mm .hje'ic Sod. to mt ticwihj, fo your J)qfij." c. CIIAH-LOTTE, 3NT- C, OC"I"03SH33FS. 11, 1839. JVTXJIVIIBllSirt. 31. TIIOHAS J. HOLTON, Editor & Prophicior. TEW MS : , vjorii,.riirnlin Whig will be afforded tnaub. irre lit TWO DOLLARS in a.ivnc TWO rw'.'l I Ml AN I) HH V t'KNTH if payment b. j ,Va t'.T '""' i " 1 " KK IHJIXA l8 1 t"li end t'"' T,",r N"Pi,Mer oe diecon. 'inn-d until u 1 1 irrenruge ere paid, except at the opti'.nol Ihe Kdilor. ilvcrtienents inaertrtl al One Dollar pe t square M(. jm., or e.a,lhieiti'd type) for the firl iiner. and 2j oent foretell continuance. Court sd. .'.Tu'.c.nrnls "d Sheriff's Salee charged US per er nl liirlr i and a deduction of 331 per cent, will . ,j. from the regular price, for edvertieera by tie veir. Advertiac.iicnte ineertcd monthly or ' ,,,.,!, at 1 per 1"r fi" e"c!l time. Semi, monthly 7i cente per equare for each tia.e. Persona when sending in llieir adverlieemenle mi' .1 n.arX i ii - . nil be inaerlcd until forbid end charged ae- j Ihrr crdingly- lPoetm"'" areaollienied In arlaa agents T. II. HE.M & CO., WHOM..!.!-: BKTAII. DKALWIS IS BRITISH FRENCH k AMERICAN 1)1! Y GOODS, i:ri:TS ha i n, mioi, AND llAUDWAi:!'. T II. Ilaae. ( lUUU)TTr, . C. J. A. Saoi.es. Ja., T. I.iriiim ALtiaKDte. lr Trllrr & llnl. f i II K .ub.criber la inaiiBficrorirjr and keep I c..niar,tly o hand, Soap for Tetter, Pe Id llrad or Ringworm, and food to .h wilh for any oilier akin diaeaae. It will alao lake alaina .ul of any kmd ol t itling. If any peron ie. .,rn lo ! it to ell again, il c-n be hoe at re eured price. The Soap iiae been tried by reP"n. aiWe peraon and i iil t be eerUm eore. The Sipea be bad at Dr. .. N. Ilulcluaun Al (o.' Iiiug Mure and frum the aulwcnbtr. CIIAS. T. EKKKII AKU. .Wa 31. I&S9. Hl PICKLEPOT. ll TO V II IM l it HAVE on hand and foe aal. Pick lea. Pr. aerr.a. Jama, Jelliea, ryrupa, Ae., low fur CASH 1 lKHr K.lof the Court ll"ii. IIOUSTOX HUNTER. (Ui'rttt, Oct OS. I Carl. 3.tif Ur.IaTSS Ill.IalM! KI.L I M.I I re in Iht- Ho.loii lit II Compuni, At Ummuftrlurtri' 'rarear t'AMI PRK'Kkl ISJ ela. per foot. 14 17 89 in 9 Inch " 3i 7 .. 3H " ' HI CO U - J 13 " 4 ply - 93 " I f C-EAMT.ESS BELTS manufactured lo order t abort notice. fOA .Vf f r.VC llOSt: of all aura, fi.r water or .tram prtaaure, tt dtttd eVerl frtm l fmrerer. iUO- Xi lil t i o( all ilcacrintiun at && cent ,. I J. U. F. ROONE .Va 31, Ir35r. I3lf j0 Hcmoval. fIIE auh-criber inf-.rme hia friende nd the JL poblie generally, that he ha removed hia Hhop lo the old aland of Moore A Ilvcrly, under I., H. Wi'liam' Hlore. on Trade Hrect. wlier he a prt-i.ortd to altrnd lo all ordera in hi line. He ha .till . few article on band audi a Golden Cook, Golden Star.FUntei'i and Premium cook ntovi:s, ami a variety of rAICLOK STOVI. Alao, good aaaortntent of I in ami HolluM-warr, v. All of which I will .ill cheap fi.rt AMI nrCoun .ry Produce. D. H. RYERLY. j.e.ii. ma. iu T llHOSE ot my friend, who are indebted to me JL by Note or Account, will pleaae obaerve that I oav ri tired lrin the Drue; Hj.iih e. at Una pUcv, and immrdi(e arHimrn n mhtttultlf rt- quiifd. ,ly Hooka are in the h .ndaof Mr. J. P. Smith, on whom peraou Can call, during my abaence, and actll. II. M. FRITCIIARI). CearbM, Oct. 26, 33if fl'llt". undereigned having entered into Copart. JL ncrahip f-ir Ihe purpoae of carry ing on the Confectionary, Bakery, Fruit,1 " AND Retail Grocery Business, Reg leave to call the attention of Ihe eilitene of t harlulta and nrnninding country to their New Ntandon Trade Street, between Breiu'a and Frank. nth all', at hprat A Daniel' old Stand, where they wuuld be pleaaed lo ace all their friend nu acquanitnnrta. MOODY k NISBKT. renr.,5, 1858. 48-lf History of North-Carolina. raHE 3ud volume la now piibli.hed. It em. JL brace the riod of the Proprielury Guv. errmenl, from lf.1.3 lo 1731. 1 1 forme handaome 8vo. vnlnine cf 59 1 pagea. The uhoitptMn price wee half cent pg I but the price of Hue volume la lc, aay 3 io in elotb binding, 3 in Library ahecp. anil 3 23 in half calf. It wn i, an eoi.ii nii.v ro 'am. Owing to the -tilliculty of aeturing Agent in many parte of Ihe State, we will forward it by nail or olht-rwiae ir a fottmgt, on receipt of III price; or both volume tor It cloth, 0 aliei p, or 4 j half calf. I A liberal diarnunt made tn Agent, or other, who buv tn ell aeain I K. J. HALE Si SON. Fmyntnitlt. Aan. 6SH. 3.'itf-r EXECUTIONS for the S. Court for isle. 3L Piano and Music Store rilHR Subscriber keep contiimally, on riimt JL Piano made by Hteinway A. Co., Nun..'