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y S3 per annum nt IN ADVANCE. OS THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET -r CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OP THE OTHER.1 f". ' 't V - .... i " ..,. W. 3 h Ao YAWS, EDITOB8 AND PROPRIETORS. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 860. HINTII VOLUME NUMBER 433. 1 y-'iiiy. Ayiu vv THE OPnblisilied every Tuesday,Q) J5Y WILLIAM J. & EDWIN A. YATES, Ell I TO US A XL I'ROPKIKTOKS. O If paid ia advance, .". '...;.$2" 00 If paid within 3 months, 2 50 If paid after the expiration of the year, 3 00 UrAny person sending us five new subscribers, accompanied by the advance subscription. ($10) will receive a sixth copy gratis one year. 3ay Subscribers and tu :s who may wish to send money to Uj, can do so by mail, at our risk. o Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. B?tT" Advertisement not marked on the manuscript for a .. pec i lie time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. SAMUEL P. SMITH, Attorney and Counselor at Law, CHARLOTTE, N C, Will attend promjdh and ddi-jenthj to collecting and n milting all claims intrusted to his care. Special attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con vey a aces, kr. j;r During hours of business, may be found in the Court Hrtiisw, Office No. 1, adjoining the clerk a oihee. January 10, 1800 J. A. FOX, Attorney ot CHARLOTTE, N. C- GENERAL COLLECTING AGiNT. Office iit the Court House, 1 door to the left, do wr stairs. Wm. J. Kerr, 1TTOK IV E V A T L. A W, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will practice in the County and Superior Courts of Mecklenburg. Union and Cabarrus counties. Of kick iu the Brawley building opposite Ken's Hotel. January 24, 18fi0 y " J. M. MILLER, M. I).. Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery, 7 May HUh. Oll'ice opposite Kerr s Hotel. KOBEKT GIDIJOX, 31. D., I'KUIIIIOVLK OF JJEDICIXE AN1 rojllrr, CllARI.OTTK, N. C. "December 14, 1 :.!. JAS. T. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHAKLOTTK. N. C, Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the adjoining counties. &rjy The collection of claims promptly attended to. March 14, 185:" y POLLilK U. I.EK. WM. II. KKUIt. LKE & KERR. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, AND. SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, Memphis, Tennessee. t-Hf Office over the Gayoso Rank, on the Corner of Main and Madison Streets. "58 Tun? of ..'., C"nrt.t . Cn vm kiiv 4th Monday in May ami Nov. OuociT .'Id Monday in Jan., May and September. t'ovvKN Law 1st Monday in March, July and Nov'r. t'KiMiSAi. "'d Monday in February, June and October. Cbittenkkn Ciim i it Coi ut, AitK. 2d Monday in May and November. Jan. :ul, L-'Cn. v R. V- BECKWITH Has constantlv on hand VATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE,, &C, Of the best Knglish and American manufacturers. Call and examine hi-: stock before purchasiiig elsewhere. Watch crystals put iu for 25 cents each. November S, lrfTill y PEA MEAL We keep at our Steam Flouring Mill in this place Pea Meal for feeding cows and stoek. Also, we have on hand at all times, Family, K.xtra. Supcrliue and coarse Flour. We warrant our family flour. Corn Meal and Grits can always be had-at the mill. "J. WILKES & CO. April H, AOTICE. The valuable property, formerly the residence of R. P. Waring, Esq., containing about seven acres, will be sold on Tuesday of October Court if not sold privately betore that time. Persons wishing to buy or examine, will call upon W. A. OWENS, Attorney. Aug. T. isoi). 24-1 It Carriage Materials. lie would call special attention to his stock of the above goods coiiMstinjr of Springs, Axles, Hubs. Hows, poKes .Shafts, r.u-tain IVa.nes. Knobs. Rands, L:ning Na.ls Damask, Satinet. Cloths, La. es, Fringes, Enamel ed and 1 atent Leather. Enamelled Hotl Oil Carpet, 1 amts o a 1 kinds, dry and in oil; Varnish, Turpentine Linseed Oil, lyre and oval Iron, Bolts, and everything ,n the wav of , arr.age Trimmings. !U pricos tmt cant not fail to please, at the Hardware Depot of A. A. N. M. TAYLOR, Opposite the Mansion House. Tin and d Japanned Ware, ; Rlock Tin, Clock Zinc, Ti A large assortment Rabbit metal, kc. in Tlate, Stoves, the largest Stock, of all mzcs, at TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Straw Cutters. Corn