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2FF,CE "P-staiRS opposite scarr'S drug store j A FamiljPhper, devoted to Stale Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Sonthern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany.
BY WILLIAM J. YATES, ?
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. )
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1857.
(VOLUME 6.
KTow Series J nWeT 271.
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Land Foi
The subscribcri offer for sale
i'loo Acres or Land
In one body (one thousand of
wlucu is in
woods) lying
in
Gaston eonntv on both aide of the
Smith Fork of the Catawba River,
11 wue ..rih-west ot Charlotte, and within
thn-f miles of the line of Rtitfoad uow building
fiuni Charlotte to l-involnton.
Abo, Two Hundred Acres, one-tliird of whieh
b aader rnltrratran
Also, -'" Acres on th" Booth Fork in a good
state of cultivation.
The above are good Farming Land.-, and will
I. id in lots to suit purchasers. Terms easy.
On of the tracts there is a water power
of AJ feet, with command of the whole River.
Persons wishing to examine these Lands will
beat ad d to hv the parties' ot StOweavtUe.
J. &. E. U. STOWE.
Charlotte, Jne 2. 1Ho7. 48-tf
II end of Beet'
Cattle Wantetl.
Also, 500 HEAD OF
SHEEP 6c 100
ffiaHead of IIOCG,
12 or 15 No. 1 Milch Cows.
I DESIRE to purchase the above amount of J
Stork. Those h:o ine any for sale will do well Lo i
ghrr mtn a call, a I am willing la pmy the highest ;
market MIC. Varinerswill rind it to their ad van- '
taire t sell their lteeves. Sheep or Hogs to me
instead ot buieheriug thi inselves. as 1 think I
can r. iimuerate thein as well if not better than it
tbe butchered iheinseb es.
W. A. COOK.
Charlotte, July 14, 1857. Town Bnteher.
BOOTS & SHOES.
Just Received
KOlt TUB
SPR!; & SIMMER TRADE,
As fine :m Assortment of
Boots .cfcrxca. Sliocs
As lias ever bee offered to a
Southern Peojilei
Call and see them at
& CO'S STORE.
TV" Terms, CASH.
March 17, 1857.
tf
k. k Mrocmsox. A.J. HOWF.I.L.
MURCHISON 6l HOWELL,
PAT T f fKHTraj T SV DPT1 A MTC
.Vo. lot Wall Street, J I.
Feb. 3d, l-,"7. ly
DR. R. WYSONG,
Charlotte, W. C.
n'AVINfJ hieated in this pbwe, r. -speetfully
offers his l'rofi Mnonal Services to the citi
sna nt t!:,- town and vicinity.
I OFFICE in th'' new brick building,
appwitc the burnt district. Main Street.
April SSnh K7.
BREM & STEELE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
Hardware, Hats, ami Shoes
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
May 5, 1837. tl-tf
11ILMMKV AMI
DRESS-MAKING.
Mm. WBXAMH
Respecttully infanM the Ladies ot Charlotte
ami vicinity, that she lias returned, and offers
h. r services to her old customers and friends.
RESIDENCE OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.
Charlotte, June :;, levw.
DR. 7 ailiRAS"
li ning located at MONROE, tenders his pro
t'ional services to the citizens ot the Town
aa 1 mtmmmStmg country, and respeettully sob
cits their patrouage.
I T Otfice at J. Bick. tt s.
April 4:5-:bn
For the Noatect stock of Clothing
you ever saw go to the Bmpoffian of Fash
inof FI LLINGS & CO.
For the Prettiest sbek of Clothino;
you ever saw go to the Emporium of Fash
ion of FALLINGS & CO.
jLsT For the Che apest stock of Clothing
y..u cver saw go to the Emporium of Fash
; of FCLLINGS & CO.
Country Merchants
Are respectfully invited to
call and examine my Wholesale
Prices of CHOICE
AXD ItElHClNES,
put up in any style to order, by
PRITCHABD,
Druggist und Apothecary,
July 23, 1857. Irwin's Corner.
White Lead.
10.000 Lbs. White Lead, in oil, just
received and for sale at PRITCH AitD'S
Aug- IS. Drug House.
