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VOL 3. CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1855. . WO" 39
attorney at Law.
OTi' t in LonergarCt Brick Building, 2nd Jioor.
CHARLOTTE, H, C.
THOMAS TROTTER & SON
HAVE just opened a splendid stock of WATCHES
and JEWELRY, SILVER &l PLATED WARE
and FANCY GOODS of all kind?. 07" No. 5, Gran
ite Row. Oct. 27, 1854. 1 4tf
J. B. F. BOONE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
BOOT & 8H0K8,
son: m:. tTUt.it. clf skws,
LINING AND BINDING SKINS.
SHOE TOOLS OF KVERT IWSUKtTI IU.N, tier intellectual accomplushments, rendered her the j thing ol that sort, at least to apologia.; lor her ab
Charlotte, N. C. j favorite, and she it Was who daily occupied ihe j sence.
Oct. 20. 1854.
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ELMS 6c JOHNSON.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants
NO. 10 VENDUE RANGE,
CHARLESTON. S. C.
IV. W. ELMS. C. JOHNSON.
June 23, '54. 4-itf.
R. HAMILTON,
CMIlssmm m:ini wi .
Center of RieAersfeaa and Lntirel istrertt,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
June 9 4 ly
BREM & STEELK
Wliolosalo cfc? Retail
TRADE STREET,
Nrarlv opposite Elms &, Spratt's Grocery.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
1 c 13 20; f
CAROLINA INN,
BY 'JENNINGS 8 . KERR.
Charlotte, JT. C.
BOUNTY LAND BILL.
Attorney and Counsellor
at
Law,
II tRIOT'l in AT. V.
.. colt cti"iii nr t.tlu-r business ultindt ci to with
MirtMMi pnrticub: rty futIi as rr!'T liu- jirosi--cittinu
f l'l-imioisil'liiiiits, .und V u rra nt , a nt donativna
..i ..uiitv I. ii ml uirint tlic t.cncral (iv tmmm ut, an-
r ti - Lite l.ui.t v I. ano l.av. ! .Vturcli .10. IB
i e 1 Arrmot" I and ti till UfficeM. Land iii'rt
1 in ii iin d or llllll-C")lllIlliin d, ail SoiiiiiTS
iii. it, Cii-rkh, or otlicr persons, wlio liavc k rvt i! in any
..! Ike Wjn in srUeh tb 1'nitid States I av !rn rn.
ri si WalCSI lilt j and llntsalOfiRII ami libers
r Ikti devolution, ry Wir, their n idowa aim minor
! IcJr. n.
Vi rW hnvinjr Fue3i :laiin!, hy presetitinir tln-in im-Ntc-iliatrly,
may ncurn an early iMMtf thrff cc-rtifi.
cj'.. t 'tfie", 5 doors south of Sadler's Hole!. tl36
Respectfully Yours!
1MIK nneUbd Imsin. ss ot PritcliarJ Si. (al ;!!. for
. Isit, U been plaeod in tli iianda of S. W . Davis
lot sm U r.iion and srttteineiit. Tiiose indebted tor ttiat
yr will br' doinj; Us a gt t favor by cloMSVg IIn ir Ac.
I ri ! ioniH diately, a we have invarialil- cahii In pay,
ard " M mew now, a all mut know, a ;i hard tiling to
borrow."
PRITCHARD & CALDWELL.
April 7. Ij.'. 3 J.r
Save your Costs !
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and Account of the late firm of A. Br.
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tliune it Vo, baa been sfaccd in the hand ot S. W.
DiTia, faai fur collection and aetUcuaent, Tbue in
aV sled fitlu-r by Note or Account, are rwajweatred to inakr
aw ISMiadJiaiB arrangement, as favUtei induigt nee cm.
le.t ai.ii w i not I"" rnnted.
ALEXANDER & JOHNSTON.
A art 7. I8i5. Nj
Notice
MY Notea and AcewMta having been placed in the
hands ot" S. V. Davis, t:.-ij.. lor co'kcliou, those
who are iudebtid t me individually, or aa one ol the
old rliin of Steele c Harty, are rcspeetfsjlij resjneat
rd In make ai ttleincnt bv April Court, it not ooner.
A. C. STEELE.
F h. 8. I . as-tt
BETHUNE,
No. 5, Springs' Kow,
4 DOOU EAST OF lilt CHAHLOTTK SAUK,
uharloite, n. c.
