h'c;' a from ■Wing -o. and OQr IL. II. ..f . tl: tl ::f liii'i -i.J till p, iiiind of ;.!1 'a‘ nt with xvork, 11 ^ VI ill.'y ^>kci iieut .1 luls ' 11 lit! ■ « it tu r Irl.tlc. r'Sit; . lln/ r tv'i 1. to N > V - ■S- l UK. ^N»v=- (,t «li. r '!i;nv, |...k i - i\u ;l: Ivv, !'•= lit fi ■»» ;u r ‘ -iiie :SKr- H ‘ ■lid [ill 1- a»" : -iily 1„- I; K rT !'l i*, |iJdr ”» ..tl. i’- i T t; 11'^ r.-.f o\v the , ti-'MS inline NfW t-m W HS’r HIDK OF TIIA 1)I: STRKI'/F ■CHARACTER IS AS IMPoniANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, A.VD THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. S2 per annum III IN ADVANCE., I-- Editou axi> Phopiuf.tok. CHAELOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 18G1 ( KINTH VOLUME—NUMBER 452. THE BEmOUMT, Piib!hlH*d every Tuesday, U" 1 L J. I A HV M J . V A 'J’ !•: , and . ’ il ill 'I'. ■ iii' ‘ i>;iiil w il liiii ■'{ » J. T the (■ lVr~A!i; !.'■ Ill liltil ‘ |»ir:iti(>() Ilf’T 1h .111 cn':iii^^ ' . M :i - ,rati- I'lr 1,:| !’ll( ! ■ live NKW Ilii iti y«':ir. uhi> ni;iv wi li to 00 2 .)J uhscnlipr ‘inl T ’ III if 111 •iti I'liicnt niw t lit* {iHiil for in li-j crt’ t luciit^ ti')f niiirkfil '>n the ninnii-^ ript ir time, will he in vri.il until fi'ihi'l. niiil -.iiM-l,. SAMI RL I'. S)HTII, !•*»• «t I.aw, ni \iiL ri K, X I ii \ ’!/ iiiiti il I ’ = i‘>1 tti I'ollci tinu !iuJ i; -i-i 1- mll i II ’;/ iintl l.,l; Il * ;;i\ fll t-» lil- r- !!*■ Iju ir.V tin li I'iU'c. rit illy of 1 >i'i ! ■. ('■•11 - ni;iv he t'uuipl in thi? •. = »i!: ! !ii I) / 1 Ifi K .ni.T, A. ■■y l(l\ (11 AIJLO'l'i’K. N. f;/■ M'L' M t 'Di 11'j J:i:\ 1 I ; ',,1,. ; 1; ,! I - ..i; t . !' i‘ 1 i ' 1;>U 11 1.ii i '. Will. J. Ki vv, \ r !' o %i \ i: V A T a. ^ w, !'ll AIM.O'i l K, Ci.\irl of ii; till » L'. f til- I'.;-iw i> i t, I .-I, I •■iiiity aii’l il t'ahnriti % hulhhli>‘ ^ Mipi'l I' 'f ri.ui iif'. .]i|ii>.'iti‘ K* I I S lloti-l. |{OBi:UT I)., !»« I Tl 1 i:i« II I ■'rl-Lf I /us A ll 11 r > ’.s lit, . /•, * ’HAIU.OTTK, X. (’. li, W. r)K('K\\ ITli !i ,• tnnO.y 'iii WATCHES. J;:WcLRY, PLAirO WARE, &-C.. . Hi K 'i h .ilnl A'Jiclir:'l- lijUU il f;H'l il ni FKUT WU TRi:i: STOn .. The suhsciihcr has opencil a fruit nnd Fruit-tree store next door above the liock Island Uffice. and will l-i-( |i on hand a well solccted stock of I-'ruit Trees, (,;raj»c Vines, Kverfrreens and Shruhherv, o:c. Albo, Kruits of various kimls — Apnle.', Oranges, Lemons, :»ine Apples, kc., kc. ‘ K. W . LVLLS. Dec. II, l.*f>i). tf. V \ 1.1 A 1.K PI.\ \T ATIO.\ FOie SXijE. The suhscrilicr ollVr? for sale that valuable Planta tion formerly owned by the Rev. 11. 15. ('unninghani, • .-ituated nine luileri nonh of (Miarlotte. The tiaet of land coiit.iin. 700 acre?, alioiit 300 ofwhich ine cleared, iucludiiit^ a jrood t:ie;ido\v of 1'j or ^^0 acre.=—the bal- :inr- is frood wood-land. The A , Tenn. & Ohio Rail road passe.> through the plantation. 'I'liere is a fine iJiieliin;^ llou-e containinjr nine rooms with 8 fire- ]»];ices. and all nece>sary out-iiuildings. (Jood water cunvi’niciit. For further iiifonnation ajiply to the undersigned at his residence or addtes.s him at (’raijihi-:;.! 1’. U., or ap[ilv to -I. ('. .Mc.Vulcv on the prenii-es. K. P.. III NTFR. Dvceiiibi-r 4, If^GO 3in-]id Quin ’s Khe matic Remedy Ha elfected cures of Rheumatism that were consid'-red h peless. cirtilicatis to prove which cjui be exhitiited. The suffering are invited to give the medicine a trial. (>rders addressed to the u’ldersigned nt ( harlotte il ret eive prtunpt attention. W. W. QFIXN. -Vpril lo, iMio. Price Jl ^0 |ier bottle. Hardware !! Hardware!! A. X. M. TAVl.OK UK.’'PKCTFl'iJA' iuforins his frieuils and the ]>ub- lir |icner;illy. tliiit he has aildedto his exter.sive stDi'k of Stoves ami Tin Ware, a liii-f:t‘ and complete sto'-k of liiirdware, con.--i^tiiig iu jiai l as foll'ivvs: Carpenters' Tools. ('iri'uhvr. mill. (■r(>.''CUt, haiiil, ripper, pannel, ]irun- iiig. "rafting, teuiioii. bat k, compass, \\ ebb, and butcli- ' IT S.\\\’S; H’.aifs and bit.s. Draw Knives, (.'hissels, Augt rs. dinili'i'. llainniers. Hatchets, ami Axes; Hrick, phistt-riiig. aiot |i )iiitiiiu, Trowels; .S,i\v-~itiers, Screw- : piaUs. StofUs and dies. PliUies of all kiniis. Sjioke- ; ^havl■'. Stcel-hlaiii' ln-vel and fry Stjiiares: Spirit Lfvels ' I’o-'vet L('^ ( ls. Spirit level Viiils, IJoring machines, I (bii.gers, and in fa't everthing a mechanic wants, in irreat \ai-iet\ and at very biw prii-es. at 'rA\'lJ)R'S ■ Hardware Sturt-and Till-ware Dc[)ot, opposite the .