North Carolina Newspapers

OFFICE ON TUB vyrT SIDE OF TRADE STREET 3 per annum IN ADVANCE CHAR ACT R is AS j.MPORTA.VT TO STATES AS IT IS TO I.VDIV IDUALS, AN THE GLORY OF THE ONE i'S THE COMMON. PROPERTY OP THE OTnER. yjIlLUH J0 YAf I, E axi, PnorniF.Ton. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1858. SIXTH VOLUMENUMBER 314. rr7iTr;H7i7)KTI7a?YTi7)?n yxizlmixx S.ffltJti31Ai9 T- PubliMirJ every Tuesday. ) Tf77 BY W.M J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. Edwin A. Yates, Associate Editor. ; ,,. chance $2 00 i - . t If I . itlnn sis months -' r the ,in.t.i.fthe year...... 3 00 If uaid I 1 m.v . i 1 . 1 .i. -.'1 :tr i'ii-.rrni' 14.11 t 1 l u-ill mcouii'-" ".' i i ; receivi v fixtb copy gratis tor one year r- ' Snb;erihfr? and others who may wih to send i'v ma ii. at imr ru k Rales of MrertUtugt ; lines or Icsa, t.,r 3 months, ? 4 00 6 no 12 " 1 00 :ir... r le f.r-t insertion S 1 00 Our sqna ((,. M":ir- e . :, .ubs-ineul in-i rtiou 25 t - fransi ml ndTcrtis emeuts must be paid for in I i .it..w . ,r annoancing Candidates t'r Ciflii-e. .." in I . Advertisements not marked on the manuscript for a specific will te inserted until forbid, and i I ac ordiaglt. ,iS -- - . w.'.l UII'IIW WllilWWH WHMg M SAM: P. SMITH, Uttomcy niacS 4 ';:s3i3 8or at faiv MAY ALWAYS BB FOUND AT THE OFFICE jA : Vv'ni. -li.lia -ti n. Esq. 1-2 Prompt attention ifivea to Collections, writing .f ii-i '!. Conveyances, January Z'.. s&&. ly W. A. OWENS, ATTORNEY AT LAVA Ci-tARLOTTE, N. C. WKTILL prsictice in the Courts ofthis and the adjoin V V in. i "ounti -s. OFFI'.'E m:aui.v oppopits the Tost Orrica. lannari 1'. !.s."s. D. La F. ALEXANDER, Attorney :t Law, Charlotte, W- . Ofiico over China Hall. An east 1 1, l.".7. y ROBERT GIBBON, M.D. m?? Mo. 5, ;ranilp Ittw, CHARLOTTE, .V. C. February la, I.-.'iS. BK. FOX & WHITE, Medicine and Surfer v. rv Office np Stairs in Springs' Building. I J. FOX, 31. D. W. E. WHITE. M. D. Aj.ril 3, 1838. 3-tf NOTICE. LI. those indebted to the subscriber will make im ntediate settlement, or their Ntes and Accounts will be placed in other hands b-r collection. April .:, 1858. :.:-tT 1'. J. FOX. Town Taxes. I now have the Tax Lists for 1"'T ready for settie nenl Persons liable to pay tax will please call on the ndcraigned and settle forthwith. It is hoped tlir.t this notice will be .-uftf ient, as the monev must !; collect ed. S. A. HARRIS, lime M. lsr.s. tt" Tas Collector. I?, i. IHcSrOHiLD, Auction and ComuKsioai Mcrchaat, For the sale and parchase F Stocks, Boads, Ileal Kstatc, Negroes, &c. OfUce 190 Exchange Row, COL, I HBIA, S. C. JC-;"7' Particalar attention will be jrivei! to the Sale of Merchandize and Produce generallv. "VjJl Refers t. Fisher t Burroughs, J. & E. B. Stow S. M. Iniwi 11. Charlotte. April 2:. 1858. :m md ! XOT1CI?. PR NOTES and A 'Ct )F X TS are in the hands of IV. A. UWKNS. E ii.. tor collection : and those wishinp to save time and money, must settle by CASH beware ihe 1st of Jul v, ls;8. FI LLINGS ft CO. Hav 4. 1858. 2w. i'OX'K PATENT m2:L,ATI.E, A superior article for making Jellies. ALSO. Extracts ' for Flavoring, viz: Vanilla. Leuioi . Peach, Almond. I RtkW. I)i:in l", !i-r .v.- tnr at SCARR a c s Charlotte Drug Store. May 18, iliiimTocr "SaTrca.- rnl'ii- ..... ;,.r.,.-,,. t),r. n.f -i i..t.. H and y ; , ,; ... , - . . ..... ...... - -- , LIMBER YARD aj town, where they intend keeping a supply of all h-i 1 1 s Lumber for building and other purposes. Mr Jonas Rndiaill is their ageut in town application may be made to him or to either of the under igncd. Oft 1857. MILLER ,v PORTER. S25 Reward. 1 AN" AWAY or stolen from the subscriber on the Kth Mav. a Negro Man name.'