Feb. 1G. 103 30;f
W. S. LAWTON & CO.,
Factors, Forwarding and Commission
SoLTH &TUTT1C WllARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THOS. ALEXANDER.
r. s. L.wrox.
. ZVX. Worment
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BSPECTFULLT offers his profPsioiia! services to
the citizens of Charlotte and surroi ndinz country.
He hopes by devoting his entire attention to the iluties
oi ni proiession to merit patronage. He may be found
at all boars, at his office opposite the American Hotel,
when not protessionaily engaged.
march 2, 18'5. 32tf
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W. BECKWiTU has removed his Jewelry Store
to o. 2, Johnston's Row, three doors South ol
RerrVHotel
Fb 16, 1855.
30-1 y
MLCIiLENBlRG HOUSE,
A.
TAILOR.
M HAVING purchased the building on the cor
ner, a few doors north-east of Kerr's Hotel, and
repaired and fitted it up in first-rate style, I would
resptcttully inform the travelling public that it if now
"Pn tor the reception of regular and transient boardera.
Drovera will find ample accommodations at my house.
Jn. !, 2o-ly S. H. REA.
THE IKCKI4 IAN HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
I BEG to announce to my friends, the public, snd pres
ent patrons of tha above Hotel, that I have leased the
anae for a term of yeare from the 1st of January next.
After which time, the entire property will be thorough
ly repj;-ed and renovated, and the house kept in first
alaaa ktyle. This Hotel ia noar the Depot, and pleasant
ly situated, rendering it a desirable house for travellers
end families.
Ds 13, U53 C. M. RAT.
Hj Wife's Xew Friend. . co0r rose to her face with expectation, but guesl
Mrs. Jones has quite a habit of cultivating sud- i sf'er guest entered without Mr. Mowbray apsjP&r-""
den friendships whicl have every appearance of; ,ng- Her nervousness soon began to change to
blooming eternally, but which soon wither in the ' anxiety, and this, as the hours wore orf. to'disap
world's cold blasts. I used to think this char- i pointment and dismay. She delayed the -supper
ncteristic was confined to school girls, who swear j ttt a full hour, thinking that her new friend might
immortal fidelity in letters crossed and recrosaed, yet arrive,obut in vain.
but forget each other as soon as they have caught J ' VVha, can be the matter, I wonder V she said
a lover. to me, as sonn as we were alone. 4 I hope the
My wife's last acquisition in the way of a bosom 1 dear babe is well. Perhaps, however, Mr. Mow
friend, is Mrs. Mottimer Mowbray, with whom bray is herself sick. Dear me, 1 am afraid I shiill
she became acquainted last summer, while wc were j not sleep for anxiety. The first thing I'll do to
boarding out ol town. Mrs. Mortimer Mowbray j morrow will be to call on Mrs. Mowbray endsee
had her carriage with her, and created quite a : what is the matter.'
sensation: in (act every lady in the house was ' VVould'nt that be against etiquette I yen
eager to be her confidant; out the amiable deport- J Hired to nsk. It seems tome that Mrs. Mow.
me nt of Mr. Jones, combined. I doubt not. with ! bray should sent) vuu a note or mcssarre. or some-
spare seat m the conch, and had the honor of ad-
vising Mrs. Mortimer Mowbray in those one thou-
sand grave perplexities under which women suffer.
We returned to the citv after the Mowbrays;
but my wife though usually very firm on questions
of etiquette, waived her privileges on this occasion,
and made the fust call. She was graciously re-
eeived, and come home in high spirits. All that
evening she could do nothing but talk of Mrs.
I Mortimer Moivbniy. 4 Such an eh-gnnt establish
! ment.' sho saUJ. 1 A (ootnawn. with mariners like
a prince, waited at the door. The drawing-room
i was the perft ction of luxury and taste. Mrs.
Mowbray bad on suc-h a sweet cap, and allogeth-
er looked so lady like. Ht manners were, hi
i ded, most aristocratic, just what one would sup
! pew that of a countess to be.'
In a few days, Mrs. Mowbray, returned mv
wilii's ch!I, coming in a shining new carriage and
j with a new span of horses. Mar equipage creat-
td quite a sensation in our street.