\lan- j si'iu Iloii'C. ('harl"t'C-. X. ^ I May 1SGO. tf I Blacksmith’s Tools. I .'^:ii']j as Ib'lliiws. Anvils, Viti.-, hanil and ^lille Ham mers. Bn11ri 'scs. Farrii'i's' Knives. Screw-phitc.--, Stocks and dies. l!laci;smi:h's Pincers and Toni/'s. Uasj ers and 1 ilcs of I-v( iy kind. Tut lior-hoe ami cl'm h ,\'iiils, H'uax; lion ol ail si/.os, otHorthern ami country luannfai'l'.II e: cast, plow, lili.itfr and .'prim' Stt-i-I: A:c.. for .'all- \ cry rlu-ap at T.V^'Lt'R'S. O[ipo,'ite the M.insion lloii'e: ^fstfrn ^Itraofrat.i CHARLOTTE, N. C. A Good Rule.—One of the rules of tlie Peace Conference at Washington prohibits members from reading newspapers while the body is in session, or ' from walking about the Hall while a member is | speaking. If all deliberative bodies had such rules , busine.ss would be more promptly transacted. | Thk Forts—Maj. Chase, the commander of the State troops at Pensacola, gives as a reason why an attempt has not been made to tafe Fort Pickens from the United States troops, that so strongly a fortified place as Fort Pickens ought not to be stormed, but captured by bombardment or siege. Time was necessary to complete success ful arrangements for such an attack. There are 110 men in the Fort, enough to work the guns, and a desperate charge upon it would certainly re sult in the loss of 75 men, too niany, Maj. Chase Say?, to sacritice for a victory of the kind. He thinks the Fort will be taken in the right way at the right time. The arrival ot the U. S. steamer Brooklyn, he says, with its few men, was not con sidered a matter of much consecjuence. ♦ ♦ The authorities of New York have returned the niu.'kets seized on the eve of being shipped to Georgia; und, consequently, the Gov. of Georgia orderetl the release of the New York vessels seized at Savannah. ’ JOURNEYINGS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. Correspot'ieuce of ihe N. C. Presbyterian. Charlotte. Oct. 1860. Leaving Morpanton, in a stage ride of thirteen rri j- • i j -j j r miles I found the cars of the W. N. C Railroad in j.:i,UD4. Ihe disparity is marked, considered from , woods and jhippi WHO FOUGHT THE BATTLES. The ftlexican war was fought chiefly by the I South. The tabular statement given below shows that whilst 1-i slave States furnished 45,G30 volun teers, the free States and Territories furnished but any point of view, but especially so in regard to the relative population of the two sections. The figures are derived from Executive documents: A’rtii;»/y o/tAe Regular Army in the Mexican IFar. Non-slaveholding States and Territories, Slaveholdiug .States, 28,.556 14,355 Volunteers in Mexican War from Slnreholding States. In the House of Representatives, on the lltli, Mr Craige ofN. C., offered a re/iolutic.i t.hiat the I’resident be re(|uired to recognize the South ern Confederacy and receive its Envoy. The re solution was referred to the committee on foreign affairs. It is announced that Ex-Secretary Floyd will attend his trial in Washington on a charge of e:n- bczzlenient. He charges the I’resident and the new Cabinet with maliciously instigating the in dictment. No doubt Mr Floyd will show that he has not been guihy of anything dishonest or dis honorable. No. Killed. Wounded. Died 1 Arkansas 1,323 22 3 152 Florida 323 1 I 7 Te.xas 7,313 7,728 48 20 117 Louisiana 15 6 192 Tennessee 5.410 57 13 186 Kentucky 4,800 105 48 176 VirginiE 1,303 6 — 60 North Carolina 936 — 171 South Carolina 1,054 58 115 234 Georgia 2,047 4 5 116 Alabama 3.011 — — 103 M ississifipi .Maryland and Dis trict ot (Jolumbia 2^319 l',330 60 13 45 9 256 52 .Missouri 6,733 28 2 228 t5.G30 418 267 2,050 Volunteers in Mcxican H and 'ar from non-slaveholding Staten Territories. No. Killed Wounded. Died .Massachusetts 1,047 2 — 28 New Vork 2,664 54 77 7! New Jersey 424 2 — 9 Pennsylvania 2,464 39 59 198 Ohio 4,694 31 2 217 .Michigan 97 2 — — 3 Indiana 4,440 49 — 218 WisconFin 146 — — 9 Iowa 229 — — 3 Illinois 5,973 107 97 361 23,054 284 235 1,117 No volunteers were sent from Maine, N. Hanip- il. li • rv iiino tal hi ! '- l b; f. I- pMI- . pul iu for ' *'111 ha 'ill; e-'.li. (-1 -fU liei e a. John T. Butler PKAi'TlC.VI. ainl TIuLei’, tVr., ‘ ■’I'ri. ITK K. IliilKI.. X. f. ;!.;ri' wi:li II \V. Im’cUa ith.) I f • i r\’ d‘ I ' ■: n, K ■ | a i' cd a d \\ .i i ra nt i‘il tor 1 J !