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-4 L ; GREAT FRESHET. ;; 'Op Saturday, lheV24th inst., our section was 1i-d ljf lone of jihe'rnost violent storm that iC bat ever been i.be lot of "the oldest inhabi. lint?' la.whnesi. . It commened raiqing about one' o'clock. IV M., and poured in Incessant lorr'f ntf until midnight, attended by severe gusts vt wind, which down thousand of trees and prostrated evry w here 'the landing crops. The water courses commended rUing imjnedi. lely, and In 24 hMirjj attained a greater height tuin ha been knouii for many yeart , The cftnequences hare been most disastrous.- Mill, mill dam and bridge, have beeij swept a Way !n score, and the hopesof the fanner io a moment blighted by ibe inundation of his i hi iiiflVrers 1 labour immediate neighborrood, we regret to .record the; trame of our friend, David - Grouse, Esq., who lost hi valuable merchant, mill on Indian Creek ; of Cat. W. Slade, who lost hi thrashing machine and bridge on Claik's Creek ; of W. E. R(s( at the High Shoals, who sufftred largely by the breaking of his d.un and the injury dane to his woik,by 4be .'fljod. There' W many others besides, who rp sufferers in a greater or !$ degree. For .several da) a even afier the flood abated, our town was alrrw.l inaccessible from the south and west on account of the destination of the bitdges. Ali o itabridgei in thi neighbor hootj. were iwept away either wholly or in part : among them, the county bridge over the South Fork at the West end of Town, and the bridge nnho Lincoln Factor) built by the public spir itcfMeors. Child and CaW.er , Wett of this, wo understand, the etlecta ot the storm have been still more disastrous. In Cleaveland county, report says that scarcely a mill is left J and we have heard of the destruc tion of the public bridges over tho firT Broad iboth at ScheiickVand at Elliott' the Utter just finished at a roel of 61G00, and of the toll bridge over main Broad belonging to Mr. Ben jamin Ellis. The loss of all these convenien cifs is grievously felt by the travelling public. V -The public road loo, every where, have been creatlr damxgedi The Laurel gap between this and Murganlon, 4ve understand, impassaf . .r . .1.. I bl, and travellers trom wo west say, inai u will tako several month's labor to repair the injury done ibe Turnpike on the Hickory nut ga.fr between Ruterfordlon and Asheville. Uut tho most distressing to the community at large is the injury lo the crops of corn, much of which' has been entirely destroyed. In the eastern part of the county, all of the bottom corn waa entirely covered, but in that quarter ihe waters fell almost as rapidly as they rose. The old corn which was held by ihe wealthier farmers bar now to be reserved for their own usl, and the failure of ,lhe wheat crop renders jit difficult for the poorer class to get along ; we mtiist still hope for the best. , Ve copy, farther accounts from our cotem poraries, as they come in for the rainy Sat farttay will long bo remembered by our young inhabitants. I," Xsmucn; sickness may result, we would ad- Ll ' .11. ' ' .! t I . I f vuoinai every prccauuon ue iisru hi iuc om- et,io prevent it.- Lwcoin uouricr. know it Tom V . Here thh tragical part of the entertainment ended. The farce con sisted of various challengsjfrom lime to rtfne.'intersperced with drinks at the bar -ail 1 going to prove thej bold inspiring character orjohn-Barleyprn. - We notice the following as being the ones tn which the community fee an un- kiiua.1 interest ' lorn Hyer oflered lo bet 810.000 that dutch Charley could whip any man in California, in an up and down figruj Johnny Ling wnujd bet two thou sartdidollars that Yankee Sullivan coald lick any body in California ; hut Tom O'- DonqeJl would not allow the challenge to he taken because Yankee he could Yanlsec. The largestLump (if Gold evenihz we examined the was. sick. But lick any man vjbo would fight hvedug.' Last largest lump of irold. ve believe, ever dug in THE WILMINGTON "ROARER.' Oor old friend of the ' Wilmington Roarer "as the Aurora is now in a late saber, artcle,4saysr Mr. and Mr. Stanly may "emigrate " as thev Dlease. and that Mr. C! will be in the Senate, in Badger's place called Badger as soon in 2 man .1-, when his time Is out ! When Mr. Todei was a candidate in these parts he was a remarkable prophet in election cases, and afjer emigrating n various times, trying