PUBLISHED WEEKLY. J
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VOL. 3.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1855.
NO. 33.
I
111
3SusinrHS ark &r.
a. IP- wAiii6i
.litorttfy tt Lair,
OH'e it Lj'tc'u's Brick Building, 2id Jluor.
CHAHI.oTTE. N. C.
THOMAS TROTTER & SOX
AVE jnsl opened a splendid Block of WATCHES
31
.. ! JKWEI.KY
SILVER At PLATED WARE
FAXCY Kl D3
of nil kiads. No. .', (area-
.1854. Nil
Row. Oct.
J. B. F. BOONE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALKR IX
ioXe !.:.: Ten: ii, clf smlmjts,
UMMi AaND BINDING SKINS,
I!OC TOOLS OF KVERY DESCRIPTION,
'Jtaflatet X. C.
Oct. 20, ly
ELMS JOHNSON.
Forwarding and ComiaissioB Merehaits-
NO. 10 VENDUE RANGE,
cim klbstoh s. .
W. IV. ELMS. U. JOHNSON.
.! inc 23, '51. 4tftf.
R. HAMILTON,
CO.IS 73 2 S K 2 i, it LiCi n itT,
Vmfmer J KieAardssa and Lanrci Hirtttf,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
J nee J 1854 l y
W Al O le So rM
C5 "J
1 1 7) fl
t fA
T X
.... . Ii),
IREET,
J R Mil'.
raiiy
apposite Rlma ,V Spratt'i Grocery.
CIIARLO'ITE, N. C.
i'-r 15
!0tf
isuett & s:oa:v,
F VOrOhS & COMliGCiON MERCHANTS,
Aw. 1 ttu.i -1 Atlantic. Wktf
CHARLESTON, S. C.
ry !.:! ml advances na 'e on Consignments.
" S;i..,-i ij attention gives to the sale of Fionr, Corn,
& . .ni.i o r 1 experience in tic but iimss, we
irrl -:'.!" tent ;t B'' satisfaction.
Mn 1 1 :. : -.1. 24 ly
D.y Goodi in Charleston, So. Ca.
sa. tj
1 lPO
Jfa. 'i J allU z I
Ti:ii or DRY GOODS,
Kins atreet, corner ol Market Street.
CHARLESTON, S. V.
flint tin WiKtleus, Blanket, tec, Carpetinca and
t 1 : .in Materia l, Silfca and Kich Dress ImmmIw, Cloaks,
'Vl '.ii ,h and Sh 1 !. T rni 1 fash. One i'nee Onlv.
1 1
1
I'iKOLItl IX N,
CY JENNINGS B. KERR.
C'kcrrAffr, .V. CA
no irv 23, l-5:t. if
vINDOVv SHADES,
AT URKAT BARGAINS'.
anbscribi r baa i
'iri-, ! his w'n maiinfaclBrc
it. Iii i ' i:-r ii- of WINDOW j
lit oriiiccr, IV;:; r Hanging, M.iti.isse.-, J
-, l.;:,i:. Lace tiini .A! u-l iii Curtains, j
'-. . . All of arbh b are offered ::t prices j
e, .ltd bi ail t c buy tr and economical j
BfiAiri-S,
Ktm I), lain
'I . els', Loo;
lit .1 r: . pttf
te
H. W
MAN. 177 K
t.'hnrU sit
ng-st
B, S.
Mar 24, '5 1
1
c.
!;sii!;v Hachicery.
ORNISH PUMPS, Lifting and Forcing, Cornish
('rubber, Stamps, Sti-am Engines, an;i general
ai.ij; work, ma. by the aabscribera at short notice
LANCS. r n K vV CO.,
It. i Ison Machine Works.
Ref
r to
Hud: on, N. Y.
Ilodge, !';., New-fork.
1 3-V
Jas. J
lun 1 SI.
it-
i ! i
an I 1
iths
lo .
r v
rib.-is mat t'facture Muur. Maeiiinery, '.s
viz : Tii r.)i;NisH Pi vi-c f.MJixr. '.'gh
s ire romping, Starjio.g aad Hoisting
i:ls; Consisv Pi mi s St. his, Cat s;i krs, '
Sri- ,-i I
wis :bes, 1:;.n Li.ii's. i r.i.tv ol .!! iz'-s. aiiu e very
va.i. tv of Machii! -ry t - A.. .ig ;?a:poes.
TMO.1l - 0.:6U. - WEST,
inn S, 1334 ' iv
P. t CAl.
i. f. h-
S.S'1C1 1 tl
I
I ; JOSLPII W. ALU' .-J.il
., with him in the Prac
tury in Blins1 new briclx
35 if
lice .if Medicine. U.h- 2nd
buibiii., ii ,r tb miiie
M ireii ill, 1 Pi i.
