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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.!
A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS.
PRICE $2 PER YEAR In Advance.
ROBERT P. WARING, Editor.
Itutfs- Distinct 115 jjr aSillora, but one as ffre fea."
RUFFS M. II ERR ON, Publisher.
VOL.. 3.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1855.
NO. 36.
SBommsi (Curbs, &f.
ttlomey at .awf
Office in Loner gaus Brick Building, 2ndJloor.
cnARLOTTE, N. C.
THOMAS TROTTER & SOJ
HAVE just opened a splendid stock of WATCHES
and JEWELRY, SILVER &. PLATED WARE
and FANCY GOODS of all kinds. K7 So. 5, Gran
itc Row. Oct. 27, 1851. 14tf
J. B. F. EOONE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALF.R IN
BOOTH &
LINING AND BINDING .SKINS,
SHOE TOOLS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Charlotte, N. C.
Oct. 20, 1854. ly
ELMS 6c JOHNSON.
Forwarding and ( of.inii sion Merchanl:-
Nli. 10 VENDUE RANGE,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
W. W. ELMS. C. JOHNSON.
June 23, '54. 48lf.
R. HAMILTON,
C O YI JI I S S I O .T3 Si I i I 3 A i 1 ' ,
Corner of lliclmrdson and Laurel Utretts,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
June 9 1S54 l y
BREM & STEELE,
WJaoleseilo c3 Hotiii
ffi & 0 U A II T S .
TRADE STREET,
Nearly oojcosite Elrr.s A Spratt's Grocery.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Dec 15 20rf
CAROLINA INN,
BY JENNINGS B. KERH.
CUmrMU, JT. C.
January 29, 153.
2Stf
WINDOW SHADES,
CWTAIN 6OO08, Mi l l! SS32S
Paper 22T&xi.e23.9,
AT GREAT BARGAINS.
riMIE subscriber has in store, of hid own ananafactare
tid importation n-i enormous stock of . IN DOVA
SHADES, tult oruiees, Paper Hangings, Rfalra ,
Ratia Delaines, Damasks, I.aco and Mushn I'urtr.:::.-,
Tassels, Loops, Arc. All of which are offered at prices
that are appreciated by all close buyers ami economical
housc-kei uers.
H. W. KINSMAN, 177 King st.
Mar 24, T4 ly Charleston, S. C.
ki Minis;; Haehicery."
(tORXISH PEMPs, Lifting and Eorcinr, Cornish
j Crushers, Stamps, Steam Engines, a:id general
MiniiM' work mada bv the subscrtherj ct short notice.
lam;. c !K & ' o..
Hudson Machine V'otk,
Hud on. N. Y.
e, Es., New-York.
43-y
Refer to
Jas. J. llodj
june 2, 1?54
I
JS'urt tsl,)irn Ienn.
THK subscribers niaunfaeture Mining Machinery, as (
i I lo vs , viz: Tiik Coaxiau Fonriso .1 1. ,
and I w pressure Pumping. Stamping and II . ti:; ; i
Stfm Engines; Cornish Pi v.rs, SrA'.r. t", .. ..
Wl raiKa, I rom Bloc ks, Pim.i v of all si.-'s, ci. j every
variety of Machinery tor Mining purposes.
THOMAS, COUSOIN & WEST., ,
june-j , ISj 1 4.i-ly
MEDIC NOTICE.
DR. P. C CALDWELL baa associated hison. Dr.
JtiSEPH W. CALDWELL, with bitu in the Prac- ,
tice of Medicine. OSea, 'iid story in Elms' new brick
building, near the Courthouse.
March J4, ls5l. 35-tf .
N. B. Ail persons indebted to me by accounts are
remicsttd to settle the same at an early tlav.
M ir 24 1 . U.
CALlrELL.
THE AMIIEUrAX r.OTKIi,
CHARLOTTIi, N. C.
I BEG to announce to my friends, the pui.lic.ouJ pres.
eat patrons of the above Hot. I, that I have leaned the
-dame for a term of years from the lt of January next.
After which time, the entire aropertv will be llicrouvh-
iv rcp;-ed and reu ivated, and the house Kept in Urst !
CMH aVTIV, 1 Ills ii-ii- i mm in . . (
ly situated, rentlcrin it
a desirable Bwuae lor travellers
All 11 i " l i l l ' .
d tarn
Dec Iti, 1s::e
2C t
C. M,
RAY.
