North Carolina Newspapers

>H€ ^OfrTH fAfErTtlfUlti H. r-*.' ■ Wa«ijtd llit »f the members of the teskbiWrc of 3(orth farolioa. SENATE. CaCaaei-. and Currituck—J B Joiie.'s, Dem. Perijuiin.HUS -John Pool, Pasqi'.otiiuk and A iner. Gate.s and ChouMii — Dr R Dillard, Dem. llertrnrd, —11 G Cowper Amer Bertie—Joa B Cherry Amer Wa.shinjrton a id Martin—.V Ches.son Dem Tyrell and Hyde—Francis .\! Burges, Amer Beaufort—Allen Grist Amer iialitax— M L Wiira-ins Amer Norihairirton—T J Person DeMu Nn.sh—E X B Battle Dera \V arreii—Wiu Eat">u,.!ir fiem Franklin —P B Ra'svVins Dem Pitt—M L Carr Dem Onslow—K W Fonville Dem Duplin—WJ Houston Dem i’oivan ,v Davit!—Dr J B Ram.sey Amer f’abarru.s A Staidy—E Id Gibson Amer Anson and Union-^Dr Mver.s Amer .Mecklenburg--\V R .Myer.s Detn Surry, Ashe. Aadkin and Wutuga—Abram Bryant Amer Lincoln, Gaston and Catawba—J H White Dem E.\utherford and CleavelanJ—Dr C .Mills D. Dnnke. .McDowall and Caldwell — VV' W Avery Dcin Bnnciimbo, Yaney Ac—D Coleeuan Dent New Hanover—O Fennell Dem Eilgecombe—U T Clarke Dem Wayne—C H Uroeden Dem Craven—J .Miller Dem Carteret and Jones—W P Ward Deat Johnston—L B Sanders Dera dVakc—G U Wil.ler Jfeni Granville— C H K Taylor Dem Orange— P C Cameron Dem t'iiatiiain—It E Rives Dem BiadeB, Brunswiek and Columbus—J Jones Amer . Oiimberlaiid and Harnett—D McDiarmid D Sampson—T II Holmes Dem Riehmond and Robe.son—A Dockery Amer Moore and Montgomery—S H Christian, Amer Randolph and Alamance—M W Holt Amer Caswell—S P Hill Dem Person—J W Cunningham Dera Roekingham—Geo D Boyd Dera Stokes and For.sythe.—J J Martin Dem Guilford—Ralph GorrelJ Amer David.sou—J W Thomas .-inter IHi: ATLAS nc TCLEGEiPn. The po.ssibiiity of a sub-marine telegraph be tween this contrary and England seems to have almost reached the eertaintv of fact. Minute , , . , , ■tde confirmed by a card from that gentleman, wliicU The runored Duel tn Ceargla« I Sertetury MbUa and the Md lrMiddci« The rumor that the Hon. A. H. Stephens, of The following compliment to Secretary Dob- Georgia, had challenged B. H. eill. Esq., one bin, as well merited as it is gracefully expres- of the PiJJiuore electors of that State, has been on observatioBii and careful experiments have m it evMeiit that beneath tlie stormy surface of the Atlantic, and between the rocky ledges that skirt our shores and extend far seaward, there are immense stretches of [ilain, along which the metal conductor can be extended i with pertect safety. As this seems ever to have , been the great impediment of cousuminatiii this seheine, and as there is now no doubt the practicaliilily of a eontiiuions extension having “eowered’’ under a chargs of treason to the Whig party. These matters Mr Stephens notices and suy.s: “I am now compelled by a sense of duty to myself and the public to make known that by the correspondence referred t^und juSt termi nated, in relation to it, Mr Hill has proved himself to be not only an impudent braggart and an unscrupulous liar, but a despicable pol troon besides All these I proclaim hiin to be, hohling myself, notwitlislanding what has I passed, and this denuiieiatioii, still responsible of the ' ^ utterly ‘ insensible to shame and degradation, however „ , he may be a.s to ‘fear.’ ” popular heart. | (.ohcludes in this 1 iiese subjects we will leave till we iina onr-| seves in a.more speculative mood. 1 lici e mu.st, j ^ , t a. a j , ■, ' , 1. ■ i “I will al.so, I trust, be excused, even by the of course, be {jreat clianj;es wroiii^iit iii tue , ; , ^ T. . * I 111 most fastidious, tor the lunjruage now Dsed commercial aspects of the two peoples, which I * _ tr,»«•)»•.to him whit* will influence heavily the general attitude of aCfairs. We see that Fhiglaiid has already taken measures to secure for herself extensive ... . . , ... ! asperse pr privilegc.s ot commuiHcation, and it our Liov- criirneut joins in the movement, Wasliington and St. James will be the great telegraph offi- ^ ces of the line. There must, of course, be a appears in the Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist of Wednesday last, dated Washington, the 12th lust. From this card it seems that the dilB- eulty arose upon a question of veracity in re gard 10 an engagement to discuss the issues of the recent election contest. In addition to tfi'e ill-feeling thus generated, Mr