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BMOCBAT. HERRON, O.TI.-e, nr.c ! mm Musk of Sadler's Hon ! -in.oire. Terms cf Cubncription. If paM ttricttt insdvsace - . t ' IT va.d within 'tfuci tnontbs y,.r0 Ji j.a.u bi int. ti.l " 1-t ytar. Sjw N- ulmiijrirn Wiil be received for a shortei per: d than t.x ntiMirhs. v"7 Any pc-fin Bentftng bs five new .:b.rriler?, nrroni; n n.ed ! iii- svuce aubacnetion, receixe the sou Ii copy ra:u lor MM! yar. Terms cf Advertising. A.'vernsrniems willhe iWWtriH 1 prr square (or the first, and MM Is each I'll pill iBSSIfi A square coi: H9 t durteen line or km, mm ss- 'dt r. A reris mV reduction will be made to those who ad vcr liac liy ihe vear. Double c'olu.iin advertisement w ill be chary d 25 ier cei.t. adJi'ional on the nsaal rates. AsWartisssaasM inserted :mn:h!y or j-ianerly 1 per s jt:aie lor each insertion. , Oo tuarip-, Tnb ite of Respect, ReKgioMi meelinc, and Itnuvuicnt aoc.e: ics, will be chained halt the Advertasnf For aano-incinz caud.iiates for office 83 in advaecc. Pr .iesional and Business Cards not CMHdhgM lines will Ik- inserted at " a year ; not exceeding a a varc 9 $y ImMMN on buinis nn-t be aildic.-wd to the Iiujirtc tor, post pititl, to HHMC attention. 83- S sawerifctm and others w ho waif mm to end money o us, can do so at all times, I ; mail, and at our risk. The Battle Field of Alma. From the correspondence of the London Times wo take the annex td view of tbe modern battle field of Alma. It alloids not only a sickening pane ol horror, but proves the utterly demoral izing edicts of war and the brutalizing tendencies of u soldiers' life even in this age ol Christianity and elevating and humanizing intelligence. Ili.ioiirs of Ai.ma, Sept. 21. li was a terrible and sickening sight to go over tiie baiiie field. 'J ib- deprivid of my horse by a chance shot, 1 rode about to ascertain, as far as possible, the loss of our friends, and in doing so 1 was otten brought to u stand still by the difficulty oi veil in v through the piles of Wounded Russians, ir.uigled loo often with our own poor old;crs. The bills of Greenwich park in fail tunes are not more densely covt r d wi ll human beings than were the height of Aim i with dead and dying. On these bloodv aaouuda fell 2.196 English officers and nun, nod upwards of ;i,OUU Russians, while their western extremity was covered with liie bodies of 1,400 gallant Frenchmen, and u more than 3,000 ol their foes. When L id Raglan and his staff ond the Duke of Cambridge rude round to the lop of the hiil the troops cheered him with a thrilling effect a shout of victory which never can be forgotten. The enemy, who were flying in the distance, miht al most have heard its echoes as it colled among the hills. Our men, had indeed, doue their work well, lor the action, which commenced at 1.25 on our furt, was over about 1 1'. M. In fact, the actual close continuous fighting did nt l ist two hours ! The Russian regiments engaged against us, judging Horn the numbers on the caps and buttons of the dead and wounded, were the 11th, 12th, 1 6th, I?lh, 18tb, 31st, 32d, 3:JJ, and some of the Imperial Guard. The Russian regiment consists of lour battalions, and each battalion may be said to b- OoO strong. The soidries were mostly stout, strong men. Several of the regiments, 32 d and 16th, for example, wore a black leather helmet, hands nnely mounted with brass, and h:viug a brass cone on the ti p, with a hole for the recep tion of a tuft, feather, or plume; others were sim ply a white linen foraging cap. They were all dressed in long dr ib coats with brass buttons, bearing the number of tbe regiment, These coats filled closely, Wi re gathered in at the back by a anil strap and button, descend to the ankles, and seemed s'out, comfort able garments, though this cloth Was coarse in texture ; the trousers, of eo:rsc blue stuff, were ihrust inside a pair of W ellington hoots, open at the top, to admit of theil being comfortably tuck d down; the boots were stout, well made, and serviceable. The knapsacks astonished our aoldiers, On opening thens, each w.xs found to contain lias dress nn.lorm cmice of the man, bine or grecti, with while lacings, and slashes like our own, a pair of clean drawers, a clean shirt, a pair of clean socks, a pair of stout nuts, a case con taining a good pair of scissors marked "Sapin," an excellent penknife, with one large blade, of Russian manufacture, a ball of twine, a roll of leather, wax, thread, needles and pms, a hair brush and comb, a small looking-glass, razor, strop, and soap, shoe-brushes and blacking. The g-neral remark of our men was that the Russians were very "clean soldiers," and certainly the men on the field h id fair whi'e skins to justify the ex pression. Hich man had a loaf of dark brown bread of a sour laMe, and disagreeable odor, in h.s knapsack, and a linen roil, COC taming a quan tity of brown coarse stuff, broken up into lumps and large grains, which is crushed biscuit or hard granulated bread, prepared with oil. This, we were told by the- prisoners, wa9 fhe