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A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS. ; PRICE $2 PER YEAR In Advance. i Rl'Fl'S H. 1IERROX, Publisher, "C Itatrs Disttart ns lljt Ssillom, hut one ns ft Ira." ROBERT P. WARING, Editor. NO. 13. VOL. 3. CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1854. PUBLISHED WEEKLY,! ZksintBB (Curbs, &f. .Jltorney at M.uir, OJSce tit Loner gun's Brick Building, 2nd f.oor. CHARLOTTE, N. C. ELMS &. JOHNSON. Forwarding and t'ontraivslon Merchants. NO. 10 VENDUE RANGE, CHARLESTON. t. C. XV. W. ELMS. C. JOHNSON. June 23, '51. 49tf. K. HAMILTON. R. M. OATES. HAMILTON & GATES, i o H I S S I O MERCHANTS, Corner of llir.h'irtlton and Laurel Strtttt, COLOMBIA, S. C. June 9 1854 1 v T. STKH'IOI SE. C H - ATSR1LL. T. STENHOVSE.& Co., FORWARDING & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 2o. 2 Uayn Htrertt CHARLESTON S. KEF KH. TO M.nd ,WUlimS WIc, Jch,tpo S. C. K- Dulin, c. J. K.. Haruon ft . J Williams, Dixon & Co., J B. t'liai.ciler, C'h.ita;.ooga Charlotte, N. C. 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COHEN & COIIN, laP'UlEHS AMI UKAiicm IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC lilY GOODS, hO. 175 KA-T HAY. (10-ly.) CHARLESTON; 8. C. WARBitw, w iL7ii:n &. nr:i viii:. AND C O M M I S S I O M ERl 'HANTS, ?OKlH ATLANTIC WHAM K, CHARLESTON, S. C. fry- Cnmrnitmyn i for gallwg Cotton Fifty cc rt.le. Sept 23, 1-53. it'-ly. ii i ' - anaaaee i 1 - 1 RAMSEY'S PIANO STORE. MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. frS N V N N s h (O.'S Patent ar Diagonal Grand I'lANOS; fer.X; r"4''-!-Halitft lavi K Oo.'s Patent rrT a 2.' ' -V ;. -1.1 n ' ion rii.'t; rmnw i 4. , -V hit-kerings, Travera' and - --z5r' ether best ni.l.-r' Piano's, a? th Kaetory Pri.'cs. Columbia, s. C, 23, 1853. 10-ly. CAROLINA BY JENNINGS B. SC E 1 B . Janunrv 2?, 1-53. 2if RErs. A. Vt . W HEALAIV, u.xJJiLu.I.i Jul i (Keeidcnce, on Main Street, 3 doors south of Sadler Hotel.) CHARLOTTE, N. C. 7nritoi ent an I made bv the celebrated A. B.C. method, and warranted to ft. Orders solicited and , promptly attended to. Sept. 9$ le3 -i - mul A : irf 1 CHARLOTTE, N. C. I BEG to .mniuiice to my tri-.-nd, the nublic, and pres ent patrons of the aWva Hotat, that 1 bavelmacsl lbs aaie lor a term of years from the lt afJanoarj next. After which time, the entire property will be Ibatawgb ly repa;-cd and renovated, and the house kept in first class btyle. Tins Hotel is near the IVuot.niid pleasant ly situated, rendering it a desirable house for travellers and families. Dec 10, 1S53. 22t C. M. RAY. TCAUC'Il A 11 VliP, AlXmONEESS and COMMISSION sfESCHANTS, COLI MBIA, S. C, -r-rj I, attend to the sale of all kinds of Merchandise, V Produce, tc. Also, Real and Personal Property. Or purchase and sell Slaves, fcc., on Commission. Sai.es Rh No. 13d Richardson stret, and imme diately opposite the United States Hotel. Feb J", 115.31 TUOS. II. MARCH. J. M K- SHARP. Livery and Sales Stable, IS V S. H. 5SI.A. AT the stand formerly occupied by K. Morrison, in Charlotte. Horse fed, hired ani sold. Good ac cuaiiuodati .ns for Drovers. The custom of his friends aadthe public generally solicited. February 17, 1854. 3-X AA Alhl BUSHELS of WHKAT, for winch t!:e 0Ul',UUU highest Cash :riccs WlU be paid, to be de livered at his Merchant Mtil in Charlotte, at any time after the 1st day of September next. LKROY SPRINGS. 4i Barnnni a Hoy. A Chapter from P. T. Baruunis Autobiography. While I was a clerk in the store in Bethel, Con necticut, my father kept the villuge tavern. I usually slept with my younger brother, EuYr ; but when our bouse was filled with travellers, we were obliged to ileep M ihree in a bed," bv taking in our honest Irish farmer Edmund, as sleeping partner. Alter the store was closed at night, i frequently joined some of cur village boys in parly at the house of their parents, and what with story-telling and various kinds of "child's play," a couple of hours would glide away, and at 11 o'clock at night, which was later than mv parents ! permitted, I would slyly creep up stairs and crawl into bed with the greatest caution, lest I should wake my brother, who would bo sure to report my la'e hours to my parents. My brother contrived ail sorts of plans to catch me on ray return home, but