North Carolina Newspapers

If 'i : i. 4 t 7 1 .. -J ! 1 3 The Lost Boy, ' The incident I am about to relate occurred several years since, in a ' beautiful pillage in Maine . Tlie peo- , pie of ; Godj had gathered to their place of! prayer, at the close off a pleasant . autumn Sabbath, to enjoy an hour of holy communion with bne another, and their cjommon Savioujr. Half an hour had passed in prayer and praise, and the pjastor of the church was urging any! present who were without a; saving interest in Christ j to come and learn, by sweet experience, the joy of 1 trusting the soul in hisj hands. At this moment the door suddenly opened, and in quick, sharp tones a breathless mcssengeriannounccd a strange errand. A little boy had strayed from his home, anc; alarm for hjs safety was excited. A hasty description of the little "wanderer -was given. He was two vears old- wore a straw hat ; was accompanied by a little (Jog. Almost . before we could decide jwhether the mail was c n a true erranjl, or was im pelled by the freak of a disordered imagination, - thus to jdisturb our worship he was gone; andj immediately ' op the still night air there -rung out : "iBoy lost! boy lost !" It was a fear- , ful crv, and, for- a few pionients, al our littlei meeting. . Then a good deacon engaged in prayer. Earnestly he besought God to interpose in be- nail ot tlio little wanderer, preserve him from harm and restore him-to the -arms of las agonized parents. Then he entreated that it anight never be gaid by any there present when pro- bation shojuld have closed " Lost.lo'st, lost forever !" We shuddered at the dreadful thought,, as the cry, "Boy lost! -bytlost!" still eclloing through the street, mingled with his petitions. --K wejpasscd out, we ;1 carried that large numbers were already engaged in anxious searen ior pic straying t child.- The night was dark ; and the torches elancincr here and there on every side'up and dowji the hills by wnicn ine village was encircled, had a strange and almost nnfcarthlv effect. We should have called the scene very uuauuiui,) naa it Deen connected with any but ticse sad associations. Now our sympathies were" toot keenly alive for the little one and his almost frantic .mother toi eniov it. : The littl c bands which had separa ted and Jgone m various directions, continuedtheir search until a late hour ' but in vain. They fearid the worst. Some thought that thej dark river, rolling silently by and telling no tale of its treasures, had received the little child . in jits cold embrace. Many, wearied at length and Relieving that no good would come from continuing their worlj: reired,sad arid hopeless, to their homes. The father could not give up his boy, and a few more 'per-' wevcring friends volunteered to con tinue their seaTcli with him durmc the mght It was ajniecd that the church-bell should he ruing as a signal, should any party discover traces of the lost ope. j : Our slumbers all the night were dis turbed byr the sad occurrence, and we would start from them, hoping to catch the welcome sound; bu the church bell was silent as the crave, and the tqrch-lights threw a rediglare into our windows, and, breathing a silent pe tition feaj that sleepless mother, we wouiu again lose purse ivcs in un consciousness. ' . ' So thef long hours wore away : but. a3 the day broke, the chjurcl-bell sent iortn a merry peal, ard some glad voices cried through the streets: ' "IleVlfound! he's found!" 1 esthe lost one wa found. God had watched the steps of the ; little wanderer, and guided Mm to a place oi satet. Tavo milea from home, worn out with fatigue, and alarmed at the coming darkness, h had tried to enter a bouse; as he could not make himself heard, he had gone in at the aoor ot an out-building, and sunk down in quiet sleep. jThere he was discovered at an early hour by the owner ot the house. n his artless way, he answered the euouiries nut to him, by saying that his little dog was running jtway,. and Ire ran after him. When he was asked if he was not uiraju, lie sam lie dul leel a little afraid at! first, but when his little dog -came and lay by him; he; was afraid no longer.; J ' J need riot tell how his Joyful parents caressed their darling, as lie was restored to their arras ; but, leav ing the ..story, I want to say ono word ' to the 4ittlc boys and dills who may read it. . 1 ' i Tou ac all, dear children, wan derers frpm your; Heavenly father's hbusc. lrou are cettini farther and farther aWay, and as suilely as you do not return to lum, you will be lost ! lost forever! Dpn't FMter Him. Flattery is a danserotis th n cr but it is more dangerous to some than to ouiers. in you meet with a man of i respectable abilities, Avhose perform ;ances ard passable, of which, however. uiu periormer nas a very poor opinion v niHv uyarra to let jiim Know that "is w:orK S4noc despised. jjt, by no means, praise those vUo already, slio that 1,hey .think themselves p - At 1S ,cnouu iqr most men that you .do riot censure tiicir norform .anccs-; while it is ruinou to many, to vyvu tmivtmiG mac tney have surpassed v.vvu,h;.ic. iuui; tail dc iouna a pcjoplo 4 respectable buily who are given to ihe practice of flattering all : who undertake to advocate their pe- cuiiar principles, re is owing to this fact, that the enlightened and intelli gent have to ibe bored by a horde of ignoramuses, .who -know but little, but are made) to