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1 ., ' ' '" UTTlfcJ CHARLOTTE, 3XT. O., JXJXaT 24, 18SS. JSTXJMBER. 28- 1 I THOMAS J. HOLT ON, EDITOR k PROPRIETOR. TERMS 1 . The Nortli.Camlinu Whig will b afforilt'd limiili. ,rnVr. hI TWO DOLLAR'S in advance; TWO, poLLAliS AND FIFTY" CEVM if .Hym. i.t be, dJiyi'J monllu i nrwTliKfcE DOLLARS at Hie mil of the ycur. .So paper will bo dmcoii. t n ii H until ml umbrage ure paid, except t the UJ.ll'l 1 ..I the Editor. .VlverlinnnenU interled at One Dollar per uiuxre f6 lines ir leu, Clin lied lyye) for Ihc flrtl line. I on , nnd 2j cenl lor each continuance. Court d. vrilix'iiipnta ud KhcritT's Sale charged 24 r rruU higher i nd diductitM. ol'J3J per cent, will 1m made I'roin the regular price, ier udvcrtitcrs by thn ycjr. Advtrlicinciiti intertcd monthly or i-u.ricrly. t $1 per taiuare for etch time, hemi. uianliily To ccnu per raiuure for each lin.u. It jTcntmattrri (re authorized to act -pent". , i , i .-Jty -si "Oh Let me Sin; Tonight, Xulhrr. We piwh'Iow, y the Albany Argua, the .r 1 of ft churniing long, which ha been out t ,i,iiic by Mr. Traver, of thia city , and which hna vrmc tffttl fiorile. The aong ia to wedded ? mutic and hi' I mJ, that the word tliug to the d turuifiry without effort; J . t me inn to-night, iin.tT, That I uad lo ting, UiMithupv wo brtirh;. mil my heart wt light t A a bird upun tt.e wtn ! i kn-'W thitu'lt tut the utiff, (Dot her, A Thit wtrhlcd with me the ntfuin, ; ; W t iiie aing lo-inghi, mother. i -i (It g iiitl Mr j again, Uit hi iimj ftiiig to liiiii, uiolhvr, Tiic dvar old aong again. know tiil bring 'd thought', ntotlwr, T'iv lr nifty fall liktf fB.ii, r'if i h.viwif eye and a tUir ?uitiig f.icc "I'to-u hv'f iy't we Bf4in. li it I o hre thi-e pend rach tear, mother. U ' k to it at ri i r. , .V"i tl t-ltjftit ti"thf, 'i'hr wiHjf !ie InVflJ o well. An ' N l lite ainf lo-iug ni iii.tirt I i'hv m" altc Jov4 ao Wtll, E j !t ! Unrig hrighl dran. to try heftil, mother, ; r (.right tire- nit of tie y ft i-ii hofM-, ill ra;tihow IhmU, mothrr. I ler I !- ftround m rjt. ! loo lite li'ht f tawi dun, tnuthrr, tt 1 but attll 1 lum.ly cintf. W.IU ttMj I urd to ting. re bright drrHU ihftt cume bck( mutlicr, t fin 1 hat wj-i nf j'r metticf. f r uiiwjfilt nit it- tt Jt hc land of r av, ni' titer. ' -rrf ! th.il tf'M.ly btid, 'iiollker, M j neVr he rtn i Iwam ; ' M ler ar drud, and t tieirt, mother, M. never kftow t"fn-w again. V-"'f-- U-ra an dried, and In heart, mother. Mj iictor know torruw agaiu. I? n I-t m finjr to iiifht, mMhrr, f t il ur old aong ) i-l'i. ni pr . r wltrn 1 rp at I .at, mother, liy her mttie ail auiit ana ulu if p t.t uuy mr l ntVf to prt, mother, Wti. re ll-t'( l-.rti munf rtf. yiti our virr he tr i rt f f i iht-rv, muther, In t e tone ihcnj;' It aiitifc. nd fur Vn(Ct be nutijUd thre , mother, la tlie Bong tttc angeia ting. 3Hisccll;uifous. HIIE SOUTH CAROLINA BELLE, tin, WII3 LOST TH3 WA3E3. CIIArTKU II. My fitlier dit-l tlirt-e year't before) this i inversiion, lcturij; me an ni'" lortiiiif. )!. to l.roihcrs been iu South Caroli l j f ir iliiiiv vri, Ihtc tlin fullier of lio- dit J, ieaviug liiy l uck1 Ni-J lief guar- ;-i:iti. I h'l often been told that Itotalic wait a erj preltjr (;irl ; but .'bn haii been to the p' Till otily once, and then I was traveling h Kur. po,so I bii'l never neeu lier. I I hail wrilR'i) I'nele Ncl i.roinUiiig to i" nil a month with hint iu lh nnluinn. 3 iiiif. had called bi:u to lkxton, whero ir iiiti rwe'w oecurred. Ho had more than f ' cjirefied a leirc that hU brother' I 'porty should remain in thu family, ami i '& mo to unite my fate to thai of hi . "t'ttii'al niece. l liis ai out of the q'teftion. " A tnade ; uia!e!i' an my abomination. Ceitainly 3 lu-,1 no other reason for my violent preju f'f -nint tho iiihi riaito. I ooiidered i. aered oliliffation to (all in love before I a wife, and the idea of boina ubiJeJ Kotalie before I Inn! Keen her myself was ' absurd thai I L ad no patience to think ' it. And then I had principle for my (fiiiJ in all' airs of the heart, which ab-olut.e-lurhade ma to think of i-uch a thing a nrrinjr; for convenience." 'He autumn came, and I paid my pro ''! iit to I'liclo Ned's plautati.iu iu mill Carolina. I a li.tappointed in my cousin Hosalie. it was a tolerably pood looking damsel, " in my opinion very fur from being like beautiful creature ahe had oceu pictured 1 nie. " Iu't ho hatidiome, !ob?" nid my un "Did you ever eu such lip", such a '"l of hair, audi eyes, filch a graceful rn! K'ntahu haudjoinn. eh, you dog !" '" the old fellow punched me iu the! rips, ruariiu wuu laughter tin no ueuriy fpiii idea, I eouldn't for tho life of me, co what h " laughing at. " liu't sho beautiful, vou rogue V he cou- .ilUdl. " Passable," I replied, very coldly. " i'licsahlo I You puppy 1 What, do you a to say Hosalio is not ! andsomo!" ' lolerably," I answered, twii-ting off tho l' of a palmetto, which grew by the aide Ilia brnch on wliieli we were seated, iu.st " 15ob," said he, looking mre soberly, " I had au idea you were a man of taste, but I see jou are as likely to full iu love with one ot my negro wenches as wh the prettiest ui iii ouuui Carolina., "Who'a that, Uncle Ned I" This remark was called forth bv the sud. den appearance, on the gravel walk, of the loveliest crefcturo I ever beheld, and Inut, considering I have flirted with tho belles of 1'aris, Naples and Koine, is Baying a great deal. I was confounded by anuddeu appa parition, and springing from my Beat as if an electric shock had roused tho slumber ing blood iu uiy vein I slogd bolt upright before her. Shades of Vcuus! did any oni evti see such loveliness! such a praeetnl movement! sueli a divino expression ! I could neither rpcak nor move, so com j.letcly was I paralyzed by the glorious beauty of the nymph. " 1 didn't know there was .ny one here," stammered she, with cueh a delectiibb blu.h on her elieekr that I nearly went mad with enthusiasm.. Ih fore I could recall my scattered senses the beauty bounded away as lightly as a fawn. , " What the devil ails yon, Hob! What are you staring at !" said I'nele. Ned. "Who is she!'' asked I, clasping my hands iu the rapturous excitement of the moment. ' " That ? Why that's lilt!.; Sylphie How ard, one of 1'iosalie'n friends, who is spend ing r f.-w w.eka i;h her," he replied indif ferently. "Henutiful!" said L ".She! Passable I'' iSIm is divine !'' " Tolerably good looking, but she is noth ing to be compared to my l!o-alie." 1 J3 about to say something saucy; but I thou ;Lt since L'liele Ned r- ully believed what he said, 1 would not hurt his feelings by denying it. At dinner 1 uut both la dies, and wa.-t formally introduced to "little .'sylpLe Howard." 1 was provoked with uncle when he assii;tjcd me a fal tr.-xt to llosi'Iie. I could ban'.' be civil to her, with such a pair of beautiful eyes bel'ire 1 tne, and I hardly ce.i-c I to g:iito i.pou Syl phie during the hour w: : ; iil ut the table. After diniier we r . .it , .t to ri .'c l.or-.e-back. I'nele Ned mm m-iI n.e a-iiu by coutriving it so that I ijld l.e'p I'oiaiie mounf her hAre, and tide by her side, and be, the pro- Ut' old fj' !, did t!'0s' fT'ccs )f gallantry for .vlf I.ii ' "No use, uid chap, you shall lose your bet,!' thought I, and I tried to be civil to uiy cou-in. i I don't think I succeeded very well. I am Very sure I did not fall in love with her.. My eyrr reted all the l.n f with tho lairj and graceful horse woman tho rode before me. j And thus it was for a week. I'nele Ned ; inauaged to keep me by the side of ltoaiie ' nearly ail the time. Il we played whi-t sh ! was my partu.T; if we rode in t'.e carriage j the rat by my side; ifwe. walked, he mon opoliied vlpLtu and kit Uosaliu to me and more thuu once the old fellow left us alone together, as though he thought I was all ready to pop the ijue.-tiou, and hand l.ini over the thousand. lint I was discreet. I gave her a wide birth, and sighed for the love of trie beauti ful fylphic Howard. 1 was hea 1 over heels iii love would have eloped with her iu u moment, if she would have consented. In .ite of my um le's vig-l.incc, however, I found opportunities to tiiil a liltiewith .Sslphie, and one day I lined her into a grove of palmetios in ibj rear of the niau rion hoii-e. 'liiiiC was precious. 1 w a" the hero cf a liovcl. I IU' I l iielei iu bob-tail wigs nought i to crush out the alb etinis of my In art. In short, 1 threw my-df at hi r f it, and with all the eloquence that 1 1 a' v.t d 1' ..lege l ad been able to crowd into my eoi,.,i .i. n, I declared my love, i iisi d classic 1 1 : in I quoted Milton, In r"u a..d -'!:::!. j'-aie, and called on nil tie iydi iu the calendar of (i recce and Home. I'ld she ai'i'i'j t me? (if course she did ; .she (ou'ulu I help accepting me I a in not an ill I i.'ki: g ieliow, b t me say, iu extenu ation of her weakness, and 1 had pupped the question in a decidi dly original inuuncr. 'J'o be sole sho ace pte 1 me. i I piiiiled twenty lour ki--es on cadi of h. r pretty cheeks, an 1 she blusli. d till I thought her eye lashes would take tile and cheat Hit; out of my prize. Wis kept our counsel for wo or three wciks, and one morning, when we were ri ding out, we got away liom I ucle Ned and II i-alii' and clipped it away about ten miles to a clergyman, who was so obliging as to supply us with a marriage ccrtilieate. j Wo rode back more leisurely. I was in my element. Au elopement was just the kind of excitement to suit me. I We got back to I'nele Ned's aljout din- ' ucr time. ' 1 "Where have you been?" asked I'nele Ned. i "Over to Kov. Mr. 