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A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany.
C BY TOEN J. PALMEB,5M
EDITOK AMD rROl'Pir.TOR. .)
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
$2 PER ANNUM
In Advance.
OfBco on IVXniT- Street,
ONE DOOR SOUTH OF SADLER'S HOTEL.
VOLUME 4.
NUMBER 39.
TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 185G.
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TERMS OF THE PAPER :
tin Sollars a gear, in Stance.
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Having nceiitly visited New-Yovlt, ami sc
i . . t 1 from the old and elegant
Foundry of Geo. Brace, Esq.,
A QUANTITY Of
jlrui anb as)ionablfqpt-!
W'c art- now prepared to Execute
Xxt tlio Uost Style,
KINKS
'Jtulliply '' .titans, and
1Olf
mnttlptw tin Hi. suits."
I- one if tin established maxima of business.
onions POX
PAMPHLETS
HANDBILLS,
I'ARDS,
CIRCULARS,
LABELS,
CLERKS1 BLANKS
SHERIFFS do.
CONSTABLES' do.
M.M US TRATESdo.
ATTORNEYS' do.
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lleoiur.-d by the hu-im s Cot i in uni ty ,
WILL BE KXKC1 TED Wlru
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Various iiincls of
BLANKS,
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ALWAYS X HAND.
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E'OSti'ET SHAW
flAKES this iftntiortiifiitv nf itiftnrminer Am
nidic p rs-raliv. and all who intend rain
Im Kau-sax in particular, thai be intends to eon
tiani tbr
Saddle and Harness B;iinrss,
At km old rtand, in Springs' Corner Building,
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ills fii..!s ; res,., rtfitny invite t.. call and
pplv fc-wp-lv. ,.wr, :in;... mWa iiu(.
wul be affinled on ike most Reasonable terms
REPIIKIXC;, .,. t notice
aMwn nearnaai and dLopatrh.
narlottf, I". b. ,; item ,
HOOKS
por Sale
vr Tin:
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
I HE NEK PURCHASE, or Early Teaks
mi- "" , U Wkst ftaftrrl Car,
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A Professional i 'aril.
TAVIX(i located in Charlotte pennamiitlv,
11. with the view of practicing Medicine, I j
would Naptitfalry leader mr aerv'cesto the pub- !
lie. C. A HENDERSON, M.D.
I Office at tin- American Hotel.
April 8, I86S. tf
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KOUhltl GIBBON, D.
OWSSSSSSSrt 1 I? extensive auctioneer in Limerick Is
lac, in the practice ot BUBOEBY, m all -
its various Ui partim-nts
Dr. GlUOH will operate, treat, or give advice
in all cases thai may n-quire his attention.
i- OfBce No. f, Granite Ranpre, Charlotte.
Feb. ID, 1866. lj
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IHIlliK ) l lnv,
I ' fhY- in build ins attached to the American I lo
r ' tel, Main street,)
Charlotte, N. C.
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Attorney 6t Counsellor at Law,
CHtMlLOTTW:, jr. v.
Jan- 1 , 1856. tf
ttnlciglt A Graslon Rail Road.
Office R. & G. R. R. Co.,
Raleigh, March 29, 18."6. (
Schedule for Mail Train,
On ;inl after Tuesday, tlie fust
daj of April, I..
AND AFTER TUESDAY NEXT,
1 W W r f i A! i I T r:i i n . 1 1 :i v i n ir I li i' Vnrlk Tarn.
lina Railroad Depot, on the arrival of the C'ars
from the West, at 5.47, A. M. (as at present,)
will atop at tin.- Northern (or old) Depot, in
this City, aati! 7 o'clock, allowing ample time
lor pasacngt ra from that Road to take breakfast
at tie- botela in Raleigh, to and f'rO:n which
they will be conveyed by the proprietors, frco
oi eharre.
