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CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1855.
VOL. 3.
TO
mmm
Stastntss Car&s, &c.
s. r. w isiss,
attorney at Emw,
Office in Loncrgan's Brick Building, 2nd Jloor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
THOMAS TROTTER & SON
HAVE just opened a eplcn.lid stock of WATCHES
nd JEWELRY, SILVER &. PLATED WARE
i.d FANCY GOODS of all kinds. 07" No. 5. Gran
ite Row. Oct. 27, 1854. 14tf
J. B. F. BOONS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALKR IK
so I,: EMjmtmwt ctL' ajki.v.s
LINING AND BINDING SKINS,
SHOE TOOLS OF RVERY DESCRIP I 0N,
Charlotte, ir. C
Oct. 20. 1834. lv
ELMS & JOHNSON.
Forwardiu and CoDiniiioii !errhai
NO. 10 VENDUE RANGE,
. HAULKSTOS. S. C.
W. W. BL MS. C. JOHNSON.
June 23, '04. 4ftif.
R. HAMILTON,
(COMMISSION Jl i: K I II A T,
Corner of Uichariin-in ami L iki t i Slrei tl,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
June 9 ISC J 1 y
MEM i STKMLK.
WDolosalo c? Itotail
tH h a ti a xi a i & o
TRADE STREET,
Nearly ,r.osit Elms & S;ratt Grocery.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
D.e 15 20f
Ctlli 13 X KOBSON,
FACTORS So COMMISSION MERGHANTS,
xYttk. 1 mid 8 Attar. tic WhaiJ,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
IT Liberal ivaneS ma 'e on Coil&itjnswe nt.
1 P SuM-iil :,ttnittnii l'lVrn In the solo of El. -ii r. Corn.
. and ii i ii o r 1 misj experience in the bssuuseSj t
fori ouitM nt oi giving s Uisfat'iuii.
M.rch 17, IS.". I. 3 -v
Dry Goods in Cbarlestoj?, So. Ca.
RKOYYXIXti X I-EM ti,
I.llOttjri J& OF DRX GOODS,
Son. 2;! ud -'1 1 tiiijr strut, cwrner of Market Street.
C!lALESTON, S. ('..
rimtitioii Woolens, BLmkrtM, Ac, Carpet in pa and
Curtain M.tcriiK Silks and Ifi. li Dri-ss Good, t loaks.
MMtilla and Shwwls. Term (Task. One Price- 0lj.
March 17, 154 54 ly
C; A KOMI A IXN?,
BY JENNINGS B. KERR.
CMartotte, .
January 28, lc53. 28tl
WINDOW SHADES,
CVftTAlN -0li, S1ATUA8815S
ft KB
Paper Hangings,
AT GREAT BARGAINS.
rrlK subscriber has in st.ire, ol his own maun f icMi: e
and inMrUliMi ear:iMtM stock ol WIN UOW
SHADES, tiilt oruice, Paper IlaMjting, Uatiataev,
Saim Drlaiawr, PunasUs, Luc and Mu -I'm Curt aiiis,
T.i.nels, Loops, Ac. All which are Re red at prices
that are appr. ciatid Ly alle-l .se bjyws and .jonon,ic:il
lluUst-lveeptrs.
II. V. KINSMAN. 1T7 King L
Mar 24, '54 ly Charleston, S. C.
Mining arhiner),"
lORNISH PUJIPd, Liftisg and Forcing, Cornish
j Crashers, Stamps, Steam Enines, and general
Minui" work made hj the subscribers al short notice.
LANG. CM 'OK cv CO..
Hudson Machine Vor!.
RtfT to Hu on, N. 1.
Ja. J. Hodge, Esq., Ifesr-l ,.rk.
1 8 3 1
43-y
fi6tfisUHD l'tiill.
'IV3K subst-rihers manufacture Mining Machinery,
r iinu-t. n s Tin- ( aaxisa PnnriMO ErgiB. hi
as
eh
a;:l I w pre.-sure Pumping, Stampir.g anil Hoisting
Sip M F. :iNKS; CORNISH PrMrs, STA V, CkI SI1EC9,
Wv nuts. Ikon lii.ocks. Pi M.r.vsof ail sizs, and k very
vanity of Maeiunery ior Mining purposes.
