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''- fffrai,-T Wt r . - - - .- -.rr . - - A FEW THOUGHTS TJPOH EATING Vow Russell's Magazine. The liver act upon the mind, as the ele ment net upon a thermometer. A happy man cannot be conceived who does not pos ses a good digestion, and a good digestion almost every one would enjoy, were it not for alwuniiiable mismanagement, a sort of The ADam gemanal, of Costa Rica, pub Vaitditlic destruction of normal powers, a address from a number of de- which is equally wanton and senseless. i tsrtt,ra from Walker's army, to their late Almost every European nation may be con- ! companion j which they are strongly sidered. ukn the whole, more healthful Bf to fMow the example which has been than we are. The reason is two-fold. ! tnein ye make an extract: First, they do not convert themselves into j ,.0 Qne aiJ ajj wno eame with whatever walking chimneys, which as a matter of eXpecttions, or under whatever induce duty, must be continually filled with smoke; i mente we ag wj,at thanks or emoluments and secondly, they do not run against Time. nave you recejv(M, or can you expect to striving to dispatch their meals within the ; rPCejve from impoverished Nicaragua, or limited space of three minutes and a quar- th.nkiPB. unfline Walker ? For all the ter. An American "table d'hote," is a sin gular spectacle. Xo sooner has that hor rid instrument, which we owe to the diubol ical ingenuity of the Chinese, ceased to sound its ear-spliting notes, than a hetero geneous throng, of all sizes and ages, press forwnrd "en masse," trampling on each other's toes, in order to procure eligible seats near the favorite dishes. Then, for an instant, all is silent, and you begin to think it possible thut you have mistaken your men, and that you may be, (notwith standing that dreadful rush, or "coup tie main") among reasonable Christian crea tures. But alas! the very next moment dispels the illusion. The covers are ab stracted, and then what a fearful onslaught upou "fish, flesh, and fowl !" The soup be ing "used up" at a gulph. and whole plates of vegetables disposed of as mero "baga telles," an attack commences upon the heavier viands, which is likewise success ful, and ends in their too,. dissolving, "like the baseless fabric of a vision." Great sepulchral mouths close upou whatever is conveyed thither with a remorseless rapid ity, which leaves no time for mastication, and just the fraction of a second for degluti tion. Bread is consumed by the half loaf, and meat by the cubic foot. As for thoso trifles styled side dishes, they pass away by a legerdemain, which we have never been able to detect, but which is equully successful and adroit. Such microscopic appurtenances as pickles, and the other et ceteras of a feat, appear to merge, of their own accord, into the material of tin weightier vians, as asteroids will finally merge into the sun. A minute serves for the first course n minute for the second and, occasionally, when business is not par ticularly urgent, n minute and a quarter is given to the third. Thus, the average meal time is accomplished, and the scores of satisfied diners, having gorged them selves after the manner of the crocodile, and succeeded in materially increasing their ordinary weight, stroll away with a fucility which is astonishing, considering the amount of mutter that they have swal lowed whole, and which taken in that con dition, even the annconda cannot digest properly under a week. Hut when we con sider that fheso persons repeat, with but slight modification, the operution we have described, thi:kk times a day, it becomes a matter of melancholy reflection and grave solicitude. How many years of life are cut off by a system like this, it would be diffi cult to determine, nor is it worth the while, for (and we do not intend to advance any inhuman proposition) men who ore such savages as to gormandize thus, deserve to be taken to another and a more fruitful world. And yet we moderns (Americnns especi ally) pretend to ridicule the elegant epicur ism of the ancients, those imaginative and refined individuals, whose most sensual de lights had something of sentiment mingled with them. Instead of huge surloius of half-roasted beef, tough mutton, and greasy fragments of the Jew's abomination, the articles most in request among the Romans, ami which never failed to constitute the "raena" of the wealthy, were, uccording to Varro " the peacock from Sums, the Phrygian turkey, crunes from Melos, Am braciau kids, the Turteian mullet, trouts from Persenumtium, Tarentine, oysters, crabs from Chios, Tatiuu nuts, Egyptian date, and Iberian chestnuts." There! reader, think of that ! and reflect, besides, that all these dainties were served up upon plate of goid, and in chambers where the "perfumed air" stole around the statues of good, aud rustled the roses upon the brows of the bunqueters. And in the pauses of the feast, "music from soft lutes," st.de in from some unseen recess, and lulled