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A Bogui Prince of Wales.
An Immense iSell.' The cituens
of St. Louis were clererly 'soljT.on
Monday morning by one who .claimed
to be II. E. H.t but who .-turned out
to be an lmposter of tlie ;laset .sort
It appears" that a dUpatch wa last
week received by the .Major of St.
Louis froqi Mayor..JVntwqr th, .off Ghi
cago4 announcing thai the Prince of
Wales had abandoned the design of
spending two days ;in . shooting. pn; the,
prairies of Jllinoi, and would, there-
' fore, arrive at St. Louis by the Alton
and Chicago Railroad, on Monday
next, the 24th instant. When, there
fore,, it was whispered around on jSuu
day evening that tbe.i'riace was ex-,
pected to tarr4ve the nejet rnorinng,
those who heard the rumor readily
concluded that Monday, the 17tht and
jnot.the 24th., was the correct i date
telegraphed. Accordingly the depot
was thronged at an early hour on Mon
day morning. ' . j
; Upon the arrival of the cars a splen
did baroucbe;'dfawn by four attract-
- ive horses, was on hand, containing an
ancient looking gentleman in white
hair ahdf-extensive t bea,rd, who Was
pointed out as tbeDuke of Newcastle,
and His Royal Highness, riggedloff in
a profusion of ribbons' and" regimen
tals, at his sidey and, others intended
to make up the travelling suite. The
crowd at the depot .honored the ! roya
. partywitb an enthusiastic-recognition
cheering, waving theirliats, &c
To all the manifestations of the ad
miring crowd,'.the Prince bowed his
proiouna acKnowleagments, - raising
ni$r military chapeau with wijnning
grace and complaisance, which so ex
cited the admiration of the throng that
it was with e diiculty they were pre
vented from removing the horses and
thepiselves'4rawrjig the : vehicle through
. the streets, a disgrace tbey were for-
. tanate.epared The 'carriage) with
its inmates, drove through the tjity,
receiving on all sides, the plaudits of
the populace, finally disappearing
- v leaving the spectators firnrly con-vin
ced tha they had bciicid the verita
ble Prioce of Wale3. Towards levin
ing, however, unpleasant rumors of a
'self began to prevail, and by night
fall the excited city was made fully
, aware of the gigantic proportions. of
the hqax practiced upon them.! The
prime, mover in the above enterprise
is said to have been Dr. Bohannlon, an
.educated Irishman, an- incorrigible
wag, whose .former practical jokes-feas
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given mm conaiaeraDie locaiaotcnety.
The Doctor it was who personate!! the
AJuke ot JSewcastle on the occasoh
A JSketdxof Gen. Walked
. Gen. Walker .terminated his career
in his thvrty-sixth year. He was born
in Nashville; Term.., in May, j 1824,
and was thoroughly .educated under
the most favorable auspices for what
ever liberal profession he might 'select
in after life, first by a collegiate fcourse
At the University of NashviUe.Jwjiere
lie acquitted luixiselt with the liighest
honors of his class, and afterwards in
the medical spools of Philadelphia
ana rans.; enjoying, also, while in
Europe, the advantages Of a tour
through Germany and ItalvJ where
his opportunity for Belles-lettersj-achol-
arship were not only liberal, bufkeen
ly enjoyed and appreciated by a mind
, then, at leaat, miiet and studious to a
degree .thai utterly forbids the idea of
aa adventurous or : restless career in
'later life. His distaste, however, to
the medical profession, which he de
clined practically to enter upon, turned
him to the, law, and;the associations of
- the Jaw, Jiot unnaturally to poJLtics, in
which be rai engaged in N-ew Or
leans, and subsequently, in 1850-61,
in , California, from which point he en
tered upon the. hazardous career,
which after the varied fortune of six
years, is jbow terminated.
A Capital Iflustration.-
- Judge Orr ,of Missouri, the Union
candidate for Govenor, in a recent
puKwu m oi. jjouis, in us illustrated
ihe game of the Breckinridge men :
The Democratic platform declares
, their opposition to the agitation of the
nigger-question ; and yet you can't
put a Democrat on the stump ten min
utes before he is agitating the subject
with all his might. They endeavor to
alarnvUe people by telling them that
their; institutions are in danger, and
that they are the ones to protect them.
33ut the people are beginning to know
themes welfras the lion knew the don
key with whom he was traveling. The
pabecoming hungry, the donkey pro
posed that they should turn aside to a
cornfield.4 Thev did so. and th Hon.
wTrue," said the donkev: "but if von
will lie in ambush here, I will go -into
the thicket yonder, and frighten the
deer with a bray, so that you can catch
. one as they attempt to Vsca pe. " The
The lion agreed, and tho jackass, go
fog into the thicket, brayed so terri
bly; that all the deer in it came run
ning out. The lion seized one and
. made a meal of the prey. Oncoming
, back, the donkey with much conceit
Asked, "Didn't I Scare them ? Ye4:M
":puea ioe nqn,, "and you would hdve
scared me, too, if I hadn't known who
J vere Just so, we might be
frightened by the predictions of dan
ger to our institution by the Demo
crals, if we didHot know exactly what,
; :&boy got his grandfather's gjun and
loaded it but was afraid to fire; lie how,.
