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D., Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery Sill A'ili &WKI j st s Mav 10th. Office opposite Kerr's Hotel. I). 15. REA, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, X. C, Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to his Profession! care. Office opposite Kkru's Hotel. March 14. 1859 y A. C. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LA b". Hrti taken an office jointly with J. A. Fox. Esq. op-stairs next door to the Court House, where he will be con stantly present to attend to all calls on professional business made for himself or for Mr Fox when he is absent. January 4. 18f9. tf J. A. FOX. Attorney ctt Law, (Mfet n'xt door t the Court House. Up-Stmir A. C. WILLIAMSON. Esq., who i- a joint occupant of the office, and who will 1". uniformly present, will attend to professional business for me in my absence. December 21, 18r8 tf ROBERT GIBBON, H. D.. PRACTITIONER OF MEDICI HE AM) GIPaiR&WIVa S'Xf JiUlS'Ji'Xa Office No. '1 train's corner, Cuabiotte, N. C. December 14. 1858. J AS. T. DAVIS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N'. C. Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the adjoining counties. gtfJT" The collection of claims promptly attended to. March 14, 1850 J T. H RREM& CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IS British, French and American Dry Goods, Carpets, Hardware, Hats and Shoes, Charlotte, X. C. THOMAS B. BRKM, J. A. SADLER, Jr. Kov9, 1858. T. LAFAYETTE ALEXANDER. RANKIN & MARTIN Commission glcrtjjaitts, Wilmington, W. ft ItortT. C. RANKIN. ALFRED MARTIN. A up. 30. IS 59. ly-pd BELTS ! BELTS ! For Wheat Threshers, Fans, cotton Gins. Saw Mills. Mid machinery of every description; the best Belting now in use and far superior to leather in many respects. It will not stretch, or draw on one tide, as leather. THE SUN WILL NOT AFFECT IT. Rain or water cannot injure it: it requires no oil: The rat will not cut it: your negroes will not steal it for strings or shoe soles; you can pet any length you wish all in one piece without joints, and with good care it will last any farmer for twenty years. Orders accompanied with the cash will receive prompt attention, and the freight paid to any point on the Railroad or staire line. CASH PRICES: 2 inch 12 cents per foot. 21 13 3 IT " M 4 " ...22 M 5 " 1 6 " 32 " ' 1 " 38 ' 10 ' 0 " 11 ii - i. u 12 " 4 ply, 92 " " pfjj Seamless Belts manufactured to order at short , notice. Conducting Hose of all sizes. f-r water or steam pressures, ordered direct from the Manufacturers. Also, ! Packing of all description, at .15 Cents per pound. J. B. F. BOONE. June 7, 1859 Charlotte, N. C. CERTIFICATES. I do hereby certify that I have three Gum Belts, which I got of Mr J I F Boone, in use in my machinery in my Tan Yard, and have been iu use for the last eight or ten months; and as far as I have tried them. I 1 i k t- them better than the leather belts. Yours respectfully, C. C. HENDERSON, June 6, 1859 Lincolnton. N. C. This is to certifv that we have been using the Rub ber Belting." sold'bv H J B F Boone, and find it has proved nil that he represents it to be.irhd have no Imi tation in recommending its use to the public. YOUNG .fc WRISTON, Proprietors of the Rock Island Wool Mills. July 9, 1850. I hereby certifv. that the India RubberBclting bought by me of J B F Boone, has been used in my cotton Fac tory from 13 to 18 mouths, and has given ent.e satis faction. July 13, 1859 T. R. TATE. Magic Oil Magic. A Fresh supply just received and for sale by E NVE UCTCHISON A CO. June 28. 1859 MECKLEMBUIMI BOD. Seven per eent per annum. These Bonds are undoubtedly the safest investment that can be made, and are really preferable to any State Bonds. The County cannot repudiate. They bear teren per cent interc.-t payable Will eiiwlll. with Coupons for the same. They are of the denomination of $100, which will make them more current and useful fur domestic purposes. The coupons will prove a convenient medium for paying county taxes. The citizens of the county should possess them, and they are now offered to them. Proposals left at either Rank in Charlotte or with Stephen V. Davis will receive prompt attention. II. W. GUION, Sept 23, 1858. Pres't. W., C. k. R. Railroad Co. New and Fashionable urnlture WAEE EOO M S, Charlotte, 2W C. J. M. SANDERS & Co., are constantly re ceiving from New York. Boston, &c, a general assort ment of line and fashionable FURNITURE, which they will sell at extremely low prices for Cash, and every article warranted to give satisfaction. Those in want of good Furniture, at very low prices, will please give them a call. Also, on hand, Fish's .Jit t at tic Burial Vases J. M. SANDERS k CO., Feb. !. 