. St li-n aud oil, er maer.,l iM.w York. Which he vill aell at tlie Inweat ralea fur CASH, or food pa. per. Alao, the iateal Music on hand, at No. IbO Main afreet bet ween the t.xchange Bank and the Amerinan lintel, Columbia, 8. V. . SAMUEL GARDINER. X. L. K1KBIHOJI, HERMAN L. LCIDINO. K Kit It IS ON it LKDl .VC;. IMPORTERS Foitlgn and Domestic Dry Goods, W HOLE8ALE AN D RETAIL, nutYL arairr, onr ikj a raoai iino. II 4KI.I.S I01, . V. April SC., If 39. 7- r f li.'iiltillr M illicit lire liiMiir aiuf 'iiii.iiiv. jMIS COMPANY continue to take riaka a. vL gainil losa by fire, on lluuaia, Uooda, Pro oure, Ac., at ueuwl ralia. I f Office at the Drug Store of E. Nye ilutclu aon 6c Co. OITKEH8. A. C. STEELE, I'rtudmt. C. OVERMAN, Yie 1'multnt. K.NYE HUTCH ISON.cy.f Wr, l)lUa,f TCKH. A. C. STEELE, J. L. JiROWN, M. B. TAYLOR, 8. T. WRISTO.V, C. OVERMAN, V. SCAUR, YVM. JOHNSTON. Joun L. LiiowN, 1'. Scabr lud S. T. Wriuton, Ilrreulivt Committee. Ap,ii 16, Ito. 7 if $300,000 io. 1 Fruit Trees I 'QIC sam:. WSTBPO0KS fc ENDENALL, VrojTutors of the HW Green XurierieM at-d Gutfent, near Creenioto, X. C, of theeitiaenaof tt.e N.uthern 8,.,e. . eir very large atoe. of native and acclimated Eruit Trie, tor the Fall and Winter Trade. I line larre and handenme aaorlnxnt has been - orop-iealtd truui thriltv heMhiii tree, and work. 1 ed upon the bet aeedlmg aloeka, w Inch a aure guarantee of fruitlulneta and lungevily, il prnnn nent eh.raeteri.t.e. in orch.rdm, which ahould Mn( be overlooked by pcros wishing lo plant or. .hard. , Hher lor .rk.l,ne o, U,..,ly o. The lock tonaiat of lh lollowing tree i IJO.000 Apple tree. ; 100.000 Peach treea ; 10,. 000 Peer Iree ; IS.Ixni Aprieolaj 111.000 Cheery ; 13.000 rium ; SotK) Nictanee lllOO Almond ; HMWI quince j 4OU0 Grapa Vinea. Heanli a verv fine ai.oi Inn nt of lerrante,, ftraw berriea, Raaherriie, Uohm-Ih rrua, etc., all of ! which will be auld uii very reiaunable trrma fur C'.h or approved p.iper. All package put up in eu)icrior etyh , and ' complete invoice arut lo each patron, and o ar ' ranged that the invoice will be the hjnU: of the orchard alter the treea are trun.pla.Mi d. if they are Iranaplantcd aa e-rh one anneara on the liat. Mr. T. J. Holloa will eel ae aeenl for the fur. niehing of the people of Meckh nhuig and nrih bering et-unlua wph the above Eruil Treea and will lake pleaaur in lurwaioing ordcre lor the aan.e. Orf. 26 S.'.8 33if. Dr. II. M, rritchard I ELDING to Ihr.ol. citation ofnia. nv tViriwle, reaectlully annunn- :' cea lna Determination to reauine the lr'lloe-I Tlt-dtrlnr. He may be oneullidat hi. i-flice. I The rxmr preacribrd for without charge. Aug .t3l. I85B. S5tf 1 111; mvi:ic VKi 0 It A TO it! rHcr.kKit nr .'it msm'Iiii, t'oiupoundrd rutfrely from (.IMS, I 4 ONK -r TIIK BrT rL.'! TIVK 1.1 vv.n UK I MlfUki fcffnr tt. uuhti Ihtrt SWia t f.hntl.e, aetl . mil'tttf, tM etlrtrs- fflil 1 tieU. ft l liejf nietajtrln ktocstn. It t Hfj .vl r'ciirtk bmi Itrr fvfi.exf. ttrutttj Aral ,m th iA etar-t (t vvobi4 mfttlew. itl on 'l- tutrh H wii ls tl-r "IT thtkl riSMttK. tbn a"amlthilttr, s ttrfM4B tlsl HI MlwtlfXIIaM t4 bltii4 It U ltltW.l Ilr1 Iff THa l.lTffT tm erf th rnelfsll rvf iMfr rt fh hno.eaSt tlj . 4M.-1 WeHl II 0 $ Mrtf.tr... ) twnrlmnfj -t. IK p-rl rvf ihm TMtsfB ar (tlf 4T a 1 K . - A I aalflieawl illri .Utwr. I Oil lh bcahl W l)f H thJ lA tot lhe pr-arf-Bf imtotm of H (Ullrli wtrhtlel lmeirll ftt f.ull tltlral W t f'li, sui'l lb miy )'- t fli riwi T'l t thlt rfvBffi la lt ttktn frvstprl flw Mt-aott irntl bl4 mik lalVfr (ftltl" svtsT. plnlitt, IB IU luttM, 1 ha-Sta ItUAM rue,,, -m t.Nrlt.t 4,t rreaaf Mallear f Mtl I h T Maim tipfilFliiHhfr pla lisMtib ( rt bila. DMrMliif III MottU. III tin M Htt i.lwcr intlurlur. anlibu' i .. or, i All v. I.n nae It nee elvlna; their wiieiilmaw teallmonr to Ma fn.nr. -Slla l ilir In the moulS wHh the ll go.nli.r. a. iJ ih.IIiih ImiiIi lua.lhi r. TKTJ LIVER INVIOORATOR IS A M'lKS'.ll'll' MM'H VI. IH-o nVir at. an I. Ulle taeieil 1.1. rr. soroiin a c.. rrnir, su b-i.). r v- Wholesale Arl.li llllMl P. 'i.' m s mi.i ii Jnan Ii. r. i "O r... ...- a n. i. ii ii. um a, i F. M'AHR Si CO., Charlotte, A- C. A LAKliE SP1TLY OF ("oi.stable Warrants JUST PRINTED. tit rasuv of Um 49mm- rfewriutt a mliral r.ir. , lllllnM aitrk vr- rvr,t mirl, Whll l r Cirtt n ralU th Mofgitw-k I I Iteusl linejll 'tlMrvfT tiJ tartvarllaer. itom te.kt.t IwltM rsjiii ti.:, ittvi.t llrhf ('..if ors 4tMf lajbsva) t "I it-M. eHM lb Ma ganii. 