North Carolina Newspapers

At P -. t 1 '1 ! I ! t ; i - si , c . t t 1 1 i; U i i 1. 1 -t Ii ; f r ; i : i i ' 1- 4 ' 4 f i J ii '4 i rY (j T 1 1 .1 rr j v. lUler Avert 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 wuv vvuijrv , a , mwt mmvwhw i r . i r I f J I c 7 " 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- . - 1 . m a . -. . ' 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 . n.l VI- . ' .1 . 1 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 :. - ,-7;.",".-- ,j . - -T- 'I .''. j .- ;;, ' t ' t 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 i - . " 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. . - - 16t". Be it further enacted. TW ri -i-Hi "o the Part of the Htat. of torn. - - . ' 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 - . , j r 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 1