Mrs. Jones, soon after this, bog;in to act as if
brooding over some vast aesign, w hich not being
j yet quile matured, she deend it wisest to be si
' lent respecting. At last, ihe mighty secret was
: broached.
j 1 I was thinking, Jones," she said one night,
just as I was composing myself to sleep on my
j pil'uw, that we ought to give a party. a
I regular ball, indetd, but a select entertainment
where a lew congenial minds uviy be brought lo
j gethpr. I should like to introduce my dear Mrs.
Mowbray to some of the choicest of our s t.'
Now I deiest parties small or large, but as the
delicacy of my wile's nerves does not allow of her
' being thwarted, I made no objection to ihis pro
posal, itioogn 1 sighed to m sell.
O " course, my dear, I said. You know best.'
We'll ask a bo tit thirty,1 continued my wife,
warming with Ihe subject. 'There's Mrs. War
ton, and Mrs. Horace Shinn, and Mrs. Price, and
the tin-e Mrs. TreJawnevs;' and thus the dear
cna'ure ran on
on until she had mentioned a.'ioui
s
and I saw that her 4 select party of
lofty names.
conopnia
sou's '
was going to be alter all, a crowd -
ed
rout.
4 Y"U have f.rgr.tten the two Misses Howell,'
; I siid at last when my wile stopped for want of
hrealh.
Tiie two Misses Howell were amiable, inteiig-"'nl
i and pretty g'rls, in whom 1 took a particular in
leiest, b cause their father had once been an ex
t- nsive shipping merchant, but having become re
duced and died bankrupt, the sisters were com
pelted t earn a livelihood by becoming govern
rest. They bad numerous rich relations on
whom ti.ey ni'ohi have bi:letied themselves, but
wi:h a spirit of proper independence, they prefer
r d to work for their maintenance, instead of
ealing the bread of charity. I had long nourish
d a romantic idea of seeing them married well,
and had ronsr quen'! y made it a point always to
invite then to our parties; to praise llirm highly
to I lie young gentlenv-n there; and in every
oilier direct way to assist in realising my pel
scheme.
My wire, hereto'ore, had seconded me in mv
benevolent plan ; but on the present occasion she
hesitated to reply ; and I knew at once, that there
was something the matter.
Ahem!' she said at last, clearing her throat.
Ahem, the .Misses Howell are very nice girls to J
be sure that is, in their place but as it is lo be j
a select party, and ad I have already mentioned j
rather too many, and as Mrs. Mowbray may not !
want to meet r.U Sorts of people here, and at ' j
4 S'.op my dear,' said I with a sigh, for I saw I
that my lavoniea were not to tie invited, 4 yu
have gien reason enough. H is n great pi'y,
though.' Ant! I sig-hed again a sigh eloquent ol
passive resignation.
My wife heard my sighs and her tender hpart
was touched. She paused a moment in embar
r assment, and perhaps even revolved the idea ol
yielding to my wishes ; but in I be end she raised
herself on her elbow, and said:
4 Mr. Jones, do listen to reason. You don't
know how foolish you make yourself about ihes?
Howell gif's. They've been unfortunate lo bo
sure and they nre very passable, indeed, but there's
a prejudice you are aware nginst giris who Bre
governesses : and who knows but what Mrs.
Mow bra 7 would lake offence at my inviting such
persons lo meet her. -1 should'nt like to do it, in
deed without first risking her; and I can't do ihat
this time. She very particular, and so exces
sively high bred.
4 Then I don't think she'd regard you the less
my dear, I ventured io say, 4 for being acquaint
ed with two such t xcellentgirls as Patty and Lizzy
Howell.
4 Mr. Jones, don't be a child,' replied mv wife.
4 At vour ae vou should know something ol the
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world. Exclusive people, like Mrs. Mowbray,
don't care io meet nobodies. She was very choice,
as you saw, whom she admitted to her acquain
tance this summer ; I may say, indeed that I nm
the only one, of all she met, who n she recognizes
now.'
To have protracted the conversation would have
ejeited my wife's neves and deprived her of sleep,
so I said no more, but closed my eyes and court
ed slumber anew. I have no recollection of any
thing after that, till I awoke nxt morning, and,
as usual, went down to see that the fires were
right, and to do the marketing while breakfast was
being prepared.
The invitations to the party were issued ibat
week, Mrs. Mortimer Mowbray graciously prom
ising to come.
