titatoliti li itlr imtwl salisbury n c monday september lo 18(1(1 vol 1 third skulks no 36 whole no 1727 tei m b : whklt 1 year - •' '"' a i illolltlls • •'" i cash id sdvsnoo rates of advertising , < l»i square spnos of 12 lines brsl insertion 1 nn ■• 2d 3d and 4th imwrtlon oaoh 60 || for eiiili additional publication 88 meeting of tiie stockhol i ' delis of the w n c uah , koad we congratulate tho people of west crn north carolina upon the good sense ft nil wise counsel whicli prevailed at this mooting relative to tho iiiaiiagetnent of tho western n.c railroad tho changes , were important and timely the offices of tho president and the superintendent | wero consolidated and at the instance ' of col tate the snlaiy of the pros j iilont was reduced from 2,600 to 2,000 per annum these two changes j alone niako a saving to the road of 8,000 col tate the gentleman selected to fill the olliccs of president and superin tendent is a gentleman of great energy and excellent business enpucity and we look with coniideiico for a successful and highly acceptable administration we take tho following letter from ihe kalfigh & ntinel moms avion august 31 1860 messrs editors the annual meeting of thostockholders of tho western north carolina railroad wns held here yester ' day n w woodtin esq in the chair j 1'he examining committee's report shows that whilst in september last the mad was iu a very dilapidated condition ii has been greatly improved a year ago tho road bed was bidly washed the crojs ties decayed shelters burnt engines uiul cars worn and broken nil the conse-j tiieticcb of destructive war now the roadbed is in lair order 1 1,000 liesi laid down — four good engines in running onler box ears and passenger cars first ami second class buffiuient for present ] li eight and travel culverts hnvo been i opal red depots cur-building shops nnd shelters fitted up and nltogeihor whilst i in null remains to be done much bus been dune and the prospects are encouraging 1 this company has found by exj cri incut that in car-building ihey have saved money over buying at the n rth ■ nnd more durable cats have been secured ■ to the road a it is too much the case with our peo l]ile that nothing looks well nnlossithas ■ a irotthoin stamp unit too more this li'lea is abandoned the more prosperity vj may look for at home steps were taken to endeavor to carry t e road through to the tennessee line with a view to meet the tennessee ex-i flensiim to our stat :», and thereby connect flvith the virginia and tennessee route ;| bi'.-u to complete i i-oii'l to dacktown iu ■ iieiokee county i it was staled that ducktown furuishos hume freight for chattanooga than now hoes over this road [ the finances of the rond are in a poor hnnilition of course 15,000 were bor | flowed a low months ago from private i bullies and 20,000 from llie southern hlxpress co goods have also been pursj biased from tho government sales on a hredif these meastites have enabled bio company to keep up the toad to this i dr foard of newborn projected the sumption of the western extension and ■'■■" held out a handsome project relative h a line of ships with foreign ports i i the offices of the president and super witeudent have been consolidated and sol s mcd.talowas elected to fill both m the following aro the directors : | for the statu h t £. shober of rowan l ' .. i dr a m powell of catawba 1 a c cowles of yadkin if f davidson of iredell i w murphy of rowan ■ col tate of burke ■ a m erwin of burko ■ lion a s men iimm of buncombe fob tuk stock iioliiku i ■ z 15 vance mecklenburg county ■ hugh reynolds iredell ■ dr mcdowell burke ■ n woodtin buncombe i the meeting was quite a spirited ouo ijfid the attendance full * ii — — money notwithstanding the universal com jilaint about the scarcity of money a meat deal of it has been spent in this city nee the disastrous tbiid of april 1805 when we walk through tho burnt dis vict and instead of ruins see towering fliacious and elegant buildings not one 9a ■* a dozen or a score but hundreds i fliem we know that they were not built fly magic like the pnlaci - wo rea i ol in fliry talcs they were built by excellent flechanies who wore paid for their work fl great number of dwellings have be-n fll'aired and rostoied to their ant bellum flondition on tho suburbs nnincious flnall houses have been put up and many flnro aro iu progress