WARING & PRITCHARD, Proprietors. ij A FAMILY PAPER—OFVOTED TO POLITICS. LITERATURE. AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING. AND NEWS. «! PRICE $2PERYEAR-In AAtmic*. “4!l)r Itiitfs—Distinrt ni: tljr i'illDm, but onr ns tl;r vol.. 4. CHARLOTTE, A. C., TUESDAY JVIORNIJVG, OCTOBER 9, 1855. NO. 11 KDITED BY R. P. WlRIXt: & il. M. PRIT(H1RD. (i.'i.ve, one door lou/h of Sadlfr’s Hotel upstairs. Terms of Subscription. )■ j.aiil 111 jid.ancf ^^(>0 li I'md \ uhiiithrer inttnfh 2,.^0 It I'Aid at the end ot the yeai. D.OO Any person sending un five .vew .tu^foribern, accompa- ed fiy the ndvance Miibicriptioii, 10,; will the iiiiitj gra!.'» Uji •hi# }«r. Terms of Advertising. Agricultural. \ A Daiidy »iii«»ng Cuwft. Ohnamental Grmcnds k)k Farmer*.— It is I Aduiphus Spiigging.-s, of the Filih Avenue and not M) !urpri!!«iiig, ui this of u'lliiy aiui ♦•cuiw»- street, prided hiinneli cmisiderubly on his nty, timt cofiipi«rttHv*'ly attention has hitherto vv th the wmvs of tfie town, bin h > b»*en p«itl to Iteaiilifyiiig th»* FLirrouM(li[ig& of c>un t^nowlt-dgt' of ct'Uiiiry nititters was limited. Mi. try re«idence.s with .shady lawns and avenuf-s, or ; outrun the* con*t«hle, Jouiki tiiuieiully arranged gniden.s of ftuit trees, when j summer not in u >i:uatinn to iind» r- Wi- Consider that “ppeed the plough ’ is prHciically. I h'* usual jaunt to Siira'ogH or Newport, mid uiid perhaps iiect^dsarily, the It'ading rnotto of a bethought himself of hh iiivitrtiion vvlncli he h^d very Inrge pnrtion of t/i»- deniZ'-ns of ruraldcm. •"'’ni* rl)- rirt-ivj-d from his luicle Van Brnintnel, Yft it i.i appfiren' — if you exc-lude tho amatf'ur.s i li»-arty old firmer, to pay him a vi«it, ai Pump Mnd k'ufjurhan re>ident.i about our largf cifie.s ! ^***diije, 1 i> Pumpkind-'tit* Mr. Spriggiris r paired that, exc* plin;» ih«* standard ap[il«* orchard, and ^xpr»“is r* solution ol aiiii.ni>liing the na perchance an occasional grovt* of fi*.iirishing , I Ins, wiih th»* aid of his y* Ilow kids, em !■ roni thi: Ci>rrcs}»0iidciicf of The Prorideiicc Journal- Tlie Full of a Seasau at iH»-wp«rt Fi nancially f'wuwldtTvd. .Ntwp.-MT. JSi'ptemlrt-r, 155o, In my Iasi I allu(lt**‘d to tli>* • x'ravagKnt fxp**ii- dilute in this placr during tin; .sfuaon. You mav • j«k for some estiin »le c»i lh»* whnj*' nmount that c'langes hands m th*- C(»Ur!»e of the .-iix we» k that the ity is den.s* ly crowded, but n-> m-ans are af lord* d me to ohtam 'he nee- ssury inf. rmrttion, and IIS any cticnlafif>i» ;ha; J c»uld inak«^ would hare no >ound bsis* it i.x hardly woith whik to deal in guess work. It niny, h -wevt'r, pri>v»* inierrst rnaph sand o/ikn, r« «erved mr the huildinir site , broideied wai^troats, brilliant n. ck «i*««, pntern ini; tfi know in'o w hat chmneh th»-moip v br u'ht will tje in»«ried ai il per siiuare for mo lirat ,i i .l - . . ^ k j .• i ii l i r n j i i . , " .t i’rut.H hir each Ku^Hequeiu iiiacriioii. A square c^ui-j ff>riMhuught of Mm* lasftut owuer, ifie j rrencti pnra»f*«, aim tai^ltKiCintiU' uir, h** | iMllsi, »ir»d with ui linnd *-v*'ry onr cnii farnjt'rs of thin ct>uniry h«ve to(» much ne'l c-1 succfedrd in doing. Hf* ven nndf'j make an t.';jni «i«'d th** amount nere^'ary to rov- t»*d ihe refining and pleading accessories to the | inipression by attracti.nis, on the leeimg.'^ of |'-r e.\p» n>e>^ in his puriieular cane, sjiould he d**- ^ ^ ' ’ ' Mi>s RapplfWay, u yuung lady vi'i'or. who Imd cid»* ii visii Newpor' next season. VW will suppiije till* pHrtie^ t> be a gentleman and his wile, without s- rvfints or children, and (iispnsed to live eriiiiiiniieaily, yet enjny in a «ea- .*.oniible w!iy ihe nt**aiis at tfieir disp/sal. 'I’hey arrive at on*- of the lending h.iielii the last of Julv (>r the first ol Ai'gust, itod occupy a room ^■ngug ed July 1, [lavmg lor if fmm 'hat liine at the rate ol loriy iwfJ dullnri a wtf k. The trunks ar** put - il diiritMMi liiii'S or U-sfl, this i»i7.e letter. \ ri a* wiable deduction will fje made to those who adver- I . by th-’ year. .iiIjIc coiiitnii advertisement will be charged per cent. Bi i iDtial on the usual rates. AJvcri. itineatsi uut rw*.! monthly or (juartcTly $1 per •(iiiire Ijr cai'ti inat-rlion, F'i)r aitiiiiiiar’in;' cawdidatPH for office $3 in advance. rr )feHsional and H'isine>.s Cards not exceeding six line« w K* inserted at $.'> n yrnr; not exceeding; a aijuare irT’SiihscriberH and others who may wmli to send money ?. us, can do 8j at all times, hy mai/, and atourria'.i. homestead. 'I'he introduction of 80 many ixcellrnt varieties I prt'vinuBly fif'en on ami ibU* terms with Gert Von of frui's, and the ripid increase of nurseiit-s [n j ^^‘'Oinmel, the larmer’s eld st son, (lert sulked many of the States, hs well as the prodigality of | fwore in [)rivate. but lear (d his I'lifher kept our Ainerican Ibresfs, ol ornamental shade trees' Irotn publicly showing hi.s resenim* iit. One and shrubs, must eventunllv, if would se* m. hirce ! however, an idea occurred to him which he PARODY IIOIIE:.'VLI!