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"gc ftW o 60S, o Jjoulr fioqfjffrj, 0 .0 Ijcqr Di'ty." VOLUME -0:- cbeahijOtte, nxr. cpriij s, isss. THOHAS J, HOLTQN, Editor & I'RorRiKToti. " TERMS: The North-Carolina "Whig will be afforded to L-ibera t TWO DOLLARS in advance, or TlTl) DOLLARS AND HFl'Y C KNT8 if pay. nI b delayed for three muntlm, and THItKE m)lXAltS at thv end of the year. No paper will L '(.continued unlil " rfafM are jmid.el. Jei't t npt'on of tlie Kditore. jUnrlinnKhli Ineertrd at One Dollar per square '1A tim-a orlta, llila sited type) for the tirt iuacr. lion and 25 ernta fur each continuance. I'ourt ad. ,rtiwinmt anil Sheriff'! Salea chared 25 per rent hit'li"' i and a deduction of 33J per cent, will Vmi'le from the regular rice, lor advertiaera by Alvt.rtiaeiiieiit inserted monthly nr arterly. ' Pcr ,!ul,re '"' rat" --ie. Semi. ' , -4 !( iwr annnre for each time. ntonuuj w - i . u l,.t..ra Mil linineiia uiuat be directed to tl.e Edit'" '-'tcra ,,lu, pwt.paid or they ,!lnutwi ainnuiu f paymcnta can Iw made to either. I I FHtmaatera are authorized to act aa a jenta. Watrli, Uothrr, Walch. Mother, wateh the little fret, ClimHir o'er Hie garden wall, Boiii'itnc through the fbuay atrett, Kaiigin; cellar, hrj, and hall, fer count the momenta Iul, .Si trr mind the time it eonta ; Lulls fert will fo aatr-y, Ciuide Iht-ni, mother, wi.ilo you may. Mi'I'er, watch the little hmd Pitkmir berrii a by the way, Mikuif r.auaea in the ajnd, ToaaiPf up the lra-riit hay. "SYvef dare the question ssa, Why to me thia weary taa'x ?" Thru nn.c little hanfle may prute JlraKogrra tf lijht and love. Milher, watch (lie little tineue Prattling eloquent and wild, Whul i, ,;Ud and what i mn; By thy happy, jnyoua child. C alch the word while yet unapukrn, .-iep the tw before 'lie ina,rn ; Tuia him ton ue may yet proclaim Il'raaingv in a h.n ior'a (tame. Mother, ltatfh tlie little heart. Heating aeft and worm for you ; IV lioljaomu leaaona nw impait ; Keep, O keep tint young heart true. I"tiietnir every weej, Sowing ( d and prreinna aeed ; Hirvesl rich yon then way ace. Ripening for elrrnity. Miscellaneous. I'rom Vie Str SpnngM JJanncr. TIMES; fFt, TUS rHILOSOPUEH'S STOSE. BY OI.I-.aB OPTIC CIIAI'TKR I. H Wht makes you o dull tliii morninp, Ellen!" ii)(uireil Sir. Cliolr, a young rucr cb.mt in a small way, of til, wife. Tbfj hail been marrieil about a yenr, anil that far nut a cloud bal lowered over their bju-if, not an illnatured worj lad beca p-ilea tf eitlii r, and thfy were a liappy a I'jve atrd plenty eould make tliom. At bit niarnagc, (.'heMtcT kad taken a amall.but 'at anJ cohrenient home in the upper part of the city. He had btcn abl to furninb it n!y in a very plnin manner ; hut alnr-e hii niarrit; liiit bu-ine!i lud been no pro.p' roj that ho had added many article of laiury It hia c-tallislimc-nt. The "time"' had begun to tighten up, botrerer, and businreS dull. The nnte fr due, and ho had t) betcr hinivlf to tuake bin paytncntK. Fortunately fur hiui, bsaerer, at the utringeney in the money "narket bem to weiclt the niot hearily, hi fother'a adxinistralor placed him in po-ies-wn of two thousand dollar which had been feaerved to await the continencira of a lawsuit, and which had bow bocn atinl'acto rily adjusted. With thii sum he had been able to piy off bi tnore pressing demands, and to lay by a urpluj of five hundred dollar to meet a "t wLich would fall due ionio two months bfnee. Tbe reeeiptof this Hum had nlxo induced bira to inorwasc tlio luxuries of hii bouM. Tb parlor had been newly furnixbed, and the old parlor furniture bad been transferred the iittingroom. They had everything 'flat wa oecvsnnry for comfort, and for a craditablc appearance in tha world. " Vou look very dull," continued the htis nd, m his mc from th breakfmt table. Kllcn louked up at him with a languid "oile, but made no reply. " What ail you I" I a thinking bw loneaome I should K here alono all day," replied she. " Lonesome 1 Why don't ou go out, 'htn, and take the air? Walk d own W aldi ngton street, round the Common it will 'viva your apirit.i." "ilow absurd you talk! Walk round Common in the month of December! kj, l should frcexe U death !" " Not so bad a that," replied the yottn husband, ohuckitifr hi wife under the chin. 'jo to the Athcoit'Utn, then, nnd ace the lecture..,." M I aouldn't do that every day j and you don't know how lonesoruo I am 1" "Can't yon read!" "I aont want to read all tho time." " Head part of the time, then ; I brought Hall home la.it nijht j havo yoa read "')o, I don't like it very well. It i lathing but tho most disgusting por.onali up, eoarie, tulgar flings ; I am afraid if I "J it I should become like u j. yur joJg'nen' i hasty." Fred. I have been thinking of ,0mtliing," and a smile played upon tho P'ettj lips of the young wife. " WLat, Ellen !" "I miss something in our house." "Do you V " O, very much indeed.' " Well, Kllen, what is it!" " A piano. It would be o nice to prac tice thnso long dreary days. I nhould be as happy a3 a priuce.ss