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NO. 49.
VOL. 3.
CHARLOTTE, N. ., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1854.
SBusinrss Curbs, &t.
3. P. WAftHIG,
.tttormy at EMW,
Ofict in Jenrrjirn! Brick Budding, 2nd floor.
.n.RLOTTE, N. C.
METT s ROBKON.
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERGHANTS,
Vj4. 1 2 Atlantic Whuif,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
t"7 Liberal idviMrl MM ;e nn Consignments.
If Sj ri .l att.-nlxm given to the ouie of Fl.ur, Corn,
Ate . and from o r 1 iif experience in the 'jus'.uibs, we
fcl coiifijcnl t aivin natixf.if'u.n.
Mircli 17, 1854. 34 Cm
Dry Goods in Charleston, So. Ca.
RKOV.lj V LEM.4N,
IMI'OKT IlltS OF DRY GOODS,
No. 200 and II 1 King Mreet, corner of Market Street.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
I' .-, W.uilrn, III ink Is- Ac. Cimctinrs and
irtnn Material". Siliis ami Kick Dr.'J'R (".,)?, t'loak.
71 i nt i II mi'l HMIli, I irin I usli. MM i m i unir.
Muck 17, 1854 31 ly
RANKIN, PULLIAM & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
rtMtBiGH and pomtic mm A.ND FANCY
SO. 131 MtKTIXC STHKr.T,
fopt 33, T3 ly CHA RLESTON, S. C.
M mfctllll r and Dealer in
PANAMA, LEGHORN, FUR, SILK & WOOL
OPPOSITE CHAKLKSTOK HOTEL,
sept in, '53 1 y CI I A 11 LESTON , S. C.
tl. A.t' HKN. LTOPoLD COllX.
N. A. COHEN & CCHN,
I M P' 'RTKUS AM PRALKM IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
NO. 17- BAST DAY.
(10-ly.) CHARLESTON, S. C.
W1RDL Iff, tl.Sia'SS & BVKXS1DE,
A NI) CO M MISSION M KRCHANTS,
KORTSI ATLANTIC VMAIF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
" fJaaa iswan I r mXBmg t'rio.i K.ny cents, i-cr Dale.
S. j.t 23, I-.",:. 10-l v.
RAMSEY'S PIANO STOKE.
Ml Sli; ANU MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
NUNNS CO.?S Patent
Diagonal Grand llANO;
llallel lai & Co.'s Patent
BasawtMtM Bridge PIANOS;
(l hickerincs, Travers'an,!
other I. est makers' Pianos, at
the factory Piters.
V.i nbia, S. C, Sept. 23, 1S33.
10-lv.
BY JENNINGS B. KERR.
Chnrlotte, .V. C.
Z8U
Mm. A. W. WHI5AI.AW,
mLUrtEB AND DRESS MAEER.
R i s ; lence, on Main Street, 3 d.ors south of Sadler's
Hotel.)
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
Zy Difsses eut an ! made by the celebrated A. B.C.
method, and wa; ranted to ft. Oi.Icts solicited and
ro . ptly attended to. Sept. 1, lpi3 S-ly.
B.1ILIE A LAHBEBT,
219 KIN 5TKKFT,
CHARLESTON, S. C
IMPOSTEbS & DEALERS in Royal Velvet. Tapes
try, llru.s.-ls, Th.ee plv. Ingrain and Venetian
ifAEPETlNGS; India, Rwh and SpMuafc MATTINGS,
KuS, Pior Mats, fccc. &e.
OIL CLOTHS, of all WMttlra, eal for rooms or entt ies.
liiisil LINENS SHIRTINGS, PA MASKS, Dialers,
J-on La wns, Towel, Napkins. Ioyiias, ite.
Ar. extensive assortment of Window CURTAINS,
hCORKICES. etc., e
Merchants will do well to examine our stock
before purchasing elsewhere.
Seot. 13, 18') 8 10-1 y
The American Hotel
ci i a ma rrn, n. c.
1RCG la announce to my iricniN, the public, rnd jires.
nit p itrons of the above llot. l, that I baValcsard t!ie
fame for a tt-rin of years t'roni the lt of J.inn.ry next.
Ater which time, tlie entire prop, rty will he thorough
ly rep: "ed and renovutcd, and the ln-r.se kept in fust
. Tttta II is urn r t he IXrpoi. nmi rlrasaiit
ly itnatei', rcndi i uij; it a deaiisMc b u.-c ft r t. avellvra
k nl ta. iiiiii s.
Dec 16. 1833. 22t C. M. RAY.
BaltbMit Piano Forte HavsfRftorj.
