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Hlfflf. PUBLISHED WEEKLY.. A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS. PRICE $2 PER YEAR In Advance. $ RUFUS M. HERRON, Publish r. KO BERT P. WAKIKG, Editor. " Itatrs Uistmrt an ifje KiHom, but cue m tjjr Jfk? VOL. 3. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1854. NO. 12. Steinrss (Curbs, &r. .ittorney at t.aiv. Ojl e in LottergatSs Brick Building, 2nd floor. CHARLOTTE, N. C. ELMS 6l JOHNSON. Forwarding and Commission Merchants. NU. io VENDUE RANGE, :il AHLEsTuN" S. G. W. W. ELMS. C. JOHNSON. Juno 23, Tl. 411. R . HAMILTON. It . M. OATEs. HAMILTON & OATES, COJI JI IS8ION J?l K ItC EI A NTS, Corner of BfrnnraT uni f.uun! Strats, COLUMBIA, S. C. June 9 1 85 1 y T. STrMIo: E . B. T. AVCRII.L. T. STEXIlOtJSE. Ac C o., FORWARDING & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, -Y. ijaifme HO erf, CHARLESTON S. C. KIKKR TO Hand, Wtliia nu c Wi'cox R. Mia, Charleston, S. C. J. K. Harrison & Co. I ilJiams, Dixon & (. o., t thar'.otte. N. C. H. I handler, (hatanooga. Aug. 11, '51 Cm RHETT V KOBOX, FACTORS & COMMISSION MERGHANTS, xVoa. 1 tt 2 Atfuntic M'huiJ CHARLESTON, S. C. ti" Liu' r.il advanc-a mi 'e on Consignments. S;riil aU-titjii grren lo the file of Flour, Corn, &.r , and from o r 1 tag experience in llic bnuMH, we Kivin.; ilis(;tcion. trel n jlr nl of March H, l 34. ly Dry Goods in Charleston, So. Ca. BE ROW MM; A. LENAX, IMPORTMS OF DRY GOODS, No. 909 and '21 1 Kinr street, corner of Murkct Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Plantation Woolena, Blankets, fee., C'nrpctinps unci t"urtin Mjteri;il. Silks and Rich l)r?t.- Gode, Cloaks, Mtntilltx and Shawls. Terms Cash. Out- Prict Only. Much 17, l!ol 34 ly RANKIN, PULLIAM & CO., Importers ami Wholesale Dealers in Eoi; Kl U N AND DOXeSTIC STAPLE AM) FANCY mi? nmm im owrmm, EO. 131 MEETING STKKET, KPt 2x, -mi i v rn mm JESTON, s. c. It tnnlactnre ami Dealer in PANAMA. LEGHORN, FUR SILK & WOOL 9 opposite :i, 53 lv C'lIAK LESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. N. A. CUM BS N. LEOPOLD COIIK. & COHN, A. COHEN NPoKTERS AMI KEALEKS r N FOREIGN AND NO. DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. 17") BAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. (10 ly.) ntllDJ.lVV. MLKEI &. BURMS1DE, 00WHSM PA0V0&B A ND CO M M lssiu MERCHANTS, NORTH ATLANTIC WHAIF, i CHARLESTON, S. C. ST rmnwii for sclli.ig Cottoa Fifty cents er Bale. Sept -J--, lo'.i. 10-ly. RAMSEY'S PIANO STORE. MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. N U N N S A CO.'S Patent Diagonal Grand PIANOS; Hailet Davis Co.'s Patent Bridtre PIANOS ; Chiikei ings, Traver s' and other best makers' Pianos, at V.w !) rnces. olambia, S. C, Sept. 23, 183. 10-ly e;oe,ia b.n, JENNINGS B. XERR. fftarlotlc, .1. C 28, 28if B Y anuaii i Iff. a. ir. . A T.TTV WBIkEA I- A, T T " 'ITT.' DRESS MAKER Residcare. on Main Street, 3 doors south of Sadler's Hotel,) CHARLOTTE, N. C. By Dresses cut and made by the celebrated A. B.C. met bod, and warranted to ft. Orders solicited and promptly attended to. Sept. .', 1853 S-ly. The American Hotel CHARLOTTE, N. C. I.' BBG ta announce to my ft linn's, the public, nJ pres- nt patron f the above Hotel, that I have leased tlie same for a term of years from the 1st ol January ooxi. Vtcr which til, the entire property will be thoroujrb Iv repa;-ed and reii(vated, and the house kept in rlrnt etaaa Mvle. Thia Hotel is near the Depot, and pleasant- lv site. . d. rendering it a desirable house for travellers i . o and families. Deo 16, 18o3. 22t C. M. RAY. MMBtMMBaamHBBBBaBHBHBBHHMaaMBSi ManmnannnnMaBaa ttAKC'll A: JIIRP, AUCTION EEliS Axn COMMISSION MERCHANTS, COLCniA, S. c, A 7 ILL attend to the sale of all kiiuis of Merchandise, Produce, &c. Also, Real and Personal Property. Or purchase and sell Slaves, be, on Commission. Salks Kdom No. '2 Richardson street, and imme diately opposite the United States Hotel. t'eb 3, 1S51 THOS. II. MARCH. J. M. K. SHARP. Livery and Sales Stable, BY S. H. RE A, T the tand formerly occupied by R. Morrison, in Charlotte. Horses fed. hired and sold. Good ac c viunodati, ins fur Drovers. The custom of his friends and the pu'.dic rencrally solicited. Fcbraary 17, 1854. 