various districts, he at last "emigrated"! to the Queen City of North Carolina. We hope he will profit by it ; for we have kindly feelings for our old acquaintance. We think, how ever, he is rather top kind to Mr. Cling man. and not kiid enough to democratic asnirants. But Mr.: Clingman will not wait so long. Mangum's time comes first : Abditicd Fugitive it is a mixture of quartz; and gold, the Lwhole weighing 30 pounds (3G0 ounces) troy, j From the tests maile, it is ascer tained that the lump corjtains about, 23 pounds of pure gold. This mammoth piece was dug from a ravine in the dry diggirtgs, between the North and Middle Forks of the Yuba Kiver,(the location is known as the Jim Crow diggings) hjy Mr. Wm. H. Julius, of New York city, and Mr. John Grieves of New Orleans. The first of thesehad been ojear in the dig gings, and had not averaged over 610 a day. Himself and partner had taken pos session of an old hole w rich had been worked out and deserted by two negj-oes. 1 inding that they could riot work lo ad- n vt Zi and Clingman will wani that provided t t i S:the Editor of the 'Roarer' can give it to rEhe hale Gale. We learn from our ex- chkngca from all parts of Eastern North Caro lina, that the storm of Saturday last, has done Incalculable damage to the growing crops. A gentleman from f lyde county informs us that the Corn crop is entirely cut off, and that hard- y enough will be saved for seed. TVu. Auro- Hi NON. INTERCOURSE. The editor ol the Augusta Constitutionalist. writing to his own journal from Coosa Springs, pays : -I ;" We understand from gentlemen, nowhere from Alabama that many of the planters in their section of the1 Stale, have already notified the ' rnerchanls they deal with, that they will pur chase no more articles of merchandise manu factured, or Imported from the north. Ilereaf- , jeri U Is their determination to give theuprefer. ince in all cases to all articles of southern or f foreign manufacture." j ; ''; j The editor inclines to.ihe opinion that n ihw f sample ''were generally followed throughout - thej slave. holding Stales, the result would tell powerfully upon northern Interests, and through them on northern political opinion and actibn be pockel nerve would admonish the people of the north that the north would soon be re. duced to the alteVnatire of giving up their on- . Ij-ilavery propaganism their well matured schemes for hemming in and finally abolishing !lavery,;and their insolent intermeddling with lhf (nslilullon as it exis In the States, and . with' the relation of master and slave their Organized societies for decoying slaves from ? their masters and fur protecting tho runaway, or they must give up the southern trade. Thee Call be no question as lo the potency of this peaceful remedy in the hands of n united peo pfe1 ; and its mitn rccommendittion consists in iUlbeinff a peaceful' remedy. Rich. Times. ,f.'.. - vantage without draining the water on, they dug a trench or canal, and as soon as the; water disappeared commenced work, i " ' They had worked several hours, when one of them thought he espied a peice of gold slicking out from the earth in the canal which they had dugko carry offthe water lVom the main hol. He stooped to examine it, and finding! it pure metal, he drew forth his' case knife, scraped the dirt loose around-it, while lit continued to grow larger and larger, UntiLthe thirty pound lump above mentioned rolled out at his feet. They kept tho matter a pro found secret and started of 'to Marysville where they weje offered $10,000 for it, vihich they refused. Thel are exhibiting it at McKnights, Sutter's ,rotel at 50 cts. per head. The ravine from which this mamjrndth lump was taken is nothing more than a small brook rQnning through a flat ; the ground rises gerjlly on the sides and is covered with aj-ichj coat of grass. It was found about two feet below the surface The young men are on their way home, and expect to realize a fortune from exhibiting it in the Sjates. Murders in the SouthemMines In the Southern mines, up the SanlJoaquin, many murders have been conimitted within three or four weeks past, rpostly by Mex icans arid Chilians upon American miners. This class are composed, ip great part, of ladrones and guerrillas tht have always infested the roads of Mexico and South America, and in the southern mines they have mostly congregated, j Since the for eign miners' tax has beer in