J. WISE h BROTHER, Mwfoctrera ofl aoif
J , C-ind and Squire PlA.NtiS. Those wishing a
C-.od and htH IBlial Piiiio th.it wili last an ac, t a
lair price, inay rely on pelting sucli hy addressing the
H in if.icturers, by Mail or othvrwise. W'e have tiie ;
ImmT oi servrig and n l rrinp In the first ftiwiKaa Mi 'he
State. In no cane is disappointment Hfrnklt, Ti;c .
Manufacturers, also, refer la a h-st ot lb- ir l'i ll..w cili- j
zens. j J.WISE ft BROTHER,
Feb 3, IS54 23-lm lLliunore, Md.
II It i 11 A SUA It P.
ACCTIONKC.RS asi U M MISSION MERCHANTS,
nunoui s. o.,
T "ILL attend to the sale of all kinds of Merchandise,
Pro luce, AiC. Also, Real and Personal Property. 1
vlr purchase and sell Slaves, ice, on ( MMBMMM.
Sales R .on No. '2 I Richardson street, ai.d imme
diately op;oyte the United States Hotel.
Feb 3, 185 1 tuos. h. march, j.m s.siusr.
Livery and Sales Stable,
BY S. El. RCA,
A T the stand formerly occupied by R. Morrison, in
XX Charlotte. H rse ted. hired and sold. twod ac
co iiioaJaii'ins for Drivers. Tne cusluui mt bli frwarfl
and lue public generally eolicitid.
February 17, 1354. 33-y
U. HAMILTON. K. H. DATE?.
HAMILTON & O'TES,
c on Hiissim herch aits,
Corner cf Ric'ii Jion nnd Laurel S'lrcttt,
' COLL" .Mm , s. c.
June 0 1651 j v
From the University Magazine.
( Carolina tlie Dine waves are Break- ,
ins."'
BY A. PERI1Y SPKRRT.
Carolina, the blue wavps are breaking
Soft, soft on thy shell-spangled shore ;
And the wild-birds, their songs are makftig
In sweetness and gladness once more.
And the sun-rays are sof'ly reclining
O.i the sweet dimpled waves of thy tide,
And as gently are heaving and shining,
As the gems on the breast of a bride.
Carolina, 'mid the pines of thy wildwood,
The breezes are passing away,
Like fast fleeting memories of ehildhood,
Or the last dying tints of the day.
Carolina, 1 love, 1 adore thee;
Thy rallies, thy mountains and shore
Will e'er be in memories before me,
Although 1 shall see them no more.
Yet no matter what sky's above me,
Tho' a wanderPi on many a strand ;
Carolina, I ever will love thec,
And call thee, my own sunny land.
Com for Fvtliler E low lu Sow and liow
to Ilnrvcsit it.
We have labored fur some ytnrs pnst to induce
firiin-rs not only to sow corn lor bidder, but to do
it right. We observe repealed recommendations
ir. the agr icnllurnl pa pi rs to sow broadcait. We
have repealed!j br several years pointed nut I lie
great inferiority ol broadcast sowing, to plonking
in drills, which is simply ibis ; Sowing in furrows
or in drills, require only about one-half or two
thirds ol the amount til seed needed for broadcast
sowing, n consideration of some importance w hen
II is remembered lb;l at least oiir or five bushels
per neio are nquntd for the latter mode. Drills,
by admitting the Cilhivator, leave I be ground clean
and ire How, nt.d this greatly .dds to the growth
of lite crop; they admil of easier harvesting ; and
yield about one-third more fodder per acre.
The greatest difficulty with this crop is curing
it properly before stacking. The leaves mav be
come perfectly dry while n larg' quantity ol water
remains in the s a;ks, which causes fermentation
and the complete loss ot" tlis value ol tho fodder
who pin cenl in Inrge stacks. The remedies are
Pi r'v sowing, so s t give the warm weather of
lute summer a chance for drying the fodder;
Blacking in largo ahocka in the field till wanted in
a inter, or in numerous small stacks if drawn ufi'
t i if ground ; building moderate s ze stacks, with a
liberal application ol salt to successive layers ns
they are deposited, and huihling each round three
raiU. set upright to serve as m ventilator.
Tbeie are vi rv f v fanner who do not run
short ol good succulent pasture early in autumn.
An ere or I o o ground for soiling at that season.
Would he' almost invaluabb. Any good soil will
ansurer moist is beat j plough and furrow three
eel apart s'ifw along in each furrow from a
hnnri basket at the rate of two or three bushels per
acre, cover bv harrowing run ihe cultivator he
I wren when the corn is a loot high, and the whole
thing is d"tie. Fourteen tons ,f green 'odder, and
litre id st-ven of dry, may b' had from a good acre.