of rection ail 1-60 things cost money that money appeared and disappeared as mysterious ly its thu sura which by tho way will io0ii bo here where ilid that money there wiih ii giottt deal of it come from anil where luifi it gone 1 where it cm no from we slinll not undertake to buy it li not so difficult to tell where it went most of it went into he lunula of tlm contrac tors und mechanics from limine into the general circulation a considerable por tion of it was taken up by tho merchants und went norlh to purchase tho goods that till the largo stores that weie erect ed auother considerable portion wont in payment of federal tuxes and lum long since found its way north being received into the government depositories an other portion of it bus gone to the farm on in payment of wheat how much re mains it would be hard to tell but little of it that haw gonu will iiinl its way buck to ihe city — only that paid to tho farmers which will come back in payment for supplies wu wish we could perceive where the next supply is lo coino from it will bu a year or two before our i'aiin ers can expect even with good luck to realize much front their farming opera lions und they are our chief reliance for a circulation it is believed that much southern capital was transferred to eu ropo before and during the war and that its owners still keep it there to bo beyond ibo uncertainties nnd contingencies to which it might bo subject hero if their patriotism could but prevail over their caution and induce them to retire it fiom kuro can vaults and employ it at home they would bo doing a real service to their impoverished countrymen and could themselves put it to more ndvan tngeous and profitable use here than in any other financial field we do not at all doubt tho future on the contrary we foul a cheerful oonfidenoe in it — but iiku many others we feel much solici tude about the present no civilized re gion needs money 80 much as the south ern states in none perhaps with so much solid capital is there so small n supply of money itich whig ruepresident at rochester rochester september i tho presi dent arrived bete to-day a groat uiul t it mil met him with demonstrations of honor as lias been the case tit auburn irtica canandigna geneva and other points tlio trip from albany to this place may bo b lofly describe i as a suc cession of ovations yesterday at an burn a little boy tunned richiiru*on rush ed toward tbe carriage to shake hands with gen grant and tell under and his leg was shuttered list night he belli word to secretary seward that he was anxious to see him and gen grant the latter was much affected by the eircum stance and in company with suigeons general barnes called to see the little sufferer and eons-jed him telling him in parting to write to him when ho recov ered and be would try and bo of service to him at seneca palls nt tlio station where tho party stopped a short time the piesi dent was addressed by judge mills in behalf of the citizens ilo promised that seneca county should give a larger vote diis fall in favor of his administration than any county of equal population in the state the president responded brief ly ns did also others of the party who were called out at clifton springs the sister of stephen a douglas and his two sons joined the parly tho president and gen giant went to tho platform and bowed to mrs granger the mother of tbe deceased sen ator who was sitting ht the door of her residence not far from tho track at sclienentady they were welcomed by the mayor and council in an address and the president was about to make a reply when the platform on which the parly were standing gave way and they were floored for a time no one was hurt however and the president bpoke as though no interruption occurred lie made short speeches also at pondn herkimer i'ticu and other townsou the route at auburn the party were received by the mayor when the president spoke and then an excursion was made to wil low grove on owasco lake where an elegant dinner was prepared during the banket gen grant proposed a toast to seuor romero the minister of mexico and the buocess of the cause ho repre sents arrangements are being made at mil wuukie and madison for a grand mass meeting on the return of senator doo little to ratify the proceedings of the philadelphia convention a mortor gun has been east iu eng land which with a charge