. PETER. He is Mween 35 and 40 years old, about 6 feel high, spare ade, thin-Tbtttgcd, of ropper color, and - peaks mild uuick wuen spoken to. I win give twenty- ive 1 ''"liars Reward for the apprehension and confinement ; aii negro in anj Jail in this or any other State, so ; al 1 ,;, !lu:,i; and I will rive Fifty Dollars for ' jtformatioa sufficient to convict any person of harbor- l,g said negro. DRURY MORGAN. - " - -: 1 ir-r. i,ii- v 1 1 o.m l 1 , in 1 O aV i ' O K F RE .1 V K female College, Asheville, N. C. ' lilfc next Term will open tne lath Ul' J UL1; tev. A. W. Cl'MMLNUS. D. D.. President, assist- , hy twelve allc Professors and Teachers. j I;-ui). for the College vear ST0 00 Trrnos .' '4 CO j , Mrsir. ami other extra branches, correspondingly ; k. Catalogues will be sent on application to j R B. VAXCK, See'T and Treas'r. I Aduvilh . June 8th, lfj. lJ-0:-pd ) . t WHITE SULPHUR lP G 8 0 Q cClJi- ! v - . MCAT.UVRi rfll't'Tv" ' s vJ V o 5LC-b 1 These Springs are situated fifty miles North of Charlotte, 20 miles est of Statesrilk, mmd 25 miles East I "J -wuwnon, at the foot of tl.c Mountain-, and in a Tkp BSfotI,lMed for atfty oT i s climate. C 1 I(Jtil(tUr. , ... jjj E 0o Sf&S 63 5 9 .nnovBccs to the paIic that hit Hmm is arain open, ...: i . . . f- 1 inonacca to the pablic that air House is a rain oj.c n, it:., aeeommvUtto for b, re.;.-ut5nn of visitors! I lie peeii liar tome, alterati 0 and tu hfur Uiiv no- ; . " 1 ''-ii'H', i accommrKii perties of this I np- L A t.U render it invaluable in Dist asc tf ihi Liter, JPfP31' Chronic Diarrheea, Kerwmi Debility, Spinal l-nscases, Ineipienl Lonsnmnt on. Scrota le Eruntive ru..-,s,. .,,.,1 ..n ,. ., ,. ,,f ,i 1 ' ."pt, ""eases., anu an 1 .1.-0 it uebiu r aceompanie. with de- ttctixt PPtite and want of as-imilatii IV rticularly to Kemales is this Water efficaei us. r- s- Brown s tri-weekly I. ie of FOI'R HORSE COACHES from Salisbury to A-':eviile. pas-.-s within i.e uiiics, anu visitors can procure .nvt . l'-es from Newton to the Springs at all tii . May IS, 18.8. tf i . fttfJ A T?T Ar ("i Ds;iui?t?ii A: ( hnnt K No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, B . ine atte ttonn of rnysinans. hem mPlanters, ilerehai kc- to their ntir e x .... .. .and complete stock ..f ipCGS, CIIEMl- j CALS, &c. The extensive patronage they nave received from at rbysicians of Char lotte and its ricini . is the best ruarantec of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold bv It hem. J March :n. 1858 ilVE THEM A TRIAL. SILVER'S PLASTIC 1JR PAINTS: Cheap, Durable and Protective; Wt athrr and Firo Proof. For salt- Wholesale an Ri nil bv SCAKR t ( 0.. Feb. 9. C i mists & DrnaKtsts. WATEXT MEDICINES just receirad from the Ware Jh. house: Ayers' Cherry Pectoral, Powers' LJ erwort and Tar. Wistar's Balsam, Cuysott's tarsaparilla and Yellow- Dock, Mi' Lane's Pills. -irony's Pills, Ayers' Pills, fcc, Ac. at April 1st. SCARR ft 008, Druggists. WooeIfs ES.ilr Rcstorntive. A fresh supply of this invaluable preparation for the Hair has ju.-.t been received direct Caaaa Xi-w York, by March 16. SCARR CO. ' ANCASTER'S KID GLOV1 C .EAXER, nn nn- LA t':: ilinj.' preparation, cay ami sinui! in ap'ication. removing all stains and grease from the Uove: at March 16. SCAP.lt i CO. S Drug S ore. FINE SALAD OIL, A nw and superior brand of Olive Oil. an exquisite article tor Salads, for salt' at Mav 18. SCARP A CO.'S Hoeflaiid'ij German Bitters Jast received at Mav 18. SCARR ft O.'S Drag Store. PURE WHITE VINEGA SLOT' NUTMEGS, MACE, PEPPER ' - only. Mav 18. For sale at S A J k tf.S.' Genuine French "tuiu, An elegant Article for the table. Mav 18. SCAK't ft CO. Thv Great BCnEili Remedy SIR JAMES CLARKE'S CELEBRATED FEMALE PILLS, raKPABKD rnoa a paascaiPTios op sia s. clabke, m. a., MtYSiciJUi kxtb Aoanncaa y to tiik trsKX. P'lilS well known medicine is no imposition, bnt a ' sure and safe remedy for Female Difficulties and Obstructions, from any cause whatever; and although a powerful remedy, th- v 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 20 tage oi ratnpnici are wen ooperv- ed. For full particulars, get a pamphlet, gratis, ot the Ageat. . ?. 1 and 6 postage stamps enclosed to any au thorized Ageat, will insure a bottle, containing over 50 Pills, bv ret urn mail. Sold in Charlotte by F. SCARR ft CO.. sole Agents, and by Havilaud, Stevenson ft Co., Charleston. Whole sale agents. March 2. 1858. J .T. M. SANDERS, . xsi (TIIVI'T 'I !."!.- ( I I .( i l ! X I kooiis 1 .... ,. -. r,n,x-,ily .... JmUnnWX !v , . V ti -i-.t-ii t . -"'0 I ... . . .ill,, , ;-r i iM-n !:iiiiji.iiiiiii'. FISK'S MKTALIG BURIAL CASES. Dec 2!, 1857. 