>■ .|1' ■ I ! t», 1 -..'I, tf J. G, WILKINSON &. CO., lUAI.KltS IN ^ t; O Ix O J5», •fr.i l'iV'(,V^7 ^ iy IJ JiiXiSj. iL .J |>l:it‘c! ^V.'iro \ND FAXt’V COODS, , Granite Eange,, ,i. ;..n liou-i-. t'!l.M:i.i'T l i:. N. (’. iaiiiii:_ W'.it. lo-' and Ji-w t lrv. New Supply of W ATt'IlKS. Ji;\VKI,H^ Solid Silver and I’laled Ware. '1 if Mil/'. I .l:'-r ual ti l\- imn-h Ludlow’s CelebratCwi Cans, td all tlu‘ tiilicniit slZi.' liard'.\arc Slore. ojiposite MiUi'ioii Self-Scaling at TA \ l.( >ii> Agricultural Implements of ?11 kinds. Straw ('niters, (’oin Siitdlcr.'. Pious. 1; • >. ''lfO\vl-. .'-^padfs. Folks. Ax(s. I’ick'. Mattm Iv-.-, (in,I., !' (■. I'rai-c (’bains. \\ a^oii Cliaiiis, Log ('loii.i-. and Hfdge Shears. PriiiMii” and iiudd'iig i\- _ i den I Iocs anti Kake.s. w il h liandlc>: (11in ‘ ra lio": _ i a. i- trr.i'S anti brier Scythes. I;u^h ilt.ol.-;. . _ ilo.\( ^ ll()lbi\V w:ire. sin h as pots, ovi-ns and lids, .'i.inits. spi ders, st-w-pans and kettb '. ('aiildroiis irom I’o lo !lin '.gallons each: Iron and biM'S I’n-st rving K'-ttb s. Sheep Shcai '. \r., ill 'f A V !.( MI'S Hardware Depot, oppo'ite tlie .Mansion Hou.^e. I C'liarlolfe I V i: n A 1.1: i a s i’ i t i t k . The nevtSession will commcnee on the first of Feb’y Terwx per Sesxion of tvu ntij icecks : i For Roard and Tuition 00 : Tuition of Day Scholars, Slti and .^18 00 i For fUi.ill girls in Reading, Spelling, and the ele- : imiits id (ieography, t he'I’li it ion hereafter will be $12. For fafalogiie containing further information, ad- { ilrC'S R. HFRWFLL, Charlotte, N.C. I take pleasure in saying that for the remainder t^f j the seiiolastic year, I have secured the .'erviees of Prof. 1 U. F IIU.NT as Instructor of Music. Mr Hunt was eon- ! netted '.vith my school at Hillsboro, and proved hiinselt to 1)0 an energetic and faithful Teaehtr, giving kntiuk .'ali.'faction iu kvehv particular. R. RURWELL .January 15, 18G1. tf '.te the .M. ntton \ Cl nib:] I .1 I the dir, '•r iia 1 tl ly pun .il- i\e arli'b . ill iiJ- li t( • -.i I. J!-- W.^ tViiiii ll I at ■ 'I a maniit.ir’ui \,-ry >mai) iireil tll.it ;til 1 w ha I li 1- n-]ire ii; ■ and ''bu K^ c:i M■ : '.in 11 i I tl 111 ion. i tf h: I !ii-iii . fullV ]; w 1 a \cry cxteu'^ivr piin liases being . Ilf i,' tlurefoii Iici- OM rd^f, ;U1'' ,! i ..•> arc w ;ir- n p.iiit 1 and w ill I^WITIL Tin and Japanned Ware, A large 'ssortmfiit: Hlock I'in, block Ziiu-, Tin PI; Rabbit mct:»l. I'CC. StO'ves, the largo.st Stuck, of all sizes, at T.WLDK'.'^ Hardware. Stove and Tin ware Dfpot. opposite .Man.-ion Hons* .^100 i:s:wAiei>! U\N.\\V \V from thf suli'criber :m the 1st Oi tober, a mulatto hoy n.mu-d S( il.'v ».MON. Ilf is near six ti l t hi-h. about thirty yi'ars old. tob raldy bri;iht. rather .'lim. and wt-igiis about IT.') pounds, lie ha,s a 1om ii loiilv w hen spoken to. Tin- fiuloftlie forefingt-r of his left luiiid has liiM-n cut tdf. ami a sharp hard knot has L'rown on the end ot it. I think he is lurking about Roi kv River, iu the lowi-r end t>f (’abarrii* county, wlu'i'i he was raised. J.r/? -Ml persons re tor'warued not to harbor or assist him. under the penalty td' the law. 1 will pa\ the abovf reward for his tielivfiy to nif. or hi' a ppi t hen.'i-n and conlineMient in anv jail so I can get him. WILLIAM HAMlLTdX, Xci;ro Iltail Depot. Fnioii Co.. X. C. April 9. K'^do. tf Prlri A pn id ft,r lirtr 1 am 'till t-nga.ufd in I’.atclifrin ..•ha.'i' P.i-ef ('attif and Sheep, for w hi. h 1 will phythe iii'.'lif't markt't ]Tice>. Thosf having stock t’or will find It to their advaniiige to give me a call quire at f>r. Taylor'.' Tan \ ai d. A-.v. 21. l>oo. -’I'.-tf -L L. STt'FT rOC KKT KOOK tj0HT. I lost a large calf-skin Pocket Book, on the morning of the 1st inst., .