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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
LATER PROM NICARAGUA.

The steamer Tennessee, from San Juan
arrived at New York on 10th instant.
1t appears by her advioes that Gen Lock
ridge. instead of capturing Castillo, as re-
ported in the fillibuster stories brought by
e-George Law, has actually abandoned
the attack and retreated, leaving the i'm
portant post of Serapiqui and the whole of
the river San Juan in complete possession
of the Costa Ricans. He retreated without
striking blow, destroying on his way down
all the Notifications below Castillo. Sub
sequently he formed new battalion of his
scattered troops, and would endeavor to
join Walker by way of Panama.
The steamer J. n. Scott had been blown
up on the San Juan river, during the re-
treat of Lockridge. and over sixty officers
and men were either killed or wounded
The wounded were sent in the steamer
Rescue to Punta Arenas, while Lockridge
remained up the river with his remaining
force. He was well supplied with provis-
ions.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
LArER FRoM EuRoPE.

NEW YORK. April 16.-The steamship
Arabia, with Liverpool to the Sd instant.
arrived here to-day.
Arrests Of conspirators against the En-
peror continued to be made at Paris.
Madrid reports says that the Spanish
force destined for operation against Mexico,
will, under every circumstance, occupy a
portion of the Mexican territory for the
protection of Spanish subjects.
The difficulty between Austria and Sar-
DINA was widening, and it was doubtful
whether peace could be obtained on any
terms.
The American ship High-Flyer had been
wrecked at Formosa. The crew had been
murdered and the ship burnt.
LIVERPOOL, April 3.-Breadstufs are
firm. Wheat has advanced from one to
two pence. Flour is quiet. Corn has ad-
vanced six pence. Cotton Was steady and
unchanged.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
WILMINGTON, CHARLoTTE&RUTH-
ERFORD RAIL ROAD

The unanimous action of the county
Court of Arson county, at its recent ses-
sion, is we'll calculated to brighten the hopes,
even ofthe most sanguine friends of this great
work. AS will be seen by the letter of an
esteemed correspondent in that county, the
question of subscribing $150,OOO to the
stock of the company is to be submitted to
the voters of that wealthy county on the 4th
of next July. Of the result of the popular
vote, we entertain no sort of doubt. Arson
is aroused. and will do her part; and there
is no county along the line able to do more,
if there be any able to do as much. Her
people are wealthy and unembarrassed,
and will hardly feel the burden which their
efforts will impose upon them.
Union also, is coming up to the work,
as will be seen from the letter. Need we
say that we are gratified to see that such is
the case-that there is still North Carolina
patriotism and public spirit in North Caro-
lima and that we are not all sold to our
Northern and Southern neighbors. VII
mangton Journal.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

RECOGNIZING PROvIDESCE.--A short
time since there was a very destructive
fire in Mobile, Alabama, which destroyed
some $4,000 bales of cotton. When the
news reached the interior, a gentleman
who had quite large amount of cotton in
the city took immediate steps to ascertain
if he had sustained any loss. Upon learn
ing that he had not. and upon consultation
with his wife, he set apart $500, donation
to benevolent objects, as thank offering
for providential preservation.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

! LAMENTATIONS STILL ASCEND.--The
opposition papers are making the welkir
ring (if there is any ring in the welkin)
with their disquisitions on the land ques-
ton. The proposition to loan the surplus
in the national treasury to the States, has
aroused their love of gold and created
bright visions Imaginary of cOurse) OF
future prosperity. If the measure proposed
to gire The surplus rerenue to The States, we
could account for the great anxiety mani
tested on the subject by our opposition
friends, but as it only offered to loan North
Carolina a certain amount land a small one
at that in comparison with what New York
and other abolition States would get) we
are at loss to understand what they mean
by their constant lamentations at the de-
feat of the measure. We suspect their
object to be to make political capital for
the purpose of getting the outs in and the
ms out. This is what they are striving
for, and they have revived the land ques-
ton and distribution question for the pur-
pose of exciting public opinion against the
democratic party. The opposition party
has been defeated out and out on this ques-
ton heretofore, and we think the same fate
awaits it again. Let the people be not
deceived by clap-trap arguments. and car
ried away by the proposition to divert the
national funds, temporarily, into the hands
of the States. Let the protection now
given to the capitalists and manufacturers
of the North, afforded by a Tariff which
Expresses the South, be withdrawn by
reduction of the tariff, and let the proceeds
from the sales of the public lands and the
surplus revenue, be devoted to the legiti-
mate objects for which they were intended,
that of defraying the expenses of the Gen
eral Government. And whenever whig-
know nothing papers feel like talking about
squandering the public lands on the new
States, let them tell the people that Mr.
Fillmore, their President and their candi-
date, signed the greatest squandering bill
ever passed by Congress, the Illinois CEN
trail railroad bill.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
ANrI-sLAvERY TRIUMPH.