Leaving at 7 o'clock, the Train will arrive
at Weldon at 1 1.40, A. M., in fall time lor all
lr.uns going North, and also lor the Wil
mington Train, gfoinjj Smith. Returning
will have Weldon at 1. M., after the arrival
of the Petersburg, Portsmouth, and Wilming
ton Trains, and will roach Raleigh at GA5,
I'. M.
R. A. HAMILTON, President
April 8. Im.
RALEIGH & ii ASTON RAIL-ROAD
'Tr -..n"T." '
WtmUigh V Gaston n. it. Office )
R.M.r.mii. Feb. 8, IKi. j
AS THE NORTH CAROLINA RAIL
XnL ROAD is now completed to Charlotte, no
tice is hereby given, that
Goods and Itohsc
Brought down that Road, intended tr transpor
tation over the Raleigh A Gaston Rail-Road, will
!e received by this Comparer at the North-Carolina
Rail-Road Depot in Raleigh (owm d jointly
by the two Companies) and will be transported
thence without delay or extra charge; and goods
designed lor the Western Merchants and others
along that Road, will likewise be delivered at the
same point.
All dues for freight must be paid at Petersburg
or Portsmouth, except on w ay freight, which
must be paid in advance or on delivery of the
b.
Every (Fort will be made by the Officers and
Agents of the Company to give satisfaction in
the transportation ol Goods and Produce.
Owners and shippers of Goods are requested to
have them distinctly marked, so that their desti
nation any be known.
R. A. HAMILTON. President.
Feb. 10. tf
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THE WAGON!
hy is it Jenkins 81 Tavlor sdl Stoves j
so cheap Because tbev buv them I
fom the Manufactarers.
JENKINS & TAYLOR
WOULD respectfully announce to the iababi
tanta of Charlotte ami vieinitvj that they 1
have removed iroin their Old Stand, o one
door West of Elms & Sprati's (.'rocery Store,
where they have now on exhibition, just re
ceived from the North, i : e ot the most
EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENTS OF
Kver offered in North Carolina, among which
will be found the celebrated
Iron Witch Cooking Stove !
Winch h.is iiained such a iamous reputation
in the Southern Country for the last eij;hte,en
! months. This Stove we warrant superior to
any Cooking Stove now in use. It is simple
j in its arrangements, consumes less tael, and
does more work in a g.ven time, than any
other Stove now in use. We will put one
hesiil any other Stove of the same size in the
I T 1 1 1 1 1 mtAs niu' ! f " i t (Iadc iirtt iln nraataVat unr 1 -
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in any given time, we will forfi it the prire of "ughed heartily at the crowd on the out
the Stove, and quit soiling and go our death side who were exposed to the snow storm.
lor the better one.
All Kinds of Parlour and Box
STOVES.
We have, and constantly keep an extensive
and varied stock of
Tin. and Sheet Iron. Japan and Britannia
Ware, Brass Kettles, ( tt Iron Bed
Steads, Hat Racks. Cradles Ae..
All of which will be sold Wholesale ami Re-
tail, cheaper than has ever been before ol-
leredin this vicinity.
We would return our thanks to our Iricndl
and cusiomers for the very liberal patronage
j they have b -towed upo;i us, and they may
rest assured, that we shall endeavor, by close
, atiention to business, together witha'deter
. imnation to please, to merit a continuance
of the same.
Our Motto is "Quick Sales and
Small I'l'Olits."
witZfi? nd (;fRtlemen arp particularly in-
v,i aauu r,d . ; . . UUT OIUCK
ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK
Attended to with dispatch.
B. We will tell you why we h ad our
advertisement '-Wait for the Waqo," it
is because we have three wagons constantly
traveling through thecoui tiy with Stoves.
C-7"A II orders will be faithfully and prompt
ly attended to.
Charlotte, Sept. 25, '53-tf
lltlus of tlje Han.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.
The New York papers contain an ac
count of the suicide of Cornelius C. McAu-
I Ie' wno was tne PPie l fc hook store
hn the Astor House there He was former-
land, and was a man of line literary attain
ments, being very popular ii the literary
circles of New York, lie ended his life on
Friday night by takingoil of b tter almonds.
