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The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
PARKER AT HAVANA.

COMMODORE PARKER AT HAVANA.
A letter from Havasa 10 the New Orleans
announcing the presence Of Com.
modore Parker, says:
"Since his arrival he has been engaged in
the circumstances connected
with the inhumsn bu,chery Of Crl,tendsn and
bis forty nine companions, aud the slroeiiiss
perpeirated upon their lifelsss bodies by the
Spanish POpulace here. | have been IN
for med that several gentlemen OF the highest
responsibility have waited upoo the C0mmo.
dofe, and related 10 him what they saw them
selves in the streets aud public places Of the
town on the day and night Of the execution.
The sffirms,ioas Of these gnellemen more
than bear out all that has been related BY cor.
respondent from here relative 10 the atrect
ties. The details aIe Of too disgusting and
indecent a nature to be related in the public
prints; and. to no one who does not know the
Spanish character, would seem like mon,
slIous fetions."
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bis road was completed 10 Chester on
the ct instant, and on tna! day the train sp.
preached that village for he FIRST TINE. Il
created quite sH excitement From 4 to 6, :.
600 persons we're supposed 10 be present
The train wss welcomed BY he In,endant Of
The town ia an appropriate address, to which
the President Of The company responded. A
fine barbecue was prepared for The gentlemen
and PIC mic for the ladies'. Alright o Bal
was given 10 close the festivities Of the oc
eas.oa.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
Our Town.

For several days past cur Village has pu,
ca qaits business appearance. The streets
were crowded with wagons and eur merchants,
who have nearly all returned home, were in
The receipt Of their Fall Supplies. We in.
site attention TO the advertise msnts OF Messrs.
II. d, & L. s. Wiliams, Mr.. j. F. Irwin snd
Msssrs. A. BsthuHs & Co. They have fine
stocks and are ready TO aff,rd bargains to all
who may call en- them.
Mr. J. F. Irwin, Messrs. Cohen & Elias
and Aessrs. J Sloan & Co. have opened en-
iireiy rev establishments.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
The Christiana Outrage,

After several days exa mins,ion of the per.
sous. implicated 10 The Christina outrage, we
earn that thirteen have been handed over to
lns United States authorities 10 10 tried for
treason against The goysrnmsnt. The names
q mo prisoners committed 10 answer are
sstlor Runaway and Elijah L.sis, white
aaI Henry Sims, John Morgan, jacob Moore,
A son FefnsIy, Lswi. Gales, Levi. Clarkson,
Cares Huater, George Wells, Nelson Car.
ter Jacob Woods, aud George Williams, col.
orod The prisoaers were taken to Phi'sdeI.
Phia on the 26lh sli. aad committed TO Moy.
ansnsiBg Prsoa."
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
Richmond (Va,) District,

The candidates III this District for Con.
GEES, Nessrs. Boas and Caskie) have enter.
ed into The contest, with righ, good viii"
Wo read with good deal Of pleasure, the
discussion between them al Hanover Court
House. The contest IS narrowed down prin
cipalIy 10 Union and Disuuion" aud we
we're gratlhed al the able manner in " hch
Mr.. Bolts defended tho Union. Tho pvs!tia.
OF Virginia years as~ % 1pFresele at this
time 10 die question. The Eoqnlfer, which
was the organ Of Virginia at The time Of the
Hartford Convention, said relative 10 one Of
the Northern States dlssoIving the Union,
ihs, only the power that esis blished the gov.
ernmsn, could peaceaby dissolve it. SO we
ihiak.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
A Plot Exploded.

4 correspondence has lately been publish.
cd IN The New York Herald and copied into
the Washington Republic and several other
papers, written by certain prominent polll.
cans Of the Democratic and Free soil school
10 Mr.. Donaldson and Mr.. Greer, as slss
letsrs Of these two politicians 10 each other,
relative to advancing lie claims Of 6 EN-. Sa IN
Ilo0sten 10 the Presidency. At firswe were
iHcllned to view this correspondence as sort
Of hoax, bui the following letter fren Mr.
q geer 10 the Editor Of the New York H.,
AID, confirms the whole and explains how the
correspondence vac made public. Mr.. Greer
has indeed "loca habits,len and a name"
We will hunt up the correspondence and #
we fad II will lay il before osr readers
FOURTEENTH STREET, August % m
To the Edifsr Of the Netr York Heraid:
la locking over your paper Of 'sis date
had . number Of my priVslc letters.
la Justice TO myself and the Democratic
National CommlGtss, | shall request yoa 10
pubsh the following statement:
csme here al ihs request Of the Hos. L.
III Donatdsoa ~ the early part Of Juae, Tor
Ihe rutpese Of attending to ccfiain matters
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UNION MONUMENT NEW ORLEANS.

