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For announcing caudidates for office 93 in advance. Professional and Business Cards not exceeding six lines will be inserted at 85 a year ; not exceeding a square S'.t. T Letters on business must be addressed to the Proprie tors, post paid, to ensure attention. 53T Subscribers and others who may wish to send money to us, caa do so at all times, try mail, aud at our risk. More Hard Fighting in Mexico. A late arrival at New Orleans brings intelli gence of further fighting in the vicinity of the Rio Grande, between the regular forces and the Mexi can insurgents. A letter from Metarnoros, to the Picayune, contains the following statement, dated September 4: In my last I stated that Victoria was invested by the Government troops, and that some hard fighting was expected. These expectations have been folly realized. Cnpistran, after his affair with Gen. Cruz, pushed rapidly on to join Gov. Garza in Victoria, but Im fore reaching thai city he w..s met by orders to remain outside, as the supplies were very short, and it would be impolitic to shut themselves up without them. In the meantime 1,400 regular troops, with a large train of ariillerv, had invested the place and commenced operations. Assault after assault was made, but the inhabitants defended themselves bravely, and each lime beat back I heir assailants, until finally, having completely exhausted ihir ammunition, thoj resolved to evacuate the city. This they did at night, without molestation from the troops, and soon formed a junction with Capistran. The losa of the troops is reporied to have been very great nearly 400 killed and wounded. Several officers are known to have fallen. It is reported that the insurgents are in full march for Monterey, where the people are to join them. There are large supplies of amunttiou in that city and no troops to defend it, and should the insurgents take possession of it, they can maintain themselves against ail the forces that can be brought against them. The Mexican steamers, which I mentioned in my last as just having arrived at the Boco del Rio, landed 470 men of the 1st Regiment of Infantry. The report here is that thero are more troopt on the way, and when all shall hive arrived, that Matamoros will have a garrison of 2,000 men. There are many doubts as to the truth of this re port, as it is believed that Santa Anna cannot spare that number for this service. Tamaulipas is now thoroughly aroused, and should she be seconded by some of the more powerful interior States, Santa Anna would be inevitably over thrown. But there is such supmeness, such want of energy and co. operation amongst this people, it will be almost a miracle if they succeed. So long as Santa Anna can retain the support of his army, ao long ran he remain Dictator of Mexico, for with 30,000 men he can keep this country, with her 7,000,000 inhabitants, in sub jection. Production of Tennessee. A correspondent of the Columbus Times fur nishes the following information concerning the crops, dec. in Tennessee : Mcs-iRs. Editors : Presuming that man y of your readers are interested in the markets of the grain growing, hog, horse, and mule producing State of Tennessee, I venture to drop you a line on the subject. The drought has been very gene ral, and hf.s embraced the whole State, with slight exceptions. 1 he corn crop is, consequently, de cidedly short; the wheat crop only middling; Irish potato crop sorry ; the only crop that is good is the oat. Voung stock the farmers are anxious to sell, but find no buyers. Mules and horses fit lor harness are nevertheless high and are in very little demand. In many par's of the country corn is so scarce that farmers will not have enough to fatten their mules and horses, and have enough to fatten their hogs, in conse quence of which more mules and horses wll be driven South this season than last, and it is the general opinion that they are bound to go down in price. I am so settled in this opinion that 1 have not yet bought a single hoof. Singular as it may seem, negroes are higher in the grain growing than in the cotion producing Sates; indeed traders are now engaged in buying negroes in the cotton Slates and selling them for a profit in the grain States. It is, therefore, more than probable that the negro trade will be checked for a while in the more Southern Slates. And this check will have a very material effect upon the mule trade. For every two negroes carried South from the more Northern slaveholding States, there is a demand ler one mule or horse. You, therefore, see plainly that if the negro trade is checked, there will be a much less demand for mules at the South, and as the farmers here are forced to sell their surplus stock on account oi the scarcity of corn I ar pre bend that slock can be bought at the South by the middle of January cheaper by retail than ihey are now sold at wholesale in either Kentucky, Tennes see, or Ohio. There has been much sickness in the rich val