«De:V. In at'ason.* when our fiindii are low, Subscribers are provoking slow, .\nd new aiipplies keep up the tlow Of diinea departing rapidly. Blit wc shall se* a sadder ri^I t, When »ir«s pour in from mnrn to nijrlit, ('oinmanilinf every sixpence bri|{!i». 'I’o he forked o»er *ipcedkly. Our bonds and due bill* arc arrayed — Kach seal and »ifnu»ure di.*pl.iyed — The lioldrrj* row they must be paid, With threats of “I,aw and C'hincf ry.‘* I’ltcn t(* despair we’re almost driT**n— There’s precious little u«e in livin’. Whei; our last ro;>per’l rudely driven Krum hands that held it lovingly* Hut larger yet thos^* dues khall prow, Wheu iutereal’s addrd on below, I.riijtli’uinp »mr chin a foot or »o, Wfiilc gazin;^ at tilt r.J hopelessly, ’Ti* 60, th.it scarcc flare wo bep la To pl-ad for time upon a dun. liufore there cornea tonif other one Demanding payment ferociou^ly. 'I’he prospects durkens. On ye brave, Who wuuld our very bacon save I Waive patrons! all your pri.texts waive y\nd pay the Print r cheerfully# Al«! it W'ocild yield us pleasure sw «ct, A few delinquents now to meet. Asking from us a clear rtceipf, l or pajtrrs titki'ii reg’larly. A StruiiifC Romance of Real L.ifc 6ci‘iic. We wrre witnen* je.>.terday morning ui a scene pot »*-ry cnrnmon in this part of ihu worM. A whole fanitly con-isting id' seven persons, father, |»roportton ol nu)ther, «nd five little oneu, r'lther p ofly dre.ssi d, • topped at th'- punip corner of Mun and 'I’lui -i, f»> get a dr'tik, I hev had come aloot all the »vny from North l^arnlina, some seven hupdred miles, and v\t>re on their nay to .-\ikansas. The wind was bloviing cold yestei ji*y, and the little oni s will) their 6aro f« et niid jii.>t from tt warmer clime, seemed ill nt»lp to be«r it. f>ui they murmured not. Some of our ch.irilable citizens galliered around, »iid in a (ew nioineu! cnH' Cltd and gave them J8-0 in money and sot7ie shoea — Who ►hall liay whai hardships they have paised through uj> their long journey ? Who jsHall tell the v\earine*s of those little feet when night came on — how heavy their hrighf ews grew—or how foiindly they slept lill early dawiiT 'Fhe n.o'her carried on her head u bundle and tn her arms a b'lL", not more than six mon'hstdd ; one little hoy hra\ely bore up under a li'iavy bundle on hisivad, duubtliss changed with one ol I11.5 companiofis i ii little toddling girl of threo or four years, witi this branch of rural art upon the atteniion of every lover of the country. Indeed, a growing interest ha* f:ren awakened in t'>is respecc uithiii a lew pant years, that certainly promi-ses much for the iu'ure—ht least with that portion ol the land owners wbo can, or Uiink they can, afford 10 let Ihe trees griw. It should be the aim of the thrifty, before-handed farmers, to render a country life pleasant and at- trMctiVii by som'! assoclitions b*-yond the metely ua''ful. >‘Iincnura{fe the beau'ilul, the usetui en- c«iiirnijes iii>eli,” is a gond m;»xini ; and it is to be hoped tnany may he indticed to act 'jpon this ad vice, and m-'ke n beginiiing the prc.seni year, if not more thim the adoption into their dooryards jf a !pw handsome specimeiis of whit»*wo"d, white ash, rock elm, rock tnapje, or other native tree.-*, from the nean st «o >dlind. 7 he work need not ull be «lon‘ a« once; but a few sea«ji/»’ persever ance thereMl'ter, as leisure or laticy m «y suggest, will nccHiiip'ish it. \V e trust, as the ability of the rural populntion improves, and their altentioti becomes c^ore yene. r;»ll\ direct«d to ttie embelli?ihjneni of their fmmes, they will proportionately gratify those iatt»s which ! are not anting, but only doroMnt, from con^tan' j attention t" lh»* W'le practical details ol husl>andry. : \ liberal ijisplay of ac(.*om| lihnien' in this chium- j ing depjiftment of rural iiffiir-i noi only .‘iurely '• xertsa gennl, hoflianizitig innu> nee upon the I inmates and upoa netghhorii, but often is an index i thiit gives the firsi f‘Vorable impresfit.n to th>-eye jot the passer i>y, who paus's to admire a tid\ ; fartn-liouse, eticiich d aiwl 'kirted wi'h am(d. pi asure.grounds, or linl! » >nb H' red >\iil* ii>lt r ' lacing tr*-es ui.d vines. j .\ Mjflici'-nt area might h 1 iickmh! a?.