North Carolina Newspapers

WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, 1ST. C. WtsUtn 35 rmorr at. CHARLOTTE, N. C. EXECUTION OP THE HARPER'S j the jail guards to cut a lemon with; we did not re PERRY CONSPIRATORS. ; turr. it to him He had no idea of any intention . x . . i l ' i :.i a . 1 :rc At half-past 10 o'clock, Gen. Taliaferro, with , ri..our I'ar.1 " oreaumi, nemier uuiwwm, BLACK REPUBLICANS VOTING FOB MB 6ILMEB. A TBUTHFUL BECOBD. The Raleigh Standard, in reply to some remarks of the Register, says: One of the reasons the Register gives why Mr around the jail, and the open wagon containing Gilmer and the Southern Americans cannot act the coffins of the prisoners drew up in front of the with the Democrats in organising the Hoase, is, J door, with a carriage to convey Sheriff Campbell that the Demoeiats have heretofore ''viilified" and and his deputies. "proscribed"' them; and another reason is that the The crowd of citizens and strangers was very Democrats themselves arc reap nsible for the pres- great, at Icatt five times as numerous as on the oc cnt condition of the eoaatry. Icasion of Brown's execution, most of whom were Let us see what these reasons amount to: So ' already on the field, whilst others waited to see the far as viilification and proscription are concerned, prisoners come out. The religions ceremonies in it is certainly fair towards our opponents to say , the cells of the prisoners was very impressive, that in this respect the two parties are even. ! At a quarter before 11 o'clock the prisoners, ac Know Nothings have been as bitter and proscrip- , companiei by the sheriff and Rev. Mr. North, ap tive towards Democrats as Democrats have been : peared at the jail door, and, with their arms pin towards them. Wc go further, and say that our j ioncd, moved slowly towards the vehicle in waiting opponents have been extraordinarily bitter and for them. They seen en downcast, and wore none prescriptive; and in proof of this we point to the of that calm ami cheerful spirit evinced by Brown fact that but a few years ago they bound them- ' under similar circumstances. They were helped selves by solemn oaths not to vote for any Demo- : into the aasron. and trnk their seats on the coffin Tat for any office, and to proscribe all Democrats without looking to the right or left. The escort from office whenever thev should have the power now commenced to move, and the wagon was close- j to do so. But suppose the two parties have been ' ly flanked on either side by a company of riflemen, ; prescriptive one towards the other, is that a good marching double-file, in lock step, reason why they should not co-one rate note, when i The prisoners mounted the scaffold with firm I .Short Almanac for I860. Th; House of Representatives voted twice on "- 1 . -t - - -i . , i i j . - --- w- .... his taff, numbering about twentv-five officers, hav- Jallor or Ja guara ,,ae ail '""" I Frida the DJth, for Speaker, being the seventh iug given orders to prepare the two negro prisoners I P,ans- We received no aid from any person or and eighth ballots. The vote on the seventh bal Green and Coneland, for execution, took their de- Tysons whatever. We had, as we supposed, re- jot was M follows: parture to join the main body of the troops on the 10ved a11 tne brks excePl tne last tier f" j Mr Sherman, Black Republican, 93 votes; Mr geld. The military then formed a hollow square aaJa a?. Dut on inc evening previous to our oreaw- Bocock, national. Democrat, 80; Mr Gilmer, iSouti- in- uui wu uievuTcreu uui iiiisutjvi-. erH -j j Uppositiomst, -ib; scattering y. We had intended to go out on the evening that j Messrs Branch, Craige, Raffia and Winslow my sister and brothers-in-law were here, but 1 vote(j por Mr JoCock. Messrs Leach, Vance and knew that it would reflect on them, and we post- Smith voted for Mr Gilmer, together with the poned it; but I urged Coppic to go, and I would biii of Southern Know Nothings, and the follow- w-r ft 111. C ' inr black Republicans : Messrs Campbell, Hale, M H I s 00 p H er a a Cu 3 Emu Dec JANUARY FEBRUARY remain. lie refused. we fun coneiuaca to wait. 1 got a knife blade from Green, and with that made some tolerable teeth in the Barlow knife, with which we sawed off our shackles. We had them all off the night previous to our getting out. Juttkin, Morris, Schwartz, Scranton, Morehcad, Stevens, Millward, Wood, Yerree, Haskin, Yan Wyck, Pennington and Nixon. Mr Gilmer then rose and withdrew his name, MARCH Coppic went out first, and 1 followed. e then ; arirj returned his thanks first to hisSouthern friends got upon the wall, when 1 was discovered and shot ; am tncn to (he ljjuck Republicans for their sup- I ' 1 . .... i.t.I - - - - J - - - - ........ f . n -a -m 1 " 1 i iic- jiuaru uDiwra i iumKuiaii-i irc J'i port, l urninjr to tlie black KerjUDlicans ne saiu: I must also say that I feel in no less degree com at the wall. We saw there was no chance of escape, and as it was discovered that we had broken jail, so we walked in deliberately and gave ourselves up to the sheriff and jailor. There was no person or persons who aided in our escape. This statement is true, so help us God. Signed. JotiN E. Cook, Edwin Coppic. a common danger threatens them, the Constitution, , steps. the Union, and the nrosneritv and safety of the I Campbell and Rev. Mr. North. After a brief South ? Is this a time to talk about party about prayer by the clergyman the caps were drawn over party grudges and party aims? We are surprised the heads of the prisoners and the ropes affixed at our cofemporary. Wc thought atone tine that I around their necks. During the few moments he would lift himself above party on this moment- they thus stood, Copeland remained quiet, but ous question, and look only to the best weans for I Green IMS-engaged in earnest prayer up to the saviag the country; but his last issm snows that : moment the trap was drawn, and they were laun'ch partu is still in his hopes and calculations. Mr ed into eternity. For several days they had been removing the nlnstor mid cement ami bricks which eomnosed and were immediately joined by Sheriff j the wal! -ust undcr the widow. The table, hold ing their books, &C, was sitting before the place plimented by the votes of gentlemen with whom I j APRIL very much disagree on one great political point. He felt "complimented" by the votes of men who would put the torch to our dwellings and the knife to our throats! Mr Gilmer then nominated Mr Botelar, of Va., and the House proceeded to the eighth ballot, as follows: Mr Sherman, black Republican, 111; Mr Bocock, national Democrat, 83; Mr Botelar, Southern Op positionist, 'lo. i he black Kepublicans who had 31 AY . j n i:i ii . a - - r . 7 A few days ago requests were made of the guards ; tNUll-u Iur rarUffllr- UJl"u 1W JUJ " l i -i " .i but returned to M r Sherman, increasinj his vote iiiimer must DC sustained, no matter wiial lie may do. No man is fit to be Speaker who endorsed Helper's book. The Register agrees to that. Mr Gilmer offers a resolution, the effect of which is to prevent the House from saving what our neighbor agrees to, and what omyki lo be said; and yet Mr Gilmer must be sustained, and Mr Gilmer must not be censured by Southern men. What is that but party'' What b that bnl a disposition to stand by a mere man at the expense of the coun try? What is that but a declaration to the North that Mr Gilmer is as true, when it is known that he is not .as true as Southern men f In reply to the Register's charge that the Demo cratic party is responsible for the present condi tion of the country on the slavery question, it would be easy lo prove that the very reverse is the fact. But for that party the black Republicans would now have been in power; and that patty, as is well known and generally admitted, presents at rhis time the only formidable barrier to abolition agirressions. So tar from having encouraged the agitation of the slavery question, the Democratic party has done everything it could to suppress it The fact that it has failed to suppress it is not if fault, but a misfortune to the country. But wh it, in the meantime, has the party to which our neighbor belongs been doing ? Why, from the very commencement of the agitation in Is 17, the 'opposition" party has added fuel V the flame. The entire IVhie party North was for the IVilmot to make as little disturbance as possible, as they had important writing to put through. While working, the bits of plaster were hid under the bed, covered with newspapers. The bricks were let down by a string into a drum stove through the oioe hole Cook's m:m:icles were s:ived thro' Green died very easy, his neck being broken by thc ailide-rine;s, so as to be entirely removed; Cop- the fall, and the motion of the body was very sliirht. Copeland seemed to suffer very much, and his body writhed in violent contortions for several minutes. The bodies were placed in the poplar coffins provided for them, and carried back to the jail. The n en roes did not say much in regard to their fate, and devoted all their time to prayer. Cope land would have spoken on the scaffold had he been permitted. EXECUTION OF COOK AND COPPIE. The bodies of the two negro prisoners having been brought back to the jail at about a quarter to twelve o'clock, notice was given to Cook and Cop pic that their time was approaching, only one hour more being allowed them. The military movement similar to those at the first execution, were repeat ed, and the wagon with two more coffins was stand ing at the door at half-past twelve o'clock. The same military escort was in readiness whilst the closing religious ceremonies were progressing in the cello! the prisoners. Since the Failure of their attempt to escape, their assumed eoujposure and apparent resignation h.