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CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1854.
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March 17, 1854. 34 ly
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IMPORTERS OF DRY GOODS,
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CHARLESTON, S. C.
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CartaiM M iterial. Silks mmi Kicti Drea Got", C'toaks,
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PANAMA, LEGHORN, FUR, SILK & WOOL
OIN'oSITK CUAM.BSTOB HOTEL,
mm.: ',:, .-,3 1 v CI I A RLESTON, S. C.
N. V.ColH.N. LEOPOLD CtillN.
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IMP 'RTKKS A NO DEALKRS IX
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
HO. 175 BAST BAY,
(10-1, .) CHARLESTON, S. C.
WtltDLiW, WALKER & Bl'RSSlDE,
A NO C M M ISS ION M EKCllANTS,
KORTH ATLANTIC WUAKF,
f'HAULESTON. S. C.
$l r OonmMata i i"r selliag Cuttaa Fifty ceir.s ier Hale.
S. iit 23, 1H53, 10-1 v.
RAMSETS FIAKO STORE.
MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
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(Jo.s Patent
SiWteW Snppcnsioii I5ii.!-e PIANOS ;
I "S - . ,JfV....V hickermgs, T raver.' and
..-':"eVi other best makers Pianos, at
fli Fa'?ory Pi ices.
Colnmbia, S. C, Spt
2 1. IS'..!.
10-ly.
BY JENNINGS B. KERR.
Charlotte, .. C
January 88. 2tf
(K. si.l.-nee, :n Mail. Street. 3 .loots south of Sadler's
Hotel.)
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
Zf Presses cut anil made I.y tiie c-lfUrate.l .. n.V .
method, and warranted to lit. WUcra soliene.i
.ro. ptly attendeif to. Sent. l3 K-ly
and
BAILIE ft LAJHBERT,
SIfl K.i rrasKT,
CHARLESTON, S. C,
T3IPORTER9 i DEALKRS in Royal Velvet, Tapes
t;y. Brnsela, Three ply
Insrain and Venetian
I k;m. i im. : India, nun
iiiu oiMiiiian .uaj ii."'. .
Rass, IWr Mat, lie. fce.
t ' I. J IA 1 1 lEy, M all WMUBB, CHI lor rooms or fin i o-3. ,
utiles.
IRISH LINENS, SHIRTINGS, DAMAiKS, iatera,
Loag Lawns, Tearels, Napkins, Poylias,
i extei mvc assortment of Win. low CURTAINS,
CORNICES. ke A e
Merritauta wall do well to examine our
tork
:ore parchasing elsewhere.
Sent. 23, i.'.i
10-1 j
The American
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
IB KG 'o announce to niy tri-iii-, the paMie, : nd pre.-.
nt putr hiso;' Ike abuse Hot. 1, UrSt I have leaned lne
j::ie or a t.:rui nf years tri.-u line 11 of J ina.ry tie.vt.
A't. r arhieh ti m-, the entire aeepcrty will be tliaeuagli
ly rep; -cd sad rCM.TaAel1 and llie lioe.se l.ept 111 first
ela-s style. TklS II .t-1 s He :r the Depot, ;u.l ph asant
ir sit anted, re- Ivrias it a d sirnblt hnose furtrnvoUcra
d Rsssiitva.
i) e Hi. IS.-:i.
a-2i
A Y
B-iUtRiorc liaii Torlo MaBafactrr.
I J. WIS! A RROTHKR. Manufacturers of Koadoiri
,1 . Grasnl and s.iuire PI Nis. Those sriskiae a
food mid substantial "mm last will last an Src, at
tjir ariaa. saav rclv on ratlin sack lv asMreaaiuc the
.M mot irliiriTs, tv ni.nl or otherwise.
We have the
honor of serving and rrti rrin to Ihe tirst fundu s in Hie ;
State. In no casj is dssaaauiatwu at sufft-raafe. 1 he ;
HastaJhaSwrera, alas, rcfei ta a host oi their fellow riti- j
zens. J. J. WIS I", .t BKOTHER,
Fob 3,851 i .. m Daltiinose, Md. j
MARCH & 11ARP.
ArxmotXEEits commission merchants, i
COLl'MKU, S. C,
1 7"1LL attend to the sale oi all kinds al Merchandise,
V rVaamca, fce. Also. Heal and Personal Property. '
Or purchase and sell Staves, fcc, on Commission.
