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lie Hesto griiwwl - s " ? 1 " r s 7 T OS THE . r l SIDE OP TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS. AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER per annum rxT a tvtt wnti WlMlKAM S. YA'S'IS, E,,TOn AND lKOPRIF.TOR. CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1858. SIXTH VOL i M E N UMBER S17. m m m ' . ---rv y-. ) CEP 9SSTSBB 1 SBHOGULt. r- Published every Tuesday,) BY V, .. rATES, Ewtob AND Proprietor. Ki.win A. Yates, Associate Editor. f paid " advance, if nail within six month- ,. ...t. r tin- exot ration ol ike year, ..$2 00 .. 2 50 .. 3 00 . ........... snlinflr ils five NEW subscribers 'i.uV.l by theadrface Bnbscriptioa ($10) will receive! sixth copy gwtis for one year. . , vHV III !.- I- . - Subscribers and ,1 otuers who mav wish to send v l as, ' ;i" ':o su - " i ... i ..t ...... Hales of Jtdvtrtistmgi ,,.. qnut of H line less, for 3 Booth?, S 4 00 C, " G 00 u " " 1 1 0 00 , ,. . .. ::iro. or less, firt insertion S 1 00 Earl soseBeB insertion 25 ' r Transient advertisements BiBst be paid for in idraBce. .... pf For announcing Candidates for OHice, 5 in :i,l;iilCC. fgj Advertisements not narked on the manuscript fr a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and i ;;:ir.'i-i ceordiajrJjF. S. P. SMITH, Attorney aaul Counsellor at Law MAY ALWAYS BE FOUND AT THE OFFICE .lis .f WTiii. Johnston, Kso. gt Prompt attention given to Collections, writing , , !., !-. Convevancea, kc Janaarv 26, 1858. Ij W. A. OWENS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C 'ILL practice in the Courts of this and the adjoin ing Counties. tlFFICK m:ki.v opposite the Post OrrtCE. Jannarr lit. i.s;,s. II LaF. A LEX ANDES, Attorney at Lav, Charlotte, If. , Office over China Hall. August 1 1. ls.vr. ROBERT GIBBON, M.D. A SVta U U U Oltce No. 5, (Jrauite Row, CHARLOTTE, X. C. Febrnary . 1853. lists. FOX & WHITE, Mediciae and Surgery. f-'" OrriCK tip Stairs in Soiinrs" Buildinsr. f. J. 1X. M. D. . K. 1111 K, IL V. April ::. ls.".s. 3-tf NOTICE. LL th.i-e indebted to the subscriber will make im ediate settlement. 6r their Notes and Accounts will Ijc placed in other hands for collection. April :. ls:.s. 3-tf C. J, FOX. Town Taxes. 1 Mrtr have the Tax Lists for 1S."7 ready for scttle ntat Persons liable to pay n will please call on the wdersigned ami settle iorthVkh. It is hoped that this Mtaec will be suilicient. as the nionev must be collect 4. S. A. HARRIS. J 1 1. Itr.s. tf Tax Collector. I). P. MeDOX tLD, Auction and Commission Merchant, Fur the sale ami purchase of Stocks, Bonds, Ileal Ktate, Negroes, tc. Office 193 Exchange Row, ( OLI TSB3A, S. C. fci'" ParticnuMr attention will be given to the Sale of NereaandiM and 1'rodnce generaUy. "isQ. KerKKs to Fisher -ft Burroughs, J. B. tk Stowe. and S. N. Howell. Charloae. -M,ril -T. I8:.8. 3m NOTICE. OrR NOTES and ACCOUNTS are in the hands of W. A. OWENS, Esq., for collection ; and those wishing to save time and money, must settle by CASH ' i'ore the 1st of Jul v, 1."8. FULL1NOS k CO. Mav l. 1658. 2m. t O.V'S PATENT E LATI.E, A -uperior article for ni.ikitvr Jellies. ALSO. Kxtracts !t Flavoring, viz: Vanilla, Lemon, Peach, Almond. Ie, Orange. Celery, ic. for sale at SCARE CO S M:tv IX. Charlotte Orne Store. lHK subscribers inform the citizens of Charlotte and vicinity that they have established a LUMBER YARD B town, where they intend keeping a supply of all r in ! f Lumber for building and other purposes. Mr "aaaa Rndisiil is their agent in town application may " '" !(- to him or to either of the undersigned. Oct c. 1857. MILLER k I'OKTF.R. $25 RewariL RAN A WAY or stolen from the snb-enber on the I7tu May. n Negro Man named PETER. He is "tween 3;. and 40 years old. abunt feet high, spare de, Ihin-risaged, of copper color, and speaks mild 1 quick when Spoken to. I will give leiity-Five jj V'-rs Reward for the apprehension and confinement said negro in any Jail in this or any other Stale, so ''-at I m Lfaa anil I 5M .rive Fii'tv Dollars for ORnatioa suilicient to convict anv person of harbor- S said negro. lKt K HUKUAJI. M. roan's Mills. X. C, June 1, 1858. 3m 25 O L S TON C F E IS E E female College, Asheville, N. C. fp:;:: nexl Term will open the 19th OP JULY; J i:,.v - ci'mmiviN n I) President, ussist- twelve able Profewsora and Tv.ichei?. , f,r the College year, $70 00 Tt ITI0X. .. 