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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05
CHINESE SUGAR CANE.

At the National Agricultural Socl-
ETY., Mr.. d. Jay Brown, Of the Agrl-
cultural Bureau Of the Patent Office,
was introduced to the society for the
purpose Of giving the result Of his ex-
perience and Investigations in regard
to the culture in the United States
of the Chinese sugar cane:
Sugar, he said, could sometimes be
made from the dried stalks, but it is
expensive. 1t contains saccharine
, matter as far north as the milky
state can be had, in Massachusetts, it
has shown % Per cent, of sugar, here
in Washington "a per cent. 1t re-
quires dry soil and hot sun. 1t
should not be planted as soon as In
dian corn by several days. 1t will
mature in less than hundred days
from the time of sowing the seed
For sugar it nourishes best on poor
soil, but for fattening animals on rich
soil. For sugar it should be harvest
ed, or rather cut. late in the season,
but for seed should be cut, and there
fore planted earlier. As fodder
crop Mr.. B. considered it as making a
revolution in cattle food all Though
the Union. The seed can be produ-
ced at the price of oats, at the rate
of fifty or sixty bushels to the acre,
and can be converted into bread or
chocolate, fed to fowls, &c. 1t will
give 1000 gallons of vinegar to the
acre. The NEST northery point OF
its growth is Minnesota. If the
seed be cut off it will sprout again
and bear double, as last year in South
Carolina.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05
INTENSE COLD.

Many OF the harbors at the North
are closed up by ice, which also Of
fers serious distractions to naviga-
ton in some of the Southern ports. I
At Lynchburg, on Friday last, the
thermometer was down to IL degrees |
above zero. At Savannah it has in |
dicated Is above. and in Florida 81 |
above, being the coolest weather ever
known in that region. Ice formed
two inches in thickness. In Havana
"a severe frost did considerable inju-
ry to the crops, phenomenon almost
unknown In that latitude. In all the
Western Rivers steamers are frozen
up. The great lakes are covered
with firm ice extending many miles
from the shore. In the North vest
fern States the severity of the wealth
er is almost unprecedented, and men
and animals have persisted in great
numbers, A sample of the terrible
winter in that locality is shown by the
following accounts from Iowa last
week:
"The roads were impossible
Sleds, m erchandise, and property
were abandoned to the storms. Many
men and cattle were frozen to death
in the highway. South Of that line
a party of Government surveyor;
took shelter from snow storm In {
rayine, which scanned the prairie. :
5 They pitched their tent upon three
) feet Of snow, rugged a stove who's,
: pipe ran up through the top of tht
!. tent, ate and went to sleep. A diff
e Guilty of breathing aroused the party
; early, and it was discovered that tn,
e ravins had drifted chock full, ant
e that the snow was three feet aboy'
y the top of tie tent and the top %
the pipe. Out of the entire survey
a ing company of which they were
. part, two men froze to death, two va
r ded the prairie SHOWS in stockin;
d feet unable TO draw on their stiff boots
}. and were all disabled, permanently 0
temporarily, by the freezing of thei
eXtremitleS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05
For the Fayetteville Observer.
RIDDLE.

Mr.. N. o. WALLACE:-I send you
The following, thinking it may interest
some of your juvenile readers. 1t
was published few years since in a
Pulaski paper, but remained unan-
swered. Has Old Lincoln a son or
daughter. that can unriddle it? Let
US see
There is gem Of priceless worth,
Ne diamond is so bright;
This were indeed a woful earth
Without its blessed light.
The birthright of the human race,
If not the rarest,
1t is the fairest,
That decks the human face.
Without it human love is not,
And beauty is but dead;
No brilliant from the crystal gros
Will answer in its stead.
1t shines the best in artless grace,
IF not, &c. &c.
Its light reveals the hidden thought
OF kindness, love or wit;
Yet when the precious gem is bought
1t is but counterfeit.
Too costly for the market place,
If not, &c. &c.
The rich can ne'e monopolize
This charm OF human life;
They wear it truly, if they're wise,
But still the poor mans wife
Doth with it all his cares make less.
Of gems the fairest,
If not the rarest,
Who can the riddle guess? =
YAGEs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05
NNNANa

VIE subscribers having visited the e.
IL principal Nurseries in Kentucky -
and Ohio, and made arrangements by T.
which they can supply the people of Lincoln
county with any amount Of all ihe finest vari-
cites of Fruits. Shrubbery. etc. They
invite all who want anything in this line to
give them call.
MILLER f KIRKPATRICK.
May 40. 1S56--tf.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05
A "GRAvE" SUBJECT.
For the Fayetteville Observer.

