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a 09i TIIK SOUTH SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS. AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS TOE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER,- pei ainrum, TXT a rvtr i CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1858. Editok ani Pkoiuuetou. Number 309. THE veshni mrnmm (Published every Tuesday ,Q) BY AVM. J. FATES, Editor ami Proprietor. Kowi.n A. Yates, Associate Editor. IfpaM in advance $2 00 it paid itl)in tix months 2 50 If bald utter the expiration of the year 3 00 Aiij person sendinjr us live KKW subscribers, neeontpasuea' ty tin- advance subscription ($10) will receive sixth copy pnlia tor one year. jy Snbscribcre and others who icaj wish to send money to as, can do so by mail, at our rUk. Halts of 1drtrlising : One square of M lines or less, for 3 months, $ 4 00 i. 6 " G 00 : u u u i2 M 10 00 Oae square. or le , first insertion $ 1 0t Each subsequent insertion H5 tf Transient advertisements must be paid fui in advance. ffcgf For announcing Candidates for Office, $5 in advance. ay Advertisement.-; not marked on the manuscript for a specific time, v. ill he inserted until forbid, and 1 1 arced accordinely. $fgal .lotitfs. SAM: P. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor at Inw MAY ALWAYS RE FOUND AT THE OFFICE uf Won. Johnston, Esq, lr,y Prompt attention given to Collections, writing oflteeds, Conveyances, kv, January 26, 1868, ly W. A. OWENS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C. f ILL practice in the Courts of this and the adjoin ing I .unities. OFFICE xkakly nrrosiT the Post Office. January !!, 1858. WILLIAM J. KERR, ATTORNEY AT LAW d: SOLICITOR IX EQUITY, Charlotte, X. C. VMTILL practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and V T the adjoining Counties. Special attention paid to collection of claim?. j-jV OFFICE in the building formerly occupied by the State Hank. January 12. 1858. 3m H L a F. ALEXANDER, Attoraioy at Law, Charlotte, If. , Office over China Hall. Anns! 11.1 S07. Attorney at Law, Charlotte, K, ., Ao. 5, Sittings Untitling, Will in future devote Lis time exclusively to the duties of bis profession. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CHARLOTTE, X. C. Jan. 1. 1858. tf. JHtbical blotters. ROBERT GIBBON, 111). MEDICINE A.S SURGERY, Office No. 5, Granite Row, CHARLOTTE, X. C. February If, 1S58. RESPECTFULLY otters his Professional Services to the citizens of the Town and vicinity. April 28, 1857. Ollice in Springs' Building. DK. L. L. POLLOCK OFFERS BIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO ilic citizens of Charlotte and vicinity. teg" OFFICE on Trade street, two doors South of the Court House. IVceatber 29, 1S5T. ly I Lave this day placed in the hands of SAM'L SMITH, Esq., for collection, all the Notes and Ac counts due me at the Shoe Store. All persons in arrears are requested to call at his Office and settle im- j aiediatelv : m so doing thev will rave costs. J. B. F. BOONE. February 20. !7-tf T. H. BREM & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in HARDWARE, HATS. AND SHOES. CHARLOTTE, X. C. Jan. 1. 1858. tf New Jlillinerv AND MANTUA MAK a LNG EST A B LI SUM BNT. MRS. P. M. SMITH would inform the public that she intends carrying on the ahoTe business at bet residence, next door to the new Episcopal Church. She would also inform the ladies that she has just te " ived supply of Bonnet Trimmings, comastiug of j Flowers. Feathers, Brouches. fee. Oct. 27. 1S57. 80-tf MIL L IXER Y AND DRESS-AL 1 KIXG. Ai:. WHEAL AN respectfully informs the ladies of j 'i-t'harlottc and vicinity, that she has returned, and j ofera her services to her old customers and fricuds. R' sidenee one door above the Post Office. June ::o. 18:.7. T BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. At Pritch- ! Srd's Universal Store you can procure an article j ' t h .KHAt. Paint at from 4 to 5 cents per lb., of any ami warranted to be superior to anything ever vuwe.i as proot agamst "time and weatucri Drug and Paint Store, Fe'jruarv 9. Irwin's Corner. & CO., Driii! Ac Chemist, 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, No INVITE the attention: of Physicians, Planter, Merchants, 4c, to their new and complete stock of DRUGS, CHEMI CALS, fir. The extensive oatroaaffe thev Cave received from the Physicians of Char- lotte and its vicinity is the best guarantee of the PURITY OF THE PBUGS sold by them. March 30, 1858. GIVE THEM A TRIAL PAINTS: -SILVERS PLASTIC Cheap. DtirMdc and Protective: Weather and Fire Proof, For .