24 CO Hrii .... i . .i i t ...inioniUhirlT j . tui'i outer esiia DnuKura, '"-''rv v 'r- Catafogues will be sent on application to R. B. VANCK. Sec'y and Treas'r. AshevOle, June 8th, l-9t-pd SCARE & CO., JDrugi! & ClicfliiiKl, No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. INVITE the nttentionn of Physicians. Planters. Merchants, &e.. to lli 'ir new and complete Mode of DRUGS, CHEMI CALS, kr. The extensive pairopiag lliev li;i,f. received from the Physic-hois oi' Char- te ami its viciuitv is the best liiouanteo of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold by them. March 30, 1858. IIVE Til KM A TRIAL. SILVER'S PLASTIC mJTPAlNTS: Cheap, Durable and Protective ; Weather and Fire Prooi". For sale Wholesale an Retail by SCARE k CO , 9. Chemists k Druggists. SB A TENT MEDICINES just received from the Ware house: Avers7 Cherry Pectoral. Rogers' Liverwort . and Tar, Wis.ar's Balsam, Gaysott'fl SarsapariHa and ' Yellow Dock, McLanea Pills, Strong Pills, Ayers' Pills, &c, ic, at April 1st. SCARR & CO.'S, Druggists. Wood's llnii i:'toi:itaYt. A fresh supply of this invaluable preparation for the Hair has just been received direct from New York, bv March 10. .SCAUR k CO. KS1 GEOVES. I" ANCASTER'S KID GLOVE CLEANER, an nn- failing preparation, easy and sir'iole in application, removing all stains and grease from i!ic C-love; ftt March 16. SCARR & CO.'S Di-ue Siore. FINE SALAD OIL, A new and srp?iior brand of Olive Oil, an exquisite article for s5nJat!, for si le al Mav 18. SCARR & CO S floofland's Genua n lit i it rs. Just received at May 18. SCARR k CO.'S Drug Store. Genuine French Mustard, An elegant Am" le for the table. May L8. SCARR & CO. UK. 4'HA.iaS'SO.V Vegetable Ague Pills. A safe and ce. l: :.i cute for Chilis and '''ever, or Fever and Ague iu all iis complicated 'liiiis. and is also an cfTeci.ua remedy for Fevc-a of every c-escripi ion. This medicine is perfe.vv safe and bermlesa in its eCeets and may be iven w'-h peiiect sr.'eiy to persons of all ages. It neve- fails io eSeci ; cure when taken accord ing to dircciiona accomp!ayijg ecrh box. It is purely vegetable, coaauiog no neteVsiioits thug, nor mineral medicines of any kind. Dr. Champion's Anti-Biiliotis, Anti Djspept'c, Iuriljiiig and Oatbartie Tills rl lie most reliable and Sife rems.'y in Liver Complaint, Dys pepia, Cos; iven ' k headache, Sick stomach, bil lions habits', iud'gf-iion. and r.TI t hat clas of diseases arising from a disordered uoudition of the stomach, bowels, blood or liver. It is entirely vegetable and contains no deleterious drug or medicine, and is one of the best cathartics ever recommended. Price, '25 cents per box. For sale by F. Sca.r k Co. and by F. M. Ross, Charlotte. F. M. Swycr & Co.. Proprietors, June 14. 1858. BeUeville, Illinois. Tlie Cm rent Eiili!i ESeiaietly. SIR JAMES CLARKE'S CELEBRATED FEMALE PILLS, PREPARED FROM A PRESCIZ1 PTION OF SIB J. CLARKE, M. 1).. PHYSICIAJJ EXTRAOCDIX'ARY TO THE QUEEX. THIS well known medicine is no unpoaiion, but a sure and safe remedy for Fe:ialc Diiiiculties and Obstructions, from any cause whatever; and although a powerful remedy, they contain nothing hurtful to the constitution. To MARRIED LADIES it i- 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. N. B. $1 and ( postage stamps enclosed to any au thorized Agent, will insure a bottle, containing over 50 Pills, v ret urn mail. Sold in Charlotte by F. SCARR & CO.. sole Agents, and by Ua vilaud, Stevenson k Co.. Charleston, Whole sale agents. March 2. 1S.-.S. y Dissolution. THE Firm of BECKWITH k UKITTAIN was this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to said linn are requested to come forward rw wteditttettf and make payment either by Cash or Note, as the business of the Firm muat be closed. R. YV. BECKWITH, June 10. 1858. W. J. MRITTA1N. NOTICE. MAYING bought the entire stock of "WATCHES, JEWELRY, &C, oi Ihckwith k Urittain, I shall continue the Business at their old Stand, where 1 will be pleased to see uiv old friends and customers. B. YV. BECKWITH. June ir, 1858. tf "DrCM the Grave of Ihy Friend Charlotte, N. C. The suibscriber hegp leave to inform the public that he carries on the business of working in Marble, on Trade street, directly pposite the Court House. He is prepar ed to do all kinds of work ;n his line, aiich as Monuments 3rtNrS tttiAt and Crave Stones, Mantle "'msP Vfffe- Pieces for dwellings, or any O.. ' JJLJ.'E2S otilcr Uud of Stone work that mav be required in his line. His .