North Carolina Newspapers

mm. r WARING- 8c PRIT CHARD, Proprietors, J A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS. ( PRICE $2 PER TEAR -In Advanc. "Cfje IfaffH- J)i5tinrt 115 ttje -JMIkitu, tin our as tjje ra. ' VOL. 4. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORIYING, AUGUST 3, 1855. NO. 2 run Til nil TO SHIPPERS. HUGH L. TINLEY & CO., (siocFsftKs to nsnvanr ite.ku,) RECEIVING AND FORWARDING ACENTS, AND GENERAL COMMISSIJN MERCAANfS. So. 2 Exchange Strrrr, South Atlantic Wharvrs, Charleston, So. 'a. CI IV F. their penwml attcntiun to the sale of Cotton as y customary, or by special contract, all other kinds ol Produce and M inufactures, and make prompt uturns oi"t!ic MBe, f'-r "2 P" cent, commission. Wr will CONTINUE, hcrctotorf, to give our spe cial attention to the Receiving and forwarding of all .pndr i i iglid to us, for 10 cent pe r package. Machinery, large packages of Furniture, &.e , eliarged in prrtioo to trouble and responsibility, lor advancing freights and charges, 2J per cent. ' .F Persons shipping oods or Frorfiir-e fhrouch tliis ic, may rely upon their interest being POSITIVELY PKOTECTEO, both against overcharge and loss of ,. ds. IVe have in no instance nor will we dttain any goods li.r freight and charges. We aouI I respectfully beg leave to refer to the fol h.wi ig reiilhnun, with whom we huvc had business lrana(rtKMis : J, l,n Caldwell, President of the S. C. R. R., Colum- l.i.- . I'. '.i- lilaigae. Superintendent of Public Works t.'ol n 1 1 i I . r.' IV. M MasliT, Librarian of S. C. College, G'olum- . W. Fuller, (oluiubia King, Jr., S.C R. Ii. Agent, Charleston, i i. t ot N w York Steam rs. ll. nrv M A. 1 1.1 ii ii a & Mull'V, .1 "UlNi'l , C W li)IKf.llllll''laCR llllll - . -T 1 t. 1 - W I eta. H. I". Raker A Agents of Baltimore and Phils - i, I phi a S ithMg racarts. J. W. aldr Ii. Ag nt of Baltimore Steamers and I. hi Sailing Packets, jnly 13, 153. 51-ly State of Sort! Carolina. MITCM.CNBt' RO COl'XTY. t' n t .: PI. am: Quarter Sees iw April Term. LS;.". S . r.i ii A ii ii Sb i rpe "J , Z . i j- Petition for Dower. I fi .-- I Estate of Joiui Sii .r.ie, ih ceased. J !T piH-sriaj ! Ihe wtlinfactina of the Court that An ii e Sharpe, Aaariah Fbarpc, James Scott and l.il.-.n h. :r. Ron-reside nts of tliis State, but reside he. j ..il il.e limits of the same : It hi thcieforc sroeti d . : ii j eig- d thai pontic iliun he made for six weeks in i t -U , -i. rn lein..erat." lit wspaper published in lb j t n ! ni Charlotte, noti vine -aid defends nts to in and i tlu- inxt Court ol Pleas and Q OS iter Sessions, :.. In Id lor the Co sty at McekM nl.nrg. at the Coart ll.mir in ( barb.lt. , on the 4th Monday in July next, Ihea and there to m ike themselves dclViiil.ints, and t n (.1. :nl. answer or demur to I his petition, or the same v. ill be taken pro emi.'essr. ns to ikcm.and sit tor hearing. Winn ss, W. K. Held. CWrfc of our said Court, at of fine in Charlotte, the 4th Monday in April, lb.).1, and in the 7Jih year sf Ame.ican laarpendrnec w. k. i;i:m. c c. c. Mas 1, 1855. (Pri;.t. r's Fee $ ) Cw. Stale of Noith (aiolina, Mr.CKt.EXBrkc; coi sty. Superior Court ot Law Spring Term, 1S.;. Rebecca A. Alexander, i vs. I Petition for Divorce. W. F. Alexander. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that W. F. Alexander, the defendant in this case, resides hejosMl the limits ol this State: It is therefore ordered bv the I'ourt, that advertisement be made in the Wes tern Democrat, for three months, notifying the said defendant ot the Mian of tins petition, and that unless he appears at the nex- Term of this Court, to be he d for the nty of Maekk-ftbatg, at the Conrth. use in baristfte, on the 7th Monday, alter the 1th Monday in September next, and answer said petition, the said will be taken pro coniesso and heard ex parte as to him. Wi sess, Jeuaiaaa B. h:r. Clerk of our said Court at office, lbs 7th Monday, alter the 4th Monday in Match, A. D.. lcS5. J. B. KERR, c. s. c. jnly 20, 18."i.'. (Pr's fee $10.) ,r)-3ni STATE Or NORTI CAROLINA, MBCKUBXMIM COCBTT. Superior Court of Laic Spring Term, 155. Nancy Miller, J vs v Petition for Divorce. John Miller. 