Shellers, Tlows, Hoes, Shovels, pades Forks, Axrs, pict3. Mattocks, Grubbing Hoes, I race (.hams, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles: grain, grass and brier Scythes, Bueh Hooks, Wagon boxes: iioliow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi uers, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120 J "u"! r.Hlu; lron anrt ''ss Preserving Kettles, Sheep the Maimou House. re Depot, opposite I,A.VI FOR SALE.' The subscriber being desirous of removing, offers his PLANTATION for sale, situated on Clear Creek, 15 miles East Of Charlotte- The tract comprises 240 acres 122 in one body, and the remaining 6S acres lying within Lalf ruilp. Most of the land is of a supe rior quality.. There U a good Dwelling and all neces sary out-buildings on it- with good water in the yard. B. GLENN. Sept 25, I860." 2m-pd IYEGKOES WAITED. fifteen or twenty YOUNG ROBT. F. DAVIDSON. I will pav good prices for NKtiROKS Aug. 14, 18C0. 2m NEGROES WANTED. I want to buy Negro Boy8 and Girl; from 12 to 18 years old, for which the highest prices in cash will be paid. May 17, 1850 SAML. A. HARRIS. Hardware ! ! Hardware ! ! A. A. N. M. TAYLOR RESI'ECTITLLY informs his friends and the pub lic generally, that he has added to his extensive stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete stock of Hardware, consisting in part as follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, paunel, prun ing, grafting, teunon, back, compass, webb, and butch er SAWS; Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels, Augers, Gimlets. Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes; Brick, plastering, and pointing Trowels; Saw-setters, Screw plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds, Spoke shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Levels Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines, Congers, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man sion House, Charlotte, N. C. May 29, 18G0. tf Blacksmith's Tools. Such as Bellows. Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives, Screw-plates, Stocks and dies, Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs. Raspers and Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and clinch Nails, Borax; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country manufacture: c;st, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c, for sale very cheap at TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House: AT TAYLOR'S vou can find the largest assortment of Cutler Guns and Pistols of all the celebrated makes. (LASS, of all sizes and qualities both French American. Also, Putt v hy the keg or pound. WOODIvN WAKE, "Brooms, &c, of all kinds. nd Rope I Rope I ! .",000 pounds of Manilla, Juto and Cotton Rope, from inch to 3 inches, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store, Opposite the Mansion House. Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYLOll'S Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House. Carriage Materials. dl the Sif7i f iht Golden l'ad-Lock. A large Stock of the above, consisting of Springs, Axles, Oval Iron, Hubs, Rows, Rims, Ruggy Poles, Ruggy Shafts, Spokes, Patent and Enamelled Leather, Enam elled Cloth, Oil Carpet, Carriage Rolts, Rrass and Sil ver Rands, Silver Moulding, Laces, Tassels, Turned Sticks, Saddle and Lining Nails, &c, &c. COCHRANE k SAMPLE. lUECKLEABUKft MOTEL,, Xext to tie Post OJice, Charlotte, N. C. The subscriber begs to inform the public that he is still prepared to accommodate transient and permanent boarders at the Mecklenburg Hotel. He has good Sta bles and careful Ostlers, and will see that all proper care is taken of the horses of those who patronize him. He solicits a share of patronage, and will use every effort to give satisfaction. JOHN DORAN. Anjr. 28, 1800. 3m Slate of '. Carolina, Lincoln County. In Equity to Fall Term, 1800. Christian Heal vs. C.J. Ilammarskold, L. P. Henderson, and others. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant, L. P. Henderson is a non-resident of this State; it is therefore ordered that publication be made notifying . him to be and appear at the Court House in Lincoluton, on the eighth Monday after the fourth Mon day in August, 1800, to answer complainant's bill, or judgment will be taken pro-confesso against him. Witness, W. J. Hoke, Clerk and Master of said coun tv, at office, Sept. 6, 1800. " 2!