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' âą p. terday KrHntE i.. -'la-oh IK Jx re -st -d inst : "II. 1 nur . said âŠâ parat. kiDkrdom^ o 'â ardiniR frolu OBSERVER. Ill a it â P x-h W:ia it! - , , UllJ âH'l Savoy t«i Fruiic A Vote taken on eond. lun oftljp pco- annexn- 0 the iht- London the all fn the lanoe treaty ^'hronicle between has been fc Atlanti pend ÂŁ2 â J'elejjrap{> to re- fctjru. h.il w^ia The Liberal. L. .0* ' iiti- -âI r. h 3 ^ N -Middi J l-'d Th I inir iiiar- hair OrltMri,#*7 «>r I plHuds 7d; .Midâ at Liverpool 7oO,. = Auieriean bave slightly The tirst .State place In ' ' l.:^islature, au . ;-,,unty !I'"bj :-an> have car- âąeas. : ui;,j ,r|ty = -oui â t I -th >ra;iches II ;? 2s ot inisti r M,v â ! .âą'j.aiii.sh au- I -Miram ::i. \f en pr..|^>,.d, Am. r- âJU.ruahdoi Jar- »on not to interfere iM xiu.^ âThe Nsional ' iit an early Jay, 1 C: the place "iventi.'n, iVoni re :h= hotel proprie- hati five di â.laT sper liCfs ai.âainst submit- rli^n 'have, it i> -.iid, U ai; ^;;urr _ : i. if it io!) _ t; ;r»iiy in favor c subatitutod II Uiake a mistake, if th. ot all who >end as niu>âh nion»»y d.-ie::?.? â .i(. it is un- pCau^ r, and D live on ying th ir provisions jation, it is announc- , and wil' camp out â Special Facidc Kail Be, have bad a nieet- >f vie'^a. Mr.jJurtis, hern and a Southern >f sectionalism. He one combining the lieand concur, urging fc the chartje of sec- Southern men i.i John 's foreman, testified tpc-i. â jrt un Tuei lur* - , 3 t' the use of i a ar= ; other elec- ihf t*'' improper use in authority. -Mr. ublic â ârinting, te^ti- tht 'ir^- ^;nt system, rop. .11 tWr a Gov- y T---., Hu j âQuite an ex- :â he religi'iu - âą ju tu Pro-. , â- ^red a Ko- n - "aployed as 'I A. vlum, and ,1 s aa »rp tl. it ii d lAs in the fiur h, became . â a her belief e. ..-.:i,4Lt;d. This her f ther, he took a hA yluii! and made_ foriui.ately the pistol til ânt-- custody, 1 r^-ay evenins^ he un li. .iiH after at' r ytj-r made to cur h> 'â friend.i. 1, â â it Viii rumored J.*- - hurch y -sterday, k cc *.h« church t», 'âąâ rmâned thuse the umony. ol' Ji tip;? to be per- lity. ah' particularly >f >i . Vork. J. 'i , th. 11 I) i yUn's ti.,n takes April next attend. en; n ,n ot 'his city )t )f They were offer' i lor them, ra^ I'lually ^jf >ne oi the paint- âąw.. found that the and: âries of the are l' be s; nt to bat have been }',/ h fjf,minerc iulâ the ground of the (jrai;^e place, Phila- , in which the body petrified. It was 'of a^t, nd though hundred years, the and placid, and his duy it was placed in 8 on d wal to h 1 Iii: W: op,â you d in day lo.'^t in naed- ai Dunblane, m, and t(>ld him rry hi r; for she married to him âwhenever I shall , I will let you i::;',diate)y.'â 'ii.it detective hav= bef-n detected ^e> It is %!iid that x>re nliiln two knaves ivfcd a ji'ibe >f $200 FAl ETTEVII.I.E. M0M)VT KVEMNG, MAK( H 19, I860. l.EC Tl RK UV nr. The Sccond Lecture for the benetit of the Ladies Mount Vernon Fund will be delivered at Fayettaville H»ll on to-morrow Evening the 20th iust., by William 3 MrLLINS. Esq. lickeis may be had at the Bookstores, the Hotels. huJ at the door of the Hall. Mtii'ch li.*. Eyi AL Taxation.âHaving, on Thursday, by the publication of a portion of Gov. Grahamâs speech in the State Senate in 1854, very eflectu- al!\ dis])Osed ot the Democratic pretence that the U hig measure of cciual taxation would violate a compromise of the Constitution, we propose now to ot?er a few plain matter of fact observations on the rature of that proposed measure, and its ob vious eijuity. The following is the portion of the Whig Platlorm which relate.-^ to this subject;â HKREAS. Great inequality exists iu the present mode of taxation, and it is just and right that all prop erty should contribute its proportion towards the bur dens of State: âąâą1. Resolved. Thnt we recoiutuend a Convention of the people of the State to be called on the federal basis as early as practicable for the purpose of ao modifying the Constitution tliat every species of jjroperty may be taxevi according to its value, with power to discriminate â nly in favor of the native products of our State and â he industrial pursuits of her citizens.â The chief ine^juality, if not the only one com plained ot is, that lands and other subjects of tas- atii'U are assessed according to their value, whilst !iet;roes, now the largest single species of property 111 the State, and the one most readily convertible into cash, pay far less than their due proportion, according to th ir value. As was shown by Gov. iiraham, this concession was made to the slave- iiolders in 1885, as a consideration for the eon- lo^ion to the landholders ot an exclusive repre- M iitation in the State Senate. The reason for :he concession no longer exists. Democracy lias wrested from the landholders thtir part of the benefits of this compromise, and there is therefore ISO rca:son for continuing the unequal burden on them. The average value of negroes between 12 and 50 years of age is at least 81000 each. Suppose one man to own ten such negroes, worth 810,000. He pays into the State treasury as tax on them, S*'. His neighbor owns 810,000 worth of houses and lands, and