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Early in his public and profes the necessary time : and whether ii is necessary ; sional life he traveled in the Southern slave States and wise to reinforce them, with the exception lortngas ana Key West, and to seized by the seceded States, exce to the subjugation and occupation of and if such be the motive for re force of regulars and volunteers wi to reduce them to subjugation an Federal Capital. Mr Fcssenden moved a resolution the roll of Senators the names of Messrs. Benja min, Brown, Clay, Davis, Mallory and Toombs. The resolution for the expulsion of Wigfall was disposed of by reference to the judiciary committee. March 14. The Senate refused to take up Senator Douglas' resolution relative to the policy in reference to the Southern forts, arsenals, kc. The following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That, whereas the seats of Senators .Benjamin, Brown, Davis, Clay, Toombs a Mallory, have become vacant, therefore the Secre tary be directed to omit their names from the roll. Mr Douglas will address the Senate upon hi3 resolution. He will lay down three propositions for compromise the only ones, he says, by which the present complications can be solved : First. Such amendments to the Constitution as vill guarantee to the seceded Statea their rights, and bring them back into the Union. Second. A recognition of their independence and a commercial treaty with them. Third. A war of subjugation, to be followed by military occupation. These he considers the three horns of the dilemma. He believes the first to be the best and the last the worst. March I5.-Spnator Douglas made a strong speech, showing the impossibility of collecting the revenue in the Southern ports. He was fre qnently interrupted by the Black Republicans, to whom his positions were very unpalatable. SOUTHERN CONGRESS. The new Tariff Act srocs into operation on the 1st of May. A comparison with the United States Tariff of 1857, shows the following changes : Most of the articles in the ,30 per cent, schedule are reduced to the 25 per cent.; the greater num ber of the 24 per cent, and 19 per cent, are re duced to 15 per cent.; there is a large 10 per cent, sdhcdule and a very small free list. Mardh 14. A bill was introduced to-day to establish a Court of Admiralty in Mississippi, the Judge to reside in Vicksburg. The balance of ihe proceedings were uninteresting and unimportant. March 15. Secrecy was removed from Presi dent Davis' veto of the African Slave Trade Act. The President objects to the sixth section of the Act, which authorizes the sale of Africans to the highest bidder, as in opposition to the clause of the Constitution forbidding such trade, and its mandate to legislate so as effectually to prevent the ame. The vote on the motion for the passage of the Act over the vtto was, yeas 15, nays 24. It it reported that Congress atijourncd on Saturday. We suppose the "Slave Trade Act" mentioned above was passed for the purpose of disposing of such Africans as might be found on captured ves sels engaged in the trade. am mm TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. The occurrence of a bloody tragedy in Sumter county, Fla., on the lGth ult., has been biiefty noticed. It appears that Rev. Geo. Andrews, pastor of a Methodist Church in the county, had reduced a young lady, a relative residing at his .house, and had also brutally beaten her, and for these acts was summoned (o appear at Sumter C. II., on the day named, for trial by the people. The Augusta Chronicle says : For these misdeeds a summons was issued for him to appear at the C. 11. at Sumterville, before the people, on Saturday, the 16th ult. Having heard of this, and of the parties who were to serve the summons, Messrs. McLendon and Lang, he proceeded to the house of the former, and took dinner with the family. After dinner, they went to the workshop. Andrews asked McLendon fur the loan of his horse, to go to Adamsville, which was granted. He had in his possession, one ganger rifle, two repeaters and two bowie-knives. While the horse was being caught, a conversation arose about him (Andrews) being summoned be fore the Regulators. Whereupon Mr Lang said, " Yes, sir, and here is the summons for you." During this conversation, McLendon was mending a pair of shoes. Immediately after Lang's answer, Andrews levelled his gun on McLendon, shot him in the side and killed him instantly Turning round quickly, he levelled his gun to fihoot Lang with the other barrel. Lang knocked op the gun and received the whole load in the palm of his right hand. Lang then picked up Andrew's yauger to shoot him, (Andrews,') but could not cock it on account of his shattered hand, threw down the gun and ran. As he ran, Andrews shot him through the left wrist with a repeater. A Mr Hyatt in the shop at the time, picked up the yauger, ran off about thirty yards and levelled it at Andrews, but the latter was too quick and shot Hyatt with his repeater, grazing hiir. on the shoulder. Hyatt shot, but missed. Hereupon, Andrews took after Lang, and