FAYETTEVILLE & COAL FIELDS RAILROAD.
Debate in the Senate, Taetday, Jany 11, 1859.
On motiou of 3Ir. McDowell, the bill to aid in
the constructiou and equipment of the Western
and Coalfields milroad was taken up on its third
reading.
Mr. Leach said he had voted against the bill
when it was proposed to exchange bonds to the
•mount of So'JO.OOO, under a sense of duty. He
had since voted for the bill on the second reading
and had found his constituents approved of that
vote. Subsequent events on that floor had changed
his mindj for he had seen that the Governor was
allowed to put his hand into the treasury without
hindrance in the ease of the refitting of the exec
utive mansion. That had changed his mind.
Another reason was the depreciation of our State
bonds, which had gone down by the action oi this
Legislature some way or other, 10 or 15 per cent.
Then see how bis resolutions on the public lands
were treated. He could not go for the bill.
Mr. Cowper moved an aiuendiuent—that to
meet the principal of the bonds to be issued by
the State for this work, u tax of i of 1 per cent,
valuation of lund should be levied, and 2 cents ou
the poll, to be collected as other taxes and paid
over to the commissipners of the siiiking fund, to
be kept as a separate fund fur this ]>urj)ose. ]f
the Legislature was going to make appropriations
it should provide the means to meet them. In
the event that the State should never be called on
to pay these bonds, the fund coaid be applied to
some other purjw^se.
Mr. Steele reminded the Senator that personal
security to the amount of ?5U,000 to socuro the
interest on the bonds was already provided for.
He saw no use for the anicndment and it ought
not to be sustained by the friends of the bill. He
(Mr. S.) had no personai interest whatever in the
matter, but a desire to see the prosperity of the
State and a.s a friend of the development of the
State’s resources.
Mr. Cowper was sustained in his position by
the commissioners of the .>iinki!ig fund, who re
commended in their report that provision should
be made to meet all future appropriations.
Mr. Ed ney was not one of those Senators who
vote differently on the third from what they did
on the .second reading. The amendnient was a
revenue bill—to meet a debt which could not pos
sibly accrue for thirty years. It wa.s time enough
to talk of revenue when it was needed—if it ever
could be needed in this case. The present bill
secured the State against any lo.ss, if it were pos
sible to give security by a bill. The effect of the
amendment would be to kill the measure, and for
one he was against it. He insisted the State ran
no risk in this case. But if the Legislature had
got no State pride—were determined to vote down
all appropriations, whatever their necessity, why
then let this bill be voted down.
Mr. Cowper said there was a possibility of loss,
and instanced the Raleigh k Gaston railroad, in
which individual bonds were given, and in which
the State lost everything.
Mr. Leach concurred with Mr. Cowper.
Mr. Edney thought Mr. Loach did not under
stand the provisions of the bill, and proceeded to
enlighten him by explaining them.
Mr. Bledso* offered an amendment to Mr. Cow-
per’s amendment—proposing to strike out “land"
and insert s of 1 per cent, on the ca.sh value of
all the taxable property in the State, except slaves
aubject to capitation tax, and to pay over any ex
cess, after meeting the principal of the bonds to
the
on the record—^to keep his nose to the grindstone-
He knew that Senator’s position.
Mr. Cowper said Mr. Bledsoe’s threats should
not deter him in his course. He would keep him
self right on the record.
Mr. Cherry concurred ^ith Mr. Gorrell. ^ ne
would vote for Mr. Cowper s amendment if he
thought it necessary, but he considered^the State
properly guarded. In answer to Mr. C s remarks
on the Raleigh and Gaston road, he said the State
had been benefitted more than she had lost by that
work. He would support the present bill if it got
no other vote from any county in the State.
Mr. Leach confessed his mistake on the depre
ciation of State bonds—he was now informed it
was the N. C. Railroad bonds that had gone down.
—(Laughter.)
The vote on Mr. Bledsoe’s amendment resulted
—aye 1, no 42.
Mr. Cowper’s amendment also was rejected
aye 7, no 37.
Mr. Pitchford moved to amend by providing
that no part of the money arising from the sales
of the bonds to be issued should be applied to the
payment of interest. He understood this had been
done in the case of the Cape Fear and Deep river
bonds.
Mr. Gilmore said the State was better guarded
in this bill than any other ever passed. He would
accept the amendment. He continued and said
that alter all the amendments he hoped the friends
of the bill would stand fast and not give back. It
was too important a measure to fail—the State’s
interest and her credit were at stake. He believ
ed the influences resulting from this day’s legisla
tion would result in the general prosperity ot the
State. He begged the Senate to stand by him
once more.
The amendment was adopied.
Mr. Ashe, at the .-suggestion of the friends of the
bill, proposed an additional section as an amend
ment. This amendment empowered the company
to construct bnuiches to any other road, but pro
hibited them from crossing any now built or in
course of construction.
Mr. Ramsey moved to strike out “cross.”
Mr. Ashe explained that the object was to re
move objections which would jeopardize the bill’s
ptLxsagein the other Honso.
Mr. Pitchford asked if the charter gave power
to extend the road to Danville.
Mr. Ashe answered in the affirmative.
Mr. Gilmore said that to satisfy all parties that
no injury could result from the charter they had
accepted the amendment.
Mr. Ramsey objected to this charter trammelling
future legislation.
Mr. Ashe explained, and Mr. Ramsey withdrew
his amendment.