When the important evening arrived, my wire
urn tl nervra At averV rin? Of the bell, tue
j Mrs. Jones did not reply in word, but she gave
! me a look. And such a fook ! ii expressed an I he
I indignation which her outfaced bosom Mt nt
having the slightest suspicion cast upon her friend
W hen I came home to dinner that day, I saw
j at a glance, that something had occurred io ruffle
j my wife s nerves. She had nothing whatever to
1 say to me, bul she scolded the servants and chil-
dren incessantly. 1 knew that Mrs. Jonps, if nhe
thought it best, would tell me; and if not ihat
ques'ions would only aggravate her secret troubles.
But the next day, having heard something that
cast light on Mrs. Mowbray's absence from our
party, 1 could' not contain myself when I came
horn.
' D d you ever hear, my love,' I said as 1 began
to carve the turkey at dinner, 4 that the Misses
Howell had a married sis'er!'
Mrs. Join s looked sharply up, as if she suspec
ted I meant more than I said ; and then answered
laconically :
1 heard it casually, but never asked any fur
ther.' It seems that Mrs. Mowbray is that sister.' I
said.
4 I've heard so since,' said Mrs. Jones, sharply;
and turning to our second child, who was asking
for the wing bone, she rnpp-d him nn the hpad,
pxtrlaiming tartly, 4 haven't I told you to wait till
you're helped Take thit now, and learn man
ners.' I allowed a minute and more to elapse, in or
der that my wile's ebullition might subside, when
1 remarked :
4 Mrs. Mowbray, it seems, expected to meet her
sisiers here V
' 1 shouldn't wonder if she did,' snappishly re
plied Mrs. Jones, looking down into her plat",
and apparently deeply absorbed in parting a wing
ioint.
j 4 When she found,' I continued, 'that her sis
j lers were not asked, she grew indignant. She
I heard ihe reason, it seems. Your mend, Mrs.
W nor ton. whom von had made a confidant told
j some lady, who told her again; and hence her
J anger.
4 I am sure I don't core if I never see the proud
thing again.' said my wife reddening ery much,
hut still without looking up. 4 One could not have
supposed that she was a sister to the Misses Ho
well.' A f'er another pause I said :
4 Did vou call on Mrs. Mowbray, as you in
tended V
Mrs. Jones was silent for a full minute, and
seemed haif disposed to decline answering alto
get her : out finally she blurted out the reply as
follows :
4 Yes I did, if you must know. And she wasn't
in. So at least the footman snid ; but if I did'nt
see her at the drawing room window, rmy I never
eat another mouthful,' and here she burst into (ears
of mortification and anger.
I saw ihat it would not do to continue ihp con
versation ; so I quietly te my dinner, kissed th"
children, and, like Christian in the 4 Pilgrim's
Progress,' 4 went my way.'
Of course the intimacy of my wile with Mrs.
Mowbray ceased from the date of that fatal party,
and, I am sorry to say, that the Misses Howe!)
also have, as the phrase goes, 4 cut our acquain
tance. '
Practical Prater.
In the vicinity of D lived a poor but indus
trious man, depending for support upon his daily
labor. His wife fell sick, and not being aide to
hire a nurse he was obliged to confine himself to
the sick bed and family. His means of support
being thus cut off, he soon found himself in need.
Having a wealthy neighbor near, he determined
to go and ask lor two bvsfn.ls of wheat, with a
promise to paj as soon as his wife became well
enough to leave, that be could return to his work.
Accordingly he look his bag, went to his neigh
bur's, and arrived while they were at family
prayers.
As he sat on the door-stone he heard the man
pray very earnestly that God would clothe the
naked, feed the hungry, relieve the needy, and
comfort all that mourn. The prayer concluded,
the poor man stepped in, and mide Known his
business, promising to pay with the avails of his
rirst labors. The firmer was very sorry he could
not accommodate him, but he had promised io
lend a large sum ol money, and had depended
upon bis wheat to make it out ; but he presumed
neighbor A would let him have v.
With a tearful eye and a sad heart, the poor
man turned uway. As soon as he lejt the house
the farmer's little son stepped up and said :
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clothe the naked, feed the hungry, relieve the dis-
tressed, and comfort the mourners?"
44Yes why ?''
"Because, father, il I had your wheat I would
answer thai prayer."
It is nerdless lo add that the Christian father
called back his suffering neighbor, and gave him
as much wheat as he needed.
Now, Christian readers, do you answer your
own prayers.
Revolving Vest.
A tailor in London has invented a waistcoat on
the principle of Coil's revolver a garment with
four JronU, useful to secure ihe charm of variety,
or io conceal sbabbiaess or grease spots, bul par
ticularly convenient aa lessening baggage by re
duciog four waistcoats lo one.