Relieve byj the foolish tongue of flattery, that they " are the men, and) that wisdom vj-ill die with ; tlicm." Crowds of the intelligent will never embarrass fpols-rro, hey arc as self-possessed as they are 8cIf-con sequent ; and they dare to fulminate the pointless darts of ignorance against the impregnable walls of en lightened truth. They even! venture i i i .t e j. .1 r W!iere angeis wouiu iear m ircau.: If men would study human nature, and learn common sense and modera tion, they would never indulge in flattery. Religion Herald. Filial Piety. , A distinguished lady save, that the follow ing, from Mrs. Swisshelm's "Letter.' to Coun try Girls," oiurht to le handsomely printed, framed, and hungup in the chamber of every young woman in the land. i - "Wh at -another lecture !" Yes, girls, another lecture. I thought long ago that I should have to read to you a long one about minding your moth ers. Of course you all know the divine command, "Honour thy father and thy mother," but' jery few obey it. An undutiful child jis an odious character, vet few vounj peonlefecl the affection for. and show the rcsnect and obedi- 7 i i encc to their parents that are becom ing, riht, and beautiful. Didyouevev sit' and think about the anguish your mother endured to give you being : Did you ever recount the days and nights of care, toil, and anxiety you cost her? Did you ever try to measure the love that sustained your infancy lajvLtfuidexl ymiryouthx-DSd ran ever unnK about now mucti more you owe your mother than you wjill be able to pay ? If so, did you look sour and cross when she asked you to do anything- did you ever vex, ever disobey her ? If you did: it is a sin of no common magnitude, and a shame which should make your cheek burn every time you think of it. It is a sin that will besure to bring its reward in . this world. " I never knew an undutiful daughter make a happy wife and mother. The feeling that enables any one to be un kind to a mother, will make her who indulges it wretched for life. If you should lose your mother, you can little dream how the memory of every un kind look, or undutiful word, every neglcet of her wishes, will haunt you. I could never tell vou how I sometimes feel in remembering instances of neg lect to my mother ; and yet thanks to her cae, I had the name of being a good child. She told me, shortly be fore she died, that I had never vexed her by any act of disobedience; and I would not resign the memory of her approbation for the plaudits of a world, even though I knew it was her love that hid the faults and magnified all that was crood. I know how manv things I might have done to add to her happiness and repay her care that I did not do ; but the grave has cut off all opportunities of rectifying mistakes or atoning for neglects. Never, never lay past for yourself the memory of an unkindness to or neglect of vour mo ther. If she is sick, how can you pos sibly get tired waiting upon her? now can you trust any one else to take your place about her ? No one could have hlled her place to your peevish infancy and troublesome childhood. When she is in her usual health, re member she is not so young and active as you are. Wait upon her. If she wants her knitting, bring it to her, not because she could not get it her self, but to 'show that you arc thinking aoout heiy and love to do something for her Learn to comb her .hair for her sometimes. It will make you love to be near her. Bring her a drink, fix her cap, pin 'on her 'kerchief, bring her shoes, get her gloves, or do some other little thing for her. No matter how active and healthy she may be, or how much she ma' love to work, she will love to have you do any little thing that will show you arc thinking of her. How I should love now to get down on the floor and put the stockings and shoes on mother's dear, fat, white feet, or to stand half an hour combing and toying with her soft, brown hair ! Girls, you" do not know the value of your mother, if you have not lost her. Nobody loyes yon, nobody ever will love you as she does'. Do not be un grateful for that love, do not repay it with coldness, or a curse of coldness will rest upon you, which you can net er shake off. Unloved and unloving you will live and die, if you; do not love and honour your father and moth er. One thing: never call either "old' man" or "old woman."' It is quite a habit in the country for young people tu iniiiif men- parents thus. Tins is rude, impudent, and undutiful. Any aged person is an old man or an old woman. 1 here should . be something sa-brcd, something peculiar in the word that designates parents. The tone of voice in which they are addressed should be affectionate and respectful. i snon, surly answer irom a child to i parent talis very harshly on the ear of any person who has any idea of filial luty. tie sure, juris, that vou each win for yourselves the name of a duti ful, daughter.. It is so easy to win. that uo one should be without it. It is much easier to he a good daughter -than a good wife or mother. There are no r-uuiiK-uiig anrerests between parent and child asbotween husband and wife. A child's duties are much more easily il, i . .v.iuiiiitu iii.ui ji jMironi s; so that si who ia a aoo.1 .lau-htcr may fail tobc H kJlf LIIiI I, II' ? s"":' f ' but she who ail, never hopo to fill another well. Be sure, then, that you arc a 'good daugh ter. It is the best preparation