«omewhere between Charlotte and Jo- ab's Creek, on the Wadesboro road, containing one ■Xote (,-u .Michael Ciarmon for S400, one on same for •SlUO. one on same for S300, one on same for SI 77 20, one on S. S l.’risco and Sarah Kennetiy, security, for Si72 -K!, line on K. Williams for $100, one on J. fe J. llagler for $loo. one on ('has. Hinso.i for $.')0(.', one on (■eo. L. -Morrison, dec’d, for one on .1. A. (Tarmon for S'*7d, two on .John Cariker for about $(51, one on C W. Spears for about $41, one on C. 11. Polk, amount not recollecteil. out* on John R. Ptilk, amount not recol- iei tetl. AH these X’otes, and some others not recol lected, are jiayable to me. Also, one note on J. M. W. Flow, payal/i- to a .Mr Rost, but owned by me, for S2t)0. There were also in the book some three or four hnndieti dollars worth of rec; i]ds on A. F Hurley, con stable, ijesides jutlgments and other pa[>ers. All [lersons are forewarned against trading for any of the iiliove named Notes or other jiapers that may have bt-en lost. Any one returning the book anti its contents to me or leaving it with Mr Wm. Treloar in Charlotte, will be suitablv rewarded' I. S. I..IXKER. Feb h. 18G1 3t North Carolina _ MrriAL LIFE IKSlK.lNfE COMPANY. j This (\)inpany. the oldest anti most reliable in the I Sti'te, iir^ures white persons for a tenn of years or (iiiiJ Shf fji. jiiricg continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves anti desire to pur- insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their market value. For insurance apply to TIIOS. W.'DEWEV, Agt., .Ian 8, 18G1 ly at Branch Bank N. C. lie In- » -I and ;»■ • Iii KXi’RK;-S 1 IU:U 'liarl'i-1 1‘ii.i'diii^ f; ;'i. f oul Ni-w V .v; TH 1..I!,. C i' = 'll.U !■ - t.:|l .' ‘ li:in=. and 1 vi-edi:i!M;s !'-'t ,i,-. (K-;:,;;r. THRdFtUl Ilf fl;Al.\' Wi ! run Dai!\ lulwei-ii : wiihi.:; I:w sli ipmeiit. t h us h Cliarloitf in tlay.' or h-s.' a :■! in tiom ('hiiriv.'tjn. and 11 Krr.' will os - dd from Clrnr- •" •" ■' - ;>M 1 to X> w Vork. via •*’ > ' i d r,.; r I. Tlif uier- i ' d to u \ tlT' oln ap and ' r-'- IS. A. 11 M\KT1X, ft 'i a 1 It :i ; ! Tn kfi .\_;fnt. h Full ,i I'If'tOU tiMiuer pilbb: an- r f t A - c ."■IU = T. and Tht \v A.M'i:n d Tr.iiu. or a.' A^fut at MITI AT30\ r i.n -n\; Ibiilr 1*' -I. ■ \j lil .\gfiit. ■ 111 1 .ll ■•iiararter. Soiithcrn princi|dcs icii t . I 'i>iiut an b-e ui'- n. Ad.':-... L. A. HFLMS. u in- licst. r. Fnion o., X C .iia-[)d \OT!C’E. 'faken up and cominitteil to the .Jail of Mecklenburg f.oialy. on the .^th liay id’September. 1 .siio. a Xegro lioy ai. oit 1 or 20 vi-ar' of ;ige. i hbu-k.'; iihout ii ti-et •> or s iiiihfs iiifh. ile savs bis name is Jl.M. anti that he iKioiiii' to .lohn Worthy otCa.'ttm co-nnty; that his niii'tcr movfd to Texas early la.t Si ring, at which time he ran away from him. .Hm a[ipears \ery dull: can sfarct'ly ct'uiuiunii'ate anything ahout his mast.r or home wi:h any intelligi'uce. He has a 'far his right fore tiiifrer. made by a cutting knitc. Ihe owner is roiiuestetl to conii' forward, prove ;>roperty. j>ay ex- pense.*-. and take s*.-.id b.oy away, otherwise he will be tli'posed td'aciording to law. Hi t. 0. 1 SCO. tf IIAKTIX, TAI^AAIlll.L & CO., (Successors to N. M. Martin, Bro.& Co.,) Grocers and i'omiui>sioii Merchants, PE TER SB Hi a, VA. E. C. GRIER. Sheritf. 1. Ail tl,.,. ;i fur !r 1 r hiix •lUil I The ('i-lfbriitiMl Ffwalc Pills. '■ * '■ i«*.. hilt they are V'tr~ I’‘ II ' - t'a.u iiiviidt'iil si’oiirge tii.i.-? Ir'aitii. ha| [ :ind i:-: tiuuess. ^fhe\' art' ■•tiitf! and .!= iiii liumb:iir. !..in .iv. nrc[,i,f'd bv ■nti '.ir-.iina phy ii iau of hi-h t:nidin_' ■\ li'iii-e ill the t.’-i-iiment ;;f !Viii;ilc io ■ ='>aiy tl) i*on\inco you of th -ii f F.ir par'ifiil.'M '. see w rafip-rs. V - -If at tiif DRFt; .'TURKS. uid of 'ii.'fa.'cs, ■lllr:u-_v i-; Priif :>;i D U Y CJ O O D S . I,A1>IES’ CLOAKS and BO.WEiS, UUESS UOODSaiid EMnKCIOEIllES. Cni*iDot:s cfc nu-gs. A VKKV LARGE ASSOKTMENT OF P I. A X '1' A T I O N GOODS. « ,VI>TEK K. .n.lRTI.^ & CO, (Successors to X. M. Martin, Son &Co.,) Commission Merchants, RJ CUM ox I), VA. R. A. M.artin", formerly of Granville county. N. C. Rout. TA.NSAiiii.L. formerly of Edgecombe county. N C. Walteu K. Mautix of Richmond, Va. N. M. .Martix do. It. H. CfNMNC.HAM, Jr. do. REFER Tt> C. F. Fisher, Esq. Pres't N C Railroad; Dr W J Hawkin.^, Pre.s't Raleigh k Gaston Railroad ; Ii R iiritlges, Pres t Branch Bank at Tarboro, N C ; Hon W X Edwards Warren county; James M Bullock. Esq. Griinville coui •; (' F Fisher, cashier Exch?.nge Bank, Petersburtr, Va.; K P Battle. Estp Raleigh. shire, Vermont, ('onnecticut, and Rhode Island. THE FORTS AT THE SOUTH. Co.st. Guns. $1,339,91-1 151 .. 