MECKLENBURG HOI'S L
HAVING nurcl'.ns.i t be Imililinij n : li
cor-
ncr. a tew doors norlti-easi oi rverr uit i.
- . . - r mr . i
aiie
repaired and fitted it up in first-ra'e style, 1 would
respecttully inform the travelling public that it is now
open tor the reception of regular and transient hoarders
Drovers will find ample accommodations at my house.
Jan. 1, 15.-,. Jj-ly B. U. RE A.
A. BETHUNE,
No. 5, Springs' Row,
4 DOORS EAST OF THE CUASLOTTE
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Feb. 16. 1655
9
BANK,
30if
W. S. LAWTON 8c CO.,
Factors, Forwarding and Commission
Soitu Atlantic Whaiif,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THOS. ALEXANDER,
W. S. LAWTOX
RESPECTFIJ LLT offers his professional services to
the citizens of Charlotte and surrotndin country.
He hopes by devoting his entire attention to the duties
of his proiession to merit patronage. He may be found
at all hours, at his office opposite the American Hotel,
when not protessionally engaged.
march t, 32tf
R.emoval.
RW. BECK WITH has removed his Jewelry Store
. to No. 2, Johnston's Row, three doors South of
Kerr's Hotel.
Feb 16, 1855.
tk
30-ly
(harlolte Marble Yard.
T AVTNG disposed of our entire interest in the Mar-
bio Yard to Messrs. Win. Tiddy & Son, we recoin-
incndlhem to our friends
STOWE & PEGRAM.
September 2G, 1854
'PHE subscribers having bought out the interest of
1 Messrs. Stnwe A Pcgrani in the Charlotte Mnrble
Yard, respectfully tender thtir services to the people of
Charlotte and the country generally in this line ol busi
ness. They are fully pn pared to furnish
Monuments, Gravestones, Marble
Steps, Table Slabs,
and other patterns cut (rem Marble, according to the
most approved taste and slyle, mid upon lh- most ae- '
commodat injr terms ever offend in the Southern coun- I
tiy. i lie Yard is situated on the North Wi st corner of
the Charlotte Depot Yard, where the subscribers, or
their a rents, may always In found.
VVM. TIDDY & SON.
September 26, 1P.4. lOtf
na,ilroicl Hotel,
CHESTER, S. C.
By J. R. NICHOLSON.
jy '111 E subscriber respectfully informs his iriends
jjTj v? . f the public generally, that his house, kno.vn
' as the "Raiiroiid Hotel," opposite the l luster
IVpot, is k'lll open tor the reception of regular and
transient In, ardors and the travelling public; and that
lie is making every exertion to deserve and secure a
Continuance of the kind .and liberal patronage which
li.is hitherto been rxteudtd to hi.n. IK flatters himself
that evi rv needed arrancuieut has bet n jnui'e to pro
mote the comfort of all who stop with him : his rooms
are nirv and well-furnished, his servants are attentive
and obedient, and lua table constantly supplied with the
best of the season, so tltat his friends w iii not want any
attention necessary to make their sojourn pleasajit and
agreeable. Ills Stables i-re fuTIjhed v i ! !lgo(d host-
l rs an: ar absrndance of provender, and he is prepared
at a moment's notice to supply his customers with pri
vate conveyances of every sort, to any part of the sur
rounding conn try.
lie desires to return his acknowledgements to the
public lor p'ist favors, and solicits for the future an
equally liberal share of oatronav.
Aug 20,1854. 5tf JOHN R-NICHOLSON.
WILKINSON'S
DAGUER11EIAN GALLERY.
THE subscriber havinr pernia iisntJy located in Char
b.tte, respectfully invites the attentiuo of Ladies
and Gentlemen to hi- aaperioi
Vi ft mil '?) 7.1 n
and would respuCtlnlly say that ha is now ta!i;ug Di
guerreoty pes npoa an inapnured plan, which will not
tljr add t.. IL
B1CAUTT
A W U E E AN C E
uf the IVcturc, bat iriU render it
DUrtAELP AND BRILLIANT FO.: AGES.
Ec iroold also respectfullv invito stranrers vtsiting
Charlotte
to call and examine his specimen? a? he is
det rmi: e J i
;!;ey s:;,ill coi ipaio favorably arith anv that
can be t !:v ti
rl!i or South,
C Kuooss, bird S
orv. Granite liar:
re, I rn mediately
ovrc Trotter & S
i's Jcwelri
Mure.