1 T appears to the satistaction of the Court, that John 1 Miller, the defendant in this case, resides beyond 1 the limits of this State: It is therefore ordered by the : .Court, that advertisement be ma e in the Western De mocrat, for three months, notifying ihe said defendant sf Ike til in" of this petition, and that unless he appears o tne next Term cf this Court, to be held lor the county ot Mecklenburg, at the Court House in Char otte, on the 7th Monday, after the 4th Monday in September next, and ans.ver said petition, the said will be taken pro coniesso and heard ex parte as to him. Witness. Jennings B. Kerr, Clerk of our said Court Jit office, the 7:h Monday, after the 4th Monday in March, A. L . lbC5. J. B. KERR, c. m. s. c. july 20, 1853. (P fee SIO.) S2-3m STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, STANLY COUNTY. C'tirt of Pleas and Quarter Sessions May Term, 1855. J icob W. Little, Adm'r of J J jincs Little, deceased. V Petition for Settlement, vs. Sonhish Little, Olmstcid Little, Loreaxa M. Lii tie. Miry K. Loag, Jaases E. Love and wife Nareissa, James M. HaaajesU and wife Clarinda, Isreal Little, J mica Little. John Ah xander Little, Wm. A. Little and Martha Little. It appears M the asthsseiiua of ihe Coiit that Lotenao i Little, one ot the detendants in ibis ease is not an in habitant "I ihis State. Il is o rdsted, thai publication be inatie m the Chirloite DaasaaSM tor six wreks, nontvinp ih-aaid LsseaM M Link :o be ans! appear a the next Term oour so d Court t be- held for the county ot Stanly, ai ihe Conn Haass in Albenrnle, on the second Monday in Angst! nest, then and there m plead, answer or demur to the sm,l Petition, or ihs MM will be taken procontesso as lo hny ai d heaid CI pnrtr. Wnnssn, Richard H i ?. C4eik of our sad ("oun ai office n Albemarle, ihe second Monday in May, 1855, and of A etiasa Indepcndetice the 79t year. Issued -he 15-h day of June, 1855. Jane JC JS-6w (Pr's tee $6.) R. HARRIS Clerk. GINGER POP AND CED LEMONADE can be had every day at Lonergan's Bakery and Confectionary, 'i doors north of the American Hotel 7i 19 ltsq 13 tf Dissolution. The co-partnership heretofore existing between the subscribers, under the firm of WARING & I1ERRON, in the publication of the " Western Democrat," has expired this day by its own limi tation. The accounts due the firm must be closed as soon as possible. Hither is authorized to settle. R. P. WARING. KDPUS M. HERRON. June 8, 1855. H- AVfNG made out all the aceotmts due the scriptions, all persons indebted to us are requesied t pny up iiliuui d"Iay. The business of the lila firm i k f..l t . .1. . .. ...... ...U3, c v,... u JU,y iuii, ui uioee indebted must take the consequences. WARING & I1ERRON. June 29 49 Mmm mm IN" CHESTER, . O. rPH E subscribers inform the public generally, that they I have opened a KARBLE YARD in Chester, A. C, near the Depot, where they ;ue prepared, with compe. tent workmen from the North, to execute all orders in lheir line of business, such as Plain antl Oriiameiilal 3MC3rT3lo Work, consisting of mmwsm. tombs, TABLETS, HEADSTONES, &C. They will keep constantly on hand the best description of Italian and American Marble, and their articles will be afforded on as accommodating terms as they can be obtained either North or South. CC" All orders, for any article, addressed to the sub scribers, will be packed and ti r warded with the utmost care and despatch. SAMUEL McNINCH, C. NEEF. Chester. S. C, May 25. 1855. 44tf SclIiDg eft' at Cost ! I II AYE bought the entire Stock of GOODS of Alii sou & Daniel and will sell the same at first cost for CASH. The stock is large and well fine as'iirtment of selected, embracing a Ladics'and Gentlemen's Tress Goods, Window Curtains, Carpotings, cfco-, efc?o. C- E. SPRATT. april 211, 1S55. 3!Hf PAY YOUR TAXES. TMF Tax List lor the Town ot Charlotte, an- in my 1 hands for inspection all Tax Payers are requested to pay their Taxes at the earliest opportunity. I am compelled to close the Tax List by the 1st ol August. The above must and shall be attended to. J. P. GILLESPIE, Tax Collector, june 29. ISuo. 49 tl . A GREAT DISCOVER V. TVHE PEOPLE generally have conceded the hict that I W. W. Waddeli t.'o's Lightning h'ods is the only safe protector from that dangerous element that now exist. The premium was awarded to them both in London and New Yoik. at the Worlds Fair, the points are constructed so as to attract from a distance, and composed of a compound of Copper and Silver, with p!at .una points, w hich is warranted not to corrode. We the undersigned are prepared to fur. ish (all persons who may wish the protection of their lives and property) with the above Hods, and put tli in up all complete, at the shortest possible notice. J. E. L. PHI '.LAN & CO. June 2!, ISor,. 49-tt Wilmington, Charlotte & Ruthorfordton 1)OOKS for subscription to the capital stock of Ihe ) Wilmington, Charlotte and KuUierforiUon Itailroad Company, are now open at 'lit- stores of Messrs. Irwin, Hoggins !fc Co., ami Williams, Dixon &Co., in the town ol Charlotte. All persons are invited lo come forward ami aidm this good work. IV M. JOHNSTON, JNO. A YOUNG, JOHN IRWIN, LEROY SPRINGS, JOHN WALKER, WM. MAXWELL, W. M. MATTHEWS, A. W C. W C. WILLIAMSON, W. ELMS, J. FOX, R. MYERS, Com m issioners. 