UNION MONUMENT IN NEW ORLEANS.
A Union monument is TO be erected in The
Neutral ground on Canal, New Orleans. Ii
is intended, says the 'PIcsyune. to aid in
perpcIusting the name OF Henry Clay, full
length statue Of whom is 10 occupy the sum.
mil, and Of the other members o: the com.
promise committee, Of Which he was chair.
man. A I,hogrsPhie pan of the whole has
been transmitted 10 Mr.. Clay, and he ha.
expressed by letter his &C sno~ led menls Of
the honor, in 4 characteristics manner. The
estimated cost Of the monument 10 but $40,
900. The work will commemorate a great
event IN our national history, add from the
fact lhaia large clock will be placed near 1t,
top, IL will be useful as we'll as ornaments
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

Speaking Of the annexation Of the Islands
TO the United States, Mr.. j. J. Jarvis, who
has been for a number Of years a resident oi
Honolulu, where he published newspaper IN
English and Hswsiion, Gays that the offer 70
noN made 10 the citizens Of The republic as a
free gift, of the entire Sandwich group, on
such terms as Congress may themselves 'n'
pose. The Islands ask in return, simply TO
receive the rights and protection accorded TO
American ciilzens. The area of the group
Is 6. 500 square miles. capable OF supporting
ien.fod It's present population (s0,Oo0) Que
million dollars worth Of American merehao.
disc is annually consumed. Its American
permanent population is not far frem 600,
possessing valuable sugar and coffee Panta-
t,ons, in which, and other permanent i'm.
pso,ements, large sums have been expended.
The floating American population touching
at these Islands annually, is not far from ID
thousand ssamen and voysgers, from some
400 vessels.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
LOST AND Found

among the lost lhIngs found at tho Crys
ia' rance, and advertised, is one lsdy's bus
''e' one pa'' isncsls, one pellIcoai, four eye
gases went, Two bags Of various color.
'~en'y-s'gh' bunch.s OF keys, one hundred g.
sx'y.eIgh, patasols, one pi.,ol. one flask SIR.
iy-seven bracelets, two hundred and s.,a,,,
hive shawl brooches and clasps, three hun.
dfed add nineteen pocket hsndkefchiefs, any
qnanilty OF purses With sums Of money vary
'ng from Cd 10 Is, and fusiIy ninety Chi.
dfen, boys and glrs.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE EAT MAPLE

ihE GREAT EARTHQUAKE AT NAPLES.
The Hon. {. J Morris, the American Nj.
MISTER 10 NapIev, in letter addressed 10 he
Republic, gives q minute sccount Of the
terrible earthquake which occurred IN he
western portion OF the kingdom OF Naples on
The l4h Of JAY, BY which some $500 lives
we're lost, and several towns either totally
Frustrated or great, damaged. Mr.. Morris
says, that previous 10 the shock, a small
stream that runs near The city Of Meli sud.
denly disappeared, and adds:
al the first shock Melt, which contains
10000 inhabitants, MS prostIsted 10 the
dust, nothing butts few crumbIlng wall, sur.
wing the general Iuln. An unknown mum
Der q lis nha bItanrs we're buried under the
falling mass Of fabrics. Up to the present,
moment (Augus, 26lh) 700 dead bodies have
been aisInleued, and many Others ore con.
slanlly being found. More than Two hun.
dred persons lie IN an adjacent hospital, suf.
lering under grievous wounds, while man,
n
mongsi others, female infant, year old, az.
ter lying buried for two days, was brought out
living and unframed, and restored 10 its ar.
illcted mother, widowed by the same caIam.
ny.
The shocks and rumbIine OF the earth
still occasionally occurred al the time Of VII.
tag this letter, and all eyes we're turned upon
Vesuvius as The safety valve through who h
the struggling fires might escape, although
no local signs were yet apparent.
The neighboring towns Of Aiea, Rio
nero, Barrie, and Rspola are sufferers by The
same CONFUSION. Romero is a general
wreck, mol sound house remsi"i"s- moro
than q hundred persons have here persisted,
srI :. many have been maimed or wounded.
In Barie, the only ediGce no, entirely de.
stroyed IS the orphan asylum, while The dis.
covered dead amount TO about one hundred
and hiiy. ln the commune Of Bari, lie towns
Of Cers,o, Mnervioo, Spinszzola, Andria.
and Tram were all injured more or less. In
Canosss, the ancient Canosiur, founded by
Diomed, and whose walls once enclosed cir.
cut al sixteen miles, three hundred and seven
'y.sIx houses were thrown down. At the last
report the shocks around Mount yoture con.
llnued, ard one half Of the city Of Venosa the
ancient penhsia, consisting six thousand in.
hab''an's, and celebrated as ihs birthplace Of
Horace, was destroyed. The mountain ptoy. |
noes OF the Abruzzi and of Calabria, where
he earthquake Of 1893 destroyed three huo. |
red cities and buried thirty thousand human
BEINGS. kavc Illus laT escaped"
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Fire !