he pays on that 820 of State taxes. Is there any reason for this inequality? Xot that we can perceive. Both are equally protected in their rights, and sustained iu the values of their respective species of property, by the very same government which is maintained by the common :und of taxes thus collected. Out ot this com mon fund the Executive and Legislative and Ju dicial departments, and all else composing the gov- eruuient that protects all alike, derive their sup port \\ ithout this government, to protect and >ecare those rights of property, neither lands nor jkveb would be of value in North Carolina, ex cept so far as every individual could maintain his rishts by his own strong arm. Such being the undoubted fact, we put it to the conscience of f-verv fair man, of every party, whether it is not equitable that those who equally receive protec tion, according to their respective necessities for It, should equally pay tor that protection, accord ing to their respective amounts of interest pro tected? C'ln any fair man whose property con sists in negroes, really desire that his neighbor whose property consists iu lands, shall pay for his protection in his negro property? We cannot be lieve it. Who will be willing that his neighbor hall justly taunt him with avoiding his share of the public burdens, and throwing them upon one who is no more able than himself to bear them, and yet is called on to pay his own and more than half jf his neighborâs share? >n the other hand, what freeman will tamely submit thus to pay hi.s own and his equally rich neighborâs taSes.' h ought not to be desired and it will not be sub mitted to. l5ut the case is far litronger than we have âą tatel :t above. The owner of these ten negroes, worth 5=10,000, is, on an averag^ the owner of ten others, undi r 12 and over 50 years of age, who are worth 'â uy >.).0UU; [by reference to the last census it will ' - vcn that just about one-half of the negroes in th. State are under 12 and over oO.J On 815,000 «âirth of property, therefore, he pays 8*^, whilst ills neighbor, with 81'>,000 worth ot real estate, : ay- 830. We know it is said that those under 1- and over 50 are exempted becau.se they are n-productive. This everybody knows is a legal til tiun. .Many of those over 50 are among the lui t productive negroes in the State, earning to âtif'ir nia.sters from 8100 to 8500 a year; while It i- Well known and admitted, that every one of â-ââ c nnder 12 is increasing in value at the rate 't about 8100 a year, and this 8100 a y'car i.s just *1' really and truly 8100 made by the owner upon '^1' - little negrt* as is any 8100 produced by the â ai or of any one of his grown negroes. Now we put it to any fair man to say, whether any pro- !' Tty that a man owns pays him better than this ^i''0 a year ofincrea.se in the value of each one of these little negroes? And it it is thus con fessedly productive property, why should it not â '/ntribute its due proportion to the payment of -lit.' public burdens? If, on the other hand, any '{ the old or young should be, by rea.son of any intirrnity, a charge upon the owner, they should not only not be taxed, but a proper deduction therefor should be made from the aggregate valu ation of those who are taxed. l^ut it is said that these little children may die witliDut ever actually producing any thing. \ ery true-but that contingency enters into the estimate âąjf their market value, which would be much high- 'âąr it there could be any guaranty that they would die. So also one's dwelling or store house or â f. actory, may constitute the chief value of his tax- ââ^le real estate. That is liable to destruction by tire, and it is as great a pecuniary misfortune thus fo lose the one by fire as the other by death. Hut how i.s it with the land? Are there not '^ââIHons of acres in North Carolina, worth many iiiillions of dollars, and regularly taxed, which do yield the owner any profit whatever? Why he pay a high tax on unproductive land whilst the slaveholder pays no tax on unproductive negroesâsuppusing that they were unproductive, which we deny? A persistent effort is made by the Democrats to deceive people into the belief that the object of the Whigs is to devise new subjects of taxation âsubjects now exempt, such as the household furniture of the âpoor widow,â Ac. This is not only false, but it is absurd The Legislature al ready has the ri>jht to tax such things, and if it were designed or desired to exercise that right there would be no need to call a convention to give the power. But the Legislature has not the right to tax negro property according to its value. That is expressly forbidden by the Constitution; and it is therefore necessary to get an amendment of the constitution to confer the right to equalize taxation between lands and negroes. When the \V higs come into power, as we hope and believe that they will, they will desire thus to equalize the taxes gn all the leading subjects of taxation, but not to create new subjects unless the public necessities should demand them. At some future time we propose to show that, as only the same amount of revenue will be re quired under the one system or the other, when the amount levied on negroes is increased, the amount levied on lands will be correspondingly di minished, and so in many cases a manâs taxes uiav not in reality be materially increased or diminish ed. For the present we must pause for want ot space. A Bi>J.i) âThe Editor ot the AVilming- ton Journal thinks that there might be .something in Crov. (irahamâs speech âif the facts of the case afforded any foundation upon which it could stand.'