of 140 pounds of powder will throw a shot weighing 11 cwt messrs cowan doolittle randall and blair have agreed to stump the stato of michigan prior to the november elec tions in that state jersey lightning will hereafter bo known as needle whiskey there have been 22 murders in one county in kentucky even to women look killing in the space of 18 days 845 people died of cholera in cincinnati tiie official vote wo annex tlm official vote of sixty counties on tlm adoption und rejection of tho new constitution which leaves only twenty nine to be heard from the vote now stands for ratification 18,842 to 15 isi for rejection making the majority advorso to it thus far 2,142 it is barely possible it nitty bu adoptod though our th'ht ostiinato rojoctlon by from 8oo to j louo majority will probably bo near the truth ratification rejection i alamance 180 ' 420 j alleghany 259 1 1 alexander 880 120 anson 11 5<il ajiio iii i i beaufort ll 880 bertie 240 180 bladen 50 862 i stuns wick i 210 buncombe 860 250 burke 276 201 cabarrus 258 128 caldwell 354 37 camden 2 222 carteret j27 40 caswell jm7 145 catawba 045 il chatham 442 782 chorokee 418 1 chowan 1 124 clity 223 2 cieavoland 850 32 columbus i 180 cravon 05 0«8 cumberland 112 304 currituck 19 884 davidson 251 44(1 davie 158 160 duplin 17 5s2 edgecombe 20 445 forsytho 689 203 franklin 18 525 gaston 227 88 dates 5 0c2 granville 2:17 885 greene 7d 120 guilford 50(1 428 halifax 20 580 harnett 120 2(10 haywood henderson 117 38 hertford i 241 hyde 56 158 iredell 7o0 125 jackson 230 2 jolnibtoii 111 150 jones 82 111 lenoir 05 109 lincoln 397 10 macon 250 4 madison 218 19 miirtin 71 111 i mcdowell 2s5 85 mecklenburg 277 114 mitchell 338 14 montgomery 437 91 monro 423 2s2 nash 79 849 new hanovor 7 5s6 northampton 0 307 onslow 1 273 orange 392 494 pasquotank 43 269 perquimans 136 1"7 j person lu5 377 pitt 51 547 polk 290 30 randolph 543 534 richmond 74 195 robeson lit c01 rockingham 83 490 rowan 8s2 137 rutherford s00 40 sampson 34 807 stanly 19 340 stokes 201 214 surry 347 314 transylvania 14s 20 tyrrell 0 18o union 237 80 wake 707 347 warren 6 4n2 washington 15 245 watauga 190 7 wayne 51 002 wilkes 912 109 wilson 77 881 yadkin 629 220 yancey 213 ' 30 10,570 21,552 19,570 majority-for rejection — 1,0s2 • ♦ • declines the honor — mr g w dil 1 a nl i if albemarle va declines the dis tinguished honor of being a delegate to tlio philadelphia radical convention — lie says 1 was not consulted in the ap pointment and respectfully decline ac ceptur.ee upon the basis of the con stitution of the united states have i rested my political faith for tlio perpetu ity of republican principles ami i con ceive that president johnson's expressed views upon the restoration of tlm union is the true basis of harmony throughout the domain of our country several new cotton factories are in pro cess of erection in georgia and elsewhere at the south and english capitalists it is said are negotiating for the purchase of cotton lands on a grand scale . u the mississippi cotton growing asso ciation think the crop of 1sh0 can by no means exceed 1,700,000 bales or about ono-third the crop of 18c0 i.irini i nom a dnsi i.m iii-iii > sol nil u - tbe following extract from a private letter written by urovol brigadier gen eral j william hofmann of pennsylvo niii an ollicor who personally led his coin niinul iu the army of tho potomac in every battlu and skirmish from the se cond bull unit to the until surrender at appomattox co.it house and rose by bis sohlie.i qualities alone from the rank of captain to tbe command of a brigade will explain itself in reply to nn iiujuiry whether i have any objections to have my name nddod to those who etldoiro the cull for t he sol dier's ooiim't \ utiv invention no cup tain no if it will bo of any tine in god's name use it i would that 1 could use my tongue or pen i should use riiem in this contest as freely as i usod illy swoul iu the lute rebellion from the stand point from whicli i view mai lers i conceive lhat i see the same prin ciples involved in llie coining struggle as wu fought for in the liuld very truly yours 1 w ii'll mann radical mass mutiny washington september 1 — dlinint of new orleans uu i ul'owillow spoke al a mass meeting in philadelphia last night the former said that gov wells under directions from washington filled every office with men who bad given aid