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A Family Paper, devoted to Stale Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany C - JOHN I PALMER, 'BH F.niTOR AM) PROPKIKTOK. J $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Oflico on Main Street, ONE DOOR SOUTH OF SADLER'S M3TEL. TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1856. c NUMBER 2. OF THE TERMS OF THE PAPER fh Dollars a near, in bbance. A.N'D Having recently visited Now-York, Mod so- , . tc.l from the old nml elegant Foundry f Qoo. Brace, Esq., A QUAKTITT OF &U1 nnb isjonnbIrqf!f1 We are now prepared to Execute IiX tlio I3ost Stylo, AI.l. KIM DO 'F rr r rr ?.'' .' 'Ac ."Fj.-an., iil you mwttipiv the iicsu J,"' I- one of the er-tabli.-hed inaXMBSof business. ont'iKlts POK PAMPHLETS, ' CLERKS' BLANKS HANDBILLS, SHERIFF'S do. ( VBDS, CONSTABLES' lo. i I !M I " LARS, MAGISTRATES. LABELS, I ATTORNEYS' do. 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VS7.'Mm ani i'c ivinr aaditions inereto) rhoice stock of bandsome and mshionable WATCHES from I nwt eel bratcd makers. Also, a rich assort- it et ! iVshitaablt Jewflrj, Chains, &c. ... . ' AM .it" whieh will h M'. ! low tor Oasll. or OU Sunt , e to puuctiird d THO .ill THOMAS TROTTER SON. ! Charlotte, June 10, 1356 tf rPHK SUBSCRIBER BF.tiSle; - Ins Friends ami the public gt pave to inform "enetallv,that 1$ Stl 1 rjrrvina m tU j1 . .. -. r paRkimsi 55'im:ic,s in aM its various aaBa sri h all the increased facilities af- j "r.-iny modern improvaaae nts. Ilena- now i d a lare awnber of BUGGI F., CA'.' IA6ES, ROCK A AYS, fcc, made on the approved styles out of the bst material, J which he asks the inspection of purchaser!, "is establishments is on College and Derrt eta, where i.e will be glad to see his "'ends. ,, JOHN HA RTF '-oarlotte, July 2S, 1955 tf 5 ffe 5 . Si ... - wo j tit VMS i. urn t LaJ " Harne a s 3 DOORS BOOTH OF THE MANSION HOUSE, Charlotte. S. M. HOWELL HAVING mail.- more extensive p reparations for tin- Manufacture of SADDLES and HARNESS, He would rt-sp ctfully North Carolina, that h" inform the citiz-ns of is now prepared to fur . II4Ki:.SS furnish MDDLE9 of a superior ipialitv, of his oxen manufacture, I ... .1... (1 I Ull. Very Lowest Possible Prices. u u . XTVo-xitxxxs Sacldlcs Bv having tlu ir orders, can he furnished as low as th v eaa premre the same at the North. Anril 15. 1856 tf S. If. HOWELL. ENCourace mis knocking. rUlIIF. undersigned begs leave fl- tu return his thanks lothoM who favored him with I coll dnr- iu" the last v-ar : ami In- wmil P-S -etfully inform the puhlietha! be baa removed to the Machine Shop formerly oeeupieil by Messrs. George & Wbisdant, adjoining Mr. J. Rmfiaill'i Steam Planing Mills, whet he is prepared to execute ail work in his line M cheap and as pood as can he dune in the Slate. Turning, t utting Screws, Bepair ims Boilers and Engines of all descriptions, Making and Re- 1 pairing Mill Spindles, Wood Plainers, Making Ploughs, Iron ing Wagons; and in Horse-Shoeing, &c, we will yield to no one for neatness, wear, and dispatch. Inter fering Shoes 1 25, common ditto $1, c:ist steel toes, or steel plate, SjeJ. 1 have also erected an Air Furnace for mend ing Bras, which answers finely. Tin- puhliccan now jret hrass and composition castings by call ing at the above establishment, and furnishing patterns. Old Hrass melted over a t a lednecd price, w ith neatness and despatch. Old C opper and Brass wanted. 8. J. PERRY. Charlotte, .Trn. I, 185ft. tf KOISEKT SHAW AKES this opportunity of intormhtc the pnblie generally, and all who intend eointr to Kans.Ls in particular, that be attends to con tinue the "vi.ti'i nn1 llnriliuv Rnc i ssM At ,is M stand, in Springs' Corner Baitdhnj, where be intends to keep constantly on hand a supply of SailtlScs, Bridles, Hariae88,&c or Veer Description. nu rricndfl m regpectmllT invited to call and snpply themselves, as every article in his line wiU aff,,rd,'d on lhe most reasonable terms. ' ' ' " ' ' ' Charlotte, I t l. U, 1 tt TO THE PH'BSC. W HAVE JUST RECEIVEB and opened the bI Inrsreat anil ntt varlJ fttoekof I)r;;:;s, .Medicines . Cbrm- icals, Paints, Oils, Win- Stllfls, Perl IMHTY. ToNri Articles Ac Ac.rQLvER offer- i:d in this market. j All of which will be sold at extremely short nmhta fnr fiton i I mrjf OonramTios mi it jroo want art eles '" mJ . c'"- J" tf"''1 Mtiafcd, both with regard o priee and quality. Kcs.