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CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1854.
a.
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CHARLOTTE, N. C.
THOMAS TROTTER & SOS
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and JEWELRY, SILVErt & PLATED WARE
and FANCY GOODS of all kinds. XT' No. 5, Oran
:te Row. Oct. 27,1854. Htf
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LINING AND BINDING SKINS,
SHOE TOOLS OF K V Eft Y DESCRIPTION,
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Oct. 20. 1854. I j
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ry Iib'-r.il arivanct-a ma 'e on CniHigntTWm.
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A ' . an.1 tro'n o r ! tij experience in the busim , we
frV outi.lut of civinj sat is taction.
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Ltarlotie, C
January 28, loo. 28tf
WINDOW SHADES,
H TAI OOOI, H ITKASSES
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AT GREAT BARGAINS.
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awd ruBortattos rannsMU stock ! WINDOW ,
SILIES, tiill rmcr! I..-r llaMgini, Xalraac,
Satm Dtlainev, Damask, L .ee ami M !n Curlaiiis,
Taacla, Leoj, Ac. AH which arc fi' r-d t prices
Init trr :. pp."- ciated hv all t lo;e buyrr am; rCMMMtftcal
hoUic-keejrs.
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M;.r 24. T4 ly Ch wlt-ston, S. C.
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J JOSEPH W. CALDWELL, with bin in the Prac
ticc of .Medicine. Odi-p, 9nd utory in Kims' new brick
building, near the Coarthoaac.
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N. B. All persons indehtcd to me by accounts are
requested to settle the same at an early da'.
Mar 24 P. C. CALDWELL.
The American Hotel,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
I BEG to announce to my Iri.-nds, the public, ?nd pres
ent patrons of the above Hotel, that 1 have leased the
same for a term of years from the 1st of January next.
Aftsr which time, the entire property will be thorough
ly reps;red and renovated, and the house kept in first
class style. Tins Il.itel is near the Depot, and pleasant
ly situated, rendering it a desirable house for travellers
and families.
Dec 16, 1853. 22t C. M. RAY.
MARCH & SHARP,
AUCTIONEERS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
COLT'MBIA, S. C.,
VT""1LL attend to the sale of all kinds of Merchandise,
rrouuee, fee. Also, Kea; aud Persona Property.
Or purchase and sell Slaves, fcc, on Commission.
Sales Hom No. 12.) Richardson street, and imme
diately opposite the United States Hotel.
eb J, ISot
TBOS. U. .MARCH.
J. M. E. SHAItr.
Livery and
BY S.
Sales Stable,
H. hi: t.
inc stand roraacrij occupied bv R. Morrison, in
Charlotte. Horses fed. hired and sold. Good ac
cinimodations for Drovers. The custom of hi friends
ad the public eenorally soliaitcd.
Feb-mry 17. 1851. fO-r
What I Live for.
I lire for those who love me,
Whose heart are kind and trut
For the heaven that smiles above me,
Ad awaits my spirit too;
For all human ties that bind me ;
Ftrr the task by God assigned me ;
For the bright hopes that bind me;
And the good that I can do.
1 live to learn their story
Who've suffered for my sake;
To emulate their glory
And follow in thttr wake;
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages,
The noble of all apes.
Whose deeds crowdsHistory's pages.
And Time's great volume make.
I live to hold communion
With all that is divine ;
To feci there is a union
Twist Nature's heart and mine ;
To profit by afflict irn,
Reap truths from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction,
And fulfil each grand design.
I live to hail that season
By gifted minds foretold,
When man shall live by reason
And not alone by gold ;
Wiien man to man united ;
And every wrong thing righted,
The whole world shall be lighted
As EJen was of old.
I live for those who love me,
For those who know me true.
For the Heaven that smiles above me,
Afd awaits mv spirit too;
Fot tho cause that lacks assistance.
For the wrong that needs resistance.
For the future in tho distance,
And the good that I can do.
Beaulirul Trnllis.
