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W. J. & E. A. Y1HB, - pr, CHARLOTTE, N.C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, I860.
ElGIITn VOLUME NUMBER 391.
g)Published every Tuesday,Q)
BY
WILLIAM J. & EDWIN A. YATES,
EDITORS AND PUOPRIETORS.
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Advertisements not marked on the manuscript
tr a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and
churned accordingly.
J. M. MILLER, M. D.,
Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery,
M-y 10th. Office opposite Kerr's Hotel.
1). B. KEA,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to
his Professional care.
Offick opposite Kkuu's Hotel.
March I t, 1859 y
UOBEIlt GIBBON, M. D.,
IMt A CTITIOXIIlt OF ilIKIlCIXE
AND
Office A'o. 1 Irnrins corner, ClIABLOTTK, N. C.
"December 14, 1838.
-IAS. T. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the
adjoining counties.
JESf The collection of claims promptly attended to.
March 14, 1850 y
T 7 h. B REM & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IS
British, French and Aiiicricm
Carpets, Hardware, Hats and Shoes,
Charlotte, X. ('.
THOMAS II. P.REM,
J. A. SADLER, Jr.
Nov f, 1838. T. LAFAYETTE ALEXANDER.
R AN KlN & MARTIN
Commission tttrt Ijants,
Wilmington, N. C.
ItOBT. C. RANKIN. ALFRED MARTIN.
Aug. 30, 1800. ly-pd
BELTS ! BELTS !
For Wheat Threshers, Fans, cottou Gins. Saw Mills,
nnd machinery of every description; the best Melting
now in use and far superior to leather in man- respects.
It icill not stretch, or draic on one title ait leather.
TIIE SUN WILL NOT AFFECT IT.
Rain or water cannot injure it; it requires no oil;
The rats will not cut it; your negroes will not steal it
for strings or shoe soles; you can get auy 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 stage Hue.
CASH PRICES:
2 inch ". 12 J cents per foot.
2 15 " "
3 " 17 " 11
4 11 22 " 41
5 " 27 44 "
6 " 32 "
7 38
10 " 00 " "
12 ii 72 ' "
12 " 4 piy, -02 " "
6feg Seamless Belts manufactured to order at short
notice.
Conducting Hose of all sizes, for water or steam
pressures, ordered direct from the Manufacturers. Also,
Packing of all description, at 53 Cents per pound.
J. 15. F. DOOXE,
June 7, 1859 Charlotte, N. C.
CERTIFICATES.
I do hereby certify that I have three Gum Belts, which
I got of Mr J B F Boone, in use in my machinery in my
Tan Yard, aud have been in use for the last, eight or
ten months; and as far as I have tried them, I like them
better than the leather belts. Yours respectfully,
C. C. HKXDEUSOX,
June ti, 1839 Liucolnton, X. C.
This is to certify th-U we have been using the "Rub
ber Belting," sold by M- J B F Boone, nnd find it has
proved all that he represents it to be, and have no hesi
tation in recommending its use to the public.
YOUNG & WIUSTOX,
Proprietors of the Rock Island Wool Mills.
July 9, 1859.
I hereby certify, that the India Rubber Belting bought
by me of J R F Boone, has been used in my cotton fac
tory from 12 to 18 months, and has given entire satis
faction. July 13, 1859 T. R. TATE.
Magic- Oil-KIagic.
X Fresh supply just received and for salehr
E. XYE HUTCHISON & CO.
Jnne 28, 1859.
Clarcuiont Female School.
MRS E. J. WILSOX will open a School at Clarc
mont, 4 miles from Charlotte and I j from Sugar Creek
Church, on the third Monday iii January, 1800.
Terms, per Session of five months :
Reading, Writing. Arithmetic, Geography, and
Grammar, $3 00
History, Philosophy, and Astronomy, each 50 cents
additional.
Should it be necessary a Music Teacher will be pro
Tided, Board, including washing, lights and fuel, will
be furnished at Claremont, and by families in the
neighborhood at $7 per month.
Mrs Wilson has long been engaged in the bus'ness
of teaching, and is extensively aud favorably knowu as
an instructress.
December 13, 1839 91-3t
NEW
FALL AND WINTER
Koopmann & Phelps
HAVE received and are receiving a large stock of
GSY
An c3.