leys of Kentucky and Tennessee this summer. The prevailing diseases are cholera and flux. The larger portion of the inhabitants of Madisonville and Knoxville, Tennessee, have fled to the moun tains to escape the destroyer. Montevale is re markably healthy. Lirge numbers of visitors come here sick and aro restored directly. The water is a specific for such as are affected with dieeaaed liver. Overtaken. Id our yesterday's issue we reported that two gentlemen were in hot pursuit of Dr. E. L. Gunter, the murderer of Jesse E. Scurry. Since then, we learn that be was captured in the town of Ashboro, Randolph county. North Carolina, and fodged in the coanty jail. Mr. Fowler, the brother of on? of the conductors on this road, and Mr. Brown Lewis, a former conductor, were his cap lurrrs. There wis a reward of 82,000 offered by the brothers of Mr. Scurry: 81,006 for Dr. E. L. Gunter, the immediate murderer, and 81,000 for his brother. E. Gunter, sn accomplice. Messrs. Fowter and Lewis make the fine little sum of 8500 each by their energy and firmness displayed in the pursjii.IFwfnsAorff Register. CHARLOTTE : FRIDAY MORNING, Sept. 29, 1854. Report off the Ittarkei. Charlotte, September 29, 1854. Cotton. Very little offered. Sales dull. Ex. tremes range from 5 to 8$. Flour. Depressed by foreign news. Prices $63 to $7 per barrel. Large quantities brought in the past week. Corn. 78 cents per bushel and in demand. Meal. 80 cents, and wanted. Bacon. We notice no change in Bacon. Wheat. In demand. Price from $1,00 to 91,10c per bushel. Amu. In good demand, and readily bring 75 cents per bushel per load. We arc requested to state that the Exer cises of the Sharon Academy will not be resumed on the first Monday in October, as formerly, but on the first Monday in November, Singular fate, Our neighbor Dr. ). R. Dunlaf, now in his 78th year, is sorely afflicted with the whooping cough. The Doctor enjoyed a very extensive practice for over 40 years, and must have been exposed to this epidemic many thousand limes, yet he never took it until this season. He re tired from practice several years since, and has not come in contact w ith it in any other way than many more of our citizens. Wonders will never cease, 00" The Trustees of Davidson College met here on Tuesday, the 26th instant, pursuant to appointment, to elect a President to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Williamson. After a short session, the Rev. J. B. Adger, of Charleston, was unanimously elected. Ii is not yet known whether the Reverend gentle man will accept, but it is to be hoped so, as from his reputation for scholarly acquirements, piety and ability, he is likely to adorn in a distinguished manner the position of head of one of the most flourishing Colleges in the State. CENSUS. There is a general desire to know what is really the number of inhabitants resident in this town. In looking over the Census Report of 1850, we find that the name of Charlotte is not even men tioned. By what oversight this occurred we know not, nor is it necessary to inquire but we do know that the omission is calculated to do the town an injury abroad. By reference to the files of papers published here in 1850, we ascertain that there were about 1350 persons within the corporate limits. Since then, we think, the population has more than doubled. VVe do not want only to know how many people live here, but their occupation, pro fession, the amount of capital invested in each pursuit, &c. We respectfully suggest to our worthy Intendant and Board of Commissioners, to have a Marshal appointed for this purpose. The Census can be taken, report mado, and all the work connected with it done in two weeks, and at a cost not exceeding 825. There are many obvious advantages to result from it. It will tend directly to bring our commercial, mechanical, and manufacturing interest and facilities into notice, and give those abroad some idea of our growth and industrial pursuits. Columbia and Yorkville have both pursued this course within the last year. Agricultural Society. A meeting of the Agricultural Society of Meck lenburg county, was held at the Court House, on the 21st instant. After being organized the fol lowing Resolutions were unanimously adopted, viz : 1. Resolved, That the Society held its anni versary meeting on the last Friday in October and to meet at 10 o'clock, A. If. 2. Resolved, That J. A. Young, W. R. Myers, and C. T. Alexander be appointed a committee to make arrangements for a dinner on the occasion, and J. W. Osborne, J. A. Young, John Walker, Esq., and W. R. Myers be requested to deliver addresses on agricultural subjects. 