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1 up stairs opposite scarr s drug store j A Family Paper, devoted lo Stale Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, aud Miscellany. j W KLLI A J.YATES, ) CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. ROITOR AN" PROPRIETOR. t? A V A VOLUME TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1858. ASSOCIATE EDITOR N Number 297, U AO IBWUHBB " mam . - ...... V. r a T' run 7i Published every Tuesday j Containing the latest Nmv.-. a fall and a ecu- I rateltopotl of tin- Markets, Abe. aini&ifis i 1" r tlic vear, if paid in advance 00 If ..aid within six pnth - 50 it .,aid after the expiration of the year, 3 M j " . "Aiiv person Bending nsj five mete sub- j s, riln-rs, accompanied ly the advance sub- ! - ij.tion (sl i)ui!l receives ith copy gra . t'..r mil' veer. .-'!'. rrth -rs and others who may wish tn icend money to us. can do so by mail, at ADVERTISING. n - mare of Iti line? or less, for 3 months, SI 00 I. Od l) DO Si oo i ... -i i iri', 16 tinea, or lesa, arai insertion. l i ; - . i.-. i ia iaaertnm, . . Transient advertisements must .aid f'ir in ail-, ant e. b- r3!U.r .uiiioiiuein Caudidati f-7 in ail a 1 1 ce Ad rt i si in -nts marked -.n the fur a specific tiiue, will he in- iscri I until forbid. and charged accordingly WILLIAM J. YATES. LAW OF NKW ?AFER3. M;m j..-r-..;is arc ui r wr law dial unpres neerninti .is in rejfni 1 r tticir I. i lit wc uewspapers ii-ii A, rl. I. il ii ultscnue , i ....... . tu t!i' contrary, are considered a i. ii- t- continue lh ir subscriptions. If -s uii--i iii.-rs aeglecl tT reluse t tak thir nen ost otliee t ii ' t"..'- 1 1 : r.'i i l. II. ev an- ii'iu .1 .! .. 1. 1.1 lu iide until thev have settled the bilk oi i red them iliscfii: .iiucd. Lt subscribers remove t other places ..tit inforitiiug the puhlisliers, and the w I i. Ill I r are sent to t Ii f M i: t'T ! l r n, !n !'l responsible. r..ui-t'j. ive deeidcl thai refrriiig I wspajiets lr.'i;i the nffit'C or am! leaving thm nncn11id R, i i Mi' ratio facte - ii v d intentional Irntiu. The Uuhvd States Courts have also n p-au-dly deealetl that :i ltstiuaster who , IK? tt :! t irm hi tv I I B'""? i IS. I. I no-, as rciiiii ,1 i v the I t ; ,,, I 1 it'itartiiienl 1,1... .. H- UP"! .1 o. a I "Il i ! . 'V m i lie , fhiN nersi:itais a l.lresse.1 I him, n o.b r- i!m lostraa?rt r liable t i the publisher (m tie- su!serip?ion price. . A. ( ) KN! Charlotte, i ! practice in the Courl alj iug counties. : u i. I iieHr'i v opp v-iii January 19, IriiiS. N. C. rt.- ufthi: alio t tie 1 st Oliicc. Willi AM J. K EKH, Ittoriloy a"t Lav 1b J Solicitor In Equity, CSiarlottc, r. !raetii'e 111 in M cia kl iilrtirg iin atu uiioo paid i h adjoining Ctninti S. I.i the eiiil' etimi ii claims. Mfee in tin- building the Stat- Bank. Jan. K, lH.rtf. iruierlv wcui bv SAM: i!. SMITH. ttoriir s rs c3 icIEor la May alw u s b Johnston, "F.s i. Ii the (f.i Win. Prompt attenti iveu to ( !ohVci ions : :r.n- of D Jan. --'o. Ir .1-. Com vane 1 v o. c. 1)1!. L. L POLLOCK Offers his PROFESSION A I j SfcKK,w t.ithe ritizens ofCaarlirfte and vicinity. Oftk-r n T-ide str.-.-t, two doors South ot the Court House. Dee in!.. I -".. 1 7. IV 11. 11. WILLIAMS I CO., Dealers in GROCERIES, WOOLESALE & RETAIL, Ai' now receiving a large Stock, and will have weekly additions as their sales mT requue. They will sell to the Wholesale Trade al a Fiuall commission. Terms: CASH or Country Proauce. j We oceupv the well known stand recently ocenpied by T. M- Farrow, : doors from the w i s-.-n, enrn r. Trade strei t. : I- All orders will have prompt attention, j an 1 eoods nut as low as if the purchaser wi I'le.M in. Tl. It. WILLIAMS & CO. Charlotte, Jan. -, ll&d 93-11 ?j L A i't i At iho Mcstera Democrat Oflico. Warrants. Marriage Licenses, Tax Receipts, Subpoenas, Jury Tickets. Administrators' Bonds and Letters, Guardian Bonds, Indenture, Deeds for conveying Lands or houses Prosecution Bonds, Ca Sa Bonds, Attachments, Delivery 1 loads, l i Fas, comtv and superior court. ustablcs Bail Bonds, couutv am! supe rior lajourt Vril. Commissifltts to take Impositions. W itnesa Tickets. Ejectments, Capias Bonds. Scire Fact's, Sheriffs Deeds, Jurv Tickets, ic. dsc rs it i e ii i i . i i - lianks of all kintis printed to order t short t: "ll "ee. '00 Gallons Pirc Liasfed Oil, Jast to bund at PBITChlAJfiD'S 1 eh. !. Irwin's