4wtt rss) 4 . v, . On rtna Ukban atla sjarh fkW tJ.l villi rurt Dfapt-ptllal - r rt I wo Ip k TajatBlla wtli iill t Kirk llraitrhr. p ; Htt t-Mt)a Mbm Atp H tnttl vtii rvjeit'vn inrmnfe lK r ttf lb etleawtM. at.H Unkss a i f. 1 cm i ona 4" imnte H'l hollr- hil4) i in rlnsw frft-jeji rraMttrH M PH a mr fn i iolfr MoHiua, ajitl itBtiii oi ( holf-ra. t-rttrt la ina.-n.si t iha net rt U, fli. tM lh aflearl of Wl tn" " 9t " ,,r fc lt 0aT" fa bvmla takati i.r , Jitiitltr rej,9,t aUaaJ l "for to lh rtfsM'l' .nt rtlNhaa 'f-d ilifj. i r ( iiia tVtaa ofitm rt-tM-etirii aV9) rt.taa hrstitlc Dliir- llnt r aomplamia ,i , almmt lo iba Dr- !.. t 't m larn taa cr .t ; iltkrha r)vl b Worm. Nl vTiilrl'n ibara ta rvn nrM, a.fi, Ui rtjuttl ih ! wo.ld aa il I w- aVaT A fa wlila curat "" IrO, by airittntj ttva bwr.ia. j fV Watams-rlseskatttafM tawm r 4 ihta mMinm I KKSII AHKIVAL OP CONFl'C'riONAlUES. HOUSTON V IIUXTJUl AS j'uat received frcab arrpply n CAN. 11 1)1 KS, of all kimla.alao Citron,' arrant, Kaiailra, K.g. and a vuritty of Rule. Cull at HOUSTON & HUNTK1VS, I Ifcior Kaet of the Court ffouee. CkarlotU, Oct. 26. 1858. 33if A Great Bailie to Le Fought I I II K eulribrra iiiforui the citizens of Char lotte and vicinity, that they have on hafte) nd are eoftttantly receiving, a auperb aaeortrncol ol Elegant FUJiNITURE uirrrinr lo any tiling that liaa ever been offered in thia aertiun. Their aluck cmiaiaU in part of the liilldwing ariiele : Sofaa, Tele Tetra and Divaria, Cane Bottom Rocking Cliaira, Mahogany and Cane Keat Parlor I hair, and Ruah tiotloni Chain, Mahogany and Cane tiultnm Rocking Chairf Wurdrnhea and Bureau, Marhle and Word Top Centre Tablea, Marble Wii.li Mil ml. and Hinka, Card and Work Table.. Mahogany and Walnut Extenairn Table. Muhiganv, French and Elizabeth Hcoatcnoa, What Nut. and Parlor Delia, Looking Glaarea from 14 to 970 a Pair, Kelt-Rocking Cradle and lirclining Clmira, Tucker' I'atent Sunn? Iloltmn Itrdateada, Canopir. with I, ace Netu.., and Muaqneto flara. t ullage rurmlure hy the aet. In n and Wood llxt Rncka, Gilt Moulding of all eixee for making Glaas and picture f reiiii-a.J ALSO Everv h in i ofnialeriala for aale generally uted by Cabinet Makera, auch aj Glue, Locke Knoba, llingca. Walnut, Mahogany, Ac., Ac. And laat, though not 'cant, we keep alwnyl on hand aupplv ol Fisk'i Metallic tturial Cases. J. M. SANDERS k CO. far. May 31, lfcS3. 1 1 U' V.VO'At SaCriflffi atMOITOW'S TU KNOUT. ll'IIE Siihiriber. reapeetfully inform the peo. M. pie of the eurrouiiding country, that Ihey ""a .ne price, or nice ..ocw, con.i.L , n' )ty (j0WS K fl (1 V-M 2 (ie ClothiDg, I J ' i HOOTS, A 1..V, and a great variety of other G.ioo, winch will be old rrardlraa lo coat. IfiHA'TllV MHHllTEi.l.. in ...l.n - v'v b Robe Dre.aea wurlh J 00 at '2 60 r-hawla worth 4 00 at U Oil Mantilla woiih S 00 at 2 AO BoniKla worth 8 00 al 3 50 Hoop Skirt worth 9 50 at 125 Ft eol'd Pru.U worth 15 at 10 Rieachtd and unukached ltumeaticaat New York I'ricia, and all Good kept 111 Store, o!d in propor tion lo the aitove prieea. HAMMERSLAG A MENDALLS. JulVS, lr59. 17 if 'I lit Hil Am Hi Male, r.ircvcr. IlX)K H KRKt KR I KINDS, and fMI.w rifitv-ni., itb black tjtB, tl tucb form ! Tber j will you buj Hie bull u- feTAl Huf NoK'Mi rQTli joneg eama uTrePtoQ foradiforco. AnM.i.ii f ii au, wiiu iu me u irtcriorr', vr airile to Ihe t'ounljr Apeitl, for t H it New, La r;;r .iimI .TI ;i 11 i limit Tliip. -id vnu will get the whole St.it-, with her Rivr, Kulroidi, 1, Uad. Ir..n and Co I uwn and Y iilaigta, her Meh p, itd all tlie C i tiro, lowni ina V illp noble Mout.lu.ti and SprmpP, utitj her Field mni r lowrra. It TOP the tunc. want tlua GOI,IKN PKIZK. i.ow it M i icrrn JrH by five. Jiirdrr viwa of the State IJou, lnanc Asylum. I hnpt-I Hi. I. Male and Kemale College. 4e e.. one ot tba rktnpflt and eT Map. ever published. J'EAKCE k KKST, HilUboro', N. C. AliKNTs V aNTKI) tor ivery county id the Terms iberal. Apply a above. July li Mecklenburg ronds. sl;Vi:. per it'll I. p r iiiiiikiii. fillK.K IIOMIS .re ui.douht, rily Ihe ..feat . JL inveatmtnt that can he made, and arcrcally ' nreierubl. to any mm. Hond. ' , The county cannot repudiate. j Tin y bear eerea per cent intcresl payable mi-' .imunlly. with Coupona for the an. I They arc of the denomination of H00, which' will make them more current and u.clul lor do. j me.iic purpo.ee. l i.e coupon will prove a convcninit medium fur paying couniy laic. I Theciliacii. ol ll.ecou,,Iy.hul1I.o..e...l.en..l and Hit y are nw orli red to Hu m. Tropoeala left , ate. .he? Ih.nk it. Charlotte or with Captain John ' Walker will n ccive prompt attention. H. W . Gl