,SL S lj ,
aafc. teg mm - . . . ; ; ; . . ,. , ,, , , . - ,, . . ....
X O IE3
mi
2 per annum
I X A DA' A N C E
TRADE STREET
Jo YAXS, Eon am, proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 20,
side OF
CHARACTER LS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS. AND -THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON' PROPERTY OF THE OTHER.
1858. siXTH V 0 L U ill E X UMBER SIB.
THE
fgSM BEffiOllMT,
- PublMird every Tuesday, )
y .). YATES, EUITOB AND PlOniEKA.
Edwin A. Vatks, Associate Editor.
.. I j ;, ; anre $'2 M
' -1 ., ;ti.iii i months 2 50
I ' i",r Xl'-'' PSiratMn of the year,
SCARE & OCX,
No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C,
B'XYITK the atteationn of Physicians,
Planters. MerchAU, ftc to their hew
nd complete stock of PRl';s. CHKUI
'AI.S. fcc. T1m- extensive patron ire thcv
....
nare received h orn the Physicians m Char
llotte and i i - vicinity i the best guarantee
of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold by
hhem.
.March 30, 1S."8.
. ,.v M-rin sending us Jive sew subscribers,
the advance rabscriptioa (SlO) will
, .isth i W r?nltla !or OB yar.
iiid others ho may frith to send
' ' . , .., Jo .- by until, nt uur ii.-k.
jnoC
I'll J
! Old ft
Halts oT lilctrtisitis-:
r I i It pIms f..r 3 nuinlka J On
GIVE THEM A TRIAL. SILVERS PLASTIC
PA1XTS:
Cheap, Durable itwd Protective: Weather and Fire
Proof. For sale Wholesale an Retell by
SCARR k CO.,
Fb - Chemists & Dcusvistg.
i in' -'1
r !.
12
-t insertion
r.
Kir annuwncin;
G 00
10 00
S 1 no
on "JTi
iseiuents inn-! be paid for in
Candidates for Office, S5 in
Hj&ATK.NT MEDICINES just received from the Wa re
al, house: Aver.-' Cherry Pectoral, Rogers' Liverwort
and Tar. Wistar's Balsam, Guyso'tt's Saroaparilla and
Yellow Dock, MeLanes Pills .Strong's Pills, Avers'
at
SPAR R k CO.'S, Drnggista.
Pill-. .1
April 1st.
Valuable .fgcrchaiit
STK Uf M 1 1 T aml ,ht r p opei-
OlLixlJJl Jlll.L, iy, inr Sale at
CHASLOTTE, N. C.
S Trustee ofLcrov Soriaes. I will exnose to onhlic
Sale on .Saturday, the 7th day of AUG I'ST next.
a Valuable Steam nierchant Mill, new and perfect, with
Six iair of French !5urr Runners, a large, new and per
fect Engine, together wiih all tlie Machinery and ap
pliances necessary to carry on a large and extensive
manufacturing hu.-iness. This Mill is .situated in Char
lotte, N. C. where there are two Railroads, and a third
in course of construction, passing through a high,
healthy, and exceedingly productive and interesting
Country. The attention of Produce Merchants of Char
leston and Wilmington are especially called to this
property. lu-iT A credit ofOne and Two Years will he
given. .I;.v7 en saute Turns.
At the .same time and place, I w ill offer two larce
ERICK STORES, two stories high, in the business
part of the town. These Stores are especially adapted
to the prosecution of a large ami extensive Produce
business. Sale to take place without reserve.
W. R. MYERS, Trustee
Charlotte, June 15, 1858. 8t of Leroy Springs.
(T'lie 5fskB ISrmorrnt.
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
I
Wooi3 Ilasr IScstoi'ativc.
Advertisements nol marked on the manuscript , A fresh supply of this invaluable preparation for the
rime, w ill be inserted until forhid, and Hair has just been received direct from New York. I
March
SCARR & ( ).
S. P. SMITH,
KEB ULO VI-:
W AXCASTER'S KID GLOVE CLEANER, an un-
-, ,1 f.i3wllni 4 w m- Ja-ianiiig pieparaiioii, easy ana .-.li.ipic in apiuieation.
4llorat nm i ossaa.r!loi at Law rcnM,vin ,j 3ins and rease from the aiovi a.
' 1 . . I . I ! 'I- I I I S 3 k I - I ' I I ' V
.ll.H-U." v. rui.tu - l i iii. orra i.
. ti- II.. t... V ..
1 jg . . . 1 . - i I .
k-t. Pntmpi Mtteutnm given to i oiiections. wnung
tfUerd-i I'onveyaaces, &.
Jaaaarr l.'--1. ly
March l.
SCAUR & CO. S Drue Store.