" ever, liked the fan of loadingand so
- pnt in .another xsharcre bat stiti wAB -
key, having feasted to his.content' was
preparing to loave; but the ridn saidf
''What son I to do? I cannot eat "
- iraid to fire. He kept on charging,
Imt;. jrithout firing, until he got six
charges in the old piece. . Hia graiul
mother, learning his temerity, smartly
reproved him, and grasping the old con
tinental, discharge it The recoil was
tremendous, throwing the old lady oh.
her back ! 8he promptly struggled to
regain her feet, vvtf, the1 boy cned out :
. Lay still granny there are .ftxp rodro
rhargcfi to go on" yet y
; Thrilling Scene. v
One; of the most miraculous escapes
and thrilling incidents of peril we have
Lever heard of ctccinxed atjew. Orleans
on Monday afternoon, J.0th instant, at
the jcorner of Julia and Magazine
streets. A Jittle girl, about six years
of age, was leaning out Of one of the
fourthtory windows of .the large boarding-house
on that corner, and was
one in the room. Amusing herself
by calling to the passers below, who
could not hear her, aod leaning far
over the window srli t! look down upon
the banquette, 'she suddenly lost her
ballance and went head fpremost out
of the window. By some wonderful
Providential order, iii grasping at one
of the window blinds it was caused to
swing in suddenly and caught the hem
of her dress between the bottom of the
blind and the window sill, suspending
her against the wall, over thirty feet
from the ground ! Paralyzed with ter
ror, or perhaps mentally torpified by
her awful- position, the child was nna
ble to scream or even articulate a word.
Her perilous situation was first noticed
by a gentleman who keeps a store on
the opposite corner, who ran across
the street iristautly, got into .the house
and informed the occupants as quickly
as possible, who rushed up stairs to the
room: but this consumed over two
minutes' time during which an immense
crowd had .collected, all wih eyes fixed
upon , the apparently doomed child,
breathlessly awaiting the result and
expectifljg each minute to see her fall
and he; dashed to death upon the pave-:
ment. Thos who .went up stairs to
her rescue acted with coolness, and
seizing her firmly, drew her up to and
within the; window, at which the now
relieved spectators gave vent to their
exultations in one long huzza. Bee.
J A Trance Story,
The New Orleans Picayune relates
the following case of trance:
"A gentlman of wealth and stand
ing, recently married to a charming
wife, fell sick, and after a few days ill
ness, apparently breathed his" last.
The body was laid out, not dressed
and uncovered, but sewed up in 4 sheet
or shroud. The occurrence had taken
place, during the day, and at a late
hour at night, the family had retired,
and a confidnetial servant named Al
exander was left :alone to watch the
corpse. This man was sitting not far
from the bed when he thought he heard
a sigh;; there was no mistake, he dis
tinctly heard a heavy breathing, and
saw slight motion ofthe body. With
remarkable presencetosf mind, he split
open the sheet, arranged it as if it was
the natural covering of. the sick man,
blew out the lights, leaving only one
burning, and took every precaution to
prevent his master, if he awoke, from
being shocked at the idea of his sup
posed death. He then sat down by
the
bedside and . waited anxiously.
Presently the dead man moved, yawned
auamiy. ana looting around, asked,
'Alexander, what time is it!' 'Near
twelve o'clock, sir.' 'Bring me a
broth.' The faithful Alexander went
out of the room, called a male member
of the family, and broke the news cau
tiously. He then ordered the cook to
get a broth, and returned to his mas
ter s chamber, where the now overjoyed
family soon assembled. The gentle
man recovered, and it .was only after
1 j. . i 11.1 .1- ..
ue got quite wen max he was told how
he had been dead for eiht hours. His
eldest f daughter used to say that she
was the child of i ghost,' having been
born during the year succeeding her
rather. 8 teiUDorarv demise."
V .
5ow to Clean Teeth.
There is, in my opinion no dentrifice
used so baneful jn its effects as charcoal.
I doubt if .there is a dentist, with a fair
practice ot ten ears, but has seen worse
effects from its use than from the use
of acids. 1 have had in mv own nrac
tice to insert three sets of teeth, where
the gums were destroyed, and the teeth
dropped out from the use of charcoal
In two ot these cases the srums were
permanently discolored, so that-thftr
can oe no mistake of its agency.
The effect of charcoal is Durelv me
chanical ;it is as sharp as diamond dnsrf
and the finer the worse its effects. Be
ing perfectly insoluble in the fluids of)
the mouth, it insinuates itself het wn
the neck of the tooth and the gffm pro-
uuuiiig ulceration, recession, -and final
loss of the tooth itself. , Next to char
coal, in their bad effects upon the teeth,
arc the various kind's of bobs and earths.
unucr amerent and high soundin
names, and popular as tooth powders.
I would have my patient usa ho kind
of powders upon their teeth ftener
iiian two or three t fries a m cw t Vi Vi.n
would not have them use th hm.'h
but Uke some finely preDared chaib-
antf a stick tof red . cedar, orantr nr
hickory, (we should say soft "white
nine,) about three iuches lon. wwi'va
slunpe, and from one-eighth to one quar-
fcjpx .uvu wuu mis poiisii tbe cn
amel, being careful not to irritate ttu
gums. ,
The great dentrifice that should be
used at all times, and under any circum
stances, is soap. Its alkaline rjroDer-
ttoa aerve to neutralise 'the acids con
tained 111 the fluids of the mouth, nd
itseleansma: properties will correct th
breath, and remove the offengiyq odor
utan any artic e 1 have ever seen tried.