N. B. il p- rnn id -iit,
repii .-ted to setlM t'ie ic t
to me
bv ccoants are
tn eanv oav.
M ii 24
C. CALD'VELL.
. X. c.
e.s, tlie jub!ie,y:-.tl pres.
, that 1 h ive U-:tsi d the
the lt of J .iia :rv next,
iperty will be thvnmeh-
tbc house kept in first
Depot, and pleasant.
is houac for travellers
TIIE 5.ItH
CflAfLL&T'j
Tnr.ti to announce t' ay tri
i nt patrons of dM jbi-,- I.,t,
am : r .i t.r:.i oi yca j'ruiii I
A ;, r which tune, the entire pr
ly rcp;-ed and reftOVSJM, ani
.i-i ktylo. Tins H !e!i9 near I
v ail tated, rcudettef if a dei-t
and (htailii a.
D.o lb, 1S33. 99i
C. M. Iv VV
1AR4 M A SHARP,
AUCTION KSt i.we. EMISSION MERCHANTS,
.'4 -iIBIA , S C,
VTT1LL attend
ProviUi.-', &
d toth,ale o: a inds of Merchandise.
&C. Ik. Real ;d Persnnsi PraMrtv
1
I Or purchase and sell Slaves, Ike, .u t'o-nmision.
Svuks K )om No. '2J M"icbardsB strat, and imme-diat.-'-.-
t pposite the United States Hotel.
r'eh J, IS5I THOS- K. MARCH J . M. E . sn R p.
MD.KLfiN'BKRIr SOUSE,
HAVING purchased tb baildiaf on the car
ner, a few doors northcsst Kerr's Hotel, and
repaired and fitted it u;- in fi.- '..rate stvle. I wouhl
z
re-fecttu!ly inform lh i: -r. , blic that it is now
"per, lor the reception of reguUj am, ransicnt boarder.
Drovers will fi id ample conn da: 0ns at my house.
J. i ,i35.v 9V1y u. n r a .
!: 'im
tel,i
CHESTER, S. G
Ey J. R. NICHOLSON.
THE suhscriber rcupi clfully inform bis friends
ami tlie public generally, that his house, ktio.vn
as the " Railroad Hotel." opponile ike hestir
j Depot, is 'ill open tor the reception of regular and
! transient hoarders and the travelling- pablic; and that
I he is making every exertion to deserve and suture a
continuance of the kind and liberal patronage which
Ii.-ps hitht it') bei n extended to hi.n. He flatter himself
; that every needed arrangement has been made to pro
l mote the comiort oi"al. who t.p with hi Ha : bis rooms
I arc liiry and well-furnished, his servants arc attentive
' and obedient, and his table constantly supplied with the
! best of the season, so that his frieuds will not want any
attention necessary to make their sojourn pleasant and
agreeable. Ilia stables are furnished with jrod host
lers and abundance f provender, and he is prepared
at a moment's notice to supply his customers with pri.
vale conveyances of every hort, to any p..rt of the sur
rounding count ry.
He desires to riturn his acknowledgements to tb.e
public i"r psst favors, and solicits lbr the future an
equally liberal share of patronage.
Aug20,lS54. 5tf JOHN R. NICHOLSON.
Charlotte Marble Yar-J.
JfAVINC dispose
1 Lie Vard io Met
u ol our enure interest an uie .War-
ssrs. Win. lido v !t we reeoiii-
menu llieui to our friends.
ends.
STOWE & PIXiRAM
September 26, 1854.
I rPIIE aubscribera having
1 Mi ssra. Stowe & Pegra
bought out the interest ol
in in the Charlotte Marble
Yard, respect ful?y tender tie ir aervicct ti the people f
Cliarluit'- ;itl ihc etmiitry generally in this line ol busi- 1
ness. Theji are fully pi t pared to lurniiih
Monuments, Grarestoncs, Rlarblc
Steps, Table Slabs,
;mtl ether pjtterns cut from Marble, according to the !
m nt a; ;.- reel t:iste ;iul atvle, and njion the most ac.
eonimodatitig trrma ever offered in ttic Soutbern coun- j
try. 'I he Ya.-ti is aituated en the North W st corner of I
the Charlotte Depot Vard, where the aubscribcrs, or I
their agents, mas alwaya lt fount!. 1
Wil. TiUDY & SON.
September CG, 1854. lOtf
CASH AND SHORT CREDITS
M. L. HALLO WELL & CO.,
!.' 7) 7. 7 Wl 7!i
PHILADELPHIA.