-lock of Marble will always comprise the various qualities, and enable him to do work in a manner that will be Baisfactorr to those who may favor him with their patronage. ' Orders will receive particular attention nud be promptly filled. .- Work' will be packed with care, and all diligence used to prevent injury by transportation J. G. McCOY. June IS. 1P5S. v A RriH.it J. M. SANDERS, CABINET MAKER, CHARLOTTE. X. C, keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of Furniture of his own and Northern manufacture. Also. FISK'S METALIC BITtUAL CASES. Dec. 29. 17. S9-ly Aaluable Merchant TF I Itf MKT a,,d her Proper. OlLiiJl JllLlj, i j, for Sale at CHARLOTTE, N. C. AS Trustee of Leroy Springs, I will expose to public Sale on Saturday, the 7th day of AUGUST next, a Valuable Steam merchant Mill, new and perfect, with Six pair of French Burr Runners, a large, new and per fect Engine, together with all the macluucry and ap pliances necessary to carry on a large and "extensi ve manufacturing business. This Wilis situated in Char lotte, N. C. where ihere are two Railroads, and a third in course of construction, passing through a high, healthy, uud exceedingly productive and interesting country. The attention of Produce Merchants of Char leston and Wilmington are especially called to this propel iy. jr- A credit of One and Two Years will be given. And on fidi!! Thins, At the fame time and place. 1 will offer two large BRICK STORES, two stories high, in the business pan of the town. These Stores are especially adapted to the prosecution of a huge and extensive Produce business. Sale to take place without reserve. YV. R. M VERS, Trustee Charlotte, June 15, 1858. 8t of Leroy Springs. Charlotte Machine Shop. AV. B. PIICKIAET & CO., Engineers, and Makers of Hydraulic Presses and Machinery in general, AYE commenced business in Charlotte, in the above line, and are prepared to make Measift Emgilics of any form or construc tion, HYDRAULIC COTTON PRESSES, and every description of MACHINERY. They al-o beg to inform manufacturers-and farmers generally, that they have recently added a c "ct rr id "sr to their establishment, and are prepared to furnish CASTINGS in IKON. BRASS, or any other metal, at a short notice and at reasonable prices. Particular attention will be given to the making and repairing of Thrashing Machines, Ilorse Powers, Cotton Gins, Mill Work, and Agricultural Machinery. We al -o keep workmen for BLACKSMlTHINtJ, Job bing work, Wagon work, and HORSE SHOEING. UL K J li It MB A It r t AMI. "TzzH Shops on College Street, adjacent to Jonas Budisill's Steam Planing Mill. June 22. 1858. v PETER MALLETT D. COLDEn" MURRAY, mm Conmussion HcrcIrant, G2 1958 South ftrcct, A" A' IF YORK. June 20, CAROLINA CITY, N. C. The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad being now completed to Beaufort Harbor, 1 have determined to locate at Carolina City for the purpose of doing a Forwarding & General Commission Business, and hope by promptness raid strict attention to merit patronage and support. Being the Agent of MURRAY'S L1XE OF FIRST CLASS PACKETS to this and Morettead city, every effort will be made to make this the cheapest and most expeditions route to New York. Vessels will be loaded and discharged at my Wharf (adjoining the Railroad Wharf.) and thereby save cartage and lighterage. Particular attention will be g-iveii to all orders, and to the sale and shipment o! Produce. WM. 15. GRANT. All shipments of Produce to 1). Colden Murray, New York, will be forwarded free of commission. June 29. 