North Carolina Newspapers

&jt WtsUtn Srmorrat CHARLOTTE, N. C. Fur the Western emorr-it. RAILROAD MEETING, A MetOM of a portion of the citizen? of Char lotte and Mecklenburg county wiu held in the Town Hall on Friday the Kith inst., for the pur pose of considering the scheme of building a Kail road from Charlotte via Statesville to Jonesboro, Tenn., already chartered and known as the Atlan tic. Tennessee and Ohio Railroad. On motion of S. W. Iais, Gen. John A. Young was called to the Chair, and J. M. Miller appointed Secretary. After an explanation of the object of the meeting by the chairman, T. H- Breni moved that a com mittee of five be appointed to prepare resolutions for the action of the meeting. The chairman ap jwjintcd T H lirem, E Nye Hutchison, J Edmonds Jirown, IV J Yates and Stephen V Davis to con itute said committee. The committee reported the following preamble and resolutions : Whereas, a Convention of the friends of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad has been ailed at Stolcmrille OB the 4th of October, with the request that the communities favoring this work of internal improvement be represented by delegates in said Convention, therefore Resolved, That we fully appreciate the import ance of this enterprise to ourselves and to that portion of the State of North Carolina lying north west of the Western-Extension Road. Resolved, That knowing the enterprise and in telligence of the citizens along the line of the pro posed K'.ud, we are confident of their being ready to do their duty in regard to it, and will have their communities represented in said convention. Resolved, That, hand in hand with the citizens of Statesville and all others friendly to the cause, we pledge our unceasing efforts to secure the con summation of this great work; the commencement, as it most certainly is, of a system of Railroads that sooner or later must place us in direct communica tion with the ft.rtila Valley of the Northwest. Resolved, That the chairman appoint 60 dele gates to represent the middle and southern portions of Mecklenburg countj ia the Convention at Statesville, it being uuu' rstood that the citizens of the northern part of the county intend holding a meeting to appoint delegates to represent their section. J After remarks by J E Brown, C J Fox, S W Javis, Saml J Low lie, A C Williamson, E Nye Hutchisou and R N Oatcs, the resolutions were unanimously adopted. The chairman then announced the following list of delegates: W M Matthews, W T Slitt. C T Alexander, A A X M Taylor, Williamson Wallace, John Walker, J B Kerr. W II Grier. John I. Brown, W II Seel, W It Myers. A H Springs, J H Carson, J B Stewart, H M Gates, II M Pritehard, E 1) Williamson, Jas 1' Irwin. J M Sanders, J W Morrow, S M Howell, J WtNborne. Saml Berry bill. W f Pbifer, Stephen Wilson, S W Davis. L J Crier, C J Fox. Jos B McDonald, T H Bren, A B Davidson, Jos II Wilson. J II Kerns, Sand A Harris, K Sample, H L Alexander, W G Potts, T J Holton, F Barnett, Alex Kennedy, C B Hclnais, B H Garrison. A C Miller. J M Hateaisoo, J A Cannon. K C Wallis. John K Brown, K II Britton. Saml J Lowrie, W K While, Jr. Win J Yates. L G Jones. Wm Johnston. J M Potts, J M Strong, Win Tiddy, K Nye HntchisoB, P J Lowrie, S A Cohen. On motion, the names of the Chairman and Se cretary were added to the list of delegates. It was ordered that these proceedings be pub lished in all the Charlotte papers, and thri the Tredell Express and other papers friendly to the enterprise be requested to copy. The meting then adjourned. J. A. YOCNG, Ch n. J. M. Mu.r.F.R, Sec'y. From the Xew Orleans Picayune. COTTON. The general anticipation of a large Cotton crop, which prevailed in the early part of the year, has been fully realized, the production of that great staple having considerably exceeded that of any previous season, while we have had occasion to notice the most encouraging fact that the demand has fully kept pace with the increased supplies. We estimate the total crop in round numbers at 3,800,000 bales, against 3,113,962 last rear, 2. 939,519 in 1856-57, and 3,527,845 in 1855-'5i. The receipts at this port during the year amount to 1,774,739 bales, of which 101,213 were from Mobile, Florida, and Texas by sea. Last year the total receipts were 1,678,775 bales, and tbe year before 1,517,496. The exports ol the year em brace 1,777,100 bales. We subjoin the dates of blooming, the earliest fall frosts and the amount of crop for the last nine teen years : Years. Jiluom. Earliest Fall Frost October 25, Crop. 1 .634,000 1,683,000 2,378,000 2.0:10,000 2,394,000 2,100,000 1,778,000 2.347,000 2,728,000 2.000.000 2355,000 3,015.000 3,362,000 2,930,000 2,847,000 3,527,000 2,040,000 3,113,902 3,800,000 1810, June 0, 1841, June 10 1842, May 17, 1843, June 9, 1844, Nay 2", 1845, May 30, 1840, .lurie 10, 1847, May 30, 1818, June 1. 1X49, June 0. is 50, Jane 24, 1851, June 5, 1852, June.'!. 1858, June 10, 1S54, June 12, 1855, May 30, 1850, June 4, 1857, June 24, 1858, June 1, 20. 28, lt. 12, 10, a t v ( u Nov i em. M 2, October 26, Novetn. 0, Novem. 7, October 25, Movent. 5, October 25, October 10, Novem. 20, Novem. 