Terms.
Cacli buyers will receive a discount of SIX per cent.
it tlie moiic
date of bill
b" pai-J in jar funds, within ten clays from
L'nciirreiit money or.lv ;akeii
it6 market value on
the day it is received.
To merchants of undoubted stantling:, a credit of SIX
nun t!:S will le j;ieii, if desired.
Where money is remitted in advance of maturity, a
discount at t!.e rate of TWELVE per cent, per annutn
will be nl!o ed.
U"" Prices for Goods uniform.
In anali: calling the attention of the trading commu
nity to the above 'lerms, we announce that notwith
standing the general depression in commercial ali'aiis
throughout the country, the system ol business adopt
ed by us more than a year since, and to which we shall
rigidly adhere, enables us to oiler for the coming Spring
season our usual :i-soi
lent t.t
NEW s
II K .N!) I'ANCY COOPS I
... ,
comprising one of
the Largest and most SPLENDID
STOCKS to be tound in America
to which we will r- i
c ive constant additions, throughout the season, of new
and desirable Moods irom our House in Paris.
Jan. 19, ISTi.!. 2m
DAGUEKBE1AN GALLERY.
'HK subscriber hnvinif j r,:iauenti v Incited in t'h-ir-
lotte, respectfully invites the attention of Ladies
ad t mlleaien t his superk:
7) 1 fl m 7 1 7) 71 Tl
A A if A U Al J
and would
E uerreety -onlv
ui .
r ! c;i
a upon
illy aay
hi imp:
that be is
oved iilai
n w lakin g
V;-
wbich will nut
the
BKAVTY A ELEGAiUCE
of the Ticture, but will render it
DURABLE AND BRILLIANT FOf? AGES.
Ie uould a' respectfullv invito atranircra visilini
Charlotte, to i
deti rsstsx d tii
anl examine bis apcciiuenn, as be is
y shall compare favorably with any thut
c.in nt ' Ken .Nnrln OTooutu,
Urloonis, Third Story, Granite Rnge, immediately
- rr 'I'rt.tte; & Sou's Jewelry Store.
K7 Instructions, thorough and practical, given in
tins beautiful art, and ail n.atiriuls lurniahed.
KEAL WILKINSON,
January 26, 1 :... xiT tr-
RESP ECTFULLY
informs his friends and Ihc
:h
e i lit-rail v. t !i :tt he e i rr i is in the T";i 1 1 ot"-
iiiU lini MCSS. ;"id is pr pared to execute or-
at-r in tlio neatest und ne-st fashionable slyi'.
i irmcuta will be made to order, in strict conformity
with the present prevailing fitdiiona and styles of the
day. Warrants hi work to lit, and well made.
SSIinp in No. 4, s,irii s' Building, Robinson old staTid.
Charlotte, Feb J 28lf
.Mrs.
Shaw
PllfiS leave respectfully to announce n"n
to the Ladies of Charlotte and iu vichiitvKI
& - th it she has open, tl a larere assortment of new
lnrcncli Millinery,
consisting of the latest styles of
BONNETS CATS, AND HEAD DRESSES,
and a well -scire ted stock of
Dress Trimmings and Paterna.
She a!s.. eontu tits lo carry on the DRE&S-M AKING
BUSINESS, and feels she cm give satist.iti iuii in both
blanches. No pains will be s;ared to please.
lL Orders promptly attended lo.
Oct 17, lfo4 13if
C&5
CHEMISTS &. DIUGGISTS.
(LATE FISHER t HEINITSH.)
CHARLOTTE, C.
lotteand vicinity, that thej' have just received a
tresh supply ol MLDICINES, which are otiered with !
confidence to their approval, regard having been paid j
more to the purity a:.d strength of the Drugs, than to !
tiie price. )
A full stock of the various Proprietary Medicines
constantly on hand.
Urandy; Port, Sherry, Madeira ant Malaga Wines
selected for Medicinal p irposes.
Paints. Vannshos, Fluid. Caropbene, &c.
Iindreth's Ganlen Seeds.
Feb 1G, 1S55. 30-tf
TOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
Railroad.
Waifs for lite Fireside.