-pradvSC W. J. HOKE, c. m. k. SI OO REWARD! AN AWAY from the subscriber on the 1st October, a mulatto boy named SOLOMON. He is near six feet high, about thirty years old, tolerably bright, rather slim, and weighs about 173 pounds. He has a down look when spoken to. The end of the forefinger of his left hand has been cut off, and a sharp hard knot has grown on the end of it. I think he is lurking about. Rocky River, in the lower end of Cabarrus county, where he was raised. &52" All persons are forewarned not to harbor or assist him. under the penalty of the law. I will pay the aliove reward for his delivery to me, or his apprehension and confinement in anv jail so I can get him. WILLIAM HAMILTON, Negro Head Depot, Union Co., N. C. April 0, 1810. tf TAXES. The TAN LISTS for the year 185f are now in my hands for inspection. . Those liable to pa- Taxes will please come lb ward and settle. E. C. GRIER, Sheriff-. April 3, 18G0. Roofing-, Guttering and Job Work, Of all kinds, promptly attended to at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store, Opposite the Mansion House. WILKINSON & CO., DEALERS IN Watolies, Silver & plated Ware AND FANCY GOODS, No. 5, Granite Range, Opposite the Mansion House, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry. September 18, 18C0. . 7 Beef Cattle Wanted. Hi'yhest Cash Prices paid for Beeves and Sheep. I am still engaged in Butchering, and desire to pur chase Beef Cattle and Sheep, for which I will pay the highest market prices. Those having stock for sale will find it to their advantage to give me a call. In quire at Dr. Taylor'3 Tan Yard. J. G. I Aug. 21, 18'Jo. 2C-tf J. L. STOUT. THE FICKLE WIDOW. The widow Smith in her chamber sat, She was forty and fair and somewhat fat, And with burning tears her eyes were red, For the lord of her life, alas, was dead; And though she was young, just forty or o'er, She vowed and declared she'd marry no more ' The widow Smith owned house and stocks. And her pockets were heavily lined with 'rocks,' Besides she was young, quite healthy and fair, And before her sad loss with so touching an air, That all the men said nay, some of them swore, 'Twas wrong to vow that she'd marry no more. A year passed, and the widow fair Was listening to a step on the stair; And a blush sprung upon her rosy cheek, And she heard the door give a sudden squeak; And a voice spoke out "Oh, you I adore! Say not, oh! say not, you'll marry no more!" The widow Smith, though forty and fat, Could not withstaud an offer like that; So raising her eyes, she mused awhile, Then said as she cast on her lover a smile, "I will marry you, though I loudly swore When my first husband died I'd marry no more. TOWN TAXES. All persons owing Town Taxes must settle by Octo ber Court, or they will have to pay cost. I hope this notice will be sutiiciout. S. A. HARRIS, Sent 25, 1860. Tax Collector NOTICE. -1 will sell at the late residence of Eli Griffith, dee'd on Friday the 19th of October, the Stock of Cattle, Horses and Hogs; one Road Wagon, two Cotton Gins, one Thresher, ono Wheat Fan, one sett of Blacksmith's Tools, Farming Tools, Household and Kitchen 1 urni ture, a quantity of Corn and Wheat, Hay and Fodder, a quantity of Shingles, Tanbark, and other articles. Terms made known on day of sale. - All persous indebted to the Lstate are requested to make payment, and all persons having claims against the Lstate will please present them within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar oi their recovcrv. -' A. II. GRIFFITH, Adnfr. Oct. 2, 18C0. 3t Office Wil. Char, k Rutherford It. R., Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 26, 18G0. PROPOSALS will be received at the Office of the Chief Engineer of this Company until the 28th day of October next, for the Graduation, Masonry and liridg imr of the Road (now unlet) from Rockingham, in the countv of Richmond, to the town qf Charlotte. Didders will state clearly . and freely their terms, and the shortest time within which thev will finish the work satisfactorily to the Company. They may also bid for furnishing the Sills and lay ing the Track complete. The Profiles, Amoirit and Plans of the work can be seen at the office of the Chief Enrineer, on and after the 8th day of October. II. Y. GUI ON, X2-4t Prest W, C. & R. R. Road. REMOVED. "Will. T re I oar lias removed to Xo. GRANITE ROW, Store formerly occupied by Klias Cohen, one door below A. A. N. M. Taylor's Corner. Win. Treloar's Head Quarters for BOOTS AND SHOES. Win. Trcloar'si Roots, Shoes and Leather. Just Come in ! Wm. Treloar's India Rubber Belting, Just come iu ! Wm. Treloar's ECcits iXHCl- Just come in ! Wm. Treloar particularly requests the pub lic to JUST COME IN aud examiue for themselves his Splendid New Stock of Fall and Wi4er Roots and Shoes. Just come in at WM. TRELOAR'S Sept 1800. n No. 2, Granite Row. Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford R. R., ) Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 14, 1800. THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock holders in the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Rail Road Company, will be held in this town, on the fourth Friday (26th day) of October next. Sept. 18. D. S. COWAN, Secy. TREAS'S OFFICE, A. T. k O. R. R. CO. 1 Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 14, 18G0 It is hereby ordered by the Hoard of Directors that the fourth enstallment due to this Company iu Meck lenburg County, and the third installment due at Mt. Mourne, in Iredell County, be made payable on the the 18th of October next. Stockholders will please take notice and meet their dues, as the work must " go for ward, and we must have Monev. Sept., 18, 1800. . M.'L. WR1STON, Treas. vocal MR W. S. SCOF1ELD, an experienced Teacher of Singing Classes, offers his service to the Churches aud Congregations in Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls addressed in care of Mr J. N. Scofield, Char lotte, N. C - 1 1 t T-vrAm if1v iiftnrlnil t r Sept. 4, 1800. State O. Josep! of rv. Carolina, Ciaston Co., B.In Equity To Full Term, 18t!0. i Thoruberg vs. Ephraim Tasour, et al. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant, Ephraim Pasour, resides beyond the limits of this State, it is therefore ordered that publication be made in the Western Democrat, a newspaper published in Charlotte, notifying the said Ephraim Pasour to appear at the next Court of Equity to be held for the county of Gaston, at the Court House in Dallas, on the 9th Monday after the 4th Monday in August, to plead, answer or demur to plaintiff's Bill: otherwise it will be taken pro confesso and heard exparte. Witness, F. M. Abernathy, Clerk of our said court at oflice, the 9th Monday after the 4th Monday in Febru ary, A. D. 1800, and of American Independence the 84th vear. pr. adv $8 30-6t F. M. ABERNATHY, C. M. E. State of X, Carolina, Gaston Co. O. B. In Equity To Fall Term, 18C0. Joseph Thornberg vs. Caleb Pasour, et al. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant, Caleb Pasour, resides beyond the limits of this State, it is therefore.' ordered that publication be made in the Western Democrat, a newspaper published iu the town of Charlotte, notifyingthe said Ephraim Pa sour to appear at the next Court of Equity to be held for the county of Gaston, at the Court House in Dallas, on the 9th Monday after the 4th Monday in August, to plead, answer or demur to plaintiff'3 Bill; otherwise it will be taken pro confesso and heard exparte. Witness, F M Abernathy, Clerk of our said court at office, the 9th Monday after the 4th Monday in Feb'y, A D 18S0, and of American Independence the 84th year, j.r. adv $6 3'J-tit F. M. ABERNATHY, CM. E. HORRIBLE AFFAIR. ; Seven White Men Burned, by 1-0 itins.: . A correspondent of the Sacramento IJnion,' writ- ingfrom Virginia city,;cqufirms .tha jrecent" Tidings or seven white men having Deen Darned to death by Indians .in the" Washoe Jregions.--"It appears that these victims formed, a party of Norman H. Canfield, of Butte County which was. but prospect ing when the waf between the whites and. Indians at Williams Ilanch" brole out, and were not heard of afterwards. The 'correspondent thus . tells the stor: ' '. - Among the volunteers In the late tndian exper dition.uuderCoL IIays, ..were two very intimate friends of, Mr Qanfield, who used every effort to ascertain the fate of his party, but, though the form and features of all the discovered dead were to death very carefully scrutinized, none were recognized as bearing resemblance to him or his known com panions. A few days after the. volunteers were withdrawn from Pyramid Lake," the regulars being then stationed there, sonic of the latter discovered among the