North Carolina Newspapers

mmmaaammMammmumnuuunsnngmnmgggtmi office up stairs OPPOSITE scarr s drug store A Family Paper, devoted to Siale Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, AgricnUare, Literature, and Miscellany. BV WILLIAM J. IATES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. fl?E. A. YATES5- j TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1857. VOLUME 5 NUMBER 52. ,1.)' ', - - 1 nr. w tsUtn cmoctaf published every Tuesday Containing the latast News, a full and accu rate Repatl of the Markets, &c. l'..r the year, if paid in advance, $2 00 f paid within six months, 50 f paid after the expiration of tle year, 3 00 " VAnv person sending us five new sub gCTihers. aceoanyanied! by the ndianeo aafli scription ($ 111) win receive a sixth copy gra f, MN year. r,-Sulcnhcrs and others wlio may wish ,,.,"n. money 10 i ,l0 so hy mui1' Ut ,,ur risk. ADVERTISING. 0Mii .are of 16 hues 3 mon.,hs' V ,4 M 44 U u - i oo Ooesiaare, 16lieea,orh-ae,inji insertion, 81 00 XW Tran.4ent adrertiaeeenta must be wud f.ir in advance. " ;For aanonneiag Candidates for office, in advance. ""r Advertisements not marked on m maVii-eript far specific tune, will be in Kited until forbid, and charged nccordingly WILLIAM J. YATES. BOUTS & SHOES. Just Received FoR THE SrRIKC A SUMMER TI1ADE, As fine an Assortment f Boots xici yioes A h i- ever been offered to a Santiiera People Call and see them at UOONE A: COS STOKE. Terms, CASH. March 17, 1857. tf HAVING returned to Charlotte, T sua iam at the li'is:l of those who may ivipiiro uiv servi cea in tlie practice of Medicine and Snrgery. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D. Feb. 3d, 1.-C.7. Stef K.N MIUClllsON. .I.J. 1K1UK1.I.. MURCHiSON &. HOWELL, H)MMISSHai LlEbCtJANTS, .v ioi Wait Slrtei, JT. l. Feb. 3d, K.7. lv DR. R. WYSONG, Charlotte, IV. C. MA VINO located in tliis place, respectfully .tf i Bis Pn-feasnHud Servh-ea to the citi-t-.-iis it lie- town and vicinity. t9 OFFICE in the new brick building, atHMisita the burnt district, Main Street. April 3fiih lrJ57. BRED & STEELE, Wholesale and Retail Dealers IN Dry C-oqcs, Hardware, KEal. aucihoes, CHARLOTTE. N. C. May , 44-lf B.Al S'CSSi SALE. The silhsci iher otbl s !ir sale the plantation upon which tw formerly lived, lying on the waters ot Mc .MicliaeTs Creek, on die Provident i: -.!. us miles from Charlotte, containing aboul .o or :oo Acre. 'j i Land i wetl improved, about one-halt Wared and in a good state of cu!ti at ion, and iIm wwtddaad well titnlered: with good Wi lling- House, three good Kitcluns. Ban mrd St niies, all in good repair; also, a first rate tiin IIinkk and Screw; Cotton (Jin, Thresher atul Fan: also, a First rate Saw Mill in gntaj rep air, all of which I off. r with the land. fa Land can he divided to advantage to snit yanbm n Any person wishing to purchase would do I to i ill and examine the Plantation, as I m iletermiaed to sell. They can call en Mr N". hViiiek, wiio lies adjoining, on the main H vi 1 in- - road, wh -re M.s Hutchison formerly liv il; be will show the preuiM s with pleasure - I d i-r any i aim matin ahwnl said laud to the MMeriiier in Statesvilie. JAS. II KENNEDY. May 5th, IS.'w. 1 1 dm DR. B. CHERAS Having located at MONROE, t. -ml -:s his pio I -. iial Berrvieea to the chiaens of the Town a 1 BWinnading iv.untry, and reanectfirdly soli- thear patronage. HP omee at J. Bwk -it's. April M. 4:b:,.in Notice. HAVING ahtamed Letters of Administrattm aosnthe estat.- ot W. P. Trotter, if c ased, I give notice to all persons indebted to the late tirm w I. I rotter Ai. Son, by note or book aee.Hint tor the last four or rive vears, to COOK t'Tward and pay the same without delay, and tal l- save Co-t. as the MiBMn must hm mft 1 up. THOS TROTTER, Adas'! aLd Barvivina Partner. Feb. 3d, 1837. 