-eifnlly. &c. . ii. m . pri rcn TJP, M. ,D. ITa of fair tf Retail Druggist, Granite Kow, No 3. Charlotte. Hy 6, 1836 u Kf )( IK S - ' V S J n - ftt - i t L; at the CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE. THE DSPHAS1' ZZl L is tiii: Far West Bm Revert Cant'. nif , ti'L'X-t"ITi.-o nr. Ill III "lATit .ll'l J.. I . HI.. -5 'I 1 I.W.J l wniin v i STANHOPE BURLEIGH, The Jcsuites in j our Unties. One of the most interestinpr Novels j that has been writtcu in manv v ars bv llden OS i,. THE MUSEUM of Remarkable and Interest- inq: Events, contaiuin!? Historical Adventures ! and Incidents. I BLANCHE DEARWOOD-a Tale of Modern ; Life. EVENING TALES bein? a selection of wonderful and supernatural Stories, translated from the Chinese, Turkib, and German, and compilecl by . nnj St. Clair. . nr--- LEXICON OF FREE t?rg! M A SON R Y, !" Containlnrr H.-i;t;n of all its communicable terms The True Masonic Chan, by J. L. Cross, G. L The Free-Mason's Manual, "by Rev'nd K. J. Stewart. Mackey's Ahinan R -zou of South Carolina. Th New Masonic Tnistl Board. THE ODD FELLOWS' MANUAL, bv the Rev. A. B. Grash. LOWRIE at ENNISS, Charlotte. March 4, 1856 Book-Sellers. BUCHANAM'S PUBLIC SERVI CES. We give a brief outline of the public ser vices of the next President of the United States. James Buchanan was born in 1791, in the county of Franklin, State of Pennsyl vania. Franklin was at that time one of i me iroiuier counties or inai oraie. riis ra ther was an honest and industrious farmer. whose vigorous arm cleared the fields from which he derived a support for his family. A FARMER'S BOY. The early days of the son were spent on his father's farm, in what was then about the wildest portion of the Keystone State. , The future statesman, aided his father in the labors of his farm, and under the roof of j the farm house, received from a pious mo- , ther his firt lessons of instruction. For years he struggled against those terrible and disheartening obstacles which beset the pathway of the ambitious scholar, who presses forward, unaided by family, fortune, j or influential friends, and whose success rests upon his own merits. He adopted the law as his profession, and selected Lancas I ter county for his place of residence. Ac curate in his profession, eloquent as an ad vocate, energetic, industrious, faithful and scrupulous, he at once attained a high po sition at the bar, and was regarded as one of the ablest lawyers of his State. A SOLDIER IN THE WAR OF 1812. His simple and unpretending manners, endeared hiin early in life to the masses of the people. His first public service was as a soldier. Although the war of 1812 found him poor, and dependent entirely upon his practice for support, he threw his books aside and took up arms for his country's cause. He sought no place of honor, but enlisted as a common soldier when the British threatened the destruction of Bal timore. SUPPORTS MONROE AND JACKSON His career as a politician commenced in 1813, when he was elected to the Legisla- ture- of Pennsylvania, by the people of Lan caster. In that body he exhibited the abil ity as a debater which has since so eminent ly distinguished him in the broader field of national politics. He was always forcible, clear and eloquent, and highly cautious and conservative. He was a warm and active supporter of the republican administration of James Monroe, and a bitter and uncom promising opponent of the federal adminis tration of John Quincy Adams. ENTERED CONGRESS. As early as 1815. he took a decided stand against the United States Bank a hostility which in after years made him the ever faithful friend of ANDREW JACKSON. He entered the House of Representatives in 1820, and was for ten years a member of' that body, and was always recognized as i the equal of Hayne, McDuffie, Silas Wright, j Woodbury, Giles, Felix Grundy, and Polk. In 1831 he was sent as Minister to Russia ! by General Jackson. He returned home I in 18:34, and was immediately sent to the United States Senate, where he remained until 184t!. JAMES Buchanan was one of the earliest advocates of the election of the hero of N- Orleans. His advocacy, indeed, assumed the intensest form of personal devotion and partisan zeal. His hostility to the United States Bank, and his warm advocacy of Jackson, made Mr. Buchanan an object of especial hatred to the hirelings of Biddle and to the Whig party. The monster Bank, which bought up Senators and whole Slates, corrupted the press, and threatened to crush the Democratic party, was located at Philadelphia. It was deemed omnipo tent, and when Jackson first assailed the monster it laughed derisively at his blows. The corrupt and