Mr. Ward moved to except the Wilmington
and Weldon road. He had supported the bill in
hopes that it might be one day extended through
the counties of Sampson &c., to Beaufort harb«)r;
but if it was not allowed to cross the Wilmington
and Weldon road he would vote against the amend
ment and the bill.
Mr. Pitchford wjis for building this one road.
He was for the amendment, but without it he
could not go for the bill.
Mr. Speight said that the last amendment had
revived to some extent the objections which had
induced him to oppose the bill at the outset. He
had voted for it with Mr. Bledsoe’s amendment,
but subsequent reflection had not satisfied him
that the State was fully secured. He then refer
red to the bonds of individuals to .secure the in-
commis.sioners of the sinking fund. M.., . j
Bledsoe concurred with Mr. Cowper in the nece.s- | terest on the Matt s Ijonds and spoke of the pro-
sity 6f providing means for pavina the debts of bable results in case they were forfeited to the
the St-.te a-: they are incurred—he Sirrced with i ^^ate. ^ Sympathy would probablv secure the re-
that Senator thus far, but he differed with him as ! lease of the individuals and the State would have
to the means of doin^ this. While that Senator i the interest. He objected to half mea-
FOREIGN LN’TELLIGENCE:
From the Paris Correspondent of the Nat. Intelligenoar.
French Sfatisti>i.—In 1847 the length of
French completed railways was 1,250 miles, and
the gross receipts about $12,000,000. In 185,
the length, open for traffic, was 4,662 miles; and
the gross receipts about $62,000,000. The Gov-
ernnient budget for 1847 was under $300,000,000
of which about 116,000,000 was for railways.
The budget estimate for 1858 is 3^43,000,000.
It is ascertained that direct taxes, nevertheless,
have only increased by 85,000,000 while the pro
duce of indirect taxes has increased by S25,000,-
000; indicating a larger consuming power among
the people, and consequently a corresponding in
crease of prosperity. The value of the exports
and imports of France between 1887 and 1847,
under Louis Philippe, increa.sed during that pe
riod only $200,000,000—the result of one system.
During the ten next years the augmentation h£LS
been 8395,000,000, notwithstanding war, pesti
lence, and more than once threatened famine in
the interval. This is the result of another sys
tem. The advance in French manufacturing in
dustry is not less remarkable than In her foreign
tradej and there is no question that a material
share of the crodit of it all is due to the personal
exertion of the Kmperor. In the face of an a-
bundant harvest this year, and, lot me add, in
conflict with cea.seless petitioners, he issued a de
cree early in the autumn extending the remission
of duties' on breadstuffs. It gives me great satis-
facdon to add that the measure wa.s adofited alter a
Cabinet council, before which had been read a
Strong argument upon the subject from the pen
of our Minister, Mr. Ma.son. The enlightenment
of the Government ma}' yet show itself in a re
peal of the enormous cotton duties, and in other
measures equally called for. It is in all respects
certain that France, meanwhile, is indebted to her
present ruler for a series of nioditieations of tarifl
and fiscal regulations m«>st ijt'neficial to trade, to
manufactures, and to the population at large.
Paris.—Paris is claimed by its inhabitants to
be the capital of art and civilization; and. wonder
ful u.'? the history of Fort Dnquesne is in the
irrajJiic sketch of the President, the growth and
progress of Paris will make no mean figure among
figures. An imperial jiroject is likely to be adopt
ed for enlarging the city and carrying the octroi
limits back to the fortifications. The propo.sed
measure ha.« found much general advocacy, but
there is some discontent with it; and this recalls
the verse of a witty rhyiner on the occaiiion of a
former city enlargement, in 17>^8:
*‘Le niur niurant Paris, rcn.J I’aris murmuraut.”
A new extension has beconie expedient, how
ever, and will inevitably be made. Between the
present octroi wall and the outer fortifications is a
va.st city belt filled with people and industry, un
der government distinct from the city population
Discussion upon the subject has meanwhile brought
to notice some intere.sting historical facts. Dur
ing the .-ipace of aV>out lUOO years the walls of
Paris have been altered nine separate times, each
time encircling wider territory. The first enclo
sure under Julius (’a*sar contained but forty-five
acres. In the thirteenth century, under Philip
Augustus, the enel'jsure was seven hundred and
fifty acres. Tnder Henry IV. it was enlargeii to
tif\een hundred and sixty; this was in the sixteenth
century. A century later, under Louis XIV
wa.s enlarged to two thousand six hundred acres
I’nder Louis XV, a century ago. it was enlarged
to eight thousand acres; and to-day the walls en
close about eight thousand five hundred acres
The proposed measure of enlarirement will make
the area equal to eiL'hteen thou.s;ind six hundred
and twenty-five acres, and will add to the popula
tion 350,OoO souls.* The vast suburban belt here
Th* Bankt in South Carolina.—ThQ condition ■ rBOM THK nationai. l2iTSLl.lO«NCSB.
of the several Banks in this State, on the 30th day | COTTON—1858—1859.
of December, may be learned from the Comptrol-1 Cotton statistics at this moment occupy much
ler’s monthly statement, published officially in ; attention on both sides of the Atlantic. Those
this morning’s Mercury. | furnished officially on Uecember 31, 1858, are as
Liabilitibs.