the senses to an Elysian quiet, best suited to o intemplution. and digestion. Ah! the "latter day" Romans, in losing the stern virtues of their ancestors, gained a profound ; knowledge and appreciation of all the mys teries of the "cuisine." and when the barbarians of the present ae, sneer at what we term their sumptuous ostentation. we only expose our own ignorance, and blindness, to the faciuating philosophy of one of the "Fine Arts." But. says the modern gourmand, despite those "soft lutes," sweet roses, "perfumed air," and golden plate, Julius Csesar ate, at a meal, the revenue of several provinces. Vitellius made four great meals a day. v ..... - . iNero sai at table from mid-day till niid- nigiu. ueia nau an incredible number of aisnes serv ea p to b,m in alphabetical or- der; and the emperor Heliogubalus pos- - O J v. i v "iiuiuvMi. v03 ll'UUU Oil tilt: UUtK, sessed the insane.t stomach" of any man information relative to the cause. j of the Long Island railroad, between East (except Pope Juhus III who ever "lived to The incidents connected with this dread- N. York and New Brooklyn. He had evi at. True? undeniably true ! but all we ful affair would seem to indicate very clear- dently been killed by being run over by desire to convey is that if persons trill "J t,lat it the result of a mutual deter- u t- , , . , J;. .. . . . .ni.m.;.,nn.k..rtnruuu f the cars. Two women claimed the deceas- imiiiuiz' iuu& lerocioutii v, let them, at least, use some discrimination, and not eat themselves into tho grave at twentv-five hv - j manner of South Sea Islanders, at the an- nual celebration in honor of their deities. i . , , , . , A clergyman was rebuked by a brother e a i .i e a e , . The culprit replied that he used the weed in moderation. "What do you call moder ation ?" inquired the other. "Why, sir," said the offender, "one cigar at a time." mingling edibles, most gross, most heuvv, Telegraphio communication between Eu and inot indigestible, devoured after the roPe a,,d America will be far too profitable manner of swine, and selected after the an e,,t'prise to be monopolized by a sin- GEN. WALKER'S PROSPECTS. The Aspinwall Courier, received by the Illinois, represent Gen. Walker's pros pects aa very glojmy. Hp men are de serting by hundreds, and the Costa Rican authorities have offered a reward of $20, 000 for his capture alive, or $10,000 for hia nea0 toils and privations, the -night marching and watching, the hungerings and thirst ings, the sickness, wounds and battles you have experienced, and suffered in one form or another, we answer emphatically and truly none. Where is the realization of all the brilliant promises from time to time made by the arch-fillibuster and his myrmi dons ? Vanished into air, or rather into the sulphurous ; por of villainous gunpow der. What benefit have you received, or are you likely to receive from the hard fo Jght battle of Rivas first and second. Virgin Bay, Mas y. or Grenada, or the terrible sufferi.ics of the return from Santa Rosa ? 0 Think of the horrors of the siege of Grana da, where the sick and dying lay mingled with the dead and wounded, where inno cent and helpless women and children were dying in your very sight from privation and sickness, while you yourself were support ing a feeble strength, upon unnatural and loathsome food, to enable ynu to resist a victorious enemy, and victorious only through the notorious incapability of him whom you looked to for guidance and direc tion. This man does not even possess the tact of ability to gain and keep some small por tion of the respect and affection of j-our-selves, his soldiers. You do not either love or respect him as a man, or confide in him as a good General. Why, then, do you still cling to him ?" Large numbers of this address, it is said, have been forwarded to the men remaining under Gen. Walker's command. MURDER AND SUICIDE. A horrible tragedy occurred in the town of Moravia, X. Y., about 14 miles from Au burn, on Wednesday morning last, of which the Auburn American gives the following account: "On Tuesday night last, Mr Wood and Miss Shaw were in conversation together in Clark's house as late as 11 o'clock, and parted with apparent good feeling. Yes terday morning they were again in compa ny with each other as late as 10 o'clock, and there was no manifestation made of ill feeling or misunderstanding. At this hour Wood entered the room where Mrs. Clark and Miss Shaw were sit ting. He had a pistol in his had, and com menced loading it. He tried a ball and found it too small ; Miss Shaw volunteered to procure a "patch" for it. She did so. The "patch" was not large enough, and she procured another, and then the pistol was loaded. Wood then said "what shall I shoot?" Some one said "shoot into the wood box." He replied "I won't do that." Mrs. Clark exclaimed "Don't fire in the house. If you are a going to shoot, go out of doors and do it." At this moment, Miss Shaw cried out, "if you want to shoot, shoot me, and shoot me