9, 1859, June 2, The first bales of the new crop last year were re ceived on the 25th of July, from Texas, and this year the first arrival was two bales, also from Tex as, on the 27th of July, two days later. The first receipt by way of the river was on the 31st of July, from Tensas parish, in this State, being five days earlier than the first arrival last year. The total receipts of new crop up to last evening were 9750 bales, against 5235 to the close of last year. The sales of new have amounted to about 8000 bales at a ranjre of 11 to 13 J e., the prevail ing rates until the last day or two being 12 to 12i cents for Middling to Good Middling. Toward the close, however, prices have fallen off" about Jc, and we now quote Middling to Good Middling at 111 to 12J. Chanokd ins Mind too Late. A young mechanic appeared before the Mayor of Lynchburg on Tuesday, and asked to be sent to jail. As a reason for this strange request, he stated that he had "been on a spree" for several weeks past, and after making numberless efforts to "straighten up," he had concluded that the only means by which that desirable end could be effected, was to place himself beyond reach of his old enemy. The Mayor taking the same view of the subject, prepared the necessary papers About this time the mind of the disciple of Barley-corn underwent a change, but his honor was inexorable told him it was too late such trifling could not be submitted to, and ordered one of the officers to conduct him to his quarters. THE DIFFICULTIES AT SAN JUAN. There Is news from Victoria to the 18th of Au gust, stating that both Maj. Henry, U. S. officer, and Douglas, British Gov., are concentrating their troops on San Juan Island. The American troops are still on shore and British ships of war are in the harbor. It is reported that the British are de termined not to pertuit more of our troops to land. No British troops have landed, nor have any steps been taken towards a joint occupation. All the British troops in the colony are hurrying to the spot. Gen. Harney answered Douglas' protest, and issued orders to concentrate all available troops, in the Oregon department, at San Juan, to reinforce the picket guard. Affairs are extremely threaten ing. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Gen. Scott has been summoned here in haste with reference to San Juan affairs. No fears of serious results growing out of the difficulty, unless from the well known precipitate character of Gen. Harney. m WHERE WILL MARYLAND GO ? We would call the attention of Southern mer chants, about to make their fall purchases, to the following paragraph from a late speech, by Henry Winter Davis, of Baltimore: "I repeat, again, our interests are with the Op position of the North. We grow neither cotton, sugar nor rice; neither do they. We are interest ed in agriculture, commercial and manufacturing pursuits, and therefore our interests are with the North, and with them alone. I will further add that Maryland interests arc sustained by the Oppo sition party of the North, and voted down by Southern Democrats." Maryland's representative has taken the lead in severing her connections with the slave States. Mr Davis, the Know Nothing representative, ad vises coalition "with the Opposition of the North" that is, the Black Republicans ! We have long known that Mr Davis' proper position was with the Black Republicans and the able representa tive of the Baltimore Plugs will find his proper position among the Black Republicans of the North; the country has never assigned the Plug Ugly representative any other affiliation, than with the Black Republicans a traitor to Know Nuth ingism is the proper ally of Black Republicanism ! The above extract demonstrates that the estima tion placed upon Mr Davis' sincerity to the South, by the students of the University of Virginia was correct, and that he was and is wholly unworthy to address a Southern audience. But we have not so much to do with Mr Davis and his Black Republican affinities as we have with the city of Baltimore. Her representative having announced that her "interests aic with the Opposition of the North," we take the city at the declaration of Mr Davis, and call upon the merch ants of Virginia and the South to leave Baltimore trade to "the Opposition of the North." Will any Southern merchant again seek Baltimore to pur chase goods after this declaration of her abandon ing the other Southern States? Rich. Enquirer. -m The Popular Sovereignty Question. The Washington Constitution publishes a reply to Senator Douglas' views on popular sovereignty, tilling six columns of that paper, and understood to be from the pen of the Attorney General, Judge Black. It is clear in its style, temperate in tone and exceedingly forcible and cogent in argument. The position presented in this article as that of the Democratic party, is that slaves are recognized by the Federal Constitution as property in States where the local law so treats them; that they remain property when taken into any State of which the local law does not forbid their being so regarded; that Congress has no right to deprive their owners of this property, in the Territories or other places under its jurisdiction; and that, as it cannot delegate a power which it does not possess, neither the Legislature