By Instructions, thorough and practical, given in
this beuutiln! art, and ail Baterials furnished.
NAL WILKINSON,
, y G, 1 .".3.
27-tt
.r
R 1
publi
;PBCTFULLY informs his Iriends and the
nerall"), that he carries on the TftlEr
jjV5 1 tS t- It -UeSSj and is prepared to execute or-(.ti-
i.. the neattsl aad noal fashionable style.
Garment will be made to order, in strict conformity
arith the present prevailing fts
and st ; les of the
I day. Warrants his work to 1:!, and well made.
("ItlOO 111 NO
No 4,Sirinirs" Buildinr, Robinson's old stand.
Charlotte, l i b '2
If
Pars. Sha
TV
Bl'.GS Une respectfully lo announce
ice f, y
inilyg
to the Ladies of Charlotte and its vici
,c - " - that ahe hos opened a large assortment ol new
Z? ";.'ci-.c2i 2MT I H I th ojcy 9
consisting of the latest styles ol
BONKETS, CA PS, AND HEAD DIIESSEy,
and n well-Seleeled stock of
Dress Trimmings and Paterns.
Eha also continues to carry on the DRESSMAKING
Bi i l.NL'ij, and letls she can give satisfaction in both
blanches. No pains will oe spared to rlease.
SiT Orders promptly attended to.
;.t 17, 1854
I3!f
CHEMISTS L DRHrUISTS.
(LATE FISHER k HEINITSH.)
CHARLOTTE, Hf. C.
D ESPECTFOLLY inform tba inhabitants ol Char-
1 i Ictteand vicinity, that they have just received a
(rash supply o" MEDICINES, which are offered with
contldence to tl eir approval regard having been paid
more to the purity ai:d strength of the Drugs, than to
, -
. n i-
constantly oa hand.
Brandy; Port, Sherry. Madeira and Malaga Wines,
selected for Medicinal purposes.
Paints, Varnishes, Kluid.t amphene, Ike.
Landreth's Garden Seeds.
Erfb 16, IS.'..',. 30-tf
Ox No Jry.
THE und rsigned respectfully informs the pnb-
lie, that he has opened a III. AC KS Mi l II SHOP
fon Coliegfe street oapostie the Charlotte A S. C.
Railroad Depot, where he is prepared to execute all kinds
of Blacksmithing, Horse Shoeing, Repairing Boilers,
making Mill Irons, dfcc
All orders to J. R. Hand or Messrs. Irwin, Iluggins &
Co., or myself will be speedily attended to. Refer to Mr.
C. Davis, on the North Carolina Railroad, and Win.
Glaze &. Co., Palmetto Foundry, Columbia, S. C.
S. J. PERRY.
march 2,1855 32 6m
FASHIONABLE TAILORING.
THE subscriber announces fo
the public gem rally, that he is
now receiving a large assortment
of new
Cloths, Casimeres
A I)
for Gentlemen's wear, and will
be sold for Cash at a Will profi j
or made to order according to the
latest styles. Shop next door to
Daniels A. Allison.
lOtf D. . REA.
Sept. 29, 1854.
Citrate of Magnesia.
FRESH case of this celebrated refreshing Aperi
A
ent, just opened by
itn
SC ARK & CO.
30-tf
i fU
Feb 18, IS55.
Ilyron and Mary Cba worth.
Grace Greenwood in her late visit to England
1 paid a visit to Newstead Abbey, the well known
residence ol Lord Byron. In speaking of the
event she touehir.gly and beautiiully alludes to
the love of (he poet (or Mary Chawnrth, thus :
"Ss rang' ly sorrowful, almost agonizingly re
gretful, were the thoughts which swept over my
mind, wave alter wave, and shook my heart i i kf
a tempest as 1 stood in the place where the young
poet passed many hours of silent thoughts, it may
be of lonely wretchedness. I never before S
dei ply Ht how passing mournful was the story of
Byron's first and onlytrve. That Maiy Cfiiiworh
returned the pasMon ol her young poet lover I have
not u doubt ; bui like the Montagues and Capub is,
! the houses of Chawnrth and Byron were at feud.
Mary hud not the strength and tru'l) of Juliet, and
so they were parted a sensation by tar more
piU'oua fur her, and more fatal to him, than death
amid the full summer brightness of happy love.
This, not Sbnk-peare's, nran the true-soul of
tragedy. Might she no! have redeemed even Lis
wayward and erring nature, bv the divinity ol a
pure love and n Bieadfasl faith? But it was to I.e.