Corner. Lumber ! We a ill d liv' r T.ninl)' r of nil ib script inns in Charlotte at n1 ." per hundred, beard m:t sure, or $1 delivered on tin- cars at Fort Mills. V. I. & C. L. CLAW .SON. February x!, Iroc oin-pd CONFECTIONER I AND VARIETY STORE. J. I. PALMER, One floor above the Bants of Charlotte Respectfully informs the. public that he has on hand a splendid assortment of Confectioneries, West 1 1 id i i Prnits, Havana Cigars, I "ine Chewing and smoking Tobacco, Sutitf. Alsu, i variety of Musical Instruments. Yankee Notions, Toys, Willow-ware, &c. lie is constantly rec.'iving the above eoods and many other articles tun t' aions to enumerate. if iiiir scenred this neWices of a first w t liaki r. t!n- subscrilx t w ill be pn-pared. at lirt ii t 1 1 - , tn furnish W ibling, I'le-Xic :iik1 private I',:- witli Superior 4':ke. Ptrsons wishing anything in my line wonld b wi !! to gm me a call, hs 1 am chHermhM il to keep a giMnl Stuck and seU cheap for CASH. J. 1). l'ALMEK. 1. e. 2-2, I -".7. Pf-tf NEW FIRM. TU uml 'rsigmd having entered into Copart- in iti i.:.. .1 ,-. r .. "1" the purpose of carrying On the Confectionery, BAKERY, FRUIT and Retail l - i. rii to call the attention of the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country tn tin ii jfew Stand mi Tradi Sttwt, l.etwei n Rreia's and Fraukeuthair.4. at Siratt& 1 v d Stand, e all their ' wh r" tiny ou!d b pleased to friend- and acifttaintano s. Mi I V A , Jan. .'.", 1 'j:i-ii'. NISBET. PIANOS. V r W V m oiir rianos in inn citizens of ( h i: lutti ind surrounding al th.-subsci !" i r Kiir and tune 'stiiosible man- uiitrv are air: m mntuth ! i- at Punii ail 1""' l' .-'lid .MeliiiieollS ill I lii v. H- would not say (hat an old iu.struuu nt I can in- i-i.-i.!e to sounu as wen as a ncworfwiio ti . BMtJ ni illiv,11v.lll( ittachi d, but h : pr i d iliaf II Oil! lUStl UUH HI WIUCI1 i. . i . t . u lil justify ri 'pairs al i'iii:i asg 1 rind t:s swei all, can b; aiade to ! a tone as the sara-j iiisuuni i!'. lieu 111 W. tie also intends keenhur constantly on a ' 1 1 tnili United I Man I u ri n I li is .i.i i will i tiniii a I 1 1 : a 1 1 1 i , . e ' i . ' i unci will fi : ;.! add- J. U.l riAXO r t- i- for nrre oni-s. .leeordrrtC" i.th ii ed in part 1 i vaim. ; II also intends k-eph:g constantly en hand seconuVhaud insiiu.i. uts, to sell or lo rent. A u v person having old instruments, and art rt.-urous of sfl liner ib in. may do well to havt l li in rej aired and k mark. t. exposed to sale ill thi Repair Shop 1 Wareroom it the Musical Ha I. uii Stan v. over China Hall. ASA GEORGE. Charlotte, X. C, Jan. 29, I85t 1 V OR TRAIN OIL. For Tanners and Planters use in dn ssing and preserving L ather and Harness. For sale bv II. M. PRITCHARD, X. 24. Irwin s Corner. SO,000 SECARS Jut rt iiundre ,-ivc bv ud for sah- at ?5 per H. M. PRITCHARD, Irwin's Corner. Ni I Pure French Brandy, Holland fiin. Whiskey, Sherry and Port Wines. Loudon Ale and Porter, for medi cal use. Sold by Nov. 17. ' IL M. PRITt HARD. starch, Rbick Pepper, Ginger, Dnking and Washing Soda. Cream Tartar. Nutmegs, Mac -. Cinnamon, Cloves and Flavouring Extracts of every kind. For sale at whole sale and retail, by II. XI. PRITCHARD, Nov. 17. Irwin's Corner. Saponific r, OR CONCENTRATED LEY. War ranted to make Soap without lime, and with lit I L' trouble. The best and cheapest ar ticle in use. Price 25 and ."l rent a can. Sold by PRITCHARD, Nov". 17. Irwin's Corner. Aver Cherry Pectoral, Wistar's Balsam and Lozenges, Royer's Syrup Car. llivo Syrup. Syrup Squills, j sVrnn loerae and nl! kinds of Pectoral and Cough medicines. For Mile bv 11. XL PIMTt ll AIIH. Xov. V:4. I rwins Corner. SNUFF. i Scotch. Mackuboy and English, Gentle 1 men's SXl'FFS. i it received, 6110 lbs. in bladders and jar ..lil low- far cash i XI. PRITCHARD raaa'i corner. II. 24, 1-. $140 REWARD. I w ill give the above reward nSr the appro, hension ol nay Negro Man MILTON and the tlii. f w ho decoved him awav with proof utii- cit nt tor conviction of the latter: oi I Will pay S-'1 ior tin- Hey alone, if lodged in Jail so th u I can got hint. Said boy b it me the 20th of September last. He is rathi r biacK. snout 5 or years oi aire. ." feet 10 oi 1 1 inches hurh, and weighs about one hundred and tifty poanda) his hair grows low on his fiHehead. sharp chin, a tolerable tiddler, and pretty smart. He wa- once owned by .Mrs Hampton, near the town of Charlotte, N. C. Said hov was purchased bv BM from Dr. do - eii i A. W eatherlv of Greensboro , A. C, m 1 , . u . ....... . vi- u,. iri ;,, . January last. lie may probably be lurking about Atlanta. Georgia, as 1 am informed be has a wife at that plaPi W. R. EDDING, Pineapple, Wilcox co., Alabama. Jan. 5. 