-ale Wholesale an Retail bv SCAUR k CO.. Feb. 1, Chemists & Druggists, fANDRETH'S GARDEN SLEDS. SCAR R & CO.. .J Druggists, have ju3t received a large supply of these celehrated Seeds. Feh. 0. PFFERVESCIXG CITRATE of MAGNESLV, an -L agreeable and refreshing aspericnt, for sale at SCAUR $ CO.'S Drag Store. P I RE WHITE LEAD A SlTERIOR ARTICLE, warranted pure, at 10 cents, CASH. For sale by SCAUR & CO. April 1st. Druirirists. PATENT MEDICINES just received from the Ware house: Avers' Cherry Pectoral. Rogers' Liverwort aiid Tar. Wisiar's Balsam, Guysott'fl Sar.-aparilla and Yellow Dock, McLauc'a Pills. Strong's Fills. Avers' Pills. &c. tc, at April 1st. SCARR !: CO.'S, Druggists. I IIVI' WHITE" VIVIV! i) (MiiVI ' II a i ' ? mm a w n f t w vmti MA Ij, 1 L l.Ml-AO, -Yl.l.M'll b, PEPPER, ic. kc, FOR SALE AT F. SCARR k COS Fel. 0. Dru? Store. A. LARGE assortment of FIN E TEAS, selected for Xmtlic especial use ot Families and invalids, consist ing of the following varieties: Young Hyson, Hysoa Imperial, Oolong. For sale at April 1st. Silver-leaf Hyson, Xe Plus l ltra' " Gunpowder, English Breakfast SCARR k CO.'S Drug Store. Wood's ESair Restorative. A frcah supply of this invalualde jireparation for the Hair has just been received direct from New York, by March UJ. SCARR k CO. " AVAGE'S L'RSINA, or Canadian Bear's Grease, an decant application for uapartina a beautiful gloss to the hair, tor sale at March 16. SCARR .': COTS Drug Store. SSo!uja:et B'Orleans, or xx Bourbon, From groves of sweet flowers this perfume was culled, Where deep golden summers exalt the perfume, Where the breeze from the South in the deep glen is lulled. Where flowers exhale, but forever resume To impart this aroma, 'lis the sweetest, the best, It steals o'er the senses like the nectar of Jove, To the bouquet of beaut v it gives a new zest, Is the pride of the toilet and the perfume of love. Distilled with great care from the choicest flow ers of the South, expressly for the Boudour, Toilet and Hand kerchief. For sale in Charlotte by March IG. ' F. SCARR k CO. KBD GLOVES. AXCASTER'S KID GLOVE CLEANER, an un failing preparation, easy and simple in application, removing all stains and grease from the Glove; at March 16. SCARR & CO.'S Drug Store. The Great English Remedy. SIR JAMES CLARKE'S CELEBRATED FEMALE PILLS, PREPARED FROM A PRESCRIPTION OF SIB J. CLARKE, M. P., PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE QCEEX. rr'MIIS well known medicine is no imposition, but a t sure and safe remedy for Female Difficulties and Obstructions, from any cause whatever: and although a powerful remedy, they contain nothing hurtful to the constitution. To' MARRIED LADIES it is peculiarly suited. These Pills have never been known to fail where the Directions on the 2d page of Pamphlet are well observ ed. For full particulars, get a pamphlet, gratis, of the Agent. X. 15. $1 and 0 postage stamps enclosed to any au thorized Agent, will insure a bottle, containing over 50 Pills, bv return mail. Sold in Charlotte by F. SCARR & CO.. sole Agents, and by Haviland, Stevenson A Co., Charleston, Whole sale agents. March 1'. 1858. y FRESH BAKER'S BREAD. SUPERIOR Bread baked every morning for families. W at J. D. PALMER'S Confectionery, one door above the Bank of Charlotte. February 2, 1838. tf NOTICE. fTPUIE TAN LISTS for ls:G are now in my hands ready for inspection. 1 request nil persons to in- ; form me of any Taxables which have been listed. Come i now and paj vour Taxes. X. R. Delinquents for lS34-'ar, do yen ever intend to pay your Taxes? Ifyou do. now is a favorable time: if you do not. come, and I will take pleasure in handing over vour receipts, as they are accumulating on my : hands E. C. QRIER, Sheriff. March 30. 1S37. ?