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i aaWfe to a majori- -"Hoed to appoiat the eoaiimittee. At the but thmt won't do, for the first charter, with
suggesion of. a mend 1 Dtnea toe senators I two-wires pieugeu vj wie owe, as ami in
kinMuJ.i mmA altknnirll K ntrlil- I f(Wl " Slid hrtftidM. if th. MUf? )iml!.l IvA
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mentsry practice the majority oa the rote longer in building than we wish,' the road I nous sections, I find no church in 6 or 8
just taken- had a right to a majority on the I from AsheTiIle down tbe French Broad wonli J miles, and several churches without pastors,
comiai'tee, I waited the exercise of the right,! put the traus-inontaue counties in connection 1 1" many of these families there are no reli-
bv niacin oa the oommittee S opposed to I with all the Western Kail Koads. and conse- gious book or papers, and but. tew iu some
J a o - . a . ' . ' . .
Irott tie FayttterUIe Observer:
LE1TE2S FOV flEN DOCKERT. r, ,
Bjchmqo Courrr, Feb. 23, 1S57.
JUmrr. dUort; I have new replied to
the Baleigh Standard's habitoal anteaable
aaaaoluropoa ma for yean past : but iu au
tacks BpuaTBTf "eoorM cmthe bill, ta amend
the charter granted two jvanf ago to'exteod
the Central Eailroad West to the Teancssee
Uae, bare become so freqoeat, tad iu arti
cle ia a few week's hariag grown from para
graphs of a few lines to a column and a half,
ia the kst iaree, X desire, to laj before the
pablie several facta which I am sure will salt
the Standard's taaia too Utile to ever appear
ia that prist. And a joa have already,
wtthoat solieitairnj, tpened roar columns in
my defance, I 'uu toe, ceo of the Obnrer
tat the pablkatkta ef , ibis lettr, with the
hope that newspapers geaeralKN over the
Sute will copy iu - J " j
S Ibe otandaM is e
course of its trie do, aauoua'ag to a majori
ty of two to cee is the tat Legislature, upon
1 eternal Imrroteawats, and forthai'h 0(es
tLe next eaispaign by wtlliaf ia'o req-iinioa
all its cooeeded tact and adroitn to con
vince the public that bjjuitiesof tw thirds
ra a Iegulative loily are not responsible for
iu tcs, but that aooie one uaa of ibe uuor
i:v is: an op-bill taaiueas, it is true. The
Suodard lus Letter reason for its apprehco-
sirns 'haa all are aware or. 2s or know bet
ter than the Suadard that reptable meu
bers a its own party uted in and oat of the
falls of leglilatioa, tht the deoioeraU had
proa)Le4 the people freat benefi.rs from their
legw UoBOoIaieruaJ Injprjteui-B a,aiKltnat
tbo H ear bad caaoged tts poliiio, from tb
belief that the democrau were ibe true In
ternal Improvement party ; and if ihey were
disappointed, they, the people, would torn
back to their of4 aaeocia'iooj As party
eaeccas b the greatest of all good with, the
Suodard, who can be aurprised at its awful
forebodiaga? t ' ?
The Staadard says I promised the people
of the West when cmnranng for Governor, to
favor the building of the road aeros tbe
Bwcjataina. m If it thamld ami ten muhofiM,
and that I used b words, eace, would.
orva hou tkrwurk fat movaetar; and
that I aaked the owestina, wht mill-build
er would eat bis race a ear to the -ater and
thea stop." 4o. Tbe Standard is at Us
tricks again. I "bwpt, out and not, to its
version of the campaign. It locates my Ioy
temal Improvement peecaca and the srpli
cation of the tea millions ia the Wet, when
it very well known I made tbe sane de
clarations from Curritaek to Cherokee, and
that is my daily speeches I declared in favor
of the Central Soad Ett cad Wut. vpon
Ik two-tkirdt prmcipU, if it ahoa'd cost b
6UU tew Bulliooar ' And does not the Stan
dard know, that iu nvst active friends, par
ticalarlr o the part of the Sute where my
saoofal oompetitor had moot inflaenoe,
. charged me with an tnteatioa to favor
scheme of improvement which would involve
the 8UU to the ruioou amount of ten mil
I iocs, without a rebuke from iu oolumna, aad
that I lost thousands of votes from the bold
ThagOallea of road, from Sallsbtirt to l M tho aid proposed from AthefUle west, a..vual ttLrvitT. Or uoLrUni Aut- ia
f- t. f?... k 1 .ewm Mri1 nffred no obtaetian Ia it in the . . C - B AMERICAN TRACT SUCltl i ... i,
bat will eost at least two millions. I presume. Senate. : On tbe final pawage, I made an ef
Two-thirds of this, or about f 1.800,000, the I fort, by offering an amendment and a speech.