pursued him about two hundred -yards. Not being able to overtake him, he returned to the shop, reloaded his guns, and proceeded over to Mr Condray's about one mile distant. At Condray's gate, Andrews met Dr Mcllenry, whom he told he wai tired and very thirsty, and wanted a drink of water; stepping inside the yard, and seeing Mr Condray talking to a negro, he observed, "I have commenced my work and right here I intend to finish it." Whereupon he Jewelled his gun and shot Condray through the bowels, who only lived about four hours. Rev. Mr Parker being present, seized the murderer from behind, and held him fast until ! to cpel an appreuenueu aitact Dy tne isntisn McHenry came to his assistance. As the Dr fleet aRtl joined a company in February, marched caught hold of Andrews, the latter presented his : to Norfolk, and served until October, of that year, gunto the Doctor's breast, who warded it off, and as private, corporal, and sergeant, successively, the load went into the ground. He was then tied The next spring he set out for St. Louis. lie came tind confined until next morning under strict the bar in the whiter of 181G-'17, and practised guard. ; with fair success as a beginner. In 1853, he was The news having been circulated in the neigh- elected Judge of the Laud Court of St. Louis coun Iwrhood, a large number of citizens assembled at ty. anl after serving in the office about three years Condray's house. After due deliberation, he was sentenced to be hanged, and about 12 o'clock M he was hanged accordingly sixty or seventy citizens of the county signing his death war rant. Thero was not a dissenting voice on the ground. The last words of this hardened wretch were, " I am only sorry that I did not kill three or four more." MR LINCOLN'S CABINET. TVM. H. SEWAKD, SECRETARY OF STATE. Mr Seward was born in Orange county, in the State of New York, on the 16th of May, 1801. He was educated at Union College, in New York, and took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1820, and of Master of Arts in 1824. At the age of 21 he established himself at Auburn in the profession j of the law, and soon acquired a lucrative and ex- of and is sunrnstl to have formed at that time the the highest judicial tribunal of the State, as well as a legislative body. In 1834, at the close of his term of four years, he was nominated a candidate for the (invf-morshiD of the State of New lurk. 1 - ... n'i? 1 : il. - il in opposition to Jir main jj. Jiarcy, me men Governor, and, later, the distinguished Secretary of the U. States. On this occasion Mr Seward was defeated by a majority of nearly 10,000. In 1839, his party becoming bolder and stronger, he , i was triumphantly elected, in opposition to Mr n i Marcy, the Hi.-ijority being greater than his pre vious minority. ithout having passed through the lower stratum of theIIou.se of Representatives, he was, in 1849, elected to the Senate of the Uni- ted States for six years. He gave so much satis faction that he was re-elected in 1855. S. P. CHASE, SECRETARY OK TREASURY. Salmon Portland Chase was born at Cornish, N. II., on the opposite bunk of the Connecticut liver from Windsor, Vt., in the year 1808. When nine years of age his father died, and three years after this bereavement, in 1820, young Chase was found at the seminary in Worthington, Ohio, then con ducted by the venerable Rishop Philander Chase, his uncle. Here he remained until Rishop Chase accepted the Presidency of Cincinnati College, and then entered there. After a year's residence at Cincinnati, he returned to his maternal home in New Hampshire, and shortly after resumed his studies iu Dartmouth College. Hanover, where he ' graduated in 1820 He shortly alter commenced the stud- of law iu the city of Washington, under the guidance of the celebrated William Wirt, then Attorney General of the Lmtcd btatcs. He was admitted to the bar at Washington in 1829, and in the following year returned to Cincinnati and entered upon the practice of his profession, iu which he soon rose to eminence. He was subse quently elected a member of the I'nitcd States Senate, and upon the expiration of his Senatorial term he was put in nomination for Governor ot Ohio, and elected. He was again put in nomina tion for Governor, and was aain elected to that position. r v. SIMON CAMERON, SECRETARY OF WAR. Gen. Simon Cameron was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Reverses and misfortunes in Ins father s family ca.st him very early in life on the world to shape and carve out his own fortune. iter having removed to Sunbury, in Northumber land county, his father died, while Simon was yet a boy. In 1817 he came to Ilarrisburg and bound himself as au apprentice to the printing business to James Peacock. HaVin-r completed his appren ticeship he went to Washington city, and was em ployed as a journeyman printer. In 1824, his party then in the ascendancy in the Congression al district proposed to nominate him for Con- .. i ...i.:u u j i:.