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tm$tm $2 per annum ON THE CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF TIIE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET , IN ADVANCE. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1859. VttUJJi f. YATOS, Emtor an, pkoprif.. SEVENTH VOLUME NUMBER 351. (Published every Tuesday,) HY VM J. FATES, Editok ani Pnopirro. Eivin A. Yates, Associate Editor. Ml IT paid in advaac 00 If paid within :t months - If paid after the expiration of the year, 3 00 jfcj- Any person Beading us five saw subscribers, nr. i,niani 1 by the advance rabscrintioa ($10) will receive sixth eoay gratia for one year. g-jj- Sabwribera and others w ho may wi.sh to scud money to us, caa lo so by Mail, at our riK.. o Halt of Ulttrlisinz'. One saaatC of 14 lines or less, for .i months u . li u . " 12 " $ 4 00 0 00 10 (0 (ne aqaare, ..r less, first insertion $ 1 M Bach Mbseqneal insertion - Bha- Transient advertisements must be paid for in At anee. -jv-For announcing Candidates for OSce, 5 in advance. Staf Advertisements not marked on the manuscript for a rpecinc time, will he inserted until forbid, and eharjed aceordingly. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.. PRACTITIONER OF REBICIftE AMI Office No. 2 Irwin's corner, Charlotte, N. C. December 14, 1858. A. C. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Has taken an oSce jointly with J. A. Fox. Ksaj, up-stairs next door to the Court House, where he will he con stantly present to attend to all calls on professional business made for himself or for Mi Fox when he is absent. January 4, 1859. tf J. A. F Attorney xx Hjmw, (Hfiee nut aWr ( the Court llouxe, I'p-Stuirs A. C. WILLIAMSON. Esq., who is a joint occupant of the office, and who will be uniformly present, w ill attend to professional business for me in my absence. December 21, 1858 tf IK. FOX & WHITE, 11 Inil Medicine and Svirerr. trff" Okkk k up Stairs in Springs' Building. C J. FOX, M. D. W. K. WHITE, M. D. April ."t. 1858. 5-tf NOTICE. ALL those indebted to the subscriber will make im mediate settlement, or their Notes and Accounts will be placed in other hands for collection. April t. 1858. 3-tf C. J. FOX. C. KELLEY At J. L. GARDNER, Commission Merchants, Ami Dealers in Pry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Bouts ami Shoes, Hats and Caps, &c, lYewfcera, r. C af- Prompt aad personal attention given to the sale of all kinds of Coi xtuv PaourCK. April Jit. 1858. l-pd P. SAU1SS, Architect and Builder, Will furnish Designs, Flans and Drawings for Public Buildings, Private Residences and Villas. Particular attention will be paid to building Flouring Mills. Corn Mills, Ac. Umci in ::d story of Alexander's Building, front room, over China Hall. Charlotte. Oct. l, 1858. EDWARD LYNES, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN ariware, Cutlery, linns, &c, 4.s WARREN ST., G-eoree Lvnes. NEW YORK. mm Jan. J.", 1859. 3m-pd. LAND FOR SALE. Oh Tuesday the 26th of April next, (hem? the week of Countv Court.) I will sell at the Court House door in Charlotte. 218 ACRES OF LAND lying on the waters of Long Creek in Mecklenburg coun ty, eight miles west of Charlotte, known as the Cathey tract, and adjoining the lauds of James Beatty, Nancy Cathey ami others. This Land is superior for farming purposes, but is more highly prized for the valuable pine Timber there on. There is Saw Mill within one mile of the tract, and the line of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad runs within one-fourth of a mile of it. Terms: Twelve months credit note and approved aecuritv required. VM. J. HAYES, Executor of Catharine Hayes. Februarys, 1859 :rm JONAS RCD1S1LL, Architect and Builder. (DESIGNS FURNISHED AND BUILDINGS COMPLETED ON THE .MOST REASON ABLE TERMS, AND IN EVERY STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE,) On ('( ft rert, corner of Eighth street. Charlotte, N. C. WOULD most re.