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-flSffBY JOHN I. PALLISR,
r.niTon axt vkoi'rietor.
Office on Main Street, )
ONE DOOR SOUTH OF SADLER'S HOTEL, S
OF THE
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HOOK AMU JOI5
laving recently visited New-York, and se- j
beted from tlie old and elegant
Foundry of Geo. Brace, V..,
A QUANTITY OF
' Jlfui nnii asjftonableCripe,
We are now prepared to Execute
In -tla-o Best Stylo,
AI.I. KIN1S OF
'Jliiltiply the Cleans, and yon
multiply the Results,"
!- one of the established mnxiinsof buernoss.
OXMEK8 FOK
PAMPI11.ETS, ! CLERKS' BLANKS
HANDBILLS, : SHERIFF'S do.
CARDS CONSTABLES' do.
CIRCU1 IRS, MACIS I KATES'do.
LABELS, ATTORNEYS' do.
OR FOB
All 2 bVlt'JKB 'Z1T b'J? )T li'M'ZL
Remnred by the business Community,
V.II.I BE EXBCTTED Willi
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Varioiis lsLln.ci!S of
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WtcdJ
ALWAYS ON 1IANI.
GREAT VARIETY OF STOVES ?
-7ST t t n ?
AT
VIOOKF. & BVERLV S,
" IK) arc dispo.scJ to sell on the most at
coumiouaiing lerata. Their supply coa
ista of
rOOKIXG, PARLOR AND OFFICE
of differ enl kinds. Call and examine
-l tiicir supply. They al -o have on usod dti
.issortineat of
which they would hL',; to dispoj of lor cash or
Country Produce.
The also inform ttic public generally that
they are now prepared toi xecute al! Job Work
in their line. All ORDERS, therefore, for
Hoofing;, Guttering or Stove Pipe,
will be punctual!- att-.-nded to and on the shor
test notice,
july 3, 1855
MOORE i. BYERLV
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IT PAYS WELL N0W-A-DA1S TO
LOOK ROUND AND FIND
The Cfifaji'tt Flare to buy Gvod, M much
money can be succif, particularly
irhcii you ho re the Cath.
IAE have jut received one ol ihe largest
and best selected sti ck of Oids we hive
ever brought to this market. We have a larjje
stock of
if
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JJ U Ls iU KJ ULJ KJ Q
flatly' C loakw, Rcaly-Tl.i(e
Clothing, cf all kinds, very cheap.
Boots 6t Shoes, Hardware,
Groceries,
and some more of them very cheap. Negro
BLA.KCTS.
And wc are determined to sell our Goods as
low as any house iii Carolina. AH we afck is
an examination of our Goods and Prices. And
as we take great pleasure in showing our
Goods, call and see before buying.
BROWN, BRAWLEY GO.
Oct- 9, 11 tf
FASHIONABLE TAILORING.
THE subscriber announces
to the public generally, that he
is now receiving a largo assort
ment of new
Cloths, Cassinieres
AVD
, for Gentlemen's wear, end will
be sold tor Cash at a small profit.or made to or
der according to the latest styles. Shop next
door to Elms' Grocery Store.
Sept. 29. 1854 10-!f I). L. R EA .
REMOVAL.
R. W. Beckwith
has removed his Jewelry
Store to No. 2, Johnston's
Row, three doors South
of Kerr's Hotel.
30-1 y
Feb. 16, 18.55
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J. B. F. BOONE.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Sole Leathkr, Calf Skins, Lining Binding
SkixSjSiioe Tools of Evert Description,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Oct. 20, 1954. tf
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ENGLAND AND THE UNITED
STATES.