My morning haunts are, where they should be,
at home ; not sleeping, or concortimr the surfeits
of an irregular feast, but tip and stiring ; in win
ter, often ere the sounJ of any bell awakes men
to labor or to devotion ; in summer, as oft Wit h
the bird that first rises, or not much tardier, to
rend good authors, or cause them to be read, nil
the attention be weary or memory have its full
freight.
i 1 rannot prnise a fugitive and cloistered virtue
! unexercised and unhrealhed, that never sallies out
. and Ti her adversary, hut slinks out of the rare,
j where that immortal garlnnd is to be run for, not
I u ithout dut and heat. This was the reason why
j our nge. and serious poet, Spenser, describing true
j temperance under the person of Guion, brings
j him in with his palmer through the cave of niam
; mon and the bower of earthly bliss, that he might
! see and know, and yet abstain,
i Piayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness
' of our thoughts, the evenness ol recoiled ion, the
seat of mediia'ion, the rest of our cares, aud the
: calm cf our tempest ; prayer is the issue of a
! quiet mind, of untroubled I Imtighis, it is thedaugli
; icr ol charity, and the sister of meekness; and
lie that prays to God with an angry (that is, with
a troubled and discomposed) spirit, is like him that
retires into a butUe to meditaie, and sels up his
I cloMit in the ou'-quarlers of :in army.
Cheerfulness unit a festival spirit fills the soul
full of harmony
it cmp ises music for chuiches
and heart.: it makes aud publishes glorifications
of- God ; it produces thankfulness uud serves the
end of charitv ; and, wlieti the oil of gladness
runs over, it maaes blight and t.ill emissions of
light nod holy fires, reaching op to a cloud, aud
making joy round about ; and, therefore, such it
is so inm cen', and may be so pious and full of j
lily advantage, whatsoever can innocently min- i
isier to this holy joy dues set forward the work of j
; religion and charity. And, indeed, charily itself, i
. which is the vertical top of all religion, is nothing !
: else but an union of joys concentrated in the j
hi nn, and reflected from ail (he angles of our life j
and intercourse. It is, a rejoicing in God, a glad- j
; t.es in our p.eifj Ivors' good, a pleasure in doing
mmJ, a rejoining with him ; and without love we
i cannot have an i y at all.
Oar infancy is full of folly ; youth, of disorder :
: nnd toil ; nge, of infirmity. Each time halh his
burden, and that which may justly work our weari
ness ; vet infancy loagelh after youth ; and youth j
after more age ; and ho that is very old, as he is j
:i child fr simplicity, no he would be for years;. '
I account old age the best of the three ; partly, j
for tliHt it hath passed through the folly and dis- i
order of thp others ; partly, for that the inconven- !
iences of this are but bodily, with a bettered state ,
of fhe mind ; nnd partly, for that it is nearest to j
dissolution. There is nothing more miserable
i ban an old man that' would be young again, h !
was an answer worthy the commendations ol Pe
trarch, and that which argued a mind truly phi
losophical of him. who, when his friend bemoan
ed his age appearing in his while temples, telling
him he was sorry to see him look so old, replied :
"Nay, be sorry rather that ever I was young, to
he a fool." Extracts from Various Authors.
Taking Things Easy, is very hard but very
philosophical. We have tried it, and can speak
from experience, though wc eannot always live
up lo the ' take it easy ' doctrine. But there is no
mistake about it, that if a man wishes to enjoy
himself he must take the world mixed as it is with
a thousand shades and a thousand spots of on
shine a cloud here and there a bright sky a
storm to-day and a calm to-morrow the chill
piercing wind of autumn, and the bland reviving
breath of summer. In n word, Make thing9 as
they come.' if you don't you are a fool. A snar
lino man hs about as much comfort as the fel
low who was confined to an overcoat of this
tles. The liar is invaribly and universally despised
and abandoned, besides being disowned, he has no
domett jc consolation which he can oppose to the
censurers of mankind ; he can retire to no fratur- ;
nity where his crimes may aland in place of vir- j
tues, but he is given up to the hisses ii the multi- j
tude, without friend and whhout npnh'giit.
A Wonderful Story.
We notice in the European papers a fact so ex
traordinary, that we ceuld hardly give credit fo it,
if it was not endorsed by men of the highest
standing in Berlin and Vienna. A very wealihy
lady had by a first ma.Ttage twin sons, to whom
she was devotedly attached. Their health being
delicate she decided upon leaving Germany. By,
the advice of the most eminent physicians she
fixed her residence m Italy ; there, under the in
fluence of the fine climate, they grew, but pre
served the nervous impressibility which in their
youth had put their lives in danger. Their like
ness to each other was truly surprising. Both
devoted themselves to the fine arts, painting espe
cially. When sixteen years old they were con
sidered as masters ; but about that time a crisis
took place in the disease attacking both. Tho
physicians decided that the young men must sepa
rate; they objected for a long time, but at last
overcome by the supplications of their mother,
they left no chance to decide which one should
depart.
