North Carolina Newspapers

WESTERN" DEMOCEAT, CHARLOTTE, 1ST. C. je WtBUxn S3 r m o f r a t. CHARLOTTE, N. C. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The steamer Canada has arrived with Liverpool dates to the 24th. In Liverpool, Cotton had dec-lined, the lower qualities about an eighth. The Manchester (iuardian and London Post both speak severely of Gen. Harney's conduct in taking possession of the Island of San Juan, and threaten terrible thing-' unless the Government of the I'nited States shall disavow the act. The liritish Government has contracted for laying the buhmarine cable from Falmouth to Gibraltar. Great activity prevailed in England in preparing for the Chinese expedition. J'rince Mctternich had returned to Paris, and held a conference with Count Walewski. Then; has been DO improve ment in French commercial affairs. The crops have fallen of greatly from last year's figures. After several day' suspension the Zurich con ference resumed its sittings on the P.Hh of Sept. A rumor had gained ground contradicting the re port that additional Austrian troops had been sent to Italy. It is rumored in P.;r!s that the Emperor had IC) nested the King of Sardinia to refuse to the deputations from the Legations their request for annexation to Piedmont. The London Times' cor respondent ays if the reports of the day may be credited, there is a possibility of a settlement ef the Italian ipicstion which should satisfy all parties, and the general impression was that the political horizion was likely soon to be clearer than for some time past. The "Paris ConstitationfteT' had given promi nence to an editorial in which it calls on Kngland to side wilh France in the Italian question, and the article was regarded as an appeal to England to assist diplomatically in extricationg the Empe ror from the difieultiea engendered at villafranca. Ex PEDITIOJI AGAINST TIIK ClMNKSK. It is stated the French have already 3,000 or 4,000 men engaged in the Cochin-China expedition, and these will be available for coming operations in China. Besides the 10,000 troops that will be dispatched to China froui Fiance, there is little doubt thai a corresponding French naval force will be sent out. The Paris journals all express their satisfaction at the official s n non aeemeat of a joint French and English expedition. Several add a hope that the union of the two flags against a com mon cm my will strengthen the alliance and di.-?i-pate recent minors of a rupture. tM' EXILE OF THE POPE. The following startling announcement appears in the editorial correspondence of the Courier des Etats 1'nis a French paper in New York. ''Pius IX lias abandoned the project of intcr ferring by force of arms in the affairs of the Legation, but, in revenge, he has manifested a fresh and more energetically than eve r, the intention of abandoning Lome and accepting the asylum offered to bim in the- Balearic Isles by Spain. This voluntary exile of the Chief of Christendom will be a fact of which it is easy to appreciate the gravity, and France is exerting her utmost influence to prevent it. Our Ambassador to the Holy See, 31. de Grammont, lias just arrived in Paris, for the second time in less than a month, to make the Emperor thoroughly acquainted with the real state of things, and to receive instructions how to act in this emminent crisis. It is mainly owing to his efforts that blood has not flowed in the ltoniagna, and that the Pope is still at the Vatican; but we are informed that he is the bearer, on behalf of the Holy Father, of a sort of ultimatum from which there is no hope that Pius IX will recede. If the astuteness of Napoleon III should be insufficient to get rid of this last and most decisive complication, we are on the eve of the most solemn crisis in the history of Europe." m 8norKiaa Cask of Burial Bktouk Death. The Xew Orleans Crescent tells a shocking story about a sexton in that city named Mcrritt. The Crescent says: He sent his men a few days ago, to bury a poor man in a grave at the back end of a certain eemetary. After a short time the men came back to him, excited, saying that they could not bury that man; that he was sitting up in his coffin, and swearing that he wasn't dead. Mcrritt, in high indignation, seized a spade and went back to the grave himself, where sure enough, he found his customer sitting up and looking quietly around him. Put, determined on his waires at all hazards, the sick man was buried anyhow. He struggled and resisted as well is he could, but a few pats from the spade sojn settled him. CAUSE OP THE SAN JUAN AFFAIR. The following is a brief review of the trouble in the North-west, which, in the opinion of some, threatens a war with Kngland. The island of San Juaa or BeUcvue is considered to be a disputed .oint between American and English territory. It is between fifteen and eighteen miles long; by seven at the widest part. It is peopled chiefly by a few