38-f April !0, 1855. "THE SPECTATOR." A WEEKLY JCttaxAL KIBI.ISHCO AT WA.-HI NGTO.N CI TV. tpHK undersigned propose to commence about the first of June next, in the City of Washington, the publi cation of a weekly newspaper, to be called the Spectator, designed for general circulation among the people of the United States. Its columns will contain a full ditrestoi i the news ot the day, ivreign ana demesne; a Weekly review ol finance and the markets; a synopsis of the proceedings of Congress during its session; tables ol" election returns, the important political action of State h pislatures, and of patty conventions interesting mis- ; cellaneous and scientific matter ; articles on agriculture ; I together with original articles upon the leading topics ol ! the dav. Much valuable information relative to tlienp- I u. n Kiceatin Dona rtments ol the Govc-rii- mnl ii.T, ilo r with the weekly lit of new patents, will j 11..'.- ' - - - - , I i be ti.uiidin its colninn. A larj.e portion ot its space j will he devoted to light literature, original and selected, ; Its location the poilllC-l centre o uic enion, win at- ' l.i.-i; ir nrnflirn t IP I ttti1 in .nrinn I irU flll'I ill u 1 1 it ainaj o - -vw- .av4 uiu- i lion on public a fi". ira. Spectator an acceptable visitor to every house in the j ! Union, and it will therefore not assume on any occasion ' the position of a psrUssa papir, nor will it owe any ! e- t i : i I ii. ill. Kiaaoe to men, t entertaining fixed and decided j . i. nn.liyin. rf" nolilienl pcnnniiiv. and noon our I system of government, it w 11 disseminate and promul- j e;i.te them as occasion mar rtqnire always keeping : eirelullv in vu-w the interests ol fin- country, grow cig i out ol (reign :;s wi , ris Jo in ,tie utlJirs. The Spectator will he printed in quarto fo-m,on good paper and new tjrps ; each numer coiit-iiiung eight pa gi s of mailer, :n;;king one rJsMBM Snaaallj oi'41G pages. Barh volume will be accompanied by a full and com plete iiiite.x of it SoafentSj llms making it a most valua ble paper for pr.-servation and reference. It will be published every SatS rday morning, at ? po.- annum, payable always in advance. No paper will bo cor.tinuei! beyond the time for which it i& paid. All subscription and communications on businc.-s should be addressed to the il'idersigned nt Washington, D. C AUC. F. HARVEY & CO. Washington City. May 92, 1S55. 4S a-eli m domestic uttatrs. 1 Action. Speak Louder Clan Words. We invito special attention lo the Philadelphia case of npgro-slt-aling, which we give from the Evening BuHitiit : A Southern gentleman going brnad on a for eign mission, cannot pass through a Northern city without being deprived o;' his domestics, and a gainst their will. And this in the city where a great National Convention has just been held, and professions of respect made for the rights of the South ! How long will the South be c;ijoled ? -1 ti. . i -i i , i outi Abh.- i lesiave case r portt-a in me bulletin or yesieraay, tias assumea a more serious phase than we had anticipated. The Hon. John H Wheeler, of North Carolina, United States ' Minister to Nicaragua, is ihe owner ol ihe slaves j w ho were freed, on Wednesday i,iernoon, at U'al- . C . H- I I -1 ..ut tuiei uarr. 11 serins tnai .ir. v n- eier ana his servants had taken dinner at Bloo.igood's Hotel j !or ,nfJ benefit of our reader. Spiking of :h on that day, and had Ihen gone on board the Wash- j political turn given :o a purt-lv geographical que, ington, for ihe purpose of proceeding lo N. York. ,jon he Sfivs . While at the hotel, the fact of the party being m 'a consequence of this afae of things has been slaves became know n. Mr. Wheeler alleged that to p-rpetuate the memory of the old surveyors the slaves did not d.-sir,. lo leave him, and that w(m, establish d it a rare goodloriuoe as regards iney were stolen uway in opposition 10 ins ana (heir will. Yesti rday spplicattoa was made lo Judge Kane, in the United States Dislnct Court, for a writ ol habeas corpus, to be directed lo Mr. Passmore Williamson. The writ was granted, and made returnable at 3 o'clock in ihe afternoon. At ihat time, Mr. V andyke appeared for Mr. Wheeler, and Edwtrd Hopper for respondent. Mr. Hopper stall d ihai he had sppean d at the teqoesi ol ihe respondent's father, as a marl; of respect to ihe summons of the Court ; thai Passmore Wi!. hamson had lull fur Harrisburg on piiate busi ness. Mr. Vandyke replied, that he who had the wrongful posseesion of a person, should be pre.ent to