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I 1 i f 4 f 4 1111 WWW I I O DF" F I O 3E3 f ( 3 er Annum 0N TI1E ( CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORT OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER - SOUTII SIDE OF TRADE STREET) ( IN ADVANCE . wmv . j yateSj editor and propreitor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1867. fifteenth volume nu si be b 754.. (Published every Tuesday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, KOITOR AND PROPRIETOR. O 'OlTIIHffis, $3 PER ANNUM, in advance. $ 2 for six months. o fSJ Transient advertisements must be paid for in dvance. Obituary notices are charged advertis ing rates, Advertisements not marked on the manuscript f r a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 per square of 10 lines or less will be charged for each insertion, unless the advertisement is in serted 2 months or more. MECKLENBURG FEMALE COLLEGE AT CDAKLOTTE, W. C. Rkv. A. G. STACY, A. M., President, Assisted by accomplished Instructors in all the De partments. The buildings and . grounds known as the N. C Military Institute, located in Charlotte, having been secured for a term of years for the purpoTe of a Female College, the Institution will be opened as such January 29th, 1867. The first School year will be of irregular dura tion. It will comprise one long Session of Twenty six weeks. Thij Session, or scholastic year, will be divided into two Terms of Thirteen weeks, each. Itatca per Term, payable in advance in lawful currency of the United Slates : Board with lights, $60 O'J Tuition Collegiate Department, 16 50 Tuition Primary Department, $11 00 to 13 CO extras : Mu?ic on Pi.ino or Guitar, 32 Lessons, $20 00 Latin, Greek, French, German, etc., each, 8 00 Painting, Drawing, Embioidery, etc., at fair rates. Pupils will furnish sheets, pillow cases, towels, table-napkins, and counterpane. The standard of Scholarship will be high, and the instruction thorough. The building is eligibly situated with more than twenty acres of land attached, the premises being delightfull adorned with native oaks. Ample means of exercise and recreation will be thus af forded. For Circular npplv to A. G. STACY, Dec 17, 18G6 Charlotte, N. C. Z. B. VANCE. C. DOWD. VANCE 6c ATTORNEYS DOWD, AT LAW, Charlotte, N. C , Having associated themselves together, will prac tice in the Courts of Merklenbiirsr. Iredell, CaiawLn, I vi.Uoti, Rowan, Cabarrus and Union, and in the Federal and Supreme Courts. - ' Claims collected anywheie in the State. April 2, 1866 tf HIGHLY DESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. Wishing to change uiy business, I will sell 250 Acres of LAND in and adjoining the Town of Char lotte. (40 acres in corporation) On the Tract there is a good Mill-site, 22 feet f.ili, with a first rate Dam recrntly built, and race dug, and all the large tim ber for a Mill IJ:)iise on the ground. The Tract can be divided. It is worth the attention of any one wishing a paying property, or as an investment. Any information cau be had by applying to the sub icriber. W." F. PIIlFEIt. Sept 10, 1856. tf Tailoring, JOHN YOGS EL, PRACTICAL TAILOR, Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that he is prepared to manu facture gentlemen's clothing in the latest style and at short notice. His best exertions will be given to render satisfaction to those who patronize him. Shop opposite Kerr's Hotel, uext door to Brown k Stitt's store. January 1, XSGG. Wetake this method of informing our friends and the public, that we have moved to the large and commodious Store Room formerly occupied by KAHXWEILER k BRO., where we will continue to carry on the General Mercantile Business in all its various branches, and would respectfully call atten tion to our variety and stjlesof Gods, unsurpassed by any other House in the State, which we offer at exceedingly low prices. CLOAKS ! CLOAKS ! ! French black and colored Cloth Sacques, Basques and Circulars, Silk Sacques and Basques. , RICH DRESS GOODS. We have now in store one of the largest Stocks of fine Dress Goods ever offered in Charlotte. Our Stock consists in part of all Wool DcLaines, Em press Cloths, Poplins, Poplinettes, Alpaccas, Lus tres, together with a general assortment of all the iow priced Domestics, DcLaines, Prints, &c , Ac. GLOVES AND HOSIERY. Rest Kid (iloves in all colors. Ladies' fleeced lined Silk, Lisle, Bulir and Woolen (Hove?. .Merino Cloves. Superior English Hosiery for Ladies' and Mines', all of which are equal to any ever offered in this city. WHITE GOODS Of every descuption Table Cloths and Table Lin neu, Towels, Toweling, Knapkins, kc, kc. CLOTHING Of every description. Frock and Sack Coats, Cassi inere Suits, Coats, Pants and Vests, aud a complete line ot . .GENTS FURNISHING