3. Resolved, That as many of the members of this Society as can do so, be appointed by the President to attend the annual State Agricultural Fair. JOHN WALKER, President. A. Graham, Secretary. New York, markets. New York, September 25, 1854. Flour is lower Ohio having declined 50 cents. Cotton dull middling Orleans 9. Cotton dull and declining. Middling Orleans i ; middling uplands 9. Coffee firm. Ohio flour 88,25. The Truth must Prevail. When Boston closed the gates of Faneuil Hall upon her great Webster the heart of the country opened unto him. When Philadelphia hung the palaces of her merchant princes in sable because Jackson had defied the Bank of the United States. Labor uplifted his broad hrow and blessed the hero who had resisted the monster. So will it be with Judge Douglas at Chicago. Refused a hear ing there, he will go out among the people of the State and address them in their villages and in their towns upon their vast prairies and by their Jovely streams. Chicago will hear him then. Chicago will hear him in the majority which will answer to his eloquence in the State, and in the shouts that will encourage those noble representa tives who stand upon the great principle of popu lar sovereignty. The fanatics who close their ears to truth, and who clamor down the champions of the right, more and more remind us of the despots of the Old World of those who, terrified at the voice of the people, and trembling at the approach of reform, seek to drown the tones of honest opinion in a sea of blood, or to shut out the great doctrines of freedom by concealing themselves behind walls of triple granite. They hear at last, however, but that is only when they fail . Washington Union. ' Th Purchase of Ci'ba. The New York Ex press says it has it from authentic sources that Mr. Soule has been renewing the offer to Spain for the purchase of Cuba, and that he agreed to give more than 8100,000,000 he sum said to have been tendered during President Polk's administration. The Spanish Ministers, who are greatly in want of funds, although sorely temp ted by the jingle of so many millions, gsve the proposition some little attention, but only to re ject it. 'Three Days Later from Europe. The Cunard mail steamship Arabia, Cept. Jud kins, arrived at this port at half-past five o'clock yesterday afternoon. She left Liverpool on Sat turday noon, the 9th inst. The most interesting news is the departure of Mr. Soule from Madrid, after having ben accus ed of inciting the recent revolution aud the sading of a part of the Crimea expedition. There is nothing of importance from the Baltic, except it be the reported departure of Sir Charles Napier for England. No news from the Danube. The harvest in France and Great Britain was nearly over, and the yield was good and abun dant. The steamship Batfsa, from New York, arrived at Southampton on Friday morning, 8ih. The absurd story is revived of a conspiracy having been discovered to assassinate the chiefs of the allied army. It is stated that simultaneously with the at tack on the Crimea Omer Pacha will make an important demonstration somewhere on the Dan ube. The dosing prices of the Paris Bourse, Friday, the 8th inst., were Four and a half per cent. Rentes, 98f. i Three per cent. Rnetes, 73.90 ; Bank of France, 29 35. Buillions in Bank ol England had decreased 167,053 during the wee k . The review at Marquise, Boulogne, went off most brilliantly. Prince Albert left at eleven o'clock. Great crowds were assembled on the quays to witness his departure ; and his Royal Highness was greeted with most vociferous cheer- ing. l lie town was itiuminateu, ana mere was a fine display of fireworks. The salutes from the fortress and the squadron were returned by the royal yacht. M. Berkendorff had waited personally on Prince Charles of Prussia, an avowed partisan of Russian policy, to whom he was charged with a letter from the Czar. A deputation of the peasants having demanded from the Diet the occupation of the Aland Islands, and then incorporation with ihe Swedish domin ions, a large deputation of the Diet presented this demand to the King. The London Chronicle of the 9th instant says : The suspense of the allied armies in the East is now at an end, and there can be little doibt that by this time they are in sight of the Crimea, if not actuully landed on the enemy's shore. Great events will soon occupy the public mind ; and it is but fair to warn certain of our cotemporaries that they have now but a brief interval left for forming their favorite topics pf complaint against the min istry. In the excitement of the attacK on Sebas topol it will be difficult to gain attention to the al leged short-comings of the Baltic fleet. A change of tone will speedily become inevitable should it appear, as we trust it very shortly will, that the allied expedition is proceeding prosperously against the Crimea, whilst the Turks are taking the of fensive vigorously in Bessarabia, and Schamyl has commenced operations in earnest, and has ar rested the tide of Russian success beyond the Cau casus. The Circassian chief has shown the same pre ference for cautious measures as our own govern ment, and, we fear that he has equally deserved the censure of the advocates of vigorous proceed ings. Before raising his forces he deemed it ne cessary to send an embassy to Constantinople, in order to make