sole food of the men. They eat the bread with onions and oil ; the powder is reserve" ration ; and if they march they may bo for days widiout food, and remain hungry till they can get fresh loave and more breadstutF. " It is perfectly as tounding to ihink they can keep together on such diet and yet they are strong, muscular men enough. The surgeons remarked that their tena city of life was very remarkable. Many of them lived with wounds calculated to destroy two or three ordinary men. 1 saw one of the 32.J regi. ment on the. field just after the fight. He was ebot right through the head, and the brain pro truded m large masses at the back of the head and from the front of the skull. I saw with my own eyes the wounded man raise his head, wipe the horrible miss from Ins brow, and proceed to struggle down the hills towards the water. H itiy of the Russians were shot in three or four places few of them h id onlv one wound. They seemed to have a general idea that they would be murdered: possibly they had been told no quarter would be given, and several deplorable events took place in consequence. As our men were passing by two or three of them were shot or stabln'd by men lying on the "round, and th cry was raised that "the wounded Russians" were firing on our men. There is a story, indeed, that one officer was severely injured by a man to vhom he was in the ver, act of administering succor as he lay in agony on the field ; be this as il may, there was al one time a near chance of a massacre taking place, but the men were soon controlled, and confined thetnseives to the pillage which always takes place on a battle fild. Ooe villain with a red coat on his back, I regret to ty, I saw go up to a w..ur.ded Russian who was rolling on the earth in the rear cf the 7th re giment, snd liefore we could ay a word ho dis-eh-rged his nfl - right through the wretched crea eore's brains. Col. fed rode at him to cut him do wn, but the fellow excused himself bv declaring fhe Russian was going to shoot him. This was the single act of inhumanity 1 saw perpetrated by this army, fijshed with victory r.r.d snimatfd bv ang-y psioris, ahiiou.'i tt.v woan.ied cnemv had uuqueatiosnbly endangered their lives by acts of ferortotis tody. M.nv of the Russians had small erosiKS n;jd chains fastened round their necks. Sevoraj LjTPCe found with K rans in their knap. sacks most probably recruits from the Kansas Tartars. Many of the ofhceis had portraits of wives or mistresses, or mother or sisters, inside their coats. The privates wore the liule money they possess ed in purses fastened below their left knees, and the men, in their eager search after the money, often caused the wounded painful apprehensions that they were about to destroy them. Last night all these poor wretches lay in their agony ; noth ing could be done to help them. The groans.'the yells, the cries of despair and suffering, were a I - - . . I, K..tlMlifiil ri f I til : llloUmlUI COIIinieiilury on Mm cawmh" ' victors and on the joy which reigned along the bivouac fires of our men. Of the Russians one thing was remarkable. ' The prisoners are generally coarse, sullen ond i tin intelligent looking men. Death had ennobled : those who fell, lor the expraion of their faces was altogether dill- rent. I ne wounded might have envied those who teem d to have passed uwav so peacefully. The soldiers arc all shaven cleanly on the chin nr.d cheek ; only the moustache is left, and the Imir is cropped as close to the head ns possible. The latter is a very convenient mode of wearing i he hair in those parts of the world. The officers (those of superior rank excepted) are barely dis lincuishable from the men, so ar as uniform is concerned; but the generals wore sashes and epaulettes The subalterns wore merely a lace : shoulderstrap, instead of the cloth one of the pri- i va'es. Most of them spoke trench, and tne en- ; treat.es of the wounded to be taken along with us, as the officers moved up the bill, were touching in ilia evirenu- Tim nnnr fellow? had a notion that our men would murder them if the eye of the efti cer was removed from them. An old general, who sat smiling and bowing on a bank with his leg broken by a round shot, seem- .A n.lnotniillc r-onr-iirnerl lor ihe liJSS of htS Sold snuffbox. This, I believe, has since been restor- I ed to him. I he men say they were badly Hand led, and bad no genera! to direct them. Menhi koff lost his head in a figurative sense. The offi cers displayed great gallantry, and the men fought with a dofot.