W. A. OWENS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C
If
FINE SALAD OIL,
A new and superior brand of Olive Oil. .mi exquisite
article for Salads, for sale at
May 18. SCARR k CO. S
oil 1
Jduuarv
in the Courts oftllis and the adjoin
v oei'osiTK tiik Post Office.
II LaF. ALEXANDER,
Aflornev at Law, Charlotte, T. C
Office over China Hall.
Anis1 11. 1;.7. y
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
MEDlClivE AMD SURCJKRY,
Office No. 5, Graiitc Row,
VUARLOTTEy X. V.
Febrnarv 19, lsr.t1.
HooHaud's ticruiaii Bitters,
Jusl reeeiA'ed at
May 18. SCARR CO.'S Drugstore.
Censiine French Mustard,
An elegant Article forthetablc.
May 18. SCARR ft CO.
IM:. FOX & WHITE,
Medicine and Surgery.
c- Office hp Stairs in Sirinrs' ISuildinff.
r J. FOX, M. i.
April 3, 1858.
W. K. WH1TK: M. D.
3-tf
LL tlme inde
endiate scttli
IVOTICE.
ited to the subscriber will make iin
ucnt, or their Xotcs and Accounts
will he placed in other hands for collection.
April a, 1858. 3-tf C. .1. FOX.
Town Taxes
I dow have the Tax Lists for 1357 ready for settle
Meat. Persons liable to pay tax will please call on the
ndersigned and settle forthwith. It is hoped that this
notice will be sufficient, as the nionev must he collect
!. S.'A. HARRIS.
lane 14, 1858. Iff Tax Collector.
I. I 1ltOML,
Auction and Commission Merchant,
For ilu- sai0 anj purchase of Stocks, Bonds, Real
Kstate, Negroes, &c
Office 198 Exchange Row,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Particular attention will be given to the Sale of
Merchandize and Produce geweraUy. 1ijrH
RerERS t. Fisher Bnrrotrghs, J. 1 K. B. Stowe. and
s M. Howell. Charlotte.
April -JT. ls.,s. 3m
FVOTICE.
OriJ XOTES and ACCOl'NTS are in the haio'.s of
W. A. OWENS, Ksq.. for collection ; and those
bhiBg to save time and money, must settle by CASH
kfttre the I-i of July. 1853.
FULLIXGS i CO.
Maj . 1358. 2m.
COX'S PATENT GELATINE,
A superior article for making Jellies. ALSO, Extracts
for Flavoring via: Vanilla, l.em.oi. Peach, Almond,
nose. Urange, Celery, ftc, for sale at
SCARR ft CS
May 18, Charlotte Prnjr Store.
THE subscribers inform the citizens of Charlotte
and vicinity that they have established a
LUMBEK YAHD
J5', town, where they intend keeping a supply of ell I
kind ,,f Lumber for building and other purposes. Mr
'"Has Rudisitl is their agent in town application may j
e made to him or to either of the undersigned.
Oct G. is.,7 MILLER ft PORTER.
K. chaiupion's
V e gfcl a h I v A g u v P i 1 1 .
A sa.fe and certain cure for Chills and i vcr, or Feve
and Agne in all its complicated forms, ami is :.i- aa
ell'ectual remedy for Fvers of every description.
medicine is perfectly safe and harmii .- hi its 1 iC.ets
and may he given with perfect safety to persons of all
ages. It never foils to effect a cure when taken accord
ing to directions accompanying each lox. It is purely
vegetable, containing no deleterious drugs, nor mineral
medicines of any kind.
Dr. Champion's Anti-Billious, Anti-
Dyspeptic, luritying and Cathartic I'ill.s The
most reliable and safe remedy in Liver Complaint. Dys
pepsia, Costivenes. Sick, headache. Sick stomach, 111
lions habits, indigestion, and all that class of diseases
arising from a disordered condition of the stomach,
bowels, ldood or liver. It is entirely vegetable and
contains no deleterious drug or medicine, and is one ol
the liet cathartics ever reconimendr d.
Price. 25 cents per box.
For sale by F. Scarr ft Co. and by F. M. Ross, Charlotte.
F. M. Swyer ;c Co.. Proprietors,
June 14. 1858. Belleville, Illinois.
TAILOR SHOP
On the Thud I toor over the Boole Store
( ft rson 's Building.
C"i EXTLEMEN bringing their work to this Shop may
W rely noon having it made up faithfully, and in
the Latest Style; !ut they will please remember that
they will have to pay the Cuxh for their work.
June 15, 1858. 6m A. BETUUNT2.
Charlotte Machine Shop.
W. I. PIMCM1VEY & CO.,
Engineers, and Makers of Hydraulic
Presses and Machinery in general,
IT1"AVE commenced business in Charlotte, in the
-13. above line, and are prepared to make
StcaSSI K Basilic of any form or construc
tion. HYDRAULIC COTTON PRESSES,
and every description of MACHINERY.