THOM AS. UOK6ON v EST.
juae "2, I S.-it 4 -'.-ly
MEDICAL. NOTICE.
T R. P. C. CA LOW ELL has associated his con. Dr.
1 ) JtSEPf1 W. CALDWELL, with him in the Prac
tice of Medicine. Olhce, 2nd stery in Elms' new briek
building, near the Courthouse.
March :', lc51. 35-tf
N. B. All persons indebted to me by accounts are
requested to settle tle same at an e.irlv day.
Mar t4 P. C. C A LP' V ELL.
Till. AMERICAN HOT EI,,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
I BEG to announce to my friends, the public, and pres
ent patrons of the above Hotel, that 1 Imvc kased the
aiae lor a term of years from the 1st of January next.
A'"ter which time, the enure property will be thorough
ly repaired and renovated, and the house kept in rirst
clats style. Tins H ilcl is near the Depot, and pleasant,
ly situated, rendering it a desirable house for travellers
and families.
Dec 10, 1S5'L 22t C. M. RAY.
MECKLENBURG MUSK,
M HAVING purchased the building on the cor
ner, a few doors north-cast of Kerr's Hotef, and
repaired and fitted it up in first-rate style, I would
respectfully inform the travelling public that it is now
pen for the reception of regular and transient boarders.
Drovers will fi J ample accommodations at mv house.
J. It, 155. 25-ly S. H." KEA.
A. BETHUNE,
No. 5, Springs' Row,
4 DOORS EAST OF THK CHAW.OTTS BANK,
CHARLOTTE, N. (J.
Feb. 16. 1S55 30tl
CHESTER, S. C.
By J. R. NICHOLSON.
MTHE subscriber respectfully informs his friendw
and the public generally, that his house, kno'n
as the "Railroad Hotel," opposite the Chester
Depot, is fc'ill open for the rcctpijgp. ut regular anu
transient boarders and the travellings public ; and thai
he is making every exertion to deserve and secure a
continuance of the kind and libera) patronage which
has hitherto been extended to hi.n. He flatters himself
that ovcry needed arrangement has been made to pro
mote the comfort of hI! who stop with him : hit rooms
are airy and well-furnished, his servants are attentive
and obedient, and his table constantly supplied with the
best of the season, so that his .'riends will not want any
attention necessary to make their sojourn pleasant and
agreeable. His statics are furnished with good host
Icis unJ an ul.uuiia nee of provender, and he Is prepared
at a moment's notice to supply his customers with pri.
vale conveyances of every soil, to any part of the sur
rounding country.
ll' desir. s to return his acknowledgements to the
j.cihlic for pi&X tu-vora, and solicits for the future an
equally lihi r.il share of patronag.-.
Av 30,1854. 5t- JOHN R. NICHOLSON.
( ha riot D? Marble Yard.
HAVING disposed of our entire interest in the Mar
ble Yard to Messrs. Wm. Tiddy &. Son, we recom
mend then to our friends.
STOWE & PEGRAM.
September 2G, 1854.
'PHE subscribers having bought out the interest of
M'-ssrs. Stowe &. Pegram in the Charlotte Marble
Yard, respectfully tender their services to the people of
Charlotte ;:nd the country generally in this line ot busi
ness. They are fully prepared to furnish
Monuments, Gravestones, Marble
Steps, Table Slabs,
nnl other p-ilteriis cut from Marble, according to the
most approved taste and styles, and upon the most ac
cnmoHMiating terms e ver offered in the Southern coun
try. The Yard is situated on the North West corner of
the t'harl'ittc De-pot Yard, where the subscribers, or
their ufrfiits, may always hi found.
WM. TIDDY & SON.