Suitable for the Fall and Winter Trade, to which they
invite the attention of their customers aud the public
generally. .
They assure those who may deal with them that they
will endeavor to give satisfaction both in price and the
quality of the Goods, as they are determined to sell
at such low rates as will tend to the great advantage
of purchasers. They have in store
A large lot of Ready-made Clothing
of various styles and qualities at reduced prices.
GROCERIES, Hardware, &c,
Of all kinds, kept constantly on hand and for sale on
the most reasonable terms.
They invite purchasers to give their extensive stock
an examination before buying elsewhere.
KOOPMAXX & PHELPS.
October 4, 1859
EQUITY LAND SALES.
Acting under Decrees of the Court of Equity for Meck
lenburg county, I will sell at Public Auction to the
highest bidder, at the Court House in Charlotte, on the
4th Monday in January, I860, the following Tracts of
Land, to-wit :
A tract of Land situated on the waters of Sugar
Creek, adjoining the Lands of Isaac Henderson, Frank
lin Barnett, Addison Frasier, and others, containing
about 240 acres, being the land conveyed to James II.
Orr by Jacob Thompson and R. D. Henderson. Terms,
$30 cash, and the balance twelve months credit on bond
with two sureties, each of whom must be good for the
purchase money.
ALSO, at the same time and place, I will sell to the
highest bidder, for ready money, another Tract of Land
with a good Saw Mill on it, known as the William Mc
Corkle trat, on the waters of Little Sugar Creek, ad
joining the lands of Win S Xorment, Daniel K Smith,
John llerion, the Taggart's lauds and others.
A. C. WILLIAMSON, C. M. E.
Dec. 13, 1839 91-7 1
Ready-made Clothing
Tl -gp O JErL I TJ JM .
FnlSisigs, Springs & Co.
ARE now receiving their stock of READY-MADE
CLOTHING,
wummmm soohjs,
HATS "AND CAI'JJXliCr.VKST VALiSiSS,
Carpet Bags and Umbrellas.
Cloth Coats.
All grades of Cloth Coats,
All grades of Cloth Coats,
AH grades of Cloth Coats,
All grades of Cloth Coats,
Cassimere Suits.
All grades of plain and fancy cassimere Suits,
All grades of plain and fancy cassimere Suit,
All grades of plain and fancy cassimere Suits,
All grades of plain and fancy cassimere Suits,
Cassimere Pants.
All grades of black and fancy cassimere Pants,
All grades of black and fancy cassimere Pants,
All grades of black and fancy cassimere Pants,
All grades of black and fancy cassimere Pants,
Vests.
Black and fancy Velvet and Matalasse Silk Vests
Black and fancy Velvet and Matalasse Silk Vests
Black and fancy Velvet and Matalasse Silk Vests
Black and fancy Velvet and Matalasse Silk Vests
ii loves, Hosiery, &c.
Cravats, collars, Gloves, Hosiery, &c.
Cravats, collars, Gloves, Iloiierj. &c.
Cravats, collars, Gloves, Hosiery, &c.
Cravats, collars, Gloves, Hosiery, &c.
Hals and Caps.
Largest and cheapest stock of Hats and Caps,
Largest and cheapest stock of Hats and Caps,
Largest and cheapest stock of Hats and Caps,
Largest and cheapest stock of Hats and Caps,
Traveling.
Trunks, Valises, carpet bags and Umbrellas,
Trunks, Valises, carpet bags and Umbrellas,
Trunks, Valises, carpet bags and Umbrellas,
Trunks, Valises, carpel bags and Umbrellas.
Our friends and customers know well the advantages
we possess in getting up the
NEATEST, CHEAPEST AND PRETTIEST
Stock of Clothing, &c, in Western Carolina.
fig7Wc warrant the quality and making of all Goods
that go from our Store.
Call before buying elsewhere and examine our stock.
FULLIXGS, SPRINGS & CO.
October C, 1859.
Milburnie Paper Mills.
The Xeuse Manufacturing Company continue to pay
cash, and the highest market price, for RAGS.
SIOX II. ROGERS, Pres't.
Address II. W. 1IFSTED, Treas., Raleigh.
