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t 1 N 0 ii T H CA ROL I NL v F A YB T f B V I LL E , N. U Cotton -What of the Crop. No crop of cotton har, ever been hurried into market like the present. And yet, under the pressure of extraordinary receipts, of the great .a...- j. ; ili- i vum'N to forci'jfn ports, of a hi tronev maiiet on I ;e, oi :in apnreliet !' France, of rain. two successive decline.-: in the price in Liverpool, reported by the two hist steamers, the price for 'middlings'' in our Gulf ports, at the latest d-.ttrs, v.-as sli-rhtlv uiiovc eleven cents. V, hat is it, above all other things, that, un-d-r such a combiu.i tiun of adverse influences, keeps the price up? It is the fact, now known by mauv and believed by ail, that tin .Kvvcnt crop .viii certainly fail belowthree miilious of bales. To repel am doubts as to that fact, which miti.it arise from looking (iiuury receipts, it will b teatiou to tin ed both sides of the vtlan- suspension of the Dank ! . . . 1 . -. C oi war m uuropu, aim oi only at the extraor sufiicient to call at evi.leuces of its exis tence and the: tO kilDV rec-i-ius can ue ca.-niy Than a iar.re crop arm ; that the extraordinary traced to other causes can be reconciled with .t t.ie J II r.-ti ver o. a riur w ':n r 1 i ia i a. a;iu i n : i.iiiivu una: -cnie other i. The rain v d .-s! rufti v i VO ii t Cl"o IS li i l i :n ;ad if."! koi ted by tile i'Saisi I:. h.a'-e i il.t wl.'u portion! r. and s: ible. The crop was Y. en it was planted, l o.ni ; t ijii, beca use the uo had been in a irreat. 1 . ! iivceoinp- excessively j . did not generally j .ortions of the cotton j as cone i.y me long It commenced in May. , there u;is too mtich onus in August were Hi v I Sep IV.4 : iii.i a v i' 1 1 1 i l r i i d i V in ail t ! 1 1 - ic:i : ! iy lii-i i -'. t .. .C;. I..IO 1. 'hYj:c and important cotton W',;'ti:s did considerable s. The frosts of the 24 ih si of October, were injurious, ; Mon region north of us. 1 I i t in; carl v part of this i -. :,i,'e proport ion oi u! ';( n pii ked out. Ftr t he higac.-.t character. i mi his pian' a t ion in' h"--or ii;iv b.ili s not nicked i in ai a, us w: Si-en of the vet b- v!.irii Will 1,; s (j.iaJi: very ;; tins I'L'ii , . . J, t , lie rams. ; coniiued to ooknm- over New Orleans pa any cotton not have been falling iterially reduce i:s y. Hut, as ia r as 1 1 le, if a ny, cotton ion. 'I he llll)t oi iu iiiiiMit O:' cou:- tue ear wlio Li i aber, ci art j licking out iilOlit II. : out I of tiii.- ..-111. T, Inc. i :'.i t'. i o.vj heir r.ilu :1V n ,',f r- icd pie d not have mat v!,v ,Iid not liiiisli by h.bur of picking sc mnch of t his liiuiii h that ihey avv crops. Tlie accounts ii;.es concur ;od Cl'oiiS i! the expenses of the municipal govertinie'ats of New York, or Boston, and it -will be our fanlt and our folly, if we continue to do it. Direct importations will cure this evtl as to foreign commodities', a like remedy will -cure it as to domestic products. .Let u , -first secure 'direct trade. This can be dime by imposing a fetate tax of percent ad vuloranutui all goods, wares and merchandize oilered for sale within the State, other than those which shall be iiu-i ported from foreign countrses. Two objects should govern in filling the blank: 1st. It should be high enough to prevent all indirect importation of foreign merchandise. 2d. Jt should be high enough to raise sufficient, ..rev enue for all the wants of the State, without imposing upon the people "any Capitation : or other direct tax whatever, li" live per cent tax was imposed upon ail such .merchandize, it is not probable that the importers of ioreigu merchandize intended for our- consumption would land them at any other ports than our own, atjthe cost of titty thousand dollars in every million imported; and if . they did, some other wiser people wcruld import similar com modities directiy, and uudeisell them, and thus drive them out of our markets. But if Ave should be mistaken, in the proper amount tf taxation to effect this object, we should raise Ine tax until it did acomplisii it. The, power is unlimited the ooject invaluable . The second objeet is scarcely less important than the first. The most striking diHiereuce between the legis lation of the (state -and Federal government is to be seen in the parsimony of the one and the profusion of, the other. . The . treasury "of the Federal government is usually' overflowing, and nobody complains of it. Congress .employs three-loin tiis of its time iii devising means to get rid oi its redundant revenue. Salaries are high, and of late are almost annually increased, and an utter disregard to economy marks our entire Federal legislation. On the other hand, the State treasuries are generally empty, the States burtheueel with oppressive debts, which Mmc of them have even repudiated rather than impose the necessary burthens by direct tnxa ii t ion, to pay them. State