if I only had a pi nno."' Mrs. Chester's father was in affluent cir cumstances, and before her marriage she had been accustomed to many luxuries, which Lcr husband's limi.'cd menus would not permit him to provide. " Hut, lillen, I cannot buy a piano. The times Lavo not buen so liurd before for ten years." "You have five hundred dollars in the bank." " Hut I have reserved that to pay a note." " Don't you ettptct to make enough to pay it 7 " It i-t very doubtful ; my business hard ly pays expenses.' I " Vou will be able to pny that, I know,"' continued the elocjuent petitioner. " Well, well, my dear, you shall have the piano.' j " Vou are a dear husband ! You will gel me on of Chickering's !" " Any kind you please, my dear." I And before dinner time tho inttrument camff home, and Mrs. Chester waa as happy as a piano could make her, albeit she had little idea of the significance of " three per cent a month," and protested notes. I CHAPTER II. Men said the times would be better, but tlsu prophecy was vain. Merchants failed, broker.t failed, batiks and iueurance compa nion failed. 1'usinesn was duller than it i bad been before for twenty yeari. J'oor ' men lounged at the corners of th streets, : vainly waitiug for a j ib, while their wives and children ilmeicd nith the cold, and ! bunpered for even a crust of bread. Uuin ! and diiaiter were the order of the dav, and tnea wondnred where would be the end of it all. I FrcJ Chester's bmitiess did not pay his shop expenses, to any nothing of his houee. bold, aud when that dreaded note fell du, ; b" had not a dollar towurdi redeeming it Ituin stared hiiu in the face, and it was now , his turn to look fad. Five hundred dollars was a small sutn, t yet he could not mise it. liven " three per ;eent a month," without " collateral, '" would ; not procure it. Something must be done. : Sotno friend inuft get him out of the scrape, ! or he mut certainly ( iil. lli if,'s father was wealthy, but be had married hisdaugh i ter againt his wishos, and there was no j hope in that quarUr. But Klleo's uuclc, a ' Mr 'uasier maion. hail i run pon bitti, and perhaps be parse strings. was due on the following dav. and he decided to make the application to I'nele Luke, as he was familiarly called. In tho course of tho forenoon, however, he happened to call at th store, and Fred stated his position. " Eh ?'' -ah! the l l'int eld mechanic, " I thought things were goinjr eu swimmingly with you." " .o they were, but the times are so dcue edly bat 1 that I cannot make enough to pay expenses," replied Fred, with a dolo rous expression of countenance. " Where's the two thousand dollars you received from your father's estate!'' "I pail my del ts with it." ' 15ut didn't you tell me you didn't ore above three thousnnil dollars !'' " 1 paid off fifteen hundred.' " And tho rest." " Well, that went in rations way.'' " And your stneks is mortgaged !' " Yes, for otic thou-ntid.'1 " You have done a good business?'' " Ye. (ill thc-c hard times csme on." " Well, well, I am in a Irn ry jut now ; but I will go up and dine with jnn, nnd we will talk it all over," and L'nclo Luke Kit tho shop. Fred did not half like his uncle's inquis itivene.ss, but he had a strong hope that he would get him out of his present scrape. Writing a hasty note, he despatched his boy to inform his wife that Fuelo Luke would dine with them. CI I A FT EH 111. Dinner time came, and so did l'nclo Llike. Kllen had a nice dinner ready, and her pretty faeo was covered with smiles when she welcomed thi honest old man to the hospitalities of her board. Un-lc Luke seated himself at the tablrf. His accustomed smile had di; appeared, aud he looked rather stem. " Fred," sahkhe, suddenly, as the young merchant inserted hi' folk in the breast of tho nicely browned roast turkey, " You haven't found tho philosopher's stone yet." Fred suspended the operation of carving the turkey, and razed with a look of ns tmiishment into ihn lace of the speaker. " What do you mean, uncle Luke !" ask ed he. " You don't know what the philosopher's stone is, do you !" 11 No." ' I found it when I was quite a young man, and w hatcver prosperity has crowned me, I owe to that." " I'ray, explain, Fucle. Luke." " After dinner, I will." " Somehow, i;i ppile of tho extraordinary jn'i'pa-alions Ellen had made for the rceep tiou of her uncle, tho dinner did not pass off very pleasantly. There was a reserve on the part of all tho party, which threw cold water on itio wbolo affair. Hut it was finished at last to the relief of all. " Now, uncle, conio into tho parlor, nnd Ellon shall play you a tune or two on bur piano," SuLl Fred, leading the way. " On her what !" exclaimed the old man with a start of surprise. " On the piano, of course." " Then you keep a piano ?" "Certainly, we could not possibly get alontr without ft pisno, could we, Ellen." "1 am sure we couldn't," replied the youpR wire. " O, it is su.di comfort !" " Such a luxury, you moan," answered I 'Jil Uncle Luke, with a cold succr, " What did I you give for it!" " five