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t i i i 1 t A. if (..,- ' i.r :. Hi; -; r we tried light, supposing that' these 1 k would travel faster than Sound, but the 11 . locomotive kept ahead of it still, and u was iu uarcuess, wun tne ugnt close ' behind it. I have heard that some of the trains beat the telegraph 15 But I can't minutes every !40 miles, say as that is true the to be so." -j rest 1 know Opposition Meeting in Anson. Pursuant to call, the people assem bled in the Court House, and organ ized the meeting by caljling Thomas S. Ashe, Esq., to the chair. L. L. Polk and L J. Cox wer$ requested to act as Secretaries. The Chairman, in a shoTt but pertinent speech, ex plained the object of the meeting, and it was moved and ordered that the fol lowing named gentlemen be appointed . Delegates to the State Convention, to he held at Raleigh on the 22d day of February, i860 : j- Mhrttenll Richard "Buchanan. Hen ry Diggs, jFohn' Grady, Fon. ... John Robin Cason, Cal- jtulhdoe a.-Andrcw ,'in J. Lilly, Philip T. llpitly, (Jcorge Ohewning, Dr. A. Myers, -E D Gaddy, Dr It Tillman. j e-Mf'ltpn8iiIt-. Frank fCrowder, Da vid Kcfeatn,. Wm I4 Falkner j Laneshoro.' Vernon 'Allen, Albert Ashcraft, Tfhos Caudle, Sampson Cau dle, Win Allen, Allen Caudle, Isaac "Williams. Dumas' Shop.--Hampton S Lilly, Alex Allenl B D Henry, Riston Gad- ty i , I 1 Diamond If ill Leonidas L Polk, JohnP Winjfield, Jas Dunn, JnOBroad away, Juliijs Rurns, James Thomas. Iiurmviile.'N F Burns, Wm N Parker, J 1 Rroadaw'ay, Francis Ed- wards,' Tho W Allek, Joseph Wil liams, Robert Allen, jr. ; CedarxtyU.R II Burns, Dr. W S Kendall J F Dunlap, John' Tyson, jr., E G Knight, Thos II Threadgill, Capt J W Allen, I , Bcvtrlyt Solomon V Simons, F B , Flake,; Alqx Porter, B F Kendall. Smith,' 8. Thos C Capel, John In gram, R Cjrump, Wm 0 Smith, Wm C Smith, Wm M 'Pickett, Thos W Kindall, G W Meachunv Sandy Point.-Joseph J Cox, Ju lius Liles, James Hooker, Martin C 'Long, Wm Cox, R II Bennett, Gas ton Meachum, Jesse Henry, jr., Chas B Lindsey, Mial Wall, Perry Spen cer, Presley JN femith. i Wadesbcro' . Jas C Oarraway, Wm E Troy, E R Liles, Charles E Smith, Purdie Richardson, Henry Robinson, C W Fentpn, John Ruscoe, James Richardson!, Dr. E F Ashe, Dr Wm II Glass, Eichard II Battle, A E Ben nett, G B Threadgill, Benjamin Smith, J R Hargrave, R T Hal. On motion, the name of the Chair man was aded to the list jof Delegates. The following resolution was offer ed by C W Fenton, and adopted : Iie8olved, That the county meet ings in this Congressional District he requested o appoint four persons in each of their respectives counties, to constitute a Committee to be denomi nated the Jpistrict Committee for the Seventh Congressional District, and that the Chairman of this meejting ap point four persons to represent this county. I I W C Smith, J R Hargrave, E R Liles, ant L L Folk were named the Committee for Anion, j Gen S III Walkup wasj called upon, and delivered an addresss; in which he faithfully portrave and exposed the intrigues of the democracy. R A Caldwell, Esq.; being called up , on, took up the history of the agita tion of thjp slavery question, and prov ed cpncluively that it was confined to the Democracy, and'that the nation ality claimed oy tha'v. party was all a humbug; , ,1 - GenlDargan and S II Christian were called but, and made short addresses. Ordered that these proceedings be publishedj in the North Carolina Ar gus, and hat Whig p'apei? in the State he requested to copy, ! (THOS. S. ASHE, Ch'n. L. L. Polk, ) . . J J Cqx 1 occretaries. Kind Words in -a Family. fThc following, taken from the Ban ner of Liht, expresses our sentiments so fully, hat we give it -entire. The . writer says : . "It shoald be a motto written on tlic door-osts of every household to use only ind wtrds in the family . This is ne t only proper in it'self, but it is authorized by the word of God. A family should be a rainature of hea ven. It should be a retreat where malice, strife, Tmkindnesa, ridicule and angry looks should never enter. These things artnet with enough in the world. There they cannot be so well controll ed, because there is no close relation from man to man : no way bv which each can see into the heart of the other,- But! a family is so sacred a nlace. so far removed from the cold world, a place where little words of kindness und lov'iiray be spoken-i-spoken with out deducing from digniW, or without the promptings of reward, &nd a place where enr sorrow-filled bosoms nay find rest and sympathy.! But if un kind words are spoken, if malice is treasured, if ridicule rasps the sensi tive bosom, if -angry brows carry cold-, ne8s into every; room, if silence and 'reserve Usurp the gen del flow of gentle sentiments, the . family becomes a den of thorn? and vipers, only the worse because its inmates are bo close to- rether. 