1859 y fit?" The alarming increase of the diseases of the Stomach within the past few years has awakened no ordinary attention in the medical world, but with little effect in staying its ravages, the most skilful ac knowledge their inability to remove the disorders, and were it not that others bestowed attention to the suf fering, but little hope or relief would they find. Among these benefactors is PR. H0STETTER, the pro prietor of Hostetter's liilters, for all diseases of the Stomach. This preparation has 110 equal for giving tone to the stomach and vigor to the system. It acts directly 011 the Stomach and carries off the morbid matter there deposited, both speedily and with ease to the patient. In fact it has been well said, that no pre paration extant is as pleasant in its flavor, and effec tive in its aid and cure as this great remedy for Diarhoea and similar diseases of the Stomach. June 1. For sale by H. M. Pritchard. A Valuable Mkdicim:. Ibtring the present week, no less than six of our friends, who have Heed induced to try Prof. Dc Grath's Electric Oil for rhotnafism, in con sequence of having seen this preparation advertised in our columns, have called upon us to state the result of their experiments. These persons assure us that their rheumatic pains have been entirely cured by a few ap plication - of De Grath's "Electric Oil," and they re commend its use to all who are afflicted with any of the diseases which it is designed to cure Prow Aihert&ur. For sale by H. M. PRITCHARD, Charlotte. PROF. DE GRATH'S PRACTICE. A Sheriff cured in one night by De Grath's Electric Oil. LETTER FROM DR. KEYSER. Pittsburg, May 20th 18IUT. Pftor. Da Ciiatii, '.'' South Eighth SC Phil. 1 have a remarkable cure. Deputy Sheriff Kerr, of Pittsbnig. had a veiy swollen and painful hand. I applied the oil personally, which gave instant relief. He has recommended the oil to others afflicted with Rheumatism, in which the results w.-rc most satisfactory. Truly vours, GEO. II. KEYSER. Grcoi Cur'-': Citizens, Rtma! Rheumatism. Mr Joseph D Bai lie. 9 Myrtle Street, says the Electric Oil cured him immediately. Piles. Charles Sexton, K.-q.. tx-Mayor of Camden, savs six applications cured him. Also, cured his Rheu matism. Neuralgia. Mr D.n id Mann. 40!) Vine Street, says he was a trrcat sufferer, hut the oil cured him. So says E H Grant, Ksq.. 517 North Liht Street. Croup. -Th-s Oil is infallible for Croup. Ask a lady at the Girard House. C.vfTtON. There are numerous imitations sprung up on the reputation that my article has acquired. The public mast beware. The uro v.-. nhless. Philadelphia. Sept. lt. 1R5G. Prof. De Crath : Dear Sir. 1 must inform you of the great benefit a patient of mine has experienced from the application of your file trie Oil. The case was that of a girl Of eight years of age, who was tei ribly afflicted w ith scrofula, and a discharge from the knee. The leg became so contracted as to littralh bury the heel in the hip. It had been ia this state for about twelve months, and finding nothing in the whole Materia Medica" to have any effect or give relief. I finnlly procured -bottle of' your ' Lie. iric Oil' and gave it to tl? mother, directing her to apply it to the parts along the con tracted sinew:-, which had the effect of making the leg nearly one-fourth t-i -flight in abouut .-ix hours. The application of the Oil was continued for about three week-, luing onlv six bottle- : and now the lei is uearlv perfectly straight. JOHN IL MeFWIN. M. D-, 161 Callowhill Street. For Sale in Charlotte Lv II. M. Pritchttrd. Mav 1953 :m )t WtBttrn iSrmornit CHARLOTTE, N. C. BUENING THE DEAD. A writter in the Scientific American, advocating the burning of the dead, sa-s: ' Agreeing with you, that burning the dead is necessary as a sanitary measure, I would cite the case of the Paris Academy of Medicine, which has again set the papers to writing, and the people to thinking earnestly, of the revival of this practice. They say that, in the summer time, the Parisian hospitals are crowded by the victims of pestilence engendered by the foul air of the graveyards in the neighborhood. The vicinity of the cemeteries is a constant source of mortality; their putrid ema nations filling the air, and the poisons they emit impregnating the water; are held chargeable for the many new and fearful diseases of the throat and lungs, which baffle all medical skill. Lamer tine gives his adhesion to the project; and it should not be forgotten that Lord Byron and Trelawney reduced to ashes the body of the poet Shelley, and at his own requpst. To show that the case you mention as having oeeurred some 3 ears ago in a western city is not without precedent in our own country, allow me to quote the following: 'Henry Laurens, of South Carolina, one of the most eminent men of our revolutionary era, the descendant of a French Huguenot family, a mem ber of the first Provincial Congress, an intimato friend of