srj?. !F'jpLy , , ..----- M - ' . i 4. h ii -! t iiitt 't ? II ft SMS . v ; . - I iA-CT 3 A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO P0LITI6S, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINIMS, AND NEWS. PUBLISHED WEBKLT. - ik" RI FFS Mt HEBRON, frtlhilifr. " fyt Itntfa Fi0tinrt as t Sillom, hut out fls tht $ta." ROBERT P. WARING, Editor. NTO. 21. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1854. VOL. 3. 3Bii5inF5fi Curbs, &r. ft. P. WAI&IIHG, attorney mi Mmc, Office in Lonergan's Brick Building, 2nd floor. CHARLOTTE, If. C. Stti TROTTER & SON AVE jul opened a splendid stock of WATCHES nd JEWELRY, SILVER A PLATED WARE and FANCY GOODS of si! kinds. tT- No. 5, I. ran ite Row. Oct. 27,1654. 14tf J. B. F. BOONE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN BOOTS & SSOUli, SOt LEATHER. CjtmJF SMLtJTS, LINING AND BINDING SKiNS. SHOE TOOLS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Charlotte, N. C Oct. 20. 1854. ly ELMS 6l JOHNSON. Forwarding and Commission Merchants. NO. 10 VENDUE RANGE, CHARLESTON. . C. W. W. ELMS. C. JOHNSON. 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Hodge, Esq., New-York, june 9, XS54 43-y Norris Not istmc n , Pe n n . THE.s"b9crib?" manufacture Mining Machinery, as J A follows, viz : The Cokmsh Pit.mpixg Engine, hiffh and low pressure Pumping, Mumping and Hoisting StsaH Emcihhs; Cornish Pfbts, Stamps, Cri shf.rs, Winches, Iron Blocks, Pvm.eys of all sizs, and every variety of Machinery tor Mining purposes. THOMAS, CORSON & WEST. june 2, 1S54 45-ly MEDICAL NOTICE. DR. P. C. CALDWELL has associated his son. Dr. JOSEPH W. CALDWELL, will, him in the Prac tice of Medicine. Office, 2nd story in Elms' new brick building, near the Courthouse. March 24, 1854. 35.tf N, B. All persons indebted to me by accounts are requested to settle the same at an early day. Mar 24 P. C. CALDWELL. The American Hotel. CHARLOTTE, N. C. I BEG to announce to my friends, the public, and pres. cnt patrons of the above Hotel, that 1 have leased the aame for a term of years from the 1st of January next. After which time, the entire property will be thorough ly repaired and renovated, and the house kept in first class style. This Hotel it near the Depot, and pleasant, ly situated, rendering it a desirable house for travellers and families. Dec 16, 1853. 22t C. M. RAY. MARCH A SHARP, AUCTIONEERS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, COLfMBIA, S. C, YT7ILL attend to the sale of all kinds of Merchandise, W Produce, ike. Also, Real and Personal Property. Or purchase and sell Slaves, &c, on Commission. Sales Ro.n No. 2i) Richardson street, and imme HAVE just opened a splendid stock of wAitnts i he report recommends an additional but gra nd JEWELRY, SILVER A pkJ;D WRE dual increase of the navy; its reorganization and diately opposite the United States Hotel. Feb J, 1854 mos. h. march, j. m. e. sharp. Livery and Sales Stable, BIT S. H. RCA, AT the stand formerly occupied by R. Morrison, in Charlotte. Horses fed, hired and sold. Good ac commodations for Drovers. The cuat,pm of his friends and the public generally solicited. P jhrurr 17, 19&4. SO-v Report of Hie Secretary of the Usury. The annual report of the Hon. Jamts . Dob bin, Secretary ol the Navy, will be read with in terest by the friends, of our navy. It abounds with interesting facts and important suggestions, and display a commendable zeal and energy on the part of its author. We hayc room only for the following abstract : the enactment for new regulations for the disci pline and improvement of seamen. The movements of (he varii.-us squadrons are I reported in detail. The sloop of war Albany, last heard from at Aspinwali en 28'bSept., when she lefi lor New York. Painful anxiety is lelt touch ing hT late. The steamer Princeton was sent in search ol her several days since. Lieut. Slrain and party are complimented for enterprise and exhibition of powers of endurance and generous devotion to duty in the exploration of the Darien ship canal route. The result of the expedition is, according to Lieut. Strain's report, that the proposed canal is totally impracticable, and this the Secretary ap prehends settles the question forever. The bombardment of Greytown by the sloop of war Cyaneis narrated, and the Secretary remarks j that "he could not reprove Commander Hollins for his conduct. Humanity often lends her sym pathy to the sufferer, however just the punish ment ; but patriotism rarely condemns the brave officer who administers that punishment, from a sense of justice to his countrymen, whose proper ty has been destroyed, and whose national flag has been insulted." Commodore Perry is highly complimented for his success in Japan. On the increase of the Navy the Secretary says he "is far from the opinion that the enlargement ol our Navy should stop with the action of last Congrt ss. The protection of our commerce ; the j guarding our extended coast ; the preservation of j our rank as a nation, demand that we should not be intircly stationary, and with inactive indifTer- j ence behold the progress of other poweis in naval svrength. Even with the additional unfinished s cam frigates our naval force will not exceed fifty vessels in condition for service. Weakness invites aggression, and never inspires respect, while ac knowledged strong bh and visible preparations com mand consideration and are the true safeguards of peace." The necessity and propriety of an aug mented Navy is eloquently argued at considera ble leng'h and the objections thereto answered. The Secretary does not propose to increase the number of officers nor materially enlarge the squadrons, and thereby largely increase the cur rent expenses, nor have a navy of the immense size and extent of some of the navies of European powers, but to increase the material of our navy so as at least to approximate to a s'ate of readiness for emergencies, which wise statesmen strive to avoid, but wiser statesmen prepare to meet. It will be 'lie Secretary's pleasure to co-opperate with 'he legislative department of the government in practically carrying out these views. The Secretary renews his recommendations of Inst year for the reorganization ol the Navv ; the j creation of a retired list for infirm officers ; the I i i f . - . i i uiscnarge oi ine inemcienr, ana to nave promo tions regulated by capacity and merit in some de gree, instead of by seniority of commission and pay, to some extent controlled by sea ervice. So far as he has authority, these views will guide his action even without legislation. He " cannoi recomtnena ior promotion to higher rank and pay officers who do not merit it, Irom incapacity, either moral or physical. I do not appreciate the justice or policy of promoting to a higher grade an officer who cannot perform I its duties, unless in rare exceptional cases, as complimentary reward lor services rendered. It is neither more nor less than elevating the in competent and then ordering the ur.promoted com petent to do their work." The objections against the proposed reform are i ably considered. He says much is still to be done j to give proper shape, origin, vigor, character and success to a system of discipline in naval service. He is far from recommending the restoration of flogging. The xperience of the navy justifies its abrogation. There is, however, urgenf necessity i for some substitute, accompanied with a plan of ; reward as well as punishment a substitute which i would he Jffomut and sure in order to restrain . ofrender and deter '.he inconsiderate: to re- ward equally sure, the generous ; to encourage fidelity and promote respectability. It is not the severity, but the certainty and promptness of pun ishment which promote discipline. He recom mends that ihe commande-r of any vessel be au- i ihorized by law to order a summary court martial for ihe trial of petty officers and those below them; that :hey have power to punish by dishonorable discharge in any port, or by confinement on fe duced rations, and without pay, with extra labor and a dental of shore privileges. He renews his recommendations of last year of the plan to iuduce seamen to become permanently attached to the Navy, by granting conditional leave of absence at the end of a cruise and in creased pay on re-enlistment, li is the Secretary's purpose to immediately adopt in modified form the apprentice system, and encouruge the enlist ment of American boys from fourteen until twenty-one years ol age ; to train them first on a re ceiving ship, then on cruisers, in practical seaman ship. He is clearly of the opinion, also, that the number of men in the service should be increased at least twenty-five hundred. The number of the marine corps is deemed entirely too small, and an indefinitely stated increase is earnestly recom mended. The corps would be improved and ele vated in character by adopting some system of ap pointing officers of military education and train ing. A marine oasin and railway at the San Fran cisco navy-yard is recommended. Prof. Maury's achiVvments in developing his theory of winds and currents and his preparation oi charts are noticed moat flatteringly. It is esti mated that the saving to our commerce by the use of his charts would amount to several millions per annum. Robert L. Stevens' iron war steamer, shot and shell proof, for harbor defence, is rapidly progess- ing. Tfte boilers will be ready to put on board .IaiiI llir.a u La Of the Naval Academy aV Annapolis, ihe Se cretary says: "The Naval Academy has, during the past yar, continued to present to the couutry practi cal evidenco of the wisdom and foresight of its projecior. Under the vigilant superintendence of Commander Goldsborough and his worthy assis tants, the strictest discipline has been enforced, to the marked