sleep would overtake him, and I would elude his vigilance. Sometimes, he W u!d pile trunks and chairs against the door, so tint I could hardly open it without upsetting trie barricade, and awakening him by the noise, 1 would generally manage, however, to open the door by degrees, and to get to bed without disturb ing his slumbers. One night I found the door fastened on the in side by a nail firmly driven over the latch. De termined that be should not out-wit me, I descend ed the fciaira, found a sho:; ladder which I ascend ed and entered our bedroom window without be ing discovered. These continual contrivances of my brother made me always suspicious of some trap on my r 'urn noire, and 1 generally approached my dor mitory With the greatest d'2ree of caution. One r.iht i returned as usul aoout 11 o'clock, and op no g t!.e door a few inches with great care, ! run in my aim in order to discover any obstruc tion winch might lie in wait for me. My baud Bono touched a small cord which 1 found was at tached to tke door-latch by one end, where ihe other end was fastened I cou'd rot imagine, and j ihe darkness would not enable me to discover. 1 j drew knife from my pocket, and cutting the cord j very cautiously, I opened the door and got into I Ud without discovery. On awaking the next! morning I found the other end of the cord attached j to my brother's big toe ! 'J'his very ingenious contrivance he Ibosujbl would wake him up, and ii und; uMedty would have done so, but lor my tim ly diacovery. Another nieht he sat himself! up in ihe miidle of the b'-d and bolstered himself Bft witli pillows, determined to keep awake until I returned. But sleep at last ort rrame him, ani hen 1 ur.ivr-d and (bund him in that pis;ti!n, I Miugt d myaell in cosily aeross the foot ti tr. ted, and went to sleep. In tbe morning he found b:msell sitiing bolt upright, juit as he ient to j sleep the uiebt bt fore. Giving me a kick to wake : me. lie ejtvb.inn d : You worked it pretiy well last night, but Til CH'rlt ou yet." h You are welcome to do it if you can," I re- plied, hut ou will have to get up early in tbe morning to catch a weasel asleep. Tbe next night be fastened a spur upon his naked hei and went to sleep, thinking that w h. n I jjoi into bed I should hit the spur, and perhaps rake my skin, the pin of which wocld c.iuse roe to cry nut and thus amtk" him. I retired with my ' wsual caution lhal night, and diicoveririf no con irivance, I concluded my brother had abandoned the eh ', and turning niv back to him I was soon i e rapped in tl.o arms of Morpheus. It cbanoi thai night that a number of tin ped ' h rs and o'ber travelers arrived at a late hour, ar.d : ev ry bed being engaged, our Irioh Edmund was' obliged to steep vnth na. Perceiving me stowed an v on ihn b.,ck aide of the b'-d, and ray brother !ing as'wsu .1 plum;) in ihe middle, be OUrctty laitl h nisi M d..nn on the froul part of the bed and w nt t t4eeo. At about 2 o'clock was awakened by a fear nil noise. i he full moon was str anting in at fhje window, making our bud won as right s day. I'll tache y to go to ld with a spur on, ye Intle divil ye," exclaioaed Bdrnond, ? held my brother hiii iu the atr,one hand grapiifg his n ck and tbe other holding th" ofiending leg with the spur on, just over my bead. VYhal is the matter, E.lmund?" 1 exefftiovd J in snrprine. Divil a thing is tbe matter except this brother of yours has run his spur into me groin a matter oi three inches, replied the indignant Irishman, j who w as raariMg under ihe smart of hi" wound. ' I did not mean it for vou : I meant it lor Tav ior," whined out my brother, nnlv half awake. M Divil a Care lo I care what you meant it for, so thai I got it," replied Edmund, nt the snm; time giving my brother several slaps which made' him yell like a VOOttg Indian. Edmund then unbuckled the spur, and arrang- jug us all in bed again, he turned to go to sleep, simply remarking to my brother, " The nixt lime ye :ry to ride me for a horse, ye will find I am a kicking one, ye young varmint !'' From the London Piegenes. Apple-riitters 1 Bamauce. Bover, the ereat cook, has written n novel in which the art of the kitchen is set forth in a rather covel manner. Tin. two heroines go among the poor and impart the icceipts of the chief. Ahhoujh this book