for him. t il' or tor Mr Fox when he is Jaunarv J. I85f. tf J. A. FOX, Attorney xt Law, (Mice ntxi that to the Court Ifense, lj-Stiirs A. V. WILLIAMSON. Rao., who i- a joint oecapanl nftlie office, and who will be uniformly present, will " ul in pr ifessional business for me in my absence. December 31, 1858 tf KOBE 11 T GIBBON, M. D.. PRACTITIONER OF MEDICINE AND Office A. - ru in's writer, CHARLOTTE, N. C December 1 I, 1858. -IAS. T. DAVIS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C., Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the adjoining counties. 4,-4" The collection of claims promptly attend ad to. March 1 I, 1853 y T H. B REM & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HEALERS is 53rilih. Frenrli anil American Dry Gooas, Carpets, Hardware, Hats and Shoes, Charlotte, X. V. THOMAS II. BR EM, J. A. SADLER, Jr. Xor 9, 1858. T. LAFAYETTE ALEXANDER. II. W. Kl IT, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, COM 'OKI), N. C Watches. Clocks and Jewelry repaired and warranted. September I I. ls;8 y BELTS ! BELTS ! l-"or Wheat Threshers, Fans, cotton :ius. Saw Mills, and machinery of every description; the beat Belting Hon in use ami far superior toleatheriu many respects. It will fit stretch, ur ifri'ir mi "in- title ns leather. THE SI N WILL NT AFFBCT IT. Rain ot n ater cannot injure it: it requires no oil: The rats w ill not ml it : jour negroes will i;t steal it for strings or ahoe sole-: yon ran get any length yon wish all in one piece without joints, and with good care it will last any tanner for twenty years. Orders accompanied with the rash will receive romp! attention, ami the freight paid tt any poiul on the .' iiiroad or stae line. CASH PRICES: 3 irtdi 121 eents er foot. : 15" " M 17 M li .J (. M ." " "J 7 ::z ' i;o 12 It 4 ply. I;r seamless Helta manufactured to order at snort no) ii-e. Condueting Hose of all sizes, for water or steam pressures, ordered direct from the Manufacturers. Also, I'ackina of all description, at 55 Cents ei ponnd. J. B. F. BfJOXE, .Tune 7. 1S5. Charlotte, N. C. CERTIFICATES T .!. hereby eertr"y that I have three Cum P.clts. whieh I got of Mr J It F Boone, in use in my unchinery in my Tan Yard, and have been in use for the last eight or ten months; ami as far a- I have tried thetn. I like them better than the leather belts. Yours respectfully, C. C. HENDERSON, June 'i. 1859 Lincolnton, X. C. This is to certify that we have been eaiug the "Rab ber Belting," sold hj M J It F Boon, and lind it has proved all that he represents it to he. and have no hesi tation in recommending its use to the nhlic. YOUNG & WRISTOH, Proprietors of the Rock Island Wool Mills. July 1. 189. 1 hereby certify, that the India Ruhber Belting bonghl hj me of j B F Boone, has been used in my cotton Fae t tv from 13 to l!S mouths, and has given entire satis foctiontSi July 13, 150 T. R. TATE. Magic Oil Magic. A Fresh Fuppb just received and for sale by E. XYE HUTCHISON i CO. June 28, is::. WHEAT ! The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers will find it to their advantage to call at Ihe CHAR LOTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. JNO. WILKES. Julv 20. 1858 tf Notice. F. SCAUR having purchased the entire interest in the firm of F. SCARR & CO., the Business will here after lie continued by himself personally. fF? All Notes and Accounts due the late firm of F. Scarr & Co., to January 1st, 18")!'. must he paid in to F. SCARR by July 1st, or they will be placed in the hand of an Attorney for immediate collection. May 1 7. 1859. tf The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur ance Company, C CONTINUES to take risks against loss by fire, on y Houses, Goods, Produce, Ac. at usual rates. President A. C. STEELE, IV, President (L OVERMAN, Attorney IOS. H. WILSON, Secy $ Tea r E. NYE HUTCHISON. DIRECTORS: A. C. STEELE, S. T. WRISTON, J.o. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON, M. IS. TAYLOR, F. SCAUR, ('HAS. OVERMAN. Eti-cii'irt Coiitiiitttte S. T. Wriston, F. Scarr, Jno. L. Brown. April Jo. 1859. TAXES. The Tax Lists for the vear 1858 are now in my ! hands for inspection. Those liable to pay Taxes will please come forward and settle. E. C. GRIER. Sheriff. April 12, 1859. 1 'i BY J. It. EmRKIS, Proprietor. 1 VERY ACCOMMODATION afforded the a patrons of the Charlotte Hotel. At this Hotel is kept the line of Daily Stages from Charlotte to Asheville. Oct. 1. 