answer the w rit of the Court ; but if the party were not present, lie w ould ask lor an alias habeas corpus, returnable ;,t such itne as the Court might -uggest. His Honor then fixed tiiis morning, at 1U o'cloak, lor the return of the writ. The wri' commands Mr. Williao.son to bring in the bodies ol Jane, Dan and Isaiah, the servants ol Mr. Wheeler, to await and ubido the decree of the Court. Yesterday afternoon, Deputy United Stales Marshals Jenkins and Crossin arrested five color ed men, on the charge of iit and committing n assault and battery on Mr. Wheeler, at ihe tune ol the rescue of the slaves. Their names are Wil liam Custis, J hit s Martin, J. S. Ballard, Isaiah Moore mid James S. Braddock. The prisoners were taken before Alderman Freeman, and com mitted in default of bail for a further hearing at 1 1 o'clock this morning. This morning at 10 o'clock, the return of the w ril of alias habeas corpus was made by presence ol ihe body to whom the writ was directed. Mr. Vand) ke appear d on the pari ol the United States, and Messrs. Gilpin, Hopper, Pierce and Barney on the part of the respondent. The respondent, Passmore Williamson, Esq., made a return to t he Court to the effect that the bo dies of Jane, Daniel and Iraiah, mentioned in the writ to him directed, were not now, and had noi been M any time, in the cus;od, power or posses sion of ihe tin n respondent. Mr. Vandyke briefly slated the f ids of ihe cast as follows : The Hon. John H. Wheeler is a citi zen of North Carolina, he has been for some time American Minister to a foreign power. He has been at his post in discharge ol his duties, and was re urning to it alfer a brief visit to Ihe . Stales, lie is ihe owner of three colored servants, named Jane, Daniel and Isaiah. II-' was proceeding lo New Yotk, on Wednes- ' day, the 18 h, lo embark for Nicaragua, and when on hoard at the wharf at this city, with his ihr.e ! servants, the respondent came on board and asked those servants, or one of them, if they would l:ke lo he tree. They told him that I hey wished to sf.-iv with their mister, when the respcndenl and fifteen or twenty colored persona took ihern forci bly from the custody of their master. The two boys cried to go buck to Mr. Wheeler, but the res pondent here, one Passmore Williamson, forced i hem a w a y. 'I he companions and associate of Mr. William son seized Mr. Wheeler by the throat as he was trying lo prevent this outride on his pro, erly, and siid that il he made any resitance ihey would cut his throat. Mr. Vandyke said that if be proved these simple facts, he proved the return lalse. The point raised by the opposite council, he said, was that ihe court would not go b hind the return, but he asked that the court now go into ihe ques lion of ihe committal of ihe outrage, and prove by evidence: the return to be false. We find in the Baltimore Sua a fuller report f the proceedings, Irom which are take the follow- ing : Mr. Vandvke went on to argue that the return to the writ was not only an evasion but an abso lute false hood, and that the parties w. re under the control of ihe respondent The Di-tr ci Attorney compared the respondent to a pick pocket, who steals a purse and hands the plunder lo a confed erate. He urged, in conclusion, that the respon dent had not purged himself of contempt, and that he was liable lor it and for perjury. The respondent's counsel, after consultation, determined to leave the matter to the c utt for de- . CISI'n w itnoui arcumenr. Judge Kane f-aid the case was .o grave, and Ms consequence ni ght be so verv grave to the res- ,,,),., who nh, ev(. n;iss jnIO )e condition .i lt . ,.l :i nna.inur lhal ln wn lieoroiis let. ire nnBm cr " " r" ' o I miin I I....... I . m n r.. ... In the meantime bail might be taken in $5,000 for . a ,urlher hearing on the Second motion, fn the! . .ir.. f rinrv nfirl th moll , fltf -,,, , lie IWU IIIU1IIII19, IV HHC llllir in, rrtii.u cha rg - ..' , , , ; c u'u f- u ' MS being consid red ex I r .judicial , that il it is really in ihe power tf the llelendrtllt to pn cure ihe bo- ,.,. rl , I,,. ihrne wrkniM. it woud to inn Mo- J l.:i.r i,.r hi.n InH.i n Jll.lue k',1.. e-iiH in riMni-liiiinn lhal he wuhJ h..ld .Mr V 1 1 - liamson in 85.000 lor a further bearing at the, next term of ihecourf. on Friday next Bail was ; entered. The court room was densely crowded with spectators. Wool. A tieeco weighing pounds, was re cently sheared from a nv-rino sheep at Newberry. Ohio. Another Irom the same flock yielded a fleece weighing 18 pound. Mason A. Dixon's Lute. We not long ago published a paragraph in cor rection of some of the common misapprehensions concerning ibis famous line, but ihe following Irom the Nuttonai Intelligencer will prove of additional interest and information : For our attention being brought at this time to the geographical significance ot this famous line, we are indebted to the researches of Mr. John II. B. Latrobe, of Baltimore, a gentleman whose pro found nCquirerttents and literary taste have con ; (rihu.e(j much toe,, rich the common stock of know- Tke slbjeC, wma chosen bv him for an address Worn the HiatoHeal Soeietv. of Pennsvl- aMl s are nrmnnse a v.