American squatters, an English sqnire (an employ ee of the Hudson Bay Company) and a number of unruly hogs, some of whoin-beloiig to the squire. The qnwrrcl is all about the-e hogs. Said hogs persisted in breaking through the hedges and dig ging up and eating the potatoes of Mr. Cutter, an American settler. He gave them that is, their masters a fair warning, and then shot one of them, which turned out to be a boar belonging to the squire. Mr. Cutter was sorry, or offered to pay; but the squire had sworn vengeance; he attempted to have Gutter arrested and brought to Victoria, there to he tried and transported. Now there happened to be some United States troops, under General Harney, at hand, and when a British war steamer arrived from Victoria to carry off Mr. Cut ter, General Harney refused to give hiin up. It was then that the question arose as to whose juris diction the island of San Juaa belongs. Warlike preparations now roawrnirn on both sides. The Knglish hesitated to strike the first blow. The Assembly in Victoria have is ued a long address to Governor Douglass, setting forth that it would be a lasting disgrace to the British name it the Ame ricans were not at once driven from the island. Governor Douglass does not know what to do. The English Commander of the naval force in those wa ters is reported to have said that "the first broad side he would fire at the American settlement on San Juan would cost England more than the island i- worth." In the meantime, the Americans have received reinforcements from Steilaeoom, etc., and commenced fortifications' There are already five compauies of infantry and four of artillery ou the spot. The island is thus practically "annexed." Both sides are "spoiling" for a fight, but, accord ing to the latest news, t iovemor Douglass will send to St. James' for instructions. If a war ensues, that boar of a squire has been the cause of it. Jg-The numberof patients in the North Carolina State Lunatic Asylum, is between 170 and 180. The Institution is said to be remarkably well managed. mm ii' to AF TnV It rr II ITIOY I dux bill. Should I be so happy to meet with a favora lllh W Alt Ur IHfc Il&tllJliAllV.l. j ble regard t0 mv recommendations, I shall, on a proper . 'opportunity, communicate to the Society the future state An Historical Sb't'h by the Han. D. L. Swain, anc ,,ro?re-!g of religion in this colony. Chapels are hei'wj tlx- mbstnnce. of hit Add reus before the , established in every county, wl'ich is served by a read N. C. Educational Association in June last. i or whore no clergy can be procured; they have two, three, or tour, more or less, m each county, according CON TI N U KD . J 1 to tie number of inli.'.bitmts, or extent of the countrv. i m i u- n "i ,i, o i k :i Col. Tryon convened Ms Cornell on the 2d April, 17(fc, announced the death of his predecessor, cx- hibited his commission as Lieut. Governor, took the oaths of office, and immediately issued a proc- lamation. continuing the appointees of Governor DoW- in office ,n,il Ms pkSEU ..;. W funW known. The King appointed him "(.overnor, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief," on the 10th July. He produced his commission before ; the Council on the 20th December, and on the fob - , i j- i: tua I luwing dav issued a proclamation dissolving tne n t . ' .. ,. j ; General Assembly. He dextrously availed h'- . self of these successive vicissitudes and changes of the government, and subsequent less substantial i pretexts, to evade a meeting of the Assembly, and t.r, !.. ,-ut!;n nrWckh- will in relation to the StaniD Act. j i' tii til' v a j'i v i ,;ioo j i j v - i . i v - - - He met the Assembly for the first time in Wil mington, on the 3d May. After a brief but favor able reference to the administration of his prede cessor, and a recommendation of strict inquiry into the state of the provincial nances, he remarked, ' that lie was instructed to request tne passage m a noaBe at Wilmington. As considerable sums of money bill making better provision for an orthodox cler- have been raised by subscription for finishing the K " He insisted on the propriety and necessity churches of Wilmington ami Brunswick, I expect they Of establishing a clergyman in each parish, whose j wi bl be completed in less than twelve months." I salary should be paid out of the public treasury. ; The gratification with w hich the Governor hailed He intimated the hope that his preference for an the success of his effort to secure an efficient and establishment, and the established Church of En- permanent establishment for the Church, was mar gland, would not give rise to the suspicion that he red by rumors that resolutions, deprecatory of the : was an enemy to toleration. He assured them Stamp Act, were about to be intiodueed into the that he was the earnest advocate of religious liber- lower house of the Assembly. His ordinary tuct : ty, but remarked that "he had never known tole- and readiness were exhibited in proroguing the ration urged in any country, as an argument to Legislature from the 18th May, to meet at New 1 exempt dissenters from their share of the support ; Berne on the 3rd of November. There was every of the established church." thing to gain, and nothing to lose, in the critical The following extracts from the Governor's cor- state of affairs, by the change of time and place. ' respondence, not merely present authentic and in- The Stamp Act was repealed in the Spring of teresting information with respect to the early his- ! 