It fell upon Alfred, and he started to visit
Greece and the East, to be absent about a year.
Regularly were transmitted by him to his mother
and brother left behind, pictures, sketches, &c, of
interesting and beautiful scenes in his travels.
But these pictures, taker! from nature, were so ex
actly the counterpart ol what had been painted by
the brother at home during the same time, that
they could not be distinguished the one Irom the
other. While in Upper Egypt, Alfred died, and
the physicians wrote to the mother an account ol
the circumstances attending his death. Upon the
same day, and at t he same hour, the brother in
Italy also dit:d. The same circumstances attended
his death the last words uttered were the same.
The distracted mother returned to Germany.
Two years after she again gave birth to twin sons,
the exact counterparts of those she had lost. She
gave to them the same names. The same symp
toms of feeble health showed themselves, and
change of climato was again ordered. The mother
repaired to Spain. The twin sons again devoted
themselves to painting. When sixteen they were
also taken sick, and a separation was ordered.
The mother for a time resisted, but finaily con
sented that one of them should visit the south of
Spain. Chance again designated Alfred as the
one that should go.
The same phenomenon was again witnessed.
What was painted by one in Cadiz was reproduced
by the other in Barcelona or Cadiz. Upon ihe
very day that Alfred was about p return lo his
mother and brother he was suddenly taken ill and
died. At tho very same moment the brother died
in the arms ol his mother, both pronouncing (he
same words their brothers had pronounced twenty
rears before.
Tbis story is published in the German papers
for a verity. The Courier des Etais Unis, from
which we translate it, vouches for the respecta
bility of those by whom it is endorsed.
An Eastern Apologue.
Abdullah sat at his morning meal, when there
alighted on the rim of his goblet a little fly. It
sipped an atom of syrup, and was gone. But it
came not morning, and the next, and the next
again, till at last the scholar noticed it. Not
quite a common fly, il seemed lo know that it was
beautiful, an j it soon grew verv bold. Anelo!
( a great wonder: it became daily larger, and yet
larger, there could be oiscerned in the size as of
a locust, fhe appearance as of a man. From an
hi.nd-breadth it readied the stature of a cubit;
and stil'. so winning wete its ways, that it found
more and rnoro favor with this son of infa'uation.
It frisked like a satyr, and it sang like a peri, nnd
like a moth of the evening it danced on the ceil
ing, and, like the king's gift, whithersoever it
(urred it prospered. The eyes of the simple one
were blinded, so that he could not in all this per
ceive the subtlety of an evil gin. Therefore, the
lying spirit waxed bolder and yet- bolder, and
whatsoever his soul des red of dainty incuts he
freely took; and when the scholar waxed wroth, I
and said, " I his is my daily portion Irom the ta
ble of the mufti ; there is not enough for thee and
me," the dog-fiiCi d dtceiver played some pleasant
trick, and caused the silly one to smile. Until, in
process of time, the scholar perceived that, as his
guest grew stronger and stronger, he himself
waxed weaker and weaker.
Now, also, there arose frequent strife betwixt
ihe demon and his dupe, and at last tha youth
smote the find so sure that he departed for a
season. And when he was gone, Abdullah re
joiced and said, " I have triumphed over mine
enemv ; and whatsoever lime it pleaseth me, I
shall smite him so that he die. Is he not alto
gether in miue own power?" But aber not many
days the gin came baek ng;iin, nnl thi Mm ho
was arrayed in goodly garments, and he brought
a present in his hand ; and he spake o( the days i
of their friendship, nnd he looked so mild and fee
ble, that his smooth words wrought upon this dove
without a heart and saying, "Is he not a liitle one?"
he received him again into his chamber.
On the morrow, when Abdallah came not into
the assembly of studious youth, the mufti said,
"Wherefore tarrieth the son of Abdul? Per
chance ho sleepeth." Therefore, they repaired
even to the chamber, but to their knocking he
made no answer. Wherefore the mufti opened
the door, and lo ! there lay on the divan the dead
bodv ol his disciple, flis visage was black and
swollen, and on his '.hroat was the pressure of a
finger broader tlian the palm of a mighty man.