GOODS. ) Boots, Shoes and Hats, all of which we offer at .enormously low prices at Wholesale and Retail. i NEW AND CHOICE GOODS -Of every description received every week, and sold '' at prices warrauted to prove satisfactory to pur- ! chasers. We lake great pleasure in showing our j Uoodi to those who will favor us with a call ! A. WEILL & CO., j Kahnwcilcr k Bro's Old Stand, Trade St. NOTICE. We take pleasure in announcing to the Ladies that we will attach to our House eariy in the Spiing, a first clais French Millinery Establishment, of which due notice will be given. A. WEILL k CO. Nov 26, 1866. i "The Love Bird." SOXG for the Piano, by Fannie Downing, jast i received at the new Book Store. Also, GODEYS LADIES BOOK for February, at the new Book Store. Jan 21, 18;.7. T I P t Y" & BRO. j An Act Regulating the Depreciation of Confederate Currency. The following explanatory act recently passed by the Legisla ture, will settle the doubts in regard to the meaning of the act "to establish a scale of de preciation ol Confederate currenoy:" An Art to con time "An Act to establish a Scale of Depreciation of Confederate Curren cy ," ratified the 12th day of March, 1866. Whereas, Doubts having arisen whether the scale of depreciation therein provided, op plies to debts therein named at the date the contracts were made, 01 at the date the debts be- I come due Therefore, to prevent all further doubts, and to prevent all further trouble, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby-i enacted by the authority of the same, That the scale of depreciation of Confederate currency, established by the above entitled act, shall be construed to apply to debts therein mention ed at the date of contracting the same, and not at the time the said debts become due. Be it further enacted, That all laws and clauses of laws, conflicting with this act be, and the same arc hereby repealed. R. Y. McADEN, Speaker II. C M. E. MANLY, Speaker Sen. Ratified 24th day of Jan 1867. NOTICE. By virtu of a Decree of the County Court of Mecklenburg county, made at the January Term, 1807, of said Court, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, upon a credit of nir.e months, with interest, on the 26th day of February next, the valuable tract of LAND upon which the late Rev. Henry N. Pharr lived at the time of his death, con taining about Two Hundred and Forty Acres, lying in said county of Mecklenburg, on Clear Creek, ad joining the lands of J Si W Flow and others. This land is regarded as very valuable for agricultural purposes, with a prospect of value for mining pur poses. Sale will take place on (he premises. SAM'L PHARR, Adra'r. Further IVolice. All persons having claims against the Estate of Rev. Henry N. Pharr, are notified to present them within the lime preset itusl by law, or this notice will be plea Jed in bar of their recovery, and those indebted muat make settlement immediately. SAM L PHARR, Adra'r. Jan 21, 18C7 6tpd Ejiic1 a;a! iVIills Tor Sale. The subscriber offers for sale his Mills with the lands attached, lying on the waters of Dutch Buf falo Creek, in the county of Cabarrus, near the vil lage of Mount Pleasant. This is the most valuable .Mill properly in the county. The Mill contains three setts of stones. There is also an excellent Saw Mill in good order. The tract of land contains four hundred and eighteen acres, most of it well timbered. Any person wishing to purchase the above prop erty will pltase call on the subscriber, or John L. Henderson at his residence in Mount Pleasant. JACOIi HOUSE. Jan. 28, 1867. 2m 1 8 6 7. SPRING FASHION'S DEMAND. J. W. BRADLEY'S Celebrated Patent Duplex Elliptic HOOP SKIRT, OR FimprfiHa Trail. DOUBLE STEEL SPRINGS. Each noop being composed of two perfectly tem pered SINGLE SPRINGS, braided tightly and firn.lv together, edge to edge, forming one Hoop, and making the STRONGEST and most FLEXIBLE, the LIGHTEST aud most DURABLE spring made. They will not bend or break like the single springs, but will always preserve their PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL SHAPE In all CROWDED ASSEMBLAGES, CHURCHES. THEATRES, RAILROAD CARS, For PROMENADE or HOUSE DRESS. In fact, they are superior to all others, combin ing COMFORT, ECONOMY, LIGHTNESS, and DURABILITY. Inquire for " Bradlcv's Duplex Elliptic or Double Spring SKIRT. This popular Skirt is universal'' recommended by the fashionable Magazines and the Press gen erally. ay Manufactured exclusivelv fcv the sole own ers of the Patent, WESTS, BRADLEY k GARY, 97 Chambers and 79 and 81 Rende streets, NEW YORK. These Skirt? are kept on hand in large supply - For Sale in Charlotte BY DUE 31, BU0WN & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers, in FORE1GX AXD DOMESTIC Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Clothing, Embroidery, noop