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THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1858. THE GREAT OVERLAND MAIL LETTER 0. SENATOR GWIN TO THE PRESIDENT. We give place to-day to an interesting and ab1 letter from Mr. Senator Gwinn on the subject of tl great overland mail and the necessity of protectin that and other routes to the Pacific ocean. TV have expressed our views in detail upon this impor tant matter, and have distinctly urged that tflt gov eminent should decide by its policy that they will not arty more recognise Indian supremacy in the gTeal interior. But we need not add nothing to the nervous and 'most admirable expose of Senator 'Gwinn, whose letter will command a universal read tog: ; Washington City, Oct 12, 1858. To his Excellency James Buchanan, President of the United States: Sir: Immediately after your inauguration it be came my duty as a senator from California to call your attention to the condition of the overland com . munication between that State and her sister States. Separated by two long ranges of lofty mountains, and by vast plains roamed over only by hostile In dian tribes, no land mail or other regular commu nications existed. Congress, a few days previously, had authorized the establishment of a regular line of letter mail by four-horse stage coaches between San Francisco and the Mississippi river ; thus plac ing it in the discretionary power of the Executive to inaugurate this important policy. After an elabor ate examination of the subject, you informed me that you had resolved to meet the views of the peo ple of California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Western Texas, and Utah, and open regular mail-stage lines by all practicable routes across the plains and mountains, and, by thus af fording an easy means of regular communication, extend the settlements from the Mississippi valley westward continuously to the Pacific ocean. The prime necessity was a certain, quick, punctual, and safe means of traveh'ng from settlement to settle ment The execution of your resolve would accom plish that object, and thus largely aid in insuring an early settlement of the valleys and other fertile land scattered at no distant intervals between Cal for nia and the States bordering on the Mississippi river. The plan recommended by the Postmaster Gener al, and adopted by you as being on the whole pref erable to any other, was to locate the great overland mail authorized by the act of the 3d of March, 1857, from San Francisco along such route to the Missis sippi river as could be readily travelled by passen gers and emigrants at all seasons of the year. That route you finally concluded, after careful examina tion of the surveys of the engineers, was the one which led southeast from San Francisco to the mouth of the Gila river, and thence along the 32nd parallel, by El Paso, to Fort Belknap, in Texas. Then commenced the delicate duty of locating the remainder of the route to the Mississippi river. Every town upon that river from St. Paul to New Orleans desired to be the eastern terminus of so im portant a thoroughfare, and the difficulties were in creased by the fact that any one of these points could be readily approached from Fort Belknap. Your final decision was to extend the route to Fort Smith, on the Arkansas, and thence diverge to St. Louis and Memphis. At St. Louis the overland mail from California would connect with all mail and railroad lines of the western and northwestern, central and eastern States. At Memphis this great mail would connect not only with all the river routes, but also with the great railroad lines to New Or leans, to Mobile, to Savannah, to Charleston, to Norfolk, Richmond, and Washington city, and thus all the States of the Union would be accommodated. The conveyance of the mail twice a week each way was intrusted to the leading expressmen of the country Mr. John Butterfield and his associates, nearly all of whom had great experience. The con tract was executed in the month of September after your inauguration.' The contractors were allowed by law one year to locate the route and commence the enterprise. Precisely twelve months thereafter, to wit, on the 16th of September last the stages started from San Francisco, St Louis, and Memphis. The great experiment of running four-horse post coaches between these points in twenty-five days, over a route 2,651 miles long, was commenced on the very day named in the contract, and has been successfully accomplished. The first stage-load of passengers ever driven between San Francisco and StT Louis made the journey in twenty-three daj's and four hours, thus exceeding not only your own hopes, but those of my most sanguine constituents. It is a great achievement, and fraught with the most important consequences. This will no doubt call to your memory the origin of mail communica tion, and regular travel by coaches over the moun tains of your native State, first by pack mules and horses, then by stages, over the rough mountain routes, requiring a week from Philadelphia to Pitts burg; subsequently by turnpikes, and now by rail road in a few hours. The blue mountains, the sid ling hill, the Alleghaney, the.Cheslnut and Laurel ridgis, 'constituted more serious obstacles at thnt day than thoscthat have heretofore separated Cali fornia from the Mississippi river. Upon this auspi cious commencement of an enterprise whose object is to connect the eastern settlements of California with those of the Mississippi valley, and thus render our diverse interests homegeneous, allow me to ten der you my hearty congratulations. Permit me to thankryou, in behalf of my constituents, for the courage with which you marched up to our wants and supplied them to the extent of your power. The success already accommplished on this route, as well as on that from St. Joseph, via Salt Lake, to Placerville, San Antonio, via El Passo, to San Diego, soon to be followed by that from Indenpendence,' via Albuquerque, to Stockton, indicates the certain triumph of your whole policy. It is obvious now, as throughout our national car eer, that emigration and settlements