nor the people of a Territory have any authority to prohibit slavery within its borders. It concedes, however, that when they come to form a State Constitution, they may establish or prohibit slavery as they see fit. Until then they have no power whatever over the subject. The positions of the article in the Constitution are stated with great clearness and precision, and leave no room tor misunderstanding or controversy as to their meaning. Its ability and the cogency of some of its extracts from former speeches of Judge Douglas, will probably constrain him to take some notice of it. Xi w York Times. Senator Douglas on Woman's Rights. Since the appearance of M r Douglas' epistle to J. B. Dorr, of Iowa, the Senator seems to have been taken with a mania for letter-writing. The Bath (Maine) Sentinel gives publicity to the following: Washixcton, July 14, 1850. Mrs Lucy Stunk. Dear Madam: Your kind letter of the 8th inst.. wishing me to be pres ent at a convention of the ladies of the Northwest, to be convened at Chicago on the 12th of Sept. next, to devise measures for the promotion of the happiness and protection of the interests and rights of the female sex, has just been laid before me. You arc right, dear Madam, when you say that I take a deep interest in whatever concerns the ladies of" our glorious country. And I need not now, after so many years of faithful labor in the eau.-e of popular sovereignty, assure you that you have, in your endeavors to obtain the liberty of governing yourselves in your own way, subject only to the Constitution of the T'nited States, the full confidence of my undivided sympathy. I re gret, dear Madam, that business of great impor tance will prevent me from being present at your convention. 1 have the honor to remain, tie., S. A. DOUGLAS. Balloon Voyage to Elrgie. A monster balloon, for Prof. T. S. C. Lowe, has just been completed in New York, at the cost of 25,000. It is intended for a voyage to Europe in October, and will carry six passengers, besides a letter and newspaper mail. A description of it says : ''Over six thousand yards of the beat material have been used, and seventeen sewing machines have been employed on the work, and, it is estimated have done the work that would have required two hundred girls to perform in the same time. The aeronaut does not claim to have invented any new system of ballooning, but he has been enabled, by the assistance of friends, 10 construct a machine in which he is determined to test the practicability of a transatlantic voyage. The entire height of the balloon, from the bottom of the boat to the top, is 240 feet, and its diameter 123 feet. The boat is a life-boat, 45 feet in length, 8 feet beam and 4 deep, and will contain a caloric engine tor the purpose of working a propeller on the screw principle. The size of the car or basket is 30 feet in circumference. It is calculated that the pro peller, which is placed in the bow of the boat, will enable the aeronaut to raise or lower the balloon at pleasure, and to keep steerage way on it. The balloon will contaiu about 700,000 cubic feet of gas, and will weigh, with the car, boat and their contents, about three tons, and will possess a lifting power of 22 J tons. It is expected to make the voyage to Europe in two days." "WESTER3ST DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. A late telegraphic dispatch says that the reports as to the proceedings of the Peace Conference are quite contradictory, and that there is every reason i i' .1.. cs 1: ii :,..,.,:.... :n tO DCIICVC Wie . aiuiuian x icuiuincuuu j win uui iffix his si-nature to any protocol in favor of the return of the deposed rulers of the Duchies Leigh Hunt, the author, died in London on the 28th of August, in the 75th year of his age. There has been no change in Italian affairs. A deputation from the National Assembly of Medina has gone on a special mission to Napoleon. The people of Naples are much excited, owing to the high price of corn. An earthquake has occurred at Serbia, in Italy, killing 200 persons, and injur ing a large number. ENGLAND. A Cabinet Council has been un expectedly summoned for the 20th. It is jreneral- lv supposed to have reference to the new phase of Italian affairs FRANCE A speech from Count Morny has at tracted much attention, being regarded as enuncia ting the views of the Emperor. He endeavors to show that the Knglish apprehensions of a French i.i.l. , correspondent says that things are going on badly at Zurich. A dissolution of the Conference in a few days was probable. A general Congress, or a war, seems to be the only alternative. A MORMON ELDER'S SPEECH. A Salt Lake paper has the following sketch of Elder Kimball's speech, delivered about the 1st of Auirust " Send on yonr armies; they can do no harm. God will look after the welfare of this people, and shield them from all injury. Let your armies do their best; they can't effect anything. 