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Professional and Business Cards not exceeding six lines will be ui-erted at $5 a year ; not exceeding a square $9. fcr Subscribers and others who may wish to send money ut i, can do so at all times, by mail, and at our risk. T W. S. LAW TON & CO., (Sputh Atlantic Wharf,) aie our authorized agents in Charleston. S. ('., and ate duly ,.-Mpowercd to take Advertisements and Subscriptions at the rates required by us. and grant receipts. 0. JOHNSON, FORWARDING and COMMISSION KO Til ATLANTIC IV II A IF, CHARLESTON, So. Ca. WJf. Ji. DRAILSFOKD. Commission Iflcri'haiit, AND AGENT FOR Baltimore and Philadelphia Packets, Charleston, So. Ca. LIBFRAL advances made on consignment of produce to luv address for cudi. Sept. 11, 1855. 1 ly' A. BETHUNE, No. 5, Springs' Row, 4 noons east of the charlotte bank, charjjtte, n. c. Feb. 16. 1855 30if E. IF. A EH IMS, .tttorniy at Lmvc, Office in Lonvrgau' s Brick Building, 2nd floor. CHARLOTTK, N. C. his. wmmibAM Dross Maimer, "J DOORS NORTH OF KFKIl'3 HoTE;.. I.L Ircscs cut and made by the celebrated A. B C. method, and warranted to tit. Bonnets trimmed in the latest style at the shortest notice. April 20, lt55. 39tf. S. I.. Dovei.i R. A. Roceks. IV. D. O.iwell ot (Georgia. of Ala)aina. ot Florida. DdWK aioeias & oo., Factors, ticsaaAL Commission .Merchants, and Shipping Agents, North Atlantic Wharf, CHAMLIiSTON, S. C, H'F. present great facilities for selling Totton, and especi ally Flojr, Wheat, Corn, and Domes ic Frcdi.ce. e make rrangeinems with our interior friends to ornsact their busi ness at die very lowest rate of charges, and pledge ourselves to promptness in every transaction. Liberal advances made on Consignments. Strict personal attention to the interests of our patrons, and your faor and influence respectfully solicited. $CT"BrsT of references given. Sept. IX. 1833. J Ir. H.- Norment RF.SPECTFULLY offers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. He hopes hy devoting his entire attention to the duties of his profession to merit patronage. He may be found it all hours, at his office opposite the American Hotel, when not professionally engaged. inarch 2, 1855. 32tf NOTICE, THK Subscriber having bought the entire interest o J. C. Hand ol the ri of Ahrens S( Hand respectfully inform Ins friends and public generally mat he will continue selling his whole Stock of tJoods at Cost, strictly tor Cash and invites j.is customers and the public generally to call and tee the ;0043 F. W. AHRENS. S. It. The Not s and Accounts due the tinn are in the bands ol Mr- J, C. Hand for collection. F. W. A. Sept. 11. IH5. 7 tf --r- NOtiOe. T V Wotcs and Accounts having been ,.;accd ... the iU hands of S. W. pavis F,q. or collection, th.-sv who are indebted me individually, or a. one or no old im ot Steele & Harty, art? rcMcctlullv retjncBt- i ed lo make BrUlcmeut by April C ourt, if not voonrr. j C. STEELE. Feb. 2, 1865. 28-tt XMOtiCO to Delators. 'HE subcruer hak. ir.K entered into partnership Wth Jr. Palmer, is desirous of closing up bis old mistress. Me inereiere mosi w.iimiij former friends and customers, who are in arrears at his shop, to call between this time and onr April court, at d settle their accounts either by rote or cash, the latter ;! possible. march 2, 1855. 3v?tf R- SHAW Matches! Watches! Watches! THE subscribers are now receiving a large stock of V ATCHRS from the most celebrated makers; alo rich stock of Fashionable Jewelry, Chains, Ate, all of which will be sold low for cafch or on short time to punctual dealers. THOS. TROTTER &. SON. 40tf april 27, 1S55 Wig copy. NEW BOOKS FOR SALE L0WU1E AND EX4S BOOK STOKE. ri'HE Slave oi Hie Lamp, a Posthumous Novel, by W X liu North. Ingenue, or the first days of the Blood, by Alexander Dumas. Translated from the original manuscript. Fashion aud Fancies, by Mrs. Stephens. The Maroon, a legend of the Carribbecs. and other tales by W. Gilmore Simms. The Castle Builders, by the author of "Hcartaca c,v 'The Heir of Radtflyfie," "Scenes nnd Chances,' etr. The Old Inn or the Traveller' Eulcrtainn.Lnt, by Josiah Barnes, Sen. The above arc all the very latest and inostpopular nvels of the day. Ve constantly keep on hand a larpe and well selected stock ot stationary of every kind, and are constantly re ceiving