and comfort to thu rebellion either in tho field or the cabinet and so well did he succeed that in ihu following year 110 one was elected to the legislature wbo would nut have considered it un unpar donable insult lo have been called a union mini immediately were seen the evil o inseipieuces ; odious distinctions wore made in every direction ; emanci pated slaves were oppressed and justice j or right in tbe ease nf a citizen of al'ris can descent or of union principles in most quartors could not be obtained and tiiia was one reason why they thought of ro convoking ihe convention i of 1804 ho declared that the president inter ference in tho n uu it's of new i bans produced the terrible results of july 8u and that loyal men wero fleeing to the north for protection and tree speech lie a ked tor the enfranchisement of tbe negro wiih ml whose aid he says tho loy al white men of louisiana cannot re-create a loyal government lion w i kelly said he wished lo introduce ihe great ami valiant govemnr ijrowiilow lu the course if his brief remarks lie said that tho present con gross was lite most patiiotio body in the world and have never been excelled by any but the present legislature of ten nessee jle further said if another war comes 1 want you to divide your ar my into three parties lot the first and largest come armed with the weapons and do the ki.lillg ; let the second come with live torches and do the burning let the third come with surveyor's linis and re-mark out and n settle the couu 1 1 3 these arc my sentiments ' what isa darling a darling as we should speak the word would be a very dear good heart loved girl or woman who had the inner most place iu our heart she would be woman loved beyond all else in the world — a woman wo should defend bo fore all mankind — a woman whose lips were those of truth and sacredness — whoso happiness a man would be proud of — a woman you could put your arm in gentleness around draw to your heart press a kiss to her forehead and one to her lips and as her head half rested on your shoulder look deep into her eye and whisper darling !" she would be a woman in whom we had all the confidence in the world — one a man would be proud to make happy and whose pride would be in her bus band's success happiness reputation her own good name her garden her house her friendships and ibe purity of her heart darling means everything words unspoken kind action wailing opportu nity hopes unexpressed faith untold for want of suitable words — it is the flower that beautifies the free that bears the most delicious fruit in season tho word is a volume it means mora than a volume — thft clasping of the spirts hands of love in heart worship of the bud of the true and good the word rainbow which spans the sky of hope and life the bursting of the bud of the most beauti ful flower which sheds its perfume over those who love • we lake pleasiie in transt'ering the fol lowing littlo jeu etesprit for the benefit of the ladies to our columns which the newborn times says was written by n lady of beaufort x c on the eve of her marriage with a gentleman by ihe name of nott : why urge dear sir a bashful maid to gain her single lot — when as you know i've often said in truth 1 love you nott for all your pains i do nott care and truly for your life — though you had millions i declare ] would nott be your wife 1 fact worth printing at usee ond class hotel at frankfort ivy a few days since a little girl entered tlio bar room and iu pitiful tones told tint bar keeper that bor mother bent her to got eight cent eight cent sald the bar keeper yes sir what does your mother want ofelghl cents ( i don't owe her anything well said the child father spends all bis money here for rum and we have no bread to day mother wants lo buy a loaf of lil'end a loafer suggested to the bur-keeper to kick her out no said tlio bar keeper i'll give her mother the money and it her father i n-s back here again i'll kick him out such a circumstance never happened before nml may never happen again — humanity owes that bar keeper a vote of thanks • ♦ # flo crops un tiie roanoke - a friond writes us as follows in relation to the crops in the roanoke country : as the people aro always anxious es pecially in the fall season to heir from tbe crops i will give you some infor mation ns to ihu clops iu halifax and northampton counties well we have ihe poorest propped for a crop i have ever seen in this pint of the state i have recently seen tlio host corn growing region of north ii imp ton coun ty — the ooaneecho neck — and 1 ass sure you it is almost a blight there are j 1 suppose in tho neck about to i limit i sand acres of tbe linest land i ever saw 1 in cultivation and i don't think it will ! 