Paint or Linseed Oil.
SOO Gallons just received and tor sale
at the lowest market prices, at
PRITCH ARB'S
Aug. Id. Drug Sf Chemical Store.
VARNISHES ! VARNISHES !
A large stock now on hand, consisting of j
Demon, Furniture, Copal, C oacli-hody, Ja-
pan, K:c ,1 which will he sold for cash lower
than any othr House in Charlotte, nt
H. M. PRiTCHA RD
Wholesale & Ketail Drue Store
Aug. IS.
Irwin's Corner.
PUTTY, PUTTY, PUTTY.
1,000 Lbs. Potty, jn-t received in as
sorted cins,and for sale at
PRITCRARD'S
Aug. 18. Drug Store.
Otto of Kose.
A large assortment of Lubins', Glenn's and
J. Ha ides' splendid EXTRACT TOILET
WATERS, Soaps, p.rushes, &.c, &c , just
ut hand, at
'ritrhard's Fancy J?rus Store,
July 23. Irwi:.'s Corner.
Fort HoHaicSi
A now and beautiful assortment, just
received at
Prit hard's Drug and Chemical Mouse,
July 2-. Irwin's Corner.
Bla
;e'3
Aromatic Bitters,
An excellent Tonic and anti-Dyspeptic medi
cine, just at hand at
Pritchard t Depot of choice
Fain il'j Med irin cs.
July 28. Irwin's Corner.
SOLUBLE ESS. OF CAMPHOR,
For d.seases of the Throat, Mouth, Stomach
and Bowels, prepared and sold at
J'rifi hard's Drug and Chemicnl Store,
i j Irwin's Conner.
Cos j d i I i o w 1 v rs.
Farmers and other inter, sted in fine Stock,
are assured that these preparations are unsur
passed as a h altb-givHig remedy lor Horses,
cattle, and ;.J1 kinds ot S.ock. For sale at
P ritrhard's H holt sate and
Jlftail Drug House,
Ju'y 2S. lrWHi'a Corner.
Patent Medicines.
('all
at PIMTCIIAKDS DRUG STORK
Irwin's Corner, for the most approved
popul r medicines i,f the day.
Julv 2S.
,nd
Iye Stnflii, Iye Stnlls,
The very best of this class ot articles, con
sis'ing. In pai t, of
Solution of Tin,
Extract of Logwood,
Cochineal, Madder, dec,
may bt bought iow at
Prili hard's Drug Jlmise,
July 28. Irwin's Corner.
BOOKS
For Sale
AT Till"
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
The Americas Sportsman : containing
hints to Sportsmen, notes on abooting, and the
habits of the Game Birda aud Wild Fol of
America, by Lewis.
THE tiot.DKX LECACT: a story of Life's
Phases.
Kills from the Foi ntaix ok Life, or Ser
mon to Children, by Rer. K, Xkwtox, D. D.
Tim: Daisy Chain or Aspiraiions: a Family
Chronicle.
SnoerAC RECOiJ.ECnoxs : A Way-Side
Glimpsed" American Life, BJ WALEB MARCH.
Kathie Bkakde: a Fiteaide History of a
Quiet Life, by Hui mi: LEB.
Hot SKUOLO Mvsi t.uiks, by Lizzie Pitt.
El Grisco, or New Mexico and her People.
PAUL 1 am-., by N. P. Willis.
Vkva, or the War of the Praaanta and the
Conscript: two interesting Romances bound in
one volume.
THE NaFOEEOS Dynasty, or the History of
the Bonaparte Family: an nthvly new woik, by
the Berklej- Men. with tireuty-two authentic
Portraits.
Call at R. J. LOWRIETS
VnMk Store.
March 31, 1837. 39-tf
H. B. Dowler dt Co'3
CELEBRATED
WHEAT FANS.
The subsci ilx rs are now engaged at Monro',
Union county, X. C. in putting up the abA -named
Fans. Iu their manner of construction
and operations and entire adaptation .to the pur
poses for which they are denned, these Fans
are unequalled ly any that have heretofore been
offered to the puldie. They are constructed ot
ihe best materials, and none but the best work
men are employed. An experience ot five years
in the business justifies the belief that entire
satisfaction will be giv. n.