(iU > j farmer’s dwelling Inr the exhi rifii . t 1 d gi of ! practical !:i>te in landsc; [»e g ; 1 d» niiig ; ;«ttil f‘>r ' those who cirinot -.ifl'urd t(j rear a ftu* >i up'-ii heir be.it grounds purely (or shud- , ihete are ph nty good sub-ftiiiites in tlu: rarei Iru 's n«i* ti.'iall\ r"o«n in the firch «rd, m >nv of ther. «»rii!.m* nt ii ! C and q.i/e appropri.ite as l.iwn ire> 1. We wtiu'd pr* Iff planting r enr our premises .t fl»si a good trees th it combin*' beauty o.' form anti foliage, with fruits for the fatnily to g> t h taste of. i>r som'" o!’ the improved varieties of nuts for children to g.itlier eiiul cr ick during ihe long a fumed fo account for getting rid of his rival, (i'-rt invitf d his cousin to go out with him pigeon shno’* ing, and Adolphus, though his tas'e dil not he nmch in tliat wav, con'^’nted to go as a nif'ansof j under ihe t' d, dresM-s and coats are hung *» rhe killing lime. Th> y set r.ut, according!v, wnh arms, | vi cioit spaces on ihe walls, nnd a day or two is ammunition, and provision^ (or the day, u Inch I occupied in storing away hII the traps, so as to last were carried by Gert in a stnall trn pnil.— 1 le»ve room tor one 10 pass with ut disturtiing About two miles from the house, ih*'y came to a j .M ’dnme’s whi»lebone skirts too much. A very pasture field, I ordered by f xtensive woods. A j moderate wasli amounts fo three (hdlars more a ■core of cows—Von Brommel was a noted cat- 1 week, and liall thnt amount tn the wniter tti insure tie breeder—were feeding at one side o( lb»*! a If ir-share of att*'ntion at table, pasture. 1 Life ai a lunel without amusement or some wav “See. Dolph,” said Gert, “ihe pigeon* are in the ; of passing 'he time is un**ndurat)le, and anything w'oo.ds yonder. Now, if you will jnsi Ftatid awhile { id the kind at a w'atermg pi .ce costa a pre»t> pen- on that flat corn'-r «>f the field so that I shall know i ny. Bathing is first to b** considered. Avoiding where yr.u are, I will go in^o the woods and drive | -he expense of a h .ck, two Seats up and down, m j crop is annually lost by fiost. Next to early ) reached iIhi valley, it threw up a cloud ot mist, rH^ening, look (or those s'alks whtch are most pro* J that made green and flourished the grasi and flow* lific in larg'- ears. The ears ifi» rns» lves should be j era, and shiulis sluinl>ered at the mountaiu*i« bt*i« chosen with reler'-nce to tlieir being well filled out —wbihi towering three thousand feet above t'»e wiih kernel# at each end. Ttiose ears which are i vall*-y. stood .he rugged and pine covered cliri’a* ttue to ihe variety should he taken. If the kernels i tha> m broken and spiral peaks girdle in tho whoi«^ are ot iiMXed colors they arn hybrids, and will not j Pasamg lurther up the valley, one is struck produce aa well as if pure. { wiih the «wful grandeur of ihe iiumense mout.- The »anie principle applies In selecting other ! tains on either »id'—some perpendicular, sc.mc n seeds. Choose the finest potatoes, squiskes, pump- : liitle ab'ping. One U»oks like n lighthouse, ftr.o'ii. kins, melons, egg plants, beets, carrots, tomatoes, ; rr like a giant capital oJ immense d;men»J''nv-~-* . oniufis, pep,«er», &c., and the best and curliest ; are singular, and surmounted by pines. ncir- heans and pear, and let them be rarelully pro- j Now we crt/S>ed the river and [.j served till wanted. C»re exercised upon such : tip the vnlley. tinned a poin» \ , , r . ' • • J i' 1 L. -A water-init two inotiam*! inatiers IS not only a benefit to the person imme- an inde*criba:»i»' i i di;.,efy .«.-.r„...,,;i,ut IS also a public uood. hv ... > • ..u.i.ired leet. tn height-the h.ghMt m t. . much HS it improveli the gener>t! quality and fruit- world. It rushes over the cltns and w'.tn !t' fulness of the various productions .if the soil. j bohl leap falls one thous«nd two htindrf*d fee. N. Y. Daily Timrs, IlofV to keep Hai'iie»a. i then a second o> over five huudn d feel more, the' ■ A third of five hundred feet m'ire—the three makiiifv two thousand two hundred leet. In answer !• an inquiry for intorm'»liori as the I Stanilmg upon the opposite siue^ol t.i. vr.,.i.», l>est mode of cleaning and oiling harn*;**s, 4s\, wr j ***'|^ looking at the tall pines bmow, tiv* re-publish 'he substance of an article given in the i height of these fails cau a! a j ancc r comp.ttie dctl. About fen mih s from :he lower end of the ». Rural N* w Voiker: Observing ih*^ good condition and fine appear ance the most ter, we requested him to impart to us, l«)r pu'di , t w cation, th- modus oprrandi by which so desirafde ‘his valley is about ten ** >'• .*’”8*. » of .he harness ol Aid. Baker, proprien.r of . h y. ‘here 11. another fall o! not le.s than nost extensive livery catablithrnenf in !loc'*es- j hundred feet. Fins, wi. i fsstf a ® Ki.M I,, imnurf to t.if i.iiidi ! make the head of the io Semity Val cy, po t^.«; an o>Ject was achieved In compliance therewith, he stated the course adopted a# the best and most economical, after twenty year’s experience in a bustuess which required considerable attentir»n to tackling apparafU!