30-y MM IKIO BUSHELS of WHEAT, for which the '''.M'Ul' highest cash prices will be paid, to be dc. Iivired al his Merchant Mill in Charlotte, at any time &ftr the lt day of September next. LEROY SPRINGS. June 23, 1551. 48tf. IJr&Kia Robert A. Whytc, (LATE EDITOB OF THE GEORGIA HOME GAZETTE.) The Louisville Journal thus speaks of the fol lowing beauliful lines: "One might almost wish to die if he knew that so beauliful a tribute as this would be written to his memory :" On the bosom of a river, Where the sun unloosed his quiver, Or the starlight streamed loiever, Sailed a vessel light and free. Morning dew-drops hung, like manna, On the bright folds of her banner, While the zephyr rose to fan her, Softly to the radiant sea. At hei prow, a pilot beaming In the flush of youth, stood dreaming, And he was in glorious seeming, Like an angel from above. Through his hair the breezes sported, And as on the wave he floated, Oft that pilot, angel throated, Warbled lays of hope and love. Thiough those locks so brightly flowing, Bu'ls of laurel bloom were blowing, A ud his hands anon were throwing Music from a lyre of gold. Swiftly down the stream he glided, Soft the purple waves divided, And a rainbow arch abided, On his canvass' snowy fold. Anxious hearts, with fond devotion, Watch him sailing to the ocean, Praying that no wild commotion, Midst the elements might rise. And he seemed some young Apollo, Charming summer winds to follow, W hile the v. atei-ilags' corolla, Trembled to his music sighs. But those purple waves ejichanted, Rolled beside a city haunted, By an awful spell, that daunted, Every comer to her shore. Night shades rsnk the air encumbered, And pale marble statues numbered Where the lotus-eaters slumbered Awoke to life no more. Then there rushed with lightning quickness, O'er his face a mortal sickness, And the de s in fearful thickness, Gather o'er his temples fair. And there swept a dying murmur, Through the lovely Southern summer, J As the beauteous pilot comer, Perished by that city there. Still rolls on that radiant river, And the sun unbinds his quiver, On the starlight streams forever, On its bosom as before. But that vessel's rainbow banner, Greets no more the gay savanna, And that pilot's lute drops manna On the purple waves no more. Julia Pleasants. tai.rii uni Itottoms Or the Way Sol Sold ' his Daddv. my ned alrhe. 4 Solomon, my sou.' And he came very quickly forward,' to use a sailor phrase, for the old man caicbcd him up in liie hay loft a chuckin ' dice with Jim, an elder brother, and he knew he was a goner. What am you doin' here?' asked his da ily. rt. playin ' of iStm;,'ntd Sol, gathering up what constituted the bank.' ' Sweat! And what's that aonnj V ' VV'hy, you see this Vre board, with I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, painted on ? Well, Jim said he would not b!t on any other figure than 5, if I'd let him dou ble, and I throws three sixes every time and puis him to perfi ct smash.' Old Mr. Science did'nt quite understand this answer, but reckoned to hinvsi 11 the 1 li'tle rascals hud been 'ere gatnblin ' and a winnin ' one anoth er's money.' Jim,' said he jest lote yourself in tu the house, and stay there till 1 come; and ynu, Solomon, go ard cut me a willow branch di rectly.' ' What for?' asked Sol. I'm going to give you a lickin ' my son. What sez the scripture ? ' Spare the rod and spile the chiid,' and if 1 should do that thing you'd con tiner logo on in this wicked way until you'd come to the galliis.' " Daddy,' said the youngster, putting ' both hands in his trousers pockets, 'there's no use lalkin ' to me in that solemn strain, for I tell you I'm bound to be a gambler gallus or no gallus ! Now, there Nancy Smith, the female I set up with, she sez as how I am a lam, and don't all lambs gambol ? ' Hold your tung, you dratted skunk, you'r ig norant as a hess ; an' if vou don't lake warning you'll come to an dreadful end, sure as you're a human bem', Solomon ; I say, them gnmblers have a denim's with the devil, and if you should go down to New York with ten dollars in j our pock et, they'd win all from you in a day.' 4 I'll bet they would'nt.' Besides, ii they could'nt get no how else they'd cut your throat with a banna, and then 1 chuck you down some of those hundred feet pits ?' ' Who's afraid ? I'm a teapot if I don't think I could beat the captain of the hull crew to shivers I with these 'ere dice. Why I can throw three i sixes a dozen times hand runnin' and, daddy I can tell you how many spots is on the top and bot loon without lookin' ! And let me shake them up and kiver 'em over r Yes, daddy.' 