â. But, he adds, it is âsimply absurdâIl This is decidedly cooll (lov. (Iraham was a prominent actor on the political stage iu l83o, âo4, '35, and no man was or is better informed than he as to the compromises of the amended constitution of 1 >^o5. The Editor of the Journal about that time was a small boy, we presume, and in his native land of Ireland too, we presume. //>â tells his readers, however, that Gov. Grahamâs facts, which were never before disputed by any one, liave no founda tion to stand on. The Editor takes hin facts, like his figures, âat random.â' We are quite content to leave the public to judge between the relia bility of («ov. Graham a.'id the Journal. 31 isREPRi;.sKXTATU)N'.s.âThe Wilmington Jour nal unwittingly deals a blow at itself and some papers ot its own party when complaining of mis representations ot the Democratic platform It seems that that plattbrm has been represented as committing the Democratic party to f.n equal tax on ul! classes of property. The Journal very naturally de nounces this as a misrepresentation, aid sav' that the platform does not proj)ose â âąan unbeuding uniform rate,ââ and that âsome classes of property will bear easily a rate which could not be borne by other classes.â Tliere can be no doubt that this was the meaning of the Democrats. No party will be silly enough to pro pose a perfectly uniform rate of taxation on every ar ticle of property. But precisely the same misrepre- sentaiiou of the Whig platform has been made by the Democratic papers, the Journal among them. Yes. and it is still persisted in. With the ijtost nhameless disregard of truth it is every day said in some one or other of the Democratic i>aper^, that the W'hig plat form commits th« Opposition pariy to a tax on tin puns and eggs and poultry and beds, ic., ac., and it is even said the rejection of .Mr. Turner's resolution about these small matters is proof of ihe truth of the a->ser- tion. But everybody who was present i including per haps some of those who now make this bald as'ertion, knows that Mr. Turner'^ resolution about tin pans wa» only rejecte â because it was considered too small a matter to be embraced in the j'latform of a great Con vention of a great party. Everybody present doubt less anticipated just such a contemptible misrepresent ation as has followed; but that is more easily to be borne than that the Convention should make itself and the party ridiculous. JIk. Iâool -\.M) Eyi AL T\.\.\tion.âTlie Wilniington Journal denies that Mr. Bledsoe's proposed pl,in of raising the revenue wa.s iu violation ot the Constitution. Very well. Therein there is a ditference of opinion be tween the Journal and the Observer of no sort of conse quence to the public. But, sufiposing the Journal right, .Mr. Pool is relieved of its charge of incou-^istencv in voting against Mr. Bledsoe's proposition and then ac cepting the Whig platform, .^uite as eflectual.y as if we are right. What Mr. I'ool and the Whigs advocate can only be attained by a change of the Constitution. What Mr. Bledsoe advocated, according to the Journal, was and is in accordance with the existing (-on.stitution. A Ij.\ii(jK SroRV âThe Wilmington Journal says that Gov. Traham has held more offices than any other man in North Carolina. The Journal forgot some ot its own partyâJ udge Saunders for instance. The manner in which Gov. Graham acquitted himself in the only three offices he ever heldâunless member of the Legis'ature be con sidered an officeâinduccs his friends to desire that he should till the highest. Thev have per fect confidence in his capacity and unbending in tegrityâa confidence which is largely felt by his political opponents also. Ihe advocates of ud l afon jn in this State, go tor a uniform rate ot per centiige upon all proper ty alike, and only upon property. To carry out their idea, they would tax the stock and the im plements used by the sturdy yoeman, to rai.se food for the subsistence of his wife and family, just as much per cent, as they would the suj^er- Huities ot the wealthy or the luxuries of the self- indulgent.â Wihninyfon Journal. It is surjirising that the Wilmington Journal should make hueb a.ssertionsas these when they are expressly coutradicted by the Whig platform pub lished in that paper only a few days before. That plattbrm provides for dinerunioaiiuna in favor of native j>roducts and industrial pursuits. Nor did anybody ever think of laying taxes âonly upon property.