I vW V TvWV BB BMX'aBBB'x Oi Ba.BaaKaBSX HW Pv A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany R7 T PAT. i CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, ($2 PER ANNUM j In Advance. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Office on Main Street, F ONE DOOR SOUTH Of SADLER'S HOTEL, $ VOLUME 5. NUMBER 9, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1856. OK TIIK TERMS OF THE PAPER : Ttoo Dollars a ijtar, in fcmtt - ' ( Having recently visited New-York, and se lected from the old and elegant Foundry of Geo. Bruce, Esq;, A Ql'ANTITY OF We are now prepared to Execute Xtx "tl3.o !Oost St37-Xo, AXX KINDS OF "JMmitiptv the .Trans, aittf ote tnultijl'i Use sHfs," Is our of the established umxiuisof btU inese. $9' okki.ks roi; PAMPHLETS, CLERKS' BLANKS HANDBILLS, SHERIFF'S do. CRDS, CONSTABLES' do. ( IRCPLABS, MAC ISTliATESMo. LABELS, ATTORNEYS do. Olt FOX A3 aVttlJEllfe iifi WOES Keijuired by the business t ' immunity, WII.I. ME EXUtieD WITH TXT S "3? NBS 3 I S A T E2 Various ls-iiacis of ;SmdJ cvO saeJUtevl 1a:)1 ALWAYS ON HAM). Or (fmntti to rter DiO! KAGC iHiS IvNOHilN. rajiUE vni reigned Wgs 1 :r.e n to rot tire bia thanks tethoso bvorod hi'ii wit!i a call dur- . ;. laal y em : and be wonM -ctfttlly uiforai the pnblie thai h - s r moveil to tin- Machine i :i fonvmdj arenpied by Ifeaore. CleoMDe A VVbMiaaait, ajaaning Mr. J. RudisilFa steam I" Mills, arhrw he is pn pand to execute won ia his line as cheap and as good as can J NK in the Stain. Tiiraing, Cattiag Screws. Uepair ia Boilers and Kniaes of all descriptions, Making and Re pairing Mill Spindles, Wood Plainer, Making Ploughs, Iron ing Wagons; and in Horse-Shoeing, &,c., we will yield to no one for neatness, wear, ami dispatch. Inter i j Shoaa $1 S5, common ditto $1, e;u-t- stt'ej Uti4, or St. el plate. S"?. I bare :.! creeled an Air Funiace fr niend ' : Brass, which answers Inely. The public can --v t bra and cmiposition castings by call-'- at tU ahove . stablishun nr. and turnisbing i tus. Old llrana aaolarrl oTnrat art duc d pric-. ah aratacaa and despatch. Old Cupeer and Bnmaraatcd. s J. PERRY. t ".i-trloftf, Jan. 1. I8of.. tf BOOKS or Sale vr ibr. CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE. T'lt VE W FF RCHJU3 B, or E vr.l.v Years IX TIIK F vit WBBT B liobert Carlton. THE AD VESTURES OF HAJJI RAF.A :k v, l'. rsla. and lfc-:':: Edited bv James nrr. STAMiOFE BURLEIGH, 7 Jrsuitrs in "ttr limn,. One of the mon inU'iestiug Novels Oiat has bivu writleu in manv vears by lll n Ma. ' THE MUSEUM af Rt aaaakahk and luter. st--' Eveata, contaiuiug Historical Adventures ad larid ela. BLANCHE DEARWOOD-aTale ofModern l. if... EVEXISd TALES heats a selection of aad ifa and suj. rnatura! Stories, translated "an th- Chines", Turkish, aud Geruiau, and " laj.iled by thmry St. Clair. LEXICON OF FREE MASONRY, Containhifir a d-tinition ": -II its commnnicabb; terms. The True Masonic Chart, by J. L. Cross, G. L Th.- Fre.-Slason s Manual, bv Rev'nd K. J. Stewart. The New Masonic Trustle Roard. THE ODD FELLOWS' MANUAL, by the T. A. B. Orash. 1-"WR1E & EXXISS, katiotta, March 4, ls,"0 Book-Selles.r Ji. W. AVIS, A.ttomey At Counsellor at Law, " x nil. M. J. RAI, Throe doors below Trotter's Carriage Manufactory f It. lit LOTTU. April 22, 18.TG.-ly URS. WHEALAX, Opposite the Iot -Office- ALL DRESSES cut and made by the celebrated A-lS-; method, ana war ranted to fit, BONNETS Trimmed in the latest style, at the .lirt-st notice. Charlotte, 1-Vb 12, tf 1 TO THE PUBLIC. I HA VE .H ST RECEIVED and opened the l:i reel and most varied stock oi Drugs, Medicines. ( lieiu ieals, Paints, Oils, Win dow Glass, Puttv, Dye Stnlls, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, &c &c.Poir5EVER offer ed IN THIS MARKET. All of which will be sold at extremely short profits, for cash. I defy competi tion and if you want articles in my line, call, you shall he satisfied, both with regard to price and quality. Rcsjf etfully, &e. II. M. PRITCHARD, IVf. ,D. Wholesale