officers are poorly even meanly paid, and consequently the Fed eral government is fast drawing into its services the able-st and best men of the countiy, to the great detriment of the interests of the States, i he people are constantly crying out for lavish expenditure, ami even for taxation by the (ien erai government, and as constantly and more vociferously crying out against both by the State governments. Yet tuey pay all the taxes to both governments! Tlie State expenditure is generally equal and just, and for the benefit of all tax payers: the expenditure of the Gen eral government! on the contrarv, is generally Curious Invention of Shot. Almost every body has seeiilae shot to but perhaps not alt. who have seen one, kno wiiat is the necessity for having so high a srri ture for 'making shot. Previous to ;the ye 17&2 persons called plumbeis were the or ones "who made shot. The process"" "tras to' tire melted lead drop into water." - Hut" in 4: process the part that hist touched the wj was always flattened. About 1782 a if named Watts, living in Bristol, England,-, trade a plumber and shoemaker, Was assis: by his wile in tne latter operation. Airs. W & was a woman of some genius, and often refi ed upon the subject of devising some means' make shot more round. It was her parties business to cast the shot, and she experimc-r for this pcrpose by dropping the melted into oil and other liquids besidest water; :. the shot were still indented or flattened , on sides which hist came in contact with th quids.. She retried to bed one night, thfut deeply on the subject of makii g shot n ii tne anxious state of her mind her sleepy not sound, of. course. She began ' to' -dirt and her dream is thus related by a' writer ij Scientific American: ". . . ' : .'" J "She dreamed of going into a nelgnbtfri abutter by trade, and while talking to h' heard shot fallings ..and on asking r hinf made thot, he went out brought in a n and they were, perfectly round. Iitv surprise she exclaimed, 'My God, how y make them round:' 'My dropping their TEE RECiftT AEKI1L TRfr. Bt-Morat seems to have been a Quite snecessftd a'ffair. He weS accompanied by P. O. KeFfy, ! Kstp; and they say their ascent was a pleasant xoue,- uiiacorr.pa-iiiediiy "any untoward accidetit. Awi'l;-. -.j..,. . -i i . . we ucreiii,,. uoii, us soinewnat uanger- oos. Mohs. -'Morat thus dedribes it: ! -"The night at length closed in upon us, with lid nrosnei-t. of I facilitate our researches, and it wss onSv hv ftliiifians cf tlift litrK. HWm Tdi ckeVoIo fi..,.r.. . -. -j . - ' v . . v, iv.iocio ii u . 1 1 1 1 i: (.ii ijong Island Sound that we could now direct Z2T course. H rom this momeut it was of course impossible to uiase se ot oar uisttrcraents for observation, and from , this time forward we only directed oiir atteti6n to the nature of the cotiHtFy over which the balloon was sailing. We now found that the b.alloonTwas only 200 feet frpra tTie-."water of Long .Isian6! Sound, which 'the car soon struck,, aird reduced our balloon to a common sailing vessel. After a short time a small vessel hove in sight, and we exchanged a few words; a boat was soon low ered, and the captain and mate were -soon at hand to ascertain our wants. The boat was ou made fast to the car. and we now berah to its.'. . - CP Mmove over the water at the rate of fifteen miles -wmtti FAfETTEVILLE, N. C. Satni ilay, December 20, I S5G ., wun the balloon over oer heads. pus I ln not cll yon to-v to combine i bnt 1 nr;c yon to resort t that mixle (if there f inch m mode ib!ev) by .'hicl yon cu grt lo;cthr--by which f oar TOlm ran be in1e etrettmil at. the pollu by wlileh Miliard illi3rj e K before tlie Itonae of ite;rsenati-cit with the strong moral pov-rrl,iri n ".-wsje Kltftnrnl -vole will glre him. Kenneii llaync's speech in Philadelphia. If all those who are opposed to Slavery agitation who think that tlie,Pierce-Buchanaii party deserve to be rebuked for their having brought the country to i,ts present unhappy condition, will nvile eordic&P'j in the support of tht SAME TICKET, onr country may yet be net, 1 ... a . ,.,i v.. ..oi. .-;ii j ... . . . . -m r 4 .t .nr ht 7 RMir t ip liattf-r. jvir at about 11 o'clock at night. We return our grateful acknowledgment t'o' Ca'pt. Christie, for his kind and valuable assistance. pwerl. ,ai,t captain did not leaVe us nfttil Ve Shfeaw ' 1 ue reS'deirce of -Kobert ew isq., ,n New Roclieile. where vv cordial utteutiou from that awoke under the excittnr discovery. "Si oitentleiuan . andTnls BBRuMMl1 Micc her husband," informed him of her dream, iNvneu: 1 haustinsr onr balloon, which we accCmpbshed they botii dressed themselves, tried it upfm the highest, place, on their own premises and t found the sliot rounder than bofore, but stiH inented. The next day they tried it from the toSKer of St. Thomas' church, that leans some feet dver its base, when they attained shot rounder tjhan the home