- Kii, an iioiioi miwuu 111; ucuiiueu, us in iim iei inn with the enterprise in which he was then engaged, lie was appointed Adj. Gcnl. of the State in 1828, an office which he filled creditably and acceptably during Gov. Shultz's term; and in 1831, unsolicited, he was appointed a visitor to West Point. MONTGOMERY I! LAIR, IOSTM ASTER GENERAL. Judge Montgomery Blair resides at Montgo mery Castle, near Silver Spring, Montgomery county, Md. Judge Blair is a son of Francis P. Blair, well known in Gen. Jackson's time He graduated at West Point, went to the State of Missouri, practised law at St. Louis, was made Judge, and was appointed by President Pierce one of the Judges of the Court of Claims, from which place he was removed by PiChident Buchanan. He is son-in-law of the late "lion Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire, and brother of Frank P. Blair, jr., Congressman elect from the St. Louis district. GIDEON R. WELLS, SECRETARY OF TIIE NAVY. 10 years a lead- Gideon B. Wells has been for 3 iiiij politician. He for some time held the office of Postmaster of Hartford, under Mr Van Buren's administration, and left the office soon after the election of General Harrison in 1840. During a part of 31 r Polk's administration he occupied an important position in the Navy Department. Mr Wells disagreed with his party on the subject of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. He was a delegate from the State at large to the Chicago Convention, and constituted one of the committee to proceed to Springfield with official notice of Mr Lincoln's nomination. C. B- SMITH, SECRETARY OF TIIE INTERIOR. Mr Smith is well known in Indiana. He has been in Congress, and was Commissioner on Mexi can claims. EDWARD RATES, ATTORNEY GENERAL. Edward Bates was born on the 4th of Septem ber, 1793,on the banks of James River, in the county- of Goochland, Virginia, about 30 miles above Richmond, lie was the seventh sou and youngest child of a family of twelve children, (all of w hom lived to a mature age,) of Thomas Bates and Caroline M. Woodson. After the death of his parents he was educated by his brother, Flem ming Bates, of Northumberland co., Va. In 1812, having renounced service in the Navy, arid with no plan of life settled, his brother Frederick (who was Secretary of the Territory of Missouri from 107 to 1820, when the State was formed, by suc cessive appointments under Jefferson, 3Iadison and Monroe1;, and was second liovernor of the State) invited hiui to come out to St. Louis, and follow the law, offering to see him safely through bis course of study. lie accepted the invitation, and was to have started in the Spring of 1813, but an unlooked for event detained him for a year. Be in;; in his native county of Goochland, a sudden in 1,1 Ius "at,ve county ot Ooochland, a sudden , cal1 woa ,uaae lor volunteers to march lor ortcic, ; . resigned, and returnea to me practice 01 law. jiu ucieu as 1 resiuent 01 uie river anu uaroor im provement Convention, which sat at Chicago, and iu 1852 acted as President of the Whig National Convention, which met at Baltimore. In 1850 he was confirmed by the Senate Secretary of War, but declined the appointment for personal and domes tic reasons. recapture those ' onmiuns and principles hostile to slavery, to whicn ! V""J , . , "'" , " j . I i . c .i T, ; j i pt &h . viow h'e I. since L Urerfon. To a greater Me- i J"- 4 . '9 -r ,0 ReprenUves and those Hlatcs; 1 .rce tt.an is kr,i. of any other American politi- ' arnnciai ana 111-goucn prospcruy. n K,wunu.w . f - v. - canture. what clnn Mr S..r t.erhans. excpr.trd the ubiect ' ol ,u"" Irau"cu Ilot" ,u,u a 4UC3l"" " ,c,t"uc' , -rt & - 11 be necessary ! of his life seems to have been to counteract the ex- The Progress ot the .Morrill tariff bill was there- ana secretary ir n m. o. xiam. wa "ub, , a protect the , tension of s Lverv. In loU he haa acquired such j '"' . ! influence and character that he was elected amem- we thought passage would completely sever the titui ana impressive n..oner. m w - . - j- t . , , i iauf ortorr rt tnroi m trorla trnm nhinn rovnna li inniPSI, llOlir ill IJIN M 1 It'll suriUU JUtU U V me Lif n i i i iv . 1 1 triii i ri i iim n Min hi i lit- . ii- iii . r: inn.. i i c; 11 t ft l- S t rtttl ' . l-.n'Aj-iff' X T .wlr IhAn l.Ul S1V1.U V & V m-m mm .amw , " mt WESTEEN DEMOCEAT, CHAELOTTE, " THE HOPE FOR PEACE. Prospect Brightening. Our readers will re; member that we have always contended that our hone for reace was in the empty treasury and de caying credit of the Northern Government. That the majority control at the JNortn, ana tnat the majority hate us, are not subjects of doubt. They have wronged us too long not to hate us. What, then, would they let us embark iu a career of prosperity without thwarting us if they could ? Never. If they had the power, they would en gage us in a death-lock contest, and would try to was derived. When that bill passed, we felt confi- dent that one feeble campaign was all that we had to fear. .Northern credit could not possibly sur- i vive more than one. Now I good for no campaign at all, the prospect is as was a month as it since that there would be but one. Every day j carries