The following is a letter left by him, and
directed to the coroner, datet' seven days
before the commission of the f ital act :
Dear Sir: Believing that a man has a
right of disposing of his own as he may
deem proper, provided he does so without
injury to otiiers. and when he has no one
for whom he is bound to provide, I have de
termined to retire from this world, and this
communication is to prevent any misappre
hension as to the cause of my death. No
one is aware of my intentions. He through
whom 1 have procured the poison, I have
deceived; he is, therefore, alb .gether in-
nocent. 1 he reason of mv determination
is simply this, that some years ago I form
ed an attachment, unfortunately "loving
not wisely, but too well." The object of my
idolatry proved unworthy of my affections,
but this could not alter me, nor weaken the
spell that bound me to her. I have used
every exertion in my power to obliterate
her image, but in vain ; I find after change
of scene, dec, nothing can effect the pur- j
pose, and that it is altogether out of the
question that 1 could lovo another woman.
I am rendered desolate. No home, nor
any thing resembling it. The four walls of
a bedroom when 1 retire at night. What '
object then, to toil away ? Fruitless, un-
propuctive, what good am I to myself or ;
society? None. Only in somebody's way;
therefore I shall retire. I well know bow :
many worthy friends will be horrified at this ,
step, as they will regard it in the light of
"living in the face of Providence" "uncall
ed and unsent for." I respect their ideas, i
although I don't coincide with them. The .
Great Creator of the universe knows the !
secrets of all hearts, and
Sees as equal Lord of all,
A hero perish or a sparrow fall.
1 de sire to be buried in the plainest man
ner and at as little cost as possible. I can
not conclude without expressing the deep
sense of obligation I am under to Messrs.
Coleman and Stetson, of the Astor House,
for their verv crreat kindness to me mill
mv grateful acknowledgments are due ami .
are hereby freely triven to all the emolov-
cos of that, establishment, s;,, T W '
entered it I have received nothing but ;
kindness. S
I have "written a statement of my affairs i
as well as my excited state will permit, and i
I doubt not but mv assets will produce
more than any debts of mine in this country I
will amount to. This statement I shall ad- i
dress to Mr. Butler, but I don't wish it to !
be Published: it could onlv satisfv olio m !
rmotv fin-r T nroenma titia .n !
all the ends of public justice in reference j
to the cause of my death, occ. !
In conclusion. I be to sav that I .,m
peace with all mankind," and if I have any
enemies I freely forgive them, and hope I
shall be forgiven by those I may have in
jured. 1 never did a deliberate wrong that
I am aware of, although 1 am well aware
what a weak fellow I have been wanting
firmness to say "No." Wishing you every
happiness, and asking nothing of the world
but the charity of its silence, I am, dear
sir. respectfully,
C. ('. McAULIFFE.
The deceased was 36 years of age, and j
was the centre of a large circle of friends.
A HARDENED VILLAIN.
John Fitzgerald, who deliberately mur
dered his own father, his mother, and his
brother, some months ago, was hung at
Auburn, New York, on Saturday the 29th
ult., during a snow storm. The Auburn
American says he passed the previous night
in profound slumber, and on Saturday
morning dressed himself with scrupulous
care. For a time before leaving his cell he
The American farther says: One said to
him: "John, if the Governor should come
in now and commute your sentence to im
prisonment for life, would you like it ?"
"No. sir.'" he replied: "I would step right
out and pull hemp in preference. load
rather be hung than go to prison for life!"
-v uoctor present asked bun it be had any
objection to giving up his body to bo .lis-
seeted? We were shocked at tho inquiry,
but he replied with a loud laugh! "No, sir!
T. - .
ou would look pretty cutting up my body!" j
It was announced to him then that n nlnnrr.
man wished to see him. He replied "If
he comes in here he'll ret mv fist that's all !
