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BOOTS & SHOES.
Just
Received
FOR H1K
SrRISC & SUMMER TRADE,
A- fine an Assortanenl of
Boots ixxicl Sliocs
As baa ever been offered to a
Soulhrru People
Call aad nee thena at
liOoNi; & COS STORE.
T Terms, CASH.
March 17, lSo?. tf
HAVING returned to Charlotte. Ian against
id. iImmmm m tho.se km aaay rewnff my sera
C s in tli- pructic
of Medicine anuwunyery.
B0BEHT GIBBON, M. D.
Feb. 3d, 1857.
:-.-tt-
K. . Ml Hl lllsOX. A. J- HOW tlX.
MURCHISON 5t HOWELL,
a V I 111 1, 'II. 1 A aW. A A i
.9-o. lOI UTatl Street, .. 1.
Fd. 3d, wear. iy
till. K. WVSOXG,
Charlotte, ft. C.
H AVINt; local d in this place, rcpectfully
otr.-rs his Prafi astoial 8 rvicea to the eiii-.-ns
of the town and vicinitv.
9 OFFICB in the brick building,
opposite lb.- luii nt district, Main Street.
April 28th l-'.T.
111! KM & STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
IN
Ell art ware, CSat. antl Shoes,
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
May i, 1- .7. 4-rf
gSpHK, The subsciibor offers tor sale th.
in T . l-'l !-..
niantanon upoa wmcn Be inniin iv i
lived, Iving on tin- Wat' is of Mc- !
Michai I s Co . k, on the Providence
Road, six miles ftpM Charlotte, containing about
. or liiiii Aeren.
Taa f iiad is ve;l ipiprnvad, about oao-ball
ekared aad in aanaad state af cultivation, and
tie- W.io.i-1 and Well timbered: illl S good
Dwelling House, time good Kitchens, Barn
aad Siaiii.-s. iii goad repair; also, a first rate
ia Hoiisi- and Ben w; Cotton Gin, Thresher
uU'l Fan: also, a
First rate Saw Mill
iii mm ti r.-pair, all of which 1 nffef with the land.
Tir- Land can be divided to advantage to
s'i.1 p-icbaseis.
uv p tsoii wishing to puichase would do
w Ball and xamine the Pl.Mitation. as I
act 1 '.ruiiucd to Bell. Th -y can call on Mi
. Ii iick, who lives adjoining, aa tae main
Pi o id iaca road, w!i -- M.s Hutch ison forinerly
Ihvd; he will show the pieuiis.-s with pleasure
aad duvc any inmnuation about said laud lathe
rabneribi r iu StCatesnlle.
.1 AS. II KENNEDY.
41 Sea
M..v 3th, IdS
DR. B. CHER AS
Having lac lit d at Ml NUOE, tenders his pro
fessional services lo the citizens ot the Town
;vad nrrrnaaiina; c..uutrv, and rcspecifully soli
cits ih ir patron are.
HT OIIm at J. Uickett's.
Notice.
HAVING obtained Letters of Administration
upon vhf est at ot W. P. Trotter, dicraerd. I
give noiif - to all p. i fann hid. bf. d to the late linn
of T. Trotter X Son. bj note or I k
account for the last four or five years, to come
forward and pay the sarin without delay, and
th -rehv save cost, as the. concern must he set
hd up. THOS TROTTER. Adm'r
and Surv iving Partner.
Feb. 3d, 31-tf
Th Watch, and Jewelry bus'n ss will in the
fi'ure be condnticl by the subscriber, who will
sp:r- no pains or expanse to give general tat is
fiction. Watch repairing dune iu a superior man
ner, and at th' shortest notice.
THOS. TROTfER.
For the NVite-t stock of Clothing
vou ever saw go lo the Emporium of F.i.-h-mm
of FULLINGS & CO.
3T For the I'rettie-t stock of Clothing
von ever saw go to the Emporium off Fash
ion of FULLINGS fc CO.
For the Cheapest stock of I "lothing
vou ever saw go to the Emporium of Fash
ion of FULLINGS k CO.
Slate of orlli Carolina.