-pe tfnllv announce to the Citizens of Charlotte and aarroaadtag country, that he still con tinues the above business in Charlotte, where he is prepared to furnish DOORS, BLINDS AND SASH, to the public on the most reasonable terms, and on the hottest notice. Having a great many small claims for work done, Battered all over the country, he is determined to change his method of doing business and hereafter will require CASH for all work done in his Machine Shop, before removal. Jan. i:. 1.".S. tf REMOVAL. The subscriber has removed from Radasil'a to the old Terres' stand, near to the Jail, where he is prepared to do all kinds of work in his line, at short notice and on reasonable terms. Repairing done at short notice and for exceedingly low prices FOB CASH. COFFINS made of any kind of wood at short notice. M. & OZMLNT. Jan. 19, 1333 3-14-tf Exclusively Wholesale Druir. Paint and Oil Warehouse. CJ ANTOS, WALKE & CO., w holesale dealers 3 in DRUGS; Lamp, Machinery and Paiut OILS; Varnishes. Paints, ke. kc. No. 38, Iron front, West side. Murk el Square, NORFOLK, YA. Ooods shipped from New York, Philadelphia, or Baltimore, to Charleston, when required. November ft, 185S. f TO THE LAMBS, A SPLENDID assortment of FRENCH CANDIES; Deslilles, kc, for Diessing Cakes, at J. I). PALMERS. HAVANA ORANGES, Just received at J. 1). PALMER'S Confectionerv. Feb. 8, 18.-.0. 6 CASKS Pure SMYRNA FIGS, zgt for sale low for cash, at J. I). PALMER'S mmEST INDIA FRUITS, PRESERVES, w F Pickles, Brandy Peaches, kc, at J. I). PALMER'S. 61k BBLS. NEW YORK APPLES, low for cash, at J. D. PALMER S. LIFE INSURANCE. Till undersigned as Agent will receive applications for Insurance in the Nrtt Carotin Mutual Lift Insmrwnee Company. This Company is the oldest in the State, and has been in successful operation for several years. Its rates are moderate, and all losses promptly adjusted. Persons w ishing to insure their own lives or the lives of their Slaves, in this Company, will call at the Office of the Agent, at the Rank of the State. SLAVES insured for TWO-THIRDS of their VALUE. THOS. Y. DEWEY, Agent. Jan'y 11, 1859. ly The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur ance Company, CONTINUES to take risks against loss by fire, on Houses, Goods, Produce, &c, at usual rates. Of fice nearly opposite Kerr's Hotel. President M. B. TAYLOR. Vice President C. OVERMAN. Secy & Treas'r E. NYE HUTCHISON. M. J. F. R. TAYLOR, C. OVERMAN, L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON, STARR. S. T. WRISTON, A. C STEELE. Exerutirt Committee. Jno L Rrown, ST Wriston, A C Steele. April 27, 1S58. tf J. IS. KRKR, Proprietor. VERY ACCOMMODATION afforded the -J natrons of the Charlotte Hotel. At this Hotel is kept the line of Tri-weekly Stages from Charlotte via Monroe, N. C, and Lancaster S. C-. to Camden. S. C. Patrons of the Charlotte Hotel conveyed to and from the Depots free of charge. Oct. 1, iiC8. J. B. KERR. M ECKLENBUR CS BO.E)S. Seven per cent per annum. These Bonds are undoubtedly the safest investment that can be made, and are really preferable to any State Roods. The County cannot repudiate. They bear xercn per cent interest payable . -annually, with Coupons for the same. They are of the denomination of .Slot), which will make them more current and useful for domestic purposes. The coupons will prove a convenient medium for paying county taxes. The citizens of the countv should possess them, and they are now ottered to them. Proposals left at either Rank in Charlotte or with Stephen W. Davis will receive prompt attention. II. W. GUION, Sept 23, 1853. Pres't. W., C. &. It. Railroad Co. " WHEAT WANTED The subscriber having purchased the Steam Flour ing Mill in this place, is prepared to buy Wheat, for which he will give the highest market price in cash. Flour. Bran and Meal for sale at the Mill, or deliv ered wherever desired in town. JOHN WILKES. Charlotte, August 10, 1858. 