benefit of this institution. "The plan of education is now thorough, and the training of the youth admirable. The cruise in the Practice Ship is of immeasurable advantage in imparling at an early age practical knowledge of seamanship. During the last summer the Pre ble, with 31 young Midshipmen, visited Ports mouth and Plymouth, in England, and Brest and Cherbourg in France, thereby affording tdnn nn opportunity of examining the naval establishments at those points. "The contract has been made for the erection of a machine shop at Annapolis under the act of Con gress authorizing it, and I shall avail myself of the first opportunity when the service will permit, to substitute a steamer for the sloop now used as a practice ship. The number of students now at the academy is one hundred and sixty. Attention is culled to the report of the chief of the bureau of ordnance and hydrography, and the annual re port of the board of examiners, as also that oi the commander of the practice ship." The legitimate expenditures for the support of the navy and marine corps for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1854, amounted to $6,891,832, with some outstanding claims to be paid. The amount required for the same purpose, for the fis cal year, ending June 30, 1856, is $S,917,297. Secretary of War's Report. The annual report of Col. Jefferson Davis, Sec retary ol War, is an interesting, business-like document, and makes many important recommen dations, in order to give increased efficiency to the important branch of the public service over which he presides. We annex a brief abstract : The actual strength of the army is only ten thousand seven hundred and forty-five. The whole authorized strength is fourteen thousand two hundred and sixteen. The deficiency is last decreasing by more rapid enlistments. A state ment of the changes made in the distribution ol the urmy duruig last year is given. The removal from Florida of the remnant of the Seminoles, has received the attention of the de partmcnt, but its efforts have not been very suc cessful. Belter fortune is expected next year, through the instrumentality of the new plan of opperations. The Indian difficulties elsewhere art: ulluded to. The massacre of Lieut. Gratton and men by ihe Sioux is narrated, and the fact stated :hat the army fbnee is juiei inadequate to the protection of our Ironliers and to punish Indian aggressions. Our entire loss in Indian actions during the year is four officers and sixiy-three men killed and four officers and foiiy-iwo men wounded. The occurrences on the frontier fur nish deplorable proofs of the insufficiency of our military force, and of the absolute necessity for its increase, which was urged by the Secretary last year. Our effective force does not exceed eleven thou sand men, which is entirely inadouale for the purposes for winch we maintain u stunding army. Its immediate increase is urged, at acost suflicient to give some degree of security to the Indian fron tiers, for which services the regular force is the most efficient, cheap, proper and constitutional means. The increased pay to enlisted men induc ed the enlistment of 1,005 men in October nnd September last, against 309 men during the cor responding months last year. The number of recruits required for the service of the ensuing year will probably not be less than 6,000. H recommends the use of camels and dromedaries for military purposes again, and asks an appro priation to test their usefulness. An increased pay for officers is urged as an net of justice and necessity. Additional legislation is asked to place the widows and orphans of the officers and sol diers of the army on an equality with the widows and orphans of the officers and soldiers of the navy. The necessity of a revision of our military leg islation in some important particulars is pointed out, in order to prevent conflicting claims in re gard to rank and command, which now give rise to much inconvenience and trouble. One great source of difficulty is the double rank recognized by our laws ; to remedy this it is proposed to give effect to brevet rank only when the President may see fit, and forbid the exercise of brevet commis sions in the regiment, troop, or company where officers are mustered. Elaborate suggestions for reorganization of the staff corps are presented, j and compared with European systems. It is pro posed that there be nine Brigadier Generals; one lor each department; one lor Quartermaster Gen eral, one for Adjutant General, and two for In spectors General ; being an addition of three to those who now, by brevet or otherwise, have rank and command as Brigadier Generals. Other marked changes in staff appointments, rank and duty are proposed. Reforms in the organization of regiments are also suggested. The expediency of general pro motions by senioiity, instead of merit, is doubted by the