ought to be in every gentle man's ktfehen, stiii we do not think that M. Soyer has mndo the most of his subject. Could he not in his second edition give us a lew scenes some thine like the following 1 J: was a lovely night. The warm breezes floated by, laden with tho perlume of flowers J sweet incense, rising up from Nature's kitchen ! I The moon whh Us chaste rays, until the landscape seemed silvered and pure as a wedding cake. 4 Let us walk in tho garden,' said chcre Ilortense clasping dear Eloise to her heaving bosom. In a lew seconds the noble and enthusiastic .L - l...J i inn were ileum me oreuaru nces. Do you perceive those apples ?' remarked Ilor tens scarcely abie to repress emotion. ' Wliv this griei'T' sighed ihe gentle Eloise ; Then turning her large pale grey eyes in the di- 1 reetion of the fruit, she added, in a disappointed lone. They are baking apples, ii 1 mistake not.' 'They are! they are!' ciicd there llortensc, Bursting into an agony of tears. Poor girl i tbey reminded her of her home. Some months clasped before the chere Hortense j could resume her wonted calmness. At length, wi h an pffort; she said, ' Forgive me, dear Eloise. I was silly, very silly ! but whenever I see an ap ple, I always !h;:ik of liiju. ' You must indeed have loved,' sighed Eloise. Loved ! aye, child, madly !' continued Hor tense. 'Tie day we parted; I remember, we had apple-fritters for dinner. He himself prepar ed the dainty for me. As he peeled and sliced crossways, a quarter of on inch thick, the rosy fruit before him, be breathed in my ear the first avowal of the love he felt for me. He then placed in a basin about two ounces of flour a little salt, two feaspoonfuls of oil, and ihe yolk of an egg, moistened by degrees with water, and all the time be kept stirring up the compoond with a spoon. ( thought I should have fainted, lor my heart was breaking.' 1 Dear Ilortenso,' exclaimed Eloise. Ah ! how you must have suffered.' It is pas: now, sighed ihe brave girl. Then resuming her story, she said,' When tho whole formed a smooth consistency to the thickness ol cream, he beat upon tbe white of an egg till firm, mixing it with the batter. I could endure, my agony no longer. Alexis !' I cried, beware how you trifle with me !' Proceed ! you interest me greatly,' remarked Eloise. ' What was his answer V Hortense, with an effort, contirued : 1 When tbe mixture was hot he put the apples in one at s time turning them over with a slice as they were doir.g. Suddenly he turned towards me, his face glowing with passion' N'y, say not so !' interupted the kind Eloise ; perhaps the heat of the fire, antl not passion had tiuged his cheeks.' Heaven grant your words pTOve true V sobbed the loving girl ; " I shall never forget the expres sion ol his eyes. ' Hortense,' he whispered, the apple fritters are now. cocked. Let us, perhaps for the last lime eat togeiier.' For a few seconds flort'-nse was speechless from grief. Rising from the mossy bank, slie gasped out, Eloise, as you love me, let us hurry home ! 1 shall die if we remain here.' And the fritters?' inquired the gentle Eloise.' ' They were excellent,' continued Hortense, in a calmer tojiC. 'That evening he presented me wi:h the receipt for making them, together with a hck of his hair, which however, formed no part of lie receipt. Two hours afterwards he was on his road to London and the Reform Club. But to this day even the sight of apples makes me trem ble. Ala ! such is the love of poor, fond wo msn r That night Eloise slept hut little. Sho was thinking over tbe story of the Apple-fritters.' ScbastopoL The port of Scbastopol consists of a bay run ning in a South, easterly direction about four rn'les loiter, and a mile wide at the entrance, diminishing to 4o0 yards at the end, where tho 'Tehcrnaia Retchka," or Black River, empties itself. Tbe overage depth is about eigiit fathoms, the bottom being composed of mud in tho centre, and gravel at the sidt;, On the Southern coast of this bay are the commercial, mi lit at y and careening Harbors; tbe quarantine harbor being outside the entrance. AH these Inking a Southerly direction aHd having deep water. The military harbor is iho largest, being about one mile and a half lon, by 400 yards wide, and is completely land locked on every side. Here it is