1858. J- T. KERR. iVOKTII UAKOI.IW MILITARY INSTITUTE, Charlotte, N. C. T HE Exercises of this Institute will commence ei: the ls October next. FACULTY ELECT: Mvj. D. U. HILL. Superintendent. LlKLT. C. C. LEE, Commandant, C. P. ESTILL, A. M.. Principal of Primary Depart ment. Cmirs'' nf Stmlirs ; In the Primary department, such as to qualify a Student to enter any College. In the Scientific Department the West Point Cur riculum will he closely followed. It w ill he the aim of the Professors to make Surveyors, Engineers, Chemists, ami men lit for the practical business of life. In addition to the usual Exereitt at Military Schools, the months of August and September will he spent in Campaigning through the mountains of North Carolina. Tne Actulemic Year will commence on the 1st day of October, and will embrace twelve months. A furlough of two months (Aug. and Sept.) will be given to Cadets at the end of their second year. Particular attention will he given to the moral and religiotU UutmetioH of Cadets. EXPENSES: The Institute will provide Hoard. Fuel, Lights, Wash ing, Arm.-. Equipments and Uuiforms,- and all elotn in.; except underclothes for $300 PER ANNUM, one-half payable in advance: the balance in six months. Y" extra charge. N remission of charges to those who leave unless on the score of health. TEH MS OF ADMISSION: No one w ill be admitted into the PaiMAUT Dkpaut siext under Twelve ycare of age; nor into the Scien tific Dkcaict.mknt under Fifteen nor over Twenty-one vcars of age. All connected w ith the Scientific De partment will be required to board in the Institute: those in the Primary Department may do so if they choose. REMARKS: The Institute Buildings are the largest, most elegant and commodious for the accommodation of Cadets in the Southern country: and the Board of Directors trust that under the management of the Superintendent and Commandant, (both whom are Graduates of West Point and of long experience in the Army, and in the business of instruction,) the Institute will be established on a true Military basis and conducted on true Military principles. The board will further say, that Mr ESTILL is a Graduate of the Virginia University and an ex perienced Classical teacher. They would further state that it is their intention to increase the number of teachers in both Departments as the patronage of the public may require. This Institute was granted n liberal Charter by the Legislature of North Carolina, with the power of con ferring Degrees upon those who complete the pre scribed Course of Studies. Jfr-ir Applications for admission will be received until the 1-t of September, and must be directed to li C. J. Fox, President of the Hoard, Charlotte, X. C. For further particulars see Circular. j. .1. rv.. JAS. P. IRWIN. H. LaF. ALEXANDER, .1 AS. 11. CARSON, TIKIS. II. RRKM, W. A. OWENS, Com. of Charlotte, J. P.. KKRR, lutendant tnril 15. 1850. 6m of Charlotte. I 1 . UNITED STATES MAIL LINE From Charlotte to D.I l-V. Asheville, The subscriber would call the attention of the Trav eling piddic to the above line of DAILY STACKS, con necting at Charlotte with the Daily Trains on the Charlotte and S. C. and North Carolina Railroads. To persons going Kast this is the cheapest as well as the most direct route; and pasg.es through ono of the most romantic and beautiful regions of Western North Carolina. Banning in full view of the celebrated HICKORY NUT FALLS in daylight, the traveler has an opportunity of viewing that magnificent and wonderful work of nature. A tine view is also obtained of the loftiest peaks of the w orld renowned BLACK MOUNTAIN. Many other noted localities cannot fail to interest the traveler. Nev and splendid Coaches, fine Stock and the very best Drivers, w ill insure the comfort, safety and speed of passengers. (Uliee at Charlotte: KKRR'S HOTEL. sheville: GUDCKR S HOTEL. J. F. SULLIVAN, Julv 12. 1839. 6m. Contractor. jETSA fire irsdrascb cowaxy. CASH ASSETTS, 5? 1,730,000. E. NYE HUTCHISON, Agent. WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? Thy neighbor? It is he whom thou Hast power to aid and bless; Whose aching heart and burning bro w Thy soothing hand may press. Thy neighbor? 'Tis the fainting poor Whose eye with want is pint; Whom hunger sends from door to door! Go thou, and succor him. Thy neighbor ? 