31-tf Thr Watch and Jewelry business will in the anue he conducted hv the snttseriher, who will 3 "" ao pains or expense to give gi-neral satis j uetian. Watch repairing done in a superior an n, r, aud'at the shortest notice. THOS. TROTTER. tW For fhe Xo de-t stock of Clothing anj of i-l LL1NG3 & CO. K.r the Pretties stock of CLothmg you evar s.iw go to tlie Rmporfaw ot Fash- of FALLINGS fe Co. Jt-g For the Cheapest stock of lothing ! ever saw g i to the Emporium of Fash 00 f FI LLINGS d: CO. Slate of'Vortti Carolina. Whereas, the last General Assem bly, hy an act entitled, "A supplementary act to take the sense of the people of the State relative to the proposed amendment of the Constitution," did enact as follows : Whereas, a bill to amend the Constitution of the State of North Carolina, has been read in each house of the present General Assembly on three several days, and agreed to by two-tUrda of eacb house respectively. in the precise words following: "A bill to amend the Constitution of the State of North Carolina :" Whereas, at the session of the last Gen eral Assembly, begun and held in Raleigh, on the third Monday of Novemher. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-fonr, a bill, entitled "a bill to amend the Constitution of the State of North Carolina." was read three times in each house of the said General Assembly, and agreed to by three-fifths of the whole num ber of members of each house respectively. And whereas, the bill so agreed to hath been duly published six months previous to tlie election of the members of this present Gene mi Assembly, according to the clause of section one of article four of the amend ed Constitution, and the directions con tained in the second section of the said hill; and it is the intention, by this bill, to agree to the preamble and first section of the bill aforesaid, containing the said alteration of the Constitution of this State : And whereas, a large munher of the people are disfran chised by the freehold qualification now re ijuired of voters for members of the Senate ; therefore, lit it enacted by the General As s(nil,l if nf the Staff, of North dirnUna. and it it htrtlni minted Lu the authority of the same. u ' tiro -thirds of the triolc number of members ofl each house concurring, that tlie second clause of the third section of the first article of the amended Constitution, ratified by .the people of North Carolina, on the second Mondav of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-five, shall be amended to read bs follows : 1 'Every free trJutc man of the ape of twenty-one years, be ing a notice or naturalized citizen of the United States ana who has been an inhabi tant of the State for twelve months immediate ly in ceding the day of any election, and shall have paid public taxes, shall be entitled to roti fir a member of the Sotatc for the dis trict in which he resides.1' And whereas, it was further provided by tho said act. "that the foregoing amendment to the Constitution of this State, as embodi ed in the preceding section, be submitted bv the Governor to the people on the first Thursday in August, 1857, sixty days no tice having been given in ten newspapers": NOW, THEREFORE, I do hereby give notice to all persons entitled to vote for members of the House of Commons, that polls will be opened on the first Thursday in August next, by the Sheriffs of the respec tive Counties, at the election precincts within the same, to take the sense of the said voters as to the ratification of said amendment to the Constitution of the State; those for ratification to vote with a written or printed ticket "Approved;" those op posed thereto to vote with a similar ticket "Not Approved.1 Given under my hand, as Govern or of the State of North Carolina, at L.S- the Executive office in the City of Raleigh, on the ldth dav of May. A. I).. 1S"7. By the Governor: THOS. BRAGG. Pulaski Cowper, I'r. Sec'y. My 2b 1857. 2m BOOKS Xox" Sale AT TIIK CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE. "he American Sportsman : containing hints to SlMtFtsnten, not. s on shooting, and the habits of the ( tana Birds ana ua r owi oi America, by Lewis. Tire Golden Legacy: a story of Life's I'lias, s. Rills from the Fountain of Life, orSer uous to Children, by Rev. R. NEWTON, D. D. TiieDaisy CllAIN or Aspirations: a Family Chronicle. Siioepac Recollections : A Way-Side Glimpse of American Life, hy Waleh Mamch. KATIIIE BKANDE: a Fireside History of a Quiet Life, hv Hoi mk LEE. HorsEnoLD Mysteries, by Lizzie Pitt. El GRINOO, or New Mexico and her People. Paul Fane, by N. P. Willis. VEVA, or the War of the Peasants and the Conscript: two interesting Romances hound in one volume. The Napoleon Dynasty, or the History of the Bonaparte Family: an entirely new work, oy the Berkley Men, with twenty-two authentic Portraits. Call tit P. J. LOWRIETS Hook Store. March 31, 1857. 