The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-15
WHAT THE AMERICAN NAVY DID.

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this country would be swept out of existence
within year after the declaration of war
| between the United States and Great Bri-
tain, has prepared a list of the captures
made by our little Navy in the War of 1872.
| We captured war vessels, Sc in all, carry
ing SOC guns; merchant ships, 254; briggs,
Go; schooners, $50 sloops, 135; various
classes, re-captured, 750-making 1850
vessels, carrying $500 guns. To this is to
be added % vessels of war lost by the Bril-
fish on our coasts, by wreck or otherwise,
carrying 500 guns, and we have an aggre-
gate of 1898 vessels, carrying 2G77 guns.
From this brief record it will appear that
our transatlantic neighbors are boasting of
| their skill in a game that two can play at
| NULLIFICATIoNI IN OHIo.-The "Republi-
CAM majority in the Ohio Legislature have
passed bill to amend the habeaS corpus act.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
"Ifwe understand its provisions correctly,
it gives to Abolitionists the right of re-
| plevying fugitives from service, by a pro-
| cess, from the State Courts, which brings
them, as well as the Marshal, before it.
| The Sheriff is empowered to take the slaves
from the Marshars jurisdiction by force, if
| he resists. This law is a clear invasion
upon the sovereign right of the United
| States, and will be resented as such by the
General Government. Its only effect and
| tendency will be to bring Ohio in nullifca-
tiCn collision with the authorities at Wash
| ington. 1t is q dishonest effort to evade,
upon the part of the State, its solemn COM
pact, upon entering the Union, to deliver
up to their owners fugitives from service.
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IMPORTANT SUIT DECIDED.-The Fay
etteyille Observer of Thursday, informs us
that the celebrated Cobb case, which had
been pending for several years, was tried
in the Robson Superior Court on the 25th
instant. 1t was an aQticn for libel and
conspiracy, in which the plaintiff, Enoch
Cobb, Baptist preacher, claimed $4,000
damages from So of the most respectable
citizens of Wayne, Duplin and Lenoir
counties, for an alleged combination to drive
Cobb out of Duplin-they alleging a reason,
that he had melted slaves to house-burning,
causing very serious and alarming destruc-
ton of property. The trial brought an i'm
mense crowd of parties and witnesses to
Lumberton, (the case having been removed
to Robeson.) 1t consumed the entire day
until 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning,
when Judge Caldwell delivered his charge
to the Jury. After some elaboration, the
Jury returned verdict against ten of the
defendants for $1OO-that is, $40 each.
There was no evidence to convict the
defendants Oh the count for conspiracy.
CALITORNIA QUICKSILVER MINE.-The
United States District Court in Northern
California has given decision in favor of
Robert j. Walker, ex-Secretary of the
Treasury, Commodore Stockton, aad others,
awarding to them the possession of the great
Almaden quicksilver mine at Santa Clara.
The exports of this valuable metal from
California are all from this mine. The
quantity exported in 1854 was 1,316,634
pounds, value $658,317 and in 1855,
1851, 242 pounds, value $995,621. The
exports are principally to Mexico, Chill,
and Peru, where the metal is wanted to
work the silver mines, many of which had
stopped for want of quicksilver, previous to
our possession of California. The remain
ing exports were to England and Australia.
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HORRIBLE MURDER.--Mr. Thomas r.
Borden, an old and highly esteemed citizen
of our county, was murdered at his resi-
dence near Newbern, on Thursday night
last. 1t was one of the most cold blooded
and atrocious murders that has ever been
perpetrated. He was asleep in a room in
the lower story of his dwelling, when he was
shot through the window, some eight or ten
large buck shot striking him in the head
and scattering his brains all over the ROOM |
Circumstantial evidence, we understand |
Of strong character, exists to implicate the |
murdered mans own son, as the author of |
this revolving atrocity. The citizens of
Newburn, have offered reward of five
hundred dollars for the apprehension of the
murderer. We learn, privately, that young
Borden was arrested at Lauderdale Springs, |
while playing game of billiards, or some
thing of the sort. The chief circumstance
against him, is the alleged fact that the gun
wadding, found in the deceased's room, was
a piece of newspaper which fits a torn place
discovered in the sons room Eutaw
(AIa.) IVhig, Sd inst.
The GOLD HARvEsT.-At the time Of /
the first discovery of gold at Suffers MILL |!
in California, (says the New-Orleans Cou-
rier,l the amount of gold in the U. States
was estimated at S86,OOO,OOO. Since that
time s45O,OOO,0O0 have been shipped from
California to the Atlantic States, and S33,- |
100000 from other places. Of that amount
S22O,OOO,OO0 have been sent abroad, so
that California has nearly trebled the a