Washington, Cnited States Minister to Holland, a signer of the preliminaries of peace on the 20th of November, 1782, at Paris, in conjunc tion with Franklin, Adams and Jay; dying in Charleston on the 8th of December, 1702, at the age of sixty-nine, concluded his will with the fol lowing condition, enjoining the fulfilment of it upon his son, as the terms upon which he should inherit an estate of sixty thousand pounds sterling: ' "1 solemnly en join it on my son, as an indispen sable duty, that as soon as he conveniently can after my decease, he cause my body to be wrapped in twelve yards of tow cloth, and burnt until it be entirely consumed; and then, collecting my bones, deposit them wherever he may think proper.'" And this request was literally complied with." Moke Mormon Deviltries. -A Utah corres- pondent of the Tribune writes: "Another of those black-hearted, fiendish and attrocious deeds which cry aloud to Heaven fo;- vengeance upon publicity which Mormon people: a man living in whose name for the perpetrators, has, from the has been given to it among the reached us. 1 he fourth wife of the vicinity of Salt Lake City, the present, I shall suppress a refined woman, beloved by all young, amiable, who knew her, somewhat superior to the common mass, from the influence of early education became impatient and heart-sickened at the abject slate of misery so rapidly gnawing the very cords of her soul, and determined, if possible, to make an effort to reach the camp of the army. Her husband got some hint of it. He immediately mounted his horse, rode to Prigham's office, and asked of Brother Brigham what he should do with her. Brigham told him to cut her throat, and thus save her from eternal damnation. The brute went home, and told the poor woman to prepare to die. She, seeing the earnestness of his manner, fell at his feet, begging praying and imploring him for mercy; but lie, while she was thus kneeling before him, took her by the hair and cut her throat from ear to ear." The Great Rains op 1858. The Pittsburg Journal having given considerable attention to this subject, states that "the amount of rain that has fallen over a large portion of the United States in six weeks, running from the 1st of May to the 1 'Jth of June, has scarcely a parallel. The average of observation will give about 10 inches in May and 5 inches to the 12th of .June, or 15 inches in AV, days. These rains do not appear to have been local; ' but extend Ea.t and West at least 1,000 miles, and North and South half the distance. No wonder the newspapers tire full of rains, floods and disasters. Fully one-third of the average of the year crowded into six weeks. The Mississippi and its tributaries might appear to threaten a voung Xoaehian deluge. No such rains have been seen since the wet season in May, 1855; and then they were not condensed into so small a Space of time. It is said that some rain guages showed 4 inches of rain on the 11th and lL'th of June alone. There is hardly a doubt but that we will either have an equivalent amount of dry weather, or else some other district of the globe is parched up for want of water. RAIL RoAD Incipext. A correspondent of the Alexandria Sentinel, states that "011 the 21st, whilst the train of cars on the Orange & Alexandria Rail Road was at the bridge opposite the residence of Mr Wallach, near Culpeper Court House, the engine driver discovered a man sitting on the rail of the road with his head hanging down as if taking a nap. All efforts were made to stop the traip; though it being near the end of a curve it was impossible to do so in time. Wh.es the engine struck the man it lifted him eight or ten feet in the air, and he fell flat on his back in the ditch, apparently lifeless. Capt. Pauli ran the train back and took him on board, and started back to Culpeper Court Hesse, to procure for him medical aid. While on the way back the man commenced talking remarking that they were carrying hira the wrong wav. He soon raised up bis head and said he was not hurt. He then rose to his feet, remarking at the time to the writer of the article "Stranger, you irave uie a thundering jolt! hallo! let me get offi" Capt. P. stopped his train to oblige him. As he alighted on the ground, he juined un and cracked hau heels together, and bade adieu! I An Editor Condemned to