39-tf H. B. Dowler &. Co's CELEBRATED WHEAT FANS. The subscribers are now engaged at Monroe, Union county, N. C, in putting up the above named Fans. In their manner of construction and operations and entire adaptation to the pur- poses tor which uiey are uesigueu. mese an i are um ipialled by any that have hereUifore been j lineieii ii io .ooio. x o. t. m. vturu - ihi- best materials, and none but the best work men :ire emnioVed. An exnel ience of five years in the business justifies the beli. f that entire j satisfaction will be given. All our work is warranted. PS" All orders will n ceKe prompt attention and the machinery delivered according to older. Reft rences: D. A. Covington. J. P. Houston. Monroe, N C. Jaims B Robinson, Beiij Morrow , Mecklenburg county. Wm G Smith, Dr Wadkins, Anson county. ROSE & STEEL. Monroe, Union couuty . March 20th- 6tn A 3iew Tailoring Eslab Itsltmeiit. JAMES BRIANT mforms his friend and former patrons, that he has reopened his TAIL OR1NG ESTABLISHMENT in the up-stairs ot the Building next to the Bank ot" the Stat', where he will be happy to see all those wanting any thing done in his line. All work warranted. Oet. 2th, 15. 17-rf Ready-Made Clothing AND Furnishing Establishment. SPRINGS & HEATH RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the public generally that they have received and are receiving; an extensive assortme nt of Ready Made Clothing at their old stand on the north side of Mint street, to which they invite atten- j tion Gentlemen's COATS; Among their stock may be found Black Cloth Coats, single and double breasted ; black and drab Alpacca in Sacks, Frocks and Raglans; French and English Drap-d'Ete; plain and fc cy Cassimeres, gotten up in nice suits ; plain and lancy Linen Marseilles, in suits; white Linen ! Drill and Linen Duck; each style embracing the different cuts, Sacks Frocks and Raglans, PANTALOONS ; Pants of French and American Cassimeres, black and fancy; black and fancy Alpacca, steel cloth and French and English Drap-d'Ete ; plain and fancy Linen and Marseilles ot all grades. They would call especial attention to their lot VESTS, both single and double breasted, embracing black and figured Silk, black Satin, and the prettiest lot of Marseilles Vests ever offered in this market. Gents Furnishing Goods, The largest lot in this market, consisting in part of plain and fancy Linen and Cotton Collars, Byron &. Bishop: linen and cotton Draw ers ; plain and lancy Hosiery; Cloves, silk, kid, .Vc; a variety of Cravats, silk and linen; Hand kerchiefs, silk and linen ; Suspenders, &c, Scc. ALSO, A fine lot of HATS for the Summer wear, em bracing all the Latest styles of the Silk, Cassimere and Felt Hats; Straw, Leghorn, and Panama do. They offer the above Goods VERY LOW FOR CASH, or to punctual dealers on time, with the express understanding that accounts are due when they want the money. They return their thanks to their customers for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon them, and hope to merit a continuance of the same by diligence in business and untiring ef forts to please. Call and examine their Goods. SPRINGS 6l HEATH, Charlotte, N. C. April 7, 1857. 40-tf I O EC THE LADIES TOILET. A large assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth Brushes of every quality : French, English and American Pomades for tlie hair; Labin's Ex tracts of Jockey club, violet, marechale, tea rose, cedar, heleotrope, rose, new mown hay, sweet scented shrub, sweet pea, mouseline, bouquet Napoleon, summer, blossom, raiUeflow ers, upper ten. jasmine, Caroline, musk. Cologne, Verbena, Jasmine, and Geranium Waters, &.C. Just received at SCARR & CO'S April 14th. Drug'Store. Soaj Potah. Just received a fresh barrel of Potash, at SCARR cV: CO'S Charlotte Drug Store. April 14th. Temple of Ffishion i NOW OPEN. Something Entirely Kew. GENTLEMEN, one and all, young and old, who w.sh to wear Good, Fine Clothes, goto J. W. COLE'S SEW CLOTHING EMl'OKIUiH, First Door above Kerr's Hotel, formerly occupied by Lowrie's Book Store, where you can get the best fits and the finest clothes for the least money than anywhere else in the State. The goods are all made up to order expressly for this market. Everything is gotten up in the very latest and neatest styles, and the making of every piece is "Varranted to last, or otherwise made good. Let all go and look at his well selected stock of Ready made Clothing, and be sure to examine his prices: be will put you up a suit so low that you will be compelled to wear fine clothes. Gentlemen wishing any particular suits, by leavhnr their measures, can have them in V days. warranted to suit or no assies. He intends to sell very low and conduct a strictly Cash Business. The purchaser will certainly find the Cash Systi m at least 20 per cent, in his favor. His motto is "quick sales and small profits," for CASH ONLY. Yes, if vim want the worth of your money come to me. J. W. COLE, Ag t. Charlotte, April 28, 1")7. 