that I won't kick more than once !" He turned towards her deliberately, and placing the muzzle of the pistol against her breast, fired ! The ball entered her body just below the heart, and she fell to the floor with a shriek. Mrs. Clark exelaimed in horror "You have shot that girl ! go and call the neigh bors !" Wood then took two letters from his pocket, and throwing them upon the floor, directed Mrs. C. to show them to the Cor oner. He said nothing more and paid no attention to his victim, who was lying on the floor in an apparently dying state. He commenced re-loading his pistol and Mrs. C. rushed from the house to alarm the neighbors. After she had proceeded a few rods, she heard another pistol shot, but ran on. The neighbors turned out, and on reaching the house found Wood dead, In having shot himself directly through the heart. Miss Shaw had recovered sufficiently to converse. She said she heard Wood breathe several times after he shot himself. She t , m .i a .. .. ImQucpa one OI ine Ietters tnat Wood threw upon the floor, and directed that it should be read if she died if she did not, that it should be burned. A physician from Moravia probed the wound, and extracted from it the ball and a book and eye that had entered it from bar stays The ball evidently glanced off from contact with some resisting substance. Otherwise, instant death must have been the result. At davliht this mornini? Miss Slmw wna still alive, but it was not believed possible for her to survive. She refused to con- 1 verse in reirard to the matter, or v anv 1 m m ... Another Submarine Telegraph. 6Ie company i,. ,. l,. ,i . . . ; Already there is a rival corporation started in London, under the I title of the European and American Inter- national Telegraph Company. Thev nro- ... . . , , " y 1 Pose to a7 a submarine cable from the south coast of England to Cape Finisterre in Spain; thence through the Atlantic west ward to Capo Cod. The' whole' distance I will be 3.900 miles. The work is to be completed in 1858. DEATH OF THE HIGH PRIEST OF JAP AH The Dairi, or High Priest of Japan, in habits a splendid palace in the city of Miako, on the Island of Nipon. His court is com posed of 20,000 priests who are intrusted with the charge of the 4,t)00 temples of this immense city. His costume is a long tunic, over which he wears a large red dress, a white, transparent veil, ornamented with golden fringe, is worn upon his head, fall- ng about half way down the body. His countenance remains always invisible. On the 1st of July, 1856. the Dairi was taken ill. Immediately the chief priest, i with his ghostly colleagues, 200 priests of j the first rank, who are endowed with the j religious power of the empire, were sum- moned to the palace. By the next day the j invalid's situation became more critical, and on the 3d his death was pronounced to be inevitable and close at hand. The priests repaired at once to the temple, and inform ed the populace that the Dairi hnd entered into a compact with the Seven Gods of Heaven, and was upon the eve of rejuvenat ing his mind in the embrace of Ted-syo-dai-sin, the principal of these deities, who the Japanese believe to have created the world. She has been at the head of affairs for about 25,000 years, and from her spring all the royal families of Japan. To her the inhabitants of the Empire address their in vocations as the protectress of the land. At the conclusion of the first prayers, the priests declared that the inhabitants could immediately enter the palace aud re gale their eyes with the sight of their high ly venerated High Priest. At once the crowd streamed to the palace, where they beheld the Dairi lying stretched upon abed of state. He was dressed in a white tunic, and his features, covered with a very thin mask, were dimly preceptible through a veil spread over them. The priests prayed loudly, aud wafted the sweet perfumes from their censors around the dying man. At 9 o'clock in the morning of the 5th of July he breathed his last. As the last breath passed through his lips, the chief priest, raising his arm as a token of the departing life, assured the bystanders that the soul of the High Priest had ascended to the abodes of the gods, but that he would certainly re turn again. Upon this announcement a solemn silence pervaded the audience. Af ter the lapse of ten minutes the chief priest, surrounded by a crowd of his religious com panions, threw over the still warm corpse of the Dairi a large white cloth, which he instantly withdrew, and in the place just before occupied by the body there appear ed another similarly attired, but alive and strong, who, raising himself from his recum bent position, went to an altar standing near the bedside, and bestowed upon the people present his blessing. The crowd instantly broke out into exclamation of gladness and rejoicing. By a well concerted stratagem, the priests had abstracted the body of the Dairi, sup plying its place with his son, who inherits his father's station. The