For the Fayetteville Observer
Mr.. WALLACE: There is. perhaps,
in the wide field oil humani-
zing influences better calculated to
soften the asperities Of lie, and mend
the heart, than venefation for the dead. !,
1t is no matter for wonder that amid
the trials incident to the hardy, VEN
turoIs Pioneer, he returns his depart
ed loved ones to the earth from
whence they came, unmarked, except,
it may be, by the initials of their
names rudely carved in the bark of
the nearest tree. But / am surprised,
and sorely grieved to know from ac-
tual observation, that in some places
in this county there are graves OF COM
paratiVe lecent date whose tenants are,
unknown to the living. l know In
deed that there are thousand valid
excuses for these seeming neglects Of
the dead by those who buried them
long years ago. But is such neglect.
n0w, defensible, in all cases? | think
not In many instances we find those
who encountered the privations and
perils of preparing this lovely and fer
tile region for us, their descendants
and followers. laid away on some stony
knoll open to the daily roaming of the
cattle Of the vicinity, without any
thing whatever to tell who lies there.
And. worse still, we often witness the
transfer of land from one to another
without any reference to the fact that
a graveyard exists or ever existed on
the premises-thus leaving the pur-
chaser to grow whatever he pleases
from soil fattened by the decomposi-
ton, it may be, Of him who won it
from the primeval forest: and this
without legal restraint. Why, sir, /
learn that in your town Of Fayette-
vile, vegetables were cultivated last
summer Immediately over the remains
of two brick masons who laid the bricks
in your tornado-proof courthouse.
We owe much to the man or men
who devised our plan Of Civil Dis
tricts. No matter if the sole thing
considered was the political conven.
fence of the people. More may re-
suit from it, If the people so choose
and so will. Each District is a little
Republic. / propose, Mr.. Editor
that the inhabitants of each one O
them call meeting at such time an(
place as may best suit them, for thu
purpose of devising some plan, AM
providing the necessary means, t
buy, inclose, and suitably keep in de
cent repair, lot of ground of sufli
Gent extent to bury all the dead 70
a century at least. If the people Wi
meet and consult each other on thi
subject, they are sure to. find NOR
food for thought in connection with
than tht y now seem to be aware Of
An increase of products, inereas
of trade, and consequent increase c
, available pecuniary means, all deman
} an increased civilization.
PROGRESS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05

The .Congessiona Investigating COM
mittee have not yet reported. Many
of the witnesses, those connected
with the New York press especially,
refuse totestify. A bill making such
recusance in a witness misdemean-
or, punishable with fine and imprison-
ment, has passed both houses of Con-
gress by large majorities.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05

One GREEN SpoF. "A Fillmore
man has been elected to the Legisla-
lure from Dalton, in Berkshire coun-
ty, Mass. Lancaster Sentinel
Frank admission that. No one
doubts that being both green spot
and a green act.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05
PARTICULAR NOTICE.

ISHE first time we have ever called on our
Il customers for money. All those who
owe us on note or account, previous to Dec.
25th, 1856, must come forward and pay us
by the 18th Of February, 1857; for we owe large
Eastern debts and they must be paid, and we
can get money only from those that owe us.
Please COME forward and pay.
RUSSELL & vANCE...
: Jan. 20, 1857.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05

The Maryland Penitentiary is a.
bout to be supplied With library
for the use Of the convicts.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05

Does any one know what particu-
lar place @Americans' are "ruling'
just now?-Age.
CATHOLIC Maryland, amt it?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05

Coop ADvIcE.-If you would rise
in the world, you must stop to kick
at every cur which barks at You as
you pass along.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-02-05

The Kentucky know nothing State
Council met in Louisville on the 2lst,
with closed doors-Reporters exclu-
ded. Secrecy still rules the Order,
it appears. s5fp g
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25