Youth and Manhood. How vapid and taste
less appear our present enjoyments when placed
in comparison with those of more earl v das; and
-
when a lew more years have fled, t lie pleasures,
that wo now tliink of no vaiue will appear arrayed
; in vivid colors, like spirits ol departed joy s. Thus
it is that mat) kind are aled never properly to
appreciate their present pleasures, nor to think
! they were valuable, until they are irretrievably
tjone, und numbered with the "vents beyond the
fl.-ud. 7
j The recollection of the years of boyhood and ;
j their amusements afl'ord the mind of man more j
satisfaction than any plensure lie has partaken,
I since the time that placed him amid a un lr ' m
world, where the variety of contending passions!
and separate- interests are continually presenting ;
themselves, to do away even with all the semblance
of pleasure. The boy at school toils through his;
task, and during that time he will appear rather ;
duM ; but win n the hours of vacation arrive, be
lorgets all the anxiety
wilh a heart as liht
it has occasioned bun, and
as the zephyrs that play
around bis rosy countenance, he llies to play, and
during the pleasure-devoted hour he really enjoys
himself; no thought of worldly pursuits o! how
this bill must be paid, or that business completed
distuib his mirthful moments ; and when he is j
aoaiii summoned to school, he returns better able 1
to pursue his studies, from the recreations of which j
he baa Let n a partaker. j
How unlike tbe man placed in the world with j
a family to protect and provide for, with a busi- j
ness that be must attend to. The cares upon 1
his mind rob him of half the enjoyment he would
otherwise experience. Just at the moment when
bis purest demonstrations of joy are called forth
by some passing occurrence, t be recollection o! :
some commercial concern of consequence, the j
dread id an expected failure of some houte he is .
connected with, or the harassing doubt of a law- ;
suit lie is engaged in terminating in a verdict rainst
uni, start up in spectre-Sike succession to haunt
imagination and 10 rob his breast of comb
1 1
d be leels bow impossible it is to lorce enjoy
ment to bis embrace.
This mav Le considered the almost universal
expression of mankind, and what a lesson it seems
to teach of enjoying Ihe present wilh due prudence
and moderation. In the words of the poet:
"If our summer's fleeting, surely that's a reason
For laughing oil the present, while laughing hours re
main' 'Oh ! the priceless value of the love of a true j
woman! Oold cannot purchase a gem so precious !
Titles and honors cooler upon the heart no such j
serene happiness. In our darkest moments, when
disappointment and ingratitude with corroding care j
gather thick around, and even the gaunt form ol j
poverty menaces with his skeleton finger, it gleams
ud the soul with an aimd's smile. Time
cannot mar its brilliancy, distance but strentrihens
its influence, bobs und bars cannot limit its pro-
j gress, it follows the prisoner into bis dark cell,
I and sweetens the home morsel that appeases his
I hunger, and in the silence of midnight it plays
i i.:.. l . ...,. : e : . . i ru . l-
1 Ul:u uean,aiJi in ms urtraius lie nous to n is
I ,., I : . .- i . . t. lull. tt llr !,.!-. Ollll t 1-. .A . 1 . . V.
u"3"1" " "-' "'""g"
"e worlJ lias turned cotoiy Irom tun:.
The couch nmde by the band of a loved one is
soft to the weary limbs ol the sick sufferer, and
the portion administered by the hand of a loved
one is soft to ihe wearv limbs of tiie sick sufferer.
and loses half its bitterness. The pillow carefully
adjusted by her brings repose to the fevered brain,
and her words of kind encouragement revive the
sinking spirits. It would almost seem that God.
compassionating w oman's first frailty, had planted
this jewel in her breast, whose heavenly-like in
fluence should cast into forgetfulnesa man's re
membrance of the Fall, by building up in bis h.;:;r'
another Eden, where perennial flowers forever
b'oom and crystal waters guah from exhaustless
fountains.'1
Lire is beautifully compared to a fountain fed
by a thousand streams, that perish il one be dried.
It is a silver enrd twisted with a thousand strings,
that part asunder if one be broken. Frail and
thoughtless mortals are surrounded by innumerable
dangers, which make it much more strange thai
they escape so long, that they almost all perish
suddenly at last. We are encompassed with ac
cidents every day, lo crush the mouldering tene-
j menls which we inhabit. The seeds of disease
i are planted in our constitutions bv nature. Tlie i
earth and atmosphere whence we draw the breath i
of life are impregnated wi'h death ; health is made :
to operate
its own destruction. The food that
nourishes contains the elements of decay ; the :
soul that animates it by vivifying first, tends to!
wear it out by its own action ; death lurks in
ambush along the paths. Notwithstanding this is I
ihe truth, so palpably confirmed by th daily x- '
ainpies before our eyes, bow little do we Jay it at j
heart ! We see our friends and neighbors among j
us die; but how seldom does it occur to our j
thoughts that our knell shall perhaps give the nest
fruitless warning to the worid.
Laziness b a great evil.
This truth is clearly j
cf too many of our !