-tf A Reliable IOTlE. THE Firm of BREM & STEELE was dissolved by mutual consent on the 1st day of January, 1858. The business of the Firm is in my hands for collection and settlement : and I hereby respectfully request all persons i.lebted to the late firm by Book Account to come forward and settle between this date and the 1st dav of Jul v. 1858, as I do assure you that all accounts dim the In at that time will be put in suit tor collec- $iun- A. C. STEELE. Charlotte. Feb. IG. 18S& WE will deliver Lumber of all descriptions in Charlotte at SI 23 per hundred, board measure - . , ... . , .i o V.. rt MitU or i uenvereu on tuc c.n-- W. I. & C. L. CLAWSOX. February 2. 1858. 3m-pd T HE subscribers inform the citizens of Charlotte and vicinity that they have established a T TMIDL'T' V t TT1 in town, where thev intend keeping a supply of all kinds of Lumber for building and other purposes. Mr Jonas Rudisill is their agent in town application may , be made to him or to either of "l Oct 6, IS." 7. MILLER & POKTLR. mm AVestexui Democfafe CHARLOTTE, N. C. Zf An Address upon the Revolutionary Histo ry of North Carolina, was delivered before the Greece Monument Association of Greensborough, N. C, by ex-Governor Swain on the evening of the loth inst. ov. Swain brought forward a great many facts in justification of the Regulators, that the taxes and other burdens with which they were oppressed were beyond endurance ; that the citizens of the interior felt those burdens, much more greviously than did those in the Eastern part of the colony consequently many in the East, who afterwards participated in and were leaders in the Revolution, were opposed to the movement of the Regulators ; and that from this fact, there was at this" day in many parts of the State an unjust prejudice exist ing against Harmon Husbands, and those who acted with him, when in fact these men were actu ated by the best and purest motives; and their efforts were but the beginning of the great strug gle which resulted in securing our liberties. Gov. Swain sustained Rev. Mr. Caruthers in facts ad vanced in bis history, that Dr. Franklin was in correspondence with the Regulators. IIokhit) Affair. A correspondent, writing from Pleasant (irove, Alamance county, informs us that on the night of the 2d inst., the neighbors in that vicinity hearing the screams of a woman pro ceding from the house of one Joseph YVilkins, hur ried to the spot and found the lifeless body of the wife of said Wilkins lying near the house, literally burnt to a crisp ! Her druken husband was quiet ly reposing in bed unconscious of the tragic scene enacting around him. The woman had been a respectable, pious woman, but corrupted by a drunken husband she fell a victim to the vice in the awful manner above related. And ykt another! The same correspondent tells us that a few miles from the above scene, the body of Henry Taucett was found stark and cold in death, with a portion of his destroyer in his pocket. And YET more. A letter from Ywtdesborongh says : Three men in this county have recently died from the elfect of bad Whiskey. An old man, in Stanly, went to Albermarle court last week and got intoxicated, and died before he got home. Raleigh Spirit of the Age. - . Five Persons Burkes to Death. A horrible affair occurred at New Philadelphia Tuscarawas county, Ohio, a few days ago. A young man named Gray arrived there recently from Iowa, with his sister, who was deranged, intending to stop there a lew days till he could make the necessary arrangements to take her to the insane asylum at Columbus. The sister was placed in a lock uj) near the town for safe keeping. During the night a near neighbor discovered smoke issuing from the lock up, and gave the alarm. Before any aid arrived the building was w raped in flames. Miss Gray, two women, and agirl about fifteen, and a young man, who were confined in the building, perished in the flames. Genuine South Carolin a Liberality. We find the following item in the London Globe: Indian Relief Fund. We are requested by the 'resident of the Indian Mutiny Relief Fund to state that a remittance of 1501 18s has been received from her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Charleston, South Carolina, accompanied by a letter containing the following gratifying statement : ''I think it proper to add that a considerable proportion of this amount has been subscribed by American citizens, who have been desirous of uniting with the British residents in the expression of their sympathy with the sufferers by the Indian mutinies." Novel