for ev ery other station,, and Avill be its own reward. The secret you dare not tell your mother is a dangerous secret and one that will be likely to bring you sorrow. The hours you spend with her will not brinir vou regret, and vou should never feel dhailnointed or on't. of humour for not being permitted to go to.s'ome place to which you wished to go. You shoidd love her so well that it would not be felt anunishment to give up the cavest nartv tn vomn with her. Nothing is more beautiful than to see a girl take off h pr fh inra and sit smilingly down with mother because shs wishes it. But this letter is growing long, and my thoughts have wandered ; : so good-night. .Go and kiss mother a3 you used to do when a child, and never grow too large or wise to be a child at her'side. .' ; E Letter of Gov. Wise on the Administra tion of Mr. Buchanan-Governor Wise to the Hon. David Hubbard. Rk'iimoxd, Va., Jan. 3, '59. My TXear Sib: You say in your address to mer " Jly once dear friend." Why not friend now a.s ever once? It it a Fell-Solace of mine that I never lost a friend once won, and never won an enemy by any fault of mine for which I can reproach myself. I 1iotc you don't re proa chine with having forfeited your esteem in the least degree. I regret that the lape of 'time and distance have removed us so far apart that we have not had the op- iortuuitv of more freouent ink-rehan're of personal attention, but I hoe that the regard or respect of neither for the other has diminished. , I am sorry to be informed " that the South i.t nau) a iruloac." A widow is a forlorn being, and demands, all my sympathy. It is true that T ain a married man already, and can't tender the "lady in weeds" my " true and gallant" devotion as a ;"WW." And were I iri a state of single blessedness, it would etiT be against nature for me to tender my hand mthe South in holy wedlock, for 1 claim to be horn of her womb and to be as loyal a son as ever sucked the milk of his mother, and to be re;dy to protect her in w eal or woe against every, enemy and every evil, accordins to the best abilitv with which rJod and her cursing have endowed me. Protect her! Aye, if I do notarmvxbzbt iMt inir itr- currrrminT roni what" From abolitionists and Protectionists, and land jobbers, and Treasury robbers ! Yes, as I always tried to do, mnch to my own cost. And from the treachery of sons of her own, and for the folly of her sincere friends, too, I mean to try tp protect her, as I have tried of late in vain. I would protect her from the authors of Kansas-Nebraska bills : from the Free-epilism of Badger amendments. from the effect of repealing lues cxtaUltthlng nn 'protecting iSLiverg in the ucrrltfricf : from, ihe. false jwoircfion of non-infm-ruim), tr'tth imwlnff all pretensions to protret all permm and pro pert g cpialfg and aide on the ecmimon hrriforg of joint! scfifcmirut; from 1-ccompton policy that had hot.thc wisdom even of JSsop's cock in the fable: from the compromises of Knglish. bills, which stripped us of every particle of prestige we had left ; from the wickedness of " force and fraud," and the folly of a minority attempting to establish arulc of fox ant nrf 't. in the face of an unscrupulous majority. We were strong on the moral ground of equality, We relinquished that in attempt ing to assume more, than equality, and we lost all character for iustice. We were wise once in demanding no more than" our due, and we have been foolish since and of late in trying to deprive others of their due. iKsop taught the cock, in-the fable to say to tin; horse when -lie entered his stall,' "If vou won't tread on my toes, I won't ujkui yours." Tkit our cock has eYowed like chanticieer the defiant note, " JIardeM fend of." He lias said to iron-shod hoofs, I'll stamp your toes oft !" We have tried to play the same game of " snatch as snatch can." with the most snatching sn'atcliers in the world. We have challenged a competition of settlement with a thin, shrveholding, agricultural popu lation on our part against a majority host of commercial, trading, free white, Free-Soil people who have not all homes, and who are keeping a sharp lookout for them, anil who can use Miarpe s rifles,, put into their hands by fanaticism, to acquire them. All they ask is tor the rule to he once fixed that vou can take all you can and hold all vou can take, ind that no power of Congress or other oower is to interfere to hinder the strongest in taking and hqlding all. row, I have raised mv warning of l.-itp against tnts wcaftTtcss ana" wicKeaness on our part. .1 have tried to protect my widowed mother, the South, by giving honest filial counsel against the whole household. The Kubens have tricV to sell me into Egypt for my "ilreaming.". But I am nevertheless loyal to the house of my father and loving to my misguided brethren, and I mean to re double my efforts Hie more to save the house, of Israel. If I must be driven out a. a dream er, I wU at least preserve "mine integrity," and time and the day of famine will" show whose counsel and whose course will have saved the household and fed it, and all the land of the stranger, too. Aye: and is De mocracy as well as the South to have no out spoken, honest counsellor? Are we; to be given over to the Federal gods of Pacific "Railroads? Are we'to nut-"Yazrm Yazoo! To Out-Adams Adams in' putting internal im- provements by the most omnipotent and