Capital *14,888,451.98
CircuUtiou 8,967,783.12
Pf't*. unhand l,b'.'4,647.95
would provide for the payment of our debts, he
singles out the land owner and slave, owner alone,
and excepts ail other species of property. Why
not^lace the taxes on all species of property?
Why single out the owner of slaves and the po*or
man with a mere tract of land? Mr. B. could not
understand it. When the question was before the
committee to provide for the f>ayment of all the
debts of the State, he*(Mr Cowper; had refused
to vote a sufficient sum. Mr. Bled.soe thought
the object of Mr. Cowper’s motion was to kill the
sures, and, in this view of the ca.se, would prefer ' in comprised consI.*ts of the communes of La Vil-
that the State should at once assume the payment
of the money. Then he was opposed' to the bill
as it gave a charter to a rival road to the X. C.
road tfirough to Beaufort. The X. C. road had
been built at a great expense. The route might
be wrong, but whether right or wrong that in
terest should now be protected. He syrapathized
with the friends of this bill, but he wa.s impelled }
by a sense of duty to his constituents. He con- !
sidered himself instructed as to new appropria-!
liil. If not. said Mr. B.. let h im join me, shoul- ’ tions; he was untrammelled as to other works. |
der to shoulder, to tax all species of property to ] He had voted on the .second reading with a reser-1
meet this debt. . * j '"ation as to the third. He had doubts as to the :
Mr. Cowper replied, Vjut h's remarks were quite 1 practicability of this work—that a road 40 miies j
irrelevant to the subject—beine entirclv on the i tayetteville should pay with Ireight alone. '■
subject of ta’xation. " * j road in his experience ever did pay without j
Mr. Bledsoe followed and insisted the object 1 pa->senger traffic. And again he doubted if the j
was to kill the bill. Mr. Cowper proposed to ex- i r'jad would be found to be worth to the State 1
empt in his amendment one claii-s of persons from 1 --400,000 in the event ot its being forfeited. He
the payment of the proposed tax—a clfi&s best able * aHi^ded to the Cape Fear and Deep river improve-
to bear it. It was unfair to put a tax of two cents : ™ent and a.sked if it was wi.se to commence a new
on the man working for his daily bread and ex- '^^fi^'shed,or if it wasintend-
empt men with large investments in bank stocks ■ abandon that altogether. lie was con- j
and other stocks. He called upon Mr. C’owper, | strained to vote against the final pa.ssage of this |
if he wa.s in earnest in his professions a.s to meet- j |
ing this de^jt. to march up as he ought and a. he L‘^ne moved to amend bv' providing that if j
will have to do in a few years, and tax all fcpecies time this road should tap the X. roacd, 1
of property. ’ } it should not be west of Morrisville. i
Mr. Gorrell did not look on this as a sectional ' Thomas looked upon this as a great State j
work—it was important to all the V»est intere.sts of i '"t^rk, but he feared it would Vje killed by amend-
the State. He could not see why it should be | ™^uts. He considered this road as necessary to
trammelled by a revenue bill or a sinking fund. the interest of the X. C. road a.s supplying the
He opposed the amendments. There was a gerat i groat staple of coal, which was indispensable to
difference between this road and almost all others, j build up our seaport of- Beaufort, and furnish a
They were affected by the weather—in the failure j commanding article of freight for the road. But
of crops by unpropitious seasons, and in the check ' could not see why the road should he restricted
to passenger travel in bad weather; this road, on | 'ts connection to Morrisville.
the contrary, had a npver-failin;r source of wealth, i *'lr. Lane. Because it is the nearest point, and
in the rich deposits of minerals buried in the Deep ' the object was to prevent injury to the X. C. Road
river valley, ^e instanced the testimony of Prof. I freights.
Mr. Pool defended Mr. Lane’s amendment. The
route by Fayetteville would make a great difference
in length, and it would tend to break down the X.
road in proportion as freight was thrown west
on that road.
Mr. Ramsay opposed the amendment as unjust
to the west. The east could go where she liked
in these matters, but the west must be cribbed and
confined. He cautioned the east that the day
might come when the west would rise in her pow
er and come down like an avalanche and sweep a-
way these obstructions.
M r. Worth deprecated sectional feeling af\er
going together so far on this bill. He hoped and
that the boasted wealth of the Deep river valley beseeched it would be dissipated and that they
should all go together once more. He explained
the provisions of the bill, with a view
Emmons, who lj!)re a high reputation as a geohv
gist in Kurope as well as America, of Dr. .lack-
son, of Boston, and of Com. Wilkes. He alluded
to the conclusive evidence of the latter gentleman,
a^^ brining the eyes of the nation upon us and as
increasing the value of our State bonds to par and
above par. "I he national foundry in connection
with our State had raised our bojids and would
tend to keep them up. But, said he, let it go
forth to the world that Xorth Carolina, in the
face of the lights before her—in the full blaze of
the light.of the nineteenth century, had refused to
charter a railroad forty miies long, with such a.s-
surances too, and the world will at once conclude
is all humbug. He hoped the an>endments 'Would
not b4 adopted, and that the bill would stand or
fall on its merits.
Mr. Ldney followed. After speaking at some
length on tlie revenue question he concluded with
an appeal to Senators to be governed by feelings
of patriotism and not by a contracted policy. He
called upon them to defeat the bill on its merits
rather than c ripple and break it down by amend
ments, and drew attention to the good effects of
Com. W ilkes s letter and the consequent depres
sion on the public mind in the event of the defeat
of this bill. •
to remove
the objections of Mr. Speight.