the United States Government nearer the I gulf of bankruptcy. Let hostilities be deferred ! until the border States have seceded, and thus de- prive it of the last basis upon which to rest for a foreign trade, and it will not have the energy to make even a single spasmodic effort at coercion. Time strengthens us it weakens them. Colum bia Carolinian. EX-PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. Ex-President Buchanan arrived at Lancaster, Pa., on Wednesday, the Gth inst. The arrival of the train was greeted with a salute of thirty-four guns and the ringing of bells. The Mayor, City Council, military, firemen, and a large concourse of citizens, welcomed the ex-President. To an address of welcome by the Mayor, Mr Buchanan spoke as follows : OU Neighbors, Friends and Ftliouc- Citi zens: I have not language to express the feel ings which swell in my heart on this occasion ; but I do most cordially thank you for this demon stration ot your personal kindness to an old man who comes back to you, ere long to lay his bones .:i. r...i,. nd here let me S'iv 71 i , . . . , ! : ' having visited almost every clime under the uiy heart has ever turned to Lancaster as the , nrrx7 no Hnvn with them mtn ihp n hrss rt nnir. vhn nan conyreo-aiea io!?einer ior me Durixjse ui spot where I would wish to live, and die, and be received the iag with no ordinary teeiings or pa ; buried. When a young man in far remote Russia, j tnotism that he was proud to see the ladies of ; my heart was still with your fathers, my friends I oId Cabarrus awakened on the subject of their 1 and neighbors, in good old Lancaster. Applause. j "guts (not woman's r ights, for that is a plant that i And although I have always been true to you, I j is indigenious to abolition soil, and cultivated in ' have not been half so true to you as you have been ! the general crop of rank fanaticism and infidelity) ! to me. Your fathers took me up when a young j of Southern Rights, and was glad to see the inter i man, and fostered and cherished me through many j est taken toth niaids and matrons; that it ar ! long years. All these have passed away, and I : gned well for the country when the voice of wo- ! stand before you to-day as a man living in a sec-1 ond generation. A voice "I saw you moun your horse when you marched to Baltimore in 1812.' I feel with all my heart, though in the midst of posterity, that these sons are manifesting the same kindness which their fathers would have done had they lived to this day. Generations of martial men rise and sink and are forgotten, but the kind ness of the past generation to me, now so con- j spicuous iu their sons, can never be forgotten, : come home, fellow-citizens, to pass the remain I pass tne remainder of my days among you as a good citizen, a faithful friend, a benefactor of the widows and the father less. Loud applanse. All political aspirations have departed. All that I have done during a somewhat protracted life has passed into history, and if I have done alight to offend a single citizen, 1 r i . i'. i i now sinnnroiv asK ins nartion. May God grant that this Union and Constitu tion may be perpetual. Applause. I close by repeating the sentiment dear to my heart : God grant that the Constitution and the Union may be perpetual, and continue a shield of protection to ourselves and our children forever. Mr Buchanan retired amid enthusiastic ap plause. He then resumed his place iu the carriage and was escorted to Wheatland. AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. In the British Parliament, the speeches made on the Gth February, upon the Queen's Address, naturally brought forth some reference to Ameri can affairs. The Earl of Sefton took a com mercial view of the subject as touching the cotton question, and said that there would be but little limit to operations for the cultivation of cotton in j Africa and elsewhere. Lord Lismore deeply re i gretted the danger of a permanent rupture of the j States, and of a country that, in a short time, had j attained to unparalleled prosperity and greatness, j concluding with the hope that measures would be taken for an ample supply of cotton. The Earl of Derby deemed that civil war mu?t come if dis ruption was persisted in. He eulotrized this ! country as only second to Great Britain in per ' sonal freedom. He also alluded to the interests of the cotton manufacturers, and to the visit of the Prince of Wales, paying a compliment to his loyal Highness lor the manner in which he con ducted himself "in this country. Earl Granville said that the manner in which the Prince of Wales was received here was a proof of the community of feeling between the two countries. Foreigners had asked him if he was not rejoiced at the weak ening of the United States by this contemplated disruption, but no Englishman had thus exultingly questioned him. The event was regarded with serious and deep regret. He was anxious, as all his countrymen must be, that the quarrel should cease. He also alluded to the necessity of grow ing cotton in States where the people of Great Britain Would not