operation, they have been in a constant state of dis content, Sand several mostj cowardly and diabolical murders have been traced to them. The effect will bejthat when the American population get sufficiently rous ed, theyj will receive the 'full rewaj"f their misdeeds at least. j . " ; him. But the Aurora says, after the " issues" In the Governor's election, between Reid and Manly, Mr. Badger does not repre sent the Southern sentiment. Indeed ! Then how will the Aurora justify its op position to Mr. Reid ? It ridiculed his claims, and had John Smith's name at its mast head for Governor. But we deny that any issues of the kind supposed by the Aurora were raised be tween Manly and Reid. Very frequently we regret to see the Aurora assail Mr. Stanly. And vet Mr. ! Toole cannot specify,ibe sentence that he I condemns in Mr. Stanly's speech. But go I on ! The advocate of disunion, of Gen. ; John Smith for Governor, and Clingman j for senator, ought to Oppose Mr. Stanly. Clingman stood about as much chance to be senator as "John Smith did to be Governor, or the Editor of the Aurora to be a member of Congress or President. That's " our private opinion publicly ex pressed. N. S. Wh ig. Assaftetida.-Th'xs article is obtained from a large umbelliferous plant growing in Persia. The root resembles a large parsnip externally, of a black color ; on cutting it trayer'sly, the assafectida exudes in form of a white thick juice, like cream, which from exposure to the air, becomes yellower and yellower, and at last of a dark brown color. It is very apt to run into putrefaction and hence those who collect it carefully defend it from the sun. The fresh juiee, has an exceeding strong smell, which grows weaker and weaker upon keeping; a single drachm of the fresh fluid smells more than a hundred pounds of the dry assafectida brought to us. The Persians are commonly obliged to hire ships on purpose for its carriage, as scarcely any one will receive it, along with other commodities, its stench infect ing every thing that comes near it. Sci entific American. Excitement in Harruburgi Slaves TJirealened Riot A despatch frbm HarrisburjT.Pa.. to the Philadelphia Bulletin, dated on Saturday morning, gjves the following account1 of the subsequent proceedings at that place in connection with the arrest of three fu gitive slaves, mentioned in the: San on Saturday : i :;v.;- j ' Our town has been the scene of great ex citement yesterday and to-day. on account of the arrest! &ud examination of three black fugitives from Virginia. Yesterday, the court was engaged all day in the examination of the negroes on a writ of habeas corpus. They were charged witli horse stealing, but were in reality ugitive slaves. No decision was made yesterday, but this morning Judge Pearson decided that the stealing of a horse by a stave for the purpose of exca ping was not a criminal offence under the law for reclaiming fugitives and conse quently he discharged them. They were at once ushered out of the prison door, but had no sooner reached the street, when they were seized by their masters, and a battle ensued between them. After a severe struggle, two of the slaves were hand-cuffed, i)ut one of them made his escape. The court; hasjnst issued a warrant against the owners and all engaged in the affair, for. an assault and battery with in tent to excite a riot. The slaves and their owners are now in jail. The court bas also ordered the sheriff to employ a posse for the purpose of dis persing at all hazards, the mob now as sembled in front of the prison. Later Rioters Arrested Millitary j Called Out. A second despatch, dated at 1 P. M. on Saturday, says : ! Ten free negroes have been arrested for trying to incite to riot. The slaves, two in number, are in prison. The owners of the slaves and other per sons engaged in securing them after their discharge by the court, are now before the court on a writ of habeas corpus. The two slaves, are held in jail. The crowd before the prison have been dispersed by the! military called out by Gen. Sailer, and the town is resuming, in a measure, its wonted quiet and order. THE - CAROLINA WATCHMAN J j question, and did not Mr -Calhoun fet" I titrn unit either SmlTim romlvn f ' &fl , -. it Salisbury IV. C. ; TnniSDlT ETEXISC, SEPTEXBEB 5, 1850. SOUTHERN RIGHTS. We see the Raleigh Star has put up a South- mRirbt" hend. tindr which it cives its Southern Rights