31 r. Douthitt entered his protest again.st Mr.
Lane’s amendment and Mr. Ashe’s also, as dis
criminating against his constituents. He moved
to amend Mr. Lane’s by striking out “Morrisville”
and inserting “Lexington.”
31 r. i^itchford said his object was to develope
the coal, &c., and he supported 3Ir. Lane’s amend
ment as 3Iorrisville was the most central point
from which the coal could be shipped to all parts
of the State.
Mr. Edney hoped all the amendments would
The extension of the road was
Mr; Bledsoe said there was no Senator on that
floor could be more confidently relied on to vote I be voted down,
for the bill than he, and therefore his amendment j premature,
could not be intended to cripple the bill. He was | 3Ir. Douthitt’s amendment was rejected—30 to
astonished at Mr. Gorrell's fling at him on the j 1^- >Ir. Lane’s also—27 to 16.
queKtlon of revenue, forgetful of the fact that his -^nd then the bill was rejected. The ayes and
(Hr. B's) bill to alter the constitution on that sub- j Hot's were published in the last Observer.
ject was the special order for to-day at 11 o’clock: j
And did 3Ir. Gorrell think he knew so iittle of I ^^^*^^tion of the property of Massachusetts
his duties as to offer a bill in violation of the con- to taxation is 8813,776,483 for the last
stitution.' His resolution to amend was mlsunder- The amount of taxes assessed was $6,820,-
stood by Mr. Cow|>er, for it proposed to tax all , 1’he average poll tax was gl 81.
slaves not subject to capitation tax. His .object
lette, La Chapelle, 31ontmartre, Belleville, Batig
nolles, Pas.sy, Auteuil, Grenelle, Vaugirard, etc
around by Vincennes to Menilniontant; all, in fact
within the enciente of the fortifications. Thi.*
thinks a writer in the Pays, will be “definitive
Paris;” the “Paris of Napoleon III;” a sovereign
he adds, who “brings to the creation of the splen
dors of peace all the grandeur of hi* genius and
of his race
♦ The population of Paris proper, Ln 18.5C, is giveu at
l,li4,>X> scuts. V\iih th« added iwrritory, therefore, i
will amount lo The pjjulaiion of thd whole
Department «f the Seine, whicli in IKjI aniouuted lo
souls, is now stated to be
Rdi'jion tJi J'ipan.—The London Ejruminer
■>a_ i in religious matters it is plain that the Japan
ese are not intolerant, for thev have three differ
ent religions, divided intr> upwards ofthirty .sects
the votaries of all of which live peaceably together
The persecution of the Christians in the seventeenth
century was a political and not a theological one
Before it commenced, the bonzes, or priests ol
Buddhism, a form of religion introduced from
Inilia, were the most importunate in their com
plaints against the (’hrlstians. They petitioned
the Kmperor against them, who demanded how
many forms of religion exi.sted in the empire, and
the reply was, thirty-five. “ W> U,” rfjoined h
Majesty, ^‘vhere thirty-fire. Ite it dr rated, ic
can easily brar thirty-six. Lrai'r, the stran^( rs
in 2>tare.”
A 2^f)hle iMrd.—We take great pleasure In re
cording another instance of noblene.ss on the part
of one of our citizens. In 1849 the sugar refine
ry of 3Ies.srs. Harris & Ockerhausen was burned
and the firm being large losers, were compelleu tt)
su.spend payment. They called a meeting of the
creditors, and the junior partner, Mr. Adolphus
E. (Jckerhausen, pledged to them all that the as
sets would realize; which promise he literally ful
filled, by paying 70 cents on the dollar, leavln_
himself utterly pennyle.ss, but with the confidence
and sympathy of every one with whom he had any
business transactions. He immediately recom
menced his works, and in company with his broth
er, has been ve^- succesful, having accumulated
a handsome fortune. On Xew Year’s day he ad
dressed a handsome note to each one of his former
creditors, enclosing to them not simply his share
of the compromised portion of the old debt, but
the whole of the 80 percent, left unpaid ten years
before! With liis characteristic modesty lie has
taken .some pains to keep this transaction “out of
the papers” but it is “too good to keep;” and de
serves to be p)ublished as a lesson worthy to be
studied by all who would maintain a true nobleness
of character amid the temptations of this money-
loving age.—Journal of ('ommerce.
A Dead Man Disaj^jwints a Funeral Cortege.
—On Sunday last, says the Chicago Tribune, a
man named Powell, lately a saloon keeper on State
street, near Randolph, who had been sick for
some time past, apparently departed this life, and
his remains were prepared for their last resting
place, and in the apparel of the grave passed the
day in a cold room. A hearse was summoned and
carriages in attendance for the last obsequies,
when from some appearances in the face of the
supposed corpse, proceedings were stayed and
medical aid summoned, when the case was seen
j to be one of suspended animation; and after some
I hours of judicious and skillful treatment the vital-
I ity was restored, and Mr. Powell is now doin«-
j well. The instance, as all such should do, re°
I vives the soul-harrowing surmise whether cases
j are not of too occasional occurrence when anima-
I tion only returns, af'ter the inexorable doors ot
the tomb have closed upon the unhappy living
The aggregate resi^lts are as follows:
Due Banks
Depoaitu
Du« Stut*
Othvr i«BU
S,74:i,793.38
3,741,067.76
108,1:87.62
1»1,4U1.01
RKSOCKCEli.