cotton woods, below where the Indian village had stood, and near the place where the Sruckee empties info, the lake,- tied to as many trees, the bodies, or charred remains, of seven men who had been burned to death. Two or three had been fastened to the trees with log chains, and tie flesh had been entirely burned from them; tho others had been tied with raw hides; and the upper portions of their bodies bore traces of identification, particularly that of.. Can field, who was a robust and powerful man, remark able in form and feature. His lower limbs and lower part of hia frame had been consumed, -with the evident design to protract susceptibility to pain, till the bones were charred; but the upper part of the chest, the arms, and shoulders, and the head, were entire even the grim military whiskers worn by the victim were unsinged. Fur ther description and detail have also been furnish ed, but the revolting undeousness of the picture forbids elaboration. - Suffice it, that the evidence leaves to the friends of Mr Canfield and his com panions no possibility of doubt as to his identity, aud the horrible process of his and their deaths. The remains of the victims of this terrible deed were all carefully interred in one gra.vo, beneath a large cottonwood tree, near the spot on which they died, by the soldiers under Captain Stewart. Whether they were made the bloody offering to the demon of war, gn the formal preparation of the l'ah-Utahs to attack the whites, or were doomed to avenge the slain of the tribe who subsequently fell in the battle, will most probably forever re main a mystery. They died died the most terri ble of all deaths which it is possible for the imag ination to conceive. Canfield was from Cam bridge, Washington County, New York, where his family resided when he came to California, in 1840. He was about 33 years of age at the time of his death. Simplicity of Dress. Prentice of the Louis ville Journal, speaks thus to his readers: "Those who think that, in order to dress well, it is necessary to dress extravagantly and gaudily, make a great mistake. Nothing so well becomes true feminine beauty as simplicity. We have seen many a remarkabby fine person robbed of its fiue effects by being overdressed. Nothing is move unbecoming than overloaded beauty. The simplicity of the classic taste is seen in the old statues and pictures, , painted by men of superior artistic genius. In Athens the ladies were not gaudily, but simply arrayed, and we doubt wheth er any ladies excited more admiration. So also the noble old llomati matrons, whose superb forms were worthy of them, were always very plainly dressed. Fashion often presents the lines of the butterfly, but fashion is not a classic goddess." : : Census of 1800. The population of Ealcigh just enumerated and returned by deputy Marshal Scarborough, is o,240 whites and free persons of color, and 1,023 slaves making .in all 4, SG3. The total population in 18i0 was 4,al8, : showing a gain of only 345, and that too with the recentex tension of the limits of tho city. In 1850 the white and free colored population was 2,709, and that of slaves 1,809. There has, therefore, been a gain of 531 white and free colored population, and a loss of 180 slave population. . We think it probable, from what we have-learn ed, that the total population of the State will foot up about 1,000,000. iSearly all the counties will show a considerable increase of population. Wake county will reach about 30,000, showing an in crease of G.000; 'while Lenoir, Warren, Ilender- son aim many otner counties win snow a large in crease over l5o0. Ral. Stau Jar J. Furniture ! Furniture ! ! Having purchased the entire stock of FURNITURE of J. M. SANDERS & CO., and associated with me my Brother, WM. LEE DAVIDSON, we intend to carry on the business uudcr the firm of 2)AVIDSO &, BROTHER, In all its iM-anches, at the old stand of J. M. SANDERS CO., until the 1st of Jauuary next, when we expect to open - - k. saios-noom, in the store of Davik Parks, Esq., now occupied by the Branch Bank of North Carolina. .1 full Slock of Furniture of alt Kiwis, May always be found at this establishment. And we pledge ourselves to sell as low as the same articles can be bought in CIIARLESTOSj Or any other Southern city. MR FRANK'N. HORAH, will hare charge of the manufacturing department, where any work desired