's. Allow me to present my wife," said I, with perfect nonchalance, I "The devil." i "Just so, and I'nele Ned, you have lost tlu-w nger. One thousand, if you please," ( said I, holding out my hand. j "No vou don't, you l'Uppy." I " Fairly won." ! " Is it, Uo.,a!iu?" sai l he, turning to my j wife. " Mh, what do you mean, S vljhio ? " lla, ha, ha.' roar d I'm te N' I. I I .didu't know whut to m..ke of the uttair at ail. ..' " Vou have lost, Ih.b," d ied the jolly old f ;llow as soon as he could speak. " No." " Fact, iM.b," said he, pointing to her I had hitherto known as my oumu, "this is Sylphitf Howard." " I have cheated you into the handsomest w ife, ami the biggest tot tunc iu South Caro lina.' The fact is, Hob, you were prejudiced against ltosalie. You came here resolved to bo uncivil to her. I determined to give her a fair chance, though 1 had to tease the jade into compliance. You are caught." ' Not quite, Uuclo Ned ; this is not a le gal marriage : Rosalie was united to me un der a fictitious name." " I don't care a straw for thut. You married the lady you held by the hand. Jlut, Job, we will have it over again. Dcr you say to, you dog !" Of course I did say bo. I would not have loft my divinity for all the treasure iu South Carolina. I paid over the money und Uncle Ned gave it .to the free schools of his State. A few weeks after we were rn-married and I returned to the North with my Hosa lie, the most beautiful and the most loving wife that ever 'g.t(i the destiny of a way ward tcllow like myself. WON'T SKRVK. V. N. Ai.I.kn, Jv-.j , 1'ostmaster, at Wel don, N. C. represented by the Wiliniugtou ';, as a gentleman occupying high po sition iu society und a thorough Democrat, publishes the copy of a letter which he has transmitted to Postmaster General Ca.MI' bcll and in which ho remarks : W'kliion, N C, June ys, 1S55. To Ion. I'osfmaster General : I feel it my duty as a member of the Ame rican party, to render you my resignation as postmaster at this place : and also to ex press my -disapproval of the manner in which this government has been administer ed, so as to fMvo you an opportunity of Bp porting in my place some Jorin I'utliu'ks a h,eh it appears from j jur aulK' eili nls, you think more justly entitled to it than those born upon our soil. I wi.sh this resignation to be accepted without further ceremony, as I no longer intend to bo saddled with the discharge of holding ollice under an adini-i-tration which hr.s been so repugnant to the best interest', and prosperity of the Union. I not only disapprove of ti c administration, because it has abandoned the doctrines and teachings of the Ji ll'ersou and Jackson school of Democracy, but in many other in stances, which are too well known to the people of these l.'uited States, for me here to enumerate. The ad ministration has deserted the broad Union ground occupied by the Democracy of loJ. Thank God, a party has sprung up, and that th" Ame iean party, the prin ciples of w men, I am prou l to say to tho world, I have most enthusiastically espous ed ; a p.irty composed of American born citizens, who say that the in.st t itioiis of cur beloved country shall he restored to their original purity ; that America shall no long er be the " Uotsi.y 15ay" for the criminals and outcasts of Kurope ; nnd th'it the ina ietiable rights bequcahted to us by onr fore fathers must aud shall be preserved. I subscribe inr-rtf, W. N. ALLEN, P. M. Weldon, North-Carolina. Hou. James C'A.MriiKi.L. A PLEASANT COUNTRY. A Texas correspondent of the New York Herald describes the domestic products of that favored laud in glowing term". If the half of this account is true, it must be a pleasant place for a nervous man, so a toad is the- cause of a (it of ' coun ptious." The cattle, however, are not the sole, oc cipants of the pr.nie by any means. Proves of wild horses arc Hot unfrequcnt and deer are in countless numbers. The small brown wolt or caycute is quite common, anil you occasionally get a glimpse of his large black brother. Put Texas is the paradise of rep tiles and creeping things Rattle aud mocca sin suhkcs are too numerous even to shake a stick at; the bite of the former is easily led by drinking raw whiskey till it pro duces oomi"to intoxication ; but for the lat ter there is no cuic. The tarantula is a pleas ant institution to get .:u -jnairel with, lie is a spider with a body altoui the suo of a b 'n's egg, and legs about five or six inches long and covered with long coarse black hair. He lies in the cattle tracks, and if you sec him move out of his path, as bis bite is absolutely eel Iain death, and he never gets out of any one's w ay, but can j iuiji eight or ten feet to inflict his deadly Lute. Then tlo-re is the centipede, furnished with an un iniiled number of legs, each leg armed with a claw, and each claw iuflictii g a separate wound. If he walks over you nt night, you will hav" cause to remember him for many months to come, as the wound is of a particularly poisonous nature, and is very diflicult to heal. 