-Sute is pledged to pay. . The company baa I to place the provision in favor of the French
100,000 to.be drawn without regard to the I least ud from Mr. Avery, who was in the
section principle of the charter of '54 '00 ; chair, or henator uoteman, except a silent
aad bad the bill, been passed as my amend, vote by the latter gentleman.' '
ment left it,' several other hundred thousands I have not the least, doubt, that could I
mirht have been drawn from the Sute trea- have received tho aid of these Senators, inan-
ury, to bo nscd'Vu the, French Broad, as I ifested by half the energy and teal tbey show
soon as urai via earn, rauea lUeir vaciuuv j su w "u vj ud, owmvu mu vj
which I regard as, much as the Sute ought the committee might have been retained
to pay, or tbe company do uld use to ad van- What will tho Suodard say to, this ? Will
tage, before the meeting of the next leglala- it still contend that my amendment from
rare, when, if noccasary'the application can Morganton to Aabevillo was a crime,, aad
bo reaowed. : that Mr. Coleman and tho two other demo
In this form 1 : wished it passed. eraU on the committee, were right in s nking
But a motion preva'led to refer tbe liuJ as J cut all neyona Asaevuie t , remaps me
amended to a committee of five. Mr. Speak-1 Standard may say, my amendment .rendered
er Avery, on the ground of personal interest, I the sections from Aaberilfe West, useless ;
Another Colportage year, with its bless- I
Vr 7"' ,CMB8 w 'V, V l tfi-poned of the of D. C. Lw, fr;
miicniui; it, i uuu III IUJTBC11 utauj oiiui j
comings. Through God s ; goodness, ana
kind friends,' and in tbe success met with, I
find much, very much, to fill my soul with de
vout praises to tht Lord, and . stimulate me
to increased effort in His strength, in this
work of great self-denial, faith and love, un
til all the Lod's poor, each family and indi
vidual in our State, shall own a printed goa
pel message, And bar the voioe of prayer in
tLeir houses by the humble Colporteur
. In my more extensive travels, as Agent,
tho past year, I have been impressed more
than ever with' the importance and results of
this Colportage. work, by the voluntary, uni
ted effort of Christians of every denomina
tion, as a help to God's ministry, and the
other agencies, in tbe salvation of perihing
souls. Although I find a great : number of
elegant churches, able ministers, and pious,
intelligent people, yet in passing through va
THE LATE TtUGEDf JN WASHINGTON
The apfvar.i ; to be RiucE -t-xtuit: f
Waihiogtoa' and Al-xand:fi.; in .foneinruee A
the summarv 4nanner' iu wliifh tin piit;ijitr.uR
killing
David Hume, und reieasinjr bim .is tc!iii ni!ii-
figures I oW ia long aad exciting debates,
bat tho bon&g throagfa tho moanUms, stop
ping tho raea before we reach the water, aad
doing it at once, rounds ro much like words
I have aaed, that I presume they are pretty
near the trmta ; all ef which f am still
strongly in fa vcref, sn 4 the wtostof which,
ao far as the lawn eooceraed, ba already
bee accompli The S'ate baa paid
tare millions Urn tbe Cea.l portion, paid
aad agreed to pat. two millions for tho East
ern, and two-lb-r-'s cf tbe cost rf te West-
era extension, i b a proviso (which 'Is but
little better thla a catch rote.) that this
Western extend o ia not to cost the Sut
more than four million. Will the S'andar-1
riak the opiii n that the State will n..t b
bound for en u.;I'i. r fur- lb Ontral Koad
bfre i" i d-.u - A for d iig it at once,
I anf r-1" v i '" mtiiiiint) H'nl will
admit tba I r-iM Kr n r-nt nntbirg more
than that it onght fi e inue as soon s an
eti erratic apf liea?in ,V. 'b r-ircea at
comAaud u'd ev.. i tidi i i ho- rrvita
diiuT 'o the A'h- r in nev ib Sute
A- tb b- rw smxiM 't inp nbart ff
w ir. w inirntfoj u riv- f.rce'-o ny
tljr'i4-t, lo t-ping ca tbia si !e i f ibe
mountains. .
If I ever expressed tbe opioioo that the
Slate onghMo cor all the runnels it was that
it should be'done af-er every effor bad en
made for private aid and failed ; which baa
not jet happened.
But the Standard says I reeoosidered and
defeated tbe bill, and therefore contradicted
ay campaign speeches. Let us see hoi.
Buck truth there is in this Sold declaration.
Tho Legislator of 1854 '5 chartered th
Western extension, pledging tbe State treas
ury for two-thirds of the entire coat, to be
bailt la sections, and of course ps:d for in
instalments. With this Western members
professed to be well and fully aa i-fied, some
of the most itjaential Democrats of tbe Sen
ate proisinr that nothing more w ntd be
asked for. In two short years several of the
same members return, and coa'end that tbe
the amendment to 2 in favor, aad 3 demo
crau to 2 American Whigs; with Senator
Coleman who was supposed to feel deepest of
all Tor tbe original Bui, first on tbe list. ' lo
my utter astonishment, when tbe committee
quently with all the Boads in the whole
country. . ,
This would have convinced tbe ' people
W est of tbe MouuUins tbat the Legislature
cared for tbair interest, and .would doubt
reported I found trat they bad struoa from I less have been received as proof tbat in due
the Bui all tbat applied to tbe road from 1 time, ll it anouid pecome clear .tnat tbo Jlouo'
Aaheville to th Tennessee line, which would tains cannot be tunnelled upon the two-thirds
bar placed Ashe villa in connection with the I principle, further aid would be rendered.
Tennewe and Vinrinia Road, being the 14th, I Th Charleston and Memphis road was com-
15th, 16th, 17th and 18 ih sections, which meneed at each end, and the ends are fast ap-
read as follows
. Sxfiom 14. Wbukas, V is provided in the
in'b section f an Act uf tbe General Assembly,
eo'itW "An Act t iicorporate tbe OrenTiIle
and F ranch Brotd Bdlroad Company," passed at
the sesHioa of 1854-'65, tbat the Road thereby
-oiboriieJ abalt enrrepond in (jauijo with tbe
proaching a junction.
I bave contended for thirty years, that a Rai
Read from Beaufort should be built to tbe Ten
nessee line. " The lata p-ovbion for connectinz
the Wilmington, Charlotte 6 Kutbertord Koad
with the Central Road increases tbat desire.
Tbe Standard garM'd my internal improve
ment areches too much ; it ought to have pub-
S 1 . , m . . 4.
otructed, the chartered rixhU and privileges of I lished my argument in favor of demanding our
the company in tbat portion or aad road, be-1 snare ot the proceed or tbe public lwds to pay
twn the point at .wbkh say counexioa 'may I for building Rvl Roada. This however did n-t
hereafter be mad, by any road from the North I suit itapurtr news. ' The Staudard prefers to
U-Miina rutiroad to said ureenvuie and l reocn r cumor lor niKner taxes to '.any for them.
Briad Ra'lroad and the ast Tsnoeaeee and Vir-1 . After alL Meaara, Editors.' who believes the
iui Railroad. ahaJl cease aod determine, if tb I Standard cares any thioz about tbe Western x-
teniioo, or what it ealU the defeat of the bill f
If it does, why does it not censure others who
spoke and voted aa I did ? Will it couU mI that
tbe able speeches of Cameron. Eaton, and other
oa tbe democratic side f the Senate, who acted
with me, bad oo influence, whilst I bnd iiower
to defett or paaa the bill at pleasure T Does it
not know that the democrats had power to pa
me mi. ana aeven vote to spare, if every vote
on my aide had voted ag linst it T i -Ha it ever
expressed a word of reproof or disapprobation m
to me course pursued y tto mends ou the amend
menu to tbe bill? - No, never. It defended !l
the democraU and assails me. Its pretending tr
sympamiae wuri the Wat u all sheer hvrwcrisv
n u opiy- eiecuoneenng for its party, expect
ing a laree share of the sooila itaelf. . f im find.