the cowardly, predicting the speedy destruction of the uuterrified soldier statesman, deserted to the enemy or remained quiet spectators of the conflict. Mr. Buchanan stood firm in the support of the old hero through all that fierce and tn in" contest, and the result of that memora blc conflict is known to every body. MINISTER TO RUSSIA Mr. Buchanan was for three years our Minister to Russia. He enjoyed, at St. Petersburg, the personal friendship and es teem of the Emperor, and did much to con- t shape and consistency, rnat iUr. uucnau eiliate the Russian Government and to ren- ' an, in claiming for the State an entire con dor Americans popular in that country. j trol of tl.e subject of slavery, declared: This hurried sketch will not permit us to I " The older I grow, the more I am inclined detail the manv important services which to be icliat. is called a State Rights man." he rendered to" his country whilst in Russia, j Mr. Buchanan was one of the first states II is celebrated commercial treaty between ! men in this country to maintain precisely the United States and Russia, has proved ! itself and still promises, in the advantages which it has afforded to our commerce, to ! i be a lasting monument of his early ability as a diplomatist. There is perhaps no statesman in this country so intimately acquainted with our avstem of foreign policy as Mr. Buchanan. His caution, well-balanced mind, urbanity Bn irrespective of slartry ; and that of manners and placid temper eminently Congress should not interfere to prevent the qualified him to conduct delicate diplomat- admission of a slave Slate" ic relations. It is fortunate for us that, at IN FAVOR OF ADMITTING TEXAS, this time, when our foreign relations are in In 1844, the annexation of Texas was an entangled couditiou, the country may warmly advocated by the Democracy of the soon be able to command at the helmn of; Southern States. The Whigs, with Henry State, the services of a statesman so ac- j Clay as tbeir leader, opposed the annexa complished. judicious and experienced. He j tion of Texas. The Democracy of the will bring with him to the discharge of the j North wavered, for a time, as Martin Van duties of that high Executive office to which j Buren, then the nominal leader of the par he will soon be elevated, nearly twenty-five ' ty in free States, opposed the annexation of vears acquaintance with our foreign rela- ' Texas in a long letter to Mr. Hammett, of tions, as Senator, Secretary of State and foreign Minister. ELECTED TO THE XT. S. SENATE. Immediately upon his return from Rus sia, Mr. Buchanan was elected by the Legislature of Pennsylvania to the Senate of the United States. He remained for more than ten years a member of that body, entering it in 1834 and resigning his seat in 1848 to accept the Secretaryship of State during Mr. Polk's administration. Our readers will remember that from 1834 to 1848, the Senate of the United States con tained a larger number of great men than any legislative body since the days of Pitt, Fox, Sheridan and Burke. Clay, Calhoun, McDuffie, Buchanan, Hayne, Rives, Wood bury, Wright, Preston, Grundy, Webster, and Linn, were among the illustrious states man who were among the great minds in the Senate at the dates referred to, and James Buchanan ranked with the ablest men of our party, and was regarded as one of its most accomplished champions. He signalized himself by his bitter hostility to all the measures of the Abolitionists, and endeavored to crush that fanatical faction by harsh and severe measures, both in and out of the Senate chamber. His boldness and patriotism rendered him, of course, a prominent object for their abuse and de nunciation, and he enjoyed his full share of that billingsgate which is now so liberal ly poured on Judge Douglas. HIS COURSE IN THE SENATE. In the Senate Mr. Buchanan opposed the United States Bank, the profuse expendi- m ture of the public revenue, the abolition of the veto power, the Exchequer system, the distribution of the public, revenue to the States, and a substitution of paper money for the constitutional currency of gold and silver. He was for many years chairman of the committee on Foreign Relations, and bitterly opposed the surrender of McLeod upon the insulting demand of the British j government. He defended our title to the j Northeast boundary line, and opposed the treaty, which gave a largo portion of our territory to a foreign government. He in variably acted with his party. During the extra session of 1841, when the