Secretary ; and the establishment of a re tired list again urged. Professorships of ethics, and of English studies, at the military academy, are recommended. Many other subjects are treated of at consider able length. Sir John Franklin's Remains. We copfed a statement a few days age from the Lake Supe rior News, to the effect that Dr. Kane had suc ceeded in finding the remains of Sir John Frank lin and his men, completely frozen and in a per fect stale of preservation. The New York Jour nal of Commerce says : "Dr. Kane was, when last heard from, at Smith's Sound, and it is improbable thai any of United States of America, now statiooed in the his party should have since thn found their wajr ! Canton river, are there lor the sole object of pro down (o the Black river, where Sir John Frank- ' tecting the lives snd property of American citizens, lin is supposed lo have perished. We fear that! and that any assault upon them, or any inlerf-r-the story will prove to be a distorted version of ence wiih their just rights ss secured by treaty, the acco tnt of Dr. Rae, originating in the substi- ; come from whatever ouarf r, wiJ be summarily lotion foy his rsmc of that of Dr. Kane. From the Charleston Mercury The Kavy Department. 'V o man has ever held high office in this coun- : try with a more complete exemption from popularity-hunting, than the present Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Dobbin. Personally he hs the de meanor ol an unobtrusive gentleman, in bis of ficial conduct lie has maintained the same demea nor. He is neither good-tempered nor bad tem pered ; he has neither favoritism nor hostilities. He is simply a faithful public officer, devoted to his duties, and w ho xnows but one rule, Justice to all. By adhering inflexibly to this, he has made ! a great and v:ry necessary reform in the person nel of the havy. But Mr. Dubbin has also shown that this severe sense of duly was no offspring, of a narrow mind. He has infused system and efficiency into h is whole Department, and it is scarcely extravagant to say thai his administration has been the best which the Navy has ever eii joyed, and will leave frui's behind it that will make it memorable in the history of our military marine. But our object was to introduce and commend the following strong testimony to the merits of Mr. Dobbin's administration of the Navy Depart ment, from a political adversary, one of the lead ing Whig journals of New England: We have rather narrowly watched the course of Mr. Dobbin since he became Secretary of the Navy, and are bound injustice to declare that his administration thus far has been signalized by great diligence, by decision and judgment, ard by an enlightened policy towards the accomplishment of what the country has very much at heart the increase atid improvement of the right arm of our public defence. We have not yet heard any com plaint against Mr. Dobbin in his official position, and he will retire from the naval bureau with the respect of ihe nation. To his very able report upon the navy we owe the act of last session in creasing the naval force by the addition of six new steamships, constructed to carry batteries equal to many of the three-deckers in other services, and to the remodeling and completion of several other ships which had for twenty years been lying idly upon their stocks. His next report, now soon to appear, will without doubt, maintain his reputation as a wise and zealous executive officer and im press on Congress the necessity of a far greater expenditure for the Navy, to provide for a contin gency so imminent and threatening as war with somfi of the belligerent European powers. The public will doubtless sustain him in recommend ing a very great enlargement of our present Na val establishment. Indeed, it is cheering to ob serve that the press, with much unanimity has 1 already taken up the subject, and are showing the nrcessity of our being better prepared to meet any possible runiure of our peaceful relations. At present the new frigates, sloops-of. war and steam ers afloat, with the meagre force in reserve, would muke a very pitiful struggle against the vast arm aments of England or France, and our commerce would 1)k driven from the ocean, and our sailors shut up in foreign dungeons before we could build and arm a sufficient navy to offer successful re sistance to a maritime foe. Boston Courier. ?lr. Soule. A private letter from one of our correspondents i r i 1 now in Europe g-ves us the following information : Paris, November 2, 1854. On my arrival here I find considerable excite ment about the Soule affair. It seems that a week ! ago, as he was about to enter France from Eng i laud, he was refused admittance, though his pass port was correct. He has been suspected lor some time by the French Government of tamper ; ing with their politics. When here he was under the surveillance of