will follow the stage coach. Where mail stages and travellers are regularly carried, there will the pioneer-settlers make their farms and secure their pre emptions. From this time forth forever regular overland com munications will exist between California and the Mississippi States. Neither hostile Indians nor sub sequent government neglect can undo what has been so wisely accomplished. The path is revealed to the settler, and every fertile spot along these lon lines, enterprising citizens will immediately occupy to furnish the requisite supplies for horses and trav! ellers. Shall these fearless pioneers be protected from the Indians? or shall they be left exposed to the tomahawk and scalping-knife, as was so of'en the case in the earlier history of our country when the government was destitute of troops and money? You have now some 18,000 troops under your command. Shall a sufficient number be detailed to insure safety and confidence to the traveller on these routes? If so, then the early extension of our wes tern settlements to the Pacific, the development of . Arizona, and JNew Mexico, of "-" , i yregon, ana Washington, so long closed by serious obstacles and by the domil nation of savage tribes, will be assured. As an il lustration of the effect on all the routes, a line of TO1" ny P0?8 "m Frt Smitb' via Fort Belknap and El Paso, to the mouth of the Gila river thus ex eluding all hostile Indians, would double the value of the lands, the population, and travel on all that ronte ; and, whilst occasioning no additional exnense would guard against future Indian hostilities. It would arrest the incursions of the Camanches into Texas and Mexico, as well as those of the Apaches into Arizona and Mexico, and lead to the rapid de velopment of the mineral and agricultural resources of these great regions. It is believed that three thousand troops, one-sixth of our Army, will protect the entire settlements for more than fifteen hundred miles from Fort Smith to Tort Yuma, save hundreds, and perhaps thousand Hives, aad prevent devastating and expensive In' dian wars. As the army is now chiefly maintained for the defence of our frontier and territories occu pied by Indian tribes, my constituents wish it so dis posed as to relieve border settlements and new Ter ritories from the presence of danger. When the Indians are thus forbidden to cross into Texas, and that Slat, relieved of their presence is settled op to ite frontiers, two-thirds of these troops can be detailed to other points of danger, and the same policy will accomplish similar results gradually . on all the routes.' In this way, and in tjiis way only, Indian hostilities will soon cease throughout our whole country, by extending our settlements west-' ward acrosa the continent The Union Itself, so dear to every patriotic American, will be strengthened and perpetuated by encouraging these continuous settlements and the intermingling of interests from the valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific. - This great policy, fraught with such incalculable advantages to our whole country, having been com menced by you, may I not urge yoiMo consummate its certain and speedy success by the establishment of military posts to protect all of these routes, to gether with the mails and passengers, from Indian depredations and massacres ? This was the policy of your first great predecessor, Washington; when succeeding Jay's treaty, he established military posts for the protection of our western settlements from hostile Indians, and under the lead of the patriot of your own great State, Gen. Anthony Wayne, drove back the savages from the fertile valleys of the Ohio and carried our pssts to the borders of our northwestern Lakes and the Mississippi. What Washington then did for the great valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi you can now accomplish by similar means for the great country between the Mississippi and Pacific ocean. With great respect, your obedient servant, WM. M. GWIN. A Reminiscence. The editor cf the Savannah News, noticing the confession of Strong, a lunatic recently arrested in Washingtpn, that he at one time intended to kill the President, relates the attempt to assassinate Gen. Jackson. The writer was recent, and says : 1 he above calls to our mind a thrilling scene which we witnessed on the eastern portico of the capitol in the winter of 1834, when an attempt was made by an insane man, by the name of Lawrence, to assas sinate General Jackson. It was on the occasion of the funeral of Hon. Warren R. Davis, of South-Caro Una. The funeral procession, in which were the President and heads of departments, foreign minis ters, Senators and Representatives, was passing from the Hall of Representatives to the eastern portico. Oen. Jackson, leaning on the arm of Hon. Levi Woodbury, then Secretary of State, was near the head of the procession, immediately in the rear of the mourners, among whom were several ladies of Mr. Davis family, iv hen the mourners had reached the portico, and just as the President passed out of tne green door leading to it, Lawrence stepped from behind one of the columns of the portico, where he had concealed himself, and instantly, without a wnrd, presented a large horse pistol within three feet of the President's breast, and exploded the cap. Quick as thobght, Gen. Jackson raised bis hickory cane and aimed a blow at the assassin's head, but, oissing him, Lawrence snapped the second pistol before he was seized and borne down to the ground by those near hijii. Gen. Jackson, without retreating an inch, had raised his cane for a second blow, when it was seized by those immediately round him, who, protecting him from further assault with their persons, urged mm iu icurc imo me roiunua, wnico ne venemenuy refused to do. On being informed that it was prob ably a conspiracy, and that there might be more than one assassin, he still refused to be led from the portico, and expressed his determination to maintain his position where he stood. The scene presented was most exciting. Ladies fainting and screaming the crowd, composed of the distinguished men of the