5 l AM thus may be dissipated by a few kind words. A soft answer turneth away wrath." How sweet is the scene "where love prevails, where forsrivencss 1 I is readvi where aneer is never treas- a iired and little faults forgotten, where t'i wniessfctn. ami tears, uko uccui v i !i . . i .i:n rain, wasn away any sniiui panumuB unintentionally committed and tne ftroad mantle of sympathy and chari ty envelopes tho house-hold: All men love to visit such a placej, and tho An ;gel of Pcace lingers there." EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON, EDITORS AHO PROPRIETORS. 7 ST ATESyiLLE, Friday, Oct. 21, 1859. Our Terms. THK "IBKDKLL KXPKKS8" is pul.lirthI npn tlH" fol lowing TM8, from which tta?iv will 1- no (tvvintin. iSnlHicrHjwi thoreG will govern thwuiwlv.n rcitnfiiiRly 1 copy uue ytwr, if ril in advance, t'i "0; If paid" within 3 month, 2 25 ; ir iftil within month. 2 SO ; If not paid till the end of the Bulxteriptioo year, 3 00. ail Eoad Meeting for Friday.4 Th Citizens of Statesville and Vicinity are requested and urged to attend at the Court House, in this place, on Friday, the 21st in stant, at 1 o'clock, p, m., for consultation up on the importance of connecting Charlotte and Statesville by Railroad at the earliat op portunity. Let nothing keep you away from thin meeting. I A Valuable Present. The thanks of the Presbyterian Congrega tion worshiping in this place are due, and, without doubt, arc cordially tendered to the Ladies of Statesville for a timely present of a beautiful Bibi e and TIymv: Book for the use of the Church. BfjMrs. Alexander, Mr. W. IT. Wood ward,, and Mr. T. L. C. Donalson have sent us very large sweet Potatos, some of them weighed as muchas four or five pounds ; U. F. Simon ton, Esq., brought ue a -mess of de licious Strawberries which were grown in his garden this month! Rev. G. B. Wetmore, has presented us with some very large Egg riants. The California Duel. We are indebted to a friend in San Fran cisco for copies of the Alta California and S. F. Herald of late dates, by Tehuantepec. Both papers have much to say of the late fa tal duel, which took place between Senator Brodericke and Judge, Terry of the Supreme Court of California. The excitement conse quent upon the death of Mr. Brodericke was intense in San Francisco and other parts of the State, among the friends of the deceased. The following is one of the articles, among several of greater length, which appear in the Alta: "The Plot to Murder Brodericke." " A friend showed us a letter yesterday, received from a prominent citizen of Sacra mento, in which he wrote that he heard the bragging boast and threats of the Vagabond politicians about the Orleans Hotel, who de clared several days before there was any an nouncement of a duel, that Brodericke was to be killed off that he was never more to sit in the United States Senate that Judge Terry was to try his hand firsthand if he did not succeedthen a second expert shooter was to try, and so on until he was put out of the way. Terry being the best shot in the State, was sure to kill him. Then Terry was the smallest loss if he should fall, as his term of office was out he was under disgrace of the Vigilance Committee recollection, and could pe best spared out of the crowd who hunger and thirsted for his seat in the Senate. Terry by all the tricks of the most practic ed duelist, killed the hated, hunted man. He was not to be spared by Terry so no o ther man need try his hand." j " The Herald justifies the conduct of Terry, and disparages that of Broderick, previous to the fatal meeting. Terry would be arrested and brought to trial under a State law against duelling, but it is notr likely that he will be in any manner punished. ' The Skunk's Tail Continues its unclean vocation at Winston where, the animal assails from his filth-den, all who dare lift a voice about democracy, and the immaculacy of Jacob Fraley in partic ular! Really, it would appear that the Tail is determined to erect Mr. Fraley into a mar tyr, one, we suppose who fit, bled, and died in the cause of locofocoism, in Iredell county. Well, if the Tail succeeds in the effort to can onize Mr. Fraley, then we suppose Blum's Almanac will have to designate another Na tal in the saints' calendar, for Saint Jacob ! and he will be the Tail editor's patron-saint, at whose shrine the editor can worship morn ing, noon, and night, taking care, before hand -intsead of mineral waters to bathe his person (not in the presence of ladies) in the strongest ley, for nothing else would cleanse his propensity for lying if, even that would. Perhaps, not; then, where will the Tail and its reprobate editor appear? Now, we understand that Mr. Alspaugh is not a married man and it would be a pity if he were, for, the generation of all such a- bortions as he, should end with their own lives, and save a performance of official duties by the hangman. , The allusion which is made to bathing in " mineral waters" may be explained hereaf ter, and illuminated with engravings by a competent artist from natural views. Another Fatal Duel. Says the Alta California, the death of Sen ator Broderick had scarcely been annouced yesterday, when another fatal duel was made public, having taken place at 7 o'clock in the morning near San Andres. The facts, as communicated by telegraph, are as fol lows : A fatal duel was fought at 7 o'clock, near this place, San Andres, between Dr. Pe terson Godwyn and Col., 'Win. A. Gatevvood weapons, rifles, at forty paces. At the fist fire Dr, Godwyn fell, mortally wounded, and died in two hours. It Progresses. 