-.d given way, and they now looked at the reality of their fate with a full con viction of its awful certainty. They were reserved and 1 I thcr quiet, but joined Uuious ceremonies. When called upon by dm and quietly whilst with fervor in the re- tbe sheriff, they stood their arms were being Proviso, Mr Clav himself dcchtrinir time and again pinioned, and alter bidding farewell to the guards that he would never consent to the extension of j of the jail, moved through the corridor to thc door slaver J. Kvery Whig Legislature i;i the free and were helped into thc wagon and sat on their States recommended, and every Whig member of coffins. Their appearance was rather of hopeless Congress from thc same quarter voted for that despair, than of resignation, and they seemed to proviso, the object of which was to exclude the 1 take but little notice of anything as thc proccs.-do'.i South from the common territories. The same akiwlv moved to the he ld of death. ):; the way down stairs they were allowed to ' proceed to the cell of Stevens and Hazlett, and bid them farewell. They shook bands cordially. and Cook said to Stevens. "My friend, good bye."' I Stevens replied, "Good bye! cheer up! give my love to tnv llnemis n: tne ottier world. I opi.ie pie s through a centre link, ami then tieu to ins ; legs undcr his pants. Having let themselves down into the yard, they made use of a part of the gal , lows used in the execution of Brown, to gain the top of the wall. The sentinel on the outside im ; mediately discovered them and fired, the ball striking the edge of the wall near to Cook's head. They immediately jumped down into the yard and ' walked to the jail door. Met by one of the jail guards, Coppic said, l,I am your prisoner." He answered, "Who are you ?" "Coppic," was the ! response, to the astonishment of the guard. 1m j mediate steps were taken ( secure them. The sentinel, stationed near the jail wall, report ' cd that at a quarter past 8 o'clock he observed a man on the jail wall, whom he challenged, and re- cciving no answer, he fired at him. Another head j was seen above the wall, but he retreated as soon j as the other had been fired at. The man on the ! top of the wall seemed at first determined to persist, ' and was about making an attempt to jump down, when the sentinel declared his intention of catch ing him on his bayonet. He then retreated into the jail yard, and they gave themselves up with out further resistance. Cook afterwards reinark ' ed that if he could have got over and throttled the guard he could have made his escape. The Shen andoah mountains arc within ten minutes' run of the jail wall, and had he reached them, with a thorough knowledge of the mountains, his arrest I when subjected to the scrutiny of inteligent men from C'G to 111. Henry Winter Davis, thc blood stained representative from Baltimore, voted on this ballot for Mr Gilmer. Standard. And the Wilmington Journal, on the same sub- ! ject, says: 'On Friday Mr Gilmer received some thirtyslx votes, in which were, of course, included somc thinglike thirteen Black Repulicans, in which cat egory we place thc anti-Lecomptons, Hickman, of Pa., and Haskins, of N. Y., both of whom had al ready voted for Sherman. Immediately on the anouncement of the vote, Mr Gilmer declined, and nominated Mr Boteler, of Virginia, and then the vote for thc South American candidate fell instant ly to the point it had reached all along some 'I'l votes. At this next vote, Mr Gilmer returned the compliment which had been paid to him, and voted for one of the " Northern Opposition," meaning thereby a Black Republican. Of course, even- Democrat saw that this move ment was simply a ruse, to place the Democrats in a false position, and either compel them to co-operate with Black Republicans, or throw upon them the responsibility of defeating the election of a speaker. It is worthy of remark, that immediately on Mr Gilmer's getting such a large vote, he retir ed, and even if the Democrats could have been persuaded into voting for him, they had no further chance. Then Mr Boteler got thc old South American strength, and things wenton as they had done. The trick is too transparent; it is like a good many other things of Mr Gilmer's concoction. It might fool a county court jury, or a cross-road meeting in Guilford, but, like his clap-trap canvas of the State, it becomes ridiculously transparent JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER Members voted almost in a body against the fugi tive slave law. Ibis same party ran forth-' Presi dency in Isfili a candidate tm very objectionable on this very slavery issue, and so intimately iden tified with Seward, that our neighbor of the Regis ter declared before he was nominated that he would not support him and yet he did support j then made a remark to Stevens which was not over him. Finally, the Whig party went to pieces, heard, to which he replied -'Never mind." Both .a m i - " tne prime can.