Salks R-om No. '"2 1 Richardson street, and imme- ,
diately opposite the t'nited States Hotel.
Feb J, IS") I rsMa. n. march, j.m.k.suarf-
Livery and Sales Stable,
15 V . H. its: A,
VT the stand formerly occupied ly K. Morrison, in
Charlotte. Dafaas ltd. hired ami s:. Id. Good ac
riiasasailstinas fat Drovers. The custom of la friends
and the pabHc gaaerallt solicited.
rVtoa try I", ISM. SS-y
K. IIAIIILTJN. R. M. OA I Kd.
HAMILTON So OTES,
COH MISSION Nl ERC II A T S ,
Co--cr of Bicaara'aaa ami L-ivrr! Strtttf,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
June 9 lil ly
From Harpers' Magazine.
Anecdote Of 4i Old Hickoiy."
The following incident, which has been sent us
!y a correspondent in Albany, in this Slate, 44 for
insertion" and preservation in "The Drawer,"
we are informed may be relied upon as perfect
ly true." The incident it may be added, occurred
in the yeat 1834, twenty iars ago, and was
known lo many ol General Jackson's friends at
the time :
' A widow lady, in rather straitened circum
s'anees, had been keeping a boarding-house in
Washington city, and during the general protra-
tion of active business, growing out ol the curren-
cy, arrang'-mcnts of that dote, had become
in ar
mn . and tiiat P,e mjhl be enabled
rears ; and that she might be enabled to p iy
some of her most urgent debts, sent such o!
her furniture as she could possibly spare to auc
tion. " The purchaser was a clerk in one of the gov
ernment offices, one ol these public 1 loafers,' of
which there have always been too many in Wash
ington' and elsewhere,' who rue in debt as far as
they can obtain credit, and without ever inten
ding to pay. The lady called on the auctioneer,
the auctioneer called on the official, who pro-
j posed to pay as soon as his month's salary was
due.
The month rolled round, and June succeeded
March, and September June, without payment
being made, to the great distress of the widow and
uneasiness of the auctioneer. After further appli
cation, the office-hoider refused absolutely to do
any thing, alleging that it wits wholly out of his
patter to pay. The sum was too large lor the
auctioneer to pay out of his own pocket, or he would
have paid it himself, so deeply did he feel for the
poor creditor.
44 lo this perplexity he concluded to call upon
the President, and state the case, hoping that he
might suggest some mode of relief. He waited,
therelore, upon General Jackson with his nara
tive. 44 When he had heard the story, the old man's
eves fairly flashed fire.
' 44 Have vou got Mr. V 'a note ?" asked 4 Old
Hickory.'
" No," was the reply.
44 Call on him at once, then, and without speak
ing of the purpose for which you want it, get his
negotiable note, and bring it here."
44 The auctioneer accordingly asked P for
his note.
44 Whnf do you want with the note?' asked the
office-holding 4 loafer;' I don't know of anybody
who would take it.' But sitting dow n and writing
it, he added :
44 There it is such as it is."
44 The auctioneer promptly returned to the Pre
sident, and handed him lne note. He sat down,
wiihoui saying a word, and wrote on the Lack of
the paper :
44 Andrew Jackson."
Now, sir, said the Generul, 4 Show Mr. P
endorsement, and if he does not pay it, just let
know it.'
j lne
j me
44 The first man the auctioneer met, ns he en
tered Gadsby'a Hotel, was Mr. P .
41 Ah ! how de do ?' said he ; have you pas
sed lite noie ?"
4- Not yet," said the other; 4 but 1 expect to
without much trouble, for 1 have got a responsible
endorser upon it."
4 Nonsense,' said P ; 'who is it V
4' The endorsement was shown him. He turn
ed pale, then red ; then bagged the auctioneer to
' wait a few moments ;' then wen: out, and in a
very short space of time returned n ilh the money,
which was at once piid over to the widaw, to the
gratification of l! paries.