I have seen the best effects from its
use in tenderness and inflamaticn of
the gums denoting acrid secretion na
have never known it to fail in its re
sults. ' . !
. Extent of the Lady Elgia Disaster.
According to the best authority, the
number of persons on hoard the lady
Elgin, when she left her portrWa 293,
including the crew. Of these 114 are
reported as saved. 1 This would leave
179 lost, of vrbieh the bodies of prilyw
ty aeven have heen recovered nn th
win wtnie.
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The Presidential election will .lake
place on Thursday the 6th day of No
vember. All the States vote on that
day, with the exception of those that
elect their Electors by the Legislature.
South Carolina votes by her Legislature,
and Georgia-may in this election, as no
choice may be made by the people,
The H oral Law of Credit
r A a general ruleforjnst business
transactions, a person should never buy
on .credit that which he consumes. ;i
A tanner mav nrODerlr buv hides- on
- f 1
.credit, for his labor'docs not .consume
them, but gives an additional value to
them; and the shoemaker may buy
the leather on credit, for his labor, too,
adds to its virtue. Rut when the shoe
maker has worked up the leather, if
he sella them on credit to customers,
then neither the shoemaker, nor tan
ner, nor seller of hides has any dit ect
valuable security for the debt, which
has progressed through the. different
parties. The final product is dest royed
by ks purchaser. ' So afarmer may bny
land on -credit, because his labor -on it
adds to its value: he may purchase
. "i i-. .
giuwiug iock on-create, uecause ius
grass erqp is improving it. But when
he1 goes to a store and buys merchan
dise on eredit.fwhich he consumes re
lying upon uncertain crops and unsta
ble prices to pay the merehant, len
he tdangers hm own security, -and that
ofthe. various classes 01 merchants who
are depending on each other. Capital,
to be useful, must be employed: and as
the labor of most 'men is theii chief
their wants demand-its employment.
If the creation of a debt gives them
that, upon which they may profitably
expend their labor, the debt is a bles
sing, and for such a result only is cred
it a useful institution. '
L Brutalities of the Turks at Damascus.
A correspondent of the London lai
j News, writing from Bey rout, Au
gust gives an appa ling account of
the atrocities perpetrated by the Mo
hametans upon the.christian population
of Damascus, lle-saj-s:
Within the last few dy thousands
ofthe poor'womcn and girls of Damas
cus have been arriving at Bey rout in a
state of utter destitution. The account
they give of their sufferings is the'most
heart-rending. They dedare that when
the-ferpcious Mussulmans broke into
tlte Christian quarter they burst into
the houses, and shot and cut down ev
ery man they met, and then, seizing
the women put them to unconceivable
tortures, to make them discover some
imagined hiding place into which thiey
were supposod to put their jewels; that
in theit thirst for plunder they would
seize young girls, and not having pa
tience to allow them to take off their
bracelets, would chop off their hands
at the wrist, so as to enable the brace
lets to ,i slip off. They Would seize
them around the waist, or by the hair,
and dragging them out into the outer
yard hand them over to the Kurds,
Druses, or Arabs, who, mounting them
beside them on horseback, rode off with
them into the country, and there pi ae
tised all sorts of enormities on them.
Boys were seized and abused in the
most shameful manner.. The houses
were then set fire to and such females
as wei-e lelV in them perished in the
flames or springing from terrace to ter
race, and from roof to roof, fell down,
and .had their limbs dislocated or bro
ken. The screams ofthe women were
distinctly heard three miles off.
A Happy Land.
A -writer frum Florence saj'S that ill
some respects Jthly.is the most delight
ful country in the -worhl. Jt is a land,
for example, where cleaning house,
washing day, and all other such inter
esting epochs in the American calender
are intolerated and unknown. This
exemption . from the great domestic
evu ot Gleaning houses is owing not so
mucn to a love ot dirt as to the pecu
liar construction of tbe buildings. Thus,
for instance, where the ceiling and
walls are frescoed, or the latter cov
ered with si:k paper hangings, there is
no need of whitewashing, and where
tne panels and doors are of oak, there
is no necessity for scouring paint. The
ceiling and walls are kert clean hv
1 long-nauaiea brushes. The carno
there arc fastened to iron rings in the
uum- vy means 01 large hooks in the
binding, and thus can be raised and
laid down again as noiselessly and oas
ily as bed coverf In Italy a large por
tion of the house-work, such as wash.
mg, cleaning windows. &e., is done at
an early hour in the morning, before
the family are awake for the day : and
esu quietly is it accomplished that t a
strar ger it seems as if the invisible hand
Xf some mighty magician had changed
all in the night.
Anti-Fillibusterism.
The Ae,w Orleans Picayune thus eon
eludes an article on the career of Gen
Wjljiam Walker:
Although there rilay be some Quali
ties of mind and some public acts of
.General1. Walker that are calculated to
win popular-applause, it is doubtful
whether his whole career has not been
disastrous to. the progress' of liberal
principles in Central America. He has
created a deep distrust of all the North
Americans throughout the entire Isth
mus;., Our government is regarded as
ambitious, and treacherous by those
who,before Gen. Walker visited them,
looked upon our Itepnblic as a model for
imitation. lie has prepared the way
for the predominance of Enroan r,t
tieularly English influence from the gulf
Ul iuama to me soutiiern boundary
of Mexico. It ia well that expeditions
watj uch results should end. What
intervention may be necessary for the
interests of commerce, national deve4-
vpmem, or Humanity we should be p.e
pured to rnalw openly as a nation, and
not leave the opening ofthe way to
more irresponsible private individuals."