-" ot its dissolution being that it was ; so abolitionized North that Southern Whig-; would i not act with it. Then we had the Know Nothing j party, and then the black Republican party. Both : of these parties rose on thc "ruins" of the old Whig party. First Whig, then Know Nothing, thi u Marifc Jpnhll. an. This is the truth of his tory. Our neighbor's Whig brethren in the non slavcholding States agitated against the South until they disbanded and became Know Nothings, and their next step was into the ranks of the Seward party. Let him deny and disprove this, if be can. While the Democratic party was demanding jus tice for the South, and endeavoring to suppress agi tation against her institutions, our neighbor's poli tical allies were waging a fierce war against us, and denouncing as a "doughface" or hypocrite every Democrat North who stood up for ua. If those persons in the free States who were once Whig, but who are now black Republicans, would ceapo to assail the South, and co-operate with the national Democratic party, we would scon have peace, and thc Constitution and the Union would be safe. The responsibility of the present unhappy condition of things is on than, and not the democrats. Ds?" At Wilson Superior Court Judge Saunders ! charged the Grand Jury strongly on the subject of incendiary books, pamphlets, papers. &e., and j referred particularly to the fact that the present Governor of New York and a number of members of Congress are contributors to a fund to print and circulate a book of that character in the Southern Slates. If so circulated, all these persons arc liable, by the laws of North Carolina, to ' be imprisoned, jut in the pillory, and whipped at j the discretion of the court: and for the second offence shall suffer death."' (See Revised .de. pages 205-6. ) The Judge informed the Jury that it was their duty to present offenders against this law. the duty of magistrates and other officers to see that offenders bo brought to justice, and of postmasters to sec that no such pamphlets be given out for circulation. In response to this charge the (Jrand Jury returned a Ions presentment, specifying the ' offences against the rights of the South, calling for a strict enforcement of the law; for the re organization and disciplining of the militia, and. in ease of the circulation hi this State of a single erpy of the incendiary book recommended by thc aforesaid Governor and Congressmen, that Gov. Ellis demand the said Governor, fte., that he and they may be brought to trial. The Jury concluded with an invocation to their fellow citizens carefully to obey the law. and a declaration of their continued devotion to the Union, Jbe., &a It i. signed by 17 Jurors. FayctU vtlle Obtera-r. then shook hands with Ilazlctt and bade him good bye, but did not "all him by name or show any personal recognition of each other. Emerging from the jail. Cook recognized gon tlcmen, and bowed politely to them On approaching the scaffold Cook shook hands with a l uge number of persons, and bowed polite ly to Mayor (ircen. When he put his foot on the trap he glanced up at the hook on which the noose was hung. The wagon reached the scaffold at thirteen minutes before one o'clock, and the prisoners as cended with a firmness that was scarcely surpassed by that of Capt. Brown. On the gallows they shook hands and bid each other good bye. after the caps were drawn, Cook said "stop a minute, where is Edwin's hand.'' Cook said '"God bless you," and Coppie said in a loud tone, "be quick as possible." Coppie's gen teel appearance was the subject of general remark. The calm and collected maimer of both was very remarkable. A brief prayer was offered up by one of the clergymen, the rope adjusted, the cap drawn and both were launched into eternity in seven minutes after they ascended the gallows. They both ex hibited the most unflinching firmness, saying noth ing except bidding farewell to the ministers and the sheriff. After the rope was adjusted, Cook exclaimed '-Be quick as quick a possible,' which was also repeated by Coppic. After hanging about thirty minute both bodies were cut down and placed in the black walnut coffins prepared for them That of Cook wasapop- lar box. labelled and directed as fid lows: "Ash bell ' P. Wiilard and Robert Cowley, 104 William street New i oik cm- of Adams' Express. Coppie's body was placed in a similar box, to be forwarded to hi.s mother in Iowa. Cook would have spoken from the scaffold ifper I milted. On their way to the scaffold the only re marks made by Cook ami Coppie were in relation to the attempt to escape. They hoped no reflection might attach to any one through iheir conduct. One of the ministers, who attended on the pi is- j ! oners informs mo that neither Cook nor Connie ( 'op- woulu have been uirticuit. especially as imt tew ot the military could have followed him during the j night. V correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper says there are very few residents of Charlestowu who do not think ihat '-something was rotten in Denmark." What- is very remarkable, they have both since their imprisonment, been chained by the leg, and the ring around the ankle was tiled about halfway through and then cut as if with a cold chisel. How it was possible to perform this feat, and at the some time dig away a portion of a ponderous wall, while surrounded by nearly a thousand sol diers, is an inexplicable mystery. For some days a controversy had been going on between the Commander-in-chief and the jailor in reference to the charge of the prisoners, which had become quite warm as the day of the execution approached, it being asserted on good authority, that the jailor refused to admit the General to see the prisoners, and paid no attention whatever to the orders issued bv that functionary admitting visitors, alleging that the condemned men were in the hands of the civil, and not the military authorities. As the whole matter will no doubt undergo a strict inves tigation at Charlestowu, I foibear saying more at this time." Of the twenty-two men who joined in the Har per's Ferry invasion, eleven were killed at Harper's Ferry, live have died on the scaffold, two, Stevens and Hazlett, are yet in the custody of the civil authorities, and three Merriam, Tidd, and one of John Brown's sons escaped, and are now in Canada. AN HISTORICAL RETROSPECT. Ortanization of C'uiorrss. Within the j ever made any direct profession of religion. pie was of Quaker descent, and Cook was a Con go nationalist in sentiment. Both, how ever, seem ed hopeful; and the minister's exhortation on the scaffold was to put their trust in the redeeming blood of Christ. The bodies of Cook and Coppie were tak"n to Harper's Ferry in a train which was waiting at the depot The bodies of the negroes were given to the suigeonsaud medical students. Large too, Mr Jesse Thomason has laid on our table a sample of the Tennessee .toek Com, which is very superior, and the very l est for feed ing stock. Mr T. informs us that from one acre nmanured, he gathered one hundred bushels. This we regard as decidedly good, and should en- Att' mptfd Eacape of ( ,r,k and Coppic The fid lowing letter was Campbell by the prisoners: Chaklkstown Jail. Dec. Hi. Having been called upon to make a fair state ment in regard to the ways and means of our break ing jail, wc have agreed to do so, from a sense of our duty to the Sheriff, the Jailor, and the jail uard. We do not wish that any one should be 'twenty 3 ears there have been three instances of a long delay in the organization of the House of Representatives at Washington. The Cincinati Enquirer recalls thc facts in the following sketch: In lo9 and '40, toward the close of Mr. Van Bureu's administration, the House, which met early in December, did not succeed in choosing a Speaker until the first, of January. They chose the U S. Senator from Virginia, Mr Hunter, but then serving in the House of Representatives. It was his first session, and he was entirely unknown to the country. He was a Southern States Right Whig, and was elected by the W higs and the Democratic friends of Mr Calhoun. Before' the session was over, Mr Hunter joined the Democratic party, and supported Mr Van Buret! for President in the memorable "haru cider ' contest ofl84U. Again, in 1849 and '50, there was a long delay in the organization. The candidates for Speaker were 11 C Winthrop, Whig, of Massachusetts, and Howell Cobb, Democrat, of Georgia, now Se cretary of the Tressury. After pailoting for three weeks, it was found impossible to elect by a ma jority, so a rule was adopted declaring that the person who had the highest number of rotes should be elected, whether it was a majority of the whole number of votes cast or not. Under this rule. Mr Cobb, Democrat, of Georgia, was elected. But the most remarkable instance id' delay was in 1850 and 150. 'J he House of Representatives, which convened in Decmbcr, 1855, did not succeed in electing a Speaker until February, 1856, a period of eleven or twelve week. Mr Banks, Republi can, of .Massachusetts, was then elected under the furnished to Sheriff Plur:miy rme- 10 inai aaopieu 111 iou. He received one hundred and three votes to one I 1 . t 11" ' "1 M V A iunurcd cast lor w liiiam Aiken, uemocrat. ot in the view of honorable men, it is something worse. Mr Gilmer need not have been quite so scarey. He and his Republic!) friends might, have played out their game more fully if they had chosen, and not made so hasty and undignified a retreat, for we assured that, no matter how often the chance had been presented to them, the Democrats would have permitted themselves to have been roped in by no such bare-faced coalition. No South-American not one not the first one has cast even a complimentary vote for a Demo crat during the whole present session of Congress, and jet Democrats, outnumbering these South Americans more than four to one. were expected to go with thirteen Black Republicans to elect John A. Gilmer, about the only man South of Mason & Dixon's iine, with thc exception of Davis and Harris, of Maryland, that could get Abolition votes. hat sort of compliment to Mr Gilmer is implied by this Abolition confidence let Southern men judge. 