" It would not have been very strange ii this sto
iy should have transpired at once ; nor would i
have beer, very wrong i( the Jeremy Diddler had
been turned neck and heels out of office ; but the
folio ing is the onlj sequel :
4 P kept quiet in relation to the subject for
years ; but finally, on a remark being in id'.; in
his presence that 4 General Jackson never en
dorsed fur anybody whatever,1 remarked that
' be himself knew better, for the General once en
dorsed hitH ; and he produced, as evidence, the
very note, to ibo great surprise of a! w ho were
not acquainted with the circumstances of the
case.
j 4i As party bitterness has died away, 44 and in
vi. w, lastly, of ihis subject, ' let us take up the old
! aheaa :
Hurrah for Jackson !'
TlIB NKWsrarcK. In promotion of so desira
ble an object as tho union of the intellectual with
the useful, the newspaper is an important auxilia
ry. Il is more. It is typical of the community
in which it circulates and is encouraged. It tejls
its character as Well a it condition its tastes of
well as its necessities, the mora
as wed as the
physical stanuiea of population and soil. I: is the
map whereon are traced our tendencies ar.d des
tinies, that I he chart to direct the traveller and set-
tier to safe and pleasant harborage, or to direct
them from ti e shoals aod quicksands of social oe.
gradation.
At home it firings us to our firesides.
it imparls t
children its
our household, it impresses on our
sentiment of prepri' tv or its tone of
contsnvnatinn. Abroad il is regarded as our ora
cle, and speaks volumes for or against us. In its
business features may be discerned the indications
of our prosperity, or otherwise, in a worldly sense;
but in i-s general complexion will be discovered
our montl and spiritual beallbfulness or disease.
I is the portraiiure of our imperfections as well
as the chrooicler of our advancement.
Tl 'ash iHgton Iit Hi veneer.
A Wom an's M aonimity. A miller's dog broke
his chain ; ihe miller ordered (lie maid servant to
tie him up again ; she w as at tucked nnd bitten hv
ihe dog. On hearing her cries the miller and his
people ran to her assistance. 44 Keep off!" said
she, aba ting the yard door ; 44 the dog is mad ; I
n:n already Linen, and must chain him op alone."
Notwithstanding his biting she di 1 not let him g0j
butch lined him up, and ihen re'irrd to her cham
ber and w i ih tiie noblesl resignation prepared
herself to die. Symptoms of hydrophobia soon
I roke out. and she died in a fi-w days. The
dog was ki.'ied vyithotit doing any furiher mischief.
The wifcot Col. Benton ex, ind in Wnsltingtoa
i on Sunday evening, r. the reside nes nf her bus-
band on C s , . :.
Tlic Spani.irtls of (lie Old and !Vcv
World.
It is not a little remarkable that the Spanish
rare is ;n a slate of revolution at the same time,
both in the old and new world. Il is no less
worthy of observation that the struggles of this
race in both hemispheres to acquire political free
dom shou'd have led for so long a period to equally
abortive results. Is it not a reasonable conclu
sion that efforts so interrupted and renewed, from
period lo period, evinces either natuial inaptitude
lor popular liberty, from peculiarity of race, or I
such untoward circumstances as to counteract and
defeat the desire for free institutions 7 The Span
iard of Madrid transferred to Mexico or to Cuba
is still a Spaniard essentially a Spaniard in those
instincts and associations which render him the
same devoted adherent of monarchy and the
church, however modified in character by time
and circumstances. He has with hereditary loy
alty to his king and love of his priest still a rem
nant of that chivalry, w hich placed him on a levei
in Europe and America with the most adventurous
and bravest of the human family. But in propor
tion to the energy of his nature and bravery of his
disposition has been his adherence to ancient forms
has been his disinclination, when he has colo
nized distant lands, to that social amalgamation
w hich, by fusing his European characteristics with
natie qualities, would have created a compound
from which homogenity at least would have re
sulted. The Creole ol Cuba or Mexico stands at
this day in as wide a social relation to the European
Spaniards as in the days of Cortez. If there had
ben fusion, the element of natural energy, which
the former appears lo want, would have been im
parted, while the latter would have lost some por
tion of thai pride of race and obstinacy of temper
which induce him lo cing so persisting!)- to the
institutions of his ancestors.