'The stinging lizard is a lesser evil the sensation of its wound being likened to tho application of a red hot-iron to the person ; hut one is too thank ful to escape with life to consider the lesser evils any great annoyance. Hut the insects ! Fly ins, creiping jumping, running, digging buzzing, humming, singing, they are every where. Ask for a cup of water, and the rejoinor in our camp invariably is " Will you have it with a bug or without!'' Tho horned frog is one of the greatest curiosities here, and is perfectly harmless. It has none of the cold, slimy qualities of his northern brother, but is frequently made a pot of. Chameleons are innumerable, darting over the prario ill every direction with inconceiv able swiftness, exercising their peculiar fac ulty of changing their color to correspond with the color of the object under which they may be. The woods on the banks of the bayous aie perfectly alive with mocking birds, singing most beautifully, and feath ered game is abundant, and very tame as it is scarce ever sought alter. The only va riety's that. I have seen are th'i quail, pat li.le, suie, mallard, plover aud prarie hcu. No Place Like Home. A negro boy belonging to .fudge Summers, of Kanawha, (Ya.,) recently absconded from his home and went to Canada, hut was so dispusted with the appearance of things there that ho turned about nnd canio back agaiu. He says ho has seen the "elephant," and is sat isfied. liUhmuiiil H 7ig. Heavy Receipts of Corn, Tho receipts of corn at New York by the North River nnd Canal boats during Thursday aud Fri day last amounted to upwards of UU,0U0 bushels. Tho total receipts for tha week foot up over HIMIOO bushels. KAIL IiOAI CONVENTION' AT STATES VILLE, N. C, JULY 4, 1S53 The Convention orgauized in the Presby terian Church, by appointing m TlIOS.V.ALTON,Esq.,ofBurte, 1'rcU. V. Muiti'HY, of Rowan, J. N. McLeland, of Irc4ell, Henderson SiiERRiixof Catawba, J. M. Boole, of Alexander, Ed. Jones, of Caldwell,, Wm. Mi Kesbos, of Ruhke, Samuel "Neal, of McDowell, Vice, l':'tiirvti. J. P. Bell an ! C. Cai ltov, tee'ries. Li-t of Delegates in attendance at the Con. volition. Fioia llowan Wm. Murphy, John L. Shaver, Hon. W. J. Lliis, John N. Hoyden, j.V -v. iteming, J'-sq , II. 0. Simonton, J. i. Hell, jr., and .). S. McCubbius. 1'iuiii lniiill The litt is so lengthy that we deem it useless to give it an insertion. 1'riim Alixanikr Joseph M. Hoglc, A. M. Hoglc, Esq , A. Carson, Thomas S. Boyd. J. C. Smith, A. C. Mcli4h, J. M. Boyd, Thos. Stirewalt, James Davis, Thomas .Miller, M. Wults, J. F. Stevenson, Esq., John H. Pattersuu, Win. L. Irvin. I'rum lim-ke.'V. (j. Walton, W. F. Me Kesson, J. A. Dickson, A. DuekwortTi, S. McD. Tate, Robert . I. McKllrath, Thomas Fleming, V '. S. Sudderth, 1). J. Corpening, W. S. Moore, J. P. Purree, Ucorge Green lee, R. J. Irvin. I-'roni CtiluttlaG. P. Shufotd, W. T. Hradburn, II. Sherrill, A. IJ. Kibler.Dr. P. Elliott, C. A. Wilfong, J. II. Miller, M. L. MeCorkle, A. L. Ramsour, J. T. Walker, John M. Wilfong, p. Setzer. 'riia CultHell W. A. Lenoir, S. P. Patterson, Ed. Jones, J. C. Norwood, W. W. Lenoir, Joseph H. (jaiaes, Wiley (jaith er, William (Jaither. From Mr Don-til William Halyburton, Sam'l J.Neal. A. M. Erwin, R. Ibt-I. Moved that a Committee of seven, one from each couuty represented, be appointed to prepare business for this Couvtutiou : Carried. The President thereupon appointed the following gentlemen us members of this Convention: Hon. .1 l.n W. Ellis, of Row an ; Geo. P. Iiviil-t:, Esq, of Iredell ; Dr. E. O. Elliot', !' t...tuw-b.. V A. C. Mc intosh, of Alexaud.:; S. p. Patterson, of Caldwell; Dr. J. A. lhcksou, of Burke; Win. Halyburton, of McDowell. Gen. S. p. Patterson of Caldwell, being called upon, addressed the Convention ut some length. " I Hon. J. W. Ellis of Rowan, next in or der, held the audience spell-hound with his ; patriotic appeals to the counties represented ,in this Convention. W.p. McKesson, Esq., of JJurUe, followed in some peculiar jenti i incut and novel remarks. M. P. MeCorkle of Catawba, and W. P. Caldwell of Iredell, otb-red a few appropriate remarks, j Mr. Caldwell then stated that the book ; was on the table, and all who felt interest ed were earnestly solicited to come forward and subscribe. Meanwhile, Mr. Thomas L. Cowan of Salisbury, addressed the Conven tion in an earnest and a feeling manner. Dr. Hallo'.' St. Louis, Mo., gave tome statis tical information upon the cost and advan tages of the Western cxteusiou. Being a North Carolinian by birth, his remarks elic ited applause from the audience. I Moved by Hon. N. Hoyden, that when this Convention adjourns, itshull adjourn to meet on Thursday luoruiug at it A. M the motion was unanimously carried. Hon. J. W.EIlisstated thata call had been made for subscribers, but none had come Krvjrd, and insisted that Hon. N. Boy den M.ould endeavor to arouse interest upon tho enterprise. Bon. N. Hoyden then urose and denied out a severe drubbing to those who are holding back and waitiug for a lew to do all the work. M. L. MeCorkle st.i'cd tlj-tt Catawba had already subscribed n:t,'Jt0 upon condition that a depot should be located at, or con venient to, the town of Newtou ; au I that tiie c umy was I'illing to meet Rowan :id Iredell with a larger subseiiptieu if neces