Whereas, the last General Assem
bly, by an act entitled, A supplementary
act to take the sense of the people of the
State relative to the proposed amendment
of the Constitution," did enact as follows:
Whereas, a bill to imond the Constitution
of the State of North Carolina, has been
read in each hoUM of the present General
Assembly on three several days, and agreed
to by two-thirds of eich house respectively,
in the precise words FoUowtDg: 'A bill to
amend the Constitution of the State of North
Carolina :"'
Whereas, at the teasioa of the last Gen
eral Asetnt-I . begun and held in Raleigh,
"ii tlit third Monday of November, in the
year of our Lord oaa thoriand fight hun
dred and fifty-four, a bill, entitled a bill to
amend the Constitution of !e-State of North
Carolina." was read thrf e times in each
house of the said Genenl Assembly, and
agreed to by three-fifths f the whole num
her ot Tim tnbel's of each b ejse respectively .
A nd wheicis, the bill v arreed to hath
been duly publihed six n. "1 hs previous to
the election of the menib rs ofthui preaent
f; aeraJ Assembly, according to the clause
of section o)-,e of article four of the amend
ed Constitution, and th ditectiana con
tained in the second section of the aaid bill;
and it is the intention, bj ttiifl bill, to agree
to the preamble and fir.-t sectica of the bill
aforesaid, containing the said aHeratioo of
the Constitution oftbia State : And whereas,
a I ax ere number of the peoole nre disfran-
ehised by the freehold qualificariOB now re- I
ijuirt"! ot v. iters for memoera of tlie Senate ; j
tuerefire, 7i ii enacted Ike General An-
.s'liibtif of (lie le. of North (.'urolina. and it
(. kt rt fy tnat it by ike authority of the same,
two-third of the whote mwnht r of members of
each houte concurring. That the second i
clause of 'the third seet ion of the first article 1
of the amend d Constitution, ratified by the
people of Kirth Carolina, on the second
alonday of November, in the year of our
Lord eighteeu hundred and thirty-6 ve, shall
be amended to read as follows : 'lZceryfrfe
white man of the ape of tnfM I tf-eae years, ie
inz a vittivc or naturalized citizen of lite
Uttited States, and who has been an inhabi
tant of 'hr State fr twelve momI&s immediate
ly receding the flay of any ebeiion. and
shall har- paid public taxes, shall be entitled
l.j . member of the -.ate for the dis
tricl in which he resides.
And whereas, it was further provided by
the Mtid act. "that the fjbregoing amendment
to the Constitution of t!ii- .' tate, as entbodi-
d in the preceding section, be submitted
by tee Governor to the people on the first
Thursday in August, IH.")?. sixty days no
tice having bcr-n given in ten newspapers":
NoW. THEREFORE, I do hereby give
notice to all persons entith d to vote for
members of the Mouse of Conmons, thai
polls will be opened on the first Thursday in
August next, by the Sheriff of the respec
tive Counties, at the election precincts
Within the same, to take the sense of the
said voters as to the ratification of said
aim ndincnt to t!.-.- Constitution of the State;
thoe for ratification to vote with a written
or printed ticket "Approved ; those op
posed thereto to vote with a similar ticket
"Ac Approri i '."
Given under my hand, as Govern
or of the State of North Carolina, nt
T..S. the Executive office in the City of
Roleigh; on the lSth dav of May,
A. I).. 1857.
I By the Governor: THOS. lilt AG G.
Fri.Asia Ce .vrr.R, I'r. Se, "y.
.May Ub, 16."i7. " 3in
BOOKS
Sale
AT
iii:
I CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
The Americas Beofrrsaf ax : containing
hint to Sportsmen, notes on shooting, and th.
habit- oi" the (iame lords and Wild Fowl ot
America, by LEWIS,
The Golden Lk;cy: a story of Life's
PI i.l MS.
RlLLS from the Foi ntmn of Liff.. or Ser
mons to Children, by Po v. !'. KEWTOS, D. D.
THE D.tXSt Chain or Aspirations: a Family
Caronicle.
Shoetao R ecoi.LECTIoss : A Way-Side
Glimpse ct Ann rieaii Life, h W M.FR MaStCH.
Ka i nil. RitAMir.: a Fire.-iue History of a
Qui. ! Life, by Holme Leje.
HoiSEHoLo Mvsir.uiEs. by Lizzie Pitt.