We regret 10 learn, that John R DJby,
Es7., Of Lancaster District, S. c., had his
Gn House and | 4 bales Of cotton consumed
on the nigh, Of the 81 instant, The FIRE was
discovered about 2 o'clock, and IS supposed
10 have been The work Of an incendiary.-
Nj Doby is certainly unfortunate. 1t is on.
" few years since that he had his dwelling
house Aad considerable property Destroyed 10
~. ~sme raaaaer
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Indse Of the Supreme Court.

Benjamin. R. Curtis, Of Boston. has been
appointed BY President Fillmore to fill the
vacancy on the Beach Of the Supreme Cour,
Of the United States, occasisnsd BY the death
of Judge Woodbury.. Mr.. Curtis is young
man, and The reason We see assisaed for The
President selecting him over his seniors was.
lha. his life nigh. DO longer spared. He is
represented as an able lawyer, and one every
way worthy Of the post.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08

NEW GUARANTEES OF CUBA TO SPAIN.
The National lnleligencsr gives the fol,
loving as an extract of letter from gentle.
man in NewY York, whose correspondence in
England ls from the mos, respectable and
we'll 10 formed sources. He says:
:" have a letter By the last British stes msr
which states that SPAN, Francs and England
are negotiating Treaty respecting the guar.
anty Of Cuba. The conditions are that Cuba
shall have Local Lsgislalurs-a reprssen.
,atien in the Cor,es at Msdrid-ana that pro.
vision shall be made for the gradual abolition
Of Slavery IN tho Island. consider the IN.
formation very reliable"
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
The Remedy.

We have received three Numbers of 1.-THE
Remedy" lately commsHced in Ysrkville,
S. c., by +. J. Eccles, Esq The object Of
this paper is to advocate " secession as e the
remedy" for "all the Ills" Of which South
Carolina complains. Rather an uphill bust.
ness We should sey.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MoNU,

We learn tina, the monument TO Washing
ton is now ninety eleh; fee, IN height, and i.
expected to reach one hundred by the frs, Of
asxt month. We regret, however, to per.
eei's from the Washington correspondent Of
the Baltimore Clipper that the weekly news.
paper, started by the Hon. J. c. Pickett,
and only one number Of ~hlch VAS printed
will not be continued, as the mesger subscr,p
tons do not warfan, It's publication. The
design OF this gentleman va. 10 have devoted
the neit proceeds Of the psper toward. the
erection Of the Monumeni.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
NEW YORK DEMOCRACY AND THE
COMPROMISE


We commend to the " Standard " the fol.
lowing paragraph from the Albany State
Register:
Previous to he Democratic State Con
vention at Syracuse, MIR. Nsfew, Of this city A.,
HaekeI Democrat, wagered ha, with Mr.
Davis, also Of this cry, hig, that the con.
ventlon would endorse the Compromise meas.
urss. After II had adopted its platform and
adjourned, Mr.. Davis claimed the hat on the
ground that the resolutions did no, approve
OF endorse the Compromise measures. Mr..
Nafew claimed that they did, aud thus dis
pute arose, md II Was mutually sgreed To
leave IT 10 Peter Cagger, Esq, chairman Of
the Democratic Stale Committee, and George
Dawson, Esq, Of the Evening Journal, good
and competent men, 10 decide the question.
The arbitratofs thus chosen have dec idsd that
the Democratic resolutions, adopted recently
at the Syracuse Convention, do not approve
or endorse the Compromise measures OF tho
last Congress, and accordingly awarded the
hat 10 Mr.. DAVIS"
How does our ae'g hbor propose TO &c. out oil
this difficulty l-Ral. Reg.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION ON
TIE MISSISSIPPI