21-tf. WILMINGTON BRANCH ZNIE2W" GOODS. R AHN WEILER & BROTHERS RKSPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Charlotte ami the surrounding Country that they have opened a Store two doors from T. H. Brem ft Oo's, where may be found a large and extensive stork of Fancy and Sta ple Dry Goods. Silks, Dress Goods, Embroideries, Bon nets, Ladies' Cloaks, and Ileadymade Clothing, for Gents, Youths and Hoys wear: Blankets, Kerseys, Boots, Shoes. Hats. Caps, Trunks, fcc. &c. We are now daily receiving the most extensive and best assortment of "the above named goods that can he found in the State, and cheaper than any other House. Having bought our entire stock for CASH, which enables us to sell our goods 20 per cent cheaper. All per sons wishing to save money in buying goods should bear in mind not to forget to call on us before buying else where. Wholesale buvers. particularly, should bear it la mind to call at our store, second Uoor trom i. n. Brem ft Co. In addition to our lnree stock we have fitted up a WHOLESALE ROOM for wholesale layers. DAVID KAHN WEILER. DANIEL KAHNWEILER. Nov.0, 1858 JACOB KAHNWEILER. GROCERIES KAHNWEILER & BROTHERS have just received in addition to their large stock of Dry Goods, a full supply of GROCERIES. BY Dec. 14, 1858. RAILROAD NOTICE TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS. XEW CHEAP IXD EXPEDITIOUS ROUTE ' Foil FREIGHT FOR THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Merchants and others about purchasing their rail and Winter supplies, are requested to notice that by the completion of the North-Eastern Railroad from L Imr lestoa, S. C. to Cheraw, the advantages of a cheap and expeditious route from the seaboard has been opened to them. All Freight consigned to the Agent ot tt e North-Eastern Railroad will be forwarded free of Com mission. No charge will be made for storage at t he raw; all Goods will be taken care of in the Company s Warehouse until sent for. A schedule of charges will be found at the I ost ; iUcC- S. S. SOLOMONS. Aug. 10,1838. tf Eng. and Supt. ANSWER TO THE "BACHELOR'S LA MENT." BY JENNY (iP.EEN. Dear Sir: I have read your petition, Or rather appeal, to niy sex, And hasten to state my position, Before we conclude to annex. In person I'm heavy and ruddy, I am healthy, and cheerful, and fair, Can go out, when it rains or is muddy, Never hinting, I've "nothing to wear." My costume in summer would please you, (It costs but a shilling or two,) Which in winter I change for a bijou Of a stuff, of deep indigo-blue. For music, and dancing, and flowers, I've a scorning consistent with thrift; In thus uselessly wasting our powers, I confess I cannot "see the drift." From morning till night I am happy In the kitchen, to cook and to clean, And I hope you'll not argue I'm nappy, If I sleep all the hours between; For Beauty I've no admiration, And Art, I eschew, as a sin; But I know I've a just estimation Of the use and the value of tin ! So adien to that sorrowful whining, And hold up your head like a man ! Bear in mind, there is one who is pining To learn the result of your plan ! She has met you halfway, and is waiting, How can you be "shy" Mr Locke, When u prize you can take, without baiting, If you'll only walk up to the clialk ! SCARE & CO., Druggists & Chemists, No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, INVITE the attention of Physicians, Planters. Merchants, &c, to their NEW and complete stock of DRUGS, CHEMI CALS, &c. The extensive patronage they have received from the Physicians of Char lotte and it's vieinitv is the best guarantee of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold by them. January I, 1850. T i 1 d e n's Fluid Extracts. SCARR & CO. call the attention of the Medical Pro fession to these elegant Preparations so admirably suit ed for the extemporaneous prepration of Tinctures. Syrups, Wines, c, securing the desirable object of uniformity of strength. No Physician should be without them. For sale at SCARR & COS Jan. 25. 