Mary bestowd her hand upon a man of whom
little better can be said liin: he ranked, "among
ih- most eminent sportsmen of I he day" lived,
it is said, to weep wild tears over the words which
have linked her name in sorrowful immortality
with her lover's, and died in broken heartedness
at laf, while he grown reckless, restless and de
hunt, the very core of his heart turned to b'tter
ashes, forgetting his God, and distrusting and
despising his brother, swept on his glorious,
shameful, sorrowful and stormy career, till the
shadows deepened, and the long night closi d in."
The painful romance lifre alluded to, is well
remembered by all who are familiar with Byron's
life. That it preyed upon a mind hy nature
sensitive asd morbid, driving him to fits of excess,
of gloom and bitterness, in which tendernes is
mixed v ;h disappointment, and every worthy
ambition cast down by agonizing recollect ions
that indeed it was the undying source to him of
sorrow, none can doubt who have pond'-red his
writings. Who has forgotten his own description
of his love for Mary Chaworth, bis rrmrriaoe and
its consequences, in that poem which Moore char
acterises as"ihe most mournful, as well a? pic
turesque story of a wandering life, thai overcame
from the pen and heart of man?"
" A change c o'er the spirit of my dream
'i'be wanderer v.as returned I saw him stand
Before an altar ivith a gentle bride.
Her fnee ,?s fair, b- t v;;;s :iot that which made
The starlight of his boyhood as he stood
Even at the altar, o'er iii brow there came
The seli-eacse aspect and the quivering shock,
Thai in the ai;li'U;- oratory shook.
His bosom in i's 3o!iti:de, and then
As in that h-- :r, a moment o'er his face
The tablet of unutterable thoughts
Was traced nnd then it faded as it came.
And he ;!ood calm and quiet, nnd he-epoke
The lilting vows, biit hecrd not his own words,
Ar. 1 all thjpgs reeled around him be could see
Not tha: which was, nor that which should have been,
Bat t!:e old mansion ;.:id the accustomed ball,
And ti;-.; remeinber'd chambers, and the placo.
The day, the hour, the unshina ana the shade,
All things pertaining to th?t place and hour,
And her who was his dittiny, came back,
And thrust themselves bet.vcen bun and the light."
"This touching picture," says Moore, "agrees
closely in many ol its circumstances, w ith Lord
Byron's own prose account of the wedding, in his
memoranda ; in which he describes himself :-.s
waking on the morning ol his majriage with ihe
most melancholy reflections, on seeing his wedding
suit spread before him. In the same mood he
wander d about the grounds alone, till he was
summoned lor the ceremony, and found, for the
firt tiirie, on ilia! day, bis bride and her family.
He km It down, he repeated the words after the
clergyman, but n miai was before his eyes
his thoughts were elsewhere; and ha was but
awakened b" the congratulations ol the bystanders
to find ihat lie was married."
Prftty Good. Old Rip Van Winkle has gen
erally sustained herself' very well, in the encounter
ef border joke and wits which" have so long in
volved her with her neighbor, ' the Old Dominion,'
sh- i. tin refore expected to come back ' on the
perpetration rf lhe following:
A g"id story is told by Gen. Bayly, of Virginia.
Never having suffered himself lo be uok by thai
notorious character Beau Hickman, who is very
much of a wag. and a peotus in his way, 'he Gen.
eral was accosted by B'-au on the avenue, the
other evening, for a 'quarter ' and by way of a
poisutider called lor it in the name of Old Virginia,
and as a Virginian.
How dare you call yourself a Virginian to me.
Beau, when i know you to be a North Carolinian?1
said the General. Now instead, of ' a quarter,' I
will give you a dollar, if yoa will never again call
y outsell a Virginian, bui will call yourself what
you are, a North Carolinian.'
4 General,' replied Beau, ' do you think I would
c:dl myself a North Carolinian for one dollar!
No, I Cnt take it.'
The story, as I heard it, was told to a member
from North Carolina, which was a part of the
cream of the joke.
ToCukethe Croup. A Writer in the "Country
Gentleman'' gives the following prescription for
the croup :
"Divest the child of cloihing about the neck and
chest ; then bathe the throat and upper part of
the chest freely with cold water. Let this be done
by pouring, spongirg- or very frequent application
of wet cloths; while this is being done, prepare
warm water, and immerse the feet in it. This
gives relief in n short time ; the child should be
put quietly lo rest, with a jug of warm water to
the feet, when perspiration and sleep soon follow.