8:i-ly A Ki.Ei:iE3c ?G?TBCE. m HE Firm of RRKU & STEELE was dissolved by mutual consent on me isi nay or January ino. The business of the Firm is in my hands for collection and settlement: and I hereby respectfully request all persons idebted to the hue firm by Book Account to come forward and settle Let ween this date and the 1st ' day of July, 1858, a 1 do assure you that all account- due the firm at that tune will be put in suit lor conec- , uou. Charlotte. F 1. 16, ls."? A. C. STEELE. 1 43m 1 . TT ;HArKKX"KU' ; .v. A, if. a 5 Fit f tors and f ifiiaiSt0U Merchants, - a. , r,lltn Qin. Flour, and all kinds of if? (I . , - , i country Produce. Office Xouth "Atlantic Whahves. ! fci 4. barlCSlOBi t . : i hi. It.. . .1., ...-.- f.f tin. I ! r I n ersh i n we nrU not bpkculatk, directly or indirectly, in any Pro- I uce shipped to our house. j geferene-et: ) Mills, S S Farrar. Rros t Co. Lanneau. Smith & Whilden. Thos J & C II Moise, Charleston. S. c . Vom Anderson, E Hope, Columbia; Thos MeClure. ' Sr. Samuel McLlllv, X R Eaves, A Q Donovaat, Chester; j Col F Seaife, Fnion : Dr. ilappoldt, Salisbury, X. C ' J L Dixon. Knoxville, Tean. I June 1, 18 y i .VVO.I ..nil; iv7i.lv ' I - I- --- h e SBrstrm v chablotte, n. c rmorrat. : Dreadful Steamboat Kevlmion. Augusta, Jane 14. i A dreadful steamboat explosion occurred near Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday, and one hundred ! persons were drowned. The Mississippi River is rising rapidly, and I'll "1.1 WA ; wr has boon inundated. . j JUiSastrOUS T iootu at the. Weft. j La FAYETTE, ( L..,) June 1 1 . 1 r 1 1 A , 1 1 ! It commenced rarmns here at 12 o clock on ; Wednesday noon, and poured down almost incess- antly uniif this (Friday) morning. The Wabash river rose with frightful rapidity, and the inhabi- ! tants 011 the river bottoms awoke in the morning r 1 .1 1 n- -.1 to find their homes filling with water, and were - . , . . . "'"''d to escape 111 boats and by swimming on . Whole farms are under water. A large quantity of -rain stowed in barns will be a total loss. Good Law. The authorities of Salishnry have passed the following excellent ordinance: "Ordered, That any person who shall engage in Cock Fighting in the Town of Salisbury, either for amusement or profit, shall forfeit and pay the s,llu of Ten Dollars for each and every offence." C. States CiacriT Court. In this Court, in session ii vut , ,wt ..ni,r.,..., un been continued. On Tuesday, the rase of the United Stales vs. Leigh, for secreting a letter, while clerk in the Post Office at Elizabeth City, was tried. There were many witnesses examined, and the case ably argued by the District Attorney for the United States, and by Mr Badger, for the defendant. The Jury could not agree, and were discharged. Some other eases cf minor importance were disposed of. On Wednesday, the eases against John G. Gully, for forgery of numer ous pension papers, and for fraud on the Pension Bureau, were called. In five of the eases he was found guilty, and in five not guilty. Judgment was prayed but in one case, in which his Honor, Judge Biggs, sen tenced him two years and six months imprisonment in Wake jail. Li the civil suit instituted by the District Attorney, he pays S 1, 000. Raleigh Standard. Mister, VOU Jill int seen nothing of no old white hat, nowhere about here, no time to-day, not as you knows on, haint ve ? The answer: Hasn't we ! MILLINERY AassJ Dress Sftlisit. MBS. W1IEALAN respectfully informs the la Charlotte and vicinitv. that she has ret urn e is the ladies of lied, am offers her services to her old customers and friend Residence one door above the Post Office. June 30, ls."7. Tan Bark Wanted. CORDS OF TAX BARK WANTED. tv for which the Cash will lie nai - . ' ---r 4 iv June 1. 1858 tt' M. B. TAYLOR TAXES. The Tax Lists for 1857 are now in my hands ready for Inspection. Those owing Taxes for past years arc tarnesUy re quested to make payment. E. C. GRIER, Sheriff". April 20, 1858. tf THREE HcMiUS SOUTU Of Till: MANSION' 1IOISE. April 0. 1858. tf Edgeworth Female Seminary, GREENSBORO', N. C. HE Scholastic Year is divided into two Sessions, JS commencing 1 t August and 1st January. The emire of study is thorough and systematic, em bracing everything necessary to a complete, solid, and ornamental education. Instructors of the highest qual ifications are employed in each of the Departments. No Institution in the country possesses advantages su perior to Edgeworth. Terms, iter Session of Fire Months: Board, including washing, lights, and fuel $60 00 Tuition in the regular Classes 20 00 The next Session will commence on Monday. August 1st. 1858. Pupils are admitted at any time during the session and charged from the time of entrance. Catalogues, containing all necessary information i n specting the course of instruction, term?, kc, will he forwarded on application to RICHARD STERLING, A. M.. Principal. June !.", 1858. 