November 22, 1859 Ct
TAXb
The Tax Lists for the year 1858 are now in my
hands for inspection. Those liable to pay Taxes will
please come forward aud settle.
E. C. GRIER. Shcrifr.
April 12, 1859.
ST EL HOWELL,
Saddle and Harness
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
0XE DOOR SOUTJI of the MANSION HOUSE.
Bg- Repairing promptly and neatly done.
Jan. 1, 1859. y
-
A GOOD supply of Tennessee BACOX, cheap for
cash. H. B. WILLIAMS & CO.
Ill ue Stone ! Blue Stone !
A LARGE Stock just received, for SEED WHEAT'
bv
Sept.
4
E. NYE nUTCHISOX CO.
3i
COURTSHIP.
Jenny sighed, and Robin squeezed her
Pretty little trembling hand,
And then with outstretched arms he seiz'd her
Half reluctant form, and and
"Loose me !" but he clasped the tighter
"Jenny say, wilt thou be mine ?"
And her bright face grew still brighter,
As she answered, "I am thine?"
And then they squeezed each other fondly
Close together as two bricks;
And then they kissed each other soundly
And I left them in that fix.
KOOPIflARIVS
ANTI-DYSENTERIC AND ANTI-DYSPEPTIC
ZO X T T 33 HL S ,
PREPARED BY B. KOOPMANN,
Charlotte, N. C.
These unrivalled Bitters possess peculiar curative
properties in all Affections of the Bowels. They will
be found effectual in the cure of Dysentery, Diarrhae,
Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach, and all those painful and
troublesome diseases arising from a derangement of
the digestive organs and irregular action of the func
tions of the stomach and intestines. They will also be
found a
Safe Remedy for Chills and Fevers.
These Bitters are prepared from Roots brought from
Germany, and for over a century have been found
effectual in that country for the permanent cure of the
diseases enumerated above. They contain no delete
rious drig, but arc compounded entirely from roots,
and are perfectly safe at all times.
A simple trial is all that is asked, as a cure will
naturally follow, and that is the best certificate of their
superiority over every other remedy for those particular
diseases.
They are manufactured by B. Koopmann, Charlotte,
N. C, and are for sale by
KOOPMAXX & PHELPS.
Also for sale at F. Scarr's and E. Nye Hutchison &
Co's Drug Stores.
Nov. 29, 1859.
SALEM ALMANACS,
FOR SALE AT THE
CHARLOTTE BOOK
Nov. 22. 2m P
STORE.
J. LOWRIE.
Slate of ft. Carolina Meclsleiilmrsr Co.
L'vttrt of Pleas and (Quarter Sessions, October Term. 1859.
Joel A. lluggins, Administrator of William P. McLelland
vs. R. S. MeLelland.
Petition to settle Estate.
,. It aopearinjj to the satisfaction of the Court, that R.
S. McLelland is not an inhabitant of this State, but're
sides beyond the limits of the same, it is ordered by
Court. that publication be made for six successive weeks
in the Western Democrat, a newspaper printed in the
town of Charlotte, notifying the said R. S. McLelland
to appear before the Justices of our Court of Pleas and
Quarter Seesions, at the next Court to be held for the
County of Mecklenburg, at the Court House in Charlotte,
on the 4th Monday in January next, then and there to
answer the petition of J. A. lluggins. administrator of
Win. P. McLelland, or the same will be heard exparte
as to bim.
Witness, W. K. Beid, Clerk of our said Court, at office
in Charlotte, the 4th Monday in October, 1659.
89-Gt pr adv $. W. K. REID, Clerk.
HIKTEirS PATENT SAW-MILL.
TIIE undersigned invites the attention of Mill Own
ers, or those going into the Milling business, to
an examination of the above Mill, one of which can be
seen in operation at Mr J. B. Stewart's, within five
miles of Charlotte; said Mills are capable of sawing
from three to five thousand feet per day, with half the
power required to drive the circular mills, and much
less than that required to drive the Sash-saw,
doing their work perfectly smooth nnd beantiful.
In addition to the above, I will furnish all kinds of
gearing and shafting: Iron Water-whccJ.; Patent Saw
mill Dogs, Mill Spindles- French Burr Mill Stones, with
patent balance; best aachor Bolting Cloth; in short,
any thing pertaining to the Milling Business. The
above are made with all the modern improvements, and
will be sold on the most reasonable terms.