1859. Drugstore, Charlotte. To Physicians. Dr. Church Hi's netc Remedies for Consumption. Pypophosph i tes of Soda ard Potash. Also, Com pound Syrup of the Hypophosphites. at SCARR & CO., Dec. St. CharlolU Drug Store. "seeSss seeis:i LANDRETHS NEW CROP GARDEN SEEDS, Just received a full supply of.these celebrated Seeds direct from Landreth's, embracing every variety of Vegetable Seeds. With Asparagus Plants by the hundred, and VICTORIA RHUBARB ROOTS. Also FLOWER SEEDS 20 choice varieties. SCARR & CO., Dec. 21. Charlotte Drug Store. Window Glass, Putty, Whiting. Oils. Varnishes, Dye-stuffs, Paints, Jcc, Low for cash by SCARR & CO, Jan 25th Druggists. Valuable Steam Mill for Sale. Mr. White, of the firm of WHITE & CANNON, being a resident of California, and wishing his interest in the above property disposed of, I will, as his agent, sell it at public auction on the 17th of March next, at the Mill in the town of Concord: at w hich time the entire pro perty can be bought if desired. The Mills are in ex cellent running order. There are two French Burrs foi Wheat and one for Corn. Any one wishing to negotiate for the property privately can do so by letter, or writ ing to me I will meet them in Concord. JAS. C. CANNON. Feb. 8, 1859 5t Concord, N. C. BREAD and CAKES. Having secured the services of a No. 1 Baker, we are now prepared to furnish the citizens of Charlotte, and mankind in general, a ith something nice to eat. Rjg- Weddings. Parties, &c, furnished at short no tice to order and dispatch. 1st Door from the Court House. HOUSTON & HUNTER. Nov. 23, 1858. tf NEW STORE AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE. S. FRANKENT HALL & CO. Take pleasure in informing the citizens of Davidson College and surrounding country, that they have open ed a Branch store at the stand formerly occupied by Helper k Henderson, where they will always keep on hand a large stock, consisting of Dry Goods, Ready-made Clotnmgr, Boots, Shoes, Bats, Caps, Hardware, Groceries, kc. kc. which they will sell at Charlotte prices. Februarys, 1859 3m T. H. BREM & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN British, French and American Carpets, Hardware, Hats and Shoes, Charlotte, X. C. THOMAS H. BREM, J. A. SADLER, Jr. Nov 0, 1858. T. LAFAYETTE ALEXANDhK. Spring Importation, 1859. i ARMSTRONG, CAT0R & CO., IMPOHTEKS AXD JOB11ERS OP Ribbons, Milliner?, Silk Goods. Flowers, KliUtlB C5lU-V BWrtmrmmm 1 Xo. 2X7 Baltimore Street. (Between Charles and Hanover streets.) BILTinOIIE. Offer a stock unequalled in the Unhid States in variety and cheapness. February 8, 1S5'J O'lU-pd NEWS ITEMS, &'. Died .Returning From a Ball. Miss Laura Stratum, a young girl, while on her way home Tuesday night from a military ball given in Baltimore, became so ill that she was forced to seat herself on a doorstep. Her brother ran for a physician, but on returning with one found her dead in her ball attire. She died of congestion of the heart. Terrible Scene Burning of a Bride and others. Miss Susan Shuck, daughter of Jno. Shuck, Estp, was to have been married at Lebanon, Ky., on Monday last, to Mr. John Thomas, at 12 o'clock. But a few minutes prior to the time the ceremony was to be performed, her dress accidental ly caught on fire, and the wedding dress, which was of thit; material, was instantly in a blaze, and the young lady was fatally burned. Her sister, Mrs. Burr Harrison, in her efforts to save her, fired her own dress, and was perhaps even more severely burned. There is but little hope of her recovery it is feared. Mr. Shuck and other members of the family, who also tried to relieve the young lady from her perilous situation, were burned, but not seriously. The scene was terrifying beyond the expression of language. The bride was badly burnt from the waist up, and the hair burned from her head. After her wounds were dressed, and while she lay upon her couch, suffering the most intense agony, the marriage ceremony was perform ed. In the State of New Jersey in the year 1858, thtre were 3,883 marriages, 14,012 births, and 7,932 deaths ! The odds seem to be all right. Elections will take place in four States this Spring, viz: New Hampshire, March 8th; where the contest will be between the Republicans and Democrats; Connecticut, April 4th; Rhode Island, April Gth, and in Virginia, May 2Gth. In each of these States a Governor is to be chosen, and also members of the next Congress. Sad Accident. Four Negroes Killed. Wilson, N. C, Feb. 24. A sad accident ha pened on the plantation of Gen. G. Singletary, of Pitt county, day beiore yes terday. The General had put several of his hands to digging marl, and while digging the pitt, being small and deep, the walls fell or