that ihe Black Sea fleet is moored in the Winter; tiic largest ships being able to lie w ith all their stores on board close to the quays. The small harbor, which contains the naval arsenal and docks, is on the Eastern side of the military harbor, near the entrance. The port is defended to the Souih by six prin cipal batteriea and fortresses, each mounting from 50 to 190 jnus ; and tbe North by four, having from l? i" 120 pieces each ; and beside these there a r" many smaller batteries. Tl:;; fortresses are built on the casemate princi ple, t!.r e of them having three-tiers ot guns, and a too sth two tiers. Fort St. Nicholas is th largest, rid mounts sboul 190 g'ins,on carefully counting them wt mii 1-0. By great interest obtained permission to enter this fortress. It is built ol i hi e limestone; a fine sound 6lone, which be comes h ird and is very durable, the sanr" mate ria! being used for all the other forts. Between every two casemates are furnaces for heating shot red hot ; we measured the calibre of the guns, arid f..und it to be eight inches, capable of throwing sheila or 63-pnund solid shot. Whether all the guns in the fortress were of the same siz", it is impossible to say, but my belief is that most of the fortifications of Sebasfopol are heavily armed. We entered Fort St. Nicholas through the elegantly furnished apartments of the military commandant, situated at its South western end. At the period of our visit there were certainly not more than &50 pieces of artillery defending the port toward the sea, and of these about 350 could be concent rr.ted on a ship entering the bay. Other batteries, however, are said to have been since built. We took some trouble to ascertain these facts by counting the guns of the various forts, not always an easy matter, whero any suspicion of our object might bavo su! jected us to grav.e inconveniences. Sevastopol is admirably adapted by nature for a strong position toward the sea, and it will be seep, from what we have stated above that this has been fully taken advantage ol" to render it one of the most formidably for tified places in that direction which could be im agined. The Hon Burton Craige, who is now here, we are pleased to find has regained his health so much shattered the latter part of his sojourn at Washington. He has spent the time since the ad journment of Consress, with his family in Ca tawba and Burke counties, whilhcr they had gone to pass the Summer months. Salisbury Watchman.. Nathaniel J. Palmer, Es., Editor of the Milton Sp-clutor is dead. He dud in Caswell, on the 7th instant, ag-d 50 yars. Mr. P.ilmer was much respected for his ni-iny good qualities, and was an influential and useful citizen. The Bap tist Church has sustain-d n great loss by his dath. Tbe La melius of the Allies. The Rumors of Peace Discredited. The long expected blow has at last been struck, and the al lied armies have entered the Crimea. Authentic intelligence was received y esterday by the English and French governments, in confirmation of the intelligence transmitted to us in the preceding night from Vienna, to the effect that 58,000 men of tbe allied troops landed at Eupatoria on the 14'h instant, without encountering resistance, and proceeded to march at once in the direction of Se bastapol. Thus far, then, the first and least past of ibis gigantic undertaking has been favorably r.ccompltshed. The preparations for the voyage had been made with consummate ability. In Baltschik Bay the British transports and steamers, to the number of upwards ol one hundred large vessels, excktive of the fleet, lay in five lines, corresponding to the five divisions oi the army. Each of the steamers took I wo transports in tow ; the infantry were principally embarked on the steam vessels ; the artillery filled 32 transports ; and the rest conveyed the stores cf the army. In this order the flotilla proceeded from Baltschik, coasting along the Bulgarian shore till ii reached the place of rendezvous at Fidonisi, the Isle of Serpents. From this spot to Cape Tarkan, the extreme western promoutory of the Crimea, tho distance about 150 miles duo east, so that in twenty lour hours from the time of sailing the fleet must have been within sight of the enemy's coast, and, after making Cape Tarkan, it would run dowrn