17U, and on the 25th June the Governor had it : toryof the Episcopal Church, but show fully and in his power to perform a double act of grace. Few i clearly the views which influenced the first, and in men were more ready than he to make the most of i its ultimate consequences, the most important act such an opportunity. To quiet the Regulators, he I of his administration. 'issued a proclamation, reciting that complaints . . .. ..1 lie had been so short a time in the Province, had enjoyed so little opportunity of observing for himself", that his mistakes with reference to the j comparative numbers of the several religious de ' nominations, are matters of no very great surprise. Mr. Whitfield, it will be perceived, travelled through the Province, and preached in Wilming ton, iu the spring of 17G5. He is not supposed, however, to have formed any separate religious so cieties, ami the Wcsleyans, as a religious communi ty, had at that time no organization within our borders. The Baptists then, as now, were a nu merous and influential bodv of Christians. Shnbal Mearns, a well known clergyman, planted a enurcn business may be carried on as usual, and that the on Sandy Creek, as eaily as 175"), which, about j inhabitants of the Province may return to that this time, numbered six hundred and six members, j cheerful obedience to the laws and legislative au Ue was the immediate neighbor of Herman IIus- thority of Great Britain," on which their futuie band, and surrounded by the earliest and most happiness anJ prosperity so greatly depended, thorough going Regulators. Next, if, indeed, less j T1)C jalter proclamation was received without numerous, were the Presbyterians, to whom, as a ; distrust, and with universal and heart-felt satisfac body, the Governor concedes, on all occasions, a L, xhe maritime districts had nothing more to high character for intelligence and conservatism, j or desire. No system of taxation more favora- .1 1 a I I II .1 C a - - 1 ... . all actcr lor intelligence ami conservatism. ; a,k or desire. No system of taxation more favora i and Foote furnish all the information bIe to the wcaitny sections, or the wealthy citizen ie desired with reference to their ante- 0f aDy section, than the tax upon polls, could have mry history, and obviate the necessity of been devised. Very different were the interests t arutners anu rooie iurnisn that can be revolutions entering into it more minutely at present. 1 lie -a mi Quakers were probably third in point of numbers. - The Episcopalians were mainly confined to the mar- , nunc uisiiicis, auu were rareij ivunu iue .u.a. settlements of the interior. Thev were then, as at present, wealthy, intelligent and influential; but perhaps not more numerous than the "New Lights," so frequently the object of the Governor's reproba tion and scorn. The latter seemed to h ave sprung 1 into exisienee umier nie lnnuence oi ir. nu field's ministrations, from Maine to Georgia. They ultimately united themselves with the Baptists, and constituted a most zealous and efficient branch of that denomination. They seem to have been. at all times, active opponents ot the established of his substance to support rulers and laws to save church, and earnest advocates of political reform. i tl0 otilor part from roguts and it is )is juty5 M 77f Iltmorablr Society for the Prvpttjation of ifu Gospel in well as his right, to see and examine whether such Foreign Purl : rulers abuse such trust." The writer proposes, "BacxswicK, 31 July, 17C3. j tlicreforo, that a meeting shall be held at "some "As this province has received considerable advanta- su;taoc place wnerc theic is no liquor," on Moo res from the missionaries vour Societv nave sent among , . . . i i the inhabitants, some information of the present state ! Jay before .November Court "at which meeting of religion in this colour may not be unacceptable to et it fie judiciously inquired into, whether the you. Kvery sect of religion abounds here, except the freemen of this county labor under any abuses of Itoman Catholic, and by the best information 1 can get, power or not, and let the same be notified in wri- ii. j i .111 t'resDjierinns auu a sect who eaii uiemseives .ev Lights,' (not of the Hock of Mr. Whitfield,) but Superior : Lights, from New Bnsrland. aooear in front. These New Lights live chiefly in the maritime counties; the Pres- j Mr. Loyd, one of the representatives who was byterians are settled mast I j in the back or westward present, avowed his approbation of the scheme. counties; though the Church of England I reckon, at .u ,,;s instancc the 1 0th of October was appointed present, to have the ninjontv ot all other sects; and;,, , , , , , , ri . when a sufficient number of clergy as exemplary in their ; tn. da'' and ;u 'lock s Mill, on Eno, two or three lives, as orthodox in their doctrine, can persuade them- ! nines west ot Hillsborough, the place of meeting, selves to come into this country, 1 doubt not but the j A second paper was thereupon prepared, calling larger number of every sect would come over to the for a general attendance of the people. The object established religion. 1 ran hear but of five clergymen ; of tne ,I)Cctin W3S iitvd to be "to judiciously cx at present 01 this province, four of whom have missions . . ... , . J , I'l-iwii tin- Socii-tv vi TIip Ifi-v Mr Uct Rerae, in Craven county: Mr. Earle, near Kdenton, in Chow an countv : .Mr. Stew art, of Bath, in Beaufort countv; .Mr. Uoir, Itinerant Missionary. 1 had an op portuu:ty in a tour made through part of the province to see the above gentlemen, and must observe 1 think the three irstare well settled had established, and I be lieve them regular in the discharge of their duty. 1 can speak more particularly of Mr. Reed, as I saw much oi aim ai me uencrai -ssemoiy, neiu at .New i.erne. i power "so tar as tney value the good will of every really esteem him a man of great worth. As this eoun- honest free-holder, and the executing public offices trv is now settle. 1 more than 200 miles to the westward , , , i . c 1 ri xt i .u- i .u i pleasant ami delightsome, of .Mr. Moirs residence. I do not think the Province re- ; e ceives any benefit from him as an itinerant missionary: At the appointed time and place about twelve tor under thai general license of preaching everywhere, persons attended Neither Mr. Loyd nor his col he seldom preaches anywhere. This report I have from ioa,rue Col. Fannin-, was present. James Watson some gentlemen in his nei" iilioihood. near the town ot ; , , , - , , , , , , Halifax. I do not represent him as an immoral man. fmc 8 1"Lthc and brOUSht d bat should think it advisable he might be fixed to som lrom Col. Fanning that 'die had intended to be parish agreeable to the inclosed Act of Assembly, the present until within a day or tv re observed in purport of which is the great inducement of my troub- one of our papers the word 'judicious,' which sib ling the Society with this letter. Many efforts have niHoil J,e l court of authority." lie Was beeu made to obtain a good clergy act in this Province. c ' , i .i but as eve. v trial has been as often clogged with objee- ' thcrmore. represented as objecting to the null, tions incompatible with the rights of the Crown and as not a suitable place of meeting; and, in short, the ecclesiastical jurisdiction, they have proved fruit- (said Watson,) "Col. Fanning looks OB it as an in less. This Act, how ever, I flatter myself is free from sui rec'ion." every material objection, and therefore beg leave to re- , A t,irt paper was thereupon drawn up, givin commend to the consideration ot the Societv the ex- . , ... ,. .F , . ,i , ii . i m u a concise historv oi the meeting, rccitimr the fail- trente advantages that w ill accrue to his Majestv s sub- . J . jects. by a happy establishment of religion here. As I ,irc f t!ie representatives to attend, insisting- upon have pledged my endeavors to get deceit clergymen to the right of the people to know '-for what uses our serve in this Province. I earnestly hope tor a farther encouragement from the Society, bv the increase of the missionaries, If only for a term of years, till gentlemen coming over might reimburse themselves tle expense of their voyage and first settling here; which is a charge that must be felt by every one w ho has only his merit to balance that account. There are at present 32 parishes in the province, and as live are already pro vided, twenty-seven clergymen aie only required, a number so small, that it will be scarce sufficient to per form marriage and burial services, offices which are at present performed without the greatest order or decen cy, by the Magistrates of the Peace: Governor Dobbs was iuterred bv a gentlemau of this order, no clergy man living within one hundred miles of Brunswick. The st te of the Oh arches in this Province, beginning at the southward, are as follows, viz : At Briiiuwiek only the outside walls built and roofed. Wilmington, walls only. Hew Berne, in good repair. Bath, wanting considerable repairs. Edenton, wanting as much. As no British colony on this continent stands in more, or so much need of regular moral clergymen as this i noes, 1 hope the society win give all possime assistance , ' to contribute to the happy effects of the present ortho-1 does, I hope the Society will give all possible assistance If the Societv would senti tor mv distribution, or the m ,e Ume w J man, well ,,ound Bi. blefl ,md ,raver Books for tlie ministers' desks as there Hre parishes, it would have a better effect than a" ship load of small books recommending the duty of a Chris- tian. The ignorant would hear their duty delivered -J- 1 want 0f schools in the Province, which consideration brings me lastly to solicit the Society's bounty and en- coaragement to Mr. Tomlioson. at present seated at New Berne. His memorial I enclose at his request, ccr- tified bv manv gentlemen, some of whom I am acquamt- - u ed with. I bad a long conversation with M. lomlinsoii. and from tne sense and decency of his behavior, ami the general good character he maintains, obliges me warmly to solicit th? Society in his behalf. He is the only person of repute of that profession in the country; he was invited to America by a brother w ho has a plai.- tation near New Berne. I reallv think him deserving the favorable attention of the Society, and as such 1 recommend him. I cannot conclude this letter without acquainting the Society that Rev. Mr Whitefield preach ed a sermon at Wilmington in .March last, which would have done honor had he delivered it at St. James's, al lowing some 'ittle alteration of circumstances between i !i uinrtu :nl : tit cii fur tint I.'nvnl Cliitncl and the I '.mit - 1 having been made "that exorbitant fees had been demanded and taken in the several public offices," "we do hereby strictly enjoin and require all pub- lie officers, in their respective stations throughout this Province, not to demand or receive any other fees for public business transacted in their offices, than what are established by proper authority, upon pain of being removed from their said offices, and prosecuted with the utmost severity of the law." A second proclamation of the same date an nounced that an authentic account had been re ceived of the repeal of the Act of Parliament im posing certain stamp duties, and therefore "public !in(i (Vvd.noM nf Mm nonnlo in th b ir-L- r.,trv At the County Court in Orange, in the month of August, a paper was read publicly to the megife trates and representatives of the countv. which. after referring to the triumph obtained bv "The Sons of Liberty," in the successful resistance of the Stamp Act in Parliament, proclaims the neces sity of a thorough reform by the removal of "un t 0ppre8SioH in our province file paper makes no objection to the payment of necessary taxes, takes no exception to the revenue system, unequal as it was in its operation, but simply urges that peculation and extortion shall be exposed and pre- vented. "Jlverv honest man is wiliinj? to irtvc nart ting, if any is found, and the matter fully conversed upon and proper measures used for amendment." any abuses ot power, and, in particular, to examine into the public tax, and inform themselves of eve- ry particular thereof by what law and for what uses it is hiid in order to remove some jealousies out of our minds." The representatives, vestry men, and other officers were requested to ivo t lie mectin all the information and satisfaction in their money is called for, ' and declaring their willing ness to attend at some other time and place, if their representatives should be "inclinable to an swer it," and give the "proper notice." A copy of this statement was delivered to Mr. Watson, who j avowed his approbation of the course proposed, and promised to present a transcript to each reprcseuta live. Instead of meeting the people, as desired, Col. 1 Fanning is represented at the following court, or a general muster, to have read "a long piece of wri ting in public, and among our Justices iu repug nance to our request." This, together with niena- i ees from sheriffs and others, "so discouraged the : people that the affair dropped, after we had sub- I scribed to a sum of fifty pounds in order to com mence suits at law against them on the penal laws, and was denied by the only attorney we had any ! hopes of serving us to undertake it." On the third day of November, 1700, Governor j - " - -.toC.u ot North Carolina, for the second time. The I ryon allowed himself to meet a Ueneral Assembly 4 v - ai i . m , , , . ro- : vince, as has been shown, was burthened with a : public debt, equal in amount to '2 10s. upon eve- ry head of a family. The whole northern portion of the Province was disquieted by oppressive taxation, the impossibility of procuring title to their homesteads, and, above all, by the well grounded apprehension of extortion j in the collection of fees by every officer in the i Province, from Governor to Constable. It was in i vain to assert the right of petition aud instruction, I or, as has been showu by the foregoing narrative, j for the people to unite in a respe.etf'ul request to the representatives for information as "to the uses their money was called for." Governor Tryon was j neither ignorant of existing abuses, nor wanting in j power to redress them. He was in his own esti mation "every inch a king," and was in truth ' clothed with vice regal power. He claimed and exercised the prerogative right to appoint the pub , lie printer, to license and appoint teachers of i schools, to present and iuduct clergymen in the several parishes, to incorporate counties and towns, ' : to call, prorogue and dissolve the General Assem- i j power of appointment to office. He proceeded at j a Iatei period of the session to suggest his favorite scheme for the erection of a palace at New-Berne. I Martin, who was no eulogist of the Regulators, ; ' and who, from his residence in New-Berne at a pe- riod not very remote from the date of the events j he relates, enjoyed the best opportunities to ascer- tain the truth, remarks as follows: ! "On the rise of the legislature, Governor Tryon lost no time in carrying into effect his darling i scheme of building a palace. He had exerted all his influence to obtain the oassage of the bill, and the members of the king's council had been official- ! j ly instructed to give it all the support in their ; power in their legislative capacity This nieas- i tire was thought by many to have laid the founda- ! tion of the series of disorders and commotions i I which terminated in the battle of the Alamance. ! : The grant of five thousand pounds was above the means of the province in its infant and impover- j ; ished state; and the Governor was intrusted solely ; ! with the disposition of the fund. The trust proved j ! fatal to the interest of the province, and to the trustee. It was made to gratify his vanity at the expense of both. It afforded him an opportunity 1 of leaving behind an elegant monument of his taste in building and giving the minister an instance j of his great influence and address in his new gov- eminent. The temptation was not resisted; and the plan of a governor's was substituted for that of a palace worthy the residence of a prince of the ! blood. The purchase of the ground and the erec tion of the foundation, absorbed the sum which the legislature had been pleased to bestow, which was an ample appropriation for the completion of the building. "The building was superior to any thing of the kind in British North America; and the writer of this history, who visited it in 17s-, in company with the late renowned and unfortunate Don Fran cisco de Miranda, heard that gentleman say it had no equal in South America. "It was dedicated to Sir William Draper, the conqueror of Manilla, who was on a visit at Gover nor Tryon's, and was said to be the author of the following lines, inscribed over the principal door, in the vestibule : In the reign of a monarch, who goodness diselos'd, A free, happy people, to dread tyrants oppos'd, Have, to virtue and merit, erected this dome : May the owner and household make this the lov'd home, Where religion, the arts and the laws may invite Future ages to live, in sweet peace and delight." Be fore the completion of the palace, our extend ing settlements were approaching the Alleghanies, and hardy adventurers from the neighborhood of the present seat of government, had formed a set tlement on the western waters. The pioneers of Watauga were to pay, by a poll tax, for the erection I of a palace in a town, which, until the completion ! of the Western and Atlantic Kailroad during the last few months, was, perhaps, visited by a single mountaineer at intervals of a quarter of a century. Not one in a thousand of the Regulators, whose poU taxes contributed towards its erection, ever saw the ralace. The Provincial Legislature con vened, in it for the first time on the 5th of Decem ber, 1770, and on the 8th April, 1775, the last of the Royal Governors suddenly and angrily dissolv ed the last Provincial Assembly. The Governor himself, a short time thereafter, took not less sud den leave of the vice regal mansion. In 1781, the iron pallisades were removed, and the lead torn from the roof, under the orders of Governor Burke and Council, to supply munitions and implements (d'war, and it is not surprising that General Wash ington, in his visit to New-Berne in 1791, found the substantial and elegant structure in a dilapida ted condition It was consumed no irreat while thereafter, by the tore!.- of an accidental incendiary, ; turner circumstances or wnicn tne gravity or nisto ry will scarcely permit the recital. It is a matter of curious inquiry, whether an ed ifice of the character described by Governor Tryon and Judge Martin, in the foregoing extracts from the letter book of the former and the history of the latter, could have been built for the sum of fifteen thousand pounds. There is too much reason to suspect, that no such s; stem of accountability pre vailed in the fiscal department, as would have ena bled any one, from whom the Governor chose to conceal the facts, to ascertain whether the appro priations were exhausted or exceeded. Burning of Human Bodies for Fukl. The first and only railroad in Africa, was completed a few months ago. It connects Alexandria, the chief Egyptian sea-port with Cairo. The most remarkable fact connected with this evidence of progress in Egypt, is the use of human bodies for fuel. The locomotives are fed with this novel food, and actually derive their strength from the burning bones and flesh of men. A PERFECT CURE BV WILD CHERRY- From the Editor ol the New York Mirror. August 9. About four weeks since, one of the comiositois of this office was suflL-im so badly from a cou;h iliat lie was un able lo sleep at night, and loo weak to stand at his case, lie became very pale and thin and gave symptoms ol tailing a victim to quick consumption. We recommended to bim various medicines, which had no effect. Finally, we gavo bim one Bottle of WIST A ICS BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, It afforded him immediate relief, aud he is now a well man, aed not a symptom of a cough. Tiiese are tacts, and further particulars may be learned at tins office. We should add thai the eoagb iu the above case was accom panied by a profuse spilling of blood. None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the wrapper. For sale by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO., Charlotte. October II. SCr Physicians are uenerally f th to speak a word in praise ot what are calied "patient med cines." Indeed, it is an article in the code of medical etb;cs, thn a physician who sanctions (he use ot patent mtdi.-ines cai.i o" be a mem ber ot the National Association. But there are exceptions to the most stringent rules, and many of the disciples ot Esculapius ha .e actually been compelled, bv the lacis, to K-commend the use of Dr. J. Hosteler's Stomach Bitters, lor those diseases which are particularly prevalent during the summer and fall. They have appertained that there ae no remedies in the pharmacopia which can compare with th s wonderful compound for derangement of ihe system Thousands of fatn lies re-u ling along the low grounds of the Western and Southern rivers, are now convinced that they have found a mndicine peculiarly adapted to their ailments whde in other portions of the country, duriua the summer months, ihe demand for the article is'equally large. Sold by druggists and dealers generally, everywhere. For sile in Charlotte by E. N Y E HUTCHISON & CO September G. Office of rru, o-a:.i, nA n;r,etors of the Literary Fund for the vear 1859, among the several Counties of the State tor - Common Schools, have directed the folC fng Tabular Statement 'to be published, showing the Spring and Fall distribution to each County, and the j dUt15?i amontngofhU.ee Fill Distribution will be paid to the persons entitled to the same, upon aPI,,ication fc Jackson' Countv11 will receive 30 per cent, of the amonnt allotted to Macon county, and the remainder of fa shafroT tootled Z Haywood. Alleghany, Madison "E! the Counties from which they were lormea, mere uax.ug JOHN Graham Daves, Seeretary to the Board of Directors. Fed. Pop. Spring. Dis. Fall Die. Alamance 10,166 $1,219 02 $lr21! 02 Alexander 6,608 0 36 00 36 Anson 10,756 1,200 72 1,200 72 Ashe ,5jy 1,024 63 1,024 68 Alleghany Beaufort 11,716 1,405 02 1,405 02 Bertie 0,073 1,196 76 1,106 73 Bladen 8,024 062 88 062 88 Brunswick 5,051 714 12 714 12 Buncombe 12,338 1,480 56 1,480 56 Burke 6,919 830 28 830 23 Cabarrus 8,674 1,040 88 1,040 88 Caldwell 5,836 700 32 700 32 Camden 5,174 620 88 620 88 Carteret 6,208 744 96 744 96 Caswell 12,161 1,450 32 1,469 32 Catawba 8,234 088 08 088 08 Chatham 16,055 1.026 60 1,026 60 Cherokee 6,703 804 36 804 36 Chowan 5,252 a 630 24 630 24 Cleaveland 9,607 1.103 64 1,163 63 Columbus 5.308 638 06 636 06 Craven 12,329 1.479 48 1.479 48 Cumberland 10,634 1,276 06 1,276 06 Currituck 6,257 750 f4 750 S4 Davidson, 14,123 1,694 76 1,604 76 Davie 6,908 839 76 839 76 Duplin 11,111 1,333 32 1,333 32 Edgecombe lo,olS 1.202 12 1,202 12 Forsvth 10.627 1,275 74 1.275 74 Franklin 0,510 1,141 20 1,141 20 Gaston ' 7,228 867 36 867 36 Gates 6,878 825 36 825 36 Granville 17,310 2,076 36 2,076 36 Greene 5,320 638 52 638 52 Guilford 18,480 2,217 60 2,217 60 Halifax 13,007 1,560 84 1,560 84 Harnett 7.089 850 70 850 70 Haywood 6907 828 84 828 84 Henderson 6,883 825 96 825 96 Hertford 6,656 708 72 708 72 Hyde 6,585 790 20 700 20 Iredell 13,062 1,567 44 1,567 44 Jackson Johnston 11,149 1,337 02 1,337 02 Jones 3,935 472 20 472 20 Lenoir 6,181 741 84 741 84 Lincoln 6.924 830 88 830 88 Madison Macon 6,169 740 28 740 28 Martin 6,961 835 32 835 32 'McDowell 5,741 688 92 688 92 Mecklenburg 11,724 1,400 88 1,406 88 Montgomery 6.166 739 56 739 56 Moore 8.552 1,026 26 1,026 26 Nash 7.005 743 58 948 58 Xew Hanover 14.236 1,708 32 1,708 32 Northampton 10,731 1.287 72 1,287 72 Onslow 7,010 844 80 844 80 Orange 14,957 1,794 84 1,794 84 Pasquotank 7,708 924 90 924 06 Perqnimoas 6,030 723 60 723 60 Person 8,825 1,059 00 1.059 00 Pitt 10.745 1,289 40 1,289 40 Polk Randolph 15.176 1,821 12 1,821 12 Richmond 7.936 752 32 952 32 Robeson 11,080 1.329 60 1,329 60 Rockingham 12,363 1,483 56 1,483 56 Rowan 12,329 1,479 48 1,479 48 Rutherford 12,388 1,486 56 1.486 56 Sampson 12.311 1,477 32 1,477 32 Stanly 6,.'!48 761 76 761 76 Stokes 8,490 1,018 80 1.018 80 Surry 8,132 075 84 075 84 Tyrrell 4,-152 534 23 534 24 Union 9,258 1,110 96 1.110 96 Wake 21,123 2,534 76 2,534 76 Warren 10,366 1,243 92 1,243 92 Washington 4,730 573 60 573 60 Watauga 3.348 401 7j 401 76 Wayne 10,317 1,238 09 1,238 09 Wilkes 11,642 1,397 04 1,397 04 Wilson 6.754 810 45 810 45 Yadkin 0,511 1.141 32 1,141 32 Yancey 8,068 968 16 068 16 Total 752,542 90,425 04 90,425 04 Look to your Interest. moii Am mm tiwrainu Large sales are made from day to day at a great sacri fice to the manufacturer. A good doable-soled nailed Brogan sold for $1 25 The very best Brogans at 1 50 Single-soled Brogans at 1 00 A Great Saving In children's, boys and misses Shoes, is effected by the introduction of Copper Points for the protection of the toc aml t,,e manufacturer warrants that one pair will &t j "J iJioaSs! LADIES will find it to their interest to call at Boone's and examine his stock as it is far superior to any other ottered in the State. GENTS will find it to their comfort to call at Boone's and tit themselves with a Boot or Shoe on reasonable terms. Boone lias good Shoes. Boone has a fine and splendid assortment of Boots. Boone has cheap Brogaus. Boone has the very best article of Brogans. Boone has children's Shoes with metallic tips. Boone has boys and youths' Shoes with metallic tips. Boone has boys and youths' Boots with metallic tips. Boone has gents' fine double-soled water proof Boots, very cheap. Boone has Ladies' fine high-heeled Congress Gaiters, and a great many varieties too numerous to mention! Call and examine for yourselves. J B. F. BOONE, Sept. 27, 1850. Opposite the Bank of Charlotte. NEW T. H. BREM & CO. ARE RECEIVING TUEIlt SUPPLY NEW Fall Goods. Sept. 27, 1850. 4t OF lOO NEGROES WANTED. The subscriber wants to buy one hundred good Ne groes, for which the highest prices Ar CASH will be jiaid. Persons having that kind of property for sale will find it greatlv to their interest to apply immediate ly to JAMES H. DAVIS. Pineville. N. C, or to A. A. N. M. TAYLOR at Charlotte. August 2, 1859 ..in II. B. WILLIAMS & CO. HAVE jn:t received a large supply of superior RIO COFFEE, imported direet to Wilmington, N. C. Also, a large supply of TEA, imperial audgnnpowder: Coff'ee-SUGARS, the best article. September 20, 1859. JUST RECEIVED, a superior article of HAMS, made and cured in Pennsylvania a new article in this market. 11. B. WILLIAMS k CO. Sept. 20, 1809. Blue Stone ! Dlue Stone ! ALARCE Stock just received, for SEED WHEAT by Sept. 27- " E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. the Directors of Literary pnd liALEitili, September 28, 1859. ' t Fund, having made distribution of the net income of oer,. uo v -r - uunt,,, W. ELLIS, President ex officio of the Literary tlld Total Dis. $1,439 84 1,200 72 2,581 44 2,049 36 Deduct for Dif and thank. Bcttie Ray Wm J Covington 5 in 0.) li vo 2.811 84 2,393 52 r David J Watson 1,925 76 Joseph Watson 1,428 24 I Eliza J C Watson 2,961 12 1,660 56 2,081 76 225 0g 1,400 64 1,241 76 1,489 92 2,018 64 1,976 16 3,853 20 Thomas Berry 75 (HI Sarah C Fooshee 75 04 1,608 72 1.260 48 2.327 28 1,273 92 2,058 96 ( John R Strickland 2,552 14 -i Harriet A Strickland 1,501 68 (Jesse Holder 3.380 52 ! 25 W 1,670 52 2,666 64 2404 28 2,551 48 2,282 40 1,734 72 1,050 72 4,152 72 1,276 92 4,435 20 3.121 68 1,701 38 1,657 68 1,65 1 02 1,597 44 1,580 40 3,134 88 Ellen C Johnson 75 H Marv Burt 75 00 2,675 84 944 40 1,483 68 Eunice Gurganous 75 00 1,661 76 1,480 56 1,670 64 , jagj)er Jamison 1,377 84 M M Nichoi3 2,813 76 ' 1,470 12 Wni Shuffield 2,052 52 1,807 16 3,416 64 2.575 44 1.689 60 3,589 66 150 00 75 00 1,849 92 1,447 20 2,1 18 00 2,578 80 James Lane 3,642 24 1,904 64 2,659 20 2.967 12 2.050 06 John B Watson 75 N 75 (10 75 00 150 CO 75 00 75 00 2 i7 1 o ' . ' . f Paid $360 due $375 1,523 52 lor I'"lls 2.(37 eo 1,951 68 Lark in Snow 1.068 48 f Rebecca Trull 2.221 92 -Jane A Benton 5,009 32 2.487 84 Martha Adams 1,147 20 803 52 2,476 18 2,7f4 08 1.620 90 2,282 64 1,037 32 Thomas Harding $180,850 08 $1,800 N FISHER & BURROUGHS ARE NOW RECEIVING THEIR STOCK UF WINTEB GOODS, And to meet the LARGE INCREASE OF THEIR TRADE, have laid in a much larger Stock than usual ! ! ID" It will be complete in all articles of DRESS GOODS, HOUSE FURBISHING GOODS Rugs and Oil Cloths, NEGRO CLOTHS, HATS, L A. Z3" J3L ZE3 T MOSAIC, 0 Shelf Hardware, Anvils, Bellows, IRON & STEEL, Straw Cutter, Corn Shell Vn examination of the above Stock is rt" pectfully solicited. Sept. 27. 2tu