Stephens alleges I that Mr Hill made certain false statements of \ speeches delivered during the campaign, wherein , , , ,. i himself and Mr Toombs are represented as may consider the undertaking in the fight ol an , institution. If then, the two great nations of the world, eommerciallj speaking, are to be as intimately united by inteccommu.iiicatk)n as by relation ship, what are we to expect as to their future conduct? Will there be any greater hanuoiiy .if feeling and interests than now exists? Will E.ialaiid cease lies' gruniblrng and criminations, and bo coutccit with the quiet enjoyment of her 8elf-sulfici«e-»cy? Will the United States cast away the distrust which has ever marked her eoiidsc^ toward her great rival? AVill the wire ; 1'' which connects the commercial centers two peoples penetrate deeper, until it reach the j sed, appears in the Washington correspondence of the Philadelphia North American, a leading opposition journal: . “A. graceful and becoming act of official dis cretion was voluntarily performed by the Sec- Telegraphic Bureau established. Operations will he required, and thus a new outlet be made for the meciuuiical genius of the land. Private office will be sneered at, and during the inaugu rating of a new administr.ation the people will towards him, which my own self-respect on ' ordinary occasions would forbid. But when a ! meiKlacioiis gascouader sets up wantonly to ivate character and malign individual i reputation, and then refuses that redress which ia gentleman knows how to ask as well as bow i to grant, no course is left for the most courte- jous and decorous, thcino.st upright and hoiiora- ; ble, but to put the brand of infamy upon him.” ; Mr TouoBihe’ Prai.osUion. I The Washington City Star of 19th inst., ihua refers to this matter. ‘‘The letter of have to be observed in respect to dispatches, ; Senator Toombs, addressed to the southern Cherokee, Jack.son Ac—W U Thomas Dem I and as there will be no occasion for conversa-i Convention, has for some days past been a \\ itkes, Iredell Ac U Parks Amer ! tioii, it is probable a dumb man will be ap-1 theme of very general conversation among the '^^erieans"** seventeen Am- ,,5 Operator, with a score of; public men in this city. Its rec, mmendutious ‘ dumb assistants—althongli the quality of deaf-^ are well received, indeed by those from the considered more desirable. At bouth, with very few exceptions. So general any rate this new sphere of nsefnlne.ss will lie favor for them do they manifest as that those filled with those most deserving of siieh good : from sections of tlie North, whose business en- fortnne. i terprises are likely to be affected by the action W hat will be the use of diplomatic agents | ot the soutliern Slates goveruineiits proposed when the new era is inaugurated. Aside from the | by Mr T., if essayed to be carried out, are luucb retary of the Navy recently which desrtfffita W to be bopped that the readers of tliia HOUSE OF COMMONS. Alamance—D A Montgomery and George j '''‘0 Patterson Dem Alexander—-A C McIntosh Amer Anson—A J Dargaii W .M Picket Amers Ashe—Allen Gentry Dem Burke—P P Glass Dem Buncombe—M Erwin Dem Bladen—G M White Dem Bertie—D Outlaw Jno Wtl.son Amers Beaufort—J R Stubbs J Eitorii Amers Brunswick—T D Menrs Amer Cabarrus—C N Wliite Amer Catawba—G P Bowe Dem Craven—C Kelly H C Jones Deins Cumberland and Harnett—J G Shepherd J Stewart L Bethea Dems Chowan—J C Badhani, Dim Columbus—D T Williamson Dem. Camden—D D Ferebee Amer Carteret—W Rumley Amer- Cherokee—C M Stiles Amer Caswell—Will Long E K Withers Derii.s " Cliatham—R C Cotton D Hackney .1' By num Dems • ! c.: -. ! ■ Caldwe|I—C W Clark Dem Currituck—S 11 Jarvis Dem duties of a Consulship, there caii be no necessity ' iiiucli excited on the subject showing thus, we i for a foreign agent. Our Minister, as it is, ■ think, that Mr T. has hit the right nail qii the j does little or nothing. The great requisite for | head. ■ ■■. I the appointment is wealth, and the poor man, I however brilliant or deserving he may be, is [shut out from it. It is only, as now conducted, the nursery of aristocracy, and is at any rate but an utiineaning farce—a relic of the past. Let the foreign ministership be abolished and deaf and dumbfoperators take their place. The submarine telegraph will then be the means of