all the new books that arc being published, and books that we have not gt, wc can get on the shortest notice. June 2?, 1955 EVENING SOLACE. BY Cl'lRIER BELL. The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, and pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed. And days may pass in gay confusion, And nights in noisy riot fly, While lost in Fame's or Wealth's illusion, The memory of the past may die. But there are hours of lonely musing, Such as in evening silence come, When soft as birds their pinions closing, The heart's best feelings gather home. Then in our souls there seems to languish A tender grief that is not woe ; And thought that once wrung groans of anguish Now cause but some mild tears to flow. And feelings, once as strong as assions, Float rofth back a faded dream ; Our own sharp griefs ai d mind sensations, The taste of others' sufferings seem ; Oh! when the heart is freshly bleeding, How longs it for that time to be, Wtien, through the mist of years receding, Its woes but live in teverie ; And, it cap dwell on moonlight glimmer, On evening shades and loneliness, Anil, w hi!e the sky giows dim and dimmer, Feel no unt Id and strange distress. Only a deeper impulse given By loneh hour and darke ed room, To solemn thoughts that soar to heaven, Seeking the life and world to come. A CbrirtlatN Soldier. Colonel Thomas Shad orth, a brave English oflicer, was killed in the well-known attack on the Redan. The Mjloined lelter, VflUen ijie night before the assault, is beautiful and touching. Coming, too, from one whose valor had been test ed on numerous occasions, it exhibits a union of courage arid humility which entitles it to special notice. Truly has it been said to "breathe the holy spirit of a Christian warrior :'' 'Before Skbastopol, June 17. " My own Dkloved Wifk and Dearly Be loved Children : At one o'clock to-morrow moriiiny I h nil the 57ih to storm the Red in. It is, as I feel mi awfully perilous moment to me : .ft i. ... i tiui i puce myseit in tne nanus ot our gracious God, without whose will a sparrow cannot fall to J the ground. I place my whole trust in Him. j Should I full in the performance of my duty. I : lully rely on the precious blood of our Saviour, she J for sinners, that I may be saved through Ilim. Pardon and forgive me, my beloved on. s. j for any thing 1 may have said or done to caue J you one moment's unhappiness. Un'o God I command my body and soul, which are His ; and j snotna it ne nis win mat lan in tne periormance of inv dntv, in the delence of my Queen and country, I most humbly say, 'Thy will be done.' God bless you and protect you j and mv last pray er will be that He, of His infinite goodness, may preserve me to you. God ever bless you, my be- loved Eliza and dearest children; and may we meet la the mansion r our Heavenly father, through ! Jesu-i Christ. God bless and protect you ; and j ever b' hi-ve me your uhvenonate husband and ! loviii" father. j THOMAS SHADFORTH." I A D i CTob's St ky of a Broken Heart. Dr. J. K. Mitchell, of the J. Seraon College, Philadel- j phia, in lecturing to his pupils upon the diseases of ; 1 lb. of saltpetre and 1 lb. of alum; mix ihem the he.-.rt, narrated an anecdote in proof that the and pulverize them; dissolve the saltpetre and expression 'broken hearted' was not merely fig- alum in a gill of boiling water ; pour the com urative. Or one occasion, in ihe early period of : pound into the lard before it is quite melted ; stir his life, he accompanied, as a surgeon, a packet j the whole until the water is all boiled out, or till that saikd from Liverpool to one ol the American ! it ceases to throw off steam ; pour off the lard as ports. The capain frequently conversed with him j soon as it is done, and clean the boiler while it is resp- cting a lady who h id promised to become his i hot. If the candles are to be run, you may com bride on his return from that voyage. Upon this j mence immediately ; if to be dipped, let the lard subject he evinced great warmth of leeling, nnd . cool first to a cake, nnd then treat it as you would showed Dr. Mil. he some costly j-wels, ornaments, ! tallow. Cor. N. E. Farmer. &.C., which he intend, d to present H9 bridal pres ents. On reaching his destniHliou he was abrupt. ems. KJil reacn.og ins oesnnoiioii ue un. Iv