1" Fresh Baker's Bread. Saperior Brgad baked every morning fur families, nf I J. I. Palmer's ( onfectioiiery, I one iloor aboV;; tb Bank of Charlotte. I F. h. a 1 -.V-. Female Normal Schoolj HIGH P05.T, C, The undersigned has. establuhed the above Scinn'l and movi ! his iui!s from Glen Anna (Vniale Seminary, !r the toMuwMg n aaont: Jst. Becausu um'.cr the anangean nts exist ing at till n Anna be could not ad uuately pro vid for, nor sustain biutsi if in tin' work ,i i flu rat tng loan i''ij.ils. 2nd. Ifccanm of the anp rior aiivantai s al High Point for the education of both paying au'l loan pupils. He has now fhe'useot' one of (lie most magnificent brick buildings in the State; being 100 feel long, -IT Wide, and liav n"24 rooms lb x 16, six il . a lecture room ;t x IT. wilhexti u.sive basement apattnu nrs. and all well Ventilated and heated by lire placea High Point, from it. immediate connexion with fial m, its proximity to Normal College, its elevation and bealtbfulness, rui'i from tlii- intelligence, morality and piety of its citizens, is on - ii tne mosi eugioic sues tor a (Vuiale Si liool on the N. Railroad. One citizen enn-ted the building, and the ...i i - .j i i .1 i. - . . .i oiii' is nave nwngou inemseivi s io itecare rorin- witb, globes, maps, m-w pianos, apparatus and uururj ii;i M mu sp-nsaDie auxiliaries oi a thtinmgb fi male i duration. The object of the I above Institution Is 1st. To educate jouiif; bvlies for ; uchcis. Tweutv-five vounc ladies ot iinnti o in- 1 a!inilti ! at nice, and the i nt: nionnt of their tuition loaned them uutu thi can t. b and pay ii. 2nd. T" prepare y iing ladies for entering the advanced cfassi s of the best Female Coilcgrs of the Si.uth. The aessioas will correspond with those of Normal College. None but i sperienced and competent teach' rs are.bi will be employed. Board i- $1 "r month, exclusive of washing and ;:- i.ts. j uition in Bn?lish Br:!uch's to :!" o r session. Muie on I'.ano and Guitai ami tho Ornamental Branches, at reasonable i .. . i . it.i i - ' ' I i s auim y n tn t.n tune sinti cnargeu in uie i ; :, or ine session. iia.i I ine expeus-'S reuuin'd in advance. Books and matt rials for ornamentals ther in format i btained at Hi ii address :'n Point. For fur- I. LA NO DON, rn.pr'.t. II L li Point. Gui id county C' F.i.. r, 1 U :.t -i itii TKA ii i.KS IN i UK A I III I 1. Alt 1 OP ORKAiMENTAL AM) CRYSTAL Would Ladi respi ctfully call Geutli men l of rictures, at the atti ntion of the f Charlotte, to tin ir ' -ti . uf Pictures, at Kerr s Hotel, Koom N K !K ' if i. i lies and gentlemen can he taught this beau::.:; Ail at a VERY LOW 1'KICK. 'l i.-.- lie isie.-.s is oik bv which any uerson can An at T S is till' . r. ipectulue Inrelihood witn vi it and !' iie-v. rv li iht and ( lean, can little 1 d 1 be ilouo I sons :o n e parlor, coratc thi ir If will u1m enable per ov. n parlors at a very suuil J ot h. r iiarticnlars please call -ni nni us :: their rooms. s fin Plain and fancy Lettering, and b.r executed with neatness and d;s- All orde Signs, wil patch. .1 innarv xu, tf fur 50 routs J PRINTED DeLAXES, One Dollar per yard, will Cents. T. II. Jan. 20, IS38. (all wmd,) worth he sold for Fifty PR EM & CO. It Ir: : Eron T; am t nT)rs ff-iJSt li'.S. of Iron for salc O vi'i FH7 Low for Cash by .1 & E. H STOAVE, Jan. '2 i. I s.. 5w Charlotte, N. C. VAEiVA roperty I'll 11 For iber offer! Sale. for sale the Lots, front Tho subs ami iack, now occupied by the old Episcopal 1 It ii i n i nnutti' in. Mm', icith the hitiluiiur. Tie I. h well, and is a beautiful situation for i .1 . , i i i a family i lice; anil ill" t. uurcu oiiuuiuir, with a little auiJj vert- d into a no Tho t. nr.s will be (ional expense, might be con it and comfortable Dwelling, moderate, and made to suit the purchaser 1 w Feb. 2, I-.'-. . ucuiars inoiiire oi M. F. WINDELL. tf All persons indt bted tt me for two and three i . ii yearn past, are respccuuiiy reipn teu to can on uy n Joseph II. Wilson, Lsq, ol (. Iiariotte, oron the ! undersigned, and make payment, as money is ' Ifn atlv needed. S. C. PIIARR. I February 2. 