The London (England) Standard pays :
Wa, should grieve at a war with our kinsmen
n the other side of the Atlantic, hut we
should grieve without any mixture of fear
for the result. As to any danger to he ap
prehended fipoa a naval contest, it is a jest;
the United States hare no naval force, to
couctt: with etnc of our squadrons. And.
again, as t Canada. Canada proved suf
ficient for her own defence in the war of
Ir4!, and the defensive power of the British
North American Provinces has infinitely
increased since that time. Those is another
consideration that may check the helliger
ent spirit of the republicans of the New
World. A w.ir with England now would
involve a war with France also, whereas in
1812 France was the zealous ally of Amer
ica. A war with England would, in fact,
hermetically close the continent of Europe
against the commerce of the Nortli Ameri
can republic. Hut some sage .Jonathan will
he disposed to say that the union of Eng
land with France is not likely to be perma
nent. This, however, is a great error.
England and France have found out, too
late, alas! that they have no conflicting in
terests that, on the other hand, their in
terests in the peace and prosperity of
Europe are identical. The right of each
nation to choose its own fern ot govern
ment and its own sovereign is now a settled !
point of public law. It is the proud title
upon which Louis Napoleon rests his au
thority that great man, who knows tiiat
England, as she was the first nation to es
tablish the right of national choiec of a
sovereign, so she was the first to recognize
in his favor its exercise by the French
people.
Swajrirer as thev mav, th United States
dare not go to war with Engleinrl and j
France united, these nations commanding j
the sea, and having an invulnerable point
of vantage in the occupation of Canada. j
Nor is this all. There is danger in the J
South as well as in the North, to quell the j
Must ring republicans. There are the
Slave States. If, according to the writers j
upon natural law, the state of slavery is but j
a continuance of the state of war and there
is no reason to question the proposition j
in all the Southern States of the Union, the j
free citizens are greatly outnumbered by
enemies. Woe to those who shall blow into j
a flame the smouldering war of slavery, for j
we repeat it. though smouldering slavery, it
is still war. But if Ihe Republic should be so
mad as to compel us to the use of all means '
of defence, a few black regiments must be j
sent to tin- American continent, and it is as ,
easy as it must be painful to tell what would
be the effect of their presence amid a popu
lation of their kindred and color, held in '
severe, not to tall it cruel, slavery, by a
handful of whites. These are cousidera- ,
tious which must occur to the great body of
American people, though political agitators
and political writers, tongue-valiant and
pen-valiant as they always ere, may look
to obtain distinction Jy violent warlike do- i
monstrntions. Meenuhile. absurd, and, in
the abstract, even unjust as we may think
the interdict upon recruiting for the British
service in the territory of a now independent
State, though once a British dependency, :
we by no means defend the violation of that
interdict, if, indeed, it has been violated.
The law of the Republic forbidding the en- I
listment of soldiers for the foreign service, j
would, however, have a better face of justice j
had not the States constituted themselves
the general recipients of all emigrants or
fugitives from their native countries.
The impudent swaggering of the above
article is exposed with great humor nnd
force by the Boston Courier, the greater
portion of whose article we copy and adopt,
as follows :
Persons who are surprised when earth
quakes happen, will be surprised by the
article from the Standard. Both have their
time, olace and effect. Were- one to read
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the article in Europe, he would conclude j
that Jonathan had got his dander up, and j
was blowing the trumpet from Passamaquod- j
dv Bav to the Bav of San Francisco. ;
J J
Vhercas, Jonathan has been so busy trans
porting troops of the allies to the Crimea,
cotton to Liverpool, and breadstuffs to foed
the hungry in France nnd England, that he
has had. no time to sport his trumpet, and.
perhaps, ha? fcxgotteo where he laid it after
the return from the Halls of the Montezu
ruas. lio must have inadvertently put it
in some place exposed to the sonorous
to State Intelligence, the News
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY,
pranks of JEolus, else why should John
i Bull have heard ti e sound thereof, and one
' quiet morning sent a message over the wires
; from Halifax furiously accusing Jonathan of
blowing full blast, awaking "the belliger
ent spirit of the republicans of the new
j world," causing them to bluster and "swag
i ger as they may," and expose their navy
to an allied squadron, to be atomized as a
i "jest" for cosmopolites ? Before the war
: of 181U, this navy was not ; but ere peace
came, it was. Ami it its tuture career may
be predicted from the result of the past, it
will probably die frame, on salt water or
fresh.