1 average as much per acre ns common up land ordinarily does much of tho col ton is almost worthless in this county , ! halifax there is no hope of half as much , corn as was made inst year and not more . than half as much cotton the crops are , siiu'ering intensely fori iin thu lining i i bolls of cotton aro falling ill by leu i amis for want of rain and iroiil tlio hot i parching weattoor 1 havi ( i;ni'.i£s nor io go 1 have orders positive orders not to go there ! orders that i dare not disoboy said a • youth who was being tempted to a suiok 1 ing and gambling saloon clonic don't be so womanish .' come along liko a man shoaled tho youths n'n i can't break orders said john what special orders have you got come show them to ns if you can show us your orders john took a neat little book from his pocket and read aloud : enter uot into the paths of the wick ; ed ; and go not in the way of evil men avoid itl pass not item ! turn from it land pass away !" now said john you see my or ders forbid my going with you tbey are god's orders and by 11 i help i mean , to keep litem good — a few weeks after a late mar liago the husband had some peculiar thoughts when puting on his lust clean shirt as he saw no appearance of a wash ing lie thereupon rose earlier ibnn ! usual one morning and kindled a tire i when hanging on tho kettle ho made a noise on purpose to wake his wifeeasvj she immediately peeped over the blank els and then exclaimed : my dear what are you duing he deliberately responded : i've put on my last clean shirt and am going to wash one now for myself very well replied mrs easy you had better wash one for me too comtr i verily believe there is not a sweeter word iu the bible than the j word come i am sure that when it fell from the lips of jesils when the j spirit and the pride uttered it when it ! was echoed by the tongues of apostles 111111 saints and in all these cases was ad dressed to the weary and heavy laden to those who were atllirst wilb spiritual needs — it was so full of grace and truth that it could not be exceeded in pro j ciousness by any word iu human speech and this word come is the key note ol tlio gospel come with whatever i thirst you taint come and drink ; cam and take the water of life freely at a fancy dress ball in paris reccnih . a lady was seen iii a very low-bodied dress while floating and waving nil abundance of green gauze she was ! politely asked by a gentleman wha she personated the sea monsieur at low tide then inadame was the rejoinder the lady blushed and the gentleman i smiled a while ago a farmer in virginia lost bis wife and out of love for her nieiiio oiy called his estate gleiitnuiy a neighbor having met with the same af fliction and equally desirous of keeping before him the image of his dear de parted followed his example and this farm is now known by iho name of glenbetsy the smithsonian institute . it washing ' ton is being slowly rebuilt news of the day washington l 0 bept l p m daritnl of new in leans nml 1'grion llrowr low ol tennessee j.uk at n in n»i meeting in philadelphia last night the formor ssid uovornoi well umlor direction from wash ington tilled every i hi with it'll wholllld ilea iiid ninl oomfort lo the rebellion either in ih bold or iho cabinet an i so well did ho sue eei'd tlnii in the following year no ouu wiu elected to ihe legislature who would not have non nl rod it im unpardonable imult to have been called a i inion nt a itiunedlhtely were seen tlm direful enii-i qui ii -.■•, ; odious distinct lions were ma in every direction ; emanclpa t.