September 9G, 1854. 10tf
WILKINSON'S
DAGTJEKKEIAN GALLERY.
rpiIE subscriber having permanently located in Char
X lotte-, respectfully invites the attention of Ladies
and Gentlemen to hie superior
and would respectfully say that he is now taking Da
guerreotypca upon an improved plan, which will not
only add to the
BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE
of the Picture, but will render it
DURABLE AND BRILLIANT .FAR AGES.
lie Would also respectfully invito strangers visiting
Charlotte to call and examine his specimens, as he is
determined they shall compare favorably vilh any that
can be taken North or South,
jT Rooms, Third Story, Granite Range, immediately
over Trotter & Son's Jewelry Store. .
ITT" Instructions, thorough and practical, given in
this beautiful art, and all materials furnished.
NEAL WILKINSON,
January 26. 1655. 27-tf
ZKT. CARTER,
wtfl RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the
ML public eeuerally, that he carries,n the Titiloi'
jf i llg Ullsi II t'S, and is prepared to execute or-
oers in the neatest and most fashionable style.
Garments will be made to order, in strict conforniity
with tbe present prevailing fashion Wwd styles of the
day. Warrants his work to lit, and well made.
Shop in No 4, Springs Building, Rahiason's old stand.
Charlotte, Feb 2 26tf
Mrs. Shaw
BEGS leave respectfully to announce T
to the Laelies of Charlotte and its vicinity fJ
that she has opened a large assortment of new
Froncli Millinery,
consisting of the latest styles of
BONNETS, CAPS, AND HEAD DRESSES,
and a wcll-seh cted stock of
Dress Trimmings and Paterns.
Shu also continues to carry on the DRESS-MAKING
BUSINESS, and feels she can give satisfaction in both
j blanches. No pains will oc spared to please.
U- Orders promptly attended to.
Oct ly, 154 I3tf
CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS.
(LATE FISHER fc HEIMTSH.)
CHARLOTTE, I. C-
RESPECTFULLY inform the inhabitants of Char
'lrteand vicinity, that they have just received a
fresh supply of MEDICINES, w hich are offered with
confidence to their approval, regard having been paid
more to the purity ai.d strength of the Drugs, than to
tl;p price.
A full stock of the various Proprietary Medicines
constantly on hand.
Brandy; Port, Sherry, Madeira and Malaga Wines,
saldctctl for .Meelicina! purposes.
Paints. Varnishes, Fluid, Camphene, &c.
Landreth's Garden Seeds.
F,,b 16, 185.5. 30-tf
THE undersigned respectfully informs tlyc pub
lic, that he has opened a BLACKSMITH SHOP
on College street, opposite the Charlotte At S. C.
Kailroad Depot, wiiere he is prepared to execute all kinds
of niucksinithing. Horse Shoeing, Repairing Boilers,
making Mill Irons, ScC.
All orders to J. R. Hand or Messrs. Irwin, Hugging !t
Co., or myself will be speedily attended to. Refer to Mr.
(' Mnvia rm flip rirlli f.nrtlllnri l?iiirnil ttriA W '
Glaze A. Co., Palmetto Foundry, Columbia, S. C.
S. J. PERRY.
march 2, 1So5 32 Cm
w. sTlawton & CO.,
Factors, Forwarding and Commission
Sol'th Atlantic Wharf,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
nr. s. lawios.
THOS. ALEXANDER.
JSL. Norment
TT ESPECTFCLLY offers his professional services to
the citizens of Charlotte and surrotnding country. !
He hopes by devoting his entire attention to the duties
of his profession to merit patronage. He may be found j
at all hours, at bis Office opposite the American Hotel,
when not professionally engaged.
march 2, 18J5. 3?tf
J) W. BECK WITH has removed his Jewelry Store
lt to No. 2, Johnston's Row, three doors South of
Kerr's Hotel.
Feb 16, 18X3. 30-ly
77
Smoking Song.
Floating away like the fountain's spray,
Or the snow-white plume of a maiden,
Our smoke-wreaths rise to the star-lit skies.
With Slissful fragrance laden.
Chorus Then smoke away, till a golden ray
Lights up the dawn of the morrow,
For a cheerful cigar, like a shield, will bear
The blows of care and sorrow.