With a mercantile marine having a ton
nage greater than that of any nation on earth;
with ship timber, Iron, copper, cotton duck,
coal, and men second to none in the art of
ship-building ; with a national debt almost
zero, treasury over-flowing, taxes light, an
' .ubundance of gold, a vast snrplus of food,
and twenty-five million of inhabitants, most
; of whom having patronised the schoolmaster
! that is abroad the United States will not
! withdraw her "fire frigates and cotton bunt
j ing" from the realm of Neptune in dis
; honor.
j "And, again, ns to Canada." When in
j 1812, the Northwestern States were yet a
, wilderness, inhabited by savages, to resist
whom it required more men than to meet
i the Anglo-American army, when there were
1 no railways, or roads even, and our soldiers
made long and perilous marchei through the
forests to meet the foe upon their cvn
ground then the enemy left Detroit (now
a great city) retreated through Canada west
for the St. Lawrence, hauled down the red
j ep ss, left the stars and stripes floating on
j the great Mediterranean lakes i America,
and never during the war regained lost
ground or water. At that time 'here were
but 300,000 inhabitants of European race
North of the Ohio river now there are
more than 5,000,000, one-fifth of whom stand
West and Northwest of Canada, completely
heading her off in the great race toward
the Pacific for empire over the primeval
forest.
If the Standard will compute the excess
which the per cent, of American commerce
sustains to that of England on the lakes and
St. Lawrence, it will conclude without
adverting to the smothered rebellion of
1838, or the slumbering desire for annexa
tion that spoke its thoughts so audible as
to reach the throne in 1S49 that one cam
paign from the Republic will settle the
manifest destiny of Canada, and let her
sons with joy gather under the banner of
the Empire of tiie West.
The Standard says a war with Enr!aud
now would involve a war with France also.
This ?nay bo possible so long as the war
with Russia shall continue, and only so
long. While that war last s, John Bull will
have enough to do in the Eat and be very
thankful if we maintain neutrality. When
that war shall end, neither the tradition of
the past, nor the present or future interest
of France, nor the sagacity of Louis Napo
leon, will ever prompt him to take up arms
to aggrandize England upon this side of the
Atlantic. Whether he who guards the
chapeau and surtout of Napoleon le Grand
knows, or does not know, what he is about,
there is "method in his madness," and ho
undoubtedly feels the great joys of warriors
as he beholds his legions advancing to the
forests of Scythia, and the troops of Britain
following non jtassibus eequis.
When France shall have consolidated her
power at Constantinople, extending it thence
by way of Algeria to the Straits of Gibral
tar, she will not regret to see England
waste her strength on the American repub
lic. France desires to sell us wine, silks
and linens ; and to purchase in return cot
ton, corn and shiptimbcr. It is from tradi
tion as well as interest that she desires the
freedom of the seas, and she will not war
with a nation that contends for the same.
It is all but an impossibility to make the
people of France and the United States
perceive that their interests are not natur
ally in harmony.
Jf "England and France have found out,
too late, alas ! that they have no conflicting
interests," very well. If England admits
that "the right of each nati n to choose its
own form of government, and its own
sovereign, is now a settled point of public
law," as we asserted and maintained the
right long ago, we are pleased to hear the
admission. Yet we fancy John must blush
some at his confession, after having strug
gled twenty -two years in conjunction with
all Europe, and spent 5000,000,000 iu cci:
tradicting that right to France.
Ah ! but "there is danger iu the South
as well as North, to quell the ambition of
the blustering Republicans, " and "in all
the Southern States of the Union the free
citizens are greatly outnumbered by ene
mies." By the census of 1850 the white
population of the slave States wa.-6,224240,
and the number of slaves was 3,204,098.