What Cousty Can Beat It ?
A gentleman of Hamilton county,
Tenn,., says the Chattanooga Gcuette,
"born wider the reiffn of Kino- ani
HI, has cast his vote at every Presi
dential ehetlojx since he became of age,
for the Democratic candidates, will, if
he lives till November, vote for TTl
mo cuuaervauve union
candidates, and against the Disunion
tickets North and South. He R1VI It
is-the first time in his life he has been
compelled to take sides
candidates of hb party, but declares
thatit is the duty of everv natri-f
go for his country before any party.
We heard him so d,eclare"7.
fi Starred to Death ia ITew York.
On Monday last. idNeif Yort
sow, (male and female,) were picked up in
an maoate4 and epeechles. condition, and
both have dMd, singular to relate, fmm .1,
starvation! A 8inffularthinrtml tw
ate of a city like that, and am wlit4
bedeemed fabrulous if told of anv other eora-
mtinitj.
EUBENE B. BHAKE 4 SON,
EDITORS ANB TROfR IETORS .
TATESVILLE.
'FRIDAY, : : : rOCTOBESt 12, 1860.
Our Terms.
TnE "IRRDELL BXPRE3S"H piblilMd pon the fpl
low4c2,TtMfS. from which thrrcwill Jc m il-vi.itjon
SH'xtertber therefore will goVi-rn thMnsnlv Krr4inty
ft copy oof ynr if paid tu advir, 4& On ;
it paid witnin a months, : s ;
If pidd within 6 months, 2 50 ;
If uJt paid till tls end of -the ubscriptiuti .year, 3 00.
ITominees of the Union Conventionl
For President:
HON. JOHN BELL,
, Or TENNESSEE. '
For Vice-President :
' EDWARD EVERETT,
- ; ,F MASSACHUSETTS.
Electors fr President & Vice-President
Far the State at Large;
Hon. (feo. E. Badger, of Wake.
Dr. RJK. Speed, of Pasquotank.
Districts
l-.Dist. Ji W. Hinton, of Pasquotank
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Upas. Kj. Liark, ot Uraven
01 H. Dockery, of ltichmond
L C. Edwards, of Granville.
Alfred G. Foster, of Randolph
llenry Walser, of Davidson.
v,m.
P. Bynum. of Lincoln.
8 do Riobt. M. Henry, of Macon.
Ex. Committee Rooms,
j italeigh, Sept. loth, 1860.
There f will be a STATE MASS
MEETING of the friends of BELL
AND EVERETT, and of the UNION
at the Tqwn of Salisbury, on the 11th
and 12tH of October next. Every
County m the fetate is desired and ex
pected td send Delegates.
mi t'vrrvxT itniT i-
j.ne ixiiix lUJiiN oi ivcwan
through the Executive Committee, ex
tend a cordial invitation to UNION
MEN EVERYWHERE to be with
them on Jthat occasion.
BI0N H. ROGERS, Ch'n.
iouuth volime;
i THE
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IREDELL EXPRESS"
vviH entei upon the Fourth Volume on the
7th December next. For three rears have
We toiled tfo make the "EXPRESS" an inter
esting vehicle of intelligence and recreation
to its ruaiw readers,' how well we have sue
ceeded remains for. its natrons to iude.
wnuemany Journals have started into ex
istenoe in various portions of the country
maintained a feeble existence for a season
and went out, the ' Express " has been
regular in Its appearance each week and greet
ed our natrons' with its sunnv countenance
That we have fell short of our duties in some
respects, would not be truthful to denv, but
in nie mam, we nave- lumiieii au tnat was
promised by us in our first issue, three years
ao. liafinor grown ol.ter m years, and add
ed to our philosophy by experience, we will
be more successful in pursuing the even tenor
of our way in future,: and indulge the belie
that, jay renewed dilligence our efforts to pub
lish an enitertaining Journal sucli an one as
will be a ivelcome visitor to every household
will he fcrowned with' success.
The Express will ever continue an advocate
ot the best, interests of the State, and ofthe
niou of tlje States,
so long aa the Rijrhts of all the States are re
garded bf the General Government, dui ing
onr coTitrpl of its columns.
1.iteka;tlre, Politics, and Miscellaneous
reading, -ill appear each week in our pages
as niuierio. liie
aiLaoueu 40 our esiHunsnment lias oeen re
plenish eft, recently, with new Materials, and
in completeness is second to none in the State
for turniflgput any description of Printin?.
The prjee of the Paper as heretofore will
be, $a a year in advance.
Hon. j. M. Leach's Appointments.
Danbuty, Stokea, (court-week) Tuesday,
uci iotn.
Mt Airy, Surry, Thursday, Oct 18th. -
JefTersea, Saturday, Oct 20th. B
Alleghftnv C. II.I Alleehanv. ifondav.
Vcizza. f .; -
.Hamptkmville, Thurndav. Oct. 25.
East-Btnd, Yatkin Co.," Friday, Oct. 2G.
Bethariia, Yadkin Co., Saturday, Oct 27.