In Missouri, a slaveholding State, for
some time past, an anti-slavery party has
been gradually growing and strengthen
ing, until it has become an element of
prominence in that State. which may, at a
future day, materially affect our peculiar
institutions. At a recent election for Mum
icipal officers in St. Louis, the contest turn
ed on the question of slavery and anti
slavery, and strange to say, the anti-slavery
party triumphed by about fifteen hundred
majority. This result is no small matter
it shows that we have much to fear, yea
more, from some persons living in the slave
States than from fanatics at the North the
former are acorking for the gradual emanci-
patton of slavery, and are thus weakening
the institution, while the latter are not
doing much more than talking on the SUBJ
jet. The triumph of anti-slavery princi-
Piles in large city in slaveholding State
is an event deserving of serious considera-
ton and reflection. The -slaveholding
States are against US, we know, and we are
prepared to meet their opposition, but the
question is, how are we to meet fanaticism
existing, as it were, at our own doors. This
question will have to be solved sooner or
later, and the quicker southern statesmen
give it their attention the better for the
South.
Every days experience demonstrates
that the institution of slavery is becoming
more and more circumscribed, and its field
Of labor is not being enlarged. True,
negro is worth more money now than he
was few years ago, but we consider this
detrimental to the institution, for it is con-
filming it to the hands of few, the rnonied
men of the South. Men with limited means
are not able to hold such property in con-
sequence of the enormous prices.
1t has been asserted that the supply is
not equal to the demand-that in some of
the States, Virginia for instance, the scar
city of negro laborers has been seriously
felt. The abolitionists are carrying the
war into Africa" and yet southerners are
doing little or nothing towards increasing
their peculiar institution. Talk about re-
opening the slave trade and horrible wall
is heard even in the South, although her
citizens loudly proclaim that the negro is in
far better condition here than he was in
his native land. 1t is time for the South
not only to assume a defensive attitude, and
maintain it at all hazards, but also to en-
large the area of slavery and adopt meas
ures for supplying the demand. How this
desirable object is to be accomplished we
leave for the suggestion of older and more
experienced heads.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
ELoPEMENT OF A PRIEST.

Full files of England and continental
papers brought by the Niagara, which left
Liverpool ON the 28th of March, have been
received. Among other items of interest,
we notice the following which is furnished
by the Paris correspondent of the London
Times:
One morning last week every newspaper
Office of Paris was visited by a government
messenger, who, in breathless haste, for
bade them to print a. word of the news
which had just arrived from Meaux. The
grand vicaire had fled with one of his fair
penitents, Mad'lle Vacquerin by name, and
one of the most beautiful girls in the place.
What makes the affair SO terrible just at
this moment is, that this intrigue of the
grand Uicdire, which forms one of the accu-
sations upon which Verger based proofs
of the corruption of the clergy, breaks out
just as Verger and his damnng proofs were
beginning to be forgotten. The young lady
who has refused the most brilliant offers
of marriage, and who is possessed of large
fortune in her own right, has, by the ad-
vice of her paramour, who is supposed to
have been her lover ever since she first at
tended his confessional, five years ago. only
waited until her coming of age and the
transfer of her money from the hands of
her relations into her own, to take this ex-
traordinary and decided step. The grand
Uicaire is tall, handsome man, of good
family. The fugitives have landed in Eng
land-and rumor declares that the reverend
father has written to his bishop, announc-
ing his intention of throwing his froe aur
critics, and threatening, on the first sign of
persecution or annoyances on the part Of
the ecclesiastical authorities. to issue pub
lie confirmation of all the horrible calum-
mics" which were suppressed in Vergers'
trial.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