:videnced by the conduct
sp cies. Idleness is had enough of itself in all
conscience, but When men are not satisfied with ;
i niiing away l heir own time, and are found annoying :
their friends and acquaintances by frequent and I
lenethly visits to their places of business, it is in- '
' tob Table. lOung men, voti are just starting out
on the theatre of life, do not let it be said of you, ;
as it has been truly said of others, "He has no !
; energy.
Ii you are c ut of employ m' w, seek for it again;
and if you do not succeed, s'iil keep trying, 'and
our word lor it you will not fail to prosper. At
j any rate, do not weary the patience of your friends
by sinintf about their couuting-houses and their
shops, yawning and wishing fur that which is im
possible. D- pend upon it, a life of industry is
the most cheerful situation in which you can be
placed.
Good Advice.
Because von flourish ir worldly r flairs,
Don't be haughty and put on airs,
Wi'h insolent prid'; of station !
Don't be proud, and ur:i up your nose
A: poorer people, in plainer clothes,
But learn for the sake of mind's repose,
That wealth's a bubble thai comes ai'd goes !
And that all Proud Fiesh, wherever it grows, f
Is subject to irritatiDn. j
Important auti 3 atcresting Retui
nisceuce. The celebration of tiie last anniversary ol the
memorable St ii of January, 1615, at Tallahassee,
Florida, was honored by the presence ol the
veteran General II. K. Oall, known as an active
whig and as one ol the bravest ol the gallant men
in the battle of New Oilenns. In the course of a
very eloquent speech on the occasion referred to,
he related a most interestirg incident, which is
i quite new to us.
That able paper, the Tallahassee
Fforidian. o-ives it as follows :
"Among the many striking incidents with which
the address abounded, we mention particularly
one as disclosing how the intelligence of the in
vasion of New Orleans was communicated to Gen.
Jackson. We refer to this because it gives to
'know-nothingism' such a heavy blow. As briefly
as we can state, and from our understanding of
the narrator he said in substance : A large quantity
of coiton at that lime haJ accumulated in New
' Orleans, presenting a Peculiarly inviting object to
tho speculator in Liverpool. I he expedition
against New Orleans was secretly fitted out in
Liverpool. A mercantile house in that city was
let into the secret of the expedition. No doubt
was entertained of the success of the British
army: the capture of New Orleans, the acouisi-
tion of Louisiana, and the possession of its
and beauty" were considered fixed ftict1'.
body
This
mercantile house wrote to a firm of like character
in Havana, giving an account of the expedition,
assuring them of its success, and inviting them
to participate in a great speculation, and one likely
to place nil concerned in the possession of great
wealth. It so happened, in the order of Providence,
that one of ihe members of ihe Havana firm was an
j American bv birth. He was nursed by a patriotic
moiher in Massachusetts. Here was n stru?t'e j
with him. On the one hand, immense wealth in
prospect ; on the other, his duty to his country:;
the latter prevailed. And how was he to com
municate the intelligence to the defenders of his
father's fireside? British cruisers and pirates were
then in possession of the Gulf ol .Mexico, the little
tieei 01 me American navy was capu.ret, uy ine
v r., : 1 - ( - ...... i.-i i.
. c .1 A . . II . 1 I
riivin , tut; ;iit; aiuviii a 1.11 wuuiu ue iu-ai
to nn impossibility. At nil events he resolved to I
try it. His country his country bis duly to
bis beloved required him to act. He writes two
letters ; and without knowing who the commander !
of the American armv in the Gulf was, (for he
had not then heard of (' n. Jackson,) sends one '
without signature, addressed to the commander, :
whoever be may be, at New Orleans ; to the oilier
be affixes his signature, and addresses it to a !
member of a mercantile house in Mobile. Both 1
letters arrived at their destination. The gentle- j
roan of the Mobile hous- was a Scotchman by j
birth. He had grown up in bis native land under I
the government which was now at war with the j
land of his adoption, for bad become a natur
alized citizen of the United States. He was thus
differently situated from the Massachusetts man
in Havana; but he had sworn allegiance to the
land of bis adoption. Its soil w as to be invaded,
and that, too, by the country of bis birth, and by
the people with whom he, as a merchant, was
most pecuniarily allied. The prospect of great
pecuniary advantage from the information he had
was before him ; but the land of his adoption was
j to be ransacked the povernmen! o which he
j owed alleginiee was to he dethroned in Louisiana
I bis fellow-citizens bv adoption were to be sacri-
need and plundered. His duty to his adopted
country prevailed. With this letter he goes to
General Jackson. On bis adopted country's altar
be laid the communication with the information so
serviceable to this happy land. From this the
energies of the brave hero in command were
aroused, and the sequel is known. Owing to the
fact, said the orator, that the disclosure of tb.e
name of this individual might prejudice him in his
business relations in England, his name has been
kept a secret. But now, as be has departed this
life, and gone to render an account for his fidelity
to his oaih and adopted country, he would disclose
it. The speaker, then, with an air of satisfaction 1
and pride, announced the individual to be James
Imerarity, who recently died at Pensacola, West
Florida.