This citation corrects an error cf fact as
well as it shows how little fear there can be
of a servile insurrection. American slavery,
although it is slavery, tends to elevate and
civilize the black race, who are more
kindly disposed towards their masters than
foreigners are aware of. The mildness of
their servitude is shown by the rate per
cent, of their increase, being as great as
that of the white population, or about 30
per cent, evory ten y.ars a remarkaole
contrnt to the svstem that existed in the
of the World, Political Information,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1855.
British West Indies, where, from 1817, nine
years after the prohibition of the slave
trade, to 1834, there had been an actual de
crease of the black population of more than
10 per cent. No; the black race in the
South are not "held in severe, not to call it
cruel slavery, by a handful of whites." We
do not defend slavery we defend the truth,
as the black soldiers helped Jackson to de
fend New Orleans in 1815. Let England
declare war against this country, and it is
more than probable she would find work for
all her soldiers, to crush the uprising of the
hydra-headed democracy tint now sleeps
beneath the heel of her moni'd and titled
aristc- racy. If the island should become
too hot for either party, there is an asylum
for "all emigrants or fugitives from their
native countries," in the land of freedom
over the Western wave.
GENERAL JACKSON AND JUDGE
DOUGLAS.
While the Abolitionists and Know Noth
ings are continually heaping on the head of
our distinguished Senator all manner of
abuse, and with Greelv at their head, they
will not suffer him to visit his constituents
in peace and do that which every public
man ought to do go among his friends and
constituents from time to time, to know if
he has their confidence and is truly repre
senting them we, as a conductor of a pub
lic journal, wish to recal what one of our
best men and greatest patriots thought of
our Senator when he had a chance to ex
press his sentiments of a public man, then,
in 1844, quite a young man and politician.
The fact may be found in the life of Jack
son, page 171, entitled thus: "Interview
with Judge Douglas." While attending
the Nashville Convention of August, 1844,
we visited the Hermitage (only twelve miles
distant) in company with Judge Douglas of
Illinois, and some of our fellow citizens.
The Hermitage was crowded with people
from almost every State, who had been in
vited thither by the venerable patriot the
day succeeding the convention. Governor
Clay of Alabama was near Gen. Jackson,
who was himself sitting on a sofa in the hall
of his residence, and as each entered, Gov.
Clay introduced him to the hero, and he
passed along. When Judge Douglas wus
thus introduced. G en. Jackson raised his
still brilliant eyes, and gazed for a moment
in the countenance of the Judge, still re
taining his hand.
"Are you the Mr. Douglas of Illinois, who
delivered a speech last session on the sub
ject of the fine imposed on me for declaring
martial law at New Orleans?" asked Gen.
Jackson.
"I have delivered a speech in the House
of Representatives upon that subject," was
the modest reply of our friend.
"Then stop," said Gen. Jackson, "sit
down here beside me ! I desire to return you
my thanks for that speech. You are the first
man that has ever relieved my mind on a sub
ject which has rested on it for thirty years.
My enemies have always charged me with
violating the Constitution of my country by
declaring martial law at New Orleans; and
my friends have always admitted the viola
tion, but have contended that the circum
stances justified me in that violation. I never
could understand how it was that the per
formance of a solemn duty to my e&untry
a duty which, if I hud neglected to perform,
would have made mo a traitor in the sight
of God and man could properly be pro
nounced a violation of the Constitution. I
felt convinced, in my own mind, that I was
not guilty of such a heinous offence ; but I
never could make out a legal justification
of my course, nor has it ever been done. Sir,
until you on the floor of Congress, at the
late session, established it beyond the pos
sibility of civil or doubt. I thank you for
that speech ; it has relieved my mind from
the only circumstance that rested painfully
on it. Throughout my whole life I never j
performed an official act which I viewed as j
a violation of the Constitution of my coun- !