THE NA1LLEss HORSE SHoE.-We were
shown, yesterday, specimen IF the nail
less horse shore, now coming into fashion
at the North. 1t is a very simple arrange
ment, but we do not think preferable to the
old style. The shoe is manufactured in
two pieces, which clamp the fork on either
side, and are fastened together by two small
screws. Both sides may be made upon the
pattern of the ordinary shoe. The upper
part or ''vamp' is thin, and has fange
projecting inward from its lower edge to
match groove in the sole. With the aid
of set screws at the heels, the shoe is fitted
on complete. A very neat, but not very
economical Misunderstanding Express.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
MARRIED.,

At Davidson College, on the 14th instant, by
Rev. E. F. Rockwell, Mr. John NJ. Porter to
Miss Marguerite L. Harris, all of Mecklenburg-
In Raleigh, on the 18th instant, Kenelin H.
Lewis. Esq, of Edgecombe, TO Miss Bette,
daughter of Hon. John H. Bryan
In Lexington, on the 18th instant, Rev. j. A.
Boozer and Miss Mary j., youngest daughter Of
Mr. Andrew Hunt
In New Hanover county, on the 10th instant
Mr. J. w. Springfield to Miss Rebecca A. Rogers
In Iredell county, on the 18th inst, by the
Rev. Stephen Fronts, J. F. A. Mellon, Esq, to
Miss Nancy J. Fl. Moore.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

NORTH CAROLINA Could've have been
gratifed, says the Warrenton IN. c. News,
with the sight of some small nuggets of the
real "Simon pure stuff from the mine of
A. HI. Davis, Esq, at Ransom's bridge,
about twenty miles from Warrenton. We
understand about forty hands are employed
in the mines at that place, averaging from
So TO 81 SO each hand per day. The pre-
cious metal is generally found in grains
among the gravel, but the nuggets we saw
were turned up in ploughing. The largest
weighed about ten pennyweights of pure
gold, and with others of less size made
pretty pile.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT.-Mrs Mary
J. Shultz, of St. Louis has commenced a
suit in the Circuit Court for $4,000 DANA
ges against Alexander M. Mitchell, of St..
Joseph. for breach of promise of marriage.
1t appears, from the petition of plaintiff,
that she was engaged to defendant, and that
the mirriage was to have taken place at the
Second Presbyterian Church on Monday
evening, April 9th, but the defendant re-
fused fulfil his engagement, although every
preparation had been made, and the guests
invited. Defendant is now in St. Louis,
and is said to have an income of 100000
per annum.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

WARNING TO PHYsICIANs.-Dr. Locock,
the Queens physician has been perempto-
rily dismissed from further attendance on
the royal family, where he has been hitherto
admitted on terms of familiar intercourse.
His salary. $4,000 per annum, royal
present on each safe delivery of the Queen,
and a large practice among the nobility. is
no small loss. The doctor has made every
effort towards reconciliation, but the Queen
remains in exorable. 1t seems that it came
to the Queens ears that DIR. Locock was
given to too much talking, and that though
she told Prince Albert that his habit of
sleeping between the blankets was "a vul-
gar. dirty Dutch practice" she did not
care to have it told abroad.-Lirerpool Post
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
Charleston to Augusta,
Augusta to Atlanta.
Atlanta to Chattanooga,
Chattanooga to Stephenson,
Stephenson to Memphis,
THE CoTToN CRoP.-The New Orleans
Prices Current of the 18th inst, says:

1T is generally understood that there
has been more early planting this season
than usual, and on many plantations the
Cotton was up. According to authentic
adyices from the interior, all that was thus
exposed to the action of the severe frost of
the night of the 5th instant has been killed,
and will have to be re-planted; thus de-
feating the realization of as early crop as
had been hoped for.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
GaInsRoRo., Anril u

[ have just learned that change of
schedule is to be made on the Wilmington
and Weldon road in day or two, perhaps
tomorrow. The mail train that now leaves
Wilmington at 6 A. NJ, under the new
arrangement is to leave there at O'Clock,
A. NJ, five hours sooner
I understand it has been determined to
save five hours between Kingsville and
Weldon, by this new arrangement accom-
plished.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
DIED,