ION. Vr. iv. c. if k. a. k. c. Srpt. S8. lo58. '."Jtl fSIK firm of lit NDKKSON &. AIIKI'.NS wae Al. di.olcd on Ihe lal of January, by mutual cunacnt. JAS. P. HEN Dt.KSON, wilt hereafter cjrry on the bueincaa on hia own account. All peraone indebted will pirate come forward and rttle at once, aa the buaincs mu.t be cluard up niiiiediately. HENDERSON Si A II KENS. January lHJi). HAVINli old my entire intereat in the firm of IIKMIKUSON AIIKt.NS to Mr. J. P. I1KN. 1KI(S()N, I etill expect o remain lor aon.e tune yi I al the .tore and .hall be happy lo ait on my frieuda and cn.tcmera, particularly on Ihoae who would fork over the little change, due me and the cunct-rn. F. V. AHRENS. January 1659. 4t-tf A.C. WILLIAHS0H, A TTOIiNKY and Counaellor al l aw, Sa.ta t ken an office, jointly with J. A. t'ol, Erq upstair next door to the Court Holme, where he will lie conetantly preaent to attend to all calla on profctainnal buame made lor himaelf, or for Mr. Kox, when h i abaeul. Janaare 4, IH..9. 4.1lf Wanted, 1 III. II S0", F TAN,AARk''orib W hi wife to -ut on he? bonnet, sod arm JL aAF" " winch Ihe caeh will be paid. ul LI , , , .,, ' . ' m. B. TAYLOR. n rm ,hy P''fd,, 0 CUigyaan of .V.iyJl.lfOo. )odrn. JDoai Song. Lightly row ! Lightly raw ! O'er tba glaaay Vea w f ; Smoothie glide ! Smoothly glide I On the ailjnl tide. Let th wind IN Wat: be Mingled with ev !itpdy ; 6infc' a'i tael ! Sing and float J Ir. eer little boat. ' Tar away Far away ! Echo, in Ihe rock, at play, Calleth not, Culleth not. To thia leutly .pot. Only with th e.ird' note, Shall ear dying nuaic fleet ! Lightly row ! Llgh'ly row ! Keh a voice i low I Lightly row ! Lightly nw ! O'er the glaaay waiea we g ) Sinnol lily glide.' Smoothly glide ! (n the ailant ltd. I.t the winda and water, be Mingled with our neleey ; Sing and float 1 0 Sing and float I In eur hull boat. Suixmer. Dave of eomnierV glory, Day I love to. All your acenea brilliant, Thej re dear to me. La, la, I..U,la,U,la,le, la, la, la, la. All the day I'm Ively, Tho' the day long ) And from morn la evening, Sounda my haipy ong. La, I, la, la, la, la, la, la. la, I., la, la. Lei my mind be trr Bright a yonwr run ; Pur a the breera, Jut a. night om... on. La, la, la, la la.li.la,!. la.la.la, I. Meadow, field md mountain, Clothed in .lining green ; Liltl rippiing fuiniaina. Through the vallow. aeen. Bird thatrwectli warble All the aumine day ; All thing apeak b nuiaic, Their CreaUr'a praii. Piscfl'faitfmts I)IVOKCK 11 V JIISTAKK. One winter kere came to Trenton, Nw Jersey, two men, named Smith and Jones, who bad! both of tbem designs on the Legislature Jones bad a bad '.rife and was in love -with a pretty woman be wished to b divorced from hit bad bad wife, so tbat b might marry the pretty woman, who. bribe y, "a a widow. Smith bad a god wife, good at an angel, tnd the mother of len children, and Smith did not want to badivorced, but did want to eel a charter r t turnpike or plank r0ld t0 cl(end fro pig-, Kua to Terrapin ir I1UI1UW. Well, they, witbtbtfc differect errindn. ' camfl to TreutoD, ajd iddreised tbe asReoi- l)mA tiidnm with i umi1 arcumenti. - . . ;.t. -:t, . J 'upper Comeoted of oysters wilb rich DBCkgrouUU Ol TWJ1S101 j aeuuuu, injuui a iu j great'pVenty, from 'Jeeey lightning," which ir a kind of looototve at full speed, r- duced to linuor skart. to Newark cham To speak in plab prom, the divorce rata gave a champagm supcr, and Smith, th I turnpike man, folbwedwith a champagne l breakfast, under tla mJlifviDg influence of wji(,b ,be aenirjed ,,dora passed both , ,. , , ,.,. i-ii. . . divorce aud the turnpike bill, and Jones and Smith a cpy of each bill m their pookets WCDt ejoioitlg home, Over miles of sand, throurt tbe tribulation of , 1 m,ny .V'S" 0CH.. !niitb arrived hoio m the vcning, and a he sat down in birparlor, bis pretty wife beside him bow ptttv the did look 1 d fi f fa fa 0rerhearing th " . . . - , other five rtudyin, their let.ons in the corner of tbe roor, Smith was induocd to expatiate upon tbtgood results of bis mis sion to Trenton "A turnpike ny dear; I am one of the direotore and wilbe President. It will set me up, love; w an send our children to a boarding-tcboo and li v. in style out of the toll. Her iitbs charter, honey." " Lei me sent," said the pretty littl wife, who wat od of tbe cioest of wives, with plumpness nd goodnes dimpling ail over her fsce, " it m see it," at tbe leaned over Mr Smith'sshoulder. But all at one Smith's vitage grew long -, Smith's wife's viage grew black. Smith was cot profancbut now b ripped out an