state bed being hung around with drapery, rendered it all the easier to perform the trick without arousing the suspicious of the credulous inhabitants. The corpse of the Dairi was carried in the night time to the Ycie tem ple by the priests whore it was laid upon a pyre and burned to ashes. This being done, the temple is closed, and all persons are forbidden to enter it. A violution of this law is punished by burning to death. tW The London correspondent of the N. York Commercial writes : "The announcement of the defeat of the British Ministry in the House of Commons, on the Chinese question, was received throughout the country with surprise. The coalition by which it was effected appeared utterly distasteful, and a cry was at once raised for a dissolution of Parliament, and an appeal to the people. "It is among the commercial classes that the strongest feeling has been aroused. Merchants of all shades of opinion seem unanimous in their view of this event. In the Stock Exchange an address has been promptly signed by nearly five hundred members, requesting Lord Palmerston to offer himself for London, in opposition to Lord John Russell, who figured, jointly with Mr Cobden and Mr D'Israeli, as a leader in the attack. At Lloyd's (the resort of tho London underwriters) a similar movement was eagerly responded to, nearly four hun dred signatures having been almost imme diately obtained." Novel Trial. A correspondent of the Petersburg Express, attending the Superi or Court held at Plymouth last week. Judge Ellis presiding, writes that among the crowd attending court were many drawn thither to witness the trial of a suit between certain parties from the county of Hertford. The political cast of the case was what had given it interest. It seems as if a gentle man who had beeu a member of the Know Nothing order had withdrawn from the fra ternity ; whereupon, the lodge expelled him and published him as unworthy of trust or ; credence. The action is brought by the ejected member for slander, against the publishing committee, claiming $125,000 damages. A Sisgi lar Case. On Friday of last week the body of a man, in a shockingly mtila,u,l , ed as their respective husband. One was J an English woman from New York, the i other a German woman living in New Brooklyn. Some watchmaker's tools were found on the deceased, which increased the I .r .... Wa - C I Aft. uiravcij, mc uuDuauu 01 uom women ' ri,ek renairers. R,.th iAn;A scar on the left leg of the body. Finally, the German woman substantiated her claims to the deceased, the other woman departing, convinced that she was not yet a widow. JtST Cincinnati manufactured last year 19,260,000 gallons of proof whiskey only 7,000,000 less than England, Ireland, and ', Scotland produce. j THE SOUND DUBS. The recent foreign advices put us in pos session of the fact that the conference in regard to the Sound Dues has at least vir tually settled the main point involved, as far as the European Powers are concerned. The redemption of the whole Dues by capi- luiizauon. in accorueuuc tion for some time current, is understood to have been determined upon. This capi talization amounts to the purchase of the whole privilege from Denmark for the bene fit of the world at large, the price to be paid in a given number of years. So that, should this arrangement go into effect, from the first of April, 1857, these Dues cease to have existence, and the navigation of the Sound will be free to the commerce of the world, divested of the vexatious delays at Elsinore, kc. It is also stated that the amount of this payment has been agreed upon, and its proportion among the parties interested, although the manner and time are said to have been necessarily left as a subject of negotiation with the separate Powers. The total amount at which the Sound Dues has been capitalized is 35,000, 000 Danish rix dollars, of which 28,93 per cent, falls to Great Britain's, and 27,83 to Russia's, 12,69 to Prussia's, and &48 to France's share. The proportion in which the trade of the United States of North America was affected was only 2,05 per cent. A Yankee Scheme to Colonize in the State of Virginia. A prominent New York paper contains the exposition of a scheme for Colonizing in Virginia. EH Thayer says: "We shall abide by the laws, both State and National ; shall adhere with tenacity to the Constitution and the Union; shall purchase large tracts of lands, and give away one fourth to actual settlers, sell one fourth at cost, and the remainder at Free State prices, thus doubling their mon ey. We will buy no lands in Hancock, Brooke, Marshall, or Ohio counties, as they are assentially free lands already, and con sequently too high. Thinks the chmces would be best in Ac comac, Southampton, and Dinwiddie. Says many of the people of Virginia actu ally desire this friendly invasion. Some slaveholders even, he asserts, desire to take stock in the company. If any portion of the people of Virginia, he continues, in de fiance of their own interests, and our rights, oppose the enterprise, and commit outrages against the lives and property of peaceful settlers, they must be met by the Constitu tion and laws ; and should these fail, popu lar sovereignty must be invoked for the Old Dominion, as it has been for Kansas. . 