The El Dorado. Onr Policy.
England, in 1812, asserted the right to search
American vessels for British seamen and Spain,
in 1655, asserts the right to search them for lilli
busters. The same journals which defended the
outrage then, defend it now. War followed th"
former; how shall we meet ihe latter? In 1842
England claimed the riht 44 to visit all vessels
su-pected of being slavers but Lord Aberdeen,
in Ins correspondence with Mr. Webster, expressly
admitted that if the British cruisers should visit
an American vessel, she would instantly be left to
pursue her voyage without molestation. But the
Spanish Government now singles out American
vessels from the vessels of all nations to 4 visit"
nnd 41 search " thus making our commerce and
flarr the sole and special obp cis of their trespass
and indignity, as ihey are, in almost every case,
of their unfounded suspicions. This statement is
made upon the report of th captain ol the Daniel
Webster, tvho, when be protested against the con
duct of ihe Spanish cruiser, was told by its officer
that his orders were to treat in the same manner
all American vessels. Ii may be said that Spiin
has no fears of invasion except from ihe United
States, and therefore this discrimination againsl
American vessels. Bul are her fears to give her
command of the ocean, to trample upon its equal
ity, to interrupt the commerce of the world ? A
man m iy have serious fears of his life, but is he
justified in stopping everyone on the highway and
searching him for weapons? It cannot for a nm
ment be admitted that because bold spirits in the
United States ure eager 'o unite in an effort to
overthrow the Spanish power in Cuba, that there
fore all American vessels are just objects of sus
picion, and can be brought to and searched on the
broad ocean.
Now, if treaty stipulations and laws have ever
been faithfully and vigorously maintained bs any
Government, the United States are entitled to that
credit in the matter of the neutrality laws. Pres
ident Fillmore not only did his utmost within legal
bounds, but, by an extreme stretch of authority,
pursued the Lopez expedition upon the high seas,
and branded the participators as 44pirates !" Pre
sident Pierce, if he has been more regardful ol the
rights of ihe citizen, has not been less diligent.
On the score, then, of good faith, the Spanish
Government has no grounds of complaint against
the United Stales. And it may well be asked, if,
after, such constant vigilance on the par' of this
Government, she now" presumes to set up and as- j
serf, with armed ve ssels, a right injurious to our j
commerce and insulting to our flag, what cla'm
she has left upon us? If she respects not nay, I
invades our our peaceful commercial rights why
should we take thought ol the safety of her pos
sessions? What consideration ol justice or lair
ness .should prevent us from saying to the Spanish
Government, 41 You violate upon the high seas a I
right which we have never yielded, though it cost
us a bloody war; you claim the right to search'
our vessels and interrupt our commerce; and this
you have done through a long series of years, in
repealed cases, without any proper reparation, j
This is ihe reward of our good faith to you. Ba
it so. We will meet you on your own ground, j
You search American vessels to catch fillihusters ;
we will repeal our neutrality laws, and fillihusters '
you shall have to your content. We will no long- !
er respect your peace, since you trample upon I
our rights.
Yet air as such a course would be towards
Spam, we think that this Government has a self
respect to maintain, which bids it vindicate the
right nnd punish the wrong, openly and directly.
Let us do whatever our honor or character re
quire, in the name and with all (he responsibili
ties of a people ready nnd able lo protect them
selves Irorrvaaggression, come whence it may.
This was our position when Mr. Slidell proposed
in the Senate last year lo repeal the neutrality
laws, and we see no cause to change it now. It
does not become a great republic to make adven
turers the champions of her rights and interests.
When imperilled, let the army and navy be sum
moned to their duty.
What policy then should this Government pur
sue, which shall bo alike consistent with its own
dignity, and adequate to redress our grievances?
Shall we still pour upon the dull and indifferent
ear of Spanish minis. ers ihe story of the past,
of injuries and indignities wantonly committed,
and as wantonly unaioned for, while they, securr
in the nssurinces of France and England, con- j
Iinna t . A it? rt.tr.-. r 1 Kit! mil f. m r t i i 1 1 f i r- ri ..., I
l in l w uicil i hi
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both our complaints and our
warnings
We have had enough, an!
more than enoiioh, of this thing. The archives
at Madrid, loaded with complaints unredressed,
are monuments of the cold indifference of Spain,
and of our too easy forbearance.