-u courage characteristic ol me uus sin a infantry, but they were u'terlv deficient in j . i , L I I o 1 tin L;ll,.il nnrl flan and d ish. Uur loss is J,tyo iueo. anu wounded ; of the French, between 1,300 and I 1 toO The rnctnv have lost upwards ol 6,000. I i.iou. i ne nrenjmreii i Had we had but a little brigade of cavalry more, t elan anu a isn. our nss is ....v, o J we might have converted tbe retreat into an utter j ot tne ugm tua-. is auroau, or van, euuugti m rout, and taken some 5,000 prisoners, guns and ( there is no room for improvement ? standards as trophies of our victory. The troops J Look abroad at the various counties in our good bivouckrd on the field, not far from the scene of . o,d gtate where those Societies are established and l heir triumphs. p ,-lv-, I attended ! What an improvement! Read the I in; Russian Account. Marshal raskiewitch " ' issued a bulletin on the 3d, a Warsaw, giving the accounts of their Fairs, and say will we in this Russian version of the battle at the Alma. The j region be behind them? lt us take more inter loss of the allies is reported to have far exceeded j es( jn our g( c ety, raisea fund, ho'd an annual Fair that of Prince Menchikoff. The Russian loss is and preroium9thal is the way t0 cxci,e put down at but 2,000, (the English say it is near- j r ' . ly 6,000.) and on the w hole the Warsaw despatch " honorable emulation, and the beneficial effects is made to read pretty much as if the victory was j will be felt not only in increased production, tn altogether on the side of fhe Russians, instead of i creased comfort, increased respectability, ncrcas against them. ed wealth, but it will increase the love we have ine carnage oi i rmce are iciiim..., , priviiie t'M ii'HMinciiLr rwan iuih 11 u together with 50,000f. Menchikoff fan English account savs) was suf- i fering severely from illness during the hottest of the battle so much so that he had to be support ed. One account says he is badly wounded in the feet another in the hands. Among the wounded on the British side was C, Newton, of the Scotch Fusileer Guards. He was shot in the leg and fell. When down, the Rus- I sians are said to have brutally fired upon him, and beat him on the head whh their muskets, and nothing would have prevented his brains being ! beaten out on the spot, but the thickness of his j helmet or cap. He had eleven wounds on his body, but at last accounts was still living. From the South Carolinian, (Extra,) Nov. 1. Arrival or (lie Steamer Pacific Jour Days Later from Europe. New Yobk, Oct. 30, 1654. The steamer Pacific arrived this evening with Liverpool dates of October IS. Intelligence from the seat of war were conflict ing, but up to the ninth the allies had effected no thing. The siege had been landed and Lord Raglan expected to open a fire on fhe walls in a few days. Menchikoff kept the fi.e!d to the north with 30, 000 men, expecting 30,000 more. Large masses of Russian troops were concentrating on the us trian frontier. Omar Pasha was preparing for a vigorous campaign in Bessarabia. It was rumored that France and England would reconstruct the kingdom of Poland. MARKETS. Liverpool, October 18, 1854. Cotton was stiffer and in better demand, but not quotably higher. Sales ol the three days 30,000 bales. Flour advanced 3s. Conal 37s., Ohio 39s. Wheat advanced 6d. Corn Is. White and vel low 39s. Consols 94 3 a 95. Arrival of Governor Burt's Remains. St. Loiis, October 30, 1854. Gov. Burt's remains have arrived here in charge of a committee. LOSS OF THE ISABEL. New York, October 30, 1854. The Steamer Empire City has arrived with Ha vana dates of the 24th. She reports that when she left two schooners had arrived with the pas sengers of the Isabel, which had been lost near Key West. No lives were luit. No further par ticulars are furnished. Great Britain. The London Globe says: "A conference is now assembled on the continent, which is without a precedent, acting, as it is understood to be under the directions ol the President of Ihe United States, ! the Ambassadors of that country are assembled to exchange information, consult and report on the state affairs on the Continent. American trade is now carried to every part of the world, and die conference has in view the due protection and advancement of those interests in any new arrangement of treaties that may bo mado in Europe. Mr. Buchanan left London on Saturday, and has already been met by the American Ministers to Paris and Madrid. A national subscription has been set on foot for the benefit of the wounded in the recent battles. Sir Gordon Drummond is dead. One thousand pounds have been subscribed in Australia towards presenting Wm. Smith O'Brien a gold vase. W'e learn that the Proposals for State Stocks, under the recent advertisement of the Treasurer, were opened at his office on Friday last, in presence of the officers ol S;a;e and the President of tha Bank of tho State ; and that the sales were made at an averege of a fraction over one an.) a h i per cent. i nis is na g ou a s ue as coutu nave been expected, consij. ring the string. ncy in tho money market. -Kul. UiLird. CHARLOTTE : FRIDAY MOUSING, November 3, 1854. Report of ffi flarket. Charlotte, November 3, 1854. Cotton. Sales verv heavy this week ; market buoyant. Extremes range from 7 fo 8 80. Flour. Best brands 87 to $7$ ; large quan tities coming in. Wheat. Demand brisk ; from. 1 to 8 1 25, according to quality and weight. Corn. 70 to 75 cents. Meal. 75 cents, and in demantf. Bacon. 