'Tis that weary man Whose years are in their brinie; Bent low with sickness, cares and pain! do thou, and comfort him. Thy neighbor? Tis the heart bereft If every earthly gem Widows and orphans, helpless left; Go thou, and shelter them. Whene'er thou meet'st a human form Loss favored than thine own, Remember 'tis thy brother worm Thy brother, or thy son. O .ass not, pass not heedless by! Perhaps thou canst redeem One breaking heart from misery; Go, share thy lot with him. HATS ! HATS!! Come to the Clothing tnporium, and buy you a nice fashionable lint or Cap. We are receiving: a large stock of the above goods at exceedingly low priees. FILLINGS, SPRIXGS & August .10. lSaf tf CO. IIHIBICAL BOKS,(kc. A select Medical Library (second hand) for side, cheap, at the Din--Store ofE. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Also, two eases Surgical Instruments. Apply soon. August 'J. 1859 tf To Farmers and Country Merchants J. Y. BKVCT fc CO., ARE now offering to the public the largest and best as sortment ot GROCERIES ever brought to this market, consisting of COFFEE, SUGAR, MOLASSES, SALT, &c. The best kind ofBaggiag, Rope and Twine. Also, 15,000 pounds good country -cured Hacon, 10,000 ' Tennessee sides, 2,000 " " Tennessee Lard, All of which will be sold low for cash or country Pro duce. Call ami examine our stock, as we don't charge tor looking. Charlotte, August 23, lttT.O. F. SCARR (Latr Scurr $ Co.) Chemist & Drnig-gist Charlotte, Y. CJ., RESPECTFULLY invites attention to his complete stuck of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and MEDI CINES, selected w ith great care and without regard to price: purity and quality being especially regarded. To Physicians. New Chemicals a nd Drugs just received. Hypophos phites of Soda ami Potass, Tilden's Fluid Exttaets, Churchill's Syrup of the Hypophosphites, Amnion Ferric Alum, Pcrchlorate of Iron (solid.) kc. Country Merchants Will find at this establismeut a full assortment of articles in the Drug line at Charleston Prices. Rabbit's Pure Potash, in tins. Concentrated Lye, Soap Potash, in barrels. Vinegar, Nutmegs, Allspice, Cloves. Mace. .Ginger, Pepper, -o Cinnamon, X L Linseed Sperm Lard Oil, Train Oil. Tanners' " Sweet " A full supply of Paints, White Lead, Red Lead, Paris Green, Chrome Green, Chrome Yellow, Prussian Rlue, Raw and Burnt Umber, Terra de Sienna, Ac, t-"0 Elegant Preparations ior the Hair. Burnett's Cocoa Savage s Crsina, Ha.in's Ox Marrow. Are., At SCARR'S Drug Establishment. Mav 31, 1S.17 NEW i K Al l m r a Turnip Seed;! Turnip Seed! A large Mippl Red rr.p, Ruta Bag;, l SUIILTIUI 1 Hi ,-v,4 rial 10010, Large ' lobe. Just received from the North, at SCARR S DRUC STORE. July 10, Isr.O. Choice Salad Oil. Eagle Hrand. FRESH supply of this delicious and pure Oil just J, received and for sale at SCARR'S June 7, Family Drug Store. The Great Embaetador of Health to alt Mankind. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT. Dyspepsia. The great scourge of this continent yields quickly tu a com so of these antiseptic Pills, and the diges tive organs are r stored to their proper tone ; no matter in w hat hideous shape this hydra of disease exhibits itself, this searching and unerring remedy disperses it honi the patient's system. Ekysifxxas, Salt Rhecm, Bad Less, Old Sokes AND Ul.CERS. Cases of many years standing that have pertinaciously refused to yield to any other remedy or treatment, have succumb, d" to a few applications of this powerful umrueut. BlUors Disokokrs. This anti-bilious medicine ex pels the hidden seeds ot 'he complaint, and tenders all the fluids and secretions pure and fluent, cleansing and resus itatiuT the vital fundi rs of the body. clnekal Debility and Weakness. From whatever cause, lowneas of spirits, and other signs of a diseased liver, and other disorganization of the system, vanish un der the eradicating influence of this all powerful antiseptic and detergent remedy. Sold at the manufactories of Professor Hollow ay, pU Maiden Lane. New- York- and by all dealers in medicine throughout the I'. States aud the civilized world, in boxes t 25 cents. 63 cents, and $1 each. Directions for the enidance of patients are affixed to each box. rFor sale in Charlotte bv E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Apiii 1?, y W Q A SCOUNDREL ARRESTED. From the Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer. We received a few days since, a communication from a respectable gentleman, residing in the village of Barnesville, Pike county, Ga., giving the v a. ...j e :..,t .:.).., 1 particulars OI UlU auvuill Ul a uuwiuuun mun iuuai 1 . - - , , , . 1 t fT Vi , ,. 