Our past course has brought us nothing. We
have not advanced one jot toward the settlement
of our difficulties with Spain upon a secure and
satisfactory biisis. The official organ at Wash
ington, while it rtj -ices over the Black Warrior
adjustment, nnd lauds the course of the Admin
istration, admits the fact. The country feels it
to be true, nnd the conviction everywhere prevails j
that further remonstrances nnd appeals at Madrid
are as hopeless as they are humiliating.
Now, the real difficulty in the way of our
peaceful relations with Spain has ever been in the
fact that the power and disposition to injure are
at our own doors, while redress has to be sought
in a distant continent. In all powers ol aggres
sion upon us, the Captain General is the rel sov
ereign of 'ubi. He commands her sea and land
forces, and is intrusted wilh their sole disp.i-itinn.
But for all purposes of redress he is absolutely
impotent. Practically, the thing has been as bad
as though wo had to appeal to the man n the
moon for protection of our rights against Cuban
officials. So palpable has it become, that admin
istration after administration has urged upon rhe
Spanish Government the conferring upon the Cap
tain General ihe power to settle disputes arising
in his jurisdiction ; but th latter has persistently
refused. Mr. Soule, in accordance with his in
structions, pressed the matter upon the conside
ration of Mr. Luzuriaga, ihe Spanish minister,
who replied, 44 that hr Majesty's Government
could not, without relinquishing the authority
which it exercises io the name of the Queen, in
vrtl the Governor Caplain-General of a province
of the monarchy, such as the Nlanrj of Cuba,
with the power of deciding upon international
matters, which power belongs exclusively to the
sunreme govern men t of ihe State. Indeed, we
du not see how, consistently with her Own digm'y i
and dominion, Spain could confer such powers
upon a colonist government. I would be an
anomaly in history. But, possmle, or imjunssi-
ble, the case is not bettered so far as we are eon
cerned. It is rather made worse, by the fact that
any hopes we might have entertained on this point
are now discovered to be vain.
As the matter then stands, we are without re
dress from either the Cuban official or the Spanish
Government from the agent or the principal.
We are injured by one parly, and denied redress
by the other. The question again recurs, what
shall we do? National honor, the protection of a
splendid commerce, the vindication of onr long
asserted rights, demand that we shall forbear no
more. We have, in ihese Spanish annoynnces,
a foretaste of what we may expect w hen France
and England, profiting by our delay and embold
ened by our lack of spirit, shall have acquired a
virtual protectorate over Cuba, and that Island
shall b- come ihe rallying point for powerful ar
maments lo issue forth and prey upon the rich
trade of the Gulf. There is, therefore, no consi-.
deration, whether of safety or lienor, which does
not point us right onward to the true course. Let
the Government send at once a fleet to ihe coast
of Cuba for the protection ol our commerce, with
positive orders to pursue, sink or capture, ihe
first Spanish cruiser that dares again interrupt an
American vessel on the hiuh sens. The freedom
of the seas is peculiarly the cause of America.
On it her proudest laurels have been won, and her
brightest victories achieved. And let her now,
with the recollections of that glorious struggle
still fresh before her. go forward in the path which
duty and honor and interest point out.- It is only
by such a course that we can command the respect
of others, or secure our own.-Charleston Mcr
any. .
me i i rnns in the Russian Service.
There are two American surgons in the Russi
an service at Sebastopol one a S uth Carolinian,
D. ..Turnipseed, and the other a Rhode Islander,
name not given, from whom a leiter is published
in the Providence Journal, dated Jpbaslopol, Feb.
3. This leiter states that these two surgeons were
received into the service at Brussels, by the 'Rus
sian minister there, under instructions from St.
Pi-tersburg, and ihat he entered into a special un
derstanding with them, by which, at the eid of
the year they may demand their release-. With
out such an understanding, foreigners who entered
the medical service are expected to serve three
years. On the 1st of July their Russian pass
ports were handed to them, nnd four weeks later
they were' in ihe Principalities, nnd on the 29th
of December they were transferred to Sebaslopo!
by a special' request of Gen. Osten Sacken. At
Sevastopol they were Quartered .in the house oc
cupied by the general, and provid-'d with every
thing . sseutiai lo comfort and good living. They
speak very highly of the cordiality of theia recep
tion, and say that since their arrival in the Crimea
a rank -was assigned to them which Russian sub
jects do not attain until after ten or fifteen years'
service.