Sp«cia $2,561,298.57
Real kintals 677,641.48
Bauk Notex 598,552.85
Dutt fm Baukt 2,162,585.69
Discouut* 12,484,689.38
Dom. Exoh’go y,619,0i7.35
For. Exch'gtt 368.688.3 (
Bonds 1,178,8.0-2. r
jSiocks
jSusp. Debt
Braauh«s
{State
Uthttf iittiuit
*30,214,883.6:
follows:
“Received at Southern ports, 1,827,049 bales;
an increa.se this year over the last of 733,807 bales.
Exported 529,652; an increase this year of 180,-
735. The exports to Xorthern domeatic ports
«ihow an increase of 225,222 bales compared with
thoiie of the preceding year, and the stock on
hand at all the porta shows an increase compared
with last year of 216,569 bales.”
X'«;urly two-thirds of the last crop of cotton
1,744,881.60 j have by this time reached the shipping ports.
That so large a proportion should be so much in
advance of former years is to be ascribed not only
to its unusually early maturity from a remarkably
favorable autumn until Xovember, and to our
1,971.098.96
l,.''.40,3o7.13
8hO,«29..‘iU
LATER FROM EUROPE
Halifax, Jar,
The Niagara, with Liverpool dates to
inst., arrived this forenoon.
1st
$36,244,883.67
By comparing this with the statement ot Xo\- . • ii i * i *
1 on ♦ A „ Tivcrs beuig early navigable, but also to the ex
ember oO, we note the following changes. An . o j
increase in circulation of $1,258,887.43; in specie 1 tensioi. of new railroad., that penetrate to the con-
on hand, of 840,131.72; in domestic exchange, of | the remote cotton regions Alabama,
§758,989.22; in foreign exchange, of 8192,353.91: | Mississippi, Geor^Ma the Carolinas,aud Ten^«-
and a decrea!^e iu de^sits, of 820,606.25. i ^ informed as to the ex
tent of the last cotton crop continues to varj, trom
3,300,000 to o,500,000 bales, the outside estimate.
^‘l JVew Gold Reijion.—So rapid is the progress I At one period of the last autumn, before the
of’ this country, that new and extraordinary devel- I Irosts and rains of Xovember, ( when the sanguine
•68 mav fail for a while to ! plant(*r from the bank of the Alabama wrote to
It is reported that France has ofiiciallv i, f
ed England of- her support, if the latti
measures to counteract Buchanan’s noHox,
tion to Cuba. ^ ^
A false alarm of fire in Victoria Theatre 1
don, caused a panic, and in the tumult 16 n °
were trampled to death. P^tsoni
The Spanish papers denounce (influenced H
lomatically,) in a tone of offended nridp th
sage of President Buchanan. ’ ^
Commercial.—Cotton—Sales for the
000 bales. Closed quiet and steadv (i
fair74. 3Iiddling 7. Uplands 7 4-lG('a, 7
The annual statement shows that the sto^k •
is 349,000 bales, including 265,000
Total import during the year upwards ot
000 bales—an increase of 80,000 over last*"’
Flour very dull. Provisions dull. Hosin^b*^
ant and scarce. Sugar firm. Sbt^ T„
dull at 39s. ■
decrease iu deposits, of 820,606.2.5.
Chas. Mercury.
opnients of its resources
command attention. Thus it happens that, with
out creating any special wonder, a new Australia
baa been di.scovered in the heart ol our territory.
We have found an El Dorado on this side jf the
his friend iu Paris,; there may have been, espe
cially in parts of the State of Alabama, the pro.s-
p*-(.t of a larger cotton crop for 1858 than had
ever been rathered iu this country; but that pros-
The last crop falls
erritory, now known here i snort ot tnat ui i?'.').')-o, which was 3,527,845
as Colona,—so called by its inhabitants. In honor i bales; and will not probably much exceed that of
of the memory of Columbus, or Colon. } 18.')7, which was .>,113,962 bale.s; or that of 1851,
The extent of the gold region, so far as pros- i wlileh was 3,01 029 bales.
■ ' From an inte!lirent mercantile source the fol-
Ilocky Mountains, and within our organized ter- j pect has not been realized,
ritories. Such is the Territory, now known here i short of that uf 185.o-’6, i
From Salt Lake.—A
St. Louis, Jar,,
T . u from
l^e, Xovember 26th, gives a painful acc-uunt
the suffering among the men and animaU „u ,h‘
Plains, in consequence of the cold. Men
found frozen to death at nearly everv
Ten of Maj. Russell’s luen were frozen to
at one time.
The snow was very deep and the weather
colder than has been known for thiriy
The mercury stood 27 degrees below zero.
peeted, is a hundred miles from north to south,
and thirty miles from east to west—but that it ex
tends much further may be imagined from the
geological indications of the country. Tfiis region
is watered by no less than twelve .streams, fur
nishing great facilities for gold-working.
Of this region we have no accounts in Spani.sh
records, and no traditions, and yet it is probably
the chief auriferou.s region of the American con
tinent.
The Superintendent of the 31Int reports that lie
lowing extract is furnished:
“The domestic consumption was cut down in
18.56-’7 by a .short crop and high prices. The
same cause, with the war of Russia, also tended
largely to diminish exports to all foreign countries.