1 -n . . .1 ,,m c 1 concerning the wretches who undertook to accom into that peacelul village, bearing the name ot "... . , , rli t 1 i in 1 i7 4. iokia : phsh the villainy, ue condense the following John Daniel Graham. He cut up a considerable J 0 swell for a few days in that locality, "professing to ! The Mayor of Cincinnati placed the whole mat be immense! v rich." to Drove which he frequently i ter w detective Realty's hands. Reany proceed exhibited a large roll of bank bills, which afterwards proved to be bills of the old Macon Bank, long since "gone the way of all the earth," and totally worthless. He did the agreeable to many of the "green ones" about Barnesville, aud fleeced them by borrowing from them small sums of money, and getting creuit in some of the stores to the amount of $60. Whereupon he fled that place was pursued, and arrested in Meriwether county, carried back to Pike, tried aud committed, but in conveying him to jail, two miles of Zebulon, he made his escape. He next turns up at West Point, stops at the hotel kept by Mr Stephens, formerly of 31 arietta, reiterates the story of possessing immense wealth, kc, obtains tjuarters there for the night engages himself to be married to a widow in that place, after 2i hours acquaiutance, but about 15 minutes before the nuptials were to be consummated, news of his rascality reached West Point, when he was arrested and placed in the caleboose, where at the latest accounts from the Southern Citizen, he was lying to await the stern realities of the law. Rumor says his father i lives in Newton county, Ga., that he has a wife and children in North Carolina, was lately married again in Russell county, Ala., also in Tennessee; and in Maeon county, a warrant was lately issued ' against him for bigamy. In case he should escape : punishment in West Point, we give the following description of him, as furnished by our Parnesville ' correspondent : "He is very illiterate, and exceedingly fond of I negro company. About G feet high, weighs about one hundred and eighty pounds, walks a little ! pigeon-toed, and very awkwardly; invariably tells ! a lie when the truth is most convenient. He is j apparently about 45 years of age, red face, and quite i ordinary in general appearance." How such a scamp could win the affections of a ' widow, in twenty-four hours, we are at a loss to determine. Put we do hope that as he is now in j the clutches ot the law, that condign punishment for his crimes may be visited upon him. and that in the Georgia or Alabtima penitentiary he may be taught not only a good trade, but the wholesome lesson of letting the widows alone, until he has the lawful right to claim their hearts and their hands. Tall Cotton Picking. Some tall cotton picking has been done in Jefferson, Co., Miss. The Reveille says that two boys on the plantation of Mr Harrison, near Fayette the 10th iDSt., picked 1645 pounds in one day; one of them gathering 905 pounds, the other 740. This, for hill planta tions, in the month of August, or indeed any month is extraordinary work. The Reveille says it has never known cotton to open so rapidly as it has the present season. North Carolina. Several gentlemen of Cin ' cinnati have associated themselves with Professor I David Christy in his late extensive laud purchase i in Cherokee county, North Carolina. This com pany have at disposal 130,000 acres of the choicest ' lands in that rich mountain district. Cherokee I county, it will be remembered, is situated in the ! southwestern part of that region included between ! the Smoky Mountain and the Blue Ridge some times termed the "New England of the South." These lands were purchased because of their spe ! ciul adaptation to wool growing, fruit anil grapes. For these purposes, we are assured, there is no ! better country in the United States. Mr Chris ! tophcr Wardall and others, who have visited Cher i okee county the present season, agree with Prof. Christy in his representations of its fertilitr and ! perfect adaptation to these special uses. This re i gion was occupied by the Cherokee Indians until I 1S:JS, and these lands were not brought into mar ket by the Legislature until 1853. This fact will account for its tardy settlement. A report is in preparation, by Prof. Christy, which will present the real value and importance of this section of the country. Cinrin. Gazette. 'Union is not always strength,' as the sailor said w hen he saw the purser mixing his rum with water. DeMir.'i lle For resieh.ce mi IT T be.iulifullv 11 urn. SAL 1: located and desirable House & Lot on Trvon Street, adjoining Rev. A. Sinclair's Residence on the south, is offered for sale. If not sold privately, it will be ottered at Auction on MONDAY the 3d of October. flr Further information can be obtained on application to Aug. 30, 185. 