Whigs, flushed by success and confi dent of the acquiescence of John Tyler, in all of their batch of unconstitutional measures, sought, to press "bank, bank rupt law, and distribution," through Con gress during the memorable hundred days, again, as in the time of Andrew Jackson, Mr. Buchanan distinguished himself by able and eloquent speeches on the side of Dem ocratic measures. HIS DEFENCE OF THE SOUTH. The most conclusive speech delivered in the Senate in 1842, against the restriction or abolition of the veto power, was that of James Buchanan. With prophetic wisdom, declared that the time might come when the Southern States would have nothing to protect their domestrc institutions buAie v'eto power and an honest, constitution tor- in" President. Upon this subject his views are in striking contrast with those of Mil lard Fillmore, who believes that the action of Congress should never be interfered with by the exercise of the veto power by the Executive. Consistent and prominent as Mr. Buchanan has always been, in his ad vocacy of the great principles of Democra cv, his defence of the South and her insti tutions has been equally remarkable. As far back as the great debate on the admis sion of Arkansas and Michigan, he was our unswerving and devoted friend. In 18.'!C, on the subject of circulating A bolition documents through the public mails, he agreed with Mr. Calhoun in urging the passage of a law to prohibit their circula tion at the South. Wrhcn Congress was petitioned to abolish slavery in the District of Colombia, he opposed the reception of such petitions in an eloquent speech. SUPPORTS THE ARKANSAS BILL. As a high mark of the esteem and admi ration of the South, he was selected in 1830, to present the bill admitting Arkansas as a slave State, and he then delivered a speech of signal ability, taking sides with the South. It was upon the occasion in question, when the States Rights party was yet in its infan cy, before even John C. Calhoun had given . . , .l a. r i the argument which is now used by the ad- VOCateS OI me repeui ui .uijuuuii hui- promise. As earlv as 1836, in advocating . r.L i r k t:. : - the admission of Arkansas "he took tfic broad ground, that the people of the terri tory having formed a Republican Constitu tion after Uie model of the United States, could be, and should be admitted into the Mississippi. Van Buren's influence was at that time very great, and. for a time, the friends of annexation trembled for the fate of that young Republic, as both France and England were eager to possess themselves of the beautiful and fertile State. James Buchanan at this critical juncture, warmly advocated the annexation of Texas in a speech of remarkable ability and elo quence. The effect of the speech was al most magical. The Northern Democracy cast off the ingrate of New York, and vied with the Democracy of the Southern States in their cordial support of annexation. It is impossible to exaggerate the influence of Pennsylvania's attitude at that time upon the fortunes of the Democratic party. OPPOSED TO THE WILMOT PROVISO But the record of his devotion to the South is not yet complete. He never skulk ed responsibility and never failed by his speeches, letters and votes to illustrate the sincerity of his attachment. It was James Buchanan who denounced the famous Wii mot Proviso, in 1847, and rallied Pennsyl vania against it, and made the faithful De mocracy of that State hurl David Wilmot from public life and consign him to a poli tical grave, so deep that the hand of resur rection has never reached him since. SECRETARY OF STATE. The triumph of the Democracy in 1844 was the last victory which was to gladden the heart and rekindle the eye of the hero of the Hermitage. His long and useful life was drawing to its close, when the national Democracy elected Mr. Polk, the friend and political pupil of the hero of New Or leans, to the Presidency. Before forming that Cabinet which was destined to share the glory of his administration, Mr. Polk repaired to the hermitage to seek the coun sel and profit by the experience of that great soldier, statesman and patriot, who, during the eight years of an eventful ad ministration, enjoyed rare opportunities to ascertain the character and capacity of all our public men. The condition of our for eign relations were of a most dangerous and alarming character. The Oregon question threatened to involve us in a war with Great Britain, and war with Mexico was regarded as inevitable by every one. The post of Secretary of State