caved in, covering and killing four of the negroes and somewhat in juring three others. This is not the first, but the most serious accident of the kind, we believe, that has ever happened in the process of marl digging in our State, and should serve as a warning against the old scaffold mode of getting out marl. Distinguished Visitors. -William Smith O'Brien, the Irish patriot, came passenger in the last trip of the Prince Albert from Gahvay. He was received in New York with enthusiastic dem onstration. Mr Richard Cobden, one of the most eminent statesmen of England, came as passenger iu the Canada. Both these gentlemen profess to visit this coun try entirely from reasons of a private nature. JB" The Havvkinsville Times says that Mr J. M. Brown, of Pulaski county, Georgia, made, the past year, 73 bales of Cotton, weighing 50U lbs. each, with 8 ha mis. Pretty good yield for a short crop year on Georgia land. A Whole Family Poisoned by Drinking Tea. A singular case of poisoning occurred in a family residing in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Saturday last. The parties poisoned were Authony Gale, his wife, and their two daughters named Julia and Emma, aged respectively twelve and fourteen years. The facts as gathered from the family are as follows: Mr Gale on Friday purchased a small package of mixed green and black tea at a grocery store near his residence, of which the whole fami ly partook Saturday morning. The tea was pre pared in the usual way in a tin vessel, yet shortly after drinking all became desperately sick, and the recovery of the parents is thought to be doubtful. B A spirited woman of our acquaintance caught her husband the other day in the act of breaking up her hoops. The exertion had a sin gular effect upon him. His hair came out at an astonishing rate. LOWRIE'S TT K ! r3. I receive all the New Pub lications as fast as they come for ward from the Press; and keep constantly on hand a large lot of School, Academy and College TEXT-BOOKS, and many useful reference and recreative works. I also keep a very large stock of Stationery, plain and fancy. Having made an arrangement with the Southworth Paper Manufacturing Company, I am en ahled to sell paper at the same prices hy the w hole salefor which it can he bought in the Northern cities, freight added. P- J LOW'KIE. Feh. 15, 1859. I New Books. History of Frederick the Gbkat, by Tbos. Carlile. i Mizpa.'i: Prayer and Friendship, by L. C. Loomis. Courtship ano Matrimony, with other Sketches, by Robert Morris. Tpe Minister or Life, by M. L. Charlesworth. The Sociable; or lol Home Amusements. The Life and Times of the Great High Millkk, of , Scotland, bv T. m. lirown. Axxals oV me American Pulpit, by Dr. Spraguc. Lippincott's Proxoi xcixo Gazetteer, or Geographi cal Dictionary of the World, Dora Deax or Maooie Miller, Mrs M. J. Holmes. Scouring or the White Horse, or the long Vacation ; Ramble of a London Clerk. The Kn. Pepper, Papers by Jacques Maurice. Dust and Fome, or Three Oceans and Two Conti nents, bv T. Robinson Warren, i I also have a few copies of Hawks' Histosy of N. C, Vols. I and II. Cantwells Justice and X. C. Form Book. P. J. LOWRIE. Feb. 15, 1859. f" I AND FOR SALE ': Two Hundred Acres of fine farming Land, lying on ' the line of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, i offered for sale. Terms will be made accommodating. For farthtr particulars apply to I SAML. A. HARRIS, i December 28, 1858. tf SHEEP RAISING IN TEXAS. A friend placed in our bands a copy of the Tex as Almanac for 1859, from which we publish the following interesting article on sheep raising in that State : Port Cavallo, June 21st, 1858. Having noticed a call in the "News" of June 15th to the contributors to your Almanac, should it be acceptable, I will give you my experi ence in sheen-raising in Texas, and endeavor to point out my UVIUl UUl u. V own ciivio iio ncn as unm ""itio. Pirst. My locality is the terminus ofhe peninsula sr. '. - - ,.i own errors as well as those of others formiQr 31atarorda Bav. 1 first commenced rais ing cattle; the range at that time was good, but af ter a few years it