will be promptly attended to, and repairing of any kind neatly done. ROBT. F. DAYIDSON. Charlotte, Oct. 2, I860. X. B. Having'taken the Agency for "Fisk's Metallic Burial Cases," they will always be kept on hand. NOTICE ! ! Having sold our entire stock of Furniture, tc, to ROBT. F. DAVIDSON, who, together with his Bxother, WM. L. DAVIDSON, expect to continue the above busi ness at our old stand, under the firm of DAYIDSON & BROTHER, we cordially commend them to our friends and customers who may wish anything iu that way and hope they will extend to them a patronage as liberal as we have heretofore received at their hands. J. M. SANDERS 4 CO. . Charlotte, Oct. 2, 18C0. 32-tf r :" LYNCH LAW. A Moh attempts to Hang an Acquitted Prisoner. The Leavenworth Times, of September ISth, comes to us with a long account of an attempt at f 'lynch .law. iu that citv. It aDDears that James A Gordon, accused of the murder of John Gaatz in a gambling saloon in that place, was, after a trial. ! acquitted on some point of jurisdiction, and by brder.of the Court, set at liberty. :ti ? The Marshal unbolts the chains, and as they fell clanking to the floor, there arises deep and swelling sensation among he auditors. . There is a rush towards the door of the "coiflfr toon. The prisoner moves from hia criminal seat to one be side his counsel; his -face, before marked with calmness, now becomes flushed with emotion; turns pale; now crimsoned ; gazes "'upon-.the door with uneasiness; turns towards the Court, and manifests the feeling of a man who has passed one tryiog ordeal to undertake another and more severe one. Some time, before Gordon was discharged ru mors flew about the streets that he would soon be acquitted. Crowds rushed to the Courthouse to ascertain the facts, some out of curiosity, others breathing vengeance. The rumor proved true The news spread like wild fire over the city, and the crowd augmented. - The prisoner was now free to go wherever he pleased, but dare not leave the court room for fear of the angry crowd without. It was now apparent that an attempt ', would be made to lynch him. At this time the excitement was so intense that clearly there was no other way to save Gordon's life except by taking him to the county jail. Accordingly he placed himself under charge of thek Mayor, and moved out of the court house. When he entered tho hall a scene of the wildest excitement eommenced. The Mayor, with Gor don and a posse of about fifty men, started down the hall, and as the tossing crowd surged to and fro, pressing against the officers and striving to get at the prisoner, it was a commotion such as only a mad crowd of human beings can get up. Down into the street they went, the crowd yelling "Hang him! hang him !"and the brave, stern officers closing around Jrfm, made a firm wall of protection Finally-bjtcKhf'bf great firmness, the Mayor land ed MhTsafely in jail. But now the 6erious trouble had just commenced.' The crowd increased round the jail and became more and more furious. Men armed with muskets, knives and revolvers, gather ed thick and fast, and as the shades of night came on, large bonfires were built up all around the jail, throwing their lurid light far out over the city; and the wild demoniac yells of the infuriated peo ple made it a scene terribly vivid and fearful. . During all this time, Mayor McDowell made several speeches, urging obedience to the law, and requesting the people to return home in quiet. That he was determined to enforce the law at all hazards. It was finally agreed between the Mayor and the ring-leaders of the riot that Gordon should be delivered over to Sheriff Middaugh, and that all further disorder and riotous proceedings should cease on that being done. To this arrangement the ruling spirits of the mob solemnly agreed. At this juncture the Mayor left the jail for a few mo ments to attend to some matters on this side of the Creek. - Iu his absence, and contrary to his intentions, Gordon was brought outv of jail and turned over io Sheriff Middaugh, and now com menced a scene of mad fury that beggars descrip tion. The crowd rushed upon Gordon, crying like demons, "Hang him ! hang him !" They forced him down into the narrow, and rocky glen north of the jail. It was then about 8 o'clock at night, and a thick darkness had settled upon the whole city, and this fierce crowd raged