LOOKING AHEAD.-A correspondent asks
the New York Express to nominate the
Hon. Edward Everett for President in 1860.
The Express thinks it is too soon to begin
an agitation of that kind yet, but adds that
Mr. Everett is too good man to spoil by
keeping.
We would not be at all surprised if the
black republicans were to nominate Mr.
Everett in 1860 for President. He has been
going through the country delivering lee
lures in aid of the Mount Vernon fund, ap-
parently; but we think his real object is
popularity. The South must not put too
much confidence in Edward Everett of
Massachusetts. Remember that he signed
subscription paper to raise money for
Sumner, the abolitionist, in which paper
Sumner was Landed as a statesman and
patriot, and Brooks and other Southern
men denounced as villains. Remember
this, we men of the South, before you be-
stow too much praise on Edward Everett
The time may come when it will be used
against you.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25
MIR. STANLY,s POSITION.

1t is even so, and we are sorry to say it.
Hon. Edward Stanly, formerly of North
Carolina, is the Black Republican Candi-
date for Governor of California. He has
accepted that nomination in "a speech care
fully worded and deliberately prepared, in
which he takes the most ultra anti-slavery
grounds-in which he eulogizes VIM. H.
Seward & Coin which he artfully attacks
the institutions of the South-in which he
speaks of the Nathan Dean ordinance of
1887 as a great and glorious measure OF
freedom-in which, in defiance of the deci-
sion of the Supreme Court he asserts the
Constitutionality of the Missouri Compro-
mise. Further in support of his present
position in California, he refers to his vote
on the bill for the admission of that State,
and his last canvass for Congress in North
Carolina. It will be remembered that the
Democratic presses in North Carolina en-
deavored to show the tendency of Mr. Stan
Tvs course then, and were denounced as
slanderers of MIR Stanly. The thing now
shows for itself.
But he goes farther, and says that his
party will persist until slavery is driven
from the country.
We would gladly have doubted this de-
lection of Mr. Stanly. We would gladly
now contradict it, but are forced to the
painful conclusion that it is even so.-VI.
Journal.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25
A COOP OMEN.

There are those In the South who have
asserted and continue to assert that we
have nothing to hope for or expect from
northern men-that the democratic party
at the North has become Powerless. and
therefore southern men should cease to CO.
operate with it, and learn to rely on their
own strength without looking for any help
north of Mason Il Dixon's line. Now, this
is all wrong. Northern democrats have
stood by the South. and recent events have
shown that instead of losing strength, they
have increased in power, at least SO far as
the election of members of Congress are
concerned. Let us examine the figures
and see whether or not the democratic par
ty of the free States is disorganized or
powerless.
In the Bath (last) Congress, there were
twenty four democratic members from free
States. In the 35th (next) Congress there
will be .tJtytour democratic members from
free States-a gain of thirty members in
two years. In the last Congress Black
Republicanism ruled the day-in the next,
the national 'emocracy will be in the as
cendancy. To whom are we of the South
indebted for this change? PROFESSIONALLY
to the northern democracy, for it has de-
feated thirty abolition members since the
adjournment of the last Congress.
Notwithstanding the above facts, we
hear such men as the Hon. L. NJ. Keitt,
backed up by the Charleston Mercury,
undertaking the potency of the democracy
of the North. We know they mean well,
but their zeal for the South and her insti-
tutions has impelled them too far in their
advice and denunciation.
As long as northern men are willing to
act and vote with us, every principle of
justice and gratitude demands that we
should do all in our power to sustain them.
and cooperate for the preservation of the
Constitution, the Union and the rights of
the States, Individually.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25
pREE SUFFRAGE.