4 And you turn Exactly.' yer back and shet your eyes ?' ; 4 it can't be done,' said the old man solemnly ' the thing's impossible ! Angels couldn't do it, I could'nt do it ?' Well, 1 kin,' said Sol, with a grin. Silence ! you dratted fill inn ; don't I tell you nobody could.' What'll yer bet ? Me bet ? an old man almost in my grave and a deacon at that ? What would sister Crump say 1 wonder, if she was to hear of such a thing V ' No dad,' said Sol, I did'nt mean to say you wouldn't, but I tell you what I did mean. You see I've got five dollars in silver and I want five more to buy a watch. Now if you'll give me five I'll d. ihe trick ; I'd give you five if I i i 1. ' And did vou sav I asked Mr. S.' hoafd shake the things,' j 4 Of course,' nodded Sol. The old man scratched his head and mutter ed to himself. It can't be wicked lo try, for it ain''. betting, and the boy can't do it, cause it's impossible. Besides it will drive all them uasty notions out of his head, and he'll never do so no more- Yes, I'll humor him this w unst ! 4 now Solomon!' 4 V"es, sir.' 4 What did you say was the trick ?' 4 Why, you take these 'ere dice, and shake 'em yourself, and I'll tell you how many spots there is on the top and bottom and won't look ! If I don't you can have my five dollars ; and il I do you must give me your five. 4 Well, sonny, I'll do it. Give the things to me.' 4 There they be,' said Sol, handing the dice to his daddy ; 4 now put your five dollars in this pile 'long with mini o ail will be fair you know .' 4 1 will,' and the old man laid a ragged Indiana V amongst Solomon's silver and put the dice in his hat. After shaking them a good ten minutes he dumped th m to the floor, and said he was ready. 4 Wait a spell,' said Sol, makio' believe he was puzzled ; 'all right, I guess there's justjjwenly one.' The old man raised the hat counted both ends of the dice top and bottom ; and of course there was just twenty-one. 4 Bless the Lord !' said he. the child has done it slick and sure, but it wan't fair I declare to natur it wan't. If you'll do it again I'll give you another five dollars, and get you a new pair of breeches besides.' 4 Weil, daddy, go ahead ; but I don't ihini I j can guess again, no how. J hut t nglit, shaie 'em u heap, hain't got no objection whatever. 4 All right ?' 4 Yes.' 4 Well, there's just twenty-one ?po!s there thia time, too-' Up comes the bat. 4 There's three sixes daddy, that's eighteen. Turn 'em over three aces that makes twenty one again, by thunder!' The old man held up his hand and groaned. Merciful Egypt ! did j ou ever? No I never did. Solomon, my son, how was ii done ?' Doue ?' sid Solomon, gathering up his dad dy's dimes, 'done ? 1 1 don't like to tell you how that was done but (aside) you were 4 done ' cm niferous. iVr. Y. thtchman. German Bhihes. Mr, James Brooks, of the New York Express, who is now in Europe, ia a recent letter says : The Germans, by the way, hhvo a queer way of making 'Brides,' and of doing some other thiegs in the courting and marrying way, which may interest you, perhaps. When a maiden is betrothed, she is called 'Bride,' and so continues, till she becomes 'wfe. All the while she is en gaged she is a 'Bride.' The lovers, immediately upon the betrothal, exchange plain gold rings, which are worn ever afterwards, till death parts them. The woman wears hers on the third fing'-r of the left hand, and the man his, on his hand, j When the 'Bride' becomes 'wife,' her ring is J transferred to thp third finger of the right hand, ! (j n c tKora it rjm:mc 'I'ltf lntcli'irwl m1uj-q wnorj hi3 rin just as the wife wears hers, so that if vou look upon a man's hand, vou can tell whether he is mortgaged or not. There is no cheating for I him ever after no coquetting wilh the girls, as if, he were an unmarried man; for lo ! the whole ; story is told by his finger ring. A Viennese married lady was much amused when I told her that in our country we only 'ring' ihe women, but let the husbands run at large, unmarked ! 