doing some positive good, even though it docs | "‘’h not comjiletely harmonize the long-existing ami ■ neck . seemingly inherent animosities of the I countries. ‘‘They argue vehemently against tl)e ftasibili- ty ami consliluciouality of the recommeudgttOHS: of Mr Tooiii.s. With, so much earngstiieae, indeed, as that their efforts carry with ,.thcnl, conviction contrary to their wishes.” be related to his credit, as well as an honorable example for the emulation others who may soc- cecd to the post which be now fills with admit ted advantage to the coniitry, or in any other department of the government. The tour of service at a station is, by an accepted usage, abont three years. Commodore Stewart, who has been in command of the yard at Philadel. phia, finding that his time wtvs abont to expire notified the Secretary of tlie Navy that, in ac cordance with the usage, he asked the appoint ment of his successor. Mr Dobbin at once re plied with generous acknowledgment of the great services of the gallant veteran, that no ordinary rule should be applied to him, and it was not only the pleasure but the wish of the department, that he should retain the position, so long as it was acceptable, and that he would not be disturbed until its duty became an in- cumherunce. ‘‘It is easy to .suppose what was the charac ter of the answer which this high consideration syoiitaiieously invoked from Ironsides. Suffice it to any, it was worthy the man and the occa sion. He now retains his place as senior cap tain in the navy on duty, and with the highest pay allowed by law—four thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Such acts are their own most eloquent advocates. They address them selves to.the'^earts of men, and, like the beau tiful quality of mercy, are twice blessed. If Mr Dobblii had no better honor to dignify his retirement, this would be sufficient to give him a place in the gratitude of his country. It is by the exercise of such proper and delicate re cognition of patriotic service that a government is elevated in the eyes of the world, and a high executive officer endorsed in the affections of those who.se noblest ambition is to reflect credit ■on the flag of the Union.” ‘‘Conspirators i.n Evert Cabin.—The Al bany Journal, speaking with reference to the threatened Insurrection in the South, says: Once let it be known in the slave’s hovel that “Massa” can get no help from the North ern half of the Union, and insurrections will be breaking out every day. Hardly a household will lay their heads on their pillows at night without dread of a knife at their throats be fore morning. They will find plots on every plantation. They will hear of conspirators in every cabin. . The Chicago Times naturally remarks, wtih xeference' 16 this infamous complacency and treasonable ussuranee, that the Albany Eve- nhi^ Journal would rejoice to see every slave- iN Nkbrasca.—The Nebraska Ncatnesb News says: The editor has gone up the river for a few days. All good articles, facetious remarks, puns and typographical errors, may he attribu ted to his absence or the devil. In order to give variety and vigor to Tlie Maws he will frequently leave for a week or so. I' T . ^ a.t._ 1 Cleaveland—W M Blanton F S Ranisour i rnovb un noays .nad Fiountes. Dems j Davidson—J M Leach J P Mabry Amers j FragMem ok an U.NPCBUsiiF.n Novel of Davie—W B March Amers i Fasiionable Life.—“ Hotv could he tell ? Duplin—B Sonlherlaiid W R Ward Dents iTwo long, weary years had pas.sedaway ; years Edgecombe—R R Bridgers J StDafteey Ds For.syth—J .Masteii J A Wangh Dems* Franklin—Dr L A -.Jeffrey.s, Dem Ga.stoh—Riehard Rankin Dem Granville—T L Hargrove J M Bullock T B Lyon Dems Guilford—-D F Cal.lwell L M Scott, E W Ogbnrn Amers Greene—A D Speight Dem Gates—H Parker Dem Haywood—Dr S L Love Dem Halifa.x—Win Hill J W Johnson Dem Hertford—J B Slaughter Amer Hyde—John C Jennett Amer llendtrso.i—.John Baxter .4 titer Iredell—L Q Sharpe A B F Gaither Amers Jackson—Jno R Dills Dem Jones—IV A Cox dem Johnston—B H Tomli.nston Asa Barnes D’s Lenoir—S W Bright Dem ■ Lincoln—A P Caiisler Dem Madison Dr Jno Yamey Dem JIartin—S W Outerhridge Dem McDowell—J C Whit-soii Dem NIoore—W B Kichard.son Amer Montgomery—J W Crump Amer Slacoii—D.