11 to 12c, and wanted; supply not large. Rye. 75 to 50 cents ; and meets with o ready sale. Trade of all kinds active; a large number of Western Waggons in this week, and a heavy wholesale business f ransactitig. Agricultural Society. We arc requested to give notice that the next, annual meeting of the Agricultural Society of this County, will be held al the Court House in this toVyn, on the 3rd Thursday proximo, at which will h elected for the ensuimj vear. and other business of importance transacted. It is hoped that there will be a full turn out. It is too late now to adduce arguments or quote facts to prove the utility of Agricultural Societies the age has stamped them with the seal of pro gression and endorsed them as the only means to arouse public sentiment to the full importance of un enlighten d and experimental knowledge of the various elements that are necessary to constitute a thrifty and successful farmer. Wi'! Mecklen burg still slumber on, heedless of the advance- ment that is going on around her, conteni to ptir- II :.l4 guo tj0 beaten patn trod by our sires in me goc oJ(J nncg when ,nok ,o lays to mrike a trip I . , . .. . Charleston? Are we too inert to avail ourselvt 1 Slir me nesten pain irou ny our sires in mc yuou to VPS i . .l.. i i u l:..i. f homeg BqJ ahar8 anj wi greatr retard that stream of emigration which is bearing from us our best and most energetic citizens. These are objects worthy the patriot's care. Let us stop wrangling about politics, snd discuss the best means of improving our cond tion for " he that makes two blades of grass grew where only one grew before, is a public benefactor." ty Such is tho constitution of the mind of man that it is seldom that any two take tho same view of any question, or agree precisely in anything. We have commenced this paragraph with this sage reflection, for the purpose of exculpating our self from tho charge of devising " new and un heard of expedients," in the opinion which we are about to express. We have been told that the ap proaching Legislature will be a very important one to the future destiny of North Carolina. We have no doubt of it. Old Rip after having slept quietly such a number of years suddenly awakes and finds himself wofully behind in all that consti tutes individual wealth and State grandeur, and now starts upon his race with the speed of a gimt but without his strength. His muscles, for the want of exercise, have not the hardness and rigid ity that gives them endurance. Now, while we are thoroughly in favor of Rail Roads we think the State should go into the various enterprises with a degree of cauiion that will prevent tho oc currence of that state of things which we find to exist in several of the Northern States. Too many Rail Roads can be built: for they cannot stimulate the development of resources where they do not exist. We apprehend that every section of the State will have its scheme before the Legislature ; ail of w hich of course cannot be chartered with an appropriation. Then there will be dissatisfaction and combining together to defeat those schemes that are more important as S oto enterprises ; and e fear from the signs that are now visible, that either too much appropriation will be made or not enough. We are decidely in favor of a general system of chartering so as to permit each community to build its own local Road if it is able ; and that the State will adopt the Tennessee rule of subscribing somuch to pur chase Iron for all the Roads, after so many miles of grading have been finished. This will test the ability of the friends of each scheme, and operate burly and equally upon all sections. Then those Roads that can be built will be expedited without any log-rolling to obtain their charters, or waste ful appropriations to secure votes. This plan will we think reconcile all differences, j as all section? and schemes will stand upon the same ground. We think, however, that some discrimination should be made in favor of the West, as this region of country labors under greater difficulties from roughnuss of the country through which the improvements would pass, the sparseness of the population, and for the greater reason that the State ought, in common justice, to equalize the benefits conferred as far as prac ticable. The West, though locked up from any communication with the commerce of the world, has received comparatively no assistance while the East, with her ocean-bound coast, splendid bays, and navigablo rivers, has had thousands ex pended to improve her already enviable position. These views are thrown out neither with the hope or desire of influencing beneficially or otherwise any scheme. M Old Joe Will be here on to morrow night, and wherever he is there is fun and good iru-ie. Old Joe is a great favorife here and we 'mpe a full house will greet his re-appearance among us. Iucomlug Cot! on Crop. We extract the following from Talcott and Brother's Circular, forwarded to Liverpool on the 28th bv the Baltic : With dates from New Orleans of 24th instant, by telegraph, we have as yet no accounts of killing front. Our correspondents at New Orleans write under date of 17th