1 m WILL IT BE SO ? It is folly for us of the South to preach com mercial independence of the North unless we prac tice what we preach. We all admit that it is very desirable for us to buy as little as possible from the North to trade more with our friends at home and less with our enemies abroad. We all admit this freely, yet do we act up to it, or will we act up to it, when time softens the feeling which we all more or less now experience? We fear not. Men will go back into the same old way of doing things and in a few months orders will go North for goods to just as great an extent as ever they did. Men ...oil .1. J II C 1 I , win uuj mere, aim sen uere ana scarcely irive a last. 1, 1 1 . , , ,. , , . uiougoi 10 ineir once wen iormeu resolutions tor the encouragement of home manufactures. This should not be so. What is the use or where is the sense of our forming resolutions at one moment if we are to break them the next. Such lack of stability makes us appear ridiculous in thc eyes of our Northern brethren, and goes far towards convincing them what some of them now more than half believe, or pretend to believe that all our talk about non-intercourse is mere talk, and nothing else only done for effect. We should be gin to practice now, at onee, what we preach, or stop preaching; for if alter what has already tran spired we back down from the position we have taken, an 1 go on as usual, what can we expect from the North but continued insults and aggressions. By si) doing we tacitly admit that we cannot live without them; and let them get this idea impressed upon their minds, and all hope of a peaceful ex istauce for the South ia thc Union is at an end. Wilmington lletxtld. Foung John Brown. A cur 'ous affair took place in Quincy, Mass.. on the day of the execu tion of John Brown in Virginia, which came near having a tragical termination. There is a boc. aged about 14 years, named John Brown, residing in the town, and several boys concluded that he ought to be tried for treason. Thev accordingly I 1 1 J j put him through the regular forms of a trial. He I was arraigned in due form, was allowed cjunsel, (junior,) and after a patient investigation of the j case, he was adjudged guilty, and sentenced to be ; hung. The boys placed Brown upon a barrel i under a tree, fastened a slip noose around his body, enclosing his arms, and fastened the rope to a limb of the tree. 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The express from Denver citv i the mercury there down to 47 degrees below On the 9th inst., several men on their return fo the mines weve frozen to death, and a number "t mules lost from the extreme cold. The editor of a Texas paper states that Mrs G. W. Howard, of Sabine county, lately took he little child, aged nine months, to a cotton field 'I og ; sat him on the ground, while she went to another I part of the field. Returning she found hirn ita 4 j both hands clasped around the neck of a rattlesnake 11 i The mother screamed, the baby dropped the soake 18 ! and crawled to mother. On examining the stiake 25 it was found to be perfectly dead, the baby ksvia choked it to save its lite : I 3 10 17 24 31 i 14 21 28 12 19 20 o 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 0 13 20 27 q 10 17 24 1 8 15 2!) i M27!OY SCHOOL NOTICE. The Board of Superintendents of Common Sthooli r Mecklenburg county, will meet at the County on SATURDAY tL J.u for Clerk's office iu Charlotte, inst. A full meeting is earnestly solicited, as th.,. Will DC matters OI iu iciest uciuic ovarii, J. P. ROSS, ChairV Dec. 6, 1859. 3t Valuable Mills, Land, and Town Properly Tor Sale. In Catawba county, N. C, 11 miles north ofNfBton within ;. miles of the N. C. Railroad, I offer superior Flouring Mills, all new and in good orkin order. Also, .in improved TRACT OF FINE FARMING LAND, about 4 miles from the Railroad, containing about 200 acres of splendid wheat, corn and tobacco Land. Also. TWO LOTS IX NEWTON, one well improved, containing 2h acres, in the most desirable part of the town, which if not sold will be rented the next year. Terms, One-third to one-hnlf of purchase money, Cash' the balance, one and two vers credit. For further particulars address the subscriber it Elliott's Springs P. O. Dec. 0. 185). 31 E. O. ELLIOTT. 31 Negroes to Hire. 1 will hire, on Thursday the 2!Hh of December, near Davidson College, at the late residence of .Joseph Pat terson, dee'd, for. the term of 12 months. TEN LIKELY NEGROES, belonging to Jno. P. Patterson, minor heir. J. P. ROSS, Guard'n. Dec. 20, 1850. 