The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

u The Rutherfordton Democrat copies
our remarks about the scarcity of proven.
der in some of the Western counties, and
says:
''Such is the fact as far as we can learn
west of this. We learn from reliable au.
| thority, that farmers on the ridge have
lost a number of cattle. The oldest Inhabi.
/, tants inform us that the price of produce Of
every description is higher now than fol-
| years. Corn has been sold as high as rs
cents per bushel, which is exceedingly high
for this country. There were about twenty
wagons loaded with corn. passed through
this place last week for counties East OF
| this
The Asheville News, of the 9TH, also
says:
| THE remarkable backwardness of the
| season, is operating very severely upon our
| farmers, and the community generally.
Those who have great number of stock to
feed. are especially heavy sufferers. The
supply of provender throughout this sec
| ton generally, is about exhausted. Hun
dreds of farmers have none at all. Large
| numbers of cattle l.avs already perished;
and hundreds have been driven to the
mountains, to pick ap subsistence if they
can, or to die if they must. We know a
great many farmers who have not got
provender enough to feed a yearling calf.
How they are to make crop, we are I'M
able to figure out.
Men are slow to learn wisdom. Last
year was a reasonably abundant one, aud
had we all husbanded our resources, like
prudent men, we should not now be found
with poor stock and empty barns"
F1RE.-We learn that a small house at the
Smithfeld Station, on the North Carolina Rail-
road, property of the Company and occupied by
the Agent of the Station, was consumed by fire
on the night of the 9th inst, together with all
the provisions and most of the furniture of the
occupant. The origin fthe fire is unknown.
u We learn from the Observer that
new discoveries have been made in the Coal
Region of this State. The outcrop of Coal
has been discovered near Carthage in
Moore county. The extent of the coal re-
gion is now said to be about 80 miles. reach
ing probably to the Montgomery county
line. This discovery will beget new ener-
gy in the friends of the Cheraw and Coal
Field Road.
The AIR LINE RAILROAD.-The Atlanta
(Ga.) Intelligencer speaking of meeting
of the friends of the Air Line Railroad,
which our readers will recollect as the pro-
ject for connecting Charlotte, N. c., and
Atlanta, Ca, by means of direct line of
Road, says:
1--WE gave, few days ago, an extract
of letter from Judge ONeal, on the same
subject, and our readers will recolect what
was said by him in regard to that part of
the Road from the Savannah river to An
derson. and the certainty of its speedy con-
struction. The Convention. therefore, at
Newberry is mainly in reference to the link
from that place to Chesterville, a distance
of some thirty or forty miles. Owing to
the deep interest had and felt on the part
of the people generally, and especially on
the part of the Greenville & Columbia and
the Charlotte & Columbia Railroad COM
panies, we can see no reason why the means
for this link shall not be also speedily pro-
vided.
Attic Madison Springs Georgia Air Line
Railroad Convention, on the 9Th of July
last, respectable delegation from South
Carolina was in attendance. We hope that
Georgia will be represented at Newberry
on the 9Th and 9th of July next and en-
courage them in their movement"