146.G03 703,371 45.GOO G,4H4 57.’>,369 2,47G’771 1,824,851 4G3,790 571,221 53.809 87,601 977,408 988,859 182,000 170.000 o 1,394 1 13O.0O0 1,122,138 774,i«8 444.42G .t98,.504 1,242,552 221.500 30,197 150.000 38,976 129,571 4G5.}9I 473.001 837.G08 258,734 362.379 500 Fortificationit. Fort Delaware, Delaware river. Pa. Fort .Mi Henry, Baltimore, ,Md Fort Carroll, Sollers Point. Baltimore... Fort .Madison, Anui?p«lis, .Marylanil Fort Severn, *• ‘‘ Fort Washington, on Potomac river Fort Monroe, (.C.tl Point Comfort.Va Fort Calhoun, Hampton Roads,Va Fort .Macon, Beaufort. X. C Fort Caswell, Cape Fear River, N. C... Castle Pinckney, Charleston, S. C Fort .Moultrie, *• “ Fort Sumter, “ “ Fort Pulaski, Savannah river. Ga Fort Jack«on, Savannah river, Ga Fort Clinch, Amelia Island. Fla Fort Marion, St Augustine. Fla Fort Taylor, Key West. Fla Fort Jefferson, ('Torfugas.) Fla Fort Pickens, Pennsacola, Fla P'ort .McRee, Pensacola, Fla Fort Barrancas. Pensacola, Fla Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Ala Fort Gaines. D.".u[>hin Island Fort on Ship Island, ('oast .Missis.«ippi... Military Defences. Proctor’s Landing, La. liower Dupre. Bayou Du|>re, La Battery Bienvenue. Bayou Bien, La Fort .Macomb, (?hef .Menteur Pass, La.... Fort Pike, Rigolet's l^iss. La Fort Jac'KPon. month of the Miss., La... P'ort St- IMiilip. opposite Ft. Jackson, La. Fort Livingston, Barrataria Bay, I-^a Defences Galvesto.i Harbor, Texas 74 159 31 14 88 371 224 G1 87 25 54 14C 150 14 25 185 298 212 151 75 132 49 49 150 ’24 52 MURDER BY A LITTLE BOY. Oil Saturday aftertioon Coronor Jones held an inquest over a little boy named James E. Dickson, aged 11 years, who was found on the day previous lying with halt his body in a branch near Oakdale Oemetry, and almost in a dying condition from a gun .‘“hot wound in the back of the head. He Was brought home, and a physician was immedi ately called, but his services were unavailable, and the boy died on Saturday forenoon about lO o'clock. His dying declarations, accompanied by other corroborating testimony Induced the Coronors jury to return a verdict that ‘‘the deceased canie to liis death by a wound from a gun in tlie hands of Thomas J. Bishop,” another boy aged 12 yea.^s! It seems that on \Vednesday last the little boy who was killed, had taken a twenty dollar gold piece from his mother, with which he and Bishop bought two small shot guns and ammunition, be- ng uj}’self aboard them was sot)n on my way. The first station is Hickory Tavern—so named because an old lo^-house still stands there which was a of the revolution. Quite a fl)urishing pi grown up there and it promises to continue to prosper. My business carrying me to Lincolnton, I left the cars at Newton with a view to take xhe stage for that place. Newton is a pleasant little place and is fast coming out of its good old Cjuiet l>utch sobriety. Strolling about the depot 1 noticed a quantity of pig iron lyinsr near the track, ?ind upon en(juiiy learned that it was made only a few miles distant- After a pleasant stage ride of 16 miles, I was delivered safely in liincolnton. This place stands beside Hillsborouirh, Charlotte, &c., in hav ing claims upon every North Carolinian for the revolutionary association connected with it. Not a mile from the town was fought the battle of Ramsour’s Mill; more than one other skirmish oc curred in the county, and she furnished many a brave son to swell the nunjberat King’s Mountain and other battle fields of the South. In Uiy visit to Liucolton I was not favored with good weather, and hence could not look into some inteiesting matters tliat I desired. Lincoln coun ty was the first in North Carolina, and probably in the Southern States, to cotnmence the manufac ture of iron, and was among the arst to put up cotton factories. In the town of Lincolnton there are two very good iron foundries, at eitlier of which any kind of casting can be made; I saw some very hjnd.some iron railing which had been made at one of thetn. At one of them have been manufactured several town clocks, and its projirie- tors—Messrs. Stubbs—are still prepared to exe cute like orders. Tlirough tlie assistance of a friend I am enabled to give a list of the iron works, factories, kc., in Lincoln and the adjoining coun ties: IRON WORKS. Abernathy & Bynum’s fjrge, on Stmth Fork of Catawba, not in operation. Brevard’s forge, on Maiden Creek, not in operation. Jas. ^L Smith's forge, on Mountain creek, not in operation Jonas Derr’s furn:ice and forge, (>n Sleeper’s Oeek. ('. J. Hammerskold’s Sjiring Hill forge, on Sleeper’s Creek. R. A. Brevard’s forge, on Sleeper’s (’reek F. Reinhardt’s furnace and forge, on Sleeper’s Creek. This is the only one th »t I was able to visit, and 1 had but a short time there. Williau) Johnston’s forge, on Sleeper’s (.