Scene in the Senate. Mr Clark, of New Hampshire, not only introduced "Moses" and the "land of Canaan" into the Senate on Monday evening, when he spoke-for eight or ten hours against time, but it is responsible for another inno vation which is thus set forth in the official report of the proceedings : 'Mr Clark proceeded with his argument, and spoke until a quarter past eight o'clock ; when, dur ing an explanation by Mr Green, having spoken three hours and a half, he availed himself of the opportunity to indulge in that beverage which 'cheers but not inebriates,' with accompanying muffins and sandwiches, which gave his desk the social aspect of a cozy tea table. The honorable senator retained his rights to the floor with a cup of hot tea in one hand and a huge sandwich in the other. The scene was novel ; but a twelve hours' fast had created an inexorable stomach. By the call of yeas and nays he was afforded ample time to finish his repast." a Valve of the Precious Stone. The finest varieties of sapphire come from Peru, where they occur in the Caprelon mountains near Syria. The red variety the ruby is most highly valued. Its color is between a bright scarlet and crimson. A perfect ruby above 3 carats is more valuable than a diamond of the same weight. If it weigh one carat it is worth 852 ; two carats 3208 ; three carats 870 ; six carats 852,000. A deep colored ruby, exceeding twenty carats in weight, is gener ally called a carbuncle. The largest oriental ruby j known to be in the world was brought from China to Prince Gargarian, governor of Siberia ; it came afterwards into the possession of Prince Menchikoff. and constitutes now a jewel in the imperial crown of Kussia. A good blue sapphire of ten carats is valued at 8200 ; if it weighs twenty carats, its ! value is 81,0-10; but under ten carats, the price j may be estimated by multiplying the square of its weight in carats into quarter eagles. The sapphire : of Brazil is merely a blue tournabine, as its specific j gravity and inferior hardness shows. A hite sap phires a e sometimes so pure that when properly cut and polished they have been passed for dia monds. The yellow and green sapphires are much prized under the names of oriental topaz and em erald. The specimens which exhibit all these colors associated in one stone are highly prized. j Burdock Leaf, applied externally, is said to be an almost infallible cure for neuralgia. The . Louisiana legislature refused to pass the bill for the importation of black apprentices. i COTTON IN INDIA. The importance of a regular supply of cotton for British manufacturers is such, that tor some years various efforts have been made, at the instance of the British Government to establish the culture of cotton in India. It is found however, that the cli mate is unfit for its cultivation ; or that the ab sence of railroads for the present, creates obstacles to the transportation of heavy articles to the sea eoaet for transhipment. We have before us a document, read recently before the British Associa tion at Cheltenham, upon '-the actual relation of the slave system of the United States to the cotton manufactures of Great Britain." The writer con cludes that in the present state of the commer cial relations of the two countries, the cotton plan ters of the Uuited States are interested to the ex tent of about two-thirds of their exportable pro duce, in the maintenance of the cotton manufac ture of the United Kingdom. Further, that reciprocally, the cotton manufac turers of Great Britain, and through them the entire population of the Kingdom, are interested to the extent of four-fifths of the raw materials of that manufacture, in the existing arrangements for maintaining the cotton culture of the United States. According to examinations made at Liver pool, the average weight of the cotton bale is as follows : From the United States 450 pounds. From Brazil 200 " From Madras and Bombay 420 " From Calcutta 300 " From Egypt 280 " The increased weight in those of the United States and Madras, appears to be due to increased pressure in packing, to save freight. If England could succeed in producing the cul ture of cotton in India, so as to supply Iter own manufactures, she would lose the United States as a large market for her cotton goods. In order to show the grounds upon which the English writer arrives at the conclusion above stated, we recapitu late the items, viz : 1 . That cotton must be grown, almost entirely, out of Europe, and manufac tured chiefly in Europe; and in Europe, chiefly in Great Britain. 