hundred." " Is it paid for!" " Certainly it is." j "And your note due to-morrow, which ; you cannot meet." I Fred glanced at Ellen, who looked as I woe begone, as though sho had lost every i friend she had in the world. j " It was not his fault, uncle; I tcaxed it ' out of him," said sho. I " Then he is a bigger fool than I took him to be," replied Uncle Luke, contemptu ously. " And when ho was not doing bu eineiss enough to pay expenses, you dine on roast turkey, and all manner of fancy stuff." Uncle Luke, though conscious that he was meddling with what did not concern hitu, could not control his indignation at the wanton extravagance of the young couple. Ho felt kindly towards them, as he always had, aud though his words were harsh and cold, he intended to do thctn a kindness. " Yes, and Ellen, you wear a filk gown for every day, and to crown all, you have got a piano. Do you expect to pay your notes in this manner, Fred ?" continued he, " here is the secret of hard times, extrav agancesilk dresses, roast turkeys, ice creams, and pianos." " Things wr-ro going very well with me when I bougl.t the piano,' sucrested Fred. " No matter, you are a fool. Now I will tell you what the philosopher's stone is.". Uncle Luke paused and looked coluly into the eye of the young merchant. " Well, uncle, what s it." " Live within vour means. If you don't earn but a dollar, spend only seventy-five j cents," and Uncle Luke put on his great coat and hat, edged towards the door, with 'out even alluding to the important topic in j which Fred felt o much interest. " liut, Uncle Luke, can yon leml me the money I want!'' asked Fred, dismayed at the thought ot tailure. " No, I cannot." " Then I mut fail." " You oUL'ht to have thought of that when you bought the pi.. bo," r. plied Uncle Luke, Mernlv, '' Do vou know Waters !" " 1 he carpenter ! ' I " Yes.' : " i do." ' " '"M'P'J uim i ne l1-'11'! Jou te money. ' " lint he is aliin't a itranrrr to me." I " No matter ; go to him," and uncle Luke left the house. "Oh. Fred, this is all my fault," said Ellen, bursting into tears, j " No matter, uiy dear. It will all come round rieht." Fred did apply to Waters. I "What Seeuntv can vou jrive!' sked ' the carpenter. i " I don't k"now," replied Fred, doubting ; ly. " My stock is mortgaged." ! " Household furniture?" i " No." " What have you got!' ; " A piano, and " i " That will do ; give me a bill of sale of that. If nut paid in thirty days the piano is mine." , Fred assented, and received the money. ' The papers were executed and Fred got out of the fc.-iipe. j During the succeeding thirty days he i tried hard to raise the money to redeem the piano, without success. Witters took it at the appointed time, and seemed perfectly 'sati!ird with his bargain. ; A few days after, the young couple were su'li-cd to receive au invitation to ditio j with Uncle Luke, and to tin ir astonishment, when they arrived, they found their piano !in his smk' little pv, !t, i " Did yon buy tl.N .'" asked Fred. 15t Unelii Luke v on! I sn'wer no qu-s- I tiofi, v, t he promised to tiinlec him a pres ent ot i us soon as he had paid all hi ! debts. The dinner consited of corned beef and baked potatoes, with ati apple pie for des ert. I tide Luke was in unusually good 'spirits, and never once apologized for the singular f.ire he had set before his guests, i Jfut they understood the meaning of it. It was intended as a lesson for them, nnd they profited by it. They brought home tho philosopher s s tone and began to live ! b a much humbler system. The hired j girl was discharged, and Ellen had som ich ! to do in attending to her household duties that she had no time to be lonesome. I"'hc i was much happier than when she moped all 'day in the parlor, and better than lhi, the i times began to mend, and Fred's business I prospered again. Ho paid off his mort ' gage, and the piano was duly returned to them, because they eouid afford to support I such a luxury. j l'nclo Luke had put the money into Wa ter's hands to relieve Fred, lie wanted to , take the piano, to punish the extravagant couple for their want of economy, j Wc nre happy to say that Fred hnseoin I ed money since ho found the philosopher's stone, nnd he has moved down town. He is considerable of n man, in St a to street, and though the present Imrd times nre ' making fearful havoc around him, he is free and unembarrassed. What ai.i. I'uvs mav tomk to. The Hoston Post reports a speech lately made by one of the Councilors of Massachusetts, during an official visit to the Alms House at East liiidgewater, which is too good to be lost. As the I'ost justly observes, " it stirs tho blood liko a toddy stick :" "Uoysl I want you all to look at me Look directly at me, for I am going to say something to you. How many of you would like to be mrinh rs of the Governor's ( nun. eil ! Now if you will only do what is right at all times, and never steal, nor lie, nor swear, you may nil rise to eminent stations. I was oneo a poor boy myself, but 1 always calculated to do what was right. 