North Carolina' Rillroad is now in progress of ibly informed tbat a member who professed t'
wwikpuo. ana wnereu, it is aesiraM xni i ieet a oeeo interest in the bill remarkrl n
the W-atera Nortb Carolina Railroad Company way borne, that Dockery had defeated the BiU
General Assembly so require, as ae-tn aa -such
connection be made, and the same be aubacribed
y said company at its prim ost to tbe capUl
tckof the company authonxd to make te
oonectin albrwaid, and ah all thereafter cooti
tuW a part of th said last mentioned company,
and tr ne under tbe control and direction of said
eitnpny : ' Ad mhotos, at the sune seasion of
im Uenerai Assembly, an Act was passed, enh-
il Aa Act to incorporate the Wentern North
Carolina Rail Road Oct) pan T," whereby the
company orgauisad under said Act is aufborizw!
to fonn a connection with tbe said Greenville
and French Broad Rail Rnad, by constructing a
Railroad from Salisbury on the North Carolina
ttauroad, to a punt on the French Broad Idver,
west of tbe Elae Rtdee. which said Western
should bave the coofol of tbe roate of said
Greenville aod French Broad Railroad at an ear
Uer per'ed than . the time when - th connection
soon a th waid Ureeoville and French Broad
Railroad shall sarreoder to .the State of North
Carolina all th chartered -righU and trivi)ee
vested m said Art of inonrporaUoa ib tbe man.
aer nereaner preeenbed, aad trpon tb fact ap
pearing of said surrender bavioff been duly
matte nnaer tbe certificate ot tbe Board of Inter,
nal Improvements, the Board of Directors of
said Western North Carolina Railroad Company
nu vs emvwored to survey and locate a
i-rrvh rf S4id Ruad. (rxa .the pc4at on the
Fri:rh Proad ltiver which may be fixed upn
by sW rnapiij aa tbe Western Terminus of
the Mirth titvf ion to the Tennessee line, at or
near th. Paint' rort"'n'' said river.'and abill
eane an Mimate of the coat thereof to be made
by tbei EDKioeer, and as soon aa said survey
and I-cation shall be made as aforesaid. tht
Bard 'of Direct.- art hereby authorized and
emjviwered to open books for aubsm'ptlon of
uck by solvent persona or couuties to the capi-
lai a oi, sam . company, to tbj amount vf
-tljirJ of said estimated cost of said Branch
J a.H rod, and upon said subscription of doii-
b-e the amoont ao subscribed br individuals
but tbey had Rained a victory over him. for it
would make mm unpopular in the Went. Thi
la all jbe Standard ia after. A dozen Rail Ro-db
may go by tbe board if it can make canital oot
haate, without the Journal or the presence of anv
Senator to nonfer with : entirely from memarr
I feel confident all tbe material facts will be found
correct on examination of the Journal.
Respectfu'ly and tru'y. ,
ALFRED DOCKERY.
r. Sj Since my r eply to the Suodard wu
prepay, a fnend ptaced in my baud, tbe War-
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ronton j wi wita tne loiiowing article:
"ho in to Blame? Tbe following eitmrt
from tbe ftnleih correspondence of tbe Asbe-
TUle New nvea a Western man's oDiniun nn
the proceedings of tbe Jate I,eiriiJatur. Hi
opinion in entitled to the more u-eigbt, a be saw
and heard for himself., The people of Western
Carolina are too sagacious to be deceived by the
plausible "clap-trapa of tbe unscrunuloua oi
pooenta of tbe Democratic party. Tbey can and
in compare the vast difference between th
practice and professions pf the Know Nothing
leader General Dockery: '
"We thus see tbat the counties- Wikl nf n.
Blue KKige bay been alauehtered, thei" i.ibt
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whole neighborhoods ; and no Sunday Schools
m some entire couuties, as I was told. The
Sabbath, w'tb many church members and
! older persons, is a day of visiting and feast
ing : and with the more wicked and younger,
a day of amusement and intemperance. In
many such sections our Colporteurs have vis
ited and prayed with thousands of families ;
some had been members of the church for
years, who never had a religious visit or
prayer before; and in hundreds of bouses
these pious, praying men have left the first
page tbt was ever there about Jeans.
Thus we are installing in every houae-hnld
a Pastor in tbe form of a religious book by
Baxter, Doddridge, Summerfia'd, Bishop Mc
Ilvaine, and others, which are being blessed
of God to the quickening of christians to du
ty in private and family prayer, social prayer
-meetings, tbe formation of b&hbath bcbools,
and in tbe conversion of souls ; building
churches and bringing out men to be Pastors
of wha'ever denomination tbey may choose
this work having nothing to do in teaching
and deciding the denominational views and
relations of any one J
.Passing through a county las summer, 1
stopped at a lng cabin, and proposed to the
parents tu talk, a lit'le with their family.
Soon all were in, tbe oldest child beitg 15,
and four younger. Afer talking and play
ing for tbe first time the children ever heard
such in a family, I asked if they had some re
ligious books. "U yes," he replied, aDd
brought them to me saying, "Now, I will tell
yon bow 1 got tba first ones. A Colporteur.
with books, met me in another county and
wanted to sell me some : but I told him I
had no money. After talking to me about
my soul and the souls of my family, be gave
me a book for each of my children, and they
are the first we ever owned. I have read
them all through to the children and tbe two
oldest are nearly through the Tract Primmer i
and three
nal bond for .10,000, kiif. reih:y" lr only
$5,000 his r'dignix tiK:e fcr $5,000 not lieini
collectable, it torioitei : lor he lias, it is kam.
property out of -which it could be satisfied 1
is said to be still in. Wasbingto", not havii-u'
gone to Virginia as w is reported. The it:it
says : ' ; - .
Lee is a spare-made in.in, rather tall, with
thin gray Lair and lirw gray or btue eyes, Bint
is about 5 "years of age. it is known to tin.
police that lie procured th pistol ou th morn
ing on whic lie perpetrated the fatal deed, bor
rowing it for the occasi ml As the tstimony
how, he Wiis assun-d of the respectability of
Mr. Hume, uot only on the liight of the difficul
ty at tlw Pretrideiit a bouse, but ia tbe nnini''g
before Mr. fl. e.tlied ot his room in tli iVnsion
bureau. IIu' wad dismissal by Secretary Mc
Clelland from bisj clerkship ' in the tu-j
reau within an hour after th fatal ccurrt-;u'e. '
A strong and most commendable point iu tin
character of Mr, Hume has been most forcibly
i'lustrat'd iu tbe testimony. already givn before
tlie.CJrouer's jury and the bailing iriBotrates.
We allii io i h,. fprlaranc4 Few nieu .would
have so earnestly pie id as l.e d''d to be relieved
Irotn re.jeotiL!K tbe- grave imputation upon a
8otkst: character, s pertinaciously forced "Ten
bin bv the man h'v wbjse hand he ''fell. The
nfi'air, with its an'ecedcnt here and its" results so
far. bis struck this community with a thrill of
horror.