This month will do for sowing, but the earlier tlie
better. Country Gen- man.
From the Raleigh Metropolitan.
IIoxv riot's Gen. Docker j stun!?
Thoe of our citizens who with oursehres heard
the discussion in this city between Mr. Bragg and
Gen. Dcckery, ireollect very distinctly, thai he
endeavored torn ike the impression tint he -sti
iHicd. Mr. Rowland, a S-nrtor from Richmond
in 48. to vote for Free Suffrage. Such, we say,
was the impression lit1 wished to make, and it was
tiu n, that he drew forth the celebrated Rowland
letter, with such nn air of haughty defiance, and
rend it to I ha Budfcnce, rcmarliiny to Mr. Bragg,
w hen he had finished, ' there's tlie letter ! rend ii ! !"
In tint speicli he nrlmitte.d, too, that ho was not
the originator ol Free NofiYngp, find evidently tried
to craw. fish from Ihe position previously taken, to
the e fleet that " nvc it I he first lung and hcSVT
lick in '33," hut nt the same time maintained that
he was Strongly in favor of the measurp.
Now, we i.h to look into ihe Gen's position n
little and sic how lie really eland?, or whether he
stands at .all.
If, as he sas, he wrote to his friend Mr. Row
land in to go for Free SuflVage, did he not
mean, that Mr. Rowland should pn ss the matter
through by L- gislalivp enactment ? If not so, why
writs to him on the subject at all? lie knew ihe
measure was tin n before the L' gislnture and that
witli ihe support of hi friends, the Whigs, couid
have beu successful and h;ve been Submitted to
the people lor iheir ratification. Then we must
presume, f"r it is not fair to come to any other
conclusion, thaj heins'rocted Mr. Rowland to vote
lor Free Suffrage in ihe Senate thai it might pass
and become speedily i e law ol tlie land. This is
a lair presumption foun-led on the language of the
Gen1 in the letter he retiifil meant anything al
all, and argues strongly to the i fPct that he, (Jen-
ral Dockery. wns willing for the people I have
Free Suffrage, evi n. by lsUltt ivr enactment.
Bo, w hat is ihe f.cl in the mutter? Why, taking
nil the cirrums,anees connected with his course
and his own expressions m'o the account, there is
not a man !itn" th it would not see at nn instant
that his advocacy of the measure in 43 vas ail
gammon, or that he hat told two laics to the people
of North Carolina.
The Gen. may he sincere in his profession ol
admiration for the principle of Free SuflVage, yet
wc doubt it. We do not believe he really sympa
t'zes with the prca! reform, but that u!l his profes
sions are for efT ct.
If he is, in reality, that stionp Free Stiffi-agri man
he holds himself up to be, why not, for the sake
of rendering such a cherished principle successful,
say he is willing to have it by nnv means which
ihe Constitution has provided ? W hy say, that,
because wc c ni'i g t n Convention, we won't have
Free Suffrage ? Does that look like candor? Ii ;
there any sincerity n this?
But he said in Nwbern, that thf Legislative 1
mode mi amending ihe eouatitutios was nnfi-re-
pmbtimi ar.d hr tr -s apposed to it, nnd et he
would have you brltete would have the advocatt
of Frc Suffraga I- licve ; t !;, sctaally, tcild Mr.
Rowland through a leltej in ' i3, to vote for it in
the Le&ulatuft.
Now, how does he stand? If this mode of
amending the Constitution is anti-republican how,
it was ami republican when he urped th" Rich
mond Senator to adopt it in securing Free Suffrage.
The fact is the Gen. can't tell l'kcaU nor tale1 ol
ihe matter and forgets in one plane what he said in
another.
We copy from the Star's report of the discussion
in this city the following:
He (Gen. Dockery) bad wrilten a letter in 1848
to Mr. Rowland the Senator from Richmond and
Robeson, in which he advised him to vote for a
Convention, apd t! he could not get that, to xotefor
Frre Suffrage by Legislative enactment. He had
given the same advice to Mr. JHclntyre.
If he could vot get a Convention, to vote for Frte
S"jfr (gn Or Legislative enactment !
That's what the Rowland letter s:is, and notv,
he would make the people believe that this same
legislative mcde which he urged Mr. Rowland to
adopt is ami -republican. What gammon! Again
says the Star :
But he went further than Mr. Bragg did. He
had shown, that in lb4S he had advisid ihe Com
moner from his county to vole lor Free Suffrage
by legislative enactment, il a Convention could
not he called, so that he was in favor of it by either
mod".
Certainly, Gen. Dcckery didn't say in Raleigh
that "e was in favor of it ba cither mcde "
The Siar must have reported him incorrectly
for we find in ihe "Whig and Intelligencer" of
Edenton nn article copied from the "Atlantic" in
which Gen. Dckery is reported to have said that,
' Vcmocrats were in favour of the Legislative
mode, hut HE was opposed to any such anti-re-publican
wocV." Does lhat set-m like the Gen.
is in f ivor of it by either mode ? It looks very
much like he would demagogue (he people, if they
will, only, be blockhead enough lo believe. But,
there is another matter connected with the Gin.
w hich We w ish thp peo le ;o remember md to tell
to Ibe professed admirers of Fr' e Suffrage when
th. y fire talking about th Gen.'s advocacy of it
in '.'15. 'Tis (his. Gen. Dockery aid in New
heme, n well as in Soiiihfield that "he was for
frpe suffrage in '35. and gave it the first Song heavy
lick." The "Atlantic" says :
'The G' ne rn I rommenct d his sprech by slating.
lh.il he was an mil and out free suffrage man. The
record proved that he, had voted for it, in 1835,
before David S. Rei l was ever thought of."
He had voted for it! The bkcoso proved that
he had voted for it!! D- ihey prove it? They
do not, nor does his actions since, lhal we have
any knowledge of. In his speech hero he snid :
'Mr. R'fgg has grossly misstated his posi'ion.
He has never claimed to he ihe father or author
of free suffrage, had never s aid so at any time or
to any man, but be had said that he favoured this
principle when he advocated and voted fur the
election o Governor hy the people in the conven
tion of 1835. Star.
Then, he hacks out from the assertion that he
gave it the first heavy lick, and comes down to
the pitiful assertion "that he favored this principle
when he advocated and voted for the election ol
Governor by the people in '35, and it turns out,
lhal he neither advocated nor voted for anv such
thing, hut teas out at M'ahe Forest. Gen. Do.-k-
ry is not a. Frte Suffrage man, and to nssert if,
is doing violence to a great moral virtue. Let him
be shown up !
Getting Along.
There arc I wo ways of netting through the world.
Some men have a knack of "getting nlong," while
others "work tin ir way." The man who "gn's
along" is always devising some expedient to shirk
. I
the primal curse or rather blessing of lalor.
fie starts a gift lottery," or exhibits a fat hg to
ihe gazing populace at twelve and a half cents per
head- He invents a quack medicine, warranted lo
cure "nil the ills flesh is heir to," and gets a
minister to endorse it ; he advertises "five hundred
recipes for making a fortune in less than no time,"
offering them to the gullible puhiic for the extra
ordinary price of one dollar, post-paid ; or l)f turns
politician, and is rewarded with a consulship to
the Feejee Island's. Me is always changing the
object of his pursuit, now running in one direc
tion, and now another, and this he calls "getting
aiong I"
The man who "works his way in the world,''
chooses the business ol life with careful reference
to his tasies and capacities, and ihen steadily sticks
to it. lie becomes master of one string, and draws
from it such melody as soothes him in the darkest
hours- If he does not grow rich he becomes re
spected and honored. His perseverence is counted
unto him as a virtue, and men say he is, "one of
the old standards." He slicks to his business, and
his business sticks to hirn. What it brings him
he knows how to value and enjoy, lor he has earned
it. 11c hna his "ups nnd downs. bin they are
the only undulations w hich carry him steadily over
the waves of life's ocean. With conlintn d practise
comes skill, .and lhat is always in demand. So
he "works Ids way" upward, and is known ns a.
rising man. But he does not go up like a rocket
to come do'vn like its stick. His progress is
gradual, hut sure, for he "worka his way," he bis
a good foundation for every upward step devel
oper his powers and is happy in iheir exercise.
He is a trn'v devout man, for he "works his way,"
nnd all labor is work ship in an inferior degree.
He fulfils the object of his being, in accordance
wiih the laws of the Creator, for all things in nature
"work their way."
The man who "gets along" may get rich, hut
his life is always a failure a mere make-shift.
His riches may be admired, but he is seldom re
spected. Most of'en he does not attain wealth, and
sonietffVies he "gis along" to the workhouse. He
who would not work for himself is at last obliged
ta work for others.
There in a knack of "getting along," but the
true art of life consists in "working your way."
Young man, concen'rate your powers. Diffusion
is the great evil of life. Become master of your
business, and you are master of other men. For
he who Ijv application nnd pers erence acquires
facility nnd apiifude, is always in demand, and is
boynd to succeed. Germantotcn Telegraph,
SftAMr to MaWRooD. To See n delien'e wnman
rubbing bt d clothes over a washh ard from mirn-
:
ing till night and a hercn'- in gentb-man measrr-
ingo it ro!!s of hce and di-licute rib'ons. woold
mike n Piwnee Indian laugh at our assumptions
of chivalry.
The War In Europe its Present Aspect.
From the nature oi ihe financial and military
: arrangements in progress and contemplation; bu(b
j iq France and England, these respective govern
ments must espect a prolongation of ihe war, at
h ast beyond this year, tlie French finance minis
ter having demanded a further credit of a large
amount, and the British Chancellor oi the Ex
chequer having intimated the necessity of.a loan.
Two huge camps forming in France of 150,000
men each, w ith I lie increase of landed and naval
force ta England, show conclusively the expect
ation at first entertained rha I the conflict might bs
terminated in a single campaign, was delusive.
The conduct of Russia leads to ihe same inference
Her ifforts are un relaxing. Her military p'ans
are somewhat changed, but they indicate no fal
tering in her fixed purpose. The persistency ol
the attack on Siiistria, which she can scarcely
hope to subdue without a much greater expendit
ure of blood and treasure, seems to point to the
conclusion thai she means lo limit to the Danube her
present opersiions, and to form an entrenched
camp in the Dohrwds-eha, during the approaching
winter, making Siiistria her advanced post, i' pos
sihle, for future operations.
Thai Russia has any intention ol risking an at
tempt to effect the passage of the Balkans and to
march on Adrianople this season can scarcely tie
imagined from poiiiical considerations, if even this
had formed part of her military plans at an earlier
Mage of (he campaign. According to the last Vi
enna protocol, the charmed line is the Balkans.
Russia is told by Auslra and Prussia, p iss not,
or attempt to pass not, the rocky barrier, at the
peril of our hostility. Accordingly, she will con
tinue to subdue all within its northern side that
will facilitate future operations. Until these pow
ers declare thai she must abandon the Principalities
within a given period, or war will he declared,
ibere is no faith in Vienna protocols, the last of
which only repeats the language of the first, that
the integrity oi the Turkish Empire must be main
tained, simply with this addition, that Russia will
not be permitted m pass the Balkans. The Aus
trian force assembled is as much, if not more, to
keep in restraint ihe revolutionary spirit in the
territories adjoining the Austrian empire, as to
hold Russia in cheirk. Until, then, we perceive
in these diplomatic proceedings .something more
specific, there can be no' reasonable assurance of
a definite conclusion to hostilities. Russia is play
ing her cards, to keep within the terms prescribed
so as to escape the penalty, while she profits by
the ide latitude given to conquer all she can to
the Balkan line.
If we could have seen in those proceedings a
unity of future as well as present plans between
ihe four Western Powers, the. alliance might he
deemed something more than nominal. B it while
tlie two German Powers confine themselves to
meie declaratory propositions, in new ol the pres
ent, they are totally silent as to the future. Of
what virtue is such a political alliance with the
purpose of-unityt Of what fficirncy would be
common efforts to drive Russia h ick to her former
limi's, if she is permitted to retain power again
to advance, whenever or however she pleases?
An alliance, without looking to guarantees, would
leave Turkey exposed to ihe same dangers as all
1 h is vast expenditure of blood and treasure was
made to avert. It would appear ns if Austria
and Prussia were determined lhat if Turkey is
unabridged, Russia shall be unabridged also.
This does not manifest any real unity of design
between the foui Western Powers, for to be per
fect it oncht to embrace ihe future as well as the
present security as well as restoration.
Our conclusion as to the present asp ct of the
war is lhat Russia will continue her operations on
the line of the Danube, apparently for offensive,
but in reality looking to defensive objects, in the
formation, during winter, of an entrenched camp,
postponing her final designs of conquest to a more
propitious period. In the interval she will trust,
we think, to the chances of division between the
allies, lo a change of public opinion in England
and France, on account of the heavy war expen
ditures, and to the effects of sickness in ihe allied
armies, with other discouragements, not overlook
ing those arts of dimplomacy by which she has
succeeded in separating the two German from the
other Western Powers, while they appear to agree
in those principles which do hot lead to united
action. Charleston Evening Kens.
Utility of Tea. In the life of most persons
a period arrives when the stomach no longer
digests enough of the ordinary elements of food, to
make up for the natural daily waste of the bodily
substance. The size and weight of the body,
therefore, begin to diminish more or less percepti
bly. At this period lea comes in as a medicine
to arrest the waste, to keep the body from lulling
away so fast, and thus to enable ihe less energetic
powers of digestion still to supply as much as is
needed to repair the wear snd tear of the solid
tissues. No wonder, therefore that tea should be
a favorite, on ihe one hand, with ihe p'or, whose
supply of substantial food are scanty, and on the
other, with the aged and infirm, especially of the
feebler sex, whose powers of digestion and whose
bodily substance have log- lher begun to fail. Nor
is it surprising iha the aged female, who has barely
enough of weekly income to buy what are called
the common necessaries of hie. should yet spend
a portion of her smalt gains in purchasing her
ounce of tea. She can live qui'e as well on Ies
common food, when she takes her tea along with
it ; while she feels lighter at the same time, more
cheerful, and fitter for her work, because of the
I .
indulgence. Chemistry of Common Life.
A Little Boy with Delihii'm Trcjiens. A
man named Taylor, near Winchester, la., has a
son only year years oli who is a common drun
kard.1 The Emblem says that on ihe 19 h ult.,
' his father, who had been fishing, gave the child
a bottle of whiskey to carry; he drank to much,
and was taken very sick, ihen with a twitching in
one. arm and sid.-, winch was soon followed by
the delirium liemens. that lasted for twelve hours.
It was a horrible thing to eee the little fellow
cre;iming at and jumping from the snakes that he
thought be aw. D aton (O ) Ernjiirc.
Beo Rrcs. A !. dy fuend informs the rditor of
the Mobile News that ihi -interesting visi:o- may!
he effectually and instantaneously destroyed by a I
elroitg solution of Er.som Salts. '
A Clergyman's Opinion of the Newspa
per I'res.
The Rev. Mr. Bacon, in a sermon on Sunday
evening, at the Church of the Messiah, Philadel
phia, pronounced ihe newspaper as second only
to the Bible in a reprerisentaiive government, ns o
moral force. With its twenty-five millions ol pa
per issued annually, it pene trait s every house and
reaches every reader. If ihe preacher, With h;s
hundreds of his congregation, moulding their mor
als and enlightening their understanding, how
much greater must be the influence and responsi
bility of the press, which talks daily to its fifty or
an hundred thousand readers ? Il is a good sign
to see the procher recognise ihe importance ol
ihe secular press, and taking liberal view9 of its
usefulness, and the purposes which it subserves
in promoting the great work of civilization, and
of human rights and happiness. The following
remarks from the sermon are appropriate nnd
just :
The newspapers, quite as much ns our public
schools, is in America the great creator of a Ra
tion of debaters nnd thinkers. The American
tditor aims not at the choice diction of nn essay
ist, and pays little attention lo mere abstractions
and vain theories. He writes as if he would give
the greatest quantity of thought in the briefesH
space; he excells in paragraphs, which are like
the sharp shooting of riflemen his heavy ar'.ilh--ry
he reserves for occasional editorials, b'il he sel
dom plies the cannon where u bullet will do the
work. But, as a characteristic of our people, he
is ever ready to lay aside his editorial matter to
make room for news. He knows men and not
deeds. His language possesses a clear nnd concise
utterance. Every riter and public speaker might
find a model ol style in the productions of the Ameri
can editor.
The pupil must first labor to effect an improve
ment in the character of the religious press. The
religious newspapers were far behind the secular
press, in breadth ol views and comprehensiveness
and liberality of action, and, he might venture to
say, in religion itself. They take most of their
news from the daily press, and even their repot ts
of religious meetings while it is not uufreq uenily
for them to lurn around and charge the reporters
with irrvligion. The religious press i too often
narrow- minded ; it d es not seem to understand
its true policy and duties ; and the violence and
animosity that pervade its columns are even worse
than that of political editors on the eve of an elec
tion. A II em ark. aide IVI:in-
At a temperance meeting held in Alabama, about
six years ago, Col. Eem anowsky, who had been
twenty-three years in the armies of Napoleon
Bonaparte, addressed the meeting. He nrose be
fore the audience, tall, erect and vigorous, with a
glow ol health upon his cheek, and said:
"You sec before you a man seventy years old.
I have (ought two hundred battles, have fourteen
wounds on my body, have lived thirty davs on
horse flesh, wiih the bark of trees for my bread,
snow and ice lor my drink, the canopy of heaven
for my covering, without shoes or stockings on my
feet, and only a few rags of clothing. In the
deseits of Egypt I have marched for days with a
burning sun upon my naked head ; feet blistered
in the scorching sand, and with eyes, nostrils, and
mouth filled with the dust and with n thirst so
tormenting that I have opened the veins of my
arms and sucked my own blood ! Do you ask me
how I have survived all these horrors? I answer,
thai under ihe providence of Cod, I owe my pre
servation, my health and vigor, to thi fact, that
I never anmk a drop of spirituous liquor in my
life! and, continued lie, Barron Lnrry, chief ol (he
medical stuff of the French army, has stated as a
fact, that the six thousand survivors, w ho had safely
returned from Egypt, were all of them men who
had abstained from ardent spirits."
Coffee. Asparagus is waxing polent enough
to threaten a usurpation of breakfastdorn. Hear
w hat experimental philosophy pronounces on the
coming revolution :
I.iebig (ihe illustrious German chemist) says
th:t asparagus contains, in common with tea und
coffee, a principle which he caw's "taurine," and
w inch he considers esseniial to :he health of those
who do not take strong exercise. Taking the hint
from Baron Liebig, a writer in the Lonooa Gar
dener's Chronicle, was led to lest asparagus as a
substitute for coffee. He says: The young shoots
I first prepared were not agreeable, having an al
kaline taste. I then tried the ripe seeds, these
roasted and ground make a full-flavored coffee, not
easily distinguished form fine Mocha. The seeds
are easily fteed from the berri s by drying them
in a cool oven, and ihen rubbing them on a sieve."
In good soils asparagus yields seeds abundantly;
and if they are charged with ' taurine," and iden
tical with seeds of the coffee plant, asparagus cof
fee may be grown in the United Slates at less than
hr I f the cost per pound of the tirlicle now so large
ly imported."
,
Onions for Fowls. Scarcely loo much can
be said in praise of onions for fowls. They seem
to be a preventive and remedy for various eiseases
lo which domestic poultry is liable. H iving fre
quently ti s'ed their excellencies, we can speak
understanding?. For gap. a and inflammation ol
ihe throat, eyes and head, onions are almost a
specific. We would recommend feeding fowls,
and especially the young chickens, as many as
ihey will eat as often as twice or three limes a
week. They should be finely chopped. A small
addition ol corn meal is an improvement.
Phxsio Vouchers. It is ruled in the Treas
urj Department that that srction of the pension
forms and instructions of September, 1940, which
requires a witness to pension vouchers, when the
pensioner or attorney of a pensioner subscibes by
a mark, (in consequence ol inability to write.) ap
plies to the oath of identity as well as to everv
other necessary voucher. In all such cases there
fore, a witness is required other '.ha- and in ad
dition to, the nu.gistrate before whom tho affidavit
is m uie. Washihtan. Star.
Good Fecit without Grafting "In every j
perfectly r pe apple." it is observed in an English '
publication Shoot iwenty years ago, ' there will be i
lour.d one or two perfectly round eed. the others
having one or more flatted s ds. The round ones I
wm produce the improved fruit, nnd the flat ones
will produce the crab."
Itml-Jtoab Conotntion.
Railroad Meeting.
In pursuance of previous notice, the citizens
of Rockingham and vicinity, held a meeting in the
Court House, on the 17ih inst., for the purpose of
taking into consideration ihe propriety ol consiruct
ing a Railroad from Whitesville, in Columbus
county, lo Charlotte, Mecklenburg. Robert J.
Steele, Sr., was called to the chair, and R. S. Mc
Donald appointed Secretary.
W. F. Leak was called upon to address the
meeting, which he did in an able manner, pointing
out the advantages that would accrue not only to
the County Towns alone the route, as well as Wil
mingion and the State of Norih Carolinn.
On motion (he Chairman appointed W. F.
Leak, James P. Leak, Mial Wall, Stephen Cole
and Col. Walter L. Steele, a committee to re
port resolutions expressive of the views of this
meeting, who, after retiring a short lime reported,
through ihcfr Chairman, Walter F. Leak, as fol
lows :
IlVrrras, We are of opinion that tho time is
now at hand, when North Carolina should vnke
up to the necessity of keeping pace with her sister
States, in the development ol her great end varied
resources, by ihe construction of a fair nnd liber
al system of internal improvements. And w here
as, ta i h is end, meetings have been held in Char
lotte and Wilmington, suggesting the propriety ol
a Railroad from Whitesville, in Columbus county,
to the town of Charlotte, in Mecklenburg. And
whereas, il is proposed to hold a Convention of the
friends of tins route at Charlotte on the 4th of July
next,
lie solved, 1st. That n Railroad from Whitesville
and passing through the county of Robeson, and
thence through the Pee, Dee Counties in ihe most
direct line to Charlotte, thus giving In the town o?
Wilmington a direct communication with (he wes
tern pa.-t of the State, and ultimately, (as it may be
extended) with the Hissunippi Valley, is a work of
the first importance, not only to the State at large,
but also, to the counties lb rough which it will pass,
and meets with the un j i;ahfi-d Approbation of ihe
citizens ol Richmond. And whether you take into
consideration the average population and wealth,
as well as tho varied production of the country,
as also the larther fact that II looks to the concen
tration of the trade of the Stale within its own
limits, presents itself with strong claims to tho fa
vorable consideration of the Legislature.
Jit solved, 2d. We approve the propriety of a
convention of the friends ol this measure, and we
recommend that the Chairman appoint thirty-five
delegates torepresent Richmond in said convention.
Iiesolved, 3d. We pledge ourselves lhat we will
support no man for either branch of the Legislature,
who is not only nn open advocate for a fair and
liberal system of internal improvements in gener
al, but of this route in particular.
Alter reading ihe resolutions. Col. Walter L.
Steele was called upon to address the meeting,
w hich he did in a speech of some length, and in an
able and eloquent manner.
A vote was then taken upon the passage of the
above resolutions, when ihey passed unanimously.
The Chairman, under the second resolution, ap
pointed (he following delegates I
Maj. Jack McNeill, Daniel McKinnan, Ferdin
and McL-od, Col. Charles Maloy, Dr. Dixon,
Duncan McLaurin, John G. Blue, Rev. Thos. Gib
son, Col. J. W. Covington, W. F. Leak, ft. S.
McDonald, Col. W. L. Steele, Mini Wall. Maj.
Wm. E. Smiih Tristram Bnstwick, Jesse A. Bald
win, Francis Little, Wm. Sinriback, J. D. Pern
berbm, O. II. Dockery, Anher Robinson, Dr. R.
L. Steele, P. N. Slanback, P. M. Powell, Capt. J.
Bines, I). B. Nicholson, B. B. McKenzi.-, Wm. C.
Leak, Wm. B. Cob-, John W. Leak, Jas. P. Leak,
M. W. McNair, Noah Gibson, D. C- Mclntyre,
Col. J. C McLaurin, Dr. John Malloy, A. C. Mc
Kinnon, Milton Mcintosh, John Gilchrist, Jr.,
On motion of James P. Leak, it wag ordered.
That ihe proceedings of this meeting be published
in the Wilmington, Charlotte' and Wudesboro pa
pers, with a request that tho Fayetteville papers
copy.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
ROB'T STEELE, Sr., Chr'n.
R. S. McDonald, Sec'v.
Rail Roatl Heeling in Monroe.
At a meeting of the citizen of Union County,
held in Monroe on Saturday, the 24th inslanl, lor
the purpose of appointing delegttct to attend thft
proposed Rail Road Cenveniion lo be held in
Charlotte, N. C., on ihe 4 h of July next ; Maj.
W. W. Hart was called to the Chair, and John
D. Stewart appointed Secretary. Maj. D. A.
Covington was requested by ihe Chair lo explain
the object of the meeting, which he did in a very
clear and succinct manner; and in a few remarks
concerning the utility of ihe proposed Road ac
quitted himself in his usual happy and felicitous
Style. It was then unanimously
Resolved, That we heartily concur with our
fellow. citizens of North Carolina, who have here
tofore expresned themselves in favor of building
a Rail Road from Junesht ro. Tenn., which will
run by or near the town of Monroe lo Wilming
ton, N. C, and thut we will co. operate with them
to the extcut of our ability in accomplishing the
work.
On motion, ihe Chairman, assisted by the Sec
relary, was authorized to appoint fifty Delegates
to represent Union County in said Convention lo
be held at Charlotte, N. C, on the 4th of July
next. The following gentlemen were appointed t
James Benton, P. M. Benton, Jesse C. Griffin,
R. II. Suit, J. D. Cuihbertson, James Bicket, A.
McLany, Jason Rodgcrs, Hugh WiUnn, E. C.
Stewart, A. L. Frcnderburk, D. F. Hayden, D.
A. Covington, John P. Houston, K. C. Timmons,
S. D. M-trsh, John Griffin, sen., S. A. Helms, K.
Rogers, Calvin Laney, A. Lney, Wm. P. Rich,
ardson, James Crow, Col. Wulkup, Dr. J.J. Wil.
Iiam. J. M. Price, Robert Howard. Wm. P. Rob
ertson, B. F Houston, R. Tomherlin, Franc
Wiatt, Wm. Jones, Eli Stewart, R. H. Tarllon,
Enoch Williams, Henry Morgtu, Henry Biucum,
Col. J. E. W. Smith, C. Tonlson. Wm. H.milton,
Thos. Griffin, sen.. Shemd Rolhm, M. W. Cuth
her son, Jeremiah Wentz, Bruint D. Austin, Wm.
P M'jse. D,.,ft Walter, II. Williams, Samuel
How to ond E. V". Richardson.
Oj motion, the Secretary was requested to fur