1, MM : . I. , K . . ciirvfrne. ' A Tragedy at the Opera, A Philadel phia correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri can, writing Monday, notices a startling occurrence at the opera house there, as follows : A tragedy, appalling from its suddenness, occurred during the performance of Linda di Chomounix, at the Academy of Music, on Saturday evening. One of the female choristers, an Italian woman of considerable embonpoint, was observed by several persons on the stage to lean against one of the wing pieces, in the attitude of a sick person. Assistance was immediately ren dered, and so quietly, that she was led off the stage without any of the audience observing it. She was taken to the green room, but died before reaching it. The incident was certainly startling enough to shake the nerves of a set of fashionable people, or a troupe of Italian musicians, or even of a theatre manager. It did nothing of the kind in this case, however, for the comedy proceeded as quietly as if the tragedy had not occurred; and the giddy mime of life went on, while one of the actors made her "exit" into the presence of the Eternal ! Novel Enterprise. A correspondent of the Charleston News, writing from Washington, states that a project is on foot to start a "Southern State Rights Pro Slavery Journal at London." Mr Slocom, of Mississippi, has initiated this singular enterprise. The Editor to be is Professor Alexander Dimitry, at present the translator in the State Department, a native of Louisiana, a man of rare accomplishments and an unsurpassed linguist It is to be delivered free of all other expense to the American subscriber at $10 per annum, and is to be published weekly. Expelling Yankee Pedlars. The Enquirer goes for a statute expelling all Yankee pedlars from the State of Virginia. It says "the safety of each family demands this; the well being a: hnppiness of the slave demand it; the highest good of all classes in the Southern States requires it." Jew pedlars should be put in the same category. A Washington despatch says: Chevalier Ilulseman has again got himself into a squabble with the government, and Gen. Cass has been 'obliged to write him to-day a long "letter upon international law and the privileges of ministers. It seems that the Chevalier had some dispute with the master of a negro woman that he had hired as a servant, and the master meeting her in the street told her to go home to his house. The woman did so, and the worthy Chevalier has invoked the inter position of the State Department to defend j his right as Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria against interference with his ser vants. Gen. Cass' letter is said to be an exquisite brochure, as he has very little sympathy for dirty work of any kind, and less for that of Austria. Charleston and Memphis Railroad. The Charleston and Memphis Rail Road is now complete. For the first time there is an uninterrupted communication through slave holding States from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. The distance from Savannah to Memphis, by this route, is 741 miles about 40 hours travel. The distance from Charleston is 15 miles greater. AW IRISHMAN'S RESOURCES. , Mr. Meagher, in bis speech at the St. Patrick's Day Dinner, told the foRowing : Paddy Shannon was a bugler in the Eighty-seventh regiment the Faugh a Ballaghsund with that regiment, under the command of Sir Hugh Gough, served all through the Peninsular campaign. When the campaign was over Paddy had nothing left him but the recollection of it. His only solace was the notice taken of him in the canteen. It is no wonder, then, he became a convivial soul. From the bottle he soon found his way to the halberts. The regiment was paraded, the proceed ings read, and Paddy tied up. The signal was given for the drummer to begin, when Paddy Shannon exclaimed : "Listen now Sir Hugh. Do you mean to say you are going to flog me ? J ust recol lect who it was sounded the charge at Bo ressa, when you took the only French eagle ever token. Wasn't it Paddy Shannon ? Little I thought that day it would come to this ; and the regiment so proud of that same eagle on the colors." "Take him down," said Sir Hugh, and Paddy escaped unpunished. A very short time, however, elasped, be fore Paddy again found himself placed in similar circumstances. "Go on," said the Colonel. "Don't be in a hurry," ejaculated Paddy "I've a few words to say, Sir Hugh." "The eagle wont save you this time, Sir." "Is it the eagle, indeed ? then I wasn't going to say anything about the same, though you are, and ought to be proud of it. But I was just going to ask if it wasn't Paddy Shannon who, when the breach of Tarifa was stormed by 