'Oh that is dreadful !' aid she, more than half shocked. 'Think, there is Frederick, my husband only 24 so young, so handsome and all the girls would be taking him for an unmarried man, and be making love to hiin !' 'Oh, it is dreudful !' 'is it not ?' 'They would never know he was married.' 'How can you do 6o in your country ?' 'I would not live there with Frederick for the world. Thinking over the reasoning of my fair Viennese, I could not but come to the conclusion with her, that in her country there was more security for the wife ; and that, therefore, her custom was bet try than ours. But would not there be a rebel lion among the men in America, if the wives there thus put a public stamp of 'property upon their husbands every step they took. The Germans have other agreeable customs in their silver wed dings (silberne hocfizeit) (the twenty-five years of wedded lid?) and their golden weddings, (goclcne liocltzcit) (50 years ;) but of these so much has been written, that I can probably write you nothing new. If ever I get time, I w ill consecrate a whole chapter to you on German courtships and Ger- j man wedded life but this letter isjust now medley enough. The Poor oe this World. - God's ways are often seem in not as the ways of men. They explicable to the human mind. iNone are more so than those which concern choice as to the ob jects of bis favor. He selects, as a general thing, not the rich of this world, but the poor, not the noble and the mighty, but the humble and the weak. Moses was the son of a poor Levile Gideon was a thrasher David was a Shepherd boy Amos was a herdsman the apostles were " igno rant and unlearned." The reformer, Zwingle, emerged from a shepherd's hut among the Alps. Melancthon, the great theologian of the Reforma tion was a workman in an armorer's shop. Mar tin Luthor was the child of a poor miner. Corey, who orignalcd the plan of translating the Bible into the language of the millions of Hin dostan, w as a shoemaker in Northampton. Dr. Morison who translated the Bible into the Chinese lanffiiRfire. was a last-maker, in Newcantie. Dr. ar c? Milue was a herd boy in Aberdeenshire. Dr. Adam Clarke was the child of Irish cotters. John Foster was a weaver ; Andrew Fuller was a farm-servant. William J,iy. ol B it-h, was a herdsman ; and the present Archbishop of York fs the son of a draper. North Bend, rendf-reJ famous as the residence and burial phce ol President Harrison, will soon be converted into a town. A considerable portion of it has been purchased by some capitalists, who contemplate laying it out in town lo'sand oiy. ring them lor sale. Agriculture and the Professions. When young men are about completing their education, they very wisely ask themselves what they shall do. A few, scanning the various pur suits, luckily hit on something in harmony wi'h their tastes, while the greater part look only to the professions as the legitimate sphere of educa ted men. Now this conclusion is all wrong. A college education aims at a professional life no more than any other ; Lut only at a general dis cipline and culture of mind which may be applied to all pursuits. There are, no doub'. some in each class, who are adapt d to and will honor any of ! the. professions ; but the greater part are not, and ihey enter them rather because they are honor able, than in hopes of honoring them. Hut we have little sympathy with those luminaries which seek lo shine by a reflected light. We have been taught to believe that the man should honor hia office, not the office the man ; and that it is better to move at the head of even an humble calling, than follow in the rear of a dignified profession. We would rather raise potatoes which somt body will eat, than make speeches which no one will hear, or write books which no one will read. But if these young gentlemen will carefully look around, they will perhaps find other avenues to wealth and distinction, besides the professions. Take for instance, agriculture not simply the art of plowing the ground, but agriculture viewed in all its practical and scientific