1859. Charlotte, N. C. TAN BARK. 100,000 CORDS Tan Bark wanted, for which a liberal price will be paid. M. B. TAYLOR. Charlotte, March 22, 1850 tf TAXES. The Tax Lists for the year 1858 are now in my hands for inspection. Chose liable to pay Taxes will please come forward and settle. E. C. CRIER. Sheriff. April 12. 1859. Notice. F. SCARR having purchased the entire interest in the firm of F. SCARR & CO., the Business will here after be continued by himself personally. rwf- All Notes and Accounts due the lale firm of 1". Scan- & Co., to January 1st. 1859, must be paid in to V. SCAUR by July 1st, or they will be placed in the hand of an Attorney for immediate collection. May IT, 1850. " tf BY .J. IS. KEKK, Proprietor. VERY ACCOMMODATION afforded the f - a lis patrons of the Charlotte Hotel. I!., At this Hotel is kept the line of Daily from Charlotte to Asheville. 1. 1859. J. B. KERR. Stage! Oct STOKE HOISE 1 OR SALE. JtrV The subscriber offers for sale that large brick i a Htl 'ore House, next to the Court House. In addi i " I rrW.; I,,!, to n large tire room, it has three rooms in the second story, suitable for Offices of any kind. Also, a lot at Davidson College with comfortable buildings thereon. J. U. MAXWELL. August 2, 1859 tlJ-pd ITS T1E4SE SACRIFICES ! ! New Goods. Wilmington Br tuck 2d Store below T. 11. Jtrem ,j- Co. KAfflYI2kIS k BIO RESPECTFULLY inform their numerous custom ers of Charlotte and the surrounding country, that they are selling oil' the balance of their stock of Summer Goods. Fancy and staple Iry Sood, for Gents', Youths' and Boys' wear. Boots, Shoes. Hats. Caps. Trunks, and a full supply of jVEilliiTei?y Goods, Bonnets Flats and Hats, Bonnet Ribbons and French Flowers, all of which will he sold at reduced prices. Also, a large and beautiful assortment of l.ace Points, Berage and Linen Dusters, all of the latest style. f The above named Goods must be closed out by the first of October to make room for our Fall stock. We have the best and largest assortment of Ladies' and Misses' Gaiters, Boots and Shoes, Trunks, Valises Carpet Bags, Satchels, and Bonnet Boxes. Attention is called to the larjre stock of Ready-made Clothing, it being made up in the most substantial manner, and is equal to that sold by any other house in the Union, and is a choice and fashionable stock. Gents Furnishing Goods of every Style. This is positively . closing sale, as every article must be sold by the 1st October. Merchants and others are requested to call and examine before making purchases, :.s thev will lind it to their interest to do so. They can buy from 25 to 50 per cent cheaper than at any other House. j We always keep on hand the best ami cheapest as sortment of GROCERIES, Hardware, Cedar Ware, Ac. David Kaiixweilkr Daniel Kahsweilsk, Charlotte. Aug. 30. Jacob Kahswkilf.r. F It E N 1 11 MILLINERY. KAHNWEILER & BROS, respectfully inform the Ladies of Charlotte and vicinity, that thev will open on or about the 1st of October, a MILI.INERV DEPARTMENT, under the superintendence of MISS P. PFIEL, who is acknowledged by persons of taste to suit and please the most fastidious. Aug. 30. in9.. tf The Great Embasmttor of Health to all Mankind. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT. DYSPEPSIA. The great scourge of this continent yields quickly to a course of these antiseptic Pills, and tie diges tive organs arc restored to their proper tone ; n matter in what nidi shape this hydra mf disease exhibits itself, this searching and unerring remedy disperses it mod: the patient's system. Erysipelas, Salt Rhecm, Bai J eos, Old .sore.s ASoUueas. Cases of jwaijy years standing that have p. ittnacionslv refused to yield to any other remedy or treatment, have succumbed to a few applications of this powerful ungneut. P.n.iors Disorders. This anti-bilious mdicine ex pels the bidden seeds id the eomplahst, and renders all the liuids and m eretions pure and fluent, cleansing aud resns its ting the vital functions of the body. General Debility ak Weakness. Pram whatever cause, fewness of spirits, and other signs of a diseased liver, and other disorganisation of the system, vanish un derthe eiadiciitiup: isdhsCSMM of this all poweiful antis ptic and detergent remedy. Sold at the manufactories of Professor Holloway, t-0 Maiden Lane. New York, and by all dealers in medicine throughout the 1". States and the civilized work), in boxes at -Jo cents. 