2. That cotton has hitherto been grown, and as far as yet appears, must continue to be grown, chiefly by slave labor. V. That for the last fifty years Great Britain, seeking her supply of cotton all over the earth, with a preference, during the greater part of that pe riod, for the produce of free labor, has yet received during the whole of that period, and continues to receive, all the cotton she imports of the better qua lities, and by far the greater part of all she imports, in bulk as well as value, from the countries in which it is grown by slave labor. 4. That cotton is grown in the United States exclusively by slave labor. 5. 1 hat two-thirds, at least, of the slave popula tion of the United States arc employed in raising cotton for exportation. G. That of the cotton thus raised for exportation, about two-thirds in quantity and more than two thirds in value, is raised expressly for the British market, and is regularly imported into and manu factured in the United Kingdom ; and 7. That, of the entire quantity of cotton import ed into, and manufactured in the United Kingdom, nearly four-fifths in quantity and more than four fifths in value, is, on an average of years, obtained from the United States. NARROW ESCAPE. A prescription was prepared the other day, says the Cineinnatti Enquirer, at a Main street apothe cary's by an experienced clerk, for a young lady residing on Fourth street, and sent home. Some thirty minutes after, the regular prescription clerk called, and was putting up the bottles, when he ob served a jar of strychnine in the place of some harmless preparation, and called attention to it. The young man, who had put up the medicine, turned pale as death when the discovery was made, and said, "great God, I have just sent that to Mr ' on Fourth street." Not a moment was to be lost and indeed a great probability was that the poison had already been taken; but the clerk deter mined to make an effort, seized his hat and rushed frantically through the street, until he came to the house, ami without waiting to ring the bell, ran up staifs; t'.skcl where Miss 's room was, of a lady he met in the hall. She was alarmed at his manner but as he told her life and death depend ed upon Ilia knowing immediately, she pointed to the door from which she had just issued. He en tered unbidden and just as the 'oung lady's mother was about to administer one of the powders, which Was prepared1 in a spoon, nearly at her daughter's lips." "Hold for God's sake, Madam ! That is poison ! Give it to your daughter, and you are her mur deress !" The wildness of the clerk's manner freightened both ladies the spoon fell upon the bed, and the daughter's already pallid cheek bleached until it was as colorless as her night robe. The druggist was thought to be insane, but a no tj ' few words of explanation revealed all, and the tragedy was extinguished in the light of joy at the providential escape. The druggist returned, and relieved the poor clerk from his awful suspense, by telling him of the happy result of his errand, when the clerk swooned away. This little sketch, though it may sound dramatically, is a simple transcript of an oc currence that exposes a glimpse of the "inner life" of a drug store. Head Them. The Nantucke . Enquirer, under the above caption, has the following on the importance of reading the advertisements in newspapers : "One of our exchanges justly rcmarUs, that those who fail to read the advertisements in newspapers often lose more than they imagine. Advertisements are printed to be read just as much as any other item of news, and it is just as essential to read them. There is not an advertisement printed that is not of importance to some one. Nothing speaks more clearly of a man's prosperity iubusiiie.