North Carolina Newspapers

1 1 ess A FijMily Paper, devoted to Stale Intelligence, the .News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany. CQ BY JOHN J. PALZIEB, CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. $2 PER ANNUM. In Advance. EDITOR ANO PROPI5IFTOR. on IVtoixx Street, ( VOLUi ( NUMBE ME 4. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1855. ONE DOOR SOUTH OF SADLER'S HOTEL, New Series NUMBER 19. the WESTERN DEMOCRAT. Published every Tuesday Containing tho latest News, a full and accu rate Report of the Markets, &c. Foe the year, if paid in advance 2 (X) If paid within fix months 2 50 f jiiiid after the i-xpiration of the year, -i v'Anv person sending us five new suh-M-ribera, accompanied hy the advance snb--ciiptioti ($10) wifl receivea sixth copy gra tis for one vear. 1 . Suh-criht rs and others who may wih to memm awrj : mm, can do .o by muil, at aaV nU- m ADVERTISING. Miut or les. first insertion, . . 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THE subscriber having per manently located in Charlotte, respectfully invites the attcn- lioa of Ladies and Gentlemen to his superior ami would respect I ally say that he is now tak- J img DdgMllluf jpra upon mm improved plan,! rhich will notonlv add to the - I BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE ul the Picture, but vill render it IH'RABLE AND liHIi.I.IAXT FOE AOF.S. He RooU also rcspectlully invito strangers I risiiiog Charlotte to call and timin his spt- i riawns, a he id determined they shall com pare favorably with any that can be taken i North or South. ! P""?- f nt rnr-l iilM f lirmn t Ii ntwl iiri ri i 1 I - - - -i - a - i- "l fivca in this bcuulilul art, and all materials tarnished. NEAL WILKINSON, Jaaaarv i1. 1 .:.;. 27-tf FASHIONABLE TAILORINiJ. TIIK subscriber announces to the public generally, that he is now receiving large assort- nt of new Cloths, f assiinercs AND for Gentlemen's wear, and will be sold lr Cash at n tumll profit,or made toor dei aeeorilinff to the latest stylos. Shoj next deaf t- F.lm-' i.'rocery St. re. s. pt. 29, 1854. lO-ll D. L. REA. CARRIAGE SHOP. fr SUBSCRIBER BEGS leave to in- lorm his friends and the publ ic geneially, that he is sti 1 carrying on the Carriage likiiiU ltuiiM'NN in all its various branches with all the increased facilities af forded by modern improvements. He ha now on I and a large number of BOGGIBS. CAR RIAGES, HOOKA AYS, fcc., made on the most approved styles out of the best material, to which he asks the inspection of purchasers. His establishments is on College and Depot streets, where he will be glad to see L.s friends. JOHN HAHTY. l-tf July 28, 1S55. SADDLES & HARNESS. THE Spbscribkrs JYYD AV have entered intoco. JJtAJeartnershin ami nncn.' ta ii w saddle :md Harm s AT K. SHAW'S ODD STAND, In Skints' Brick Corner Bcilding, where they have constantly on hand a large and splendid assortment of Saddle, Bridle. Ilariics.&c ot every description, according to the most approved style and fashion of the dav. They are also prepared to manufacture anything in their line in the most substantial and work manlike manner and better than the best. We respectfully invite the public to call and examine for themselves. pairing done at short notice and with neatnes., aml dpatch. li.k SHAW & PALMER. .March 2, ItSS. 32 tf j t i I El TO THE ai3 MR- RAMSEY of'11" heart-strings are entwined Columbia S. C i "boat the life of the little ones, and the Piaiiu Prtc it I ouls f the little ones are dead without the iTInsic ilcsilci love of father or mother. Say those chil is constantly reciv- ! dren should not have been horn ! Wiio can ing a good supply of j Pianos with the LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, Wnich has given them the premium over all oiners. 6 and 6$ octaves from 2o0 to $300. to 7 $300 to $400. 7 to 7J $400 to $450. Carved work and Grand Pianos Irom $50U to $luiH). Mr. R. being a practical Piano Maker can insure to his customers a pefe' instrument. OF THE BOOK An JOB Having recently visited New-York, and se lected from the old and elegant Foundry of Geo. Brace, Esu,., A QCAKTTTY OF We are now prepared to Execute In tla.o Best Stylo, A I.I, KINDS OF LPEjDEt?DEI srt -B- ''Multiply the JHeanas, and you multiply the Results," Is one of the established maxims of business- ORDERS FOR PAMPHLETS, ! CLERKS' BLANKS HANDBILLS, SHERIFF'S do. CARDS, j CONSTABLES' do. CIRCULARS, I MAGISTRATES'do. LABELS, I ATTORNEYS' do. on inn Required by the basineas Community, WILL UK EXECUTED WITH T . y t t n-v D I S 1 A T C EI AND r Various li.ind.s BLANKS, ALWAYS ON HAND. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. A STRANGE SCENE. We were witneas yesterday morning to a scene mt very common in this part of the ; world. A whole family, consisting of seven j persons, father, mother, and five little ones, rather poorly dressed, stopped at the pomp, I - j a, , rm . -l . owner or amain ana l una streets, to get ,i drink. Tliev had come afoot all the wa from North Carolina, some seven hundred ' miles, and were on their way to Arkansas. The wind was blowing cold yesterday, and the little ones with their bare feet and just from ti warmer clime, seemed ill able to bear it, but they mar inured not. Some of our charitable citizens gathered around, and in a few minutes collected and gave them s-J0 in money and some shoes. Who hall say what hardships they have passed through on their long journey ? Who shall tell the weariness of those little feet when night came on how heavy their bright eyes grew or how soundly they slept till early dawn 1 The mother carried on her bead a bundle and in her arms a babe, not more than six months old ; one little boy bravely bore up under a heavy bundle on his head, douhtless changed with one of his companions; a little todling girl of three or four years, with red hare feet, moved glibly along, as brave as the bravest. Eouiville is, doubtless, the first great city they ever saw, atul the ten thousand ob jects of interest at every step, could not fail to attract their constant attention, al lowing them for a time to forget the weary distance they had come, and the tt ill longer journey before them. Disciples of a certain school of economy will make a text of this incident, to preach against matrimony for the poorer classes. What right have the poor to bring inno cent little creatures into the world to suffer, to starve, or beg, or steal, or die miserable deaths 1 Is it not better that they should deny themselves than be the cause of wretchedness to one human being ? Thus they question. And what shall we say ? Is there naught but misery among the poor naught but wretchedness ? They are human beings they have hearts they have souls. Experience blunts their perception of hard ships experience in the cold selfishness of the world, drives them into closer bonds of family love. They bear each other's bur dens, and cheer each other in misfortune. Tall, to that father or mother about giving up one of their little ones. Thev could read the future ? Who can tell what mighty intellect may be there .' The jrreatest men the world ever knew sprang from the humbler walks of life generations yet unborn may have cause to Idess the name of that little boy with the bundle ou his head, or of that wee todling little girl, with her red feet and scanty garb. Hut we didn't intend to moralize, and shall snv no more. ljuisriUc JJcmocrat, ZO-sh inst. ONE BY ONE. One by one the sands are flowing One by one the moments fall ; Some are coining, some are going, Do not strive to grasp them all. One by one thy duties wait thee, Let thy whole strength go to each ; Let no future dreams elate tbee, Learn thou first what these can teach. One by one, (blight gifts froiu Heaven) Joys are sent thee here below ; Take them, readily when gi en, Ready, too, to let them go. One by one thy griefs shall meet tbee, Do not fear an armed band ; One will fad,- m others greet thee. Shadows passing through the land. Do not look at life's long sorrow ; See how small each moment's pain ; God will h.-lp thee for to-niorrow, Every day begins again. Every hour that Beets so slowly, Has its task to do or bear ; Luminous the crown, and holy, If thou set each gi m with care. Do not linger with regretting, Or for passing hours despond .' Nor, their daily tot forgetting, Look too eagerly beyond. Hours are golden links, God's token, Reaching; Heaven, but one by one, Take them, lest the chain be broken Kre the pilgrimage be done. MISOELLANY. FROM THE LADIES' PARTERRE. WHITE HANDS & MUDDY COFFEE. Henry Thornton had her n a married man just two months. He was proud of his wife's glossy ringlets, her brilliant eyes, and last of till, hor small white hands. He never once asked himself if these same hands could iron a shirt, make bread or mend a pair of socks. Not he : it was enough to know that they could make trills on the piano, work worst ed dogs and horses on crickets and otto mans, and paint something styled a land scape. She was not literary either. Henry Thornton couldn't tolerate that kind of ub snrdity. In his opinion a woman had much better be asleep than putting her thoughts upon paper. He thanked fortune, too, that she never took to dry disquisitions, tedious essays, or egotistical hooks. Besides, his Helen didn't care about politics, being a re gular 'Know Nothing' in regard to the item of who stood the chance of being the next President. As to the war in the East, she could not tell positively whether Sebastopol was up or down ; or whether it was in the hands of the Allies