the shore in smooth water till it entered Kalamita Biy, the wind being in the north, ue it constantly is in the Black Sea during summer. This judicious mode of directing the course of the expedition, so as to reduce the passage from land to land to the nar rowest compass, naturally led tbe fleet to Eupato ria or Khoslov, the first port which offered a j;ood roadstead, and there the disembarkation of the army took place. The town of Eupatoria was, in the time of the Genoese, one of the principal mercantile stations of the Crimea, and it still contains about 10,000 inhabitants. Three forts had lately been erected to defend the place, in addition to tho old Genoese wall, and the garrison has been losely stated at 15,000 men. The Russians, however, were not in a condition to resist so formidable an enemy. The portJies to the east of Lake Sasik, one of those vast salt marshes for which, the Crimea is remarkable, and this tract is separated from the sea by a narrow tongue of land, along which the road pisses to the interior and to the southern part of the peninsula. This position, therefore, must at once have placed the army and such ot its stores as were landed in safety, for the lake to the north would prevent the enemy from attacking our troops on the land side. We are further informed that the forces imme diately proceeded to advance t6 the south, and, indeed, it would be necesisury for so large a body of men to deploy, without delay, beyond this nar row isthmus. The question then arises, what i.s the precise direction they will follow, and the next olject of the campaign ? Eupatoria, Sebastopol and Simphcropbi form tbe three angles of an equi lateral triangle, of which each side or base is about 40 miles in length. The high mad indica ted on our maps follows two sides of this triangle, and consequently brings the traveler to Sebasto pol by way of Simpbcropol a considerable round. The country, however, is opr-n ; it consists of grassy steppes, with villages, cultivation and abun dance of caltlp, and it is not unlikely that a more direct course may be taken. We are confirmed in this supposition by the narrative of Marshal Munich's campaign in 1736 over the same ground, and some of the particulars of that war wbl be read with interest at the pre sent time. After forcing the lines of Perecop, ihe the Russian army marched in ten days to Eupa toria across a coun'ry singularly deficient in wa ter and all oth-r supplies. At Eupatoria Munich found himself in tbe same position in which our army is now placed, except that he had not the advantage of an enormous fleet to assist his ope rations by sea. On the 21st of June, 1736, the Russian Genera! resumed hisrnarch upon Bakschi Sarat, following the coast of the Black Sea, and the historian of the war add that since the troops had entered the Crimea they had nowhere found such an abundance of victuals and provisions as by ibis route. In six day's' march the Russian army reached the gorges of the mountoins which crown the flat ground in the environs of Bakschi Sarai, which was then the residence of the Khan of Crim Tar tary, and there a decisive battle was fought. Lord Raglan and Marshal St. Arnaud have, therefore, now to choose whether they will follow the main road, which conducts them further into the inte rior of the country, or whether they will, like Marshal Munich, adhere to the tracks parallel with the coast. The latter course has several obvious advantages ; the sea protects thi? right of the army, and affords an easy means of conveying nil the heavy portion of the baggage and stores ; and, if the enemy should give us battle in the course of the march, the whole army could be rapidly con centrated to oppose him. The passage ef the Alma and the Katca may be disputed, but the first strong position appears to be at the mouth of tbe valley in which Bakschi Sarai is situated. By the coast route Sebastopol would be about six dnys' march from Eupatoria; by the interior twico as long. It remains to be seen what the Russian plan of campaign is, and whether they are resolved to oppose to tho invasion a direct and open resist ance, or to fall back upon their ordinary tactics of retreating before the enemy and laying waste the country behind him. Prince Menschikoff is in supreme military and naval