1 never would steal, or lie, or use bad language. I was apprenticed in my youth, but have now become one of the Governor's Council. Now, boys, never let ma hear of your doing anything wrong. Always do what is right ; ticver cheat, or steal, or lie, or swear, and vou may beooiuo a great r.imi ' From the Wilmington iltrahl. WILMINGTON, CHARLOTTE AND RUTH-EIIFORDIIAILKOVD. It is designed to construct a Railroad! from this town, or some point on the Wil mington and Manchester Hoad or Wilming ton and Weldon Road, to Cbrottc, by way of Luuibcrtonoekingham, Wadesboro and Monroe. The Road can be) continued west wardly to Kutherfordton, and for this pur pose the capital stock of the Company has been fixed at three millions of dollars. The entire length of tho Road, from Wilming ton to Rutherfordton, will bcabout Si ,01) miles. It is 175 miles from this place to Charlotte, and 75 miles front Uharlottc to Rutherfordton. The Road iins through the counties of New HanoveAColurnbus, (or Rlndcn,) Robeson, Rich ,. Anson, Union, Mecklenburg,, JApcof Cieaveland and Rutherford. It has also the power to connect with any other Railroad Company in this State. This is unimportant privilege, as may hereafter be shown. The seetion of country from here fo Charlotte, is for the must part admirably adapted for Railroads. It is level, generally free I from large streams, wi:h forests of the fin-1 est pine timber, convenient. Jut this side of Charlotte, and beyond, the country is more broken, as you proceed westardly, it becomes hillv nnd mountainous. A Road can be buiit from this point to the neigh- borhood of Charlot e purhaps as cheaply I as most Roads in pile countries. Reyoud Charlotte, th cost of construction will be 1 very materially increased. 1 Now, will the Road be built! j Before answering this question it is pro- j per to look at the chaiaeter and resources' of the country through which it is to pass.! Tho counties to be penetrated by lhis Hoad arc among the wr althiest in the Statu.! They are second to noic we believe, iu their capacity for production, and their conse-: quent ability to supply a largo and profita- ! ble trade. They constitute the chief cotton growing portion of die State, while the amount of Naval Ptor?s they could send to . this town, were the rod constructed would ' be immen e. j Tho last censa-1, (I -'30,) we know is de fective, but n it throws some light upon the ebnractcr and resource! of these counties, their population, productions, &c. Ac, wc . hats mado a compilation, which is correct as far as it goes. j The population of New Nsnover, in 1S50, was 17,(iosi; Columbia, 5,tU ; liobcson, lV-'O ; Richmond, 0,51 3 ; Anson, 13,l!i; Union, Iii.dol ; Moekbnburg, 13,914 ; Lin coln, 7 740; Gastou, ,07Sj Cleveland, Ki.aiiO; Rutherford lSoO. Total, 12o 41'). The total amount of improved lands in these counties is 7 1 1 'i'-ii acres; unimprov ed, aG'J.'Jsl acres; cash value of farms, S,70,310 ; value of live stock, 62,f!50,!iW j : value of animals slaughtered, S7ti.'i,ij01 ; number of Hor-ec. 'J -',-17 ; Sheep O.'i.'Jti'i ; Swine, -J-'H.Os. ) ; Milcii Cows, :;."i,-JUJ; other Cattle, 7.",74 ; Ilu.-hels of Wheat, a.'J,. !:.i; live, 1D,0;0; Corn, a.'JOo.ti'Jl ; Oats, 17."i,l G7 ; lbs. of Rice, 1,6'J7,(!"G ; Tobac co, lbs., 'J,l,(U." ; Ginned Cotton, Ins., 10. til l.litlO; Wool, lb'., 112,075; Teas aud Beans, bushels, lvj,577 Irish Potatoes, bushels, ti(i,-j2 ; Sweet, do. do., 73'J,i-il ; Roes Wax and Honey, lbs., 02,014 ; value of homo made manufactures, C'JU0,i)-l) ; poiindsof Rutter, 0'.)4,H2S; do, Cheese, ID, 4U1 ; tons of Hay, li),40s. These stati-tics, taken five years ago, give the reader some idea of the Agricultural resources of those Counties, and t-erve ai a ' base lor futuro calculations. Of course no adequate conception of the wealth and re son'ces of theso t ouniies can be formed from the above exhibit. Nor, enti any cal culation be miido as to the wonderful in-crca;-c in products ai:d value, in case of the construction of the proposed Itoad. It has been shown that the .ibove Road will penetrate through several of the richest counties in the State, counties that are in a great degree ignorant of their own wealth and resources, and of their capacity for im provement. It has also been shown that the nature of the country through which the Road is to pass, is generally well adapted for railroads that from this poiut to Char lotte, the worn win tie ot orumary cost m labor and construction ; while beyond, the expense, from the mountainous character of the ceuntry, will be materially increased. An interesting query now presents itself ; How is the Hoad to be huilt ! With a hona fide subscription of ono and a half in i 1 li on ot dollars, and the aid of the State, as granted by the charter, the entire Koad, 2."nl miles, can be built, lly the charier, whenever the Company constructs and puts in operation twenty. five miles of the tiond, and gives a moriiraqo en its real and personal estate, iucludms all it may acquire until the whole Road is com pleted, the Public Treasurer is required to emlorsa the bonds of tho Company to the amount of 5? 