New ORLEANS. SEPTEMBER 90
The steamer Brilliant, Capt. Hat, explo.
ded her boiler near Ba,o Goula, killing, a.
IS supposed, over one hundred persons. The
numb@r oil passengers ADD crew on board was
very large. Full particulars have not reach
ed Us.
40 encounter took place last evening be-
tween Alderman Laughlan and Alder man
Silk, IN ~hIch The former Was killed.
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The Electoral Districts.

1t appears from az article in the Raleigh
Register Of the Let instant, that the ApPor.
tionment law, passed in 1850 is prospective,
aud does mol 60 into effec, until after the 4,h
Of March, 1853. This settles the question
relative to a change Of the Electoral Districts.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
CAPTURE OF THE HARDY yA) NE.

The Hardy IVA Wing, OF The 9th, gives
a detailed narrative OF the rscspIure Of the
nins negroes who ran "A from that county on
ne night Of the 7th uli. Two were taken
on the Nrglnia SIDE OF the Potomac, and the
ether seven, sixteen miles beyond the Penn.
-lvsnia line. They were entfsppsd by a
90, Of not over fourteen years, whom they
a'ket for bread. He took them 10 hi. faith.
ers cellar and managed 10 shut Them ia.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
MISTRESS PROSPERITY

a fact related in the New York Ssr the
other day may be worthy The consideration Of
business men. The editor says that in run,
ni"g over The list Of heavy fixtures which hav,
occurred IN that city during the pas, ten DAYS
he does not fiad Tho name of single hon..
,"a' mad advertised extensively IN any popu.
lar medium.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
REACTION.

The ship Constitution, which sailed from
New York Tor Liverpool on Tuesday, /. said
10 have taken out tao hundred and twenty.
nine i'sh immigrants, who were not satisfied
WIN America, and dcsirous to return to their
own country.
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FOR THE CHARLOTTE JOURNAL.

=
DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Sept. l7ih, 1851.
According 10 notice, a number Of the
friends Of The Chsrlst,e and Tsylotsvllls
Plank Read enterprise convened a, this place.
The meeting was organized BY calling D.
A. Caldwell Esq. TO me chair, aad 5 Low.
RE E,q. to act as secretary.
The object Of the meeting was then plan.
cd By S. y. Hutchinson. W. Johnston Esq,
then followed, discussing a, length, the tsns.
fits Of the enterprise and It's praciicably.
On motion, Resolved, Tha, Prof N. d.
Johnston, DR.. John Allison, G. ". Stiwon,
Rufus Reid and D. A. Caldwell, E,grs. coas,i.
tute a committee 10 procure subscriP liOs in
their respective neighborhoods.
Resolved, Tha, the following gentlemen
fspresen, this meeting in the Plank Road
Convention TO be he'd in Statewide, on Tees
day Of he next Superior Court o: IredeIl ceIa.
iy, viz Andrew Springs, Rufus REID, Vim.
Johnston, Prof Rockwell, Dr.G. W. stinpn,
and John Allison.
The books were then opened and 81 shares
subsc bed.
Resolved. That ,Ae proceedings Of this
meeting be published 10 tho Charlotte papers.
D. A. CALDWELL, Ch'mn
g IovPIr Sec'y
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From The Wdyrenton Va. Free Press.
WIG NATIONAL CONVENTION.


Some Of the souhern Wing papers are Ia.
king the ground that there is no necessity for
a National Wing Convention to nominate a
candidate for the Presidency, and we are in.
cIines 10 the same opinion. Who wants a
better President than he one aow installed 7
Let we'll enough alone, is good Wing
moto-sud we verify believe large majori.
~ Of the nation are now Of opinion that the
platform aid down by the President ia his
annual message is good enough for every true
man IN The Country.
The Wing S'a,e Conventions, South and
West, will speak on, in decided terms Of Ar
probatinu-and they -.A 90 hhriy 10 give
ibei, opinion .,-s as 10 the Vice Presidency
For our own part, although we should al.
ways be pleased to see one Of our prominent
Vrginians pu, forward, ye, we are not so sal.
fish as 20 desire TO moDopoIize honors. The
Old Dominion has had her full share Of Exc.
cu,lye honors-and we are therefore willing
that other States should como in for por.
ton. North Carolina both from her position
and her fidelity, is entitled TO The Vice Pfesi.
dency we accordingly repeat our pref.
srence for the Hon. VIM. A. Graham, The
Secretary Of The Navy. He has oil the quail
lies suitable for the place, and his State has
a claim which houorabls mon cannot resist.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08