All our work is warranted,
?A11 orders will receive prompt attention
and the machinery delivered according to order.
Tli f rencrs:
D. A. Covington. J. P. Houstan, Munroo, X C.
James B Bobiuson, Benj Morrow, Mecklenburg
county.
Wm GSiiiith, Dr Wadkins. Anson county.
ROSE ,t STEM
Monroe. Union county, March -20th. 6m
Dissolution.
The firm of MIL L1K A OKU was dissolved
by mutual consent uu tin- fitb of July. Those
indebted to the late firm will please make imme
diate pavment. H. S. MILLEK,
Aug. 4, 1S57. DAVID UKK.
John Henry Wayt, SI. B.,
SURGEON DENTIST,
(Graduate of the Baltimore College oj
Dental Surgery, J
Having located permanently, tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of
Charlotte, N. C, and
vicinity.
Dr. Wayt prepare and inserts artificial palates
and obturators, and attends to the correction of
congenital and accidental deformities of the
i teeth aud jaws. He is also prepared to insert
I artificial teeth, after the most approved methods.
Lr! Ladies waited on at their residences if
required-
Office on Tryon Street, in Carson's new
building, up stairs.
Nov. X8tfi.
20 If.
Ready-Made Clothing
AND
Furnishing Establishment.
SPRINGS & HEATH
RESPECTFULLY
inform their friends and
j th pblic generally that they have received and
are receiving an extensive assortment ot Keady
Made Clothing at their old stand on the north
side of Mint street, to which they invite atten
tion. Gentlemen's COATS;
Atnoug 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 lan
cy Cassimeies, goth n Up in nice suits; plain and
Fancy Linen Marseilles, iu suits; white Linen
Drill and Linen Dutfk.; each style embracing
the different cuts, Sacks Frocks ami Raglans.
PANTALOONS ;
Pants of French and American Cassimeres.
black and fancy; black and fancy Alpacca, steel
cloth and French and English Drap-d Lte; plaiu
and fancy Linen and Marseilles of all grades.
They wo ild call especial attention to their lot
VESTS,
both single and double blasted, embracing black
aud figured Silk, black Satin, and the prettiest
lot of Marseilles Vests everoffered in this market.
Gents Furnishing Goods,
The largest lot n this market, consisting input
of plain and fancy Linen and Cotton
Collars, Byron Bishop; linen and cotton Draw
ers : plain and tancy Hosiery ; (Jloves, silk, kid,
Arc; a variety of Cravats, silk and linen ; Hand
kerchiefs, silk and linen; Suspenders, Ac, 5Lc.
AL.SO,
A fine lot of II ATS for the Summer wear, em
bracing all the latest styles of the Silk, Cassimere
and Felt Hats; Straw, Leghorn, and Panama do.
Taey offer the above Goods
&ltl L,UY JbUK CASH,
or to punctual dealers on time, with the express
understanding that accuunts are due when they
want the money.
They return their thanks to their customers for
the libel al patronage heretofore bestowed upon
them, and hope to merit a continuance of the
same by diligence iu business and untiring ef
forts to please. Call and examine their Goods.
SPRINGS 6l HEATH,
Charlotte, N. C.
April 7, 1S57. 40-tf
FOR THE LADIES
A large assortment of Fancy Hair and Tooth
Brushes of every quality; French, English and
American Pomades for the hair; Lubin's Ex
tracts of Jockey club, violet, inarecliale, tea
rose, cedar, heleotrope, rose, new mown hay,
sweet scented shrub, sweet pea, monseliUe,
bouquet Napoleon, summer, blossom, inilleflow
ers, upper ten. jasmine, Caroline, musk.
Cologne, Verbena, Jasmine, aud Geranium
Waters, &c. Just received at
SCAKR c CO'S
April 14th.
Drug Store.
Temple of Fashion
JS X0W OPEN.
Something
Entirely New.