country, hurriedly gather ing around the President, surprise depicted in every countenance the rush of the would be assassin, and the exertions of those who had taken him in custody to prevent him from being torn to pieces by the ex cited multitude the babel of voices altogether a most novel ahd impressive spectacle. The sergeant at arms having removed the prisoner, order was soon restored, and the funeral obsequies were concluded. On investigation it was found that Lawrence was an insane man, who had been seen lurking about the capitol for several days. According to his own storv, he was laboring under the strange hallucination that he was the rightful heir to the crown of Great Brit ain, and that his object in killing. Gen. Jackson was that he might obtain command of the United States army and navy, with which he intended to enforce his right to the British throne. It is singular that Lawrence, like Strong, was a carpenter by trade. The pistols used on the occasion were large horse pistols, which were found to be heavily loaded. The weather at the time was foggy and damp, and the pistols having been loaded for several days and kept in his carpenter's chest, while he was awaiting a fa vorable opportunity for the accomplishment of his purpose, the powder in the tubes had absorbed suffi cient moisture to prevent ignition from the caps. To that circumstance alone, under Providence, the country owed the preservation of the life cf Presi dent Jackson. A very disgraceful affair grew out of the event which we have just described, implicating a distin guished Senator of that day, who was, however, hon orably acquitted by the Senate committee, appointed at his instance to investigate the charges against him. The Stockholders in the Wil and Rutherford Railroad, who met yesterday fore noon in the Court House, adjourned until 2 J o.clock. The report of the President and Directors was refer red to a Committee, who reported, concurring ;n some of the suesestions and disspntircr c,n Some of the recommendations in the President' report were adopted and some were not. In the progress of the meeting, some prettv sham rifem. sion arose, in the progress of which Mr. Guion. the iicBiucm, iouk occasion to reuect rather more se verely upon the town of Wilmington tan suited our notions. All the old officers of the COm Pan V trnrp rn.olo.. ed with the exception of T. T. Slade, Esq., a director from Lincoln County, who, we believe, desired to be excused. David S. Cowan, Esq., of Wilmington, and Varary McBee, of Lincolnton, were elected new members of the board. The ways and means to raise the requisite amount of money to finish and equip the first 25 miles, is the immediate matter now pressing. From the report of the Chief Engineer, we learn that of the division from Lumberton to the Cape Fear River the greater portion of the grading has been contracted for, generally to be completed bv the first January 1859, though few contracts can be completed by that time. About one half of the grading from Lumberton to the Pee Dee has been placed under contract to be finished at the same time with the contracts oft the first division, or that between Lumberton and the Cape Fear River. No means have yet been provided for the construction of either the bridges or trestle work, with some trifling exceptions. Tf fh are provided, there is no reason why track-lav in may not be commenced on the 1st of Anrii 3 continued uninterruptedly to Rockingham ' On the western divlsiot ihat is west of Char lotte, about two-fifths of the eradine has hc.n ,. tracted for and several important bridges have also been placed under contract. The value of the work done on the Eastern division immm'. A oi on., . on the Western division to $88,156, making an ag? gregate of $180,050. fa b We learn that a committee was appointed to pre pare the proceedings for publication in pamphlet 10 w .,aiIgt. a report lor the papers. We ha e not heard from it Wil. Journal. The Stockholders Meetiko Wo nnA . . ' ovmc mm- takes in our report yesterday of the proceedings of the Stockholders in the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford R. R. Co. All the members of the old Bor1 nf n;-0f.. were re-elected The only change in the officers, consists ,n the election of two officers instead of one David S. Cowan Esq., being elected Secretary and Treasurer for the Eastern division, from Wilmington InH ?Trl ltte' arnd J'S McBee Es9 ' Secretary and Treasurer for the Western division, from Char lotte to Lincolnton. All the reco-nmendatinns nnni.m : i of the President and Directors, were concurred in SLc iT"6 nd the mseting- Certain resolu tions introduced, proposing a particular plan for IaTHI mt? ese recommendations were not r.T 1 a"Vms lea us to the conclusion that the recommendations were not concurred in. Other plans are in progress by which it is hoped to effect the desired ends. Wil Journal. One reason why the .world ia nA a . : Leave your grievances, as Napoleon did his letter unopened for thr wi,L j . .s ,elter8 o-. "From the Wilson Ledger. THE KAHUKEE ASSOCIATION. Mr. Ledger: Having just returned from the As sociation of the "Old School Baptist's," just .held at Lawrence's meeting house, in Edgecombe Coun ty, I drop you a line. I need not say that the oc casion was one of interest, and I trust of good to all present I was.prcsent on Saturday and Sunday only. The Exercises, however, commenced or Fri day and were to close on the Monday following. We observed in attendance Rev. Mr. Purrington 'of Washington City, a native of Maine, and we are free to say, one of the most remarkable men we ever heard in the pulpit. His whole soul is in his busi ness, and judging from two of his sermons which we heard, one on Saturdav and one on Sundav. relie-- ioustruths must have been his earnest and untiring research and love for many years, and that with the humble docile spirit of a truly converted man. We were informed that he is naturally one of the most diffident of men, but this only shows that when a man has a genuine call from Heaven to preach the Gospel, the voice of God speaking within must be heard in the face of what seem