attempt, but not yet perfect. iThe next attempt was Ynade in the shaft of a ejal mine, a few miles from Bristol, at a piaeecaled Kingstvood, and from this trial they obtained )Cif'ectIy round shot. Watts ascertained the height necessary, to make them round, by trials at different depths, entered a caveat for a patent made known his discovery to a wealthy acquain tance, erected a shot tower, realized eighty thousand pounds, undertook to erect a large block of buildings at Clifton, sunk all he had made before they were half finished, and became poor in his old age. I have passed this block many times, and it was called Watts' Folly. There is no doubt that Watts or his wife .uade this discovery. But the idea, according to some, belongs to Watts more than hii wife. Instance of the vessel, the Corbula. Cant, jl acu. aiw peace .i.a coim aim sunsn.ne win e fiom she, was about four mftes, and uneoual, unjust, and for the benefit of a few i ;., ii,.. ..... .. i ri. i.. ,.n!,.,. ' - - ' " " . r. .....i t r- I. n .... . I a.x. ... ... I t I . , I . ..... r. rtj I ... i shower, and that it rained lead instead oT water land thus was engendered the idea of giving reasurvis only in eoiu.l perfect roundness to shot by letting the luelted uibers.'they pay into it lead full sl &t distance. Sv-nday Leader. ine eroo cry far short putting it MX, it V . a v I! ;'( and storms above noticed, .re remarkable for mak- ; st-it loo i.'ni'iV, ami lor i a . I ) V : r ( I It in--. 1 .;-. b. 'ir cr .. on ut'ii id t. o;i tinr planters to jink it ; j'ii-ked out so rapidly, gri-afiy extended in the -t :'. . years; and m-.t'iy i-ji'.'i v enabled to i u ii . who have heretofore !;ab!c rivers or non wa rn i:. The mv:.; rivers and tne ii so m;i--!i cotioa go.-'s to New Orleans, have re-m.iim-d op'-u to Uiivigatioii. The rivers by which Moode g-:ts :i i irge portion of her receipts, have op.-u o.;i..i-;iO;i.;iiv. 'I'iie Mobile and Oliio o.ii, now ex tend in :r far no into M ississiooi. i n b;..--:i L -i Iru.-v earrving cotton to Moiilc. .1 ;.boee fliose which the Tor ver.: I years, been in the nig. Many of them look upon a very uncertain tlnnif. ) is universally known to be i'-f taking present pricts to unceriaiutv. althouLrh thev '-'h-'Ve, the crop to be very short, i i--, that uo great length of iv the- receipts will fall off ::d hir-eiy; and that whoever I'iuji iii anything above three iil bo bad iv deceived. J font- It was Watts, and not Airs Watts, who1, is sup .irj;l! posed to have dreamed on the subject. Watts pay less tiiau lour nuntireii .thousand dollars to their . tate treasury, and that is paid reluctant ly and grudgingly. Assuming ttiat tlieir pay in this that ! incut to the rede nil Ire some iocaii-; proportion to their number the sum of above three millions of dollars an- ! nually; yet they are content! The secret ofj this singular inconsistency Is to be found in the mode of levying the taxes-1 and that alone, j The Federal government levies its taxes iudi-j rectly the iitate levies hers directly. This is; just what I propose to do. JLevy our taxes on consumption; it can be more easily paid; we j we r.liall then fill our treasury to tiie extent of our wants, protect ourselves against the unjust legislation of our sister Stales, bring direct trade to onr ports, give profitable employments ! The Turkish papers are dabbling in Anerican ! politics. Listen to one of them as follows,' on I the Kansas question. The language isj trans- ! lated by the Constantinople correspondent of the New York Tribune: j I "In the northern part of America tluere is a ! province called Kansas, which; having i .very warm c .i , te. Us miiuhitauts are muel to agriculture. Tuey have, therefore, b 'en 1 l iii. 1 r.ie. .- In.mr jl .; li : i i: t o! the pr.e e v i i ; w ! : short ; ri-kiii I:, o .-. time wii V -TV : n iu!-"n!.i;: i lion a ' in , I Col n . v t .ie . i 'terl 1 enC? ?i;vti5tioiu ia the Com- Gii., Dec. o, ISoO (i which ! to our capital and laoor, educate our people, develope all our resources, and build up great, powerful and prosperous couimonweiiths, able to prouet tho people from ali dangers from ail dangers j'rom within and without. ' 1 do not propose to go into the details of the proposed legislation the wisdom of our State legislature will readily protect them. We alread' levy a portion of our revenue in this manner; I pro pose to levy it all. Jt needs uo custom-houses. Kay the tax on all commodities except those imported from abroad, the State can easily provide for stamping and certifying the exempt ed goods; this evidence must be shown by the seller, ur the whole stock is taxed. 1 would exempt the merchandize brought to our ports for consumption in other 8tates. The draw back system of t he general government furnishes a well tried plan for effecting that object. Whatever other exemptions, policy or the in terests of some of our sister States may demand 1 submit to the Convention, and the wjsdom of the representatives of tiie people. I am verv respectfully, ydur o'bt.