"Here, then, was a disclosure which showed
that the country owes its second independence,
saja a riving witness ol its battles, to the fidelity
of an adopted citizen. Is it not somewhat striking,
that a Scotchman and an Irishman's son (for such
was Jackson) should have been singled out by j
Providence ns instruments for accomplishing such
mighty
results as flowed from the battle ol ?
Orleans ? Let the "know-nothincs" think of it
' Smii.es. ' Do you see that carriage
going
along tln re. .bike ?
Certainly I do. What about it ?'
'Nothing in particular, only it is the President's
carriage, and that is he and wife inside.'
' 1 don't care for the president. Great peo
ple are just as bad as common folks, and some
times worse.'
X
hat is just what I was thinking about, and I ,
am a going lo lell you a big secret. I once slept !
all night in '.he same room with her.' j
' 1 do. i ttlou!)', grtMt folks are awlul ban some
times, but I don't believe you ever done that with
her. Birds of a feather flock together.'
' Do you insinuate 1 would lie abuut it. I will
bet ten dollars I c;:n prove it.'
To my satisfaction.
' Ves ; and what is more, she wasn't at all par
i . . i
l!cui;r about it.
Well, here goes
a
the
dimes.
Put
up
vour
money. I ll bet ten dollar lulls on the president s ; sc100ed at our State Capital, where matters are
wife's character, all day long. Tell me ail about j t.arrit-d on in just 3s corrupt a way as at Wash
it so's I will be perfectly satisfied, or I win.' j iogton- only on a smaller scale'
' I'll do that old fellow. You see we were "
both Tiding all night in the crs, last summer!
Guess take the shiners '.bis time, Ike.'
Out of the fullness of the hear! and emptiness
of the poeke t, some printer thus speaketb.
I hte tiL'ht lacing and loose conversation,
Abundant cab, and little information ;
Tiie fool who s,ngs in bed and tncres in meeting, I
Who laughs while talking and t:u:;s while eating.
I :i(se thing 1 hate; yet 'iiorc 1 bate to see,
The printer cheated ol bis hard-earned fee.
A married lady found her two sins quarrelling,
ard in hopes of put'ing an end to (heir differences,
uttered the following: You young rascals if vou
den't desist directly, I'll tell both your fathers.1
Sermons from Stones.
We cannot say that we are excessively partial
to that class of mortals who take up a brick bat
and deduce from it an octavo volume on meta
physics, but there is so much good counsel for
poor unfortunates about to perpetrate matrimony
in the following letter from a distinguished lady
of New York, to a learned Judge on the eve ol
his marriage, that we feel constrained to copy it.
We find it in the National Inteiiigencer;
"Deak Cocsin : Herewith you will receive a
! present ol a pa"- '
woollen stockings, knit by
my own hands ; and be ussured, dear coz, that
j friendship lor you is as warm as the material,
active as the finger-work, and generous as the do
na (ion.
But I consider this present as peculiarly np
priate on the occasion ol your marriage. You
will remark, in the first place, that there are two
individuals united into one pair who are to walk
side by side, guarding against coldness, and giv-
! in r comfort as lonjf as they last. 1 he thread of
their texture is mixed, and so, alas, is the thread
of life. In these, however, the white is made to
predominate, expressing my desire and confidence
that thus if will be with the color of your exis
lence. No black is used, for I believe your lives
will be wholly free from the black passions of
wrath and jealousy. The darkest color here is
blue, which is excellent, where wo do not make!
it too blue.
"Other appropriate thoughts rise in my mind
regarding these stockings. The most indifferent
sutj'-cts, when viewed by the mind in a suitable
frame, may furnish instructive inferences. As
saith the poet :
et The iron dogs ; the luel and tongs ;
The bellows that have leathern lungs;
The firewood, ashes, and the smoke,
Do all to riyhteoufness provoke."
" Hut to the subject. You will perceive that
the tops of these stockings (by which I suppose j
courtship to be represented) are seamed, and by j
means of seaming are drawn into a snarl; but j
afterwards comes a time when the whole is made
and continues to the end and final toeing off. By
, j j wish ,a,e occaslo !o congratulate your-
7
self that you are now through with seeming and
have to come to plain reality. Again, as the
whole of these comely stockings was not made at
once, but by the addition of ono li'tle stitch after
another, put in with skill and discretion, until the
whole presents the fair und equal piece of work
which you see, so life dues not consist of one
great action, but millions of little ones combined.