2t To Hire and Rent. A number of NEGRO MEN" and GIRLS to Lire, pri vately, for the next year. Also to rent, a convenient DWELLING HOUSE, next to the old Methodist Parsonage, with 8 rooms, and all necessary out-buildings. Enquire at my ofiiue opposite Ken's Hotel November 29, 18;9. J. M. MILLER, M. D. 5t Negroes for Sale. Having been appointed Commissioner by the Court of Equity of Lincoln county. N. C, to sell the Negroes the property of L. E. L. C. Houston, A. Y. L. Houston ami C. H. II. Houston. I will sell at public auction on Wednesday the 4th day of January, 1C0. at Beanie's Ford. Lincoln eountv, 22 miles west of Charlotte, about TWENTY LIKELY NEGROES, men, women and chil dren. A credit of six months will be given, with interest from date. Note and satisfactorr security required. A. H. HOUSTON, Guardian. November 29. 1 859 89-0t-pd MISS SARAH A. NISBET informs the Ladies of Charlotte th:it she is prepared to do any kind of work in the Dress-making line, and respectfully solicits pat ronage. She can be found at her father's residence near Mr M D Johnston's dw elling. November 22, 1859 3m Private Residence for Sale. Near the Female College, and located in a pleasant and improving portion of the town, a convenient itid desirable Resi dence is offered sale. Persons wishing to purchase will find the terms accommodating. For further par ticulars avply to S. W. DAVIS. November 8. 1859. " $50 REWARD! RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 1st October, a mulatto boy named SOLOMON. He is near sir feet high, about thirty years old, tolerably bright, rather slim, and weighs about 175 pounds. He has a duwn look when spoken to. The end of thc forefinger of his left hand has been cut off, and a sharp hard knot has grown on the nd of it. I think he is lurking nbout Rocky River, in the lower etid of Cabarrus county, where he was raised. 8" All persons are forewarned not to harbor or assist him, under the penalty of the law. I will pay the above reward for his delivery to me. or his apprehension and confinement in anv jail 10 I can get him. WILLIAM HAMILTON. Nero Head Depot, Uuion Co., X. fj. December 13, 1859. tf JOHN HENRY WAIT, M. ., Surgeon Dentist, ( Graduate in Medicine and Dentittrf,) OrriCK tn Trvon Street, opposite Hank of the Stale, Surgical operations, such as ('left Palate. Hare Lip, Tuinors wf mouth and jaws, performed, and fractures and dislocations treated. Tteth tilled and extracted, and Artificial Teeth inserted alter thc most approved method-;. September 13, 1859. y Look to your Interest. -A.t BOONE'S ieos7!1 km mm H?asnw Large sales are made from day to day at a great sacri fice to the manufacturer. A good double-soled nailed Urogan sold for $1 25 The very best Rrogans at 1 60 Single-soled Brogans at 1 00 A Great Saving In children's, boys and misses Shoes, u effected bjr the introduction of Copper Points for the protection of t be toe, and the manufacturer warrants that one pair will last as long as three pair of the old style. To be bad only at J. B. F. Boone's. LADIES will find it to t heir interest to call at Boone'i and examine his stock as it is tar superior to any other offered in the State-. GKNTS will find it to their comfort to call at Boone's and fit themselves with a Boot or Shoe on reasonable terms. Boone has good Shoes. Boone has a fine and splendid assort meat of Boots, t Boone has cheap Brogans. Boone has the very best article of Brogans. Boone has children's Shoes with metallic lips. Boone has boys and youths' Shoes with metallic lips. Boone has boys and youths' Boots with metallic tit. Boone has gents' fine double-soled water proof WouU, very cheap. Boone has LaiJIes' line high-heeled Congress Oaiters, and a great many varieties too numerous to mention. Call and examine for yourselves. J. B. F. BOONE, Sept. 27, 1859. Opposite the Bank of Charlotte. Notice. New and Fashionable urnlture WARE EOOMS, Charlotte, . V, J. M. SANDERS & Co., are constantly re ceiving from New York, Boston, &c a general assort ment of fine and fashionable F-UUNITCRE, 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 aire them a call. Also, on band, leases- Feb. 22, 1859. Fish's Metallic ituriat J. H. SANDERS k CO., Charlotte. N. C. WISl'AR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY. From Ex-Alderman Perkins. Boston, Feb. 3, 1853. Dr. S. W. Fowle Dear Sir, For veral days I had been suffering from the fli cis ot a seveie cold, accompanied by a very sore ihroat ai.d sick h-adache, which completely inca- j pacitaitd me lor business. I had taken bul a small portion ot a single bonle ol ibis Balsam, when 1 experienced inline - j diaie relief. My cough was broken up n once, and my lungs j entirely relieved from the pressuie which had he-ome so painful. I amibite this entirely to the oi;d effecls of your ! Wild Cherry, as I look no other medicine whatever. I cor- : dially recom.itend it to