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1 I ' Ail " I 1 ;! fTM ' 70 0fi ..i I fT ON TUR UF TBADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, per aruiu.m WEST SIDE AND THE mdf . GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER.- WI&SlI&IK 3. TAflS. E,,noR ANU Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1859. SEVENTH ? 0 L il M E N I W B K !l 855. v... mtmt v IB Tf7 Published every Tuesday, .5) B V J. YATES, Ei'Itor and Proprietor. Edwin A. Yatks, Associate Editor. WM. If paid iii advance $3 00 If aiil within 3 months - '1 M It' paid at'icr the expiration of the -ar, 00 gej?" Any person sending u.s five new suliscrihers, accompanied by the advance wbscriptioa (SlOj will receive a sixth copy graiu Gk one year. atja Sabsi riher anil others who may wis-'u to send meucy Mi us, ch do so ly niHil, at our rUk. Kates of 1lvtr lining : ijuare of H lines or less, for 9 months One u 1( m " I) H On eqnare, r less, first insertion $ Each -iiii-e-iueiit insertion la-jy - l'li'.u-ieiit advertisements must be advance. C.v.y For innowril Candidates for Office, advance. ffgff Advertisements not for a specific time, will be chanted accordinrly. marked on the inserted utitil manuscript forbid, and ROBERT GIBBON, PKACTITIUXLIi OF M. D., ncDin.E ANI On "i. t No. ember 2 Jnrins 14, 18.-.8. corner, Charlotte, N. C. JAS. T. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the adjoining counties. BaSr 1 he collection ot claims promptly IientH March 14, is;.: y .1 to. i). r. ATTORNEY CHARLOTTE RE A, AT LAW, . n. a, all bnstneM entrusted to Will L'ive nromnt attention to his Professional care. Qrnca orrosrci Kann'a Uotkl. March 1 1. 1. -.": y A. C. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ITas taken an (Rice jointlv with J. A. Fox. Ei. tip-stairs next door to the Court House, stantlv present to attend to bnsinesa made for himself or .absent. January 4. 1 .";). where lie will ic con til calls on professional for Mr Fox when he is tf J. A. FOX Attorney Ofiet next door to Ike Cnrt . Up Shirt A. C. WIT.!.! AMSON. Esq., who is a joint occupant of the office, and who will be uniformly present, will attend to professional business for me in my absence. December 21, l,s58 tf C KELLEY &. J. L. GARDNER, Commission Merchants, And Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Hoots and Shins, Hats and Caps, &c, Ffewfcera, X. Prompt and personal attention given to the sale of all kinds of CocSTM Pitont ce. tfcu April 2o, ls"S. Ij-nd 1. SAURS. reh5lect a;ad Rnilder, Will furnish Designs, Plans and Drawings for Public lildings, Private Residences and Villas, Particular will he paid to building Flouring Mills, Corn Mills, ,vc. Orrics in ;td story of Alexander's Bauding. front room, over China Hall. Charlotte, Oct. 1858. LNIJ 0i SALE On Tuesday the of April next, (being the week of Countv Court.) I will sell a! the Court House door in Charlotte. 218 ACRES OP LAND 1 ing on the waters of Lang Creek in Mecklenhurg coun ty, eight miles west of Charlotte, know n as theCatbej tract, and adjoining the lands of James Ucatty, Nancy Cathej and others. This Land is superior for farming purposes, but is niorc highly prised for the valuahlc pine Timber there on. There is a Saw Mill within one mile of the tract, and the line of the Wilmington. Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad runs within cue-fourth of a mile of it. Terms: Twelve months credit note and approved security reunited. February 8, 1853 JONAS Ardiiicct WM. J. DAYES, Executor of Catharine Hayes. 