trv. and T ean now tro down to the crave in
r i i t 1
peace, with a perfect consciousness that I
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have not broken at any period of my life the
Constitution or laws of my country
Such are the words of Gen. Jackson at
(for he died shortly after,) '
ae just beginning his bright ;
his last levee
.oldressed to one
i c , rrl
career ot public usefulness. I hese words,
too, are for the American people, as well as
for Judge Douglas. Thev show how that
great and good man revered the Constitu-
tion of his country, and that even in per-
forming a noble and necessary act to pro-
tect life and property, when he was told he
had violated that sacred instrument, his j
t i - t,i . ..,o,l t, rt
lit all W 1 1 uiJAtrw v-uviui una n iv iv- :
does not wish that the old hero's feelings i
and love for country and Constitution could
he infused into every American heart ? We
should hear, then, no more croaking about
the value of the Union" no more trailing
the American flag in the dust on the Fourth
of Juiv.ashas been done bv the Abolitionists
in the" East. Paris (III') Blade.
Missouri. The Whig members of the
Missouri Legislature held a meeting at Jef
ferson City on the 30th ult., and resolved
that the National Whig Party still lives
and. hi the comins Presidential contest, "will
show themselves worthy of the best days of
the republic." The holding a State conven-
tion at St. Louis, on tin- second Aiondav ot
pril l8r6,for the purpose of appointing
deWates to the National Whig Convention
to nominate candidates for President and
Vice President of the United States, was
recommended.
Southern Rights, Agriculture,
NORTH CAROLINA.
PASSING AWAY.
The bud, the blossom, and the flowers,
Fair smiling springs array,
With fragrance have perfumed the bowers,
And calmly passed away.
The ruddy summer's laughing traiu
With all her charms has fled,
And sober Autumn's golden reign
Her bounteous stores have spread.
Soon Winter's howling blasts will rise,
All gloomy, cold and drear,
To mar the mellow Autumn's skies
And close the parting year.
BUT
The wintry days will pass away
With all their frosty powers,
And gentle Spring return again
And strew the land with flowers.
NO SECTS IN HEAVEN.
The celebrated Whitfield, when preaching
on one occasion from the balcony of the
Courthouse, in Philadelphia, cried out, lift
ing his ev es to Heaven : 'Father Abraham,
who have you got in your bosom ? Any
Episcopalians ?' 'Any Presbyterians V
'No!' 'Any Baptists ?' 'No!' 'Have you
any Methodists there ? 'No!' 'Have you
any Independents or Seceders ?' 'No! no!'
'Why, who have you, then ." 'We don't
have these names here ; all here are Chris
tians believers in Christ.' Oh is that the
case ? Then God help us all to forget party
names, and to become Christians in deed
and in truth.
DEAL GENTLY.
Deal gently with those that stray. If
there arc signs of repentance, there is hope,
and a kind word or smile may bring back
the wanderer a frown, a bitter taunt may
sink him into the lowest depths of infamy.
Draw back the erring one by love and per
suasion. Knock at the door of his heart,
feel your way up the winding stairs, and
perchance a pious mother's tears have kept
a corner moist and tender touch it gently
tenderly stir the precious seed, and may
hap you may pluck the ripened fruit in spirit
world. Deal gently with the erring. 'To
err is human to forgive divine.' A kind
word is more amiable to the lost than a mine
of gold. Think of this and be on your
guard, ye who would chase to the grave an
erring brother.
TIME.
Ninety years hence, not a single man or
woman, now twenty years of age, will be
alive. Ninety years ! Alas ! how many
of the lively actors at present on the stage
of life will make their exit long ere ninety
years shall have rolled away! And could
we be sure of ninety years, what are they ?
'A tale that is told ;' a dream ; an empty
sound, that passcth on the wings of the wind
away, and is forgotten. Years shorten as
man advances in age. Like the degrees in
longitude, man's life declines as he travels
towards the frozen pole, until it dwindles to
a point and vanishes forever. Is it possible
that life is of so short duration ? Will nine
ty years erase all the golden names over the
doors in town and country, and substitute
others in their stead ? Will all the new
blooming beauties fade and disappear, all
the pride and passion, the love, hope and
joy, pass away in ninely years, and be for
gotten ? 'Ninety years !' says Death ; 'do
you think I shall wait ninety years ? Be
hold, to-day, to-morrow, and every day is
mine. When ninety years are past, this
generation will have mingled with the dust
and be remembered not.