Skirts, Notions, Car pets, Hats, Boots, Shoes, &e. They keep the largest Stock and cheapest Goods to bo found in the ciry. At Brem Old Stand on Trade street. January 28, 1867 5m Millinery aud Ladies Fancy Goods MRS. E FCLL1XGS is offeriosr her Stock of Bon nets, Hats, Ribbons, Feathers, kc, at greatly reduced ! prices. Ladies are invited to call aud examine these j Good. and hear pricf. Dec 10. iso ;. I AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. The Agent of the American Bible Society. Rev. Mr llardie, of Raleigh requests us to give pub licity to the following communication from the Secretaries of the Institution he represents. It may help to undeceive some who have been du ped. The man who would thrust his impositions under cover of a religioui. institution deserves to be exposed. The people especially in these times, deserve to be. protected. 1 Let young men understand that afirehundred dollar gold watch cannot be afforded for a dollar. Agencies that pay two hundred dollars a month do not go begging. Gift Enterprise adver tisements, etc., that call for "a postage stamp in return," and all games of the kind, ought to be avoided. The best way to get a gold watch is to work for the money and buy of a man you know and can trust. The best salary is that that re sults from honest, industrious, frugal labor. The fact that a Chicago Gift Enterprise man should come out of his shop with six hundred thousand dollars profit, shows that he drew the largest prize of all. The Mail Agents say that the amount of mail matter to and from these Gift Enterprise shops is very large. And the gentleman referred to j above, who travels much over the State; informs us that be tees in all directions tokens ot the ex tent of this swindling scheme. CAUTION. Frequent complaints have recently reached us from responsible persons, in various parts of the country, of which the following, from a gentle man in Kentucky, is. a specimen : That one of the rooms in the Bible House is rented to a quack doctor, or a doctor who sends out his circulars, which are calculated to deceive or impose upon the people, as coming from the Bible House in New York. Many imagine that they are sanctioned by the Bible House. From other sources we learn that the room referred to is No. 12 Bible House. We reply that no room in the Bible House is rented to any such person. "No 12 Bible House," is occupied exclusively by the U. S. Government, as Station . D., Branch New York Post Office. We cannot prevent any matter going through the Post office. The circulars referred to above, as we have reason to believe, are issued by a per son whose real office is in another part of the city, and who, by this mean subtetfuge, thus at tempts, with too much success, to deceive foolish people and gel their money, for his owu profit and the ruin of others. (Signed) Secretaries American Bible Society. Bible House, N. Y., Jan. 12, 18G7. To him that goes to law, nine things are re quisite: "First, a good deal of money; second a good deal of patience; third, a good cause; fourth, a good attorney; fifth a good counsel; sixth, good evidence; seventh, a good jury; eighth, a good judge, ninth, good luck. Even with all these, a wise man would hesitate before going to law." Administratrix Notice. Ilavirg qualified as Administratrix on the Estate of M. D. Johnston, dee'd, I w ill expose to public sale on Tuesday, the 26th day of February, at his late residence in the city of Charlotte, the Personal Property cf said deceased, consisting of Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Utensils, a valu able and well selected Library, and many articles unnecessary to be enumerated. Also, at the same time and place, will be rented, for this year, a FARM, three miles from Charlotte, and two Lots in the city. All persons indebted to the estate are hereby no tified to make immediate payment, and those hav ing claims against the Estate mnst present the same wiihin the time presciibed by law or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. ilARGARET A. JOHNSTON, Adru'x. SPECIAL NOTICE. I have appointed M. W. Alexander my Attorney in fact to attend to the settlement of the Estate of said deceased, and all business transacted by him w ill be ratified by me as fully as if done so by ray self. MARGARET A. JOHNSTON, Jan 23, 1867. 