in-definately-stretching power of all powers of the Federal Government war power Are we to abolish ad vfiJorrm, and adopt the specific duties, to supply a tariff for revenue, the standard of which is already' eighty-one millions . of expenditure on three hundred and twenty-one millions average rate of importa tions? -Are we to increase eighty-one mil lions of expenditure tothe unknown limitless amount required for raiJ roads across. this con tinent ; for post offices that .don't pay ex penses : for pensions unhpnrd of ; i,nt,. and amount : for a land office which' - "ive away three acres for cverv one soand brings us lwdebt; for increase of standing army, such as our frontiers and Indian wars and protectorate of foreign territory propose and therefore, for such a navv ai Isthmian wars with rio less than, eisht Po -.vers of- the earth England, Spain., France and Mexico Nicaragua, Costa Rica, New Granada and Paraguay, demand, if threatened onlv' T protection to be turned into prohibition ? If so, what is a " direct tax ?" T lo.i t..l 4i, only oiie which can be "apportioned?'?' Are the land owners to nav all the r,r crusade of Coiiltcss and mni,;t Is strict construction and arp State Rights'to be abandoned, and are we to give up State corporations to the bankruptcies of a Federal ( ommiss.on?- Where wouhl have been our leopIe and their effects hast year if a Federal power could have put our State banks into a course of liqiudation under a commission or bankruptcy ? Is the South, is an v portion of our country in a situation to rush' info wars invited by the President, with three huropen n ln nd five American Powor r,.i are w to be a grand consolidate.!, elective JNorth and South American imperialism? ,'e K1', is not' " -ni tI,e Union be dissolved?'- That is a settled question. Ihit the question is, U the old Virjrinia Demo cratic ta.th to be abandoned, and are ire to r.A on H-u-Ji the JWsideni into a full scheme of Fed rralp. J.c,, irl,i,d, in fa Us oodhxe and fiir,,,,, vperccefh ag Federalism in till its pnts'whie'h a Uanu.ton or Adms or any other latltodlkarlnn evvr a.n-ed fo pro'yct or propose : For my part, I take ground now firmly and ' rT- !l-,:m,st 1,e war power. 1 am for the .....M-ton policy oi peace, and asraihst all Si jSSL"iL"S,.5"J. rMonfUK 4 ...i ! -J ,m 'ill u fho i. rid., . w rong an, for iresepV;n amj protectil -....,.... ..u nimie country irom ambitious nna iuccraneerin; wars, of wbioTi thn lk.i.,.i'i c since their construction is rmt'nn tL ever T'fr'- J,f "C COuM ara Knjrhind up 'to 4 .leg. 4 mm., ten years ago. without a road ar n.riul rOIlIC tO I rnrfnn ..-I... x or omi'raiits t Uat n . . ni i-;m i Sir,,Tnn,l l,6!,1..,iforaiaw tiw and for revenue only for an SomSai ! 1 ."iMinHSLranoii on. a scale rtf i i i i tmg. no more than is necessary to prevent prohibition on non-dutiahle articles. " I am for free trade, and the protection it affords i demonstrably ample for a people of enterprise fti ! 6 OU9, 1 am inst State bank bankruptcy and all sorts of bankruptcy what- j miM pianung interests would have to lear th 1.1-1.- . uuruyu, at a great saenfic; of present pros wnty. I am nsaiust internal hnprovenients mi -n - - . 1 1 : . by gulping and oaths with my consent. Bat mv paper is ran out. J . v . 'The Prmdent Uds high. To fillibusters he offers Cuba and r the Isthmus andiorth Mexico ; to the West a Tacific Bailroad ; lo the North protection- to iron and coarse woollens; and to the great commercial countries the power of centralization by ol vious uses and aliuses of a banfcrujt act to spply to State banks. Yesterday Biddle was a niouster, and to-day a few Wall street baiikers can expand and contract upon us more like a vice than he did; and what would thev not do if they could force the poor provinces when tfiev jileased into bankruptcy. I have written this right on, and you may do what vou please with it. Yours truly, UENRY A WISE. The Tricks of Locofocoism. The Salem Press in an article noticing the discussion which took place at Dnnburv, be tween Gen. Leach and Mr. Scales, concludes with the following appropriate remarks: Democracy is alarmed ! Conscious of the imminent danger of the sceptre of power being wrested from their grasp by an indignant people, they resort to thcr infamous attempt to brand a large, intelligent, and con servative portion of the Southern people with the odium of the political principles of. the Northern Republi cans? With an audicity as bold as it is ridiculous, they insinuate that the I lYhigs and all who are opposed to De mocracy in vue oomn, auiuau? uii the Black Kepublicans of the North, in their wjir upon Southern Institu tions; apd, .at the same time, assert that tbey (the Democracy) tye the only party that can save the South, and constitute, themselves, par ercel lence, the guardians of Southern In stitutions ! In these false pretensions is centred modem Democracy's only hope of retaining their power, and they have already comnrenced opera ting upon this policy, thus again agi tating the country with the unfortu nate sectional strife by "which they hope to succeed in the August election. The charge of Black Republicanism against the Whig party of the South, and the boast that the salvation of the country rests solely upon the Democ racy, is so ridiculous as to be scarcely deserving of notice. It carries with it its own refutation. The objects and aims of the Whig party have always been, and still are, to advance the peace and prosperity of the country, aud to keep united the North and the South in the fraternal bonds of union: The agitation of the slavery question has the reverse ten dency ; and . the Whig" party has, on all occasions, endeavored to allay its violence, relying firmly upon the Con stitution and, the laws for mutual pro tection , But Democracy seems to delight in the agitation, of this see tional strife, and endeavors thereby to make political capital ! But we again wai n the people not , to be deceived. Voters of the Sixth Congressional District ! Should you be approached by political knaves, and the insinua tion cast, that .Tire cttrcTlon of Gen. Leach would be considered a triumph .