3ni-pd Greensboro, N. C. ROBES ! A large lot of Borage, Organdie, and Jaconet-flounced and side-striped ROBES will be offered for a few weeks at greatly reduced prices by T. H. BREJI ft CO. Mav 25, IS 58. State of N. Carolina, Gaston Coacty. In Equity Spring Term, 1858. Dorcas O ingles and others, vs. Cliarlutte Giaglea ami others. O. B. For .Sale of Land. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that M-y Giagles, Saniael Gingles, Andrew ''ingles. Mfclissa uringies, anu 00.111 twwr.iou ;we uuu csidents of this State, the said parties are hereby lotified, according to order of said Court, that publi- i cation be made for six weeks in the Western Democrat, ! for defendants to appear at the next Term ofthis Court, to be held for the county of Gaston at the Court Bouse : rVallaa r ,l,n oil, Xlundsrr after the Jill Miv.il.iv in vug.ist next, to answer, plead or demur to said bill, d , ;, confesso wiii be entered against them, Vtr i.: v t w,: th-. PWfc nn.i iip ; r ,:tv .,, office in Dallas, on the 9th .Monday after the Mm,j.lv FebraarTj A. i. 1858. F. M. ABERNATHY, C. M. B. june lg58 j j Gt "price of adv. S-6.1 uii 1 t Male 01 f. varomiii, iTieeiiivin.'urg tc, Court of J'tctii iirnl Quarter Setmcns Ayrtt jtr;.i. 1858. The Dank of Charlotte vs. J. C. Griffiag k J. B. Grilling. Original Attachment. Levied in ihe hands of L.S.Williams, John W.Blair, w . uavis ana ttooi. i.ncr, ana men summonea as . Garnishees. It appearing to the Fatisfactioa of the ( ourt that the defendants in this case are non-residents of this Stat-. :. is therefore ordered that publication he made in the WuImn. n,miiAi ut ti n'vsnrriiT rvntll : shH in T.:',. ! ,,,-,v...'v...-..........-. i-.---- . ... . . . of Charlotte, notifying said defendants to be and appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of Mecklenburg at the Coart Ifoiise in Charlotte, on the 4th Monday in July next, then and there to plead, answerer demur, or judgment will be taken pro c.mfesso as to them. Witness. W . K. Reid Clerk ot our said Court at office "i Charlotte, the 4th Monday ot April, 158. I2-6C pr. a4v. S . k. ELiD, Cjerk. ECCLESIASTICAL LAW OP DIVCECE. The Jeneral Assembly of the New School Press 'n terian Church, now in session in Chicago, by a vole of three to one, has made an important deci sion itjioii the subject of marriage between parties divorced from other persons. The facts are thus narrated in the Chicago Times : "A lady from Massachusetts came to Iowa, and soon altcrwardsjplied for a divorce, upon the ground that the conduct of her husband towards her had been so violent and unjust, that she had to flee from his roof; and that though thus com pelled by At conduct to quit his roof, he had re I'used to provide for her, and thus he had abandon ed her. This application for divorce rested entire ly upon her own testimony and not being resisted, a decree was granted divorcing her from her hus band. Shortly after, she and the Rev. Mr Shields, of Des .Moines were married. The Presbytery of Des .Moines took the matter into consideration, and while admitting the legality of the divorce, under the laws ot Iowa, they decided that there had not been sufficient cause shown, in a scriptu ral point of view, to justify the parties marrying. Therefore they deposed Mr Shields. The action of the Presbytery was reversed by the Synod of Iowa, and they restored Mr Shields to his ministe rial functions. The Rev. Thomas Bird brought the matter to the attention of the General Assem bly, upon a complaint against the action of the Synod, and the matter has been debated pro and con for several days. The result is as we have stated the action of the Presbytery has been en dorsed, and, consequently, that of the Synod dis-1 approved. This action of the General Assembly cannot fail to attract great attention. It will