There seems to be no more doubt that by "Mich
blending of characteristics between the old and
the new races, wherever Spain has established
colonies, both Mexico ;nid Cuba would have been
in a condition to have better appreciated freedom,
as they would have exhibited the only kind of
social combination which could have established
if. The abandonment of ecclesiastical and mon
archical attachments was too great a sacrifice for
the European Spaniards. The union of church
and state was a historical verity that he would not
lose sight of any Lean ideal of liberty thai could
be presented to his mind. His aspirations in the
new world were bounded by the exaltation of his
church and (he royal authority. He transferred
to the Spanish colonies his hierarchy, with all its
outward influences, so captivating to the imagina
tion of the native races. What followed was
natural. These races remain as they were found,
without culture, as without energy, except that of
brute force. Where a Creole population in Mexico
and Cuba have occupied lne place of the Indian
there is such complete estrangement from th
European Spanish race that, with the fores of
government ;;nd thi influence of the ecclesiastical
order on the side of the latter, nothing but foreign
aid, at lenM in Cuba, can avail for successful revo
Union. Mexico will continue to exhibit internal
struggles, but there it is a contest for personal
ascendancy. The few who have a true concep.
lion of freedom are so largely outnumbered by the
ignorant masses, that the latter are indifferent, or
enlist under the banner of some military chieftain
w ho w ill afford them pav or plunder. Whether
Santa Anna or Alvarez rule, the condition of Mexi
co must be lhat of pro! on god anarchy.
Put are (here not brighter hopes for liberty-,
where there is no impracticable soriil admixture,
no repellsnt ingredients in the population, as in
Mexico am Cuba, to counteract the inclinations
of the people nnd their leafier!, on the other side
of the Atlantic? IPis not 'he Spanish people) he
fore them an unobstructed field for (lie establish
ment of free representative institutions? IVe fear
that the obstacles here are both internal and out
ward; not as in Mexico, altogether domestic.
There appears to be great contrariety of views in
the leaders of the revolution in Old Spain There
is both an ultra-democratic and ultra monarchical
part, as well as one ol moderate opinions. It
depends on the predominance in the struggle,
which seems impending, of ono or '.he other of
these parties. If the ultra-democratic par'y pre
vails even temporarily, the intervention of France
will drown the element ol extreme democracy in
blood, for Spain is not sufficiently unanimous to
oppose resisiance. If the moderate prevails, we
think that what in the Spanish European sense is
calhd constitutional government that is, the old
dynasty, governing through the Cortes will be
the established government. Old Spain has, there
foie, both outward and domestic obstacles to im
pede her progress in the remodelling of her insti
tutions, but she has not the impediment lo overcome
of such a diversity of race ns totally to nreelude
national unity; while Mexico has no outward
pressure, but with internal confli -Is arising from
personal ambition, she has social divergencies that
appear incurable. Cuba has both the pressure from
without and domestic feuds in prospeef.
Charleston Evening Tories.
Raising Houses. A letter ftom San Francisco
says :
" They are now grading the streets of the c'.Xy,
filling in some and cutiin j down others. When
the former process is being done, it becomes ne
cessary to raise the houses. You have heard of
moving houses entire, but here we lift lliem up by
hydraulic pressure. Whole piles of brick build
ings are being raised in this mode where the streets
have been filled up, and ihas the lower floors are
brought up to tiie new level of ihe sireeis. Last
week, a warehouse belonging m Alsop and Co.,
fifty feel front, and seventy feet deep, having three
stores and a btisemenf, a heavy brick building, was
raised five feet and then under built with stone, all
w ithout moving or even disturbing, the clerks w ith
their pens at the desks. Another store, not quite
so large but having in n two thousand totis of
hardware, was raised in six days, and a now story
added to it at the Lo torn.
A man famous for hunting up cniotms, philo- j
soj.hi ' d ihu- : ' What strange cren'tires girls
are. Offer one nf them good wages to work for
you. and lea shanoaa to nne h ihe eld woman
can spare tiny of the. girls bsi just propose
matrimony, and See ii they doa j .rnp a! the
chance of working a li&lintc tot their victuals and
e'pthes. ;
Tltc Year 1S54.
The memory of the present year will linger
long and painfully in the hearts of men. Turn
ing in almost any direction, the eye is met with
the traces of pestilence, desolation and death. In
ihe West Indies the dread cholera has mowed
down its thousands; and in the island of Barba
does, tibove seventeen thousand victims in the last
few months sadly attest the might aod power of its
arm. On the shores of the Euxine ant! Baltic,
from the ranks of the -vinous armies marshalled
for glory and conquest, one hundred thousand
so!d:ers have fallen by the same unseen, yet re
sistleos foe. Thsy have been denied even the
hero's desperate wish, of dying at the cannon's
mouth, with the music of battle sounding in his
ears; but ingloriously, in the dense and plague
scented hospital, ihey have made the lasi sacrifice
to fame and country.