^eek, not in opera tion. Ben. Briggs’ furnace, fori:e and Rolling mill, on Crowder’s Creek in Gaston co. High Slioal's fiirnace, forge, rolling mill and nail works —I regret to say that this water povv>r—no doubt one of the finest in the world—is now lying iiile and the buildings going to ruin. Fronebargcr’s forge, Buffalo Creek. Chambers’ forge, Fiist Broad river. PAPER M1LL.S. Oates, Wiswell k Co. manufacturers of print ing. wrapping and some writing paper, on South Fork of ('atawba, five miles south of Lincolnton. Childs, Hoke it Co., printing and wrapjiing paper. 12 miies from Lincolnton on South Fork. Frone- barger, printing and wrapping paper, on Buffalo Creek, in CU-iveland co., near Shelby. FACTORIES. Childs, Hoke & Co.. (’otton, near Lincolnton on South Fork. J. F. Phifer, cotton, one-half mile from Lincolnton. Jasper Stowe, cotton, on South Fork in Gaston co. T. R. 'J’ate, cotton, and wool en, on Catawba. Linebargers’, cotton on South Fork. A. Holniesly & (’).. cotton and woolen, on first liroad, 9 miles from Shelby. Fronebargers cotton, near Shelby on Buffalo. Shufforl. cotton, on Catawba near W. N (’. R. R. Powell’s, cot ton, on Catawba near W. N. (’. R. R. In Mecklenburr is the Rock Isl.mtl Woolen A HARDENED CASE. Bill Rigdcn, whose exploits down on Red River we have mentioned before, had been drinking some, atid, contrary to hi.s usu-il custom, was blow ing considerable, and finally said he could run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier, chaw mure tobacco, drink more whiskey, and do more strange, queer and impossible things, than any man in the crowd, winding up by offer- iiol'ed'pla’cTiii'tlie d»ys | ".'I' “ *' “ a fl.iurUini; place hi ' ""f •f®''”' and-ague-looking chap got up and said: “I’m in for that last, stranger. I’m uome on a wra>tle myself, and I’ll try you.” At it they went, and Bill got thrown badly. They then tried jumping, and Bill was anchored :>;'-'iii 'I'here was no water near to experiment at diving in, and Hill liimself proposed that they should try siune whi.'>key. “Wal,” said fevi'r-afid-ague, ‘‘I don’t chaw tobakcr, but I jist kin drink you dead drunk in an hour.” ‘•Neverl ’ shouted Bill, and they sat down, whil ing the time away by playing euchre. Game af ter game and glass alter glass passed, without the least apparent effect ujion the stranger, while Hill showed it batlly, soon not being able to tell the cards or even to h;indle them. At this stage the pale face arose, remarking: “Wal, I gues.^ as how you’re drunk enough; and ^■you’ll make me a drink, I'll mount my pony and be off.” “What’ll }0U havey” said the clerk “(lot any brandy':'” U\’ “ \ OS. “Put in a middling dram.” It was done. “Got any red-eye?” “Yes.” “\Val, a leetle of that. Any turpentine'/” “Plenty.” “About a spoonful put in. Any red repper?” “Yes ” “Shake in some; now, my boy, ef you’ll put in a ! lc(5tle of that aqual'ortis I s'e up thar, I’ll take my j drink and be gone.” gritaiie'l Bill, “I should think you would, i give it up. I’m bout. Don’t drink fliat, stranger, you’ll die, sure. I’ll never say I drink ''i;-iin, I swear I won’t. Don’t drink it.” I Amid the rears of the crowd, the pale gent mounted his pony and cantered away. “Tiiiktv Si.k Tiiihtv.”—'i'lu* reader who is cut ions to know exactly where runs this oftmen- tiotied line, will get u clear idea ol it by taking the map and tracing it as ftdlows: It comtnences at the pt iut on the Atlantic coast where the dividing line between Virginia and Norlii Carolina commences; passes along the line tietween 'rennessee and Kentucky; ahuig the line between the !