inst., as follows: "Cotton crop accounts are belter this week ; the fine weather improves the prospects and checks the complaints. We have beautiful weaiher, with no indications yet of early frost. The popular estimate ol the crop here is 3.000,000 baies, which will not be large enough unless we have an early frost. Our present impression about the crop is, that if" frost keeps off eight or ten days longer, we shall adopt your figures of 3,100,000 biles; and if it keeps off two or three weeks j longer, we don't know how much higher we shall set our mark." Our estimate of 3,100,000, which we believe will be realized, was based us we advised, "on a fair average seaso?, with Lilliig frosts the last, week in October." If frost holds off until the 12th or 15:h November, we shall feel ourselves justified in raising your figures ; but at all events, are satisfied that the short crop estimates recently indulged in at the South, ranging from 2,700,000 to 2,030,000 bales, must soon be abandoned. On the 24th inst. at New Orleans, Middling Cot ton was quoted at H a 9c. ; freights in American ships 7-16J. What a migratory people ours must be .' There are natives of North Carolina in every State and Territory in the Union, from Maine to Minnesota. By the census of 1850 it appears that no less than 283,077 natives of North Carolina were living in oiher States and Territories. They had scattered themselves as follows ; In Maine 27 New Hampshire 10 Vermont 7 Massachusetts 106 Rhode Island 76 Connecticut 95 New York 673 New Jersey 08 Pennsylvania 409 Dele ware 18 Maryland 225 Dist. Columbia 100 Virginia 7,343 S.Carolina 6,173 Georgia 37,522 Florida 3,537 Alabama 28,321 In Lousian t 2,923 Texas 5 115 Arkansas 8,772 Tennessee' 72,027 Kentucky 14.279 Ohio 4,607 Michigan 312 Indiana 33.175 Illinois 13,851 Missouri 17,009 Iowa 2,589 Wisconsin 322 California 1,027 Minnesota 6 Oregon 201 Utah 92 New Mexico 13 Mississippi 2l;487 What a deal of wealth has our State lost by the departure of so many of her native born citizens ! How has her improvement been retarded ! How education obstructed ! How her property depre ciated ! How her political power curtailed! But her influence has been we know, happily felt in other States, especially in Georgia , Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Fay. 06s. The Richmond Enquirer, in some remarks, upon the recent elections in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, says : " Fraud und deception many triumph for a mo ment, but the sober reflection and sagacity of the masses will speedily restore tbe reign of reason and right. Know Nothingism, allying itseif to every element of opposition, ma) achieve a partial success over the democracy, but the reaction will surely come, the delusion will be dissipated, and tho idol be pulled down from its usurped dignitv, and rolled in the dust amid the hootings of the multitude. The democratic party should not be dismayed. For ourselves, we mean to abate nothing from the energy and zeal of our opposition to Know Noth ingism. We have fought the thing from the start, and will fight it to the end, not doubting that the good sense and generous impulses of the people will ultimately give us the victory." The Activity of the French Emperor. The Emperor flies about the Empire with great rapidity. One day he appears in Bordeaux, the next finds him here in Paris. One week since saw him at the theatre applauding Madame Ra chel, in three days after he manoeuvred a hundred thousand men at Boulogne, and to-night he has returned to Paris. That he has at heart the best interests of France, can hardly be doubted ; at the same time be is not very popular in Paris, 8o far as I can judge. There are those who have not forgotten the coup d'etat and Napoleon's re peated violations of bis oath; there are those who do not fancy the censorship of the press, and who have friends in exile. Some say, very na'urally, ll we were at war with Russia, why are not Cavaignac, Changarnier, and our old Generals, in the East?" Of course everybody knows that Napoleon fears their influence with the army, und for that reason keeps them here at home. Attempts upon tfiu Emperor's life are more fre quent than people are aware of. Three conspira cies to blow him up with infernal machines have been detected within a month, and one scoundrel took a shot at him with a pistol, without effect. Tho assassin was killed and planted at once. Na poleon is a man without fear, notwithstanding these attempts. He exposes himself freely at the opera, in tbe streets, and especially at Boulogne. It is said that he expects to die violently sometime, and that he has made arrangements to restore order in case the event shall take place. London Cor. Lowell Join nal. Manifesto of the Know-Nothings. The Grand Council of Know-Nothings of the State ol New York have published a manifesto, in which they say their nominations for State officers were fairly made, and that Mr. Ullman, the nominee for Governor, is an American and a Protestant. They also make a strong appeal to the