Thcv also beg to inform manufacturers and farmers
fcnerai t v
. that thcv have rccentlj
d a
lo their estahlishiuetit, and are prepared to furnish
CASTINGS in IRON, BRASS, or any other metal, at
a -h i t notice and at reasonable prices.
Particular attention will be given to the making and
Thrashing' Machines, Horse Powers,
Cotton (iii8. Mill Work, and
Agricultural Machinery.
We also keep workmen for BLACKSMITHi&G. Job
hing work, VV'-agon work, and HORSE SHOEING.
OUR TERMS ARK CASH. "XtAl
Shops :: CoUege Street, adjacent to Jonas
Rudisill's Steam Planing Mill.
June 82, 1858. y
PETER MALLETT
WITH
D. COLDEN MURRAY,
6cncra( Commission Mine (rant,
02 South sfreei,
June 29, 1958 v
NE.tT YORK.
The real Bsiaili Remedy.
Silt JAMES CLARKE'S CELEBRATED
FEMALE PILLS,
PCKCAKEO FROM A PBKSCUIPTIOS OF sll! J. CLARKK, 31. 1)..
PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY To THE OCEEK.
fTHfS well known medicine is no imposition, but a
1 sere and safe reined v for Female Difficulties and
Obstructions, from anv cause whatever: and although
a powerful remedy, they contain nothing hurtful to the
constitution. To MARRIED I.AOIKS it is peculiarly
suited.
Thc.-c Pills have never been known to fail where the
Directions on the 2d page of Pamphlet are well observ
ed. For full particulars. ..ret a pamphlet, gratis, of the
Agent.
N. B. SI and postage stamps enclosed to anv au
thorized Agent, will insure a bottle, containing over 50
Pills, by return mail.
Sold in Charlotte by F. SCARR ft CO., sole Agents,
and by llaviland, Stevenson & Co., Charleston, Whole
sale agents.
March 3, ls58. v
Dissolution.
T
11!-: Finn of BEOKWITH k BRTTTAIN was this
dav dissolved bv mutual consent. All persons
indebted to .-aid firm are requested to come forward iin
metliiUely and make payment either by Cash or Note, as
the holiness of the Firm mut be closed.
R. V. BECKWITH,
' June 10, 1838. W. J. BRITTA1N.
A VINO bought the entire stock of WATCHES,
JEWELRY, &C, ol Beck with k Brittain, 1
shall continue the Business at their old Stand, where I
will be pleased to see my old friends ami customers.
R. W. BECKWITH.
June 15, 158. tf
"Mtrcss the Grave of thy frieaMf."
m
CAROLINA CITY, N. C.
The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad being now
completed to Beaufort Harbor, I have determined to
locate at Carolina City for the purpose of doing a
Forwarding 8c General Commission
Business, and hope by promptness and strict attention
to merit patronage and support. Being the Agent of
MUKllAY'8 1AXK OF FIRST CLASS PACKETS
to this and Morehead city, every effort will be made to
make this the cheapest and most expeditious 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 given to all orders, and to the snle and shipment of
Produce. WM. B. GRANT.
All shipments of Produce to D. Col den Murray. New
York, will be forwarded free of commission;
June 'I'K 1859 v
the f,ivs:st
rn
B!
f
OS
PREPARED BY DR SAXKIiKP,
Compounded entirely from GURS,
TS ONE OF THE BEST PCROATIVK AND LIVER M E
1 DIi'lN'F.S before llie pntillt, ilial m-ts nv ; Orflkartic,
CHINESE SUGAR CANE.
We have received a siuSll jianiphlet, viLlielicd
by Mr Win. Glaze, of Columbia, S. C. giving an
account of experiments all ubservations upon the
Chinese Sugar Cane. The first part comprises
experitnenta and observations, made witli a view
of determining its value as a sugar-jiroducing plant,
by Joseph Loveripg, of Oakhill, I'cnnsylvania.
From seven experiments, which are stated minutely,
he i: ikes the tellowiug inferences:
1. 'that it is obvious that there is a culminating
point in the development of the sugar in the cane,
which is the best time for sugar making. This
point or season L consider to be, when most if not
all the seeds are ripe, and after several frosts say
when the temperature falls to 25? or 30 Fereinheit.
2. That frost, or even bard freezing, does not
injure the juice nor the sugar; but that warm
Indian summer weather, after the frost and bard
freezing, does injure them very ma'e.ially, and
reduces both quantity and quality.
3. That if the cane is cut and boused, or shocked
in the field when in its most favorable condition, it
will probably keep unchanged fora long time.
4. That when the juice is obtained, the process
should proceed continuously and without delay.