notion. several shades of Southern Rights" people in the South. him and other Southern members fJrihai - . -k i . - i -: ; Extract of a Ultrr received in thit nj- . MARSHALL CO ONTY. (M) Xqj 2v ? The Crop in this part of the StU vrll t, consequence of the late and cold aprin . . , ' I drought in July has cat the corn abort. cee in this Coonty in which no raia has tilta tia S ' a 1 r- a ! . a , ntaTi nra rmin sjBim aim iim ui iiiiv . ai - Wrll, but mere are - - - . - -z- -u nt,. SOrt Of , . ,. ,. r, Cftjt. will be IifniL Corn ta now worth -n j..n.. . " . . o . wiidr & One la in favor ot a dis- ThM hu Wn kmm emm : ,wj .. i m " vua iiam solution of the Union let come what maj, tvith- J price within thelaat'week. We have had rain, 1 wvmmm I VJ ftVan fmm eaTl ArtI n r Ka 1 VI 1 . event California is admitted wiib her present Constitution. Another will goto war if Texas . jm m ' a sn I m rr a nrl inn hir In breaking away and preparing for war. in the j wiU be waller than lart yeCWfc.fi, admitted with her oresent - . CT Ualeb tvLUTTs, toe aherjfl of Ro . t c .l -i :rr : ,l o' J . . , ft , waa me tuuriu auciiu iu too oiate. in relinquishes her right to any portion of ber ter- . rlJ ,n . . mil . c j , . I ing bis tax returns to the CornptroLer ritory. Another will be satisfied with nothing 1 . rfUUCf- short of the Missouri Compromise line. Anoth er with nothing short of a distinct and indisputa. ble acknowledgment of property in slaves, etc., fJ of Waff on tho of bi, bein etc. Now we should be pleased lo know lo The Lincoln Republican objects; to te pointment of Mr. Conrad, of La., as Secret man. which of these classes our friends of the Slar Will they go offthe handle if Califor- All Whigs are weak" oen ruert,. ' the purpose of the Republican so to rear... adhere : Will they go offthe handle if Cahfor- j thea)t The edil0r8 representation f Mr. Co nia is admitted ? Do they demand the Mis. i rad Js a,so ,0 deficient in strengih, as to 'prof" souri Compromise line, and if it is not granted ' narrniess are iheylor war ? Will they want to fight if j " L Texas sells a portion of her territory? Will j While Sulphur Springs. Jhtj have a Bill theyjoin those Southrons of this class to ' celebrated watering place every whip the United States and Texas both, if! in ,he week, except on Sunday night, and tW J 'alue of Coin. For ihe benefit of the Mer. pantile coromuniiy, andll concerned in money altalri, we give the value of Foreign Coins as rated by an Art of Congress passed last May. Il will be found a valuable guide and well worth preserving for futur referenccr; I f 1'be specie Dollarytjf Sweden and Norway, at one hundred aniKfire cct(ts. ' iThe Thaler of . rrusia and Northern States ol Germany, at silly nine cents. jiThe Florin of the southern Stalesfof CTerma. -rtyat forty cents. j )'The FJorin rthe Austrian Empire, and the Cilr.nf AugAburg, fort'yighl and a half cents. The LiU of the Lombardo. Yi Trouble ia Mariposa, We learn from a gentleman who arrived (from above on Saturday last, that Col. 'Ere m on t's agent has some trouble in levying contributions upon those who are miring in the im mense region claimed as the property of CoL Frepont Thousands are upon the claim, and they perfectly! hooted at the collector when he talked pf rent. ;- : . - MURDERED. Thomas Latham, Jr., residing within five miiess of Williamston, lartin co., was found dead on Friday morning last, on the roadiside near his residence, with his throat cut. Having a lorier knife ih his pband wben found, it was it first supposed ne had committed suicide ; but on his 4iead being examined by i nhvsician, the skull wa,s found to be broken in two pla ces, and several stabs Weje found in the body. Undoubledly he was murdered, and then! his thVoat cut and the knife put in his hand for the purpose of creating the belief thk he had killed himself. We uiiuriMttnu suspicion na laiien upon a man named Webb who lived near Mr. L. Mr. Latham was a youjig man in easy circumstances, only 21 years old, and was recently married. He wis a nephew of Col. Thomas Latham, of this county. 1 - North. State Whig. THIEF AttRElsjrED. We understand that a rran named James Wade, a tailor by trade, wa arrested yester. day after hoon by officer W&llard. The pris. Juan Fernandez, the old residence of Alexander Selkirk. (Robinson Crusoe,)and his man Friday, has been visited ; lately and his caves discovered. The Island is thirteen miles long and four, jwide ; its shores are a pile of barren rocks, some of them 2000 feet high, spjlintered and sepe- . 