-.C T1 .1. n.....n' i ui -oiacK ixepuDncaiusm, spurn them, who thus insult you and your noble standard bearer, from you with meri ted contempt. A greater insult to the intelligence of the pcoplc'of this Dis trict could not be offered.. No doubt extraordinary means will be resorted to" to defeat Gen. Leach, but all the shafts of calumny, misrepresentation, falsehood anil abuse, of an unscrupu lous enemy, will fall harmless' at the General's feet! Gen. Leach is true to the South and true to the Union. His open, manly bearing, and his patriotic purpose, wiil win the confidence of the people throughout the District, and they will not be drawn from Ids support by the false alarms of a divided and distracted political enemy, whose boast of har mony and nationality lias departed from them, and whose doom in August is plainly perceptible, in this District. Judge John A. Campbell on the Slave Trade and Fillibusterism. Hon. John A. Campbell, Judge of the United States Circuit Courtvsays the New Orleans Bulletin: delivered a charge to the Grand Jury at the opening of the. Court for the Southern District of Alabama, at Mobile, on Tuesday, the 12th ult., which is one of the ablest and most decided that we have ever read. It is devoted ex clusively to the Slave Trade and Fili busterism, and re-asserts more point edly and emphatically than before all tlie general positions which the same fearless, honest and independent jurist assumed in reference to these subjects in his charge to the Grand Jury at the .vame ptace some months ago. He is .thoroughly in earnest, and intends that so tar as it depends on him the laws shall be fully executed in letter and spirit. That this course will raise him in the estimation of the great mass ot respectabre and intelligent c;tj.ens of the countrv. South and North, East and West, irrespective of party, cannot be for a moment doubt ed. He has shown himself the in corruptible and the fearless judge, who plainly lays down the laws aid calls upon his sworn co-associates to perform their whole duty in executing them to their fullest extent. He examines the slave trade and he finds it in fact, as well as in the opinions of i ne great men of the country, past and present, North and South, as well as in the words they have uttered in regard to it, as the laws they have helped -to frame to crush it, to partake of the nature of piracV and he so re gards it. IIe emotes the 1 i , - 0 0 - manv uistinornu 10. sAHini-n mm t0 the treaties of all civilized T o V1S0 f tllG laws of the - uucu oiaies.to tlie same en, . nnr declares that " the Dublie has sanctioned the rigor of the laws.' l w : 1 Virtue and happiness are true lov ers, who although parted for a while, are sure to be united "at last. ever. J. lie f ederal tfovermnen isnai i never declare again that honest debts (shall be paid S if. - -'- v V V . - - i. JttMl TO fI EUBENEB. DRAKE & SON, , EDITORS AKD PROPRIETORS STATESYILLE, . Friday, May 13, 1859. Praams Bisimocs to bewit cs moskt, . Can A ao at our riak; by taking the Poet Miwtw's Be ceipt, to exhibit, ia case thu money get lost. Ould IHnn, Wlien cnt, ghfMiU le otnrk to the inik nf the fhott with Kaling-nx or wafer. Poxtnge-gtatnpa tiken as money." -W. A- Jurney, Esq., Is- our duly anihor ised agent for IrcSell county, to receive sub scriptions for the Express and sisrn receipts in the names of the publishers. lie will al so atteml to making collections for our office generally. . TOR CONGRESS. GEN. J. M. LEACH, OF DAVIDSON COUNTY. Appointments of Mess. Scales & Leach. Dobson, Thursday, 12th May, Ilamptonville. Saturdav, 14th Mav, Statesville, Tuesday, 17th May. Fraley's Store. Thursday. 10th May, Jonesville, Friday, 20th May. Cockerham's, known as Mt. Plea.sant, i Saturday. 21st May, Jefferson, Tuesday, 24th May. TTo "Wptt Mf :l T) -4-. 4-7 ig Opqnii. , " In consojuence of the strai;htenel con dition of the finances of the government the Post Master General has decided not to open any new mail routes in the Sates of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida, authorised hv Congress in There now ! "Why is it that no new mail routes are fo he opened for the public accom modation ? For a very had reason the President through his office-holders has squandered all the public money, and there's not a dollar in the empty treasury with which to pay mail contractors. The answer is sup plied in the above notice '" In consequence of the straightened nuances of the govern ment." Xow, who caused the government' to get straightened in its finances? The Democratic Administration. When Mr. Buchanan came into office the government Treasury was -full to repletion had