bearings, and they will possibly find scope for the display of at least moderate capacities. Indeed, if we mistake not, some enter the professions, who would not find a waste of talent in agricultural pursuits, and who are quite as well suited to fhem. But so many young men are captivated with the idea of professional ur political titles and life, that they overlook what they call the humbler avocations. So away they go, talking of Robert Halls and Daniel Websters, between whom and themselves there is no more comparison than between the Alps and an ant-hill. We would not be thought to underrate the professions by any means; but we believe strongly in an adaptation, a fitness for things. If a man has not a natural capacity for one pursuit let him take up another for which he has a natural capacity. Better handle the plow with grace, than make a stupid argument. Nor yet does this avocation preclude access to political distinction, to hich so many young men aspire. We know some farmers who stand as good a chance for office as many of their profes sional brethren, and who are as well able lo flou rish a delicate a hand, tr quiddle as accurately, or talk us honiedly ; bu; in good sense and sound judgment the essential elements of a mm they are by no means inferior. We always like lo see such men good honest .-ouls ! w ho lean not on the dignity of their pro'sioro, i.nf iksmcal... Such men are at once tiio strength and pride of the country. Let not young men, therefore, think a profes sion the " sine qua non" of human greatness, but let them cast about and see what they are fitted and have a taste for. They will go to work thor oughly and earnestly, and be sure to succeed, while on the other hand, they will most surely fail. American Agriculturist. Blind to his own Interest. The St. Louis Intelligencer relates the following amusing inci dent, as having occurred there a lew days ago : One of Health's sprinkling wagons used to dam pen the streets of our city by water from a large re servoir, containing several hogsheads, was pro ceeding slowly down Fourth street, engaged in the laudable task of flooring the dust, when the at tention of a raw Hoosier was attracted tow ards this singular looking vehicle : Hullo, stranger !' said fie, addressing himself quite audibly to the driver, ' you're losing all your water thar.' No answer was made by the person addressed. 4 I say, old hoss said the Hoosier, you'r los ing your water right sm-irt thar, I tell you, and I'll be dog-on'd if your old tub wont be dry, next thing you know.' The driver was still silent, and the stranger agai n addressed John. Look here, you fool, don't you see something broke loose in your old cistern upon wheels, and that all your water is leaking out.' Sii'l the driver -was silent, and the Hoosier turn ed away in disgust, saying 4 I'll allow that feller is a little the biggest fool I ever did see ; but if he's so blind to his own inter est ts to throw his labor away in that manner, let him do ii and be d d !' Every body has heard of the gentleman who de scribed his country seat as having a ' Lemonade ' in front, a 4 Porto-rico ' to each wing, a ' Pizarro' in the rear, with an ' Anecdote ' by which the wa ter was conveyed into a 4 Resurrection ' in the 4 Erie.' If we had ever heard of that gentleman's having taken up his residence south of Mason and Dixon's line we should have no doubt that be was identical with the one who, as a Louisiana corres pondent narrates, thus announced some contem plated architectual improvements : 'I contend,' said he, ' among othfr 4 pusillani mous things, to put a' 4 Disclosure ' around that field, plant a 4 Harbor in the middle, and cut a 4 Revenue' up to the door. And then when I have built a 4 Perdition,' to my house, I shul! be able to receive my friends in a 4 hostile, man ner.' A Sad Picture The Journal of Commerce says : Not a night passes, we are truthfully told with out burglaries. Fires are of constant occurrence. Midnight brawls are frequent. Murders follow upo, each other wi'h frightful rapidity. Punish ment for these offences is slow and not sure in the few cases in which arrests are made. It is un deniable that there is a far wider sympathy for criminals than is compatible