-s than the manner in which he aiiv: rises. Don't fail to read them." A Western editor, in noticing a new and splendid hearse, thinks "it will afford much satisfaction to those who use it." LIFE IN NEBRASKA. Nebraska City, March 1, 1358. I am induced to write from a belief that some items concerning this country will be interesting. It will be unnecessary to write a history of the Territory from its organization, as all your readers ; are doubtless aware of the time when it became a I Territory, and the general features of the progress; j suffice it to sa-, that its settlement commenced i about four years since, although immigration came very slowly to our borders, until within the last j two years. The population of Nebraska as estimated by the I last Fall election, is from 40,000 to 45,000, add : the prospect now is that the influx for the season j of 1858 will far exceed that of any previous year, j The reason that Kansas received a much larger ; immigration last year than Nebraska, is to be at j tributed to the fact of the excitement which exist J ed in relation to that Territory, and the general advertisement which it received from interested i parties, letter writers, whose object was to excite ; sectional prejudices, aud make the people believe that Kansas was the garden of the West ; when the fact is so far as my own, and the observation of others who have traveled extensively through both territories goes, Southern Nebraska is fully equal, if not superior, in all its resources, agricul tural, mineral, 6cc, to any portion of Kansas, and its capacities fully as great, for sustaining a heavy population. Omaha, the capital of Nebraska, is situated on the Missouri river, 15 miles above the junction of the great Platte, and contains about 2,500 peo ple. Its importance in a great measure consists in the fact of its being the seat of govcrnmeut, with the advantage of having all the government appropriations expended there. The location of the town, however, is good, and although the capi tal will undoubtedly be removed to some point in the interior South of Platte, still Omaha is destin ed to become in all probability the largest city North of the Platte. The next in importance, or rather the first, in the territory, is Nebraska city. Its contains about the same number of inhabitants as Omaha, but its growth and improvement is to be attributed to the energy of our people, and the magnificent country surrounding it, rather than to government or territorial patronage or aid. Tho town is situa ted upon the Missouri river, and is every way calculated, by nature, and its geographical posi tion, to assume an importance second to no town above St. Louis. It lies about 30 miles south of the Platte, and nearly opposite the boundary line between Iowa and Missouri, and has a location upon the river yvhich could not be excelled. The great difficulty on this river is to get firm and substantial landings, the banks being generally composed of a light alluvial soil and extremely subject to wash upon every rise and fall of the water ; but Nebraska city is peculiarly favored in this respect ; the bluff overlooking the river being entirely overlaid with rock thus furnishing a levee permanent and lasting, and upon which freight can be landed with ease, either at high or low water. As an evidence of the public spirit which the people of this city posses, I have only to say, that, at the present time, the corporation have about 200 men to enlarge the levee, grade the streets, &c, and by the opening of naviga tion, we will have the largest md finest wharf on the river. The country west of this place, and in fact the whole of the Southern Nebraska, to wit : that jor tion of the territory between the Platte river and Kansas line, cannot be excelled in the whole north west ; and the inducements for emigrants to come here, considering that the most superior qualify of land can be obtained, by pre-emption, for 81.25 per acre, are greater than in any State or Territory in the Union. There never have been a sale of public land in Nebraska, and a large proportion of the country west of this point still remains vacant and subject to be claimed and entered at good price by actual settlers. During a recent trip into the interior, I was surprised to see the large number of settlements which had been made since last summer. It seems that the general pressure throughout the country has been a great incentive to emigration, and we may expect during the coming spring and sum- j mcr a perfect rush of people to our young and i