have j one good effeet at least it will prevent persons, claiming to be religious, from rushing, upon trival causes, to the courts for divorces, and then rush- j ing, with like haste, into matrimony. LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. ; The steamer Star of the West has arrived, ; bringing over a million of dollars in specie. ilie news from California is unimportant. : Abundant crops are predicted. Considerable excitement existed in consequence of the recent discoveries of the gold veins on Fra zier river. Fifteen hundred persons had left San Francisco for the mines, and advices from that point are highly favorable. Several steamships loaded with miners from all parts of the country, have started, and the rush is expected to increase as soon as the news from those w ho have already left shall be received. The Sacrcmento Union publishes intelligence received by telegrarh from Plaeerville, represent ing that Salt Lake City had been entirely aban doned by, the Mormons. The Indians were still troublesome in Plumas County. A fight had occurred between them and the whites, in which twenty savages were kiiied. Ihe negroes in San Francisco were preparing to emigrate to Vancouver's Island. An Eastern Editor says that a man got him self into trouble by marrying two wives. A Wes tern editor replies by assuring his contemporary that a good many men in that section had done the same thing by marrying one. A Northern editor retorts, quite a number of his acquaintances found trouble enough by bandy promising to mar ru, without going any further. A Southern editor says that a friend of his was bothered enough by simiilv emg touuu in company with another man's wife A. fc An Irishman wtiting from Ohio, rays it is the j most elegant place in the world. "Ihe first three i weeks," he says, '-you are boarded gratis, and after i that vou are charged nothing at all. 1 0 Tnr. Presbyterian Ciiurch appears to be I permanently severed into three distinct bodies. j The Old School General Assembly, at New Or ; leans, has refused union with the Southern Synod, j which seceded from tin; New School Assembly tit ! Cleveland last year, and has this year made over I tures to the Old School. Slavery was the cause of : the split. The New School Assembly is now in session at Chicago. The Kossirrn Fund. The amount collected by Kossuth when in this country lor the Hunga rian fund was about 890,000. What has become of the money? .Nothing has been done for Hun gary. Ibis Kossuth done anything for himself? When Forbearance was most Practised. During two hundred and thirty years after the j O ml I foundation of Home, no man attempted to leave his ; wife, nor any woman her husband. As an evi ; deuce that the present generation are less amiable and constant, it need not be stated that at the pre sent moment there tire at least two thousand people . of both sexes from other States sojourning in ln 1 diana and Illinois, for the express purpose of get ting rid of their wives and husbands. California Sport. The Marjsville (Cal.) Herald gives the following account of something new under the sun ; A whistling match lately came off at Mokelunm Hill. Twonrhistlers commenced at 9J o'clock in the eveoiniTi and ;opt it up till ten minutes of two the next mornimr, when one of them caved in am 1 was forced to stretch his mouth in all sorts of shapes to get the "pucker'' taken out of it. Tn the Southern Methodist Episcopal confer ence, which has just closed its session at Nashville, Tennessee, there were several of the tallest kind of preachers Key. 3Iv Young, of Missouri, who stands full six feet eight inches in his slippers ; the Rev. M r Kelly, of South Carolina, who stands full six feet six inches; the Rer. 31 r Alexander, of Texas, six feet six inches, pins; and the Rev. Dr. Mitchell, of Alabama, G feet -U inches. An Affecting Mistake. A gentleman and lady binding from the New Haven cars the other day. at tirt sight were inspired with a sudden re cognition, and rushed passionately into each oth er's arms. The fun of it was that after most tu- , d earing kisses and exclamations, they found them selves entire strangers to each other. Their em- : barrassment upon the discovery of the mistake, can well be imagined. The parties