\V Siler .Vmer Mecklenburg—W M Matthews W F David son Dems Nash—G N Lewis Dem New Hanover—R H Tate S A Holmes Ds Northampton—M IV Smallwood J Mason Dents Onslow—L W Humphrey Dent Orange—W F Strayhoni J F Lyons Dems Pasquotank—\V E .Mann Amer Perquimans—J .M Cox Amer Pitt—Dr W J Slow Eti .Moore dems Person—R H Hester Dem Robeson—Giles Leiteh Amer Morrison Dem Rockingham—.4 M Scales Thomas Settle jr Dews Rowan—N F Hall dem; W .V iFnick Amer Rutherford—Ed Toma .Vmos H.irrill dems Randolph—il B Elliott A G Foster Amers Richmond .4 mer Sampson—O P White J M Mostly Dems Snrry—R E Reeves Dent Stokes—J F Hill dem Stanly—M P Waddell Amer Tyrrell—JnoA-Bcnbury Amer Union—D Rushing Dem Wake—N G Rand A M Lewis M A Bled soe dems Washington—H A Gilliam Amer Watauga—G N Folk Amer Wayne—E Sanig E A Thompson Dems Wilkes—A W Martin P Eller Amers Yadkin—Col Speer Amer Yancey—Isaac A Pearson dem Democrats, 80; Americans, 40. Dem. majority on joint ballot, 56, of suffering, ailveiiture, hardship and trial, since he had left her and his native land to do, battle against the hirsute legions of the Mus covite, and how did he know but that ho would have to shave them off. •‘ In an agony of conflicting Iin])es and fenrs, Algernon Fitzpymlico turned into Langliam place. Why does he stop .so suddenly, a.s by a .spell? and why does the life blood rush crimson red lo hi.s manly brow ? The Leopard’s Attack.—The power of a. leopard is wonderful in proportion to ^ his, ht. I have seen a full grown bullock with broken by the leopard that attacked' j it. It is the popular beliuf that the effectiss j produced by a blow of the paw. This is uot the case. Few leopards rush boldly to the attack, like a dog. They stalk their game, ad vance cruuchingly, making use of every object tnat will afford them cover, until they are with in a lew bounds of tlieir prey. Tlien the im mense power of muscle is displayed iu tlre cou- centrated energy of the .spring. He flies through the air and settles ou the throat, usually till owing his own body over the animal, while his teeth and claws are fixed on the neck.; - tliis is the manner in which the spine of the animal is broken, by a sudden twist and not by a blow. The blow from the paw is, nevertheless, ininien.sely powerful, and one stroke will rip open a bullock like a knife ; but the effects of the wound are still more to be dreaded~than Gen. Scott.—The House of Representatives has passed the bill to pay Gen. Scott about $20,000, in addition to $10,000 already allow ed by the Secretary of War, as the back pay of iHS-offioeof -I^at, Geowral. “ A form of feminine clegiince, lovelv and i , , 1 n.i • ,• ■ ■ j the force of the blow There is a peculiar pots* fair to look iipnn, and arrayed all the gorgeous 1 , , , • 1 • 1 ■ 1 1 , ‘ . r. I on in the claw, winch IS highly dangerous, amplitude of the prevailing inode—a fairy ves-1. • 1 i-, , , ., ,, . i IS caused bv the putrid flesh which sel with lier sails all set—appears 111 the dis- , . constantly tearing and which is apt to cause This they are taiice. Can it be?—yes—no—yes—’tis she,, indeed—there can be no doubt abpnt if—but will she recognize him. A told chill, like damp ! dinner napkins, struck to his very heart—his brain grew dizzy, and with all the premonitory symptoms of a violent bilious attack, he clung to the iieare.st lamp post for support. "Itvyas Lettice, fresh and cri.sp, and sparkling as that whicli had formed the salad of his noontide nourishineiit. With the sun set of smiles she glidingly' approached, and gracefully extending her exquisitely gloved hand towards him, and in accent as tlie drop pings of etheraal springs, she made inquiry as to how he did. But who shall descrilie the feelings of Algeroiioii at that critical moiueiil? feelings in comparison with wliich tlie tortus ol Tantalus were as cheerful and enlivening pas time ; there was tlie hand, but now to reach il! Gladly would he have giaeii up name and fame, lands, titles, trinkets, all to have pres.sed again that little hand ; to have touched once nio'-e that little finger. As well might lie attempt to scale Parnassus as trench upon the limits of that encliantcd circle of which she formed the centre, and which hnng like a cloud bank be tween him and the object of his soul’s idolatry. ‘' It was a terrible moment. " Suddenly, and with electric brilliancy the flash of triumph gleams in his downcast eye—he bag hit upon an expedient. Raising his sta-l wart arm—that arni which erewhile amid the blare of trumpets and tlie crash of war and led battalions on to victory, and made the Russian tremble, dexterously encircling the lamppost before alluded to with the curved handle of his pArapluie ; cleverly balancing his noble form at an angle of forty-five degrees ; and in as grace ful an attitude as the circumstniices would ad. mit of, he—” &c., &c. f Here the leaf turns I gangrene by inoculation. Baker's Wanderings in Ceylon.