or Russians. Reforma tion topics she never broached, either. Tem perance was only fit for drunkard's wives to talk about. So it will be perceived that Helen Thornton was not a 'strong minded' female; a fact upon which hor husband fe licitated himself not a little. We have said that two months comprised the married life of the latter. It would be gratifying to add that his happiness was complete, that he had nothing to wish for; but candor compels me to say that he had discovered a little alloy in his gold. To he sure it would pass for pure metal, but close examination disclosed the fact. In a word, his coffee had been exceedingly muddy for more than a week, and when he cautiously dropped a hint to the effect that if her per smal attention was given to the matter the evil might be remedied, she rather tartly responded that 'coffee-making was not her business,' moreover shutting herself up in a chamlicr, in a miff, thus dep' .ved him of her precious company for the rest of the day. A kiss and a new scarf set the matter right the next morning, however. ? Thornton throwing in gratis tin apology for his ill timed suggestion. He remembered that all mankind (and we may as well include wo man kind) seldom attain perfection ; that r oses always grow in the immediate vicini ty of thorns, and that rainbows and black cknids are often seen together. It is a curious fact but no less true, that love scarcely ever outlives bad bread, smo ky tea, tbich coffee, hard boiled eggs, dis colored silver and soiled table linen. After all the romance and rhapsody laid to his j charge, the little gentleman deals in practi- cabilities. He likes bread and butter, and ! he wants the bread light and the butter ! sweet. He is a little exacting, too ; insist- j I ing that gaiters look better neatly laced than when open and flapping at the sides, with the strings, trailing on the ground. He was even known, once, to take an abrupt leave of a lady on the ostensible plea of dis similarity ; but the shrewd people suspect ed that the true reason was because she wore dirty collars. He may be whimsical, fliirhtv and extravagant sometimes, but he is just as sure to leave his air castles and settle down quietly to the three meals a day and a cigar in the evening, as a feather is to obey the laws of gravitation. He writes tender poetry, too : but generally inspira tion seizes him after eating heartily of roast beef; the sly rogue knows that an empty stomach is not favorable to smooth rhyme or soft sentiment. The bone-ymoon had just expired, or rather the mouths allotted to that interest ing period ; for it has been ascertained that thai season can be protracted by proper means, to an indefinite length of time. The ; twaiu were seated at the breakfast table. j Mr. Thornton looked dubiously at the j burned and dried steak on the platter before him, and made a wry face at his cup of cof fee, took one mouthful of the clammy-, leath ery toast, and then spoke : 'My dear Helen.' 'Well, Mr. Thornton 'Did you ever eat any of mother's bread?' Xo why do you a.-k ?' 'Becaaae she makes the best biscuit I ev er saw.' 'Undoubtedly ! A man's mother is gen erally his wife's superior in everything. I only wonder he is ever persuaded to leave her ." responded Mrs. Thornton drily. It was the first time she had ever spoken sarcastically, and Henry was puzzled. 'I merely referred to my moth' because she superintended the bread making herself. I wish you could be induced to do the same. The lady lifted her taper fingers. 'Do yon really wish ine to putty my hands with pie crust, and to bury my arm in dough, Mr. Thornton ?' 'No not exactly, ray love ; but you could overlook Biddy, and teach her to make bet ter stuff than this,' he added, pointing to the toast. 'That wouldn't spoil your hands, would it ?' 'I don't know how ; besides, Biddy don't want me in the kitchen, and I am not parti cularly attracted there. 1 dm't mean to spend my life doing housework, or fretting about servants. I'm not abb to do any thing more than wait upon the table and en tertain visitors.' The bride sighed and leauad back in her chair. 'But your cousin Mary keeps no help aud still gets time to ' 'My cousin Mary is very foolish to do so much more than sin; need to. And then her hands are as brown as a gypsy's. 'I never happen to notice them. I only remember she makes dedicate pastry, aud plays the piano nearly as well as yourself, rejoined Mr. Thornton, soothingly. 'I wisli you wouldn't quote .cousin Mary. I don't like comparisons. She's a drudge and a blue. You said you didn't like blues.' '1 don't blondes arc my favorites ; and you are as pretty a blonde us I ever saw.' 'She's an advocate of woman's rights, too. How often you've said you were glad that I didn't interfere with subjects which dou't concern my sex. And now you are finding fault with my housekeeping.' 