- serv't., li. TOOMBS. Messrs. E. C. Anderson, Mayor, and others, Savannah, Oa. ed It is enrions to observe, that Fremont, the defunct candidate of the Abolitionists, or Free SoilerS, is by birth and associations a Southern man. It is even said, that he at one time owned Haves-, which is not improbable, as he married the daughter of ii "slaveholder, and lived in a slave-holdiilg community. It has also been alleged that he was formerly an avowed advo cate of the Fugitive Slave Law. Fremont was not only a Southern man, but by party allegi ance a Democrat. A Southern man was select ed as the most fit instrument for. betraying the South, and one by profession a Democrat, upon the principle of "divide and conquer." This verriues a prediction made long since by Mr Jefferson. From this, Southern men may learn the lesson of the importance of union among themselves. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand." While minor differences are fused a way by the enemies of the South, let minor differences be fused away among South era themselves, so as to present an undivided front against the (Jolhs and Vandals of dnti slavery fanaticism. Let not intestine feuds deVide the garrison, while the enemy is lighting the incendiary torch and his Hatlle-axe is ri tiff ing on the game of the citadel. South Side Democrat. return to our borders. But if they allow differ ences on minor questions to mar their concert, Wtd to paralyze their energies, awful may be tne consequences which they will entail on their country. . - Yours truly. K. KA YAKK. C. C. . McCkcmmrx is our duly authorized agent for the collection of ail claims due this office. mport- aud who ortii of this province regard I'avery ;iit with humanity, and having so i .1; i . y.-'nr poiite ; Convention i-ii ; w . i x t il'i Ve.i r, i A . it : ' accomplished. it is ueeessarv pr.-p. ity, tiie strength, and ty oi i .ie sui vehohhug States. sp.-cw::y, and eou.-titutionally mot tie done by voluntary oi:; it will not. be done gov.. ; ..ini-i;, but it can be ' '. -i-c, by law. Federal i ui per tan t agencies oi-eiii commerce legislation can '-. ; i no' i..ig eise can, as long as ..:.:-. i'r.e power of the State to i?!io;it limit, ail items of It h v.-:ii.,!i iu r jurisdiction, is clear, ;-! u-'q'o.sr.oaabltt The Federal e.p:v--y and repeatedly a tinned e i ;eo', iiiiu -r the Federal Con- dcP.re-' ii i imporis, but she can lay an s. b;:r she c:iii tax all imported c-'.I.-red for xde within her limits. i tne b uioii, but even ati-)!), authorized to do as exercised this h'tuei of this ( J ov ernnie at tuis moment exercised is gr. ally to our di.ia.iviuii invitation to at -: ;n t I Tlie Power of the JIuscles. ' n u,ll in 4 i 1 T V t- j ami it was mv The muscular strength of the human body is' to be present but 1 i "'"deed wonderful. A Turkish porter will trot a- pointed. The thought at a rrtl,H Pace xUil carry a weight of six hm t '-e Conventions waTto ! dred pounds. Milo, a celebrated athlete of . i. eh the South could se- j Crotona, in Ital-, accustomed himself to carry f our foreign commerce, j t,,c greiitest burdens, and, by degeees, became lipoOl leu liV liel" industry monoid in oneuni. is ouiu tic tuititu oil 1 ioj i. o.i 1f it -in rw t'i-ini rnnvc ! t- i.t I. i ti , ... i... .;t....i'iV.& ...I -f . l.r... J - w. k 1IVI i I' V' 111 11 II 1 wards of one thousand pounds, and afterwards killed him with one blow of his fist. lie was I Seven t.:iio: emwntiii fit the l'vt.iiuiii irnnu niw! six at the Olympic- He presented himself the seventh time,- but no one had the courage to enter the list against him. lie was a Pytha gorean, and tiVMiis uncommon strength that learned preceptor and his pupils owed their lives. The pillar which supported fhe roof of tiie house suddenly gave way, but Milo support ed the roof of the building, and gave the philosopher time to escape. In . old age he at tempted to pull nj) a tree by its roots and break it. He partially effected it; but bis strength being gradully exhausted, the tree, w-here clci't, reunited, and left his hand pinched in the body of it. He was then alone; and, unable to dis engage himself died in that position. Ilaller mentions that he saw a man, whose finger caught in a chain at the bottom of a mine, by keeping it forcibly bent, supported, bv that means, tiie whole weight of his body, one ale -rp Uion, 1 i .ii. ; r oai. ul into Wi V, ten ciO! u. ni ew l orK, tlicre j gin mcrciiaat, and sold here I P:eee in-.. Tins bale of goods pa vs.''' muscle is exhibited" by the fish The oral iiciMiiy inirty jar cent, ad vaior- - 'oves witn a velocity tnrwign a uense nieuium, i it pas a cMaie tax tu tiie treasurv d! water, that would carrv hi hi arctfnd ihe world 3'ear, one . v Si), or rr i.-o-n t: ti.is .hue S' :!1-. Ol' T.ik por;.