;'). That the clarification should be as perfect as
possible by the time the density reaches. 15 Beaunie,
the syrup having the appearance of good brandy.
0. That although eggs were used in tbese small
experiments, on account of their convenience,
bullock's blood, if to be had, is equally good; and
the milk of lime alone will answer the purpose; in
the latterca.se, however mure constant and prolonged
skimming will be required to produce a perfect
clarification, which is highly important.
7. That the concentration, or boiling down, after
clarification, should be as rapid as possible witbout
scorching shallow evaporators being the best.
With tlie.-e conditions secured, it is about as
easy to make good sugar from the Chinese cane as
to make a pot of good mush, and much easier than
to make a kettle of good apple butter.
Included in the pamphlet is a very practical
statement of experiments made in Fairfield, by
Capt. II. C. Davi.;, addressed to the members of
the Faiifield Agricultural Society. The practi
cability of manufaeturiijg the sugar seems yet to be
involved in uncertainty; but syrup of a superior
quality has been repeatedly made. Last fall, at the
Fair in Winnsbqrd, we saw several varieties that
were made with great success. So, also, at the
State Fair. With very little trouble and small
expense, every planter can supply the borne demand,
and thus contribute immeasurably to the comfort
ofliis nesrroes. Even though in flavor it mibrht not
be able to compete with the best Xew Orleans, yet
the cheapness with which it can be made, must
commend the syrup to that kindly consideration
for their negroes, which characterises our ilantcrs
gcnerallv. ( 'olu ai hi a C 'arolin ia n .
A I 1 ..!,.... i liuI 1 1 1 . mi,- , , ' I . - k i.n II
fit Mr i, iHiran, nun m"n . -... ........ .....
"3 It it nol Mil' ii Crfftarfrr, bat Meet remedy, acting liiM M tlie i-j
n Unr in i-ji-i-t iis nuirliiil mutter, tlien m the stomach Mid liotvtis
f lo cat rv ii!! tliat mutter, thru eeon pishing two purposes effect n
I i nllv. arftlsnl sajrof tbe pnfaaftil EraUii.es expcriiwl in tlicoeeia-
c ti,,i!S r,f most fMtkaitiat. It strengtliens the system at tlie mine j-j
time lliHt it purge it ; Hint ttlu-li taken daily in no lelllte dljr,
' will strengthen an t onuu n up wnu uiiusuoi iiiiiu., .
Tar axd Feathers. Suspicion re-ting on
Jas. L. Bowers, of Kent county, 3Id., as being con
nected with running off slaves from that State, it
was determined last week by a number of respect
able citizens, to send him out of the State. On
Wednesday night last, the determination was put
into effect, The Kent (county) News saj's:
Frcm teu to thirty persons were engaged in it.
one of whom succeeded in decoying r Bowers
from his bouse between the bonis of 10 and 12
o'clock, by pretendidg to have broken his Carriage
w hich required assistance to mend it. Upon Mr
H's arrival at the road, (which is distant about one
hundred yards from his house.) be was sizcd and
secured by the party who quickly proceeded to
place him in a carriage to be conveyed to a place
previously selected lor tlie purpose. His screams
were soon beard by his wife, who immediately
started to the place whence they proceeded, and
came up with the party before they had carried oft
her husband. lit r fears for his safety were par
tially received by being tofd that he would receive
no personal violence, but that they intended to
take him to jail for some offense be had committed.
Mrs Bowers returned home while the posse carried
him to a wood some half a mile distant, where he
wasstripped, tarred and feathered, and i.fter prom
ising to leave the State within twenty-four hours,
he was permitted to depart.
c
The Ijivrr i one of ihe
human I, ly ; and when it fiJB 1"
principal retf nlaiur of tilt JQ
itS IllhClii'l;
veil,
the ii iwers ol the system avi
i Hiui-iM entirely de-en lent
Lit i r lor the pror ertoi in
ttomsch Is at Inillt. In- now
gr fully cieveloeti. t he vUnmich 3
tIBCC of ilrifuilCliOiiB: Lt li tl.e
me nt Aifilt, atui whole O
tin ring cv&se ! In do its duty. " For tut ai:as (.1 Mm! or-
iih inaiH' 11 ms suuij, in n
yuais, to littil nnbc remedy
ttuoij del nr. jrthH-.it lo liieli
$25 He ward.
KAN A WAV or stolen from the Pnh?eriher on the
17th May, a NeKro Man named PETER. He is
between 35 and 40 y ears uld, ahout feci high, spate
Made, thin-visaged, of copper eolor, and speaks mild
bat quick when spoken to. I will oive Tventv-Fi e
Uollan Rrard for the apprehension and confinement
j said negro in any Jail in this or anv other State, so
thai I get Iiim again; and I will giVe Fifty Dollars for
information sufficient to convict any person btharboif
''cr said negro.