'The citizens of Charlotte have made a lib eral subscription, as we learn from the Bul letirij Xo the Atlantic, Tcnn. & Ohio Railroad in addition to which the Commissioners of the Town have called a meeting of the inha bitants o vote upon aCorporation subscription of C0,000on the 7th of November next, which we doubt not will he carried. While the people of Cliarlotte and Meck lenburg are exerting themselves so manfully for this enterprize, let the people of Iredell and Statesville put their shoulders man full v w uic wucci, uvj nrviiuii can oe more benefitted by buikling this road than our own-then be not backward. Weighed, and found Wanting. A renowned Clergyman of New York late ly preached rather a long sermon from the text "Thou art weighed in theballance, and found wanting." After the congregation had listened about an hour some began to get weary, and went out : others soon follow ed, greatly to the annoyance of the minister. Another person started, when .the uarson stopped in his sermon and said: "That's right, gentlemen ; as fast as you are weighed pass out." lie continued, his sermon to some length after that, but no -one disturbed ua 4i gam. The Eail-Eoad Meeting' u Which was held at the Court-House, on Thursday night of lastweek, though, email in numbers, owing, to ibe service held in the church at the same hour, gare encouraging signs of the interest which a portion of the citizens of the town feel in the success ofthis great work. Speeches were made by Col. A. Mitchell, W. P. Caldwell, A. M. Campbell, Richard S. Allison, A. M. Walker, and R. F. Simonton, Esqs., strongly recommending the enterprize of building a Railroad between Charlotte and Statesville to the consideration of the citizens of Iredell, and, the speakers expressed the opinion, that it was all impor tant that no time should be lost in securing, by a prompt and adequate subscription, the charter known as the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio R. R. Company. Rev. Mr. Pharr came in near the close of the meeting and, upon being urged to express his views upon the matter before the meeting, delived an able and cogent argument why this Road should be built in the shortest possible time. We regret that there was not a larger number in attendance, but those present felt the right spirit, and a subscription of more than ten thousand dollars was made upon the spot, swelling the stock subscribed for at this place to more than $20,000 by a few individuals. We believe and hope that not only the citi zens of the town, but in the county of Iredell, will come to tlfe rescue and manfully help to build the Road, as will manifestly be -to their interest to do. It will appear plain to every one, who will view the subject in a proper light, that, nothing short of building this Road will secure prosperity to Iredell county, and cause her farmers, mechanics, and busi ness men, to flourish ami occupy position with the inhabitants of other favored regions. The Road must be built, or Iredell, will be come a vassal, and her name disgraced for having cast away one of the finest opportuni ties for advancing her prosperity, that was ever offered to, and rejected by, any people ! We say what we know will be her condition, in less than ten years, in case this Road be not constructed. It. will be seen on reference to the proceed ings had at this meeting, that Committees have been appointed, and are earnestly re quested to act, and solicit in their neighbor hoods subscriptions of stock in this Road. It is to be hoped that ALL will aid, in amat ter w,hi6h so much affects both their private welfare and the public weal. It will be mere ly an exchange of one species of property for another, and no one can, possibly, be made poorer by it, but must and will have his inter ests benefitted. Several contiguous Counties are as much interested, almost, in the construction of this Road as? Iredell, for it would open to them new and valuable markets for their surplus products, from which they are now debarred. The most experienced Railroad men, have no doubt, that this Road can not only be built at very small cost, and that the stock, will yield handsome dividends from the time the line is thrown open to public patronage. An Impudent Horse Thief. Thomas A. Reese, of Rutherford county, stole a mule from a man by the name of Al len and made his escape into Tennessee, but was followed, brought back and placed in the jail at Rutherfordton, and he wrote on the wall the following: "One day after date. I promise to break this jail, and steal Allen's other mule," and the sequel shows he did. BWe acknowledge the receipt of a com plimentary ticket to the Sixth Annual Fair of Cumberland County, to be held in Fay etteville the 2d, 3d and 4th of November next Regret our inability to be present. A Mother's Influence. How touching the tribute pf the Hon. T. II. Benton, to his mother's influence : "My mother asked me