In Fayetteville, on the 18th inst, Mrs Ellen.
wife of Mr. John Smith, aged 81 years. Also,
on the 10th inst, very suddenly, Mr. Richard P.
OVERLY, aged 43 years.
At Davidson College. on the 9Th inst, Morri-
son Hill, oldest child of Major d. II. and Isabel
la S. Hill, aged 6 years and 8 months.
In York District ON 18th inst, Mr. Daniel F.
Hall, in the 44th year of his age.
In Desoto county. Mississippi, Miss Margaret
Priscilla White, daughter of Moses NJ. and Sarah
White, formerly of Lancaster District, S. C.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
INTERESTING ROMANCE.
The knight Of the Black Wool-I Thrilling
Scene ~

The knight Of the Black Wool-T Thrilling
IScene!!!
A large bull dog jumped afoul of a
little cur dog in the street the other day,
and bit off the extreme end of his tail !.
The above is all you will get of the inter-
esting story in the Democrat you want
the balance you must subscribe to the Yew
Nork Sledger, which will tell how cur dog
squealed, and what the bull dog did-and
then how the little dog run. Wiregrass
writes for the dger-Roastinea writes
for it, jess Holmes writes for it. Pickle
pepper writes for it, George Cox writes for
it, so does Fred Douglas-it is published
in the midst of abolitionism.
u The poetry of Eva Earnest " shall
appear next weak
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

70 When the downward train last even
ing on the Wilmington and Weldon Rail-
road, (going at twenty-five miles an hour)
approached the 80 mile post, passenger
suddenly sprang from his seat. and jumped
from the window of the cars.
The train was as soon as possible put
back, and search was made for his mangled
remains. The surprise of all on board can
be imagined when instead of these, the
passenger was discovered standing by the
track apparently unhurt. Seeing parties
approach him from the cars, he took to the
woods, but was soon overtaken and brought
back.
DR.. Sidney D. Sutton who was passen-
ger a. the time pronounced the man as la
boring under an attack Of delirum tremens.
As to the injuries, the Dr., after superb
cial examination, thinks them to be but
slight, and not likely to prove of serious
nature U1L. Herald.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

EGGs.-The Western Democrat says
Charlotte is the greatest egg market in n.
Carolina. The citizens have eggs scrambled
poached, boiled and fried for breakfast and
dinner, and then again for dinner and break
fast. A friend informs us this is all mis-
take. He says CASTOR beats all creation
for eggs, and adds, that such vast quanti-
ties are used there, that the navigation of
the Roanoke has been seriously obstructed
by the shells which the Gastonians have
thrown into it. Charlotte, therefore, must
keep dark IN the matter of eggs hereafter.
Petersburg Express.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

CoUNTERFE1Ts-As subscriber at Milton
writes us says the Fayetteville Observer)
that he has seen at that place several
counterfeit S. and 500 bills on the Farmers
Bank of North Carolina; and that "any
quantity" of counterfeit $40 Cape Fear Bank
bills are in circulation i'll that neighborhood.
The bad appearance of the paper and
engravings makes it easy, he writes, to
detect these latter.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
CHARLESTON MARKET, April 10.

The cotton market was quiet to-day,
owing to the frmncss of factors, at extreme
fnll rates. The sales. in consequence, were
limited to 1872 bales, at IL to l44 cents per
pound. We quote strict middling IA cents;
good middling 14i, and mddling fair and
fair 14i cents per pound.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

A DETERMINED CoUPLE.--Mr Rober-
laugh and Miss Wolford, of Pendleton
county, Va, were married in Hampshire,
Va. The affair was an elopement. The
parties live some fifty miles distant, and
walked the whole distance-the arm of the
tress throughout the whole journey. A
rare instance of an elopement ON foot, with
so happy result.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