be subject to the dangers now evident in connexion with the supply from Amer ica. All the above references were made iu the House of Lords. In the House of Commons, Sir E. Colebrooke referred, in the most complimentary terms, to the American reception of the Prince of Wales, and when he stated that the enthusiasm of the people here arose from their desire to express j n eir respect for the Queen, the cheers of the Commons followed the declaration. Mr Pasret echoed the opinions of the Queen, as the voice of Great Britain, and of his own constituents, and hoped that the differences of the political sections of this Republic might be amicably settled. Trouble in a Church. A quarrel between the pastor and trustees of the 3d Presbyterian Church j in Jersey Uity. i. J ., has nnaliy culminated in i the issue of a warrant for the arrest of the pastor. Rev. J. Gubby, and two other persons. The trus tees allege that the pastor, with two confederates, recently broke into the church, changed the locks and barred the windows, so that they could not enter. The trustees subsequently gaiued entrance through a rear door, pat on new locks, and now hold possession of the building. -Acquitted. We learn from the Newbern Progress that the young Messrs Latham, charged with the killing of Mr Grice, in Washington, N. C, some time ago, were tried in Greenville, Pitt county, last week, and acquitted. A negro tri at the same time on a charge of rape, was found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. . From the Concord Flag. COMPLIMENTARY PARTY TO MESSRS BARRINGER AND HARRIS. On Friday evening, the 8th, we attended one . I "It" , .t " A . i " of the most brilliant and enthusiastic parties YV U Jiv ever witnessed, eiven by the .Ladies ot Concord and vicinity, at FJ arris' Hotel, to our honorable Representatives, Messrs. V. C Barrin- eerand Win. S. Harris. At an early hour in the j evening the spacious aining room ana panors or the Hotel, were filled to overflowing, with the beauty, wit, intelligence and wealth ot Cabarrus, OI d was rnian friends of his, early days, to see them give utter- ! ance to such expressions of appreciation for ser- vices renaereu oy mm; mac ne was noi an orator, but to forego the pleasure of addressing few words to the ladies, would be violating his allei- ance to the " Old North State " The speaker was frequently interrupted by theenthusiastic applause of the ladies. Col. Jno. M. Long, in one of the most patriotic, heart thrilling and eloquent addres ses that it has been our pleasure to hear, present ed a Southern Rights Flag to Mr V. C. Barringer. The Flag was alternately white and red stripes, with a blue field and s-ei-tn stars emblematic of seven Southern States that are now and jorever beyond the power of Black Republican despotism and Puritanic fanaticism. The Colonel alluded eloquently to the "Old Stars and Stripes," it was once our pleasure to behold, but said we will have a Flag that waves over a free and enlightened peo ple, who are not bound by the shackles of aboli tionism and fanaticism, and hoped that at no dis tant day the "Old North State" would make the eighth Star in the Flag of a Southern Confedera cy. We would be allowed to judge of the just appreciation of the Col's, remarks, by the vocifer ous applause and loud cheers. He then presented the Flag to Mr B., who received it and said, that he had received many expressions of kindness from his constituents, and from his lady friends, ; bnt tne present outweignea tnera an. 10 see sucn ; i . . i i . ii rii i an eviuence oi me appreciation oi ma serwees as !- Ill ; a puwc senator, caused nis neart to nil witn leei- injjs of the warmest emotions. He said that he n,an 1S neara Vot attempting to guide tne "Btiip t i of State," or thundering at the bar,) but connnin ling together for its peace and safety iu the do mestic circle, for he knew that the determination of woman was, "When she will, she will, you may depend on't, And when she won't, she won't, so that's the end on't." He said he could not give utterance to his feelings that he had nothing to say to them but thanks, thanks, thanks. He took his seat amidst the most enthusiastic applause. The party was addressed by Messrs. Col. D. Coleman, Col. John Bradshaw of Rowan, D. R. Coleman, G. M. Bacon, and several others We are happy to say that every one went home perfectly happy and delighted, and we are assured if we be allowed to judge the feeling on Friday evening that Messrs. Barringer and Harris have the fullest confidence and esteem of their consti tuency. THE NEW CONSTITUTION. The following is a brief synopsis of the perma nent Constitution adopted by the Southern Con gress : No foreigner, not a citizen of the Confederate States, is allowed to vote for any officer, civil or political State or Federal. Under the 1st census, S. Carolina will be entitled to six representatives in the popular branch of Con gress; Georgia to ten; Alabama to nine; P'lorida to two; Mississippi to seven ; Lousiana to six, and lexas to six. Each State is entitled to two Sen ators. The State Legislature may impeach