Mr J B. Stewart can be consulted with reference to
the above mills or machinery, and orders through him
will receive prompt attention. A list of prices, to
gether with circulars containing certificates from per
sons using mr mills, will be sent on application.
A. WIXTER.
X. B. The great simplicity of my Mill offers induce
ments to the infringement of my patent; and to prevent
litigation I give this notice, that the law will be rigidly
enforced against any person using or manufacturing
any part of my improvement. A. W.
Charlotte, Dec. 13, 1859. 3m-pd
CHAttLOTTE, Dec. 13. 1859.
I am now using one of Mr Wiuters Patent Mills at
my place five miles from town, and find it all it i
recouinieuded to be, doing the work both fast and
smooth, aud with le.s water than any other mill. I
cheerfully recommend it to all mill-owners as superior
to any that has come under my notice.
J. B. STEWART.
Tty I Ti. 2
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CJjr WtBUxn'i SJrraofrdt.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
BSy The Boston Post estimates the aggregate
value of all the merchandize annually sold to the
South by New England at sixty millions of dollars,
and gives the basis upon which the estimate is
made. The boot and shoe sales are first put down
at from 20 to 30 millions; dry goods at several
millions; fish of various kinds at three millions,
and furniture, ready-made clothing, books, jewelry,
clocks, drugs, &e, make up the balance.
Withdraw this sixty millions of dollars from the
markets of the New England abolition States,
and you will touch a nerve that will reform their
conduct and make them glad to let slavery alone.
It is stated that a large number of Mail
Contractors have informed the Department that
unless Congress makes an appropriation early in
January for the postal service they cannot continue
to transport the mails. Over four millions are due
contractors for arrearages for the year ending last
June.
Banks. A bill passed both Houses of the
South Carolina Legislature to suspend till June,
18G1, the law requiring the Banks of that State
to have one dollar in specie for every three dollars
in circulation.
Oregon. A Democratic Convention has been
held in Oregon City. Sixteen delegates from 8
counties withdrew, leaving eleven counties repre
sented. Those who remained selected Gen. Lane
and Judge Deady as delegates to the Charleston
Convention, instructing them to vote for Gen. Joe
Lane for President. The seceders resolved to
support the nominee of the Charleston Convention,
but elected no delegates.
Wilmington, Char. & Ruth. Railroad.
We were politely tendered an invitation to an ex
cursion on the Wilmington, Charlotte & Ruther
ford Railroad by Mr'Guion, the President, on yes
terday, and regret that business prevented our ac
cepting the same. The Road is progressing quite
rapidly we believe, between 25 and 30 miles being
laid with iron and in pretty fair running order.
Wc have crossed and recrossed the track several
times of late, but have never had the pleasure of
running its length along behind a machine. What
glimpses we have gotten satifies us, however, that
the. Road wheh'firiished will be a good and sub
stantial one. The grading and embankment ap
pears to have been worked according to Railroad
rules for such things, and the erossTties though
rather far apart at present are of substantial make
and will do service. Tl'7. IlcralJ Dee. 2-ith.
The New Senator from Texas. L. T.
Wigfall, just elected U. S Senator from Texas, is
eaid to be a man of considerable ability and a fine
orator. After his election he made a very con
servative speech. He announced his opposition to
the re-opening of the slave trade, and against a slave
code for the territories. He would vote against
both. He would support James Buchanan as
long as Mr. Buchanan stood on the Democratic
platform.
JOHN HENRY WAYT, M. D.,
Surgeon Dentist,
(Graduate in Medicine and Dentistry,')
Office on Tryon Street, opposite Bank of the Stale,
Surgical operations, such as Cleft Palate, nare Lip,
Tumors of mouth and jaws, performed, and fractures
and dislocations treated. Teeth filled and extracted,
and Artificial Teeth inserted after the most approved
methods.
September 13, 1859. y
The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company,
COXTIXUES to take risks against loss by fire, on
Houses, Goods, Produce, &c, at usual ratci.
rrtidentX. C. STEELE,
Vice President C. OVERMAN,
Atlornti JOS. H. WILSON,
Sec'y $ Teas' r E. NYE HUTCHISON.