1?38 It HENDERSON & ADRENS Are ilaily receiving, und have now on excellent assort nu nt of Fancy antl Staple hand, an Dill' 01MS. Tin- cheapest stock of BOOTS, SHOES and CLOTHING in thi ' icetion of country. HARDWARE, GROCERIES, II ATS, CAPS, AND ESosLllct. A large and v ry cheap stock ol LA-DIES' CLOAKS. Ac. We offer the low oriei s : follow UIL' at the annexed Men's Ktont Shot whole bathT, 81 374 Hoots. Kii and Heavy, i To to J adies' calfskin T.oots, u Morocco and goatskin Boots, $1 to SI Men's Coain from :;to .!". I. J," iians and Overctats at all prices. A larmi lot of Pants. Vests, Shirts, Ties. Cravats, Drawn--, Undersl its. Hats and ( aps; a large variety of Blank ts, Linseys, Brognns, pant S; litis, Ac, a lore assortment. Families and otht rs in need of any Goods this fall would do well to give u a call before mak inytli.i. purchases, as we are offering unu.-ual indue in. in.-, particularly to Cash buyers. store mt sprinira v uiucs. sPi - HENDERSON k AHRENS. Oct. 12, 157. tf- -" We hav also a good assortment of Coeds at our Store at MoRKOW's TtRKOVT, where we off. t Goods at JjppoNt AnRFNS. WESTERN DEMOCRAT. Charlotte, N C. From the New York Express (anti-slavery). . THE NEW SLAVE TRADE. Mitp nlntraet speculation upon the ques- j finn whether t!io abolition of African slave ry in tho Britib West India Islands, lias tu nas not resulted in promoting tlie material prosperity of those regions, is fast liocoining to bo superseded by a series of practical facts, going far to establish a striking de- ! cision in the negative. In eases of this kind, one fact is better than a thousand theories. The thousand theories witli which llritih and American abolitionists periodically favor us on the subject, to es tablish the delusion that the Emancipation ! Act was a great blassingfor the einancip.1- i ted and emancipators, are pretty summarily 1 set aside by the one hard fact that the j British and French governments arc, at this mament, actually endeavoring to re- j establish tho slave trade; in their respective ! West India colonies, one uud?r the name i of "Coolie apprenticeship," and the other j under "African emigration." And what the governments arc doing, tho preponder- j j ating public sentiment in both countries ! apparently sanctions. The leading London ! journals, on this subject, it is well known, I have enunciated views, within the year or ! two past, which we are accustomed to look ! for only in tho organs of public opinion in the slave States of the Union. This so ' called "Coolie apprenticeship," we have often had occasion to phow, by disinterest- ! . ... j 0t witnesses, is. to all intents and purpose? ' but a softer name for the African slave trade in its most odious features. I lie voyajje trom A-ia is otten a full of horrors, and every imaginable species 'if human suffering, as tho terrible middle passage1 trom Africa; tne term apprniice- inii is used to limit the period of service to a it is true ; given number ot but when that number of years have run their course, the ; unhappy Cooly is so unfit to be anything but a slave, that ho is compelled to remain i one until death releases him from his earthly j bondage- The necessity for thus having recourse to the East Indies, to i'nd a supply of lubor for the West Indies, is found in the fact that the free negro of the Antilles has such u constitutional antipathy to in dustry and habits of thrift that lit cannot i be made to develop the resources of those magnificent regions. IJe cannot be per suaded to labor but for just enough to ena- ble him to supply his actual wants from j day to day : and nature in that climate, is so generous, that the exercise of but little industry is rewarded with the most liberal i returns. No wonder, therefore, that so many splendid estates- -which yielded princely revenues when negro labor was i compulsory are now going to wreck and ruin. And no wonder that, with a view to i , arrest that wreck and ruin. British and ; French utilitarianism should after many 1 years' practical experiment of emaueipa ' tion, be now trying to rrot the better of British and Frence sentimentalism. The French arc less scrupulous about the proposed revival of the slave trade than the British. Slavery, it will be rctnem j bored, was suddenly abolished in all the ' French colonies during the revolutionary fever of 1848. One of the first