All the stuff, the gold, and the changes of raiment,
belonging id the hapless one, were gone, and in
the soft earth of the garden were seen the foot
sds ol a eiant. The mufti measured one of ihe
prints, and behold!
it
was six cubils lone;.
Reader, canst thou expound the riddle '. is it
the Bottle or the Betting-book ? Is it the Billiard
table or the Theatre ? Is it smoking ? Is it Lizi
ness? 'Is it Novel-reading ? But know thai an
evil habit is an elf constantly expanding. It may
come in at t?H kej-hob, but ii will soon grow ton
biff for ihe house. Know, also, ihat no evil habi;
can take ihe life of your soul, unless you yourself
nourish it and cherish it, and by feeding it with
your own vitality give it a strength greater than
your own. Arthur's Magazine.
. .
Wo unto them that rise up early in the morn
. .i ru. ... ,. .
I q o mat mrv may aaaia suung uium , iu.u vsu
tinue until nighi, till wine inflame them
Death of Crockett.
The following is a graphic sketch of the last
moments of a brave man :
"Colonel Crockett, wounded and closely pur
sued by a number of the enemy, retreated into the
church, felling them as they approached. Uc
stationed himself in a niche, in the corner, deter
mined to face the foe to the last and sell his life
dearly; with his rifle and a superabundance of
side arms, he hewed and shot them down with the
same awful certainty that wad wont to character
ize his indomitable spirit. His position rendered
access to him utterly impossible, except by a direct
and close approach in front ; after some eight or
ten of them were laid before him, a feeling of awe
seemed to seize hold of the assailants. One ol
them who could speak a little broken English,
probably preferring to have the signal honor of
capturing so noble a specimen of American valor
to present to bis 'dear master,' said to Crockett,
'surrender! senior.' A flash of the most sove
reign scourge darted from the fiery eye, and as it
pierced that ol the enemy, he seemed to be trans
fixed. In a voice of thunder Crockett answered,
'surrender! No! I am an American,' and as he
spoke he sent a ball through the heart of the par
alyzed foe. He appeared for a moment like a
wounded tiger, strengthened and buoyed by each
additional wound ; now hewing them down with
his well-tried sword next dealing death with his
fire-arms. His person was literally drenched with
his own blood; his strength must soon yield to its
loss. Yet such physical power wrought to the
highest degree of excitement can perform incredi
ble prodigies. This was the last concentrated
energy of a powerful man, aroused, animated,
and guided by one of the noblest attributes of
man love of liberty. He knew for what his life
was about to be sacrificed ; thai devastation and
butchery would follow the footsteps of his heart
less foes, that woman would be sacrificed to sati
ate the desires of the conquerer; and, feeling the
holy inspiratien of a dying patriot, he fought
manfully till the loss of blood and approach of
death stayed his upraised arm ; his rifle was
broken to pieces, his pistols feW to the floor, and
nothing but his faithful sword was left. In the
agony of death, with a terrible grasp, he brought
this last weapon upon the head of the nearest as
sailant, and fell victoriously across his body into
the arms of death. In this corner of the church
there were twenty-six dad Mexicans, and no
other American having fought or fallen at that
point, it is considered beyond all reasonable doubt,
that all of them fell by the hand of Tennessee's
favorite son ! All were now dead, not a man left
to relate the wonderful deeds of this illustrious
band of heroes! Not a companion left to rear a
monument to their memory ! But, ah ! no monu-
j ment is required to perpetuate their fame. So
long as freedom has an aJjrJing place in America,
will their heroic deeds and proud names be held
sacred !"
Learning to Spell. Bad snellinc is discred
itable. Every youug man should be a master of
his native tongue. He that will not learn lo spell
the language that is on his tongue and. before his
eyes every hour shows no great aptitude for the
duties of an intelligent observing man. Bad spell
ing is therefore a discreditable indication. It in
dicates a blundering man s man that cannot see
with eyes open. Accordingly, we have known
the application of more than one young man
made with great display of penmanship and paradu
of references, rejected for his bad spelling. Bad
spelling is a very bad indication. He who runs
may read it. A bright school-boy, utterly inca
pable of appreciating your stories of science, art,
and literature, can see your blunders. You will
find it hard to inspire that boy with any great
respect for your attainments. Bid spelling is
therefore a mortifying and inconvenient defect.