What good can he dome how? I don't want
him." An earnest appeal was made to him
to forgive his brother who was a witness
ugaiust him at his trial. He replied
"That he had kind words only for those who
had been kind to him since he had been in
prison." He utterly refused to forgive his
brother! Said he "Goa-head! You can
kill me that's all you can do ! Cant you
arrange the hanging so that I can touch it is a painful one, and augurs little for peaco
off myself I waut to die; I'm tired of jail j ful successions; forreven before the out-
life, any way." The prisoner entered the
corridor arrayed in a gown of white, which
covered him from head to feet. He had on
a pair of dark pantaloons and gaiter boots.
He was placed under the noose amid pro
found silence. He was apparently cool,
firm, and bore himself bravely at that dread
fol moment. While a deputy was adjusting
the rope about his neck he took umbrage
at something that was done, and exclaimed :
"Gentlemen, don't torture me; hang me, if
you want to!" And then he added, to some
one near him, "I'm a pretty hard boy." He
turned to Mr. Morgan and sked if chloro
form could be administered to him. The
reply, of course, was in the negative. He
never spoke again. The white cap was
drawn over his head, the rope was put
around his neck, and at six minutes
past 3 o'clock, he was twung off. In less
than six minutes the physicians declared j for the State, and Messrs. Fowle, T. B.
him dead, and after hanging the required i Venable, and Ed. G.Haywood for the pris
timc he was cut down ai.d his body given i ener. The Jury were out for some time,
over to the charge of his friends. The
heartless recklessness of the prisoner was
preserved almost to the ery last moment,
j and his firmness never deserted him. During
the morning he danced anl sang in his cell,
and no one would have dreamed that he
knew he was within a few hours of eternity.
AN ALARMED ABDLITIONIST.
The following amusing&nd amiable epistle
appeared in a late number of the Boston
Liberator, of which Garrison is the editor.
The writer has a decidedly elevated opinion
of the Southern people generally, and par
ticularly of his travelling acquaintance,
Edmondson. We suspect "Lud" must have
P6" exrimontinS on thc old folWs
sensibilities, and no coubt enjoyed his
trepidation hugely: Atlanta (Geo.) In
telligencer. Augusta, Ga., February G.
Friend Garrison: It is my misfortune to
be once more in this shivery-cursed region.
Yesterday, in the cars, soon after leaving
Macon for this place, it was reported that
Banks was elected Speaker in Congress.
I expressed my gratification, and was at
tacked by a vile scoundrel, whose name I
ascertained to be Edmondson, from Atlanta,
Georgia. He threatened my life ; and with
the most villainous oaths that it was possi
ble for the language of Billingsgate to
invent, swore that nothing but my age pre
vented his cutting my head off. A friend
who sat near him exclaimed : "Kill the G d
d d old abolitionist ! Never mind his age!'
Edmondson said he was suckled and nursed
hy 8 nis'SCr when il chi1'1' iUld ,IOW he was
a man' and would liko to ruV
eveiT man "Oman and child from any of
the free tat'S wh dared to shmv their
neada m Georgia. His language was the
most abusive and ProftlDe 1 ever rd. He
left th CaFS ''lt Milan '"r Milledgeville, and
U leavm& threatened to drag me to a
"" a mgS''r gh'C "ie a hundred
1 s" H,a t,iri !lt' however, he did not
fulfiL 1 ,istened with calmnessto his abuse,
but most own 1 Mt frightened when I saw
him for a large knife, the handle of
1 Culd CC Prt.v concealed beneath
hlS vest 0n hls Ieavin. he left a pool of
tobacco juice not quite large enough to
drown himself in.
; I think it would be impossible to find a
I more degraded, vile, and polluted set of
j men on the face of the earth than can be
, met with in these slave States. There are
exceptious, but they are rare. Tho whites
are more degraded than the blacks less
polite, equally filthy, and more vulgar.