subordinate councils to contribute money liberally, and remit it to them immediately, and claim t: be confident, with the aid of a few thousand dollars, to carry the State. The Cost of the Reclamation of Anthony Burns. The proceedings under the fugitive slave law at Boston, in the case of Anthony Burns, not long since reclaimed by his master, Captain Suttle, of Alexandria, Virgmia, cost tbe United States within a fraction of 827,000 for extra ijoliee and military force alore. Phis does not cover the usual ordinary expenses incurred in the case, such as the fees of the regular officers of the United States employed in the case. 815,000 of the above $27;000 were duly paid this morning. Washington iSlar. Cam these and Burning Fluids. The Al bany Journal, in noticing recent camphene acci dents, says : Ve expect to record frequent aeci. dents ofthis character during the coming fail and w inter. . There are a great many beads of families in our own city who, by permitting ihe use of camphene, rosin oil, &e., &c, in their households, are preparing work for the coroner and under taker. They are doing it so deliberately, and wilh such evident wilfulness, ihat an imharft.il jury wimld hardly bold them guiltless of mnn- s.augo.er, Mioura me almost Inevitable conse quences ofthis disregard of human life ensuo. Tnekish Women. The care with which the Osmanlis have always kept their wives and daughters apart still prevails in Constantinople. To ask a Turkish gen leman alter his wife or his daughters is lo give him a mortal offence. If he nlmdes to them, he calls them -the home" or "the house." He will ten you that the house is well. Also, when he aii iiounces to his friends the birth of a daughter, he ay, "a veiled one," or "a stranger has beeagiv en to me." He is taught by the Koran to honor bis wiTe, and to believe that she will be, equally with himself, a participator in heavenly felicity. The teaching effectually displaces the vulgar error that declares Mahometans to believe that women have no souls. Polygamy is allowed to this dny in Turkey, but it is so surrounded with social and religious difficuliies that it is rarely practiced. The Koran allows a Mussulman to uarry four legitimate wives, but tells him expressly that il is meritorious to marry only one. In Constantinople, Ihe id. mas, the great bodies of government offi cials, the naval and military officers, the trades man and the workmen, have generally only one wife. In the provinces, one w ife is even more gener ally tiie rule. And now, nil the great officers of State'make a merit of wedding one w ife only, to show a good example to their countrymen. Nor is the wife a slave entirely. In her own apartment she is supreme mistress. She may receive her female friends and her male relations; she may go out in the day lime veiled and attended; and her husband consults her on all his affairs. She is not the painted doll we have read of. She is thoroughly domestic, and is effectually protected by the State from cruel treatment The Mussul man is bound by to law to maintain her according to his rank. Il he fails in this she may claim a divorce. When he marries her, he gives a pres ent to her relatives, insted of expecting a dower, as with us. She has the care of the household, and if he be poor she-employs her leisure time in spinning. She has the exclusive right by law to bring up her children the girls until they are inatried, and the boys until they enter one of ihe public schools. If the Ottomans have one tender chord in their bosoms, it is that which is always awakened within them at the sound of the mater nal name. Women may even perform the func tions ol the Iman, recite prayers, and, under ex tniordinary circumstances, they may be vested with political powers. Yet, undoubtedly, the Turkish woman is not yet free. The law allows her to see her distant relatives only once in each year, if her husband objects to more frequent visiting; her relatives are also subjected to lega I interference. Household Words. A Roving Elephant. On Wednesday night, the elephant accompanying the menagerie of Mr. Batty, which had been exhibiting in this town, after the performance, was safely lodged in a stable, near the George Hotel. The keeper, on going to feed the animal in the morning, found, to his gieal astonishment, that his charge had absconded. Riders were sent about in every direction to find the missing brute, but they returned without any success. In the forenoon he was discovered lying fast asleep in the wine cellar of fhe hotel having, it seems, opened the door of his lodging in the night, in a roving disposition, and quietly walked up a long flight of steps to tho George, and after ward descended to the cellar. Several bottles were broken, and the contents drank by the ele phant, till he was satisfied be had enough. When found he looked the picture ol contentment. This docs not show that all animals nre disciples of Father Mathew. Noith Wales Chronicle. Metheoric Ileujiination. The most brilliant ppectacle in the line of meteors ever witnessed in these