tV Retail Druggist, ( KAMTE ROW, No 3. Charlotte, May G, 185G. if NEW TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT. 4E.EXA1VDER St E.EMTEE.E 5 ) I LI) inform i)w V V chiaeaa (' Char ; lot.'i-and the SlUTOUBding , eoimtrv, that tiny have taken the room 4, : Sprins' Row. t'or m. rly oeeupi-d by R. M. R -hison. wdctp they in tend cMSvmf; on the T.i- LOUNG hl !.i:ss in all ' its branches. Having en ngod the aerrieea of A. , D thape, wliosc renut.i-1 tion as a Cutti r, is well known in this comniuni ' ty, they f :-l :o hesitauey in Baying that they an- as well prepuvd to rtye satisfaction as any o: h. r -ilahiishiif-nt in this part of the country; ami by close application and strict attention to businesSa they hope to merit a liberal shan' of patronage, (iooil tits wairantcd. 1 Fashions received monthly from the best reports. ALEXANDER A LENTELE. A uirnst 10, I HOC tf FASHIONABLE TAILORING. THE suhscriber announces to the public generally, that he r I - i e . . i u :i i.iigu assori- LtlW men! of new lloths, Cassimeres AND CT G iillemcn's wear, and will be sol. I p Omsk at a small prol;t,or made to or der Beeordine to the latest styles. Shop next door t Elm...' Grocery Store. pt. 29, 1S3L 10-lf D. L. REA. J. BET ttzktie: m ah OULD inform his customers, that he has V v tak n the room lately occupied by Mr. R. M. R bison, three doors east of the. Charlotte tank All work done by htm shall be executed iu the best style, for which in every instance, payment is n uuiud in cash before taking the vrorkaway. ALEX. BETHFNE. Jn ne S," 1856 3w If AND JEWELRY. HOMASTRQTTEB A SOX have just re- . hred t and will V regn- lariy reoeirbag additions thereto) a chaiea stock of ban bsoaae and fashionable WATCHES from thiiBOMl c 1 brat d makers. Also, a rich assort ment ot Fashionable Jewelry, Chains, &c. All of which will be sold low for cash, or on short time to punctata dealers. TIH MAS TROTTER & SOX. Charlotte, June 10, 1350 tf :i DeeS8 softh of the mansion house, Charlotte. S. M. HOWELL HAVING made more extensive preparations for the Manufacture of SADDLE and HARNESS, He would respectfully inform the citizens ot North Carolina, that he is now pnpai ed totur-tuvni-h SADDLES Ar HtRtSS of a superior quality, of his oten manufacture, Very Lowest Possible Prices. XVantins Saddles By leaving their orders, can be furnished as low they can procure the same at the North. April IS, 1650 tt S. M. HOWELJL B00N & C0.'S i,aat t. emir rorium NO. 3, BRICK HANGE, Opposite the BURNT DISTRICT WHERE thev will be pleased to aee their old friends and customers. m M 1 fi 9 Harness n Hdus of tip Killed by Lightning. On Friday morning last, about 2 o'clock, during a se vere thunder storm, Mrs. Sarah Watson, a widow lady residing in town near the Rail Road, was struck and killed by lightning. She had apisen from bed and was at the fire-place lighting a candle when the acci dent occurred. The other inmates of the house were aroused by the crying of htr little son, and efforts were made to resus citate her but they were unavailing. She was a very estimable lady, and by this aw ful dispensation of Divine Providence three little boys are left orphans at an early age. Salisbury Banner. Tuiflini Cause. Paul Stillman died in Now York, Thursday, from exhaustion, consequent on the amputation of a foot. He had worn a tight boot only two hours, and produced a wound which resulted in the loss a foot, and finally of his life. One of the Tricks of Burglars. From a confession made by a rogue, now in jail at Hartford, Ct., for various burgla ries recently committed in Farmington, it appears that one of the gang with whom he wus connected, travelled through various towns seMing polishing powders, with a view of ascertaining where silver plate was to be found. In visiting dwellings, he was ulways quite bold in following the inmates to ad jacent rooms, to test his powders upon sil ver spoons or plate. He made a memor andum of what he saw, in a book, noting particularly