6m DK. H. M. PRITt HARD'S Hi: 3 U STORE IS REMOVED to the Stand on the North corner of Public Square, known as Irwin's Cor ner, where lie w ill uc giau toseo ms menus ami customers. May 12, 1857. 45-tf Cigar, Tobacco, FRUIT J5TORE. THE subscriber respectfully informs the citi aens of Charlotte aud surrounding country, that he has just received a splendid assortment of SPANISH CIGARS of the choicest brands. Also, ft fine article of CHEWING TOBACCO, FRUITS d- CONFECTIONERIES. JAS. D. PALMER. Opposite Boone & Co.'s Shoe Store. Charlotte. April 7, ltr57. 40-tf A Rare Chance To get Bargains at Flint Rock, Catawba county, N. C. The undersigned, not having sufficient water-power to drive all their machinery profitably, are determined to sell the ar ticles named below, and therefore offer them at the very low prices annexed: A complete sett of Carding Machines. .400. Power Loom $40, and Cotton Gin $40. Apply to T. Sc M. M. MOSER. Flint Rock. N C April 7. rim-pd WESTERN DEMOCRAT, aCHARLOTTE. Natuhalizatiox Laws of the Umtei States. The following is a brief and in telligible summary of our laws in regard to naturalization : By the law of Congress of 1828, now in force, every person who has arrived in tin United States since 1812 must have been five years a resident of the State, before he or she coald obtain papers of naturalization. A person immediately on landing from abroad, can declare his or her intention, forthwith, to become a citizen, and in five years, if they have been resident since, and of good moral character can obtain theii naturalization, provided they are twenty-one years of age. If they should have been resident three years or more at the time of declaring their intentions, in two years therefrom they can obtain their last papers This rule applies to every person, whether and then at a fast gallop rushed round the parent or child, coming from abroad, unless ; course like a whirlwind, until even the solid the children of American citizens residing! stone building seemed to shake to its founda abroad who may have been born abroad ' tion. The wheeling, halt forming in line, the citizenship of the parent in the latter nd other movements were performed with case conferring the right upon the child. The citizenship of the husband on the wife, although an alien at the time of her mar riage. Soda Wateii. A lady in the countr w rites to us for an opinion as to the health fulness of soda water. We consider it a very suitable beverage for the season. It is prepared by forcing into water, by mech anical pressure, a large bulk of carbonic acid, which escapes when the pressure is removed, causing the sparkling. It is moderately excitant to the stomach, but its action is evanescent, and does not stimulate the arterial system, unless taken in large quantity, in a very concentrated form, as in champagne. When the gas prepared by the ordinary method of the druggists cannot be had, twenty grains of super carbonate of soda and fifteen of citric acid will make a very good substitute, though the soda water of the druggists, which is carbonated water and not soda water as there is no soda in it, is better for constant use. Columbia Carolinian. The opinion of the most eminent physi cians in London, relative to the influence of water in the production of cholera, was a i a a recently expressed treeiy by tbem in a conversation which took place in the Society ! of Arts, while discussing Dr. Clark's method j of purifying water by the use of hydrate of j lime, llieir conclusion is, tnat anpure water, no doubt, causes and contributes to j disease, but that this is mostly owing to ! is organic matter, and not the lime or mag nesia it contains. This was found to be the case in London during the prevalence of the cholera in 