ifl!nrmH .I.,, ,L ...dv hid married some one ' in.lmn,v thft ifl reserved in clan - . eornilnH - -----j a He wmn takn up and conveyed to liis Cabin nn ord ihe ves l. Dr. Mitcli! was imm diatirl v summoned, hut before ,he reached the poor captain he was dend. A post mortem examination re venled tl.e cause of his uniuriumite disease. Hi9 henrt whs found liternllv torn in twain I The tre mendous propulsion of blood consequent upon such a viob nt nervous shock, forced the powerful mus cular tissuts asunder. an 1 lile ws at an end. Porn Good Habits. There were four ha kits a wise h n l go..d man earnestly recommended in his couns- Is and ..luo by hi own examplo, nnd winch he considered essentially necessary lor the management ol temporal c-ncerns. These are punctuality, accuracy , steadiness, and dispatch. Without the. first nl il;.oe nme tg waited ; without the second mistakes the most hurtful lo our own credii and interest and that ol others may be committed ; without the fourth opportunities of great advantage are losl which it is impossible to , reach. Goop Advice. Among the m my cod things in the variegated memoirs of Rev. Sydney Smith, is ihe following : -When you meet with neglect, let it rouse you to exeriion, insiead ol mortifying your pride, get about lessening those defect which expose you to neglect, and improve those excellencies which command attention and re spect." This is excellent advice. Damaged Meat. A beef steak that four pre n lice boys have been at. ap- A picture a tall ladder leaning against a house, n negro at the top. and a hog scratching himseli against ihe bctiom. "Q'way g'way ; you'm makin' mischief." "The fire is going out, Miss Filkins." "I know it, Mr, Green, iT you would act wisely, you would follow its example." It is unnecessary to add that Green never asked to sit up with that girl again. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY Extract from La Borde's introduction to Physiology. Wearing of Flannels. There it a very important matter connected witli dress, which I cannot p iss over in silence : I mean tJie wearing of flannel next the skin. In the minds of many person.- there is a considerable prejudice against wearing it, though ot late years ; . a , .. 5 .. r r , there is n sounder not. ir oomion than nrmor I will now state very briefly the advantages of flannel, and give some striking examples in con firmaiion. Jn the first place, it is a bad conduc tor of caloric, and tends, therefore, to prevent the . , o n n - f i t . . o 1 1 i t 3L1 I 111 H I fllH fll if ' V II H III d itriTH U ' , - . . . . i a s in protecting the b dy against the influences of . r, SUllden chullfo'S in Hie w.-a her Kv nrvwiilinu the rapid escape of the animal heat, and by fhe genile friction of the skin and the slight irritation of the general surface, its tendency i In keep up an equal temperature. The gen'Ie friction aids in maintaining the circuletion in the rutmenus vessel, and at the same time imports a healthful stimulous to the nerves. Tbl it contributes no little to these ends may be reHdily perceived by observing the change of temperature and oiher fleets produced on a part subjected to friction hv the hand or in any other w:iy. know that the irrration produced hy flannels is so great in some persons thit the cannot wear it next to the kin f -' r-" When it is worn loosely, a it should always b" done, this friction must t.ke place to a considera ble extent in every movement of ihe body. I have to add, as another advantage, thit there is no other mnierial which absorbs so well ihe ex ligations from the skin. This fact very naturdly suggests n frequent change or its thorough ventil ation at night ; the former, however, is to be pre. ferred. Variety of Food Necessary. It is in vege table as in animal life ; a mother crams her child exclusively with arrow root it becomes fat, it i true, but. alasj it is rickety, and gets its tee'h very slowly, and with difficulty. Mamma is ig norant, or never thinks thai her oflspring cannot make bone or, what is the same thing, phos phate of lime, the principal bulk of bone out of starch. It does its bes; ; and were it not lor a little milk and bread, perhaps now and then a lit tie meal and soup, it would have no bones and teeth nt all. Farmers keep poultry, and what is true of