EL QrIKGO, or New Mexico and her People.
1'm l Faxk. by N. P. Willis.
VEVA, or the War of the Peasants and the
Conscript: two inn li sting Komances bound in
one vo'ume.
The Nafolfon Pvxa; -i v, or the Historj of
(he Bonaparte Family: an entirely new WOrk, by
the IJ lkl.y Men, with twenty-two autheniic
Portraits.
Carl at P. J. LOWfUE'S
Book Store.
March 31, 1931. 3U-tf
H. B. Dowler &. Co's
CELEBRATED
WHEAT FANS.
The subscribers ar
Union county, N C.
non engaged a! Monroe,
in putting up the above
named Fans. In their manner ot" construction
and operations and entire adaptation to the pur
IliiSl s
for which they are design
ed. Ihl
se r uls
H e been
an- un iiualh d bv anv that have her. 1
otF-rcd to the public. Th. y are constrncfod of
' ihe best outer lata, and none but Hfi woik
' 11 n am nnTnloynd An rxperitsaee ot five years
IU IBB lilISllUSS jusiines nie OCIICI nut ,jjoo
satisfaction will be given.
All our work is warranted.
TsAll orders will n c, ivc prompt attention,
aud ihe uiachiueiy dcliven d according to order. (
Rtftn uces:
D. A. Covington, J. P. Houston. Munroc, N C. j
Jam- s 15 Rol insou, Bci j Morrow, Mecklenburg
county.
Win G South. Dr Wadkiaa, Anson county.
;nsi: & STEEL.
MoNRon, Cuiou eannti , March "Joth. Gin
A Acw Tailoring Estal
lilmieitt. JAMES BR I ANT informs his friends and
former pauons, that he has reopened his TAIL
OR1NG ESTABLISHMENT in the up-stairs
of the Buiidiny next to the Bank of the State,
U heie he will be happy to see aH those wanting
auv tbinffdonein his, line. All work warranted.
&ct7sSh,tsa& 17-tr
John Henry IVavt. HI. D..
SURGEON DENTIST,
Graduate of the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery.)
Having located permanently, tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of
Charlotte, N. C, and
viciuity.
Dr. Wayt prepares and inserts artificial palates
and obturators, and attends to the correction of
congenital and accidental deformities of the
teetb and jaws. He is also prepared to insert
artificial teeth, after the most approved methods.
ty Ladies waited on at their residences if
on Tryon Street, in Carson's new
building, up stairs.
Nov. leith. 20 tf.
Ready-Made Clothing
AND
Furnishing: Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH
RESPECTF1 LLY inform their friends and
the public generally that they have received and
are receiving an extensive assortment of Ready
Made Clothing at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to which they invite atteu
tion. Gentlemen's COATS;
Among their stock may be found Black Cloth
Coats, single and double breasted; black and
drab Alpacca in Sacks, Frocks and Baglans;
French and English Diap-d'Ete; plain and lan
cy Cassinieres, rotten up in nice suits; plain and
fancy Linen Marseilles, in suits; white Linen
Drill and Linen Duck; each style embracing
the different cuts, Sacks. Frocks and Kaglans.
PANTALOONS ;
Pants of French and American Cassinieres.
black and fancy; black and fancy Alpacca, steel
cloth aad Freaeb and English Drap-d'Ete; plain
an. i tancy Lim n ana Marseilles ot an grades.
They would call especial attention to their lot
VESTS,
both single and double breasted, embracing black
and figured Silk, black Satin, and the prettiest
lot of Marseilles Vests ever offered in this market.
Gents Furnishing Goods,
Tie- largest lot in this market, consisting in part
o.' plain and fancy Linen and Cotton
. I. r - , , ... ...1
Collars, Byron or Bishop; linen and cotton Draw
ers ; plain and tancy Hosiery ; Gloves, silk, kid,
A. c ; a variety of Cravats, silk and linen; Hand
kerchiefs, Hik and linen ; .Suspenders, oic, tVc.
ALSO,
A fine lot of HATS for the Summer wear, em
bracing all the latest styles of the Silk, Cassimere
and Felt Hats; Straw, Leghorn, and Panama do.