And at our own doors, w hat a spectacle ! The
last fall and winter were almost unprecedented in
the destruction of lifi' and property by fires in the
Northern cities, and by storm and shipwreck
along the extended path of commerce. It cannot
be forgotten, how, day after day, we were called
on to chronicle the loss of some noble ship, gone
down with her crew and cargo to tho chambers of
the deep. Spring returned, and with it the labors
and the hopes of the husbandman. The 9ensons
were propitious, and all things promise"d abun
dance. In South Carolina, never before did tiie
prospects seem brighter. Cotton, rice, and the
prevision crops, all looked well.
And tins condition of things continued with but
tittle change until one week ago, when a storm
unparalleled in the memory of the present gene
ration swept over us, leaving in its track desola
tion and ruin. In our city, its work is to be seen
in almost every object which meets the eye; while
from the country every mail brings in the most
sickening tidings of loss and destruction. The
ricrt crop is cut oil one-half. The Sea Island cot-
ton fields are strew n with their just maturing
irur. i ne enure low country oi Carolina auu
Georgia h;ts been severely and bitterly visited.
Bui our disasters have not stopped here. A
worse calamity js upon us in the ravages of tle
yellow fever Our sister city of Savannah has
been s lazar-house for a number of weeks past.
Her people have fled by thousands from the
jaws of the unsparing pestilence, ai d stand afar
ofl", watching while it sweeps away the few who
remain. It is a spectacle to excite the deepest
sympathy, and ca'i forth our best aid. Charles
ton, in abundant giatitude be it spoken, has ihus
f ir been less sorely stricken. But it is impossible
to note the hearses which are constantly wending
their sad way through our streen, and every day
more frequent, without feeling lhat we too, are
atllicted. Our season, which opened with sucli
fair promise, has been darkened by a cloud of
misfortunes. When we thus sum up our sorrows,
we are reminded of the history oi Job, as mes
senger after messenger followed each other in
quick succession, with their tales of disaster and
distress. Charleston Mercury.
To Raise Giant Asparagus. A waiter in
one of tho early volumes of the Horticulturist,
(Mr. Downing, we believe,) tells how to grow
common asparagus so that it will rival any giant
production. He says:
44 Every one who has seen my beds has begged
me for the seed thinking it was a new sort but !
I have poinud to the manure heap - (the farmer's
hr.st k-.riL-l nod I. .1.1 t)i..m llml ll... o..nn nil .. M !
.t ti t; .1.1 .... i ,, . i I
lucre. I he sight was only such as miih; be in
every garden
About the first of November as soon as the 1
frost has well blackened the asparagus tops I take !
a scythe and mow all down close to surface of ihe j
bed ; let it lie a day or two, then set fire to the i
heap of stalks ; burn it to ashes and spread the
ashes over ihe surface of the bed.
J then go to the barn-yard ; take a load of
clean, fresh stable manure, and add thereto halt a
bushel of hen dung ! turning over and mixing the
whole together throughout. This makes a pret
ty powerful compost. I apply one such load
to every twenty leet in length to my aspara
gus beds, which are six feet wide. W7ith a
strong three-pronge spud or fork, I dig this
dressing under. The w hole is now left for the
winter.
In ihe spring, as early as possible, I turn the
top of the bed over lightly, once moro. Now, as
the asparagus grows naturally on ihe side nf the
ocean, and loves salt water. I give it an annual
supply of its favorite condiment. 1 cover the. sur
face of the bed about a quarter of an inch thick
with fine packing salt ; it is not too much. As
the spring rains come down.it gradually dissolves.
Not u weed will appear during the whole season.
Every thing else, pigweed, purslane, all refuse to
grow on my asparagus beds. R-ut it would do I
your eyes good to see the strong, siout, tenJer
stalks ol the vegetable itself pushing through the
ihe fcurface early in the season. 1 do not at all
stretch a point when I say that they are as large
around us my hoe-handle, and as lender and
succulent as any I ever lasted. The same
round treatment is given to my bed every yea.