THE FEMALE NOBILITY.
The woman, poor and homely clad as she
may be, who balances her own income and
expenditure who toils unrcpiningly among
her well trained children, anil presents them
morning and evenirjg, in rosy health and
cheerfulness, as offerings of love to her hus
band and seeks the improvement of their
bodies is the most exalted of her sex. Be-
fore her shall the proudest dame bow her '
1U,L 1111 a 1
iewelled head, for the bliss of a happy heart
i
dwells with her forever.
If there is one prospect more dear to the
of niflQ than !luotlu'r' U ifi fnwet- j
inS at the door hia smffin wife and "P
I OI IiaPIJV CUllUieU. ilOW 11 CliiS 111) IliU Lli - .
, ""i i 1
d od of an exhausted man, when he hears
; Pattt'r of ian- fect on airs-when j
f youS voices mix in glad confusion, and the .
j youngest springs to his arms with a mirth- j
j luI -nout-
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THE COURTESIES OF LIF33.
William Wirt's letter to his daughter, oil
' Joiaiu " "i 1 l" """6
the -small sweet courtesies of life, contains
a passage from winch a deal of happiness
might be learned: 'I want to tell you a
secret. The way to make yourself pleas- i
in to others is to show that vou care for !
them. The whole world is like the milior at
Mansfield, 'who cared for nobody no, not
he because nobody cared for him.' And j
the whole world will serve you so. if you
give them the same cause. Let every one,
therefore, see that you do care for them, by i
showing them what Sterne so happily calls
the small sweet courtesies in which there
j js nn parade, whose voice is too still to tease,
whieh m(mife.t themselves bv tender
. , . . ,
',d alW-tionate looks and httle kmd acts
j of attention, giving others the preference in
every little enjoyment at the table, in the
field, walking, sitting, or standing.
Literature, and Miscellany
( VOLUME 4.
: 1 NwSorleslNi;MeER 21. J
A ROMANTIC INCIDENT.
A soldier who was present at the capture
of Sebnstopol, relates in a letter to his
friends, the following romantic story :
"A party of men, belonging to different
regiments, were patrolling from house to
house, in search of plunder. In one of the
houses they came across a beautiful young
female, about 17 or 18 years of age. Of
course, some ignorance was shown amongst
the party, who commenced to drag her
about, and would have used violence to her,
had not a young man threatened to blow
the first man's brains out that laid a
finger on her, whereupon the young woman
flew to this man nnd clung to him for pro
tection. She followed him all the way back
to the camp, when, coming in sight of his
camp, he beckoned her to return but no,
she would not leave him. Whether she had
fallen in love at first sight I don't know, but
she came to tin- camp with him. As soon
as he got there he was instantly confined
for being absent when the regiment was
under arms. She followed hiin to the guard
tent, and cried after him. The colonel of
his regiment, seeing the affection she bore
him, released hint, and sent them both to
General Harris, when an interpreter was
got, and she related the whole affair to them.
It turned out that eho wa n General's
daughter, with some thousands. She was
beautifully attired, and carried agold watch,
and wore a set of bracelets of immense
value. The young man is now about to be
married to her. She will not leave him
upon any account whatever, and if he is not
a lucky dog, I don't know who is."
SELLING DRY GOODS.
People generally think that it is a very
easy matter to stand behind a counter nnd
retail dry goods ; but a week's experience
in the business would convince the cleverest
man that it is much more difficult and labo
rious than the task of turning a grindstone
twelve hours per day. The office of sales- j
man embodies, in its duties, qualities for
the shrewdness of a politician, the persua- j
sion of a lover, the politeness of a Chester
field, the patience of Job, and the impudence j
of n pickpocket. There are salesmen who
make it a point never to lose a customer.