Tin y offer the above Goods
VERY LOW FOR CASH,
or ti) punctual dealers on time, with the express
understanding that accounts are due when they
want the money.
They return their thanks to their customers for
the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon
them, and hope to merit a continuance of the
same by diligence in business and untiring ef
forts to please. Call and examine their Goods.
SPRINGS &, HEATH,
Charlotte, n. C.
April 7, 1S57. 4U-tf
FOR THE LADIES
A large assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brushes of every quality ; French, English and
American Pomades for the hair; Lubiu's Ex
tracts of Jockey club, violet, maiecliale, tea
rose, cedar, hcleoM'ope, rose, new mown hay,
sweet scented shrub, sweet pea, mouseline,
bouquet Napoleon, summer, blossom, mill) llow
ers, upper ten. jasmine, Caroline, musk.
Cologne, "i rh -iia, Jasmine, and Geranium
Waters, &c. Just received at
SCARE & CO'S
April 14th. Drug Store.
Temple of Fashion
JS NOW OPEN.
Sonu'thhig EiitireJy New.
GENTLEMEN, one and all, young and old,
wbo w sh to wear Good, Fine Clothes, goto
J. W. COLE'S
SEW CLOTHING EMI'OKIl.11,
First Door above Kerr's Hotel,
formerly occupied by Lowiie's Book Store,
where you can get the best fits and the finest
clothes for the bast money than anywhere else
iu the State. The goods are all made up to
order expressly for this market. Everything is
gotten up in the very latest and neatest styles,
and the making of every piece is
Warranted.
to last, or otherwise made good. Let all go
and look at his well selected stock of Ready
made Clothing, and be sure to examine his
prices; he will put you up a suit so low that you
will lie compelled to wear fine clothes.
Ieavlne- their measures, can have them in 12
1
wishing any particular suits, oy
da vs.
warranted to suit or no j
astles.
He intends to sell very low and conduct a
strictly Cash Business, The purchaser will
certainly find the Cash Syst- m at least "JO per
cent, in his favor. His motto is "quick sales
ami small profits," for CASH ONLY. Y s, it
vou want the worth of vour root ey come to me.
J. YV. COLE, Ag t.
Charlotte, April -2?, 18u7. Oni
till II. M. PKITtllARD'S
PRIG STORE
IS REMOVED to the Stand on Ihe North
corner at Public !
qu ire, kuowu as Irwin's Cor- :
ner, where he will be glad to see his friends and
customers.
May 12, 1857. 45-tf
Cigar, Tobacco,
FRUIT TORE.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the citi
zens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that
he has just received a splendid assortment of
SPANISH CIGARS
of the choicest brands. Also, a fine article of
CHEWING TOBACCO,
FRUITS CONFECTIONERIES.
JAS. D PALMER.
Opposite Boone &, Co.'s Shoo Store.
Charlotte, April 7, IKi7. 40-tf
WESTERN BEMOCBAT.
ICHARLOTTB.
tfHE SALT LAKE COUNTRY.
Peculiarities of the Lake Brigham Yovng
Wow jSeic Wives are "Sealed'' to Men
already Married An Interesting De
scription. Iff. Gaillardet is publishing in the Paris
Presse a remarkuble series of "Studies of
the United States," and a late number is
devoted to a consideration of Mormon is m
as it exists at. Great Salt take. Some of
the descriptions of scenery and of Mormon
customs have not before been given. M.
Gaillardet starts out with a sketch of the
history of the Mormons, and then passes to
an account of the Salt Lake country. We
translate :
Salt Lake is situated between the 40th
and -12d degrees of North latitude, and is
not less than 50 miles in length from North
to South, varying in width from 5 to 30
miles. Its elevation above the Gulf of
Mexico is 2,400 feet, and it forms the bottom
of a vast basin, surrounded by mountains.