Their common food is tobacco, their com
j mon drink whiskey, and their common
I language profanity. If they can escape the
j!Ulinati(m of hell, I think the rest of man-
kinu are sate.
I am collecting many facts in reference
to the accursed slave system, which I shall
not fail to make known if my life is spared
to New England. Work on, dear friend!
This horrible system must be abolirhed.
Truth and justice demand it, and God will
accomplish it.
's a i a .
BORN TO A FEARFUL INHERIT
ANCE. The Wilmington Journal, alluding to the
"noise in the world" about the birth of
another Bonaparte, says :
"Poor little fellow! how amazed he would
be, if hj wore capable of amazement, to
notice the excitement his arrival has occa
sioned. There he is, a little eight or nine
pounder, with only a sort of animal instinct
prompting him to seek the "maternal fount,"
and round black eyes "in fine phrensy
rolling" when he sees a candle and that
little spot of a creature is King of Algeria
and elsewhere. This, we suppose, is what
people mean when they talk about being
born with a silver spoon in his mouth. And
all around the world, where flouts the proud
ensign of France, over her legions or her
fleets, the roar of cannon announces the
birth of a "Son of France." This is the
opening scene. Who can foretell the close?
Can that cola and silent man at the Tuille
ries. who in the ordinary course of events
can hardly expect to live to see his son
grown to man's estate ? and no boy can
hold the reins of government in France.
The ruler there must be a man in the fullest
sense of the word. The history of mon
archy in France for the last seventy years
break of actual revolution, poor Louis the
Sixteenth occupied a miserable position;
yet few will question that his end, tiagical
as It was, was preferable to that of the
Great Napoleon, fretting like a chained
eagle on the lone rock of St. Helena. The
Bourbons came back but to be ejected, and
leave their miserable remnants rotting out
till even the name passes away like that
of the English Stuarts.
Poor child! It is bora to a fearful in
heritance. WAKE SUPERIOR COURT.
At the term of the Superior Court held
here last week. Judge Person presiding,
there was one capital case, that of the
State vs. John Loeklear, frt-e negro, charg
ed with breaking open the store of E. Kos
enthal, of this City. The Attornev General
but rendered a verdict of guilty of burglary.
He was sentenced to bo hanged on the Kith
of May. Ho was recommended to the mer
cy of the Governor by the Jury and the
members of the Bar.
The State vs. W. D. Ilavwood and oth
ers, Commissioners of the City of Raleigh,
forfailing to repair streets in Western Ward.
The Attorney General and Mr. Battle for
the State, and Mr. Cantwell for defendants.
Verdict against Hie defendants fine of 5
each ; whereupon they appealed to the Su
preme Court.
The State vs. Kindrick Johirson, a Justice
of the Peace, charged with partiality and
malice in office. The Attorney General,
and Messrs. Lewis and Battle for the State,
and Messrs. Miller and Kogers for the de
fendant. Acquitted. Raleigh .Standard.
The Progress or Abolitionism. Thc
New York Times thus taunts the South: !
"Politics are not any lower now than they
were a quarter of a century ago, and as for
the Union, it never stood in less danger of
disruption than at this moment. It is onh
twenty 3-ears since every Southern member
left the House of Representatives in high
dudgeon because a Free Soil motion had
been made by a Northern member, and now
we see an avowed Free -Soiler in the
Speaker's chair, who was conducted to his
seat by a South Carolinian !"
Ax OURANG-OUTANG. Three days ago
a Portuguese officer passed through Lyons
accompanied by an ourang-outang, which
he had captured in a forest of the Brazils.
The height of this animal is nearly six ';iolls f self-respect, what cares, what
English feet, and it walked upright without': double dealing! How, in due season, it
any appearance of discomfort. A largo Avnl carve the frank, open face into wrin
crowd followed this singular apparition, kIcs? how, like a knife, it will stab the hon
which was dressed in Nankin trousers and ept heart ! How it has been known to
a straw hat. GalignanPs Messenger.