“The panic of 1857 seriou.sly interfered with
the distribution of the crop of 18.57-’58; it also,
by stopping American spindles, reduced the do
mestic consumption to 524,OOO bales, against
687,000 bales the previous year—equal to a re-
has lately assayed .some parcels of gold taken from duction of 163,000 bales. The exports were also
various places within ten or fifteen miles of Hen- ; diininished to France 29,000 and to the ports of
ry ('reek and the South Fork of Platte river, ! Kurope 31,000 bales.
which proved to be of a finene.ss equal 968-1000; j “in yur estimate of the crop of 1858-’59, or
and that it was worth a fraction over twenty dol- | that now coming to market, at 3,400,000 bales,
lars an ounce trjy. Thus he says, it is finer than | we a.ssign its di.stribution as follows: We give to
California gold, and equal in finene.ss to that of j Kngland the same amount she took last year; to
j France we give an increase of 65,000 bales; to the
Xjrth of Kurope, which includes Russian ports,
I 25,000;. to other foreign ports the same as last
! year; and for American stock and consumption an
' increast; of 196,000 bales.
Australia.— Wuih. Cor. Jour, of Corn.
liusincsi of (.'hicayo.—We extract a few items
showing the immense business of this city of fab
ulous growth, from the (Chicago Tribune of Jan
uary 1st, which contains a very interesting review
of the business of the city for the last year, fill-
in:: three entire pages of the pajier.
The receipts of grain amounted to 23,000,OOO
bushels, being an increase of 15 per cent, over
1857. The capacity of warehouses for btorage ot
irrain is equal to 4,095,000 bushels. Capacity to
receive and shiji, per day. 495,000 bushels, (^a- j
jiacity to ship per day 1,340,000 bushels. One i
iiundred and forty thousand barrels of flour were j
vianufaetured 111 ('hicago last year, being a gain '
of fii’ty thousand barrels over 1857. The ware-1
houses for the storage of grain and flour alone I
cost over 83,000,000. The market for live .stock !
said to be the largest in the c*ountry, except X'ew i
York. 242,000,000 feet of lumber shipped in ;
l8.’)H. Two thousand hoases built in 1858, at a
cost of 83,216,000. The auiount of sight exchange
drawn on Xew York for the last six months by a
single-banking-hou.se was 86,742,000.
Kentucky Mule Trad*".—The Paris, Kentucky,
Flag, says: There is great excitement in the
mule trade at this time. Dealers are traveling
over the country paying extraordinary high prices.
Fat mules are very scarce, and difficult to obtain. ^
Our farmers are now making up for the losses
they sustained last year by the failure of dealers j
in Richmond, Va., and elsewhere. Sam Clay,
Jr., agent of Trowbridge’s Sous, .shipped several
hundred head iu the last few days for the We.st
indies, via Xew Haven, Connecticut. X. T. (i.
H. C. Lind.say, lef^ on 31onday with a large drove
of extra mules for Louisiana and 31ississippi.
C. t’. Rogers sold 3.3 head of two and three years
old to Hall Hows, of Fayette county, at 8161
per head. The same firm, it is said, purchased
824,000 worth of mules of Goodman & Letton, of
this county. We understand there were 1()7 in
the lot.
“Last year American spindles were idle; they
are now fully employed, and hence we give for
American consumption an amount which is not
greatly in excess from that of the supply taken
from the crops of 1855—’6 and 185t>—'7.
“From these data it will be seen that, should
the jtresent crop reach the large estiinate of 3,-
400,000 bales, it will all be wanted.
“This impression is strengthened by the preva-
i lence of peace, the abundance of money, and the
j improved condition of the peopla as consumers.
I “Should the crop be limited to 3,300,000 bales
j it will scarcely suffice to meet the wants of the
trade.
“If our figures"be correct, the aggregate crops
I for three years will amount to 9,354,000 bales,
i distributed as follows:
Value, at average
wf 12 cti. p«r lb.
9241,352,000
69.808.000
38.648.000
26.266.000
- 92,688,000
Bal«*.
5.049.000
1.246.000
701,0(j0
547.00W
l,931,0fX)
i. that w.a to place JlrT CowperVikhi i is Sfrn'rt^d to Konh »3,00U'o.“““
been PoweH’s.
W'talth nf Fenni^ylvania.—It appears by the
la-5t re})ort of the Auditor General, that the total
appraised value of the real and personal estate in
this commonwealth is8568,770,234;theasses.sment
i>f tix Is 81,484,81 (J.23; the whole population, 2,-
.‘>11,786, and the number of taxables, 613,509.
For Philadelphia county, alone, the figures are
.«tated as follows:—'I'otal value of real and personal
estate, $162,979,653; assessment of tax, S434,-
73o,91; population, 408,762, and number of tax
ables, 104,335.
Mas^arhuse.tts.—The valuation of property of
Massachusetts subject to taxation is §813,776,-
483 for the last year. The amount of taxes as-
se.s.sed was 86,820,116. The average poll tax was
81,81.
Collins Steamers—\eu' Ocean Line.—A pri
vate letter from Paris states that a French com
pany organized at the wish of the Emperor, are
al)out to purchase the Collins steamers, to be
placed, with others, as a regular line of packets
between France and Xew Y'ork, the French Gov
ernment having agreed to pay to the company a
yearly sum of 15,000,000 francs for carrying the
mails.