The National Intelligencer has the fallowing
additional in relation to thi sad affair:
The pocket book, about which, us a nucleus,
this fa til transaction has (fathered, was brought
on Saturday to the examtuing magistrate. It
appears that Mr. W. F. Darby, a merchant -f
Gewretown, di covered such an article iu his
coat pocket on hLs ; return from "the levee, aiH
was not hia own, but hearing of the om'cide
next day, thought perhaps it might be tbe pocket-book
in question!, aking with him two of
tbe leading and beftVnown merchants in Gerrge-
twn to vouch for his. respectability. Mr. Darby
repaired to the Justices' office, when tbe article
was idntified by Air. Lee ' ;
What a lesson against rashness, both in niak;
ing and resisting cbargesof wrong doiuI Whit
a commentary on the lack of a little patience Uj
await the clearing up of temporarily obscure
crcum&tances ! . p
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Tt); frOUTHE WH FL iTAND FLOU R-V I CoxrevrioH or ViRoiNivriDiTQR
The Augusta (Georjii t 'Cnsticu-MiHlt, in ft 1 ?nieeting of a linmher of t Virginia t
lurid 9umm.ry f theairivtil und pnpe ity arid j. f.
pppw t the'Hotitbt-H ter tsp.t.M.4... "f. ' v . .. . :-.-.," , ' . ,
reat vout iern iiil-s, ts tbe fo!l.witf po'l the Zltb tilt., the fnllowinjr rsoliit
a point 'which, we have fritieittly ftwayed U bn g i
proicineou
Tho rime was when wbeat-srwing and fl -Mir-
inillin? wns an uniruD-.r jiut bu.4tiesat tbe ith.
U'e depeii'ted upon the .North for the best fl ur
whicir we ushI. mid pan! to ner skiii ana lntmsur
adopted:
Retired, That we mnsi-Vr a gcrit rn' i
tion of the eilitors of th Rfate of preat
tane to the publishing interests, and
I mend the city of Richmond as a puitnbl
ni.ai, r.Kt. Af hnn.lreds of thuusa.wls of i rt tw 2d Montfay tn May a. a nuitab
. .li. ;,K ti,; aruVJ of for the holding of such convenUtr..
prime nf cecity. - Xo all this is chngeil, anl We OOtloe that a portion Of the p
and tl,.Sotn is relieve. from tldry-eon jforth': Carolina ara ' agita'fng' the 'sut
coutriburi. io t-e wealth and industry of th . "iL? j..
ortb. The attention paid to the cultivation of holding a Convention of the editors
! " 1 ww v a w
tors of his auDRcriDcrs. , v e aine- wi
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friend of thje Whig. If all the papers
State were to adopt, the cash systeu
would be enabled to furnish their subsc
witli better papers . and at lower rate
they can furnish them under , the cred
tern : and no one, we think, need appi
abali be m.uia on behalf of the State, to the capi- J and reasonable expectations thwarted, and th. ir
m ca fi miia company in tne manner ana by j m mocrs, as one ot tlem expressed it in debate
go n-ne, emphaUCTlIy, with thir tinge: s in
'bir mouths 1 Wher- do the blame of tbr
thing lie 7 '-!5- -
'No partv can be held exclusi vel r. m..
Both are implicated alike on th rrnnt tk'
vote o these questions was not a party, but a
one me van on whom, af tl
' i
p-r on, -.? npn c-rtcatea of sTcb evUmateJ
t o.-n-hTi Hml nbcrirttion b-hr nwl i
"irecw-i i y n cbater of aaid com nan v.
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16t". Be it further enacted. TW
ri -i-Hi "o the Part of the Htat. of torn.
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M ' pt mated cost of said branch rnad
k " ttl p-iit o the French Brd rivr tn
r f mv n n I nr h v a liotrA Mail nut
. wvts mi iUHwaiwui w4w.H.tiwi iMut, & uvTCiorc, . i may go oy toe eoara ii it can make capital out i . j uv.6uuv.0 u..u vuu
iatha Eastern aad middle conntiea t Section U. Beit further enacted, Tbat sol of it. j through, which were tbe first religious books
have aa distinct recollections of all the 1 "ooc he said Greenville and French Broad I I have Wriften this communication in ereat I they ever read, except one who had and read
the Pilgrim's Progress. And we have all
bought a good Family Bible and are now
reading that, and we have commenced going
to preaoing once a month, which is about 6
miles off, and have most of the loers cut to
build us a meeting-house to have preaching
in next year." j
In another county, I stopped with a gen1"
tleman who told me that two years ago one
ot our Colporteurs made tbe first relig-ous
visit to bis house he ever had, aud although
he was then one of tbe most bigoted and fa
tal errorists tbat ever lived, yet the kindness
of tbe Colporteur influenced hini to take and
read a tract "Coiuo to Je9us" which
showed him his heart, all full of sin, in a man
ner be never saw it before, and that he found
po rest uutil he round it by fath in Jesus. 1
atrer wmcu be formed a Sabbath School of
27 poor ignor.int children, which was tbe onl v
one in 14 miles of him, and there wa9 no re
gular preaching' nearer than 8 miles.
These facts, and many otLers we could
give, fully ill as. rate oty.-cs and the results
ol this work, wuicu k- beiug doue in over 50
cou-tiesin our Stale. Such blessed :ufluences
produced, together with 'the liberal donations
to support the cause by Christians and pat
riots of the various denominations! and classes
and the prayers of God's people, encourage
me to press onward in this arduous though
delightful work. j . . . j
During the year I visited 1804 families
prayed with 1388 ; of these 1 found 169 neg-i
lectmg Church ; 81 destitu e of the Bible j
217 without any religious books except the
Bible : held 64 religious or Draver meetings 1
aided in forming 27 Sabbath Schools : distrii
ouiea over 4y,UUU pages of printed truth.
oeany nan or wiiieh 1 gave to the poor, and
the other sold only at cost, as all Colporteurs
ana Agents ars directed. Aod although
much detained from my work iby extreme
family affliction, yet my collection of funds
for the cause exceeds that of last year
$614 25. This h is been done by friends in-!
creasing the amount of their donations, and
. ... . I - . . . i -r . . vmm p5"tuaf vtf9 a iTiico ajiOtuj oil i l v ; '"E auu Bco uiii i? con t ri hut urns to Uifl
charter, upon the section and two-thirds prin- !ne. And tbat wbenever anv such But it is useless to denounce th .niZ- hw La . . nj
iple, was by ao me.n...tisfactory, and in- !fUb. W the Western Noh He announced that he never expect .Tto willinVto eSl50 Vh. V T ' r
trodnced .amendatory Ml.. to abolish the .i"ii fSL "4 porSSSfA
lsaria rniv srisiiiiai rsn znearnrj-kV'A fvatiM j a ? . a, - awuua a ia aw lxj ucstauuur:
viiwiviuiv vui t fouusr mm , thai
CONGRESSIONAL.
The two Houses of Congress exhibited on
Monday tbe customary scenes of 'xcitement
and anxious interest attendant upon the bnrry
and bustle of tbecloainarprixieings of 'a sesion.