The vote on Free Suffrage has been a
| very shabby one-shoWing that the people
care very little about this .'great measure
of reform" The thing has gone through
as every one knew it would-and. we would
Like to know how much better off any body
! Is than he was before. Free Suffrage has
| answered its purpose: 1t has given Demo-
crazy the ascendancy in the State; and it
may do the same thing for Agrarianism at
a future day.-FayetteciHe Argus.
We leave it for the Argus to reconcile
the conflicting statements in the above ex-
tract, viz: that 1.-THE people care very little
about this great measure of REFORM but,
sit has given the Democracy the ascend
ancy in the State" That's very singular
effect of apathy and carelessness on the
part of the people: that minority advo-
eating the measure. should become largely
in the majority. This is strange arguing
from cause to effect. And from the same
argument we conclude that bright day
will soon dawn for know-notilingism and
distribution. for the people are remarkably
careless just now upon those subjects. -
\The Argus is mistaken in regard to the
feelings of the people about Free Suffrage.
Considering the circumstances. the vote is
fair one and satisfactory to the friends of
the ''great measure of REFORM In the
counties where there was a warm contest
for members of Congress or for Clerks, the
vote is full. For instance take the first.
fifth and sixth Districts, and it will be seen
hat fha oh
and in nearly every county gave free suf-
frage majority. In some counties the
vote is small from the fact that there was
no cause for excitement-the people felt
confident that the amendment would be
approved. and as there was no contest IN
their county or district elections they did
not think it necessary to leave their crops
in q busy season and ride several miles
merely to vote on the question.
The Argus wants to know if any body is
better off since the adoption of the measure
than he was before. After the editor of
the Argus votes for a Constable, Town
Commissioner, or Commoner, is he any
better off than he was before Considering
the politics of the men he generally votes
for, we think not. But how would he like
to be deprived of the right of exercising
such privileges
With regard to the opinion of the Argus
that Free Suffrage may do something for
Agrarianism at a future day. we will say
to our friend that we entertain no fears on
+I,at roipt a. 1onr ~ his Marty can he kent
in minority in the Legislature.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25

JUST Soc. j. Hale, Esq, senior edi-
tor of the Fayetteville Observer, writing to
his paper from Old Point Comfort, Va,
makes some very truthful remarks with re-
gard to the North Carolina Railroad. After
remarking upon its freedom from the an
noyance ofsparks, cinders and dust, he says:
at has, however, but little travel, seldom
running more than one passenger car half
filled with passengers, whilst | understand
that the trains of the lower route through
Wilmington run from four to seven cars,
containing from one to two hundred passen-
gers. There are several reasons for this,
suppose but the one have generally heard
assigned is, the neglect by the n. c. road
of advertising and agencies In other
parts of the world, the traveller cannot open
a paper, or turn any direction in hotel or
car, without finding an advertisement or
haudbilI. or an agent, to tell him all about
this and at route, its advantages, connec-
tons. &c. &c, If the n. G. road prefers
the reverse policy, so be it. Its superiority
in every respect that know of Except dis
lance and time) will never obtain for it any
large share of the travel under that do moth
ing policy.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25
State of North Carolina,


Court Of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
July Term, 1857.
James r Winchester, Admir-
of Rachael Winchester, decd, Petition
VS.. for Set
Hosea James Winchester, ct al. J Element.
1t appearing to the satisfaction Of the Court
that the Defendants, Hosea J. Wine hester,
Leah K. Winchester, Wi liam V. inchester,
JOSEF h A. Winch ster, Rufus L. Winchester,
John Potter Winch ster. Eliza c.. Winches-
ter, Perlina Winchester, Nancy Winchester,
ID. B onson Winchester, w liam Winchester,
John Winchester, A len Wine hester, Jane J.
Winchester, Rachael II. Winch ster, Rebec-
ca, wifi of Harry Fisher, Jane SteagalI, John
Steagall, Ann, wife of Holden Horget, John
Winche ter, 10 eph Winche ter, Jason Win
chester, and Noah Winchester, arr not in
habitants of this State, hut reside beyond the
limits of the same; it is ord red by the
Court thai publication be made for six weeks
in t re Western Democrat, notifying the said
Defendants to be and appear at the next
Court of P cas- and Qua ter Sessions, TO be
h. Id for said county. at the court House in
Monroe, on he first Mon ay of October next,
then and there to plead, answer or demur
otherwise j .dgment pro COZ fesso will be
taken against them, and the prayer OF the
petitioner heard exparte as to them.
WITNESS, j. NJ. Stewart, CLERK of our said
Court, at office in Monroe, the LIST Monday
of July, 1857.
6tl ]. M. STEWART, Clerk.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25
NOlICE,.