GENTLEMEN, one and all. young and old,
wno wish to wear Good, Fine Clothes, go to
J . W. COLE'S
HEW CLOTMNG L.IIP0R1U3I,
First Door above Kerr's Hotel,
formerly occupied by Lowrie's Book Store,
where you can get the best tits and the finest
clothes for the least money than anywhere else
in the State. The goods are all made up to
order expresslv for this market. Everything is
gotten up in the very latest and neatest styles,
and the making of every piece is
to last, or otherwise made good. Let all go
aud look at his well selected stock ot Keady
made Clothing, and be sure to examine bis
prices; he will put you up a suit so low that you
will be compelled to wear fine clothes.
Gentlemen wishing any particular suits, by
leaving their measures, can have them in IS
days, warranted lo suit or no
tut less.
lie intends to sell very low and conduct a
strictiy Cash Business. The purchaser will
certainly find the Cash Sysr. m at least '20 per
cent, in his favor. His motto is "quick sales
and small profits," for CASH OXLV. Yes, if
vim want the worth of vour money come to me.
J. W. COLE, Ag t.
Charlotte. April 28, 157. 6m
DR. II. itf. PRITniARD'S
UKIG STOKE
IS REMOVED to the Stand on the North
corner of Public Square, known as Irwin.' Cor
ner, where he will be glad to see his friends and
customers.
May 12, 1857. 45-tf
Cigar, Tobacco,
AXD
FRUIT STORE.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the citi
zens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that
he has just received a spleudid assortment of
SPANISH CIGARS
of the choicest braudf . Also, a fine article of
CHEWING TOBACCO,
FRUITS ct- C0XFECTI0XERIES.
JAS. D. PALMER.
Opposite Boone &. Co.'s Shoe Store.
Charlotte, April 7 1 7. 40-tf
CHARLOTTE.
INDIAN FIGHTDfGiIN TEXAS.
The New Orleans Picayune of the 8th
instant is indebted to Lieutenant Wool, U.
S. A., who orrived here last evening, from
Texas, en route for Washington, for the fol
lowing facts, which were received by him
from Lieut. Hood, of tho 2d artillery, just
as he was leaving Texas :
'Lieut. Hood, company G, 2i oavalry,
reports an engagement on the 20th July,
at the head of Devil river, with forty-five
Indians. He had twenty-four men on a
scouting party ; was informed at Fort Ma
son, from which he was detached, that a
band of Lipans had obtained permission to
bring in their families, and if they encoun-
i tertu anY ot "e scouting parties, they were
to hoist a white flag. On the 20th, he dis
covered ten Indians, who raised a white
flag. He kept seven men with his pack
mules and started towards them, and when
he approached within about thirty yards,
they immediately lowered their Aug. and
some thirty Indians sprang up and com
menced firing rifles and arrows. These
shots were forthwith returned, and a close
combat ensued. Lieut. Hood's men were
armed with yagers and one revolver each.
The melee became so close that one of the
men, after firing his gun, hung it over the
pommel of his saddle, and an Indian took it
oft ! He killed nine Indians and wounded
ten or twelve. Lost two men, one killed
aud one missing ; one dangerously wound
ed; himself and three men were wounded;
and one horse was killed and three wound
ed. Lieut. Hood had seventeen fighting men
in the engagement. His guides counted
forty-five Indians, and stated them to be
Lipans and Camanches.
The Cotton Tkade. Out of 900,000-
000 lbs. of cotton imported into Great I coil also at thirty-nine. Printers become
Britain last year, no less tiian seven hundred dead matter at thirty-eight. The machin
million pounds were from the United States j t is usually blown up at thirty-six. The
A rise of one penny on the pound iu the j teacher dismisses his scholars at the early
price of cotton involves a national loss to aSe of thirty-four, and the clerk is even
England of $20,000,000 to $30,000,000. shorter lived' for he must nceds PreParc his
,M 1 t 1 1 ,1 TT',11
lhe dependence of England on the u nited '
, i , . ,
States for supply has increased from 45 per
1 r - 1 ;
cent, of their consumption in JS01, to SU
per cent at the present time.