nevt?r to use tobac co, I have never touched it from thai time to the present day ; she asked me not to game, and I have never gambled, and I cannot tell who is winning and who is losing in games that can be played. She admonished me, too, against hard drinking; and whatever capaci ty for endurance I have at present and what ever usefulness I may attain in life, I have attributed to having complied with her pious and correct wishes. W hen 1 was seven years of age she asked me not to drink, and then I made a resolution of total abstinence, at time when I was sole constituent member of my own body, and that I have adhered to it through all time, 1 owe it to my mother. Now, although every mother may not make the same request of her sons, which Col. Ben ton's mother made of him, yet there can be no doubt that it is the ardent desire of every mother that her sons would not drink, gam ble, nor go into evil company. Therefore, let every young man consider himselfadmon- lslied and forewarned against the vices of drinking and gambling, as coming from his mother. , Pen and Scissors. The nuhiber of Students now in Davidson College is 112, of which G5 are from North Carolina, 33 from South Carolina, 5 from Ala bama, 4 from Mississippi, 2 from Arkansas and 1 each from Georgia, Florida and Tennes see. It appears from the reports of the Life Insurance Companies of Great Britain, that the average duration Of human life is con stantly 6u tins increase. This fact is so well demonstrated that a revisal of rates has been agreed upon, with a reasonable reduction. On Wednesday night last, the wooden stable and carriage house belonsinsr to M. McKinnon, Esq., in Fayetteville, was totally destroyed by. fire. Hia loss is estimated at S2.000. The fire originated from the care lessness of an employee in the stable. A dispatch from New Orleans, of Oct. 7, says: 1 he r illibusters were arrested at the Southwest Pass, at 10 o'clock to-day, by the United States Marshal, assisted by the Uni ted States Artillery. They peaceably surren- dered A notice in the last Raleigh Standard announces the fact that the Co-partnership between Messrs. Holden & Wilson will ex pire by limitation on the 1st day of Novem ber, 1859, and will not lie renewed. A young lady, aged about sixteen, of con siderable intelligence and prepossessing ap pearance, is now residing with the Sheriff of Ottowa County, HI., preparatory to her re moval to the Lunatic Asylum. She became insane from viewing the Aurora ' Boreal is a short time ago, which she was induced to be lieve betokened the approaching end of the world. ' The Louisville Journal says: "A letter from Portsmouth, Ohio, written by aJady to her husband in this city, makes mention of an extraordinary circumstance. A short time ago aady was bitter by a dog. Hydrophobia manifested itself on her, a ad while confined "by the $SQc stir Either sister, who was waiting on her. The sister was soon attack ed by the same disease and bit the mother. All three were alive at the last accounts, but all were raving mad, and there was no pros pect of their recovery." f; - The Charlotte Bulletin says the North Carolina Military Institute opened On the 1st inst., under very favorable auspices. ' About fifty young soldiers had been enrolled, and they were still coming from all points of the compass. The Fayetteville Observer remarking upon a similar paragraph under the following caption, "North Carolina Cotton in Virgin ia," pays : "How much North Carolina Cotton is bought at or shipped through Wilmington and Newbern we do not know-About 12,000 bales seek a market in or through Washing ton. A very large quantity goes to Cheraw, and a still larger to Charleston. At this place the receipts for the year were about 12, 000 bales, consumed: by the manufacturing establishments in this place and vicinity, and shipped by our merchants to New York, The price here during the same period aver aged 11 cents, so that Fayetteville paid the Cottou planters, estimating 400ft. to the bale, nearly 8600,000. Adding the increased val ue given to about 5,000 bales of it by its manT ufacture here, the whole was wortli about a million of dollars in the Northern markets." A m Mi . 1 1 uii.n I.i V,a r Apni i if cava the VV ilnntKrtAn Journal .we notira t lint of the British BrigCamilla, Holmes, from New port, England to Master, with Iron for the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Bail-! road. We think some twelve to fifteen miles of the above road are laid, and much . more would have been done but for the excessive ; rains in the latter part of the Sum mer. It will now be pushed forward as fast as the means at the disposal of the Company will permit. It is expected, we believe, to reach the Pee Dee River in the Fall of 18G0. The iron is wecured at any ratve. Five years since a farmer in Illinois, not withstanding all his neighbors insisted that he was playing the fool, set out on his farm one thousand peach trees', and this season he was offered ten thousand dollars for the crop, which he afterward sold in the lot for four teen thousand dollars. Any man that will be fool enough