By decree of the Emperor, a month's service
in Sehastopol counts for a year, as to all the
rights and privileges of the army, except the re
muneration. Nearly all the Russian officers, and
many of ihe medical men, speak French. Gen.
Os'.en Sacken leaves nothing undone which mili
tary skill can devise to fortify ihe ciiy on all sides.
The average number of the wounded received at
the operation hall was about twenty a day. Du
ring the cold weather there were constantly de
serters from the allies, hut it is remarked that all
those from the French army were foreigners not
a single one being a native Frenchman. In all
seige operations the French have the credit of ex
celling the English, while in regard to equipments,
provisions, hospital arrangements, and every
thing requisite to comfort, content and efficiency,
ihey seem in an almost incredible degree in ad
vance of them. Deserters from the latter corn
plain bitterly of the treatment of the British sol
diers by their officers, etc. Those statements aro
rhuS repeated by ihe writer of the letter :
41 Three English deserters to-day, who reiterate
essentially the statements of those of yesterday,
ihat they suffer much from eold in the trpnehee ;
that many are sick; that none are let off from
duty unless (hey are actually unable to walk ;
thi they have to dig up roots for fuel ; that th-ir
cotr,.e ;3 :ven to !nem rppr, wt..h ,h(JV .
i . ...
parch and grind as best ihey can. None of the
English soldiers thai i have yet seen nre provided
with boots. The Russian soldiers all have boots.
The English soldiers above speak of the arrival,
just now, of winter clothing, sheep skins, boots,
Ate, and wooden houses that have been brought
out from England, and are being put up far the
sick, many of whom, until now, hava been kept
in tents ; also of the extreme difficulty of trans
porting provisions, fcc, from Baiakiava to ihe
camp, the graft horses being worn completely out
by work. I may7 inform you that the daily allow
ance of a Russian soldier in Sehastopol is three
pounds of bread, one pound of fresh beef in soup,
a poriior. of grits, (a kind of farina porridge,) and
two glasses of brandy." Philadelphia American
and GaztUe.
Leisure Honrs.
In what way can your leisure hours be filled
up, so as to turn to great account, than in dishta
blu rea iing ? Young men, do you know how
much is depending on ihe manner in which
you spend your leisure hours? A-k the con
firmed inebriate where he firt turned aside from
the path o;" Sobriety, and if bis memory be not
gone with his reason, he will dwell with painful
recollections upon the leisure hours h once en
j yed. Ask the victim of crime when he took his
first step in reckless career, and you will proba
bly remind him of ihe leisure hours he enjoyed
in his youth. On the other hand, du you see a
man wbo was once in the humble walks of life,
now moving in a sphere of extended usefulness?
He husbanded his leisure hours. Multitudes whose
names look bright in the constellation of worthies
owe their elevation to the assiduity with which
they improved the interval they enjoyed from the
pursuits of th plow, the swf or the anvil. They
substituted the study of useful books for those tri
fling amusements which insidiously lead the un
wary in paths of profl'gacy and vice.
OCT" A bean omrpo'ted is aot a--iTy d iunted.
The if iil of God la the lcacrt.
Bayard Taylor, to his Journey to Central Af
rica," thus speaks of the natural beauties ol the
Nubian Desert: Uss
41 I soon fell into a regular routine of travel
which, during all my later experiences of the de
sert, never became monotonous. I rose at dawn
every morning, bathed my eyes with a handful of
the precious water, and drank a cup oi coffee.
After the lent had been struck, and the camels la
den, I walked ahead for two hours, often so far m
advance that I lost sight and bearing of the cara
van. I found an unspeakable fascination in the
sublime solitude ol the desert. I beheld the sun
rise, when within the wide ring of the horizon
there was no other living creature to be seen. . He
came up like a god, in awful glory, and it would
have been a natural set had I cast myself upon
ihe sand and worshipped him. The sudden change
in the coloring of the landscape, on his appear
ance the lighting up of the dull sand inlo a warm,
golden hue, and the timings of purple and violet
on the distant porphyry hills was a morning mira
cle, which I never beheld without awe. The rich
ness of this coloring made ihe desert beautiful ; it
was too brilliant lor description. The scenery, so
far from depressing, inspired snd exhilarated me.