sary. Col. W. A. Lenoir, also, addressed the Convention, and stated that Caldwell was willing to. subscribe from SIU;i,(KIU to fl'J'v IKll), provided the Road should pass near Lenoir, and near half that amount on a more direct route through the county if it wiHild better promote th iuterest of the State. The Convention adjourned until to morrow at ! o'clock. ! Tiii'iisnAY MouMN'i. The Convention : met at the appropriate hour. The minutes of the last meeting were read and amended, lion. J. W. Ellis, from the ' Committee ap pointed to prepare business," stated that several subscribers were proposing to dou ble, and others to enlarge their subscrip tions, and that the Committee was ready to report until that increase was made. ! The Iredell subscribers this morning manifested A considerable) interest ill the 1 cnterpiise, and several came forward to cue large their subscription. ! Hon. N. Bovdcn, as one of the. Rowan subscribers, being called ou to double ids subscription, responded in an able aud a sa tisfactory manner, assigning as a reason for i his refusing to do so that ho was already pledged to other works of improvement in a vast amount. His reasons were satisfar- ; tory, and bis remarks elicited applause from the Convention. Hon. John. W. Ellis ihcn read tho (om- pnittee's lti port. After reading tn" at -v, l,: Honor ad dressed the Convention at some length. Dr. .1. A. Dickson, E. J. Erwiu mid W. ! P. McKesson, of Burke; Gen. S. P. Palter- tun, of Caldwell ; M. L. MetVrkle of Ca i tiiwha, and A. M. Bogle of Alexauder, de- tended tlieir respective couimes lor inu course they were pursuing, aud delined their positions. A. M. Bogle, Esq , of Alexander, offered a proposition. -that if at the next meeting, thcra is more sto.-k raised ou the route throu 'h Catawba, then the counties North of the river will yield the Road on'their side ; but if the counties North of the riv er raise the larger amount Catawba eon cede. Ed. Jones, Esq-, of Caldwell, who had subscribed S'.'O.OOO to the Road, responded to Mr. Bogle's proposition. j W. P. Caldwell, Esq., of Statesville, made some very patriotic remarks, bud stat ed iu conclusion, thut a plan bad been set ou foot iu Iredell to secure the $109,001), viz : thut nine men had singly determined to be one of twenty to take the entire amount. IIon.N. Boy do il succeeding him, requested that the names of those nine men be publish ed. They ure as follows : A. K. Simouton, T. II. Mcllerii!, Hugh Reyuoldfl, R. p. Simon ton, P. B. Chuiiibtrs, John Young, Dr. Johu Allison, A. N. Ailiaou, uud Col. Thomas A. Allison. Hon. X. Boyden moved that the Commit tee's Rej.oit be read again, the blanks till- jed, and the report and resolutions adopted. iiis Honor dmtge J.llis read the report, which was amended and adopted. Blanks were filled so that the Reports' reads thus : REPORT. J he 'Committee to whom was assigned the duty of preparing business for the ac tion ot the Convention, have had the sub ject under coiisideratiou and ask leave to report. I They have the pleasure of stating to the I Convention, that a diligent enquiry has sa- tislied them, that the communities through which the contemplated road will pass, ure ! animated by an ardent desire for its con struction; and from the spirit prevailing among them, generally seem to indicate, un early subscription to the necessary amount of : stock to secure the charter of the Company. But at the same time, they regret to say, thut the amount of the legal subscriptions of stock up to this time is much smullcr than the importance of the enterprise iu question : had led him to suppose it would be. By le gal subsci iptions, your Committee would be understood to mean, such as have beeu made strictly iu conformity with the Act of incor poration ; free from all qualifications and conditions. Tho only subscriptions thus made, as yet, have been made iu the coun ties of Rowan and Iredell, uud amount in the aggregate, to the turn of Fifty-Eight , Thousand Suvt-u Hundred Dollars ; which falls thin t of the requisite amount, by Two Hundred and Forty-One Thousand Three Hundred Lollars, i Your Counnitee have rel'able information from the people of Buike, through their del egates, that they will subscribe the fourth bundled thousand dollars, us allowed by the charter, w hen the couutie-s East of them, have taken the first three huudred thou sand ; which subscription has already U.'cu iufortnally made; but that they will take 1 ii" part of the first three hundred thousand dollars. Your Committee deem it due to the citizens of that county, to state, that the reason assigned for this course is, that tho -n.- .,..., 1 1. i,r,. , v. subscribed, will Lot be sufficient to con struct the road as far as the town of Mor ganton ; whereas, the larger sum, will com plete it to, or very near that plate. 