Die. MrLindahl, aneditorinStockholiu.hasbeen recently condemned to death by the axe, for having falsely and with evil intentions accused Mademoiselle Mendylsolm, of a revoking crime. His counsel Mr U. G. Uggla, has been condemned to one month's imprisonment and to the interdiction, for having with full knowledge, undertaken the defence of an unjust case. CRUELTY TO SEAMEN. We suppose that every attentive reader of the newspapera must be struck with the frequent eases of cruelty perpetrated by masters of vessels upon seamen, a dozen of which occur to every case of cruelty by the master to the slave. The number of deaths resulting from inhuman treatment on shipboard, seems to be constantly on the increase, j Scarcely a week passes but we hear of some poor WTetch being killed outright, or dyintr a liugcring death from the effects of his wounds, or maimed and crippled for the rest of his life. Although' this shocking inhumanity is not confined to the1 fleet of any particular nation, it is, we are sorry to say, most frequent and common among American merchantmen; so much so as to have attracted the attention of the magistracy in Liverpool, from whom it has elicited comments, not very compli mentary to American masters of vessels, nor to the administration of justice in this country, where it rarely happens that any of these murderers re ceive their deserts. We submit that here is a broad and inviting arena for the surplus philanthropy of the United States, such as it cannot find in the cotton planta tions or tobacco fields of the South, or in any por- j tion of the whole earth, accessible to American in- j fiuenee. Wh en we recollect that about four hun dred thousand men are engaged in the merchant i marine of the United States, and a similar number i in that of Great Britain, to say nothing of the mul- I titudes who serve under other flags, and when we bear in mind that all of these are divided among thousands of little floating principalities, each gov- I erned by a potentate of despotic powers, the hap piness of whose subjects depends upon the dispo sition of their master, who can lash, and torture, and slay, at his good pleasure, we shall find enough to engage the activity and united exertions of all the philanthropists in the world for the next hun dred years. It is true that many ship captains are humane and merciful men, and so are many des pots, but it is also true that all have the power and opportunity to be inhuman and cruel, and that, un til their powers are more clearly defined and limit ed, and until the courts afford equal justice to the mariner ami the master, the condition of the com mon sailor is more helpless and miserable than that of the subjects of any monarch upon earth. Rich mond Dispatch. THE OVERFLOWING CUP. A company of Southern ladies were once assem bled in a friend's parlor, when the conversation chanced to turn on earthly afflictions Each had her story of peculiar trial and bereavement to re late, except one real bad-looking woman, whose lustreless eye and dejected air showed that she was a prey to the deepest melancholy. Suddenly arousing herself, she said in a hollow voice, "Not one of you know what trouble is." "Will you please, Mrs Gray," said the kind voice of a lady who well knew her story, "tell the ladies what you call trouble." "I will, if you desire," she replied, "for T have seen it. My parents possessed a competence, and my girlhood was surrounded bj all the comforts of life. I seldom knew an ungratified wish. 1 was always gay and light-hearted, and married at nine teen one I loved more than all the world beside. Our home was retired, but the sunlight never fell on a lovelier one, or on a happier household. Years rolled on peacefully. Five children sat around our table, and a little curly head still nes tled in my bosom. One night about sundown, one of those fierce black storms came on which are so common to our Southern climate. For many hours the rain poured down incessantly. Morning dawned, still the elements raved. The whole savannah seemed afloat. The little stream near our dwelling became a raging torrent. Before we were aware of it our house was surrounded by water. I managed with my babe to reach a little spot, on which a few wide-spreading trees were standing, whose dense foliage tifforded some pro tection, while my husband and sons