The leaf burns bright, like the gems of light
That flash in the braids of beauty ;
It nerves each heart Mir the hero s part,
On the battle plain of duty.
Then smoke away, &.c.
In the thoughtful gloom of his darkened room
Sits the child of song and story,
But his heart is light, for his pipe beams bright,
And his dreams arc all of glory.
Then smoke away, A.c.
By the blazing fire sits the gray-haired sire,
And infant arms surround him,
And he smiles on all in that quaint old hall.
While the smoke-curls oat around him.
Then smoke away, &c.
In the forests grand of our native land,
When the savage conflict's ended,
The pipe of peace brought a sweet release
From toil and terror blended.
Then smoke away, &c.
The dark-eyed train of the maids of Spain
'Neath thr ir arbor shades trip lightly.
And a gleaming cigar, like a new-born star,
In the clasp of their lips burn brightly.
Then smoke away, &c.
It warms tho soul, like the blushing bowl,
With its jiose-red burden streaming,
It drowns in its bliss, like the first warm kiss,
From the lips .villi love-buds teeming.
Then smoke away, till a golden ray
Lights up the dawn of the morrow,
For a cheerful cigar, like a shield will bear
The blows ol care and sorrow.
A Flirt.
A lady wl'ose bearing, more gay than discreet,
Enchanted a beau whom she happened to meet,
Grew wroth at the freedom her manner invited,
And with vii luous scorn his advances requited.
"Good ludy," he answered, most humble and meek,
While a genuine'blush stole over his cheek
"Of my.obviQtis fault I've the painfullest sense,
And deeply regret that I gave you offence ;
But then for your own and for gentlemen's sake?,
To prevent in the future such awkward mistakes
This bit of advice don't impertinent deem :
Pray seem what you are, or be what yeu seem."
Work for March.
Corn planting will occupy the attention of the
farmer for the first part of this mon'h. This crop
disposed of, the plows are engaged in
BKDDING COTTON LAND.
There is quite n difference among planters about
the distance which should be given to cotton rows.
Ol course we can prescribe no particular distance
as the best, because that must be regulated bv the
quality of the land, the distance being increased
in proportion to the strength of the soil. The
6 si general rule which can be laid down, is that
the rows should be at such a distance, as to allow
the branches just to interlock, when the crop is
giown. This matter being determined, the rows
should be laid ofT with a scooter plow, and if
manure is to be applied in the drill, n round shovel
sheiuld follow the scooter, opening a wide furrow,
into which the manure should be strewn. If no
m inure is to be applie d, the bed may be commenced
on the scooter furrow. In stiff soils, the prepara
tion would be more thorough, fo run a coulter after
the scooter, and the first furrow, on each side of
the row, should also be run with a scooter, fol
lowed by a coulter. In light lands this is unneces
sary. We are in the habit of making our cotton
beds with the common turn shovel, and all things
considered, we preer it for that purpose to any
other plow. It is cheaper than the Dagon or Allen
plow, does quite ns good work, though not quite
so easy to the hand, and is, in our judgment, al
together superior, for general use, to the Blue or
Yankee turn plow. There is a great difference,
however, in the turn shovels made by different
smiths. The point of the plow should be sloped
sufficiently to take the ground well, hut, at the same
time, if allowed to be too pointed, it is sure to cheat
in the work it does covering the earth without
breaking it. The lap of the plow should not be
too much bent, or it will carry the dirt before it,
making the draught too heavy. The wind should
?iave such a set as will reill ihe dirt off well (mm
the plow. When properly made, we want no better
turn plow.
If the land which is to be bedded is rongh, or
has much turf upon it, we would bed it out as we
went ; but if it is clean and mellow, we would
simply list it, and break off the balance of the bed
just before planting. Too high a be d is an injury
to the crop, and affords no advantage fo working
it. II the soil is high and dry, a very slight bed,
just sufficient to enable the hands to work the
young cotton to advantage, is all that is required ;
if the soil is low and damp, a higher bed is neces
sary. s
Those who were eaijy in planting their corn
crops, if the seasons have been propitious, may
find an interval between the preparation ol the
cotton land, and the pluming of cotton, to give the
FIRST WORKING OF CORN.