1848-9; ami the same fact has revealed itself in other places. THE NEW ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Capt. McCiintock, the commander of the new expedition in search of what may be learned of Sir John Franklin, has written a letter, which is published in the English papers, giving some interesting particulars of the proposed enterprise. We make the following extracts : "I intend to sail about the end of June, from Aberdeen, and proceed to Barrow Strait ; ascertain that the provisions, stores and boats left at Port Leopold and Beechey Island by the recent searching expedition are in good order, in the event of my hav ing to fall back upon them ; examine the state of the ice in Peel Strait, and, if prac ticable, proceed down it into the un known area. Should I not succeed here, 1 intend to return to Port Leopold, and proceed down Prince Regent's Inlet to Bellot Strait, and there make another at tempt to pass into aud through the field of search to Victoria Land, where I shall winter, and in the ensuing spring, before the thaw sets in, complete the entire explor ation and search by means of sledges drawn by men and by dogs. In endeavoring to reach Victoria Land, it is my intention to avoid, if possible, any risk of becoming involved in the ice ; and, should I not succeed in reaching Victoria Land, I will return to Bellot Strait to pass the winter, as we know by experience that the retreat of the ship from there amounts almost to a certainty. From Victoria Land the homeward voyage is equally certain, but by way of Behring Straits. The means of accomplishing Lady Frank rLiert. the cum nletion of the search. and now placed at my disposal, are ample, The vessel is a three-masted screw schoon er yacht, foretopsail and top-gallantsail ; the topsail roofs from the deck ; she is de- r.;A,A r.iinnerflintmnallv built. Pi2 feet b.n. over all. 320 tons builders measure- - o meat, with a light draft of water; trank engines, of thirty horse power; crew num- bering thirty individuals, including an Es quimaux interpreter. Almost all will be oid shipmates of my own in former Arctic voyages. They shall be fed aud clothed as in the Government expeditions, and re ceive double pay. I therefore anticipate no difficulty in keepiug up precisely the same discipline as that which we found to answer so well in the three Arctic expedi tions which I have served. THE EXERCISES AT WEST POINT. The exercises at West Point, prior to the final examination, were very interesting. On Wednesday of the lastVeek the cavalry exercises took place. A letter thus de scribes them : "In the afternoon, at half-pastfour, about half of the graduating class were drilled in the riding hall, in the presence of a large number of spectators. The hall is :iew, and quite commodious, being about two hundred feet long by fifty wide, and is far superior to any riding accommodations which the academy had previous to last year. There are two galleries erected for the accommodation of the spectators, and they are hardly as commodious as they might be, though they are a great con venience. "About half past four the section to be drilled appeared, equipped for the exercise, and mounted on a very fine stud of horses provided by the institution. They first trotted round the course in double line. great accuracy, and elicited much admira tion. "The next operation was a drill in firing and the sabre exercise, to the uninitiated a most novel and interesting proceeding. About six feet from the wall, in the centre of the building at either side, were placed standards, bearing a resemblance to a gal lows, the arm of which extended over tin- space between the standard and the wall On this arm was suspended a ring, about two or three feet above the head of a ridei passing under it. In a line with this were placed other standards, with heads made ot cloth, supposed to present the heads of soldiers waiting to have them cutoff. Furth er on were smaller standards, with cloth caps, supposed likewise to represent soldier. kneeling on the ground, while cloth caps in the ground were supposed to be soldiers tying down, trying to get out of the reach of the sabre. The exercise consisted in riding furiously round the course in sections of four at a time. After riding round once, each of the diagoons would level a loaded pistol and fire at one of the standing