thbse houses where a dog was kept. . . A Good Lesson. The Cincinnati Gaz ette learns that "A young and handsome girl, residing on Sycamore street, attempt ed, on last Sunday evening to committ sui cide by swallowing a large do-e of lauda num. Soon after taking it she rued the rash act, told what she had done, and be came exceedingly afraid she would die. A physician was called in, used the stomach pump, and yesterday tho girl was doing well, and not only likely to recover from the effects of the poison, but also from a love fit, that it seems induced the foolish attempt. '"Oh, Doctor!" said she to her physician, "wouldn't it have been horrible to have killed myself for such a timid fel low as ; why, when he heard of it he stiid he always thought I was a blamed fool ." EXECUTION OF SALIZAR. Walker, the new President of Nicara gua, continues to punish all who oppose his government. Marino Salizar, executed on the 4th tilt., by Walker, at Granada, was a prominent politician in Nicaragua, and was a candi date for the Presidency. The El Nicara guensc says : "Shostly after his arrival in this place he had an interview with General Walker, which lasted a few minutes. When it was ended he returned to his place of confine ment, and was made aware that 5 o'clock, P. M., of the same day had been determin ed upon for his execution. He appeared to be prepared for the announcement, as, from the moment he was taken, ho was well aware of the usual penalty attached to the crimes of which he had been guilty. His interview with General Walker took place about eight o'clock, A. M. During the remain der of the day he was attended faithfully by Padre Vigil and other fathers of the church, and devoted himself, without interruption, to making his peace with an offended Deity, and standing in the presence of the august majesty of the King of Kings. Throughout the afternoon ho prayed earnestly in front of an image of Christ on the Cross. As his final ho-!r approached the holy sacrament was administered to him, and his spiritual advisers exhorting him to keep his mind fixed steadily on his Redeemer. His devotions were not disturb ed until the officer upon whom devolved the duty of his execution entered the apartment in which he was confined, to inquire wheth er he would prefer a standing or sitting pos ture in front of the soldiers who were to fire upon him. He preferred sitting; and the same chair in which General Corral was ex ecuted, was placed upon the spot selected for the occasion the precise place on which General Corral suffered death. When the evening dress part-de conclud ed, a file of twelve men were detached to execute the decree of justice, while the main body of the troops stationed in the city formed three sides of a square in front of tho wall against which the prisoner's chair was placed; the detachment of twelve standing about fifteen paces distant from the wall. The prisoner having announced that he was re ady, he was escorted to the place of his execution by a guard of four men and the venerable Padre Vigil, who ceased not i his pious exhortations. Salizar was dressed in a blue cloth jacket and coarse dark linen trowsers, presenting verv much the appearance of a sailor. He walked from the guard bouse in his stock ings and carried in front of him a crucifix, upon which he looked with much earnest ness and to which he addressed his prayers. Having taken his seat, the Padre joined him in a short prayer, after which the per sons assembled around were asked if they forgave him the many wrongs he had per petrated towards their city and their gov ernment. Being answered in the affirma tive, he tied the handkerchief about his eyes himself, and while calling upon Jesus to forgive him, the word was given, the sol diers fired, and the soul of Salizar took flight into the spirit world. New Material for PAPER.