a judicial or federal officer, residing and acting in said State, by a two-thirds vote. Both branches of Congress may grant seats on their respective floors to the principal officer of each Executive Department, with the privilege of discussing measures affecting his Department. The three-fifths representation in slaves is con tinued. Congress is not allowed to foster any branch of industry by means of duties. The African Slave Trade is prohibited. Congress is prohibited from making appropria tions unless by a vote of two-thirds, except when they are asked by the head of some Department or by the President. No extra compensation is to be allowed to any contractor, officer or agent after the contract has been made or service rendered. Every law or resolution having the force of a law, shall relate to but one subject which shall be expressed by the title. The term of office for the President and Vice President is fixed at six years. The President is not eligible to a re-election. - The principal officers of Departments and of the diplomatic service are removable at the pleasure of the President. Other civil officers are re movable when their services are unnecessary, and for other good and sufficient causes and reasons. No captious removals will be tolerated. Other States may be admitted into the Con federacy by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses. The Confederacy may acquire Territory, and Slavery shall be acknowledged and protected both by Congress and the Territorial Government. When five States shall ratify this Constitution it shall be established for said States. Until rati t fk-d the Provisional Constitution is to be continued in force, but not to a period extending beyond one year. The expenses of the Post Office Department is not to exceed its receipts after March, 1803. Postponed. We learn that the trial of Christ- mas, tor killing a negro in H arrencountv, haa been ! again postponed. The offence was committed more ' than three vears ago, and Christinas was once tried ! - ' r - noa uiitt ineu and condemned, but the Supreme Court . Jl him a new trial. He removed his case to granted j Orange ' where his trial has been nostnnnprf fr. L ' ed court, and is now postponed again. . . r--lu Washington, March 11. The case of Wm. H. Russell, in connection with the Indian Trust Bond Defalcation, which was argued last week in the Criminal Court, was decided to-day. His plea in abatement under the statute of 1853 was sustained, and he was discharged. ' Ex-Secretary Floyd, indicted for complicity-in the same affair, appeared and gave security in the sum of 10,000 to appear for trial 1ST. O Remrkable Sugical Case. We have re cently bad, in Columbia, a very remarkable surgi cal case, which we think worthy of recital. On the 4th of January, Cornelius Toohey, in a fit of mania a potu, made two incisions in his abdomen, and cut off, with his knife, two pieces, each about one foot in length, of the smaller intestine. He was taken in charge by Dr. J. McF. Gaston, who was assisted by Dr. W. C. Freeman. The hag gled ends were clipped off, so that near three feet f tha JntPstinA wprft taken out. The two ends were brought together, and sowed with silver wire. The two incisions were opened into one by the surgeon, which, after the operation upon the intestine, was sewed up also, and the patient carried to the poor house. Little or no hope was entertained of his recovery, but, to the astonisn mmt. nf nil rnmnzanfc with the case, he did sur vive, and on the 28th of February, walked from the nnnr-house to the South Carolina Railroad depot, and went off a well man. Col. Carolttiftan Liverpool and Charleston. We are happy to announce that the subscriptions expected and desired from this place towards the Liverpool and Charleston steamships, being limited, have reached an amount authorizin": the definite organization of the Company and the commencement of work on the contract. The proper report has been sent tp Liverpool and we hope soon to report actual be innin? of the work, which with the resources of the builders engaged, will be speedily finished. Charleston Courier. It will he seen that vessels of all States and Nations may now be employed in the coasting trade of the Confederate States, and that discrimi nating duties on the tonnage and cargos of vessels belonging to the citizens of foreign States or Nations, wholly or in part, are abolished, such ves sels being only required to pay fees as foreign vessels. Charleston Mercury, 4th. Ex-Secretary Floyd's Defence. Ex-Secretary Floyd has published a statement vindica tory of the acceptance iu favor of Russell, Majors & Co., and of their legality. Instead of there being 0,000,000 of them outstanding, he under takes to show that there are ouly about 600,000. He declares that the contractors have secured these by assignments of property ample for their protection, and that if the government will per mit the earnings of the trains for the year 18G1 to be applied to the acceptances, they will be liquidated in that way without recourse to the assignments. He makes it