4t Administratrix. GROCERY STORE. We have opened a Grocery Store in No. 4 Granite Row, opposite the Mansion House, and invite our friends to examine our Goods and prices. We deal in Bacon, Lard, Flour, Meal, Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Rice, Cheese, Fih, Hams. Bagging, Rope, Twine, Leather, Soap, Candles, Teas, Candies, Raisins, Figs, Crackers, Chains, Axes, Snuffs, Tobaccos, Knives, Locks, Pickles, Sauces, Slacking, Baskets, Tubs, Buckets, Brooms, Cotton, And ev?ry article of prime necessity to cheap and good living. We particulaily invite those buying by the case to examine our prices and Goods, while those bujing by order will be dealt with the same as if present. In brief, we intend dealing fairly, openly, liberally and honestly, and invite a share of public patronage. FRANK TORRANCE, WILLIAM GRAY. Charlotte. Jan. 28, PERSONAL. GUN S MITHING Done to order and in the best style of modern art. Call at Wilkes k Martin's Machine Shop, (old Navy establish a name, of course I will do my best on the Yard), '-i-irsl come, first serve," and a? I want to first. P. P. MAXWELL, January 21 , 1867 ROBERT D. JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C Office over Jas. Harty's Store, next door to Court House. January 23, 8( Just ISeceived AT PRESS ON 5c GRAY'S 30 Sacks of Number one Flour, 150 Bushels Bolted Meal, and anything else you may wish in the Grocery liue. - Just call and see us, and leave your orders witb the Cash and we will deliver the Goods at your House, irranj part of the City. We have some No. 1 Chewing Tobacco. PRESSOX k GRAY. Jao 21, 1367. From the Salisbury Old North State. LIME AS A FERTILIZER Palermo, Rowan Co., N. C, Jan. 18. Mr. Editor : The enclosed letter, from Dr. Powell, on the use of lime as a fertilizer, al though Dot intended for publication, contains information of so much practical value, that I hope you will give it a place in the columns of jour paper, and that other Editors will follow your example. I have no experience in "com posing," but 1 desire to add one or two sugges tions derived fiom the recent perusal of a pam phlet, on the "Agriculture of North Carolina," -written by the late State Geologist, Prof. Em mons, and published in 18C0, which, I think, the present Legislature would do well to repub lish and scatter broadcast over the State. It is a well known fact that compost heaps, by the time they have properly fermented or rotted, are reduced to one-half their original bulk. This has usually taken place at the end of some 10 or 12 weeks and is owing to the es cape of the gasses and water, which may be often seen and smelt, during the process of de composition. These gases are the most valuable fertilizers, and should by all means be fixed and retained in the heap. Among others that es cape, I will enumerate carbonic acid and the salts of ammonia. The following table will show the organic elements contained in 1,000 pounds each, of the agricultural and other pro ducts enumerated, and serve to illustrate the importance of paying the greatest attention to the chemical changes produced, in the compost heaps : Carbon. Hydrog'n. Oxyg'n. Nitrog' Hay, 458 50 337 15 Potatoes, 440 58 447 15 Oats, 507 - C4 3G7 22 Wheat, 461 58 434 23 Animal bodies, 550 70 ICO 220 Now ammonia is .a compound of two of the above elements nitrogen and . hydrogen, and guano contains about 34 per cent of its salts. Lime disengages ammonia, in compost heaps, and devices have been used to fix and retain it. Weak solutions of copperas (sulphate of iron) or gypsum (sulphate of lime) sprinkled over the heaps, will effect this object; but Prof. Emmons says "covering the dry manure in the soil an swers the same purpose." After mixing the stable manure, litter, &c, and the lime, as Dr, Powell does, I have seen it elsewhere suggef ted, to interpose at certain distances, in the heap a thin layer of any kind of soil; and in addition to thus top-dressing the heap, to cover it, and protect it from the rains, as the sulphate of am monia, thus formed is quite soluble. Carbonic acid is composed of the other two ingredients, in the above table oxygen and carbon. The lime absorbs this acid and fixes and retains it. It is not improper to add that guano, also contains something over 26 per cent of lime By composting with lime, we thus see that we get at least 50 per cent of the virtues of guano, besides the very large amount of vege table matter decomposed and ready for use. Very truly, J. G. Ramsay. Catawba Station, N. C, Jan. 14. IIon. J. G. Ramsay, Dear Sir : Our bus iness copartner, Mr Sherrill, requests me to an swer your inquiries in relation to the best mode of using lime as a fertilizer. From what ex perience I have from its use for some ten years, I would say that the most economical mode is in the way of compost heaps, made by mixing, as intimately as possible say one bushel of lime to a good four-horse load of half-rotten manure from the farm-yard or stable, leafs, litter, or in fact, any vegetable matter. I am now cleaning up my farm yard, and putting up the gleanings in pens in this way, to be put in corn drills in March. I am also using lime as a top dressing for wheat, when there is