to raise fruit ought t be serv ed just so. Rail Road Meeting in Statesville. At a meeting of the Citizens of Statesville sand Vicinity held in the Court-House, on the evening of the 3d October, instant, on motion of Col. A Mitctiell, Samuel R. Bell, Esq., was called to the Chair, and M. F. Free land was requested to act as Secretary- Col. Mitchell then explained the object of the meeting. On motion of Col. Mitchell the fol lowing persons, were appointed in th several neighborhoods, named, for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions to the "Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio R. Road" in Iredell : Corword. Leander Morrison, Dr T C Halyburton. Sterling. Col J P White, Thos Miller, ColJ S Watts- lAberty Hill. . Rufus Feimster, Silas Keaton. Bethany J E Summers, Ir J P Howard, Wm M Allison. Island Ford. J M Lewis, Jacob Parker, Eli Bost, W D Hall. Perth Alexander Clarke, E Falls, John Young. Shepherd's X Jtoads J W A Kerr, Levi Vanderburg, H M Mills Wm S Neill. , , , Bethesda. A F Morton, Geo P Robinson, Dr Murch ison. r Hunting Creek. J H Dalton, Dr Foote, ABF Gaither, W J Col vert. I Taylor's Spring & Fraley' s Stare. J W Williams, Jacob Fralev, A Deacons. Olin. C W Howell, J A F Weaver, N DTomlin, Dr A A Sharpe. Snow Creek. W F Cowan, R S Larrence, Harrison Summers. On motion of Col. A. M. Walker it was Resolved, That the Commissioners who Were appointed to open the books of subscrip tion for stock in this road be requesited to ap point meetings through the County, at sueh times.anj places, as they might deem neces sary, in order to facilitate subscriptions. On motion.it was Resolved, That -this meeting adjoornfto re assemble at the Conrt-Hoiise'in Statesville, on Friday, the Hat instant, 1 o'clock, p. M. S. R. BELL, Chair'n M. F. Fkeelaxd, See. To the Public. A meeting was held in the town of Jonesvillk on the 8th of October, 1859, for the purpose of organizing a Company to erect a Toll Bridge a cross the Yadkin River at Jonesville, according to an act passed at the last session of the Legislature. On motion of W. L. Vaneaton, R. Gwyn, Esqr., was. called to, the Ghair, and W H A Speer appointed Secretary. On moti on of R W 'George; a Committee of 5 were appointed to - draft resolutions, to wit : W L Vaneaton, E B Hamp ton, R W George, J E S Morrison, W II A Speer, . The. following resoluti ons, were reported and adopted :. Resolved, -That in the opinion of this meet ing it is highly important and necessary, there should, be a Toll Bridge erected across the Yadkin Kiver at the town of Jonesville, and as tbere was an act passed at the last Le gislature for the construction of such Bridge, therefore, be it further Resolved, That books of subscription, be opened at the following places and under the direction of the following gentlemen, to wit : Jonesvilt.W L Vaneaton and E B Hampton. EUdng.S. R Gwyni and W B . Woodruff. Mocksv'dU. H R Austin, Jas Johnson, Robt Sprouee, J I Woodruff. Sal isbury. -J J Sharer and William Murphy. SiatetviUe. A K Simonton, W II Sandford. HamptonviUe. A W Martin, A C Cowles. Trappe-HiU.V! A Haat, W C Dcjamette. Gap CivU. Col A Gentry, James Parkes. Iruleprndene, Va. .B Dainall, Alest'r Davis. Resolved, That the above named gentlmen be requested to open books immediately for sbscription8 and, report to the Secretary at Jonesville, the amounts subscribed by, the Second Saturday in November next-t Resolved, That the shares of stock shall be $25 each, and, each share shall be entitled to one vote either in person or by proxy. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this mee ting that, the Railroads having come as near us as Statesville and Salisbury, (and there being a most excellent road across the Blue Ridge on this route, and the great increase of t travel already by this road ; and the ford of the River being deep and dangerous to croi,) that the stock in said Bridge will pay well. a t J Mnokxd, That the Iredell Express, Salisbu ry Watchman and Bannerj Salem Press, Vir ginia' Patriot, and all other papers friendly" to Improvement are requested to publish the foregoing proceedings. 'IXpoBi the adoption of the proceedinis the meeting, adjourned, to re-assemble in Jonesville, on Saturday, the 12th November next, at 12 o'clock, m. h. W H A Steer, See, R GWYN, Chair. The Kansas Question Revived. The telegraphic reports of the elec tion recently held in Kansas on the adoption of the constitution framed at Wyandotte announce that that in strument has been ratified by a major ity of the inhabitants of the Territo ry. We may therefore expect that the admission of Kansas into the Union under that constitution will be asked at the hands of Congress on the opening of that body at its approach ing session. It will be remembered that by the terms of the "English Conference bill,' ' providing for the contingent admission of Kansas into the Union under the constitution framed at LCcompton, it was ordained that in case the people of that Territory should refused to ac cept the arrangement then proffered by Congress, they should not proceed to the formation of a new constitution . . . - r