are doubtless be- j lie vers io the doctrine of "love at first sight. ' THE LATE COM. JONES. Com. Thos. Ap.' Catesby Jones, of the United States Navy, whose death we recorded IfPt week, was first brought prominently into public notice in the year 1814, at the time when the British naval expedition against New Orleans entered Lake Corgne. Commodore Jones, then a lieutenant, had command of a division of five gun-boats, carry ing 23 guns and 183 men The British force that he was appointed to intercept, consisted of 40 or 5U barges or boats built for this speciel duty, car rying 12 guns and six or eight hundred men After a gallant resistance the little American flotilla was compelled to surrender, Lieut. Jones having been early disabled by a wound which came near proving fatal. The musket ball he re ceived on the occassion he carried in his body to the grave. His conduct in the affair was univer sally commended. That the victory was dearly bought by the British is proved by the fact that their loss, as officially reported, was !1 more than half the frhmber of Americans engaged; and by American wituessess of the affair, the loss is even said to have been 30 or 400. Anohcr -remarkable event in his life occurred in 1841, when he had command of the Pacific squadron. While lying in Callao he received un official information which led him to believe that a war between the United Statesvmd Mexico was inevitable. He was also led to believe that through intrigues at Mexico, a cession of Mexican territory to Great Britain was contemplated. He suddenly set sail with the squadron of four vessels, in order to forestall the supposed designs of the British Admiral. A council of officers was held, and in view of the circumstances, it was resolved that it was expedient to take possession of Monte rey, San Francisco and any other points supposed to be in the plans of the British. On arriving be fore Monterey, some circumstances confirmed his suspicions; he summoned the Governor to surren der the place, which was done, and on the 20th of October, 1S42, the American flag rose over the old fort, and a proclamation was issued, explaining to the people the strange movement. The next day Com. Jones discovered that he had been en tirely mistaken. There had been no war, and no cession of territory to Great Britain was contem plated by Mexico. As soon as news of the affair reached Washington he was recalled. Tin; Female Slaves of London. The Lon don Weekly Times says that the young milliners and dressmakers of that city are condemned to six teen, seventeen or eighteen hours of toil out of the twenty-four in each day and night. Their work is carried on in crowded, un ventilated rooms, where their frames are kept bent at their labor until their eyes ache and their limbs refuse to perform their duty. They have a choi t am.1 painfttl lil'e and an early grave. In a recent speech, Lor 1 Shaftesbu ry said that many of these young women had been trained gently and tenderly, in delicate and happy homes, possessing all the virtue and tenderness that belong to the female sex, and rendered by those very characteristics more obedient, more un murmering, more slavishly subject to the authori ty and tyranny of those who are put over them, lis lordship adds that they have no alterna tive between submission and the street door, and then a.-ks, ' is the condition of such a young wo man one whit better than the condition of the most wretched slave in the Southern States of America?" Lord Shaftesbury is a great negro philanthropist, but, if he knew much of the condition of Southern slaves, he would find that it is infinitely superior in happiness and comfort to that of his own labor ing countrv'vvoiucn. The Southern system, apart from the humanity, finds its highest interest in the physical and moral well-being of the slave. But the cupidity of the London masters are blind even to an enlightened view of their own profit. The needlewomen are remorselessly worked to death for the bencfiit of their employers. Our Flag. Recently "our flag" has been the subject of much talk, judicious, tame and enraged talk, ami nothing more. ''Our flag" being a very popular subject at all times, and now in particular, lias given rise to some other words, in