results was a heavy falling oft' in the sugar crop. The negro, intoxicated with "Liberte, Erjualite, Frateruite," grew lazy, affected the gentle man of elegant leisure, and would not work, j In 1849-50, the Martinique crop fell short ! d the average production some forty mil- lions of pounds. To make up for the indolence of the emancipated slaves, re- course was had to the Asiatic (Coolie) slaves and, w ith the introduction of that species of lubor, the agricultural thrift of the island was, in a good degree recovered. In I8. i the sugar crop yielded nearly liftr millions; in 185G nearly fifty-seven. Tho progres i sion in Guadaloupe was similar tho ) kid in 1H;(), nearly forty-six millions. In the Island of Reunion (Bourbon) the advance was from fifty-eight millions of pounds in 1.-51. to a hundred and sixteen millions in lio'i. For the year loi, the foreign i - j commerce of tiie colony (the general move : mint) is reported at a vain- of sixty millions of francs. a liiO per cent, of increase in five vears. Reunion replaces St. Domingo; last March she had thirty-five thousand I Coolies in her employ. e obtain these statistics from an article in the latest Bom ber of Revue des Deux Morides, warmly advocating the new (slave) system. As micbt have been foreseen, this Coolie trade was but the entering wedge for the re-establishment of Afr.can Slavery itself. Hence, some six year since, the General Administration of the French Antilles en tered int" a contract with a Marseilles firm, (known as the Genera! Maritime Company) for the introduction of fifteen thousand coolies in a pe riod of four years. This con tract bad the full sanction of the Imperial Government. Those four years have cmc and gone, vet it seems not more than six thousand have been delivered and the failure to pro cure the full supply is probably attributed to the opposition of the English authorities jn ldia, which prohibted the recruiting of ' coolies, except for the Isle of Reunion, and the exception was to be void unless the ! HOW THE CHINESE WOMEN MAKE Antilles were relinquished. In la5'2, the j THEIR FEET SMALL. French Government gave notice, if the There are small-footed women at TTong interdict should be continued, resort would Kong who gain verv fair livelihood hy be had to African immigration. Tho gov- J exhibiting their pedal extremities to sea eminent was as good as its word. The ' captains and other curious Europeans, at French Government steamer went to J a dollar a head; but as so superficial an ex Whydah, the jr'nciple slave part in the lamination of the national peculiarv did not l!ht of Benin, and endeavored to buy up ' satisfy mo, I had recourse to some of my a cargo of twelve hundred "immigrants." : good friends among the missionaries. By The Spanish slave traders, however, with their aid I obtained that some poor On better business tact, and having unrestrict- ' nese women should bring mo a complete ed market to supply in Cuba, bought up all ' gamut of little girls from the missionary the Africans brought to Whydah by the j schools. Many of tliese female children news of the French demand, at prices ' probably owed their lives to the persuasion whieh the French could not afford to pay, (aided by opportune donations of rice) of and thus, while three or four Spanish slave j my missionary friend and his lady, but ships escaped with full cavgos, the French- their influence had been powerless to pi e man was at last obliged to leave Whydah I vent the torture of their feet. On the ap with nly a single slave on board. After this failure the Stella procceuad to the river Gaboon ; but, as the country there I suspect had undergone a preparatory is too thinly inhabited to furnish many 1 washing, were unbound by their mammas, shaves, the vessel made the best of her way j Tho first was a child two years old. to Congo. But the Congo is a Portuguese ! Her penance had just commenced. When possession, and the Government of St. Paul the bandage of blue cotton was taken off 1 de Loando immediately despatched a ship 1 found that tho groat toe hud been left un cf war to warn the Stella against carrying j touched, but the other four had been on the trade in the African possessions of j forced down under the ball of the foot, and his Mejesty; and, although the French closely bound in that position. The child. Commodore arrived in a frigate to support I