'That's the very idea, my love. I'm only regretting your non-interference in matters that do concern your sex.' Mrs. Thornton 'defined her position1 im mediately. She did not design burying her self in the kitchen, or attaching herself to Biddy. She had married for a home and maintenance, not to spend her time in roll. ing pie-crust or moulding bread. Henry Thornton looked surprised, and no wonder, for he felt surprised. That his a dorable Helen could be perverse when it suited her, he well knew ; but 'hat she would 'put down ner feet so detertiinedly, set him to thinking. The young husband did not wish his wife to perform tie duties belonging to the domestics, but he hoped she would take the general supervision of matters ; he was a clerk with a modest sal ary, and prudence was indispensal le to his situation. The story need not be lengthen ed. Waste and improvidence in the kitchen soon brought pecuniary embarrassment, while in the parlor incapacity and ignorance of what constitutes a true woman and real lady, laid the foundation of much discord, whkh time did not lessen. The charm of the 'white bands' had departed. Mere per sonal beauty, without intellectual attain ments, a fund of common sense tuid moral worth, cannot prove long attractive. Think of it, ye Benedicts, in search of connubial felicity. -- 9 f" LIFE. Life is beautifully compared to a foun tain fed by a thousand streams, that perish if one be dried. It is a siler cord twisted with a thousand strings, that part asunder if one be broken. Frail and thoughtless mortal are surrounded by innumerable dangers, which makes it more strange that they escape so long that they almost all perish suddenly at last. We are compassed with accidents every day, to crush the mouldering tenement which we inhabit. The seeds of disease are planted in our con stitution by nature. The earth and atmos phere whence we draw the breath of life, tire impregnated with death; health is made, to operate its own destruction. Tin- life that nourishes contains the elements of decay ; the soul that animates it by vivifying first, tends to wear it out by its own action ; death lurks in ambush along the paths. Notw ithstanding this is the truth, so palpa bly confirmed by the daily examples before our eyes, how little do we lay it at heart ? We see our friends and neighbors among us die, but how seldom does it occur to our thoughts that our Knell shall perhaps give the next fruitless warning to the world ! This life will not admit an equality ; but surely that man who thinks he derives con sequence and respect from keeping others at a distnnce, is as base-minded as the coward who shuns the enemy from the fear of an attack. Comjtnnion. Two Things to he Kkpt. Your Word and your Temper. The former when deal ing with a printer, and the latter when dis puting with a woman. This may be diffi cult, but it can le lone by getti.ig a couple of chapters of Job by heart. TEARS OF TO-DAY. There is a tear of joy and a tear of grief. The tear of to-day may not be forced by the same cause wduch overflowed the eye yesterday. A tear may be sent up from the heart by joy or sorrow. It is the same liquid diamond in either case. A little tear drop on the cheek has a language id its own. Its speaks to persons of all nations. It is interpreted readily by persons of all countries. The face, down which a tear run, tells whether it springs from the foun tain of joy or grief. A tear draws forth the sympathy, because it is the emblem of Love, of Hope or of f : n f. When it is grief, our pulse beats faster, for our heart is agitated and touched deeply. The true feeling of the heart is seen in a tear which lingers in the. eye, that little bright window of the soul ! The tears of to-day, if they do spring from grief, may to-morrow be wiped away by rainbow hues of peace, happiness and prosperity. Nil desperandum. Never de sjmir. Fireside Jo urn id. BE GENTLE TO YOUR CHILDREN. Some one whose heart runs over with the milk of human kindness thus eloquently discourses : Be ever gentle to the children God has given vou. Watch them constantly, re prove them earnestly, but not in anger. In the language of Scripture, ' be not bitter against them.' Never scold them. Scolding never did any body good. It hurts the child ; it hurts the parent ; it is evil and only evil, every where and always. I once heard a kind father say, " I never beat my boys I talk to them seriously and tear- fully, but I do not like to beat them. The world will beat them badly enough by-and-bye." Yes, there is not one child in the circle around your table, healthy and hap py as they look now, on whose head, if long spared, the storm will not beat. Ad versity may wither