- ‘ — Lanu Warrants.—In consequence of the President’s offering nearly two millions of acres of public lands in Northern Iowa (the best lands in the State) fur sale, a sudden rise has taken place in Land Warrants. At the last .session of Congress some sixteen millions of acre.? were donated to varions railroad compan ies, and in consequence the benefits contempla ted to old soldiers by the bounty land acts were greatly depreciated. Warrants have been as high as $1 16 per acre. We advise individ ual holders not to be in haste to sell, as un doubtedly ill a few days Warrants will reach somewhere in the neighborhood of the above figure. Meiger, a German, collected and described 600 species of flies; which he has collected in a ■ttistrievt of ten miks oircnmferenco. journal will apprecia e his endeavors. Absence, or the devil, whoever has cootrwl of the columiii, has ffiad some experience in domestic neatness in the Teritory, and tlitii give* the world the benefit of his observation ; “We always did like neat people. We alwas did cherish a kind of tender feeling for all neat women. But we were never fully ‘‘ slruck” by one until last week, and the way of it wia this: We were out Wesf’a few miles and got belated, looked for a place to stay all night, found a cnbin, asked if we could be accomodated, and a tall woman with freckled face, red hair, buf falo skill moccassins, buckskin dress and a free soil baby, said she ‘‘reckon we mount.” We got off our horses, hitched them to a cotton wood corn crib, and went in. We asked for supper. We got some bacon, molasses, boiled puiikiii and corn dodger. We ate heartily. After meal was past the woman said to the oldest girl: ‘‘Now, Doddy Jane, you have just got to keep that old slut and them ere pups from sleepin iu tliis ere meal box any longer. In making this ere stranger’s corn bread, I was pestered nearly to death pickin the small hairs and dead fleas out of it, that come out of them pesky dogs. And if they sleep in it a week longer it won't be fit to eat.” We were in lore with that woman on account of her neatness. And that evening we laid down upon the rough hewn floor and had plea sant dreams. Ghostly fleas were hopping about tlirongh our corporeal diversities, and spectral gluts, with goblin pups, danced before os in boxes of nnearlhly meal, during the live long night, and onr great grandfather aat straddle of us six hours, and with a ramrod to a six ponnder cannon, stuffed cords of that neatly prepared com dodger down our unwilling throats and whistled all the time for the dogs, while the free soil baby and its tidy mother sat by and wept for the departing hoe cake. We like neatness, we do. ^ ^ Captcre of Ronawat Neoroes.—On Thurs day last, 27th instant, Joseph F. Powell, aged abouttwenty years, and sou.of Geo. W. Powell, of this comity, was hunting in the woods be tween Bovina and Big Black river, in company with two schoool boys, sons of Madison Stephens, when they found a camp of runaway negroes,well stocked with provisions, &c., but no one at it. Mr. Powell had no gmi, bat one of the boys had a double-barrelled shot-gmi. Pow. tion. . Tiie makes. ell took the gun from the boy, and sent him for holder fall by the knife of the negro, or burned j some of tlie neighbors for help. A few minutes to a crisp iu the'fire fiiidled by slave insurrec-1 after the boy started, a uegro made his appear- jance, when lie was bid to stand. He proposed suppositious ease which the j , to be lied, and 1; would already have become an obstinate | ^ p^p^-^ but a. bud damnable fnet, if that paper and its politic | he seized the gnu and wrested it from the hands of Powell, and then knocked him down with it. He then fired the gun at the youngest Stephens, the load passing tbreugh the crown of his hat, just I.NCOME AND LIABILITIES OF THE StaTK.