sure that Turkey had no design of assailing the independence which he has so long defended against Russia. This essential prelimi nary having been settled, he moved without further delay, and the immediate effect of his advance is to neutralize the Russian victory near Kars and Bay azid, and to alarm -General Bebutoff as in the safe ty of his communications. At fast preparations are in progress which cannot fail to be soon marked by some decisive results, and there can, we think, be little doubt that the issue will be such as to re alize the hopes of government, and to silence the complaints of the selt-constituted organs of the British public. There is no later news from the East. Tho Bomersund forts have been destroyed, and the troops re-embarked. A few steam frigates remain cruising among the islands. General B tr aguay d'Hilliers and Niel were at Dantzic on the 7th. We learn from Athens that King Otho positive ly refuses any indemnity to Turkey. A Russian steamer from Sebastopol had cap tured a Wallachian vessel and taken her into that port. They had sent to Constantinople the captains of the three Turkish merchantmen which they recently burned at Heraclea. The following appointments are made for Prince Edward's Island by ihe English government : Geo. Cole, Colonial Secretary ; James Warbur lon, Treasurer ; Joseph Hensley, Attorney Gen eral ; Dennis O'Meara, Solicitor General ; 'Wil Ham Swabey, Registrar. Archdeacon Wilberforce, a man of some stand ing in the English Church, has resigned in conse quence of his scruples to recognise ihe Queen as the head of the church spiritual. General Bodisco, late commandant of the for tress of Bomersund, has arrived with his family at Havre, along with some of the Russian priso ners. Preparations are being made at Bruss Is for the reception of the Emperor Napoiean on a visit to the King of the Belgians. Genera! Jose de la Concha was to reach Corun na on the 26th, The steamship Francisco de As siss was waiting to take him to Havana. The Ministers of France and England have complimented the Spanish government on the firm attitude maintained by it during the recent distur bances, and have assured it of ihe sympathy of their respective courts. Disturbances have broken out at Salamanca and Valencia. Active secret negotiations have been going on for some time between Nicholas and the Pope. It now transpires that the Czar holds out a prospect of a change towards the Roman Catholics in Poland, and of concession to the Latins at Jerusalem. He is thus intriguing against the French. According to the Corriere Italiano the Czar has the intention to declare his third son, NichoUs, King of Poland, and, as he is a member of the Greek Church, it was considered necessary to give the Pope some tranquillizing assurances respecting the Polish Catholics. Schamyl, with 20.000 Circassians had made an incursion into Georgia, defeated the Russians, and carried off some important hostages. Count Bebutoff has blown up the fortress of Bayazid, and evacuated the city. The London 2'imes, in a leader says : From this harvest to the next, there can be no doubt thai the difference in the price of wheat, compared with that in the previous twelve months, will be at least 20s. a quarter in favor of the public, which, on the whole consumption, will amount to a boon of twenty-five millions of pounds to that body on wheat alone, besides corresponding relief in other gram. Even the cost of tho war sinks to a trifle compared with this bounty from the skies; and notwithstanding all the lavish expen diture incurred, Great Brit-tin better prepared for war by some twenty million, than o twelve month ago. Fr-oni IheTtaltijrh Standard The Sew Party. Federalism goes through nearly as many changes as the moou, but it is always the same -' the same in its loose construction of the Consti tution, in its distrust of the popular intelligence and power, and in ils hatred--of adopted ciiizens because they are generally Democrats. In 1800 it bore with pride its first and real name, under the eider Adams ; but the American people voted it out of power and put Jefferson in, who an nounced to the world, as an essential part of the Democratic creed, "equal and exact justice to all men, of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political." That contest turned, among other things, upon the "alien law," as it was called a law which put foreigners under the ban, by em powering the President to order such of them to to leave the country as were supposed to be con spiring against the public peace. There was no sound reason for this law, as sub sequent events demonstrated, and it was repealed, and the President who approved and sustained it was defeated, as we have stated, by Thomas Jef ferson. Some of the same set of men Feder alists who declared that farmers and mechanics were no more fitted to make laws than a black smith was to mend u watch, were especially bitter towards all adopted citizens, while all of them shared in the spirit of