â There are other things now taxed, as white polls, mercantile business, &c., which will ot course be taxed still. The only change pro posed to be made in the Constitution is: to put negroes on an exact equality with other property. The Raleigh Press is evidently greatly pleased to hear it rumored about Kaleigh that Hon. K. Rayner is opposed to equal taxation. The Raleigh Press belongs to that party which has most un truthfully vilified Mr. Rayner an unsound on the âniggerâ question, and ready to encourage and unite with our Northern enemies. Equal taxation, the Press says, will encourage them. Yet Mr. Rayner is opposed to equal taxation. There is evidently a stori^ out. I Ho.me Manufactubks.âWe have received I memoranda from four more establishments, mak- [ ing seven in all since our proposition to notice such i things editorially, viz; No. 4. Concord Cotton Factory; steam power; ! J. McDonald & Son Proprietors; situated near j the town of Concord, Cabarrus County. Spins annually about 600 bales of cotton; runs ISOO spindles and 37 looms; manufactures Yarn, Sheet ings, Osnaburgs and Grain Bagging. Since July last have made the greater part of the Sheeting into wheat, corn and flour sacksâmade on a sew ing machine run by power. Last month made 21,000 yards of cloth and 7,500 lbs. of yarn. One-third additional machinery is being added. This is believed to be the only steam-propelled Cot- ten Factory in the State. No. 5. A manufactory of Tress Hoops for Spirit barrels, or other kinds of bbls.; at Franklinsville, Randolph county, by R. F. Trogdon. These are stated to be as good if not better than any North ern hoop, of which there are a great many bought in the South. Mr. T. will deliver all work order ed from him. No, t). The South I nion Wool Factory, near flockingham, Richmond county, N. C. owned by Mr. John Shortridge, a practical Spinner, has been in operation about eight years. Its princi pal products are Woolen Kerseys, Flannels, and Twills. Six looms in operation; manufactures fifty or sixty thou-sand yards of Kerseys a year, 3Iost of the Wool used is raised in this State, pur- cha.sed iu Fayetteville or from the farmeis ot Richmond and the adjoining counties, though the proprietor has frec|uently to buy in New York. 1 he Kerseys are sold in New York from January to July (seven mouths.) For the remaining five months all that can be made are sold at the Fac tory. Mr. S. writes us; âI have no cause to complain tor want of patron age; on the contrary 1 have been sustained liber ally, l>y onlers lor my Woolen Kerseys from citi zens ot both North and South Carolina, and the demand still increases. To sum up the wUole matter; I have given the manufacturing of coarse W oolen Kers-'ys at the jouthy a fair trial, and can say for tl e informaiion of tho.-e who may wi.-'h to improve some of their tine mill privileges, by erecting manufactories on them, that 1 can buy my \\ ooi iii New York, and sell my goods there, and make as much clear cash as anything else th;>l J could invest in. I will warrant my Ker seys io be as good as any of the same (juahty and price, made North or South. 1 shall.have samples on exhibition at the Cumberland and Richmond (âounty Agricultural Fairs; and will be glad to meet any ot our manufacturers and comp>ete with thetu for the jjri miu/n.â i No. ). Saxapahaw (,,'otton Factory, Alamauce â county; J. Newlin it Sons, proprietors; consumes upwards of 5U0 bales of cotton; made last year j 10>^,>^l>0 tbs. of Cotton Yarn, and 15»,100 yards j of Sheeting and iJrills; besides smaller quantities ' ot plain and twilled Linseys, bed-cords, plow-lines, ! well-ropes, seine twine, coarse sewing thread, j stocking thread, wrapping twines, carpet warp I and tilling, batting tor (juilts and mattresses, R.vit.kl).\1)s IâoLiiii h. â We have often had occa sion to complain of the political character given to the Nortli Carolina Bailroad ever since the Democrats have been in power. Though nearly nine-tenths of the in dividual stock was subscribed by Whigs, they have been carefully excluded from a voice in its management. We see now a new instance of the same spirit in another direction. Asa A. Brown, Esq., chairman of the New Hanover meeting whiih appointed Delegates to the Op- jiosition 'unvention at Raleigh, applied to the officers of thi! Wilmington X Weldon road to know if the Dele gates could pHf at ijalf price, (a very general arrange ment tor Conventions of all kinds,) He was informed that they could notâthat the rule of the road allowing persons attending Conventions to travel on it at half rates, expressly excepted those of a political character. The W hig Delegates accordingly paid full fare, each way. But the Delegates from New Hanover to the Demo cratic Convention, two weeks later, had/w return tick ets given to them at Goldsborough. Such conduct needs no comment. Tiik (Jani>iii.\tf.s .\.mj tue Co.\l Fillds Uoau.âThe Standard copies, au'l prefaces with some remarks of its own eulogising 'jov. Ellis, the lamentations of the W il- rninjrton Journal over .Mr. I'ool's votes ou our Railroad bili. As to Mr. I'ool. we refer the Standard to uur re ply to the Journal in the last Observer. As to Gov. El lis .'â.nd his boasted frii ndship for oar Railroad, we will merely say that some observation of his course has in duced the opinion that with a single exception (^not ne cessary to mention I he is friend to nothing and nobody. .And .i.