DUtTRY MOTtGAN".
Xorgaa's Mills. . C.June 1. 1858. 3m
Charlotte, N. C.
The subscriber begs leave
to inform the public that he
carries on the business !'
working in Marble, on Trade
street, directly opposite the
Court House. He is prepar
ed to tlo all kiinls ol work in
his line, soefa as Monuments
-Ph and Grave Stones, Mantle
-..i''i' Pieces for dwellings or any
-,--. other kind of Stone work
that mav lie reonircd in his line.
His stock of Marble will always comprise the various
qualities, and enable him to do work in a manner that I
will he satisfactory to those who may favor him with
their patronage.
Orders will receive particular attention and be
promptlv filled.
Work7 Will be packed with care, and all diligence used
to prevent injury by transportation.
iriin. o;ie or tne propesews
practice uf mors thun twenty
wherewith lo COOttWnsSt llu
ii is linhle.
To prove thai litis reoseily ;s
- with IJvrr t'our-
1 h;is bat to try it hotile. Hinl
I'hese Uunfl remove ill
the svstess. suxiplruicin their
invir irminu the stomact
o
s
nt last rotfnd, uny person Iron
j . ; i in ' . in any uf its foCasa,
conielion is cerltiiit.
ino.l-iil or baft! n.M;ter fiotn
lilnee a nexltliv Boa ol tile.
caiaslui; food to digest well.
cc better, larevewtecl, by
Vj Urer Iii-rlgorntor.
One Aoae alter catlaj; is miT
and prevent the fend from
S Unix one dose taken bofare
n
re
t . t ..
iiiicu, nnu, '
p the oceasiosusl n.--e ol llie p
Ecient tc relieve the stomach ji,
risinsr and sonrinaL
retiricg, prevents Xijlit-
JZ. uo.'iry 1S the bloonL, W pivinsrtone aiidliealth tothe
Whole UMChinery, removing the cause of the iiteae
effecting ii radical cure. 0
"" rna ... , .1 , i
Only one l..xe IrKen at ii'jri.r, loawcns .ue www
11 1 !-. 1 a S
trent.v, innl cores to
Om dose tueu aftn e:tch
f.J'llllr iIbkc of two teu-
Slt-ri Ileatlaclie.
One hotile taken for fe-
, canse of the iieiie, and
Only one dose bavoediately
One dose ol'ten rapesAod is
C Morlm. ami a preventive
t?j Otny one larale is
ajsani the afseeta meIi
"xrj'hc bottle taken for
t i lowness or unnatural color
One dosfl taken a snort
iror to ihe anpei lie, and aaakes
One dose eitcn repeat ea
c ' rtliea in worst tottns.
J Bawel complaints yield
P3 ime or tsso doses carta at
ii fThUdran : tlic.e is ms surer.
C
00
nit
tan
in
meal sriil enre 1J ys j:-iir j
.Mionfuls w ill ala n letieve v3
Baale obstr net ion removes the C3
HSbes a perleet curat.
elievcs t Hot If, aliila 2,
a sine core l-r t lioir rn
of t i.nn l .!. r-f-
nee led lo throw ont of llie ET
eme alter a lone- skduueas, p
Jaundice remove all sal
l. m the skin. '
time before eatjrar pives vi- .
load ditrest well.
cores Ctirat.le Olr
v, hile ? I. til 111 and
alp to ihe Brsi dose.
lar caused b"l Ol nts in
saler, or speetUes umedy iu
J. G. McCOT. ci;
Juno 1". 1858.
'41
Otopsj', I'.v exciting the 5
m,rd;i-ir Ibis medicine n
Aaie. Chill Kt v.r,
ius Typt. Il eperates "
me w1Hh. to lesHfv to its
hols x o c o . r s: n: v k
female College,
Asheville, N. C.
TUF. next Term will open the 19th OF JULY;
Rev. A. W. CUMUIXGS, D. !., President, aasbt
d bj twelve able Professors and Teachers.
Baauo, for the College year S0 00
Tl IT10N-. 4 00
UCSIC anrl rtllior Mba hvaini.tssa n iriPSIiondillQ 1 V
" Catalogues will he sent on applieatlbO to
K. 15. VAXCB, Sec'v and Treas r.
Ion
J. M SAXDEKS,
CABINET MAKER, CHAKLOTTK. N, 0 keeps
constantly on hand a large assortment oj 1 urmture
of his own anil Northern manufacture. Al.-o.
FISK'S MKT A LIC JiLKlAL CASES.
Dec. 20, 1S37. 80-l.V
th' tt orhl, a- il " f
c--A few bonun cures
hIo.oi bcssls
We take .leisure in recom
j.ie eoti t to Fi ver ami
and ail i-Vvris at s 1511
wilh eert.i;nt e. ami llkSaSBodf
arassassful eartjaaa.