Francujco, Stokes. Monday, Oct 29th.
WentwfoKh, Rockingham, (courtrweek)
Tuesday, iOet30th.
Walnut Cove, Stokep, Tliursdav, Xov let.
Kemerfeville, Fridaj-, Nov 2d. "
ThomaBville, Davidson, Saturday, Nov 3d.
Lexington, Monday, Nov 5th.
Poetry bv "Lizzie" and some
other contributions have been receiv
ed they shall appear next week.
Insure Your Dwellings, &c.
Last jjreek, we published the des
tructions of a Dwelling by fire, upon
which tfiere was no insurance, loss
$1500:-!-The simple sum of 20 paid
for an insurance : policy, would have
saved the ownerthe whole sum $1500.
The Charlotte Mutual continues to
take rislsupon favorable terms
E. B. DRAKE, Agent.
The Superior Court for Iredell,
Judge ijick presiding, is in Session at
tate8VlfI this. week. We know of
no case fo be tried of unusual impor
tance. jA rerr ffrcat number of ueo-
ple weref in attendance Monday and
xuesoay?. weatner mild and clear.'
Fine Xaf Tobacco.,
We have had deposited at our office sara
ple of fine; leaf tobacco, grown upon the plan
tation of Mr. John Young, in tbe south part
of IredellJ wkich, io4Mir pinion, would take
the first premium at any state fair,
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The 3reckinridge Party Determined to
Difsolre.tae ITnion. -
The Breckinridge Mass Meeting which
was held last week at Salisbury, although a
failure in numbers, afforded ethe chief epeak-
.era an opportunity to declarejtbe object which
the leaders of that faction have at heart, to
wtt : a dissolution of the American Union,
and the formation of a Southern Confedera
cy. Clingman and Vejrable, we are inform
ed, delivered tbe strongest dis-union speeches
that it was possible for even Yancey himself
to utter, declaring that the South ought no
longer remain in the Union.
We have stated that Clingman and yena
ble went farther than Yancey had been
known to go, for a dissolution of the Union.
Here is what Yancey Wrote upon this aub-
jeer, a lime more man two years ago:
Moxtgoxkrv, June 15, 1858.
Dear Sir : Your kind favor of the 15th is
received. ';
X hardly agree with you that a general
movement can be made thai will clear out
the Augean stable. If the Democracy were
overthrown, it would result in giving place to
a greater and hungrier swarm otitic;.
The remedy of the South is not in such
process. It. is in a ditligent organization ot
kr tcue tnen for prcNnpt resistance to the
next aggression. It must come in the nature
of things. No national party can pave us
jio sectional p:irty can ever do it. But if we
could do as our fatlicirii did organize 'com
mittees of safety' all ! Over the cotton. States
(and it id only in theiri that we hope for any
Uecuve movement) w e shall hre the JSou
.1 1 . ' .1 r, . .
mem uean, iiisinici ine ftouinern minu, give
eourage to each other, Sand at the PROPER
MOMENT 4y one orfcmiztd, concerted action.
can. prectpuaic the Lotto states into a licoola
tiori. i
ihe idoa has4 bcenvshadowed forth in the
South by Mr. Ruffin ; has been taken up and
recommended in t lie Advertiser, (the Mont
gomery organ of Mr.; lancev.) under the
name of 'League of jUnited Southerners,
who, keeping up pieir pui party relatione', will
hold the Southern issije paramount, and will
influence patties, legislatures, and statemen.
T 1 . 1
i nave no time to .enlarge, but to sudsiest
merely. j
In haste; ours, tic.,
i W. L. YANCEY.
To Jas. S. Slaughter, Esq !;
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Here is what Col. totte W Humphrey,
who was a delegate in the Charleston Con
vention, from Onslow County, N. C, said in
a speech delivered at Richlands, in which lie
detailed the particulars of the Charleston
Convention, and objects which the seceders
had in iew : j
1 have paid I have no) doubt were actuated
by noble impulses ; tljiey were suffering the
most intense excitement occasioned 1" the
repeated iitflamatory appeals which had been
made to them night aflter night in their cau
cuses ; but their leaders oh! thev were as
calm and collected as; their purpose and de
termination were fi.xe.jh audi cannot resist
the belief that that purpose and determina
tion was to break up the Democratic paitv.
with the hope and belief that it would culmi
nate in a dissolution 'jof the' Union. They
went to the convention to have a slave ctxfe
iiiuiiv ui me ueiegaies who leit us as
adopted in the platform ; thev were determ
ined to secede it it wpre not adopted ; they
knew it would not be ailopted : then whv o
into the convention but for the purpose ot its
embarrassment .' 1 my knew that this ques
tion of Congressional non-intervention had
been long since settled ; that the people had
acquiesced in that settlement for nearly ten
years. i
Non-interference-byjC'ongress with slaverv
in fetate and J erritomi 'was the basis ofthe
compromise ot 1850; afterwards affirmed by
both the Democratic sand Whig parties iii
i r lint mnal cou ver tioii3, fiuJ r:it i li oil L v
the people in the election of President Pierce.