therefore, walked upon the knuckle joints the Stella, so resolved were the Portuguese j Qf her four toes. The toes were red and authorities that they sent their whole naval inflamed, and the ligature caused evident force into the Congo to enforce the prohihi- I pain. In the next throe children (all ages tion. The Stella has consequently been I advancing at small intervals) the prepara com polled to remove out of the Portuguese tioh was only to the same extent ; it was limits in order to buy emigrants. These continued to the four toes; gradually, how operations continue the text for the recent j ever, those four toes, ceding to the contin denunciations in the British Parliament uaj pressure, lost their articulations and of the attemps of the French Government their identity as limbs, and became to ro-open the African slave trade. It amalgamated with the sole of the foot. difficult however, to discover the difference, j jn ti,e eldest of the four the redness and so far as the humanity and morality of the j jnflamation had entirely disappeared, the two systems are involved, between French j fot Wascod and painless, and appeared African 'emigration'' and British Coolie us though the four toes had been cut off by "apprenticeship." Practically, neither is ; a knife. Tho foot was now somewhat the perceptibly better than the 'accursed trafic' i ghane of a trowel. yearP carried on with less of hypocritical pro given j tence by the Spaniards and New England vos.-c Is, between the Coast of Africa and tjic lsl;mt Gf Cuba We refer to the subject now, however, not so much to institute a comparison be tween these several systems, as to demon- strate the fact that a revolution is going on in the European mind which bids fair to undo, ultimately, pretty much all that emancipation has done, or beVn trying to do. in the Antilles these many years past. The free negro, then, England and Franco in point of fact are confessing, is a humiliating "failure ;" so ruinous a failure, indood, that, to reform its effects, they are not unw illing to re-open the slave trade, - a thing which even the "Pro-Slavery" government of the United States has never thought of doing. Politics. The word politics is derived from the Greek word poles, signifying a city. Hence, politics literally means some thing relating to a city, but is commonly understood in a wider sense, as being the science of the government of a country. A mistaken idea of politics is prevalent in this country. A contest between two can didates for office is styled politics, ttnd any one who can mount a stump, and talk for an hour about this and that party, is digni fied with the titlo of politician. Therefore, when any one hears politics mentioned, his mind naturally recurs to these associations, and be is disgusted. But this notion re specting politics is entirely false. Politics proper the scienco of government, is the most noble of professions, the beau ideal of all arts and sciences. A mathematician, an astronomer, or a chemist, is universally respected as a man of great learning and application ; but a politician, in the true sense of the woiyl. must study ten times as much, for he must know a little of every thing. Politics is superior to every other art and scienco, for upon it depends their existence. Every nation, famous for en lightenment and learning, has been an adept in the science of politics. It is at the root of civilization, and in whatever country it becomes visible, it is the shadow of irreatness cast before. Southern Moni tor. Change of Circumstances. The prac - tice of selling out paupers to the lowest o r r bidder or rather of putting up at auction the undertaking for their support still prevails.it seems in some of the towns in Maine. The Rural Intelligeacer, of Gard- iner, in that State, calls attention to the sad case of Peter Sheldon, a few years aro one of the most prominent business men of of the State, widely known and highly respected, several times a member of the Legislature, once member ot the executive Council, formerly collector of the port of Path, and the first mayor of Gardiner after it became a citv. In old age, and reduced tn second childhood, his bodily and mental powers exhausted, and his property all gone, he is now a pauper, dependent on a neighboring tow n; aud was lately disposed of at auction to the lowest bidder for his support. A Doctor up town gave