22,000 French, and only the 87th to defend it, if it wasn't Pad dy Shannon who struck up 'Garryown, to glory, boys,' and you, Sir Hugh, have got the same two towers aud the breach be tween them on your coat of arms in testi mony thereof." "Take him down," said the Colonel, and Paddy was again unscathed. Paddy, however, had a long list of services to get through and a good deal of whisky, and ere another two months he was again tied up, the sentence read, and an assurance from Sir Hugh Gough that nothing would make him relent. Paddy tried the eagle it was of no use. He appealed to Sir Hugh's pride and the breach of Tarifa without avail. "And is it me," at last he broke out, "that you are going to flog ? I ask you, Sir Hugh Gough, before the whole Reg ment, who knew it well, if it wasn't Paddy Shannon who picked up the French Field Marshal's staff at the battle of Victoria, that the Duke of Wellington sent to the Prince Regent, and for which he got that letter that will be long remembered, and that made him a Field Marshal into the bargain! The Prince Regent said : 'You've sent me the staff of a Field Marshal of France ; I return you that of a Field Marshal of Eng land.' Wasn't it Paddy Shennon, that took it? Paddy Shannon, who never got rap, or robbin, or star, or coat of arms, or mark of distinction except the flogging you are going to give him." "Take him down," cried Sir Hugh, and again Paddy was forgiven. Demand for Damages at Greytown. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune writes : "Lord Napier came here with four or five millions of claims against our Govern ment for the destruction of alleged property of British subjects at the bombardment of Greytown. Two weeks before the late Administration went out M. Sartiges pre ferred similar demands on behalf of French subject, requesting Mr Marcy to leave them open for adjustment by his successor; but he prepared a reply which is regarded as conclusive against our liability, and Lord Napier, feeling its force and bearing upon England in its application to Copenhagen and Canton, will withhold his intended reclamations." Fine Cotton. The editors of the New York Courier and Enquirer have been shown a sample of Sea Island cotton, taken from a bale sold in Charleston, South Carolina, at 135 cents per pound, probably the highest price paid in twenty years. The factors who sold this bale are confident that it is the finest bale of cotton that has ever crossed the Atlantic. The planter (of Edisto, South Carolina) took the medal in the London Exhibition of 1851, and the prize bale, though it spun yarn up to No. 900, is believed to be inferior to this. This bale was picked out by the lady of the planter with her own hands, and it is a marvel the perfection to which she has brought the staple. It is to go to Ilavre. J-The White Sulphur Springs, Va., have been purchased by a company of capitalists of that State for $750,000, and tro to have expended on them as speedily as poasible some $250,000 for extending the accommodations and beautifying the grounds. Jtf David Hunt, of Rodney, Mississippi, has recently donated $25,000, to the American Colonization Society. It is due, remarks the National Intel ligencer, to the generous donor of the above princely sum to say that it is not the sole act of liberal support which he has performed for the philanthropic cause of colonization. Of that cause he has ever lejn a devoted friend, and has given annually, during several years, five hundred dollars; and a little more than a year ago he gave at one time Jive thousand dollars. A Snake Within a Potato. The Chicago Journal, of Thursday says: "Mr Charles E. Day, of the South Side, yesterday showed us a boiled potato, which on being opened, was found to contain a small snake over two inches long. It is an ugly looking thing. The development took place at the table. Chinese Sogar Cans. Prof. Bacon of Boston, said in lector a the Medical College, that the saccharum of the Chinese sugar cane is not cane sugar, but what is well known as grape sugar or glucose -the same kind of sweet substance that is obtained by boiling starch in dilated sulphuric acid With regard to the Sorgho Sucre, or Chinese Sugar Cane, the New Orleans papers, published in th midst of the only sugar section of the United States, contain facts that look favorable to its introduction. Thomas Affieek, Esq., of Mississippi, writes that he has closely studied this plant, and watched the results of the various experi ments made, from its first introduction into France to this time, and thinks it possible that it may supplant the sugar cane, but thinks the sugar-growing State cannot lose, even if that be the result, as it will yield more sugar there than further North, beside attaining a vaitly larger growth. The South will have an additional advan tage in its supply of machinery perfectly adapted to the purpose, and its thorough knowledge of sugar-making. Military Visit. We learn that the Wilmington Light