-rv I. niied num. ,f.r , cj,lt.s w, r, printed lor ttratribotton, we shall ,., snAt,ct ourSelves lo the charge of 'carrvinc I - O r.,,s , Athens .f we nrn.te :i lew nnsacres from il lheir fame; for, while th engineers who located the road across ihe Stmplon hive been forgolton in ihe all-absorbing renown of th'1 master whom they served; while. of the thousands who sail past the Eddystune, not nn.- perhaps knows who it was that erected n a crag in ihe niidil of thi- sea the wonderous light-house, that has now d Bed the tempests of a century ; while oblivion has been the lot of ni her benefactor of mankind, w hose works, of everyday utility, should have bei-n their endming monuments, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dison, w ho. sixty-six years "go, ran a line through the forest, until the Indians I'm bade Ihe further progress of chain and compass and whose greatest ( merit seem to have been ttiat of accurate survi y ors, have obtained a notoriety for their names as lasting ;is the history of our country." It was in 1763 that the proprietaries of Penn sylvania and Maryland agreed with Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to survey the boundary be tween their respective grants; and these " two mathematicians or surveyors" landed in Philadel phia in November of the same year, ond entered al or.ee upon the work agreed upon. According to their own account their new line did not vary an inch eastward or westward of lhat which had been established by previous surveyors; "so that, filter nil," says Mr. Litrube, "the sighting along poles and ihe rude chain measurements of 17C1 and 1762 would have answered every purpose had ihe proprietors only thought so." He gives a minute account of ihe progress ol this work (rom time to time, and thus continues: " The lines whose history has thus been given were directed to be marked in a peculiar manner, both by the agreements ol the parties and the de cree ol Lord Hardwicke ; find the surveyors ac cordingly planted, at the end ol every filth mile, a nione graven with ihe arms of the Ptnns on the one side and of the Baltimore family on ihe other, making ihe intermediate miles with smaller stones having a P on one side and an M on the other. The stores with the arms were all s-etn Irom Eng land. 'Plus was done on ihe parallel of latitude as j tar as Sideling Hill ; lut here all wheel ir&nspor- tation ceasing in 1776, the further marking of the line was the vista of eight yards wide, with piles; of stone? on the crests of all the mountain ranges, 1 buili some eight feet high, as far as the summit of the Alleghany, beyond which the line was marked J by posts, around which stones and earth were; thrown the better to preserve them." I All the efforts of Mr Latrobe lo discover some information in regard to ihe characters and per sonal appearance of these two remarkable indivi duals, proved fruitless. "Their letters," he says, are ihe merest business letters; their journal is the most naked ol records : and he therefore a- t mused himself by divining their characters from their respective autographs. From these he very ingeiously deduces that "Mason was a cool, delib erate, painstaking man, never in a hurry ; a rnan of quiet courage, who cro-sed the Monongahela with fifteen men, because it was his duty to do so, though he woulil have preferred thrice the number a) his heels." From Dixon's signature he infers ' thai tie was a younger man ; a more active man ; a man of impaiier.t spirit and a nervous tempera ment ; just such a man as worked best wi'h a so ber sided colleague." In a no'e he o lis us that Lalande, in his Bibli- ography Astronomique, ays thai Dixon was born in a co il mine. He di d at Durham. Enidand, ; in 1777, but Mason survived hitn ten years, and j according io jhe Encyclopedia Americana died in P- nnsylvania in 1787. One of the stones that ; which marked th- nearest corner ol Maryland- I iiriuj; uiiui iiiiii' u ui ci lmim'i, iii mi- iiuiw oi time foil, and was removed lo form part of a chirn- I ney o a neighboring farm house. Upon the stone I. ..... . ii.iili.ini ... I.e. n I..,.. A, ... ll... ,.l