-The Cleve land Plaindealer says : 44 The Planet has , brought down from Lake Superior a thous ! and pounds of moss for Dr. Terby, of De j troit, who has been making experiments upon it in the manufacture of paper. The i Doctor says that the moss makes a beauti j ful white paper, without any preparation of the raw material for the common paper mills. In all respects it is equal to linen ! rags, and can be found in unlimited quan tities on Isle Royale and several other lo calities in the vicinity, at a very small comparative cost." VW A gentleman, Mr. G. W. Stell, re siding near Petersburg, Va., caught a neigh bor iu a beaver trap a few mornings since. Mr. Stell had experienced considerable dif ficulty in keeping his watermelons quietly "at home o' nights," and hit upon a beaver trap to solve the mystery of their disappear ance. Accordingly he set one, upon the plan of a steel trap, though large, without teeth. In the morning, instead of a thieving negro, he found an honest neighbor fearful ly crouching over it fast. Imagine that neighbor's feelings! . . A Max that Believes in Music. Some philosopher remarks: "Music not only improves a mail's tastes, but his mor als. It gives him a taste for home that amends his habits wonderfully. We be lieve in music, and candidly think that one flute will do as much towards driving row dyism out of a neighborhood as four police men and a bull dog." NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION. HELD AUGUST TH, 185t). 154. 1850. 7 i I COUNTIES. & 6 6 a 6 i C -A O o S o es R W G 2' O Alamance, 696 597 91G 045 Alexander, 2,'J5 441 406 411 Anson, 255 902 326 75U Ashe, 550 671 734 708 Hurke, 333 751 569 505 Buncombe, 502 775 958 787 Bladen, 620 426 608 481 Bertie, 410 490 469 545 Beaufort, 572 901 539 833 Brunswiek, 435 416 404 468 Cabarrus, 425 624 426 665 Catawba, 739 310 968 158 Craven, 63S 599 784 535 Cumberland, 1473 9'j7 1575 923 Chowan, 283 245 291 230 Columbus, 512 304 589 306 Camden, 125 461 107 473 Carteret, 399 403 493 502 Cherokee, 427 684 632 574 Caswell, 1007 220 1120 211 Chatham, 1017 1137 1166 1062 Caldwell, 219 620 438 425 Currituck, 544 158 556 146 Cteavehuid, 978 336 1109 138 Davidson, 679 1292 823 1199 Davie, 364 610 353 586 Duplin, 1061 225 1113 155 Edgecombe, 1404 155 1563 189 Forsythe, 897 802 1080 926 Franklin, 713 339 744 334 Gaston, 808 138 759 133 Granville, 1078 995 1225 994 Guilford, 528 1615 571 2059 Greene, 358 351 432 289 Gates, 422 351 459 392 Haywood, 345 350 537 254 Halifax, 584 551 736 584 Hertford, 237 306 335 393 Hyde, 303 397 332 501 Henderson, 243 687 668 647 Iredell, 392 1256 351 1349 Jackson, 366 255 572 106 Jones, 230 229 261 180 Johnston, 936 744 1036 817 Lenoir, 394 274 499 263 Lincoln, 573 296 614 222 Madisou, 428 311 575 250 Martin, 696 299 706 340 McDowell, 217 674 536 395 i Moore, 605 752 733 677 j Montgomery, 145 741 211 725! Macon, 229 390 367 396 Mecklenburg, 1023 652 1024 623 Nash, 1H5 95 1107 93 Xew Hanover, 1109 424 1522 570 Northampton. 641 490 695 428 Onslow, 596 238 771 108 Orange, 963 1080 1119 1045 Pasquotank, 331 496 330 502 Perquimans, 343 .334 3u4 348 Pitt, 725 708 775 716 Person, 601 331 678 384 Robeson, 782 679 773 669 Rockingham, 1036 310 1168 439 Rowan, 932 976 885 905 Rutherford, 621 1019 1070 781 ; Randolph, 403 1378 560 1281 Richmond, 113 708 246 556 Sampson, 860 599 990 497 .Surry, 797 464 877 579 Stokes, 036 437 709 493 tanlv, 95 874 166 797 Tyrrel, IDS 275 1J4 309 Union, 729 472 835 273 Wake, 1541 1170 1693 1124 Warren, 754 168 819 101 Washington, 245 388 261 377 Watauga, 157 423 257 392 Wavne, 1145 304 1332 274 Wilkes, 325 1261 609 1264 Yadkin, 650 758. 