persecution which tho alien law encouraged : and the expression M down with the red-mouthed Democratic Irish " was common in their political circles and assemblages. After Jt-fftwson s day the Federalists assumed the name of National Republicans next, in the days of Jackson, they were anti-Jackson and Clay men then thpy were Whigs, and then anti Van Buren and White men next, they were hard-cider and Harrison men and then again Clay Whigs, with a platform of principles, op posed to Texas and sympathizers wiih Mexico in her war against this country. Next we find them no-party Taylor men ; and then again for Scot', the nominee of the Seward influence, and putting in their claim for the "rich Irish brogue " and " the sweet German accent." Every thing by turns, and nothing long, so far as appearances are concerned, has been their motto ; but all the while they have been Federalists the allies, more or less, of anti-slavery men and abolitiouists ihe fomenters of sectional strife and discord the actors in, or ihe apologists for, the Hartford Con vention and its movement to form a league be iween Great Britain and the United Stages, and thus relieve the latter from the so-called odium of slavery, and the responsibility for what they called "Jim Madison's war" the friends of adopted citizens who would vote with them, as in the case of the "Irish brogue" and the "German ac cent," but the inveterate foes of such as had the independence to vote against them ; and .now, when it is apparent that the Whig party as a na tional party is in imminent danger of being dis organized and broken up, we find a new organi zation, a new party, based on the old feeling of opposition to foreigners and Catholics, the object of which is to perpetuate the Whig party as a national party, or at least to keep it in existence until the campaign of 1856. Then, if we are no: mistaken in the signs of the times, the scenes of 1840 are to be re-enacted on a still - larger scale. The prejudices and passions of the people are to be appealed to the Know Nothings, as they are called, are to be in active existence and full ope ration ; and the Whig organization, thus ostensi bly kept up, is to be founded really upon hatred to foreigners, intolerance in religious matters, and opposition to the rights of man. Whig tri umphs, if won at all, ars to be won in this way. We again warn all good and true Democrats against this new parly. Ii is Federalism in dis guise Federalism in a new shape;, for that ele ment of evil to our institutions, 4e it known, can take as manv shapes, and present as mtny as pects for purposes of deception and imposition, as Satan himself assumed on his way from Pan demonium to tempt and destroy our first parents. Know Nothingism begins with falsehood, for, as we understand it, no one who is a member is free, under his oath, to admit the fact ; its members assemble under cover of the night, and who or when they will strike no one can tell ; its object is not, like that of the Masons and Odd Fellows, charitable and benevolent, but political and selfish; and, as its history in Maine and Pennsylvania shows, it is composed mainly of fanatic Whig, and its efforts are directed to the advancement of Whig measures and Whig politicians. It is a new parly founded on an old jjrinciple of Feder alism ; and no Democrat can belong to it and act with it for any considerable time, without find ing that he has, in a great measure, lost sight of his principles and been used for the advancement of the selfish projects of the designing and ambi tious. And wherefore, we ask, should any Dem- j ocrat seek for a better party than his own ? What is to be gained by going into new or strange par- lies ; vvnai good is to 0e obtained oy sucn a course? Is North Carolina in danger from Cath olic influence? Ask those Whig leaders who so earnestly sought in 1834 to change our State Con stitution, with the view among other things, of permitting the Catholic Gaston to hold office ask them, and if they be Know-Nothings, see if they do not hang their heads for shame ! Fear of Caiholic influence ! Why, look at the few thous ands among U9 d,- ye shiver with fear, ye men of the nineteenth century ? Persecuted, scattered, feeble, how could they, if they would, band for the destruction of that these men, if with despotism ? our liberties ? And think you they are Catholics, are in love What motive can they have, from despotism elsewhere, to who have escaped endeavor to their own 7 fix manacles on your limbs and on Fear of Catholic influence ! Whv, one of North Carolina's most illustrious dead was Iborn and died in that Church: and his father, a Catholic before him, baptized that son in his own heart's blood as he fell witn him in his arms near Newberne, pierced with British bullets. Foreign influence! Have you forgotten Lafayette, the friend of Washington ? And France, the Catho lic nation who aided Washington and the Colonies against a Protestant nation of our own blood ? And De Kalb, the