command in the Crimea, end it is by a sort of poetical justice that the insolent emissary who drew down the calami ties on his country should now bear the biunt of them in his own person ; but his military talents inspire us with but little apprehension. The ex tent of country to be crossed by our armies, the nature of these operation, and the time which must elapse uefore Sebastopol can be invested, ap pear to justify a strong hope that, before the siege is commenced, the allied forces will force ihe en emy to a ba'ttle, for the Russians ran hardly re sion themselves to witness the rapid progress of an invasi .n advancing to capture their stronghold without at least some attempt to oppose this hostile advance. If such a battle be fought and won, as we trust it w;!l be, by the prowess of the two bravest armies on the face of the earth, assisted by a picked body of 12,000 Turks, Sebastopol itself will that day be half taken ; for the garri son will know that their chance of relief from without is greatly diminished, and the prestige of the allied troops will givo irresistible force to their attack. To ourselves, confident as we have long been that this expedition would proceed, and would di rect its whole force against the Crimea and Sebas topol, the commencement of this campaign only realizes the expectations we had long ago formed and expressed, But there are many in this and in othur pans of the world who affected to the last an incredulity they mistook lor wisdom, and doubts which are never wanting when a great enterpis'e is on foot. Even as late as the 10th of September, after the expedition, had tualiy sail ed, we learn from our correspondents that an ab surd report fouud believers in Constantinople that Russia had acceated the four conditions, and that the fihting wae at an end, although seven days before the Russian answer had reached- Vienna, declaring that the fortune of war could alone de termine the basis of future negotialions- To the whole race of cavilers, sceptics ond alarmists, both here and abroad, ihe successful landing of the expedition at Eupatoria is, as far as it goes, an answer. It has already accom plished the greatest combined enterprise of mod ern warfare, and one which even the first military writers of the last generation held to be impossi ble ; for to defeat a Russian army, and even to capture Sebastopol, are ordinary operations of war in comparibon with the extraordinary attempt to convey an army of 60,000 men, completely equipped for the field and for a great siege, across 300 miles of seo. Wo most heartily, therefore, congratulate the country on this auspicious com mencement of the campaign, which already real izes our expectations and promises to crown with victory our strongest hopes. -r Odf.ssa not Bombardeo. A despatch says, from Vienna, evening 19th : The account given yesterday of the bombardment of Odessa appears doubtful ; a letter of the 10th makes no mention of it." Fortification or Cracow Nine thousand men continue tn work incessantly at the fortifica tions of Cracow, which place it is intended to make one of the strongholds of the Russian Em pire, ft will be some years ere the works are complete. Tbe advanced works extend nearly five English miles beyond the city. THE LOSS OF THE ARCTIC, Additional Facts and Thrilling Incidents, The awful disaster to the steamship Arctic still engrosses public attention, to the exclusion of al most every other topic. The New York press severely condemns the conduct of the crew in so hastily leaving the ship. The Courier notes the heroic sacrifice of himself made by Captain Luce, the steady fidelity, the sublime courage, the grand presence of mind, and contrasts it with the heart less conduct of most of the subordinates who es caped. Patrick Tobin has published an interesting state ment of the scenes that transpired when the colli sion occurred.