was therefore of great importance. The welfare of the country depended very much upon the character of the member of Mr. Polk's cabinet who should discharge the duties of that impor tant post. Andrew Jackson urged the ap pointment of James Buchanan for Secreta ry of State and chief of the Cabinet ; and Mr. Polk, recognizing his pro-eminent qual ifications for the office, offered to Mr. Buch anan the appointment. It was accepted, and for four years he discharged his duties of the office with an ability unsurpassed by that which had been manifested by any of his distinguished predecessors. He shaped the measures of that administration which, in its complete success and in its extraor dinary influence upon the destinies of the Union, now ranks by universal consent with those of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson. Mr. Buchanan's services to the country whilst Secretary of State are well known. He defended in a masterly argument the American title to Oregon, and conducted the diplomatic correspondence of the gov ernment with great ability. But it is use less to recapitulate his many services to his country as chief officer of the Cabinet and conductor of its foreign policy during the eventful administration in question. ALWA1S IM OPPOSITION TO ABOLITION C HEMES. During the whole of Taylor's and Fill more's Administrations Mr. Buchanan was the leader and defender of the State Rights Democracy of Pennsylvania. He every where, by his letters and speeches, urged upon the people of Pennsylvania the im portance of enforcing the.provLuons of the fugitive slave law, and fearlessly denounc ed the laws which were enacted in that State by the freesoilers and abolitionists, for the purpose of depriving the South of the use of the jails for the safe keeping of fugitive slaves. Mr. Buchanan has uniformly, consistent ly, and always opposed the abolitionists and free-soilcrs in their encroachments upon tho constitutional rights of the Southern States. Ho would not have retained the confidence of Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and all Southerners, even the ultra portion of the Democratic party of South Carolina, if he had shown the shadow of a shade of free so ilism. If at any time he, like many of the best Southerners, expressed opposition to slavery in the abstract, or as an original question, it was a matter wholly apart from his political acts. He has always been found acting and voting with the Democrat ic party in favor of every measure which could be regarded as a Southern one. 31 1 SISTER TO EXGL4.I. Of his recent services as our Minister to England it is unnecessary to speak. His official corresponpenco with Lord Claren don upon the Central American and Enlist ment questions, shows how carefully and watchfully he guarded our national honor and rights. OPPOSED TO KXOW.XOTII MCflM. James Buchanan was the first of all our statesmen to denounce the atrocious doc trines of tho late Know-Nothing party. With that fearless patriotism which has in variably characterised his history as a pol itician, he denounced the heresies of the A -merican party when that party was local in its influence and yet in its infancy. Know Nothingism without its secret signs, oaths, pledges, pass-words, grips aud mummeries, existed in Pennsylvania in 1644. It then bore the name of Native American party. It signalized its decency and respect for the Biblo and the Constitution by burning churches and butchering foreigners. Then, as more recently, it delighted in bloodshed and mobs. In the name of the Constitution and the Holy Bible, it practised the accom plishments of murder and arson. It also warred to the knife upon the Democratic party. James Buchanan took tho lead in denouncing the Native American party as early as 1844. We gather the foregoing facts from a long review of his life and public services drawn up by the able editors of tho Rich mond (Va.) Examiner. We regret that we have not space for the whole sketch. We have omitted many things showing addi tional claims of Mr. B. to the support of the people, and particularly of a Southern people, for the office which his countrymen have called him to fill. The Examiner, in closing its lengthy sketch, says : " Not addicted to fulsome and unmerited eulogy, we have not colored too highly this sketch of the public life of James Buchan an. Had he been a time-serving dema gogue through life, rising by intrigue, trick ery and duplicity, he would not have re ceived our support. But those admirable qualities as a