failed, being overstocked, which caused me to move them to mainland; and I con ceived a plan (as au experiment) to raise sheep. I sent to Corpus Christi and purchased thirteen Mexican ewes (pure) that would shear one and a half pounds of wool, or rather hair; one of them was lost before lambing, so it may be said I commenc ed with twelve; this was in January, 1842. I then bought in New Orleans a ram of eommon Kentucky stock, of the buchers. He was very large, by-the-by, and medium wool. I kept him for two years, when I bought another finer and large. My first object was carcass, my second wool, and I have not yet seen the error of that course, and would re commend it to all beginners in sheep-raising. Too rank a cross from one extreme to the other, is not good; it forms in the offspring a more slender con stitution, a lack of symmetry, and want of uniform ity. So says Youatt, liakewell, and so says your humble servant. I found my sheep doing well, were healthy, and increased fast. I never have had a shepherd, and there are no wolves on this peninsula. I have always let my sheep run undis turbed until there was a quantity of lambs, when I gather and mark them, and then let them go. After the expiration of two years, I sent to New York and bought two South Down rams, which I would recommend as the best sheep for our prai rie? and climate; they are good breeders, often have twins, and, being good nurses, raise them well; the wool is of a medium quality, (say prices with half merino) they fatten well, in fact better than any other, and grow large. My wethers average sixty pounds the carcass, and I frequently kill those that weigh eighty. But I have a dislike to foreign yarns like the following: If you go in London mar ket you will see mutton which the butcher says weighs fifty pounds to the quarter. But he sa3's nothing to you of those sheep in the same flock, which weigh only eight or ten pounds to the same. And he will tell you of a fleece weighing twenty pounds, but says nothing of the positive fact, that the average fleece of the whole Island, is but three pounds. So can say. I sheared sixteen pounds from one ram, and sold it in New York, with my whole crop, for forty cents per pound. Ibis Joes not prove that my wool sold for SO 40 j er fleece it amounted to SI 00 i, after paying freight sell ing, kc. To show the increase of sheep with the above named attention, I will merely state I have never bought but one ewe since the above named twelve it was a fine one. In the mo: th of April, 1843, Capt. Grimes put into my little flock nineteen ewes and seventeen wethers. For my little attention he gave me one-third of the increase, and in Jan. 1849 he took his part away, 109 in number. This is all the addition I have ever had to my flock, aside from the increase. In the spring of 1854 my sheep numbered over 1200. In the hurricane of September of the same year, I lost over seven hundred, and now they have increased to over the former number. This year I sheared 1032, aver aging a fraction over 4 pounds per fleece, well washed, notwithstanding I sheared quite small lambs, say one pound each, that the fleece might not become burdensome during hot weather. I never have separated my rams from the ewes. I consider it bettter to let the lambs come about the middle of February or later, that the ewes may have green grass and a flow of milk; and the lambs will be large enough at washing and shearing to stand the bustle necessary thereto Washing is a necessary operation. It is a saving in shearing, transporta tion, and appearance of wool. In this flat country we have not the benefit of springs, rivulets or falls of water. So I have substituted a wind-mill in a fresh pond to pump water into a hogshead or reser voir, to which I have attached two or more can vass hose. My pen is sufficiently large to hold all my sheep, with plenty of room. Adjoining, and be tween this and the pond, I have a small pen that will hold 100. We first fill this pen and leave the flock quiet; the men then take a sheep each and proceed to the water, and there soak and wash, or squeeze, the wool, and last of all, float