to man insuperable obstacles, whether they consist of a stammering tongue, and deficient early education, or poverty and from persecution omitted one's household. Truly, as one of his brother ministers remarked af terwards, he " could say more in one hour than oth er men in three" literally so in words and incom parably so in matter. He has a like celebrated broth er in Georgia, who is also a minister. He prearhed at Rocky Mount last year's Association. We also saw present the following ministers, namely: Mr Stadler of Caswell, Mr. Hart of Granville, Mr. Moore of Martin, who preached the introductory seimon. and that in a plain and most able manner. Also, Messrs. Hassell, Whitaker, Purvies, Perry and Cox from the same County. This we thougkt was quie a strong delegation for Martin. There were also, Mr. Davis of Onslow, Mr. Ward from Tennessee, Mr. Canady of Johnston, Mr. Daniel and Mr. Bell from Edgecombe, and Mr. Ross and Mr. House from Pitt The preaching was out doors, in the manner of old times, when philosophers preferred as a temple for their instruction the green carpet of nature's manufacture and the cftnorv of Heaven to tnv mar. ble floors and gilded louie vi hich man can invent. The number of, persons present was immense, consisting of several thousands, with any qunntity of horses and carriages, dust and sunshine, muddy water and luxuriant dinners and hospitable people, whose invitations were free as air and honest like the hearts of al! Edgecombe farmers. I am happy to say that I have seldom seen a more sedate crowd. Among others I had the pleasure of seeing our quoudam Senator but present Judge, Mr. Bigg', from Hamilton, Martin County, and also the honor of an introduction to him at the residence of Mr. Turner Bass and Mr. Ledger, I actually slept with him ! You know what a little man I am and what a lig man Judge Biggs is. Well, sir, I am a Bi'jgcr man already than I was before personally, (toward him) physically, and I trust mentally at least to a slight premonitory degree of germination. There is not a sounder, safer .man in the State than the Judge. While he was in Congress you will remem ber there were certain young Americas of N. C, prophetic ravens such as mistake thunder for light ning and vociferous verbiage for statesmen's deeds, who croaked about the silence of the Honorable member, and hence inferred his inability, but it re quires no great penetration to discover in a hour's conversation "with him, a mind and a heart com prehensive and practical patriotic and pious, such we are sorry to say as are seldom found among our public officers. An Athenian who lacked eloquence, but was a brave and capable man, once listened to his rival's eloquent speech, and then said. Men of Athens all that he said, I will do.n Such an Athenian, we imagine, is Judge Biggs. He is a through-going Old School Baptist and evidently a sincere Christian. Would that our Government.! national and State, could be made up of such men ; in their integrity could profligacy find a check, and the gravitation of our nation to ruin a counterpois ing weight Judge Biggs is a self-made man, ex cepting a primary education received at Hamilton, another bright example of the truth, that all educa tion is self-education, while schools, teachers and books are only helps. But I am over extending my remarks. In my conclusion, I would say, that if our country pos sesses a Denomination of lime honored conseivative principles politically and religious it is the Old School Baptists, or the "Shells," as they are called, of the Kahukee Association. This Association is the second oldest body in the United States, and hence its very age inspires us with reverence. I honor them as a stable, debt paying, judicious old fashioned society a noble, plain, hontst, economi cal relic of Revolutionary times a people who be lieve in Education notwithstanding reports to the contrary, but an education of body as well as of mind an ccucation which shall learn a child the spelling book as well as the ancient language, and the spinning wheel as well as the piano an educa tion which shall instil into the child's mind the ele ments of present and future success and shor their practicability, necessity and importance in the habits of work and self-reliance, adopted by the child in school and out of it, whether it be the Common School or the College. And then, as well as they love their Church and its doctrines, they have no faith in Sectarian Schools, hence they have none of their own, supported by regular and irregular drum ming agents private and public. The religious connection existing between a favorite tenet of the church and the multiplication table, they never could perceive and have not consequently used such motives in establishing a School. We confess we like this doctrine much. If Edu cation has not inherent virtues enough as mo tives to approbation and support, then let it perish. We have always understood its voice as cryin to all, attractive and amiable, and yet affronted with unnatural and unnecessary stimuli. True Educa tion fosters no prejudices no dogmatisms no tyr annyno narrow, but all enlarged views of think ing, and is anything else than the Pharisee, with a " stand by I am holier than thou" in his mouth. But I intrude on your columns. I would say much more. Of one thing I feel certain, that this deno mination, like all others, is belied. Of course they are not infallible, and there may be among them a few, who are like the Quixotic old man, who would not look at the new moon out of respect to that an cient luminary, the old moon, et as a class, they are piogressive, but cautious, and adopt their opin- j-irAMnl. .... J At ? J f - I ..o wiejr u meir aress, iroin noine-made looms, an independent Americanism, as rare as it is noble! This revolutionary simplicity and nationalism we like. Let your people study the times of our Fath ers, and return to their habits even to dres would we imitate them and adopt the style of Mr. and Mrs George Washington, of long ago, rather than ape a trench debauchee and hybridized dandy. But I am done. Please insert, if you think proper, and believe