*. fliss process of niling and washing h«rness is substantially as follows; Take neats foot oil and ivory or patent black — the latter well pulverized, or to be made so a half t» one mile in width ; and ulihnvigh there IS good land enough lor several farm, >t oanrei be consider»‘d np»)ii the whole as a ({oed valley, Spt‘ kled trout, grcuse and «?:• quite numerous. Sciiaiur Donglnt. Through the kindness of ;* friend, we tro bied to put)li.«h ih.-s morning the c(irrep«ndeiic«' between tho Boston Committee on ‘Jndep«*ndeui before using. Mix thoroughly, adding the black . , , • - , , . rr. . c 1,1 ‘he oil is well colored or quite black. In i . i j 11 o w - a h. piaeons ov, 10 vn.i, ninl y„u can p"|> .b.m a» an ot„n,..u*, fihy c. nis; .m;my fi.. c-nl, f,.ch l,.r .omewhut | Hon. Sief^n A. riey come out. You keep the patl, too,-and we II j u car, and as much more for the hire of suitable mixing Wi'b a sponge "pply * l*ght coat U 'Ug'is. Fhw response ol tho hooorab c r ol the mixture—only what the leather will readily absorb, unless the harness is very dry, in which have dinner 'here bv-and-by. j dr^s.'cs—in all iiinf dollars a week. Two con* ^priggins agreed to these terms, which exaclv ; eeris, tickets a d'dlar each; also u carriage twice suit* d his easy notions of sport, and while Gert ■ a weeK to rid'- over the island and visit the most plunired in'o the wi.ods he started for the flit rock I '•ttractive points; at eight dollars each ride; and which hiid been pointed ou' to him. j fi‘'^^ dollars for excursions on the water—which No soon* r had he placed lnm.seir upon it than, I last is » x'n-mely tnoderaie, and will not admn of to his nm«zem»"ni, all the cows in the [lastiire , fishnig. A couple of suppers a week at the “Jun* rushed (rantically towards him, lf>wing IimmIIv, ' fl''',” lor husfmnd, and a carriage tm the same kicking up their heels, piii-hing one anotiier. and , nights, lor wile to take lea at the cottages, twenlv l>ehaving ns thoinjh thev had teen suddei.lv doihir''. smitten with in-anitv. Adolphus stood para!\Z'-d. .\'id we mtgh' add to this by the hour, but here . ip«-lina I.. ,lM,h. or tr.,mp|rd un.I.-r i» ..wr a ,I..IUr, h «Vrk gring , „ n.„ ,nslr.,,d ol tl.„t ll.H row, ,n. rely lor,,, d .-xc. ; M, vl.ir 1, n„i., !..• nd.I.d. ,n .!„• run | ^ If » r-ircl.. ,o„,„l l.i,,.. sh .kins ..I Ihe s,M,-o„, d.ilbr. Io,-hop,. „ny n„n.be, | ^ «n «pplic«. tion of soap and water as above directed (with* be suflicient to give it a bright ap- case a heavier coating may be necessary. After the harness IS dry—which will be in from ' wo hours to holf or whole day, dc(»ending upon the weather and previous condiiioi: of th** leather— wash thoroughly wi'h soap suds. In making the suds, use good Caaiile »iap and rair. water.— VVarm water should never be used on harness I leather. Apply the suds with a sponge. Rub off I with buckskin. 'Fhis will give your harness a their horns, nnd at him wiih their great eyes, of tfos |(jr shooting g.illeries, tiowling saloons, in an iinaccoiintahle m inner. Fie shouted inter- fi'hiiif:'Xcwrsions, an occasiotial dinner fo friends, i .j. ^ ^ ror t(» G rf. b'Jf received no answer. fie dari d i -il Downing's, ^well S'-ived and w» ll charged.J en- ' ® no* le'ivo ihf rock, nr even fir*’ his g"n in attr-ict tranees l»e ut th hi- cousin’s attentifin. for, at the slioh'est omve. g. t innnittancp at all,) wines, cigar*, «tc — li» say : , .1 \ . n k '' ’ h > / a year, (or once every six months) will be suin c!ul> itous*, (if 80 ortuimie to j Two'applications of this oil nnd black mixture winter evt ninj^s, ins'eniJ ol setting out toresl tri.es ejcloiively, or on a large sc.iie. Cherries, ajtri- cots, pears, quinces atjd grapes, as well as some uf the finer kind-s of shelltiarkn, Mnifira nuts, almonds and chestnuts, are in keeping wnh the Phis arm. and no soon-r did the cows get a door>ard or park, and are planted less frequeuilv i gl"np.^e of him,than tf^ey dea.-ned and tore furioas than 'iwv deserve 10 be. ' j “>«’Td-. his uncle, who shouldered his wav ^leaiiume room could be lound fora sprinki.ng ' 'h^ou^'h ih-m wi-h the utmost -.inconc rn. of our nauve o .k. elm. mapln, pme, In mlock, .See. ! ‘ ^x'odness gwaciou., i.nrle,” gisped poorSpng- from the woods. int-rsper-ed with an occasional “"hat’s the rneainnff of this exiw.ordin.ry iO'nt lil t h' made, there was n general stiramonu nothing ol the n»"Cessary ou'lay in tin* wav uf an the cows, a ehakinc of the formida'.le arriy or|OU'tit suitable tor all occasions—so that the ex* I,or,,,. ,.„d «n in.F.11. nl s,.,mp n„d .r,urm„r is il ; ol „ couple lor i.m. »eek., ,1 >h. y would en-1 conslai.tly, to apply lh« ,„e|.„n,.orv ,n » ri.ah, Spr,g»>ns w.s riy He. | y ,h- „n,u.e,.,e,„. off.-red, >,.,d indulged ll,e | |„ , y..