Any one can follow these directions immediately,
and it t a complaint which is soon fatal, unless
checked in the eariy stages, and many precious
lives are lost because a physician is not at hand
until too late to save from suffocation,"
Smith and Brown running opposite ways round
a corner, struck each other.
4 Oh, dear,' said Smit h, how you made my
head ring.'
That's a sign it's hollow,' said Brown.
' Did'nt yours ring,' said Smith.
' No,' said Brown.
Then that's a sign it's cracked,' said his friend.
Dr. Cliapiuuti.
The late Dr. Chapman, of Philadelphia, mourn
ed of many who will laugh at his wit no more, has
left behind him a memory that will be transmitted
through successive gein-ra!io:ts. His wit was
equal lo his skill. It was hard to say which did
his pn tcnis the most good, and a he always gave
his best of both at the same lime, they probably
helped .each other. JuSt as it happened when one
of his patients revolted at a monstrous dose of phy
sic, and said :
' VVhy, Doctor, you don't mean such a dose as
ih:s for gentlemen V
'Oh, no,' said ihe Doctor, ' it's for working
men !'
And a good laugh is often '.s good es a medi
cine. With him the pleasantry was as certain as
the oppoitunny. Evei, i?i eztemis it would come
out of him. He whs walking in the streets, and
baker's crt, driven furiously, was about to run
him down. The baker reined up suddenly, and
just in time fo s-pare the Doctor, who instantly
took ofl his hat and bowing politely, exclaimed,
' You are the beat bred mau in town.'
At the great gathering iii Philadelphia of the
Medical .Society of the United Slates our literary
and distinguished Dr. Francis and Dr. Chapman
met, as th.-y had done a thousand times before,
having been friends for half a century. At a large
dinner party, a pompous little Dr. Mann, presum
ing that these gentlemen were strangers, said lo
Dr. Francis, ' Let me introduce you to Dr. Chap
man, the head of our profession in Philadelphia.'
It was too much for Dr. h rted,
Dr. Francis, let me introduce you to Dr. Mann,
the tail of our professpm in Philadelphia.' Little
Mann let the lions alone after that.
Very much ugaicst his will, the Doctor was
made a vestryman in his parts!) church, and one
of his duties was to pass ihe plain for the contri
bution at the morning service. He presented it
wi'h great politeness and becoming gravity to the
gentleman nt fhe head of ihe pew nearest the chan
cel, who was not disposed to contribute. The
faithful collector, nothing daunted, held the plale
before him, and bowed, as if he would urge him
to think thfl matter over and give something a lit
tle something, nnd refused to go on until he had
seen his silver on ih plate. In this way he pro
ceeded down the aisle, victimizing every man till
he came to the pew nearest the door, where sat
an aged colored woman. To his surprise she laid
down a piece of gold. 'Dear me V said the a,,
t-inished Doctor, ' you must bo a Guinea nigger !'
They never troubled the Doctor to go round with
the plate after that.
But we are telling too many of the good things
of this good physician. A volume might be made
and a racy on it would be, by any one w ho would
lake the trouble to gnther up the trifles the Doctor
let fall in bis public and private walks. One more,
and we will leave him.
Dr. Chapman was a delegate to the convention
of the church, which was to hold its annual session
at Pit'sburgh. Party-spirit ran high, and the
members, both clerical and lay, being mr-n ol like
passions with oiher men, became more excited
and violent in word and lone than was becoming
so reverend and grave a body. When things had
, to
gone on this rate for two Jays, and were nothing
bettered, but rather grew worse, one of the most
venerable members rose and said that he thought
these seems were highly indecorous, especially
as thy were er.acled in the presence of God,
whose servants we all profess to be. Dr. Chap
man for the first limn now stood up, and with a
peculiar lwi!ing of his words, and the profound
attention of the convention, remarked : ' Mr. Pre
aident, I thin tc so too. It is too bad. Tin; mem
bers ought noi 'o g on so. Bin I do not feel i he
force of that last remark. Tin- gentleman says we
ought not to conduct in this manner in the pres
ence of God ; no", Sir, to my certain knowledge,
He has no been in this place since we came to
irrrher.' The Rehu'.e was so just, so pertinent, that
pries; and people felt it alike, and the business of
the convention was conducted wilh decorum to its
close.