in the dark glen like demons. It Was terrible. But tie brave offi cers stood by the prisoner like gallant men, and sometimes almost overborne, they still recovered and pressed forward holding Gordon safe in their charge. Several times the crowd had a halter around his neck, but each time an officer cut the rope, and thus they struggled up out of the ravine, and then followed a tumult and strife between the officers and rioters that was desperate to the last degree,, up Fourth street to Shawnee, and down Shawnee to the Planters' House. Here the crowd halted, and the contest for half an hour was fierce till 1 aou terrinc. liie din, nowi ana contusion was now .worse -than pandemonium, the prisoner beg ging to be hung, killed or any thing to take him out of such agony. By this time every stitch of clothing was torn off him. , " i The Mayor at last succeeded in organizing a fresh body of citizens, and with thee he closed solidly around Gordon, and again started for the jail, which, though a distance of aboui ten squares and across a ravine, was. finally reached, after a desperate truggle, and the prisoner again safely landed from the fury of the mob.. . Gordon is very badly bruised, cut and lacerated, and the Sheriff is also injured: iMroiiTANT Discovery. Dr. Oiler, a celebra ted French physician, has discovered that bone does not immediately die when the heart ceases to beat. For, after the death of an animal, Dr. Oiler has removed bone from the body to that of a living animal, and the bone thus introduced, has united itself to that properly belonging to the animal. There seems to be no doubt, therefore, that we may mend and : replace our bones as easily as a table lee Biiutal Murder. We learn from the Wash ington Despatch that another brutal murder was perpetrated on the body of MissLucretia Adams, a maiden lady, about 35 years of age, on Thursday, the 20th of Sept., at the house of Bryan Grimes, Esq., in the lower part of Pitt county. Miss Adams was acting as house-keeper for Mr Grimes, who was absent from home, she being the only white occupant of the house in which the murder was perpetrated. An overseer slept in a house about 80 yards off. The murder was com mitted in the night, s.nd was not discovered until next morning, when an inquest was called, which, on investigation, found that deceased was choked and strangled. On her right hand and arm were two severe, bites, showing distinct impressions of teeth. The yerdict of the jury is, that the deceased was murdered by a slave, named Henry, the pro perty of Mr Grimes, who has been committed to await his trial. . . JSyTbe population of Petersburg, Va., is 18,- .282 an inereace of over 3,600 einde 1850. THE INQUISITIVE YANKEE. A gentleman riding in an eastern railroad car, which was rather scantily supplied with passengers, observed on tho seat before him a lean slab sided Yankee; every feature of his faco seemed to ask a a question, and a little circumstance soon proved that he possessed a more "inquisitire mind." Be fore him occupying an entire peat, sat a lady dress ed in deep black, and after shifting hia position several times, and manoeuvering to get an oppor tunity to look into het face, at length he caught her eye. " " . 'In affliction? he asked. ' - 'Yes sir,' responded the lady.- r. , , Pa-rant? father or mother? No sir. Child, perhaps boy or girl? No, sir, not a child, 1 have no children. Husban!, then, I expect? Yes, was1 the curt answer. Hum! cVoIery? atradin man, may be? My husband was a seafaring man the captain of a vessel; ho. didn't die of cholera, he was drown ed. Oh, drowned, eh! pursued the inquisitor, hesi tating for a brie J instant. Saved his chist? Yes, the vesseVwas saved, and my husband's ef fects, said the wiow? Wag they? askei the Yankee, his face bright ening op. Pious nan? He was a membciof the Methodist Church. The next question was a little delayed, but it caniei Don't you think yot have great cause to bo thankful that he was a pious man, and saved his chist. - - - I do, said the widow abruptly, and turned her head to look out of the window. The indefatigable 'pump' changed his position, held the widow by his glittering eyes once more, and propounded one more query, in a little lower tone, with his head slightly inclined forward, over the back of, the seat, 'was you calculating to set married auuin?' Sir, said the widow