70 The following are additional particu-
lars concerning the recent explosion at thc,
Coal Mines in Chatham County, an account
of which we published a short time ago:
The explosion took place at 8 o'clock,
A. NJ. on Monday the 9th instant, at the
Governors creek Coal Mines, which are
situated at place in Chatham county,
known as Egypt. The Superintendent,
Mr. Robert Dunn, and four of the hands,
all white men, were instantly killed, and
two others were thought to be dead; but
after being buried awhile, with apertures
in the ground giving their nose and eyes
fresh ar-the method usually adopted, /
understand, for the purpose of relieving the
lungs of the sufferers from foul air. they
were restored to life. but the life of one of
them, man named Carer, is dispaired of.
The damage to the property is said to be
very great. The mines are owned by a
Company in Philadelphia, and were being
worked on an extensive scale, The Com
pany, understand, have recently invested,
or were about investing, $2,5OO,OOO in
working them. This is the second explo-
sion attended with fatal effect which has
taken place at those mines, the present
year, another fre-damp explosion having
occurred about five weeks ago, by which
five men lost their lives.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

WHALE CAUGHT.-A whale of large d.
mansions was harpooned and killed Thurs
day morning near the Shakkleford Banks,
about six miles from Beaufort, N. G. 1t was
sixty or seventy feet long, very fat, and
yielded upwards of fifty barrels of oil, which
will be worth at least $1,000.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

-Cotton-the receipts have
been fair. Flour is rather dull, and the
receipts light. Bacon-we advance quota
tons. We reduce our quotations of Corn.
We reduce our quotations of Wheat to ac-
cord with sales. Peas would command full
figures. Butter scarce and wanted. Plant
ing Potatoes, few in market.
Trade throughout the week has. been
fair
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

MOBILE, April 16.-Havana dates to the
18th inst, states that an attempt had been
made to assassinate Mr. Smith, the British
Consul. for al exposure of the slave trans
actions. 1t is thought there will be no war
between Mexico and Spain.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
HAWKS HISTORY OF NJ C..

We are indebted to the courtesy of the
publishers, Messrs. E. j. Hale & Son, for
the History of North Carolina: with Maps
and Illustrations" by Francis L. Hawks,
ID, l.. L. D.; Vol. /, embracing the
period between the first voyage to the colo
nv in 1884, to the last in 1891.
The Agent, Mr. H. w. Horne, will visit
Charlotte about the Goth of May, when an
opportunity will be offered to those wanting
the work to supply themselves.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
THE MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY by T. NJ. FARROv
Charlotte, April 81, 1857.

GIt should be borne in mind that the fol,
lowing are wholesale prices mostly. We
endeavor to keep the quotations correct,
but allowance must be made for the fact
that prices frequently change Immediately
after the publication of the paper.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

N. G. PRESBYTERIAN PAPER.-We are
informed that this enterprise, heretofore
noticed in the Observer, met with cordial
approval of Presbytery Tin session in this
county last week. and was earnestly
recommended to the Churches in its bounds.
Believing that the whole stock would be
subscribed within month, the stock
holders present at the session Ia majority
recommended general meeting at Greens
borough, on Thursday May IA, for the
purpose Of deciding upon location and title,
and choosing an Editor or Editors.-Fay.
Observer.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21
Christian Association.

1t is requested that the young gentlemen of
Charlotte, of all denominations, viii meet in the
Court House this Tuesday evening, 2lst, at z
o'clock, for the purpose of forming Young
Mems Christian Association.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-21

NAME THE ITEMs.-The whig- american
convention of the 9th Congressional Dis
trict, among other resolutions, adopted the
following one:
''S. Resolved, That we remain. as ever,
in favor of an economical administration of
the government, and we are therefore OPP
posed to the wild and reckless extravaganza
of the late administration: extrava gance
beyond all parallel in any former admins
tration, and especially the act increas-
ing the compensation of members of Con-
gress to the enormous sum of $50, 900 q
Congress and mileage" and made retros-
pective so as to compensate the same Con-
gress that passed tie act.''
We challenge the opposition to show
wherein the late administration was guilty
of s:wild and reckless Extravaganza or to
point out a single item of appropriation,
recommended by the President, that was
unnecessary or wrong. They have made
the charge, and now we give them an OPP
portunity to sustain it if they can. With
regard to the increased pay of the members
of Congress, we advise our opponents in
the 9th District to settle that matter with
the black republicans and know-nothings
of the late House of Representatives, who
possessed the majority and did pretty much
as they pleased. Did not Mr. Puryear vote
for the increased pay bill?