The llartjord Times announces the death of
Dr. J. L. Comstock, of that city, widely known as
the author of a number of elementsiry and other
works on different branches of science. The de
ceased was a self-educated man whose early life
was passed as a surgeon in the United States Ar
my. His age was 71 j'ears. His most noted
works were on Chemistry, Natural History, Phy
sical Geography, on Mineralogy, and a History
of Gold and Silver. Of all his works, however,
none have had such a wide sale as “Comstock’s
Natural Philosophy,” which has become a stan
dard school-book, and has gone through very nu
merous editions. We presume it is a fact that
the sale of this book in the United States has
reached nearly a million of copies. It has also
met with marked success in Europe. His revenue
from this book alone, in one year, amounted to
83,000.—Boston Traveller.
A Handsome Contrihntion.—A gentleman wait
ed upon Jerrold one morning, to enlist his sympa
thies in behalf of a mutual friend who was in want
of a round sum of money. But this mutual friend
had already sent his hat about among his literary
brethren on more than one occasion. Mr. ’s
hat was becoming an institution; and the friends
were grieved at the indelicacy of the proceeding.
On the occasion to which we now refer, the bearer
of the hat was received by Jerrold with evident
dissatisfaction. “Well,” said Jerrold, “how much
does want this time?” “Why just a four
and two noughts will, I think, put him straight,”
the bearer of the hat replied. Jerrold—“Well,
pat me down for ooe of the nooghta."
Groat Britain
France
North of Eur»p«
Other foreign port*
United Slates
Total 9.354,000 433,634,000
At the lowest estimates of the last crop, 3,300,-
000 bales, and at the lowest average price, ten
cents per pound, for bales averaging at 500 pounds
each, the average weight of the bale in Alabama,
(though in some localities near the rivers they
may average 550 pounds,) it will be perceived the
United States cotton crop of 1858 will produce at
least one hundred and sixty-five millions of dol
lars, and may produce considerably more, espe
cially if the crop amounts to 3,500,000 bales and
the average price be from eleven to twelve cents
per pound.
The price for middlings, at the Southern ports,
since September 1, has fluctuated from 11 cents
(the present price at Xew Orleans 11| to Hi)
to 12 i cents, the price from September 17 to October
18. At Mobile on the 31st of December, 1858,
the price was 11 cents; 1857, 9J^ to 9J; 1856, 12
to 12J^. The price has since advanced at Mobile.
For the reasons a.ssigned above planters are
lot»king for higher prices as the winter advances,
especially when the English, as expected, enter
more largely into the market. FACTS.
January 10, 1859.
I nparalleled Ilcartlessness.—An individual in
this city, .says the Buffalo Republic of Saturday,
held an execution against another, which was
placed in the hands of the Sheriff, for the pur
pose of collecting the claim; but that oflScer find
ing no property, it was returned unsatisfied. A
short time since, the creditor discovered a small
monument in one of the marble yards in the city,
which had been ordered by the debtor, to be
placed overthegrave ofalit'tle child he had recently
buried. Forthwith this worthy cxamplar of Shy-
lock waited upon the Sheriff, and instructed him
to levy u{K)n the stone. That officer very prop
erly remonstrated against an act §0 barbarotis
and unchristian, but without avail. He was also
threatened with prosecution unless he performed
this unpleasant duty, and the stone was accord
ingly seized, and in due time sold. There was
no one mean enough to bid upon it but the cred
itor, and it was accordingly knocked down to him.
A little monument of a little child, with the
names of the parents and their offspring upon it
—the figure of a dog, the emblem of fidelity, in
an attitude of repose, surmounting it—was bought
in by this thing in human form. As we looked
upon the stone, and listened to the little history
connected with it, we could not help thinking that
he w’ho had done so base a thing against his fel
low being, deserved no repose, either in this world
or the next. •
Immunity in Towns from Injury by Liyhtning.
—One of the most remarkable facts recorded by
31. Boudin is the immunity which towns, espe
cially the larger and more populous ones, enjoy
from accident to life by lightning. Thus between
1800 and 1851, not a single death was recorded
from this cause in Paris; and in 1786 it was cal
culated that out of 750,000 deaths in London dur
ing thirty years, only two had been produced by
lightning. Comparing these numbers with the
total number of deaths from this cause, and with
the fact that 25 per cent, of all happen under trees,
he holds it reasonable to conclude “that lightning
finds more victims in the open country than in
cities.” The annual average number of deaths
by lightning in France from 1835 to 1852, iiiclu-
sive, was 72. In 1835 there were 111.
Two brothers in Maine, by the name of Rich,
have been lately married to two sisters by the
name of Win^, and have removed to Illinois.
Thus “riohes have taken to themielTee wingB.’*
The Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruthnford
Ra ilroad Compa ny.—\\\ learn, through a reliable
source, that the President of the Conipanv h
effected the loan of a sufficient sum to put tlie
twenty-five miles of the road from Walker’is Fer^*^
on the Cape Fear river, in running order; and the
directors are pressing the work with all’possibll
energy. The laying of ihe track will probabh
commence in April next.— Wadeahoro Argm '
Xormal College.—Since the adoption of thi^
institution by the N. C. Conference, Its patrona^
has greatly enlarged. Last year 238 young meD
were enrolled on its catalogue. X’earlv 10(?nior«i
applied for admission, but did not enter, becaui*
they were not able to obtain board in iamliies suf.
ficiently near to the College.
Two agents are now in the field, to obtain .$50.