— A Btateineiit snUmitted by Mr Treasurer Courts in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, make the following ; The receipts into public fund from ordinary sources for fiscal year ending Nov. 1, 1857.are estimated at $387,675 45; and for tlie year ending Nov. 1 1858 at $402,413 31. The es timated disbursements are, for ’56-7 $450,912 92. Estimated deficit for ’56-7 $63,237 47; for ’57-8 $74,679 61. U. S. Commerce.—The value of exports from the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856, was $310,586,330; for 1855_ $246,708,553; for 1854, $252,047,806. Of products of the sea the exports were $3,- 356,797- Of products of the forest $10,694,- 1^4. Of agriculture $218,280,649 Manufac tures $78,000,000. Of cotton and tobacco, cxclnsive prodnets of the South, the exports were $140,500,000 •Of gold and silver the exports were $41,000,000 and deducting this it will be seen that cotton and tobacco contribute more than half the valoe of ‘fall ohr esiior^g. cal friends could liave had their way at the recent eleetion. ‘‘Conspirators in every cabin? Not that only -but conspirators in every office; con.spirators in every church; black assassins in every street and at every hearthstone; the North ruled by the iron rod of tyrant demagognes, and the South laid waste by the torch of ferocious sav ages; di.sgrace and contempt from abroad and •political suicide at home; the wrangling of one race with the other, and consequent ruin of .both; and filially, everything of human progre.ss everything of natioimlitr, everything of hope and sympathy for oppressed millions of our own race, sent wailing into the shades of a futurity without hope or consolation. Such is an out line of the career upon which The Albany Journal and the rest of the Northern political Abolitionists still seek to enter. Such is the course upon which the Sonth desires not yet to set out. Slionld the time ever come when, in this devotion to the vital principle of the Re public, “massa” needs help from the North, he will find, ff need be, strong arms enough among his northern brethren to sweep not only the sons of Ham from the face of the earth, but with them the murderous traitors who would incite them to rebellion.—iV. Y. Daybook. a^The electoral vote of lYisconsin was lost in conseqnence of the failnre of the electors to reach the capitol on the day appointed by law for throwing the vote of the State. Snow fell in such quantities as to impede the passage of the trains, on which were the electors, nutil after the time designated. A Bumewbat similar circamstance took place with regard to the vote of California. The steamer which left San Francisco, having al* the electors on board, got aground, and it was at one time feared that they would not reach Sacramento in time to cast their vote, the hour being fixed by law at two o’clock, P. M. The boat got off, however, and the vote of Califor. nia was duly thrown for Bnehunan and Breck inridge. It wonid have been a singular circumstance and coincidence, if California, like Wisconsin, had lost her electoral vote, especially after the exertions made by Mr Bnchanan bisoself to scenre it, by writing a letter designed to tickle the latitndinariaii ideas of his Californian friends at the expense of his strict construction of the Constitution Southern supporters. By the'way, suppose the Maryland electors had failed to reach the capitol in time, to vote for Fillmore, what would have been the footing up of his vote?-‘- W. Htrald, grazing the top of his head. Stephen then ran and the negro drew a horse-pistol and knocked Powell down the second time. The cider Stephens hearing the gun, ran back, and he and Powell succeeded in eonqueriiig and securing the negro. Soon after other large negro men Citme to the assistance of their comrade, and one of them attempted to shoot Powell With a horse-pistol, but it only snapped, and the boys succeeded in seenring them both ami marched them in. At night they captured a woman at the game camp. They are now in jail in onr city and say they belong to persons living in Adams and Wilkinson counties. This was a daring and courageons feat, and one tliat very few lioys would have the courage or hardihood to pcrrorni.