Hung ix Spite of a Reprieve. We
see in tho papers an account of the execu
tion of a convict, by the Sheriff of Franklin
county, in this State, after tho receipt by
him of a respite from Gov. Winston. He
is said to have pronounced the document a
forgery. If the order of the Governor was
formal, the hanging was murder; if it was
not, the sheriff is not responsible. Mont
gomery (Ala.) Mail.
Voting ix Kansas. The Cherokee Tyrian purple in the faded waistcoat, the
Georgian says : "It would be well for those j est not owed for! How glossy the well
who favor law and order to remember that ! worn hat if it cover not the aching head of a
a residence of six months in the territory is ! debtor ! Next the home sweets, the out
requisite to entitle settlers to vote, and it i dor recreation of the free man. The street
will soon be too late for emigrants to vote ' falls not a knell on the heart ; thc foot
legally at the October election." j on the staircase, though he live on the third
Carrying the Joke too Far. The I sends SP through his anatomy;
Petersburg Express, states that a man in door he can crow forth
... t e . x "come in," and his pulse still beat health
that City (of course not a gentleman) en- . . . . . . ' : , T"
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1st in St., but went fishing instead, leav
ing the intended bride and fifty guests to
eat what good things had been provided.
Heavy Damages. The suit brought by
... uuiin.il iij iii uuuuwi 01 ine ;
Presbyterian church, againt Dr. J. T. Gar- I
-"Tin. l?n' Tnmn airln. I . .. ..A" .1.. :
den, in the Circuit Court of Charlotte coun- i some, indigestible; that sprinkles Ihe ban
ty, Virginia, has just been decided in favor ; quet of a Lucullus with ashes, and drops
ot the plainhtl, and damages to the amount j
of $2,800 awarded.
Through Tickets. We understand
the President of the Charlotte Railroad has j
made arrangements to supply a through ;
ticket to Goldsboro,' on tho Weldon road,
for ten dollars. Columbia South Caroli-
nian, 4th instant.
California for Buchanan. It is stat
ed that California has elected a unanimous
ueiegation m ravor or .nr. oucnanan tor the i:ke a hunted beast, and now bringing to his
Presidency to the Cincinnati national Dem- face the ashy hue of death as the uucon
mocratic convention. j scious passenger looks glancingly upon him.
About to Exter the Ministry Hen- L Povert? is a bitter taught, yet may and
ry A. Wise, jr., son of the Governor, is ! ometim witU advantage be gulped
about to be ordained as an Episcopal Min- I dWn; ThUgh the drinkf'r make WT fa"
ktc- ces, there may, after all, bo a wholesome
j bitterness in the cup. But debt, however
Horse Meat Feasts. Feasts of horse j courteously it be offered, is the cup of a
meat, cooked in every conceivable way, are ! syren, and the wine, spiced and delicious
' just now very fashionable in many parts of j
i France.
, m .
Fifteen hundred thousand dollars
have ben expended upon the new Custom i
House, at New Orleans, and at the rate it
is now progressing, it will probably cost as
much more to finish it.
sr" A negro carpenter was lately sold in
auam KUUBl.T- aL1SB-' Ior tnousand, j
seven hundred dollars. j
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NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.
In the New Hampshire Patriot of last
Wednesday's issue we find unofficial re
turns from every town in the State. Ac
cording to these returns the vote for gov
ernor foots up thus :
Wells, Democrat 32,067
Metcalf, abolition and know-nothing. 1 32, 075
Goodwin, whig and scattering 2,500
It will be seen from the above that Met
calf has a nominal majority of only eight
votes over Wells. The Patriot says :
"'The recent election furnishes addition
al evidence that there cannot he, in this
State or elsewhere, any permanent party
except the democratic party. Other par
ties may spring up and flourish for a day,
but they are sure to sink and be forgotten.