63 cents, and 1 each. Directions for the guidance ofnscients ar- affixed to each box. EST For sale in Charlotte by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Aprii li, 189. y GOOD supt.lv of Tennessee BACON, cheap for CMh. " U B- WILLIAMS & CO. We're Sorry for Him. When I remember all The girls I've seen together, I feel like a rooster in the fall Exposed te every weather I feel like one who walks alone Some barn-yard all deserted, Whose oats arc fled whose hens are dead, And he to market started. Bonnets. Ladies, we are sure, will feel obliged to us for telling tbem that the last word from Paris about bonnets is important. It indicates change. Ron nuts will be worn larger, coming more over the forehead, and the crowns are higher up on the back of the head. s- 500 Head ol' Pork Hogs. The subscriber will pay the highest cash prices for Hogs. Those having Pork Hops for sale would do well to give me a call, as I am desirous of purchasing that kind of stock. J. L. STOL'T, Town Butcher. October 11, 1850. The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur ance Company, lONTINUES to take risks against loss by fire, on X ' Houses, Goods, Produce. Ac, at usual rates. President A. C. STEELE. Fine President C. OVERMAN, Attorney JOS. H. WILSON. Sec if Tear E. NVE HUTCHISON. DIRECTORS: A. C. STEELE, S. T. WRISTON, JNO. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON, M. B. TAYLOR, F. SCARR, ('HAS. OVERMAN. Executive Committee H. T. Wriston. F. Scarr, Jno. L. Brown. April 20, 1850. F. SCARR, (Late Scarr Co.) Cliemist & I3mio:gist C harlotte, . RESPECTFULLY invites attention to his complete stock' of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and MEDI CINES, selected with jrreat care and without regard to price; purity and quality being especially regarded. To Physicians. New Chemicals and Dru-s just received. Uypnphos phites of Soda aud Potass, Tilden's Fluid Extracts. ChurchilPs Syrup of the Hypophosphitcs, Ammou Ferric Alum, Perchlorate of Iron (solid,) &c. Country Merchants Will find at this e-f .iblisment a full assortment of articles in the Drug line at Charleston Price's. Babbit's Pure Potash, in tins. Concentrated Lye, Soaj) Potash, in barrels. Vinegar, N ntmegs, Allspice. Clove. Mace. Ginger, Pepper, Cinnamon, kc. O I Linseed Oil, Sperm Lard ,; Train Oil. Tanners' " Sweet " A full supply of Paints. White Lead, Bed Lead, Pans Green, Chrome Cireen, Chrome Yellow, Prussian Blue, Baw and Burnt Umber, Terra de Sienna, Ac, Elegant Preparations lor the Hair. Burnett's Cocoa. Savage's Ursina, Razin's Ox Marrow. A-c, At SCAUR'S Drug Establishment. Mav 31. 1857 REMOVAL WE inform our friends that we have removed to the j old stand of Springs i McLeod, comer of College and Trade street, and are now receiving a large stock of Ftjmil. V aMtOCERIES, which will be sold low FOB CASH at retail or wholesale. L. FEASTER. E. A. McLEOD. Charlotte, N. C. Aug. 30, 1859 3m 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 the CHAR LOTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. JNO. WILKES. July 20, 1858 tf Blue Stone ! Blue Stone ! K supply of fine Blue Stone just received, at SCAUR'S Charlotte Drug Store. .t Rare Chance is now offered to - one of the Handtomett Farms in Western North Carolina. rWlHE subscriber being desirous to rente . e from the i country, oners for sale the PLANTATION on which she now resides, lying 4 miles from Charlotte on the Western Plank Road. The land is now in a high state of cultivation. In the yard is a Well of tine, cool Water. The Plantation has been much improved in the last, few vears. The Dwelling House and out-build-in.rs are all new. There is also a young Orchard of several hundred fine choice FRUIT TREES on the plantation, bearing this the second year. This Plan tation is eery healthy, and is beautifully situated, con taining 50 Acres, one half of which is cleared. fed?" Terms made to suit the purchaser. For par ticulars enquire of the subscriber on the premises. MRS. A. M. STEVENSON. Mav 10. 