-.i :V..u l". .gi. Ilii-.iai.:u i- V it i - to o:e: the r-j em, t!i e .v ir orii ; t.i threa-eights e ill I no C.l v '! i i. oia; Georgia a ad pays to our S tenth of one percent ; i-.us, iuirj.joed -)il it by tjj l e-.iei' the Slate govcru.nmit oi .New Vo citv govern in much out of it as taxes are, of co-use, incorpcrated into the price and bee-line a part of t!:e price, and arc paid by the tieorgia consumer. It is the duty of .hip Ie i-ishiture to--see to it. "that oar 'people ' tdiall jay no taxes exceit those levied by tiie authority oi the General g.rvernment, .-1 ge nuuioer ol slaves irom JPlrie,i, eini'loy them in their lands. The iieuife live to the nort as incoiiS.ste iMiiii-iKfd t iie inhabitants of K. a nsas. ' I ls if, .!,.t,v.-r i.o.n ti,; m.oinoi- o i-n ciii-ff VtT?rT-1 ' a t ion in the four repeatedly done tins, and not having been listened to, the two parties assembled, and aftjr ascertaining the number of each, deputed rci t eseutative to the .seat of tlie American Goverf ment, called ashiuglon, to have the. nutttli tried. 2ow, as there has been tor some tinb past a great coolness between tlie members 6' l lie Council of iSobics and that of the people fs Ameriea.thcy could not fall upon any agreement on the subject oi the people's quarrel m KausUs. The difficulty increasing daily in strength, lit was foreseen that trouble would arise out of i . The enmity existing between the two councils resulting in each endeavoring to prevent the labors of the other, and consequently nothitg was done by either. Moreover, as the army '(ii tfio American Republic i3 wholly disorganized and consists only of Bashi-Buzouk soldiers, tie Council of the people desired to huve then properly traiued and placed under some ' kiid of order, with regular rations and payissigned them. The chief of the republic likewise wis in favor of this arrangement, but the couiuyd of tiie Nobles continued to oppose that of tjie people, and a great quarrcl rose between then on the subject: This state of things, therefoie being productive of the ruin of the foundatiois of the republic and the destruction of its gov ernment, the chief of it decided upon settling this affair of the army iu some manner or othtr and for this purpose last August called u;j both the Councils and gave them two weeks in which to come to a settlement of their diffe rences. Iv low it happens that by the very-singular form of rules adopted by said republic if tiie People's council do not also consent to jt the chief of the government, even together with the council of the Cobles, 'cannot take Oije aktcha out of the treasury; and as the former would not consent to give him any" money ; ffr their support." he has had to dismiss all "of tie FltAlBS IU ILLttOSS. Tht census of 1855 and the vote of the 4th ult., in several of the northern counties of Illi' nois, carefully cothparcd, show conclusively (says the Detroit Free Press) that there have been enormous black-republican frauds perpe trated upon the ballot box. In some of the northern counties three votes were cast for every five inhabitants; in others, one vote for every three inhabitants, and on an average about one vote for every five inhabitants. Such is tne proportion of the votes given to the popu- tue four northern couirrcs tricts. In tne live .southern districts tb couirrcssional dis aver age proportion is one vote to every seven inhabitants. The black-republicans undoubt edly polled from ten to twenty thousand illegal votes. Under any other state of the case than that presented of the most startling and as tounding frauds iu the four northern congres sional districts Buchanan would have carried the State by twenty thousand, and Richardson by at least lifteen thousand. soldiers and i governments. until he was drawn i i . l . l it r. l . llO VV- ' ",11,-,,u mil mwii ii. i. t, tf i up to the surface, a distance of six hundred feet. iV j Augustus IJ, King of Poland, could roll up i a silver plate Jike a sheet of paper, and twist i l. t i: :..,:,! t ine sirongsi norse snoe asuuuer. a 11011 issaiu to have left the ..impression of his teeth upon a of solid iron. The most prodigious power en u UitVS t. l cent., to the municipal treasurv ... - .. . ' - i oi a : i u'ii i r. rum. k to iiite treasury oue besiues the burthens al government and even the audi1" less than a tortiught; and a sword lisn lias been known to strike his weapon thro' the plank of a ship. oi , e w i ork at levies nearly iourteeu tiues as vo uu m Georgia, inese oi our own State. It is not our uuty oi- lo that pay The following is the official vote of Ten nessee : 'Buchanan ' 73,638,. Fillmore 60,178, Buchanan's majority 7,460 California has given her vote ' to Buck, and Breck., by an overwhelming majority. fiSy A speculator in Liverpool,' England, offered the city authorities 5000 per annum for the use of the Tamposts, to'post'advertisiug bills ou. The offer was not accepted. sell the vessels-of-war to other. Of a truth . it is clearly seen that this discord between the two councils ill very soon cause, the ruin of that republic, iud proves the value of the peaea and hajwfcuis which we all enjoy under the. benevolent pro tection of the shadow of our blessed Sultan."