5,000 or 6.000 feet high. Part of the banks
and bottom of the Luke are composed of
rocks and salt springs, and the waters are
entirely impregnant with a saline substance,
so that evaporation shows 33 parts in 100
of salt, while the water of the sea shows
011I3 4 parts in 100. The waters of Salt
Lake, therefore, are of an extaordinary den
sity. No fish can live there, and the bor
ders of the Lake are sterile. Happily, in
this accursed Lake there is a narrow pas
sage leading to another Lake, called Utah,
(the name of an Indian tribe.) the level of
which is 100 feet above the surface of the
first. The water in Utah Lake is drinka
ble, fresh and limpid. The richness of the
country in the neighborhood of these Lakes
caused Brigham Young to resolve upon
settling the Mormons at this spot. lie
thought, with wisdom, hat it was better for
him to become exclusive master of this great
basin, where the distance and nature offer
ed an impregnable fortress, than to go to
California, and encounter the hostility of a
crowd of gold-seekers. The resemblance
of Salt Lake to the Dead Sea could be pre
sented as a Providential design, and an in
dication of the place where the New Jerusa
lem should be founded. The C0I0113' chose
a position extremely advantageous, upon
the strait between the two Lakes, and found
ed there the city of Deserct a name which
signifies "bee-hive" in the pretended "Re
formed Egyptian" language. The aspect
presented by this young city is very pic
turesque. It is divided into twenty quar
ters, each forming a separate inclosure.
The houses are built of adobes, or bricks
dried in the sun, are only a story high, and
are surrounded by gardens. The springs
which descend the mountains flow in little
rivulets into the gardens and streets. The
stores are numerous and elegant. The
State house is 90 by 40 feet. The town
is protected by a fortified inclosure. and
the number of inhabitants is about 30,000.
The neighboring country is highly cultivat
ed, and returns with usury the products
which are confided to it. The waterfall be
tween the Lakes is utilized for turning num
erous mills. In fact, this colony is a new
and striking example of the creative and
directing genius which seems to be the priv
ilege of the Anglo Saxon race.
The Prophet, Brigham Young, is a man
of about forty-five years of age, of ordinary
staf ure, and of a fine corpulence, as becomes
the husband of sixty wives. He enjoys in
finance without limit, and the Mormons be
lieve in his infallibility, as they did in that
of his predecessor, Joe Smith. He is a j
man of much, intelligence. In the inter- I
course of ordinary life, he is sociable, con- j
rersabje, jovial even, and loves fun ; but I
when he assumes his Pontifical functions,
he takes another character, become.- intol
erant and frantic, and sows in the hearts of
those who are his instruments the germs of
hatred against the "Gentiles." These
germs fructify only too much, for nothing
seems too bad to be permitted to believers
against those who do not partake of their
faith. In imitation ot the Atussulmen, the
Latter-Dav Saints have no right to more
than seven wives.
The Prophet can have
more of them.
We quote the following description of the
multiplication of nuptials from the Seer,
published by Apostle Orson Pratt.
The man having already one wife, and
desirous of taking another, has no right to
ak any one iu marriage until he has receiv-
j ed a "revelation" from God on the subject,
f this revelation interdicts the marriage, it
cannot take place. If it approves it, the
man then addresses himself to the parents
of the young girl, but never to the girl her-
self. Before all the?e events t;,kc place, it
is the duty of the husband to consult his
first wife, to obtain her conse nt to his se
cond nuptials, in conformity with the 24th
paragraph of the "Revelation." When the
day chosen for the ceremony of the mar
riage has arrived, the husband and his wife,
and also the new bride, with all their res
pective relations, assemble together in some
place agreed upon. The Pre.-ident, who fs
prophet, pastor, and revealer over all the
Church, and who alone holds the keys of ,
authority in this solemn ordinance, (so it ia
written in the second and fifth paragraphs j
of the Revelation upon Marriage.) requests
the husband, wife, and bride to arise, which
they do, facing the President ; the wife
standing to the left of her husband, and the
bride to bis right. The President then ad
dresse , himself to the wife : "Do you con
sent rive this woman to your husband as
his legitimate wife for time and eternity ?
Manifest your intention by placing her right
hand in the right hand of your husband."
The right hands of the bridegroom and
bride being joined, the first wife then draws
his left arm under his riht arm. The
President then addresses himself to the
husband: "My brother will, or do you
take Sister as your legitimate wife.
promising to be faithful to all the laws, or
dinances, and practices of this holy mar
riage in the presence of God and his an
gels ?"
Upon the affirmative response of the
bridegroom the President puts the same
question to the bride, after which he. declares
them u:iited and recommends them to be
fruitful, to grow and multiply and fill the
earth with their posterity.