In our opinion this is the most impor.'unt working
that is given to the corn crop, and it should be
given with a great deal of care. The plow which
we regard most suited to this working, is the square
pointed scooter, which should be run close to the
corn and very deep. Undoubtedly the best plan,
is to plow out the entire row with a plow, but as
that will consume a great deal of time, and at it
is hard to make cotton planters believe that time
spent in working com is not thrown away, we
would suggest that this plow should, at least, be
run twice on each sid of the corn, and the re
mainder ol the middles may be plowed out with
the round shovel. A small board may be fastened
on the side of the plow stock to prevent tbe young
crop from being covered up, which there is danger
of doing even with the scooter plow, in running
as close as we re commend. The hoe should fol
low the ploughs, cleaning the row entirely, re
lieving the blades of the plant where they have
been covered by the plows, and replanting the
missing hills. No more dirt should be put to the
corn at this working, than is taken away from it
in cleaning. The practice of hanking up earth
;w umi the corn, at the early stage of us growth,
isunreasonable and injurious.
We dare say some of our readers may com
mence cotton planting before ihe close of this
month, but as we consider them out of season, we
shall defer what we have to siy on lhal sul jfCt till
the ides of April.
Important Bill.
The follow ing is the Bounty -Land Bill which
passed both Houses ol Congress, and has been
signed by the President:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives oj the Unxtid States of A merica in
Congress assembled, That each of the surviving
commissioned and non-commissioned officers, mu
sicians, and privates, whether of regulars, volun
teers, rangers, or militia, who were regularly
mustered into the service o! the United States, and
every officer, commissioned and non-commissioned,
seaman, ordinary seaman, marine, clerk,
Hnd landsman in the navy, in any of the wars in
which this country has been engaged since seven
teen hundred and ninety, and each of the survivors
of the militia, or volunteers, or State troops of any
State or Territory, called into military service,
and regularly mustered therein, and whose services
have been paid by the United Slates, shall be
entitled to receive a certificate or warrant from
the Department of the Interior for one hundred
and sixty acres of land; and where any of those
who have been so mustered into service and paid
Mhall have received a certificite or warrant, he
shall be entitled to a certificate or warrart for
such quantity of lands as will make, in the whole,
with what he may have heretofore received, one
hundred and sixty acres to each such person
havingserved as aforesaid: Provided, The person
so having been in service shall not receive said
land warrant if it shall appear by the muster rolls
of his regiment or corps that he deserted, or was
dishonorably discharged from service :
Provided, further, That the benefits of this
section shall be held to extend to wagon-masters
and teamsters who may have been employed, under
the direction of competent authority in time of
war, in the transportation of military stores and
supplies.
Sf c. 2. A;id be it further enacted. That in case
of the death of any person who, if living, would
be emitted to a certificate or warrant as aforesaid
under this act, leaving a widow, or, if r.o widow,
a minor child or children, such widow, or, if no
widow, such minor child or childien, shall be en
tilled to receive a certificate or warrant for the
same quantity of land thai such deceased person
wou'd be entitled to receive under the provisions
ol this act if now living: Provided, That a sub
sequent marriage shall not impair the right of
nny such widow to such warrant if she be a
widow nt the time of making her application : And
provided, further. That those shall be considered
minors who are so at the lime this act shall take
effi c.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in no
case shall any such ce nificate cr warrant bo
issued lor any service less than fourteen days, ex
cept where the person shall actually have been
engaged in b idle, and unless the party claiming
such certificate or warrant shnll establish his or
her right thereto by recorded evidence of said
service.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That said
certificates or warrants may be assigned, trans
ferred, and lecated by the warrantees, or their
hetrs-at-law, according to the provisions of existing
laws regulating the assignment, transfer, and loca
tion of bounty-land warrants.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no
warrant issued under the provisons of this act shall
be located on any public lands, except such, as
shall at the time be subject to sale at either the
minimum or graduated prices.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the
Registers and receivers of the several land offices
shall be severally authorised to charge and
ceive for their services in locating all warrants
under the provisions of this act the same compen
sation or per-centage to which they are entitled
by law for sales of the public lands, for cash, at
the-rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre. The said compensation to bo paid by the
assignees or holders of such warrants.