- After stating that the sea was calm, the fog quite dense, and the steamer going at her ordinary rate, he gives an account of the collision, and says : s Mr. WalCer persisted in his duty, keeping up steam until the water put out our fires. Our only thoughts now were as to measures of escape. When I got on deck all w as confusion ; passengers were working with desperate energy at the for ward pumps. Frenchmen, Germans and English were all calling in their different languages to the firemen to help-them, and running to and Iro on the deck, sometimes rushing to the pumps and rushing away again when relieved by others. Still tho pass -ngers seemed hopeful of being saved. The absence of Mr. Gourlie, the first mate, vas a great loss. He had been sent after tbe collision to ascertain what damage had been done to the propeller, and when he returned, he could not be taken on boatd, as we were making all speed for land. I believe that if he had been on board to keep the sailors to their duty, and have rafts rigged, many more would have been saved. The second mate, Edward Baalham, acted bad ly, in my opinion. He lowered one of the quarter-boats about 2 o'clock the ship did not go down until about 4 o'clock and himseif and most of the sailors got. into jt. I saw nothing of them after I came on deck. Thirty-two were saved in our small boat, and the second mate's boat might have taken more than double that number. Tbe departure of Baalhamnd the sailors, left Capt. Luce without experienced hands at ringing rafts, as the firemen knew little of what should be done. Nr. Rogers, the chief engineer, seemed most active in his efforts to reduce the leaks and do all he could under ihe circumstances. He staid by the ship until it was dangerous for him to stay longer, as his boat was in imminent risk of being swamped by persons jumping overboard, or being carried down by the vortex made by the vessel sinking. Dorian, the third mate, was most active, and staid by the ship until she went down. The pas sengers, with despairing energy, stuck to the pumps, working to the last. They were working on them up lo the last moment. It was an awful sight. I got to the third mate's boat just a little before the final catastrophe. I When I first attempted to leave, the Cop'ain caught me and tore the shirt off my back to pre vent my going, exclaiming " Let the passengers go in the boats !" He also seized a kind oF axe and attempted to prevent the firemen reaching the boat ; but it was every one for himself, and no more attention was paid to the Captain than to any oth-r man on board. Life was as sweet to us as to others. Capt. Luce seemed like a mfcn whose judgment was paralyzed. - He paced tbe deck as if there" was no resort but to sink with his ship. He could easily have saved himself had he sought his own safety. I saw him a few minutes before the Are tic disappeared. She went down by the stern; and wi:h uplifted hands and a piercing yell which I cannot describe, the crowd ol human beings on her tleck shared her fate. The raft had not been cleared away when ihe ship went down, and one of the spars caught tin- Ajt the wheel and a portion of the raft was carried down. 1 have no doubt some who had got on tho raft were lost in this way. Just before we pushed off to avoid being carried down with the ship, I saw a number of women in the cabin locked in each other's arms, crying, and exhibiting tho most intense signs of terror and distress. They were all enguiphed. The lamentations of the French and Germans were most painful, sod I could easily distinguish their cries and shouts. After the Arctic disappeared, we saw a large number floating about, still alive but we could save none.' Our little boat was filted to its utmost capacity. So we had to leave them to perish from the cold the water is always cold on the Banks and a prey to the fishes. We all regretted much that one fino young mn belonging .o the Arctic was not saved. His name is Sluart Holland. His father is sergeant-at-arms of one of the houses of Congress. He could not be induced to lenve the ship; his post was at tho gun, firing signals ; he kept firing the gun till the vessel sunk ; we saw him in the very act of .firing ns th vessel disappeared below the waters. Besides a heart-rending sight of so many woe expressing faces, and hands uplifted in wild de spair, or in agonizing appeal to Heaven, and the wfol ' cry which smote onr ears in the last mo ment, one other incident sent a thrill of dread through our hearts. Just as tho water was closing over the smoke pipe, there rose up from the sea a sound like a heavy groan or ocean sigh, caused, doubtless, by the steam and heat in the boilers, but it was a sound never