them, sickness may waste them, a cold world will frown on them, but amidst all let memory carry them back to a home where a law of kindness reijrued, where the mother's reproving eye was moistened with a tear, and the father frowned more in sorrow than in anger. It takes a father's or mother's heart to feel what is here said, and to follow out in thought all its suggestiveness. BFAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. The beautiful extract below is from the pen of George S. Billiard : I confess that increasing years bring w ith them an iiipreiisiiip- resnect for those who ' - - o i do not succeed in life, as those words tire commonly used. Heaven is said to be a place for those vho have not succeeded upon earth ; and it is surely true that celestial graces do not best thrive and bloom in the hot blaze of worldly prosperity. Ill success sometimes arises from a superabun dance of qualities in themselves good from a conscience too sensitive, a taste too fas tfdinna. n self-forcctfulncss too romantic, a modesty too retiring. I will not go so far j as to say, with a living poet, that the "world knows nothing of its greatest men," but there are forms of greatness, or tit least ex cellence, which "die and make no sign ;" thre are martyrs that miss the palm, but not the stake ; there are heroes without the laurel, and conquerors without the triumph." JUST FOUR HUNDRED YEARS. The first book ever printed with a date, appeared in 1455, just four centuries ago j this very year. Nine years atter, tne ioran , began to be publicly read at Constantinople, . .i i- and at the same time the Bible was sent forth on the wings of the press, to the four quarters of the world, to counteract its influence. And from that day to this, the civilized world of Europe and America, is indebted for that superiority which no second night of ignorance can darken, no new incursion of vandalism can overthrow, : pressiou of intemperance,'' to be unconsti to an enlightened, conscientious, independ- ' tutional, illiberal, and oppressive in theory, cut press. Those four hundred years have : changed the face of the world. A REMARKABLE MAN. A correspondent of tho Kentucky States- j man gives the following sketch of an old citizen in Pulaski county, named Elijah Deny, who is, perhaps, the oldest man in ; Kentucky : He was 118 years of age on the 10th of September, aud is as active as many men of 40. He informed the writer that he hail never drank but one cup of coffee, ami that was in the vear of"14d. He served seven years in the war of the Revolution, aud i faithful public officers, and hy its appoint was wounded at the siege of Savannah and : ,oout "f incompetent and unprincipled men , , ... c v i. i i i to so large an extent iii their places bv Its at the battle of Lutaw .springs ; be Was also , , , . ... r,. ', 1 . palpable misrepresentation ot the public present at the battles of Camden, King's j sentiment of the State upon national ques Mountain and Monk's Corner. He served j tioas of vital importance, and by its ruth under Col. Horev and Col. Marion, aed w h-s invasion of the sacred rights of indivi- an eye-witness of the sufferings and death of Colonel Isaac Hayne, of South Carolina, an early victim of the Revolution. He is sprightly aud active, and would be taken at any time to be a man of middle age. Ib is a strict member of the Baptist Church, and rides six miles to every meeting of his Church. He has four sons and five daugh tres, all Irving, tho eldest being now in his seventy-eighth and the yoaagest in Ids fifty first year. Such is a brief sketch of tlu aged soldi', r and republican, who is, perhaps the only surviving soldier of Fraucis Ma rion, Sumpter and Horey. THE GRANITE DEMOCRACY IN STATE CONVENTION. The Democracy of New Hampshire met in Convention at Concord on the Nth inst. Ex-Governor Hubbard was chosen tempo rary and Hon. Harry Hihhard permanent president. Messrs, Rix, Baldwin, and Rob inson vrcre chosen secretaries, with ten vice presidents. The Hon. John S. Wells was nominated for governor, receiving on the first ballot "233 out of the 275 votes. The nomination was received with much np dutis". Mr. Wells is one of the first men in New Hampshire. He served a -hort lime as Senator in the last Congress, and was distinguished for the ability with which he discussed some of the most important ques tions which engaged the deliberations of the Senate. It is understood that he will take the stump and give New Hampshire u thorough canvassing. Of the result, under such circumstances, we can entertain no doubt. Tlic Resolutions. The national democracy throughout the Union will read with profound satisfaction the noble rosclutionfl unanimously adopted by the convention. They are drawn with singular felicity, and will