him under the hose, where he is finished and shoved off to swim the small pond and take the prairie. Now this work being done, I keep them in a clean por tion of the prairie for at least six day?; then com mence shearing. I fold the fleece in the following manner: I lay each fleece on a table, the inside down; putting it in its natural size and shape, at near as may be; I then fold in each side hall' way, and if large, I fold again; I then roll from the tail end half way, then from the neck to meet; with a ball of twine at hand, I pass it around tightly, cross the same, draw close and tie. These fleeces I put in bales for market. 1 have just finished reading an article in your last year's almanac, by G. W. Kendall, Esq:, with which I beg leave, in some particulars, to disagree. After giving his experience in sheep-raising in Texas, he concludes by saying he "has now set a man up in sheep-raising, let us now see what he will realize." I admit he has set the man up, pro vided the man has a pocket full of rocks But let . i . i .is i..A r . i sav, let cost him 86 or 88 per head; and if he goes into the business largely, they will do that flock so long as they may live, if their lambs are taken from that flock, and put with finer rams; if the flock is small, and will not justify, keep the rams two years and change with a neighbor, or sell and buy again. He says, "From my own experience I should re commend pure Merinos." Now I have 600 Mexi can ewes,; purchased a few days ago. I have 13 fine, pure blood Merino rams in my old flock, which I have bad four years, and intend to exchange or sell, even at half price, and furnish my Mexcan sheep with rams from my old flock, of my own I breeding, in preference. Such is my experience. us UiKe one wuu a nutrvocmvj cay, k -r e , him take 100 or 1000 Mexican sheep, at 82 per , profit upon them; and, in the next place the couu head,a ram to every 30 or 40 ewes. They will try people don't know the : difference between the ''The Merino brought to the flock in proper time, (I admit, as he says) is the hardiest, the health iest, (as healthy) the most gentle, (as gentle) the easiest managed, (as easy) nurse their young bet ter, (a mistake) and the longest lived." (I admit, for I have never lost one. One of mine, named the Parson, has the appearance of having been with Noah before the mast. The old and explod ed notion of sheep and wool degenerating by being brought from a northern latitude to a more south ern, I have disproved to my satisfaction. I have had for some veare rams from the furm of Mr ... . . . . - Campbell of V ermont, from the State tair in New Vnlr onI tV. i., M.ilL- 'nnlf fl 11 of Toniiixuui all York, and from Iark Cockrill, of Tennessee, all of which hold their quantity and quality of wool, and keep in good condition; their progeny vigorous and thrifty, if bred to somewhat improved sheep, as stated above. The belief that nothing will do for sheep but hills, mountains and rocks, is also a mistake. The only requsite is a dry soil, free from fresh marsh and flat and muddy land, with good water and short grass and weeds; the latter furn ishes a great portion of their food. Respectfully yours. THOS. DECROW. MORALITY OP THE USUBY LAWS. A cause where the defence was usury has junt been tried at Rochester, which, from the amount involved, and other circumstances, excited a good deal of remark. One of the Rochester Banks sued a leading husiness man of that city on a note, or notes, for 15,000, borrowed money. The u bt was originally much smaller, but had been increas ed from time to time for two or three years, by renewals and additional borrowing. At length notes were given payable in Albany, and the de fendant, for some rent on connected with that faot, paid, or agreed to pay, 875 additional. When the obligations matured, it was claimed that the taint of usury lurked in this 875 item, and on that ground the borrower refused payment of the entiro debt of 815,000. Nor was this all. There was another debt from him to the bank of 810,000, which he gave notice he should resist the payment of, relying on the same, defence. The 815,000 cause