We have known men thrown into very prominent
positions so ashamed of their deficiency in this re
spect, that they never venture to send a letter until
it has been revised by a friend. This was, to say
the least of it, sufficiently inconvenient. We say
Hgain, learn to spell. Keep your eyes open when
you read, and if any word is spelt differently from
your mode, ascertain which is right. Keen vour
dictionary before you ; and in writing, wh"never
you have ihe least misgiving about the spelling of
a word, look at it at once, and remember it. Do
not let your laziness get the better of you.
Expanding the Chest. Those in wealthy
circumstances, or who pursue sedentary employ,
ment within doors, generally use their Jungs but
very little, breathe but very little into the chest,
and thus independently of positions, contract a
wretchedly narrow smalt cites, a.,d Uy ih foun
dation for ihe loss of health and beauty. All this
can be perfectly obviated by a little attention to tho
manner of breathing. Recollect the lungs are
like a bladder in their construction, and can be
stretched open to double their ordinary size, with
perfect immunity from consumption. The agent,
and the only agent required, is the common air
we breathe, supposing, however, that no obstacle
exists external to ihe chest, such as lacing, or
tying it around with sbiys, or tight dress or hav
ing shoulders lay upon it. On rising in tht morn
ing, place yourself in an erect posture, your chest
throw n back, and shoulders entirely off the chest ;
now inhale or suck all ihe air you can, so as to
fill the chest to the very bottom of it, so that no
more can be got in ; now hold j-our breath and
-i rr si"i
inrow your arms on Demon, noiomg in your
breath as long as you please. Done in a cold
room is better ; because fhe air is much denser,
and will act more powerfully in expanding the
chest. Exercising the chest in this manner, it
will enlarge the capacity and size of the lungs.
Common School Advocate.
A rather singular Marriage Contract was n few
days since entered into in Tennessee. The wife
is worth a cool fifty thousand. The husband is
ihe rightful owner of a magnificent goalee. The
contract was as follows : Art. 1st. The husband
is to have no interest in the wife s estate. Art
2d. He is not to coiled any debts of the concern.
Art. 3d. The beloved huaband is not to chastise
or control any of her servants without the wife's
consent. Art. 4ln. The husband binds himself
to pay the wife one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum for board and to huve his
gruus.
iodgics
The Snow of Age
We have just stumbled upon the following pret
ty piece of mosaic, lying amid a multitude of
those less attractive :
"Wo snow (alls lighter than the nnow ol age ;
but none is heavier, for it never melts."
The figure is by no means novel, but the clos
ing part of the sentence is new as well as emphat
ic. The scriptures represent age by the almond
tree, which bears blossoms of the purest white.
"The almond tree shall flourish," the head shall
be hoary. Dickens says of one of his charac
ters, w hose hair was turning grey, that it looked
as if Time had lightly plashed his snows upon it
in passing.
"ft never melts" no, never. Age is inexora
ble ; its wheels must move onward, they know not
any retrograde movement. The old man may
set and sing "I would I were a boy again," but
he grows older as he sings. He may reap of the
elixir of youth, but he cannot find it : he may
sigh for the secret of the alchemy which is able
to make him young again, but sighing brings it
not. He may gaze backward with an eye of long
ing upon the rosy schemes of early years, but as
one who gazes on his home from the deck of a
departing ship, every moment carrying him fur
ther and further away. Poor old man ! he has
little more to do than die.
"It never melts. The snow of winter comes
and sheds its white blossoms upon valley and
mountain, but soon the sweet spring follows and
smiles it all away. Not so with that upon the
brow of the loitering veteran ; there is no Spring
whose warmth can penetrate its eiernal frost. It
catne tostay;its single flankes fell unnoticed, and
now ii is drilled there. We shall see it increase
until we see the old man in his grave; there it shall
be absorbed by the eternal darkness, for" there is
no age in Heaven.
Yet why speak of agein a mournful strain?
ft is beautiful, honorable and eloquent. Should
we sigh at the proximity of death, when life and
the world are 60 full of emptiness? Let the old
exult because ihey are old, if any must weep, let
it be the young, at the long succession of cares
thai are before them. Welcome the snow, for it
is the emblem of peace and of rest. It is but a
temporial crown, which shall fall at the gates of
Paradise, to be replaced by a brighter and a bet
ter.