W The Aurora Boreali, seen here on
Monday night week, sss obsefsed both North
more brilliant than 10 Charlotte.
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REPORT ED SUCCESS OF TUE SIERRA
MADRE MOVEMENT

New ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER 3d.
The steamship Yacht n. arrived, with
new. from the RIO Grande, Texas. Her sd
wees from Northern Mexico are Of the most
important, character, and thus far show bril-.
lisn triumph Ia favor Of the hbetsung army.
The revolutionary movements 10 Sierra Ma.
DIRE are said TO be completely successful.
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WEDNESDAY. October 5, 1851.

B WILLIAM THOMPSON, Esq. is our a.
ee1i IN Bslumore. authorized to obtain advertise.
msnls and subscriptions, and to grant receipts.
GTE. W. CARR, Esq, is our agent in Philadel.
Faa, authorized 70 obtain adFertise ments and pro.
-4re subscriptions.
8gN PALMER is our authorized agent 10 re-
cel,e advertisements and Subscriptions al has Offices
Boston, New Y ork and Philadelphia.
20 We understand tia, report has been
put n circulation in different sections, BY some
enc, that the Small Pox is in Charlotte. We
positively contradic, the report and assert
there IS not word Of truth ia it. We as.
cure The public that there is no disease, as far
IS we have heard in cur village resembling
Sma fox, 10 fact, our town ~ almost entire
> .ssa from disease Of any Kind. These re-
FoF:s scns; have been pat IN circulation for
sen.e sinister metre. We pledge our wore
% the public, that shsn any disease similar
o Small Pox. shall makes il appearances a
gain cur midst, lie announce the fact.
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va 1t is efavely stated by the Bangor
mercury, 'ha. Goose. eggs as large as hail.
stones fell recently in shower at Oar su,y
Connecticut"
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08

A Fogiiise Slave from Maryland vas var.
rendered to his master, fc~ day. since At
fhdsdelphls
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Married. 90 the % instant. by tie ksv u y Cun
ninghsm. Mr. JAMES A. TODD 10 Ma. IANE
T., daughter Mr.. Richard westn, all OF Mssksa
burg eonnty.
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WA nINGToS, MARCH 20, ls5


SIR have received your letter, marked
Confidential in which, after cmmiitlng the
error Of svpposiug me to be fully before the
country as the Wing candidate for The Presl
dsncy," you proceeded to iserrogs'e me on
many points Of gave pubic interest.
PsrmI, me 10 say, that considering we shall
probably oaly have Wing candidate for the
Presidency through a National Convsntisn,
and that | cannot be It's nominee excep, By
iAe force Of the unsolicited piriiali,y Of large
ms sses Of my country men-
Considering, also, that If my character or
princi pies be not already known, it would nov
be idle 10 atlemp, TO supply the deficient in
formation BY mere paper professions Of WIS.,
dom and virtue, made for the occasion
And considering that, if answer your que
res, | must 20 on and answer others already
before me, as we'll as The long series that would
inevitably follow, 10 the DISCUS, Of the public.
] will beg permission to close This acknowi
edgemeai Of your letter by subscribing my.
self,
With great respect, your obedient servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
- - ESQ.,, Harrisburg, Penn.
=. S. | must add that write aud say moth
ing on public subjects, which am unwilling
10 see published. w. S.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08

Hon. G. W. Summers is the Wing candl.
date fcr Governor IN Virginia.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08

From The Nsr York Frpres, # September %
General Scott, beng written to sme
months since BY gentleman Of Pennsy lvna,
at he request Of sigh. members Of the Sale
Senate, addressing him as he uudoubied Wing
ea~a,da'. for the Presidency, and requesting
his opinion. on the various political questions
which have agita,ed the country, wrote the
following Characteristic letter IN reply:
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A, F. Ovens, f q. American Consul at
Havana ha. published letter IN the Wash
nston Republic by way Of explanation Of his
conduct 10 the American prisoners al Havana.
He saws: