North Carolina Newspapers

J L-reg , PUBLISHED WEEKLY. A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS. PRICE $2 PER TEAR In Advance. ROBERT P. WARISG, Editor. j Cljr Stairs Sistiiut as tjjf SRlta, bnt unc ns tjp ra." RUFUS M. HER RON, Publisher. NO. 5. VOL. 3. CHARLOTTE, C, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1854. in A SSusinfGS Curbs, &t. iii Lancrgan Brick Bnildimst Zttd floor. CDilLOTTt, K. :. FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, IVo. 1 rrwl 2 Atlantic iunj, CHARLESTON, S. U. tT Libr.il advani-rs nur'e on Consignment. J f 9 ! i .1 itlrntioa riven lathe rale of Flour, (Jorn, tic . an I f'rosii o r I ni C nrrteii in tuu business, we feel confident n!" riving satisfaction. M ir:!i J 7, 1854. 34.li Dry Goods in Charleston, So. Ca. HJ OUTERS OF DliY GOODS, N 908 anil King stru t, surncr of .Maiku .Struct. CHARLESTON, S. C. Plant .ti m V'ii!. !, I'.l.in k -Is, p., CarpetlBfrB rncl Cirtsin Material. Silks and Rich Dress Go Ml C" ks M intill is sad Shawls. Terms Cash. M trch I, IP." One Price Onlj 34-1, RANKIN, PULLIAM & CO., Importers ami Wholesale Dealers in FOREIGN . .: DOMESTIC STAPLE AM rN LiiY B0G91 im olootss, NO. 131 MEETING STKKET, sept J3, v,:t 1 v CI1ARL.ESI O.N, U. 21. If MjMifaclurr jih! Dealer i'i PANAMA, LEGHORN, FUR. SILK & WOOL HuVH, oppnsm chaklkstox hti:l, se;. j:, 'a: l v CI 1 A 11 LESTON , S. C. R. A. COBKK. LEoroEn COHX. COHEIJ & CCHN, N. A. IMPOKTEBS AM OEAEERS IN FOREIGN AM) DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, KO. 175 BAST BAY, (10 In.) CHARLESTON, S. C. irARBLAW, W1LH.ER & BIJRHS1DE , AND C I M M i S S I O N M ERCi 1 A NTS, .NOK.'li ATI A "NTH' WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. ommssion for selling tJoUon Fifty cents per Bale. ept 2 153. 10-Iv. RxYMSST'o F7ANO STOHB. MUSIC h ND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. wOV NUNNS& CO.'S Patent llallet Uavis iv Oo.'s Wool irwte"uf & Suspension Bridge MA NO Si , liickerings, Travers's s? -'"' L.r other best makers' Piauos, P, i !.r,. 1-1 A S : and J0 it ! j the Factory Pi -iees. CeJombia, s. C, Sejit. "i, 1853. 10-1 v. BY JENNINGS B KERB. Vhrlolt, JB C. 1 -.--$. 2 : f inu i r v A. V. 'TP T T 2 .: . LiXJLtJtt HI 57QQ MA i ,1. on Main Street, 3 ilocrs south of Sadler's Hotel,) i I 1 I 1 i I T i xT c nee, V II.MUlO I i I 7 Dresses cat and made by the selebrated A. n.i . cthod, and warranted to lit Orders ; jiro jt:y attended to. ;m-i. iw yt.Ci ill A- I. A3i iiLIStT, Jli KIN. STBKKT, CHARLESTON," S. C, 1 M PORTERS DEALERS in Royal Velvet, Tapes J try, Brussels, Three ply, Ingrain and Venetian, ITARPET1NGS; India, Rush and Spanish MATTINGS, Rnss, P."r M.it. c. fcr. j OIL CLOTHS, of all widths, ent t r rooms or entries. 1UISH LINENS, SHIRTINGS, DAMASKS, Diapers, Long Lawns, Towels, Napkins, Doylias, Ko. An extensive assortment of Windo'v CURTAINS, CORNICES fcc., c pMerraants will !o well to examh.e our stock' before purchasing elsewhere. S.-et. -.' J, !8o ; lO-Iy ilm3r:o:n Eotel, CHARLOTTE, N. C. T BKG to annonitce ti my IricnJs, the jul;ie,,-Mi(l nrcs- ! i CI. .. !. ... '. I l.,l. I ll,. I I kam ImikJ the , id villluilaVI i:ii. 'Hp"m i, ... . .. ..v ........ . i uc liir a ttrm oi" years from the 11 ol Jauaary next. r irhieh loa tUC enure propv i v win iv munnigu- a i.i m I . . : r . ly r (!. els s M y Is si! nai and rem T.u 11 v. i. co, ana ine nouse m pi in nm i, l i r tli.- I)i :-..t.:oiti idcasiaiit- rcn J. l in it a d tiajU h. u:-i tnr t : a. cilcrs I ' . ' . . and fatuities. I) o 10, 1 i r. 221 C. M. RAY Baltimore Fi Forte Mamiractory. J. i I. WISE vV BROTHER, Manufacturers of Boudoir G.'aml and Square PIANOS. Those auiung a g-iod and substantial ri :!i: that will lal an age, at a iair price, aaav rely on retting such by addressing the Uin.if.rlnror. l,v iiiiil nr ntherWISC. WO BSVe tnc , ay Ml in or uiariniKi - ig sud rcf irinjr tothe tirst families in the case is disappointment sufferable. The honor ot servius State. In no M tnafaeturers. also, refer to n hmt oi thi ir fellow citi sens. J J. WISE i BROTHER, Feb 3, 1851 23-Cm B Itinaore, M d IKrSI Sc SHARP, AUCTIONCESS ami COMMISSION MERCHANTS, COl.1 .MBIA, S. C., VTTILL attend to the sale of all kimls of .Merchandise, Produce, Ace. Also, Real and Personal Property. Or purchase and sell Slaves, &c, on Commission. Salus IIkim No. 12 i Richardson street, and imme diately opposite the United States Hotel. Feb 3. ISO! xii os. ii. marc a. j. m. e. shakp. Livery and civ tins.: ciiies smniL', ... , - . I 4. . , 1 C A 1 . ' BY S. II. KF.i, VT the stjnd formerly occupied bj R. Morrison, in Charlotte. Horse fed, hired mid sold. Gooil ac eoiusaodationa for Drovers. The custom of bis friend e:idt! public reaerallv sulicited. Feb 1 1. 30-i K. HA.IILTorv. . M. OATKS. HAMILTON & OATEo, Cjrnrr uf RtcJbsrdWa cad Lmmrtl Streets, COLUMBIA, S. C. June 9 1 .01 l y Faith and IZopc. BY ELLA MUOHK. I had a vision so iair and beautiful it srrmnl I asked myself i: it were not a dream. My spirit answered no. And when awake, 1 again asked if it were not alt a dream. My guardian angel Lnswered no! 1 saw before me a I ore I y landscape, rich in ev ery line and dvo. The setting sun had tinged the Clouds with gold and silver fringes, while here and tlu rc flitted o'er the azure vault, light fleecy elouds of nimr wkih immmI like ilm imcMnw alnrt. of angels hove ring o'er the destiny of nr.n. !-.r, far off in the background lay (he ocean, e:;!m as a sleeping infant, with many a while sail resting upon its bosom. It had caught the flam- ing hues of heaven and was reflecting them in its own bright mirror, until it was hard to tell where I sky and water met. Then came lbs rude and j craggy shore which set up its mighty walls of do- fiance, saying, "So far shah thou go, and no ' farther " " Beautiful mountains, with their rich verdure, iped awny to smiling vales: on the hill-side graz d the lowing herds, and in the meadows skipped the sportive lamb. There was one bright rpo! in the foreground, ! from which a crystal lount was sending un its pure refreshing waters, which made its way dash- 1 in- . foaminn- and lesninj over evi rv niuttMcl ' j 3 V P J ' j : until it had hid itself in the Losom of its parent ! : ocean. Beside this fountain sat a youthful maiden, i mingling her tears with the stream. The weep- j ing boughs of a graceful willow fanned her pale cheeks and the gentle breezes which nestled i among its leaves, returned her sighs with many ! an echo. l wo iair, tjrijlu sisters stood beside her, who, pitying her sorrow, begged sh would confide in them, and they would be to her friends. She looked wistfully upon them; then placing her fore-finger upon her lips, she pointed to lite opposite side of the tree, where stood the cause of ail her grief. ' Heed htm not, dearest,' said 'he gayest of the two, "heid him not; he dare not interrupt you while we are near. Only tell us your sor rows; we have a balm for every wound." V ith trembling accents, slow and irregular, now hesitating, now doubting, she began to tell j ner trials. M I was born," said she, " in the lap of luxury, j reared in the palaces of nobles, caressed by ! friends, admired and courted by the world ; was .; in v r satisfied with happiness, but like the bee, ; roamed from riower to flower, sipping only its ! sweets. Yet my restless spirit was ever -n tlie : iiiT. E ic!i new joy only ereaud a desire for ' som" t h in 2 ni'rc, something better. 'I was suddenly stopped in my light cireerby an admirer. 11" caught my ear by sweet and gentle words. He said he had loved me long and tenderly, be had sent me many an oftei of mar- . i riage, unt I would not heal them, and now he had come himself. lie said his father Wat a great king, and lived in a far distant country ; thai he owned '. ast empires, and would giv.- ti.cm ail to I him : that lie had many, very m my su' j cts,w ho but I must h" h: innum' rnble obs'a- all held him bride. He in great esteem, tad purnioun t d , ci(s to come Vj me, and ell he wished was mv j heart. " For a 1 tig time I hesitated, and endeavored to banish him from me, hut he was too faithful to oe ttite? easily Discouraged, and t) slow t 1 - i 11 degrees he won that heart which was at fiist so much po d to him. And, oh! with what rapture e.p- he held me to ' is bosom, and ask d me a thousand j f,,, j, tod him and if I would prove true at:U as 0f. did rcDew my vows. "lie then said he must leave me fur a while, and go to his father to report the g!;id tidings, and make ready the marriage supper. He said I need ''IV" mvsell no irnuole to pren-tre a w. rdrobe, my garments would i a i a w lit me lie n ould have : a spacious mansion prepnr i fe-r m ind a crown uf ureat value, and at in-.- appointed time 1 should come to him, and I would be welcomed by an in- ; nuiiii rable host. " He moreover to'd me the way was rugged, j and I would probably hare many difficulties lo j encounter, but be arould send me an escort in , whom I must have entire confidence. M My beloved had no sooner gone than another lover presented himself at mv icet. He told mo j he knew my former suitor wtllj thai he would dc ' ceive me; I was loo easy inveigled by his ar'lu! I insinuations; his tale was all a fabrication to win I i I me to himself ; his views were entirely selfish; thai bo had no such immense possessions as ne boagied and even il he bad it were a poor prool ol his n Beet ion to leave me and send an esceirt lo i 'orin me to him. Why not take me at o:iro ? 11. . Kl I aove n- i 0- u not so mucH preparation. ;o : ,e ve me dearest, you see in me one who wil in ver leave nor forsake iu. 1 am truly in pos- j session of princip !i'ies and powers ; my influence exti nds to the ends of tle earth, and I will give ' I you cf the good things of life until you are fully : satisfied. Come, be mine, loved one, and pee :( my assertions are not all true. I will si nd yon no escort,, hut will ever be at your side ready to gratify vour every wish. Hesitate no longer; 1 give me hut your hand, mid I will win your heart, i j You tdiall not fly ,'roni me; I will pursue you to tlie ends tf (he earth trc my hated rival shall possess you.' "Thus you see him at my side. Fly whither SOt ver I will, he, tnie to his word, pursues me and , tortures me wi;h his love. He sometimes makes me doubt an ( feel w illing to give up him w ho has j l..i . rt. ....!, A w -lli cnli n .1. ,-ljwt nvnt f1 I lll IliU l1' l ' 1 . I I VJ "1111 o v . t, V. V . - l . -J , my heart seems only lo live for him, even il lie should prove false. Ench morn and eve 1 think will bring the escort and bear me away lo him ; ! but each rising sun only awakes me to sorrow, I an.l his setting tells me another day lias got.e and yet I remain alone. I say alone lor eih . how j 1 willing would I forsake laiher, mother, property ! ! and friends could I but feel sure o( his love, and j i not torture myself with the suspicions created by his hated rival." The sisters had given attentive audience to all ! she ruid ; and now that she could no longer speak j leir tears, they gently Stepped forward, and vach I taking a band, they kindly raised her freim the earth imprinted a kiss upon her forehead, and bade her take courage. We have just cemie from your true lover," said the beautiful light-hearted sisters; "and be I who thus hides from o;:r view, well knows we are his hand-maidens. You must iro wi'h us, and t we W'U prove to you we are not false pretenders. Ah ! 1 should like to eo to mv beloved ; know not whither you will take me ; il may be to the very one I hate " "Try us," said the gravr sister. M Our mis s'rnn is love ; we seek not to harm thee, but will s"n U(J ,ttee to ,Me chosen of thy heart We ,,!lVe Passport to his presence we are the escort I Me promised to send you yet you refuse to go with i US. You doubt our veracity, and think we too would deceive you; but believe, dearest, he who I .. i.i 'i i , j i :, : u, i,i j "teallliily whispers 'stay,' he it is who would j deceive you. lake but a lew steps with us, and j 7 vviil prove his constaucy." j As the first spoke, he gathered his sable robe around, frowned and stamped upon the earth, and j ,,en l,)e oliier Sls!r ,ooK UP ",(; sut.pcl with to ! much earnestness, he trembled in every nerve, book hia clenched hand, and swore I hey should ,,ot ,a'ie ber from him. This but .'ended to cause her to cling the closer ; and hiding her fare deep in their robes she waved her hand and bid him begone, hut tie moved not a step till the sisters bore her away fainting in their arm". They made haste to the gates of the ci'y of the bridegroom, and having reaelieu it, they said "cis ';r hwaK ' we ae r.ow at the gate ol the great j f i t y . and vour adored will Le the tirst to welcome i ,, ou- She opened her eyes in astonishment, and smiling, said "I am ready to meet him. Make haste ti km ek lor admittance. The sisters each tapped g.'iitly at the door, when it was instantly opened by the anxious bridegroom. He clasped Ins beautiful bride to his bosom, and j asked her why she had tarried so long, why so long delayed their rieeMng; hut now that she was j w i:h him, the past should be forgotten, they were to live for the fu.'tre. "And now, my belovi j I must take you to my Father ; he, too, waits to w-efcume you. He is the King of Kimj;s, the Lord of Lords, and will welcome you es his well-beloved son." Thus saying, he threw his own priceless robe around hr, and bound a chaplet upon her brow, in which his father's name was written ; and placed a string ed pearls about her neck, upon a golden harp suspended, he took her by the hand and led her into the presence chamber of his father. There the cherubim and seraphim veiled their faces, and angels threw their crowns at His feet. As sue entered, one long, loud burst of praise filled the vault of heaven ; she was hailed by an innumerable company as the well-bedoved, the bride elect of the eon of God. She had a new song put into h r mouth, and her h ippy spirit sung loud anthems to him who bad given himsell j for lnr, and srnt his ambassadors to conduct her to such a haven ed rest. Notwithstanding her own hnpr ncss was sei great, she rememliered the loved ones sin- had left be hind, and turning to her companions, said "Go, beautiful Hope, sister ol Truth and Piety go cheer onward those weary pilgrims, and take Faith, your holy sister with you, to arm them with resolu tion.'" Touch i SWuraer. The Tribune asserts that Dr. Graham killed Colonel Luring at the St. Nicholas Hotel because the former was a slaveholder, and was etlucated amongst slaveholders. An extract Irom Thomas Jefferson's wri'ing is quoted to back up this posi (mil an extract from 'he w ritings of the very Jt Hereon whom the Tribune denounced four years ago, m elaborately sophistical tirades, as an infi 0 I, a dishonest politician and an immoral man. ''he siup;d calumny has, been repudiated by the veriest Abolitionists in the citv, and ihe: old Post itself, in an unusual mood of manliness, has de- j nouueed the calumniator in terms ol unmeasured contempt ; it is needless for us, therefore, to waste lime in refutation. iiet r we may be permitted to ask, lias any pa- rauraph in Jefferson's Notes or Virginia thrown light upon the causes of the terrible murders w hich j so oft. n disgrace society in the North, and lend a j " thrilling interest " lo the play-bill style ol out j police reports? We fe'ar New York and New j Kngland can claim a superiority over the South in j the: science ed' murder. Professor Webster, who cut up, suspended on j fishing hooks, and encas d in packing boxes, his j friend Dr. Parkman's bodv, in the "ood city ol Boston, a ho afterwards played cards with his chil dren and didthe amiable" at several evening parties, white he knew and chuckled over the knowledge that public opinion was inclined to at tribute his crime to an innocent man did th? professor own slaves, or was his cunning, vindic tive aiiu demoniacal coolness ihe result of famili arity with Southern institutions. Well, then, as Graham used the cane sword, perhaps in his own defence, because he had slaves, Webster surrendered his sou! to the devil because he h:.d none. The conclusion is local enough for the Tribune. Did Tucker, who cut his child's throat in Brook lyn a few nights ago, and then experimented on his wife's jugular, own ne groes, deal in ne groes, or in any way whatsoever connect himsell wish Southern slavery, which haunts the Tribune like a huge Frankenstein, a hose hideous ness is the crea ture of its own heated brain ? " If Graham had been eduniited in the North, he would not commit this crime " no, it is probable he would confine his e ne rgies to the assassination of officers like Batch elder, while discliHr-zin their duiies to the laws and Constitution of 'heir country. A plain man would not expect the South to be tiitd in the per son of Graham, assutnine him to be a murderer, I (which we cannot do until after his conviction.) i any more than ho would wisn :ne norm to uc estimated bv the Tribune, its logic and its (air play. But what is the cause cf the northern murders ? Foreign immigration, according to tin Tribune. "They are ail committed by benighted foreigners." Was Webster benighted ? Was Tucker a foreigner! Were shev educated in Germany or Ireland, that ! hey should reduce murder, as De Quincey has, denies to n " fine art," and assume the most nota ble position amongst the assassins of the earth I j In fact, the Tribune's logic is as bad us its dispo sitioo. 'Lkc Citizen, How melancholy (he moon musi leel when it has enjoyed the fullness of prosperity and got reduced to its last quarter. I Sti-itne die si a Murderer. A writer in the Thomasville Watchman gives the following singular biograph) of James High tower, recently convicted ol manslaughter in that county. Three years in dungeon il seems is no- Sj J c thing to what he has enelured : " About twenty-one years ago a young lady ol this section ol country, be longing to a respecta ble family, became the victim of a vile seducer; the fruit was a boy, who is the subject of our nar rative. His mother, as is the case usually with those of her sex who are unfortunate, married a man of low breeding, and adverse circumstan ces ; consequently, her son was de stined to receive .bu! a limited share of education or moral train ing. At a tender age his character was peculiar, and in some respects very extraordinary. When only seven years old, he was attending a sugar cane mill ; by some means his left arm and hand were crushed, bv which accident he forever lost the use of his hand. At the age of ten years he was biuen by a rattlesnake ; being nearly alone on the- place, he had to call lo his aid all the pres ence of mind ol which he was master. Fortu nately he used the proper antidote, and thereby saved his lite. In the short space of a few months he was again bitten lv one of the same species D si of reptiles: by pursuing t ise same course as here tofore, he was again rescued from the jaws ol death. Between the age of twelve and fourteen he made several attempts to take the life of his step father, which shows he would not be imposed on. About that age he also snapped, several time, a loaded muske'i at a neighbor. When fourteen years old. he w as knocked down by lightning, and did not recover for seime time. At the age of six teen he w as attacked, w hile hunting in the woods, by a very large; panther. The panther soon tore him down he exiii' i'ed great presence of mind by feigning death. The panther then carried him into the swamp, covered him over with sticks and grass, alter which he toeik his leave in search of more prey. Our hero, after the panther's depar ture, arose and made his escape home. He was badly torn two of his jaw teeth were bitten out, and many wounds were inflicted. But he was not thus to die, for he soon recov ered, and very soon after his recovery gave his step-father a severe? whipping and left him. Ex cepting another slight shock by lightning, his path was smooth until nineteen, when he became enam ored of a young lady ; though figuring in a high er sphere, his superior in intellect and family, yet she was smitten by the boy of misfortune, and re solved to marry him, notwithstanding the opposi tion of her relatives, who made severe threats against our hero. But what cared he, who had successfully battled against rattle-snakes, panthers, and even the higher powers of heaven, for .'be threats of man. Nothing daunted, he continued to urge his claims, alter finding all his efforts of a compromise unavailing, he commenced a di-ter-mined course. He procured his licence, placed a magistrate at a conspicuous point in the woods, and procee-ded himself on foot, to the house that sheltered her w hom he loved secretly force d the door of her chamber, and conducted her about five miles through the wocds, to the place of ren d zvous. Before arriving at the place upon which the hymenial altar had been temporarily erected, il luminated by the blaze of light wood knots ami ihe pale rays of the moon alone, our hero, fell into his former path of bad luck, for he was hitten by a moccasin snake ; but he was too well use d to snake biles to suffer that occurrence to retard his progress at such a momentous crisis, and lilee a brave and undaunted boy, parsued his course, and in accordance with his anticipations was lawfully married, at 12 or 1 o'clock at night. His mocca sin bite did not long keep him in bed for he ihen possessed a nurse ed unceasing attention. After final re covery he carried Ins wife to the home whkch he had provided for her, hoping that his cup of misfortune was then full, and that he would then enjoy that bliss attending a married life. But lie was not destined long to enjoy that re pose which he had so much sought. He soon be came entangled in a quarrel wiih a Mr. Wheeler; ihe result was Wheeler was killed, and our he ro, after regular trial in a court ofjustic-,, was convicted of man slaughter, and now, at the ngp, of twenty, has gone, leaving his wife, his antici pated babe, and his sweet home, to the penitentia ry, thre to be incarcerated within its dismal walls for the space of three years w hich to him mut seem long, long ! Who can contemplate his past lite and not say, surely he is the child of misfortune? lias his misfortunes ended ? Alas! who can tell? That fact is yet concealed by the dark curtains of futurity. Byron and Mart Chawohtr, Grace Green wood, in her late visit to England, paid a visit to Newstead Abby, the well-known residence o Lord B rem. In speaking ol the ev nt, she beauti fully and touchingly alludes to the love of the poet lor Mary Chaworlh : "Strangely sorrowful, almost agonizingly re gretful, were the thoughts which swept over my mind, wave alb r wave, and shook my heart like a tempest, as I stood in the place w here the young poet passed many hours of silent thought, it may he of lonely wretchedness. I never before so deeply felt how passing mournful was the story of Byron's first ..nd only love. That Mary Chaw'onh returned the passion of her young poet lover 1 have not a doubt; but like the Montagues and Capnlets, the houses of Chaworlh and Byron were at fued. Mary had not the strength and truih of Juliet, and so they were parted a serisi lion by far more piteous for her, and more; fatal to him, than death amid the full summer brightness of happy love. This, not Shakspar's, was die true-soul tragedy. Might she not have redeemed even this wayward and erring nature, by the divinity of a pure hive and a steaellast fail hi Bui it was to be. Mary bes'owed her hnnd upon a man of whom little better can he said than that he ranked "aiming the most eminent sportsmen of the day" lived, it i sdd.to we'ep wild 'ears over tlie words which have linked her name in sorrowful immortality with her lover's, and died in broken hearted ness at last ; while he. gro n re ckless, restless, and defiant, the very core of his heart turned to bitter ashe, lorgetung his God. and distrusting and despising his brother, swept on in his glorious, shameful, sorrowful and stormy cap er, ti l the shadows deepened, and the long night closed in." Night in Iliivtina. At night the tropic world is all awake, all tremu lous with life and light. The streets within Ihe walls are thronged and gay. Then the ladies of condition go shopping, and th'-re volantes crowd the narrow streets. The fair inmates, disdaining to descend, are waited on by familiar, yet courte oub shopmen!, Spaniards of old Spain, and masters of that courteous familarity, in which, as in so many other graceful traits, the Moor still triumphs in the heart of Spain. One feels the Orient too, in the equanimity with which the dignified dealer in genuine Regalias, or wonderful fans, condescends to waive a trifle of forty or filty per cent., on the original price he had asked for his admirable wares. And do you not seem tei see that i incom parable lady of Bassorah, to whom the young siik merchant gave such long credit, and loaned such large sums on the mere security of her magnifi cent eyes, when yon hear the stately and sounding adulation with which these Peninsular tradesmen ply th ir customers, adroitly puffing not their goods, but the fair buyers .thereof! The ecstatic ejaculations which burt from the lips of the Persian Princes, when they first beheld themselves sur rounded by the unvailed Houria of a London drawing room, are the daily license of the young Habanero, nor do the native ladies take any offense at ihe complimentary nonsense which salutes the ir passage through the streets. But I shall imt soon forget the mixture of a'arm and indignation with which a northern lady of my acquaintance sallying from the hotel door for her first volante expedition, heard herse if addressed by two youths, who took off their hats in passing, and exclaimed, "Go with God ! lovely and beautiful American ! Long iive your loveliness, and long live America !" Yet as she chanced to be pretty, and as America is by no menns unpopular with the Creoles, she gr w quite accustome'd to such salutations, before the tide was over and even submitted with a tolerably good grace to receive the information from a waiter at ihe cafe, where she stopped to take an ice, "that the ices of the beautiful ladies had been paid for by a Caballero who had gone out !" At night, too, the daughters of the middling classes, arrayed in their best, stand behind the gratings of the huge ground floor windows, guiltless of glass, and gaze out upon the busy street, while their dowdy mammas, in the easiest undress, rock slowly in the huge butacas, or arm-chairs, which are always arrange d in two parallel lines from the front window?. The promenaders without, so narrow ere the sidewalks, almost brush the dresses of the young ladies within, yet the wax-women w ho so obligingly lead the fashions in the shop windows of Broad-way and W'ashingion-st&., are not more impassive under the stare and rural wonder or delight than are these Creole damsels under the bold gaze of native criticism or foreign admiration, to which they are nightly subjected. How favorable this arrangement is to the com merce in billets doux, I need not say, and as the windows arc generally somewhat bowed, I have even witnessed exchanges of a more tender nature, made through the gratings. At night the Plaza de Armas is in its glory. The Plaza de Armas is not so largo as Hyde Park, neither doe6 it at all resemble the; Battery; and those wise people who disdain Drachenfels for its little likeness to Anthony's Nose and despise Windermere because it is but i tea-cup beside the great washtub ef Luke Erie, find the Plaza de Annas neither fuir nor pleasing. Ynt it seems lo be a charming place, with its picturesque frontier of southern buildings, and its citadel ol marble quiet, when the hot noon bre)otls upon its silent palms and stilt, dreaming, odorous flowers. A charming place suggesting recollections more charming still of Jovlier places, of the gardens of King Agib, and of the courts where in "Ganem, the Distracted Slave of Love," recited extemporaneous verses to the dark-eye J Alcolomb. And at night the Plaza de- Armas has new charms of its own. Then the regimental band gather around the conspicuous marble statue of Ferdinand VI I, discourse most passionate music; lhn, moving groups of ladies in mantillas and caballeros, (alas that I must write it !) in black drt;ss coats and white pantaloons, checker the rich moonlight on the marble pavements, and swarthy slaves glancing with ornaments of silver and gold, lean over ihe low walls, bandying their chuckling wit in their strange negro Spanish; and half hidden in the broad shadows of the buildings rourd about the Plaza, dark-eyed Alcolnmbs receive the homage of meeker and less ecstatic Ganems, asiduous beside those wondrous vehicles which, to the lady of Havana, are gondola and throne, fauteuil and palanquin at once. At 9 o'clock the bands march off the ground. The volantes follow and the aimless masculine world repairs to the cafes. The cafes are stately squares of marble columns, open in the centre to the airs of heaven and refreshed with ihe plashing of fountains. There the re presentatives of half the nations of the world are to be found, the heavy mustaches of the Spanish drageion, and the ruddy clean-shaven visage of ihe English middy, equally active in the discussion of all manner of new and fragrant compounds, cool with northern ice, and aromatic with the life of tropic fruits. There oysters are a costly luxury, and pineappb h are? a drug, anil nobody read3 the newspaper. An uproarious confusion ol temgues, tiie continual ringing from the little silver braziers, which th unwearied Ra iters c'atler down upon the marble tables in answer to the perpetual cries of Can del a ! Candela I" (Fire ! Fire !) which echo through the building, and a ceaseless movement to and fro in the bright yas-light distinguished the world of men within. Without, the ladies, in the ir volantes take ics, and a little more gallantry. G an-Kdcn ; or Pictures of Cuba. A young lawyer took for his first fee a New foundland pup; whereupon the following corres pondence took place between him an another " limb:" " Of a lawyer's first lee, if you'll tedl ms the name, Which backwards or forwards spelts always the sa me, And do it correctly , I'll bellow and hollo, 1 Tu semper eris nihil Magnus Apollo.' " ANSWER. " Your riddle received just ere g"iug to bed, Ws a long t.me in gelling ihro my stupid h"ad, Till weary and worn, and about to give up, ' Parturient moniesset nasci'ur' pup-y' The Dark Side. There are sniti" people who are always looking on tho "dark side" of life. They seem to see the world through "colored glasses," and thus every thing bright and glorious, takes a sombre lintfrom the me dium through which they gaze. They have not strength and courage to fciruggle with the actual ills of existence, for these are wasted in grappling with imaginary evils. If in the spring time they sow amid the budding loveliness of na ture; they do not be lie ve that when autumn comes 'heir field's will be filled with "plenty sheaves," and plenty will sit smiling at the hoiischolel hearth. They think of ihe devastating march of the torna do and tho w ithering breath of the forest k ng, rather than the crystal dew-drops, tho refreshing shower, and tlie cheering sun-light, that shall ripen the fruit, and give a golden hue to the waving iiram. When the harvest has been gathered in, amid tho merrv songs of 'he reapers, they do not offer a prayer of thanksgiving for those mercies. On the contrary, they borrow trouble concerning tho winter, nnd (ear that during her long and dreary reii'n want shall chase abundance from their dwelling. If they have white-winged vessels floating in far off seas, they listen to every rising breeze, as if it we re tl.o herald of a coming doom, nnd fancy each ship a thousand times wrecked. Do they possess richly-stored coffers ? they are in constant fear of burglars and assassins. Friendship, lhe-y do not trust, because there is a possil dity that a smile may conce-al a diceitful heart, and kind words be used to lure another to ruin. They visit homes, thnt seems to them like emblems of Eden. Peace, and joy, and love, throw over them a halo