1 Your Committee report further, that they have iuformation, that the sum of ninety three thousand doile.rs has been informally subscribed by people of Catawba county, which will be made absolute1; provided, the stockholders from Other localities, hero assembled, will adopt a resolution, pledging their influence iu the company ulien it shall be funned, to locate the road through tlieir county, at, or near the tow n of New tor. ; 1 and that one hundred and five thousand dol lars has beeu in a likeway subscribed iu the counties of Ab.-xander and Caldwell, j which will be made absolute j provided a similar guaranty be given of a location at or near the tow us of Lenoir and Taylors ville. Your Committee cntertaiu the opin ion that the subject of locating the road will be entirely under the control of the Board of Directors of the Company, when it shall bae been organized: eight of whom, will be appointed by the State, and four by the stockholders ; and presuming that, they will only proceed to make a location alter accu rate surveys have been made of the several routes, and they will then be actuated by it due regard to the interests of the State at large and the company, deem it improper ,iu this Convention, to express any opinion I upou the subject; particularly, as there have been no thoruogh surveys and exami- ; nation of the country ; and the information, is wanting to enable us to determine where the road ought to run. j Your Committee are further informed, i that without such assurances, comparatively i a small amount of stock will be subscribed in the county of Catawba, and but a small amount in Alexander and Caldwell. If all the counties named, persist in their ' present resolutions, it w ill be seen that the duty of raising the first three hundred thou- s'.'.nd dollars, will devolve principally, if not entirely, on the counties of Rowan and Ire I dell ; which counties, as your Committee be- lieve, are amply able to subscribe that amount of stock ; but, they are unprepared to give uiiy ussuratices that this will be spedily done. Great as is the desire for the 1 road by all, in those two counties, there has i been, us yet, no general disposition manifest edto subscribe the necessary amount of ! that stock to construct it. Your Committee I regret to make this statement, but they eon jsidcrit proper, that the true condition of 'public sentiment upon thissubject should be : made know n. This is the condition iu which your Com mittee find this great enterprise ; from which,' it will be seen, that the united aud active cxci lions of all the friends of the I measure, must be called into requisition in I order to secure its accomplishment. With this view, your Committee would I recommend that the General Commissioners i be requested to keep the stock books opeu for ! a still loioTt r space of time, mid that one or j more committees be appointed in each coun I tv, to urge the subject npou the attention of j the people. Your Committee, a.-k leave-to submit the following resolutions : lrsi!iil, 1st. That the General Commis ' sioncrs be requested to keep open the books for the subsciiptiou of stock, until the 'Joib day of July, when, they be requested to lueefc BIIU eeiuij-aiv uw i- - . ' j . KtMt'vctl, 'Jd. That tho General Commis sioners be requested, and arc hereby ap- 'poiuted, to act as tin Executive Commit tee, with power to call oue or more Conven tions, as they may deem proper ; and to take such other action, as they may think calculated to further the objects iu ques tion. I.etolveJ, Ud. That the local commission ers in the respective counties interested, be requested to appoint suitable persons to sol icit subscription of stock from tlse people of the several counties; and that all such per sons be earnestly requested to make prompt aud active exertions iu the discharo of this duty; and to make a return of the books containing subscriptions of stock on the y.rth day of July, to the General Commis sioners ut Salisbury. W. T. Hi adliuru, the President of the Con vention, Gen. S. P. Patterson, lion. N. ly deii uod ot.ur.s, spoau upon ihe .subject of the couuti?s of Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and Alexaudercoiuing forward, and making their subscriptions absolute. Ou motion of W. P. Caldwell, Esq., it was resolved, that these proceedings be pub lished in the uewspapei's iu Western North Carolina. It was moved by (Jen. S. V. Patterson, and carried, that the thanks of this Cciivcu tiou be tendered to the Trustees of the Pres byterian Church for its use during the sit ting of this Convention. It was resolved, on motion of W. P. Caldwell, that the thanks of the Convention be tendered to tho Officers for their services ou this occasion. tin motion of M. L. MeCoekle, it was agreed that the thanks of this Body be ten dered to the citizens of Statesville and the surrounding community for their hospitality. On motion of Hon. John W. Ellis, it was Resolved, that this meeting adjourn to meet iu the town of Salisbury, N. C, on Wt. 