a vegetable mold or grass when I am late fallowing and there is, consequently, a large amount of grass on the ground unrotted at the time of seeding. I am liming with 20 or 25 bushels to the acre; which amount I thiuk is good for a few years; as the quantity of lime is beneficial only in proportion to the amount of vegetable matter upon which to act, although a surplus does no immediate harm and, in time, all comes into action. ' Last fall I visited the country above Balti more with a view of ascertaining the best oaode of using lime, and there found the farmers using about 50 bushels to the acre, sowing it broad cast on their fallow fields, before breaking up the land. This they do about every seventh year, befoie sowing wheat; adding all the com post manure thsy can make. They are thus raising from 30 to 40 bushels of wheat to the acre. For root crops, such as potatoes, turnips, beets, wortzel, carrots, &c, they compost alto gether. Lime costs 45 cents per bushel at the great "Texas Lime Kilos" above Baltimore, and corn is worth 80 cents and wheat $2 00 per bushel. Here we sell it at 25 cents at the kiln, and corn is worth 81 00 and wheat $3.00 so if the farmers of Maryland and Pennsylvania can make it pay there, we certainly can here. 1 have for years looked upon it as our only means of im proving our lands, and have been at great ex pense so far,' to manufacture it at a price that i will make it available to our farmers generally; : and am happy to find so many of our prominent men. as Yourself, taking an interest in it e i ' J r o - . ! are now enlarging our means of manufacturing, I and will soon be able to turn out a larger ! amount, though not adequate to the demand We also purpose getting up a "Circular on the use of Lime as a Fertilizer," which we will send i you as soon as ready. Yours very truly, I A. M. Powell Attention Requested. All those indebted to me as Administrator of Samuel Lawing, deceased, and to myself individual- j It. will nlease call on me between tun ana tne nrsi ! o'f April next, pay a small part of their indebtedness, : ! and renew their Notes otherwise suit will be j j brought after that date. ' j I am willing to indulge, and do not want to sse, ; 1 but I want to effect settlements. WM. S. NORMEXT, Agent. 3t 1 Jan. 23, 186". N. C. IjEQISIf ATUB13. Monday, Feb. 4. Senate Mr Battle introduced a resolution j proposing to send a message to the House asking their concurrence in the resolution providing : that no new resolution or bill shall be Introduced j or considered from and after Friday the 15th of th is month. Mr Speed moved to lay the reso j lution on the table, not agreed to, and on the j passage of the resolution the yeas and nays were j called, and the resolution was adopted by a vote I of 27 to 10. Mr Hall moved to reconsider the vote; agreed to. Mr Hall then moved to amend by striking out Friday and insert Monday next. Mr Love moved to lay the amendment with the resolution on the table; not agreed to, "and the amendment was adopted and the resolution passed as amended. The bill to establish a Penitentiary in this State, having been made the special order for 12 o'clock, was taken up, and on motion of Mr Gash, was read by sections, sundry amendments were adopted, aid tbo till passed its second reading. House The House proceeded to consider a bill to transfer the Land Scrip donated by the United States for an Agricultural College. (As pertinent to the matter uode'r considera tion, Mr McKay submitted a report from a special committee, to which had been referred a memorial from the Trustees of the University. This report recommended a transfer of the scrip, or an appropriation of the interest arising therefrom, to the University at Chapel Hill, for the establishment of an Agricultural College.) Mr Davis moved to ameod the bill as follows: "Be it further enacted, That it shall bo the privilege of the county court, in each county in the State, forever, to select annually one native of the State, resident in said county, ot good moral character and capacity fur usefulness, without the requisite means to defray the ex penses of education, who shall be admitted to any classes in the University, for which he may be prepared, free of all charges for tuition and room rent, so that each county may always have one representative in the Institution." Mr Davis addressed the House in support of the -bill, urging the peculiar claims of (Jhapel Hill, aud the advantage to be derived from a transfer of the scrip to that Institution. Mr McKay offered a bill to establish an Ag ricultural and Mechanical College at the Uni versity of North Carolina, and for the relief of the University, as a substitute for the bill under discussion. Mr Davis opposed the substitute, chiefly for the reason