statesman and a gentleman which secured him our early support, and has won for him the love of his native State, will elevate him to tho Presidency by tho largest electoral vote given to any candi date for the Presidency since the days of James Monroe. Conservative, Union-loving men of all parties, friends of tho Con stitution, and patriots in every State of the Union, will hail his nomination with delight. And even those who have already despaired of the republic, who are desponding and believo that we are to bo shipwrecked by the storms and tempests of fanaticism, will cling to the Democratic platform and to James Buchanan, as the shipwrecked mar-' iner grasps the last plank of his foundered vessel, when night and tho tempest have closed around him.' From Harper's Magazine. JAMES BUCHANAN IN YOUTH. HOW HE CAME TO BE A BACHELOR. Some years ago a member of tho United States Senate, distinguished not only for his talents, but for his fine personal appear ance, was seated in a richly furnished par lor in the city of Washington, engaged in a lively conversation with one of the most amiable and accomplished married ladies that ever honored our national capital with their presence. The subject was the com mon and most agreeable one of marriage ; and the lady, with a bountiful enthusiasm natural to her character, was pressing upon the notice of her distinguished bachelor friend the claims of a young female friend, whose position in society, amiable disposi tion, and liberal education, eminently ren dered her fit to be the wife of a distinguish ed statesman, who had seemingly already spent too many years without a proper companion to divide his honors and bear with him the ills of life. The gentleman, who had for a long time entered with hearty good-will into the half serious and half plavful conversation, sud denly became excited, and remarked that he could on such a subject bear all that was said in jest, but when serious arguments were brought to urge him to change his condition, then his reply must be that such a thing could never be that to love he could not, for his affections were in the grave. The lady was struck with the Senator's manner, and surprised that throughout her long acquaintance with him she had never suspected that he had found time, amidst the struggles of a laborious profession and a high political position, to "fall in love." With the blandishments only known to tho sex, and with a curiosity prompted by the kindest of hearts, she asked for an explana- I MiH va hio KnSBMaaaj tj atvij f nuu O ! tleman, for tho moment overcome by the eloquence of his interlocutor, explained as j follows : It was my good fortune, soon after I cn - tered upon the active duties of my profes- ! sion, to engage the affections of a lovely ; girl, alike graced with beauty of person and high social position. Her mother, her ! only living parent, was ambitious; and, in the thoughtless desire to make an alliance I of fashion, opposed the union of her child with one who had only his talents and the j future to give in return for so much beauty j and wealth. The young lady, however, watt more disinterested; mutual vows of i attachment were exchanged, a correspon- J dence and frequent personal interviews sue- i ceeded, and the future seemed to promise a ! most happy consummation of all our wishes, i At that time I had just commenced tinder t favorable circumstances, my profession in my native town ; aud, making some charac- ton rf ViI.j nan rv 1 ?" rr m x'f nri' n-tsl tl.c tori was finally engaged as counsel in a suit of importance before one of the courts hol den in the city of Philadelphia. The op portunity was favorable to make an impres- lon if I possessed tho ability to do so ; and I gladly accepted the position, and bonl my j wholo energies to accomplish my ambition. J Arranging to write frequently to one who . divided my heart with my business duties, I and to receive frequent epistles in return, j I set out for Philadelphia, expecting to bo absent at most not more than two weeks. ' ma i i i a tuo law s ueiay, uowever, aetaineu me a month beyond my most sanguine expecta tions, and established myself in a posit. on before the highest court of my native State. My triumphs were dashed that in all tho time thus engaged I had not received a lino from Lancaster, instead of which the at mosphere was filled with rumors that the person upon whom I had set my affections had been seduced into tho ambitious designs of her thoughtless parent, and that I had boen discarded tt thing I