soldier. as he rode furiously by him ; then return ing the pistol to the holster, the sabre wa. drawn with the rapidity of lightning, and a stroke made for the next man, recovering in time to poise the sabre, aud as they dash ed by to carry off the ring on the point. All this is done with the consumption of less time than it takes to relate it, and is really a very exciting spectacle. The sabres went through the rings with a precision that would have been slightly disagreeable had they been aimed at a man's eye ; and the stuffed heads of the imaginary soldiers received thuinpings which could only have been endured by themselves. Human na ture could not stand such usage, as the Irishman said, without falling. "After a rather lengthly continuance dT this exercise the order was given to 'dis mount.' and in less time than it takes to write the word the whole troop was on terra firma. At the word 'unsaddle,' the nimble fingers worked skilfully for a minute, and soon the troop stood by their horses, hav ing a simple blanket in place of a saddle. At the word 'mount,' as many heads i as there were dragoons might have been seen bobbing in the air, and finally settled quiet ly on the top of firm bodies, seated on the blankets. The previous sabre exercise was then repeated, aud the class proved as pro ficient without saddle or stirrup as with them, and the scarecrow men received another terrible pummeling. "The grace and ease with which the class rode, the precision of the markman ship, and the perfect coolness displayed throughout the whole of the exhibition were pronounced exceedingly creditable, and an adequate result to the vigorous exertion and woful soiling of white pants necessary to the operation." A Whole Family Poisoned uy Eat ing Wild Parsnips. While Mr. Hender son, who lives near Pleasant Grove, in Lake county, was out planting some corn with his two sons and a daughter, one day of last week, they found some wild parsnips, or poison hemlock, which they took for culti vated parsnips, and eat of them. In a few minutes they discovered symptoms of pois oning, and went to the house. The father, daughter, and one of the sons commenced vomiting. The other fon was sent to -the field to catch a horse and go after a physi cian. He did not return in proper time, j and one of the neighbors went out to look for hiin. On looking around the pasture he found hiin dead, with the bridal in his hands. The rest of the family, as far as ! we can hear, are in a fair way to recover. i This plant has caused the death of more than ten persons in this county in as many years. Valparaiso Ind. Republican PitESBYTERrANS. The relative strength of the various sections of the Presbyteriin denomination in this country is as follows : Old School. 225.000 ; New School. 150,000: Cumberland, lOO.tKX) ; German Reformed. 75,000 ; Dutch Reformed 35,000 ; other classes, G0.O00 ; making a total of G45.0O0. These are embraced in 7,325 churches, supplied by 5.800 clergymen. MATRIMONIAL AGENCIES. The matrimonial agencies in Paris are institutions of much importance. A great deal of real business is transacted, and many matches have been made of happy issue. The grossest deception is, however, fre quently practised, and the principle of the whole business is, undoubtedly, essentially corrupt. One would suppose that in this age of enlightenment no one euld be found willing to have recourse to such a means to procure a partner for life, but the fools will never die out, and consequently, these establishment prosper. The following is one of the many anec dotes of the way the proprietors of tin matrimonial agencies effect their objects At Lillie, in the department of the Nord. there lived a short time ago, a handsome young girl, who had a fortune of six hun dred thousand francs to bestow on a hus band of her choice. All the young men of that country had made efforts to reach the heart of the heiress in vain. She believed that, notwithstanding her beauty, her ad mtrera sighed more for her francs than for her person. She wished to be loved tin old story ! for herself a log cabin and her heart I In her quality of rich heiress, the name of the young girl was naturally found in scribed in the book of the matrimonial agent. Her name stood high up in the list of the first category one of the rarest flowers of the the matrimonial boquet. At