*tates of Missouri and Arkansas, thence through the Territory of the Cherokee na- ti III, through New Mexico, striking the Eastern bottndary of the State of California, a short dis- tanee South of the iniddit', striking the Pacific a short di.stancc South of .'lotiti rey Bay. On the South of th;it line there are about 800,000 square miles, inclu'ling Indian reservations, while on the Ntirth there are about l,i>0l,00) square miles. (Jf the o00,000 s(|uare miles South of .‘)0,.‘}0 there is not the slightest prolmbility that there cimld be carved out more than one slave State. All New .Mexico, Comprising about 210,000, square miles, wt>ulil never become slave territory, from the fact that it is not atlapted to slave labor. It [irijduccH neither cotton nor cane. North of that line, though .slavery were to be legalized, it coiihl never exist. Figiiti.n(; A(}.aI-\st Oi)D.s.—.Mr 'I’aylor Mead ows, English (Jonsul at Shanghai, while on an excursion up the Yangtze river, (’hina, on the 2t)ih oi )ctober, in hi.s yacht, was attacked by three piraticil junks, manned by 00 men, and am ply provided with warlike implemenis, including five guns, either G or 0 ]»ounders. Mr Meadows had witli him one Enelishmafi and ten Cliinese ntin-ctiinb-ifants. He waa well provided with guns Factory, the goods manufactured ot which have of* '''^‘hiding >liaips bieacli loader, with several other late become so ileservedlv famous, owned by Young I Lngli-'h guns- 1 he pirates commenced the - - , tight with a discharge, without wounditig any one. '1 he Englishman replied v-ith a continuous dis charge of rifles, doing great execution. The pi rates sent nine charges cd' grape and one round hi>t at the brave Englishman, but at last finding their men falling' before the ujurderous discharges & Wriston, (’harlotte N C. As I carmot very intelligently explain the pro cess of making iron by theoM fashioned forge pro cess without the aid of drawings, I shall not at tempt it here. The iron from some of these forges is well made, at others imperfectly. Limestone ammunition, sides sundry other articles including a pair of boots j is thouirhi to exist in others; gold each. They went out hunting in company with i vears been obtained other boys, and in the afternoon Bishop returned, bringing Dickson’s gun and boot,', and stating that he (Dickson) would not come home until night, spent several days very plea.^antly; have visited and that he intended to sleep in the cow shed, i the Military Academy and Female Institute and The non-appearance of the boy created anxiety, ■ such other objects as chanced to attract my notice, and a search was instituted for him, and finally he | This afternoon I spent an hour very agreeably in was found bv his mother in the condition above-; looking over Dr. Andrews’cabinet of minerals. Dr. has been found in those regions, but is as yet not i opponents, they put about and ingloriou,v fully opened Copper is found in some places and i *3’’ le;jving Mi Meadows and his couipaniooi ■ has for many the position. My ride from Lincolnton to this place was a drea ry one; cloudy and rainy weather. Here 1 have Suj> vv'iov Smut Maci;iiu*s, th-> iflilrn Pid-Lock. : OCHR ' vr ,v rwn.v. The above will he found to compare in styles and prices with ;iuy in the town. ri^lli:K A: Bl RKOliill^ Vov n. f Consignments of cotton, tobacco, w heat ai.d corn re spectfully solicited, ^nd w Inch will have faithful per sonal attention. A good supply of Groceries aiways on hand anil for sale on reasonable terms. t>rders for goods promptly filled. Both concerns will adhere strictly to selling produce on commission. Neither concern will buy on commission, ppeciilation or other- wi.'e the articles named above, as their business in pro duce i« confined exclusively to selling. We respectfully call the attention of operatives and jdanter: to Petersburg as oueof the best cotton markets in the South. The demand i.