1 respect officials who perforin their official du- j ties as they should, and leave the Mormon people alone; but how can I respect my enemies? How can 1 respect a Judge who does his best to injure I innocent people' 1 know what they want; they want to nab Brigham Young, and then they want me and others. They will nab him, too. when God wants them to; but He won't let theui nab him, and they can't nab me. Laughter. I fear j them about as much as a pis-ant; not quite so much either, for an ant will bite my leg once in a while. I am the son of a revolutionary sire, who struggled I for the liberty of this country, and am going to have religious freedom. I have always observed the laws, and mean to be protected by them in my religious belief the same as the people of New England are. As they treat us they will be treated. The I'uitcd States will see something worse than we ever saw before fifteen years see it from the head of the government down. Famine upon famine, mob after mob, civil discord from one end of the country to the other, terrible whirlwinds, and swift destruction will be their certain doom. The country lias done some big fighting, but it can't beat Mormon ism. There are 4,000 elders in foreign lands preaching Mormonism nearly all foreigners, i here are 40 or 50 or 00 organized quorums of Seventies. Suppose they kill all the members of this church but an elder. From that small seed our principles would again be given to the world, and our cause prosper like the Canada thistle. When they persecute us, it is like breaking a mustard stalk the strokeonly causes an increase, by more thoroughly scattering the seed. Speaking of thistles reminds me of a bright idea of Greeley's. He thought it would be a wise notion to sow Canada thistles all along the plains, between here and the States to feed stock upon. Why that would kill all the cattle with the bloody murrian and prick us to death. So much for Greeley's judgment. What a fruitful imagination he must have. He is the greatest liar on the face of the earth. Why, bless your soul, he is the father of all liars. He will go to hell, and be the father of liars there. Amen. f'-Amen" sounding throughout the congregation. Sentenced to be Hung. We alluded last week to a case of poisoning which had occurred in the North-eastern section of our District, under peculiar and very aggravating circumstances. Amanda Massey, age thirteen years, the daughter of Alvin Massey, was taken suddenly ill on Thurs day night and died in a few moments. The body was interred the next day; was taken up on Monday following and examined by a Coroner's Jury. The jury rendered a verdict to the effect that the deceased had died of poison. Suspicion rested upon Dan, a slave of the said Massey, as having administered the poison. Dan was arrested and brought to trial before a freeholders on Friday following, investigation, the jury brought guilty :uid the negro was sentenced to be hung on the first Friday in November next. He was convicted, we understand, entirely upon circum stantial evidence, but so connected and convincing invasion are trrounctless, and that r ranee is uesi- genius uuu aueuuj, ujmicu iuc mo rous of cementing the alliance. The elections in country. Born and bred a Puritan, he was the Kometra passed off quietly. The Mayor of Param, J representative man of southwestern life. Pacific in a proclamation on his return from Paris, uses in disposition, and remarkable for sweetness of the following language: "Napoleon said to me: temper, he was famous as a duelist. With virtues tell the populations that my army will never do of character which won for him the lasting regard violence to their wishes; also, that I will not per- of all good men who ever knew him, it is never mitany other foreign power to do violence against theless computed that he lost hundreds of thous you." ands of dollars by gambling. The most effective The Neapolitan Government has ordered the man on the stump in the country, he, at the purchase of laie quantities of corn abroad. The 1 same time, shone conspiciously in its highest cholera is spreading along the shores of the Baltic, courts. Cogent in argument, copious in imagina- At Zurich, on the 31st of August, private con- j tion. he pleased while he persuaded, convinced f.wuoe mntmnnl Thp Tendon Ti'iiips' Paris i while he charmed. With a memory whose wax- were tne circumstances, that the jury did not nan giareu nerceiy at nun, like a wild beast ready hesitate as to their verdict. The poison was a j to spring upon a victim; but as the lawyar pro vegetable, and one that grows plentifully in the ! eeeded to rehearse his crimes and portrayed them surrounding section. The circumstances went to ! m the dark colors of their guilt, the culprit quailed, show that death was produced in less than fifteen ! minutes stomach. troin the tune it Laneaster C.) was taken liCthjer. in the ' Revival in Creknsroro. For three weeks Rev. L. S. Burkhead, pastor in charge of the Methodist congregation in Creensboro, has held ! daily meeting's, preaching every night, which has ( resulted in some torty or fatty conversion, mostly i among the young ladies of College. The pastor has been assisted by Revs. N. II. D. Wilson, W. Harris, H. T. Hudson, C. P. Jones, T. M. Jones, J. C. Thomas, and V. H. Bobbitt. The meetings are still progressing. G 'reensboro Times New Cotton. Three bales of a fine article of ! new cotton raised near Ebenezer, by Mr A. Few-ell, ' were sold on Tuesday last to Mr B. F. Rawtinson, at 11 