prosperous territory, nie present winter uas been mild and delightful ; we have had but very little snow, and hardly ice enough for the summer sunnlv. In fact, it has been a glorious winter throughout, and one which has agreeably disap pointed thousands of our people coming from a latitude farther South, and who expected to en counter all the rigors of a Northern climate ; but I believe it is a settled fact, that the winters are much warmer here than in the same latitude cast; at all events, a pleasantcr one than we are now en joying, could not be wished even in Old Virginia. AMUSING. A few miles below Pougkeepsie, New York, there now lives, and has lived for several years past, a worthy clergymau, a man, however, very short in Btature. Upon a certain Sunday some years ago, this clergyman was invited by the pastor of a church in that village to fill his pulpit for the j day. The invitation was accepted, and Sunday morning saw Mr in the pulpit. Now it ap- j pcared that the pulpit was a very high one, and ac cordingly nearly hid the poor little clergyman from view. However, the congregation, out of resjiect, ; managed to keep their con ntt: nances, and with j over pious faces, seemed rcligiomdy anxious for the text. They were not obliged to wait long, for a ooee and two little eyes suddenly appeared over the top of the pulpit, and a squeaking tremulous voice proclaimed in nasal tones the text : u Be of i good cheer, it is I; be not afraid." A general roar of laughter followed the announcment the . clergyman became fpnfused, and turned all sorts j of colore. Many in the general uproar left the . church, and it was a long time before the minister was enabled to proceed with his sermon, so abruptly : broken off. Afternoon came, and the little man, j standing on a footstool, had a fair view of his au. j dience. The text was announced in due form : j "A little while ye shall see me, aud again a little 1 while ani ye shall not see me." In the course of his sermon he repeated his text with great earnest ness, and stepping back lost his elevated footing, aud disappeared from all his hearere. The effect may be more readily imagined than described. j T LOVENGOOD'S SHIRT. BY S- -L, OF TK.NN. The first person I met was "Sut," (after cross ing the Hiwassee,) "weaving and moving along" iu his usual rambling, uncertain gftitj his appear ance at once satisfied me that something was wrong. He had been sick whipped iu a free fight, or wits out-growing one of his big drunks but upon this point. I was soon enlightened. "Why, Sut, wliat's wrong now?" 'Heap's wrong; durn my skin if I haint most dcd. Lite off of that a r boss, George, an' take a horn, while I take two, (shaking that everlasting flask of his at me,) an' plant yersolf on that ar log an' I'll tell yeef 1 ken, but it's most beyond tcllin'. I recken I'm the darndest fool outen Utaw 'cept my dad, for he acted boss, an' 1 haiut dun that yet allers in some trap that cudent ketch a sheep. I'll drown myself sum day, see cf 1 don't, jist tw stop a family disposition to make fools of themselves." "Bow is it, Sut- have you been beat placing cards, or drinking, which is it ?" "Nara one; that can't be did in these parts; but seein' it yon. Ooorgc, I'll tell you; but 1 swar Fin 'shamed silk sorry, and and mad, 1 am." "Yc know I boards with Bill Carr, at his cabin on the mountain, and pays for sich as I gits when 1 hev money, an' when 1 heveut any, why he takes one-third o iten me in cussin' ; and she, that's bin wife, Letts, takes out tother two-thirds, with the battlin' stick, an' the intrust with her tongue, and the intrusts more'n the prineip'l heap more. She's the cussedest 'otneu I ever seed eay how for jaw, breedin' ami pride. She can scold a blisttr onto a bull's face, rite on the curl in two minits. She cut breeds everything on the river and pat orus arter every fashion she hears fell on, from bus scls to breeches. Oh ! she's one 'em, and sometime she's two or three. Well, ye see, I'd got some home made cotton truck to make a new shirt outeu, and coaxed Betts to make it, and about the time it wur dun, hero comes lawyer Johnson along and asked for breakfus I wish it had pisened him, durn his hide, an' 1 wonder it didu't, for she cooks awf' il mixings wheu she trys. I'm pisen proof my self (holding up his flask and peeping through itj or I 'd been dead long ago. 