awful oath. " Blast us, wif, thos infernal scoundrels bav gone and droreed aa I" It was too trot the parchment whioh he held was a bill of divorce, in wbicb tbe name of Smith aid Smith' wif appeared in frightfully Utbla letter. Mr. Smith wipd her ye with tbe eor ner of her apron " Heie't a turnike," th said sadly," and with tbe whole c our ten children staring ra in th faee, I ain't your wife Her' a turnpike." Blast the pik and th Legislature and ' Well, th fact is tbat Smith, reduced to tingle blessed aes, enacted into a stranger lo bia own wife.ewore awfully. Although th night wat drk, and most of the dtni- tent of Smith t own naa gone to cea, omim I their church. I "Goodness, Mem mo!" exeUiroed Ibel good man at be raw them enter. Smith looking like the last of June "had. Smith if wiping her ejea wilii the eorner of her, epron "Gofldnesa blew me wbat's the matter ?" " The matter is, I want yoo to marry us M6.,!.ff" 'vff Y!lAy. 1 wi ,K IV Jl A Ti jeal",,ed h,e e,erm" nth expanded fingers and awful eyes j are rlennk oe . h i. .1,. I. t ' ti 1 . - ., j .1 ' c n .. finally married them orer d would not take a fee :, the he was, he was dymg W be ttraigut-way and alone that be might give vent lo a suppress ed laugh that was shaking bim al) over J and Smith and Smith's wife went joyfully home and kissed every one of their children. The little Smiths never knew ibat their fath er and mother had ever been made strang ers to each other by legislative enactment. Meanwhile, and on the tame night, Jones returned tn hi not!.. lrtwnHri;r.nn I believe aLd sought at once tbe fine black I lt Wowed by involuntary spplaus eyes which be bad hoped shortly to call bis I mon? ihe gentlemen, but we wondered how own. The protty widow sat on tbe sofa, a m,,J fair cheeks in that largo assemblage white kerchief tied carelessly about her of love,J 1di, flu,,led e""1 "Ke B"ceP round white throat, ber black hair laid in j inH assertion of the leelurer. waves against eaeh rosy cheek. iiat il is indoed, quite reasonable to fn- " Divorce, is the word, cried Jones, play-c7 thst lovers who compsrc th lips of frilly patting her double chin ; " the fact is ,lleir niistioascs to all the sweetest ami most Eliia, I'm rid ef the eursed woman, and charming things of nature, apostrophizing you and Til be married tonight. I knew them as "twin chernos," " ripe strawber how to manage those scoundrels tt Trenton. ' rie." " rosebuds, bathed in perfumed dew" A ehamnairne sunner or was it r.reak.rt ? did the business for them. Put on your bonnet and let ns go to th preacbors at onoe, dearest." The widow, who was among widowi as peaches among apples, put on ber bonnet and took Jones's arm, and "Just look bow handsome it is nut on parchment '" cried Jones, pulling out tbe document before her :" here's the law that savt tbat Jacob Jones and Ann Caroline Jonea are two." Putting her plump gloved hatid on Lis shoulder, she did look at it. "O dear!" she said, with her rosy lips, and sank back, half fainting on the sofa. " O biaxes !" cried Jones, and be sank beside her, rustling the fatal parchment in bit band J " bere't a lot of happiness and tbe champagne gone to ruin." It was a bard case. Instead of being di vorced, aDd at liberty to marry the widow, Jacob Jones was simply, by tbe Legisla-' lur of New Jersey, incorporated into a turnpike company, and what made it worse, autboriied to run from Barliogton to Bris tol 1 When you reflect that Burlington and Bristol are located just a mile apart, on op posit sides of the Delaware river you will j observe th extreme hopelessness of Jones' car.. " It's all the fault of that turnpike man who gave there the champagne sapper or was it the breakfast T" cried Jones in ago ny. If they'd chartered me to a turnpike from rig a Run to lerrapin Hollow, I might have borne it , but tbe very idea of build ing a turnpike from Burlington to Bristol bars an absurdity on the very fao of it." So it did. "And you aiut divorced," gaid Eliza, a tear rnoning down each oheek. " No !'' thundered Jones, crushing his hat between bis knees, " and what is worse the legiaiaiur. is arurDa ana gone 0 orae i, ( .uu, .u una uo uva . iuiuu ll" nest vrar 1 It was a bard cast Ibe mistake (!) had occurred on the last day of the session, when the legislators and transcribing clerks were laboring uuder iu.iu.(,nc uir..iji V.UJIIU a uiui. uau , been put where Jones's ought to have been, nd ' witey wcrsey, aa tbe Latin poet has it - - many arc the saenbees to ease and conve- A Sh'rkwd Tbick.