The Effects of Chloroform. The case of
Dr. Beale is eliciting many interesting facts in re
lation to the singular effects of chloroform. The
Syracuse Chronicle, referring to the trial of Beale,
says :
Besides
the case in proof before the court, we
have heard of a similar case in this city, in which
ihe lady was under impressions similar to those of
Miss Mudge, during an operation, but which were
known to be erroneous, as the room was full of
people.
A writer in the Newark Advertiser mentions a
patient suffering under "delirium tremens," with
great nervous excitement, but with a clear mind,
and adds :
I poured a teaspoonful of chloroform upon a
white cambric handkerchief, nnd for about three
minutes applied it to his mouth and nose. Insen
sibility was the immediate consequence, but after
the lape of five minutes he recovered, and de
clared himself completely exhausted from a chase
of a half mile that he supposed I had given him.
I could not convince him thai I had not driven him
down the basement stairs, out of the area door,
down the street, around the several blocks, keep,
ing close at his side the whole way. I called his
attention to the fact that he was not dressed, and
therefore it was absurb ; but he could r.ot be per
suaded ; and during the rest of the illness, and
since his entire recovery, he has persisted in be
lieving that the race was absolutely taken, and
was the result of the chloroform. I think it not
unlikely that he would swear to it before a court
off justice Jo-day, notwithstanding my assurances,
is closely questioned.
Influence of the Physician. How many
thousand faces must have passt-d before the doc
tor's eyes ; how many pi'iable tales of wo musi
have been poured into his ears; vhht awful se
crets must find a repository beneath that black
satin waistcoat ! Wu may lie to the lawyer, we ,
may lie to ihe confessor, but to the doctor we can
not lie. The murder must out. The prodigal,
pressed for an account of his debts, will keep one
back ; the penitent will hide some sin from lib
ghostly director; but from the doctor wc can hide
nothing, or we die. He is our greatest master
h'-ro on earlh. The successful tyrant crouches
before him like a hound: the srornfnl hrmy
bows ihe knee; the stern worldly man clings des
perately to him as the anchor that will hold him
from drifting into the dark sea that hath no limits
The doctor knows no rank. The mutilated beg
gar in St. Celsus's accident ward may bo a more
interesting case to him than the sick duchess. He
laughs at wealth it may be rendered intolerable
by disease. He values not youth it may be ripe
for the lomb, as hay for the sickle. He makes
light of power it cannot cure an ache nor avert
a tw ing of gout. He only knows, acknowledges,
values, respects two things Life and Death.
Household Words.
The Honev-Moon. Why is tha first mon'h
after marriage called the " honey-moon ?" Doubt
less on account of ihe sweet lunacy which con-
trois the heads of ihe parties during that brief pe. j
nod. What a pity that they should ever get !
quite ra-ioual again I that sentimentality should j
give place to sentiment, sentiment lo sense, love
yield to logic, aud fietion to fact, till ihe ' happy
pair are reoucen irom ine r.aen romance to the
Sahara of reality from Heaven to earth and
perhups a peg lower! Strange as il may seem,
there have been couples who hove quarrelled in
the first month of matrimony, and have got back
to their astonished parents before the gcod mother
had fairly done weeping (and rejoicing too) at her
daughter's departure. Their ' honey-moon" sour
ed at the full ol the horn, and became a moon of
vinegar instead. A bad omen that! There Was
much sense and propriety in the text which an
aneient clergyman chose for a wedding sermon.
It was taken from the Psalms of Da- id, and reads
thus ; " And let there be peace while Vie moon en
durcth r
Business before Consrcss.
Upon the tables of the two Houses of Congress,
at the close of the last session, a large amount ol
business incomplete, much of which had received
the sanction of either on or the other Houses,
and will of course, be among the first business to
now claim attention. The National Intel hgenoer
enumerates among business of this description
the following measures : 1 ; 4 '
The Homestead bill, which is now before the '
House, with Mr. Hooter's substitute as an amend
ment. The Texas debt bill, as passed by the Senate.
The Senate bill to provide payment for French
spoliation prior lo 1800.
The Ocean Mail Steamer bill, with the amend
ment of the House direction notice to be given of
ihe termination of the contract.
The bill to establish a mail hue to Shanghai by
way ol the Sandwich Islands.
The bill to establish the Ramsey mail roule
from New Orleans by bhe way of Very Cruz to
Acupulco.
The bill to cstab'ish a subterranean line qj tele
graph to the Pacific.
The bill to provide a weekly mail to California.-
The bill to increase the rates of postage and
require prepayment of letters.