S'C. 7. And be it further enacted, That the
provisions of this act, and all the bounty land
laws heretofore passed by Congress, shall be ex
tended to (ntlians, in the same manner and to
the same extent as if the said Indians had been
while men.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the
officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war, or
their widows or minor childien, shall be entitled to
the benefits of this act.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the
bene fits of this act shall be applied loand embrace
ihose who served as volunteers at the invasion of
Plattsburg, in September, eighteen hundred and
fourteen; also at the battle of King's Mountain, in
the revolutionary war, and the battle ol Nickajack
against the confederated savages of the South.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the
provisions of this act shall apply to the chaplains j
who served with the irmv in the several wars of j
si
the country. j
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the j
provisions of this act be applied to flotilla-men '
and to those who served as volunteers at the
attack on Lewistown, in Delaware, by the British i
fleet, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve !
fifteen.
.....
Railroad iron Works. There are it appears. J
ihree iron mills in Virginia, engaged in the manu- j
facture of railroad iron, and it is estimated they j
will produce this year 15,000 tont of iron. In .
Pennsylvania there are nine, which will produce1
-I no nnn - J : I I.. 4 ...i. k 1
(itjwui C7c ,uuu tuna, ffm in .i.n i.i iisj ooc, wmv;u
will turn out 12,000 ton.
Hon. A. C. Dodp, the new .Minister to SDain
will sail from New York in about two week.
Tbe STew Bounty Land Law.
The commissioners of Pensions has issued the
following instructions for carrying into effect the
new Bounty Land Law :
Where the service has been rendered by a sub
stitute, he is the person entitled to ihe benefit
of
this act, and not his employer.
In the event of the denth of any person who, if
living, would be entitled to a certificate or
warrant as foresaid, leaving a widow, or if no
widow, a minor child or children, is entitled to a
certificate or warrant for the same quantity of
land under the provisions ol said act, if now
living.
A subsequent marriage will not impair the
right of any such widow to such warrant if she
be a widow at ihe tima of her application. Per
sons within the age of 21 years on the 3d day of
March, 1855, are deemed minors wilhin the intent
and meaning of said act.
To obtain the benefits of this act, the claimant
must make declaration, under oath, substantially,
uccording to the forms hereto annexed. The sig
nature of the applicant must be attested, and his
or her personal identity established by ihe affida
vits of two witnesses, whose residences must be
given, and whose credibility must be sustained bv
the certificute of the magistrate before whom the
applicant is verified.
No certificates will be deemed sufficient in any
case unless ihe facts are certified to be within the
personal knowledge of the magistrate or other offi
cer who shall sign tha certificate, or the nanryj's
and residence of the witness by whom the fitWs
are auihcnticated, he appended to the certificate.
The official character and signature of the mag
istrate who may administer the oath must be cer
tified by the clerk of the proper court ol record of
his county, under the seal of the court. When
ever the certificate of ihe officer who authenticates
the signature of the magistrate is not written on
the same sheet of paper which contains the signa
ture to be authenticated, the certificate must be at
tached to said paper by a piece of tape ribbon, the
ends of which must pass under the official seal, so
as to prevent any paper from being improperly at
tached to the certificate.
Applications in behalf of minors should be
made in their names by their guardian or next
friend. Where there are several minors entitled
to the same gratuity, one may make the declara
tion. The warrant will be issued to all jointly.
In addition to proof of service, as in other cases,
the minor must prove the death of his lather, that
no widow survives him and that he and those he
represents are the only minor children of the de
ceased. If a party die before the issue of a warrant to
which he would be entitled, if living, the right to
said warrant dies with him. In such eases the
warrant becomes void, and should be canceled,
and the party next entitled in right of the service
claimed should make an application ; and if there
be no such party, the grant lapses under the limi
tation of the benificiaries to the bounty. If the
claimant die after the issue of the warrant, the
title thereto vests in his heirs at law in the same
manner as real estate in the place of the domicile
of the deceased, and can only be assigned or lo
cated by said heirs.