1359. tf ATTEST I O', FARMERS! The Magic rUu. (patented by J. P. Harris of Missis rippi,) possesses the advantage of combining FOLK PLOW'S IN ONE. It can be laid live times and sharp ened twelve times without the aid of a Blacksmith. It can be used the whole season without any additional encnse. For sale at the Juh lO. W9. If CHARLOTTE FOUNDRY, j liLja NEWS ITEMS, &C. New Orleans, Oct. 31. Three squares of the Third District were nearly consumed by fire on Saturday night, leaving seventy families houseless. There was a killing frost in various parts of Louisiana and Mississippi on Sunday morning. Cincinnati, Oct. 29. The office of the New port (Ky ) Eree South, a newspaper with Repub lican proclivities, was mobbed last night,and the 'forms" of the paper scattered in the street. A company has recently been formed in Mobile, Ala., for the purpose of fostering the culture of the grape. During the few months of their ex istence as a company, they have purchased eighty- acres of land, twenty of which have been planted with the Catawba grape. The vines are growing in a most flourishing manner. Memphis, Oct. SO. Ex-Governor James C. Jones, of Tennessee, died here on Saturday. In New York on Thursday last, 810,000 North Carolina State Sixes, sold at $07 i. Fratricide. Y; learn that on Saturday last, Mr James White, of Edgecombe county, was shot in the neighborhood of Scotland Neck, Halifax county, by his brother, Mr Jerry White. SOAPSTONE OP MACON COUNTY, N. C. Prof. Knimons, in a letter to the Franklin Ob server, says : The resources of the western counties are im portant in many respects. J had no time to say all 1 wished, in my communication of the 2d inst., hence 1 hope to be able to add from time to time as circumstances may permit. I would now par ticularize the so called tSonpstone, of the Nantaha la Valley, and which believe is iu Macon county. This rock is by no means the common soaps tone or steatite, which is a magnesian mineral. On the contrary, 1 showed iu my report of 1850, that it is an aluminous rock, that alumina takes the place of magnesia. A specimen which 1 gave Dr. Jack son, of Boston, for analysis, yielded him 18 per cent, of alumina. It is closely alied to the Aijal matolite or figure stone of the Chinese. Although not a soapstone, it is still adapted in an eminent degree to be used for the same purposes, as a sub stitute lor fire brick and as lining for stoves. But for these purposes, it should be cut into proper forms and dried before used, that moisture or water may be disposed of, otherwise it is liable to flake off when heated. This rock, when ground, is used for making the fine pearl paper for papering rooms; it is also put into fancy soaps, to aid in preserving the perfume. It is worth about 40 per ton in New York. The most important use of it, howev er, is tit the manufacture of porcelain. W hen the agamatolite is incorporated with fine white si lex, it is capable of fusion, and if the composition is properly prepared, it make the fine porcelain of commerce. In Europe, this rock is worth, it is said, 800 per ton for the porcelain manufacture. There is no doubt, that when the railroads are opened through your country, this mineral will be iti demand; it is rather superior in quality to that upon Deep river. But why should not porcelain be made near the spot where the elements of its composition abound the porcelain clays, sand stones, white slates, &c. Fatal Duels. A correspondent of the New York Herald, at. Havana, writes as follows : A Major of the rural militia, who is sixty-five years old, at Cuno, about four leagues from this city, having had a quarrel with a man, a duel en sued with swords, and the old man killed his ad versary, who was many years his junior: the second of whom then took up the quarrel, and h, too, received his quietus at the point of the old Major's sword; then a cousin of the first killed took it up, and he als fell by the nervous arm of the old man; lastly, a friend of till the others felt bound to avenge their deaths, but upon receiving a rather severe wound, declared himself satisfied. It is be lieved that the old man's gallantry will cause his ac quittal by the military court, before which he will be tried. alMlll i mil II llillll i i i tgk Mn Look to your Interest Lt BOONE'S iso&f Mm mm moiwws Large sales are made from day to day at a great sacri fice to the manufacturer. A good double-soied 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 toe, and the manufacturer warrants that one pair will last as long as three pair of the old style. To be had only at J. B F. Boone s 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. CENTS w ill find it to their comfort to call at Boone's and tit themselves w ith a Boot or Shoe on reasonable terms. Boone has good Shoes. Boone has a fine and splendid assortment of Boots. Boone has cheap Brogans. Boone has the very best article of Brogans. Boone has children's Shoes with