the police, and it is thought the government has discovered good grounds lor their present action. Both Mr. Mason and Mr. Buchanan have demanded of the government the I reasons of their act, but no reply has yet been made. The papers here and in London 6y that the Government will refuse any explanation, but I have tho best au'hority lor saying that a reply will be given in the next two days, and to the ef. feet that nothing was intended disrespectful to the American Government, but only against Mr. Soule personally. I regret very much in my travels that our government has lost much of her dignity from the kind of men that the present ad ministration has sent abroad in man)' instances; and even here in Paris, our minister, Mr. Mason, a gentleman of well known worth and ability, is not treated by the government with the respect he is entitled to. This is probably owing to the fact that all the Americans are suspected of sympa thising with Russia in ihe present war. Many of the papers, the English particularly, while proles in to have tIl(i greatest wish to preserve peace j with the united States, abound with warnings lo us to beware of our conduct, or they will treat us as they are doing Russia. The alliance between England and France has done much to increase this feeling towards us. They talk a great deal about the self-reliant character of us Yankees, but I think they show their egotism and vanity a great deal more when they talk of serving us like they do the Russians. J. Congressional. In the Senate, on Thursday, the 7th inst., Mr. Badger gave notice of his intention to introduce a Bill to increase the pay of Members of Congress and of Judges of the Supreme Court. In the House, a Bill lor making further appro priations for the improvement of the Rapids of the ! Mississippi River, was introduced ; also, a Bill providing for the sale of reserved Lands in Flori da. On motion of Mr. Perkins, of La., the Bill lo remodel the Diplomatic and Consular Systems was referred to l be Committee on Foreign Affairs. Neither Houres of Congress were in session on i i i iuiy . . Hon. R- M. McLane, our minister to China, issued a proclamation dated Canton, Sept. 11, in which he declares, that (he ships of war of the CJnst'ted. From the American Farmer. Curing ISacou. Deak Sir: Asgcod bocon isan artielrof great interest mi esery family, I furnish yoti with my method of curing it, as may prose alike ben-iicUl to some of your subscribers as it has done to my self and family. Whf never 1 think the weather cold enough to prevent my pork from spoiling before? the lt can penetrate the flesh, preparation is maos for kill ing my hogs. As soon as they sre scalded, scraped and entrails taken out, they are washed out and allowed to dry till my hands have taken their breakfast, then the process of culling up and salting commences, even while the fifth Js quite warm, as experience has taught me that warm flesh will imbibe salt more readily than cold. Place tiers of shelves two and a half ttet apart on three sides of your storehouses, making their bottoms of stiips three inches wide planks, so that air may be admitted to the bottom as well as the sides and top of ihe pork. In packing down, place a row of middlings first on '.he shelf, next one of shoulders, and lastly, the hams on the lop. This is as much as I ever put on one tier of shelves. Proceed in like manner till the whole is packed. Use 5 pecks of salt to the 100U lbs. T . U ks-w-a n ma loi-.-n kttf it email mtn htlK-I flfi the thousand will "answer. Mix equal parts of! powdered saltpetre and red pepp )eon'-r and apnlv a tublespoonful to each of the joints before the salt is put on ; but if the pork is small, half thut quantity will be sufficient, n the weather is moderate, six weeks will be long enough for it lo remain in salt ; if very cold, let it stand two weeks longer. When the time convs for hanging up sift some clean Hickory ashes, and alter having put the strings into the joints, brush or wipe of the salt, (never wash,) and apply a coating of fresh ashes to the flesh side of each piece, and hang up care fully ; the middlings need no ashes let it hang three or four days, and dry before you begin to smoke. After that, make one smoke a day only for ten or twelve days. In the month of March take down your joints and put them into bags made of thin cotton cloth, carefully tying each bag around tho string by which ihe pieces of meat were hung up. Hang up again and let it remain till wanted for use. If a Montgomery Farmer will nail a sheet of tin on each corner of his smoke houae, (outside,) near the eaves, he will more cheaply keep out Tats, ihan by any method that I have tried. When he wishes to smoke, let him cover the centre of the floor, about two inches deep, with dry earth, place aa iron pot or oven on it, and smoke in thnt way, as I huve done for several years, without incurring