633 838 Yancy, 639 349 810 320 43,705 46,620 50,769 44,175 40,620 44,175 Bragg's maj. - - 2,085 B.'s mj. 12,594 THE LEGISLATURE. We believe that the following is a cor rect list of the members elect to the next North Carolina Legislature: DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. Camden and Curritvek J B Jones. Gates and Chowan Dr. R Dillard. Washington and Martin . Chesson. Northampton T J Person. NaskL N B Battle. Warren William Eaton, jr. Franklin P B Hawkins. Pitt M L Carr. Onslow E W Fonville. Duplin W J Houston. Mecklenburg W R Myers. Lincoln, Gaston y Cataicba J H White. Rutherford and Cleaveland Dr. C Mills. Burke, McDowell and CaldxcellVf W Every. Buncombe, Yancy, 5fc. David Coleman. New Hanover Owen Fennell. Edgecombe H T Clarke. Greene and Lenoir J P Speight. Wayne C II Brogden. Craven J Miller. Carteret and Jones W P Ward. Johnston L B Sanders. Wake G H Wilder. Granville C H K Taylor. Orange P C Cameron. Chatham R E Rives. Cumberland and Harnett D McDiarmid Sampson T H Holmes. Caswell S P Hill. Person J W Cunningham. Rockingham G D Boyd. Stokes and Forsyth J J Martin. Cherokee, Jackson, fyc.--V H Thomas. 33 KNOW-NOTHING SENATORS. Pasquotank and Perquimans Jno. Pool. Hertford R G Cowper. Bertie J B Cherry. Tyrell and Hyde F M Burges. Beaufort Allen Grist. Halifax M L Wiggins. Rowan and Davie Dr. J B Ramsay. Cabarrus and Stanly E R Gibson. Anson and Union Dr. Myers. Surry, Ashe, Yadkin and Watauga A Bryant. Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus A J Jones. Richmond and. Robeson A Dockery. Moore and Montgomery S H Christian. Randolph and Alamance M W Holt. Guilford Ralph Gorrell. Davidson J W Thomas. Wilkes, fredell, Sfc.R. Parks. 17 DEMOCRATIC COMMONERS. Alamance D A Montgomery and Geo. Patterson. Anson A J Dargan, W M Picket. Ashe Allen Gentrv. Burke F P Glass!" Buncombe M Erwin. Bladen G M White. Catawba G P Rowe. Craven C Kelly, H C Jones. Cumberland and Harnett J G Shepherd, J Stewart, L Bethea. Chowan J C Badham. Columbus D T Williamson. Caswell Wm. Long, E K Withers. Chatham R C Cotton, D Hackney, T Bvnum. "Caldwell C W Clark. Currituck S B Jarvis. Cleaveland -W M Blanton, F S Ramsour Duplin B Southerland, VV R Ward. Edgecombe R R Bridgers, J S Dancy. Forsyth J Masten, J A Waugh. Franklin Dr. L A Jeffreys. Gaston Richard Rankin. Granville T L Hargrove, J M Bullock, T B Lyon. Greene A D Speight. Gates H Parker. Haywood Dr. S L Love. Halifax Win. Hill, J W Johnson. Jackson 3 R Dills. Jones W A Cox. Johnston B H Tomlinson. Asa Barnes. Lenoir S W Bright. LiucolnA. P Cansler. Madison- Dr. J Yancey. Martin S W Outerbridge. McDowell J C Whitson. Mecklenburg W M Matthews, W F Davidson. Nash- G N Lewis. New Hanover -T H Tate, S A Holmes. Northampton M V Smallwood, J Mason Onslow- L W Humphrey. Orange W F Strayhorn, J F Lyon. Pitt Dr. W J Blow,.Ed. Moore. Person R H Hester. Robeson Giles Leitcb. Robeson Morrison. Rockingham -A M Scales, T. Settle, jr. Roican-V A Houck. Rutherford Eel. Toms, Amos Harrill. Sampson O P White, J M Mosely. Surry R E Reev s. Stokes J F Hill. Union D Rushing. IUAc---N G Rand, A M Lewis, M A Bledsoe. Warren Wm. A Jenkins, Dr. Thomas Pitchford. Wayne -E Sauls, E A Thompson. Yancy I A Pearson. 80 KNOW-NOTHING COMMONERS. Alexander A C Mcintosh. Bertie D Outlaw, John Wilson. Beaufort J R Stubbs, J Eborn. Brunswick T D Meares. Cabarrus C N White. Camden D D Ferebee. Carteret W Rum'ey. Cherokee C M Stiles. Davidson J M Leach, J P Mabry. Davie W B March. Guilford D F Caldwell, L M Scott, E W Ogburn. Hertford J B Slaughter. Hyde J C Jeunett. Henderson John Baxter. Iredell 1 Q Sharpe, A B F Gaither. Moore W B Richardson. Montgomery- 3 Wr Crump. Macon D'W Siler. Pasquotank WTE Mann. Perquimans 3 M Cox. Rowan- H F Hall. Robeson Giles Leitch. Randolph H B Elliott, A G Foster. Richmond . Stanly M P Waddjll. Tyrrell 3 A Benbury. Washington H A Gilliam. Watauga G N Folk. WUkes A W Martin, P Eller. Yadkin Col. Speer. 40 Democratic majority on joint ballot only 56. The Popular Vote for President in 1852. The following is a table showing the pop ular vote for President at the election in 1852: Popular Tote In 1S53. Whig. 15,038 7,404 34,971 30,359 6,293 2,875 16,660 64,933 80,901 15,855 57,068 17,255 32,543 35,077 56,062 33,860 17,548 29,984 16,147 38,556 262,083 39,058 152,526 179,122 7,626 Dern. 26,881 12,193 39.665 33,249 6,318 4,318 34,805 80,597 95,299 17,762 53,806 18,647 41,609 40,022 46,880 41,842 26,876 38,353 29,997 44,305 324,882 39,744 169,220 198,568 8,375 FreeS Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, N. Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, N. Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, R. Island, 100 a 160 62 9,966 6,934 6,606 365 8,030 54 29,993 7,237 6,695 350 25,329 59 31,682 8,524 644 S. Carolina, (Electors chosen by Legis'e.) Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, Total, 58,898 4,995 22,173 57,132 22,240 57,018 13,552 13,044 72,413 32,658 8,631 8,814 1,393,089 1,596,395 158,123 Electoral No. of Tote or 1653. Electors. Pierce. Scott. Alabama, 9 Arkansas, 4 California, 4 Connecticut, 6 Delaware, 3 Florida, 3 Georgia, 10 Illinois, 11 Indiana, 13 Iowa, 4 Kentucky, 12 Louisiana, 6 Maine, & Maryland, 8 Massachusetts, 13 Michigan, 6 Mississippi, 7 Missouri, 9 New Hampshire, 5 New Jersey, 7 New York, 35 North Carolina, 10 Ohio, 23 Pennsylvania, 27 Rhode Island, 4 South Carolina, 8 Tennessee, 12 Texas, 4 Vermont, 5 Virginia, 15 Wisconsin, 5 Total, 296 9 4 4 6 3 3 10 11 13 4 12 6 8 8 6 7 9 5 7 35 10 23 27 4 8 13 12 15 5 254 42 MISCE LIVE FOR SOMETHING. The smallest insect in creation has its appointed work to do. The atom that floats before us, the softest zephyr, the faintest ray of reflected light, each has its separate portion of labor. They all exift for a pur pose either for good or evil. Seeing this, as even untrained eyes and uncultivated in tellects must, how culpable are we if we have no aim beforo us if we listlessly arise and move around or worse, if we spend the time God has given us to improve in soulless pleasure or contaminating ac tion. We may be poor, persecuted, sick, chained to adverse influences, but no cir cumstances can absolve us from a work to do. We may be blind, deaf, crippled ; He who permitted our adversity, gave us our appointed path, and the light to walk there in. We may be Bunyans shut up in prison, our limits circumscribed, our movements clogged, but as far as we have capacity we can all write pilgrimages. They may be written in patient endurance of suffer ing, in holy trust under the darkness of af fliction. They may be written in penitent tears, and transcribe by angels into the books of Heaven. And the work we do. What shall it be for good or for evil ? Shall wo exalt or drag down ? bless or curse, build up or des troy ? One or tho other wo must be pursu ing. Our every look, thought, and action is reflected in a pure or pernicious influence, by the minds revolving around our sphere. Momentous power! thus to choose or reject! A work to do ! You are not exoeptcd, woman of fashion, nor yoo, gold-worshiping man. Through the walls of adamant are built up around your soul though the thick drapery of selfishness is folded over and over your hearts, the voice of the Eternal will penetrate, "Live for something." The very heaven that bends blue above yoo the very earth beneath your careless tread the flowers of humanity that bloom along your pathway the weed that withers under your loathing glance the y earning of your immortal spirit, that cannot be suppressed ; the voice within you that cannot be silenc ed all tell you of that work to do. How beautiful your lives might he made, ye who have power ; do ye ever think of it ? Look back along the life yon hare traveled ; hare yon buili any temples where simple good ness may worship 1 Have you planted here and there a tree that will live when you are gone, and yield fruit that, as it is pluck ed, will call forth sweet memories of your so journ here ? Hare you erer made your name a household word, or hare you lived but to build houses aud buy merchandise, and erect an altar and a temple and m mon ument to corrupt and perishing self ? How are you to answer those questions who stand up beforo the Omnipotent? Not then with a laugh or sneer, or a clod marble face, for the thousands of opportunities that you have murdered will rise up in that hour to condemn you. COUNSELS FOR THE YOUNG. Never be cast down by trifles. If a