-Ou Thursday last, uience which we make to ruuder ourselves two boys who work for Mr. Taylor, tobac- I loreable. We consult fashion aud wear couist, on Maiu-st, -ere passing thro' the balloons under our dresses and little bird s Manufacturers' Hall, on tbe Fair Grounds, ! nests on our heads, " do " the Gothic or the when one of tbe youngsters, putting his band ! Ionic in dress simply for the sake of being in hia pocket, found an elegant bead purse'called charming by the hirsute portion of full of money. He showed it to his compa- humanity ; c.u we not, then, for the same nion, and both were much pux,led to know ' reason, deny ourselves the iujurious and dis- bow such a treasure found its wsy into such guMing habit of snuff using, and conaign an out of tho way place. The boy decided snuff boxes, bottle and brushes to obliviou to keep the money until he should find an 'that has fallen over the aspiring combs, owner. nd continued on through the Floral Hall. Afier passing through this hal Ihe felt for bis puree and found it missing. The boys, being ntitl more puzzled, immediately made the circumstance known. The ouly inference is, that some light-fingered magi cian stole the mouey, aud to make himself doubly secure agniust detectiou, put it into tbe boy's pocket, aud kept bis eye ou hiui until be got an opportunity to take it away again. V bave beard of many shrewd tr.ckt among tbe followers of this danger out and profitable profession, but this is tbe crowuing one. !l lieeluw Intel. CO' Mr. W. W. Walker, jr , of the Colum bia Coutant, has received, by late steam ers, confirmatory intelligence of a legacy, which will net Jt'105,000 sterling, besides interest, exchange, etc. Its value is fully 525,000. Mr. Walker goes to New York soon, to complete arrangements for its trans fer to bis credit a very agreenblo duty The many friends of Mr. Walker in Charles- ton, Columbia and other sections ol tue State, will rejoice at this favor of dame For tune, who baa this lime poured ber trea sure upon a most deserving and worthy re cipient. A Retort DibscT. A clergyman from a neighboring town and oue of his elder ly parishioners were walking home from church oue icy day lat winter, when the old centleman slipped and fell flat on his back. Th minister, looking at bim a mo- ment, and beiug assured he was not much burt, said to bim : " r neud, sinners stand on nlir,nerv places." The otd gentleman looked up, as if to assure himself of the fact, and said, "I see they do; but I can't." Ptovidenct I'ost. r A pretty girl and a wild horse ar liable to do much mischief; for th one runs way with a fellow's body sad tbe other ruus away with his heart. "8NUFFTB.LOVE." We invite lie uttention of the Scotch and a , ,.. "iac"ot'j V'"i " ' aeeomp'.iiihcd Editress of the Temperance Crusader, Mrs. Mary E. Bryan; Mulim (Ark.) Journal. Jdg. N'eelet, la hi. admirable lector, of week, gave tobacco users, and especial - , , . . ' b ,. . ' !... i - lJ leiniDliie snuu Q.pper. very gr.ee . u, but pretty sevore rap eu piutant. The ar out pretty severe rap en jxkatani. lucir- , ,en,Uve keeD ?ehet'tttd ontilthey are , b fc JuJ conj0D,cd tLa 'BW i 'ioeDt oue. , ,-, lo rriiIIIllta seD. tence. " Y'oung ladies," said hc--?tb that dry hnraor which is trrosiatible when it falls from lips so grave " YouDg ladies, let me give you a conclusive argument against snufTrabhine : No centleman can love gentle lady who uet snuff, and none of you can 'do without being loved." : snd " rosy Bibles on which love has sworn ' lould be shocked and disgusted at. seeing ,uo"e "agrani pormis uncmn w .umn a mop, covered with the vile dust of the weed unclean. By ron expressed a decided aversion to seeing a woman eat; the process was loo disencbauting ; would not the fastidious poet have "swooned away," as Mrs. Part ington says, had be beheld the " lips that make us long to taste them dipping with the snuffy saliva ! Fancy Gulnare of Haidee regaling themselves with Mackaboy! Shade of Grecian Helen I it is more preposterous than the idea of tbe Modiciao Venus in hooped petticoats. We once saw a shower bath thrown upon the ardor of an enamored young lover, who, upon entering the drawing room suddenly unannounced, found his Duloinra practising at the piano, with her snuff-bottl on the lamp niche before her, aud a brush be tween ber lips. As be entered, she wss singing, or rstner muruoiiL, witn ner mouth full of Snuff "Call me pet nam'., darling, Cull 1110 thy flower.' Think of applying the epithets of rose bud or lilly to such a "darling!" Tobacco j blossom would bave been th ouly