Ml who use I! are giving their iiiiai.lniPiis '
testimony 1 ; ifs favov.
.jt-"riv ";:tr in fo- mouf'i with the Ii-.vi-
m'iiio,. atacl i iith together. -
THE LIVHR INVIGOHATOR ZZ
PS i S' IKXTIFft. J'ri ' IMM'iii r.u. ami is aairj
w.n-fctnsr cnies, almost mu ceftt lo oeiieve.i it cwrea as u iy
2 -.. ' ... m ri, '... at.t acMom more thai-
: ,,. ' .., ; . eore any kind ol Llvrr t mpfatnt.
' 1 . . t : n ; .-'tt.ii to a eoinnion JleaoVicsje,
a liisen-,-l i.lver.
J fitiCF ONE DIILU.K PKK BOTT1.E.
AXFORO A. Co.. rn.prielcrs. Hi Baosahotf, Xew York,
i AViioIesale Agents :
c- HiTivrs .i PiEK
cl
0Q
retailed by all Iloijists. Sold aso '-p
March 2, y F. SCARR & CO
In a Fix An American ;it Paris went ;i
restaurant to get his dinner. Unaccjuainfed with
the French language, yet unwilling to show his
i igtiorance, he pointed to the Brst line in the hill of
! fare, ami the polite waiter brought him a plate of (
i fragrant beef sbun. 1 his was very well, arid when
it was dispatched he pointed to the second line. !
I he waiter understood him perfectly", and brought
, him vegetable soup. "Rather more soup than 1
want," thought he, "but it is Paris fashion." He
! duly pointed to the third line, and a plate of
tapioca broth wastronght himjagaitl to the fourth.,
ahd was furnished with a. bowl of preparation of
arrow root. He tried the fifth line and was mi; plied
with some r-ruel kept for invalids. The bystanders
j now supposed that they saw tin unfortunate
: individual who had lost all his teeth, and our friend,
determined to get as fir from tlie soup as possible,
pointed in despair to the last line on the bill of
fare. The intelligent waiter, who saw at once
; what he wanted, politely handed him a bunch of
' tooth-nicks, j his was too much uur countryman
paid hi.sbill, and incontinently h it.
Rkvf.xi'E ri:M Tobacco Statist! etil fcisbjes
recently jiublishcd show that the hnnttaJ revenm;
raised on tobacco in France amounts to about
$20,OGO;OOO and in England to about S JS.OOOIOO,
or to a total for both countries of about S.r8,MMI,(HM..
Nearly nil of this is grown in the T'nited States,
and bv slave labor. Thus France derives one half
of her revenue from customs, and England one
fourth from the product of slave labor of America.
What a blessed condition they would arR be' In; if
their short-sighted philanthropy could cut open the
goose that lays the golden egg!
THE EFFECTS OF AUTHORSHIP ON
THE MIND AND HAPPINESS.
Two of the most remarkable and unexpected
suicides of modern times have been committed by
literary men, in the full blast of mental occupa
tion. We allude to the extraordinary deaths of
Hugh Miller and Henry W. Herbert. In some
respects there was a great contrast between the
two men. The first was emphatically and emi
nently a religious man. In fact it was an over
earnest desire to vindicate what he considered
some of the reconciling truths between the Rook
of Genesis and geology, that finally, having over
tasked his mental energies, drove him to that hor
ropsof great darkness which utterly dethroned his
reason, and led him to that act which was without
any outward cause, and abhorrent to all his most
settled principles.
Tn the other ease there were several outward
circumstances to help to account for the deed.
Rut when it is remembered that Mr Herbert
speaks of himself as one of the most wretched of
men, as being for twenty-six years without friends,
or fortune, or country, there is plenty of evidence
to show that morbidly sensitive and wretched
state of mind underlying all, find producing now
herculean feats of nientai labor, and now that utter
relaxation and want of nerve and faith to meet
emergencies which is, as we apprehend, the really
ffrefattStt of all dangers arising from a literarv life.
The two gentlemen wdiose names we have men
tioned were also from opposite walks of life by
birth and early education Hugh Miller, a stone
cutter, barely taught to read; Herbert, the son of
a literarv clerirvmeii, a Dean and a Right Honor
able, in whose veins flowed the blood of Percy and
Pembroke; He himself was a graduate of Eton
and of Cambridge, with every advantage that birth
and the best education could bestow. Vet here
their situations were more apparently than really
dissimilar, for Hugh Miller became distinguished
on the stones of the field as Herbert on ancient
learning, hist n-y, and those fashionable field sports
in which the aristocracy of England delight.