the following prescription for a sick lady a few days ago: -A new bonnet, a cashmere shawl, and a pair of gaiter boots." The lady recovered immediate! v. pointed day they were all seated in a row ' in my friend's library, and their feet, whicl 1 ii the fifth girl I saw the commencement of the second operation a torture under which sickly children frequency die. The sole of the foot was now curved into the shape of a bow; the great toe and the heel being brought together as'near as possible. Take a jujube and double it till two points of the lozenge nearly meet, and you will see what I mean. This is done very gradually. The bandage is never slackened month by month it is drawn tighter the foot inflames and swells, but the tender mamma perseveres as the bones and tendons accommodate themselv es to the position constrained by the band age, so it is drawn tighter. At last the ball of the natural foot fits into the hollow of the sole, tho root of the groat toe is brought into contact with the heel. The foot is a shapeless lump. The instep is where the ankle was, and all that is left to go into the slipper and to tread the ground is the ball of the great toe and heel. This is the small foot of the Chinese woman a bit of toe and a bit of a heel, w ith a mark, like a cicatrice left after a huge cut, running up between them. Two of the girls were yet suffering great pain, and their feet were hot and inflamed, but in the oldest the opera tion was complete. She had attained to the positioii of a small footed woman, and A sham duel took place last 1'iiUay after her feet were unite cool, had no corns, and , m'ar Philadelphia, between two were not tender to the touch. One of the mammas, influenced, per- haps, by a little liberality in the article of rice-money, intrusted me with a Chinese mystorc de toilette. Sometimes, it Feerns, when a woman is expected to have to do hard work, her toe and heel are not drawn so tightlv together as to produce the true "small foot." To disguise this imperfec- j stated that if be killed his antagonist he tion on her marriage day she has recourse would h ave for Europe immediately, to art. A piece of cork, shaped like an in- ; Tu,re wm married at Durham, C. E., verted sugarloaf, is strapped on to her on tne 24th ultimo, nnd old lady and foot, and the small part goes into her slip- ' gentleman, involving the following interes4. per and passes for her foot. ' iag connections. We understand them ! perfectly, and hope the reader will also : It is recommended that all poisons 1 -The old gentleman is married to his employed r sold by druggists be strongly daughter's husbntid's mother-in-law, and colored with carbon aotic acid, one grain of '' daughter's husband's wife's mother. And .... . vet she is not his daughter's mother, but which is siifhcient to impart adisimct vollow , i i -i i j .i 1 - she is bis grand children s grand -mother, color to seventy thousand grains of water. anj wjfl, trrand-cliildren are bis 'This acid has the peculiar property of imnartin-? a vellow color to the skin of a ! t.A- u . .e,. f. i , ... , , T ", , ; u in- i it. miirlit ,f uiivei . It bas boon . I 1 .- in wimiio u, ti:v7 din ll w I f " proved not to destroy or in any way modify lliA benotieial eth-et of l n ussic aeid in whieh I .fc an,, the inference is I . a Mll,nv inMt m I mill, ll wuuitl I'lOie ei nam om-il iii wuiei - poisons, while it would serve to alarm the user, and indicate the poisonous character of any preparation in which it had been minrded Campiieve Homicidk kok 1857. E. i Men am, the cm ions man, who lives at, orooaiyn Heights ana Keeps a record oi ; affv.ct t(, bc othpr thtn what TOU Bre everything that occurs, says that fifty-nine ; Lpflrn to , do not kOWf aod persons w ere killed and seventy-five r LMotilbri with most .onorou, dis son lnpnvd six of whom wore not ex- j . i i I a .u:-i t., , ' tinctness ana empha.-is. Men will then be- pected to recover bv nre resulting trom , Uie use of camphence and other burning I'eve you when you say, "I do kaow," and nid nf a kindred nrenarntion. durinir the I "I can afford it." Never be ashamed to II II VT'l. 1 1 1 ..... ... . 