The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-06-23

2lst jane, 1851 - {. c.
IL rs with much qualifications that we con.
tlnue To find 10 all our exchange papers
north Of Us, favorable accounts Of The ap.
proved appearance OF the crops. Ii is now
estimated that there vail be full average
crop oi wheat IN some places II Is even
said that the crop will be abundant.
la tins nclghborhood We have heard some
complaint oil Iulury from the bug; bat in
other respects Tie prospect Is favorable
H.tlsboro Recorder.
Ia thls county, The wheat is yery good, and the
oaly complaint Is On account Of It's thiancss. One
gentleman informed u last week that lie had cut
tbs best held OF wheat this year taat he had ever
cut siuee be has been faru.tr on bis own hook
vhieh j. about ten years Charlotte Journal
Enfcufire C0uHcil-We learn that Go.
nefnor Dudley has invited his Council To
meet IN this Guy on Thursday next, the
10th inst. 10 coulter with hum ON the propre.
" Of calling an extra Session OF our Gener.
al Assembly. We presume the Governor
does not choose, unnecessarily, 10 take the
responsibility Of deciding on this important
matter, and has therefore wisely concluded
10 take counsel from his Constitutional Ad.
Raleigh Register.
Testimony Of Respect.-A number of the
citizens Of Raleigh, without distinction Of
party invited Joseph Gales, Esq now on a
slsItto this City, te public dinner, OH Fri.
day lest, as testimony OF their respec, for
his character and to yIyiiy the kindly feel
lnss Of "auId lang syne." Between forty
and hlty gentlemen partook Of dinner pre-.
pared for the occasion, al Hunters Spring.
among whom the utmost harmony and good
vii prevailed. MIR. Gales, is the patriarch
Of the Printers OF North. Carolina, and il
may be gratifying to his numerous friends
ot the Profession, as we'll as others, to know
that he ls active, heai;nN, and in the full
possession of his mental faculties at the age
Of seventy. etght-so much for temperance
and industry Standard.
The Cdfatebd Couatry.-Ncyer till our
late excursion IN that quarter, had We any
thing like an adequate idea of the standing
and Importance of the South Western Coun.
lies in this State, particularly Lincoln and
Rutherford. And we say this, not solely
IN reference 30 the situation and quality of
the soil and face Of the country, and lis nat.
ural resources,-but we allude also TO the
character of the people. and the improved
state of society. Believing as we do, that
many of our readers are aboring under
mistaken aud contracted views with respect
TO most important portion of our country,
II is intended, as soon as we can make room,
10 publish few skethes OF men and things,
as they appeared TO us, in the counties of
Rowan, Davie, lredell, Lincoln, Rutherford,
Burke, &c.-Souhern Citizen.
A Picture of Washington City.-Some
one OF our contemporaries has apty applied
the subloined lines from Cowper's Task"
TO the great Babel of office holders and of.
flee. seekers:
The shark is thers
And the sharks prey. The svsophsnt and he
Who with sareheaded and obsequious bows
Begs warm office;
The Lsvee swarms, as if in golden pomp,
Where, charactsr'd on every statesuan's door,
Battered and banktupi fortunes Bqended here