-- Singular death ol a Slritualsst. We have to record the death of a vouna lady, Miss Harriet Eager, well known ani'oug ir of. one spiritualist circles, on Tuesday mornin o clock, iue circumstances attending ber de mise are of a singular nature. Fourteen days puor 10 tne date ot her death she was tlirowu into the trance state, and being controlled by an iidlueiice she could uot tesistpredicted that her own death would occur in two -weeks."-.Tiiis; prediction she was not -informed of. The to weeks expired on Tuesday last. On Monday she appeared iu her usual cheerfulness, and' at six o'clock, while sitting at the tea-table, was again entranced and influenced to draw a casket upon the paper, and also to write im mediately beneath it, "Alt will be revealed in a few hours." . Then doubling the paper "she gave it to another lady, who carefully kept it irom her, as she had concealed the .other cir cumstances, so that she was uncouscious of the lat proceeding as she was of the prediction made the two weeks before. She went up stairs immediately alter coming cut of the trance, disrobed herself, aud laid down -.upon iiie bed. She was taken with violent vouiiting and purging, and died, as above stated,?at one o'clock-. She was an estimable lad v.- much-be? loved and respected among the friends with- wnom sue was lutiuiate.-r-Mow ficraid. A Stuppxdous Project. Okefenoke swamp, iu Georgia, heretofore a terra incognita, is at last about to be explored, with the view of testing the. feasibility of draining it. Tiie Sa vannah Georgian, iu speaking of the project; remarks : "The last session of the Georgia Legislature took action in favor of a survey of the Okefen okee swamp, for the purpose of determining, among other things, the feasibility of draining it, and thus preparing the way for its sale and "cultivation. The swamp contains something like a half million of acres, as many suppose, of the richest soil in Georgia. To the world at large it is a terra incognita. On one side of it are the head-waters of the Sannce, passingdown into the Gulf; on the other is the St. Mary's, emptying into the Atlantic. The presumption is that the bed of the Okefenokee is more ele vated than either, and hence that it may be drained into one or the other. "Mr Hunter of Milleageville, anexperienced engineer, and b gentleman off the highest char acter, has been selected by the Governor to make the survey. lie is now in Savaunah with a corps of assistants, on his way south, and will enter immediately upon the discharge of his duty." - Restrain '-Him. Hon. L. D. Campbell is re-elected by nineteen majority. His opponent intends to contest his seat. Campbell lately made a speech in Ohio, in which lie uses the following fearful words ; "I will go the 35th Congress I will meet there the men who repeated the Missouri Com promise I will look into their snaky eyes I will stare them in the face and I will shake in their teeth my cummission with the broad seal of Ohio as a representative from the Third District, endorsed nineteen majority ! I will do the voting for the peopie-of this district, and I will do it well, tool I will do the speaking for the people of this district, and I will do that well, toor And if anybody dares infriuge upon my constitutional right, and at tempt to prevent me from talking and voting upon the slavery question as I please, I will do some fighting, too! I will not say bow I will do it, but like the Quaker, I will pull off iny coat aud do my endeavor ! - - -- - - . , i . It will be seen by reference to th'e proceed ings of the Legislature in another column that its enemies with their peculiar and singular policy, have triumphed over a measure, the grand object of which was not themere pros perity of a tdwn, but the developemeut of re sources latent in our State, and which should have enlisted all the patriotism and sense of the State on its side. We think that this victory is but temporary, that in some form or other the bill will meet the approbation ef the people's representatives. Is it indeed the people's will that Stores of wealth, inexhaustibly rich, should remain forever buried; unsought, unworked; unused in the heart of North Carolina? We know of an apartment above the II all where the members sit, filled with evidences the most convincing of our uuwrought, unde veloped mineral wealth. ! eagre as the col lection is, begun but a short time ago, it makes the heart of every North Carolinian 6well with a new pride and his eye sparkle with exultation How can men coinc from that robin and vote as if the Cbal fields existed in imagination or Nova Zembla? Those specimens do speak to the soul with an