1 never felt the sensation of physical health snd
strength in such perfection, and was ready to shout
from morntiiff till night, from the overflow of hap
py spirits. The air is on elixir of life, aa sweet,
nd pure, and refreshing as that which the first
man breathed, on the morning of creation. Yi n
inhale the unadulterated elements of the stmos
pherp, for there aro no exhalations from moist
earth, vegetable matter, or the smokes and steam
which arise front the abodes of men, to stun its
purity. This air, even more than its solitude, is
the secret of one's attachment to the desert. It ia
a beautiful illustration of ihe compensating care
of that Providence which leaves none of the waste
places of the earth without an atoning glory.
Where all the pleasant aspects of nature are want
ing where there is no green thing, no fount for
the thirsty lip, scarcely tho shadow ol u rock lo
shield the wanderer from the blazing noon God
has breathed upon th wilderness his sweetest and
tenderest breath, giving clearness to the eye,
strength to the frame, and the most joyous exhila
ration to the spirits."
How to Catch Ducks and the CoiiMisnp.
lion.
The Buffalo Republic, in giving some advice to
sportsmen, has the following: The duck season
being close nt hand, we will give a recipe for get
ting any number of line, fat ones It is necessary
in the first place lo supply yourself with a bell,
with boofcs at ibtervals ot half aa inch, all around.
Then get a largo bushel basket, the interstices be
tween the plaiting of it boing very large. These
are all the weapons and ammunition necessary, if
we except a bottle of Cognac 1814." The next
thing. to do is to go where ducks most do congre
gate. Put the basket over vour head and wade
leisurely into the water until it reaches tha arm
pits. The basket will then appear lo be Hunting
on the surface of the water. Walk slowly down
among the ducks, and ihey, thinking it some
floating drift wood, will cluster around it without
alarm. Then reach your hands out under ihe
edge of the basket and seiz tho unfortunate ducks
by ihe legs, pull them under water suddenly and
hang them by the feet to the honks for that use
made and provided ; the interstices in the sides of
the basket allowing you lo pick your game.
The other ducks will take no notice of the
disappearance of their comrades, but will sim
ply imagine they have gone down for divers ten
sons. With these weapons we have known two
hundred ducks to be shot in one day by two men,
and with the exception of rheumatisms, catarrhs
and consumptions caught in the water, it is, by
far, the safest method of hunting. Z?ay Book.
Get Married,
Young man, if you have ajrived at the right
point in life for it, let every consideration give
way to that of getting married. Don't think of
anything else. Keep poking about the rubbish of
the world, till you have stirred up a gem worth
possessing, in the shape of a wife. Never think
of delaying the matter for you know delays are
dangerous. A good wife is the most faithful aad
constant companion you can possibly have by
your side, while performing ihe journey of life
a dog isn't a touch to her. She can "smooth
your linen and your cares" for you- mend your
trowers and perchance your manners sweeten
your sotsf moments as well as your lea and coffee,
perhaps your shirt bosom, but not your temper,
and instead of sowing ihe .eeds of sorrow in your
path, she will sew buttons on your shirts,
and plant happinessinstead of sorrow io your
bosom. Yes; and if yon are confoundedly lazy,
she will chop wood and dig potatoes lor dinner;
her love for her husband is such thst she will do
anything to please him except receive company
in her every day clolhn.
When a wiman loves, she loves with a double
distilled devotedness ; and when she hales, it is on
th high-pressure principle. Her love is as deep
as the ocean, snd as strong as a hempen hslter,
snd immutable as the Rock of Ages. She won't
change except it is in a very strong fit of jealousy ;
and even then it lingers ss if loth to depart, like
evening twilight at ihe windows of the west. Get
married by all means. All the excuses you enn
fish up against doing ihe dted ain't worth a spoon
ful of pigeon's milk. Get married, I repeat,
young men I Concentrate your affections upot
one object, and not distribute them smong n host
of Susans, Mary, Lorans, Olives, Elizas, Augus
tas, Betsies, and Dorothys.
Ca.vMBKRniEs asp EftvsiPELAS. The Nile
(Michigan) Republic says: 4 A lady visited our
family a few days since, and stated that her dauh
ter had the erysipelas vry bad. We csHcd to
mind the remedy recommended by a New IfsYsn
editor. O i returning home in the evening shu
found the disease spreading rapidly it had assum
ed a frightful app-arance. She immediately ap
plied a poultice mide of craoberHes, which seem
ed to arrest it at ones, and the second poultice ef
fected a complete cure.'
Life is a 'rumper, but the teetotallers would sn-b
to make ii a trio-per of nothing but co'd w.neiv