spi der breaks his thread twenty times, twenty times will he mend it again. Make up your minds to do a thing, and you will do it. Fear not, if a trouble oomes upon yoo; keep up your spirits, tho' the day be a dark one. If the sun is going down, look ap to the stars ; if the earth is dark, keep your eye on heaven ? With God's presence, and God's promises, a man or ohild may be cheerful. Mind what you run after ! Never be content with a bubble that will burst, or a firewood that will end in smoke and dark ness. Get that which you can keep, and which is worth keeping. We are soon Forgotten. We hare often thought that man's pathway from the cradle to the grave was a strangely incon sistent one. Life, 'tis true, has its strange and eventful scenes, mingled with sighs, shouts of joy, smiles and tears. And yet, with these manifest sighs and tears, there is a cold philosophy lords it over our being, and rules our immortal souls by shutting up the very fountain of tears. Day after day are we witnessing this cold philosophy of the world. Man's death and burial cre ates no sad thoughts beyond the circle of the home where he was most intimately known. The din and bustle of the world goes on as ever, the hearse and the funeral train sweep by, and mayhap a few of oar fellows on their way to the haunts of busi ness, halt but a moment to ask of the de ceased, and then walk on forgetful that a heart has oeased to beat forever. Even the mourner's tears that gush up with a seemingly ceasless flow, are soon dried up, and the veil and scarf, the dark badges of death are cast aside, and the lifeless clod of the valley forgotten, amid the pomp and airy vanity of a vain glittering world. But such iu life. If we die to-day, the sun will shine as brightly, and the birds sing as sweetly to-morrow ; not a wheel in the great machinery of the business world will cease, and scarce a voice of mirth be checked. This is life ; how rapidly it peases and how soon we are forgotten! ' -" Q e'v i Jov in Adversity. All birds when they are first caught and put into the cage, fly wildly up and down, and beat themselves against their little prison ; but within two or three days sit quietly upon their perch, and sing their usual melody. So it fares with us, when God first brings us into straight ; we wildly flutter up and down, beat and tire ourselves with striving to get free, but at length custom and experience will make our narrow confinement spacious enough for us, and though our feet should be in the stocks, yet shall we, with the Apostles, be able even there to sing praises to God. Remedy for Injuries. Hare any one wounded you with injuries 1 Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound ; soft language dresses it ; forgive ness cures it ; and oblivion takes away the scar. "Pa Doe It." "You Tommie, my son, what's that you are saying ?" "La! ma, I just said confound it." "Why, my son, mother's astonished to hear you talk so. That's naughty !" "I says worse than that sometimes. I just cusses right out- -just like anybody. You know all men cusses!" "Ah, my son, gentlemen do not cure ! Low trifling men curse ; but gentlemen of good manuers and good sense con't." "Well, anyhow, my pa does it. "Run along to play Tommie, and he a little man. Don't say suoh naughty things !" Enter Father. "Pa, are you a gentle man ?' "Yes, my eon: I try to be one; bat what makes you ask such strange questions, Tom mie ? Who says otherwise ?" "Nobody, sir, but I was a thinking that somebody tclled me a story- you or ma one." "Thomas, what do you mean T" "I jest means, Pa, that you eusees, and Ma says gentlemen don't. And I know you do; cauee I beard you cum the carriage driver t'other day, and i have been saying it ever since." Peggy! Peggy! come take this hoy to bed!" Mobile Tribune. Donnelly wrote home recently that Mo Graw bad died from an " affection of the throat." He was hung last season in Cal fornia. CHARLOTTE, V. C. )t- 1, 1S56. tf I Charlotte, July 8, 1856. ff