metallic tips. Boone has boys ami youths' Shoes with metallic tips. Boone has boys and youths' Boots with metallic tips. Boone has geuts' 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. R. F. BOONE, Sept. 27, 1S'9. Opposite the Bank of Charlotte. jTa PHILLIPS, MERCHANT TAILOR, HAVING located in Charlotte, respect fully solicits a share of public patronage. A complete assortment of Cloths. Cas simeres and Vesting always on hand, which will be made to order at the shortest notice. Shop three doors south of the Mansion House. Sept. 27, 18-9- J Certain Cure for Corn. Morgan's White Felt Corn Plaster affording im mediate t: lief. at r o. PCARR S Drug Store. SENATOR MASON ON THE HARPER'S PERRY OUTBREAK. Under date of Selma, near Winchester, Va., Oc tober 21, 1859, Senator Masor. addresses the edi tor of the Washington Constitution as follows : It is right, and due to truth, that the material facts attending the late incendiary attack on the town of Harper's Ferry should be correctly under stood. There was no insurrection, in anv form whatso ever, on the part of any of the inhabitants or resi dents of that town or its vicinity. There is little doubt that such insurrection was fully exacted by the leader of the armed miscreants whe carae from the adjoining State clandestinely, and under cover of night, into the town an expectation in which they were wofully disappointed, as fully admitted by themselves. The fact is undoubted that not a man, black or white, joined them after they came into Virginia, or gave them aid or assistance in any form. It is true that after their capture their leader (Brown) stated that he had reason to expect such assistance, and had been disappointed. But this is fully discredited by the following facts: First, that he had undisputed possession of the town from about midnight on Sunday until after mid-day on Monday, when the people of the adjoining country, learning the state of things, got together in armed bands and made a descent upon the town. Second, that during this period they seized and held in cus tody, besides the slaves of Mr. Washington and Mr. Allstadt, taken in the neighborhood, some five or six other slaves belonging to residents at Har per's Ferry, and found in the streets. It is stated that they put spears or lances in the hands of two or three of these negroes and compelled them to stand in the character of sentinels at the door of the engine-house, occupied by the incendiaries, but at the first assault made by the citizens the slaves threw away their pikes and escaped to their homes for refuge. Third, they had hi confinement, iu addition, some thirty or forty other porsons, who were found unarmed in the streets in the early hours of the morning, but no adherent or sympa thizer turned up amongst them. In addition to all this, after careful inquiry and investigation on the spot, I could not learn that any man of any color (save one, hereafter to be noticed) was sus pected of being in any way accessory or privy to the plot. The exception was a man named Cook, who came to Harper's Ferry a year or two since in the character of a schoolmaster, married there, and who, after the event, it appeared, was an emissary of Brown's, and had been associated with him in Kansas. Cook imparted the plane of Brown to none in Virginia, so far as is known, or if he did, it is certain that non acted on them. He accom panied the party to Mr. Washington's, which seized him and his negroes and brought them oft' in the night, but none of the latter evinced any purpose to follow his fortunes. On the contrary, those that he carried off the same night into Maryland es caped from him there and returned. I think I am warranted, on the foregoing facts, in the belief that no engagements or promises of aid from any, of any race, werj given to Brown in viting his descent. On the part of the negroes, it is certain that the only emotion evinced by them was of alarm and terror, and their only refuge sought at their masters' homes. Of the conspiracy, outside of this State, enough has transpired, or been obtained from papers taken with Brown's effects, to show that he acted from impressions made upon him by the abolition tracts, newspapers, and orators in the circles he frequent ed in the non-slaveholding States. Those impres sions were that it required only to put arms within immediate reach to bring about immediate insur rection in the slaveholding States a doctrine open ly inculcated is known, by the abolition leaders. Thus impressed, he embarked on this