appear also that the government owes the contractors upwards of half a million of dollars, which is equivalent to the cash value of the Indian Trust Bonds, of the ab straction of which Mr Floyd repudiates all pre vious knowledge. He denounces the conduct and proceedings of the select committee with great severity, and says that their sole object was politi cal persecution and defamation. m mm Fatal Accident. On the 17th of February, Mr Farthing Garrard, while returning home from the house of one of his neighbors, was thrown from the mule he was riding, and falling against a tree, was so badly injured that he died in fourteen or fifteen hours. Ilfltsboro Recorder. Valuable Property for Sale. By virtue of a deed of trnst to me executed by V G Philips, I will expose to public sale on the 2Gth of March next, at the residence of said Philips the follow ing property : oiiO acres of the best land in Mecklen burg county. The place is situated 8 miles south of Charlotte, U miles of the 0. k S. 0. R. R., I mile from Morrow's Turnout, and joining the lands of C. K. Bell and others. On it is a good dwelling with all th necessary out-buildings. Persons wishing to purchase a desirable place, will do well to come forthwith and examine it, as it may be sold before the above mentioned time. Also, 14 fjkcly Negroes, consisting of male and female, principally young; 4 head of good mules, 14 head of cattle, 19 head of stock hogs, 1,200 bushels of Corn; a large lot of good Bacon; Fodder, Farming Implements; household & kitchen Furniture, and other articles too tedious to mention. A reasonable credit will be given. J. W. MORROW, Trustee. Feb. 26, 18GI 4t Wil., Char. & Ruth. Railroad. A Special Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com pany is appointed to be held in the town of Wilming ton on the 28th day of March inst.. to nass unon the 1 1 proposed amendments to the charter, and for other pur poses. The transfer books will be closed for thirty days from and after this date. By order ROUT. H. COWAN, Sec'y. March 12th. 3t Examination. The Com mittee of Examination for Mecklenburg County, will meet to examine teachers on Saturday the 30th of Marc h. fJUIIN P. ROSS. ' Committee. 1 E. NYE HUTCHISON. OI D. JOHNSTON. March 12, 18C1. 3t WAATED, fih&h&h LBS- BACON, 20.000 ISusheli v jxMJ'ly CORN, for which CASH will be paid by ELIAS &, COHEN. February 26, 18G1 tf KTOTICEL The accounts due JOHN H ARTY'S Estate have been placed in my hands for collection, by T. H. BREM, Adnvr. All persons indebted by account, will please call at China Hall and settle before the first of April nest after that time they will be given to an officer for collection. JAMES HARTY, Agent. March 5, 18G1. 8t. SAUDIS ACADEMY, Seven mdes south of Charlotte. The first session in this Institution will open on th first Monday in April next. Terms per Session 0 twenty-one Weeks: Primary braoches, $ 6.00 English Grammar, Geography, History, &c, 10.00 Classics and Mathematics, 15.00 The Academy is situated in an intelligent and moral community. The Principal, grateful for the patronage extended in former years, now respectfully solicits a portion of the same. Boarding cau be obtained in the best of families at S8 per month. Pupils will be chraged from time of entrance until the end of the session, except in cases of positive and protracted sickness. E. C. KUYKENDAL. February 26, 1861 4t THE CLOSING YEARS OF LIFE are often render- easily cured if taken in time. Affection of the Liver, sto- mach' and o,her organs concerned in digestion, are the most j teU n"" mf,c hae Ber .nervouf8 irrj,a- Die. and comulaimnir. and relatives and lrienda ar forrdH tn "c mum oi meir iu numoi c utw oi nosieiier'8 ; Velerated,smach Bitters will prove an efficient remedy : . .1 I T. .i r- :! i .. TU .... . "r."''! e.vu- V W1" not. on.y si engien me wnoie phys.cal ; yi"aiuzuiion out entueiV cure uie niosi ousui.ate cases Ol i inaigesuon, JJiarrhoea, Uysentery, and Liver Complaint. j ine nrst piiysscians in the country are mnd in their praise ot ' this preparation. Another recommendation of the Bitters is that it is bo palatable o the taste that it m'y be used even as a beverage. For sale by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO- MRS. VV1NSLOVV, an experienced nurse, and female physician, has a Soothing Syrup lor children teething.whics greatly facilitates the process ol teething by softening ihe gums, reducing all inflamation will allay ail pain, and it sure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, h will give rest to yourselves, and relief and health to yonr infants. Perfectly safe in all cases. See advertisement ic another column. The Two Presidents. Davis and Lincoln were both born in Kentucky, in 1803 and 1809 respectively both left their native State in child! hood's days; one emigrated North, theothcr South both served in the Indian war of the West; both commenced their political careers about the same time, being Presidential electors in the election of 1844 Davis for Polk, and Lincoln for Clayboth elected to Congress about the same time, '45 or '46, and