appro priate " pet name just then. Once it was our privilege to be present at tbe preparation! for a regular wire-grass at '-'O per ceut, grave doubts being eutertaio wedditiir. where veritable pumpkin pies are I ed of its legality. Shifts and expedients of eaten and the games of forfeit and grind the bottle are the height of the fashion. resources of ihe u.uioD, a'e resorted to lo While Ihe cake was being iced and dress-' kP il 'n motion, ,0me of them alleged to ed, tbe bridegroom elect came over, and the ' be 80 g"'1 ,lle?,,l to for o't'e; bride consequently, as b.came her in.por-j "0" Congress. Let the imports ouly tance carried bim about to see the ?re. fall back to where they stood a year ago, paratious, with a round, terrapin-looking tll! 1'reasury is at oooe bankrupt, snuff-box iu her baud, and in her mouth a; But there are many other ways by which huge twig of " blackgum," nearly a quarter tho p ul lie money goes than selling mules at of a yard in length, wnicn sue luuustnous- , ftMei al ghe talked and imied. Won- ,jer jf sight was very suggestive to bioi of matrimonial kisses snd blisses : of ambrosial U .U ...A Wr. W- .hnnlrl . fan DQt , w'e ,iare tL(, teslinjonT 0( a polished and 'efant gentleman, that no man can truly gDj jeiCBey l0Te a lady who uses snuff. W .11 of us wish to be loved it is natu- ral and right that we should and very shoebuckles. aud sky-weeping bonuels of our graud mothers ? Murder or Major Nkmiidors A let ter has been received at the I'nited Slates Indian office, from M. Leiper, United States agent for tbe Texas ludiaus. confirming tbe sad intelligence, published yesterday, of tho murder, on the 1 4th inst. of K. S. Neighbors, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in that ftato. 1 be same lutei.tgenc also announc ed the death of Leiper ; but, as will be seen from what is stated below, he was severely WOUtldeil, but ul billtl. dpevkiua; f !. affair Mr. Leiper says that tliey leit the camp on the False Washita on the 0th inst , suffered them to continue until tbe call from with a view to return to their respective the Senate uncovered their atrociousocss. posts ; but ou the "lh, while moving, tbey 'ay, we have no evidenej that be has ever were attacked by a party of hostile ludians, stopped this deliberate robbery of tbe publie who robbed ihetu of three auituals, aud iu- i purse, nor any tbat it is not continued to th flictcd three very severe wouuds upou hi.u- present hour. Of what avail is it that du self. After repulsiug the Indians they pro- ties ou imports run up to a high figure, if ceeded on their way meeting wilh serious the mouey is to be squaudered in this scan obstacles on account of high water, bnt on dalous manner. Here are only six Custom tho Ifth arrived at Belkuap, Youug county, Houses whaie goas receipt, are 51-J,613.5it Texas. Finding the JSraaos too high to to collect which costs S41,779!, thus ma cros., they were compelled to remain duriug king a dead los of $-tV!,130 U4. Ther the night. The next morning M tjir Neigh- j rnit be gross, corrupt partisanship involv bors walked up to the town. Atier having ' ei j this shameful waste of public money, coucluded hie business, bo started on his re-i This excess of col inuit have gjne intj turu, to their camp, or temporary residence, 1 ti,e pJt-kels of '.he bullies and wbippers be was assailed by a man who i presum whom the Administration everywhere re ed to have been an entire stringer to him, ' .-,iu to carry elections. We doubt not thd who finally shot him, from the effects o!"i uen Uoue of Representative, will uncover which be died iu twenty minutes. The cause a tis.-ue of aickeuiug villauies, enacted iu of this tragical event is said to hsve been I conueetiou with th Philadelphia Navy . rather free expression on the pirt of Ms- jor Neighbors of his opinion in relation n thc killing of a Reserve Indian some lime previous. After the death of Msj-ir Neigh bors, the public property found in lus pos si mi was ta keu charge of by Ageut Leiper (V A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one ; no more right to say a ru le thing to another, than to knock bim dowu. WII7 THE TREASURY 19 EMPTY. . Some Gne morning during the coming ,i' winter. Congress may expect a call for money unJtr the Dame of the difkiency n,eM (,illa have been annually grow, jnj, larger so that knowing the chronio ' propensity of tbis AdrntDistratioD to waste "J, way bo announced beforehand , ' be next will overtop any of tts prcde- ' cnaaore. Yet n the fsce of this inoreatDir , - deficiency, au