cts. Rock-Mil Chronicle. Selling a Colored Person in Illinois. Recently, a free colored man, named Geo. Bowlin, was put up on the block at Carrol ton, Greene county, Illinois, and sold to the highest bidder. His oifeiice was a violation of the law whieh prohibits the immiirratiou of colored netsona into : the State. Having been tried and found eniky i ne was nneu febo, and not neni!? able to pay the money, he was sold to Mr Felix Morton for sixteen mouths. It does not appear that this little transaction in human flesh created any convulsive excitement among the philanthropists of that State. "Can't you credit meat this morning?" already on your bones. nie, Mr Butcher for a little "i'o? you owe ine for that ANECDOTES OP SEARGENT S. PREN TISS. In Mr Milburn's (the blind preacher's) new book, "Ten Years of a Preacher's Life," just pub lished by Derby & Jackson, after speaking of some of the frequenters of the fet Charles Hotel, New Orleans, and drawing a roujrh but tellins 'ketch of "lively men," he jroes on as follows: Seargent S. Prentiss, a renowned lawyer and orator. He was a compound of contradictions. With a noble bust and superb head, he was yet short statue, and deformed by a shrivelled leg. The master of nearly all manly accomplishments, a fearless rider and bold hunter, he yet halted painfully in his gait; with exuberant animal spirits and matchless powers of conversation, (which made him the delight and soul of every social circle,) he would sometimes, in solitude, locking himself in for whole days, shed scalding tears, goaaeu almost to niaaness Dy moroiu seiwunure. Gifted with every power to win the admiration, confidence, and love of woman, he shrank from their society, dreading lest his one drawback should excite unsympathetic remark, and his : I i .. .... ...I.. . 1 . . I ... I . I. , . 4. - ....... I r t in like retentiveness held not only the thoughts and iinaires but even words, of ancient and modern poetry, there was coupled a wit as fertile as it was brilliant, and an understanding robust as it was comprehensive and original. He was master of all the passions of the human soul, and moved them as mus.e.au urawa u a m.ci a concord of sweet sounds. He would stand be- ! - . . i i .i e i . i. hurling at them taunts, ridicule, sarcasm, defiance, until their laces grew pale and their lips livid with rage. And then when the pestilence walked the streets of the city, and in almost every house there was found one dead, without a thought of personal danger, he would devote weeks to the bed-sides of the poor and the stranger, with all the watchful tenderness and untired patience of a woman, lie was the idol of children and no less of Indian warriors. He is said to have delivered the greatest speech ever made in Congress. Before the pistol of an antagonist at ten paces, his mien was calm, his nerves firm as steel; but if introduced to a lady his knees trembled and his embarrassment would have been ludicrous had it not been so painful. Take him for all in all, he seems to have beeti the most wonderful man that our country has ever pro duced. Leaving Maine, his native State, when 10 years of age, he made his way to Cincinnati, and thence to Natchez. His object was, by teaching, to pro vide the means for preparing himself for the bar. 'I left Cincinnati," he said, "because everything was so tame, everything so cheap. I couldn't, spend a ninepence. I was haunted too, by the ghosts of slaughtered swine. 1 arrived at Natchez with one five dollar bill in my pocket. I knew it w;is not a capital to trade upon, and I spent it in j the purchase of confidence. So soon as I reached the threshold of mine host, the Boniface of the hotel, I ordered a bottle of wine with cigars, and invited the landlord, as the only guest, to join me. lie drank, and I told him who I was, what I want ed and what he had to expect in the way of pay for my fare, beyond what was before us. He looked at my face, said he would trust it, gave me his band, and without a word more did trust me for board and lodging till I got a school. I cleared ground enough, of birchen rods with which I taught the young idea how to shoot, to entitle me to a pre-emption right of public land." He brought letters of introduction to a wealthy merchant of Natchez, from whom he borrowed fifteen dollars with the promise to return it as soon as he was able; at the close of his first quarter's tuition, he came in to town with a proud heart to fulfill his pledge, but was shocked by a severe reproof which the strict man of debt and credit administered for his delay, and trouble he had given him. Some years afterward, Prentiss gained a suit for his old friend, which saved him the bulk of his fortune, and the generous friend of the old time counted out a five dollar bill as the fee, which the lawyer had left to his honor. Bemoving to Yieksburg, notwithstanding his youth, and that he was a Yankee, he at once took the foremost position at the bar, and was ere long drawn into the maelstrom of politics, as every man of decided character at the South soon will be. Al though he defended many a man charged with murder, and no doubt robbed the gallows of its due, he never, except in two instances, prosecuted men charged with