One of the gentlemen, who is in a store in j
Chatham street, not long since, was called
to show a very fastidious and fashionable
lady, who 'dropped in while going to Stew
art's,' some rich silk cloaking. Every ar
ticle, of the kind was exposed to her view ;
the whole store was ransacked ; nothing
suited. The costly was stigmatized as trash;
everything was common and not fit for a
lady. She guessed she would go to Stew- '
art's. The salesman pretended to be ig- !
norant.
'Madam,' said he in a tone of injured in- !
nocence, 'I have a very beautiful and rare '
piece of goods; a case which I divided with
Mr. Stewart, who is my brother-in-law, but
it would be useless to show it to you ; it is
the only piece in the city.'
'Oh, allow me to see it,' she asked, in an
anxious tone ; and continued, 'I had no in
tention of annoying you, or disparaging the
merits of J'our wares.'
The salesman, who was now watched in
breatless silence by his fellow clerks, pro
ceeded as if with much reluctance, and with
expressions of fear that it would be injured
by getting tumbled, to display an ancient
piece of vesting which had been laying in
the store for five years, and was considered
to be unsaleable. The lady cxamiued, nnd
liked it much. That was a piece of goods
worthy to be worn. How much was it a
yard ?
'Twenty-two shillings.'
'Oh ! that is very high !'
'There,' exclaimed he, hcginiun to fold
it up, 'I knew you would Bay so.'
'Stay ! don't be in so great a hurry!' she
cried, 'I'll give you twenty shillings.'
'Madam, you insult me again.'
't 'ut me off yards, and you can mnke
up the deduction on some velvet which I re
quire for trimmings,' almost entreated the
fair shopper.
The salesman, after much persuasion, sold
the lady the vesting, for which they had
sought in vain to get five shillings per yard,
at the price above indicated. The profits
of the sale on the vesting and velvet amount
ed to thirty-three dollars ! out of which the
clerks were permitted to pay for asupper of
oysters. The best of this brief tale of dry
goods is to be told. The lady had her cloak
made, and one or two of her friends, delight
ed with it. bought the rest of vesting at the
same prie.W There is a morn 1 to this anec
dote, which we leave to be discovered Uy the
ingenuity of our lady readers who occasion
ally go a .-hopping.
A FASHIONABLE WOMAN.
To be .t woman of fashion one of the easiest
thing in the world. A letter describes it Urns:
"Buy everything you don't want; pay for noth
ing you gel : smile on all mankind hut your
ha-blind ; be happy everywhere but at home ;
hate the country ; adore tin; city ; read novels ;
neg'st : our children; nune lapdoffs, and g"to
church evory time you get a new shawl."
Kikdxess. Little acts of kindness, gen
tle words, loving smiles these strew the
path dt life with flowers; they make the
sunshine brighter and the earth greener ;
and He who bade us " Love one another,"
looks with favor upon the gentle and kiud
heurtcd. ajid he pronounced them "bb s-ed."
krtcbts of (ibarattfr. J
NATHANIEL PRENTISS BANKS.
The New York Herald gives the folowing
sketch of the history of Nathaniel P. Banks,
a member of Congress from Massachusetts,
who is one of the leading candidates for
speaker :
Mr. Banks was born in Waltham, Mid
dlesex county, Massachusetts, on the 13th
of January, 181G. As his middle name in
dicates, he is descended, on one side, from
the Prentiss family, of New Hampshire.
At the age of twelve years ho began to
work iu a cotton factory. At a later ago he
assisted his father, who was a house carpen
ter. He next learned the machinist's trade,
and worked at it in Waltham and Boston.
He never had any schooling after he was
twelve years of age. Prior to that he at
tended the public school in his native town,
and was considered an apt and quick scho
lar. In 1845, Mr. Banks entered his name iu
the office of the Hon. Robert Bautoul, Jr.,
then United States District Attorney, in
Boston. In 184S he was admitted to the
bar, and commenced bmmsM :" Dooujii.