indignantly, you are imper tinent! And she left her seat and took another on the other side of the car. "Pears to be a little huffy," paid the ineffable bore, turning to our narrator behind him; 'she nepdn't be mad; I dont want to hurt her feellinga. What did they make you pay for that umbrella you've got in your hand? It's a real pooty one." KIDNAPPER ARRESTED. Mr James Franklin, a blind man, and a resident of Columbia, S. C, was arrested in this city yes terday, having been detected in endeavoring to sell a free negro into bondage. It appears that Franklin, aboui a week ago, went to Charlotte, N. C, where he made it known that he winhed to hire a free negro to go with him and take care of him on a trip to the Virginia Springs. Harmon Proctor, a free negro, was Bccommended, and ac cepted the position. Franklin, having made his arrangements, went from Charlotte to Biehtwond, Va., when he changed his destination, and short ly after left for Greenville, Tennessee, where ho has a brother living. After remaining there a few days, Franklin went to Louisville, and thence to Cincinnati, where he chanced to meet a frae negro named A. W. Thompson, whom he engaged to accompany him to New Orleans, at which point it was understood he intended to send Proctor home, taking Thompson for his body servant. In getting as far as Vicksburg, however, Thompson (who is a very bright mulatto, and a fellow ot much shrewdness) learned of the disabilities imposed on free negroes by the laws of Louisiana, and prevail ed upon Mr Franklin to return, which he did on Ihe Edward J. Gay, which reached here on yes terday afternoon. While the Gay was discharging freight, Thompson prevailed upon Franklin to stop in Memphis for a day or two, and shortly after they made an attempt to sell Harmon Proctor as slave. Proctor discovered what they were about, after they had got him to the Blave-dealer's mart, and showed to the proposed purchaser the' evidence of his freedom, which being shown to Mr Franklin, he immediately tore up and dentroyed in the presence of the slave-dealer. These facts coming to the knowledge of the officers, tho kid nappers, James Franklin (white) and A. W. Thonip- son, (colored,) were loutrea in lail to await trial, as well also the negro whom they attempted to selL James rranklin is said to be a man of niearn living in Columbia, S. C, and a little fast in his expenditures for a blind man. It is supposed that the wily Cincinnati free negro first conceived the idea of selling Harmon Proctor into slavery, and then inveigled Franklin into it. Fortunately they are all in jail, and the guilty party will be made to suffer the full penalty of the law. Memphis En quirer. An Example Worthy of Imitation. An example to other families falling heirs to large estates has recently occurred in Connecticut. By the death of Mr Thomas his six children came iu possession of property valued at from $400,000 to 600,000 There was no will, and the estate de scended in the legal manner to the children equal ly. They consulted no lawyer, began no scramble; but mutually agreed upon two judicious men, and employed them to divide the property into por tions as nearly equal in value as could be This done, the portions were put at auction among them, each buying a portion, and the portions were again equally divided. In this way the law yers got no fees, the community no scandal, tho peace of the family circle was preserved, and an end arrived at which gratifies every pure sentiment. Another Aiwa lino Calamity. At Pitts burg one of the mostappaling calaniiti that ever occurred took place on the :24th. The boiler in the marble works of W. W. Wallace exploded, killiyg several' men aud wounding a number of others. The boiler passed through the building, reduc ing the back part of it to a heap of rains. It then struck the front part of a clothing store, in Liberty-street, killing the proprietor, who was standing at the door. His head was taken nearly off. The boiler then passed through the rear wall of Bur kerX and ioto Swarts' lager-bier hall, which ife nearly demolished. A man who was in. the saloon was killed. The boiler finally landed in the Pres byterian graveyard, at the back of the lager-bier hall, having passed through four walla. - . The number of men engaged in the marble works was 100. It is supposed that from ten to twelve ftte killed. :