2iiU,(ilK). When the second section (of tweuty-fivB miles) is completed,' he is to endorse to tho same aniouut. and so on, t jties ijtwtir, until the Road is built to Charlotte except on the completion of the section before the last when he en dorses to tho amount of 8100,0011, unless the last section is less than twenty-five miles, and a proportionate sum, preserving the . ratio of ?,000 per mile. For the rcmainini portion of the Road,! (from Charlotte to Rutherfordton) the State j endorses the bonds of the Company to the amount of two-thirds of tho increased cap ital. Wc have said that this Road can be! built as cheaply as ordinnry Roads through ' pine sections. We take for example, that portion of the N. C. Road running from j lioldsboro to Raleigh. The superstructure; on that portion of the Koad was c-timated nt f-0,4tii per mile, basing the estimate up on tho price of iron at ?.0 per ton, weigh ing 00 lbs. to the yard.. Iron can now be obtained at that price, and probably less. Assuming the same estimate for the cost of superstructure on the Charlotte Road, will leave for equipment and other purposesf 51,01)0 per mile, which, as wc said before,' would be provided for by tho bonds to be indorsed by the S; ite. This would leave but little for the subscribers to do, except to prepare tho Road fr the superstructure. All along the line, from Charlotte down, the people are fully awake to the impor tance of the work, and it is fair to assume that the different eoutiiics, through which it runs, will build their own portion. Large amount' of stock, to be worked out, will be taken. Where money is wanting, this plan will be resorted to. A preference in the letting out of coutraets, will be given, in all probability, to subscribers. We do nut anticipate, (from all that we can gather) any very great difficulty in building the Road from Charlotte down, until you ap proach the terminus, here. The condition of the market the liberality with whieb Wilmington has gone into enterprises, all in volving a large outlay of capital, and crip pling measurably her resources, must ho her excuse, if she fails to come up to that high standard in the way of subscription which her friend) in the interior1 way expect at her hands. When the subject, however, h fairly understood, nnd the wtft advantages, (we use the word in its fullest sense,) which the opening up of this new avenue by which the rich treasures of the West can be emp tied in her lap, nre fairly srt forth, wo do not doubt but " tho city of Wilmington," as she has been fncoringly termed, will do her duty, and her w hole duty. That portion of the Road extending from Charlotte to Rutherfordton, and constitut ing the true Western extension, (for we do not believe that the westiyn extension of the North Carolina Road will be built cer tainly nof farther than Morgantown, nt all events) will be an important link .some of these days in the chain of Railroads in Tennessee nnd Kentutkv, by . means of which an ultimate connection uith the Mis sissippi and Ohio may be obtained. Ashc villa? is only 40 mile's distant, frrim Rutlier fordton, aiid if the French Droud Koad should be buiit, n connection ould be made either at this point, or at another and a nearer one, which would carry the track to the Tennessee line. It is evident that tuo Roads running parallel into the Western Counties cannot well be built at this time ; and that if built, they must cut each other's throats. The advantages of route, extent of resources, Ac., iVc, are with the exten sion from Charlotte ; and it would bo an a'ct of supreinest folly f r the people of the counties interested in this extension not to tax their abilities to the utmost, and avail themselves of the favorable opportunity now offered them of making a din-et communi cation with tho sea-board. This great ad vantage they have over the Salisbury c x tension, that, oven allowing that ltoad to be .built as far as Ashoville, still they would be j list as distant as ever from a connection with a sea-port town in this State They could not get to deep water except by building an additional Road, or coming all the way round that beautiful circumbendibus which terminates at Gohlsbom'. Do the wsteru people, whoa;e onizv af ter Roaufort, know that the shortest route to reach that harbor is by the way of Wil mington! Yet so it is. Starting fr'm Asho ville that is far enough We.