that it made the Public Treasurer the Trustee of this fund. This, though not in tended as such, was a reflection upon the Trus tees of the University. Besides, the Treasurer's duties were multifarious, and he could not de vote that exclusive attention to the interests of this fund which they would constantly demand. He also opposed the substitute because of the appropriation in advance of 7,000 which it pro posed. Mr Cowan addressed the House in support of the original bill, and read from the act of Congress donating the scrip, to show that the State should act definitely upon this matter at the present session. He adverted to the facts that the State bad no power, to divert this fund from its original purpose, or to place it beyond its own control, and argued that the University being the only institution under the control of the State, the Land scrip must be bestowed upon it, or else another, institution must be now created to receive this endowment, and effect the objects proposed. - . . . The question recurring upon the substitute, it was rejected, yeas 38, nays C5. The amendment offered by Mr Davis was adopted. - Mr Moore of Hertford, offered an amendment diverting escheats from the University and do nating them hereafter to other colleges in the State. Mr Hodnett opposed both bill and amendment. The amendment was rejected. On motion of Mr Harper, the bill was amend ed by providing that pupils may be admitted to the branches of Agriculture and Mechanic arts, who possess the requisite qualifications for those studies, without requiring the previous Literary training requisite for admission into the regular college courses. The bill was further amended by adding the following proviso: Provided, That the University shall comply with the act of Congress, and make its leading object to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic arts, without excluding other scientific studies and including Military Tactics. The bill as amended, passed its second read ing as follows : Ayes Messrs Allen, Baker, Bowe, Bradsher, Brown, Bryson, Chadwick, Clark, Cowan, Craw ford of Macon, Collins, Dargan, Daniel, Davis, Davidson, Garr, Gorham, Granberry, Guess, Harper, Henderson, Uinnant, Hodnett, Hous ton, Hutchison, Jones, Kelsey, Kenan, Kendall, Lee, Long, Lowe, Martin, McArthur, McClam my, McGougan, McKay, McNir,McRie, Moore ot Hertford, Morebead, Murrill, Patten, Peebles, Perry of Carteret, Reiohardt, Rogers, Richard son, Scott, Shelton, Simpson, Smith of Duplin, Smith of Guilford, Stevenson, Stone, Tarnboll, Umstead, Walker, Waugh, Westmoreland, Wil son of Forsyth, Wilson of Perquimans, Williams of Harnett, Williams of Pitt, Woodard 65. Nays Messrs Ashwortb, Autry, Beasley, Blair, Blythe, Boyd, Carson, Clements, Durham, Everett, Farrow, Foard, Gambril, Garrett, Har ding, Henry, Holderby, Horton of Watauga, Horton of Wilkes, Jenkins of Gaston, Jordan, Latham of Washington, Logan, Lutterloh, Mor ton, Moore of Chatham, Neal, Perty of Wake, Rus, Scoggin, Sudderth, Tcague, Trull, Vestal, Williams of Yancey, Wo ruble, York 37. Mr Kenan, from the Judiciary Committee, reported back favorably a but in relation to set off, and unfavorably a bill to extend the time for the registration of deeds, &c. By Mr Perry of Carteret, from the same com mittee, uvfavoralfv upon wa lill for the' relief "t of the people of North Carolina, introduced by 1 Mr Latham of Crateo. GEN. JACKSON'S VALOR. The following incident tf the boyhood of Gen. Jackson is copied from Partoo's Life of Jackson. It occurred during the partisan wars ia the Waxhaws: 1 In that fierce Scotch-Indian warfare, the ab sence of a father from home was often a better protection to his family than bis presence; be cause his presence invited , attack. The main object of both parties was to kill the fighting men, and to avenge the slaying of partisans. The house of the quiet hero Hicks, for example, was safe until it was noised about among the tories that Hicks .was at home. And thus it came to pass that whon a whig soldier of any note desired to spend a nlgbt with his family, his neighbors were accustomed to turn eat and eef ve as a guard" to bis house while be slept. Behold Robert ad Andrew Jackson, with vis others, thus employed one night in the spring oflTSlattho dotnicilof a neighbor,' Captain Sands. The guard on this occasion was more a friendly tribute to an active partisan than a ser vice considered necessary to his safety. In short, the night was not far advanced before the whole party were snugly housed and atrctched upon the floor, all sound asleep, except one, a British deserter, who was restless, and dozed at intervals.' .... Danger was near. A band of tories, bent on taking the life of Captain Sands, approached the house in two divisions; one party moving