eloquence that should be all subduing. If the Legislators would adjourn to that fobhi, how could uny mac there for some trifling objection to minor features, vote HjjUust prbpositibns whose established consequences would make the St!te prosperous and great? The sight would seiir his eye balls who dared if the bill does not puss in some form some good available fbrin: w will think that while np stairs our mineral wealth is represented below, are the representatives of otir intellectual poverty. Jeered and sneered at fur our poverty, our sluggishness, our want of enterprise, the proud and sensitive Carolinian has scuht for means to repeal the insulting imputations "OU Rip Tan Vincle" has been chosen by our enemies as our syuoiiyjii, and every witling has made us the object of his shafts. "Naked to our ene mies" as we were and in a great degree still are no arm was too weak to inflict we'unds upon us. The inte!!ijci!t and patriotic have sought to change that state of things, but alas, with small results. Beds of wealth, Cop per and Coal, were found in the bosom of our State. Ale ii learned in Geology have exam ined and pronounced them excellent and inex haustible, and the discovery should have fallen grandly on the ear of ever' man. The political economist, the lover of his State.cries 'Eureka 1' Yes, the longed for means were fonnd, and Rip Van Winkle was aroused. The people were hopeful. A treasury as valuable and fruitful as Golconda's mines was in iVorth Carolina soil, and a future of greatness before us but the discovery is made, that this grand result will benefit Fayetteville, the town of Fayetteville; and the grand enterprise, with its grander end must be abandoned. What North Carolinian is not proud of the town of La Fayette? Who does not cherish it? Noble deeds of patriots are thick in its chronicles, and revolutionary memories fling their hallowing drapery around it. All schemes for State prosperity have met the approbation and aid of its citizens. No narrow selfish policy, has controlled their actions; but always liberal they frafe -voted for measures, that' o'en'efrtdtr their enemies and injured themselves, and be sides, they are part of the commonwealth of N. C, and pay their taxes. Mr Shepherd and those who stood by him deserve in victory or defeat, the gratitude of our people from the sea-shore to the mountains. Eloquently have they spoken, and faithfully have they exerted themselues for Cumberland county and the State. We appealj to the pWtrtetisnir eraf sense of the representatives, to confer, by one great act, a greatness upon themselves and the State. There is patriotism in oar Legislature, there is wisdom and justice in that body, which are to make the destiny of North Carolina, before they retam to their constituents. Surely they will pass the coal field bill, fraught as it is with glory td' themelVes and prosperity to the old North State. THE fiAVlimH COCTEXTIOX. A Convention co.mprising delegates from all the Southern States, was held in'Savannah on last week, its avowed ostensible design was to consider the means best adapted to promote the commercial interests of the South. The leading topic of debate", however, was a resolu tion introduced by a number fioni Geor gia, advocating the policy of re-opening the 'Slave tra'de. Yt was supported by gentle irien from 'South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It was denounced by others, however, as nation- -al ircendiaryism and was finally, after a heated debate, "find oh the table." A very wise dis position of stscli ah inflamatory injudicious measure. There are but Tev men of education in the South, wc believe, who are in favor ofVeptoring this unciiristion commerce iu "Slaves, against which every civilized nation has closed its ports and declared unequivocal hostility. We ques tion whether any loyal citizen of the Union would sanction siu-h a world condemned enterprise. As a mask for a darker purpose it may answer, for we believed it but a transparent design to dis solve the Union; to ferment sedition, and to feed the discord and blaze of northern abolitionism. But no man belieVes it to be the sentiment of the South to continue the African slave tiade. If this be the object of Southern Commercial Conventions, -we delai them dangerous to the safety of the count ryyVnd vMi a speedy discontinuance to .Such treasonable humbug. An appeal is made by the South to the North to coinc to her support in preserving the Uniou;to unite with her on a conservative ground of equal rights and equal justice to every section, and straightway a Convention of Southern men meet in couucil and debate upon a question and principle as intemperate and rash and distructive to the peace of the country, as Massachusetts fanaticism, There is a mote and liam in this same story of North and South. ; The Lcxcry of Doing Good. Dr. Johnsou, who carried a cripple ou his back along Cheap