Rut in other respects there was a strong similar
ity in these men, both in t he circumstances of their
lives and of their deaths. Roth were voluminous
authors not mere copyists and compilers of other
men's ideas, but writers of original and strong
thoughts rapidly thrown off, but exhibiting the
very highest qualities of vigorous mental force and
imagination. Most of their works were what the
farmers would call a scourgiur crojt, exhaustive in
the highest degree of the mind, and written with
great energy and beauty of style. Roth were men
of an originally fine constitution. We vividly re
member the remarkably well built and manly form
of Henry W. Herbert, as he leaped from the box
seat of a stage-coach to present a letter of intro
duction to a near relative and friend. He Mas
then about thirty, just about to be manied to his
first wife, a lady of the highest respectability and
connexions, in high spirits, and with a manliness,
frankness, and gentleness of address that, through
its great simplicity and eare, would have won him
entrance any where.
Roth were singularly fond of playing with all
sorts of deadly weapons, good shots with a pistol,
and inclined to keep such dangerous tools close
about them. Roth had overworked themselves by
excessive fits of writing until a depression of spir
its seems to have succeeded, bringing upon them a
frenzy of desperation and dispair.
Roth wrote letters showing that the act was in
one sense premeditated, while both in their last
writings showed that intense "presht sufieririg rob
bed them of the sustaining sense of the future,
without beclouding their intellectual conscious
ness of it. And both, at about the same hour of
the night, and almost precisely the same way, ter
minated tin ir existence.
The occasions of most apparent causes for such
acts are not always the most real causes. Other
things may have operated and did operate beyond
doubt in this last case; but the utter exhaustion
arising from over mental effort in imaginary and
intellectual efforts, leaving the will too powerless
and exhausted to contend with the difficulties of
simple existence in real life, was one great cause
lying at the bottom of both acts. It was the only
cause in Hugh Miller's case.
The literary man lives in an iJi-al world a
most unnatural life. Give him his garret, his ink
stand, and his book, and he has a world within
himself, a world of delight in which ho can escape
all calamity for the time be ing. Rut, when utter
ly exhausted by this kind of life, he awakes tothe
body and finds trouble on every side from little
neglects, or whims or errors. His mental power
being all exhausted-, he readily sinks into dispair.
liis faith in ever' thing, except some one present
and pressing, sometimes quite imaginary, is gone.
In Hugh Miller's case, it might be said, and
was said, "Sec the effects of being overmuch right
eous. Had he only relaxed, and hunted, and port
ed, and taken violent fits of exercise to atone to
his body for those of mental work, ail had been
well. Had he only eaten more, and drank more
freely and mirthfully, it had not been thus." Thi.
a ar '
could not be .-aid in the latter case. The relaxa
tion was as extreme and exhaustive as the mental
work. But both, in different ways, failed to seek
or to obtain that quietude which a more gently re
laxing life would have given. Could both have
lived more immediately in communion with a wife
and children, on a quiet farm, both might have
been alive now and happy. Pkit. Ledger.
Henry A. Wise, dr., Ion of Gov. Wise, says the
Virginia Herald, Una ordained a Minister at die
Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, near
Alexandria on Friday, the 2d iust.
Emj.nk.vt Cl.ETtf.VM.w I)i:.tx The Phila
delphia papers anin unco the death of the Rev. Dr.
Jam wnv. one of the most eminent
clerLrvman in the countrv.
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Slave Property tn Mississippi. A Missis
sippi paper savs that the number of taxable slaves '
in that Staters 3,l!52, an increase on of
1,450. If the average value of the slaves is
estimated at SG00 e; eh, the total would be !
5220,902,200. I
K ? A subscriber living near Lebanon, Te.,
informs us that a negro woman, living in his
neighborhood, who i.i eighty-four years of age,
recently gave birth to two children. The mother
and children are doinjr well. This is a remarkable 1
"freak of nature," and we do not ever remember of 1
hearing of a similar one. Rustellvide Kg., Herald
One thousand barrels of flour are contracted for
in Cincinnati, Ohio, by parties in Indiana, at $1
per barrel.
GOV. CUMMINQ'S RECEPTION
At Salt Luke City, by a Gentile Refugee.
Thos. Corndalc, a Geutile, who passed the win
ter among the Mormons, and who took advantage
of Gov. Cummiug's protection to escape from Salt
Lake City, thus describes his reception by Brig
ham Young and the twelve Apostles and the Saints
of Ctah :
Rrigham passed out into an ante-room, and re
turned with two gentlemen, whom he introduced
tothe audience as Gov. dimming and Col. Kane.
Kane never said a word. Gov. dimming said to
the people he had eoine there as Governor of Ctah,
to do them good not harm.
The people cried out, "Speak louder."
The Governor repeated what he had said and
added, "1 am your friend."
Voices "I don't believe it" "Tt is a lie."