and T a t t fAX'flnrMOTt nvanAKnfnitTT 4-r their admission into the Union Until after it should have been ascertained by a census, taken under the auspices of the Federal Government, that the Territory coutained a population equal to or greater than the existing ratio of Federal representation in the House of Representatives. The propriety of this rule is admit ted by all as a general proposition, but its application to the case; of Kan sas alone, when it was expressly repu diated in tho admission of Oregon at the last session, does not admit of such easy explanation or justification on the part of the Democracy. It remains to be seen whether they vrill ignore the "compromises" of the English bill, as framed by themselves less than two years ago, or whether they will insist upon a rigid adherence to the terms of the arrangement then concerted to serve as a graceful re treat from the Lecompton controver sy. The question undoubtedly pre sents a dilemma which leaves but little choice between its two horns, and adds another illustration to "the accumulated teachings by which history inculcates the advantages of never departing from the straight line of political justice to follow the tortuous paths of a shifting and temporary policy. Nat. InU Arrival of the Spread Eagle. It has, been demonstrated by the enterprise of the American Fur Com pany, says the St. Louis Republican, that the Missouri river is navigable for steam-boats a distance of over 3000 miles from it mouth. The steamer Spread Eagle, in con nection with the Chippewa, has just completed one of the most remarkable trips on record in the -navigation of western rivers, having traversed the Missouri river from Its mouth to Fort Benton a point within sixty miles of the head waters of the Columbia, and 3120 miles above the mouth of the Missouri. This is 900 miles above the mouth of the Yellow Stone, and 7-00 miles further than any other steam boat has ever been. The Spread Eagle left St. Louis on the 28th day of May, three days after the Chippewa, and arrived in this port yesterday, performing a distance of over 6200 miles in 79 days. The memoranda of the Chippewa On her up trip have already been pub lished, and nothing of special interest occurred on the down trip of tlie Spread Eagle. The Spread Eagle left the Chippewa bound down at Sioux City, and that boat will be in port in a day or two. The Chippewa left the mouth of Yellow Stone on the 3d day of Ju ly, and arrived at Fort Benton on the 17th. She left Fort Benton on "the 18th, and caught the Spread Eagle on Jier down trip at the mouth of White river on the 2d of Angust. She took to Fort Benton 130 tons freight, con sisting of Indian annuities and the out fit belonging to the American Fur Company. The Chippewa had very little trou ble in ascending the river above the Yellow Stone, excepting on Douphain's Rapids, where they were obliged to haul her through by a line. The In dians were quiet, and expressed them selves well satisfied with their presents. Game above the mouth of the Yellow Stone - was very abundant. Large bands of buffalo, elk and mountain sheep might be seen at any moment, together with any number of grizzly bears. The trip has been demonstra ted to be, practicable, the Chippewa having made it in low water. One month earlier, she would have had no difficulty in ascending the Rapids be fore mentioned. The Spread Eagle had among her passengers a number of mountain men, and tourists, together with a company of seventy-three United States troops, under command of Lieutenants Dana and Weeks, from Fort Randall, hound for Fort Ridgley, to join in a compa ny of Fourth Artillery quartered at that post. The troops left on the steamer Pembina for St. Paul last evening. As freight, the Spread Eagle had 4,831 packages of buffalo robes and furs, for Pierre Chouteau, Jr., & Co. Mr. Wimer, a celebrated artist of this city, made a trip on the Spread Eagle, and has replenished his port folio with a variety of sketches of In dian life, and the wild scenery of the Northwest. Mr. Wimer had been in these regions before, and the public are sufficiently acquainted with the productions of his pencil. Mr. Charles P. Chouteau and Capt Jno. B. La Barge, both kept journals of the trip, but had: nothing prepared for publication. Both these gentle men deserve great credit for the suc cessful termination of the longest steamboat voyage ever made in the West, and we regret that it jf not in onr power at present to- pubtilh a de- tauea accoun; 01 it. -4V Hainmoth prove of Utah I fnles. It On Wededay4 last sometftwo qr three hundred mules arrived Stock ton, says the Republican, frijra Salt Lake. Yesterday one hundred and twelve were! sent oyer4and;ijo San Francisco, and one hundred and sixty which are now in the ; stable 'Ty-ard of Mr. Dallas, will be sent to-da"j, in the vicinity of Marysvifle. They; are a part of nine I hundred i purchased by Mr. Benj. Holliday,- at the, govern ment sale of mules at j Camp i' Floyd, Utah ; five hundred more muls will, probably, arrive in town withifa a few days, and in sa short time fifteen hun dred cattle, also the