Applications made by Indians must be authen
ticated according to the regulations to be prescri
bed by the commissioner ol Indian affairs.
Accompanying the tbtve instructions are the
necessary forms and declaration, together with an
official copy of the law.
Terrible fire in the Pineries of Carolina.
The passengers on the Wilmington and Man
chester railroad, in the northern part of South
Carolina, enjoyed, on Friday night last, the ex
citing aud magnificent spectacle of a fire in the
woods, extending over a distance of ten miles, and
showing first one side, then on the other, and
frequently on both sides of the road. A passenger
writes :
"Occasionally the scene rose to the dignity of
subbrnity. Many a tall yellow pine was on fire
to the very top, waving in the strong wind like a
vast plume of flame. Now the flames would crawl
up and lick the wheels of the locomotive, rendering
the air near the windows too hot lo be endured,
and filling the cars with suffocating smoke; and
then, as we passed rapidly on, long wavering lines
of fire would be seen sweeping on to attack some
new and un burnt field. .Now and then we would
pass a large field which had been cultivated, but
upon which great numbers of old stumps were
standing these, although not blazing freely, were
still all on fire, the glowing coals standing out in
the darkness like millions of colored lamp Great
showers of sparks would sail over us, glittering
and dancing about -like a cloud of fire flies. Some
times a light-wood knot would ignite perhaps fifty
feet irom the ground a gigantic torch in the dark
green of the evergreen pine. Long reaches of
fences were on fire, and once or twice wo saw the
bright embers remaining after the fences were
consumed an endless serpent of living coals.
This fire had commenced burning about ten or
twelve hours previousjut so dry was the material
that it had extended for miles when we passed,
and the alarm in the vicinity was general and ex
treme. Farmers were out with their hands to
protect their buildings and produce, and large
numbers of men were watching the railroad, but
it was generally thought some considerable portions
of it must be burned. An immense amount of
damage must have resulted, as there are large tur
pentine plantations in the neighborhood. The
scene was one of the most thrilling and sublime I
have ever witnessed, and will never be forgotten
by those who witnessed it."
(7 Professor Phoenix is said to be lh first
author of the famous toast "The American
Eagle, may we never be without one in our
pockets."
Courting is an irregular, active, transitive
verb, indicative mood, present tense, third per
son, singular number, and agree s with all the
girls in town.
The New Postage Law. The Postmaster
General gives notice that the new postage act re
quiring prepayment of letter postage, will go into
effect on the 1st of April.
D a h of t lie Emperor Nicholas.
Although we might indulge in endless specula.
lion as to the consequence of this event, trill of
what value would thy b. Cut Bono t It is
but speculation at last. The future alone can de
termine its character ; but as oar readers rear
feel curious to know the vaticinations of the gen
erally best informed minds, we make lhaaub
joined extract from the National Intelligencer:
We suppose that the first effect of this newt
on very mind' is, thai it must be favorable Co
peace ; that, like the death of a party to a cifil
suit, the action must necessarily abate. Such
was the first impression produced on our otfn
minds, and such mustbe the hope of every phi
lanthropist. But this cheering view is shaken by
further rrfleietion. What may be the charaetVf of
the new Emperor, Alexander the second, now
thirty-seven years of age, we are not well advised;
but doubtless, like that of his younger brothers
who have served in the Crimea, it has been ren
dered as military as circumstances and his nature
would admit ; and we much fear that, instead of
being inclined to peace by his bereavement, thd
son of Nicholas will consider the war bequeathed
to him as a sacred duty, to be prosecuted with ra
doubl"d vigor ond to the last extremity. He will,
in all probability, regard it as demanded by rever
ence for his father's judgment, character, and
honor, to listen to no terms of accommodation
short of thoso which Nicholas whould have ex.
acted. In this course the national spirit and ton-
timent will probably second and stimulate the new
Emperor, and with an enthusiasm and unanimity
even greater than that which supported his faiher.