DIRECTORS:
A. C. STEELE, S. T. WRISTON,
JNO. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON,
M. B. TAYLOR, F. SCARR,
CHAS. OVERMAN.
Executive Committee S. T. Wriston, F. Scarr, Jno.
L. Brown.
April 20, 1859.
BV J. It. KERR, Proprietor.
VERY ACCOMMODATION afforded the
fil l jQJipatro
.IMJL At!.
patrons of the Charlotte Hotel.
is Hotel is kept the line of Daily
Stages from Charlotte to Asheville.
Oct. 1, 1859. J. B. M.KK.
The Great Embasadors 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 the diges
tive organs are restored to their proper tone ; no matter in
what hideous shape this hydra of disease exhibits itself,
this searching and unening remedy disperses it from the
patient's system.
EKY5IPELAS, Salt Rheum, Bad Lec.., Old Sores
and Ulcers. Cases of many years standing that have
pertinaciously rrfnscd to yield to any other remedy or
tn atinent, have succumbed to a few applications of this
powerful unguent.
Bn.iors Disorders. This anti-bilions nvdicine ex
pels th hidden seeds of th complaint, and renders all the
fluids and secretions pure and fluent, cleansing and resus
itating the vital functions of the body.
General Debility akd Weakness. From whatever
cause, lowuess of spirits, and other signs of a diseased
liver, and ohpr disorganization of the, system, vanish un
derlie eradicating influence of this all powerful antiseptic
and detergent reniedj-.
fold at the manufactories of Professor Ilolloway, 80
Maiden Lanr. New York, and by all dealers in medicine
throughout the 17. States and the civilized world, in boxes
at 25 cents, 63 cents, and $1 each. Directions for the
guidance of patients are affixed to each box.
rT"For sale in Charlotte bv E. NYE HUTCDISOX
&. CO. April 18, 1859. j
JUST RECEIVED, a superior article of HAMS,
made and cured in Pennsylvania a new article
in this market. H. B. WILLIAMS & CO.
Sept. 20, 1850,
COMMON SCHOOLS.
We cannot too strongly (8aTs the Raleigh Stand
ard) commend to our readers of all parties the fol
lowing letter from Rev. C II. Wiley, the State
Superintendent of Common Schools. We entirely
concur with Mr Wiley in the views which he ad
vances, and wc trust they will have a good effect
on the minds of our people. Now is the time to
banish poisonous Northern literature from our
schools, now is the time to aid the Educational
State Journal, which is languishing for want of
support. A tithe of the moneys sent North for
newspapers and journals of various kinds, would at
once place the North Carolina Journal of Educa
tion in a prosperous condition:
Mr Editor: A recent number of your paper
contained a communication from a leading citizen
of the State, recommending, in view of the exigen
cy of the times, a called session of the Legislature,
to make "provisions for the safety of the people,
and for the promotion of domestic manufactures.
Late events have opened the eyes of the people
of the South to the necessity of developing their
own moral and material resources; and there is
a strong disposition to encourage those who have
so long labored, under great difficulties and trials,
to domesticate and foster the arts and institutions
by which alone nations become self-reliant, inde
pendent and prosperous. This is my reason for
now venturing to offer, in my official capacity,
some suggestions for the consideration of the pub
lic of my native and beloved State; and while I
dislike thus to obtrude myself on the attention of
the people, ' I feel sure that the best interests of
the State are concerned in the matter.
It has been recommended that the manufacture
of gun-powder, and of other military defence, be
promoted; and while I have no objection to make
to this, I must be permitted to say that, if we
would have patriotic and invincible armies, we
must lay the foundations of our power in the hearts
and minds of the people.
The war of independence is not to be success
fully carried on with powder and ball alone; and
in this arduous struggle the first and greatest ene
my to be overcome is that love of ease, that spirit
of indolence and mistaken economy which inclines
a people to depend on foreign sources for their
books and manufactures, for the food of the mind
and the clothing of the body, rather than make a
little temporary sacrifice and undergo some self
denial, to furnish facilities for procuring these at
home.