* 10 the p;»rties represented by tliese gentlemen, if thanks are liie to any party for the pa.ssage of the bill in qiie-iion. tliey are due to Mr. Pool's, not to Gov. Ellibât. We *iave published an analysis of the vole, and tniiy do so again if necessary. The Editor of the Standard speaks of his own friend liness to the Road. We do not doubt that. .\11 our in formation and ob'^orv.-ition have convinced us that he was and is its tirm friend, as he has been and is the firm friend of other great State interests. Whilst thus giving credit to the Standard, as we have done to others, really the friends of the Road, we repeat that if wc had been members of the Legislature we should have voted against the bill, it was not satisfactory to any one here having any interest at stake either iu Fayetteville or the Road. I! rtas accepted as a supj)Osed dire ne cessity. Hut few of the stockholder.s would vote for its acceptance even in that viewâso few, that the Editors of thi.s paper, wlio have always believed that Fayette ville alone could and ought to build the road and who lield themselves ready to back their votes agaitist ac- cej'ting the bill, cast of their own stock one-tenth of the individual votes given on tlie question. The bill bound us hand and foot, and thus disabled, jdaced us within the grasp of the State and in tliu power of the bitterest foes to Fayetteville .âind ihe Road. In return it Ivuiied, on hard conditions, and on excellent security, a sura of money not sutticient to lay the track of the ro.ad to the ('iial Fields. Well cau we understand why Mr. Iâoolâs vote should distress the Wilmington Journal. It does not trouble us. .Mr. Gilmkk.âWe are surprised to see in the last Standard an assertion that âMr, Gilmer never did vote for any Democrat â for Speaker. Wâe have heretofore corrected this mistake when made in another Demo cratic paper. .Mr. Gilmer did vote for Mr, Clemens, a Virginia Democrat, the only Democrat who voted for him. The Raleigh l)emocratic Press sets itself up for âa teacher,ââ and has kindly taken the Observer in hand as ââąa pupd. Well, we believe that somithing may be learned from even the least informed; wherefore we may Vie thanktul to our self-constituted teacher, who shows us, by example if not by precept, how ridiculous a man looks in an office for which he is not qualified. Aptly Na.med.âIu Dark County, Ohio, there is a Poetoffice called JiepuLHcun. CONORKSS.âIn the Senate on VV'ednesday, the Military Academy Appropriation Bill was paijsed, with Mr. Wigfallâs amendment making an ap propriation for the employment of a regiment of mounted volunteers for the protection of the Texas frontier. On Thursday nothing of interest; and on Fri day' private bills were acted ou. In the House of Representatives, on Wednes- day, Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on the Ju diciary, reported a bill to punish and prevent the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the C. S. and other places, and to disapprove and annul certain acts of the Legislative Assembly of Utah, ft provides that the crime of polygamy committed in any Territory shall be punishable by a fine of 8500, and imprisonment for not less than two nor more than five years. The slavery question was discu.ssed during most of the session by Messrs, Curry of Ala., Vanee, and two or three Republicans. Thursday, the Consular and Indian appro priation bills were passed, and most of the day then occupied in discussing changes of the rules. The discussion was renewed on Friday. Both Houses adjourned to this day, J^AU Ex Post RK.âThe standard of morality amongst the professional politicians of the present generation is very decidedly low and bad. Now and then there comes an exposure which illus trates this truth, and which ought to serve as a warning, though it does not appear to be very effective in that way. Benj. R. Peck, Treasurer of the State of Maine lor three years past, having been detected in usin; the State funds in speculations, and in loans to his bondsmen and others, so as to eke out his alary of 81000 a year by means of interest on the public funds thus loaned, has just made a confes sion, in which he is said to âdisplay less of sor row and contrition for his breach of the moral law, than annoyance and mortification at the ex posure and effects of his malfeasance,â Some ot the borrowers paid him and some did not; one speculation iu Canada cost him 83O,OO0 to 840,- 000; and his own personal expenses for the la.st year were 81G,6»0. I'pon a salary of 81600 a year he spent 810,(5801 The expenses of 1850 were as follows; âContributions to benevolent, poli tical, and other objects, 82t)0; paid on my house, 82,000; expenses of living, above salary, 81,500; repaii-s on house and furniture, 82,000; interest, exchange, and travelling expen.ses, 86,000; horses and carriages, 84,*)00âmaking 810,6x0,â Is it any wonder that in all these ways he managed in three years to swindle the State out of 8130,084 24? And he a Minister of the (iospel tool One of his principal borrowers is Daniel E, Somes, a present Republican member ot Congress, who owes 810,700, which he borrowed, knowing that it was not Peckâs but the Stajteâs money, Somes, though received as Peckâs security on his otficial bond, is hopelessly insolvent. This is an attrac tive picture, surely, of political life, and the actual posse.ssion of offices which so many covet, who think their fortunes would be made if they could only get to be Treasurer, or Congressman, or some other officer, whose eiuoluments, in nine cases out ot ten, do not pay the expenses they almost necessarily entail. The lesson trom all this ought not to pass un heeded. Men may well pray not to be led into the temptations of public office; and may well con tent themselves in the private station, and in the honest labor which requires no such humiliating confessions. Extortion'.