The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-18

in several counties and resolutions passed,
strongly condemnatory of the course he has
pursued, and instructing their representa-
tives in the present Legislature to move re-
solutions to that body, iinstructing him to re-
sign his seat as Senator.
- Rev. DR.. VIM. A. Smith, distn-
guished divine of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, is being tried by the Con-
ference now in session at Petersburg, on
the charge of falsehood, immortality and
SANDER. DR.. Smiths accuser is the Rev.
Chas. F. Deems of the North Carolina Con-
ference.
- Governor Minor of Connecticut, has
issued his proclamation, announcing that
the amendment to the Constitution lately
adopted, that voters must be able to read
and write, is now part of the organic law of
the State.
u The Philadelphia Argus, of Friday,
has the following: 1--WE learn from the best
authority that Dan Gardiner, who travelled
last summer as clown for Rivers & Derious'
circus, is an heir to over a million of dol
lars. He is now a resident and property
holder of this city, and will be looked up to
as one of the upper tenn
- a gentleman who has recently visited
the enclosure where the remains of the
illustrious Madison are deposited, states
| that not only is there no monument over
| the place, but that there are no means of
identifying the grave. What common
tary on the trivial nature of earthly great
ness.
u In the House of Representatives, Of
the Tennessee Legislature, on the Both ult.,
an act was passed to expedite the removal of
free negroes from the State, and appropri-
ating $4,000 annually, for ten years, for
this purpose, to be expended under the con-
troll of the State Colonization Society.
- Quite large amounts of beef and
pork, said to be destined for the allied
army in the Crimea, is now in Albany, n ew
York, on its way TO Europe.
ed in the Hebrew cemetery, at Newport,
Rhode Island, to the memory of Judah Tou-
70, which bears the following inscription
THE last of his name. He inscribed it in
the book of Philanthropy, to be remembered
for ever
- VIM. d. Roberts, the member elect
to the Legislature from Norfolk, who died
during the epidemic, has bequeathed to the
Female Orphan Asylum there, four brick
buildings, valued at $I2 900.
II Maj. L. B. Washington is forming a
Joint stock company in Kanawha county,
Va, for emigration to Kansas.
- Six thousand pounds of bacon were
stolen from the meat house of Col. Britton,
Petersburg. Va, on Monday night the 10th
instant. No clue has yet been obtained to
the property or robbers.
y The Council Bluff Bugle, of the Goth
of November, states that at that place the
snow was six feet deep.
- The ship Adelaide arrived at New
York, on the 18th of October from San
Francisco, bringing a cargo of California
wheat, barley, &C., which paid a profit to
the shipper of nearly 80 per cent. clear of
expenses, the wheat selling at an average
of 81 per bushel.
p Catharine Cooper, of Lancaster, Pa,
has recovered a virdict of $500 against
the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany for the loss of her husband by an ac-
cident On the road, resulting from careless
ness on the part of the employers of the
company.