desperate enterprise with but nineteen men; but he had arms and weapons secreted in the mountains and thinly-populated country on the Maryland side of the river, and within four or five miles of the A'ir ginia line at Harper's Ferry, with abundant ammu nition, to have placed an effective weapon in the hands of each of at least fifteen hundred or two thousand men. The exact number of these arms can never be ascertained, as they were carried oft' iu great numbers when first discovered or brought in by the citizens, and companies of volunteers who came from a distance, and before possession of them was taken by the regular military authorities. Amongst them were one thousand pikes or lances, composed of a steel blade sharpened at the point and at both edges, some six or eight inches long, and tapering from an inch or inch and a half to the point, strougly and securely fixed on uniform wooden handles five or six feet in length a most effective arm for hands unskilled in military weap ons leaving no doubt for whom they were des tined. The whole military equipment possessed by Brown, and seized after his capture, could not have cost less than SlO.b'OO, consisting, among other things, of some 200 Sharpe's rifles, with a like number of six-shooter pistols, contained in the mu n ufacturers boxes, and not yet used, a propor tionate supply of fixed ammunition for the rifles, with caps, &c, iu the original boxes, hospital stores, pick-axes and shovels, unataiued with use, aud a large box containing ten kegs of powder. A grave iuquiry remains, which will be diligent ly and I trust successfully prosecuted to ascertain whence the funds were derived for this military expedition of outlaws against a State of the Union; and who they were aiding with money to furnish arms to such a leader for such a purpose. It remains only to add that so far as can be dis covered, not one of the nineteen escaped. 1 could not correctly ascertain the number killed some 10 or 11 it is known were killed some were shot Up attempting to escape across the river, and their bodies not recovered ; five only were captured alive, amongst them their leader, Brown; two of the five are negroes; one a mulatto, reports that he came from Ohio to join this expedition; the other, a black, says that he came from Ilarrisburg, Pa., with the like purpose, both allege that they were de ceived by Brown as to the objects of the expedition. Not a slave escaped or attempted to escape du ring the tumult. Of the few carried off by Cook across the river, all eseaped from him, and came safely back but one, who it appears was drowned whilst crossing the river homeward bound. Very respectfully yours, J. M. Mason. THE BATTLE OP KING'S MOUNTAIN. We copy the following letter from "HnTpcr'a Weekly : Dallas, N. C, Sept. 20, 1859. Messrs. Editors : I see you publish an extract 1 from n correspondent of the Charleston Mercury a -1? VI XT in your last, giving an account oi xur. nemy , u old llevolutionary soldier, who had given o the correspondent a personal incident of tho Battle of King's Mountain. From the lips of the venerable" patriot 1 have some facts relative to the "Mecklen burg Declaration of Independence on 20th of My, 1775," which may b'e of interest to those who are anxious to bo fully satisfied as to the truth of that declaration, so honorable to the "Old North State." Mr. Henry, whom the correspondent rightly re ports as now living in Buncombe County, and as a lawyer of eminence, states expressly that he was present in Charlotte, on the 19th and 20th of May, when the Declaration was made, and vouches his character for its authenticity. Mr. Henry lived at that time with his futher, on the Catawba River, iu Gaston County, formerly part of old Tryon, about twenty miles west of Charlotte. He states that, the meeting being called at Charlotte, his father concluded to go, and allowed him to accompany him. They traveled in a small wagon, starting on Wednesday, 19th. They did not go all the way on that day, but stopjwjd at a Mr. M'Creary's, near Tuckasejie Ford; and on Thursday, the 20th, pro ceeded to Charlotte, a distance of twelve miles. When they arrived the people were gathering in from all the surrounding country and commenced their deliberations in the court-house that evening. He recollects well M'Knitt Alexander aud Mr. Folk as active participants in the meeting. The meeting lasted nearly all night, and the resolutions, though passed, were not published until next day (Friday.) His father and he were present the