It was re-affirmed in tJie'Ciircinmati platform:
sanctioned by the Democratic party in the
States ; and ratified again by the people in
the election of President Buchanan. This
settlement having beein so long acquiesced in
what new danger to the South required that
it ghould be disturbed ? What groat crisis
was at hand ? Whence the necessity for this
secession ? Was the honor of the South at
stake? Virginia. Kentucky, Tenness-te, Mis
souri and North Ciiro'fna remained ; and that
is assurance ample to the world that the se
cession from that convention was liot deman
ded by the South for the preservation of our
ngiius or me viuuicatipn oi our honor. The
delegation from our Stiate, tosether with those
from the other remaining States endeavored
to effect a re-union (of the party while at
Charleston, but our efforts were unavailing,
and the convention adjourned to meet in Ball
timore the 18th of Juine. erivin? time fir re
flection, and hopinz that the States whoe
delegates seceded, would commission others
to meet us in Baltimore.
It appears from the foregoing, that the se
ceders would listen to ino projosiuon for com
promise and re-union, jat Chariest-ui or Balti
more, but were bent lupoii 1
upon timihin; up ihe
Democratic party first, and disruptinz the
American Union afterward, !if Lincoln should
be elected ! ' i
Comment is unnecessary, T '
Taylorsville.
The Superior Couit for Alcxnnder, Jude
Dick, presiding, was in session at Tavlors-
ville last week. We made a .flvjhg vi.it to
the place, on Tuesday, which is only 20 miles
off, and three hours drive, returning the same
day. We were told that the number r.f r,f.rJ
pie who attended on Monday, to hear Gen.
Leach, was very great, and that the Gen. had
made a most capital address in favor of Bell,
LvEitETT and the Unio-, which was well re
ceived -There rare nof many Dreekinridge
disunionista in Alexander, and Bill Yancey's
party are falling ofT everyday, there, as else
where. The docket was small and Judge
Dick, with li is accustomed dispatch, brought
the term to a close Wednesday.
Taylorsville is a most pleasant and flour
ishing town, and can boast one ot the best
conducted Collezes f Bantist InetiriitPt tKaf
there is in the State, Ender the management
of Prof. T. H. Burkeand a corps of able As
sistants. It i8".in contemnlation t
A. T. & Ohio EaMroadthroiiqh Alexander by
Taylorsville, quite the requisite amount of
stock having been subscribeJ to take it to
that point, which exhibits the enerzv and en
terprise of the citizens of Alexander. That
section of the road can be built very cheaply.
as it would occupy a level all the way and no
water courses to be crossed. Weshall expect
one Of these days to take a trip to Taylors
ville in the care, performing the journey in
about one hour.
Change of Time.
The time fc holding the Mass Meetings
n Wilkes and Ashe Counties has been pro
longed one week, in order to eeenre the at
teBdaoce of the Salisbury 3rass Band. TL e
Meetings will be held as follows :
Wilkefjboro, Thnmlay. 25th Oct.
Jefferson, Saturday 27th Oct.
Torch-liht processiona wfll come off at
both places. In tlie evening. Our Mountain
friend are beiiig thoroughly aroused in be
half of the Union, the Constitution and the
enforcement'of the. Laws;', ' '
1- We put oar paper to press a day in
in advance this week for the purpose of at
teadiagtbe Maasmeeting en corps i SaUsbn-
Vallege BelL
The BeUt which ras presented Ir
the Joadiea to CJoncord Female C
lege, arrived last week and has be
placed ire position at the institntiou
It is a daphal Bell a sweet tonej
ting-a-ling with a loud roice, and w
ring .manju a College "belle" froiS
her drowsr slumberi in the cold weS
ther.
The. Cotton Crop.
The annual statement of the Cotton ropjT,
K
lue uimcu omira lor vue yearenulDg AUgU;"-!
31, 18G0, has been completed. The crop a
the largest by far ever made. We ann&
statements ofthe crop raised anunally begt "'f
mngwitn icwu:
18.5G-7 bales . . ,939,511
1857-8 " .......r........ 3,113, -
1858- 9 " 3-.851,4
1859- 60- ". ';. 4,675,774
The crop of last year may be valued at iQjt
less than three hundred million of dollars ' jt
least seven-eights of this U the productvff
slave-labor ; and at least three-fourths oftlit
amount, is expended in the Northern Stas
among the Abolitionists, who 'are warrinzU.-
gainst Southern institutions.
8L.The number of Protestants in Frarle
r.
is estimated at I,600,00p souls an increase
of perhaps half a million- since 1800. . .
S?X- We thank a friend in San FraneirjW
for a file of California papers. There lJd
been many arrivals of vessels from Eastern
ports, with heavy stocks 'of merchandise, ad
the Fall trade was expeeted to open brisk y.
Political parties were organizing for, the Vijk
identia election with much spirit.
Family Grocery.
a-
Our friends, Alexander & Vaxpelt, hape
opened a Family Grocery, in Stockton's d
stand, and are well prepared to serve fami
lies with the usual articles kept in surhn
establishment for the household." Tlie FJi
ily Grocery is an indisjensible requisite hf
well regulated towns and cities, and we h(ie
this new enterprize in Statesville will recsie
the patronage which it deseri'es. Lada
should call, examinethenick-nacksand ms-fe
their selections for the table. $ .'
15; Tlie Post-Master at Catawba Statin
is informed that the Pcsta Laws, makit
his duty, to notify editors when subscribers
neglect to take their papers from hi8'.""Pcjt
Oifice, under a penalty of becoming responsi
ble for the subscription. Look to it ! ;
Rain ' "tj
Ilain fell in great abundance iu'ihis sectn
on Wednesday, night ami 'Tliurday of Ut
week, and the weather was mild as Spring.