in the vaults 28 millions of dollars, and collected 70 millions more annually making 08 millions in one year. All of this vast sum was'srjuan dered in less than no time. And, now, when a few thousands of dollars are needing to es tablish better mail facilities and benefit the country. NORTH CAROLINA in particular, is denied the boon. -beeJause forsooth, the Administration presumes that she, srood old soul, will not complain of the outraee. Thus is a law of Cotvgrcss virtually ivnlli fie'd and set at naught hv the Administration. Comment would seem unnccessarv to open the eves of the people to such unbearable imposition. a ;r... I p;iper for the low price of two dollars Dr. Hutchison. Pr. Henderson and Dr. Wv att ail advertise liberally, in our columns, ami. a m.c ni-ev itcnent a newspaper' enter prise in tins section, promote also their own ....v i i.-u-. im.i am giau oi ii. iuay tney and all others who patronise and pay the printer, prosper as they deserve to flourish. Hon. J ohn A. Gilmmer re-Nominated, We find the proceedings of the Fifth Dig triet ( convention, which was held at Graham on the 3d instant; published in il triot. I lie Convention was very full, cverv ' 1 - -A. J. bounty in the District beinx represented. Hon .TOTTV nnTvn unanimously as the ca ndidate of the Whigs "'-".'i. iiaa.immiiiaien Ot the District lor a sent in tlie rwW rv.i irvess. v e appena the lo ownvr fmm tl.o never witnessed a more h.armonioun and en- thusiastic Convention. Kvery county in the district was represented. About one hnndrd delegates were present, all of whom seemed animated oy the same spirit : were confident of success; and expressed a determination never to yield, but to fight on, until not only me iim, put every district in the! State, nto uenvereu trom the power and misrule of Democracv. Could the revilers and slander- won i, i nave discovered, to their shame, that tney. uy their misrepresentation and sland- er? : ad utterly lailed in causing ,ieople to . cojTcsponnent supposes that Dr. wouM supyose hun to lie some coy try farm-, betrothed husband, .' and" insisted OU ' W. H. Wvatfs advertisements in doubles r'passiug the streets, it- you were &t1i.fonn- being" admitted to liis presence that J and tr,blr,, which appear in the Express are f 1,C ,s,th.c ma'or1.f. rhe p'' )" oU she milt fold him tO her bosom i," i ; Pffi,. 11(-n .1V r, 4 J , lirown cloak around him which hdhas worn , , i , A DOSOm as In-serted t. till up. Ue -like to have such manv vears. as much im. warnf in cold, lier lawful SpoUSC. She says that tllO " hU it pays, and enables us to publish weather, I was infonjicd. We?; iare now President's father and her father lived 11 Vr win ti t t ! , - t iank at Lexington, . granted by the factihafwl'M Fourth street is to St j Louis .t Broad- f t Loglslaturc, has been Secured, and per the name of Hon. Jons A.Oh,mer ls t0 Xcw York' Q Rft.vandhiona- tliat th.c Commissioners havecalledfor the nominee of the Convention held at Gra- '5e r,i:oinenade. There! are iniimiiahle fine a meeting of the Stockholders On Mon- ham, on the3rd instant the proceedings of ,m,lu!n m the city among themiany cle- day next, for the purposij)f oraniz- whichjrill be found in our columns We gant and SpaciouH . hotels and ofJMrs going ln fltY(i m,n;n in un.d,: fia ' i . t ! ir mifir nnro hnnn ..r. t . iiu ni rfrsi i.oirttv orAAb-ivi n..i . i . , ir. r- i . i the character of thi Z;"L IZ difieren W SiT ZZTtM"?: dcrs contemplate re-6penin2 as it. was.of manyold, intelligent. and influen- an1 the Itcandful silver queen o niht & opokS SOmetimo during the year, to tial men from the various counties thev breaking forth upon thi nlacid wiSU f crease theeanit.nl eff Arlr L ltSn 1 r,lucI ""Miry or nonestv.ot Mr. ' uu,u recent rains, ' overilswitic the nn m m, rU1.n l.i i. Gilmer, or his Vlevotion to Southern instifu- h"s in many places, j ' ' W . nC mili10n dollars, the Amount nec tions. We refer to the list of iiw w a i .Li : , ossary to put the bank in operation. contained in the proceeding, and simplv fw '!i;!l?ie?rs of Mr- SImer -to M'if s nrort hi n if h, V V "ommaie anu feuppoit him if what theyliave said-andpul- nsneu. was truer The result of the late Convention is a scathing rebuke to Mr. Gil- met o itua-is, aim ne neeos np other defen sc. " i'ichbcu uj receive a can one day last week, from Mr. Fravk I. Wilsov of the Raleiffh Standard. Afr iv;i., looking remarkably well-wc wish him , . - . .... ' - me. ana prosnty ,n all things but politics, Common Schools' Fund. " The following distribution of the T.;t,M Fund for the first six months of the vear'18- 50,. among the subjoined counties, in which our paper calculates, is bnlere.l bv the Board : Iredell. Catawba, ,rr loi.i .