Is Tobacco Unwholesome ? Beyond
a doubt it is, when used excessively when
smoked and chewed in such prodigiously
unchristian quantities as are used by some
men who would appear to think that the
whole business of an individual's life is to
fill the air with as much smoke as he can,
and to spit at, into, over, upon, under and
around, every object that comes in his way.
But is it in jurious to health when used mod
erately ? that is the question.
The Cincinnati Academy of Medicine had
the subject under consideration a few days
ago, when an interesting essay was read by
Dr. J. P. White. The essayist took the
ground that the deep and deadly hostility to
the use of tobacco by certain stony-souled
philanthropists and reformers of the present
day, is partially groundless. It assumed
that the smoking of good tobacco in judi- j
cious quantities, not only might be harm
less, but might even be actually beneficial.
In the course of the discussion that ensued
on the subject among the members of the
Academy, the evils of excessive chewing
were acknowledged by all ; but no one at
tempted to refute the assertion that a mod
erate use of liio weed might be attended by
a decided benefit. Tobacco is a narcotic
the fact that those who smoke it derive con
siderable comfort from the practice, cannot
be denied. It is a disinfectant, and often ef
fectually counteracts the deleterious influ
ence of contagious diseases. It is a gentle
stimulant, and may preserve the tissues
from that wear and tear which the fierce
pursuits of men at the present day cause.
Let the arguments against the use of tobac
co be directed against its abuse, and they
may be more effectual. St. Louis JXews.
Poetry Sobehed Down. I'm thinking
of the time, Kate, when sitting by thy side,
and shelling beans, I gazed on thee, and
felt a wondrous pride. In silence leaned
we o'er the pan, and neither spoke a word,
but the rattle of the beans, Kate, was all
the sound we heard. Thy auburn curls
hung down Kate, and kissed thy lilly cheek;
thy azure eyes half tilled with tears,
bespoke a spirit meek. To be so charmed
a I was then, had ne'er before occurred, I
when the rattling of the beans, Kate, was j
all the sound I heard. I thought it was ;
not wroDg, Kate, so leaning o'er the dish, j
as you snatched up a lot of beans I snatch- j
ed a neetared kiss. And a sudden shower !
x a
made my eyes blind, and I neither saw or j
stirred, but the rattling of the beans, Kate,
was all the sound I heard.
The Smith Family. One of the few, the
immortal names not born to die, is evidently,
Smith. It is stated that in England and
Wales, every year, 5,588 Smiths are born,
4,044 Smiths die, and 3,005 Smiths, deter-
mined to preserve the Smith family from j
extinction, do marry.
THE CHANCES OF LIFE IN THE
PROFESSIONS.
We have an old document in oar posses
sion which contains some very interesting
information unknown to many, and rarely
encountered in the papers. Among other
things, it contains a table exhibiting the
average ago attained by persons employee!
in the various popular professions of tho
day. In this particular, as iu most others
the farmers have the advantage over the
rest of mankind, as their average age is
sixty-five. Next upon the docket come the
judges and justices of the peace, the dlgni
ty of whose lives is lengthened out to sixty
four. Following, then, immediately in the
category of longevity, is the bank -officer
who sums up his account at the age of six
ty-three. Public officers cling to their ex
istence with as much pertinacity as they
retain their places they never resign their
offices, but life forsakes them at fifty-six.
Coopers, although they seem to stave
through life, hang on till they are fifty
eight. The good works of the clergymen
follow them at fifty-five. Shipwrights, hat
ters, lawyers and rope-makers (some very
appropriately) go together at the age of
fifty-four. The "Village Blacksmith," like
most of his cotemporaries, died at fifty-one.
Butchers follow their blcody career for pre
cisely half a century. Carpenters are
brought to the scaffold at forty-nine. Ma
sons realize their cry of "Mort !" at the age
of forty-seven. Traders cease their specu
lations at forty-six. Jewelers are disgust
ed with the tinsel of life at forty-four.
Bakers, manufacturers, and various me
chanics, die at forty-three. The painters
yield to their cholic at forty-two. The
brittle thread of the tailor's life is broken
at forty-one. Editors, like all other beings
who come under the special admiration of
the gods, die comparatively young they
accomplish their errand of mercy at forty.