all my fried-. Respectfully Yours, i SAS'L S. f KKKInS. None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the wrapper. For sale by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO., Charlotte December 20. F. SCARR having purchased the entire interest in the firm of F. SCARR A; CO., the Business will here after be continued by himself personally. Jfer All Notes and Accounts due the late firm of F. Scan- & Co.. to January 1st. 1859. must be paid in to F. SCARR by July 1st, or they will be placed in the hand of an Attorney for immediate collection. May 17, 1859. tf The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur ance Company, OXTIXUES to take risks against loss by fire, on Houses, Goods, Produce, &c, at usutl ratei. President A. C. STEELE, Vice President C. OYERMAN, Attorney JOS. H. WILSON, &e Jr Te'r E. NYE Hl'TCHISON. DIRECTORS: A. C. STEELE, S. T. WRISTON, JNO. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON, M. B. TAYLOR, P. SCARR, ( HAS. OVERMAN. Exeru(ht Committee S. T. Wriston, F. Scarr, Jno. Brown. April 20, 1859. c r.v a ML ESS 11 Stages On. OKABIiOMl KOTlIt, J. B. KERR, Proprietor. i i j 1 VKKl ACCOMMODATION atlorueu -A patrons of the Charlotte Hotel. At this Hotel is kent the line of Daily from Charlotte to Asheville. 1. 18."0. J. B. KERR KrEven those who are in the enjoyment of perfect health frequently have need to have recourse lo tonics as preventives ol disease. we e-e never too well armed against ihe as- s.iuhs ot the "ills thai flesh is heir to." Such hii mvijiorator Tht (i nut Embnumdon of Jlrnlth to all Mankind. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT. IlvsrKi'siA. Th- great scourge of this continent yield 1 cpiickly to :t emrse of these antiseptic Pills, and the Uiges- live organs ' restored to their proper tone ; no matter in i what hideous shape this hydra of disease exhibits itself, I thi- searching and unerring remedy disperses it iroin the ! patient's system. j Kky.4ici..4, Salt Riiki m, Bad Les, Old JIorW I AND I 'ut:Ks. Cases of many years standing thtt ta1 pertinaciously rtftused to yield to any other remedy er treatment, hav? succumbed to a few applications of tbi : powerful unguent. Bii.ioi s IMsokders. This an!i-bilious medicine ex- courage our farmers to greater exertion. How much eould be done, if thev would only improve a unjustly censured on our account. little. and is worth conteodiBs for. for young Brown, a woman possible, fortunately ill ' ll 1 n rist.tw V . - ..... meat of all committees of the House, and under nut w ith a bir tmrrino L-mfo mo.1 ... Tbe Drincibal implements with which we open- rules of Parliamentary law with reirard to the! c. . On ten acres of low-land, Mr. Thomason inform cd a passage through the wall of the jail, were a despatch of buisness, can, by his decisions, have j Why are a country girl's cheeks like French us he gathered the handsome quantity of sir hnn- Rarlow knife, and a screw which we took out of a most potent influence in determining the character calico 1 Becanse they are 'warranted ti wah and JreJ buthrl. of Svct r,,t,itt,. Sidirhurtj Wat. the bedstead. The knife tras borrowed of one of of the legislation of the country, I retui their color.' 0 . ,. -. , . . ', iy lauiicueu into eternity, ior Uie rose sunned un ,oc m" a meencme p is me muwn aeranoi tne complaint, ana rentiers an South Carolina. ith these exceptions, we be- ht ,h gentleman around the nee' ri?"' Ca"""t ! ,ake0 "Jarly wnhout giving vitalny and fluids and secretions pure and fluent, cleansing and re here, there IS no instance in OUr COagreSSlona.1 hlf- ., n T. l"c "i-c.. easticitv lo the sys-teni. At this season, particularly, die hating the vital functions ofthebodv lory where the House failed to organize the Cist , WUS V" u ,HtUat'0"' " his thought- strongest mo,, is nm proot aga mst ,he malaria in certain ( GEKEJIAL Df;iUTr and Weaknkss. From whater" week of the session. fc-T" nT ? t ESS it Sr. o! ihio" ' Sr?E ? 7 f ftrf Th RmiVm i- , ; i;tJl ?W UT h,S noSlr I . ,U SUealU' d ran away mosl d .neeroa, Lea of billioL .eve, y J?,o ,,s 'winder tul i1 -f? T. TJ'rl ..v. . K-t. .. . ....v.... Uu.i,.i iro n tne scone as r.isr. as lie has the annoint 1 1 proper! ne another, lor any ot l he ailments which the Mosteiter Bitteiis professes to subdue. To thosho have not made i the experiment, e coidially recommend ar. early application ; to -:the Bitters, wiienever they are stricken by d.seases of the diaestive organs. Sold by druggists and dealers generally, everywhere. F .rsale in Charlotte br E. N Y ? Bl'TUI IOJST CO 'S' " '"r.l- of) Sold at the manufactories of Professor Holloway, f" Maid, u Lane. New York, and by all dealers in inedicin throughout the U. Stat.-s and the civilized world, in be at 25 cents, 63 cents, and $1 each. Directions, for tue guidance of patients ar affixed to each box. For sale iu Charlotte bv E. NYE HTTCHISO JJecewj.ier, IW. I it CO, Amu 18, lf9.