The better half of Dr. Chapman's happy hits
were made in the social circles of which he was
the life and srul, and they cannot be retailed
without trenching on i lie confines of good fellow
ship, which ought to he sacred against intrusion.
Perhaps we have erred on the wrong side in re
I liing some ol these. But they are good never
theless . Harper 's Aluguz in e.
Pampas Gkasp. A species of grass known by
this name is, at the present time, attracting con
siderable attention in Europe. Although a true
grass, it is likely to lurm one of the most useful
of garden ornaments. In stature it is said to rival
the bamboo, growing, in Us native plains, nearly
twenty feet in heigh'. The leaves are hard, wiry,
very rough at the edge, not half an inch broad at
their widest part and of a dull grey green color.
The flowers appear in panicles, averaging two
feet in length, resembling those of the common
reed, but of a silvery whiteness, being covered
wilh long colorless hairs, and consisting of color
less membraneous glumes. Ii is established be
yond doubt that it will bear any degrees of cold
ever experienced in the neighborhood of London,
without injury. "Let the reader, says the Gar
deners and Chronicle, conceive of one individual
of a reedy grass of such magnitude, whose grey
hard warm leaves curve most gracefully from the
centre lo the circumference, forming a thin but
huge tuft; add to this many slender flower-stems,
darting into the airy mass of light scales, whose
polished surface can only be rivalled by the deli
cate work of the silversmith; place this a little
above the eye in rocky ground, let it be well
backed up by some dark foliage, and a faint idea
may be formed of the general appearance of the
Pampas Grass." The botanical name ol this
grass is'Gynerium argettetmi, and was originally
brought from the vicinity of Rio Janeiro.
A Dcr.L in the Dark. A late California pa
per mentions a duel which was fought between a
Yankee and an Englishman in a dark room. The
Yankee not wishing to h ve blood on hands, fired
his pistol up the chimney, and to his horror down
came the Englishman.
If there be a want of concord among the mem
bers of lhe same family, other men will take ad
vaatage of it to injure I hem.
An Interesting Incident.
Free-thinkers and infidels often ridicule reli
gion, and those who embrace it, but there is that
wiihin them that tells them thai religion is reality,
and lhat ihose who are actuated by its spirit, and
governed by i's principles, are entitled to confi
dt nee and respec.
The following anecdote was related to us a few
days since. It has probably been publt.-died and
belter than we can tell it but a will bear repeti
tion. Two men were travelling in the far west ; one
a skeptic and lhe other a Christian. The former
was on every occasion ready to denounce religion
as an imposture, and professors ua hyprocrites.
Accord tug to his own account of th matter, he al
ways suspected those who made pretensions to
piety felt particularly exposed in the company
oT Christians took special care of his horse and
his pockets when the saints were around him.
'1 bey had iravel'ed lale one evening, and were
in lhe wilderness; they at last drew near lo a so
litary hut, and rejoiced at the prospect of a shelter,
however humble. They asked admission and ob
tained it. But it was almost as dreary and com
fortless within as without; and there was noth
ing prepossessing in the appearance of the inha
bitants. These were an elderly man, his wife,
and two sons sun burnt, hardy and rough.
They were apparently hospitable, and welcomed
lhe travellers to such homely fare as the forest af
forded; but this air of kindness might be assumed to
deceive them, and the traveler become seriously
upprefieiisi. evil was intend-d. It was a
lonely place, suited to deeds of rouu'-i am; .
No help was at hmd. The two friends comrnu
nicated to each other their apprehensions, and re
solved that on retiring to their part of the hut for
Ihere were two apartments in it they would se
cure it as well as they could against the entrance
of their host wouid have iheir weapons of defence
al hand, and would take turns through the night
in watching, so that one of them should be con
stantly on guard while the other slept.
Having hastily made their arrangements, they
joined the family, partook of their homely fare,
and spoke of retiring to rest. The old m"an said
it had been his practice in better times, and he
continued it still, before his family went to rest at
night to commend them to God, and if the slrnn
gi rs had no objection ho would do so now. The
Christian rejoiced to find a brother in the wilder
ness, and even the skeptic could not conceal his
satisfaction at the proposition. The old man took
down a well worn Bible, on which no dust was
gathered, though age had marked it. and read with
reverence a portion of the Sacred Scriptures.
He then supplicated the Divine protection, ac
knowledged the divine goodness, and played for
pardon, guidance, grace and salvation. H pray
ed, too, for the strangers ; that they might be
prospered on their journey and at the close ol their
earthly journey, they might have a home in Hea
ven. He was evidently a man ol prayer and lhat
humble cottage was a place where prayer was
wont fo be made.