fowls is true of cabbage, a turnip, or an ear of wheat. If we mix wi h the food of fowls a sufficient quantity of egg sheila or chalk, which they eat greedily, they will lay many more eggs than before. A well-bred fowl is disposed to lay a vast number of eggs, hut cannot do so without the materials for the shells, however nonrishina in other respects her food may bp. A fowl, with the best will in the world, not finding any lime in the soil, nor mortar from walls, nor calcareous matter in her food, is incapacitated from laving ny eggs at all. Let farmers lay such facts as these, whkh are matters of common observation, to heart, and transfer ihe analogy, as th-y may d, to the habits of plants, which are as truly alive, ami answer as closely to every injudicious treat- mer.t, as their own horse. Mane Farmer. Cheap and Excellent Candles. The fol lowing receipe 1 have tried twice, and find it all that it is cracked up to be. I have no doubt that tt would have been worth more than 820 to me if I had know it twenty years ngo. Mst farmers f have a surplus of stale fat nnd dirty greese, which can be made uvo good candles at a trifling ex- pense. I kept both tallow and lard candles through the last summer, ihe lard candles standing the heal1 best, and burning quite as well, and giving as good a liht as the tallow rnes. Direction lor making good candles from lard : For 12 lis. of lard take Measurement of Corn in the Crib. Alter level- y . jliut "g ,h c"rn- multiply the length and breadth of the hOUS- together, and tne pmuUCI r.y tne uep-n, which will give the cubic feet of the bulk of corn ; .... ... fi nrnllll-. l,v 12. and the quo- v - - r tient will be ttw number ol barrel ol lMua corn t contained in tin hue or crib. If there e a re mainder nlier the division, it will be so mnny twelfths nf a barrel of shelled corn over. Example 12 feet long 1 1 leet broad 3 6 feet deep 12)792 ,66 barrels of shelled corn 5 bushels in a barrel U30 bushels ol shelled corn. Thcths well Exphessep. a i;is address at the New York Siate Fair.Gov. Wright, of Indiana , made the following excellent suggestions. They comprise a volume in a nutshell : u Wm miKi cultivate the roots, not the tons. We must make the family government, th- school, the farm, the church, the shop, the agricultural lairs the laboratories of our future greatness. We must educate our sons to be farmers, artins, architects, engineers. geologists, boiariats, ch. mists in a word practical men. i neir cyr o.u turned fruin Washington to their States, counties, townships, districts, homes. This is true patriot, ism that will perpetually preserve the nation." OCT" I feeding wi' corn, sixty pounds of ground, goes as far as one hundred pounds in the I kernel. Stains Steins of fruit or wine may be gener Ut removed fiora linen or potion cloth by plan - iiig the articles over the top oi a pan. mm pouring boTiing water through them till the marks disap pear. A wise mao knows his ignorapce ; a fool think he knows everything. MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1855 Business a Discipline. The lifeol a man of business gives his chancier a pretty hard trial. Not Only does it exercise his sagacity and pru dence, but it puts his integrity to the severest t-sf. He is surrounded by the selfishness nl trade ; he sees men profit by cunning and frud, and he is ; tempted to try his skill in artifice and deception tf ,t .. u l . . r u , Kv.-ry day his honeiy is tried in some way. He . ' i thrown back upon his inward principle, and if his heart is hollow and deceitful, he will be sure le show it. And that roan has reason to thank God, who has gone through a long course of busi ness, through times ot wild speculation and g- ner ... . - J oHKrup cy, and goes down to the grave vith , u- or .i, r . l ' -vi .linen u"iisi:iou.s!iess oi ueilllf nil lion 1 ... i mun. He wh can see others making money by false representations, and never stoop to these tricks of trade, is fitting Ins own pure mind for a world that is more worthy of. him. And yet a man cannot wholly escape these temp tations. To do that, he must needs o out of the world or retire into solitude. He might indeed avoid all danger by shutting himself up within the walls of a convent to pass a lite of outward sanc tity ani contempla'ion. But the piety that