capital offences. One of these was a desperado named Phelps, who, after a series magistrate and ! of high crimes and misdemeanors, setting the offi Aftcr two days j cers of the law at defiance, had killed an unoffend in a verdict of! ing citizen in cold blood. He had borne himself throughout the trial with the insolence of a bravo, treating all persons in the court with disdain. When Mr Prentiss rose as the assistant of the prosecuting attorney, to deliver his speech, the ruf- his head sank upon his breast, and he sat abashed a"d overwhelmed, not daring to bit his eyes again until after sentence of death had been pronounced. W'hile in jail a waiting his execution, he sent for the man who had sealed his fate, and the heart that had long been chilled and defiled in the breast of guilt, softened and bared itself to the prosecutor He told the storv of his life to Mr Prentiss, and then mentioned that be had formed the purpose of i escaping during tbe trial. His plan was two-fold; : firt to ieap upon his prosecutor, who, aside from bis lameness, had the look of a nice boy; to kill t Lint, and then in the midst of the confusion, secure ; his own flight. He was deterred from attempting ! to execute this scheme, by reading in the eye and bearing of the youthful orator unmistakeable signs that i-uch an attempt would prove an ignominious , failure. When he had disclosed his plans, Mr j Prentiss quietly remarked, "I saw it all, but I I was prepared for you." His main object, in soli citing the interview, was to unbosom himself by making known the particulars of his private his tory. In those days, the law of honor was the hiaher laic religiously obeyed in Mississippi. Street fights anJ duels were of daily occurrence, and every pro fessional and political man was expected to take a hand with rifle, pistol, or bowie knife, as often as j convenient. Such was the general delight in these I encounters, that as the sound of shots was heard, '' ! the entire community flocked to the scene to wit- ! i ness the exhibition. It was a matter of course that so conspicuous a ' : man as Mr Prentiss should take his share in these , I honorable encounters. It is stated, on what seems i good authority, that an enterprising capatalist C. built a steam ferry-boat, to ply between Yieksburg and the opposite bank of the river where the for mal interviews usually took place, for the express accommodation of the duelists, their friends, and an interested public. It is added that the returns from the iuvestment were large the fare charged was twenty-five cents each way. Mr Prentiss had scarcely made his brilliant debut at the Yieksburg bar before a plan was set on foot to get him out of the way. It was arranged that a person who, hav ing been born and educated a gentleman had thrown himself away and was fast becoming a sot, but who was withal a capital marksman, should perform this service for the community. His second bore the challenge. Prentiss quietly read it, and stated that he would answer it at his own time and in his own way. Selecting one of his best shirts, he dispatched it by his body servant with the following note : "S7 I accept your challenge, but with one proviso that you appear on the ground in the accompanying piece of raiment, as it is impossible for me to tight any one who does not observe the externals of a gentleman." The gentleman withdrew the challenge but kept the shirt. Mr Prentiss had two duels with Gen. Foote, which, by the way, were the only times he ever fought, for the various little episodes with fists and canes are not to be taken into account. At their second meeting a large crowd had assem bled to witness the scene. One shot had been fired, Foote's ball flying wide of his antagonist, while Prentiss' pistol missed fire. The parties were placed at ten paces for the second round,, pistol in hand, only waiting the word. The in tense interest of the spectators had drawn them in two long lines close to the combatants, leaving only a narrow lane for the passage of the balls. An urchin who had a small space to see in the crowd, had taken a tree in the rear of Mr P., and by alert climbing was rapidly gaining the branches, where from a comfortable seat he might witness the trans action. Prentiss observed him, and said in his kindest tone, "My son you had better look out; I'm afraid you will be hit: Gen. Foote is shooting verv wild to-day The remark and the manner of its delivcrv called forth a round of three cheers from the bystanders, when, order being restored, the fight proceeded. As he was about to retire one morning towards three o'clock, there was a violent rap at the door; opening it, he encountered a man known to him by sight who was evidently under the influence of liquor, who demanded immediate satisfaction for some fancied insult he had received at Mr P's hands. Prentiss reasoned with him, suggested that he should go home and sleep on the matter, and if, after cool reflection, he desired to appease his honor, he should be satisfied; but the fellow was immovably set upon fighting then and there. Always disposed to oblige his friends, Mr P. call ed his body servant Burr, and good-humoredly re quested him to bring his case of duelling pistols, and