of light, but even there a shadow Roat4 up freim tho murkv atmosphere which enshrouds the distrustlul soul. They wonder if this apparent hnppiness is not assumed in order to make an impression, and give them an idea of real domestic bliss. There are those to whom they are bound by a thousand ties, but instead ef enjoying their society, they spend the hours in gloomy forebodings of death and misery. Dear reader, you have seen just such persons, so have we, and marke d how they have not only rendered themselves wretched, but cast a dismal spell over al! wilh whom they come in contact. It is well to look upon life as jt is ; to realize that it has sorrows and sufferings, and prepare for them ; but it is vain and sinful to look continually on the dnrk side. If want falls to your lot, remember that He who sent the ravens to feed his servant, will not forg'l His trustful children. If friends become your foes, do not think that the whole human race are of l.i o.iino mtmanr. "Aii,-I ni" Hrtgfhl silit, though the brightest fell ;" und so it is with man kind. True, there are thousands of w. etched, fallen, guilty beings ; but there are, also, hearts that throb nobly with iheir wealth of pure and generous impulses. It is a pernicious doeirina which too many are teaching when they portray friendship ns "only of name," and truth but the fair semldance of what she ought to be. Death may sever us from those to whom we have clung with yearning fondness; but we must not repine in every hour of trial nnd suffering; we must re member that there is One guiding thp affairs and destiny oi the world, and that "He doeth all things well." Olive Branch. Support Vour Local l'aper. The local press is emphatically the representa tive and ihe exponent of the local interests, wants and w ishes of each community, and on its energy and watchfulness th" community rely. Each com munity should first see that its local press is put upon a firm and substantial footing, which can only qe done by a steady ami liberal patronage. If each member of a community would become a pay ing subscriber to the paper of his own town and county, six months ' ould not elapse befere the enlargement and improvements which would take place in our papers would enable each person to dispense with one or more Northern papers, without finding his facilities for intelligence in the least diminished. A people commit no greater error than that of l permitting their b-cal pi ess to languish by reason ol an inadequate support. icver say your own try paper is small and not worth taking; give it the support to w hich it is entitled and it will be immediately enlarged and improved so as to meet the full expectations and wants of a community in w hich it is locate d. We believe that publishers arc generally liberal in responding to a liberal patronage by the improveme nt of their papers, as appreciation of such libe rality. If a man is able to take but one paper, that should be the one published nearest to his place of resi lience, and the next should be the one published at the commercial metropolis ol his own State. Fer local and and State interests he will have rendered himsell nb!e to consult h:s laste as to the paper be w ill lean upon for amusement or addition al reading from abroad. . Paris Fashions. The plaid style is ir. favor in Paris for ladies dresses. The size of the squares i i3 extraordinary, three or four plaids forming the whole skir: of the drpss. Dress have a decided i tendency to the hoop fashion worn by our grand mothers ; all the new robes, without exception, have in the kirs dress bands of crinoline, nd are worn over stiffly-starched muslin flounces. Skirts are even made with whalebones in them, but rows of straw plaits are preferable. Nearly sll the dresses of light materials are I tied with a very thin but stiff taffet-j, made expressly for the purpose. Ueibes of barege, muslin, silk, or grenadine, nre accompanied by a petticoat ol this stiff taffeta of the same color as ihe dress, and which is gathered in the same plaids around the waist. Under the flounces of the dress is put a flounce ol stiff tulle, of the color of the robe. A lady walking with her husband on the beach inquired of him the difference between exportation and transportation. " Why, my d'-ar," replied tie, " if you were on board of yonder vessel, you would be exported, and I should be transpor ted. A Good Answeu. An old pensioner got tipsy and noisy, when a person jocularly disposed, ask ed him what he did for a living ? He replied that he "sucked a bottlo part cf the time, and the United States Treasury the rest."