parts occurred on Friday night last at about 11 o'clock in ihe North by West. The arc des cribed was extended, tnd such was the brilliancy displayed that manuscript might have been read by its light. It shot up lirte lightning, giving a startling sensation and dimming, for ihe time being, the stars that might have been seen in that part of ihe heavens a few moments prev ious. ChattctTiooga Advert, scr Oct. 14th. Would Not be Fkbe& The Chicago Times has a story of a gentleman from Missouri, stop ping in that city, having with him a slave man. The anti-slavery folks hearing of the slave, ten dered him the hospitality of a winter in Canada, and on his declining fo leave his master, they proposed to make him free, whether he desired it or not. A crowd of about five hundred assembled for this purpose, but the slave proved s'ifl'-necked, and mounted a store box. made a regular speech, in which he defined bis position as ngainst abolition ism, and the crowd left him "alone in his glory," free to be a slave. It is assorted by a late medical writer that soup with the exception of ihe vegetable mailers and shreds of mt-at that float in it, is entirely indigesti ble in the stomach in children. The stomach die-rs's onlv solid foots, evm nvilfc being coagulated info a curd to undergo ibis process, and yet there nre many farmers who have lung since given up the idea of raising fine calves on hay ten, who give their children soup for dinner under the idea that it is very nourishing. North Carolina Copper Company. The trustee of the property of the North Carolina Cop per Company has advertised it for sale on ihe 15;b November, unless the debts shall be paid by that time. The first five liars melted, parted and re fined at the Assay Office in New York city were delivered last week. They were 995-1 lOOOih fine, which is a high standard. Fau Distribution of School Money. We learn from the Standard that there will be distri buted for Common School purposes ihe present Fall, the same amount, ninety thousand four bun dred and twenty-five dollars nnd four cents, thai was distributed in the Spring. Sale of State Bonds. The Register says "The opening Proposals for the sale of State Bonds took place on the 20ih inst., as advertised. The whole of the thirty years Bonds were taken at nn average premium of from H to 2 per cent. A portion, only, often years Bonds were taken. All the bida were from North-Carolina." (Kr Dr- John P. Tompkins, of Wake, Editor of the Farmer's Journal, has been appointed As sistant to Prof. Emmons in the Agricultural and Ceological Survey of tbe State, now going on. Dr. T. succeeds Dr. Mcdi-nahun if ri ' signed. ....... . wiuuimmhj re StcRETARY Guthrih, who is on a visit to Lou isville, met with an accident a few days ago which detains him in that city. IJiS injuries were slight at first, hut afterwards became more serious and required him to remain several days loneer than he infonrl.i.l tin .1 . M,facr l'an 1st of November; ' re,Ur" a,'lU t,,e An Irishman being in church where be collec tion FPrats. reeefisNed , Ui m boXeS, on it bemg handed to him, whupered in ike carrier's ear .hat he was not naturalized, end could no vote. " Inat some" wlub, be among Barnum's curiosities before he's a month older From the Country Gentleman Preservation of Manure Several articles have been published r during Ihe current year in reliii Z per servalion of manure from ihe wason- wind and ram and sun by meariMil m if coverhvg or shelter. The N. B. Agricuhu been lately urging the impmtancu of mode ol management. Amonn other 5 s farmers should bestow more care ihnn lhev do upon the production and preservalioaU,'l,i, substances capable of being employed asm 1 some especial stress is laid upon the kettbjt than usual difficulties are now being (Vij w JS ing guanos and other portable manures inina1 quan.ities, and at reasonable rates, find, add, in a condition sufficiently free frotn'tj,e bility and probability of being fraudulent!. rioraled or adulterated. As regards the rorf, of manures, every vegetable or animal pt0Tj calculated to swell the Manure heap, 1 products are, from their containing a lahp., centage of nitrogen, more valuable than pf,f products. Haece w hilc no vegetable matter V be allowed to run to waste, all aninnd ina!tfr nected with the farm, and all that can becJ obtained, should be carefully collected and , to ihe manure heap. Carcases of animal, die, blood, slaughter-house cleaning, rt,f fisheries, a t;d anything of like nature, shoguT added ns there may bo opportunity. Where J! animal matters can bo obtain d, som drT matter from ditches, or saw dust, or sund, or tu' j should be mixed up with it to absorb iht ...,1 .Im Ia I.iiii tlio nmmnnin iL'l.inU DUl nryit -ti in un- ji t .