'nes duy. (he '-lolh of July, lN"o. T. G. WALTON, Prcs't. C. A. Carlton, i ., , . r i- t .. . i See ries. J. i. Bell, jr. ) From llic siji1(.i1Lry V,,ehniail Doubtless, Messrs. Editors, many persons would bu gratified to have a few details iu regard to the Female College, in Statesville, which has lately met with such a sad dis aster. Aud while we all bow with reve rence to the recent alllieiivo tii. petisation of Divine lVovidejice; yet we are u jI among those w ho put their hands to the plough and then look baeii. (in Wednesday la.-t, the Tru-tees met ac cording to the call of the President, and with several alterations iu the plan, it was unanimous'' resolved to prosecute the work with redoubled energy. The loss by the I lute storm was estimated at about four thou- I sand dollars, L.l lorul j.ok-tiou nf 'tiie-U, would tiave fallen upou the contractor. J he Trustees, however, were unwilling that it should ail fall upou one man, and w iiiingly as sumed half the loss besides the injured brick. A few hours after this adjustment, the citi zens of the village, almost unsolicited, step ped forward aud assumed the loss of the Hoard, and mure than did it. This was an act of liberality w holly unexpected by the 'Trustees, aud shows how deep a hold this enterprise has upon the hearts of the peo ple. Taking into account what has former ly been done in this community, we think it but sheer justice that this praise-worthy act should be recorded. " Honor to whom honor is due." Iredell county has already sub-eribed at least Sl.",!li!t to this institu tion, and will do wire titan that. Rev. B. L. Beail, w as appointed au agent to collect old subscriptions, and also to sol icit new ones ; and it is cnrne-tly hoped that a liberal community will respond cor dially to a call, made iu behalf of an en terprise so loudly demauded just at this time uud iu this region. If it shall meet the views and arrange ments of the President elect, the exercises will be commenced on the I t January, loli. The College edifice will bu finished within two months of the t:nie first appoint ed. .Temporary arrangements, however, have 1 cell made to meet the txi0eln. !es o! the case. More on this subject when the Board ahull publish their terms, &c. H. June IP, 1V. THE PRINTERS TEN COMMAND MENTS. 1. Thou shalt love the printer fjr he is the standard of thy country. Thou shall subscribe to his paper for he secketh much to obtain the news ol which ye may not remain ignorant, 3. Thou shalt pry him for his paper for he labored hard to give ye the news iu due season. 4. Tb-u shu't ndvcrt'sc that he may be able to give ye the paper. 5. Tbou shalt not visit him, regardless of his office rules deranging the papers. H. Thou shalt not touch anything that will give thee printer trouble that he may not hold the guilty. 7. Thou shalt not read the manuscript iu the hands of the compositor for he will hold the blameful. S. Thon shalt not seek the news before it is priutcd for he will give it to you iu due time. 0. Thou shalt ask but few questions of things in the office from it though shall tell nothing. 10. Thou shalt not send abusive un.l threatening letters to the edi'or. Phenomenon A Dulnkpn IK-lss. A- bout midnight of the 1th, a very wuitby gen tleman was found seated in a buggy in one of our streets, evidently at ioggei neads with ihe horse. " Hallo, Joe," suidja questioner, " what's the matter V " Why," replied he, " I'm trying to drive lis ilr u nke it Itaisi , but I tun I niauage him !" Large Decline in Cotton. Owing mainly to the recent unfavon .'.e accounts from Liverpool, says the New Orleans Delta of Saturday, cotton has declined iu ibis mar ket fully oue cent aud a half per pouu 1 since this day week. From the FayetU viUe Observer June 22, lttii'i. My Dear Sirs : I observe in your pa per of the! Mth iustant, a letter from injr competitor, Hon. John Kerr, intended for circulation in our District. Its attack upon the American Party makes it necessary that 1 mould notice it. Aud as many may read his letter who may not hear mo iu tho canvass, I desire to notice it iu your paper. Please allow me the privilege. . Mr. Kerr commences by saying, that tho position he now occupies in regard to that " party has subjected him to much" unjust censure'' from them. Aud he asks the Use of your paper to defend himself against their attacks. After this Jny'nning f expected he would go ou and show what " attacks" had been malleoli him, and then show that they were " unjust.." But the most careful perusal of his letter over agaiu will show that he men tions not one single attack which has been uuuli", cither upon him or his motives. Ami if there has been no censure, of course ho is mistaken iu saying there has been unjunt censure. It is true that Mr. K. complains that ho has been read out of the H lug party, and Messss. Shepard, La no and Reid taken. If tins be true, (in regard to which I have no knowledge,) it ought to be settled between him and the Whigs; (with whom I regret to see hi .ii in such b'ad temper ;) but I cm at a loss to perceive how he can urge it as a complaint