property tf Mr. Holiday. We are not inform d what disposal will be made of them. There are thirty-six men with thp mles and sixty with the cattle. tBut tw of the Government contractor's wago' is came through. The company starfcid with five. The wagons at the lAke are said to be quate worthless, aitl were left on the road. Matters aje' quiet at Salt Lake1 City, but the offers-find it'very difficult to prevent the)?61diers attacking the Mormons on earpry op portunity. There is a deadly- hatred existing between the two. Gtfr. Cam ming has a sister and several other relations residing at Salt Lake', who are Mormonsi . I A Boy's Stomach Full of Fr1g.. One of the most remarkableiphysio logical facts?known in medical History, has recently i developed itselfin the case of a son of Mr. Chas.. Iv'ayis, of this city, who resides at the corner of Little Montgomery and Freen-fcnt sts.' ine Doy anutiea to is aoout i. years old, and for a long time- has iieen a sufferer from spasms and seve;!e chok ing spells, which no physiciaufijseenled able to account for, Everythif g prom ising relief was resorted to, arfl indeed a small fortune was spent for Pxpecto- i J . xtl ! T - 'T . - IV. ranis ana ocner meaicmes. 945ut aji proved of no; avail.. The boyrew no better, and remained a puzzkto eve rybody until a week or two ag, when, by a sudden land violent- retfl a cfi- nous looking living irog wafinrown from his stomach. The boy,;fewever, experienced but little relief M"this e- jection, and still continues t grasp and choke and retch, as thougEhewas possessed up to the mouth witJsimilar animals. In fact, from a verjlminute examination of the creatuije thus thrown up, we doubt whetfjeryjT really is a frog. Ii looks to us mqfe like a reptile- a sort of lizzard th(kigh un like a lizzardlithas no tail. ? It 'is. about an inch long, a half inch broai, has a yellow belly, land what is m$p' singn lar than all, two long black h$s grow ing upward from its shanks. toward its head, in the form of a V. M. Davis informs us that the bo has aTjpexeeed rngly unnatural appetite. Hetdevours everything' in the s.hape. f ffeod. that ne can lay nis nanas upon, mtn ine voracity of a wolf, and never appears to have enough. How he thusfbecame possessed is a mystery. The slawn of u i rug my nave ueeu ura-iiK tne stomach wiii water, but thiis only conjecture. Mr. Davis, himself, is dis posed to ascribe the matter totevil. in fluences as exerted bx conjurers, but such an explanation at that is scarce ly worth mentioning. Mr4 D3is, who" was once wealthy, by this afffstion in his family, has been reduced 6 ver- ty. Baltimore Hipper. v. f 4 Abolition Democracy.? The Columlbus (Ga?)J Enrer .re minds the Southern, nublic stat the Hon. Fred. P. Stanton, fomferly of xennessee, dux now oi j.ansanas re nounced the Democracy (h(iwas of the Douglas Freesoil wing) ?md gone over, "bag and baggage," to the Black Republicans. Stanton used if be the Democratic Representative tlfh Con gress from thejdemphis disict,' and while in that (position he wi' lauded as one, of the peculiar guardif iis of the South, while he joined in de jouncing such men as John Bell and JSmerson Ether idge ass Freesoil syiifathisers and traitors ti) the South ! Iehelp ed Walker under the auspiceftf Buch anan, to betray the prorSlavy party of Kansas, and irretrievalf deter mine the conflict in that territory against the South, and now he per jured traitor throws off the iask en tirely, and assumes ljis truosition as an enemy i;o the land thaflpore and exalted him to political dynction. Walker, his colleague; in thf Kansas treachery,, it is.-, understoiod has be come reconciled to BuchanaC?, arid the Southern Democracy, (hia&jifferenee with Buchanan was all-a-.sym from the beginning;) but the Soutyfriay rest assured that he is as ready ever to do any dirty abolition job tH Admin istration my ljiave for him p npder take. Wadekboro' Argu8. fir - --, - . ... .y. - - A Cold (Winter Predic. About ten days ago" a tremendous drove of gray squirrels, numbering hundreds of thousands, snddj ly made their appearance on the Mennac, cov ering the trees and waters lfie a pall. Thousands of them were apterwards found dead in! the river ajM on the ground. They crossed the pfississip pi at that point, and workedeir way down the river, until on Wnesday, they reached pane Girardef v ciross ing"the river at that point lnfountless myriads. Thfe citizens turned out en masse, and kiped thein by Fandreds. Every tree and bush In thaM-vicinity swarmed with them "until nitt, when they all disappeared,! and Te not been heard 'of since. Thefrrute was marked as by a devswtaiirii storm. Trees were girdled and fielddstroy ed. Old French settlers tfdict a very severe winter, as it waahoticed in 1834 anS 52 that jmmenif droves of sauirrels suddenly made meir ap pearance, follciwed by )nteHBif severe weather. St.Lout ErpreiWAth. .The Editor of ItbeSrough Argu lets off ia ihe following man ner, his issue othe IStlitistant- use pf "Old Rye,' we hate not the slightest objection to a free fuse of new It moistens a fellow's clay, and is a sovereign remedy (against indigestion, the