7C-5t YVM.HARTY. PEA MEAL We keep at our Steam Flouring Mill in this place Pea .Meal for feeding cows and stock. Also, we have on hand at all times. Family, Extra, Superfine and coarse Flour. We warrant our family flour. Corn Meal and Crits can always be had at the mill. J. WILKES & CO. April 19. 1S59 Administrator's Sale. I WILL SELL on Monday the 3d of OCTOBER next, at the Court House door in the town of Char lotte, THIRTY UNIMPROVED LOTS in the southern part of the town, adjoining Maj. H. Morrow, H. B. Williams, and others; one Lot back of J. M. Springs' residence. Forty Acres of Land tw o miles from Char lotte, on the Lawyers' road, and one Negro Girl, prop- ertv of Patrick Harty, deceased. Also, st tee late residence ot the deceased. I will sell the Household and Kitchen furniture, sc., c, c. A Credit of Twelve months w ill be given, and interest from date reijuired. Aug. 16, 1853. T4-7t n. BPiEM, Adm'r, With the Will annexed. NOTICE. All persons indebted to the Estate of Patrick Harty, dee d, will make immediate payment; and those having claims against said estate will pesent them within the time prescribed bv law, or this notice will be pleaded ' . . rr t t nnrif in bar ol their recovery. i. n- do.e,m, Aug. 16, 1659. 74-Tt Administrator. THROWING CARS OFF THE TRACK. Several times during the past few months at tempts have been made to throw the passenger trains on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad off the track at different points along the line. The Cincinnati papers have some interesting disclosures ed to the points where the attempts had been made, ' and by shrewd methods managed to ascertain who ; the parties were, and by a system of wire-working, ingratiated himself so thoroughly into their favor that he learned when and where the net effort would be made, and stealthily laying his plans he was rewarded by capturing two men in the very act. One of the gang informed lieany that his party had several times undertaken to throw the cars from the track for the purpose of robbing passen gers in the confusion which would necessarily fol low the accident, and that the intention was to place a log on the road near a steep bank, on the night of the 30th, which, had the plan been car ried out, would have caused the death of numerous lives. Reany was expected to go to Vincennes and get on board the train, observe the car containing the passengers likely to have the most valuables and when the train reached the spot where it was to be thrown off, to jump from the platform as best he could. Other persons in the league were to be stationed at the point where the accident would occur, and they were to assist in plundering the living, the dying and the dead. A compact had been formed by which various parties, in case of an arrest, were to swear to the innocence of the prisoner, or do anything to prevent his punish ment. Of course, the dastardly outrage of throwing off the train did not take place, and on Wednesday morning the Mayor received a telegram from Reany, dated at Clay city, stating that two scoun drels who had made the attempts had been arres ted and lodged in jail at Salem, Illinois. This will probably be the first step towards breaking up another gang of the most desperate out-laws that infest the South and West. A "LIBERIA! JUDGE" AT THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. Let mo tell you of a distinguished man I have met here he is an ex-Judge of the Supreme Court of Liberia. lie is a gentleman of color and oc cupies the position of Superintendant of the Bath House says he was born free, had $1G00, and thought he would go to Liberia in '53; went, and was appointed Judge by President Roberts, of whom lie speaks highly. 