pamphlet form a sketch of its origin, design ami formation. It. seems it was designed by Capt. Sam. C Raid, defender of the privateer General Armstrong, and made at his house in New York, by his wife and a number of young ladies. The design was adopted by an act of Congress of April 4, ISI!, and the new flag was first hoisted in the Capitol at Wash ington loth April, 1818. A resolution, acknowl edging Capt. Ileid the author of the Hag, and pre senting him the thanks of Congress, has been pending for several sessions, and his claim for the loss of his vessel has been on the private calender for the last half century, and not paid yet. According to an act of Congress, it in stated that on the admission of every new State into the Cnion, one star be added to the union of the fag; and that such addition 1 hall take effect on the fourth day of duly then next succeeding such ad-nii- ion. Hence there are two new stars to fee added to our flag now, and if we go 0:1 at the rapid rate of adding States to the Union, thai we have recently, we shall not only have to add more stars, but more bunting, or make more fags very soon. A Wedoing Party Served Badly. At a large wedding party at New Orleans not long ago, the guests were cheated out of their supper in a novel way. A gang of thieves basing entered (he dining-room by a back window, gathered the edges of the table cloth together, and folding it into a bundle, made off with everything that was upon the table, including the family plate, valued at some hundred of dollars. When supper was an nounced, the table was there and nothing on it. Bonus Lottkp.if.s Bboh.es Up. A few days ago a police officer from New York broke up two bogus lottery offices in Albany. One of the parties had amassed ?f0,000 in three year.", and the other 840,000, A large numb r of letters were seized and sent to the dead letter office at Washington. An officer had also visited Jersey City on Saturday, and put the authorities there upon their guard against the Delewarc, -Maryland, iventucKy and Georgia lotteries, whose agents had fled across the North River on finding New Fork too hot to hold them. THE OLD BACHELOR. Scarcely any sight is more pitiable than a young man who has drifted on to past thirty, without home or near kindred; and just income enough to keep him respectably in the position which he supposes himself bound to maintain, and to sup ply him with the various small luxuries, such as thirty guineas per annum in cigars, etc., which have become habitual to him. l.iko his fellow mortals, he is liable enough to the unlucky weak ness of faffing in love, now and then; but he some how manages to extinguish the passion before it gets fairly alight, knowing he can no more venture to ask a girl in his ow n sphere to marry him, or be engaged to him. than he can coax the planet Venus out of the golden west into the dirty, gloomy, two pair-hack where his laundress cheats him, and his landlady abuses him; whence, perhaps he occasionally emerges gloriously, all studs and white necktie to assist at some young beauty's wedding, where he feels in his heart he might once have been the happy bridegroom if from his silence she had not been driven to go despe rately and sell herself to the old fool opposite, and is fast becoming, nay, is already become a fool's clever mate a mere woman of the world. And he what a noble idea he has gained of our sex, from this and other similar experiences ! with what truth of emotion will he repeat, as he gives the toast of "The bridemaids," the hackneyed quo tation about pain and sorrow wringing the brow, and smile haif-adoringly, half-pathctieully, at the 'ministering angels ' w ho titter around him. In the slow process of inevitable deterioration, by forty he learns to think matrimony a decided humbug; and hugs himself in the conclusion that a virtuous, high-minded, and disinterested woman, if existing at all, exists as a mere fww natural not to be met with by mortal mat! now-a-days. UNHAPPY MARRIAGES. The newspapers of the present day arc literally filled up with crime and murder growing out of the many unhapy marriages which arc entered into by thoughtless young men and women, or between persons wholly insensible to the seriousness and sacredness of ihe obligations they take. The re cent suicide of the late "Frank Forrester" is a case in point, and in a paper which now lies before us we notice some of the most revolting records of crime growing out of marriages, between persons wholly unsuifed Tor each other, it has ever been our misfortune to read. Indeed for the last year or two, nearly one; third of the tragedies that have blackened the records of the history of society has been traceable to unsuitable marriages. Young men who are indolent spendthrifts, who are'toolazy to work orstudy aprofes!