that period our agent protected a handsome young fellow who detdred nothing better than a match such as this. Tho agent pointed his finger to the young Lilloise, 'Z etoile Du Nord. He wrote at the same moment to his correspondent, put him into the secret of the affair, sent him three thou sand francs to enable him to give a ball to which was to be invited all the flower of the town. The morning of the ball the young man fell as if by accident at the correspondent's house, like a friend who makes a visit un heralded, appeared at the ball and danced with the young girl, letting off in her honor a whole artillery of compliments, dwelling especially upon his quality as stranger. He knew no one in the city, ho was com pletely ignorant of the name of tho "lady with whom he had the happiness to dance ; but he had never been dazzled with such bright eyes, he had never seen or admired such hair, he had never seen such patrician hands, such a flexible waist, such pretty feet, such perfect grace, &c. After the first concredance, he solicited the favour of a waltz, then a polka, then a mazourka, then a schottische. He showed himself during the whole evening so com pletely devoted to the young girl, that the latter, reflecting that the good looking stranger had only arrived in the morning and consequently could not know the figure of her marriage portion, believed that at last she had found the ideal of her dreams, the enthusiastic Werther, the Saint Preux of platonic love. A few days afterwards the young man obtained through the kind offices of his friend, the correspondent, an invitation to the soirees of the parents of the young girl, and the Paris agent has just received a letter from his correspondent Lillie, which reads as follows : "My dear sir : The game is bagged. Yesterday, I conducted the shepardess to the altar, and to-day I pocketed six hun dred thousand francs." And this is one way in which young girls are bought and sold in France, without their knowing it. Price of Negroes a Century Ago. It will be seen by the following that the Abolitionists of New England, when they used to own negroes, and buy and sell them as they did hogs and horses, did nt put as high an estimate upon them as they now profess to : Price of Negroes one H undred Years Ago. The Homestead, published at Hartford, Connecticut, has lately publi.-hed an old document which gives the price of farm stock and negroes in that State over one hundred years ago. All the old thirteen States, it will be remembered, were slave holding until since the revolution. The document in question is an inventory of the estate of Capt. Thos. vVroeler, one of the richest men of his day, Ids estate being valued at over $40,000. To show the great differences in the prices then and now, we give the price of the slaves as found in the inventory, dated Dec. 11, 1755: One negro man, named Quah. $8.34. Negro woman, named Juno, $2.75. Negro woman, named Cab. $PjJ.06 Negro man, named Cezar $127.34. Negro man, named Cipeo, $152.73. Negro woman, named Hager. $125 00. Negro woman, named Flora, $lu5.50i Negro woman, named Sarah, $133.34. Negro woman, named Jane. $125.00. Negro boy, named Pharo. $24.00. Negro girl, named Pbillis. $50.00. Servant mulatto boy, Harry, $27,79. Servant Indian woman, Mary, $5.55. Dress of as Empress. The Empress Eugenie, of France, recently appeared at a ball, wearing jewels whose value was estimated at $800,000, and having flounces of lace on her robe that cost $120,000. HEALTH, DIET, AC. We commend the following soond and wholesome advice of the Mobile Tribune, to our renders; "In warm wea'her. gross, food is not es sential and often proves highly injurious to these who use it. We do not wish to bo understood by this that we advocate absti nence from fish, flesh and fowl. On the contrary, we think that a moderate supply of good beef taken once a day, is very beneficial ; but we look upou fat pork, gravies and wholesale quantities of butter as fit to be used ouly in cold weather as fuel for the body. When taken in hot weather they clog the system and prepare it for the entrance of such diseases as are of a billious character. We might dwell upon many other ageu cios and rules which ure calculated to pro mote health such as pure air, moderate physical exercise, sufficient sleep and regu larity of habits but the effects of