with the public good.' This is indeed a sad picture of the Empire City. Choice Fodder. A correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune, writing (rom Bayou Sara, Louisiana, under dated of the 17th of September, s?ys i "The sugar plan'ers have nothing to complain rl except the low prices of Inst year. It is a fact that the planters here are feeding their molasses to their mules, and f am told mix?d with hay or straw it makes most escetlcai food, and that the g'.ock are very fond ol it." The North and South. The Petersburg Intelligencer, an able Whig Journal, has the following remarks on the political aspect of affairs at the North : Months ago this paper' took tlie ground that in a national sense of the term the Whig party had ceased to exist, its destruction having been accom plisljed by the open abandonment of the National Constitution by the Whigs of the North, who are loudly professing the most devoted loyalty to thai greariirstrijinent. At l he time when we made this declaration, and called on the Whigs of the South to look out for themselves, we incurred the censure of more than one Southern Whig journal, and were charged with making a rash and precipitate DioremrBi, wnion, u rottuwva up, might naetcn itc advent of evils which might otherwise be arrested in their progress. We took this censure, we hope, in a b coming spirit, being well assured that' time would vindicate the truih of our position and the folly of trusting ourrights lo the defence of Northern people. We had no pride of opinion about this, and God forbid that we should have any. Most gladly would we have stood exposed as a false prophet and idle dreamer did the fads warrant such an exposure. But unfortunately for the country, time in its march, at every step, brought "confirmation strong as proofs of holy writ" that our apprehensions wi re but too well founded. At the North now all disguise is thrown oif, and the wild surges of abo litionism are sweeping away every vestige of con servative sentiment. Whatever of conservative feeling might have existed once there has been intimidated, beaten down and rendered powerless, and the whole country is drunk with the madness and fanaticism of abolition. We learn from the most intelligent sources (from gentlemen who have been eye and ear witnesses of their conduct and proceedings) that it is perfectly evident that a large majority of ihe Northern people look to a dissolution of the Union as a great good, to attain which no exertions should be spared. We are well aware that there exists a class of persone in the South who are always exclaiming, "There is no danger, the abolitionist are a contemptible faction, which, if lei alone and undisturbed, would soon die out. This has been the language ever since those demons of mischief, Arthur Tappan and Lloyd Garrison, commenced their damnable opera tions with a handful of followers. Since then, this squad has grown with every rolling year, until we now behold a great army of traitors panting for an opportunity of pulling down the pillars of the Government undfi viny out, "now let chaos come again." There exists in the Soulh a class of men who, although unconsciously to themselves, contribute to keep the South in ignorance of its true position and nolicy allude tn llm mir-a ntile internet God forbid that we should charge them with sym pathizing with abolitionists. Our meaning is simply this, that the mercantile interest of the South is necessarily so intimately interlaced with the North, that a fafal blow to the Union would produce the wildest scene of commercial ruin ever conceived, and consign hundreds of thousands to perfect beggary. And it is to stave off this day of un utterable woe that the merchants of the South many, very many of them, too, being Northern men say to their neighbors, "B6 patient, there is a good time coming yet ; the abolitionists will be put down." This enervating and destructive advice is only calculated to deliver up the South, 'ound hand and foot, to the Northern oppressors it is positive "fiddling while Rome is burning;" and t b j planters of the South, upon whose great interests the brunt of the w ar is waged, should utterly scout it. We say war is waged, for who, wilh