Ours is really the only living party in the
State. Sam is dead. Abolitionism is de
funct. The result of the election, though
not so glorious as we could desire, has ef
fectually killed off the enemy, and thc way
is clear for us in subsequent contests. We
have tolled the funeral knell of Hindoo abo
litionism. It is not in the power of our en
emies to make another respectable fight.
Our net gain of 8,000, made in a single
year, by open day-light work, without any
secret or unusual machinety-, falls upon
those who are arrayed against us with
crushing force. Kansas has nearly had
its run, and will soon cease to be an element
in the polities of thc country. It is thought
that know-nothingism will very soon spile;
in fact it is nearly degraded out of sight al
ready. Sectionalism cannot be tolerated
in this country ; and to what will our ene
mies go, except it be to atoms ? That is
their destiny. They sec it written upon
the wall. Democrats, press forward ; lift
up your heads with rejoicing. Yours is the
only living party in the land; others are in
' Ji raet rnnri ii 111111 "
ELECTION IN PORTSMOUTH.
1 lie munieinial election last wep-t- in
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Portsmoth, Virginia, resulted in tho el
ection of Hodges, Democrat, for Mayor
and the wholo ticket. One year ago, the
Know Nothings of Portsmouth elected their
ticket by about thc same majority. Doctor
Hodges, thc Mayor elect, is only 24 years
of iifi;e.
IN DEBT AND OUT OF DEBT.
Of what a hideous progeny of ill is debt
the father! What meanness, what inva-
I change a goodly face into a mask of brass ;
' how with the "damned custom." of debt, has
the man become the callous trickster ! A
freedom of debt, and what nourishing sweet
i ness may be found in cold water : what
toothsomeness in dry crust ; what ambro
i sial nourishment in a hard egg. Be sure
of it, he who dines out of debt, though his
: meal be a biscuit and an onion, dines in
j "the Appollo." And then for raiment
j what warmth in a thread-bare coat, if the
j tailor's receipt be in your pocket ! what
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How he returns look for look
with any passenger; how he saunters ; how
meeting an acquaintance,' he stands and
gossips!
But then, this man knows not debt debt,
ttii- .. t 1 1 .
" uoi t uiug lulu uio ncucst wine ;
that makes thc food of the gods unwhole-
soot into the soup of an Emperor; debt,
that like thc moth makes valueless furs and
velvets inclosing the wearer in a festering
prison; (the shirt of Xessus. was a shirt not
paid for ;) debt, that writes upon frescoed
wall the handwriting of the attorney ; that
puts a voice of terror in the knocker ; that
makes tho heart quake at the haunted fire
side; debt, that invincible demon that walks
abroad with a man, now quickening his
steps, now making him look on all sides
though it be, is poison. The man out of
debt, thnnch witV. A,.,- : i .
o -tn in uiB jerKin, a
cracK in ms shoe leather, and a hole in his
hat, is still the son of liberty, freo as the
singing lark abovo him; but the debtor,
though clothed in the utmost bravery, what
is he but a serf out upon a holiday a slave
to be reclaimed at any instant by his
owner, the creditor ? Mv son, if poor, see
the wine ninning spring, let thy mouth wa-
ter at leaet a week,9 rooh think a threfta.
bare coat the "only wear," nnd acknowledge
a white washed garret the finest housing for
a gentleman. Do this, and flee debt. So
shall thy heart he at pence and the sheriff
confounded. Douglas Jerrold.
A LETTER FROM BARNTJM.
Phineaus T. Barnum, Esq., late showman,
has written a letter of thanks to the Provi
dence, R. I. Journal, in consideration of a
kind editorial about him, which was pub
lished in that paper. In concluding his
letter he philosophically remarks:
My humbugs were gotten up more for
"the fun of the tu;ngM than anything else.