is nou-ri.ih-d in cloisters is of a sickly growth compared with that which maintains iis integrity amid strong inducements to evil. It is not the will of God that we should retire apart to keep from contamination. rvot m deserts, but in cities ; not in the hermit s cell, but among men, sharing the common lot, mee.ing tempta'ion ns it comes, are we to form our character for eternity. Men ought to rej -ice in a rigid discipline. Whenever assailed by temptation, an opportunity is given to conquer themselves, and so to become nobler beings. The most heroic virtues of human character are brought out in this struggle with in born selfishness, and with the cowardly examples of Ihe world. Men of brave hearts ought to we. corse the conflicts and bufTetings of life. Every victory they gin will make them stronger, as the terrpest which rocks and tears the mountain oak causes it to strike its roots down deeper in the ear b, and to lift hgher its majectic arms toward heirven. North Carolina Messenger. TU call around and Pay." What a world of 'oe is contained in these few words to the ar tiz n and mechanic ! "I'll call around and pay." sa)s the rich man, to avoid the trouble of going to his desk to get the necessary funds, and the poor mechanic is obliged to go home, to disappoint his workmen and all who depend upon him for their dut. Jt is an easy matter to work the only real glo-y in this lile is an independent idea of being able to sustain yourse lf by the labor of your own hands, and it may be easily imagined what crush ing f -rce there is in "I'll call around and pay" to the lib.. ring man who depends upon that pay for subsistence. If those who could pay would only' pay at once, it would place hundreds and thou- i sands in a condition lo do likewise, and prevent ' i. ,i;,-r r ( sold at the same time, and one or two boys, weigh- PreJty, Very. In passing up street the other 95 pounds, brought about $950 each, day we met two li'tle girls of some seven or eight j A ffeaa golti by the She if. At the recent summers, who -eemed to be enjoying vacation fine-j 8ae o( ,he , fjec, ot fjapt. Henry Love, by the Iv and all to themselves. Passing through the Sheriff ot San Francisco, ihe head ol Joaquin, the street, unmindful of what was going on, they j Ct t.brated robber, preserved in spirits, and the seemed as happy as two larks, and looked as nand Qf ..,hr(,e fingered Jck.' one of his compan beautilul as they seemed happy. Stopping a t one ; ;orjl. were disposed of for 836 to Judue Lyons. of our candy shops, one of them made a purchase j ol some candy, a large nice looking stick, and , breaking it, gave her little companion half, saying j as sue aio it witn me utmost simplicity imi.gina- ble, 'Here, Mary, you my have the largest half, as you are the smallest.' Dear, artless cnilo. what lesson of unselfishness was contained in thy simple words. God bb-ss you, and enable you through life to manifest ihe same gentle and sweet r y m . i. spirit, 'Mere, ftlary, you may nave tne largest half, as vou re the smallest.' What teachers children sometimes are. Fall River Monitor. A Guilty Conscience. When Dr. Doane, af terwards Dean of St. Paul's, took possession of his first living, ns he walked into the churchyard he took a skull thrown by a sexton out of ihe grave, and in ii found a jmall headless nail, which he drew out secretly, and wrapt it in the corner ol hi handkerchief. He then askeo th grave dig ger it he knew whose the skull was. He replied that it ws ihe skull of a person who kept a spirit shop, and who, having gone to bed intoxicated was found dead in his bed in the morning. 'Had he a wife?' asked the doctor. Yes.' What character does she bear.' A very good one; only the neighbors reflect on her, because she married the day after her bus band's burial.' A lew days afterward the doctor paid her a visit, as il by accident, nsked her some qu'-stions, and at last, of what sickness her former husband died. As she was telling him the same story as the sexton he opened his handkerchief and cried in an authoritative voice 'Woman do you know this nail V Struck with horror, she instantly confessed the murder. Served Them Right. A number of young ladies were out walking in the country, and met a gipsy woman who offered, for half a dollar a piece, to show th-m iheir