„ «,l. ere,l, Io ,|o Inm j„«,ce. he ivould „ rT j luxury ol h,.ilu,.j;. nduig. ,„.lu,s nnd e»-,ng. niuy , ,„iM, „,u keep , liKefv ha -e faced a loaded pistol at ten paces j safely be set down at not less than two thousand ■ ° wi'lKiut flmchinu. . Bu* this novel danjrer was of dolhi's. S'ich a strange and frielitfnl cha ract* r, (hat he was! Hundreds spent ;liat amount in less than half totally unn^^rved. He stood motionless, w ailing , ihat time; ?nd wfien » man is blessed with a large for his cousin or stmiehodv else to rescue him; family, composed in great p;irt ot marrntgeable and the cows, with equal patience, kep? up 'he j daughter-i. the extent to wh:ch the trapping is car- siegf* un'il their v\retch*'d prisoner wa>» ready fo j riej is bf-yond all calculaiion. 'Fo escajie the en- drop wi’h it rror and exhau-tion. A' la-t, late in j onnoiis hiMs thus rim up a' a hotel “pa” rents a the alternoon, the burlv form of old Van Bronimel | cottage at the nioderati* rate of one thousand or 'iresented itself, fo the (I. liuhted eves «if .\dolpluH. 1 I welve hundred iJollars for the season; entfi'^es ' T'u i i. /• i . i .i I . 1 i . I I should be washed off before drying m, top leather IIm uncle came shnvK throiiir i the fie d wiih a tin : servants, trots oul his own carriage, sends lor th- . • .• . ■ .11,1 l . 1 . . I I , ^ , I, . beinir tfnn and much more peeetralile than har- fiu'cfier and the baker, and havtni' mad« all Ins ‘ 11 . . ness, Uf cour^p this nuxture would not nnswer ar ranuemen's iiretinres to entoy lil«r—a dream c 1 1 1 .l il l. ^ f . , . for enameled leather, ol which somo carriape top* froixj winch he is only roused 011 learning from hi* 1 . , • » « hak’ r that the drafts already hunor« d will absoib j * one ol hi' finest estates, ] limidr*'ds yearly visit a watering place wh«»c>n i California Waterfalls. cient to keep harness, as ordinarily used, in good order. It may be necessary for livery men, and harness in good trim for sight and service. Thi.s process will pav a large dividend in extra service and durubiliiy — to say nothing of improved ap- pea ranee. Aid. B., assures us that the same, or that a very similar a,»plicaiion, i.s just the thing lor carriage* tops which arr made of top leather. The only difTereiice in treatment is, that less oil should be used, or rather a lighter coating applied—and it is significant and uppropriute BosTo?r, Aug. 3, HoN. S. A. Douolas—Dear Sir: A »en«a i>f lectures upon the subject ol slavery whs initialed and very successlully couductad hers during itu' past winter, as you may have learned iVofn tl.o papers ol the day. The audiencea were large ata j intelligent, and the curd enclosed will indicutt you thu chAructer of the lectures. During the next seasou a larger number of geu- tlemeu from the South will be invited to favur u« with the views prevalent in their vicinity ; thus, in conncctiun wtfh others, presenting during tii>; course every shade ol opinion on this question.-^ The respectful attention accorded to Gen. Uous* ton last winter, gives as&urance that arguments and opinions from that quarter will be Cindidi/ heard and duly appreciated. You are hereby resp ctfully invited to deh*«r one uf the lectures of the course on slavery al tb« Tremont Temple in this city on Thursday even* ing, February 7th, 1856, or if that time will sun your engagements, please men'ion at cnce what 'Fhursday evening between the middt^ i-f November and tho middle of March neit w;ll U'«i accominudate you. 'J'he amount paid to each lec'urer will be od'» hundred dollars, he bearuig hi« own ripsr.se^, Please f^vor with an i.ninediate answer, and st your earliest couvenienca thereafter transmit tlirt particular phase ol the suljeci tbat you w; 1 pr,i^ sent. Your obedient servan’.a, group or arbor of some of the many elegant species of fiotfi d'Ci(iu"U'> and evergreen iri*esand j condiicf of ih' SP dwedfu! an'maU ?'* Afid he rel.ited with considerable aui'a'i.’n the John M. Clark, Jt)'ispii Stok V, PlilLo Sa.NUFoKO, Jamks W. Sto.^u, S. G, Howb, Samcel .Mav, 'Fiiomas krss^Lx.. N. B. SMCRTMiry, hardly susUif themselves a' home, and expend tfie j J. M. Hutchings write* t(j the M triposa Gazette j little that they h.»yt; in one brief Summer, to re* | h description of the Yo-Semity Valley and its Chicxoo, Sept. 11, Gentlemen : I have the honor ti> acknowledg" the receipt of your polite invitation to d !iv«r h lecture on the subject of slavery at the I’renncut 'I'emple, in Boston, on the 7th ol February iieit. or at fcjch time doring the next wm'.er as my Maw ! haw ! haw ! d'» tell nriw ! You've been i 'he hoiels much 'rouble, aiid those not over c>n- ' Coulterville, form^'d a pnriy to visit the place nam j ‘^'•nvenience will permit, i^ogirding Siavery ss and its Vivid, silky foliage, and ihe weeping wil- thr keows. Flo! ho! ho! bles-j vour sou!, Dolph,! •''O nurch as asking tfie amount (d their ind b'ed her red bare feet, moved glibly along, as brave a ) desirable Iroin its long season ol verdur#’, though shrubs cultivated in ihe nuraeri*'S, 'I'he horsi -! his CHptivity nmnnu them, flis nncle j gr* t ever af'er in-r luolii»h ex'r tvagance ; oth-rs, . waterfalls. Mr. II itcinngs, Mr, Ayras and Mr. chestnut lor a* den.se, d*-ep shade —the nnniniain i sho. k his s'des with laiiir^- ' r. | « fjo never p .y -ht ir billd al home, Ireqm-ntiv g>ve MiHrtrd, f»oth ot S-m FiHiicisco, And Mr. Stair, of '*’1 ^ ^ 1 o : ittandiiig on that ere stone all (lav, lri';hf»‘ned hv ! •''Cientioijs, slip nyav th»; fir-t opportiinitv, wii|i"Ut ' ed. They anp^-ar loh^ve started from an Indian vil | dome.