The conference committees rf tbe two Houses
upon tbe tariff bill agreed upon a report which
will 'probMy be acepted y b'ltb Ilimses. The
H'use passed a bill for depoit'ng the surplus
r . 1 . 1 1 -. .
revenue wun ire several oia'es. reserving iwo
millions in the treRFiiry ; but this will hardly
find ftvor with the Senate. Both bmses bave
agreed to suspend the resolution restricting' tbe
action of Gngres and the Executive within tb
las' thee davs of a session, an thus many bills
can be t;ken ut -nay? which otberwie could not.
Tuespat Senaie Mr. Weller reported, that
th committee to i'-firm the President au:l Vice
President elH;t o their election, bad performed
its cmmis8;on. and that both had signified their
hi-jh sense of the honor and their obligation to
discharge their respecive trusts faithfully.
Flotute Two hundred thousand copies of th
Patent Office report on a?riculfure for the year
1856 were printed. f A bill ws passed t j in
crease the pay of the West Point Cdet ; also
bill for be re'ief of sick and disabled. i-eitDien
and boatmen. These . object- of public r gard
are to be supported with more economy hereaf
ter. The Army and Navy bills were passed!
naid
wheat, the Fiiccess which baa attended it, and State in Raleighr some time during t
h southern States, have ch'nged tbecourseof J the 0-sh system . -We bave as vet I
orr home trade ui this tide offlonr. i ne but one dissenting voice in the matte
iSouth no longi-r looks to the North for its supply. c . r,. , .
Its choice brands are not . sought after, and are the Charlotte VV hig, whoso editor se
not o'ieii imi-vt t le in our market. No large dipsed to enter into such an arranri
shii.ments of iHtheri or western flour, unless of ;ppreheodiBg that lt WOuld occasion h
mii inferior uuahtv. are maile toanv of t ursoutn- 11 . i. .
em ports, except New Orleans and Mobile.-
On the coutrarv. sjutbern flour es in xhip
loads to the North, ?nd competes K'icces-fully,
in their own Markets, with :ts most celerraed ,
brands. This is thp change which a few years
Live accomplished, and it is only the teg:nning
.f rhe enl.
The wheat grown in- the Southern States with
the same milling, will produce a flour in nia y
.i .... i i . .i .
respects super or to tnat wmcn is maoe irom tuo mnent os8 . of 8ubscribers by .
wheat of ary othr portions of the Unu". Ke- r, , . , i- ,
side.-, it possesses peculiar properties which make in? such a rule in this enlightened age,
the flour manufactured from it, the best which every " man" of intelligence must
can le f5uid for export to tbe West Indies and ,,' 1 ii j
and South Americ i". These facu are proven by weekly, semi-weekly or daily paper,
the prices which it commands in northern markets, obvious, however, that unless there is p
by the experience f bankers and shippers, awl un&n;mitj n th'e' matter, the scwh s
li- nirnrn si. . Mt, f I f.- ilnik'ulj nf ul I 111 wltMta lit . '
the Uniou. With thi "superiority of staple in cannot be generally adopted.
our favor, there is no reason why the cultivati n
of wheat, and the business of milling, nny not
be ex'endod in tlie Southern States, untill tbey
beme wheat-growing and flour-ex porting por
tions of the Uld n. aud to their immense and
exclusive coutribution3 in cotton tola "CO and j
rice, to the exortation of the Union, and a con
tribution id breadstuff -and provisions, which
shall exceed that of the North, We furnish
already one-third of the whole amount of the
breadstuffs and provisons. exported from this
country, and our proportion may be largely in
creased bv a p'i'iey of trade and of legi lation.
which flrill protect and foster the agriculture of j
the South and the manufictunng interests of the
South which are direcily connected with it.
t
CoLomzfvo Virginia with Northern
Men. The New York Herald, of Saturday,
has the following : .'
We are informed from an authentic source
that the, Hon. Mr. Thayer, the leading spirit
in the organization of the Kansas emigrant
aid societies of the North, has, in conjunction
with some other enterprising individuals, re
solved upon the practical experiment of a
great Northern Emigrant Aid Society, for
th
Old
PoK THF RkoISI
Beaufort, March 2, '
Mr. Editor Pnring'tbe past four
much has t een written and spoken wit
erence to the capacities of Beaufort If;
but I am' awcre that commercial me
eminently practical men, men preferri
! make their own calculations and dedu
from facta which may be brought to
I knowledge, and I have, therefore, tb
proper to send two "substantiated fi
which will go far to prove that the fi
I of Beaufort Harbor bave not, in time?
! over-estimated its .advantages in one ii
tant particular, at least.
A few days since, two barques, tbe
nion" and the "T. k J." entered our Hi
laden with about 1100 tons of Rail
iron, for that portion of the Atlantic at
C. Rail Road, under contract to Gov
Motehead. They discharged their caret
Shepard's .Point, within a few . feet c
Eastern terminus of the Road, and oi
morning of tbo 27th n't., the "Dai
relief, resuscitation and regeneration of ighed anchor ap4 Bailed for the Soui
Virginia. The breeze was light and the flood-tid(
The plan is simple enough, entirely feasi- j .tinS yet' "nder eMJ canvas, the
Set.
Pi..
aectional one.
n
k, uthitd by the preceding others, the responsibility rewta In the fonffer in-
ten mnpr-vemou candidate for governor Gen
Alfred D-xkery. The 'Western Extension' bin
providine for he prompt cutting of tbe tunnel
inrongo te mountains, as a Sltte work, had
passed te Senate, : In that body, hm itg con-
" iaia weaaest.v in the Com-
bv-a transfer the like amount of th I mons the two aactiona rmr,r ,r,n u.t j
lf tba Nil fmtlna PjiImI vm r- I Tt MMnll kn..f .1 , ...
.... J I . - i wmc wm
Ttfh4'.l paid m follow?, to-wit; the enm
.f tar rtWKlivd thousand d-JIara, to be raised by
n im imhmis v. prvirj lor n sat charter;
prvcJtd. tbat the whole amount of Bonds sola
lor tb pu'pe ff "haying the entire aabscrip-
i n i-w meim tjea saii oe p ia to Said Cun
stk
which stock d company sal! accept at tr orer. By tbe rules of tbe body, when a bill had
'Hue. uu Li it iiavmeni ill uui i mii i im ah.il nnri nuuii i.m ' n . n . n . - l , .
, . '-j ; - i , - r "uu j 'e-conaiaer is m or-
ia ivjch propnruon arm at suen nmea, rer, uoiei m-de on tbe same dav, or bv twelve
and after ratab'e payments by individual sub- o'clock of th day succeeding. ' About eleven
.-cnbers, a provide) in sa'd charter and by this the 'Senator from Richmond' made his motion o
K r ..-,..'. re-conalder, which waa finally 'adopted and re-
. ,T . ' u-tMju, low it uiru iu mo ucin 01 toe Din. He. therefore ia
shall beexUDete-t far the trent. r in r..in t entitUl tn tK 'hA ' . !.