strove to save what they could of our property. At last a fearful surge swept away my husband, and he never rose again. Ladies, no one loves a husband more than I did but that wan not trouble. "Presently my sons saw their danger, and the struggle for life become the only consideration. They were brave, loving boys as ever blessed a mother's heart, and 1 watched their efforts to escape with such agony as only mothers can feel. They were so far off I could not speak to them, but I could see them closing nearer and nearer to each other as their little islands grew -mailer Si smaller. "The sullen river raged around the huge trees; dead branches, upturned trunks, wrecks of houses, drowning cuttle, masses of rubbish, all went float ing past us. My boys waved their hands to me, then pointed upward. 1 know it was a farewell signal, and you, mothers, cannot imagine my an guish. I saw them all perish and yet that iva not trouble. "I hugged my babe close to my heart, and when the water rose to my feet, I climbed into the low branches of the tree and so kept retiring from it, until an All-powerful Haud stayed the waves, that they should come no further. L was saved. All my worldly possessions were swept away: all my earthly hopes blighted yet that v as not trovLle. "My baby was all that 1 had left on earth. 1 labored night and day to support him and myself, and sought to train him in the right way; but as he grew older, evil companions won him away from me. He ceased to care for his mother's counsels; he would sneer at her entreaties and agonized prayers. He left my humble roof that he might be unrestrained in the pursuit of evil, and at last, when heated by wine one night, he took the life of a fellow being, and ended his on the scaffold. My Heavenly Father had filled my cup of Borrow before, but now it ran over. That :as trouble, ladies, such tis I hope His mercy will spare you from ever experiencing." There Mas no diy eye among her listeners, and the warmest sympathy was expressed far the be reaved mother, whose sad history has taught tbem a useful lesson. Aetc Brun&icickcr. A young gentleman, very conceited, and vain of himself, but who, by the by, was rather despised, aud w ith a face much pitted with the small pox, was not long since addressed by a chap, who, after admiring him for some time, said: "When carved work comes in fashion, you'll be the handsomest man I ever put my eyes 011." CHARACTER AND REPUTATION. The following extract from the Address before the Young Ladies of Edgcworth, on the 27th of May last, by Jas. A. Long, Esq., of Greensboro, is the best we have ever read on the distinction between character and reputation: What then is character, and what is reputation "Character," says Blair, "is derived from the natu ral sense of a stamp or mark, and is figuratively r m ployec as the moral mark which distinguishes one man from another; reputation, from the latin rcputo, to think, signifies what is thought of a per son; character lies in the man, it is the mark of what he is; reputation depends upon others, it .is what they think of him; character has always u foundation, reputation has more of conjecture in it, its source is hearsay." Character is the moral principle and lies within the man, and is entirely independent of others, whereas, reputation is as uncertain and as unstable as the winds, depending entirely upon the breath of the multitude the multitude, which one day went forth to meet the King of Kings, singing hozannahs, nnd bearing palms in their hands, aud the next day placed a crown of thorns upon his head, crying "away with him, crucify him, crucify him." A man's char acter may be as bright and as pure as reGned gold, as full of promise as the rainbow in the heavens, and yet he be utterly destitute of reputation. No character can ever again be delineated so pure, spotless and lovely as that of our Saviour, and yet he was a man of no reputation, despised among the people. Again a man may fill the mouth of tame, occupy exalted stations, and yet be bankrupt in character, he having, for the purpose of acquiring this reputation, sacrificed every moral principle. Kings may confer titles, may build up for their favorites a hollow reputation, deck them with ribbons and stars, and throw around them a tinsel of glittering gold, but to make an honest man, is beyond