— Vieksbnrg Wk%g. Mr Enrros;—Feeling, under the circum stances, no inclination to interfere with “the ticket” proposed for mayor and aldermen, I desire the withdrawal of my name from the candidacy. F.N. ROBERTS. Is A Half Barrel a Barrel ?—An inciden occur.'-ed in the Miinieipal Court, whicli shows how easily a person indicted for an offence a- guinst the laws can escape, through a most trifling error in the indictincnt. John A. Fra zier was on trial for larceny of mackerel from Long Wharf. The evidence was put in to 8ns tain this charge, and the case given to the ju ry. That body was in deliberation abont five minutes, when they returned to the court room for the purpose of getting instructions on a cer tain point from Jndge Nash. 'The foreman re marked that the indictment alleged the stolen mackerel to bare been contained in barrels, whereas all the testimony went to show that half-barrels were used. District Attorney Brewster argued that a half-barrel was still a barrel and that the term ‘barrel,” nsed in the indictment, was proper. The Court did not coincide with the views of the District Attorney —deeming a half barrel a distinct piece of wormanship—and decided that the indictment was defective. The jury then, by order of the Court, rendered a verdict of acqntttal.—Bottan Htrald. In the House of Representatives on Saturday, Mr Winslow, of North Carolina, asked consent to submit a resolution requesting the Secretary of War *to fnmish the Hoose of Representa tives with an estimate of the appropriatkma necessary for the extension of the North Caro lina arsenal of construction, together with the amoDDt heretofore expended in the compietioa of the public bniidhigs tbarc.” Objection was made. Ma Editor:—I noticed in the Observer of Monday last, that 1 was recommended to the citizens of onr Town, as a suitable person for' Commissioner‘in the Ward in which I reside. Having no aspiration for the office, I decline a aomination ther^nr. J. WINSLOW. , 9mter3 I, IWl K.tYCTTEVILLE, Satiirilay, Jaiiuai-y N. C. », 28,57 ■ ^0- C. C. McCRtTMiiEN' is our duly authorized agent for the collection of alt claims due tbie office. Hic LcgMatnrc. The Ctiristma,s Holidays having carried home a great many meniliers, little :or no business has been done during the past ten days. Per haps they may now dispoteJi the work before them. ‘The 10th of February is the day named for adjoarnment. - gllXtCH. tip to the time of going to press, nothing of any intitrest had transpireil at the seat of Gov ernment. ’The LegisUlure is now in session, brit we have received no inlelligei'.cc as to ba.si ness matters. Oen. Campbcll.i the present able and efficient chief of the Post Office Department, has been tendered a compliraentary diniitr by the Demo crats of New York. Foretgd Sewf. England has declared war against Persia. Tlie Persians have re-c«ptqred Herat. France is iatrigning between the three powers, Eng land, Rossia and F^tf***:—aad it is presamed by some diplomats in high circles, that Napo leon will outwit the whole. (9* The contemplated. duel between Gen_ Dargaii of Anson, and Mr Hargrove of Gran ville, has been “amicably adjusted.” By the way, this is the fourteenth orfifteeiith bloodless dnel we hare read of lately. Pity they were not all such. J^-As a last remedy,' it is propo.sed to the town Commissioners to give that Diicn adose of salts, so as to cau.se a running off in that wav. It is rumored that the Hon.- John E. Ward, ofSaraiinali, -hug been tendered a high appoint ment, either at home or abroad;’by the incom, iiig administration. Mr. IV belongs to the Un ion wing of tha Soathern> Deinocracy, and the Suvannaii Republican thinks'it likely there is some ground for the report. Ecupse in 1857.—Tliere will be two eclipses tjis year, both of the .sun. The first will occur on the 25tli of .March. It will be invisible in ail that part of the Uji.tcd Bliite.s east ot tbe m;ridiaii of ^IVasiiingiou, and partial and visible •west of Wafthiugton The sceoiiii is an annual eetipse of the sun. , wliich will contaience on the I7th of tieptcinber, a,t midiiigiii in tiie United States, and ,Ltierefoi,'c.invisible m 'tiiis'couittfv.