Mr. Hunks commenced his political life in
1840, as a supporter of Martin Van Buren
and the subtrca-mry scheme. In 1848 ho
was elected a member of the Legislature
of Massachusetts, from the town of Wal
tham. There were only about twenty Dem
ocrats in the House that session. It was
the year that the party ran down uudei
Gushing and Cass. Mr. Banks took un ac
tive purt in the proceedings of the House
sustaining Cass and his Nicholson letter,
and Cushing.
In 1851, Mr. Banks was elected to both
the Senate and the House in Massachusetts,
but accepted a seat in tho House, aud was
chosen speaker by the coalition between
the barnburner democrats and the freesoil
ers. He had been a leader of the coalition
movement before the people, and made a
very large number of popular addresses.
He wus the most active liberal democrat iu
the State. His style of oratory was effec
tive, and he seemed to bo a general favorite
on whom the different political factions were
all inclined to look kindly. In 1852 he was
re-elected Speaker of the House. Iu 185II
he was a member of the convention called
to revise the constitution of Massachusetts,
and was chosen to preside over its delibera
tions. This convention numbered among
its members, Judge Allen, llufus Choute,
Judge Sprague, Gen. Wilson, Gov. Bout
well, Mr. Knowlton, Gov. Morton, Gov.
Briggs, and others of the most distinguish
ed men of all the political parties iu the
State. At this time Mr. Banks was also a
member of Congress, huving been elected as
a democrat the previous fall.
In 1854 Mr. 15anks ran for Congress tit u
candidnte of the regular Democratic Con
vention in his district, and of the Know
Nothings, and was elected by about seven
thousand majority. The Administration
Democrats bolted the nomination on ac
count of Mr. Banks' opposition to tho Ne
braska bill.
Mr. Banks has a wifo-und i wo children.
He is a good looking man, with something
of the clerical and puritanic appearance
which belongs to New Knglnnd, but without
the j-tilted stiffness which characterized
Winthrop.
Mr. Banks is fond of retirement, although
be has had a boisterious political life. All
his studies, even that of law, have been pur
sued principally iu private. He has: a great
fondness for literature, and has acquired by
his own unaided efforts a good knowledgo
of the principal languages of Northern and
Southern Furopo. Though not an advocate
of the Maine law, he is strictly temperate,
and is even said never to have drank a glass
of liquor in his life. Tho paleness of his
countenance would seem to indicate that
u glass of wine for the stomach's sake would
do the gentleman no harm.
HUMPHREY MARSHALL.
The New York Herald also gives the fol
lowing sketch of Humphrey Marshall, an
other Know-Nothing candidate for speaker :
Mr. Marshall was born at Frankfort, Ky.,
January 13, 1812. His father was Judge
John J. Marshall, Louisville, a nephew of
the old Chief Justice Marshall. Judge Mar
shall was educated at Princeton, N. Jersey,
where he took the first honors of his class.
Col. Marshall's grandmother was sister to
Chief Justice Mnrsliall, so thut he marshals
in his veins all the blood of the Marshall..
His mother is the only sister of James G.
Birney, many years ago the candidate of
the Liberty party for President. Col. Mar
shall graduated at West Poiut in 1832. Ho
graduated in June, and started immediate
ly for Wisconsin, where he served as Lieu
tenant under Gen. Scott in the Black Hawk
war. After the close of the campaign he
resigned, went to Teuuessee and got mar
ried, and in 1833 was admitted to the bar.
In 1834 he settled at Louisville, and has
practiced law there ever since, except so far
as he has been interrupted by public em
ployments. In 1836 he raised a company
of volunteers to go to the Sabine and pro
tect our frontier, but Gen. Houston's victo
ry at San Jacinto rendered the march of
the troops uunocossary, and they were dis
banded. In 1816 Mr. Marshall was appointed by
the Governor of Kentucky Colonel of a re
giment of cavalry to go to Mesico. Ho