command an ap proving response from every true democrat, whether at the North or the South. Tin endorsement given to the administration of President l'eirce was cordial and emphatic. The whole proceedings give full assurance of a brilliant democratic triumph in the Granite State in March next. The follow ing are the resolutions : Jicsolftd, That while the shifting organ izations of our opponents have neither per- iimmiiu.v . .t nimfl iiiir e i ii t cue - ti iLw. t - . th imrit'llIld tht -ior- J 0f tu. democratic party that its great and guiding principles are immutable, its pur poses fixed, and its name time-honored and unchanging. Resolved, That we hold to a strict con struction of the constitution, abstinence from the exercise of undelegated or doubt ful powers, an economical administration of the State and federal governments, and a scrupulous observance of the reserved" ! rights ot States and ot individuals. Resolved, That democracy has no secre cy, and requires no oaths ; that while it publicly avows, as a fundamental principle, freedom of conscience, without distinction of religious faith, the political equality of all whom the law recognises as American citizens, without reference to the accident of birth, it relies for success upon open dis cussion and the intelligence of the people; we, therefore, denounce the know nothing organization, so-called, as intolerant in its warfare upon the freedom of religious be- j liet and the sacred rights ol conscience, un ; justly exclusive in its requirements of birth ; and blood, and anti-republican and danger i ous in its methods of secret political action, J as corrupting in its encouragement of se 1 cret combination and falsehood, reprehen sible in its objects, and unmanly and dis honorable in the modes by which it seeks their accomplishment Resolved, That we believe in the car dinal doctrines of State rights and popular sovereignty ; that we recognise in its broad est sense, as just and salutary, the princi ple that to the people of every organized State and Territory belongs of right the prerogative of regulating for themselves their own domestic and local affairs within the limits of the constitution ; and that w denounce all violations of this principle, whether by the interference of the aboli tionists of the free States or by the aggres sions of their abettors in the work of sec tional agitation from the slave States. J'esolved- That the constitution of the IT. States is founded upon the fundamental principle of entire and absolute equality a mong ad the States of this Union ; and it is not competent for Congress, or any other power, to impose upon new Stutes coming into the Union any condition or restriction, in respect to their domestic institutions or internal concerns, which the federal eon- gtitution has not imposed upon the original States; and that any effort on the part of Congress, or anv- other power, to violate this principle should he met and resisted by all good citizens as an attempt to trample upon the constitution and destroy the I'n ion. lie solved, That we arc in favor of a judi cious regulation of the sale of spirituous li quors; but we believe the law id' the hist legislature, miscalled 'An act for the sup- anu caicu.aieu in practice to aggravate tue I therefore, advocate its immediate repeal Resolved, That the overturning of the es- tablisbed judiciary, and the substitution in its stead of the discarded project of the fed eral party of 1813, by the dominant fac tions in the last legislature, was in deroga tion of the organic law, in disregard of the wishes and to the detriment of the interests of the people of the State. The people will restore the integrity of the constitution and reinstate the judiciary upon its ancient foundation. Resolved, That the know-aothing admin istration in this State, by its illiberal, vindic- ; rave, partisan, and unconstitutional legis lation by its unparalleled proscription of duals have shown it to be unworthy of the confidence of a just and patriotic people, and deserving of the severest condemna tion ; and we have abundant evidence that, at the next election, the people will hurl these unfaithful servants from the seats they have disgraced, and restore honest men aud patriotic party to power. Resolved, That the present national ad ministration has bean true to democratic principles, and, therefore, true to the great interest of the country. In the face of the most determined opposition, it lias main rained the laws, enforced economy, fostered progress, aud infused integrity aud vigor into every department at home. It has signally improved our treaty relations, ex tended the elds of commercial enterprise, vindicated the rights of our citizens abroad, and gloriously illustrated Ainericon honor. It