In this connection, nothing is so important as
the first training of the young intellect of the
State; and what is more likely to influence this
than the sources from which it imbibes its earliest
knowledge? Impressed with these views,' I have
labored to introduce into our schools a series of
books designed to develop and foster a love of
home, and a spirit of independence and domestic
enterprise; and while the public, speaking through
a patriotic press, has, with one voice, commended
these efforts, it has not manifested its approbation
in that general co-operative action which alone
can render them entirely successful. ';
May I not, therefore, with propriety, now ap
peal to the peoplebf North Carolina to' rally to
the support of that system of schools in which
nine-tenths of their children acquire their first
knowledge? And may 1 not urge them to give
efficiency to the efforts of those who have toiled
and sacrificed to purge these schools of all poison
ous literature, and to feed the young mind and
heart, of the State with food that will nourish a
healthful and patriotic spirit? And let me ask,
is it not above all things proper and necessary,
that the teachers of these schools should be under
the influence of the public sentiment of the friends
of education at home, and in a position to receive
impressions from those capable of advising in their
own State ?
One object of the State Educational Association
is to effect this desirable end; and there is issued
under its auspices a journal devoted exclusively to
the interests of general education, edited by per
sons in our own State, designed to furnish a field
in which the friends of our schools, of every class,
can labor together for their own mutual advantage,
and for the public good, to unite, consolidate and
direct to one great end cur educational energies
and resources, to cultivate a spirit of fraternity
among all who are aiming at the public welfare, to
diffuse necessary information and statistics among
the officers and teachers of the Common Schools,
and to accustom the people to rely more upon them
selves, and to consult and foster the organs that
breathe the conservative sentiments of home
The Legislature has already recognized the use
ful promise of this journal, and it has passed an
act which will enable the Boards of County Super
intendents of Common Schools to place it in the
hands of every District Committee in the State.
The cost of the Journal is only one dollar per
annum, and the Boards of County Superintendents
are authorised to subscribe for a copy for each of
the Districts in their respective Counties.
Would not so small a sum be thus well ppent in
each District? Ought not the Common School
system to furnish, incidentally at least, a means of
improvement to parents, and especially to its own
officers?
This system is the most all-pervading secular in
fluence in the State, and whatever regularly cir
culates through all its veins and arteries must in
evitably, sooner or later, radically affect the char
acter of the whole State.
The seed sown in this ground ripens into revo
lutions ; and is it not time to plant it with those
thoughts, facts and sentiments which, entering in
to the popular mind and heart, ultimately produce
a steady out-growth of self-reliance, energy and
patriotism, infinitely tetter for the security, the
prosperity, the honor and glory of the State than
"High-raised battlements or labored mind,
Thick wall or moated gate?"
It does seem to me. that the provision made by
the last Legislature is a wi?e one; and I feci sure
that jnany JJoards of County Superintendents so
consider it, and need only to be encouraged by an
expression of public sentiment.
My purpose now is to call forth through the
press, such an expression; and I hope that the YA
ltors of the State, with such a view, will publish
this card, and utter their sentiments on the subject.
The beginning of a new year will be a favorable
time for action by the County Boards, and I can
not but believe that the Te?pouse to this appeal
will be prompt aud emphatic, giving practical en
couragement to those who have hoped against hope,
and labored for weary years to build up a new and
more prosperous, energetic and self-relying State
in the hearts and minds of its people.
C. II. WILEY,
Suj). Com. Schools, AT. C.
SOUTH CAROLINA IE GISLATUXU2. .
The Legislature of South Carolina " adjourned
sine die on the 23d Dec, after a session of about
5 weeks. The Charleston Mercury explains the
action of the Legislature in regard to Federal Re
lations as follows: ' - x
''Much time was spent in discussing this topic.
In the House, the range of discussion was very wide.