The musician redeems his last note and
plays his dying fall at thirty-nine. The
professional dancer shuffles off his mortal
OUIUIIVV. L'lJV - L llili I till . i. lfv A
. , , .
is given ot the average longevity of wealthy
, ., . r . r . . Al
uncles ; the inference is fair, therefore, that
; they are immortal.
DEATH OF GEN. RUSK.
The following is from the Nacogdoches
Chronicle extra, of the 30th ultimo :
"C?e. Rusk is Dead. A great calamity
has befalleu the State of Texas. One of
her most distinguished and noblest sons
has fallen. Thomas J. Rusk is no more.
A gloom hangs over our people a mys
tery thus far is connected with the matter.
We can only give the facts and mourn the
sad stroke which has thus deprived Texas
and the South of a valued and useful cham
pion. Gen. Busk has, ever since tho death of
his lady, suffered under a mental depres
sion, which at times bore him down beneath
its weight. He has, to a great extent, He
eluded himself from society, aud lately that
despondency has been more marked and
apparent to those familiar with him. A
severe illness, from which he was just re
covering, had prostrated him for weeks, aud
he was suffering greatly from arising upon
the back of his neck.
On yesterday evening, about two o'clock,
his family, hearing the report of a gun, and
the fall of a body, ran to the spot, and
found him lying dead upon the ground, be
hind the gallery at the back of the house,
with a rifle under him. A coroner's jury
was summoned, from whose verdict we ex
tract the following:
"The cause of his death was a gun shot
rifle wound on the fore part of the head, in
flicted from a rifle gun held in his own
hands, and discharged by himself'
No further clue can be given to this mys
tery. No paper or writings of the same
day have been found except a letter ad
dressed to a gentleman in New Orleans,
ordering a tombstone for his wife, with this
inscription :
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see
God."
Let the people mourn the loss of a man,
who, on the field of battle, and iu the coun
cils of the State and nation, has proved
himself to be worthy the proud place al
ready accorded him in the affections of the i
people.
How to Make Water Cold Without
Ice. The following description of a method I
of rendering water almost as cold as ice, has
been going the rounds of the press for many
years. Just now it is ngain "in season," and
we copy it for the benefit of those of our
readers who either have not the opportunity
or the inclination to purchase ice :
"Let the Jar' P'tcher or vessel used for
water- be surrounded with one or more folds
of coarse cotton, to be constantly wet. I he
evaporation of the water will carry oft the
heat from the inside, and reduce it to a
freezing point. In India and other tropical
climes, where ice cannot be procured, this
is common. Let every mechanic and la
borer have at his place of employment two
pitchers thus provided and with lids and
covers, one to contain fresh water for drink-
, the other for evaporation, and he can
always have a supply of cold water in warm
weather."
IMPROVEMENT OF STTJ-
DENTS.
Mr. Horace Mann has lately written a
letter upon this subject, which nppears
among the proceedings of the American
Association, for the Advancement of Educa
tion. Mr. Mann asks : "What is the duty
of College Faculties, or what has the com
munity at large to expect from them, in
regard to the moral character aud conduct
of tho graduates upon whom thsy confer the
honors and prerogatives of an academical
degree?" In answer to his question, Mr.
Mann proposes to connect morals and
academic education ; to make the Degree
the guerdon of morals as well as scientific
acquirements. His idea is briefly : "That
vice ought never to be armed with the
power of knowledge. Hence, whatever
hopeful lenity of forbearance may be ex
tended toward students during their pre
paratory course, yet when they enter Col
lege, their day of probation should be con
sidered as about ended. There they are
bound to lay the foundation broad and
deep of all those virtues, upon which alone
the fabric of a prosperous and noble com
monwealth can be reared. Hence, if tho
conduct of any student, during his College
life, is justly obnoxious to the charge of
intemperance, of blasphemy, profanity and
impurity of conversation, of yielding to
sensual allurements, or to an' of those in
famies which when they graduate from
College halls, become the scandal and pest
of society, which disgrace the professions
aud become the opprobrium of the nation
such a student should be forthwith deprived
of those means of knowledge whieh he
threatens to abuse by being dismissed."