me. Yours, &c., CHARITY. The Cotton Crop The beautifnl weather in-Sep-tember (which month hasteen freer from storms of wind and rain than any similar period at the South for many years) has not only matured the crop rapid ly but has enabled the planters to make rapid prog ress in picking; The rust has injured the growth In many districts, and the overflow propably wiped out 200,000 bales, but the remaining yield is now al most independent of the question of frost, and is set down generally, at about 3,300,000 bales. The pickibg is several weeks (some say one month) ear lier than usual, and this will bring an increased quantity into market at an early date. If any of our readers have not calculated for themselves the value of this crop, a few figures in that connection will both imeresc ana surprise them. Is we take 3,300,000 bales as the probable crop, and 550 lbs. as the aver age to the bale, and (considering that the quantity is said to be better than usual) if we assume 12$ cents as the average price, we shall have as the total value of the new crop, in round numbers, two hundred and twenty-seven millions dollars I This to all in tents and purposes, over and above the consumption of the cotton growing States, and is only that which they have to sell or to exchange for other produce and manafactures. If the price named be reckoned too much, we shall find that even at ten cents per pound the total value would be $181,500,000, and this in an aritcle which will be certainly wanted, and which commands a ready sale in nearly all the prin cipal markets of the world AT V J.ni w. merce, Oct 12th. - J THE ELECTIONS. We have encountered heavy reverses in Pennsyl vania, which would discourage any but the' demo cratic party. Excuses are not remedies, and we shall not, therefore, invoke them. We have been sadly beaten by extended defection in our own ranks beaten, we regret to say, precisely at the time that the evil policy of the opposition was most 'deeply felt all over the country. Our friends have struggled with intestine difficulties and with the open enemy, who were encouraged to renewed ef forts in consequence of the quarrels in our own par ty. . It is undoubtedly true, too, that the question of a revision of the tariff on the basis of direct pro tection to special interests had much to do in pro curing1 votes for the opposition. They professed to be the peculiar friends of protection, and to have it ,n ,oe'r Pow er elected, to aid the people of Penn sylvania. We shall be able hereafter to test the soundness of the judgment that would thus strike down the men of Pennsylvania who can best sub serve the true interests of that State, in order to give place to a handful cf political speculators who really nave no power to oenent nonest industry. It is not our purpose to comment upon the re turns reported to us of the elections. We have care fully compiled and arranged them so that the reader may have all the information which has reached the Union office. Our duty docs not end with record- mg uiese ueieais oi ine aemocracy. roe causes which have led to them must be the subiect of A A. 1 m m a. - ' mnugni ana discussion, as furnishing lessons of ex perience ior our luture guidance. With the open enemy oi our principles we have no terms of com promise or conciliation. In the hour of their tem porary triumph we bid defiance to their organiza tion and spurn their treasonable doctrines. We have met and conquered them in the past, and will do it again in the future. Black republicanism has C t .a a no nrm noia upon the honest masses of our coun trymen, vv hen fully aroused and warned of the dangers which flow from the triumphs of these sec- uonai enemies ot the constitution ana the Urnon, the voice of a patriotic people will soon consign them io meriiea aeient it at this time they had been thrown upon their own unaided resources, their pre sent victory would have been a hopeless and disas trous overthrow. With them we shall have a future reckoning, of which they may have a foretaste by recurring to the past triumphs and victories of the democracy which have heretofore suffered similar defeats to the present Unlike all other political or ganizations in this country, the democratic party sur vives disasters and gathers new power and strength from each recurrence of them. Our principles have an abiding place in the hearts and affections of the American people, and wc cling to them with a deep er feeling and a stronger faith in the hour of danger and disaster than in the day of victory. The tri umphant republican the exultant know-nothing tne traitorous, democrat none of them, nor all of them combined, feel half so proud and defiant in their victory as the true and noble democrat who re tires from the lost battle with a consciousness of the honesty of his motives, the purity of his prineiples, and the ultimate invincibility of h;s party. With those democrats who have leagued with the enemy and given them the victory, we can have no faith or alliance. In looking over the field, Douglas and his Forneys mav find cause for rejoicing and self laudations. They may glory alike in their -own shame and the defeat of the ooble old party which they have betrayed and abandoned. It is their work, and they may claim from their new allies full com pensation for the service they have rendered They and the black republicans have been faithful co workers beginning with Judge Douglas's attack on President Buchanan's administration at the com mencement of the last session of Congress, and end ing in their present joint and inglorious victory. They have fought well and successfully toirethrr Let them together rejoice, and in common prepare for the final doom that awaits alike the original enemies and the recent deserters of the democratic party. We have no fears of the masses. They may for a time be deceived and deluded by those in whom they have been accustomed to confide. It is not strange that men like Judge Douglas, who had been trusted and honored by the democracy of the whole Union, should be able to lead astray many good and true men ; but it would be strange indeed if he could induce