proper attention to them are so well understood that a mere aliuslou to them is sufficient. There is one thing, however, which is of more,importance than people are generally aware, and that is eonteutment aud cheer fulness. See the man with a smiling eyo and face full of suushine with no impa tience fretfuhies, longing desires, remorse, revenge or despoir exhibited on his coun tenance but, pleased with himself and tho rest of the world, he passes with a buoyant heart and.light step among his fellow trren, impartingCto them a portion of the gr.od humor with which his features are lighted up. Such a man jumps over ordinary ob stacles with aha! ha! He never borrows trouble, and consequently is never sick. In eating always leave j-our meals with a little appetite never hurry take suffi cient time tc masticate your food well ; for more depends on how you eat than what 3 ou eat. It is tlie custom of many to tako large draughts of water while eating this is a habit and by giv ing way to it you soon fiud it difficult to swallow even a mouthful of food without the aid of water, which di lutes tho saliva and retards the process of digestion. Wo have known men who wero great sticklers for temperauco reform, sit down to a hearty meal of bam and eggs. and extolling tho virtues of pure water, drink off tumbler after tumbler, thereby cooling the stomach, weakening the action of the gastric juice and causing a miserable. uneasy, sensation to be experienced for the remainder of the day. Such persons wo have generally found to be fretful, acrimo nious end tyranical towards those who hap pened to differ from them politically or morally ; and wo have always attributed their peculiarities to the dyspeptic condi tion of their physical organization. We do not oppose the use of cold water we love it above all else as a means for allaying thirst and keeping the body free from im purity, and we would recommend its ex clusive use for such purposes. A vitiated appetite may preba r. stimulating or acidu lated alkaline drink, under the impression that they are more refreshing; but for tho healthy, natural appetite, nothing is better than plain, pur" water. For bathing pur poses too, it is a lnxury which cannot ho surpassed. jtm m ARTESIAN WELL IN THE DESERT. A correspondent of a Military French journal, gives an interesting account of tho finding water in boring an artesian well in tin: desert, by French engineers in Algeria. The place was the oasis of Pidi Kached, which had already become burnt up fn m want of water, and threatened entirely to disappear; and the water was found and rose to tho surface on the 13th of Maroh, from the depth of 51 metres, or about 157 feet. As soon as the hard pan or bed was pierced, the water instantly rose in tho pipes, pouring out a thousand gallons a minute, at a temperature of twenty-four degrees of Reaumer. The engineer esti mated that as soon as it had reached its level of ascension fairly, the quantity would average about 1,250 gallons per minute. Think of a fountain springing up in a wast ing desert, with a perennial How of twenty hogsheads per miuute. The fountain formed is described as truly magnificent. At the moment of the water's bursting forth, no Arab was present but the news quickly spread, and in a few minutes tho whole population of the village rushed to the spot, and threw themselves upon tho works with such frenzy that force was necessary to remove them. Women and children lay down in the stream, a if they had never seen water before. The Sheik ofSidi Rached could not repress hi emotion; he threw himself on his knees by the trough and wept for joy. The next day the in habitants of the neighboring Arab villages came to thank the engineer and to bless tho fountain, while in the evening there wa n dance and a grand merry making, and tin 4 festival was kept up for six days. lu tim meantime, the people went iinmediateiy t- work and constructed a sluice to convey the vivifying utream to the portion f tin oasis which was dead for the want of moisture. a Frog eating is earned on at an extensive rate in Albany, New York. Oue hotel keeper ua-is -i.OOO p r week, and a restaurant disposes of about 1.500 in the same lime. The frogs are caught by dealer near Htioa, and sent alive to Albany, where their bind legs are served bp to the epicure, fried after the style of Died chicken.