Among tho forbidden things, Mr. Mann
places liquor, tobacco, profanity and foul
The New York Tribune is
greatly disgruntled that Mr. Mann proposes
to treat the use of tobacco and foul lan
guage with more lenity thnn profanity and
intemperance : that they are not to be made
cause of expulsion, but of simple rebuke
and denunciation. In advocating the im
portance of decorum of speech, tho Trib
une uses "foul language" enough to supply
a Billingsgate University ; and in denounc
ing the filtliinoss of tobacco, it ejects from
its mouth a collection of expletives com-
nl wjiih which, tho abominated quids
are cleanliness itself. "The hideous prac
tice,'" says the Tribune, "of chewing and
spitting should bo considered evidence
that a man is unfitted for 'tho humanities,'
and he should accordingly be excluded from
the selected circle of education and refine
ment. What can a youth leam of the
principles of virtuous self-denial when he
sees his teacher pull out every few minutes
a filthy plug of narcotic mistiness, roll it
ike a sweet morsel under his tongue, ai d
then belch forth the disgusting juice ? We
do not believe national refinement or tem
perance possible with tlio use of tobacco.
Indeed, 'our country,' so far ns it is imper
sonated in hotels, steamboats, railroad cars,
theatres, halls, work-shopsand public walks,
is beastly, owing to tobtcco spittle. Go
where you will, and no place is sacred.
Indeed, among some of the. 'tastiest idolaters
of this filth are members of tho clergy.
Look at the boys and lads who are addict
ed to tobacco. They are old almost before
they are out of their teens. The poison
appears to havo occupied every pore of
their skin. Sallow, scraggy, ghastly even
these qualities are the facial phenomena
of the poor wretches who become slaves to
tobacco. The sense of taste, physical and
intellectual, is dulled. The instincts of the
gentleman are forestalled. The appetite
for furious excitements is stimulated. We
think, then, that Mr. Mann has not gone
far enough, in failing to class tho use of
tobacco with that of alcohol in his inter
diets to youth who aspire to the benefits
and honors of a college education."
It cannot be pretended that the chewing
of tobacco is a very nice and elegant op
eration, and yet we have seldom seen an
old tobacco cbewer make himself as "hide
ous" and "filthy" as the Tribune in de
nouncing the practice. After all, the
world is the same old world, and the Trib
une, which aspires to be the organ of every
novelty, belongs to the same school of
morals which flourished in Judea more than
eighteen hundred - years ago. which was
forever compounding "for tins they were
inclined to, by damning thoje they had no
mind to ;" which was searching for motes in
other people's eyes without regard to the
beams in its own ; which made a great fuss
over trifles and neglected the weightier
mkftAu 4tf tliA Inn ortsl wrilC'h W XI 4 t ll llu
addressed by the Founder of Christianity-
Now do ye, Pharisees, make clean the
outside of the cup and the platter, but your
inward part is full of ravening and wicked
ness. "
. . . 1
Secretary Dobbin. The incident to
whieh the Hon. James C. Bobbin owed bis
Cabinet appointment is thus given in an
exchange paper :
"He was in the Baltimore Convention,
and was the instrument of Gen. Pierce's
nomination. On the 48th ballot Pierce
hud 55 votes, the largest number he had
received. The 49th commenced, and twelve
States voted with but slight changes from
the previous ballot, Then, as the State of
North Carolina was called, Mr Dobbin rose,
and in a timely speech announced that his
delegation cast their votes for Franklin
Pierce, which fact at once secured the
nomination for the latter gentleman.
MORAL
THE PRIVATEER SYSTEM.