has asserted, with eminent impartiality, the just claims of every section, and has dared, at all times and under all oircum stauces, to be faithful to the constitution. We, therefore, proclaim our unqualified ap probation of its measures nnd policy, and our unabated confidence mid regard tor our honored fellow-citizen who stand, at its head. And we commend the name of Frank Pierce to the approaching Demo cratic National Convention for n -nomination to the office of President of the United States, believing that, in a crisis like tho present, the surest guarantee for the safety and success of the future is to be found in the comprehensive statesmanship and un faltering fidelity to duty which have been so thoroughly teiifd and approved in tho past. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS. The Boston Trunseript mentions some curious coincidences noticeable in contem plating the names and lives of the first Presidents of the United States Washing ton, John Adams. Jefferson, Madison, James Monroe, John Quinev Adams nnd Jackson. We quote some of the mo-d striking of these : " Four of these were from Virginia. Two of the same name were from Massachusetts, and the seventh from Tennessee. All but one were sixtv veins old on leaving office, having served two terms, and one of those who served bat one term, would have been sixty years of age nt the end of another. Three of the seven died on the 4th of July, and two of them on the same day of tho year. Two of them were on the sub-committee of three who drafted the Declaration of Independence, and these two died on the same day and year, nnd on the unniversnry of the Declaration of Independence, and just half a century from the day of the Declaration. The names of three of the seven end in son, yet neither of these trans mitted his mi mo to a sux. In respect to the names of all, it may be said, in conclu sion: The initials of the seven were the same, and still two others were the same. I'he remaining one, who steads alone in this parlicular, stands alone in the admiration and love of his countrymen, and of the civilized world -Washington. Of the first five, only one had a son, and that son was also a President." A SILVER GOBLET. We have seen a very handsome silver Goblet which was manufactured under tho directions of the Columbia Flying Artillery, to he by them presented to our fellow citi zen, Dr. J. M. POWEUL, as a testimonial of their great regard for his kind and skilful services rendered to their fellow soldier, A. SIDNEY CUPTOX, who w as so badly injured during the celebration at King's Mountain, by the premature discharge of a cannon. It is a beautiful tribute most worthily be stowed, and alike creditable to the donors aud the recipb nt. It bears the following inscription : Presented to Dr. JT. M. POIVCLL by the Columbia Artillery. In token of Their Gratitude for his Kind attention, To their unfortunate brother soldier A. Sidney 'liftoe, October 4th, 1855. Cm roli net Times. A CRUCIFIXION IN CHINA An American, writing from China to the New York Times, after giving an account of the numerous executions of the rebels, says : ' Two weeks since, to vary the scene, thoy had a crucifixion. A woman was sentenced to be crucified tot the crime of having given birth to one of the rebel chiefs. If a father is a rebel, his family is considered the same, and the whole family, from tho old man of four-score to the child of four years, share the same fate. The- poor woman was nailed to the cro-s while living, a gnsh made across the forehead to the bone, and the skiu pealed down so as to hang over the eyes; after which the breast were cut off; they then proceeded to bri nk every bone in her body; a large knife was next thrust into the throat and passed downward, cutting tho chest open. The executioner then thrust in his hand, and grasping tho heart, tore it from its socket, and luid it boating and reeking before the judge. At Shanghai thev drown them bv dozen." BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE. In a late article in Frazer's Magazine this brief but beautiful passage occurs : 4 Edu cation does not commence with the alphabet. It begins with a mother's look with a fath er's smile of approbation, or a sign of re proof with a sister's gentle pressure of tho hand, or a brother's noble act of forbourauno with handsful of flowers in greon and dai sy meadows .with birds nest admired, but not touched with creeping ants, and almost imperceptible insects wifh humming bees and glass bee-hives with pleasatit walks in shady lanes, aud with thoughts directed ui sweet and kindly tones, aud words to ma ture to acts of leufcvolence, to deeds of vir tue, aud to the source of all good, to God himself.' Wc want but Uttle hero bdav, Nor waut that Uttle long.