The travellers relired lo their apartment. Ac
cording to their previous arrangements, the skep
tic was to have the first watch of the night, but
instead of prioiing his pistols and bracing his
nerves (or the Mlock, he was for wrapping him
self in his great coat and covering himself in his
blanket, as if he had never thought ol danger.
His friend reminded him of their arrangement"",
and ashed him how he had lost his apprehensions
ol danger ? The skeptic felt the fore of lhe ques
tion, and of all it implied and he had the frank
ness to acknowledge tlvU he could not but feel
himself as safe as at a New England fireside in
any house or in any forest where lhe Bible was
read as the old man read it, and prayer offered as
the old mun prayed Exeter Neivs Letter.
Agrvfesilttire for 1S55.
We believe there never were betler prospers
for our farmers to use every effort in raising a
large crop than there are at present. This war
in Ejrope will prevent the cultivation of the soil
in n number of extensive and fertile district
which, heretofore havo- raised large amount of
surplus products. This will open a gip for our
farmers lo fill up. Corn is becoming more an ar
ticle of food in E trope every year. Three tinrKs
the quantity was exported in 1S54 that '.hero whs
in the preceding year. As ii is the most import
ant grain crop in our country, we advise a still
more extended cultivation of it. Potatoes seem
to have become one of the most fallacious crops.
Farmers should not trbst to them, but sow and
plant other crops, and depend on them as if not
a potato were to be raised. For the past ten jears
most of the potatoes raised have rotted during
winter ; they seem to have lost the quality
of preservation which they once possessed. In
a few vears more, perhaps this disease will wear
out. Farmers should raise more oats and barley
than they have hitherto done. The former crop
in the Northern States is a certain one. Beans
should also be more extensively cultivated, so that
we may have abundant crops of many kinds.
Rice is a standing crop; its cultivation seems Jo
to be more carefully attended to, and better un
derstood by plan'ers than the cultivation of ither
wheat or corn. Scientific American.
Every Laoy to her Liking. It is said that
kissing goes, by favor, and also we read in the
commentaries of an old Latin connoisseur on such
matters, thai the kiss of a thick-lipped person is
far pleas inter than lhat of any other.
If such be the faot, says lhe Petersburg Ex
press we can easily account for a number of white
Boston ladies bestowing on and receiving kisses
from the big black negro Burns, at his recent ova
lion in the ' city of notions.'
An eye witness informs, us, that after Burns'
ddress to the Bosmmans, a number of white la
dies went up and embraced and kissed the negro
with all the warmth and energy of equality and
fraternity ! We expect shortly to see his marriage
announced through the press to soma fair Yan
kee belle, who has a peculiar penchant for thick
Bps.
Whst do our fair citizens think of such symp
toms of the progress of civilization down east ?
Slippery. ' Have you much fish in your bag?'
asked a person of a fisherman, who was return
ing home. Ys, a good'ee,' was the slippery
reply.
RECIPROCITY TREATY.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THK UNITES STATES.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, by an act of tha Congress of the
United States, approved the fifth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, enti
tled " An nc! to carry into effect a treaty between
the United States and Great Britain, signed on
the filth dny of June, eighteen hundrad and fifty
four," it is provided that, whenever the President
ol the United States shall receive satisfactory
evidence that the Imperial Parliament of Groat
Britain and the Provincial Parliaments of Canada,
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Princo Ed
ward's Island have passed laws on ihetr part lo
give full efieci to lhe provisions of the said treaty,
he is authorised lo MSSfai hi proclamation declar
ing that he has such evidence ;
And whereas satisfactory information has been
received by me that the Imperial Parliament of
Great Britain and the Provincial Parliaments of
Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince
Edward's Island have p.issed laws on their part
to give full effect to the provisions of the treaty
aforesaid ;
Now, therefore, I, Franklin Pierce, President
ol the United States of America, do hereby de
clare and proclaim, that, from this date, the fol
lowing articles, being the growth and produca)f
the sa;d provinces of Canada, New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island, lo wit:
grain, flour and breadstufls of all kinds ; .fresh,
smoked, and snlted meats ; cotton-wool ; seeds
and vegetables ; undried fruits ; dried fruits ; fish
rv all fc jf"l products of fish nnd all other crea-
lures living In th. ,
furs, skins, or tails undressed; slono 04 mtroTe
in Us crude or unwronght state ; slate ; butter;
cheese; tallow; lard; horns; manures; ores of
metals of all kinds; coal ; pilch, tar, turpentine;
ashes; timber and lumber, of all kinds, round,
hewed, and sawed, unmanufactured in whole or
in part ; fire-wood; plants; shrubs and trees; pelts;
wool; fish oil; rice; broom c.irn and bark; gypsum,
ground or unground; hewn or wrought or un
wrought burr or grindstones; dye-siufiV ;
hemp and tow unmanufactured ; unmatiu faclurc
tobacco; rags shall bo introduced in'.o the Uni
ted States free of duty, so long as the said treaty
shall remain in force, subject, however, lo be sus
pended in relation to the trade with Canada, on the
condition mentioned in the fourth article of the
said treaty ; and that all the other provisions of
the said treaty shall go into effect and be observed
on the part of the United Statti.