âThePhiladelj)hia Evening Jour nal states that a gentleman of that city, expecting to be present at the Charleston Convention next month, applied for accommodations and has been advised that a parlor and bed room would cost him 875 per diem, and that they would have to be taken, at that rent, several days in advance ot the Convention. The Journal thinks this sheer robbery, abominable extortion, mean, graspinir, swindling imposition, altogether unlike the South, and which will not be borne. The Delegates will charter steamers, and carry their provisions with them; or the Executive ('ommittee will change the place of meeting of the Convention, This is rather inhospitable treatment ot I>erao- crats by the Democratic city of Charleston, We will not say it is âdog eat dog,â but it does ap pear to be Democrat gouging Democrat, High Rknts.âGenin, the hatter, occupied two store.s under the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, for which he paid 818,600 a year. No wonder he has failed. Some marble stores, 20 feet wide by 100 deep, just completed opposite the Metropolitan Hotel, rent tor 812,000 each. A Good Sig.v,âThere have been two abolition papers published in Washington city tor a num ber of years past. One has just been discon tinued, and the proprietor of the other gives notice that itwill be discontinued alter this week, for want of sufficient patronage. Soi TIl CAROI.i.N.4 MkJ>1CAL CoLI.KtiK, The annual commencement of this institution took place at (Charleston on the lOth iiist. There had besn 24S students, of whom 1IH received the De- irree of M, D, Of these the following from North Carolina; Pleasant A, Hay, ^Y, II. Murdoch, John R. Moss, and J. I?, Win.ston. Jhrt' Doctors.âAt the L'niversity of Pa.;â Vroni Xorth Car*lina.âJ. B. Clark, J. Com mander, .jr., James II. Darden, Wm. A. Dunn, Ileury H. Harris, M, D, Kimbrough, Jno, M, Lawiiig, Joel B, Lewis, William McClenahan, James W, McGee, Gilbert M. Morrison, Pleasan ton S, Petway, Jas, D. Puryear, Joseph S. Rich ardson, N. >1. Scales, Lawrence Stewart, Wm, T, Sutton, Jr,, Wilson S. Temple, Willis M, Terrell, T. R, Wilsonâ21, Thr Nicarayuat! Treaty.âThe Senate, in ex ecutive session on Friday, defeated the Nicaraguan treaty by a vote of thirty-one to twenty. M ABKIfiD, Near Buffalo, on the 8th inst.. bv D, B, Mclver, Esq. Mr. IIOBâT Dl NN to Miss ELIZABETH A. C. W ICKER, daughter of D, NV, Wicker, Esq. I THE LAST OF HARPERâS FERRY. hiXa*'ution oj ^tccens und lluz/i'tt.âCharles town was thronged w ith visitors on Friday, and great excitement prevailed in view of the execution of ; the last of the Harperâs Ferry convicts, Stevens and Hazlett. There were several military com- j panics present, and everything was conducted with the most perfect system. The prisoners were hung at twelve oâclock, on the scaffi>ld upon j which Brown and his other comrades were swung. Both appeared resigned to their fate, Stevens died very hard; Hazlett without a struggle. The pri.soners declined all attention from the ministry, I and there were no religious ceremonies Both I were spiritualists, 'Ihe Ditturbance iu Texas.âThe following is a telegraphic despatch received by the Adjutant General of the army from Brevet Colonel Harvey Brown, U, S, Army, inspector of artillery, who has just returned from an inspection tour in Texas; New Orleaxs, March 13, 1860. I left Brownsville on the 8th instant. All was quiet on the frontier. Tha disturbances were believed to be over, and Cortinas to have given up the contest, and to have retired into the inte rior of Mexico, Major Heintzelmau has officially j reported the war to be ended. To Col, S, Cooper, HARVEY BROWN. Later/rum California.âThe Overland mail, trom San Francisco, on the 24th, arrived at St. Louis on Friday. The Republican State Convention elected dele gates to the Chicago Convention, a majority of whom, it is understood, are in favor of Seward. Great exeiteiuent prevailed in consequence of the newly discovered mines. Later frotn Mi .i iro.âStar of thr ar rived at New Orleans on Friday. Three Ameri can ships of war were before Vera Cruz to protect American citizens, in event of an attack by Mira- mon. The C, S. sloop of war Pnble arrived there on the 1st, Nearly all non-combatants had left the city. The Charleston Convention.âGentlemen were in Washington on Friday from Baltimore, urging the claims of Baltimore for holdingthe Democratic ('onvention. They state that the hotel keepers have agreed not to raise their rates. The feeling is running pretty high against the Charleston hotel men and it is not unlikely that the Nation al Committee will meet to consider the removal oi the Convention to some other city, Richmond, \ a,, is favored of by a large number of delegates, A Southern Conjereno.