The Grinnell Arcticexpedition, under Dr. Kane,
was last heard from 23d July, 1853, when he was
at (Jppernavac, v.esi coast of Greenland. He is
expected to report himsetl in Nw York in tho
course of next month. Should he not be heard
from at that time, it will he surmissed ihut ha has
decided upon spending another winter at the North.
Ho could not remain there no longer than the first
of September. It was his plan to proceed in the!
14 Advance as far as the ice would permir, and I
then proceed with a portable boat and supply of j
stores lo establish a depot at a remote Northern
poini ; nnd subsequently, to penetrate to the most '
extreme point accessible. It ;s expected mat in
the course of a few weeks information will be re
ceived from Captajn Inglefield and other English
vessels now in lbs North seas.
Jcdoe Bsonson. Judge Bronsoo, in irccepting
lhe " Hard " nomination lor Governor of New
York, expresses himself in favor nf ih fugitive
slave law ana lne principles o; me .Nebraska bill,
and add.-.:
" Whether such sentiments arc now popular or
I 1 It - a....
not, l entertain no doiun thai they will ultimately if leeWs to menace longer the peace of the cou
be approved by a great mwjnrtiy of the people of-4 federa?y.
this State. Error and fan'ic:.m may triumph It must be c!ear to every n fining mind that
for1 a time, but renwm trill prevail hr he end.' Wa havr: tor misrepresented ih spira .f jfia urlh-
Tlie Position of lite Itlorllierii "De
mocracy. Tho attitude of ihe Northern Democracy is full
of interest. Its position is of the utmost impor
tance to the peace and stability of the confeder
acy. The Whigs of the North ure making stre
nuous cfTorls to collect all the elements of faction
and fanaticism, in order to form a great Northern
sectional party, preparatory to a crusade under
Whig leaders' and anti-slavery banners, against
the rights and institutions of the Southern States.
Il these elements can be united into one party
strong enough lo overthrow and crush out North
ern resistance to its iniquitous plans, there would
soon be a sectional and fanatical majority in both
branches of Congress ; and a Chief Magistrate
with sectional and fanatical sentiments, would
soon he elected to register iis edicts and execute
its destructive purposes.
But fortunately two obstacles oppose themselves
to this sectional crusade. The first consists of
the difficulties the Northern Whigs will encounter
in uniting, und controlling the different factions of
the North. The second and most important, con
sists of the patriotic resistance of t he Nor: hern
Democrats to the foul and fatal schemes of their
adversaries. In many of the Northern States the
fusion of the Whigs, Freesoilers and Abolitionists
has taken place ; but as yet these different ele
ments have not been able lo construct a new and
permanent organization. In other northern states,
Whigs adhere to their former organization and
recommend it as beinjr ihe best which can be de
vised to carry out Freesoil and Abolition senti
ments. Under these circumstanr.es il will be im
possible to unite forces of the Northern factions.
There is not patriotism enough in the materials of
which corrupt combinations are made, to give them
stability. Among the leaders of such men power,
plunder, and official position are ihe strongest, if
not the only, bonds of union. Hence it almost
always happens thai their attempts at amalgams -
liofl defeated in the beginning by rival aspi
rations for posts of authority and command, or,
when successful for a time, they are speedily over
thrown by defeat or by fierce contests for the
spoils of victory.
Thus far the Northern Whigs seem determined
to control the fusion organization if it should be
perfected, and io seize upon the lion's share, if
not upon the entire bulk, of the plunder which
may be collected in the fusion foraye it is attempt
ing to sel on foot. When the National Jutelli
gencer announced that the Fusion victory in Iowa
would insure the eleciion of a Whig senator by
the legislature of that State to succeed Hon. A.
C. Dodge it spoke in accordance with the deduc
tion of observing and reflecting men. The Whigs
expect, as a matter of course, to enjoy the benefits
of the Iowa election ; and they will expect to en
joy the benefits of every triumph which may be
won over the Democracy of other Stutes. The
Fusion party is nothing but a Whig scheme to
further its own advancement, and it will become
nothing more nor less (ban the Whig party
fully committed to abolition sentiments. As this
fact developes itself, a portion of those who have
heretofore belonged lo the Freesoil and Abolition
organizations will become dissatisfied and drop off,
leaving tho Northern Whigs strengthened only
by such of their new allies as they can attach to
and retain in their organization by their seductive
influences which power and place always exer
cise over corrupt men.