1 I I I 1 U7M.I I 1 raieu uy eannquattes. i vuu norses anu goats, of excellent eatirfg, abound, j Fish is abundant and lobsters easily procured. The soil is excellent fof potatoes and corn; peaches and grapes thrive in every val ley, and strawberries in their season. The Island is resorted to for wood and water. Juan F. is now the Botany Bay of Chili. A writer who was there March 11, says : ' j It affords a very indifferent harbor, and has only twelve inhabitants, five men and seven women, all Chilians, except one man, who said he was governor of the Island, that his name was Worth, and that he was a native of Maine. He had lived on the Island three years. There are five houses or huts made of poles, interwoven with straw ; affording a good. protection from the weather. Slange things in South Carolina. The Charleston Courier tells of seeing in that city a half grown pullet, with an extra leg and four teen toes. Not long ago, the Courier, or Mer cury, described an egg within an egg, which it had inspected, and speculated curiously on the contingency of the two having gone through the hatching process. These must be portentous times in the Palmetto State. May not the pul let be a type of gentlemen of the Rhett genus, with their superlative Soulhernism, and the supposed chicken within a chicken, of South Carolina notions of the relations of the State and Federal Governments ? Southernism, like the two legs of a justly formed pullet, is a good thing, but vvhenjit exists in excess, it may be like the pullet's s third leg, not merely useless but hurtful. And the perpetual striving of one of the States with the Union may end in the destruction of both, as the efforts of the inner fowl, to emerge; from the body of the outer, would doubtless put a speedy end to the exis tence of each. Rinchmond Times. they should make a trade ? When men talk, now-a-days, of Southern Rights, it is so easy for mistakes to arise, that it is well to be a little explicit. For ourselves we hesitate not to say, that any of the measures for adjustment now before Congress will satis fy us if they bring peace and quiet to the coun try. Indeed, any settlement that is not a ser vile surrender of undoubted rights, securing an end so much desired, will be hailed with joy. We have no idea that the sober-minded gen tlemen of the Star, are of that blood and thun der class in the South who have gone mad. We even doubt whether the editors would sup port measures looking lo a dissolution of the Union under any circumstances, this side of the total expenditure of'every Constitutional reme dy for the redress of any actual or supposed grievance. And yel, it lays itself liable to be jf he voted all. enumerated among those journals which are breathing out war ; and unless we are mista ken, we have seen il so classed. We should be pleased, indeed, to join with the Star in pre. senting a "united front to our common ene my ;" and if the. editors take our remarks in good part and give the proper testimonials that they are " for the Union for the sake of the Country and our Country's Free Institution," why then we'll join ihem against any "com. mon enemy." they have preaching in the same room soe. cupied during other days. More Galphin Blunders. The Ga!pl;c, i who did noi scruple to rob the treaiurj ofbuo dreds of thousand of dollars, which tkej ptj into their pockets, have been so mean ai to j seize a few saw logs cut by hard working mca j who under the sanction and invitation of lav ' had settled xo the public lands ; and these jtrx! ures has cost the government more than tU i logs werp worth ! Lin. Republican. ! The Swartwouts, Rices, and Harrises, i Locos, are harder cases than the Calpbint." i They would not only steal all they could, from ( the national treasury, the proceeds of bird, i working poor men, but even to sell their poor i neighbors to keep the treasury still supplied. Vide the votes "of D. S. Reid, Governor elect, for whom the editor of the Republican voted, r greater Fruit. We have never known a abundance of fruit than we have had this year peaches, apples, melons, berries, &c, in the greatest profusion. THE FARMER, one's heart good to see a merry So independent, and yet 1 t a and pride. So rich, and , !an ol inecl Vaa! an paSS . mn 8L 8D0" a ' aisittiiue or muse important ooinis. wiiooui em. a i bracing them in the general plan. A word to tue wise is sufficient. Fay. Carolinian. Il does round-faced farmer, so free from vanity yet so industrious so patient and persevering in his calling, and yet so kind, social and oblig. ing. There aie a thousand noble trars about his character. He is generally hospitable eat and drink with him, and he won't set a mark on you, and sweat it out of you with double compound interest, as some people I know will; you are welcome. He will do you a kindness without expecting a return by way of compen sation, il is not so with everybody. He is usually more honest and sincere, less disposed to deal in low and underhanded cunning than many I could name. He gives to society its best support is the firmest pillar that supports the edifice of Government j; he is the Lord of nature. Look at him in his homespun and gray; laugh at him if you will ; but, believe me, he can laugh back, if he pleases. THE PLANK ROAD TO CENTRE. The application for a charter for a Plank Road from Fayetleville to Centre will be made, and we have no doubt the money will be sub scribed to build the road ; but it has been sug gested to us, that a very important point in the scheme has been either overlooked or impru dently neglected : that a provision for three short brauches from the main stem, one to Lau rel Hill, one to Rockingham, and one to Wades borough. The first and last named would not be over 12 or 14 miles in length, and the middle one 9 or 10. No person of foresight candeny ibal here are three highly important points to which every consideration points a road. The distance in ali will nol exceed forty miles, as we understand ; and there can be no doubt thai the citizens of those places and along the line, all of whom are public spirited, would be enlisted in the cause, and would subscribe liberally, be yondquestion sufficiently to build those branches. We do not know exactly what are the views of the company, but we do hope that they are not going to neglect so important a link in the enitian Kin;- cfom, and btTuscanyJat sixteen cent?. . Tbb Franc of Frarice, and of Belgium, and -the Lyra of Sardinia, Wt eighteen cents ix mills. SThe Ducat of Naples, at eighty cents. Tbj Ounce of Sicily, it two dollars and for tj cents. !:. The Found of the llrilish Province, of Nov, i $eV Brunswick, Newfoundland and Cauada, t four dollars. ! J , From tit San franeiseo Paper$ 'li EV f. j' .li Jrf i . uvtviig we rumoiers.--A magnii- lard and found unde Icept row among the fancy, the elite oil pockets;. the order being now in the city, came off iasi nigm in lue rarucr oaioon. Mow the Fpark was struck out that kindled such k flameS was difficult for a mere looker on to determine.." It is honor enough, how ever, to Announce, that Chris. Lilly told Belcher Ray to square himself, and then knocked hinr down, giving rjinT a regular thrashing. ' Thislbciug done up satisfactorily, tha -vicfor. blushingly an ruiunced that he could lick any body about I and modestly addressing himself ioTom Hyer, Esj., exclaimed, "and you oner wasicnargea witu robbing a mag-ulrate named Bobney, at Gettysburg. (Pa.) of 8300. The accused was followed W the Magistral to this city, and found at a ta em near the Cen ire Market. The prisoner n being arrested was taken before Justice Sniith and searched. One hundred and thirty five! dollars (of Ohio and Gettysburg bank notes)lwe re found about his person ; he was then fully, committed to awaitthe requisition of the governor of Penn sylvania. i When the prisoner was lodged in jail a further search was made by officers Wol. QUEER RESULT. Handy, wheti two! $50 notes were r his coat collar and $5 more in his ii Thus, through ( the ' vigilance and perseverance otlhe officers, fS240 of the $300 were recovered lo the owner;. Nat. Int. A most curious instance of a change of in stinct is mentioned by Darwin. The bees car ried over to Barbadoes and the Western Islands ceased to lay up honey after the first year. They found the weather so fine, and materials for honey so plentiful, lhat they quitted their grave, prudent, and mercantile character, , be came exceedingly profligate and debauched, ate up their capital, resolved to work no more and amused themselves by flying about ihe su gar houses aud stinging the- negroes. An Odd scene -The queerest object in na ture is e Spanish beggar, for! these beggars beg on hone .back ; and it is an odd thing to see a man riding up to a poor foot passenger and asking.ahns A gentleman :in Valparaiso, be ing accosted by one of these! mounted beggars, replied. 