-t, to Iluther fordton is 10 miles ; thence to Lexington, 43 miles ; thence to Charlotte, J2 miles ; thence to Wilmingt in, 175 ; thence to Renii tort, HO in all .'l-O mdes. Now take tho other route. From Asheville to Salis-: bury 1 14 miles, Salisbury to Goldsboro" (N. C J!oad)l":l; Gold-boro' to ! .anfort. !7 in all 421 miles, making :t differ ence of 44 miles rss from Asheville via Charlotte nnd Wilmington to Beaufort, than by way of Salisbury, Goldsboro, Ac. ( c shall resume the sunjeet herendte.r. Attemtt Trntrs away with a S'tavk in I'lTTSHLIUI EXCITKMENT AVIOMi TIIK N'K- r.noK.s. On Saturday morning, Honorable Lynn Uoyd, of Kentucky, late Speauur of the House, arrived in our city in the one o'clock, A. M. train, on his way home. Ho was accompanied by his family and a negro woman, who acted as nurse to his children. The fact that this latter person was a slave became quickly knowu to the colored ser vants at the hotel the St. Charles at which the party stopped, on their way to the steamboat in which they designed taking p.lr 'age to Louisville, and while they were nt breakfast, a large party surrounded them, avowing their intention to carry off the wo man ; but a number of persons interfering, they were compelled to leave the room, without, effecting their purpose. Mr. lioyd, in order lint to create any difficulty, then de termined to go immediately on board the Ftcnmboat, although it had been his jnten-i tion to remain several days in the city. On their way to the river they were followed by a crowd of exasperated negroes, who pressed closely upon the party and made several futile attempts to effect a rescue.. Arrived at the steamer the Pennsylvania tl.e crowd made a combined effort to ru-h n bor.r 1 and secure their prey, which no doubt they would have accomplished, had not one of the officers of the boat Captain Kleinfelter, we believe stood upon the gangway with a revolver in his hau l, and threatened to shoot the first negro who pa-sei'. over. This determined coi.duet in- tinndated tho mob, and Mr. lioyd s party were all safely housed in the ladics's cabin The boat remained at the wharf until her usual time of starting, without any other molestation being offered. Our city is destined to become famous or at least notorious. Two slave riots with in as many days is getting alad tolerably fan. The negroes, through their secret oath bound society, appear determined to bid de fiance at all authority, and usurp the right to carry off any of their fellow beings they choose, without consulting whether it i agreeable te the parties interested. Twice have they abducted free negroes, and in this case forcibly attempted to run off with a per son who repeatedly expressed her preference to be left with her master and mistress. If this procedure is to be allowed it will not be saf for a colored person to travel through here, unless he is furnished with a certifi cate from oni oftho directorsof the Under Ground railroad such s was given the other day by Dr. M. R. Delatiy to the Slay maker woman stating that she has privi lege to travel. The following communication from a di. I ADVICE TO CONSUMPTIVES, tinguished citizen of this State, sheds light . J s0,llft prd advice to consumptives, "Dr. upon tho subject heretofore covered ith ! J!a .nys f Kat all jmi can digest, ami ocer doubt. ' ' t0 a great deal in the open air, to convert 7 Vow tl,e 'i,'iiirn Jhrold. ' w hat you eat info-pure healthful blootl. Do THE DONATION TO GEN. GREENE 1 not a(tM o( 0l,t do'r airr daJ or nio,lt- THE DUCK TOWN COPI ER MIX K. i i0 ',"jt be a,,Vai'1 of ,'",',fi,i e!,'f of weat!" , . , ! tr let no chag, hot or eold, keep you in In 1 ' , (New Lev. ( h 1 ,, See. ..,) tim , (loj K j( -s rai, wcftt-ler) ,ie more need General Assembly enacted, " j hat twenty- j fr r ouij b(.ea, you ent as II1UC, hve thousand acres ot land should he ul- t j RS a c,c day nnd if lotted for and given to Major Conernl Na-I yml txcrcir,e ,. ,i,.lt Illu,,h more remains in thamcl Greene, his heirs or assigns, with... h tem o w,,at hi to bo tbcown 0ff l,n ts....Jn 1 1., ..... .1 e L - - ' . ..- uuom.s .i i,,e , au..s ns-iu'M mr mc by cx-rt-ise, and some ill result, some conse use of the army, to be laid off by the afore-1 t ,vmptom or Vl fi;cw M ,ho certain saul commissioners, (Absalom J atom, Isaac ! jJM,e " Shelby, and Anthony Rledsoe, Esquires,)! Tf'it js cold out of doors, do not muffle as a mark of the high sense this State en- .,,. r, ,,1 a, n4B ; f..rs v., tertains of the extraordinary services of that brave and gallant officer." .... . ... J he coiiin.ssio-.,s, in pursuance Ot tins,.; provision ovisiou, uau .j,.,iu, acres oi lami survey- ed on Duck l iver, in Maury county, Tennes sec, in tho vicinity of the present flourish mg town of Columbia. It is properly cha- ractenzed by the National Intelligencer, as among the most valuable tracts, in the wide domain then within our borders. 'I here nre few tracts in the I nion, of the same extent, of equal fertility ; and a million of dollars is a moderate i Miniate of its value at the present day. Many years ago, Mrs. Skipwith, now .Mrs. Littlelield, a widowed grand-daughter of General Greene, entered upon the posses-ion of this magnificent cs. tatc ; her youngest son resides within the bounuaries of the grunt, at the present I c,ire lUelUi ,,1U onj 0b-ti..le to a cure being time, but the title ol nearly nil ; il not the ! ,Ut ,Ut,v dfJ ,10( enou,i, ,.f ;ti linrl vet entire donation, has passed into other bands, j wn.lf jllliuite yaU tj.y tat0 f0 avoi L-ea"th-Iho 10,01.0 guineas given by South Caro-j;,,., it) r..ppciai!y if h u cold; wh.u it is Iina the fi.OOO gu.neas by Georgia, to- Un that the colder tl.e air the purer it gellier, we bili.