^iic regu^alion, which derives its e*iater»c » scarlet h.rries —the larch, l..r a ^pire like , ,1.. r, . . 1 u,., u I 1, ..L>. .1 •..,,1. k...,i , i 1...1. | and support from the ioc.*! laws ol the severnl j Siatt-s where it prevails, and with wliicSi nuititer j the Federal liovernment nor tho citizens i^i m^- I ihorities i>f other St ites have any right to inter-'ere. j • xc* p' to perlorni iheir constitu'toiiHl obiit^itioos ■ in reference to th« rundiiio:! ol fu^aivo.^, I h ivi; I i»ev*-r deemed it my du'v, ai a citizen of nonslavt Thi-' ail re.'Ults a vain ile^ire to imi low,without a neerf..rp.ndant gracefulness, and' '''f‘“’^'"««'»*^"‘;’‘'criiters. They wouldn’t hurt I n a oiiby. I bought y^ii w(»ro cnminy *o smU prij. those wu»i h;nn*y ctiiiiiUtinJ, live la . . , . , , . !i I- ,1 Flaw! haw! haw} Wal. now, if that ain’t th*- an ray,igant uud r'ckleS' manner, doinir them- he bravest 1 r>m>iv i!Ie is iioiihiles.i the firs! t»reat ' llidli;enou to our climate—are allot them , 1 • j . . lie orovtsi. ijouiaviiu, is uouoii» ss tn* nrs ^reai . » 1 , ii . i . i best joke I’ve heerd nn. Anil a^fin 'he sfoiit stdves anj cth'-r* much u.juarv, and >lteti hrifig- City they ever saw, and the ten thousand objecis ; "'o Z®- • •’** V ^ ^ ^ old farm'-r InuiThed until ihe tears poured down liis i mg abou' the mo^t serious results. I mtere.t at every step, could tiot l.ul to attract : htcalities where they can be readily I - • , ’li ut-e,.j.> n.ent -.t a w.f ring place . tlieir x_'.».;stant aitculiot.', allowing them for a time P’’ " H 1 ’’ H rl t 1 ' “ijalf tlvml ’ *xclaim*'d the mortified Sprigiflns. 1 sisi in tfirowing off alike ti»- cars a:iil r'^.-'trainis , the rid'.ie ^f tho middle or main lork id tfto Mer- i holding btatu to discuss the supposed udvan'nges to T rgei t>4i weary dista:;ce they have come, and | :»r« discouraged or rteterre.i ^,,,1 | „ ci'y lif... The mind and the bodv thus r« . c«d, and descending towards the Y. Se.mty valley, I ""h 'he view ot sustaining or destroyitig :iie siili longer journey b. fore thrill. ; fmm plan'mg, eithir for tfu; grove or orrtian , - - - jh.xid, r.i^ovtr their wmilerl strenu'h, fiitiiij; tlie , we came upon a high point, dear of trees, frtnn i'h‘^ mstitutionsof sister Stales, with which, 'd ctTlJi in school oi i‘Con*>iny wil I I Up. ^ r r . i * ‘YfS, ! Ho, Dol ph. ” plied his unclt?. L^'ok ! n*i ti to wi'h wed «*n* j w h»;i)ce w»* had ou r ti rs' vie vv of tins ar h oti under t he CouHiii uiion a iid 1** wg ot t ho Innd, 1 hf; I'lgies upon the duUe.H of lil**. Rut as it is, the' romantic valley ; and. as the scene opened in fu'l lage on the Fresno, wh^rethey procured two Indi- I an guides, .Mr. Hutchings jiays : I From Mr. Hunt’s store, we kept an ea»t of north I course, up the divide lietween the Fresno and Chow'chill «h Valley’s ; thence desC'-ridmg towards ! th” souifi Fork of the Merced river, and winding hould con- I around a verv rocky poiin, we climbed netrly t' n.iike a text of this incident, to preach ngamst I I'lbor; for, unlike the in tjonfy of larm improve- , v,,n’|l see. ,i,alrimoiiy for the poor, r classes. What right j .‘*.,^'.‘^.'^'‘^.‘1 .A'.’ So .saying, he dumped the salt out of hi- pail ni city IS liierally broiigbi to the country. W»* h ive ^ view before us, we were almost sp'eehleas witfi no right to interfere; and for the cotiscq lencffl :' which 1 am in no wis? responsible. I " 1,1 H • f t Ilf* fiarceis oyer me rocK, i here wa- a g nerai mcsa.ne einjii»! i**, m- aani*' rou iii** oi lasinoiiaiiic* , wondering atitniratton ai its wim and sutni'ne | You w:ll, th^-n f.»re, permit me to say, with a ! itry siz ^ , an i * ' ^ ' sjjir^p ),d,1 bellow, and i» tnmultaneous rush toward ■ I'dlies, !lie same rigid lavvs id *t>ciety, «nd the j grandeur. ‘What I’ exclaimed one at 1- ngth, j ‘hut ncnh'-r my ta^tl•s, nor iji) pmM.*; in III mill a a re ic«- e ** ■* *. | ihe savorv'condiment, winch twenty tongues were ; 'vh'le bight* n"d by greater dissipation; great*-r |‘have we come to the end of all'hings 7’ this i^po,i;*in»i. IS CiUiliniia y pr ^r s. mg, ari la re t' gf,on busMy engagt d in licking. ' ex'ravairmice, anil a iSeries uf ai>gurdtties that : he the op'-ning of the Seventh Seiil ?' cries anr*ih* j *• ^ ** ^*1 i “There, Doli>h, you know how keows arp ealt. I would not be admissable gf home, i'he enj.