And so may it be with your lives; no stitch drop
ped when duties are to be performed ; no widen-
ing made where bat! principles are to be reproved j thut you can, and therefore you may, live abov
or economy is to be preserved , neither seeming ! work and without it. Among ihe most pitiable
nor narrowing where truth and generosity are in i objects in society, is the man whose mind has not
question. Thus every stitch of life made right' been trained by the discipline of education who
and set in the right place none either too large I bas learned how to think, and the value of his im
or too small, too tight or too loose thus you may j mortal powers, and with all these noble faculties
keep on your smooth and Pven course, making ' cultivated and prepared for an honorable activity,
existence one fair and consistent piece, until, to- ; ignobly sits down to do nothing ; with no influence
gether, having passed the heel you come to the I over the public mind with no interest in the con
very toe of life. And here, in the final narrow- cerns of his country or even bis neighborhood
ing off and dropping the coil of this emblematical to be regarded as a drone, without object or char
pair of companions and comforting associates, i actor, with no hand to lift, and no effort to put
nothing appears but white, the token of innocence i f"rlh to help the light hand or defeat the wrong,
ar.d peace, of purity and light. May you, like ; Who can tliink, with any calmness, of such a
these stockings, the final stitch being dropt and ! miserable career? And however it may be with
the work completed, go together from the place 1 you in activo enterprise, never permit your influ-
where you were formed lo a happier state of ex-
istence, a present from earth to heaven !
Hoping that these stockings and admonitions
may meet a cordial reception, I remain, in the
true-blue friendship, seemly , yet without seeming,
" Yours, from top to toe,
Consi'es.
Ihe Albany Daily Kegister, thus speaks of the j established a kahre, or iurkish cofiee-house, in
state of things at Washington : that city, where one may procure a Turkish pipe,
" That the worst kind of mornl atmosphere ! with the best quality of tobacco, a cup of coflee,
pervades tho flails of Congress, there can be no j sherbet, locoom, (fig paste) or other oriental luxu
doubt. hen the Kentucky member gave as the i ries, served upon a style that makes ono imagine
real reason he wanted to be re-elected to Congress, ! himself under I lie shade of St. Sophia, expected to
that he "could make a great deal of money," he ' be awakened Irom the delicious languor produced
in the most comprehensive language that could by the fragrant berry or the aromatic weed, by
possibly be employed told the w hole stale of the j the musical voice of the muezzin as he cries : 'To
case. "A great deal of money," some members ; prayers! to prayers!" The house is fitted up in
undoubtedly make. At the same time it is the strictly Turkish fashion, and visitors seat them
subject of complaint that the regular pay of eight ' selves upon an elevated cushioned platform. They
dollars per day is not equal to the necessity ex- have around them books, newspapers, dominoes
penaes. There has even been a bill introduced to
increase the pay to sixteen dollars. How do
members of Congress, then, make " a great deal J
of money
?' V O lllll'A hp.'tril lif irflinil cnlil.mnu '
of plunder, the details of which are so monstrous
that we cannot brin our mind to believe that the
seemingly well authenticated statements can be
true. If one hall we hear bo true, Presi
dent Pierce, independent of the merits ol the
question, bad abundant reason for placing
bis veto on Ihe Spoliation Bill, and by so doing
has quashed the most monstrous scheme that ever
was devised.
o
Y It is a lamentable fact that measures of great
merit have fallen into the bands nf the InliU vkn '
farrn ,jem ou, (c. mfll. a Hp, nf rnnnrv j
Matters have come to such a pass that it is almost I
Bn inevitable consequent, that a certain per cent- i
equenrp, mat a certain pe
age of all moneys, however meritoriously appro- I
priated, must be paid to a certain number of mem- !
bers and outsiders, who combine to form a ring, ;
to put up or down bills, just as the pay happens to!
be. It is said that our own Slate has the fortune
of being represented in that ring, bv a gentleman
of considerable political, and a certain ksnd of lo- I
c; ! financial distinction.
-Some of his confeder-
ates a good share of
th'.m it is said were
A Warning. The New York Day Book, a
journal which has always been friendly to the
South, speaking of the abolition tendencies of the
new secret order at the North, says:
Under all thfse circumstances, it becomes us
to warn our Southern friends against this new
phase and feature of abolitionism. It is the same
old satarsic bead with a new face. Its motives,
acts and designs are ihe same, and we charge our
friends, as they respect their rights and love iheir !
liberties, to beware of Know Noihing'sm. It is 1
but ano'her name fSr abolitionism, and seems onlv j
designed to hasten us on to last perioJ wh-n we
shall have to make it our business to cut throats
and hang traitors.