foreigner, who fell fighting in battle of Camden, scarred and bleeding, while Gales, the native commander, was seeking safety in flight ? Let justice be dope, though the heav ens should fall. Be Protestants, if you will, and as we think you ought to be ; but be tolerant at, the same time, and by all means just. Three thousand foreigners, as they are called, or adopted citizens, in North Carolina, and five hundred thousand natives born yet we hear a great out cry against foreigners ! We tell you again, bro ther Democrats, that this is one of the new tricks of old-fushioaed Federalism. Look to the news papers : Every Democratic paper in the Slate is opposed to this movement, while the Whig papers, if they do not all approve it, evidently sympathize with it and wish it success. And what is it that Whiggery, as spoken for by its presses, would pot ensure Whig victories and the spoils of power ? There aro but few of them who would not, to morrow, if they were assured of a permanent Whig triumph thereby, advocate the Catholic fuith and the predominance of the foreign vote in our midst. It is porty with them all the lime, and tho last and newest ism, provided ii gives promise of votes and success. "The price of" Democracy " is enteral vigi lance." Our adversaries, brother DemocraiSj i nhnavs at work. If we would preserve oar I principles and maintain our ascendancy, we must keep eternal watch, tfeware oi isms oi an They may be tempting to the eye they may flat ter the feelings and appeal to the passions most be witch ingly ; but they are dust and ashes on the lips. Democracy is never so strong as when re posing on the broad basis of its own principles ; never so weak as when its votaries ore led astray by promises of ideal good, or divided among themselves over issues of a doubtful and tempo rary character. These isms must pass away with the ambitions, the prejudices, or the passions that produced them, They will be succeeded by others, like wave following wave in the sea ; but your principles will remain, and be, centuries hence, what they are now. They are founded upon the rock of TRUTH, against which, the floods of faction and fanaticism will beat here after, as heretofore, in vain. Let us look to them, and walk by them always, as the mariner looks to and sails by the Northern star, c Of whose true, fixed and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament." Talifoi nia Wonders. California always was a wonderful country, but it is now getting to be more wonderful than ever. It is a land of marvels and marvellous phenomena, natural and - unnatural. The papers by the last steamer told us of the discovery of a lake, the wafers of which were so largely possessed of the principle of buoyancy that the human body would not sink in it. Still more extraordinary is the discovery of a subterranean pass through ihe mountains of the Sierra Nevada. No doubt all this is frue ; we can believe almost anything after the "buoyant water story;" but then there have been so many like drafts on our credulity from the same quarter in times past, that we must be excused if we insist on time to consider whether it is best to take the above all down as "fact," or to spice it with a " few grains of allowance." By the way, it may not be impertinent to in quire of our Californian contemporary what has become of the " remains of that wonderful city" some Major Longbow discovered near the head waters of the Colorado last summer 1 We should like to have on inquest on those "remains," if they can be found. The strange people" inhab iting that same "city" we should also like to hear from, at earliest convenience. Gen. Scott and the English and French Generals. Speaking of tho inactivity of the allies on the Danube, the N. Y. Courier fays, the sluggishness of the movements of the allies does not compare favorably with the activity displayed by General Scott on the expedition against ihu Mexican capital an expedition which was directed at about as great a distance from home and in a yet hotter and sicklier cfimste. On the 7th of March, General Scott embarked with his troops on board the transporting squadron ; on the 27th of the same month Vera Cruz with the strong castles of San Juan d'Ulloa, was ours, besides 5,000 prisoners and 500 pieces of artillery. With in thiee weeks after, the victory of Cerro Gordo was won ; within four days after, Perote the second fortress in Mexico was taken; and within three weeks, Puebla, the second city of Mexico, lying half way between Vera Cruz and the Capital, was in our possession Negotiations were now opened, and peace of fered. Active hostilities were suspended for three months and a half. Again Scott moved on. In less than two weeks, the bloody battles of Con freres and Churubusco was fought, within three days an armistic concluded, and within as many more it was broken by the Mexicans, and within a week after Molir.os del Rey was stormed and carried ; within a week after, the battle of Chepul tepec, and the battles of