44 jwhy, sir, you cim to beg of me, who have to go ?on fool, while you ide on horseback V Very triie, sir," said the beggar, and I have the more (need to beg, as I have to support my corse as well as myself. A Dutchman being called on to help pay for a lightning rod for the village church, toward the building of which he bad liberally subscrib ed, exclaimed, "I have helped to build a house for de Lort, and if he chooses to dohder on it, and knock it down, he must do it at bis own risk." 1 There cau be no friendship where thero is no freedom. Friendship IdvesaTree air, and will not be penned in straight and narrow en. closures. It will speak freely, and act so too ; and take no ill where no ill is meant ; nay, where it is, il will easily forgive, and forget I Loo, upon small acknowledgments. - Distressing Death from Hydrophobia. We learn from the Natchez free Trader, that Miss Sarah JFulton, a lovely and in teresting young j lady of nineteen years, belonging to Franklin county. Miss., came to her death on Sunday the fourth instant, from the bite of a mad dog about four weeks previous. The Free Trader says : iviiss ruuon on aturuay morning, i felt shooting pains from the place where she had been bitten in the arm, ascending ' towords her neck and throat ; but was well enough to ride some distance to at tend a Temperance barbecue. The day being hot, much water was drank : and while attempting to drink, the poor girl felt an unaccountable spasm, or chill, per vade her frame, which prevented her from drinking. ; As she rode home she grew worse, and told the gentlemen who accompanied her canine madness, The proxysms soon be came dreadful ; her mouth constantly fi.ll- ing saliva, and throwing out foam, which had to be wiped away constantly. Her distressed and coarse breathing could be heard many hundred yards. Nature sunk under the awful struggle in about twenty four hours, and death came to her relief on Sunday evening, the day after she was taken ill. What is more awful, and fills the community far and near with a per- THE LATE STORM. The newspapers from every direction give accounts of the disastrous effects of the storm of the 24th ultimo. It prostrated chimneys, trees, fences, &c. in Camden, and the river soon rose lo a greater height than has been known for years, flooding all the crops in the low grounds. At Columbia its fury does not seem to have been so great. The Greensbo rough Patriot contains a letter giving a graphic description of the storm in the Dan and Smith river country, Va. The Dan was 30 feel high, er than ordinary, and the destruction of bridg. es, mills, & crops, along that river dc its tributa ries is said to be beyond calculation. The Wilmington Rail R. Co. had a bridge 150 yards long lifted by the wind and thrown down. In its passage through Halifax county, the storm blew down houses, and tore up cotton by the roots. The " Norfolk Beacon" savs it commenced there about 11 o'clock Saturday night, (in Sal isbury about 2 o'clock, we think and tore offthe tin roofs of a number of houses, in the city; and in the country, houses, &c, were blown down or moved, and in one case, a white wo man and two children were killed, by the house in which they lived being blown down. But the greatest damage seems to have been done in Rutherford co., N. C, where the rain commenc ed at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the wind al 8 o'clock at night. Eight bridges and se venteen mills on Broad river were destroyed ; and the crops in the valleys injured. The Ban ,ner estimates the damage in that county atone, at 8200,000! In the upper part of R owan county, in a number of cases, it was very de- structive to houses, timber, fences and crops. Population of Wilmington. The following is the population of the lown of W ilmioMou, according to ihe recent enumeration. Tbi may be railed the resident population ; during the busiest seasons of the vear, the floating - a population is considerable. Whites 3,570 Free colored G5 Slaves 2.73 Total, 7,100 The population in 1640 was 4,774 ; increase in 10 years, 2,356. Su rvey of N. C. Railroad We leara j that Major Gwynn, with a party of Engi- t neers, left the city on Saturday