Tho decided stand taken by the present
Admir istration against tho abolition of pri
vateering, wo are gratified to see, meets the
general approbation of the country. All
parties agree in commending it as a wife
and cautious step this refusal to recog
nize Mr. Marcy's conditional acceptance of
the policy recommeudod by tho Paris Con
ference. It is not denied that the privateer
system is obnoxious in some respects, being
liable to flagrant abases, unless subject to
rigid regulations. Under nnv precautioim
ry circumstanoes, indeed, it is difficult
altogether to guard ngt.mst occasional ex
cesses. In time of war little attention is
given to the correction of private grievances
and the redress of private injuries, and
governments have always been prono to
overlook or palliate even the grossest out
rages and depredations committed by those
employed in its service. But, however
serious the objections to the system, it
would bo mudness iu the United States
Government to bind itself, absolutely and
irrevocably, not to make use of this means
of warfare uuder circumstances. The
present condition of out naval establishment
is altogether insufficient iu a sudden emer
gency for the complete protection and
defence of our coast, and iu the event of a
war with a superior naval power, like Great
Britain for instance, without recourse to
privateering, we should be soon swept from
the seas.
There are man', however, who dissent
entirely from the general reasons assigned
hy the Paris Conference for the abolition
of privateering. On the contrary, they
are disposed to concur with a writer iu tho
New York Times, iu the opinion that tho
system, independent of its peculiar advan
tages in the hands of a nation like ours, is
the most humane, because it is a war upon
property rather than lives of uu enemy. "Un
der it wo are always able, in an incredibly
brief space of time, to cover the seas with
armed vessels, harrnssing the commerce of
our enemy, and so making her pooplo feel
in their pockets the necessity of Pence
tho surest way of bringing a nation to
reasonable terms ; while a war entirely be
tween national ships, would nvouso the
pride of the beliggerents in favor of war,
& ihn n!n nf liminr n itlinnt nny extend
ed private interests to check it. Thus war
would be prolonged indefinitely. The
Privateer war upon commerce soon creates
a public sentiment iu favor of pence which a
Government finds it difficult to resist,
especially when popular instinct, quickened
by self-interest, exposes the error of tho
erring power, and suggests the concessions
demanded by common sense."
Thero is considerable force in the view
here presented. A war between men, bred
to the profession of arms, is apt to bo u war
of extermination to one side or the other1)
hut whero both property and human life are
subjected to its devastations, tho induce
ments to terminate hostilities are more
directly felt by the beliggerents.
At any rate, be the system never so ob
jectionable, it is now absolutely necessary
for our self defence, and would bo exceed
ingly unwise in us to abandon it ut tho
suggestion of European Powers.
TEA TASTING.
A New York correspondent gives tho
following particulars of the effects of "tea
tasting" and sampling upon tho constitu
tion of those engaged in the business:
"The death of a famous ten broker in this
city lately calls to mind the curious nature
of his business. I wonder if any of your
readers at the West knows that their fastidi
ousness in the choice of the herb which
cheers, but not inebriates, is the cause of
the 'establishment of a profession called
"tea tasting" which is ascertain death to
a man as the continued practice of opium
eating. The success of tho tea broker, or
taster, depends upon the trained ncouracy
of his nose and palate, his experience iu tho
wants of tho American market, and a keen
business tact. If he has these qualities iu
high cultivation, ho may make from $20,
000 to $40,000 per annum while he lives,
and die of ulceration of the lungs. He
overhauls a cargo of tea, classifies it, and
determines tlio value of each sort. In
doing this, he first looks at the color of tho
leaf and the general cleanliness of it. Ho
next takes a quantity of the herb in his
hand, and breathing his warm breath on it,
he snuffs up the fragrance. In doing this,
he draws into his lungs a quantity of irritat
ing and stimulating dust, which is by no
means wholesome. Then sitting down at
a table in his office, on which is a long row
of little porcelain cups and a pot of hot
water, he 'draws' the teaand tastes the infu
sion. In this way he classifies the different
prices, and is then ready to compare, bis
work with tho invoice. The kill of theso
tasters is fairly marvellous, but the effect
of the business on their health i, as I havo
said, ruinous. They grow lean, nervous
and consumptive. At the end of a hard
day's work they feel and act ut- fidgetty
and cross as a hysterical old ill."
A Necessary Inquiry. "Sambo, sjMrsc
dere is six chickens in a coop, and de man
sell three, bow many is dere left?"
"What time of day was it?" "What has
dat to do vid it!" "A good deal; if it w.i
after dark, dar would be none h-fi; d.it is, if
von happened to come along dat way."