'Well, while he were eatin', she spied out that his shirt was stiff an' mighty slick ; so she never rested till she wcrm'd it outeu him that a prepara tion of flour did it, an' she got a few perticulars about the proceedings outeu him by 'omen's arts I don't kuow how she did it, perhaps he does. Ar ter he left, she set in an' biled a big pot of paste nigh onto a peck of it, an' souzed in my shirt an' let it soak awhile, then she tuk it, an' ironed it out flat au' dry, an' sot it up on its aidge agin the cabin in thd fcuu. Thar it stood as stiff as a dry boss hide, an' it rattled like a sheet of iron, it did. It wur pasted together all over. When I cura to din ner nothin' would do but I must put in on. Well, Betts and me got the thing open arter some hard work, she pulled at ono end of the tails, aud me at the tother, and I got into it. Durn the everlasting new fangled short, I say. I felt like I had crawled into an old gum and hit full ove pisants ; but it wur like lawyer Johnson's, and I stud it like a man, and went to work to build Betta a ash hop per. I worked powerful hard and swot like a boss, and when the shcrt got wet it quit its hurting. "Arter 1 got dun, I took four fingers of red head, and crawled up into the cabin loft to take a snore. "Well, when 1 waked up, I thought I was dcd, or had the cholcry, for all the joints I could move my ankles, wrists, knees cudn't move my head and skarsely wink my eyes the cussed short was pasted fast onto me all over from the pint of tho tails to the pint of the broadax coller over my years. It sot to me as close as a cow dus to her bide in March. I squirmed and strained till I sorter got it broke at the shoulders and elbows, and theu 1 dun the durndest fool thing ever did iu these mountains. I shuffled in" britches off and tore loose from my hid about two inches of the tale all around, in much pain and tribulation. Oh! but it did hurt. Then I took up a plank outen the loft and hung my legs down through ihe hole and nailed the aidge of the front tail to the floor before me, and the hind tail I nailed to the plank what I sot on. I unbuttoned the collar and ris bands, rai.-cd my hands away above my head, shot up my eyes, said grace, and jumped through tho ground floor." Here Sut resumed sadly : 'T l-h-i-n-k i-t d-i-d. I hcarn a nohc sorter like tarin. a shingle roof off ove a house, all at oust, and felt like my bones were all that reached the floor. I staggerrcd to my feet and took a look at my shirt. The nails had all hilt their holt, and thar it wur hanging down, in side out, and as stiff as ever It look like the map of Mexico jist arter the fust battles a patch of my hide about the i?e of a dollar and a half bill here ; a bunch of my bar about the size of a bird's nest thar ; then some more skin ; then some paste ; then a little more har ; then a little more skin ; then more har ; then skin ; and so on all over that darned new fangled, everlasting, internal cuss of a shert. It wur a pictur to look at an' so was I ! The hide, bar and paste, were almost ckally divi ded atween me an' hit. Wonder what Betts, durn her, thort when she cum home an' found mo miss ing. Spec she thinks I crawled into a thicket and died of my wonds. It must hev skared her good, for 1 tell you it looked like the skin ove some wild beast tern off alive, or a bag what had kerried a load ove fresh beef from a shooting match. "Now, Ooorgc, if ever I ketch that lawy er John son out I'll shoot him, and ef ever an 'omen talkf about fiat'kt a shirt for me again, durn my cver lastin' pictur ef 1 don't flatten her. It's rit-ribu- tion Kartin. the bictiest kind of a preacher's regu lar rit-ribution. Do vou remember mv drivin' of dad throuch that hornet's nest, and then racta of him inter tlie creek ?" "Yes." "Well, this is what comes of it. I'll drown my. self sum of these days, see if I don't die from that awful sin rt. Take a horn, and don't you try a tricky shert as long as you live." An official list of the victims of the mem orable Earthquake at Naples, on the lHth of Dec., shows the total number of deaths to have been 9,350, and the number of wounded 1,359. At Montemurro alone, five hundred persons were crushed to death by the falling houses and otherwise