>y* . tir, 'This far, very lur exceeds Niagara,’ says a ; ^ have the hunor to be, very rospectf ilty, jf 'jr o. Its .iiitr utvLiop.i , .V, »i... ...n 1.^-.. -,|,vg „,(j V ,n n.ommel. • Y..u’d imMn . r. «l. b... ..roHri .1 ; K,..i..nu „„t re, j ,hird ■ j obe,lie«t servant, S. A. DOUGLAS.^ * J. Yofkcr ' nev*-r ha’ learned that in W.ill street. Flo ! ho! . sorted to for health, »)Ut because jt )s ftahiot'.able; ! VV*- hud been out from Mariposa about four days, j -Messrs. Dr. Jataes W. Stone, and other*, O.ai’e. * * * 1 ho !” j otii. rs rid--, and so we ride ( and the same arbitra* and the faiigue of the journey had made us weary j Spriggins re;urn*‘d to the house much crest- | ry laws govern all our movements till the iime ! nnd a little peevish ; fiut when onr eyes looked j DELliCT-\BlE. — List i;igh* we walked along t.'i*» i.jvu lift) ptHir to b'ing innocent litile cri*aiur»-s in- | well ^r i n maturitj , je in mi ) cts gniall parcels oyer the rock. There wa- a rj' nerai ■ fhesaoie eti(iue:te, th-* sam** rou’iii** of fashionable i wonderini; atlmiration at its wild and sutilime the world to sutr.r, to srarve, or beg, or steal. ; ^ • . . . . , B . ■r die miserable deaths ! Is it not bet-er tliat they borin sbouU deny tht mselvn than be the cause o( j w rL''cheij/ie4;s t(> otie luniiati beinir ^ Thus they ; .jntsticii. And what shall we say 7 Is ii there iiauj^lft but misery among the poor — naught but ; w ietctje4JiC-'*» • 'Fh.ey are h'jmaii beings—ihey| hive hearts—they have souls. Expe«ience blunis | their perceptii)!! of hardships—experience in the I FIk u.\d O.nk- — Tbis ^cene r>ccurred recently fallen. 'Fhe story td his adventure was soon j comes for ns iole,«ve cold selfi>hness of the world drives them into cl>‘S- i nt the Lmle Mi.imi Railroad D [»ot, between a about, and ihere w is yreat joking and snigiiering er bends ol family love. They b**ar eacfi other’s p.ia.^enger goi tg *o Columbia, and a youthful ven j ai the supper table, th • fair Rosalia her'» l( not burib ns, and cheer each other in t)iisloriun**..— j der of light literature : beitignlile to refrain lrim joining in the l-«n. T'*e 'Falk to that lallifT or mollier about giyir,g up op,''I B'*y — (entering the car with a bu«y air and n* xt mornnig *^pnggms discovered that In* h d th'Sr little oi;es. T»'\v coijid pi'l do it—-tlic nimbb* tongue — “Who wants a good book to read urgein busines.s in iheciiy.aod he hisnevt*r since lieurt strings are eijl^iijed about the lile ol the ciieap f H* re's .Miss Pariloe’s last novel — firs'- been seen in F^umkind ile, ihtiugh his cou-iii G'*«t little ones, and the souls of the lit'le on«*s are d*ad rale ones, too, lhe\ are—('o our pa'^seng^r.)— cordially invit^'d h:m t i his wt ddiiiii that f ill, without the love ol la'her and mother. S«y those Can’t sell you the • (^.•nl■ s.-nms of a I'reify W»»- Spnggnis now is wont to sp* ak of hi* country lif'- c\uldren s|)ould not h*ve bei'u boni ! Wh * can ■ man T I ns x remely viilgaw,” and o'l one «tcc t»ion. ,^iigtity intellect may be tb' re ? The ; {♦,is'«enger — Not if j have to buy them they’re when the sport ol pigeon slioi)iio*r h id leen easii il- greatest itum» ilie ^orld has ever known sprang worth nothing, unless given ; and then they’re it ; |y alluded ’o, he went so Ijr as to [iionounce it '-an from tfie huaibier witlks ol Mfe—g» nerations yet t>ore. Pretty woni’n arr a hnmbiig. j upon I hr almost terrific grandeur ot this sci-ne, all, j atreei, beneath the 9umin'*r moon, nnd as her ura« I’lie gayt-r portion, lik« the swnllrjw* that iwl i ajj was forifotten. • 1 never exiiected to behold so twined in mine, 1 loved her rather soon. I . . . . L L . _ I ! . . ® . . .. . I. 1.1 r. - . I i * Summer stiare wnh them ihepiazai at the hotpU, ] beautiful a sight !’ ‘This scene al(jin; amply re take* ih'-ir fligfit in a body, I* «ving ih« i«land to ' pays me for my travel !’ *1 should have lost the iho-e who know how to aiipreciate the privilege ot passing the S'*asoii here. When all are gone the bach* lor IS struck. With the hotels it ii not alw iyion ill'* sub* of profit, for tle ir expenses are alwiiys very h--avy, and the ses'Uix are sornc- 'iin»s 'h'lrt ; b'lt with nearly all the oth' f^ who ft«*ld t*er finger twixtniy own — I raised ’em to my lips — I thought 1 should crazy go when first I kis sed ih>ir tips. She didn't tell me to hold up, shi t)t]JO|’ii tr.a\ li-.\ve cause *u bl'-^ii ih** nnrie ol that Boy — FI'*re’« the ** Jeilous Wtte,’ then; won t liftU* boy witli th" bundle otj his heail, or of that you liuy thai aiwociou-* humbug.’ I’.issenger — Ruv a Jealous i»e ? |’v* had one to my sorrow lor a long time — never w'ill gel an wee toddling little girl, wnh her red feet and scan ty garb. But t»e didn’t intend to moraine, and ihall »ny no tnore.