Uenerai Aaaembly of tbiaS'aM, tt authorize any tliatinctha, of s'rik'ng that death hi w Nor
other lUilroi company, br other company form- was tbe honorable Senator coo'en to atop here
ed f the coostructio-i of aoy public im prove, in dealing out his favors to our Western
... .w-m hiu ne- vu "i- Trjr Dex Qay nemaae two elaborate and
ti-ro orth Carolina. Kailroad com pan v at an? I iffetive speeches atTainat Om Fr.n.k r j
B" The Inauguration scenes of the 4f of
March. 1857, were of ji mnre splendid, but not,
to reflecting mind, of a more impressive clia -
acter than some in which th reins of srovern
pient passed 'nt' new. hands, qu;etly, and with
out show or parade. A fiend, who was presert
wlen Mr. Fillmore, Vice President, took he a h
of oflice as President, savs it wa a scene d sti-
tute of all p'gean'ry, but ol jirofoun interest
The soccpsor of Gen. Tavlor, accompanied ly
the Senate, entered the hall of the House of t-presentativr-s,
wbope Riembers stood during t!x
entrance, anl while the oath r.f r.jfice was ad
ministered to the President. Mr Fiilmore, w o
Lad-committed the formula to memory, laving
bis band r'pon tb ) b k, repeated the oath in. a
clea' and distinct voice, which was heard through--nt
the hail, and w?tb a dignity snd self-coi'eet-iness
of ma ner. characteristic of th man,
Tlien bowing with g'ace to the -ssf mbly, be re
tired, accomparie bv the members of rhHt. au
gust tribnna', th Sup-eme C urt. md by the
S nste of the U. Ste , which in those days was
the first di-li'ie a'ive issemHlage. in- Cnnsen,,"m.
ble, and will no doubt, if put into practrce,
prove immensely profitable. It is proposed
to raise a capital of three or four millions,
and to use it in the hands of an enterprising
company first, in the purchase of some of
the millions of the waste and' worn but land"1
of Virginia, (especially of Eastern Virginia)
and, secondly, in the settlement of thoe
lands by Northern and European colonists,
allowing each family from fifty to two hun
dred acres ; thirdly, it is proposed to estab
lish factories, villages, schools, &c, at eligi
ble site.
lant barque was Seating on the bosom o
Atlantic, in do minutes from the time
sails we"e unfurled, and he had left
moorings, opposite the. white rock. ' A
hours subsequent to tbe sailing of the
man," the T. & J." unmoored, and
light canvas and head tide, proceeded to
In 50 minutes her pilot had surrenders
charge and the stately ship was pro
breasting the waves of old Ooean.
From these data, we are justified in as
iug, tbat, with fair wind and tide, a shi
ordinary sailing qualities can leave the
The Herald then publishes Borne insolent chorage ground, in front of Shepart's l
Nthin O'Uld be m re rVdn, ponhing mores:m
ple, than the prueedisg, whi h invested a citi
zen with almost imperial powt, but nothing more
majestic and sublime in its mmnlicity.
Richmond Dispatch.
and in 25 minutes be at sea. Is there am
er Harbor, on the Atlantic coast, over wl
bar 20 feet of water can be carried, an
whose' anchorage any number of ships i
lie, in perfect security, protected on all si
from the fury of the most violent storm, f
which ships can depart, and, in so sho
time, be able to discharge their pilots? '
much for the ease of departure' from
Harbor, and the time - requisite to pass
yond the limits of our bar. '
We have asserted that any number of '
j i he ATLA.vno, asi Pacific Teleobaph sets may ne in this Harbor safely. As si
t The following is the bill which passed the Seu- I mav doubt thecanacltv of our annboratre
ate ou Th'Tsday, to expedite the construction of maDy ships, we will SUtectcfr.and tract;
AHm7rl"iea f ag nvti telegraPh from men can easily see whether we have overe
Atlantic States for San Francisco : i u -n ii i
Be it enacted bv the Senate and Hn.an of n,ted.-' Froni Lennoxville, the eastern ter
prsentatives of the United States of Ameyica, in
Congress assembled, Tbat the Postmaster Gene
ral, under the direction and in the discretion of I
comments about the "accession of the great
Commonwealth of Virginia to the free States
of tbe Union," and says that this Northern
colonization has been successfully tried in
b airlax county, in this State. - It predicts
the rapid developement of the resources
of the State, apparently forgetting that
the ' "rapid" exit of the abolitionists from
the Old Dominion would hardly give them
time to wait for the' "development." Rich
mond Uispatcn.
section and instalment Prine.rdo. and eomr-1 u,'n T "J " ?u passenger sheds thit
.1.B......1 ..mi.l . . . -r-i m-y w neceaaary to render aucb connection aa
um we enure mououia secuon, perfect aa pcWbbv aad relarlv use tbe m7
friends
thanks:
I have never seen an rrticle of the same length
which cenUined a greater number of nn-nitira-
ted faJaehooda, expressed and implied, than is
porteur who shall labor in some destitute
county not yet visited? Any amount will
b thankfully received. May God teach us
what to give, nd as we give to water others
may our own souls be watered by Him.
Yours truly,
mi. J. W. CHOWDER, Gfen. Ag't,
. ' of Am. Tract Society for N. C
t, Raleigh, March 2, 1857.
u.t;- .V- li: t c ' I F . r KUar
y-e, M.. wuuigw ivurwHTi moan-1 iur tne receipt and delivery of all passenger roods
taiaa, cost what It may, as we'l as puttie I and other articles whatever, aad th iui r;i
iuv pvwi w mo company io cau upon I ro -wnpany auaii noiaucnminate by its charges conumed in the effusion of the above PalpiT,
the Ktala EwiiiillMK. nf Jl!- V -r, I aniat the com nan v nr nwiMniM y I jvrvU.t . r i... .... ...