1 asked him if he knew anything about law. He replied no, but, as he iiad right good sense he did not think a case could come beforchim which he could not justify; says he remained six months, long enough to convince him that the worse thing you could do with a ne gro was to set him free and send him to Liberia, better give him away to a good master; there may be some exceptions here and there of negroes having sense enough to take care of themselves like white people; old settlers who are half white get along pretty well, get all the money out of the new ones, who are bound to have the fever at first and ten to one die; if they get well all their money is gone, atid they have no means to get awa7; the sun is so hot it destroys nerve and strength to work, and then they almost starve; nearly all of them would come back if they could. Thirty-two out of thirty three of Miss Gordon's negroes emancipated and sent out, died in about a year; and but one survives of another lot of 90. As to the native negroes "it is not in their heads to be civilized." "They may get on tolerably but never get into the right elements." Most of the colonists who prosper are part white, as he is, and they make most of the public officers. President Benson is not pure black, as has been said, but a mulatto. The few w ho can bear the heat and sickly climate do well, if part white. President Roberts has lost his second wife and his daughter by the climate, and has gone to England, as he has heard, not to re turn. If a negro was to land there with 50 in his poeket it would be all gone by the time he was well of the fever, and then he could get 3S or 40 cents a day, it able and willing to work, but would be better off with a good master at home.. He thinks if the best farm in Virginia or Louisiana were given to the slaves on it, they would starve in ten years. He has known native Africans in Africa, slaves in Virginia, and free negroes in Virginia and in the Northern States and also in Canada, and taking altogether, with few excep tions, he thinks the best and happiest condition for negroes is to belong to white masters; they cannot get along without white men to direct and govern them. Ho would rather belong to Mr M., of Culpepper, than be free and go to Canada. His name is Joe Mcintosh, and the above is the sub stance of his test inion), and partly in his own words. I have not time to comment on it to-day. Cor. of Frrtl. Neicz. m Land Sales in Edgecombe. A tract of 1570 acres, 14 miles from Tarboro, for 16,000; sold 3 years ago for 38,000. Another of 1527 acres, 3 miles from town, for 30,000. Another of 500 acres, 12 miles from town, for 5,000. So says the Southerner. A North Carolina Revolutionary Sol dier. The Washington Constitution publishes the following account of the revolutionary ser vices of a soldier from this State, who ha3 recent ly died, and who was a pensioner in Indiana: James Garrison, born in Rowan county, N. C, entered the service in 1781, in the company un der Captain John Lopp, which, with some others, formed a force ot 3,000 men, under thro command ; ot Oen. nutneriora, ana soon marcnea towards j Wilmington, then occupied by the British. At an outpost a short distance from that town, they fell upon and routed the enemy, who, retreating to Wilmington, were soon afterwards forced to retire, leaving the American forces to occupy that place. A large body of tories having assembled some little distance south of Wilmington, he was in the expedition sent against them. After defeating them in their engagement, returned back, and on their way received the important tidings of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. In 1827 he mov ed to Indiana. LONG DIVISION. We heard a stoTy the other night on the subject of "division," and never having seen it in print we have concluded to publish it for the benefit of any who may have been so foolish as to dwarf their souls and wear out shoe-leather in running after rich young ladies: A Southern planter named P., pretty well to do in the world now, was some twenty years ago a poor boy on the Eastern shore of Maryland. One of the strongest and most marked traits of his character was an inordinate love of money. This, however, is characteristic of the people in them diggings, where they practice Bkinning strangers during brisk seasons, and skinning one another i during dull times. i In the course of time P. became of age, and I thought it about time to get married. He went 1 to a neighboring village and in the course of time ! was introduced to the daughter of Judge B. "Dang fine gal !" said the embryo speculator to his friends, who were gaining him an entrance among the elite. "How much might Judge B., be worth?" "Why about ten thousand dollars," was the reply. "And how many children has Judge B., continued the enquirer. "Onlyhree." "Three into ten goes three times and a third over,' mentally cyphered P. Here was a chance a glorious chance and he improved it too. He made love to the beautiful and unsophisticated daughter of the Judge with all his possessions. Strange to say, for he was as uncouth a looking cub as ever went unlickcd, his suit prospered and they were married. The