I being miss- d. Mr Latrobe says, " ihe Legist a lures of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware ! Tiki!.' ill.. IMdllar III ll . T . t A A u . . I it I . . r.. X -. , . ', . . .. ' I vi nil. iir'nv i ill uu, aim a j Mill 1- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 was appointed, which, obtained the servieps of Lieut. Col. James D. Graham, a distinguished officer of the Topogi rphioal Engineers of ihe U. Suites, caused the work of Mason and Dixon 10 he reviewed as far as was necessary Colonel Graham's work corroborated in all important particulars tie- work of his predecessors. Some er rors were discovered, however." Bv ihe correction of on" of these errors the Slate of Marylnd gained an addition to her tern lory ot --our crr urn, ti.xiotu nunu. cuius oi r . . i r m. . l.l - r an acre, lw vilicMfter loss felJ upon rnusvl- vania or Delaware dm-s not appear. Another of appea r. uic rrrun cure vn u wm ii n innirr iiiiivuiar cnir imi v 1 1 i .L . ..... J - .1". ... . I I 1 a the r.i......i n,.i..,m o ..Vi... Vi"""! i ""'.'"III sa vs in Ins renori Mi U- South a gen.leman who has once served as a m,"mher ol ,,,e L-gnUture ol Del, ware, resided a full h If mile wnh.o -he State of Pennsylvania." and Christians church, by the same re-survey, was louno to he m rermsylvania. These are all curious facts, well worthy to be m.-ote ine he vuhj'-elof n nf'dresi to imv historical S'ici't ; and ;!i manner in nhich Mr. Latrobe d his task shown iho iliscr'mtn'ing j'i lg- eX'-CII: m-nt of the I ennsyivannn society in aejec ing mm individual so every way competent to its sa'isiac- lory perform nice. A soldier on r i 1 for hibitual d run kenness eras addressed by the President Prisoner, vou have heard the prosecu ion of habitual drunkenness, what have you to say in defence?' 4 Nolhing, please your honor, but hu'jit'jal thirst.' An Imperial Boudoir. A Paris correspondent of (he New York Herald furnishes the following description ot the boudoir built tor the empress al the exhibition: 4 The door opens on a little saoa, which th fairies might have chosen for lheir court of audi ence. A carpet of white stlk receives the impe ri al foot, and a canopy and six fauter.ds in dead gold, and covered with needlework Irom l be hands ol the famous Madame de Maint; tion. Oh ! if in the palmy day s of her liaison w ith Louis :he Four teenth, the grand monarque, she could have dream ed ol the use lo be made of her hnndiworli were there for the imperial repose. The walls are pan eled in white and gold the centres being filled w ith ihe same needle werk w hich covers the chairs, and the ceiling is formed into a large oval medal ion, on which angels floating among azure clouds are beautifully painted, hovering round the two letters N. and B., artistically combined, a9 if to protect the imperial humanity whose names they indicate from every brenih of taint or injury. A small doorway on one aide ol the fireplace, draped over with a curtain of while silk and go'd' D fringe, conducts you to a species of lent chamber, (rom the hall spiral plafond of which fall all over tiie walls rich blue .silk hangings relieved with em broidered silver. Over the mantelpiece is a mir ror from Venice, whose beautilu.l form at once be speaks its origin ; and in the corner placed on a toilette table, covered w ith Hnniion lace, is a dres sing glass Irom the house of Star & M arlimer, London, framed in silver of the most elcborate workmanship. In expectation of the empress's immediate arrival, two of the imperial domestics, in state liveries, entered this little room while I was there, and spread on a small table ot inlaid Parian marble, supported on a golden pedestal formed of Lilliputian figures whose illustrative character I had not time to examine, a tray ol re freshment such as Venus herself might have tas ted and siill remained an efhenal godess. I was given to understand that the fillings of this luxu rious retreat were all made so as to be removable at pleasure, and may lie adap'ed to any oihar abode to winch it may be the imperial will to transport them. Indeed, thev have not bin" of a temporary character about them. For lite present no place could have been more appropriately selected in the Paluis de ITndustrie, embossed if 1 may say so as it is in silks from Ly ons of such surpassing beauty, such overpowering richness, that :my at tempt to describe them would be more than futile. It is sufficient to say that no other loom then that of t?iis far renowned province of France could come w ithin a league of such productions as are now offen d to the gaze of the wondering visitor as lie strolls along the