Given under my hand, at the city of Waahing
ton, the sixteenth day of March, in tho
year of our Lord one thousand eight
l. s. hundred and fifty-five, nnd of the inde
pendence of tho United States the sev
en! v-ninth.
By the President: FRANKLIN PIERCE.
W. L. Marcy, Socreiary of State.
Shaking Elands.
Shaking of hands & the accpted manner of per
forming "how-de-do," "glad to see you ;" but tha
manner of doing this varies so much, that with
some people we have "great shakes," and with
others "no shakes at all." Politicians, if they are
running for office, have the art of hand shaking to
perfection. E iitors have a very impressive shake
for a subscriber pay ing "in advance." In shaking
hands ladies are generally passive, (or the least
pressure from their litilu fingers means volumes
not included in the formal nnd familiar ceremony .
We have been told, by those "posied up" in
such matters, that the telling and eloquent shako
of the hard, that eclipse all others, comes from a
principal in a duel when his second announces to
him "that the affair was amicably arranged." It
would be rmpoSsiblfl to give all the varied expression
that rharicteries the act of shaking hands ; hut
there are a few that c m be designated, which, like
primitive color)?, form the ground-work of every
varying shade.
The pump-handle shake first deserves notice.
It is performed in a solemn mechanical manner.
No attempt has ever been saccpsful to give it greco
or vivacity. As a general rule, it should not be
continued nfter your friend is in a profuse perspira
tion from the unwonted exercise. T 'he pendulum
shako is of a similar character, but it has a hori
zonial instead of perpendicular motion. It is ex
ecuted by boldly sweeping your hand homontally
toward your acquaintance, and after the junction
is effected ; rowing with it from one side to the
other as long as human nature will bear it. Tho
tourniquet shake is next in importance. It de
rives its name from tho instrument of torture by
which surgeons stop the cumulation of the blood.
The person using this style, if he hat a large
powerful hand, can throw his victims into intense
agony, and even prnduce dislocation of the small
bones of the fingers, and in delicate persons easily
sprain the wrist. The cordial shako it performed
with a hearty, boisterous agitation of your friends
hands, accompanied by a moderate degree of
pressure, and cheerful exclamations of welcome.
This style is indiscriminate and very popular.
The grievous touch is the opposite ol the cordial
grapple. It is principally used Ly hypochrondriacs
and sentimental young clergymen, and is always
accompanied by a nervous inquiry about some
body's health. The prude major and the priide
minor are entirely monopolized by the ladies; the
first allows the gentleman to touch tho fingers
down to the second joint; the second gives the
whole of the fore-finger. Tho very ladies, how
ever, who use these styles most effectually, will,
in a moment afterward, permit the tourniquet
squeeze, provided it is done in lhe waltz or other
equally familiar done-. We might extend our
list with descriptions of the grip royal and the
saw mill shake, and the-shakes wilh .malic pre
pense, which are, after all, but ezagerated forms
of the pump handle, pendulum, and tourniquet
varieties, and, therefore, can be conceived more
easily than described.
A French emigrant, having been but a very
short time in England, was invited lo partake of
a l'.Tge bowl of punch, a ,'iquor he had never las
ted before and which did not agrt with him.
Speaking of his entertainment next day, but for
getting the name of the beverage, he asked : ' Vat
ie caila dat liquer, dat be all contradiction, where
is de brandy to make it strong, and de water lo
make it weak ; de sugar to m ike it sweet, and de
lemon to make it sour?' Punch, I suppose you
mean;' 'Ay, punck begar,' said Monsieur, it
almost punch my brain out!