The Senate bill to provide for half pay to revo
lutionary officers or their legal representatives.
The bill to extend the-benefits of the bounty
land system to the officers, soldiers, seamen, Sic,
of ihe war of 1812.
Various bills granting lands for the consn-Qc'
lion of railroads ; and,
Mr. Bennett's Land bill, granting lands equally
to the several Slates to and in the construction of
railroads and for the support of Schools.
The Japanese Trade, il is already ascertained
by official reports, is embarrassed by serious diffi
culty as to the relative value in exchange of
American and Japanese money. The Philadel
phia American says :
It will be recollected that Silos E. Burrows re
ported, as tho result of his recent merchaniile
expedition thither, fhut he was charged twenty
einht dollars a ton for coal, and that evemlmiK
tlse was proportionally so high that nothing was
I to be made bv commerce there. This was attribu
ted to the Japanese jealousy of foreigners, nnd
their dsiro lo get rid of our people in that way.
It seems, however, that there is another cause.
Our gold and silver coiu are at an enormous dis
count mi Japan, for the reason thai those motals
are plenty there, and ihe Japanese do not want
them. The discount on silver is 0(5 3 per cent., so
that an American dollar is there only worth 33j
cents. The discount on g'dd is greater than this.
When Commodore Perry was last at Simoua
he appointed a committee, consisting of Pursers
Speiden and Kldredge, to confer with a similar
committee of Japanese, in reference to the rate or
exchange and currency between the two nation,,
in the irade at the ports opened, and to settle tho
price of the cou! to be delivered at Simoda. Tho
report of this conference, as made by the Ameri
can committee, is published in ihe Friend of Chi
na. From it we learn that no result was arrived
at, as the Japanese had their minds made up be
forehand to adhere to their own exorbitant dis.
counts and prices, and the Americans could not,
of course, assent to them.
Ancient Inhabitants of Nebraska. On
the Upper Missouri there exists a tract of country
known by the name of te Mauvaises Terres, or
bad lands : at one time probably the bottom' of an
immense take, in which perished thousands of ant.
mals having now no representatives on earth. It
appears that the waters ol this immense pond
were removed by some convulsion of naiure or
other ; aud the sediment at the bottom became in
durated. The portion of the valley thus excavated firms
a surface of ninety miles in length and thirty in
breadth. The remains of animib which have
lived and breathed long before the advent of
man on earth are here found in such abundance
as to form of thu inlet an immense cemetery of
vertebrata. The bones are said to be comrden-l v
petrified, and their cavities filled wilh silicious
matler. . Ihey are preserved in various degrees
of integrity, some mst beauiiltilly perfect; and
others broken.
Two remarkable species of rhinoceros the
first ever found in America were discovered
here, and also a sort of panther, smaller than the
present variety, and likewise a number ol strange
animals with lAng name 5 unliUo anything winch
man ever saw alive. We know, then, that there
were once individuals in Nebraska as curious and
as strangely shaped, and as pugnacious as any
squatter whom the present greut rush of immigra
lion will carry thither.
Cheap and Excellent Candles. Mr. Hol
brook : The following receipt I copied from
newspaper, some twelve months since. I have
tried it twice, and find it all that it is cracked up
10 be. I have no doubt that it would hare been
wonh more than $20 to me if I had known it
twenty years ago. Most fanners have a surplus
of stale fat and dirty grease, which can be made
info good candles at a trifling expense.
I kept both tallow and lard candles through rh
last summer, the lard candles Rtandinr th. saw
best, and burning quite as well, and giving a good
a light as the tallow ones. I have never seen it
in the New England Farmer; perhaps it ho
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been published there, notwithstanding.
I suboiit 1 be following direction for making
good candies from lard : For twelve lbs. of lard,
lake one lb. of snlipeire and one lb. of nlumr
mix them and pulverize them ; dissolve the salt
petre and alum wiih a gill of boiling water; pour
the compound into the Isrd before it is quite aft
melted; stir the whole until it boils; skim off
whatrises; let it simmer until the waier is all
boiled out, or till it ceases to throw off steam ;
pour off the lard at soco as it is done, and clean
the boiler while it is hot. If the candlrs are to
be run, you may commence immediately; jf to be
dipped, let the lard cool first to a cake', and then
treat it as you would tallow.
B aspect fully yours,
Alanbox Pahm. . lie.