-14 Fed. Pop. 13062, 8234, 11824, 15176, 11C42, 9511, ens. 10634, 160.V, 5003, 8675, 5836, , 3T im, 8 1821 12 10C. OJ Mecklenburg Randolph, Wilkes, Yadkin, Davie, Cumberland, Chatham, Alexander, 1026 ml ' ia Si 6f Cabarrus, Caldwell, KUII Ksi 1 i -no M) 32 Outrageous Assault Probable Murder. Mn Sunday morning last, one Harlan Bone, who had been engaged by Mr. James Cornelius, residing in the edge of Catawba county, to cut some ditches, committed a most ensue. Bone was engaged to work by the njonth, but hav ing worked two days, went on Sunday morn- mnrderoaa assault npon the person of Mr. antly together in talking over .makers and horrible cruelties arrested the progress Cornelius, by beating him with a club "and things pertoining to the good North of Africa, fed the wretchedness and cutting with a knife, in a manner so severe State'of wL,cL M I a; nature, mortality of the Middle Passace. and jrig toMriiornelius, wh,a ia a ba0ielor and farmi and demanded & 8?ttleinentMr. Cor nelius asked hii9 how.icauch was hrdemand, Bone eaid eight dollars, jjlr. C. rf $Iied-that lhat wfts too much, but he was wi ng to pay what wast right. Bone was armt j with a club, knife and rifle, arid with tj.it' (prmer dealt a heavy hlow which felled, r. Corne lius to the floor, and repeated the H .s a num ber of times, and then drew- his aife and with it inflicted sundry jgashes a'o wounds in a savage manner. lie thendepf rted, and told some neighbors of Mr C.wl-he had done, threatening to deieod himseP. from ar rest, by using his rifle igainst omsover might attempt to take him. lie i fas suffer ed, by those who first kaw him, after the bloody outrage to depart, and, BcFpr as '. we know to the present time has . suweecled in making his escape. A reward of $500 is offered for he appre hension of Bone, which J may be Bijn - in our nuvenismg columns,, anfi many pejons nave gone in, pursuit of" him. "We hopeIie rascal mav be cauglit. Whig" Meeting in Rowan. The Whigs of Howa'hjheld a-rbfngeet' ijiT at the Court House in Salisbtfciry, on the 3d instant, on which occasion, th greatest enthusiasm was - manifestetb -Wivill pub lish the proceedings netxt week. M ':' : P ' Change of Schedule. gr iTba time for thaarriial and dcAartBrc of the train on our Railroad has bec&ehanjred. Hereafter the cars will larrive at tatesville 10 minutes after 10 o'clock, andjljepart 20 minutes after 11, m.j This arrangement will detain persons traveling east iifalisbury a half dav and one hitfbt. and thlle o-oin South four or Ave hourJu ' Mw ' -a " V The State Medical Society f Assembled in this plaice oh the jfeiung of the 10th histant, and is'hoh ling i&Wion in the Presbyterian chureh. The Simber of M. D's in'attendancQjs quite lapev' Wed- nesday evening an addr,bs was differed be- fore the Society by Dr. iSumerell, Salisbu- ry. As the Society will not adjouili till Fri- dav. too late to furnish 'such nroecdin-r as the Societyehall be pleasel to inaOe public, we will defer noticing iti deUbratiOyl till next week. - ! v ;f Co.rrc5)3aiibtcc. Vriltcn on boartl steamrr on her passage from SU .Louis to Qliwu, III., 4 . Mesrs. Editors : t havejust-'feken pasJ sage on the steamer, 'j City, of Iiuisiana," bound from tins place for (iuincv after so- journing five days in Sti Lovus vel pleasant- ly, buying grtods and viewing, the lity. Tlie mumcipai election is just over a it i. politics seem quiet. 1 he repiM'licans eirtted their candidate Mr. Filler, k verv rdat i loinsr man, who has resided I in' St -Iiiis hiano- wati&c. You years as a merchant in fin. iron rounding out from the wharfd steam- packets and the sound of whistles or steam organs) which are attached to boats to discourse a kind of shrill music f the pa- senders, and which is not altoetlrt 4 nnuleaa - ant to the car. The bness of Louis is mute considerable, the Icvca Wnrwl- with lK.ats for miles, nnl crWded with produce and freight of all kinds, and the s'treaqts of the I Have miiu uesuneu 10 .ne mucii greater ; you have lived there' and know sometlyig of her rapid strides, to magnificence, 'lecitv nt. ,.1 1 1 .. ' 1.1 Vsi'. fliio t!,vrt i T 1 . ti 1 1 lf lii 1 if l !? . Her tribuf raies of trad are' vrist.j'fjjst' west ..iici unit v.yui(i mr iiniiuY L,ir,jjj l n iinuailts north, and south : to Salute Fefinifi wp1 ,1.. ly 1... . ., - J . ' V ,S li 1 nrm lTi.nM. XT1 ..Jl T -.i?r: ana uie irreat Mate of llhtioi nni-i wliv. -x. o. t! . , . ',f citv from various directions wKWi o,l,l little to its commerce. ! Merchandise ia L-m.t in great abunda ncejierc, but not g1d quite socheap as in the Eastern cities ' U e are now paasmr Alton. twHr mil.. uusiness xrtion ot the cifv are co-eTcd with Mr. liuchanan s lamily. The Prci- feKJ'KLfSfSY l? dCniC.3 impoaohmontflnf I net'tl no, (ell vot. that I.om:i 4 lnr Sarct insists. Marairct u (IcClil-: iiuwiici ui jvauroais iemtrate tlie i ; i above St. Louis, whereuhe State cr Illinois "V ' 11"nPton Michael Hunt, and has locateil a penitentiary whichttands in otner of the most prudent and sub vicw of the river. Alton7eeun!W;i vprn.1. Stantial citirenisof Tl.avidaon cnha.n'bi at1?!lufT tl,c ?Yn .n?t fjlndsome, srand Mississippi, while our WiIb boiihd- ward like a meteor thronjrh trie bosom in? oni f ie mighty river,tlie flood ihvhieh is night, and this momin we are at Minnibal Missouri 6i.le, where the StPoscphV muiroaa snoots out to the far wes nd na- ny of our passemrers ard leav nr mV ears, bound for Pike's Ieake and df&WaLX 1 S uubcnpaons.1 UC ICaiTl of the distant west. .1 Yi 1 that Charlotte is expected tosubscribc Sow we are nearinonrolrn r - V r .","!"vnjiiuj ..iy I of Qiuncj, which it is pjiid ia the Mndsoni- est town on the Great Father of Wars from tmMTU.t to the aii8of8t. Anthon 'Qnm- cy occupies a high Muff, about twenty miles TTf "J-pr rather is a cceseion of bills, with beautiful ! streets and W.lendid I houses -it contains about twenty: gUand TWi eago railroad for home.4There i now LnldMVI 5ta? wr that frtion of world, J wit as l eannot nav fxAetlv- flm -5-; ; I 1Vrarff? .vet "PbcreIlwiir delate trip till redder weather. S . Jft :. r P33?3?0 dow my mmd ehanged consideraWvk in rcgJ to the Papeete for the wheat crop, in rof jdle and "tbern Illinois the prospect fof a k'lod crop Jw asreeaMeas the climate ot Nort Caroli- ,41, but Providence doep not plaeall the ?xxlthing3 atone paHicula? f potMand has . , , - . i . H- . I "V - i i . t,,. u... u. which we have no n?ht to eomnrain. The . - a ' - i land in tiling a rteh m.inU I sire, and when the seasons uit, the Ifarmere ... c uwu auKBswiiieu iu grwwigg more i pro,luce than they knew whaUo do.wuh. , I had the pleasure, wtile in &;$j6vub, of meeting whh my old friend CaptC 4nAit of Aheboro and we spent a night very pleas- -beaming, makes a man fit company v uuuocu auu iur ubuers.