the pretension, beyond the jiower of kings." A HINT FOR THE LADIES. An exchange paper has a bit of advice to young ladies, setting forth how they may know whether a young gallant is really courting them, or only paying them polite attentions. The confounding the one with the other has been the source of very much trouble, both before and since the end of Pickwick and Bardell A young man admires a young girl and must manifest it. He can't help doing so for the life of him. The young lady has a tender heart, reach ing out like tendrils for something to cling to. She sees the admiration ; is flattered; begins to love; expects some tender avowal, and perhaps gets so far as to decide that she will choose a "white silk under that gauze, etc." at the very moment that the gallant she half loves is popping the question to another damsel ten miles off. Now, the difficulty lies in not precisely under standing the difference between "polite attention" and the tender manifestations of love. Admiring a beautiful woman, and wishing to make a wife of her, are not always the same thing, and thcreforu it is necessary that the damsel should be on the alert to discover to which class the attentions paid her by handsome and fashionable young men belong. First, then, if a young man greets you in fond, free, hearty tone; if he knows precisely where to put. his hands; stares you straight in the eyes, with his mouth open; if he turns his back to speak to another; if he tells you who made his coat; if he eats heartily in your presence; if be fails to talk kindly to your mother; if, in short, he sneees wlnn you are singing, criticises your curls, and fails to be foolish every hour, then don't fall in love with him for the world ! He only admires you, let him say what he will to the contrary. On the other hand, if he is merry with every body else, but quiet with you; if he be anxious to sec if your tea is sufficiently sweetened and your dear person wrapped up when you go out in the cold; if he talks very low and never looks you steadily in the eye; if his checks aro red and MM only blushes, it is enough If he romps with your sister, sighs like a pair of old bellows, looks solemn wheM you are addressed by another gentleman, and in fact is the most still, awkward, stupid, yet envious of all 3'ottr male friends, on may go ahead, and make the poor fellow too happy for bis skin to hold him. Young ladies keep your heart in a case of good leather, or some other tough substance, until tho right one is found without a doubt, after which you can go on and love, court and be married, and be happy, without the least bit of trouble We consider this advice so sensible that al though it is open to the charge of bluntnes.4, we have no hesitation in pressing it upon the attention of our lady readers. A Word to Society. Our young men are a painful study. As they tofm'ge about the street with bold, leering faces, poisoning the air with oath?, or whirl madly along behind lashed horses, or loom up dimly amid the smoky glare of hauuts of folly, sin and shame, it is sickening to think that with them rests the future of the country, and in them lies its hope. It is no wonder that the hearts of fathers and mothers and sisters arc filled with dread and grief. No wonderthatthcperpctnal and earnest advice to the young man is to go into "ladies society." The advice is good. There is positive safety for him in the society of a modest, gentle, kindly and sensible girl. There i- compar ative safety for him in the company of a vain, giggling, trifling, girl. The most empty-headed and empty-hearted of coquettes is a more harmless companion for him than a cursing, tippling fellow, who thinks all manner of silliness and sin, manly, and will travel fast, although hell yawns at the end of the road. Yes, your young man's salvation is in the swect'smile and voice, the beautiful graces and accomplishments of some fair creature, attractive alike in mind and body. Never Head the Lord's Prayer. A man named Young, thirty-nine years of age, respectable in appearance, was a wituess on a murder trial in New York. On his cross examination he stated that he got his living by gambling, that he can read but cannot write, never read an entire book, never read the Lord's prayer, never read a chapter in the Bible, but often had the Bible in hi hand.