last, on a surveying tour commencing ten miles i West of this City, and proceeding west- I ward. i Another corps are now engaged be tween Goldsboro' and Raleigh the whole route of the Road being laid off in-three sections. Ral. Times. NORTH CAROLINA. It seems from the' telegraphic news in our columns that the Locos have carried N. Caro lina. Reid elected Governor and the Locm have a majority in the Legislature. Rcidukt in Congress voted for the Wilmoi Proviso. N. O. Buletin. We showed, last week, lhat the result of tbr recent Election in this State was not to be re garded as a disapproval, by the People oflke State, of any of the modes of pacification eft bodied in the late scheme of Adjustment. It sincerely-to be hoped that our Southern friend will draw no such inferences from the result, as the pithy, pregnant paragraph above, wnicli we take from a New Orleans paper, dark 'j points at. Raleigh Register. A NEW CARR. Mr. W. C. Randolph and George Vogler, of, ihis'place, have put up a new kind of Cair or Truck, or something ol the sort, which has excited considerable interest in our Town, for a few days past. They intend taking out a patent right for it. It is capable of transport ing, they think, by ihe power of one horee, more than two teams of six horses with the common road wagon. However this may be, it is very evident on looking at the model, which they have made, that a working Carr built after the plan, could sustain all ihe weight that could be placed upon it. There are no axles to break, or wheels to crush ; and we that she would die ofj doubt dot on a very smooth hard road one horse could draw almost a mountain of lead. We are afraid, however, that on common roads it may not be found to answer. But as an offset. to our fears we must mention the confidence of success of Messrs. Randolph and Vogler, eith er of ihem being far more competent than we to decide the questioa. We sincerely trust we are mistaken, and shall watch the result of a fair experiment with no little interest. If it j Preaching rs Practice. We find oor South Carolina friends actually, both publicly and pri vately, abusing, vilifying, cursing and storoiinf at the d d Yankees and Northern aggro ! or, robbers and plunderers of ibe South ; tin j is preaching ! We find on the side ol rsc tick, more Southern people in Philadelphia : New Vork, Boston?, Saratoga and aH the Wa tering places North, than have been there K years, and just as some of hem would bae u believe, on the eve of Resistance, UevoIuuoB . and Bloodshed ! This is a rich piriure. i Ashevdle Mc sunser. New Orleans. Aug. 24 9. 30 A M- The Market. ' Aug. 24. Yesterday 200 bales cottonvwere soli and to-day 1500 middling quoted at -12; to 12 ; good middling 12- to 13. Ordi- nary brands of Flour are higher Ohio 4f shipments of 6000 bbls. to Boston ; Liverpool. Mess Pork 101 a 11. Trice I w L.aru 7. Affray. On Friday, an affray occurred in t"e Court room, between three gentle3 Messrs Dupas, Wiltz and Vean. in'wbieb knives were used. Wiltz and Vean wefs hadly wounded, perhaps fatally. The Steam Ship Falcon has arrived. should B n turn tut uitiv yading gloom, is the fact, that Mrs. Ful- thing. .which, for many purposes, is destined to lay road wagons completely in ihe shade. ton, a widow, and the mother of Miss Sarah, was bitten much worse than her daughter, by the same dog ; a negro, be longing to them; was also bitten ; neither of whom, as yet; has felt the symptoms of the disease." A wife who loses her patience most not ex pect to retain ber husband's heart. The New "York Globe says: Some of the Free Soil organs have the impudence to speak with satisfaction of the Democratic triumph of North Carolina." And may they not do so with some show of reason 1 Did not David 3. Reid vote for the Wilmot proviso in the Oregon OUR MARKET. A few bales of the lower qualities-0' the old crop, have been sold during &e week at 10 to ll cents. 'e quote l lOjto 12. North CaroHnaFlour is scarce we continue our quotations of last ecK 6jto7. There has been a further ' cline in corn, the highest price obtaiof during the week being 72c. No chug in other articles. Camden Journal- At a printer' festival, old bachelors ver toasted as, " Quads" Only to fill out ibe fc8? lines of society. 3 (s. t .IS th th t- i I :w ii .11 i r i - ISC
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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