future husband's faees in a-pool of water that was near. In their frolic they agreed io it, and paid her the money, the more readily as she promised to relund it if he did not fulfil her engagement. The girls were led to the water, each anxious to get a sight ol her intended, but instead of the lorm and face they .xpected, they saw only their own rosy cheeks , and laughing eyt bnlonr. j ..Sun ly you are mistaken, woman," said one j Qf ,herp, "we see nothing byt our own faces in tbo water -Verv true. Mis." replied the gipsy, 'but will not these be your husband's faces when you are mirried 7" There was no disputing this, and the girls saw '.hey were neatly taken in, promised each o'her not to tell of it, and in the course of an h-.ur had laughed over ihe joke in half a dozen gay circles. where they hearq only this remark, "uooa enoogn 1 for vflu 8ervPd you right." A Yankee thus describes his love for his swect.hcarf : I sing her praise in poetry, , From aarly morn to dewy eve : I erica whole pints of bitter tears, And wipes them with my sleeve. '--SCW? SKZ3SB9QCE Threatened dad War in Kansas. The Si. Louis D. tn.tcriits say that the Missouri borders are canvassing the propriety of an appeal to arms We have had 'ne opnorUMMly of conversing with one or two jtendemen who have just come ir.-m that section of she State, H:id they report ihe pub lic feeling as being one of the most intense and alarming char-icter. One of the geu'lem-n re marked to us, "you may look out for a civil wr in Ktnsas hi less than twenty days." Baltimore Hun. Emigration from Virginia to Kansas.' The Frontier News states that Dr. Somers of Virginia, was on his way to K 'nas with several other gen-tlem-n to make arrangements for the locution ol one thousand persons who propose emigrating li i tier frni Eastern Virginia this ndl. ixiy lam-ili-s being from llichmond, thirty from Staunton, fifty from Kapp ih nnck, and the remainder from the same neightiormtod. It is nlo announced that a large em gr .Hon is expected Irom the Wes tern portion o! Virgini i next spring. Northwestern Emigration. The Davenport (Iowa) G z-tte etimwte the income ol the lurry at that place at upwards of ninety ihousaud dol lars for the present season. Davenport is the point at which ihe great northwestern stream of emigrants crosses the Mississippi. The St. L uis Republican, publishes acommu- nic.tion trom Mr. P. Liughlin, a citiz-n of Kan as, slating the discovery of the existence of a secret military org nizition in Kansas, designed to control the affairs of that territory, and to resist the execution of any law passed by the Territorial Legislature. One Rev. G. W. Hutchin son, a preacher, is said to be the Grand General of the Order. Manumitted Slaves. Forty-eight Slaves, man umined under the provisions ot the Will ol the .te Maxwell Chambers, took their departure from this place nn Wednesday last- their destination, Oberlin, Chio. They were very amply provided with every necessary coinlort lor their journey, which is tree ol expense to them ; und with funds sufficent to sustain them lor several months, until they can become acquainted w ith their new home, and find employment. So far as we know, these negroes, without an exception, were clear of any disgraceful reproach- We were personally ac quainted with a number of them, and knew them to be obedient, industrious and honest ; .nd some of them were consistent members ol the Presbyle. rian church. They left here under the charge of Mr. Moses Rimer, who was employed by the late Mr. Chambers, a year ago, to conduct to Ohio some 18 or 20 othei slaves whom he manumitted at that time. Salisbury Watchman. Sale of' Negroes. A correspondent of the South &,de Llemocral, writing Irom Charlotte C. H.. re- c'ds the sle of about 50 negroes, owned by the '8taUs ol late John H. Thomas, for an aer- cremate of $25,400. borne o'her neiroea were jormerly of the (California Supreme Court. Capt. Love had killed bmh of the men, ihe last remains Qf whom went off under the hammer. A Kentucky Mi le. The steamer A. L. Shot well, from Louisville, brought down the larg-'St mule ever rais d in Kentucky. The animal Is I7J hands high, and i aged but two years. A' the Siate Agricultural Fair, held at Louisville last week, the premium cup was awarded to the mule, it being the