âAn adjourned meet ing of the Congressmen of Alabama, South Caro lina and Mississippi, was held in Washington on Friday, in reference to the subject of a Southern Conference; and it is understood that a majority were in favor that the Governor of S. C. be ad vised to call a meeting of the Legislature to pro vide delegates from that State. Wihninytoa and Charlotti' Hoad.âAmong the arrivals of produce this morning, we notice 26 barrels spirits turpt ntine brouyht by the Wil mington, Charlotte Ik, Rutherford Railroad, This is the first arrival, and marks the opening up a new trade. The road is rapidly working its way into a section from which much valuable trade may be expected.â Wihninytou Journal. M. K. Churth, South.âThe increase of mem bers during the past year has been 21,>52, mak ing the total membership of the Methodist Epis copal Church, South, 721,023, There has been an increase in all the Conferences except two. The Georgia and the Mississippi (Conferences are reported to have a few hundred members less than they had a year ago.âX. C. Advocate. B IMPORTANT iSAliE. Y VIRTUE of an Attachment levied, I will aell, Auction, for Cash, at the Store lately oooupi^d bj George W. Sperling, all the STOCK OF GOODS, WARES, MERCHANDISE, Store; also the GOODS, WARES AND MEK« CHAXDI8E in Warehouses lately occupied bj »aid liâg. consisting probably of THE LARGEST STOCK OF DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Hardware, C'litlery, Saddlery, Fine Wines,, Liquor*, &c, ever offered in this market. Country Merchants will do well to attend, aa a large part of the Good* are in original packages. The above Sale wUl commence on the 27th intt,, at 10 oâclock A. M., and continue from day to day until all are sold March 16 HECTOR McXElLL, Sheriff 1-ta FIXE POCKET CiTLERT. I We have added to our Splendid Stock of I âŹiooDs, A SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OF ^ fl\e pocket cutlery, Of the Celebrated Shelfieid (England) Make. These Knives are made of the best steel, and are from the .Manufactories of C, CROOKES & CO, GEO. WOSTESHOLM & SONS JOS. RObGERS & SONS., And other well known and reliable makers. Any Gentleman in want of a TRIXY GOOD KIVIFE, Should not fail of selecting from our assortment. O, S. BALDWIN h CO. March 17. ]-2t jisT ope:\ed .4t :Vo, |.| and 16 HAY STREET, A very select and elegant lot of Black and Colored Ore«s!4 Silktu, L\\\,\S. GI.\Cil\llS, (il.\Gll\M LAWXS, Prints, iihirttHffs, Together with a fine assortment of lionnets, Flats, French Artificials, Ruches, and Hoop Skirts, of all kinds. The public will please call to examine these Goods, before purchasing elsewhere. GEO, BRANDT, No. 14 and 16 Hay St., Fayetteville, N, C. March 19, lh60, 1-itf 0 500 PATTERiVS F LAW'N DRESSES in beautiful designs, to be had cheap at GEO, BRANDT'S, No, 14 and 16 Hay St., Fayetteville, N. 0. March 19, I860. 1-itf FAYETTEVILLE MARKET.âMarch 19. B.ACON, 12 ti 14 American a 6 BEESWA-X. 28 a 30 English 4 a 4* C-ANDLES, F. F . 18 LARD. 12* a 14* Adamantine 25 a SO LEAD, bi a Sperm 46 a 55 MOLASSESâ COFFEEâRio 14* a 15 Cuba 28 a 33 Laguira 15 a 16 N. Orleans 60 a 0(J Java 18 a 20 -VAILS, 4i a 5 COTTONâ OILâLinseed 1 00 a 0 00 Fair to good lOi a 00 Tannerâs 70 a 1 00 Ordin, to mid a 10 SALTâ COTTON B.AGGING- Liv. Sack 1 25 a 1 30 G unny 16 a 18 -Alum 50 a 0 00 Dundee 18 a 20 FLAXSEED, 1 00 a 1 15 COTTON YAR> â SHOTâ No. 5 to 10 105 Com. pr. bag 2 00 DOMESTIC GOODS- Buck 2 12* Bro. Sheetings 8 a 9 SPIRITSâ Osn.aburgs 10^ a 11} P. Brandy 1 25 a 1 30 FEATHERS, 45 a 50 N, C, -Apple 75 a 0 80 FLOURâ Northern do. 70 a 0 75 Family 6 50 a N, C, Whiskey 50 a 0 55 Super. 6 25 a Northern do. 35 a 0 40 Fine 6 00 a SUGARS Scratched 5 75 a Loaf 13 a 13J GRAINâ Crushed 12 a 13 Corn 1 10 a 1 IS Coffee 10^ a 11 Wheat 1 00 a 1 15 Porto Rico 9i a 10 Rye 1 15 a 1 25 New Orlean.- 8^ a Oats 75 a 90 TALLOW, 10 a 00 Peas 1 00 a 1 10 WOOL, 19 a 20 HIDESâDry 12* a 14 TUHPENTINE- Green 5 a 6 Vellow dip 2 25 a 0 00 IRONâ Virgin 1 66 a 0 00 Swedes, com. bar 0 a 6i Hard 1 15 a 0 00 Ditto, wide 1 a "L Spirits 41 a 4U One Case Cmbrellas jr^it Opened. OCOTCH GINGHAM, Black, Blue and Green, Ladies' O and Gentâs Silk do.. Childrenâs do, AH the qualities cheap at O, S. BALDWIN & COâS. March 19. it We hereby forewarn any one from trading for a Note made by Daniel Campbell and P, M. Campbell, lor One Hundred and Thirty-Five Dollars, dated 11th Febây 1860, payable one day after date to Z, A. Bur roughs and witnessed by Labon Ellis, as we are deter mined not to pay it, not having received value therefor. DANIEL CAMPBELL. P. M. CAMPBELL. March 17, l*3tpd FOR SAjLE^ ACRES of GOOD FARMING LAND on Shoe ileel, known as the âNicholson Place.â within iwo miles of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Rail RoiH. JOHN L. FAIRLY. Laurinburgh, March 16. l*4t JOHN K. LO.VnON, of Wilmington, N. C, JOU.V H, BRYAN, ja,, of Raleigh, N. C, I^OXDO^^^iTRl A^, Commission %llerchant No. 32 India Street, â CONSIONMENTS ORnKRS SOLICITSD. REFER TO H. P. Buxton, Esq,, H, C, LrcAS, Cashâr, Fayette ville: Gov. Ellis, Raleigh, De Rosset, Brows & Co., \\ ilmingtoii; W at.son & Mearks, N. Y,; McPueetses ic. Ghi.sklix, Norfolk, âąMarch 17. 