to be forgotten. I may mention also, as an incident, that Tom Brenna had an opportunity to bo savee in the chief engineer's boat ; but be had charge of a boy named McLaughlin, whom he would not abandon. Both were saved in our bout.. It is said a gentleman threw a heavy purse of gold from the ship to the boy, after he got into the boat. FURTHER PARTICULARS. Telegraphic despatches from Halifax dated the 12th inst., announce the arrival, at St. Johns, of the French screw steamer Vests, oo the 3d inst., with her foremast and bow shattered to pieces, she being the vessel that came in collision with the Arctic. She picked up and brought into port 31 of the Arctic's crew. "Tle Vesta lost 13 of her passengers, supposed to be those who were run down by the Arctic in a small boat. Three of the Arctic's boats have not yet been heard from, but being life boats, they are sup posed to have been picked up. Tbe vessels sent in search returned on the 3d without success not having found the slightest truce. The re are confident hopes of tho safety of the family of Mr. Collins. The third mate reports thct they, with s large number of ladies, were placed in one of the boats, and safely launched under the immediate supervision of Capt. Luce himaelf. He denies the statement that they were thrown into the sea by the breaking of the davits, as tho boats was being launched, but that they left the wreck os above. Bank. TVotc Conn (erf cits. We find in one of our exchanges the following suggestions as to the means of prevention of bank note counterfeits : ' Let tbe presidents of all the banks in this city, or all in the Union, hare a meeting by appoint ment at some central point, and resolve upon this method : First, appoint one manufacturer of bank note paper, to munulacture for each bank that may have a representative at the meeting paper of reddish or bluish cast each bill having upon it the name of the hanker, president-, and cashier of the bank for which it is intended, in what is callcd a water line, as in the old English letter pa per. L-t it be secured by patent, and the restric tions imposed upon the maker lie as Stringent as those upon the manufacturer of Government en velopes. Few bills are in circulation so well executed as to deceive the initiated, and with tbe shove guard placed upon thern, tho 'making of counterfeit pa per money would pay the manufacturers but little profit, and would force them to seek some more honorable or dishonorable empfoymer.t that would pay them better. The expense to each bank would be of no account whatever, when compared with tbe check upon roguery which this plan sug gests." A Model Clerk. Young man. 1 I filled to see about tho clerkship you advertised as va cant.' Old Gent.. Hem ! Have you a gold watch and chain, n fast horse 1 a diamond ring, six suits of clothes, a bull dog, a thousand cigars, a cask oi brandy, and an assortment of canes V Young man. ' Yes, sir, got 'cm all. Old Gent. ' Then you'll suit. My other clerk furnished himself with al those out the till, so as you're supplied I'll save the expense. A Treasure Costing j no Money. Which wfll you do smile and make your household happy, or be crabbed, and make all those young ones gloomy, and the elder ones miserable? The amount of happiness you can produce is incalcu lable if yod show a smiling face, a kind heart, and speak pleasant words. Wear . a pleasant counten ance r let joy beam in your eyes and love glow on your forehead. There is no joy like that which springs from a kihd act or a pleasant deed ; and you will feel it at night when you rest, at morning when you rise, and through tbe day when about your business. Clerical Comparison. A Rhode Island clergyman lately illustrated the necessity of cor poreal punishment for the correction of juvenile depravity, with the remark that 1 the child, when once started in a course of evil conduct, was like a locomotive on the wrong track it takes switch to get it ofl. It is said of French ladies, that their fondness for effect runs to such an excess, that widows who have lost their husbands practice attitudes of des pair bcfoie a looking glass. A Clerk in a mercantile establisment writes tu his friends at home : Plaguey easy times now-a-days very little work to do our firm don't advertise V9 - June 23, 185.