any injury from fire. Color and Dress. Red Hr apery. Rose-red cannot be put in con tact with the rosiest complexions without causing them to lose some of their freshness. Darn red is less objectionable for certain complexions than rose-red, because, being higher than this latter, it tends to impart whiteness to them in consequence of contrast of tone. Green Drapery- A delicate green is, on the contrary, favorable lo all fair complexions which are deficient in rose, and which may have more imparted to them without inconvenience; but it is ww. aJ I u w aui aw Lt'lll 'li. Aiuua iu. t i i w uu , (han nof tnose'lht have tint of orane nif co In i.Tr:j Uu Ira m ra . ilovwna I k o t cs ma cm ti ma vari mixed wiih brown, because the red ihey add to ibis tint will be of a brick-red hue. In the latter case a dark green will be leys objectionable than a de licate green. Yellow Dbapery. Yellow imparts violet to a fair .-kin, and in this view it is less favorable than a delicate green. To those kins which are more yellow than orange it imparls white ; but this com bination is very dull and heavy for a fair complex ion. When the skin is tinted more with orange than yellow, we can make"it roseate by neutral izing the yellow ; it produces this effect upon the black-haired type, and it is thus that it suits brun ettes. Violet Draperies. Violet, the compliinenta tary of yellow, produces contrary effects; thus, it imparts some greenish yellow to fair complexions; it augments the yellow lint of yellow and orange skins 1 ha utile blue there may be in a complex ion it makes green. Violet, then, is one of the j teasi lavoraoie colors to me sKin,at teas', wnen it i is not sufficiently deep lo whiten it bv contrast of one. Washington, Nov. 17. I have already stated Blub Drapery Blue imparts orange, which j that in spile of the increased expenses of the in is susceptible of allaying itself favorably to white j creased usefulness of Ihe Post-Office Department, and the light flesh tints of fair complexions, which ! such is the rigid eeonomy with which it is being have already a more or less determined tint of j managed that with the increased revenue from post this color. Blue is, then, suitable to most blondes, I age it is expected that in about four years from and in (his case justifies its reputation. It will i now, provided the same economical sdministra- nt suit brunettes, since they have already too much of orange Orange Drapery. Orange is loo brilliant to ' March, 1852, but ono single defalcation has oc be elegant ; i: makes fair complexions blue, whi- j curred, (in ihe case of the postmaster at Troy,) tens those which have an orange tint, and gives a but the sub-treasury act being promptly applied, green hue lo those of a yellow tint. j the whole amount was recovered, and no loss White Drapery. Drapery of a lusierless j therefore was sustained by the department. Coo white, such as cambric muslin, assorts well with j sidoring that there are about 23,000 post-offices a fresh complexion, 4f which it relieves the rose j in the United States, the fact is certainly highly color; but it is unsuitable to complexions which creditable, both to the administration of the Post, have a disagreeable tint, because white always ex- j office Department and to the discrimination used alts all colors by raising their tone; consequent-) in the appointment of pos-mastem. ly, it is unsuitable lo those skins which, without having, this disagreeable tint, very nearly approach it. Very white light draperies, such as muslin, plaited or point lace, have an entirely different as pect. Black Drapery. Blsck draperies, lowering the one of the colors with which ihey are in jux taposition, whiten the skin ; but if the vermillion or rosy parts are to a certain point distant from the drapery, it will follow that, although lowered in tone, ihey appear relatively to the while parts of the skin contiguous to the same drapery, redder man ii ine contiguity to ihe mack did not exist. Harmony of Colors, by M. R. Cucvreul. Cottoxi Plant. lo conversation wiih a very intelligent planter of our county, we were inform- d that so far as abservaiion and inquiry enabled him lo speak, he thought be could safely say, that of the top bolls, or second gruwt " of the crop this fail, not more, perhaps, than one out of twenty bolls has matured, or will opeu. At one lime, a favorable estimate was mads oi lite production of tbs growth, as one of the items to bio included in estimating lbs aggregate crop of this year. Air. Sonic. The Washington Star, gwM-rally wall informed, in an article on cha Ulterdict applied to Mr. Smile, ayt : "It is not now doubted tbat the pt iinar-use of all the difficulties which occurred at Madrid between the Soules (father and son) and the Duke of Alba and M. Turgot. the Freucb ambassador, was tfte falsehood covertly manufactured "d put into circulation at Paris, and