■ It will be Ti.sible iu a large poi tiuii of Asia, a part.of Africa, aiidthe-whole of Austrialia. We are gratified ..to.fiud that J U Ilaiigh- toii, Esq., is a friend to the Western Rail Road—and however we may differ Iroiit him in hia opinions as to the ,.racticuWe eliuraeter of the River Improveuieiil,we niiitit give hiui credit for able ainl, cogent reasoning in favor of the rail-road, the necessity for it,- and the dc- mauds of popular iuteresU upon the 'State for the developuieiil of those immense, treasures of coal and irqii which lie in the-Deep River val- As Mr Haughton pertinently-intimates he cannot be an .opponent of so important a tcork^ and we are assured that his future course in rfefereiice to the bill loi/iprone AO toords. We lake the liberly of quoting from Mr H.'s late letter to tiie Observer, Uie following unequivo cal expression: “/ojiposcd to your railroad 1 ! The idea (when all me surrounding cireuinstau- ces are known) is absolutely irepoBterouk.” Jacob Jobiison who was executed at .Clinton a short time since, for the murder of Mr Jacob Stewart, seems to have been a hardened wretch. He made several applications for pardon to the Governor—the last of which, written on the eve of Ids execution, he dated iu “The in fernal regions;” and we learn that on big way to the gallows he remarked that he would “jnst be hnng in time to spend Christmas in h—II. He was the bravado to the last. We learii that the Hotel belonging to B. Calddwell, Lumberton, was destroyed by fire on Snuday night,—coveret^by insnrance. Dividend;—'The Bank of Fayetteville has declared a dividend of 4 per cent. s, —» I i^»o ^ Mr Editor: The following ticket will be supported by the citizens of Fayettevilla in the approaching election. This ticket has been selected without reference to any interest except that of the town, its besrltb, finances and general prosperi ty ; Vor layor. THOS, J. CURTIS. CamMoBcn. Ward No. I JA'S. SUXDY, “ “ 2 A. M. CAMPBELL, " “ 3 F. N. ROBERTS, ” “ 4 W. G. MATHEWS, “ “ 5 W. McL. McKAY. “ “ 6 GEN. JNO. WINSLOW, " “ 7 WALTER DRAUGHON. y! Editor:—I beg leave to withdraw from tbe candidacy for town commissioner. A. M. CAMPBELL. Janaary I, 1857. Wa. McL- McEat declines being a date for town Commissioner. ‘ Jaa. !, 1857; .. candi- OA‘1 It it often thel dcnce or whatevi term it, dictate jonrnalitt pnmd •tions when tact juncts, and therJ handled with cil break the delical occasions when policy are lost ii involved—and iH ist feels that liis I great the pcrsonl its perforaance. we are aboat to quarters a gpiritl pessibly be held [ iveR, caiinrag po|| viduals who prefel If action, for mi sird other cummul the nuncompliancJ that be" with tii| ties. So let it be. burden if there isl be told though evil intent, nor that we take upl sift and explore ill some of its deforil fair niiiuled men tl tion that what wel ought to have becl Tbe leading offil in the hands of Ihl Navigation Coma loggerheads ; amfl to fasten on the -ol inconipctencr—ail work is as far fra eight years ago, ij thing mure than neglect ar utter i| l^rjvelicahility of i concknsKMi or the try ciiuuvt evade ■ back. Willie faeul three, and peraapB Now wkat arcl yrepe.se briefly ani ■review Ylic historj ';crnal impruvemc self to plain siniel KOI be gainsaid ol 4)eeii in progress ■■ wfilioBl intermissi whicli Slim tbe sa private individnaffi is now indebted tp ceRtractors for a I have been obtainffi body seems to a really retrogradiil At this very tiiil contrary iietwill| birch canoe could Fayetteville; uinl cuntradii'tioa, thi ception of the wol there heen filteeiil iadea with a tingl all the lucks andf except at such rivers was so gr| face over the d| revenne to thei the Cape Fear merly lon-timberj the product and of dollars were | Legislature, eiglj stroy this source I more effectual could not have iJ by this Navigatie stale authority, ting ou the banki purch.iser unable cause of these ‘ of the stream, evil. But to the V engineer is thoud grand an enter furnishes a chief I it provided with op and down the very favorable 1 the work; giveej 000) which is 1 man," and the without hesitatM Fat contract “scienlific explo as chief engiiieed annum and exp much as six .things go on sv the steamer is 1 of the coal fielij fortunes are sundry log-daa eugiueer rejior to contract;” the report, [Kick enjoy it. A fre occurrence on particular fre precedeiitcd*' that “without i become aseleHil seeing that tb But the money I gone; every ( contract.” friends of the 1 money; they 1 some other Nor a good job, and I ir," another ap certainly comp •ffiiOBtiOD Is I