largest ever raised in Kentucky. Louisiana Courier. Suit fou Breach or Promise. The suit of Mis-s H zzma Beall agains: J-sse Millar for a Breach of Promise of Marriage, was called up in the Circuit Court for this county, on Thursday last, and was concluded on Saturday evening. The papers were given to the Jury, who returned after an hour and a half's deliberation, with a verdict for ihr- Plaintiff of eighi thousand dollars. The case elicited much interest and was conducted with great ability bv ihe Counsel on both sides. Andrew Hunter, T. C. Green, and Hon. Jan. M. M i8oi- appeared for the Plaintiff, and Wm. Luca, Wm. Lucas, Jr , and R Y. Conrad for the De fendant.. Charlestown ( Va ) Spirit of Jrffcrson. Novel Suit. A person in Mobile has brought suit for damig' S against a shoemaker (or failing io coir.pl v with a promise to have a pais of boots made at a specifn d time, A Quiet Wedding. Two daf mutes, named Geo. M. B ker and Amanda M. Bughee, w,-re married a few diys since at Albany, N. Y. The Argus of that city says they appeared very hap. py, although they "never told their love." Mrs. Ritchie. This accomplished lady, who as Mrs. Mowatt, the aelre.s. and the author of her own biography on 'he stage, gained applause second io no one whose career has been a public one, has just compb t d reading the proof sheets of her new work, called '-Munic Life, or Before and Behind the Curtain." 1' is said to be a work calculated io excite a profound interest. Enlightened Spain. Among all her severe looking cliffs Spain h not a single light. house from the Pyrenees lo Poiul Europe.she has no railroads, no canals, no telegraphs, anH still .s, here has been no safety on the highways for travellers. Extraordinary Suicuie. A Mr. Sinclair, ol Janesville, Wisconsin, having a fortune ol $150, 000, cut bis throat few days since, for fear of poverty. 0" The amount of counterfeit money in the market is estimated st five per cent of the whoh circulation. It is stated tit I in Canada iher is a manufactory that turns out ten thousand dollars per week. A Troy (N. Y ) ppT ays that in West Troy, jt has beep asceriained, ihere exists a gang of counterfeiters whose operations yield a clear profit ol 630,000 per year. (Kr The Russians have lost 100,000 men iinee the beginning rif tfti Crimea ca.npt-gn, and he alties as numy more. UNIVs,BSlTY of Viaoi.viA. Upward of 500 students are now in attepdapee at the University, NO. 17. From the Loaisviile Times. Valuta) ill usaistaU the PresiatcB.1 No man has ever occupied the presidential chair who has been pursued by such nn unceasing volley ol calumnies as President Pierce How ever d fficuii it may be for northern abolitionists and s.mi.Vin (tnow nothings to harmonize in many ihings, in hatred ol President Pierce the)? are Ofle. -in irom a cnmoii sewer pour out upon him their rili h y abuse and infamous Ulsehoods. There are cer-.aiuly good reason why then who advocite pucIi principles as those taught by S w ud, H ile, and Chase, should hnto Franklin Pierce. For nearly a quarter of a ceoiuty his genius and eloquence have preserved his Unlive Slate. New Hampshire, Ir an ihe pollution of their treasonable docirines, and all New EnglsnJ has felt ihe influence of his patriotic voice, boldness and sagacity with which he has eitfr. cised his accession in the chid magistracy of the Union to behalf of those great constitutional prin ciples which they so bitterly hate, has very naturally increased their rage. It is not Strang . we repeat, that men who desire lo deprive fifteen States of this Union ot their constitutional rights, and make idem servile dependents of a northern despotism, should vilify and slander Genera! Pierce. But how any party io those fifteen States, in defence of whose sovereignty he has drawn upon himself ihe fierce and malignant enmity of northern abolitionists can have the graceless nfTron tery to cheer on his and their enemies, passeth our comprehension. We have not been given either to eulogies or defences of the Administration. We have believe 4 all along thai public sentiment would quietly, but surely, work out for itself a vindication of it wisdom and morality. And we now believe that the verdict of ihe great popular judgment will be that the administration of President Pierce has been onf of ihe brightest