them to remain with him in the embraces of black republicanism. Douglas and such instruments as Forney may, and no doubt will take permanent quarters in the ranks of the opposition, but they will find themselves left without a democratic sym pathizer to participate in their shame and dishonor. The democratic party must submit to these periodi cal purgations. It purifies the nrgaization by strik ing from the rolls men who in the past were unwor thy of our confidence, and in the future will be in capable of doing us an injury Encouraged by the noble efforts of our friends in every quarter, and strengthened in our Democratic faith, we look hope fully to the future, not doubting that it has in store for us other and more glorious triumphs than even those bright victories in the past, which have ren dered our principals immortal and our organization invincible. Washington Union. Atlantic anp N. C. Railroad Machine Snors. We do not know where an hour could be passed more pleasantly and profitably than at this establish ment, by those who feel at all interested in mechan ics. The Machinery is now nearly or quite all ud .1 i . nun running, anu u is astonishing to one not famil iar with such tools to see with what exactness they do the most difficult work. The Stationary Engine, is a beautiful specimen of the handiwork ai'd ingenuity of man, and being highly finished and most substantially constructed, it works with the regularity of a "patent lever," and with but little more noise. The Steam Pump, which is disconnected entirely from the Engine, but which is run with the exhaust Fteam, is intended not only to pump all the water used on the Depot ground, but also to saw all the wood for the locomotives of the Newbern station. It moves like a charm, will do the work or a dozen hands al least, notwithstand ing it cost, wc learn only $250. The shops, althouirh not over extents!- splendidly arranged and sufficiently roomy to "carry on, to advantage, all the repairs of the Company. They are entirely fire proof and constructed from a plan that can be enlarged without interferring with the original buildings, if it should ever be required by the business of the Road. Mr. Hudson has charge of these shops, and we had the pleasure, on Tuesday, of cxaraing the first job turned out since his appointment, and if any thing was wanting before, this would give the new management a substantial endorsement for practical talent, and through m chanical rapacity. We allude to the locomotive, " Charles F.Fisher." which after three or four years rough and tumble servicce with construction freight and passenger trains, has beecn so thoroughly overhauled, altered and improved that it has come out of the shops looking better and working better than it did, three years ago when it came from the hands of the builder. The locomo tive is handsomely ornamented, and is painted by our townsman, Mr. Wm. Hay, in a manner that would do credit to the skill and taste of any artist Some of his work on tho tender is really beautiful, and we would advise any of our citizens that desire to see a comparison of Newbern work with that of yankee land, to examine it for themselves, and if they do not agree with ns they can get a " beaver" ut of our box without charge. The M Fisher" is now the crack engine on the road, and is certainly one of the handsomest, as well as the best construct ed. Neiebern Daily Progress. Railroad Tax. The State of Virginia reserves to herself the right to tax the Railroads of the Com monwealth, one mill per mile on every passenger carried over her roads. In acordance with this pro vision we learn that the amount paid by the Virgin ia and Tennessee Railroad, into the Treasury of the State, on account of passengers transported over the road duriug the six months, ending the 30th of Sep tember, was $4,070 86. Severe Courting. Last Saturday night a week, a spruce young fellow from some where about Quin cy, Pa., went to Port Providence to pay his devoirs to his dulcinea. It appears in their long and tedi ous courting they fell asleep. The mahogany table, on which the candle was left burning, took fire, and was considerably injured before they awoke. Young folks, take advice, and do not prolong your sitting to an unreasonable hour. Let your courtships be short and sweet Opentno or the TEHAmrTEnEC Route. The steam ship Quaker City Captain Shufeldt, left New York on Satnrday for New Orleans, from whence she will bearafter run regularly, making semi-monthly trips to-Minatitlan, with the California mail. Thus we have evidnce that the important enterprise of open ing a new highway between the two oceans is ap proaching s completion. The are now employed on the road between Suchil and Ventosa about 400 men ; and 80 first class coach es are already on the ground or en route, to be era ployed in carrying passenger to the opposite ocean. There are also three steamers which will he available for navigating the Coatzacoalcos river between Min atitlan and Suchil, a distance of 70 miles. Still, be fore all the contemplated improvements shall have been made, a large expenditure will be necessary. This will be especially true so far as relates to the proposed railroad, 100 miles in length, designed to supersede the carraige road the estimated cost of this structure being $500,000. It is anticipated that passengers will eo from New York to New Orleans in four days; from the latter port to Suchil, the head of navigation, in an equal length of time ; while two days will be required for the cartage road. Un reaching the Pacific terminus, the steamer Oregon will be in readiness to go up the coast, occupying ten days in the passage to San Francisco. The time occupied between New Orleans and San Francisco, it is said, will not exceed fifteen or sixteen days at farthest Ibis route is opened by the Lousiana Tehauntepcc Company, of which Etnile Sere of New Oi leans is President, and Mr. Slidel Chief Engineer. Everv ad ditional facility which is afforded for rapid communi cation between remote parts of the country contrib utes to the prosperity of the whole, and is a Gt sub- jeer ior congratulation. Virginia