I always strove tr make my patrons feel
that they got their money's worth, and, if
they themght. they did, thoy did, for "as a
man thinketh so he is." I loved to make
mono', but not bettor than I loved to spend
it. 1 gave $20,000 per annum in charity
for the last ten years, and, if I had not been
a jackass, impulsive and confiding, I should
not have been ruined. 1 have paid and
secured all my personal debts, offered clock
creditors f 100,000 to erase my name from
all the Jerome papers, but they have proved
bigger asses than I was, for they by refusing
it, locked up my property, forced mo to
immense sacrifice in order to pay my private
debts, and thus they get nothing from my
estate, and I lose all.
I have no ambition to "try again," for
what is the use, when $400,000 are hanging
over my head 1 I can always earn my living,
and shall try for nothing more. It is hard
at my time of lifo to lose all, hut I trust I
can muster sufficient philosophy to enable
me to bear up under it.
PATENT MEDICINES.
The following certificate to the efficacy
of patent pills is taken from thc Philadel
phia Mercury :
"I, John Lubberile, was supposed to be
in the last stage of consumption, in '49,
suffering at the same time under a severe
attack of rheumatism, liver complaint, drop
sy, gravel, and cholera morbus. Simulta
neously, also, I took the yellow fever and
small pox. Tho latter, assuming tho
chronic form, completely destroyed my
lungs, liver, spinal marrow, nervous sys
tem, and the entire contents of my cranium.
I got so low that I did not know my broth-in-law
when he came to borrow some mon
ey. For threo months I swallowed nothing
but twenty packages of Kunkulhausen's
pills, which effected an immediate cure in
two weeks. Sworn nnd Subscribed, dec.
P. S. My uncle, Bacchus Pottinger, was
afflicted so long with the gout, (contracted
by living too much on bear's moat and alli
gator's eggs,) that life became a burden t
him. He took only four boxes of those
pills, and his life was a burden to him no
longer.
Maxagixg a Husband. "How do you
manage your husband, Mrs. Croaker? Such
a job as I have of it with Smith!"
"Easiest thing in tho world, my dear ;
give him a twitch backward, when you want
him to go forward. For instance, you see,
to-day I had a loaf of cake to make. Well,
do you suppose because my body is in tho
pastry room that my soul need be there
too? ISot a bit of it. I am thinking of all
sorts of celestial things the while.
"Now, Croaker has a way of tagging round
at my heels, and bringing me plump down
in the midst of my aerial flights, by asking
me the price of thc sugar I'm using.
"Well, j'ou see, it drives me frantic, and
when I woke up this morning, and saw this
furious storm, I knew I had him on my
hands for thc day, unless I managed right;
so I told him that I hoped ho wouldn't go
out to catch his death this weather; that if
he wasn't capable of taking care of himself,
I should do it for him ; that it was very
lonesome, rainy days and that I wanted
him to stay at home and talk with me; at
any rate he musn't go out; and I hid his
umbrella and india rubbers. Well, of course,"
ho was right end up;, (just as I expected!)
und in less than ten minutes was streaking
down street at the rate of ten knots an hour.
"You see there's nothing like understand
ing human nature ; no woman should be mar
ried till she is thoroughly posted up in this
branch of her education." Fanny Fern.
LOVE AND LABOR.
"To love and to labor is the sum of liv
ing ; and yet how many think they live who
neither labor nor love."
The little children want your smiles, the
old people want some comforting word ; and
the strongest and the best have their hours
of weakness and need ! So don't sit still,
we pray you, for this is not living. But
"Whatsoever your hand fiudeth to do, do it
with your might," with a true, honest heart
and purpose ; and no matter how heavy may
be the darkness of the night through which
you are walking, the morning will rise, the
flowers will blossom, and tho birds sing
about you.
"A distinguished literary lady was
onco found in a paroxysm of tears over the
supposed tomb of Washington, at Mount
Vernon. It turned out to be the ico house
over which she had shed so many tears.
A Wife's Repartee "My dear Polly,
I am surprised at your taste in wearing an
other woman's hair on your head," said Mr.
Smith to his wife.
"My dear Joe, I am equally astoniehe-.
that you persist in wearing another sheen'
wool on your back."
Poor Smith sneaked out.