The Trustees of the CHARLOTTE FE-
MALE ACADEMY, Charlotte, North Caro-
lina.) are DESTROYS of procuring the services of
gentleman, who is competent to take charge of
the Institution, as Superintendent
The Trustees are completing the improve
ments of their property, which is worth from
$4,000 to 100000, and are DESTROYS of having
the Institution opened for educational purposes
by the LIST of October next The Building is
large and beautiful, with accommodation for
family, and sixty-five or seventy young Ladies'
The Town of Charlotte is the terminus of two
Railroads, with third in course of construction,
which will render the Institution easy of access
1t is surrounded by moral and intelligent popu-
lation, and with industry and efficiency, no diff
fculty is apprehended in building up an Insti-
tuition of the first class
Persons desiring situation of the kind, will
address ''The Trustees Of the Charlotte Female
Academy
Charlotte. Aug. Is, 1857. 1t
Charleston Courier, Raleigh Register, and
National InfeIligencrr copy times and forward
bills to Trustees.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25
MARRIED.

In Haywood county, on the 3Oth of June last
Wan. I'll Thomes, Esq, Senator from Jackson, te
Miss Sarah Jane, daughter of James Il. Love.
In Rowan county, on I3th instant, Mr. James
Koon to Miss Lucinda Caskey.
In Iredell county, on 2lst ult, Mr. James p.
Minis to Miss Mollie E. Howard
In Davie county, on / It'll inst, Mr. p. r. Mar
tin to Miss Mary Ann Wyatt
In Union District, on 9TH inst, by Rev. r A
Ross. Major 7. P. Whitcsides of York, to Miss
NJ. z Patrick
In Greensboro on the 18th inst. Mr.. John G.
Ehand and Miss Margaret j. kirkpatrick.
In Greensboro on the 18th inst, Mr.. N. Jas.
per Massey of Rockingham, to Miss SalKe f
daughter of Green W. Brown.
In Lincolnton, on the 18th inst, by w. J.
Hoke, Esq, Mr.. James Yelton, of Madison coun-
ty, to Miss Eliza Havncr, of Lincoln county
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25
TR1R1.rE OLE RESPECT TO Mr. DoBB1N

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO MIR DoBBIN IN
WASHINGTON CITY.-We copy the follow
ing from the Washington States of the 18th
inst.
pursuant to a special call, meeting
of the North Carolnians in this city was
held on Thursday evening, to pay a tribute
of respect to the memory of the late ex
Secretary of the Navy, Hon. j. G. Dobbin,
a native of their State. On motion of DIR.
II. j. Powell, Hon. Jacob Thompson was
called to preside. w. j. Gown was ap-
pointed Secretary.
On taking the chair. Mr. Thompson made
some touching remarks. He felt proud of
presiding at meeting so laudauie in its
object. Although a resident of another
State, he was born in North Carolina
where for over one hundred and fifty years
his family had been settled-and felt he
had some claim to unite with North Caro-
Iinians in honoring the memory of one of
their distinguished sons. Mr. Thompson
knew the late J. G. Dobbin from childhood;
and. deploring the loss of his friend, said
he had never met a man with q clearer
head or purer heart than the deceased.
Suitable resolutions were reported by Hon.
John H. Wheeler, in which the qualities
of the deceased, in his public and private
walks of life, were feelingly alluded to.
Mr. Wheeler addressed the meeting at
length, soon after which it was adjourned"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-25
DIED.

At Davidson College, on the 18th inst, Mrs
Eliza Hibben BardweIl, daughter of the Rev. Dr.
A. w. Leland. In Columbia, on 10Th. John A,
only son of Prof. j. A. Leland of Davidson Col
lege, aged year and months.
In Pamela county, Miss. in July last, Thorn
as Henderson, son of VIM. A and Mary A
Henderson, aged months. and days.
In York District, on the 18th inst. Mrs Jane
Glenn, wife of Henry Glenn, aged about 10 yrs.
Also, on the 18th, Margaret Amariutha, daughter
of Maj. John b. and A. Lowry, aged 3years.
Near Mocksville, IN the 18th instant, Samuel,
youngest son of Charles Griffith, Esq.
At High Point, on the 18th inst. Betsy Ann
Smith, daughter of Carnelius and Rachel Smith,
deceased, aged Is years
In Ruthertordton, N. c., Mrs. Ann, wife of j.
b. Miller, in the 3Sth year of her age.
At Normal COLLEGE, in Randolph county, on
the 18th inst, Capt. }. w. Weisger of Fayette-
Vile