then proceeded with great deliberation to load them, (iiving the choice to the aspirant for duel ling distinction, he took the other, and it was ar ranged that the jarties should take their stands on the piazza in rear of the office, at eight paces. Burr, greatly elated at the thought of his impor tant post, was to hold the caudle, so that the light falling through the window, should be thrown di rectly upon the combatants. When all things were in readiness, he was to count, in a loud clear voice, from one to five; the firing to take place at discretion, anywhere between the first and last number. Pistol in hand, the men took their stand, their eyes glancing along the barrels, waiting only the dreadful word one ! when the man, flinging his pistol to the ground, cried, " Prentiss, do you think I'm such a fool as to be fighting j-ou here at three o'clock, with nobody but a nigger by ? I thought I was as brave a man as you are, but I ain't; so let's shake hands and be friends." Mr Prentiss' power over juries is illustrated by the following incident which occurred in a piney woods region, not far from Pearl River, in Missis sippi He appeared for the defendant in a suit brought for damage, the panel, composed of wire grass people, were thrilled by his marvellous elo quence, and despising the technical forms of the law, without retiring from the box agreed on their verdict, which was thus delivered viva voce by tbe foreman, " We finds for lawyer Prentiss, the plain tiff to pay the cost." , Napoleon and Kossuth. The correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from Europe, says : As soon as the war in Italy against Austria was resolved upon, Napoleon, Victor Emanuel, and Count Cavour planned an insurrection in Hungary, as one of the means of coercing Austria to evacuate Italy. They, however, knew Kossuth too well not to know that such a scheme, by whicji Hungary would have acted as the cat's-paw for Italy, to be deserted by the Allies in the hour of her need, could not meet with his approbation. They, therefore, tried to arrange matters without him. But when they saw that his name and talents were indispensable to any rising in Hungary, and when they found that he had both the power and the will to prevent an ill-timed insurrection, they made overtures to him. He twice had an interview with the Emperor Napoleon, once at Paris in the Tuileries, and once in the camp at Vallegio, where the plans of an invasion of Hungary by French troops were discussed and fixed; provided that the war should extend to the shores of the Adriatic. This, however, did not take pluec, and thus the Hungarian expedition was, of course, postponed until the second Italian campaign, which cannot fail to follow in a few years, unless Austria changes her system of policy. Quoth Tom, "Though fair her features be, It is her figure pleases nie.'' "What may her figure be." I cried, "One hundred thousand!" he replied. WIS TAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY- From the Boston Journal, mi d cine, coniiuv from a re?rrtnlile .!lt, Th caretully prepaid by an experience and skillful physician is received by the public with confidence. Its efficacy has been provi d in many obdurate cases of disease, and its fame has rapidly extended. It has been extensively i si u in every part of :he country, particularly in the .Middle and Northern States, and strong testimony, from highly respectable and in telligent persons, bas been adduced in tavor of its merits as a remedy for Colds and Coughs, aff ciions of the Chest and diseased Liver. No other Cough Remedy has ever attained so hih a reou tation. r None genuine unless signed I. BCTTS on the wranwr. For sale by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO.. Charlotte. Sept. -JO JKT Physicians are generally 1.-th to speak a word in praise of what are called "patient med cines." Indeed it is an article in the code of medical ethics, thai a phys'ician who sanctions the use ol patent mi di.ut.t cam o be a mem ber of the National Associa lion. But there are exceptions to the most stringent rules, and many of the disciples of Esculapius hae aciually been compelled, by the facts to ifcommend the use of Dr. J. Hosteler's Stomach Bitters for those diseases which are particularly prevalent during the summer and fall. They have ascertained that there are no leim-uirit in me pnarmacnpia winch can compare wiih ' th s wonderful compound for deraneiruiit nf ih ..... ! thousands of families resi ling along ihe low grounds of the Western and Southern rivers, are now convinced that thev have found a mndicine peculiarly adapted to their ailments whde in other portions of the country, during the summer months, the demand for the article is equally large. Sold by druggists and dealers generally, evervwherp saleiChailoticby E. NYE HUTCIUSON& CO For the Western Democrat A COTTAGE. Not on the lofty mountain, But near its sunny side, I'd build my love a cottage, And there would we abide. I never was ambitious Of mansions tall and great, Nor sighed to shine and glitter With those of grand estate. Therefore I crave a cottage I love a cottage best For oh, of all, the lowly Are found to be the blest. A rose beside a palace Seems languishing for air; But grown beside a cottage, It buds and blossoms fair. And all the world of beauty In fashion's giddy throng, Is as empty of the real As some artificial song. So I'd have a snug, neat cottage, Within some quiet spot, Adorned with rose and lily, And the sweet forget-me-not. Sept. 1859. J. L. M. Yillainous. We regret to learn, a bullet wu shot into the whistle-pipe of the down K., re train one night this week between Rock Hill anij Robinson's old field. The perpetrator when caught, should experience the use of Lynch Iaw, and no doubt. Hock-Hill Chronicle. Charleston, Sept. 14. A special despatch to-day, from New Orleans, reports serious injury to the cotton crop from rust and boll worms. Another Indian Massacre. Papers by Ctah mail give an account of a massacre of a party of emigrants on the 24th of July by the Hnnnodt and Shoshone Indians, at the raft of Oregon river Six men and one woman were killed and as many j wounded, some of them mortally. The party were also robbed off $17UU and their stock. Douglas in Indiana. A Washington corns pondent says : "Governor Willard, of Indiana, is now here;he says Douglas stands no chance for the delegate from Indiana to Charleston. They will go tbereas i an unit for Gen. Lane. Willard is an enthusiastic j Lane man. A Panthkr Kjllkd. A panther measuring i eight feet in length, on Black Bock Mountain, in Jackson County, N. C, was killed on the 20th ult. j Heavy Taxation. The tax levy of New York for the next fiscal year is '),860,000 a tolerably i large sum for municipal government. The rate in ! $1 70 21-100 on the 6100, the valuation of property being $551,02:1,000. j Land Sales. The clerk and Master in Kuiij for this county, sold at public sale, for the beMli lot the heirs of James Martin, a tract of nwl containing 350 acres, with improvements, at 814 an acre. This is considered a very good price, and is no doubt attributable to our railroad. The same gentleman sold another tract coiitni'iiii" 200 acres, without improvements, for the beneht of the heirs of Burrill Henley, which brought $12,50 per acre. WtttFethoro Argun. NOTICE. On Thursday morninjr the 22ml. the members of the Mecklenburg Agricultural Society, arc ropicsted It send to Ihe New Fair (Iround any help they may havf in their power to contiibutc, for the purpose of cleaning off the Fair Ground and preparing the Circu lar Track for the exhibition of horses. JXO. A. YOUNG, Ch'm Ex. Com. Sept. 13, 1859 Carolina Female College. The Exercises of this Institution will be resumed on the second Thursday in October under the control ol the subscriber, assisted by a competent Faculty, In having made an arrangement with the Trustees vkM will enable him to furnish Tuition and Board on ternu satisfactory to patrons. The following are the rates per Session of 20 wccki, viz: Hoard and Tuition in collegiate classes, Music on Piano Oil Painting, Other kinds of Painting, $CG OA 22 00 15 00 10 00 5 00 hmbroidcry No charge for Latin and Greek Langunges. The locality is healthful, and every facility is offerfd by which a sound education niav be acquired. T. K. WALSH, Pres'l. September 13. 1850. 78-3t Whig copy 3t REMOVAL. WE inform our friends that we have remnvti! to the old stand of Springs k McLeod, corner of Colli -ft Trade street, and are now receiving a large .-.tot''0' FJljrilLir fSHO C'EJt tES, which will U sold low FOR CASH at retail or w holesale. L. FEASTF.B. E. A. McLEO". Charlotte, X. C. Aug. .10, 185D 3m NOTICE. ALL persons - indebted to the undersigned 'J ministrator of Joseph Patterson, deceased, are nolifi"1 that their Notes are due. The money is wanted. ! called upon daily for money, and in many cases sued. I wish to save cost, and do not wish to put others t cost, but request all to lift their Notes without dfl; A hint to the wise is sufficient. WM. PATTERSON, Ado" Sept. G, 1859 77-6t Temperance Meeting Sz Dinrr A Mass Temperance Meeting will be held by HP well Division Sons of Temperance, at Hopewell Dio-"' Hall 10 miles north of Charlotte, on Wf.inedy lh' 'iHih of September. A free dinner will be cerved the occasion. Every body is invited to attend. The different Divisions in this county are est""-' requested to attend in a bodv. JAS. Hi KERNS, ( h m of Kept. C, 1859 STOP A I RE AD THIS- GOOD NEWS AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. Has just opened a large and extensive New Sum f BOOTS, SHOES, BKOGANS, And Leather, French and American Calf-Skins, nJ kinds of SHOE-MAKERS' FINDINGS. b. Also, a beautiful Stock of the latest and mo.'t ionable styles of Hats and Caps All styles and Grades, from Oakford s Bert, down tne iommon Wools. My superior Stock of Ladies' and Gentlemen's extra sewed Boots, Shoes and Congress Outers not In l. a, ....... i i m i .;.h:ietl are afro " uipnoa cu oy anv. i ney were "" 1 - , sju, the manufacturer. and the very best Boot ana makers in the United States. rf Farmers, Mechanics and the public gcnerft"j f particularly invited to call and examine my judge for themselves, as I am determined to sell LOWf .1JTD STHICTM.W roR cJ 2 ftg Be sure you call at the ri'ht house just If the Mansion Hotel, at NO. 4, GRANITE ROW, One door below Elias k Cohen s Clothing s,orC:.io WILLIAM TKEL0AK- August 23, 1839