"Governor dimming 1 have come out here to
see that justice is done to you to see that you
are protected from the Indians. I have come on
mv own responsibility, without an escort, or guard,
or any arms, not even a penknife.''
Audience "It is not true; it is false. You
have come supported by 2,000 bayonets." This
was halloed out with great noise and rage. It was
then added, "We won't believe you are our Friend
until you send these soldiers back." It was a por
ted Bedlam, the people halloed out any and every
thing, and gross personal remark? were made. Tin'
audience became so violent that Brigham frequent
ly had to interfere to quiet them.
One man said, "You are nothing but an office
seeker." The Governor replied that he obtained
his appointment honorably, ami had not solicited
it. The people then cried out, "We will not have
a Missourian to rule over us." The Governor re
plied that he was not a Missourian, that he was a
Georgian.
John Taylor got up and apologized, saying thnt
Mr. dimming must excuse them they had
thought he was a Missourian; then he went on to
recount what they had suffered from the hands of
the Missourians, when Brigham stopped him by
saying there was no necessity for narrating that.
The hallowing, talking and screaming lasted over
two hours.
John Taylor made a speech, saying, "We aro
free from the Gentile yoke, and we never will he
under it again; we will remain free forever." The
whole assembly clapped their hands at this senti
ment. Brigham, "-continued Taylor, "has slipped
out of the yoke, and old Buchanan is nearly crazy
because he has to carry it alone We never intend
to be yoked up with Gentiles again; no, never,
world without end, for their dominion is sealed,"
Governor Cuinniing had a paper read which
sounded like a proclamation. Ihe Governor said
in it that he governed the Territory that all its
armed citizens were under his command that all
the Triads in the territory were open and free for
travel.
An Irishman named Clenimeus, who is not a
citizen of the United States, spoke two hours. lie
called all persons who desired to leave, raseuls and
scoundrels.
Brigham Young then got up and said: "If there
is any man or woman here who really wants to go
away, and feel that they have be.cn deprived of
their rights, I want them to hold up their right
hands." I looked around to see if any hands were
held up, expecting a good many would be, but.
there was not one. I then raised my hand, and
the people cried, "Here is a hand," Right after,
others were held up.
Brigham Young then asked me if I had been
treated right while in the territory. I said, as re
gards that, some two or three of the Bishops have
treated me very kindly; but I must say, there are a
great many pef pie in here who are not as honest
as they should be.
Brigham :aid, "That is so." Tlie people ap
plauded that. Brigham said, -Let every man and
woman who wants to go away, give his name to
Governor Cunnning, and they can go and welcome."
Extraordin ary Deckptions. The Paris cor
respondent of the Xew Orleans Picayune, writing
under date of May 2th, ssvys that a singular fraud
has been discovered at Versa illas. A lady known
by every person in that decayed city, and honored
for her name, position and piety, died four fir five
dayS ago, and when she was shrouded it was dis
covered that she was a wan ! This pseudo lady
who has played her pail for forty-two years ever
since 18 Hi pretend' d to he the dmntoss de Sol
cge tie Liuge, and the last memb'-r of that noble
family. Hating been the Superior of a convf-nt
suppressed at the first revolution, she wore a mon
astic costume, which singularly favored her deceit,
and she enjoyed a pension of ?1,200, which seems
to have been the principal motive for this bold im
pr sition It is not strange that this impostor, who
took possession of all the papers of the true Coun
tess, (who, as it is believed, died abroad as an emi
grant,) should have played the part forty-two years
without exciting the least suspicion, and without
being exposed for a knave by any accident: The
pretended Countess lived in great retirement, and
visited only the Fanbounr Saint Germain families,
who treated her with marked attention, and scut
her the earliest vegetables an.l fruits of their gar
dens. The police arc endeavoring to ascertain who
this adventurer is, but a attasfc worn forty-two yearn
is likely to prove impenetrable. This is the most
extraordinary imposition 1 have ever heard of, al
though the adventure of the Count of Saint Helena
is more dramatic. You may rely upon it, this
story is no hoax. Arersailles is iu a fever about it.
Something like it occurred a few years ago at Brus
sels. On the death of a chief clerk in the Minis
try of Foreign Affairs, it was discovered that he.
was a woman. We had entered the public service
as a supernumerary clerk, and had gradually risen
from post after posts to the chief elerk-diip, whose
duty it was to manage the political correspondence
which he did with extraordinary ability. And it
is not long since an old soldier at the Motel des
liivuiides, having failen violently sick, was discov
ered to he a woman; she had served as an artillery
man through most of Napoleon's battles from
Egypt to "Waterloo.
Gentlemen, listen, one and all,
Big, thick, little, short and tall,
)f this well-behaved community
Don't read the 'copy,' laugh or talk,
While the printers are at work;
It cart be did with impunity !
A:Ucville: June Bth, ia