Rev. Dr. Zflason.
The great Dr. Mason, in his day the most elo
quent of preachers in the city of New York, was
in the habit of walking every morning down the
street to Washington Market. A certain lawyer,
of no less celebrty in his line, was wont to take
the same walk, but being earlier than the Doctor,
usually came up the sireet as the parson went
down. One morning a deep snow was on the
ground, and a single path only was beaten by the
lew who had been out before them. The two
gentlemen had often met in their walks, but never
in private, and had not even a speaking acquaint
ance. Now they met face to face, and the mor
ning being cold, and neither of them in good humor,
they stood wating the one for the other to give way
by stepping out into the snow. Presently the stal
wart divine moved a step toward the wall ; tho
lawyer came up to pass ; the Doctor returned too
suddenly, and bringing his shoulder into contact
with the lawyer's, tipped him into the gutter.
The discomfitted lawyer picked himself up, and,
as he brushed oft the snow, very coldly re
marked :
You belong to the Church miita?t, I should
think.'
' Ay,' said the Doctor, as he strode onward, and
lo the Church TRIUMPHANT too.'
This was not very very amiable in the reverend
gentleman, certainly ; and he was not so well re-
nuttd for the solter graces as for pulpit eloquence,
in which ho was without a poor. One of Ilia mem
bers left bis church and became attached to ono
of the other congregations in this city. H had
been absent more than a year, when he chancvd
to meet the Doctor in the street, and attempted to
make an apology hr having left. Suid he :
I supposu nou have missed me from your
Church the year past?'
' No, I have not,' replied tho Doctor, very
gruffly.
4 Yes, I have found an easier road to heaven
than the one you preach.'
Easier road, is it ? but you'll have a hell of a
toll to pay,' said the Doctor, as he pushed by, and
left his quondam parishioner to digest the answer.
Harper'' s Magazine.
Beautiful Extract.
The following beautiful paragraph we extract
from the address, delivered before the graduating
class of Kutgcr's College, by the Hon. Theodore
Frelinghnysen, and commend it to tho perusal of
the young :
" Resolve to do something useful, honorable,
dutiful, and do it heartily. Kepel the thought
: ence to go into hostility to tho cause ol truth and
virtue, bo live, that with the thristian poet you
may truthfully say that,
If your country stand not by your skill,
At least your follies have not wrought her fall."
Young America Okientalizkd. The New
York Herald says that a Turk, who has recently
arrived in New York from Constantinople, has
und chessboard.. The pipe-bearer givci them
I either the chibouk with its lone stem and amber
mouth-piece, or the narghile, the smoke of which
IS vrw.liirl l.l' nn.cirir I Ii i-Ami I. luotst.
Tho coffee
-J I B r"
is served in little porcelain cups.
For the Teeth. Dissolve two ounce of bo
rax in three pints of boiling w ater and before it is
cold add one teaspoonful of the spirits of camphor
and bottle for use. A table spoonful of this mix
lure with an equal quantity of tepid water, and ap.
ply daily with a soft brush preserves and beauti
fies the teeth, it extirpates all tartarious adhesion,
arrests decay, induces a healthy action of the
gums and makes them look pearly white. The
best period to wash tho teeth is at night before x
tiring to sleep.
The Veto Message. The 'President, on Sa
turday, returned the French Spoliation bill to tha
House of Representatives, with his reasons for de
clining to give it his approval. The ground ta
ken by the Pies ids nt in this action is that of high
and consciencious, duty and even those who may
most'diflt.r with him, will confess the force of his
reasoning and the honesty of tha motives which
have governed bis. coryluct.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
' Pa, is a Uilemma a tame animal?'
Why, Bob, e dilemma is not a beast, but a
peculijr kind of 'a fix,' that people get into some
times.' 4 Well, pa, the paper siys here 4 you can tako
either horn of the dilemma.'
'oarah take the child lo its mother.'
Tho venerable Peter Picklebv said to hi
t son
Jabez, 1 Read your Bible study. thi laws of Mo.
es and don't repeal any of theln. Mind ihe Ten
Commands, tu, and the E'evinih likewise and
don't sell the birthright of a Yankee nation for a
mess of potash ; and tiie day my kum when you'll
bo h minister of the peni'eri'.iar v. era aaemtarvof
i neu gat ion,'