honeymoon passed off as all other honey moons, and they were happy. The bride was lively and chatty, and often made allusions to her brothers and sisters. Startled at a number of names he thought should not be in the catalogue of relations, one evening at tea he said "My dear I thought there were only three of Off your "So there are by my pa, but my pa's first wife had eight more " "Eleven into ten, no times and nor; overV said the astonished P., who jumped up aud kicked over the chair, ami groaned in perfect agony. "Pin sold ! I'm sold ! and and aud a sight cheaper than an old bell-weather sheep at that.'" Cause of the Aurora Bouealls. M. de la Rive, the celebrated Trench astronomer, ex plains the production of the Aurora Borcalis, in the following manner: 'When the sun, having passed into the Southern hemisphere, no longer heats our atmosphere, the aqueous vapors which have accumulated during the summer in this part of the atmosphere, begin to condense, the kind of humid cap enveloping the polar regions extend more and more, and facilitates the passage of electricity accumulated in the upper portion of the air. But in this ele vated region, and especially at this period of the year, the aqueous vapors must most frequently pass into the state of minute particles of ice or snow floating in the air, similar to those which give rise to the halos; they form, as it were, a kind of semi-transparent mist. These half-frozen fogs conduct the electricity to the earth, near the pole, and are, at the same time, illuminated by these currents of electric discharges. In fact, all ob servers agree in asserting that the aurora borealis is constantly preceded by a mist, which rises from the pete, and the margin of which, less dense than the remainder, is colored the first; and, indeed, it is very near the pole in the winter months, and especescially in those where there is an abundance of vapor in the air.' Bishop Ondkrdoniv. Bishop Ondcrdonk ban appealed to the Bishops for a remission of the sentence so long hanging over his bead. He admits his faults and prays for pardon. They say he is likely to get it, and be restored to his diocese. A Tale of Unreqi;itkd Love. The editor of the I'rcka Union relates as follows how he oucc fell in love, and "got the mitten V We were never, kind reader, desperately in love but once, and that with a red nosed, auburn haired girl with a freckled complexion, and who had no pretentions of beauty; but then she had such beautiful eyes, deep, liquid orbs through which her soul in moments of tenderness looked .out with a passionate fervor, and joyous mirth flashed and sparkled with the light of a thousand dew drops diamonds we were going to say, but then we never saw a thousand diamonds. Moreover she wore a dark wine-colored dress trimmed with a neat little fine collar of lace, which is one of the prettiest dresses and has an effect to make a very plain girl look absolutely charming. She never perforated her cars to hang thereby a pendulum of brass and glass, and the only ornament on the little hand which needed none, was a plain gold ring sacred to the memory of a maiden promise. Well one evening it was moonlight in the sum mer time we sat alone in the porch by a cottage, holding that little white hand in a gentle procure; one arm had stolen around her waist, and a silent song of joy, like the muie of night was in our soul. Our lips met in a sweet, delicious kiss, and bend ing softly to her car we whispered a tale of passion- we proposed and the little red headed vixen refused v. Horrible Case of Self-Mutilation. One of the most horrible cases of self-mutilation we have ever heard of, or read of, occurred at a rolling mill in Centre county, Pennsylvania, last week. The particulars of the case, which we do not think has a parallel on record, arc as follows : "A young man named Aaron rely, who had recently been pardoned out of the penitentiary, where he was confined for horse stealing, had been hanging around the rolling mill for several days. Nothing unusual was observed in his demeanor. On Wednesday morning, soon after the works were started, he deliberately walked to the large iioo shears, and before any one was aware of his design, placed his arms between the blades, both of which were completely severed ! about midway between his hands and elbows." . What is the difference between a soldier and a sailor';1 One braves the storm, and the other storms the brave. One mans a bark, the other barks a man. Charlotte. April IT, 1859 vr