were in the 6ame year, and almost the same day, called to preside over their respective Governments one as President of the United States, the other as President of the Confederate States of America. One the rock upon which the nation has split, the other the corner-stone of new republic. Montgomery Mail. Matrial Law. By a proclamation in the Charleston papers, we see that Governor Picken? has declared martial' law over that portion of James Island kuown as " Fort Johnson," and ex tending a half a mile on all sides from the wharf on the island. BOOT AND SHOE IP.ORITJM, IS- BOTH & a (SUCCESSORS TO J. B. F. BOONE,) HAVE JUST OPENED AT BOONE'S OLD STAND, large Select Stock BOOTS, a of LEATHEE .AJSTD SHOE-FINDINGS EVERY DESCRIPTION, OF WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT TIIE Lowest PRICES FOR 1 PER CENT. CHEAPER sold for before in this THAN EVER market. Having bought our Stock on good terms, we CAN and WILL sell to our customers low down for ASIB B. R. SMITH &. CO. CHARLOTTE, N. C, June 1Q, 18G0. O. U. IlAKDIWtt. Eincolnton, A. C, Begs leave to inform the citizens of Lincoln and stir rounding counties, that he lias permanently located in the town of Lincolnton, where be will carry on the Watch and Jewelry Business In all its various branches. Strict attention will be paid to the repairing of Watches and Jewelry, All fine Watches warranted to give satisfaction, ifwll used, or no charges made. List of prices for Work. Mainspring and cleaning watch, $2.50; jewels, cap and foot, each, 75c; cap foot-hold jewel, each, $l,fi; hair-springs, $1.25; chain?. $1 50; mending chains, U)t.; tooth and wheel 50c; pivots, $1; cylinders, S4; Staves, $2.75; virges, $2.5): screw--, 25c; case Fprings 75c; clicks and rachets, 75c; glasaes, 50c. All other work will average the same prices. Persons leaving work can know the prices before il is done. Persons in the country having clocks or other work for Repair, will address me by letter if they cannol , come themselves. I will attend to work promptly. All kinds of Gun-smith work done at short notict and on reasonable terms. Give me a call, and I will guarantee satisfaction. . R. HARDING. Lincolnton, Feb. 26, 1861 tf NOTICE. AH persons subject to pay a Poll tax to the State of North Carolina, who resided within the limits of the town of Charlotte on the first day of February, 1861, or who had been principally employed in any profession or vocation in said town for three months or more immediately preceding the said first day of February, and all persons who owned or were possessed of Ta.t ble Property within said town on the first day of Feb ruary, are hereby notified to give in to the"Town Clerk, before the LAST DAY OF MARCH, 1861, a List their said polls and Taxable Properly. The said f shall state the number and local situation of the LoU or parts of Lots given in ; the number of white taxa ble polls, of taxable slaves, and of free negroes reside? on the 1st of Fcb'y on the lands of persona giving i said lists, kc. Call at the Branch Bank of North Caro lina from 10 a. ra. till 5 p. m. T. W. DEWEY, Town Clerk. March 5, 18C1. 4t NOTICE. Tr.KA8t:nER'8 Office A., T. k O. R. R. Co.,) ' Charlotte, N. C, March 5, 186I. The third installment of the capital stock in the A( T., 0. R. R. Co. subscribed in the town of Sutcsvillf, is due and payable on the Gth April next. MrC - CARLTON is nly authorized agent to collect and receipt for tte same. TheA installment of the capital stock subscribed at Mount Mourne, Iredell county, and the sixth install ment of all stock subscribed in Meckleuburg count, due and payable on the 2 1st April. Stockholders will please take notice, and be prompt in their payments. Mo.net must be had to prosecute tbt work. . M. L. WRISTON, Trea. March 5, 1861 7w $50 REWARD. RUNAWAY, from the Subfciber, living near WhHj t Plain?, Chesterfield District, S.C., about 10th of August lJ my negro fellow, Ben. tie ia 24 years ol aye, of a yellowi complexion a! pounds, about j l: imost DiaCK, nam lit ucmu, wcijjii. nuuui 6 feet 1 inch high, lie walKs with a tirrn buy ms?Jf erect. Il is likely that Ben will t deaVor to make bis way to a tree ciate. Any person w,u 8rre8l the said negro and lodge him in any sale jail "uuwurco -- . tba, i can get him or deliver him to me at niy res.dence ih shove reward I will also give $100 reward proof sufficient to convict any white person or persona"' harboring the said boy or trying to effect his escape. WM. M. BLAKENEY. Febuary 19, 1861. . tf. proof eufnei TO THE PURL.IC. With this notice terminates the term according agreement of the general superintendance of Mr Shaw, over my business in the Saddlery and Hm' line. All indebted are requested to make settlerne with, me alone, as no other, until further advised. w" allowed in law. : fl. M, PRITCHARU- Feb 26, 1861 If' r to fo sr re tc V.' to $-0 r u V f u h: tic re he t - - J cr , tic k-ih ,... v f c: ; 8C i. Btl r I tni ; Oi ,.. 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The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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