next morning when oaths were administered to the parties present, either as committee men or as pledges to each other, he does not remember which; and that this incident is vividly impressed on his mind, and the circumstances attending it, by the fact that at this time being young, about fourteen years old he knew nothing of a legal or judicial oath; and when the oaths were being administered he listened attentively, but could not understand the import of the ceremony, and went to his futher, who was iu another part of the room, to inquire wrat they were doing, and his father replied that they were "swearing;" and he told him, "Wo, for he had listened to them, and they did not say any bad words." His father then explained what the nature of the oath was. 31 r. Henry also relates that he remembers well that their tavern bill was paid with sixteen coppers, when they went to leave. I have all this from a nephew of his, who has just been to see the old veteran, and elicited these details among many others, interesting to every sou of the "Old North State." We have no doubt, Messrs. Editors, that "Hawk's History" will put this controversy at rest; but in the mean time lot honor be given to whom honor is due." Very Respectfully, D. S . A CONFLICT WITH PIRATES. The story of an extraordinary and fearful en counter by the officers of a ship with a desperate gang of eastern pirates, whom they were convoy ing from Singapore to Bombay, is told. It ap pears from the report of the Ijondon Times that Capt. Correpy, of tho British ship Ararat a bark of about two hundred and ninety tons had just landed a batch of Bombay convicts at Sangaporo, and was to take back a return freight of Singa pore and Penang convicts to Bombay twelve men in each place. The Ararat was about to act sail upon her homeward expedition, when the Queen's steamer Elk, Capt. McLure, steamed into Singapore with two piratical junks iu tow, which had been caught prowling about the China Sea. There were fifty-two prisoners on board, and Capt. Correby was informed that he might have the conveyance of them to Bombay as soon as the formalities of trial had been gone through, for of their guilt there was no doubt. Fifty were con- demned to transportation aud handed over to tho Ararat. On the 19th of June the vessel sailed; but stopping at Penang, twelve convicts more wero taken on board, making the whole number of des peradoes seventy-four. On the 28th of June the weather was stormy, so that the captain and mate remained on deck; but while they were trying to catch a nap they were suddenly awakened by a tremendous crash and shoutings. It was apparent in a moment that the convicts had broken loose. They stabbed the sentry to the heart, and rushed aft to seize the offices. The captain and mate in the mcantitno had procured their weapons from the cabin, and for a while kept the ruffians at bay. The latter fought with marlinspikes, blocks and holystones, and the officers with revolving pistols It was pitch dark ail the time, for as soon as a light was brought it was extinguished by the pirates. The ship was rolling fearfully, and abandoned by tho sailors, who had taken refuge in the rigging. It is not the least remarkable feature in this des perate scene, says the Times, that the captain's wife, who was on board, quietly loaded and re-loaded her husband's pistols, and handed them up to him through the cuddy-light. At length the cap tain determined to advance; but this was to be done with the greatest caution, for if any of the pirates could have succeeded in concealing them selves so as to get behind the guard as they ad vanced, and obtain possession of arms, the case might have become desperate indeed. After an hour's bard fighting the pirates wero j driven to the top-gallant forecastle, and there j charged with the bayonet, and killed or forced I over the bows. When lights were procured, and ; the loss on the side of the pirates was ascertained, out of sixty who had come on deck, twenty-eight were dead or missing. Some were wounded be- sides. A more desperate struggle for life says tho Times has seldom taken place, and Capt. Correpy ( may well be proud of a victory to which his own ! bravery so largely contributed. A census-taker once called upon the mother of ; a family in California, and asked her how many children she had The mother replied that she ' really couldn't teli; but there was ono thing of J which she was certain, "that measels got among the children once, bat there wasn't enough of it to I go round.