galleries of ihe Paris exhibition.' Vacant Houses. It is an item woithy of observation, if nothing else, that in the upper portion of the city ihere are a great number of untenanted houses, ll was not so one year ago. Louisville Courier. This (act, however, is vi ry easily accounted (or. When it is recollected what has been the course oi Know-Nothingim in this city, no one will be astonished that there are a gnat number of vacant houses in ihe upper portion of the city, That portion of the city has been almost entirely built up by ihe Germans, aid three, fourths ol its inhabitants now are Germans, They arc quiet, laborious, frugal and peace-loving. They bave earned lheir money by hard and laiilnul labor, and they have saved it and purchased ground and built themselves houses. In the highest sense ol j the term they have been and are good citizens. ilut Know-Nothingism does not so recognize them. It wishes to deprive I hem of the right ol suffrage it wishes to debase them to the caste of fr"c negroes its members (or at least the rowdy portion of ihern) are loud antl foul-mouthed in their denunciations ol the d d Duich' and a German can hardly pass the streets without being! insulted by these rowdies and threatened with ! personal violence. Nor is this all. Know-Nothingism has not stop I ped at threats. It exemplified the proscriptive vio lence ol its prinripiea in Anril and May I ist, bv I J rally ing lis bullies and black-gu irds, and wiih clubs a id bludgeons beating the naturaliz-d voter from ihe polls, Nor does it stop here. The incendiary dentin ciations of naturalized citizens by the Louisvilh Journal its insidious calls upon ihe Know-Noh i rigs to arm ihemsolves (or violence and bloodshed Ml A gust all these things point out too plainly why it is that houses are vacant in the upper part o the city. lNumbers of our naturalized citizens have moved away from the city. They would nol remain where their rinh's were thus tramnled tin. I J J.I i i in, uieir persons outraged, una ineir lives enaang- i ered. And il lhee scenes of violence continue, thousands ol o'h-rs will olio them, un tl the grass shall grow in our streets. We are person ally aware of the fact that manv Germans who own property in the city, desire to s. II ii at a greal sacrifice and leave the city. To the vacant houses, arid 'o 'he fac's which have brought about this stale of things, we call the attention of holiness men, of mechanics and of property holders. It is worthy thejr serious attention. Louisnilh (Ky.) Times. Railroad Pietbt. A correspondent of the Broome county R publican, describes his joint .ver iheSyrac-ise and Birmingham Railroad. Irom (yo.r.,, i i!lmi,n, I Q , f 0 Jf ' w sn oounus ana woutu nav- nnisneii mere, Imu not -tie dovr, trains whistle loud rebounded through the air. So sink- ! ing Fairchild by the lurid, who siid come up n gain, 1 bid farewell to every-e;ir, and jumped up- on Hi- train. Hushing round the hill side, dart ing o'er the plain, over the rivers, under roads, Van Bergen drove his train. The moon threw bi ight effulgent rays on each small ripple's crest; the river seemed a riboand si retched across the meadow s breas'; the evening wind carne stealing through ihe car wiih gentle sigh, and brought a cinder irorn the engine, spang into rnv eye ; few and short were the praers I s-tid.aud I spoke not a word of sorrow, hut I rubbed at mv eve till I made ,. red. and knew 'twould be sore on the saor- ro w. VV e soon go: bom-- at the rate w- ran, at an hour just riyht for retiring, enddosvn from h pos' C'tn- 'he engut'; .nan, an ! the fireasafl ceas : ed his firing. And thus 1 too will cease wi h ibis, ; a moral to the tale bo always sure lo 'mind your I eye,' when riding -ju a rail! From Washington! The correspondent of the New York Herald Cf 20th July gives th following : Interesting and Curious Dtspatcius fro::i -Petersburg. The Czar's Letter io the Pr -:.. The principal member of the cabinet met ll morning at an early hour. It was chance lha' brought them together. The President had ceived a letter from the Czar of Russia, in n to one transmitted by a special hand through Minister at St. Petersburg, congratulatory his succession. This letier, like a pttwrioua on received by President Pierce from his Muatrj father, bore his own autograph, and ia evidently not intended for the public gage. The kowh that a letier of this nature had been received, brought about the meeting of an inquiring eal a day ia lore the usual time of meeting. Its sin corny of sentiment, as far as I can learn, t( j I in every line. Tho document is a singuUr on and, at the same lime, somewhat important io cong ratulatory