-ion,&tooproud to beg or dress in any other than the finest clothes, adept' what they call detrmter resort, to wit: "Spec ulation in matrimony." They hear of a young lady who is worth a fortune f if her parents died w hen young and her education has been neglected so much the better, for she in the more easily duped) and Biiaightway they go in hordes, as same as black bird5- to an bait ?tack, driving fine horses, sporting gold herded canes; wearing fine clothes, fine beavers and fine gloves and they ac tually bewilder unsuspecting creature with assidi ottS attentions. She is flattered and cajoled and soon she selects from among her admirers one w hom she believes to be true and unselfish in hia protestations of love, and in due course of time she is married to him. For a while she is happy and thinks their is no one like Frank or Charley, but soon the mist is blown away and she beholds his true character, and what a diameter it ia ! She finds that instead of marrying the devoted lover she has tied herself to a base, unfeeling fortune hunter, who ncit her loves her nor keeps sacred the marriage vows. Another way of bringing ttbtmt unhappy mar riages is the Interference of parents and kinfolks in order to the consummation of what they term a 'suitable marriage." There may be no congeniality of sentiment, no fitm us for each other, bnt because of some family pruie, or because the parties are rich and the parents wish to place their children in opulency, the' are urged to matrimony and per chance to a life of wretchedness and tragical death. "Marriage is a matter of more worth Than to be dealt in by attorneyship.' i .. LaWS or titk ROAD. There arr; some very pretty, but unhappy very ill bred voruen, who don't understand the laws of the road with regard to handsome faces. Nature and custom would, no doubt, agree in conceding to all males the right of at least two distinct looks at every comely female countenance, without any infraction of the rules of courtesy or the sentiment of respect. The first look is ncce saryto define the person of the indi vidual one meets so as to avoid in pacing. Any unusual attraction discovered in a first glance, is a sufficient apology for a second not a prolonged and impertinent stare, hat an appropriate hom age of the eyes, such us a stranger may inoffensive ly yield to a pa-sing image. It i:' astonishing how morbidly sensitive some beauties are to the slightest demonstration of thfs land. When a lady walks the streets she leaves her indignation coun tenance at home ; she knows well enough that the street is a picture gallery, where pretty faces framed in pretty b-jniic!'- are meant to be seen, and e en body has aright to sec them. a Pjstrx.ss amovo tmi: Cutngt IX K.VOLANT. The Rev. W". G. Jeryia, secietary of the clericd fund, tells nn awful story about the distress of the working clergy in Fugland. Four hundred of these poor fellows, known to Mr Jervis, in one year applied ibr any sort of relief nnnoy, clothes or food. Tin; Bishop of Sod or and Mann states that the poverty of clergy i- BO great that fresh meat is luxury to them: and another Bi-hop lately stated that he knew maity clergymen in hi diocese who, together, with their wives and families, seldom tasted meat. The Rev G. Radcliffe, recently sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for forgery, hud a wretched ' living." The Baptist General Association of Virginia met at Hampton on the 3d inst. Rer Thomaa Hume of Port-mouth was elected President, after which the introductory sermon was preached by Rev. A. M. Poindcxtcr. Ministers were presenx from W.ishii-gtoa, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Missisuprii, Louisiana, and Tennessee.