. in wuui vnuaiii will , . ., 1 j , ; r v vvuuwmuk i iv.fvuuyut, vut ur iwn oi (oen 1 Will no.
rinatmeaMcouldbeiaredtanicetr' - .
ae.vydem.oda. Aa a decided friend kT'TJu' k!!J " w k - . on r next day
to inroad's reaching tbe Misaisaippi valley dTt' xeT T-?: " T?
raada to tbe ibortest possible time. I voted Anu ThTt til 7inS Zf'T. 1 1 m.- -0". Ira, I
kUL. . 9 rd5ecioa 'and con- Ky -id TjZ toZZiinS TlTl
Zri. S!&rl ffi0 -consideratbat I instigating commit-ce in Co-'
77T T V. VF awv.rai mil-1 -- - - - V u o 'J"""u"Jr-ex I 7" " CDU " oniy ; and the two speeches I ferretia' 11 pamlui commentary upon the
bona higher thaa I had. aad in r v I cept that if the French Broad aod GreenvilU 1 1 made the dav aftr r ;n ifj.f fT 1 7!u .i.f , . , . , V r. .
m .. . Bl D,l,. u.ji . . I. .... .. . --.. "H-ucioycc, U R VU,IB ui tug
maMaBt let aw MH a. . . sr uii amwj iwu w saiiaiia ai urrpni ur x rtai w mm w w a rvi aiitiMtt an j: ir
tMwaoit udrtMBMi. i iv .!" . . :
day a ra-eooatderatioo
NaIIOXAL Disgkace. The"assage be
low occurred in the course of the Droceed-'
Unspeakable Atrocity. beard yester
day of a cae of crim. con. tha transpired a few
Uays ago in Fraukiiii, iu Warren county, attend
ed with as many revolting circumstances a-d
exhibiting as much depravity as any transaction
ot the kind that ever cme to our knowledge.
The ft male participator was the loved and re
spected wife of a respectable cit-2'in of that
neighorhood, young, handsome, enjoying a good
sociable position, and esteemed by all who knew
her f r her manv w-ifely and womanly virtues
The male adulterer bd some real or fancied
cause of complaint against the lady's husband,
aud to revenge bimse l'deliberatelv set about the
seduction of bis wife
Afte- the fiendish design wis accompli-hed he
went totb- husband aod boosted of his acl ieve
ment, naniiu' time, p'ace, &c, so circumstan
tially a' to furce be lief on f l)e mind of his vic
tim. The outraged husband, instead ofshootiiig
the seducer through the heart or be iting him
to ea'h with a club, took Mm home aud con
fronted Dim with the wife, who, af'er repeated
and persisted denials, net?m2 that her hut.bnd
was convinced of her jjuilt. at length 'admitted
h"r participation in the iniquity. Tbe result, jf
course, is that the family is broken up. perhaD
forever. The three children are torn from thdr
mother, who is to be nen't to bo friends, while
the monsfr who accomplished the ruin, instead
of beiDg summarily disposed of, as re'ributiye
justice would seem to require, is still at large to
bastof his infamy. ' ;
- Daytvn ( O.) Gazette, FA. 19. i
I nus of this Harbor, to that part of Newp
River, where, at least, 18 feet of water
be obtained, is a distance of b miles,
the President of the United States, is hereby channel running almost in a semicircle. 1
i v- . .
auinonzeu ta coutract with anv person or per
Sons, association or associations, for the use by tbe
government of a line or lines of magnectio. tele
graph frf the city of Washington, in the Dis
trict of Columbia, to San Francisco, in the Stte
of California, for a period of ten years, at aii an
nual rate of compensation not exceeding thirty
thousand dollars ; and to grant permission to the
opening of the Harbor, which is less thai
a mile in width, lies very nearly in the ecu
of the semicircle. With the exoeption of t
i mile, this entire Harbor ia, completely lai
looked throughout 'its entire extent.;. 1
channel is from '! to of a mile wide, s
has a depth from 18 to 35 feet, sufficient
parties so contracting to use, during said term, all oommoroial nnrnnaea. Th facta abr
anv occupiea lands on the rout of said line or gtated can be verified bv referrinir to the dj
lines, which may b necessary for the same; t,a tt u n . c
proM that such line or lines i of Telegraph shall U- l JV .t ,.f
be open to the u,e of all citizens of the United Wkn U 18 remembered that this bar is
States during the term of said contract, et rates permanent one, that, for at least 118 years
which shall be es'aolisbed with the approval of has afforded its present depth of water, (fn
the Postmaster General, and which may be rai- 19 to 22 feet :) when it is proved that t
ed by Jiim from tirne to time, as he shall hink Harbor is most easy of access and egrei
proper; and provided, also that no payment that it is safe at aU times j tbat it is new
shall be made for the use of arid graph line jQ tbe 8ere,t wint obstructed by the i
or lines, for anv portion of time when the same , iL . 1
are not in operation; and that thi government H sufficiently capacious fnn
shill be entitled to priority over individuals in commercial purposes, may it not be eon
th" transmission of its messases. I dently affirmed that tbe advantages of lies
fort Harbor are, in those respects, superi
to those of any other upon tbe Atlantic cob
-:"-' " '"' "i. - P.
u Herein- puuucu asaauiia mace Dv Kimki A VAra . i
m. ..w wi unilUI fnMimnlnl T.r Ka Kf.t- .V.H I . I T - " v.;, iu
. which waa carried h, "Ciu .Vl "TT 'T "tA V"" T 7 f r1" ? for wishing
K . t -j r---- -v..wu ,uiu ui una nanarwi i w re-consiaer ana anaend tbe bill i Aftor K
. Ao aa tbe Staadard lamtaad d,41r anniully for two veara. amendmenta bad km J?, J L .he
baa it. to devnoj or defeat the bill, but to But to my stUI greater astonUhment, after od charter in form from Mcgaoton to . AshevilbV
snund, aad then pa it, ta a shape to treat-1 Mr. Speaker Averv had . nnon the floor A. I tbe new biQ erantine aid t ,), xt !Iirr
it benefit the Wea! without imcoainf oner I aoaneed bit eoarae a eeoowd tim. k v. I and all the aid aaked oo 43 milaa Wt r a '
decided majority
w u wuwa im im people, or odangej I nope4 tna aovaanttae'e amendment would
tag tie orata rrp"ctattoa. Oo ta re-pas. I p.M as tbe best fbat could be done. Upon
aage of the hill oa y atoon, aceti. s from J which the Senator from Jackson remarked, to
iv aw lauwirf.wm a:ncaeo at, la. m I Lim, tpat ne and .taa fienator' from Bnxke
aectiooa applied to tbe 60 mile, of (Mr. Avary) had generally acted together
wrw u uq AaoviiiwarCb I not area tnat question tbey parted. What
left all tht part cf tbe bill io ended for the
beeeBt of the SO ici're from Falishurr to Mor-gaa-cn,
aad the 4t mile from Ashe nll do u
th French Broad t the TanaeWet lina. pre-
cieiy as at first ratrodoced. Tbi gave ad
rill tbe Standard aay to this ! Will it aav
that the committee were under mv inflaenoe t
lim will . tbat print and Mr. Averr settle
tbe quevuoa betweca tbem ! Ooa aays that
! defeated the Bill, ibe other aaid the com.
diticJ aide ail thertai, wept from I -was opposed to it.
uiud m i tv, wmM iui. ioai as it pass, i was im tnei taat oouia oa dose. What will
d ia 184V6 taw tkt aaedfrd 19 . I ta. Atudaxd aav im Air. C2. ' .1
in
villa, bad not a warmr friend
than I was. ,; '-, .