All spoke of Southern grievances. AH called for
measures of resistance, and the tone of the speak
ers was highly gratifying. Yet nobody could agreo
with his neighbor as to what the particular measure
should be. Great confusion prevailed, and numer
ous sets of resolutions were offered. The House
at length settled on Mr Memminger's, which were
introduced at the close of the discussion. These
resolutions, while they indicated no positive policy
of resistance, invited the other shareholding States
to immediate consultations concerning their com
mon condition, and provided for the appointment
of a Commissioner to Virginia, and appropriated
$100,000 for the exigencies of the occasion. Tho
debate in the Senate covered less ground, and was
mmv in io nnl n t tho nninn nf tUn SMilb ai1
separation from Northern connections, whether in
National Conventions or otherwise, being the points
cheifly argued. Some of the Senators strove to
keep the State on the platform of the Nashville
Convention of 1850, erected by BIr Cheves, and in
the line of Mr Calhoun's politics, while others
wished to take her into the "Natknal" fold. The
struggle ended in the passage of Mr Wagner's re
olutions, which detached the State from all alien
alliances, and committed her, and that speedily, to
the one remedy of disunion by Southern co-opera
tion. The subsequent adoption, on conference by
the two Houses, of Mr WagnerV. preamble aud Mr
Memmingr's resolutions, blunted somewhat the
edge of the Senate's policy. But Mr Wagner's
preamble is the key of the resolutions; and the
significance of the two, taken together, is briefly
this: that the Legislature announces secession as
her only remedy for Southern wrongs in view of
and to further which, she invites immediate con
sultations with her sister Southern States. This,
then, is the platform on which South Carolina now
stands before the country, and on which she asks
her public men to rally lor the common defence of
her rights, letting Northern affiliations alone.
A Short Message. A' few ' days since a
resolution passed the Missouri Senate, calling upon
the Governor for information or evidence upon
which he issued certain bonds to the Cairo and
Fulton Railroad. The Governor, in answer, sent
to the Senate the following message :
"Because I have the right and power to do it."
"Union Savino."- Mr. Wilson, the United
States Senator from Massachusetts, speaks with
great contempt of tho "Union Saving Meetings,"
us he calls them, and points to the election of a
Black Republican Mayor in Botton immediately
after the" late Union meeting. He also boasts that
Massachusetts will give the next Republican can
didate for the Presidency fifty thousand majority.
There is too much reason to fear that these boast
ings are well founded, and that the conservatives
of Massachusetts are in a hopeless minority.
A White Woman Carried off jiy Indians.
The reader may remember the fact that Maj.
Neighbors, the Indian Agent for the Texan
Reserves, was murdered two or three months ago
in one of the towns of Western Texas. A letter
from New Orleans gives some interesting facts
connected with the affair : .
Some difficulty had existed between him and a
man named 31 urphy, who accused the former of
having calumniated him. Maj Neighbors denied
the charge, and while they were talking he was
shot down by some third person, who was believed
to be an Englishman named Cornett, a brother-in-law
of Murpuy. The agent was greatly loved bj
the Indians, and it is said they swore vengeance
upon his murderers. Whether they did or not,
the vengeance they wreaked was a most terrible
one. Cornett had a place near one of the-frontier
settlements, and a few weeks ago he visited it to
do some work, taking his wife (a sinter of Murphy)
with him.
One day, soon afterwards, he had occasion to
be absent a few hours, and on bis return his wife
was gone, and he learned from a negro that two
Indians had rushed upon her while she was at the
spring for water, and hurried her away into
captivity. A company was raided as soon as possible
but so much time was lost beforo this could be
done that pursuit was unavailing. It was not
doubted that they were Reserve Indians, and that
the deed was one of vengeance for the murder of
Major Neighbors. A rumor was started soon
afterwards that tho Indians had Eiurdcred the
unfortunate woman, but it turned out to be false,
and at last accounts the Indian, had safely passed
to the North of Red River, and were in the wilds
of the Indian territory.
Anotiier Southern Movement. It is pro
posed to establish in this town a joint stock company
for the manufacture of boots and shoes, with a
view to assist the movement now going ou in tho
South for commercial independence of the North.
Roll on the ball. Salisbury Banner.
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Old Negro. The Norfolk Day Book than
notices the death of an aged negro wan in that sec
tion: .
A free colored man, named George Woodhouse
died Saturday morning, on Cumberland et. in
this city, aged One hundred and twenty year!
He wa boru in Princess Anne county in 1739, the
year in which Saint's Church was built, and had
reached the average age of man when tho revolu
tionary war broke out. J r
A Couple of Kentuckians lately visited Bos
ton, and sat down .to. dine at the Revere House.
Codfish balbi were served at the table, one of tho
Kentuckians taking them for corn dodgers, pro
ceeded to break one in two. Getting the scent of
it, ho turned to his partner, remarking in the most
solemn manner "Something dead in that, Tom!"