Races to Come Off. a On the 19th of uctooer the t air mceting'commenccs at the Fair field Race Course near Richmond. On 22d October the Jockey Club fall meeting opens for sport at Broad nocK ana continue during tive days. On the 26th October the' Ashland Track meeting begins with a promise of considerable entertainment for fourdavR. The Petersburg fall races at the New Market course will commence on lhe2nd November, whearat great luais are expected in the turf history. Besides the above races in Virtrini it mv a wpII be stated that the Memphis, Tennessee, races open on the 19th October, the Warrenton. N. C, races on the 9th of November, Henderson, N. C, races on 16th November. Monteomerv. Alabama, nn 19th rsovember, and Columbus, Georgia, races 30th No- vemoer. Any "Itichard" who mar feel himself agan will by attending all of the thnf inclra na betting freely, find at the end that he has given uis wj&uuin ior a norse I Time of IIolpiso Fairs i Virginia. North-Cah- olina anp Maryland. Maryland State Fair, at RV. timore, Uct 19, 20, 21 and 22. North-Carolina State Fair, at Raleigh. Oct 19. 20. 21 and 9.2 VSrirSriSa State Fair, at Petersburg, Nov. 2, 3, 4 and 5. Uni ted States Fair, at Richmond, Oct 25, 26. 27 28 muu oeaooara Agricultural Fair. Nov. 9. 10. 11 Sn J' A&riea,,ur, Fa,. t Lynchburg, Oct 19, 20 and 21. Nansemond county Fair, at Suffolk. Oct i( c ana uranviiie county Fair, at Hender son, xm. u.t Uct 13, 14 and 15. Gates county Fair tjU..DUU.?, ii. j iov. i aaa a. Martin county i"air, at Hamilton, N. C, Nov. 4, 5 and 6. Apvertisisg. T have alwars ing, liberally and long, to be the great medium of nieces in ousiness, and the prelude to wealth. And I have made it an invariable rule, too tn amor - T 1 a - tise in the dullest times, a long experience havine uiuney mus Fpeni is well laid out; asJby keeping my business continually before the public, it has secured me manv salia that T .,i,i ouierwise nave lost Stephen Girard. , . j a nvuiu OAK-CITY HOUSE, OPPOSITE CITY HALL, Raleigh. X. C. rpniS POPULAR RESTAURANT, well supplied with imported and domestic I.iouora. Vinp a 1 mnA leans vjiMprs. rmn uira. , win toe open durinir the . t J . 1 ..." . ' - winter. Meals serrcd at all hours. Prirate Room. f..r parties. ry- 1'ersons attending tbe State Fair will find eood October 3, 155S. 82 tf. CIIICKEItING & SONS PIANOS. pi a - ait I 7 fpHE SUBSCRIBER, ajrent for the sale of the above -- ceieoraiea rianos, will be in Kaleipo dnring the State rair, wo ere ne win nave two Fiaros. Persons wisbinir to Duy euner dearer or cheaper Pianos will be shown 14 dif- lereni styles, varying, at uoston prices, from 225 ud to i noil r r f " Piano Tfttfd ami Jlrpairtd. Mr. U. is now at tbe 44 Yarborongh House" in this vity. T. A. E. BOHNSTEDT. Wilmington, N.C., Oct 11, 1853. 82 3t Tbe following testimonials to the merits of tbe above W k 1- I 1 . . - . . . - - i ianvo unve utfu uuaesiiniingrr oiren dv Mr. Thalberw Richmond. Ya.. Jan. u. isxa Mr Dka Sib: I hare tri-d Messr. Cbickerinir A Son's itquare riiino rones, ana i nave much pleasure in certify ing tiiat there are no superior instruments in this countrv or r-urope. Yours very trulv. S. THALBERO. Exchange Hotel. To Ma. N. Cabust. Mills House, Chablestox. S. C, I February 2, 1853. J iletsrs. J. Sitnlinn tf: Sun. . Gentlemen: 1 can onlv re neat that which so often by others, (as well as mvself.) that I consider the Chickebixo A Sons' Pianos,?- ?ond comparison the best 1 have erer seen in America ; and I am al.so happr to add. that they are quite fortunate in being s ably represented' in the South, by to respectable a house as that of J. Sieo- uku a oox. Yours, respectfully, S. THALBERO. S. II. YOUNG tJTUUI.U CALL ATTENTION TO niS STOCK OF ww iali, a ah uitB UUODS. now in Store. I all and examine as to prices and qnalitr as we hare ONE OF THE BEST AND LARGEST ASSORTMENTS wenarecveronerea to our customers and will sell them riyi. e nave Ladies' Dress Gqpds great variety; Plain and Figured Black Silks; Cloaks, Shawls, Ac; Prints great variety; Goods for Men aud Boys; N. C. Jeans; Snp'r. Cloths and Cassimeres; Hats, Caps, Shoes, Ac; Ingrain Carpeting; Blaukets Bed and Negro good supply; A good article of Svrup. yun many other Uoods not named, which we will take pieraure in snowing to mose wanting Goods in our line Raleigh, Oct 12, 1358. . 83-2oi. NEW BOOK BINDERY AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY, AT THE OLD STAR OFFICE, (OppoiU Vie Prtfbyttian Church,) Raleigh, N. C. THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY informs the Citizens of Raleigh and the viciuity gen erally, that be will promptly and punctually attend to the uiuumgui newspapers, magazines aoo l'enodicaJs of all kinds and in any style, plain or ornamental, on moderate terms. Also Blank Books manufactured to order, and ruled to any pattern for the public offices. A share of patronage u i k JS0- J- CHAPLIN. Raleigh, April 6, 1858. 14 wAswtf. WANTED, BY A TEACHER who has bad two years' experience in teaching school, a situation in private or prepar atory school. Address D. B., Chapel Hill. Box 80S. Occtober7, 185S. 82 t SHAWLS! SHAWLS 1 1 SHAWLS XII rniUK ROUND STELLA, THE MANTELLET, THE JL Reversed Border, and Super Plaid Long Shawls a McGEE A WILLIAMS. &3wAsw4t. Oct 16. RICHARDSON'S ranted renuine: FAMILY LINENS WAR- SOFT FINISHED LONG CLOTHS-best quality CARPETIXGS, FLOOR OILCLOTHS, A DRUGGETS. Call and see what inducements we offer to purchaser. . McGEE A WILLIAMS. ! 83 wAsw4U Rffcfl NEGRO BLANKETS MEDIUM AND WV large size;' . T5 Pieces heavy Osnaburgs atd Shirtings; 60 Pieces plaid Homespuns and Linseys; 40 Pieces Caole Warp Xerseys. . Bought from first hands at a low figure, which we offer at a " small advance," A McGEE A WILLIAMS, i Oci.lt, 83 wAawit . W. II. & R. S. TUCKER ONE OF THE FIRM HAS JUST RETURvrn the North, bavin? purchased a SECONH r,,.FK0j v -u ucn..u.c liv? Which Will k. ' t f rwvcpx prices, oeing aeiermined to stU V.Ouu 00b cm?. nri r a D . 