A?ain ne aays, with the , view to. render ot
course more odioua, that I said I never expected
to aak tbe people again for office. This is false
I said 1 never expected a seat in a Legislative'
body again. .'.r VU ;
Every new development shows ther u m.
cert of action to injure me, that stops but little
hwi vi cnuiiumi conspiracy. ; . -
ALFRED DOCKEBT.
hiirhest legislative hod in
uid uat.io'1 .
E. F. C. Triplettj'bcing sworn, said he had
never approached any membef,'upon any 'bud-!
jeel, with an improper proposition." " ':
" By Mr.( Orr rHave you been brought in
contact with any member in that connection.
Witness I have. . I suddosa tbr i a
the Senate L body who knows the organization' of Congress
J"-"'" m.v vaiij uuyimag inrOUgn It
merely from the love of Justice.
By Mr. Orr Is that the general reputa
tion of Congress ?
Witness That is the general reputation of
vuugress.
A Mis. Steed," a lady of brief atatare, having
lately marri-d . man W tbe name of "Cbrr
after a few week'a acqoaintanoe. Browm remark.
edaH wafnznpfieatiaa of taa old pse
. A lad of twelve year, adopted child
of James Bennett, Arcadis,Xew York com
mitted suicide, by taking arsenic, one
last week. H.e had been severely reprimand
ed by his adopted father for playing upon the
ice, and while smarting under tbe inflictum,
ba bid hi rehoolmatea good- bjr aad aajjii-
Thk Tariff Bill Passed. The two Houses
have reconcj'ed, through committees of -confer
ence, their dtS'erences on the bill to reduce the du
tics o" imports, and the bill only needs the signa
ture ot the fres'flgnt ti become a law ; and this,
it is believed, ras given to it last, night. The
measure of retluction is altogether Otfijectura',
uui me wpiuiuo- prevails mat it will amount to
fourteen miihoiis of dol.nrs. -
National frUUtgenctr, of Wednetday. '..
NOT Tnsaxe. The Trenton (X. J.) Republi
can 13 authorized by a gentleman well acquaint
ed with tbe brother of John J. Eck-J, residing
at Mouut Pleasant, Huterdu comity, to say
tbat the statement going the round of the papers
that h is almost i.rsane, Jn consexjuence ot the
implication of bis brother in tbe uiuHer of Dr.
Burdell, is entirely unfounded. Mr.EcVe;, a re
spectable and worthy citizen, is now engaged in
the transaction of his usual business.
MrssouEi". The Hon. Tbustkjt Pouc has re
signed h's position as Governor of this State,;
preparaUy a takinff bis sea ih, the Senate of
the United btates. the uovernor decltueu the
hor.cf of a public dinner tendered him by a nuti
ber of the pruaaiaant.tftembeiB of the Sorof St.
Can SrcH Things Be ? We have often heard
it s-'iii t''at negroes -roe nails have been found in
moLisj-es barrels (hat by dragging that luscious
article, w-ocd, or hair in ferful quantities has
been discovered mixed up with this popular pro
duct of the South. We never gave these yarns
any credence, of ourse for wi always supposed
thi'm to have been invented to keep tbe children
fron indulging to excess in the article, and be
daubing their little " phizes." and clothes in an
unscmly m nner. But we were yesterday in
formed by a gentleman who never jokes, atd
who-e veracity is beyood the shadow of a doubt,
of the following singular affair , A shorf timc
since, a gentleman w-no keeps a grficery 111 the
vicinity of Firv;ew, some distance out on the
National road west, came to Wheeling and
bought a barrel' of molasses. He t"ok it home
a n. commenced retoiling it, in sinal qnantitios
J)r his customers, all of whom, after using it,
were attacked t with a strange sickness, from
wiiieh, luiwever, they sjteedily recoveie 1 Xo one
could account -for this singular fact until the m'-
lases barrel was p-etty well drained and the
b-ad kn-xked out of it, when tbe whole commu-
u:ty was ostonisbeil by theliscovery of a negro
child ayoui eight day old inside the barrel The
cl.-'ld was lying in the bttm of tb" barrel in a
state of partial putrifaction. As to how -the
child got in there no one is able to offer even a
conjecture. We have the authority of two gen-
tlt-fn3i for this circumstance, and our confidence
in tbeir veracity is so trong that we are willing
to stake our own reputation ou its truth, but
" nary rd " in c;tsh It is to be-perused " with
in my grains ot allowance.; M ' Medina i Va.)
Times. ' ' r, .-"-'.- :"..'.-.
A VEHICAN NOMINATIONS. -
St. Locis, March 2. The Americans ba
nominated James Rollins for Gavenior. Jol
Wilson has announced hiicae'f an iudepende
candidate and will op"U the campaign with t
Constitution iu one hand an 1 the Whig bann
In the other Beth the Candidates are mejibet
of the present Legislature. ( ;
- tg:. The residence of Salter Lloyd, Esq., in
Bruii-wick county, wis destroyed by fire on
SIonda last. A spark from the chimny fell
upoaVoe roof, -which being old, eauijy igotted,
and tbe building waa soon consumed. The loss
ia probably several thoneaad dollars aa a
Vibgwia Volcako A Hoax'. A Cumbc
land (Md.,) paper says : The rumor that
serious eai tbquake bad receutly taken plac
in Pendleton county, Va., and ' that Sr
smoke, atones, &e , had been aeen issuing fro
tbe top of a mountain in tbe vicinity, is witl
'out the least foundation. There was,- how
ever, at the time' tbo volcano is said to bav
been discovered, a alight earthquake peroep
tibleY which is all tbat happened. ' This, an
donbtedlv, gave rise to the rumor of a volca
no in Virginia. . We are, nevertheless, sorr
to say that it is a hoax, for we should like t
have boa&ted of a wonderful, magniflcen
burning mountain, eruptions, &e. " o
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AsscoKPiKO Cashikk ih Viboinia. A tele
graphic despatch from Lynchburg, Va.' says :
Mr. O. W. G Bnwn, a gentleman of,high stand
ing, Cashier of the brauch of tbe North VV eaten
Bank at Tazswell C. 11 has absconded, and i
supposed to be a defaulter, but to what amoutii
is not known. Tbe people here, who knew bin
well, s he ued to live here, are utterly astonish
ed. He w also a minister of the OoapIf inr
held frth hire some short time agi in moai
pitbefa'c strains, and showed tbe House of laraei
their aius. but cnraled liis owu tinder thai
I daaaahW garb, vulgarly called "afaaajraefcrtfr
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