could not believe, and yet the dreadful silence seemod to in dorse it. At last, released from my engagement, I took the usual, and, in those days, the only conveyance to Lancaster the stage. Tho idleness consequent upon travelling gava time for consuming thoughts, and my sus pense became painful to the last degree, and, uuable to bear the slow space of my con veyance, I determined to anticipate tho usual time of my journey, by making tho last miles on horseback. In carrying out this determination, I mounted a fleet steed; but just as I reached the suburbs of my na tive place, the animal, from some unaccoun table cause, sprang from the road, threw me with force, breaking my arm and other wise injuring my person. Picked up by my friends, I was conveyed helpless and full of physical and mental agony, to my home. Scarcely had the surgeons perform ed the necessary duties, than one, whom I esteemed a friend, announced to me the gossip of the village, and, among other things, detailed the particulars of tho court ship and engagement of tho young lady in whom I was so interested with a well known person of a neighboring city a person whose claims to regard no one could dis pute. Theso things, stated with such ap parent good faith, connected with that fear ful silence of six long weeks, bad no other effect than to increase my anxiety to un ravel the mystery; and on the following morning, concealed my wounded limb under a cloak, probubly pale and haggard, I pre sented myself at the mansion of my mis tress. I was received in the presence of the mother. She confirmed my suspicions. The young lady stood by, the picture of despair, yet silent as the grave. Desper ate at what seemed this bad faith, I return ed to my house, wrote a hasty letter de manding my correspondence, and return ing at the same time every once cherishod token of affection. I received all I sent for, save, perhaps some forgotten flower. That night tho young lady, accompanied by a female servant, left for Philadelphia. Arriving at her uncle's house, she com plained of being fatigued with her journey, and retired to her room. Complaining of some serious pain, only soothed by narco tics, she sent her faithful but unsuspecting servant and friend to a neighboring drug store for laudanum, received it, expressed tho wish to be alone, and seemingly retired to sleep. The following morning, not mak ing her appearance, the family became a larmed, broke open the door, and found tho young lady doad in her hand the little keepsake retained from my correspondence. The uncle, as if comprehending tho parti culars which led to this dreadful tragedy. had the body encoffincd, and with it return ed to Lancaster. Placing all that remained of this once lovely being in tho parlor, ho brought the mother forward, and displayed, what ho was pleased to term, tho result of her work. I wag sent for, and arrived to witness the eloquent agony of that mother's heart. Over the cold remains of her daughter, tho revealed the particulars that led to tho aw ful result. My letters und hcr's, by untir ing industry, the command of large resour ces, and paid agents, had been all inter cepted. The reason of my prolonged ab sence in Philadelphia had been explained as the result of tho fascinating charms of city belles; even an engagement had been pronounced. All this while the victim had been full of hope. She had heard of my arrival in Lancaster, but not of my acci dent ; for long weary hours sho sat in tho parlor waiting my presence, but doomed to disappointment. Here was seeming indif ference, a confirmation of all she had heard. On the other side, I was made the dupe of the mother's arts, and the fiend who hod poisoned my ear wns merely the agent to carry forward the great wrong. The but interview I have described, which resulted in the return of correspondence, was en shrouded in the consequences of all theso plans. The result was death to one party, and the burial of the heart of tho other, in the same grave that closed over one who could not survive the wreck of her affec tions." Many years have passed away since the incidents detailed in the above sketch havo transpired; many years since they were revived by'the accidental conversation in a family circle of Washington society; bat the country strangely becomes interested in the event, from the fact that tho White House may possibly havo a bachelor for its occupant; but one, uot so because o indifference to woman, but really from tho highest appreciation of one of the loveliest of the sex.