has been decided in favor of the plantiff the bank and against the party who set up the plea of usury. Some legal ground was found by the Judge, to the joy of the jury and the satisfaction of the public, lor overruling the un consionable defence. But it might easily have been otherwise. Without any intention to take usurious interest, the bank, in that case, might have beeryehsnared into some act or agreement, which, in the eye of the law, would have vitiated its claim, and the sacrifice ot the entire debt. Men called respectable do not hesitate to avail them selves of the advantages to cheat their creditors. We are oi'ten told thut the Shylocks, however, are not all on one side, and iu nine cases out of ten the man who will plead usury to escape the pay ment of a debt is ten times as great a scamp as the man who exacts unlawful iutcrest for the use of money. X. Y. Times. CURIOSITIES OP THE EARTH. At the city of Modena, in Italy, and about four mi!e around it, wherever the earth is dug, when ever the workmen arrive at the distance of sixty three feet, they come to a bed of chalk, which they bore with an auger five feet deep. They then withdraw from the pit before the auger is remov ed, and upon its extraction, the water bursts up through the aperture M'ith great violence, and quickly fills ti e newly made well, which continues full, and is affected neither by rains nor droughts. But what is most remarkable in this oj. ration is the layers of earth as we descend. At the depth of fourteen feet are found the ruins of an ancient city, paved streets, houset, doors, . and different pieces of Mosaic work. Under this is found a soft oozy earth, made up of vegetables, and at twenty six feet deep, large trees entire, such as walnut trees, with the walnuts still sticking to the stem, and the leaves and branches in a perfect state of preservation. At twenty-eight feet deep a soft chalk is found, mixed with a vast quantity of shells, and this bed is eleven feet thick. Under this vegetables are found again. ma mm A Scene in the Illinois Legislature. St. Loris, Feb. 24 At Springfield, yester day, as the Governor's private secretary enter ed the hall to read the apportionment bill veto, a scene ensued. The Democrats attempted to drown his voice with cries of order, but he con cluded and gave the veto to a page. It was snatched from the boy and passed through va rious hands. A Republican member secured it and laid the veto on Speaker Morrison's table. The latter knocked it off with his gavel and or dered the door-keeper to take that man out, meaning the private secretary. He decided that no quorum being present, the House could not receive messages. Ouly four Republicans ware prescut. Both Houses adjourned sine die. The Adultfeation of Liquors. A writer who is said to be thoroughly acquainted with the subject, in a brief communication addressed to the N. i Post, confirms the current reports as to the alarming use of improper ingredients in the manu facture of wines and liquors: "Wines, particularly," he sa3's, 'have been an alyzed by conqeient chemists, who declare that not one drop of wine can be found in the whole composition, and this yuftuHuum stuff is purchased by the lower order of groggeries, and by at least one half of the country store-keepers, and at tbo same time they tJiemselves know when they pur chase the articles that they are counterfeit. They excuse themselves in this way : "Pure wines and cmnraare ko ni"n l ii once rnai we rauuuv uur h in price that we cannot make pure and tne aauuerawu But the same writer adds : I "Wines can now be obtained just as pure as 1 they could 50 years ago, but the prices range much higher. For this reason not a crop of good Madc ria has been made since 1851, and for the last five or six years the vintages of sherries, ports and clarets have produced hardly one-half of a usual quantity, and much of that poor quality. Consequently, Madeiias which eight years ago cost 50 sterling, bow cost Si) to 90. Sherries which cost 45, now cost 70, and ports the same. Still, plenty I of fine pure wines can be had, but tt much higher j rates than formerly " v.