186U. l-3mpd REVIEW OF THE MARKET BaconâNo change, N. C. hog ronnd sells readily at 12A to 13; Western ,''ides at lâ2i; Shoulders at 11)^, CottonâReceipt'* light; shippers refusing to buy at present prices. Flourâlias a declining tendency. SpiritsâPeach Brandy in ieninnd at nuoiaiions. FishâThe market is well supplied. We note sales of I No. 3 Mackerel S'-* lo Silli; No. 1 S19 to ^^'Jl. Mullets S7 to S7 50. llerring ,S 1 ;)0 to S-3. Shiid. lif bbls. j^7 i to $7 âą}(*. Whitefish. do. .'>7 to $7 .^O, Salmon, kits 5^3 to S;> 2-'), No, 1 Mackerel, do. S3 to S3 2;â>. Corrected by lâ>. F. Pkakce. WILMINGTON MAKKETâMarch 17. 18'1I). Turjientine, yellow 'I ~r>, virgin 2 20, hard 1 HO. Spi- | rits 43i, Kosin, common 1 I7.3, Tar 1 1»0, Cotion, low middling 10, ('orn 82 to 8-'). Last sales of No, 1 llosin 1 40; No. 2, 1 20, Bacon lo, Fionr, fine 6 37^, suj>er 6 62i, family 6 87J, Mid dling to strict do. Cotton lOi to lOi. Hay 1 3f>. Tim ber .S5 to §10, .\t New Vork, Cotton dull at 11 ^ for middling ujil;inds. Southern Flour 6 1() to ti 25. Spirits dull at 18 to 48^. Rosin firm at 1 65 to 1 70. Cwodeyâs f^ady^i^ Book tor April. March 19. E. J. HALE & SON. CMi:?JIKRCIAI. RECORII. AKKIVALS. Cape Fear Line, .March 17.âSt r Flora McUouald, with passengers, and goods for Joseph Ltley, J .A Pem berton, E N .Mofli'-t, Dr J Newlin, Geo l>randt. Errant & Wilson, W H Carver, A A .McKethan. Brower & Ma con, J C Thompson. A U Marsh & Son, J .VI Worth & Son. R Marsh & Gorrell. Rockfish Co, C T iiaigh & Son, R Jones, J -M Vann, M A Baker, Brown & Ileaden, Benj Moffitt, W N Tilliughast, E F Moore, Danl Mc- Natt, W Overby, J N Smith, G W' Lawrence, N It Bryan, Waterhouse & Bows, W Draughon, James Council, Jas Smith, G W Harris, J X Craven, J W Welsh, Jos Ot- terburg, A J W oodward, A Johnson, Jr, Goldstou it Fuller, Bostwick & Moffitt, H & ÂŁ J Lilly, W M & J Cameron, D & Wâ McLaurin, Stedaian i Horne, S J Hinsdale & Co, J H Cornelius, J A Worth. Jos Newlin. DIED, At New York, on Saturday, March 10, COLDEN MURR.AY, infant son of Peter and Annabella Mallett, aged 9 months and 17 day.s. In Lexington, on the 4th instant, LIZZIE ESTELLE, infant daughter of Hon. J. M. and Mrs. I., L, Leach, aged 2 years. Near High Point, Guilford county, on the 6th instant, JOSHU.A HEDGECOCK, Sen,, aged about 82 years. At Dumasâs Store, in Richmond county, on Sunday the 11th inst., Mr. CLINTON LIbK. Turpentine Land Ibr ^ale. {N pursuance of a Decree of the t'lâurt uf Equity tor Moore County, 1 shall offer for sale on the premises, to the highest bidder, on the 9th day of April next, a tract of L,\ND in said county, 578 acreÂź, on the tay- etteville & Western Plank RomK adjoining the lands of Danâl Kelly, Hugh Leach. John Ferguson and others. It being the land lately owned and occupied by Lochart Frv, Sen., decâd. Terms six months credit, with bond and security. S. C. BRUCE, C, M, ÂŁ. By C. DOWD, Deputy. March 13, I860. l*3t -\ORTH C.AROIillTA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. In Equity,â.Janây Special Term, 1860. Petition for the sale of Land. .â Vngus .McLeod, John McLeod, and others, Heirs at Law of John McLeod, decâd, complainants, AGAINST William McLeod, Norman .McLeod, ijoderick McLeod, Donald .McLeod, and tlie Minor Heins of .\lexander McLeod, to-wit: Alexander .McLeod, Jane McLeod, M Hi-y McLeod, a:id Jolin McLeod, Defendhnts, and also Heirs at Law of John .McLeod, deoâd, IT aj.jieaiing to the satisfitction of the Court, that the above naiued Defendants are non-residents of this State: It is tlierefore ordered that pu''lication bo made in the Fayuitpville Observer for sis weeks, notifying the saiil Def-ndants to appear at the next regular Term of tiiis Court, on the 7th .Monday after the 4th Monday Tn March next, then and tliere to plead, answer or de mur to the said Petition in this cause filed for the sale of land on Beaver Darn Creek, or judgment pro confeaso will he taken ap.iinst them, and the petition set down f(jr hearing ex purte. Witness, Walter ,\. !Iuske. Clerk & Master in Equity for suiil Countv, nt Office, this 12th .March A. D. i860, W, A, HUSKE. C, k M. E, March 17. 18>â.'). K6w FAIRRANk^ScXrES^ PLATFOK.M to w.âigh 400 aud 600 lbs. Platform and Scoop to weigh 240 lbs. Counter Scales of various kinds, to weigh 4, 8, 88 and 62 lb«,, some with beams, weighing by ^ and | ounces. Letter Scales at SI 75, These are tiie best Scales made; every Scale war ranted, Larger Scales will be ordered at N, Y. pric* adding expenscB. Th« Scales described above, always for sale by W, N. TILLINGHAST, Agent for North Carolina, at the âCrockery Store/* Janây 18, 1860. 84-ir,m A. E. Forwarding and Commissiou Merchant, Has removed to the Store No. 10 North Water atreet, and will buy and sell for a commission. Wilmington, Janây 6, 1860, 81-6m ]flola!«Me»i! .Tlolasses!! 1WILL buy Molasses free of commission. Send your orders to A, E. HALL, 10 North Water Street. WiUnington, Febâj 13, IbftO. 91-i8oi
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