tone of the increasing greatness v. the United States. The dying father's adtuoni lory advice lo the son, his successor, now ll Emperor, was to study his papers private, whicl would he found in his escretoire which be had received from the most eminent men in the Unit ed States, among the names of which arc o be found those of Jackson, Clay, Webster and i ' The imperial potentcte acknowledges all I be value to these papers placed upon them by his fftustri nun faiher.and received with oxpreswons ol tli than usual feeling the strong na'ional interest m nifested by the American people in the lucces' of the war upon which his greal father Ind ed. II" proposes the mist lasting friends hi 1 I ween Russia nnd the United Slates. This European mail has brought more important in telligence to the United Stales than uuy arri since the establishment of our stemn coi 'i with Europe. - Cotton Mamtautirb in tiik Scrnr -At able writer, in a Northern periodical, hus taken this subject, and shows very conclusively, that Southern Stales ougbl lo become the ummm ers as well as producers of cotton for the worl ' From facts furnished by this writer, it appears tli. 1 the cotton manufacture makes up nearly enrhofl of ihe external trade of the British KingOom. The United States furnish four-nil ha ol m hundred millions of pounds importtd in' Greal Britain. The writer proves by statistics and figun a, ihe Ii i t is Ii manufacturer received five ttt a much for convening the cotton into cloth, 1 firmer for producing ihe raw mateiial, and . employ the same amount of capital, it r . ihat the same disproportion exists UtUvi . profits of the Southern planter and the tor 1 1 i manufacturer. The writer then sets fertl greater advantages possessed by tin- Southern j ter for manufacturing, and Shows that the saving in ihe transportation would go laig' l v the payment of ihe manufacture. He urges that instead of increasing the pro-' already too great the Irue Southern policy Ii enter largely into ihe manufacture, and th'" will draw a portion of the labor engaged in tin ;r duction, and employ it in ihe mode of met t u r cs. R ich m ond I) ispntch . D'Israeli tells us a gentleman who, hivii oration to deliver for the first time in l is life, a certain day, was accuslomcd to rehearse it in tl cab!age garden, address the plants as tin i', w ere n .audience. Unfortunately he thin a ed the habit of" identify ing certain eabbag't certain points ol his speech, and when he Cfl deliver his oration io a bona fide asscari to In could nol get out a word, and found bjm' ignominioutly 'stuck' for want ol beho' I familiar vegetable. Blushing and bowu. I length exclaimed : ' GenllnmPu I beg video u' caulcs non est is - I see that y u r . cabbages,1 and made hi escape, Native Americans On Saturday last half dozen Native Americans, with th-ir lift u a portion ol the remnant of that noble on. fd voluiionary heroes known as the Catawba led visited Columbia on business, bringing will 'hiir usual supply of earthen vosola for ih They attiacled much atletiiion, and aro eioi I the warmest sympathy and friendly grei in ! every Carolinian, us the representatives of fai I nil warrior bind, who nobly espoused Ihe lm i can cause in the Revolution, and bravely I side by side with our progenitors for the hi i of civil nd religious liberty which we, th' r dren, now enjoy. Columbia Times, 24th in .. Dumas. A Paris correspondent says ; 'Dt'M complexion is, 1 think, getting darker at. l lai everyday. At any rate, his disresj.rc'f i said of him not long ago, 'My father ia a dreadful proud man ; I should not be astonished Jo Cs I rj inountrd up behind his own carriage to n p ople believe he kt-eps a negro acrvsnt.' m m - 'Four Stobt Namks.' Tho sludcnls graduated at Harvard College on Wednf:$ iy. lor ihe most part w h it some would call 'fo names. Out of ihe party who had part- a there thirty have three or more name -, must have been born in a time of plenty. John Mitchel is now residing on hit fan Tuc ileeche, Knox courly, Tennessee, lin he. we are happy to learn, has greatly im; since he le It the editorial prolession, and ihe more gen fa! one of an agriculturist. ado; ' The Star intimates that Roger A. Pryot I I of the Richmond Enquirer has bren ap( a special mission to Greece, charged with the of settling the difficulty between that governn orilj our own Wl!i, reference to Dr. Mars. . .1 CCr Is it very fekjy here ? said a so.' M ' day lo aqother. -; plied his companion, a great many have died '.!. i vear who never died before. P Sucrutes seeing a scolding who had hang ed herself on an olive tree exclaimed ; Oh 1 rUal ail trees would bear such fruit.