TH Democracy of the North, however, is tho
chief reliance of those who appreciate ihe efforts
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wiueu ;ire uetng maue to organize a sectional par
ty and who foresee the lamentable consequences
w hich must follow their success. If the section-
alists should overrun the North, they w ill com
mand a majority in both brandies of Congress,
and will have nothing more to do than to carry
out iheir infamous designs by the force of a fixed
geographical majority. The battle must, there
lore, be fought in the North ; and tho glorious
task of protecting the Confederacy from h section
al party, stimulated by the most fanatical passions
to the accomplishment of the most destructive ob
jeets, rests upon the Democracy of the North.
They have the earnest sympathy of every true
Democrat in the South ; but unfortunately the
Democrats of the South cannot cross Mason aud
Dixon's line to aid them in beating back ihe ene
mies of the Union. Tiie decisive struggle must
be made in the North, and the Democracy of the
North must bear the heat and burthen of ihe day,
and withstand the pressure of ihe conflict. The
W bigs, Freesoilers and Abolitionists understand
this. They see where the decisive field is; and
they know what banners they will encounter
there. Hence it is that they are arraying their
force ag-iinst the Democracy of the North, and
taxing ail their energies to combine tin army strong
enough to overthrow the gallant men who have
so ofn-n stood between ihetn and lhe Constitution
they would destroy.
In order to stimulate their followers, the Whig,
Preesoil and Abolition leaders in the North, place
, the whole responsibility of the repeal of the Mis
j ouri restriction on. the Northern Democracy ; and
i throwing all issues behind them, except those con
I noc'.ed with slavery, they seek to excite and ex
cite and exasperate their followers by denouncing
the Northern Democrats ns the allies of the South,
the friends of ihe Slave Power, and the enemies
of Freedom. Bui the Northern Democracy has
stood firm. No where has its courage been sha
ken by the clamors of fanaticism no where has
it deserted its ancient creed no where has il a-
bandoned its organization no where has it sought
'he alliance of factiotoistS. The few who quail.;d,
have sought in the camp of the Fusionisls nnd the
ranks have closed un. nresentinrr an unbroken
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front. The Northern Democrats must prevail in
the end. Corrupt combinations, availing them
selves of temporary excitements, and stimulated
by sudden clamors may win partial success: but
they must soon give way before ibo steady cou
rage of patriotic men banded together for the pro
tection of great principles. A few gallant lead
ers, and- brave soldiers, may be slricMell down in
the ponfLc: ; the ultimate result cannot Ih; doubt
I'd. The forces of tlie fushmists rmhoi ho nnn.
pasuy arrayd ; and they carry with thern ihe
. seeds of demoralization and decay. They must
; become weaker from each successive effort, until
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ern Democrats, nor exaggerated the imp.af.iir. ol
j ihe service in which they are engaged. The
I Northern Whigs, even in those Stales wlv re ihey
I n rihere to their separate organizations, hav- plant-
.d themselves on a sectional platform, nod have
urged the measures put forth by Fret filers and
Abo!iiionists The decisive battle belwetn Nainm
ality and Sectionalism must be fought in the North
ern States, and the Northern Democrnta iiloss
are seen there protecting the integrity ol ih Con
stitution and shielding the rights ol (be Slates.
rfvtliey fall, then sectional strife must eetU and
be speedily followed by consolidation er.disouton
In such a contest ihty, -.are enti'led to the tympa
ihies of every Sout-hej-n citizen, no matter what
were his former political associations. It is tnor
tiffing, therefore, to see 'that some of Ihe South
ern Whig Journals are still so thoroughly blinded
by parly prejudice, and so firmly bound by party
lies es to give an unfaithful picture of the struggle
now going on for the North, und to misrepresent
the character of the forces engaged on either side.
They endeavor to conceal the evH spirit which has
taken possession of the W?higs of he Norib, and
thereby encourage the enemies of the Constitution.
They traduce the character of ihe Democrats of
the North, and thus, they discourage, by ingrati
tude, those who do battle for the right. Sooner
or later, such unjust conduct will be visited with
shame and mortification, il not w ith severer pun
ishment. Washington Sentinel.
A Test for Copper Ores.