and purest in our national history. It can be truly said of him that every one ot his official acts has been marked by that stern devotion to principle which hat ao character ized his whole public life. They Here just such as might have been expected from one who, in an active and prominent public career of mora ihan twenty years, never once has swerved nr flinched from the Jackaonian standard of demo cracy. To the South, the weakened portion of the con federacy, he has, indeed, been a tower of strength. Official infiVmce, official patronage, all the power that the constitution has placed in the hands of the Executive, has been wisely and firmly exerted in behalf of those constitutional rights which the dominant northern party was striving to over ride. If the South ever owed a debt of gratitud? to a northern man, that man is Franklin Pierce. We have been led to these reflections by seeing in one of our exchanges a letter written by Presi dent Pierce more than twelve months ago. It snt V if JVB1 I- - J fk.Sk I . I J I sagacity ol the President, but is a withering re. buke to those southern know-nothing partisans who have been mendacious enough to insinuate charges against his soundness upon the aectionnl questions of the day. We allude lo President Pierce's letter to Mr. Taylor. 4 New Pur I jr. Since the defeat ol the Know-Nothings, at the election for Mayor, in Charleston, a few days ago, the "Evening News" of that city proposes the abandonment of Know. Nothing principles, and sugges's ihe propriety of a new party with a new set of principles. The M News" says : Now we admit thai there is a strong prejudice prevailing against secret political associations, oai I -bound political obligations and the intermixture of religion with politics, and in which we havo shared. So far as these constitute Know-Nolh ingism, the verdict is against it, and to that ex tent aud purport it may be deemed defeated io our city. The organization to sustain these points will no doubt disband itself. From its ashes a new party will arise a genuine, public, undis mayed American party. A party disconnected in origin and associuiion from ull factions. A party devoted to State Rights and undying oppo si' ion lo Alienage, aa its two cardinal sentiments. A party that will raise neither a Union nor a Dis union banner, but abide the course of events, and hold itself ever ready to take deliberate and effi cient means to preserve the rights of the South and the State. A party that will have nothing to do with National Conventions or caucusses, but hold plain constitutional republican doctrines to be their guide in federal politics. A party that is determined to have NtUuralization relormed, and suffrage purifi"d. A party determined to kill off foreign Abolitionism in our country. Astonishing Effects of Guano. The Norfolk News says that a gentleman in Portsmouth, a believer in Capt. Cocke's preventative of yellow fever, (guano) purchased a bag of it, which he sprinkled around his dwelling. The fever Ire coming pretty hot in his neighborhood, he fled to the country. Returning a few days ago, he pre. ceeded to ventilate his premises, when, to his otter astonishment and agreahle surprise, he found 'hat his bouse had grown a story higher. lie Liked his Seat. The way a man refers every problem, great or. small, to himself and his own convenience, for a solution, is often amusing. One of this sort of people had ensconced himself in a seat in a railway car next the stove, where, lor hours, he sat tousling his feet, snd basking in the genial heart of a fire, scarcely large enough for the coin'ort of the passengers who occupied seats remote from the anthracite. By and by, up comes a gentleman with a lady, and says, to the blandest manner i "Wou'dn't you likt to exchange seats with this Udy r "No, thank'e," said the old fellow, with an awkward bow, "no, thank's I'm 'Maeged to j-ou but I like this seat sosio' well." A iVVui 2V- A poor widow was asked ho she became so nr. ich attached to a certain neigh bor, and' r- plied that she was bound lo him by several cords of wood which he had seut her dur ing 'he hard winter. OOr S -me of ihe medical journals are re con (iintf the use of arsenic in consumptive cases, a i t.a r aa . aV ' j to a greater extent than has hitherto been the ess