000, part of wliich is to be expended In enlartTing
the boarding accommodations at the institution
About 250 can find board with faml’ues at tbt-
College and in the immediate vicinity. Familiea
are opening houses every year; a pleasant vlUac^
ha* grown up around the campus; and there ii
now room for more students than could have been
received last year.—N. C. Advocate.
following officers bave
Cole, Wm. Alien, 1
W
*4/uo»t County.—The
been elected:
_Sp ecial Court.—S. W
W. Kendall.
County Trustee.—G. W. Little.
Committee of Finance.—S. W. Cole, M
Mask, J. Broadaway.
Coroner.—G. W. Willoughby.
The following are the county ta’x rates u fiieii
by the magistrates:
Poor tax on poll 10c., on 8100 worth of land 5c
Jury 10c., do. do. 4c
County purposes 20c., do. do. 10c.
Railroad 35c., do. io ‘JTc
75c. 46c
The county Las $5,000 of money on hand for
county purposes; and 84,200 of railroad funds.
The railroad za.x in this county has been unui
imously agreed to by the magistrates.
Wadeshuro' Arijut
Hogs.—The AsMlrille Xews .says that 19,092
Hogs passed through the toll gate at 31 arshall, near
that place, from 7th November to the 21st of De
cember, being about half the number that parsed
during the .same time last" year.
U. S. Senators.—Hon. W. P. Fessenden bn'*
been re-elected to the Senate by the 3Iaiue Legis
lature, and Hon. Henry Wilson by that of .Mav
sachusetts.
Bank Note Fngraving.—Formerly bank notes
were engraved by a single individual, who exe
cuted all the parts directly on the plate; but now,
the vignettes, portraits, lettering, denoiulnatlonal
counters, &c., are done by different per.son.s, no
one of whom is skilled in any othor department
than his own, or capable of produclnfj a good
counterfeit in the style attained under the present
arrangement of sub-divided labor.
The Hon. Theodore Atkinson, formerly one of
the most wealthy men in Xew Hampshire, and
who died at Portsmouth in 1799, left a legacy
of about one thousand dollars to the Kpi.scopal
Church at Portsmouth, to be expended in bread,
to be distributed on'Sunday to the poor of thf
parish. This distribution of more than a dollars
value in bread every Sabbath has now been re
gularly made for about sixty years.
Delirium Tr»me.ns.—The physician of the Chi
cago jail states that during the past year he has
used ipecac in thirty-six ca.ses of delirium tremens,
and with uniform success. He gives it as emetic
at first, and ‘afterwards in doses of from fifteen
to eighteen grains an hour. He says It juiet.s the
nerves and uniformly induces sleep. In connec
tion with this he gives strong beef tea, uses cold
baths, but denies all alcoholic stimulants.
One Hundred Years On the 6th day of
January, George Washington was married to 3lrs
Custis.
Washington Irving, in his life of ashington,
thus refers to the marriage which took place short
ly after the taking of Fopt Dnquesne and a.sh-
ington’s return to his home: “His marriage with
3Irs. Custis toolt place shortly after his return
It was celebrated on the 6th of January, 1759, at
the White House, the residence of the bride, in
the good old hospitable style of Virginia, amid a
joyous assemblage of relatives and friends.”
A Rare Printer.—A Western paper contains
the following advertisement:—“Wants a situation,
a practical printer, who is competent to take charge
of any department in a printing and publishing
house. Would accept a professorship in any 0
the academies. Has no objection to teach orna
mental painting and penmanship, geometry, trigo
nometry and many other sciences. Is particu
larly suited to act as pastor to a small evangelical
ohurch, or as a local preacher. He would ha^^
no objection to form a small but select class of in
teresting young ladies, to instruct in the highest
branches. To a dentist or chiroj>odist he would
be invaluable, as he can do almost anything
Would board with a family, if d.ecidedly pious
For further particulars inquire of Colonel Buffaw*
at Brown’s Saloon.”
A clergyman in Massachusetts, named tmith*
was lately reque.sted to vacate his pulpit by his
congregation, they assigning, among other causes
of dis.satisfaction, that he was not cordial enough
to the ladies! Poor Smith! Various charges
have been made against him within our remem-
beronce, but we never before beard it intimated that
he ikiled in attention to the ladies. The fc®'"
ninei of tht Shawnat ohnroh most b« twfbl agl;>
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tnll the papst
longer Pxmt li
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the paper on
us when mak
Debate o:
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the Standard’
propositions t
rejection of
There appean
predation of
volved, and 5
vitality and
mortifies us.
importance t
than any whi
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this communi
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voluntarily in
in other secti
impairing oui
to the requir
property of tl
further requi
interest; and
interest shal
by means of t
we do confesi
If the bil
Legislature \
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W orkshops
region. A
there would
to lend 8400,
open a way f
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made this ye
with proper
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of 15, on th
stead of 50
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ways, 815 08
Note shav
purchases, b
rest receivec
Negro tra
chases.
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Silver wa
Dentists,
merchants,
oflicers, and
$500 a year
Distillers
gallon made
6 cents 01
&c., brough
use. [This
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cent. Arti
no express
Ready luadi
Patent mec
Peddlers S-J
For an a(
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dends are n
over 8 per
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unchanged.
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for State an
BU SINES
of the Xor
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posing to h
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to make su
make one 1
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rolling sto
condition i
other pers
persons wl
the road t
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the rolling
way in W(
than at th
difference,
will claim
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