-c i in mil ui larilMj.. mani.re is mTe common, or at least "orvi.. ble, than neglect in collecting substances tu!0r, a large manure heap. The yards ore gena, so arranged as to perrr.it, i;oi only rains, but,ij the drippings from the roofs of ntljncei;t buildicj to fall upon ihe manure and wash out of ii run., that is valuable. ho so very fortunate a nm' have seen, either in his own ham-yard or in iIm, of his neighbors, brown slieams issuing flin: un. .i-inir nil It ttiAi'VI iti.. fn.ljl i,i tliji (n . lQII f lllfi "III i in in im ''IVJ iiil. iaiiitr,ii, in 'i il i. Gitrt'Ml kill rl O. tint I rum I I u iibh.I III fl ITU, STUII.' II III. I I 1 111 I I Kill III,.. II U (I I " lil'iiT iiii minim un jiiciruti u l'j IIMKinptti 1 til.' ,. ,.' . .f 1... Il I. t I ill t i .1 tin - 1.' knrn.vAril nnnpnvp nr ili -fi;in mu if in 1 1 J I W9 ' Ml I rr,-- I i tiiriA dv tot inir iliitl'ri ilri- in nl ...1 n i.i"ji J i ........ " "i r.ill' dry mould to absorb it. It should never be fu gotten, says the N. B. Agriculturist ibftt thf art of animals is the most valuable part of thtkn crete, and where not absorbed by the line. i i.i : .. i. ....I ! Fiiouiu, in some wj ut prcveiuiu irom ecar and waste. Hut fertilizing matter escapes in oilier Mi,3 in the liquid form. "Loss also accrues fn escape of matter in a gtiseous form." A rnmatii or hartshorn, which is now generally kimur,, one of the most valuable as well as oneoffo most volatile of elements entering into the coup-, sition of fertilizing mutters, readily paaM b the expoai d manure in the farm ard. Ml fermentation rises ' a certain height, ihNant is constant. To k ep fermentation in chichi to fix the ammonia for retention, should lei study of the farmer. H- re dry pent bccomoi valuable nuxilliary, and also diy mould. & have ndvoc.ited the adding of gypsum; it ij, U ever, found in practice no? to ;inswrr die rip. tations w hich were nt one time formed of it. better substance bs yet been re CO Htme txied," ap the N. B. Agriculturist, than dry peat or dry tron Sawdust, where it can be obtained in surlii quantities, makes an rxcrlU nt addition or cafM for the mi. nu re heap-. As a rule, nil bra-n manure should be applied lo, and mixed tftli soil as speedily us possible; but during suinw at least, lliis becomes all bill imprnciicabk V der such circuinst mcee I hntm mnt ) waste, n leaking way of what rnigh' be cusem into golden treasure, if the mammi does nmr some kind of covering, nod be mivfd Ti'rhsw matters winch w ill absorb the liquids ani (ki halati ons. Plantlns Frnif TrcoM. With this month begins the season for tm plan: ing. The sooner a fruit free ii planted now the better. A iree that has not lo sf saw ;ut(J is only removed a short distsnce, BWy k moved wilfn ut being set back in the least, ht' musi fie lahen up with c;ire. ns lew rouiscuii poasilde, and planted with all the latterab lw ing, just ns tin y naturally grew ; eonsequpmlf hole for the tree must he cut larger than tbe r extend. Ii will bo almost impnsible N tdn; a tree of any size withoui mU'iitittg SOSJISW roots ; nil mutilated parts should be cut clu,t: a sharp kuile, and young roodi ta ill spring the Wounds heal. The young rootlets aft'" tender, and are to he the feeders yl tbe trees in ihe formation of wood nd fruit, mid o1 rw the soil in which they are to wander lorth on mission of love, must not only be uuTiow, bum1 contain tbe food they s' hk Ii lor. 'l'his is toes' son why we snv it:z the holes large," around with good vegetable mould. nt never to pl.mt a tree deeper lb"n it 'f-ir' grew in the soil. There- any many trrtM deep planting. Plant n tree Gun in lbs gi once ; some reconimi nd a tree to be pbwM ly nt first, to give the earth a eftMw' gradually around the rooia. Tim cliiinf5" against the life of lre.s thus planted. The loosen the roots still more by ih ir action I trunk, arid tho earth can never be rrinde coff around the roots afterwards. Prune ihe proportion to the loss of roots, and accord' the lime the tree has been out of ground. V reader of this journal should learn ln)0r a tree, and then plani trees. Soil of the So11 An Irishman w riting from Ohio, say most illegal place jn the world. 'The'" three weeks,' he hays, you are boarhH'f and after t hat you're charged nothing1 Come along, and bring the childer.' A despatch from New York, dated ihe 2:k says : " A Southern gentleman, name n"l ascerljf seriously stabbed a workman in front of the York Hotel this morning, nnd then escaped, man'fl life is despaired ol." There is a man down enst so tall that be" liged to get up a ladder to put his hat on; w hen he goes to bed he is obliged fo shut P h gs like a pair of pen knife blades. Vanity is our dearest weakness in mor than one, a man will sacrifices everyih'"8' ,4 starve out all his other inclinations, to keep' thai one. The people of Knoxville, Tennessee 're j lo have their grow ing city lighted wi'b fp-" company has alrrady been organized fsf." pose. A merchant in New York, named B,,nC. been bound over in New York in thesum ' J 000, to answer the charge of fitting oU' 1 for the coast of Africa. M rs. Francis D G"ffe of S'. Louisa the nddres? bo mr the Washington Cmiri'V I Agricultural Society last week. This i 1 instance of ihe kind on record. , Li
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Nov. 3, 1854, edition 1
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