reproduced, us i staled in certain New York prints. a lo their comments, upon the Emperor and Empress. And it is also well known at Paris, and this city, that it was a repetition of these slanders against Mr. Soule, and tha propagation of soms additional newly invented falsehoods of similar character last month by toe same tribe of mischief making earwigs, (alien to every Iroly American feeling.) that excited Louis Nnpoleon to disregard the counsels of his Empress and ol two of his most sagacious counsellors, and hastily adopt the silly course of excluding the American Minister to Spain from crossing Prance in his journey from England to Madrid. The meeting of three or four private gentlemen, personal friends, at a contin ental watering place, because they happened to be all American Ministers in Europe, was uy stmiior singer misrepresentation distorted into a political ' or diplomatic Uongress, to tieciae now or worn the United States ought to intervene in the con flicts of Europe; and in fact ever means lo cre ate trouble and difficulty was caught at. "We are gratified, however, lo know that ihe firm and dignified conduct of Mr. Mason, our Minister at Paris, ltd to an eclaircisstmertt and mutual explanations, and ultimately, upon com parison of notes, to the full discovery nnd explo sion of the whole batch of intrigues, nnd the de velopment of ail the miserable conspirators, of all genders, by whom the Imperial family had been imposed upon. The squint eyed envy at the bot tom of it in reference to the injury attempted to be done to Mr. Soule is doomed to still further distppointnu nt. We do not believe that its ef forts will be successful to effect the refusal of the Spaniah Government to receive him. And if e mistake not, also, the arch conspirators will ere long find to their cost that the French Emperor aud Empress and the French people now under stand the means by which it was sought to impose upon and mislead them, and will take occasion to demonstrate fheir convictions in nn emphatic man ner. Whatever punishment may be visited upon the perpetrators of the plot, if caught in France, no sympathy will lie extended towards them by the people of the United States. It will ue invok ed in vain." A Drop of Oil. Avery man who lives in a house, especially if the houae be his own, should oil all tha vaiious parts of it once in two or three months. The house will last much longer, and will be much more quiet to live in. Oil the locks, bolts and hinges of the street door, and it will shut gently with luxurious ease, and with the use of a little amount of force. A neglected lock requires great violence to cause it to shut, and with so much vio lence that the whole house, its doors, its windows, its very floors and joists, are much shaken, and in time they get out of repair in all sorts of ways, to say nothing of the dust thai is displaced every time the place is so shaken. The incessant bang ing of doors, scrooping of locks, creaking and screaming of hinges, is t. great discomfort. Even the beil wire cranks should sometimes bo oiled, and they will act more certainly nnd with such gentle force that there will be little danger ol breaking any part of them. The castors of tables and chairs should be sometimes oiled, and they will move with such gentle impulse and so quietly that a sleeping child or an old man is not awak ened. A well-oiled door-lock opens and shuts with hardly a whimper. Three pennyworth's of oil used in a large house once a yoar will savu many shillings in locks and other material, and in the end will save many pound in even the sub stantial repairs of a house ; and an old wife living and sleeping in quiet repose will epj iy many roors years of even temper and active usefulness House-kpepers, pray do not forget tho oil. A stich in time saves nine, and a drop in lime saves pounds. The Builder. tion of lite department be continued. ih rov-mm will cover the expenditure. Since the 4th of Cor. of the Baltimore Sun. New York, Nov 17. 1854. The Asia's news yesterday created something of a sensation. Everybody expected to hear that Sevastopol had fallen, but ihe Russian attack oo Balaklava has converted those expectations into doubts whether we are to have the allies conquerors there lor weeks to come. In this view of the case, the news may be said to have an unfavorable impress ion in business circles. The chances are that the wsr is to go on that peace is out of the question, and that, therefore, new lotos and fighter monev markets are coming. A good old Dutchman and bis frow set up till gaping tune, when the latter, after a full stretch, said : I vish I vaa in heben.' Hans also yawned and replied : ' I vish I vas in der shiill-house.' The eyes oi Be Hie flew wide open, as she k claimed : I pa pound for you, you always vish yourself in da r post blues.'

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