side has found a rival. The Countess of Elles- mere-.was iu Worseley the other day, wheu she saw an old woman, named Magaret Kerry, who had been to the coal pit for a barrowful of coals (about a huadrcd weight,) aud was then rest- iug with her load. The noble countess, wlio Tlfe Rieh Register has been par- ;we quote irom yne Liverpool -""y. - chased by Mr Jno. W. Syme, of the Petersburg of the truly noblewomen who delight in the- lltJ. ... A, ' h onUa lT,,rv nfaninif Mod." steUUed UP tO luwiUBWiwr, iur J w. 0 0 . the poor woman, and, accosting- lier with the words, "vou seem rather fatigued I will give yog,a lift," forthwith took up the barrow and wheeled it a distauce of at leaBt a-koed and f fifty yard. Christmas presents of great variety and very handsome cau be had at W. N. Tiiliugllasts's, f and at the Fayetteville Book Store. Small .Halters but fmportant. It is quite common for persons to estimate everything by its size and extent; and this mode of estimation is especially applied to po litical bodies, bf course we mean bv size and extent the area of territory and number of population over which these civil corporations exercise their jurisdiction. And it must be confessed that other things being equal, ..the more extensive the sway the more important the acts, from the mass of property and people affected by them. But it is nevertheless true that it frequently, and almost ever, happens that the operations of the smaller body are of greater consequence to individuals taken sep erately than those of the larger. This is ex emplified iu the graduated governments of this and every country. The actions of the most comprehensive government, if examined, will be found not to derive their magnitude from the vitality of t!i2 matter legislated upon, but from the aggregate of' individuality concerned in them. These prefatory remarks are not, perhaps, unnecessary as wc wish to say something of the criminal carelessness exhibited in pur selection of a town government, and in the conduct of that body. Their power does not extend be yond the few acres comprised in the corpora tion limits; but iu this circumscribed sphere the' are invested with nn authority capable of immense deal of good or evil. Ave will not say that life and death are in their hands, al though common opinion declares that some of our most estimable citizens have fallen victims to municipal negligence. The senior Editor of this journal, whose large heart won the love and respect of nil, had his useful life cut short in the manner hinted at, if agreeing doctors can eivc a just decision. But aside from mat ers of such capita moment, there are others which should claim the attention of all con cealed. Our side walks are in ruins and chasms as though an earthquake had perambulated the town. Sudden falls and rises, pitfalls, and, after a shower, vast and scarcely fordable pud dles, make a walk on business (for who would take one at present unless obliged to?) a most vexatious and laborious undertaking. And since no regard for public convenience can make our merchants keep their goods-boxes in the rear of their stores, the consequence is that half the side-walks are lumbered with them, and like Pelion upon Ossa, they are piled high above, and as we pass along we are apprehen sive tnat every gnst of wind will throw them down upon us. But we are not going to give a list of the nuisances around us. They are too numerous; and besides everybody knows, sees, and feels them. However, we have men tioned"; the side-walks because every sinner curses them, and every Christian "confounds" them. It is a ehanie that the town of Fayette ville has not an even, well kept wood, brick, or stone walk for the daily and hourly travel of its citizens. If the commerce of the state de mand plank and rail roads, surely our town commerce demands attention in tLe same respect. -'"'"' We are told that the Mayor and commis sioners get nothing for their Services. Get nothing? Why they have power and honor and should have patriotism. The two first have ever been esteemed more valuable than money, and the last should urge them to do their duty at any sacrifice. The election for those officers is soon to be, and we do sincerely hope that the suggestion of some sensible man in a late number of the Observer will be fol lowed. Alen who live in town, who feel and see what we need, and who are ptlblicspiritcd enough to do their duty, are the ones who should be invested with the rauhicipai dignities. & The PeiuiSylv'ariia Buchanan and Breck inridge Clob have written a complimentary letter to GdV. Ceary, of Kanscis Territory, ap plaihV hisfearless, faithful and impartial dis charge' of the high and important duties which Kansas troubles had made for him. He cer tainly deservos the grateful thank's of ttyi wliole Nation.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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