—/.Demx'nit ‘^Oth "uUtinu}. IIeli* omb A.'votiikb,—S.r Walter Scot! wrote : -The race of mankind would perish did th**y cj-^ase to aid each other. From the lime th.at tfia ujother biiidii the child's her.d; till ihe m-xnent that smne kind ussist mt wip**s th.‘death dunp from the brow ol the dytng, we cannot exi^t without inijtu il fielp. .Ml, therefore, that need aid, have a right to ask it of their fellow mortal- ; and no one, who was it in rcsprndent thal the Hon. Janies Buchanan, .\iniii* his power to ;;ran?, can refuse wit.houi incurring to England, i« ab..ut to lead to the alter ibe i wiiivJoH' u{ tjjf I>ue J‘iq»es l(. PoJk, The Ctlholic churrn on Griive Creek, sone i •w*|ve ir.iles Munll ot tins Vlilajre. w IS fiurticd fo I to the gr->uiiil on the iniiht of the ‘,27'h ul'.. .Al- ' oih'T, if I c III help it. ri sell inif jealous w ife dog , though :li'*re are se\eial houses n pi nn sight from cheap. Loiik h‘-r**, jiven'le bibliopoli-it. this is . i.ne tourlh to bait a mile distant frooi the churrfi ' confid.-niial, very -if you iHk- mie.—wish ihe ' the fire was no’, as we are informed, di-Cov.*red edition H'.s erliiii.ted, I’l! jjive you my coat. until some time during the lor- no -n ol the 2S'h. , H'*re the “ juvenile btfjli polist ” looking siiigo- A' this time all that wnild burn w.i> pon.^uoied. ■ f’orn is the inoxt im;iortint prorJuction of our larly pujiled. w ilk-d a way, with a BUrmi'C iha- It is >upposed to huve b. en done bv A .oeric "i ci j special c*»r« should Ih* taken to the Strang'* g> nieiftau must fj -tight Dilhilon' iAr^ns, i s-|ect seed now for spring planting. Af’er de- ' -Tlu. l...eom ol ATuT'rrcj l np. n lo reee,v wh.. vn„ely he.r - - .1,0 ooulenl .,,.,1 r. .peCHHIe -r ,n,-r. l,„. 1 ‘ " '"‘‘J h Matri>i ov. —It i.s said by a W •shmg on c^r- | rippressed and pcrs- cu’-d of all n ations :,n.l ^^'f^c’ed ^o fiudmg the helds or siMlks whicli h »v till religitiii^, whom "e shall ’.v'come to a particj p-ttuin i:i all uyr rights and privileg*-®. most magnificent sight that I ever saw h id 1 not witness d this!’ were exclam »tions of pb-asnra* i didn i holbr ‘time! —but gave mo reign and !«.t ble surprise that fell from the lips of all, as we stt j went and so I did sublime. I poured tiw down to drink in th« varied beauties of ihi. intox- , burning words of love, out in :i,iO style, 1 c«f!e:l icating and enchanting scene. | her ang*-l terrapin 1 she listened \*ith a smile, , On the north side, stands one bold, perpen licu- j —t'niil I was with happiness as crazy as * li>«j. snppl v t h»* u a 111"* of 'he thoii'snds w ho come here, | |:i r moun'ain of granite, sha ped likrt an imineiise | ^h, count me in for moonlight wat«s, a«I i u t tu the gain is sutfi *i*nl to satisfy .i r** isona'»le mind, j t(»wer. Its lofty lop is covered wiih gre>it piii‘*s, i month ol June. AQClDNl'jCK. I that by distance l»erMiie mere shrubs. Our In- i — 1 dian g'lides called this the ‘Capitan.* It meas- | A Fatiikb or ma.nv Ciiildric.’i.—V correijMxj, 8*|i*ctliijs 8eeds • ures, tr»m the valley lo its sutnmit, about two i deut Irom Bucktown, in this couuty, informs us Thi» i» pc.li ,rly Ihe I...... of ,ee.l ...hermg. I ‘"J ei„h, hgo.lred fe.-,. Ih.t Ib.re lived a m ,n in lhal .icioily, who ... .lid much de;u-„ds upon the c^.re and .-kill exer- .)pposite to this, on the south side of the I the father o^forty-one chtldfcd ; 27 by hts law.in cised. 1 may be laid down as a ^-ntiral rule, that I vulb*y, our aftention Was first auract-d by a nri.ig- tfie cnrlif-ht and be.-,! specimens of plants should ! nificent waterfall about seven hundred feet u. height. It looked like a long, broaiJ leather *if ripened first, for a q'lick growth and early m i:u- ri:y are the most im;*ortant considerations in a c^ymry wihJr-*, on srurage, mis t of the stiver, thal hung depending over a precipice ; and. as this feathery tail of leaping spray thus hung, a alight bre» je moved it Irom sid* to *iide, and as j the last rays of the setting *un were gilding it with j rainbow hue«, the* rrd would mix wiiti the purple, and the purple wrh the yellow, and tiv* yellow with the green, and the green wi'h the >.ilv»-r> • been of ita whitened foam, as it danced in .*p»c- • •••••#•• Ou njthfi tfcc waUr uyer its rocky b»-di "nd as “ wife and 14 were sworn to him in one day by ob- er W4>m‘*n, all of which he acknowledg'^d lo H**, his; and the 14 illegitimxte were conceived in oa> week. He died before ho wu* 00 yean ol ag'*-? Peace to his ashes. .\ BfTTKR Satire.—Fiyrant, t.’js p'fif, n / w U2 ih*i East, writes in one of his l»*fters, as an ev.Jra?-* hat the Mah'iminedans are fast becoming li'jr.>- p'»an'sed ; • Fh»*y arc becoming carele«« of t'-ci 'n.irriige vow, get drunk, beat th**ir wives, bry** their children, associ «te with the iofide's, sod ^ j fact are getting 10 K-a a!rr.»t ’.iku ti#fe C!jr4«»*ns.*