* good both from nianu- facturtrs here and -for direct shipment from City Point to Europe. El^’onc are now being mode to ship cotton direct from Charlotte to this point, for $3 per bale. J.inun V 22, 1«G1, 3m-pd der^cribed—lying with iialf his body under water, his heat] dreadfully mangled by the wound, which, from the length ol time which had elapsed, had become sujipuratcd. He had been there in that condition two nights and a day, during the whole of which time the weather was extremely severe. He said Bishop shot him; but his mind was wan dering. Bishop at first protested his innocence of the whole affair, but afterwards acknowledged that he shot him, saying, however, that he shot at a bird, and struck Dickson accidentally The wound, however, showed that the gun must have been very close to the boy’s head when it was dis charged, and there was in addition, such evident contradiction in Bishop’s statements that the Coro ner's jury felt it to be their duty fi) render a ver dict in accordance with the facts above stated, and Bishtip was taken to jail. Bi.«hop, as we before stated, is 12 or 13 years old, and the deceased 11. They were, we learn, both very bad boys, and Bishop is now reaping the benefit of being regard ed the worst, and most lawless boy in the commu nity. It is a shocking ca.se in any point of view. — \\ ihnimjion J lira hi. Sick of Freedom—A negro woman, slave to Rev. James Doughen, of Lynchburg, Va , who escaped to Boston several months since, voluntari Andrews’ collection is probaVdy the largest and best in the South, and certainly should be pre.«erv- ed by some of our literary institutions from any loss by those events j\hich are unavoidable in pri vate affairs. A proposition was submitted to the Legislature to buy it. which was not considered; I do not think the State ought to have it, but the University or David.son College. There are iti it 80i*ie specimens which it is almo.st impossible to get now I leave here to-night and shall close this letter in some other place farther eai;t. Larok ('AR(joK8 OF CuKN—We noticed the ar rival hen* n-c'ently. of a d(izei; vefsels from the north-iiistorn conntii’s of North Carolina, loaded with corn; the whole (juantity amounting to20,150 bushels, which we supuoae is as large a quantity as was ever received here in one day before. We learn that between 70.000 and 100,000 bushels have recently been shipped from the same counties, to the city of Charleston.— Wilmington ll ralil. Ghai.n*—'i he receipts jf corn since the corn- menc'-ment of the past week up to its close yestet' day, have been rjuilc heavy, liaving amounted in the a^'gregatc to about ;'>^,700 buahels—the entire however, having be- n disposed of at very irregular prices, the marLct oj ening at 90 cents, and clos- in_'at To—priccs ruling according to qualify.— (.'hui'loiton f'-'/i iitit. Sai> I»S8.—We learn that Mr John A. Trout man, of Cabarrus, had four valuable hor.ses drown ed in attempting to cross Adams’ ('reek, .Saturday week, with his wagon. The creek was swollen by the recent heavy rains. His driver and one horse narrowly escaped.— SaVnhvry Wntchman. il • I— - — The “National Hotel” Poison.—Dr. Geo. Seymour, of Litchfield, Ct., died on the 29th ult., from the effects of the National Hotel disease at Washington, contracted four years since. So says the Hartford Times. - - - 11^ ♦ ' Ax Accident-—.\ nogro, we understand, be longing to Mrs. B. Hoyle, employed on the N. C. Railroad, was killed on the 4th inst., near Char- ly returned to her master, having been reduced to lotte, while digging out dirt for the said road, by the point of starvation during her stay among her it caving in ufK>n him. He waa taken out as pretended friends. She comes back with the de- soon as j>ossible but died in a few moments after- termination never again to leave old Virginia. , wards.— ('rmrurtl FInq. The New York .State Democratic Convention which a'-ienibled recently, passed resolutions de- cliiring it to be -‘a monstrous doctrine to refuse to settle coritioverj-ies with our own f>eople with co'ii* promises;'’ and they fav«r the adoption of the pKilicy that will give satiMfaction to the border i^tates, and favor the appointment of a committee to memorialize the Leirislature, urging the sub* mission of the Crittenden Compromise to the vote of the electors >f the State, at the earliest practi- cable day. 1'hey urge Congress i»i provide at an early dav fur Constitutional auiendmentA, or in the event oV the failure of Congress to take action, they urge the Legislature to take the initiative steps for summoning a general Convention to pro pose amendmente to the Con.Htitution of the United States. The resolutions strenuously oppoM civil war, and urge the fujceding and con-seceding States to join hands in staying the progress of dissolution.