-vr, Willi a ik.Ii jdalitatlon ; ,., . v,.t jf people cannot get to a hot in tho ncighlorhoodof Savannah, on w liich .ylm:,te t)',v x ,M;,kc an artificial one, and General lirceiie resided at tho tune of his- i ;,,.,.;,, themselves for a whole winter in a death, have very properly excited the nl. L.,rm Tnom w-tj, temperature not varying miration of his biographers. The muni- , ,!rtrr0(3 ; sx months ; all such people licence of North Carolina has attmcled j ,li0i ,! V(,t we f,-,0,T j tll;jr footsteps, comparatively little attention. The editors jff Wcrc seriou-!y ill of consumption, I would of tl.e National luU lligenccr are doubtless j jirv p,lt j, ,;.v and night, except it indebted loth' ir curly training for their ,;,.; or mjj "wi!;ter, then I would knowledge of the incidents connected with 1 , j ?11 unplnstorcd log room. tins portion ol our history; una it is to them to state, that 111 t!ia long course ot their editorial rarcer, they have no fair op portunity of manifesting thrir respect and affection for the State from which they re moved more than forty years ago. In 170,iNeiv Hev.'Cli. 2!)!),) the G -r-- err.l A'-fmbiy pncd " An net for thn pur pose of ceding to the ! "nited States of Auie rica certain Western lands therein 'lescrih- ed." The eastern boundary of these lands, now tlie Mate ot j cnuessee, was exinuo in l7S'i, under the direction of Joseph McDowell, Musscr.dine Matthews, and Da vid Vance, to the Smoky Mountains. In l'li), (Chap. WOO,) provision was made, to continue the boundary from the terminus of the line of 171)0, to the State line of Georgia, It was made the duty of the plainly intimated that unless atonement i commissioners, under the latter act, to run , m vi0 t0 Minister Dodge, hostile ftcps will the line from the extreme height of the ... ,. , , e . , ,, ., ,,i . i be taken, it declares, further, that the Snioky Mountain, " to the place where it is ; ' ' called Unicoy, or Unaka Mountain, be- j Administration will ot be charged with twecu the Indian towns of Coweo and Old : warring against a weak and helpless nation, Chota, thence ahm? the mm n ridpe of the , ns j;,, have the strongest reasons for b- s iid iitniiiittiin to the southern mnmitnes ',. . " , c ; ,:n l l. i; . , ,, ,. , . , , i lievMjg that Spam will be liacuea by kng- o tkchta. ihev complied with the enact- e r ... ment, and marked tho boundary line, on" the ! "' -nce. On this point it says : maia ridrrr nf the mountains," until they " We have the strongest reasons for regard were within twenty miles of our southern ing Spain .,, being backed and sustaiued by boundary. At this point they accepted a j j- jiin j au,i l.'r;iMCe. Ve need not, there proposition from the commissioners who re- ,-ore( uaT thflt W(, le chargeable with , profited ,he State ol 1 ennessce, to maun j r.sorting t0 forno a-ainst a weak and help no future effort to pursue the sinuosities of , nation- NVllcl, our govcrnrnent resolves 'the mountain chain, hut to run a due south 1 10 ntlopl c,crc-u.c- measures, it will do hue, to the Georgia State line. The result w;,b 3 ,-jH expctatioa tiat ttl0y are to bo was, as will be perceived by it rcferenco to , proeclltcf n,int the combined powers of the map of the State, to relinquish to T en- j j.;,,,,, i:rBV,ce and Spain. The repetition nesscetho territory which constitutes ;..eiof wlch outrages as that uron the Black present county of Polk, and includes i.ic Warrior and the El Dorado satisfies us that i u-k Town Copper Mines. Jheie is a Ira-, 0(lr paoifie reati. with Sraiu cannot bo ditioueu.:-.i,t. in the neighborhood, as to jon, maintained, and we th'ink this eonvic the causes wi..eu K:-dUccd the loss to u. ' tion c,nnot ,o too earnestly impressed upon nnd the gait- to Tennessee, of this interest- : blic mimi." iug and im'iortant region ; but as we have! no means of ascertaining its accuracy, we ! leave the relation of it to those who have. The Russian Revelations. It is stated The Duck Town Copper Mines, are more by tho Washington corrcspoudeut of the than l-"0 miles, and almost directly east of ; lo-ton Advertiser, that the document of the Duck river lands given by this State to i Russian revelation, that was privately com General Greene, as a reward for his revo- j mui.icatcii to the President a few day! lutiinarv services. The mines probably de - rive their name from an original proprietor, and not from tho beautiful and distant stream which for a time was part of the srmhriiitet connected w ith the name of Pre sident Polk, and waters one of the mo-t beautiful portions of Middle Tennessee. I no not go ueyono a, toiuuiary tenner ot evidence to convict the accused parties to QUEEN VICTORIA'S INSANITY. set at defiance every principle contained The Washington correspondent of the Monroe doctrine. After due consid- Baltimorc Patriot, in a l-tter of I ridav, al- 1 nation of the subject, th- President and his hides to this report. Ilasavs: ' , advix-rs came to the conclusion that the , . i whole matter should be laid ou the table as Affairs m England seem to b in a worse - . ,. . , ; , , ... . in. tit tor iiiseu--ion at this particular junc- coiidi ion than they have been in tor renin- . , ... , . r . ,, turo of political afT'irs. J his was, peniap?, ries past ; an ! to ad.l to her troubles, I see . ' . . . . . . " r ' 1 ,' . . i.i. i the wiest decision, under tue circumstances, it stated fears are entertained that the , . ,. ., . , . , .' . , , i.i j-. i- that could possiblv havo been arrived at, IJueen is ahoring unilcr tne bcrettitarv ills- ' .