1 & . r i .nnaf u iuc cunpesk r urcnaseni may nlr UM it. A t pa We purticoiarlv invite attention tn tbtumtr itwJ 'h PLY THIS FALL u our Stock is now Fr?i .' Hp. PLETE. FL " ayD Cow CO. W.ILAR.S. Raleigh, Oct 13, 1858. STATE FAIR, 1858. VISITORS TO OUR FAIR are mnecfu,,. V desir W. U. A R. S. Tucker to cm 1 1 ni ,"TH h. e stock of Goods that has ever bwTr.nZ!'' On nnnnt full in halnir ,.; I'"1)) k. them. CLOAK. KHAWL. HAT, GAITERS. GIXjVes' LREfH rich LACE RETT, or anj other desirable artS?,h or GenU' WEAR. Be Mire .nil .1l . .k- . c'e r or Genta' WEAR. Oct 18, 1858. Mr u H. rt . u. a, n. jj mi r,iiiim i.-v rAaui HAIR pi- AND CACHEPEIOXES. BUCKLES AND CLASPS, BRACELETS. I RFc-F TOXS, Ac, together with manv other new -a " Sr Bc Oct 18. 1858. " H- 4 R. S. TUCKER. W-tt UAJOCS CELEBRATED KID GMivrS MM superior to any other eWein the market r .? and KuSS Fit SU A,9 fu ftS Oct. 18, 1858, W. D. A: R. & TUCKER. . . M-tt TEW STYLE MANTILLA SIIWI? Trt. 411 SHAWLS. Cashmere, Bnhe. liid-wij TRU Shawls, in every variety, much below usual ,ric FaU Oct 18.185. W. II. A R. s. TUCKER. . itt SERVA2fTS GOODS.-A LARGE LofTnTr GRO KERSEYS AND WOOL HATS S stock of Linsajs -Marlboro stripca-Cnion 'piaid ? ham, Homespuns, jOsnaburgs, Ac, verr chean s' Mr ti ..! Oct. 18, 1858. a. o. TtCKER. i-tf. I i i j VELVET. TAPESTRY selsand low criced CARPETlvr: l!Rr Moreens, Ac Also, Danik OC1M858. W-H- K-S. TUCKER. Si tt MANTILLAS AND CLOAKS.-A MHT sr Cloth Best styles out nt ..-i 'yt""n -o eiret and W. H. A Ort 13, 1858. R. S. TUCKER. 82-tf. BLACK SILKS " 24 inch .'( wnrth ?z n . 2(5 W. II. A R. S. TTCKER. Oct. 13, 1853. 10th MONTH, 1858. WARD &JEIUGHES. Drags, Medicines, Faints, Oils, Tarnishes. Brushes, WndowGlas, Etc. WAR.D HUGHES TENDER THEIR KINDEST .i cknow'l.Jrroent3 to those who hare so libmilt sustained them since tbeir debut a lnTiiPp i ihl-' DRUGGISTS AND DISPENSING CHlSSffitf their continned confidence and support Tber be- leave to announce to thc.r Iriends and the public that thevTaTejS 1,!! ?J?d,,PB n,,w "Peninjr one of the larpest Stales! lected with the greatest care br one of the fir... ; . of-DRUGS, MEDICINES! PAlXTS. OILS PFRTOn??' WINDOW-GLASS, BRUSHeS? BNISHE E ever offered in this market t,,c- We invite the attention of Phvsicions, Planters. Mann fturers..nd the public genentfly, to examine our Z before purchasing elsewhere, feeling confident of our abili ty U supply t hen urni as reasonable terms as any sim.lar of Sr'SSct ,D AU WC " an exanoati WARD A HUGHES, i . , n. , Successors to Dr. E. Burke Uarwood. Raleigh. Oct. 13, 1S53. 'b2-lt. fh ITNINE-A LARGE SUPPLY JU. T RECEIVED livui (he Manufacturers, ror sale cheap, bv WARD A HCGnES. 83-lf. Oct 13, 1853. ENGLISH AND FRENCH MUSTARD For sale by WARD A Oct. 13, 1853. HUGHES. S3 tf. LOW S ENG. HAIR BRUSHES Low s Eng. Tooth Brushes. For sale by rw i. ,c WARD A HUGIIES. Oct 13, 1SS3. FARINA COLOGNE 3 Gross of th n, For sale by WARD A HUGHES. Oct 13, 1S5S. b3 tt TO PLANTERS A large supply of BLUE STONE. For sale by Oct 13, ,8. WARD HUGIIES. &3-tC GELATINE Cooper's. Coze's, and Mennotfa F.t.M. i.c. Just to band at WARD A HUGHES. 83 tt Oct 13, 1853. FRESH COD-LIVER OIL, OF THE FOLLOW ing Celebrated Alnnfxctnri-a. Rn.V,t,.n V Dallam, Baker A Co , At tbe Drug Store of - WARD A HUGIIES. Oct. 18, 1858. K3 tt CIGARS. THE BEST CIGAR THE MARKET AF fords will always be found At the Drug Store of WARD A HUGHES. t tt 0.t 13. 1S58. GREAT EXHIBITION OF DRY GOOODSI! LANDECKER & KLINE, ARE DilLY RECEIVING LARGE ADDITIONS TO tbeir already extensive stock of Staole and Fancv Mrv Hnailt T And hare now for exhibition a complete a varied afsort- ment of Goods. Comnrisino' evorrthinir iwunllv ketit in first cla Fancy and Dry Goods bouses. i - . .... . xoey particularly call tbe attention ot Ladies to tbeir new styles of Fancy Dress Goods I Robes a Qui lie and Robes de Lauiara ; Black and Fancy Silks; Pouli de Cbevefs and Imperial Foulards; French and English Merinos in plain and plaid ; Bombazines. Alnaccas and Muslin lw UnM With a varied assortment of French. F.ncrlish and Ameri can Prints Needle-Works. The best assortment ever offered in Raleigh before. Their fock of FANCY GOODS. HOSIERY. SHOES and GAITERRS. is now comnlete. Th him a!o ererr- tbmg else necessary for Ladies wearing apparel in great variety, all of which they offer at a small advance upon New l ork wholesale prices. As our business has fully equalled our most saturnine ex pectations, we shall endeavor hereafter to merit a continu ance of the patronage which the citizens of Raleigh have so liberally bestowed upon us, bv keeping a full and desira ble assortment of eoodk. and bir sellinir nnon the lowest possible terms. Being connected with a first class importation house in New York, we are enabled to keep onr stock replenished with new supplies of goods weekly throughout tbe season. LASytCKtK A KLINE. Smith's Corner. Raleigh, Oct 16, 1858. 83 tt !UAWLS! SHAWLS XI WE HAVE A 6olT 5 plcte atsortment of Mantilla Shawls; Long and Square Woollen Shawls; Cbinele and Brocbe Shawls ; Cassimere and Stella Shawls: which we offer at reduced d rices. LAN-DECKER A KLINE. Oct 16. 83 tf. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. WE HAVE IN itore a large and eleirant assortment of READY MADE CIXVTHISO. HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES! AND FURNISHING GOODS nf rr rfoarrintinn. which W0 will sell at a small profit. LANDECKbK A &.L.1 Octl. W tf. WATCHES AND constantlr on band JEWELRY. WE KEEP a fine ntnrk ot Watches. Jew elry. Lockets, Gold Guard, Chattel, Vest and Fob Chains, aecKiaces, uraceleU, &c, ior sale cheap by LAN DECKER A lwlI.t Oci. 16. S3 tt. CLOAKS X CLOAK8 X X WE ARF JUST IN RE ceipt of a great variety of splendid and elegant LA- uitz isiAAiwa oi I no latest styles from (3 up tn JLA3 ULCaUi A A.L.l.-"-Oct 16. 63 tt LATEST ARRIVALS. NEW STYLES IN LADIES' DRESS GOODS. (Br EXPKESS THIS MORSISG ANOTHER IxVClCK.) ITftlCH ROBE A. "LES" SILKS In Black and Fancy iTm, Colnm ROBE A. -LES" MOUSELINES of the most fashionable styles, including (tbe new colored) Grozelle " Des Alps Particular attentiou Daid to tbe "Trimming of our Dresses," as we have made arrangements to j-iocure by Mail any style or color desired. V 4 t i '1 i I T I . r I r Raleigh, Oct 16th, 1858. &wAsirt.
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