against the Amerieaii party," unless he mean to say that the Whig nnd Ameri can party are the suuie, or alike. Aud if he meun this, then I am sorry to see that he places his old friends the bigs, aud his "w enemies, the Know Nothings, iu tho same category, 'and heaps upon both such withering censures as that " They are pow erful for evil and powerless for good" (seo bis Caswell speech ;) " allied with abolitiou ists ;" " for the sake of plunder;" compar ing them with the " Jacobins" who " tilled the world with coustcrniition aud F'rauco with blood aud tears and tortures;" charg ing them with exciting the " worst pas sions ;" and of being " religious furorials; with divers other things bitter, comical, audi untrue. But it is abundantly evident from tho le'. ter it.-ell, that Mr. K. is mistaken ill sup posing that he intended it as a defence from censures, just or unjust. It is uot defence. It is a Jitsh utttirk on his part; almost as bitter as his speeches have been, with tho aggravation of being studied and delibe rate. If for such violent and bitter attacks us those by Mr. K., so often spoken and now written, the Aineiieau party, including thou sands of Mr. K.'s tried friends, have cen sured, or should censure him, it would bo --iU--..l s tlt.tur tli -. int 111 his speeches Mr. K. lias said, that many of his best friends, personal and poli tical, eudeavouied to dissuade him from th'j course he was pursuing. And now that ho has pursued them to the w all, may they not turn upon him without blame? May uot the faiutcst heart among them turn upon him and sav, " I'm not the emiurd thing yon take me for 1" .!r. K. cannot have it be lieved that he has been jirrscciit.rtl. On tho contrary, bis friends have remonstrated without ft'eet; been lashed without 'out cry ; and suffered w ilhout resistance.; un til the commonest Self-re.-pect compelled them to risj like freemen and meet a deter mined and not to be appeased enemy. And besides, Mr. K. ought to have dealt a little more charitably with his erring; frieuds for this : Mr. Witte asked leave to introduce in the last Congress a resolution denouncing Know Notbiugisni in like man lier aud in some instances in the very samo language that Mr. K. uses in his letter ; and stated at the time that he desired the voto to be a te.t ru'e, aud called for the ayes and noes. Upon that motion Mr. K. voted Jin- the K. A.'s. And although he says now that he did not think the way ho voted, yet, us he did not say so, how were his friends to know it ? They have been accustomed to sypl-osc that as he lis ink it s.i he '' .s. Aud may it not be urged against the propriety of continuing Mr. K. iu Congress, 'hut wo have no way to bold him responsible ? For if he rotes u-rong he regards it a complcto justification to say he Utonuht rigltt. And bow does he know but that by that vote he caused thousands of Ms friends to think well of the Order, and to unite with tha American Party! I confess for ouo that vvl.in I .-aw ti.is vote 1 thought thutat least be w as favorable to the Order. I hope, therefore, sirs, that if Mr. K. has been " censured," by the American party, the censure has not been " unjust." I do not propose to reply to so much of Mr. K.' letter as relates to his extraordinary attachment to the Whig party, farther than to say, playfully, that wbeu 1 read it I thought the first time I should mocftiiiu with some of our friends I would have a la'igU over him ; aiid if any cigars or the liko were w anting he would have to pay tho bill. 1 remembered that in his speech at Caswell, where almost all were democrats, he said rather lhau athiiatc wilh the American par ty he would Join the democrats ! And, 1 read iu his letter, that though every man should forsake the Whigs, yet would not he. And that he would never join " uny party, new or old," tlovt would not carry out tho Wing principle. And knowing, as I did, thut tue " democratic " was a" party," aud that he hud turi atctied to join that, I was delimi ting myself a good deal ut tho antici pated frolic I would have over the iuconsis tency. But 1 hav e been -oofleu foiled by my bi oilier K. iu our professional encounters so uften found him ' nt there ' when I thought 1 ' had him.' that I thought I would read it a uiii a:.J s .t it there Vv as ;.i n.i-tskt. And, sure enough, I found that he had mo agaiu 1 1 found that he does not say that be never will joiu any other party do s not say that he never t tid no: but he oi ly says that he never ditnnird of doing it. And then I found that if I should chnrge him with having said he would join the dem ocrats, all tbat he would have to r'o would be to reply, " Well, what if I did J"V so, guying is "not dream i ii g.n And then ho would, " have me again," an 1 I should have to foot the cigar bill. But I must ty, mischievously, that I am opposed to po,U, t.l i f '-h ) him how indifferent I was.
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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