to ward the front door, the other towards the baokv The wakeful soldier, hearing a suspicious noise, rose, went out of doors to learn its cause, and saw the foe stealthily nearing the house. lie ran in terror, and seized Andrew Jackson, who . lay nrxt the door, by the hair, and exolaimed: 'The tories are upon us!" r Andrew sprang up and ran out. Seeing a body of men in the distance, he placed the end of his gun in the low fork of a tree near tb door, and hailed them. No reply, lie bailed them a second time. No reply., .They quiok encd their pace, and had come within a few rods of the door. By this time, too, the guard in tbo house had been roused, and were gathered in a group behind the boy. Andrew discharged bis musket, upon which the tories fired a volley, which killed the hapless deserter who bad given the alarm. The other party of tories, who were approaching the bouse from the other side, bear ing this discharge, and the rush of bullets above their heads, supposed that the firing issued from a party that had issued from the house. Tbey now fired a volley, which sent a shower of balls whistling about the beads of their friends on the other side. Both parties hesitated, and then halted. Andrew having thus, by bis single dis charge, puzzled and stopped the enemy, retired to the house, where he and his comrades kept up a brisk fire from the window. One of the guard fell mortally wounded by bis side, and another received a wound less severe. In the midst of tiiis singular contest, a bugle was beard some distance off, sounding tbe cavalry. charge; whereupon the tories, concluding that they bad come upon an ambush cfW bigs, and were about to be assailed by horse and foot, fled to where tbey had left their horses, mounted, dashed pell mell into tbe woods, and were seen no more. It appeared afterwards that tbe bugle charge was sounded by a neighbor, who, judging from the noise of the musketry that Capt. Sands was attacked, and having not a aiogle man witb bits in his house, gave the blast upon the trumpet, thinking that even a trick so stale, aided by tbe darkness of the night, might have tome tffeot in alarming the assailants. . The Case or Rev. Georqk T. Wuxiami, is New York. The proptrocted examination in the case of the Rev. George T. Williams, ef Virginia, who is charged witb having picked tbe pocket of a lady while riding in a Fifth avenue omnibus, New York, in November last, was brought to a close on Saturday by the decision of Justice Dodge, who concluded to commit tbe prisoner for trial. Mr Williams has always heretofore maintained an unblemished character in Virginia as an Episcopal clergyman, and tbe charge against him has exciied no little interest in tbe religious community, which believed be was the victim of profetsional pick pockets -Justice Dodge, before whom tbe case was brought, deliveied the following opinion : I consider tbe following facts ss having bee established:- That on the second day of Novem ber last, the complainant entered a Fifth avenue stage and seated herself at tbe extreme end of tbe left band side; that the only persons on tbe same aide were two ladies; one at tbe end by the door, the other seated midway. That the next person who catered that stage was the pris oner, Geo. T. Williams, who took a seat imme diately next to the complainant, and continue! to occupy the same till the discovery of tbe al leged larceny; and no person at any time sat be tween the complainant and Mr Williams. As the stage approached Twenty-second street there was seen by a passenger seated ' opposite Mr Williams, a movement under tbe dress of tbe complainant, and immediately 'afterwards the hand of the prisoner was withdrawn from thereunder with a pocket-book in it, whieh he instantly placed in the left hand breast poeket of his coat, and then arose and pulled the strap to stop the stage. The evidence further showed, that the prisoner was called upon for the pock et book, and denied that be bad it; that be was taken hold of by some of tbe passe ngtrs, where upon be . struggled and aucceeded in freeing himself from their grasp, and fell from tbe step; that on the demand for the poeket-book belnr renewed he took it out of his pocket and handed' it to the owner, that when arrested be stated to the officer that he found it on the floor of the stage, and, when brought before the court that be found it on tbe seat. These facts sre estab- t liahed by witnesses whose testimony was tery clear, and who could have no occasion to misre- t nrpsant. ' - . Mr Williams is held in $1,000 bail to answer 1 mt t hit ftwier! Sections. "Dear me, how fiuidly be talks.!" said Mrs Partington, recently, at a temperance meeting. j T rejoice when be mounts the nostril, for bis J eloquence warms erery cartridge of my body."