half an eye, cannot see that the war has commenced, to end God alone knows how or when. While we write, the Northern people are making the most strenuous efforts to fill the next Congress with members pledged to a repeal of the fugitive slave law and the restoration of the Missouri feature, and what sha.lt prevent their success? Nothing but a bold united front on the part of the South. If there should be any. wavering and quailing, we should be reduced to a bondage, to which dea'h in Jen thousand different shapes would be preferable. This bold, united front cannot be held unless we go to work "white it is called to-day," and not await the night when no man can work. Let us rouse upour people in tho mountains, the valleys and the plains. Let us meet in conventions in States, in districts, in counties, and at cross roads, and send back the proud defiance of freemen ready to die in defence of their riyhfs to the Northern invader, and drive him back to his bleak and in hospitable regions. - 4 a t v . "Young America." In his discourse before the Literary Societies of the Universities of Vir ginia, John Mitchell makes the following appeal, full of the ring of the true metal to "Young A merica :" "On America especially, and in a more signal manner, as 1 fondly believe, devolves this glorious business. You cannot, young Americans ! you cannot regenerate your kind ; but you can make your own lives sublime ; you can make the history of your own land a panorama of great ends, a Pantheon of demigods. And is this nothing? Do you not find fhis an aim high enough to nerve your souls to all manly actions? That block of cold, gray granite, which presses the dust of Jef. ferson on Monfieello, speaks to you here tind now He that haili ears to hear, let him hear ! The genius of your country beckons to ycu from the summits of the Cordilleras woos you into the balmy airs of the Pacific sighs to you out of the palm-groves of the Antilles, as chained Andromeda sighed for her deliverer. Aye, an Opportunity, too, a winged horse of Perseus, saddled and bitted, comes bounding by : miss if, and yon may sit long helpless by the wayside ; but sieze the steed, mount, and ride victoriously, and the sounding corridors of Time shall long echo ibe clang of your sounding hoofs, and the pages of history shall gleam and glow forever with the pomp of your pro-destined march. Viadote. This is the name of a new style of ladies, bonnets, of P ir.iia,n origin. It is so con structed thai it can be fouled and packed up into a smnll case of two aud-a-ha'f inches sleep, ren dered it perfectly improved. The bonnet can be made in every style, and turned in every height of the fashion, without impairing its character, Love of Country. It scarcely matters where a man is born, whether amid the frost and snow of Polar regions, or in Southern climes, where the verdure of earth is perennial, he loves, and to tiro latest hour of his life will love, his native land. Il may bo bleak and inhospitable ; its government may be oppres sive ; still he clings to the soil on which be was born w ith an unfaltering affection, and whitherso ever he may go into other and more beautiful countries, his memory in waking hours and in dreams wanders to his childhood's home he loves it though it exiles him, and is proud of its name and fame, while its yoke sits galling on his neck. Jove o. country is a life-implonted sen'' i. trui, ueiniiiig aiiue m ne ruaesi savage anaino most polished civilized mr.. And it is a beautiful ordinance in our naturo that we are all pervaded by ihis sentiment. Prom this springs the fraternity of race and nation ; the cohesion of individuals into cemmunitx-s, and ihe inclination of communities to a " local habitation and a name." From (his, too, spring the strong est manifestations' of brotherhood man coring first for himself, family and kindred; ihen for tho community and nation to which he belongs. Through this isolate fraternity, man, rising in in telligence, extends tho brothorhood of communi ties to the human race. From this, too, springs patriotism, which, without a country endeared by peculiar associations to love and defend, would not exist. If man was bound in mind and Hears to no peculiar spot of earth ; if the birth-place, tlie hearths, the allars, and the graves of kindred were no bond, his sentiment, from first to last, would be unmitigated selfishness, and instead of meeting and defying danger by his hearth Brtd altar, he would fly to other spaces of earth. Hi; would be continually a wanderer a nomad careless where he pitched his tent, or where his grave was scooped. And since this sentiment is so strong, so essen tial, and so beautiful for the development and brotherhood of our common race, how steadily intelligent peoples aud nations should strive to render their native lands their countries wor thy of their love and praise. The Roman of to day is abject and bowed down, becaus his coun try is desecrated and shorn of the beauty and glory which inspired the conquering legions of the Caesars. He may love his country as devotedly as did a Fubius or a Brutus, but it in not the love which springs from pride in her power, her virtuo arid her greatness ; it is rather a love compounded of grief and pity that she has so degonerated. The virtue and patriotism of a people depend much upon tho condition of the country to which they belong. It may be easy to-dny to impose fetters upon the inheritors of the "eternal city," age of Coriolanus. But the love of country simply is not enough to inspire the noblest patriotism ; it must, to stim. ulate ihe loftiest virtue and heroism, be a love born of a just pride. It must be a love ihat will not permit a people to forego the guardianship of their own soil, institutions and laws. A love that will make them eternally vigilant in the defence of their own hearths, altars and graves. A hue, jealous as devoted, and relying upon native hands and hearts, and not upon foreign auxiliaries upon Praetorian Guards. A people may be hos pitable and give shelter as they will, hut the sword, the treasure and the laws of their land must not be placed in the hands of strangers. All history, in ineradicable lines, is graven wilh warning to this end. 2V. Y. Mirror. fCjT The Charlotte Democrat recommends Capt. Walker, of Mecklenburg, as a suitable per son for Speaker of the Senate of the next Legisla ture. Capt. Walker is a gentleman of experience and ability, and would doubtless fulfil the duties of the station with credit to himself and the demo cratic party. The same paper recommends Wm. T. Dortch, Esq., of Way ne, os Speaker ol the Hous Mr. D. is a gentleman of excellent sense, and is fully qualified for the Speakership. Fayeiteville Carolinian. Homicide. On Saturday last an altercalion occurred at the Camden Hotel between John L. Dixon, jr., and William J. Graham, in wbicb ibo former iuflic'ed a wound on the latter with a bowio knife, from which he died in ten or fifteen minutes. Dixon surrendered himself to the sheriff, and is now in jail. We forbear giving the particular, as the case will soon undergo a judicial investiga tion. Camden Journal. 4 Whig Victories.' Merging the Whig party in the abolition party, and so increasing ihe usual abolition vote, and electing a few abolitionism that could not otherwise have got into office. Union. " Dear sir," lisped a great lady, in a watered silk, at the World's Fair, " have the goodness to inform me if there are any nobleman in the United States ?" " Yes, ma'am," answered a full led Jonathan, " I am one of them." Advices from China up to the 22d July represent Canton as quiet, though the weather citizens wero leaving for the interior. Commodore Perry had arrived there. Tea business dull. Suspension. When a bank suspends in Aus. tralia, they take the president te a neighboring tree and serve him in the aame manner. A sim ple remedy, but very efficacious. They Reim di atk Him. The Democrat of the Fifth Ward, Philadelphia, have repudiated Robt. D. Wilkinson, the Democratic nominee for Recorder, on account of his Know Nothing pro clivities. An Invention. A double barreled cannon to load at ihe breech, and the barrels of which may be moved in different directions, has bueu con structed at Berlin, Prussia, (Kr Hon. J. H. Wheeler, of North Carolina, recently appointed Charge lo Nicaragua, was among the recent arrivals in Washington city. OT" The cholera has almost enure! y disappear ed from Knos vilte, Teon.