-il slaves wero oppreised anil jnttiee or right in ihe else nf a eili/ii of afiiean il'ivnt or of in ion prlnolplei in most quarters could not be obtained and his was one reason why loyal men turned their attention to tin ilioughi of re-convoking the convention of 1804 lludui chned that the interference in ilia affairs of ni'w orleans produced ih lorribh re stilts of july 301b nnd that loyal men were fleeing to the north for protection nnd free p.'i'eli wa ask for the unfrnuetiiiem ml of the negro without whoso aid he says lint loy al while men of louisiana oiinnot ro-oreatu a loyal government lion w i kelly said he wiibed to intro diicu thu great ami valiant gov brownlow in the eoiir-i of ins brief remarks im iniil the present cougresa was tbe must patriotic body in iho world ami has mver been exoelled hy any hut thu present legislature of tennessee ilo said further if another wnr comes i wnnt you to divide your nnny into three portion — let the first hiui largest come armed with wonp uiisatiil do thu klliillg let the second emu wiih live torches and do iho burning let the third eoiui with surveyor lines and re-iiiaik out and re-settle llie country — thoso are my sentiment fred douglas publiibes a teller itccepting a pohiiiou ns delegate to ihu philndulpbia mu ialto convention from new york aud says if this convention shall receive me the event will certainly bo somewhat significant of progress if they reject uie they will only identify them selves with another convention which from menu motives turned its back upon us true friends p.inbczzlement in one of the new york banks — arrest of ih guilty party new voik sept 1 p mi geo h hoggs paying teller for iho nas miit 1 ink was yesterday arrested on the charge of embezzling one bandied thousand dollars of the funds of ihe bank liriggl had been in ihe habit of frequenting nnd losing heavily al various gambling houses throughout he city ami on being arrested ui.tuu a full confession ol his guilt the ireat presidential tour rochester sept 1 p m tin president arrived here to day a great multitude greeted him with every demonstra tion of honor as has been lliu ease nl auburn i ilea canandaigun geneva and other points i lu lop from albany to lids plaeo maybe briefly described ns a succession of ovations yesterday at auburn a litilo boy named richardson rushed towards the cartings lo shake hands with geo grant but fell under ami h'p leg was shattered last night he sent word lo secretary seward that he was anxious to s,e him seward and that he was anxious tu s e gen grant the latter was much allccl eil by the circumstances and in company with surgeon general liarns called to see the little sufferer and consoled him nt patting hy telling hiiu lo write to him when ho recovered and be would try and be of service lo him al seiii en kails station where llie parte stop ped n hurt time ihe president was addressed hy ju igu mills in la-half of ihe citizens lie prom ised that seneca county should give a larger vote this full in favor of ins administration than any county of equal population in ihe sale the presideut responded briefly as also did others of llie party who were called out at schenectady ihey were welcomed by tlia mayor and council in an address am the presi dent was about lo make a reply when the plat form on w loch the party were standing gave way and they were floored for a time no one was hurl however and the president spoke as though no inteiruption iihii ooeurred he made short speeches also at troiida herkimer l'tica and oilier towns oa the route on their arrival at auburn the party were received by tho mayor wh-n the president agniti spoke and then an i xs eursiou was made to willow lirove on uwasco lake where nu elegant dinner was prepared — inn ing the banquet geu grant proposed a loast io si nor uonioio the miuiaier of mexico and llie success of the cause he represented markets new voik sept 30 gold l,l,v flour dull at 0 7 ijlo.ad for southern — sales of 450 bids wheat a.'i cents lower coin half cent lower < lals ln2 cents belter beef steady pork heavy — sales 0.o50 btls mess$3287 lard dull sales of 700 bbls at 33a33 cents sugar active sales ot lioo bllds muscovado 1 lal2 j cents par lb beec/ier's letu r washington sept 1 m henry ward beecber'a letter approving of the purpo-o of the soldiur's convention at cleaveland sept 17th as l-o the policy of tho president elicits high praise from conservative lourttals the n v eve post.snys of beech er's letter it deserves lobe written in letters of old it ought to be read by every man ami woman in the country it is an appealto il.e so ber common sense of the american people which we hope will hear wholesome fruit aud will turn many from the blind passionate to tbougblful and reasonable couiiderr lion of the greutest ques tion which has over be n bef re uie americas ptlblie