Mexico were fought, and General Scott made his entrance in the conquered city of the Aztecs ; and that expedition which ihe London Times had previously ridiculed as an en terprise of stark madness, had reached iis glorious consummation. Such being the celerity of our own warlike operations, it is natural that the slowness of the movements of the allies in the East should not excite much admiration this side of the water. A Groundless Fuss against Mr. Soui.e. The French imperialist newspapers are making great fuss and parade over the alleged interference of Mr. Soule in the affairs of the Spanish Gov ernment. We have not the sligh'.est idea that he has done anything that he ought not to have done ; and if it should turn out which we do not be lieve that he manifested, in some way, his sym pathy with the liberal party in Spain, he will have done no more than the French and British Ministers ihere are doing daily. The active and officious intermeddling of Lord Howden, the Bri tish Minister, now in Madrid, in favor of Espar tero, is a notorious fact, which the British and French maligners of Mr. Soule take care to over look. 1 Vash ington Star. The Kansas Seal. We have just seen the sea4 of the Territory of Kansas, engraved by Robert Lovelt, of Philadel phia, according to the design of Gov. Reeder. It consists of a shield with two supporters and sur mounted by a scroll motto, and is emblematic of ihe life of the pioneer and agriculturist. The lower compartment of the shield contains the buf falo and the hunter ; the upper contains the imple ments of agriculture. The left hand supporter is a pioneer with a smock frock, leggins, rifle and tomahawk ; whilst on the right is the Goddess Ceres with her sheaf, and at their feet, and be tween them, lies a fallen tree and axe. The mot to is a beautiful and striking allu.sion to the prin ciple on which the Territory was organized, and consists of the "Populi voce nata," translated Bom of tlte popular will. The whole design is, we think, well devised, highly suggestive, and in excellent taste- Easlon (Pa.) Argus. Blackberry Wine. To make a wine equal in quality to port take ripe blackberries or dewber ries and press them ; let the juice stand thirty six hours to ferment ; skim off whatever rises to the top ; then to every gallon of juice add a quart ol water and three quans of sugar will do;) let this stand in open vessels for twenty. four hours, skim and strain it, then barrel it until March when it shoud be carefully racked off and bot tled. Blackberry cordial is made by adding one pound of white sugar to three pounds of ripe blackberries, allowing them to stand four hours ; then (pressing out the juice) strain it, adding one-third part of spirit and putting a teaspoonfull of finely powder ed allspice in every quart of the cordial, it is at ouce fit for use. This wine and cordial are very valuable medi cines in the treatment of weakness of the stomach and bowels, and are especially valuable in the summer complaints of children. Predisfositioh to Cholera. The phys.cians of the New Hospital give some facts showing that seven-eights of all persons attacked by cholera are those who have already been long sufferinir from organtic diseases, as of ihe bver, lungs &c and who could not live long under tho circum'stan' ces This is shown by post-mortem examinations made in almost every instance. Interesting to Brickmfc " A new and important method ; (ure of brick k . . . w hi na has just been patented 8t destined to effect on im ton, which is duction in the cost of erecting building, 1 ' this material is used, and now-a-day, Si building where brick does not form a part. By this new method introdudCk,1N ae raim, to wnom tne patent ha i houses can be built of sound, solid brick tt a price, we are informed, not exceed in ii1"' t S ordinary frail wooden tenement. The f. considered in relation to the extraordinC ' rents now paid, and occasioned in a greB( 'S1 by the prices of building materials, U a f!! ation of no ordinary magnitude. When iL' or furnaces ate put in operation for th. t ture of bricks under this new process - III n. , r"t. doubtless attract :ract the attention of practical and effect a great cnange in the cost of K.." The peculiarity in w. J - , rl overv riMcnnhnn I hf non i..: - "m king of bricks under this patent conjin,- construction of the kiln. The arranger!1,1 uovel, consisting of partitions and sub-H;.1"1 in the kiln, where the baking is carriM . by a series of registers the heat is convevu . one compartment to another without any , There is little or no loss of unbaked or H burnt or vitrified bricks, and a surprising.. of fuel. The cost of fuel ami of the j v . a "'Ik material and labor under the old svstero doubles, and probably more than quadruple. cost of bricks when pronounced rfadyj0rJ ket in the old kiln. The fuel question not grosses largely public attention, and vast rats ties of pine, hickory, and other woods now L sumed in the burning of bricks, will under mode be economized to the exient of (wn'k -r.L . " lW mod oi uie present consumption. it, intTulort I subject of interest and importance both m t0 J I lie and private economy. Besides the rnakins I bricks, the kils can be used for ihe baking hardening of nil kinds of pottery, and wiUch en in a large degree the manufactures of that scription. Several eminent, architects in Lon and Paris have Jestifird to the importnnoeu, value ol the patent, and sevcrul well known btict' mkers at Washington have given highly able certificates of the usefulness of the newkii. New York Expitu. . 