- . ., . , . , . . . , .tor it would have been impossible to send a ease of lv.sa.ot". 1 sio'-e.'r'v hope an. I trust , . . . ... . , , . 1 reply to the Czar ot 1'usiia without involv- that this mav be a slain'er ot the opposition. . 1 - ,. . , . ... ., . , , . ... , '. . ing this countrv iu a departure from that h, is anxious to ilo right it her ministers ... ., . i . ,,, , t,r ;. . ,. , path she is eouit.tutioii.iily bouud to pursuo. would let her. ni'l I entertain a hi 'ii op.n- : r J 1 jon of the conservative principles of her! consort. If his advice could prevail there j Most of our readers, doubtless, bare some would be n speedy peace, and it might be ,,,rt f an i lea what the marriage service is accomplished now, if Nicholas be dead, ; i,e sita!j cf Virginia, but they may not without lo-s cf honor; for England might be as well acquainted with that of other say, we warred againt him believing him States. Ilre is a Mis-ou'i specimen, which to be ambitious !' extending his territorial j, ut f0 slow, con-idering that it was got limits; we are willing to bo on terms of ami- p so ntar sundown: ' You, and each of ty with his successor until we sec some evi- ; VJu, solemnly swear, in the presence of the deuce of his being actuated by the same j,ri.,,.i,t c -nopuiy, and of the President of spirit of aggrandi.cmeut. At all events, ; tlie Timed Stat"-, and in the name of the whether successful or sot, England might : Constitution of the Tuitcd States of Ameri consisten'ly and honorably make the prop v ; c;l) t'j:lt yp;, v perform faithfully, and aa sition. Rut would Alexander II entertain olton as "vou or each of you may wish, all it. He knows better than his father did the , a,j slnj'ul.ir th duties and functions of strength of his armies in the Crimea, arid j husband" and wife, as the c ,se may be, to the weakness of his adversaries. Will he ( t!ia bc5t of your skill and ability, 'so help forego the glory he might win by driving ; yoll ijdj. Amen." iiiein iroin nis icrrttory : 11 no can say. There is another consideration, should ling laud be willing to eiitei'iain this proposition, would France consent to it! I fear not. Tba man who tried to sweeten his tea with one of his wife's smiles, has fullen back" on sugar. wooleu comforters, and the like, nature has supplied you with the best muliler, with the "..,,..v- - iuuMn, regulator, thf.t i.s,f.vo lips ;r hut tucll, before you eti p out of waiiu room into the cold air, and keep them shut until v.m Imvf. lAftiL-eri lirisk r a few roils .tmi lUit5u.I1Kj the circulation a little, walk fast ,., ,0 U,.(,p vr R )Vcllg 0I- chilliness, tMn colJ niU ba iinpos!ible. What nro tbc f;icts of the ease , look at rail road t.011,)etors, going out of a bot air into tho I j,icrt.jn,r e0l' 0f it inter and in again every live or ten minutes, and yet they do not take cold oftener than others; you will scarcely tind a consumptive man in a thousaud of , 1 s them. It is wonderful ho w afraid consumptive poo rii, nre nf fresh nir.tlie ve.rv thim that would I M v eenuinr.tive friends, you want air, not ,,:. .. ro .,, not medicated air; you want nutrition, such as plenty of mca' and bread will give, and they alone; 1 phys-ic hns no ivitiimei't ; gasping", for air ' cannot cure you ; monkey capers in a gym- nisium ennnot cure you, and stimulants caa- -' u ot cure you. If you want to get well, go in for beef and out door air, ilo not be delu ded into the crive bv news.j iner advertise n)cntSf anil Ui,Smlahie c.Ttiue'i. Rt:r.ATtnNsi with Spain. The Washing ton Union of the 17th instant publishes a leader, headed "Last Spanish Outrage,' whieii 'breathes a bellicose spirit. It is ! since, distinctly offers to prove that a coui- 1 pact exists between the allied powers of Eu rope, in which rt'V jdede each other to in trrtere in- r,ie ot am further nttrmpt at tri rit-ii in extriifi'in on the pnrt ot the I'mtcd A.:iti-s Gorertnaent. This is the main scope of the itocument; its contents I i ... . i . . i i . . . . i . . e An Irishman rumimting in his bliss upon the bank of a southern creek, espied a ter rapin pluming himself. "Oeh hone!" ex claimed he, solemnly, "that ivir 1 hau,!A. ' oome to Aiocriky to see a snuff box wala; " Whistt:" said bis wu, " don,', Uaflher makin fun of tho bird 1"
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 3, 1855, edition 1
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