impudent pretense of eeeno- j' . y set op by the c I party. Afo.lo.8ng I from a Custom House my is set op by the official organs or tbe clerks are discharged where for years ibey bave been mere partisan supernumeraries, and credit is taken for retrenchment. Al most in the same breath the scandal is en acted in (.'tab of soiling 700 valuable mulet at auction in a neighborhood where there v.r tut ocli it hail rvreerrano. a I ....... . . .1 j -u. . un ed should be there, and then giving them away at less than half price. When Bu chanan came into power there were $-0,-000,0(10, in the treasury, yet in ten months it had all disappeared, and $3J,000,000, had to be borrowed. Eight months sfter wards another SK,O0D,lM(, were borrow ed, and fiv months later another $10,. 000,0(10, were had in the ssme way, or 8'J0,. 000,001), in all. But 011 the heels of this came the further demand for Sao.OOJjtlOO with which to steal t'ooa, mr.king it ri-iita apparent that had tbe treasury unluckily contained the aforesaid money, means would have been found to uso it in tbe accomplish ment of that nefarious projr-ct. The chanoet are that Congress will be asked at an early day for such a sum as will swell the publie debt to a round one hundred millions of dollars. Whether a House of Representa tives will be found pliant enough to grant that demand remains to be aeen. Yet with all this immense asm of ninety tbe Govern ment msiolains but a shuffling and beggarly existeuee. It keep its bead above water only by the unexpected receipt of duties on importt which are destroying the industry of ta people, and which hare sent gold out of the country this year iu a contin uous stream at the rale of 33, 000,000 per annum, $.'j0,00(),000 more than the previous year, and 8''0, 000,000 more than the dis astrous year of 1S57. Now if the export of that year precipitated such s crisis, what cousequenocs are to follow the drain of this? Tho management of the Post Otuoe is a soandal to a freo people it would be dis graceful even in a despotism. In many places tho people who pay large and ample sums for pot?gtt are cut off from mail fa cilities, and are compelled to either carry their mails themselves or do without them. That Department shufile along a mere fi nancial cripple, by issuing scrip for its debts, aud tbis scrip i peddled among th 1 money -changers and contemptuously shaved various kinds, unworthy of the power and nan price 111 nan. maistroaeoi unancier- ing resulted in a single loss. There are out lets through which gold runs from tbe Treasury all the year round. The whole revenue- nt, ...l.ni i. a tnn.njnii. llitm Wliell Mr Cobb Wii caled on by the geD. ate lo make a clean breast of it, and saw how many loafers he kept in his Custom Houses, how much money these fellows ool Iected, aud how much they got for doing it, h compelled to acknowledge that at " nuniigiu.., iiawaie, iuum ouuecisu in 1"? was 5,004 57 to do which be employed eight men whose salaries amount- ed lo Sl.i,1! I? J a dead loss of nearly 14,- At Annapolis, four men, ardent as a Southern suu could make them, were kept P'"J W Je" ,'n "ee,l . for whic h they received $1193. At Ocrakoke, North UroIiiia, wer collect- ed at a cost of ?1,300 At I ort Oxford, m Or.gsin. were collected by two stout, able-bodied men, who received the very in- sign.uca.it sum ot , lor this extraordi- nury etlort. At .Monterey, taliloru.a, tho amount co'.lo:'ed reached the snug sum of Si", but it required three men to perform the feat. They performed a much greater feat by draf'tig salaries to the amount of $7,0.0. At Huflalo, in this State, 510,140.03 WCre collected, for whioh laborious service ten men received tbe comfortable sum of flG,aU0,ol. What kind of man must Mr. Cobb be to suff.T such atrocious abuses as these to go uiifefonued? Doubi'ess be is not responsi ble for their original existence these '(. man hive been hani-inc to the nub- lie teat when he assumed omce. uut no ard, jj-t previous to the last election. Willi aaste like i hia iu a single department of Government outlay, uo surprise should be felt at the unguitude of any deficiency bill to be submitted to Cougreas. But the same corrupt extravagaooe may b. seeu in every departuient and will, ut doubt, b hereafler detected where it may not now be even suspected. Krery investi gation ao far ha dereloped its exiateuee. I'he next Congress will coutaiti mor thait ou Hercules, strong enough to grapple win, the t?k ot uuveiiiug the hiu leu aboiuiaa-

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