7. The I.:mIj Plillantliropisf. Ames was sitiinn in her front room all Mrs. she saw approaching Mrs Armstrong, a vei A . public-spirited jHv who tnrilr m umulir m '- in all reforms and benevolent enterprises, esp cially those undertaken for the bent fit ot peopt at a distance. . My d-ar Mrs. Ames," she commenced, ( am the agent of a sewing circle just establiii the object of which is to provide stiitoble cloihu, lor the children it1) Patagonia. I am told tiuti are in the habit of going about in a stale oU. ture, which you know is dreadful to contempt' " Perhaps they are used to it." "But there is no reason why we shouldn't i( prove their condition. So we have agreed to hi a meeting two evenings in a week with this obp in view. Will you join?" , I'm afraid I can't. I should be obliged to gleet my own Children, as I presume will be it case with some of those who attend. Look,i example, at that bny in the street; he Ii a Lo in each elbow and his clothes are covered wu mud. I presume his mother belong to some these benevolent associations and hasn't time i attend to her own children." "Mrs. AiBs," asked her visitor, rising indignation, " do you mean to insult me?" 'Insult you !" was the astonished rily. "Ol course not ; what rnaks you think so?" - Do you know who that boy is of whom speak ?" No, I don't; but I should like to." - " You would ? Well, ma'am, your curio shall be gratified. He is my son. GeorgeW ington Jackson Armstrong. What haveyout say to that ?" " Sny ? why nothing. Only it is unfortuiw for the poor boy that he wasn't u Patagoniao." , .w. fwaat Banking in North given that applications Carolina. Notices will be made to the M Legislature of North Carolina to charter w hanks in Wilmington, Ncwbern, and BmmSS The Raleigh Star says it is. probable that m' ment will be made in that city also for thr enirt lishment of a new bank. Brides these, (be Aim of the Slate of North Carolina and th SUiV" Cape Fer have given notice thtit apnlicnuopni he made for an extr-ntion of their charter. Spontaneous Combustion. A fire brokf two or three days ago in the mansion of J. h Rensselrcr, esq., of Saratoga Springs, which, ginated in a heap of rags saturated wi:h liw oil, spirits turpentine, and coloring matter used' staining window sashes. The fire wos MM guished without much damage. Mr.VinRem Iser prepared some rags saturated with like w ture, and putting them safely away, in hours they broke out into flames. The fa' interesting to painters, colorers, insurance cowp nies, and all concerned. Bridge over the Pee Dee. The Mario' of Tuesday last says : "The bridge of the ,f mington and R. R. over the Pee Dee is in a u1 state of completion. The cylinders hue N finished some time and there temains li' onef" of the superstructure to be completed, wiiirhi1" expected will de done by the 15th of October, be ready for the passage of the trains. The Weather. The weaiher during f he dir. for the past week, has been hot, sultry mf pressive, but, at night cool and p!eas' have heard of no sickness either in town oft0 try, and the health of Shreveport. we kn"W.rt never bcUcr. Shrereport Democrat, Aug.M' A Dutchman on being called upon to helpP' for a lightning rod for the village church, the building of which he had subscribed liberm'.' exclaimed ! I. n.,a L.l -J i.'u i J. T.nrt.'1' iiois m-ijirru in UUIIU tlQUSC I OT uc ' if he choose to dander on it and knock it musht do it at his own risk." An Oltese Curinxitu The Sf LiUH -j . - sav there ia now nn aVk;K;;nn thAt rtitv . vif a i' i wii lull it, j Jim man baby, Wj three years and two montWj that weighs 135 pounds! He must be I f curiosity. His mother only weighs 80 pound." his father less than 150. Names of the Six New Steam Frigatei." Star says the Secretary of the Navy haf ed on the following names to be givn to the steam frigates now being built: Roan05 Colorado, at Norfolk : Minnesota, at WiuhmT Wabash, at Philadelphia ; Niagara, at New'0" Merrimack, at Boston. A shawl is in the New York Crvstal hjjf hihitinn u :.. : t - r . SSS 700. " is inToicea ior amy hi v ' -g offered for sale, it would no doubt soon IJji back of some lady, even if her husband "V, difficu It to get his note discounted at two pet I a month. The present population of Texas is tLk I one hundred and fifty thousand. The"" ' I o ur newspapers published in the State.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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