For the benefit of those who may have ores in
their possessions, but have not a sufficient knowl
fdge of chemistiy to test them, we publish the
following simple test, lately communicated to the
American Presbyterian, by J. M. San ford, a practi
cal mineralogist. Il may be useful for ninny
persons in tfiose sections where copper is supposed
to exist, as it will enable them lo test such speci
mens as may come in iheir way without diffi
culty :
The following mode of d lectirg copper will hn
found to be simple and effective, and by can ully
nttending to the different steps in ihe process, any
one w ho can procure a dime'a worth of Aquann lis,
or what is the same, nitric acid, will be able la
show Ihe presence of the metul in a mineral thai
contains but a trace of it.
In the first place reduce lhe mineral to be tes
ted, to powder. Let a portion of thi powder
say as much as can be taken up on a five cent
piece be roasted. This is easily dooe by heat
ing it on a common shovel until it begins to get
red hot.
The next step is to take the roasted powder
half as much as indicated above will be best and
pluce it on a piece of broken plate or saucer a
watch glass would be best. Then drop on pnough
aquafortis lo make a thin paste with the powder.
Let it stand thus a few minutes, then add, drop by
drop, about as mucli water.
In case the mineral contains an abundance of
copper, it is only necessary to insert into ihis liquid
a clean, bright knife blade, when it will at onco
become coated with copper.
In case lhe mineral contains but little of ihe
metai, it might be wholly overlooked in this way.
To detect a small quantity of the melal it will be.
necessary to get rid of most ol tho aquafortis be
fore inserting the knife blade. This is done by
holding the piece of plate or saucer over a few
coals until the powder becomes nearly dry, then
add a few drops of water again, and insort the
blade. If any copper be present, it will finally ap
pear upon the knile. It is proper in ibis case, to
let lhe blade remain half an hour or more in liquid,
if the copper does not appear sooner. In this wny
a very small amount of cr.pper in u specimen mny
be dotected.
A LittxurioiiK Author.
In the broiling month of July I used every me
thod in my power to guard against the beat ; four
servants constantly fan my apartments -they
raise w ind enough to make a tempi sluoua sea.
My wine is plunged in snow aud ice till the mo
ment I diink it ; I pans half my lime in the cold
bath, and divide the other hall between an orange
grove, cooled by a refreshing fotmtiin, and my
sofa ; I do not venture to cross J.ha slreet but in a
coach, Other people aro content with smelling
flowers, I have hit on the method of eating and
drinking ihem ; I protest that my chamber smells
stronger of perfume lhan Arabia Felix; and I am
so lavish of rose-water and essence of jessamine
that I actually swim in it. While my neighbors
at this sultry feason are overloading iheir stomachs
with solid food, I subsist almost entirely on birda
fed with sugar; these with jellies and fruit, are
the whole ol my diet. My house is neither so
elegant nor so costly as Fontainbleau, but if has a
charming wood behind it, which the solar ray
cannot penetrate, and is admirably calculated for
an invalid with weak eyes, or to make an ordina
ry woman appear handsome. The irees, covered
with foliage to iheir very roots, are crowded with
turtle doves and pheasants ; wherever I walk I
tread on tufips and anemones, which I have or
dered my gardener lo plant among the flowers, to
prove that the French strangers do not suff-r by
comparison with iheir Italian friends. Balzac.
Miss Dix and Mr. CotttTts When Miss Dix
called to pay her passage to Europe the clerk
handed her a receipt, saying that Mr.' Collins had
directed him to take no pay from her. On board
the vessel she found the best accommodations
provided for her. On rendering her (hanks to
Mr. Collins, he told her that he was proud to bo
able as an individual, lo repay a portion of tho
debt which the nation owed her. Miss Dix, with
that disinterested benevolence which has charac
terized her whole life, immediately invested Ihe
money thus saved in a life insurance of $4,000 Air
the benefit of the Insane Asylum at Trenton, (N.
S.) Xeicarfc Adrc, tiser.
' Firs: diss in astronomy stand up.
! ( where does the sun riae V
I 4 Please sir, duwn iu our muc'v, ,i J
yesterday. - r
Hold your tongue, you dunce. Where doss (fie
j sr?i rie ?'
' 4 I know in lhe east.'
4 Rigid. And why does it rise-in the sasti
Bacaust the 4 east.' makes bread riso.
Get out you booby, and wipe your smeller.