Infantry, CaptDeRosset, is expected to visit this place on tha 30th April (prox.) by invitation of the Fayetteville Independent Company. Preparations are making, we understand, for a cordial reception; and our citizens generally, we doubt not, will unite in extending to the citizen soldiers of our sister town every kindness which the spirit of hospitality can suggest. We also learn that the Lafayette Light Infantry, Capt. Cook, (of this town,) has accepted an invitation to participate in the festivities which will be provided for the occasion. Fayetteville Observer. A Warning. A wealthy Greek ship owner of Marseilles, France, has been sentenced to three year's imprisonment, a fine of 3,000 francs, and interdicted from civil rights for ten years for having fraudulently insured a ship after he had received intelligence of her loss. LAND FOR SALE. The subscriber offers for sale the following Tracts of Laud, situated in Iredell county : One tract known as the Deaton place on the head-waters of Rocky River, containing 221 Acres, adjoining the lands of John Lemrow, Peter Kestler, and others, (subject to the widow's dower.) One tract known as the Hudson place, con taining about 60 Acres, adjoining the lands of John Moore, the heirs of Buius Reed and others. One tract known as Reed's Purgatory Plan tation, containing about 200 Acres, adjoining the lands of Dr G W Stinson, Jas S O Byers. and others, on which there is a large proportion ot bottom land in a high state of cultivation, well drained by ditching. Also, one tract of 50 Acres, adjoining David son College. Persons wishing to examine any of the above tracts can apply to E. B. D. Sloan, Agent, or to the proprietor, LEROY SPRINGS. Also, one tract of Land in Cabarrus county known as the McNulty plantation, containing 117 Acres, more or lets , with Dwelling House and all necessary out bnildings. Also, the Plantation known as the Springs and Wedington plantation, containing 175 Acres, on which there is a good store house, dwelling and all necessary out-buildincs. These Lands are well adapted to the culture of cotton and grain. Any person wishing to ex amine them can call on the subscriber, or apply to A. Archibald on the premises, who will show them at any time. Terms Part cash, convenient time on the balance. LEROY SPRINGS. Charlotte, March 30, 1857. At FOR SALE, Valuable improved Lots at Davidson College. One Brick House, two stories, Store below, with Dwelling above containing nine rooms. Also, one framed Dwelling House, with eight rooms. The property is in good condition, with all necessary out-buildings attached Terms Part cash, time on the balance to suit purchaser. LEROY SPRINGS. March liOth, 1857 4t ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY! The Proprietor of EAGLE FOUNDRY and MACHINE SHOP would inform his friends and the public generally throughout the country, that he is still manufacturing the following ar ticles, together with many others not mentioned, to-wit: The celebrated Drurey Threshing Machine and Horse Power of Baltimore, which for ease of draught and speed of work, excel every other SWEEP POWER to be found in the country; they are made either portable or stationary. LAMBETH'S VERTICAL WATER WHEELS for Grist or Saw Mills. MILL AXD FACTORY GEAR; Suction and - Force Pumps, separate or combined; Eastman's Straw Cutter, the only article worth buying, it having stood the test of 35 years; Drurey's Corn Shellers; Ploughs of every variety; Cultivators; Engine and gold machinery. All - kinds of castings and machine-work made to order at short notice, and iy Terms, Cash or undoubted paper. All articles will be delivered on the line ofthe N. C Railroad , free of charge. J. H. THOMPSON. Tyro, March 26, 1857. 39-3m MILLENARY FANCY GOODS, MRS. H. KIMPIL, Late of Richmond, Va., has removed to Char lotte and permanently located as a resident, and is uuw reccmug uu opening At Williams 8e Alexander's brick building on Tryon street, A large and elegant stock of Fancy and Millenary Goods. Silk, Lace and Crape BONNETS, English Straw, Tuscan, Leghorn, and Neapolitans of all varieties and prices. A large and splendid stock of Ribbon, Gloves, Collars. FLOUNCING AND Dress Patterns Of the latest styles, together with many other articles, all of which will be sole! LOW FOR CASH March 24th, 1857 tf rjy we nave heard of lome A.tonuhi.. cares being made by Prof. De ttrath'i El trie Oil. It seems to act on the dill!j parts with remarkable eflect and in a il. space of time health regains its away It be had of the agent here. Dr. H M PritSJ? See advertisement in another column March 13. 2m. PUBLIC SALE. I will sell at the Court House in Charlotte v C., on the 24th of April next, 1 The Western Plank Rod And all its fixtures. Terms made known on day of sale W. A. LUCAS, Airent March 24th, 1857 ts ROSEWOOD Pt a vrw FORTE, warranted a good article, $4 per montL mui puviit-gt- ui purcuasmg ai a lair price t interest only charged. ' Inquire of A. H. Martin at Charlotte and C ol umbia Railroad Depot. March 24, 1857. 