It is in this point of view (the growth of
population) that polygamy appears so pow
erful an institution to the Mormons and a
logical necessity of all new society. It is
thus, say they, that patriarchal society was
formed. The Latter-Day Saints support
and defend themselves by the authority of
the first and by the example of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob.
That which is less easily to be understood
is the revolutionary return of the feminine
sex to this ancient community regimen.
Wives are not wanting, however, in the
bosom of Mormon society.
But nature will carry them away some
times, and the households do not always ex
hibit the most perfect state of domestic har
mony. A few months since jealousy and
rebellion had extended to such an alarming
degree that the prophet resolved to stifle
these germs of anarch' by a vigorous mea:
are. He convoked all the women of Dese
ret and signified to thein that he had decid
ed to expej all those who could not resign
themselves to live in perfect agreement
with the companions their husband desired
them to associate with. Brigham Young
said he was ready to commence with his
wives, and he gave them only fifteen days
for reflection.
It was in the month of September last
that the prophet put this choice to them,
and, as wo have not heard of the deporta
tion of the Mormon ladies, it is probable
they have made up their minds to be order
ly and obedient.
Chance for a "Smart" Wife. The
last Water Cure Journal has an advertise
ment for a husband. The young lady
gives the following account of herself. We
think it is a rare chance :
I am just twenty, but will not marry be
fore I am two years older. I can do, and
love to do, all manner of housework, from
making pies and bread to washing shirts ;
I can do all kinds of sewing, from embroide
ry to linsey pantaloons ; I can skate, ride,
dance, sing, play on the piano or spinning
wheel, or anything that may reasonably be
expected of my sex. If required, I can act
the part of a dunce in society of the 'upper
ten," or the pr;rt of a woman among women.
As for riding, here let me make a banter ;
any man may bring two horses, give me
choice audita feet, and then if he overtakes
me in one mile, I am his; if not, then the
horse is mine. Beware ! By fops I am
styled handsome ; by those I frown upon,
"the devil's imp," by the wise and sober 1
am called wild and foolish ; by my female
acquaintances "Molly" and by my uncle I
am called "Tour"
Marryixo a Husband for the Chil
dren. A strange looking couple stopped
at a hotel in a small town in Wisconsin
not long since. They sent out for a Justice
of the Peace, who soon united them in the
bonds of a very unusual wedlock. The
bride was quite a young looking person,
and informed a lady who was present,
immediately after the ceremony, thatsho
met that man a few days before, that her
husband died last week, and left her with
four children, and this man also had four,
the oldest of which was born on the same
day with her oldest, and the birth-day of
the voungest was also the birili-day of
her youngest, the age of those hopeful
innocents being six months, and it seemed
so pretty to Lave all those little ' critturs"
around the house together. Milusaukie
Democrat.
Feathered Tribe, Attention. On
Saturday, at Prince George, a friend of ours,
Mr C, fired at a flock of small birds and
wounded one, which fell as if its wing had
been broken, to within a few feet of the
earth, when another small bird flew directly
underneath and bore it gently up. After
having attained considerable elevation, the
bird underneath withdrew its support, but
finding the bird was sinking again to the
earth, it resumed its station, and once more
reared it in the air. This was done three
consecutive times; till at last the wounded
bird appeared to gain strength, and flew
awav, its companion following. This is a
remarkable instance of attachment and
sym p aby in the feathered tribe. Petersburg
Democrat.
ANOTHER DISCOURSE
From " The Harp of a Thousand Strings."
The following, together with the well
known sermon the "Harp of a Thousand
Strings," is published in England as a veri
table specimen of the pulpit oratory of the
backwoods of the United States :
"Beluving breethering, I'm the man what
preached the sarmon which has been print
ed in the papers, from tex 'And he played
on a hnrp uv a thousand strings sperrits uv
just men made perfeck.' I mout as well say
I don't take pride in things uv that, sort, for.
iu the language uv my tes for tu-day I'm
an orful sinner, the chief among ten thou
sand, and the one altergether luvly. Them
is the words which you'll find in Gennessee.