-v i , - ' - InterestinW jpictil ; - f Jt is sard that the remains of Gov ! Burte one of the first Governors 0f! . the' State, lie deposited in an old field neaV Hillsborotigh, C;j withont a stone to mark the; spot. He served the State in her infancy; and, 'under many discouragements incident to her earlier histQry, conducted her taffairs with wisdom and discretion., , The remains of tire father and : mother of the late Thomas H. Bentonr of Missouri, lie two miles from this place.1 "Mrs. Clay the widow of the late Honi; Henry Clay, was born near this. Her parents mov ed to HagerstoVn, 'Maryland, when she was quite small; there she resided until she was grown," and "then remov ed to Kentucky, where she was united in marriage to Mr. Clay. ! ' The house is still standing m Eden ton, which has on it' the date of its e rectiQn, 1758, in which, were held two sessions of .the , Colonial Legislature. NearJdcnton is the residence of J.C. Johnston, Esq., the wealthiest man in North Carolina. His residence is al so noted as the birth-plctce of the late Governor Iredell. Pembroke, former, ly the residence of the distinguished Cabarrus, is near toy andUn full view of Edenton. . Un ltoanoke Island; famous as . the landing-place of Sir Walter Raleigh, thc grape vine from which he and his teliow-voyagers ate grapes on thei first' visit, is still alive, ajid yieldin its delicious fruits ! ir I the Masonic Lodge room at Ed- ehtori; may be seen an old and elabo- rately wrought Chair, which is re- markablc for its having been formerly occupied by tlie Immortal Washington. Its .history is- this : When the rcgioil of country about Williamsburg, Ya., was 'Over-run by the British, in tho "Revolution, it was sent from there, to prevent it from falling into the hands f the. enemy, mid was eventuallv car- ried to Edenton, where it has ever since remained ! Margaret after Old Buck. We find the following in the police department of the Washington City "States, of the-13th inst. Margaret being decidelly handsome and intelli gent, we think Old Buck would have done well to have1 allowed hci to fold I 1 j.-. v. i J l mm to ner nosom, ana encer and com- fort him in the deer) Solitude of that. rctiracy which soon awaits him : u"vt x tt v . i . "Margaret Ileslin was arrested by olliccr VV ard at the hite House, yes- tcrtlay atternoon, on a charge made nfrnincf h J?" Z A Z i. A IVZ- V . lUdk i ". "r "1C L.iuuig up a row, claiming that James Buchanan was her r neighbors, together in Ireland, and 1 L.i ? i n . , . . ,u ' cuat ncr P'nts Hand made a marriage contract between herself and James l when th'CV Were vet voiino- nr. nrrn, ment having been COmc to that" the I . , n . . ' ... nrst-temale bom of her family was to be wedded to the first male born of cdiy handsome and intelligent, aged 2(, and lived last at Piney Woods, I JiiK itKigC, Howard District, Mary- I Tor.,1 x t : i. - i t r,H i.iuu. x uui luurgaj-ei wasput onDoaru the 4 o'clock train for Baltimore, this I : .... i . .. . .. mogLana,S Utterly disconsolate I KanVrif T.OTinn-fnT. . j " " 4V"" b"u vuarver. ier mc w-, innvn 1... ri.-'j. tt . -We loam that snm $597 Artrt cie has already been paid in robtained' fm P- i?' Y? Ai tt ' , . .-A At-u. in- Welv. We learn that the toek- the in- w , . -oaOI .North Carolina. There Seems to bono doubtnow that wl e subscribed by the 1st of June. 1 About 675,000 have been subscribed I here, including the Literary Board and TT: .fi- . t ,d rersity subscriptions. -f We learn Charlotte is expected ),000, Edgecombe soi WW, iJidgeCombe some S75.000 . f-10A AAA t . to '5100,000, and. large snbscrintions are expected at Milton and (jthArnoints- It is more than probable that SI 500 ' ftnfl w:n i FAl.fi V V' are Closed vr.wv n uC ouubw iuuu ueiore tne oooks on the 1st of niext month. That will leave 81.000.000 Still to be taln, and under the charter the books opened and kept open until -Th Itant nf Nnrth.flatAl n ,r be regarded as a "fixed fact." . i . . Mmdard Death nf a SIatb HKnv. The last mail from the West Coast 0f Africa brina tidmo- J hl 5S.fl, rllT T S - S the death ?J ez(V the notorious slave king of "e"ex WHO mtCStea tliq iiiglit of . 1 1 T 4 . . icnin, ravaging and devastating tho interior far and wide bv his glare hunts v. v uuuio lo oMain victims ior his Ifiuronean . ; 0f"4pcuji i i. - customers. lie organizea and led aw TAim SYai a a v i i those internal forays and cruelties on ,vue largest, scale AiriCa Has knOWU. and v annually sold, withnnf. rnrsn Xr gcrmde hwinwn PAimt.n : l if eountrymen in ?l thousands for exportation. tens His by depopulating Negrolan4, promoted the ? immense , material prosperity of ine immense ma Cuba and Brazil; LUI I nun. , cr ,1 -' '-'f