It may happen, heiwever, that the withdrawal of
ihe strong will and strong hand of iho late Errpt
ror, with the probahle development of internal
parties in Russia, may lead to an early pacifica
tion. The Emperor Nicholas may be regarded, per
haps, as the greatest Sovereign of modorn times,
and few have filled a wider space in the history
of the world. With an empire extending from
the Baltic to Behring's Straits, he ruled two.lbirds
of the circumference of the habitable globe, and
over all thoso vast territories and races he was
known and felt. Throughout that immense re
gion he might be said to be, "the State." He was
identified with all its in'erests, moral, social, poli
tical, and religious. He knew every thing, con
trolled and superintended every thing, military,
civil, ecclesiastical. It is not to be wondered at
that, to such a labor of thirty years' duration, even
his colossal frame nud strong brain should at last
yield and succumb. With iho genius of the great
Frederick in administrative capacity, he had al
most the genius of Napoleon lor war. His moral
and conscientious qualities surpassed those of
eiiher.
The sudden death of such a man, even in a
time of universal peace, might well produce astir
among the crowned heads of Europe. How much
greater then must be the dread, (he uncertainly of
what may be the consequences under existing cir
cumstances 1
England Counting- the Cost.
Mr. Bright, a clear-headed merchant of Eng.
land, and a member of Parliament, has been figur
ing up one year's cost oi the tjr He calculates
the British arc paying one hundred and fifty mil
lions of dollars more fof food on account of the
war, while the government are spending one hun
dred millions of dollars extra on the same account;
and what is there obtained in return ? Wheat is
selling in England for 73s. Id. a quarter, or Is.
6d. higher than tho highest price ever known
since 1819. Yet the harvest of 1854 in England
was the most productive ever known. Me' gives
it as his solemn belief, that if the foreign policy '
keeps food up so high, six million quarters of corn
being kept out of the country by the war, before
iwo years are over the government will shoot En
glishmen in the streets. Hundreds of sailing ves
sels, and sixty or seventy of the largest steamers,
instead of carrying passengers and manufactures
to all parts of the world, are now employed most
unproductively in carry ing soldiers, horses, stores,
shot, and shell to the Crimea. In the trade of
the Baltic there is a falling off of 5,000 vessels,
about 50 per cent, in the English, and nearly 00
per cent, tn the Russian. The vessels of the
other States have also suffered a proportionate di
munition. Prussia has buffered slightly; Sweden
forms tho only exception.
A Formidable Undertaking. A cotempo
rary puts the tobacco question into the following
shape : " Suppose a tobacco chewer is addicted to
the habit of chewing tobacco fifty years of his
life, and that each day of ibat lime he consumes
two inches of solid plug, it amounts to six thous
and four hundred and seventy-five feet, making
nearly one mile and a quarter in length of solid
tobacco, half an iach thick and two inches broad.
Now, what would the young beginner think if he
had the whole amount stretched out before him,
and were told that to chew it would be one of the
exercises of his life, and also that it would tax
his income to the amount of two thousand and
ninety-four dollars !" Life Illustrated.
Encouianlng.
As an evidence of what girls can do, if they
have a mind, a Cincinnati press states that three
years ago a poor orphan girl applied and was-ad-mitted
to set type for that paper. She worked
two years, during which time she earned, besides
her board, about two hundred dollars; and avail
ing herself of the facilities which the printing of
fice afforded, acquired a good education. She is
now an associate editress of a popular paper, and
is engaged to one of the smartest lawyers in Ohio.
Such a girl is bound to shine, and eclipse tens of
thousands who are educated in the lap of luxury,
and taught all the "accomplishments" of a board-
ing school. Such a wife will be a jewel to her
husband, an ornament to society, and an honor
to her sex and to her country.
A Knottv Problem. The Chinese are ssid to
have labored for centuries under great cmbarras.
ment, from not knowing how to make a barrel.
They could, without any difficuhy, make the staves,
set them up, and hoop theni in ; and, indeed with
i he help of a mn iniide, they could put the second
head on ; but how to g -t the man out after tho bar
rel was headed that was tbe question.