I'm guine to preach without notes, 'kase I
can't rite, and 'kase I couldn't read it ef I
could ; my notes are bank notes, of which I
have a pocket full, and notes of hand, which
I shall give to our squire to collect, when I
gets back to Indianny, fur I'm an orful
sinner, the chief among ten thousand, and
the one altergether luvly.
"This tex, my breethering, can be divid
ed into three pieces fust second third.
Fust I'm an orful sinner. That means you
indiwidually, not me personally. Thar ar
more sins nor one. It's a sin to drink water
and catch the ague whar a little spirits will
keep you in good health 'tis a sin to steal,
unless you 'steal a while away' 'tis a sin
to swear, unless you swear and sin not
'tis a sin to be, unless you lie low and keep
dark. Pride is sin. Sum is proud of their
looks; now I ain't though I've the gift and
the grit to speak in. Sum is proud of their
larnin ; thank God I've none to be proud of
for I'm an orful sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and the one altergether luvly.
"Second. 'Chief among ten thousand.'
Thar is different kind of chiefs. Thai 's the
mischief, the chief of sinners, and tho
Cayuga Chief. The mischief means the
Old Boj', what keeps the fire in the office
below, and lets the poor folks suffer here 011
airth. The chief of sinners means you,
you wharf-rats, tarter-de-melons, ainflebuss
animals, what live here about the canawl.
Look at them ere hosses rise up in judg
ment again you, high uv bone, low uv flesh,
tough hides and .short memories; hear the
crows cawing, fur they know that whar the
canawl is thar will the crows be gathered.
The Cayuga Chief is n feller what pitches
into my freus the spent-dealers, and my
other freus, the State prison officers. He
is one uv your could watur men who goes
for the prohibition law what Gouvernor
Seymour vetoed. If twarnt Sunday I should
hooray for Seymour for I'm an orful sin
ner, the chief among ten thousand, and the
one altergether luvly.
"Thirdly. 'Altergether luvly.' Different
things is luvly. When my boat swims like
a duck, I say she am luvly when my wife
gives me no curtain lectures, (she has the
gift of tongues as well as myself.) I say she
am luvly when the wind don't blow and it
don't rain and it don't notbiu, I say the day
am luvly fur I'm the chief among ten
thousand, and the one altergether luvly.
"In conclusion, breethering, if that hig
pile uv stuns wus one stun what a big stun
it would be; ef you, my breethering, were
one bruther what a big bruther you'd be,
and if my big bruther should fling that big
stun into the canawl, what a great hig splash
that would make fur I am nn orful sinner,
the chief among ten thousand, and tho one
altergether luvly.
"My breethering, I want to give notice
there will be some carrying on at this place
next Sunday afternoon, at half past four,
when I shall prove the doctrine that uv all
the shell in the world, the hard shell am the
thickest and the best for I'm an orfal sin
ner, the chief among ten thousand, and the
me altergether luvly.
"I shall prove that book larnin aint of
no use, my breethering, that ritin sarinons
and getting a celery for urn is a sin that
deserves indemnification fur I'm an orful
sinner, the chief among ten thousand, and
the one altergether luvly.
"Breethering. let us liquor, and then go
hum. remember the words of the profit,
Be sure you're right, then go ahead.' "
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President Buchanan's Wife atBT,ack
weix's Island. I saw yesterday a ladv in
New York, who claims to be the wife of
our bachelor President, Mi Buchanan, She
is quite open and persistent in her claims.
She has in a bed what she says arc two
children, which she claims aie the President's
children, and nothing but the odnatant care
of her frieuds prevents her from going to
Washington ?nd demanding to be placed
in the White House as the lawful occupant
of the domestic departmentof that celebrated
establishment. The lady ia in the Insane
Asylum at Biack well's Island, and her
children are two white cats, whom she has
trained to such docility that she keeps them
in bed nearly ail day sleeping between
sheets, or nice clean pillow cases all tucked
in like children, with caps on thei- heads.
All the visitors eall on Mrs. Buchanan, see
her cats, and they allow the clothes to be
turned down, and a view taken without an
effort to rise from their couch. The name
of one of the cats is John C. Fremont and
the other is Alexander Hamilton. Cor.
Boston Journal.