4t notice! THE ANNUAL MEETING of the mem. be re of the Charlotte Mutual Fire Insurano Company will be held at the Office of the CjT pany in Charlotte, at 11 o'clock, a. m., on the Second Tuesday (Uth) of April, 1857. At the same time and place seven Directon will be elected. E. NYE HUTCHISON March 24th, 1857 4t c',y REAL ESTATE JJKS SELL, on Saturday, 18th of April, the Store-House and Dwelling attached, known as the J. K. Harrison property. AUo, 4 I n improved Lots, in the Town of Charlotte, and 500 ACKE8 OF LAND in Union County. ty Terms made known on day of Sale. H. U. WILLIAMS, Trustee. March 17, 1857 37-5t mmv mm. The undersigned, as Trustee, will expose to public sale at tneCourt House in Charlotte, on the 27th day of April next (Monday of Coart week) the HOUSE AND LOT situate in the North western portion ofthe town of Charlotte, former ly occupied by E. H. Moss, adjoining the lou of Prof. Johnson and Col. B. W . Alexander. This property comprises one of the most rligi. ble situations in town, with improvement all new, ready for a family residence and in a good neigh borhood. Sale will be for one third Cash, one third oa six months, and the balance on nine months time, with interest from day of sale. THOMAS W. DEWEY, Tnutee. March 17th. lt57 37-6t DISSOLUTION. , The firm of LOWUlE Jc ENNIS8 U this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having claims against the late arm will please present them to P. J. Lowriefor settlement, who alone is authorized to settle the same. LOWRIE ic ENNISS. March 16, 1857. Having sold out to Mr P. J. Lowrie all ivy interest in the Books, accounts, ntea, dec, belonging to the firm of Lowrie & Ennias, all those indebted will make payment tr him, as be is alone authorised to settle the same. March 16, 1857. J. H. ENNISS. All persons indebted to the late firm of Lowrit & Kniiiss are requested to settle the same im. mediately, as the business of the late firm nnut be closed. I will continue the Book busium on my own hook. Call and nee me. P. J. LOWBIE. March 16, 1857. tf NOTICE. ' The Board of Superintendents of Commoa Schools will meet at the County Court Clerk' Office, in Charlotte, on the 3d Monday in April, to transact business which will be before iht Board. The citizens of Mecklenburg will take notiw that, according to Act of Assembly, they are re quired to hold an election in the dinVn-nt School Districts, on tle lt Saturday in April, to elect three suitable persons to act as Committee-mm in their District for the ensuing year, and report the same to J. P. ROSS, C. B. 8. C. 8 for Mecklenburg Couuty March 17th. 1857. 37-5t Tan Bark Wanted! WE want to purchase 1 .000 Corda of Tan Bark, for which we will pay the following prices, is Cash, delivered at our Tan Yard, or at either of the Railroad depots at this place : White or Chesnut Oak Bark, f 4 50 per coti Red or Black " " 4 00 " BOONE & CO. Charlotte, March 3, 1857. 35-2ui LAND FOR SALE. The subscriber offers for sale the situa tion known as "White Hall," In the Steele Creek neighborhood, p$ Directly on the main road, leading froa Charlotte to Yorkville, seven and a half miles from the former place and about fart miles from the Charlotte and S. C Railroad. The tract contains FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES, of which abort one-fourth is uncleared, the remainder new ly all under fence, ,ind mostly in a good state of cultivation. The fences are in gooi 1- .1 iL. L. '13' 1 . -U iejiu.ll auu Uie UUilUIIlgS geCOnu TO BUUBj the country. The Steele Creek lands noted for their fertility, and this place rank! among the best. There are four hurche a flourishing Male Academy, and female school within convenient distances. Tho community is unsurpassed in th general intelligence, public spirit, bigs toned morality, and social qualities of V citizens. Persons wishing to purchase will apply to M. N. Hart, Esq, to W. S. Prather oft the premises, or to the subscriber in theia mediate neighborhood. An indulgence of one, two, and tbre ears will be given. J. B. WATT. - March 9, 1857. 3m. NOTICE. The subscriber desires to keep the pub lic informed of the fact that be keeps "OUR HOUSE." Opposite the Court House, something the inner man. which, if taken in moderst quantities, will make those who imbibe ft decidedly better, if not a little more f Jtie feels for bis fellow men, and thereto- entertains the earnest desire that tbey ' feel for him, and patronise his saloon their peaceful presence, always remember ing that his terms are cash and no qn tions asked. May be found among oth MM Hot Whhtkey Punch for cold weatb. Cold " " for warm weather, Brandy Toddy, Gin, and Rum, and oth things that will make good feelings com A choice lot of SPANISH CIGARS of quality and price. J. DULS. N- B. LIQUORS of all kinds and qul will be sold by the Gallon or Barrel at t est market price, FOR CASH. u Charlotte, March 24, 1867 tf To Rent. A 61 OCTAVE
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