1 r past year. As to the hs m pn.perty, re stilting from firr-s caused by canijheno, Mr Meriam uts the figures at il 24,1 95, which are probably too low. A fop is like a new set of knives ami forks von can't put him to anything useful w ithout taking away all his polish. f From the Daily Transcript. DEATHS AND SLEEP A PAPi Trtinslatal from the German. j Death aud sleep ; the angel of slumber i and death, in brother-like embrace, walked i over earth. It was evening. They re- clined on a bill, not far from thojbabitatiou of men. A mournful silence prevailed round about, and the vesper bell in the dis tant little village grew mute. Quietly and peaceably, as is their custom, the two beneficent gunvdiau angels of the human race were sitting in cordial embrace, and the night was already approaching. Then arose the angel of slumber from his moss-covered couch, and strewed with a noiseless hand the invisible seed of slumber. 1 lie evening winds carried them to the quiet mansions of lin d husbandmen. Now the sweet rdeep embraced the inhabitant! of the rural cottages, from the grey-haired sire leaning on bis stuff, down to the infant in the cradle. Tho sick forgot his paina, the mourner his grief, aud the poor his cares. All eye were closed. After the work was ended, this benificent guardian angel Rid himself egaiu by tho side of his stern brother. "If the morning dawn shall break In, exclaimed he with a cheerful inueeenoe, "then the world will praise me as her friend and benefactor ! O, what a joy to do good unseen and secretly ! How happy are we invisible messengers of the Good Spirit ! How beautiful our vocation !" Thus spoke the friendly angel of slumber. The angel of death looked at him with an air of sadness, and a tear, us the immortals weep them, stood in bis large dark eye. "Ah." said he, "1 cannot rejoice in the pleasant thanks as thou. The world cells me her enemy and the disturber of her joy 8 r "0, my brother," replied the angel of sleep, "shall not mortals, at their awaken ing, recognize the as their friend end bless thee gratefully ! Are wo not brothers, and messengers of one Father.'" As he thus spoke, the eyes of the angoi of death were gleaming, and the brotherly guardian angels tenderly embraced each other. Stop Now! Young man, if you are just commencing or practicing any vice or bad habit, the time to stp is now. You have arrived of a stoppiHg place, and jrou may stop now if you please, but if you Buf fer yourself to be whirled on by appetites and passions, you may go so far that when you desire to stop it may be out of your power to do so. If you swear, or drink, or break the Sab bath, "stop now."' If you think evil thoughts, or tell things not cpjite true, or so mi times ti l! a little more than truth, "stop now." If you arc going to dance, or play, or any place where you may meet had company, "stop now." If you are in the habit of jesting about religion or ministers. j or preaching, "stop now." If you think j there is time enough to bee. mo religious by-and by, and that you will pursue the way you are going awhile longer, "stop now ;" for the course you are going leads to death. Puritan Recorder. A Sham Duel am a Hasty Flight. modical students, named De Churmont and Sheriden. Thu balls were drawn from the : piaUda by the seconds before they were handed to the combatants, a fact of which Sheriden was aware. As tho pistols wars fired. Sheroden fell, and De Charmont, fearing the consequences, fled to parti un known. In a letter he left at home, he daughter's step-chndren. Consequently (fca ' old lady is united in the bonds of holy matrimony and coniutral affection to her . . . w wr .daughters brother-in-laws fit her-in -law, . , atu! ner great graii'l-einidren s grana- mother's st p-father: so that her son-in-law tnriv :iv to bis ebil lreti vour Trntlil-mother w married to my f.therdi. -law, and yet he not your gran I fa. her; but be n i your i i , I i le . err ifil-oi .tlier si n-i n-law s WUB tattler. This gentleman married his son-in-law's father-in law's wife, and he is bound to support and protect her for life. His wife j is his son-in-law's children's grand mother, and his son-in-law's sister-in-law's grand children's great grand-mother. Hf Frank ani Determined. Never pass for jut what you truly are, and who you are, and you are on solid grouud. A man is already of consequence in the world when it is known that we can implicitly rely on him ; that when he says he know a thing, he will do. Such u reputation will give a man more real enjoyment, snd is f far greater value to him, than all the renult which display aud preteasion can oumpaa.