Wheafand turnips will be much betvefi'tvjd,
and the ground rendered in better condhjm
f r autumn plowing. - P
. For the Iredell Express
Union Meeting. ii
According to a previous appoyitnientj a
meeting of the supporters of Bell & Eveiiit,
was held at Granite Hill, Iredell Countyitn
Saturday th 29th int-t. x" "
The tneetihg was organized by calllnjv.
KT. liamsey to the chuu. and o; motion
M. Mills was appointed Secretary.
Tlie Chairman explained the object offejie
meeting in a lew very appropriate renia9.
Stating that the object of" the meeting Jas
for the purpose of organizing a Bell & "K0r
ett Club.
A club was then formed by, electing J. V.
A: Kerr, President, and J. L. Wallace, .JF,
Johnston, E. FaHs,'J. W. Sanders,'. T :v.
Ramsey," A. A. McNeely, Jas. Young" jd.
.1. W. Bra'wley, Vice-President?, and H.rjll.
Mills and E. M. McNeelv, Secretaries.
J. W. A. Keer; submitted the fo1owviig
resolutions which were unanimously a'ljftp
ted: ' " U
Whereas, A third crisis has arrived in yme
political history of the United States, rela
tive to the filnverv miehtinn rli.n ;NlfA
comes patriots of all parties to use ,their t-
most endeavors to allay all sectional u3ta
tion : therefore. A
'.-
Resolved, That regarding Lincoln & lL;m
in as representing a wholly Northern rtli
y, we Will tcgard their election as a Nat&u-j
a l calamity, to be depreciated by all coiji er-.
vauve men, orlh and South. - ;
HesUvcd, That we look upon Ereckinrge
and Lane, the nominees of the Yancees
seceders at Baltimore -men who were nii
nattd contrary to the usages Of the Demo
cratic party and evencontrary to parliiln
tary usages as factionists and therelore,in
worthy of those who, following the adfce
contained in the Farewell address ofhe
Father of his country, would spurn all '4irr
ties based upon geographical distinctions?
ItcsohKd, That we look upon StepheivlA.
t- uglas as the author ofthe. Kansas' Neh'is
ka bill, tlie friend of the Black Republ?Vn
party, the skilful eraeionist, the advocafw of
Sjuatter Sovereignty, the founder of ' tecto
rial intervention for the exclusion of ve
property as a man who regards self-aggin-
Fdizement more than the inatrtutions oft'the
sonth, or the perpetuity ofthe Union".
Resolved, That in the past history and (Res
ent condition of John Bell and Edward Ev
erett, there is nothing to.excite the Bligpest
fears of the most timid, whether we co Uer
their domestic relatives or their past pflic
history, and that we will use all honorable
and honest endeavors to secure their Ejec
tion. '
Resolved, That this Club be named; the
" Granite llifl Bell ad Everett Club.'f
n motion, it was . ;
Resolved, That the proceedings if -nis
Meeting he pubh'shed in the Iredell Expiss.
T. N. RAMSEY, Chairmtfj,
H. M. MILLS, Secretary. '
Preaching Against SlaTeTy.' "(f
The Senior Editor of the Vavttvn (W
server relates the following anecdote,
he heard in Xr WirL- i. UL-.
ich
I heard last evening an amusing accl jot,
and all the better for its being trac.ohe
reply of anEpiscopalpIergyman, in Chfefigo
to an application to preach sermon agjjngt
slavery; "Preach against slavery," aaghe.
"What, are there any slaves bere VI hoh
no, there are none here." Well then.llajd
ue, x a bow- that tAerri a -rast araoa jt of
intemperance, of profane swearing, of, tr tev
inS. and cheating, and ry iitg. to say noising
of the higher crimes, such' as murder, I
intend to preach, against all these, .wTjHch
abound in Chicago, and wbea I fiodfihat
they are all reforaied, then I will Uefintd
consideration the propriety of praehi a
gainst slarery, which isaway offia tHofi."
I bere is a Tolame of sound sense ia-thisjbut
anJbrtnnatelj many here are Win4jit
' '" :i .
Hoa. Amos. Kendall' Letter. .
' We commend the letter of the old war
horse' of -Democracy tinder Gen. Jackson
Hon. Amos Kendall, to the perusal of Dem
ocrats everywhere. It tells of facts which
the South, ought to consider at this time.
Mr. Kendall has, been a Jifelong Democrat,
and his Opinions ought to b heeded by the
disunion faction. Tlie letter may be found
entire on first page. .t
One foJ the humanitarian movements of tlie
times although little known aa such, can hard
ly be over estimated in its importance upon
the well being of our widely scattered com
munities The population of the American
States ,ia in many sections so sparse, that
stilful Physicians arc hardly available to
them. Vat nombers of our 'people, are 'ob
liged to employ in sickness, such medical re
lief as they can bear of from each other, or
indeed any they can get from any quarter.
Ilence arises the great consumption of Pat
ent Medicines among oa, greater by far than
in any of the old countries, where skilful ph v
sicianaare accessible to alt classes. - Unprin
cipled Tnen have long availed themselves of
this necessity, to palm off their worthless
nostrums, until tlte word has become synon
mous with imposition mi cheat. One of our
leading Chemists in tlie East, Dr. Arer, is
ptirsuing a course which defeats this iniqui
ty. He brings not only his 6n but the best
skill of our times Jo hear, for the production
Ofthe best remedies whicli can be, made.