forerunner of dyspepsia. We had almost forgotten how the stuff" tast ed. nd oVirilll rtrt msrar V VI- a. a it wuie toieil, but for the kindness of an : old friend, Ned Liles, who sent us a bag full last UOHl7y' Jay nis shadow never row less. We hare lived upon it since not upon the bag, hut its con- tents. ShniA nAnlo'.ti j. a ------ . - ftu van n rye nour hat we call it the flower? of rye. iimjr it eer proauce sucUi flowers. Mav Ned's fields be ever trwr-ia-,n his mill be ever grinding-Uhis grain be ever growinghis cotion and his children be ever blooming-his mules be ever braymg iis horses ever neigh- hounds ever hunting his foxes ever running, save when he gos a gunning his cows be ever lowing, and calves hoivvpr irrnirinirtnq v Vno omnl- I. l)e ever supplied with Jots of hams, ii.i f .i ' hkc iup uue mat joccupieu tne flower of rye. "May he live a thousand years," and at last, full of honors, the result of a well spent life, he gathered to his fathers, having much treasure laid up in the gulden city which is the paradise of God. ! Frightful Scene Woman qn Fire Ban ning for Life. The Norwalk. 0hio, Reflector re- ' lates the particulars of the late terri ble, death of Betsy Saunders, a young lady fifteen years old, daughter of John Saunders, of Peru, Huron coun ty. Wednesday (ast, while engaged in ironing clothes j her garments caught fire in some- manner it is supposed from the stove. Her step-mother, who first saw it, apprised her of the fact. She immediately 1 seemed to have lost all presence of mind, and ; started for the door. Uponjbeing told not to go into the air, she changed; her course and rushed wildly past her mother and out at an open door, running down a lane and out into j;he highway. When about fifteen rodsj from the house sbe changed h,er course and returned -to the house, her 'entire person all the while enveloped ih flames-f-sometimes reaching six leet j above her head. Her garments were all cotton, includ ing a thickly padded skirt, all of which burned furiously juntil the t whole were consumed. So great was the heat that, before her clothing was entirely consumed, the skin and flesh upon her limbs, arms, and portions of her beefy cleaved off, and helped tne flames that enveloped her. All necessary assist ance was immediately procured, and every attention that could alleviate her suffering promptly administered. But it was evident to every beholdter that her first remark to her mother, when ehc returned" to her, was too true-"I am burned toleath." She lingered about fifteen hours, though only a, part of thk time in extreme ag ony, f 'Air The Flight of Time. "After, death the judgment." We die ; but intervening ages, pass rap idly over those who sleep in the dust. There is no plate there on which to count the hours of time. No longer is it told by days or months, or years; for the planets which mark these pe riods are hidden from their jsight. Its flight is no longer noticed by the events perceivable by the senses, for the ear is deaf and the pye is closed. The busy world of life, which awakes at each morning and ceases every night, goes on above thjim, but to them all is silent and unseen. The greetings of joy and the voice of grief, the rev olution of empires and the lapse of ages, send no sound within that nar row cell. Generation aftegeneration are brought and laid by their side ; the inscription upon their monumental mar ble tells the centuries that j have pass ed away ; but toj the sleeping dead the long interval is unobserved. Like a dream of the nigfct, with he quick ness of thought, (the mind ranges time and space almost without a limit. There is but a moment between the hour when the eye is closed in tho grave and when it wakes, to the judg ment. Dr. Spring. j Do you think, Mr. Bj,' said the widow J., 'that railways hajre conduc ed to the enlightenment of the world in regard to literature?' : Certainly, madam,' sajd Mr. B., becajue.a1-carrtf -deeply red.' A smart young lady,! the other evening, astonished the company by asking for the ffoan of a diminutive, argenteous, truncated conej convex on its summit, and! semi-perforated with symmetrical indentions $he wanted a thimble. I God bless our human flowers girls. THE FIRST QU4BTELY MEETING OF the IREDELL COUNTY I TEMPER a vf!E snniETY. wul be held in OLIN on tbe 9tb of Novembeknext, at 11 o'clock. There will he a sermon preacheU by tne tier. V. H PrMul nr the Kev. Wm. Wood. An address may be (expected by pr. Kiniee. or Yadkm Uoaniy,na bwtki of the Society from U formation to tbe Pre sent time, ilinte of the Ootpel, of all de nominations, the friends of Temperance, of ererv onranizsUon, ana me pu"' -i fc Iitltr invited to attend S. SV J Obt. 21, 1859. TTfVI'RT, for SALEor BENT at Yadkinvtue. s THE SUBSCRIBER HAS for A2l Sale! or Eent, atJAPKIV IHl VILLI; a large Hotal . wtfh L lotandSubles, WeU of w tert and other nectary fixtures. . . ii X:wi with all necessary w aireaoy .V" utingilaf &c. Foesession giren if "LAURENCE. . L. . Tantlfl.fr. Oct 21, 1R59. 4G-ff f " Statesville. NOTICE "ii f: : . . 1 - "St -s. X -
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