" HAIL COLUMBIA. '
The following history of tho famous
"Hail Columbia" is from the pen of it au
thor. Judge Hopkinson :
This song was written in the summer of
1798. when a war with France was thought
to be inevitable Congress being then in
session at Philadelphia, deliberating upon
that important subject, and acts of hostility
having actually occurred. The coutest
between England nnd France was raging,
and the people was divided into parties for
the one side or the other some thinking
that policy ind duty required us to take
part with Republican France, as she was
calh d; others were for connecting ourselvei
with England, under the belief that tdie w
the great preservative power of good prin
ciples and safe government.
The violation of our right by both bellig
erents wo forcing us from the ju&t and wise
policy of President Washington, which was
to do equal justice to both, to take part
with neither, but to keep a strict and honest
neutrality between them. The prospect of
a rupture with France was exceedingly of
fensive to the portion of the people who
espoused her cause, and tho violence of tho
spirit of party has never risen higher
I think not so high as it did ut that
time on that question. The theatre wns
then open iu our city. A young man be
longing to it, whoso talent was a singer,
was about to take his benefit. I had known
him when he was at school. On this ac
quaintance he called on me in the after
noon, his benefit being announced for the
following day. He said he had no boxes
taken, and the prospect was that he idiould
suffer n loss instead of receiving a benefit
from the performance ; hut that if h" could
get a patriotic song adapted to the tune of
the "President's March, " then the popular
air, he did not doubt a full house ; that tho
poets of the theatrical corps had been try
ing to accomplish it, but wi re satisfied that
no words could be composed to suit tho
music of that march. 1 tald him I would
try for him.
He came the next afternoon, and the song
such us it was, was ready for him. It was
announced on Monday morning, and the
theatre was crowded to excess, and so con
tinued night after night for the rest of tho
season, the song being encored and repeat
ed many times each night, the whole audi
ence joining in the chorus. It was ftlo
sung at night in the streets by large assem
blies of citizens, including members of Con
gress. The enthusiasm was general, and
the song was heard, we may sny, in every
part of the United States. The object of
the author was to get up an American
spirit, which should be independent of
and above the interests, passions and policy
of both belligerents, and look and feel for
our own honor and rights. Not an allu
sion is made either to France and England,
or the quarrel between them or to whioh
was the most in fault in their treatment of
us. Of course the song found favor with
both parties ; at least none of them could
disown the sentiments jt inculcated. It was
truly American, and nothing else and thrt
patriotic heart of America responded to it.
Such is the history of the song, which has
endured infinitely beyond any merit it een
boast of, except that of being truly nnd ex
clusively patriotic in its sentiments and
spirit.
HAIL COLUMBIA.
Unil ! Columbia, happy land.
Hail ! ye heroes, heaven born band !
Who fonght and bb d in freedom's cause.
Who fought and bb'd in freedom's cnusa
And when the storm of war wos gone,
Enjoyed the peace your valor won.
Let Independence bo your boast,
Ever mindful what it cost.
Ever grateful for the prize.
Let its altar reach thu skies.
CHORUS.
Firm, united. dR( 'is be,
Rallying round our liberty :
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
Immortal patriots ! are once more.
Defend your rights defend your shore.
Let no rude foe, with impious hand.
Let no rude foe, with impious hand.
Invade the shrine where sacred liee.
Of toil and blood the well-earned priz" ;
While offering Peace, sincere and ju.-t,
In Heaven we place a manly trust.
That truth and justice will prevail,
And every scheme of bondag- fail.
CHOltUS. Firm, united, &C9.
Sound, 0 sound the trump of fame.
And let W ashing ton' h great name
Ring through the world with loud applause
Ring through the world with loud upplau.ie.
Let every clime to freedom dear
Listen with a joyful car;
With equal skill, with god-like power,
He governs in the fearful hour
Of horrid war, or guides with ftwafl
Our councils in the time of peace.
ChOkUS. Firm, united, A' -.
Behold the chief who now commands !
Once more to serve hin country -lands.
The rock on which the storm will bent,
The rock on which the Utotm will beat,
But like tern virtue, firm and true.
His tboughtsarefix'doii Heaven and you!
When hope was toukiug in dummy,
When gloom obacured Columbia's day,
His steady mind, from changes free,
Re.-olved on death or liberty.
Cuouus. Firm, united. A:c.