These are supplied to the world, in a conven
ient format low prices,' and the people will
no more buy poor medicines instead of good,
at the same cost, than they will bran instead
of flour. ? The inevljabje consequence of this
is, that the vile compound that flood onr
country are discarded for those which hon
estly accomplish the end iu view, which
cure. Do we over estimate its importance,
in believing that thi- prospect of euppluntin
the by -word medicines, with those of actual
worth and-virtue, is t rough t with immense
consequence for gootl. to the mnsses of our
j.eople. Gazette and Chronicle, Peru. la.
A Dastardly Act
The Boll and Everett meu in Provi
dence settlement, tit up, a few Unyn
uj;o, a Pole displaying a National -Flag,
with the names of Bell and Everett in
scribed upon it. On Tuesday wgh
last, some one cut it down.'.. After per
formin;) this dirty job, they then went
to the house of Mr. J. E. "Sample, and
attempted'to cut down, a-polo he had
put ujfi. Healing the- noise, and seeing
what they were, up to, (for there were
two) he snapped his gun twice at them,
both barrels missing tire. They cer
tainly; have cause to rejoice that the
gun did Hot go off, for one or both might
have paid dear for their dastardly' net.
' -' Charlotte Whig.
The Washington (iNVC.j'ani Leakaville
- . Bailroad. f " V
We .are pleased to learn that more
than a aufficiency of stock , has been
subsciibed to secure. the- chartet of
this lload, and that the company is
noAv organizing to worlc. This Road
will pass through Person and Caswell.
If it toucher lio.xborough there is a
LeaksyiUe route already,, surveyed
from that tovn to this ; the route we
refer to starts from Clarksville, Va.
. Charlotte Bulletin.
ontinued.
The trial of Obadiah Christmas for
the inu.vtl.er of a slave bolongiii to Ool.
Tboma Taylor of this eounty"was ta
ken -up at Orange Superior (Joitrt, l)iit
owing to the absence of material it.
utssies, the case was aguiivcontiiiued.
We loarn that Mr. T. L. Hargrove ui
this place has been employed to' defend
the prisoner. The. other counsel are
Messrs. B. F. Moore. M. IV. 11 a m son.
H. H. Mil er and W. A. Graham.
Messrs. jVenableKand Keadk are eni
pl6yed by. the,Stato to assist .Mr. Settle,
thoSo kitor. Oxford Lei "n re Hour.
Corrie'ious Clements tlied recently at
Kuther foi-d:ai. N. C.1 Ho was in his-10-Hh
year, had served in the battle of
Kir.g'i&Monntain atwl always to lc do-
1 T a. Til .i ll' r t . ..
lg'ii, in ceiling oi the skinmshe of hb
I cay ?a3's
Thqre are 20;000 nimts in Great
Britain, many-of them in Asylums,
while many live at their home. An
institution has just been opened at
Lansjlown House, Greenwich, for tlie
training of idiots of the upper classes."
II VII i:eal.
, . MARKIKJ),
On the evening of the t'Tth uliitno, by the
Kev. Mr. Griffith, Cot. LI.' Iirit ton, editor
of i lie Charlotte Bnlletuv to Miss llebecra
MeetJ:e,;all of Charlotte.' .
We wish nr esteemed coteinporary an.l
his anijable bride, all the joy that their new
estate can confer.' The btilctin', always an
interesting paper, will be doubly so. no, and
we recommend a hundred ncjiv;fcuberibenM
enrol their natnea forthwith! upon Col. B.'
mail-book with the cash in advance. .
On the t int.. by the 'Ker. S. Frotitin,
Mr. Tbonias E.(iray to Jdisa E. J. Iiiirnn,
all of Iredell Conntr.
,Mlsr Meetings,-.
. for, .
BELL AND EVERETT!
The whole body ofthe People, of all parti?,
are cordially invited to attend a Grand Series
of Mass Meetings of the
Constitutional Uniorf Phrttf,
at the following times and places ;
Statestiule, 16th October. ,
Tatwrstill, Alewmdereoontj, Wednw-
' day. -17th. October.
Wiukesboo Wilken, Thureday, 25th Ort,
J irriRsov; Ashe. Saturday, 27th Oct.
1 v.- j : V . .
Speaking at Granite Hill.
.We are requested to gire notice that
Dr. J. G, BAMSEY, of Rowan co.,
will addres'tbe "people of Iredell, at
GRANITE-HILL (Shepherd' Cross
'Boad'f,)'ii Thitr8jl8tlii.jCfctober
it 1 o'clock, p. m.':
TREASURERS OFFICE
. Atlantic Tenn. a O. IL.R. Co.
i ll: Charlotte, K. C. Oe. 9, I860.
Mr. C. A. Carlton is anthorized to collect
Subscriptions due this .Company la Jfredell
County, and giva receipts In my "aame-i-all
persons indebted will please take police and
make prompt .payment. The 1st Instalment
of 10 pr cent, was do the 1st Inst. . We are
la need of Money to meet the , engagements
of th Company, and wiurt have it in order to
prosecute the work.
i ; U. L. WBISllWi.Treastirer.
Charlotte, N. C. Oct, 0, 1860, 45-3w,
ir