3 m RUDISILL, and Builder. (DESIGNS FURNISHED AND BUILDINGS COMPLETED ON THE MOST REASON ABLE TERMS, AND IN EVERY STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE,) On Collar ttrrrt, eornrr of Eighth ttreet. Charlotte, N. C. WOULD most respectfully announce to the Citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that he still con tinues the above business in h.irlotte, where he is prepared to furnish POORS, RlaNDS AND SASH, to the pablic on the most reasonable terms, and on the shortest notice. Bavins ureat manv small claims for work done. Mattered all over the country,; he change his method of doing busihes: is determined to and hereafter will require t" .4 K for all work ?hne Simp, before removal. Jan. IM& in his Machine tf Exclusively Wholesale Drui. Faint and Oil Warehouse. jANTOS, WALKE & CO., wholesale dealers in DRUGS J Lamp, Machinery and Paint OILS; Varnishes. Paints, Ac. kc No. 3Q. Iron front, West si'?', tforktt S'piarr, XORFOLK, VA. 6n? floods shipped from New York, Philadelphia, or Baltimore, to Charleston, when required. November 18.".8. J 0 oi) E!Wftiifi&r I in oo Mr-till I 1 teiid tor in mM ' $5 in 1"! 1 Liust Notice. AH those who are indebted to Thoa. Trotter k Son r Th:-s. Trotter, either by note or account are reques pd to come forward by April Court and settle up, as 'i i tiier indulgence cannot be given. Jin. ii. 1S.-.8. 43-3ss. THOS. TROTTER. T. H. BREM & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN British, French and American Carpets, Hardware, Hats and Shoes, Charlotte, X. ( THOMAS II. I5REM, J. A. SADLER, Jr. Nov 0, 1858. T. LAFAYETTE ALEXANDER. 8CAKE & CO., JDriissrix'tK A CliemiKts, No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, NVITE the attention of Physicians; Planters, Merchants. Ac. to their NEW and complete stock of DRUGS, CHEMI CALS. Ac. The extensive patronage they have received from the Physicians ofChar- otte and its vicinitv is the best tnitrontee of the PURITY OF THE DRUGS sold by them. January 1. lR.'O. Tilde it's id CiXira cis. SCARR k CO. call the attention of the Medical Tro fesston to these elegant Preparations so admirably suit ed for the extemporaneous prepration of Tinctures. Syrups, Wines, fcc, securing the desirable object of uniformity of strength. No Physician should be without them. For sale at SCARR & CO S Jan. 23. 1859. Drug Store, Charlotte To Physicians. CTt.urch.ilTi nc-ic Rcmediet for ml Consumption. Pypophosphites of Soda and Potash. Also, Com pound Syrup of the Uypophospbites, at SCARR & CO., Dec. 21. Charlotte Drug Store, TO RE XT. A HOUSE and LOT for rent Col. B. W. Alexander's. Apply to in town, adjoining WM. JOHNSTON. March 8. 1859. tf NOTICE. All those indebted to me, by Note or Account, will please come forward and settle the same by Cash. l ebuary 8, 18.".1 ROBERT GIBBON. Window Glass, Putty, Whitiu; Low Jan 25th ;, ib. Varnishes, for cash by Dye-stuffs, SCARR & Pai:: ts. &t CO, Druggists. BY J. B. KERR, Proprietor. L VERY ACCOMMODATION afforded the jwj S-A patrons of the Charlotte Hotel. 'sm At this Hotel is kept the line of Tri-weekh sag III Stages from Charlotte v a Monroe, N. C. and Lancaster S. C, to Camden, S. '. Patrons of the Charlotte Hotel conveyed to the Depots free of charge. Oct. 1. 1853. J. R. ind from KERR. J. Door D. PALMER, above the Ben I: of Charlotte,. Out Respectfully informs the pub lic that he has just received a splendid assortment of Con fectioneries, West India Fruits, of various brands, chewing & Snuff, ic. s.v; smoking Tobacco. a variety of Musical Instru ments, Yankee Notions. &e. A FINE LOT OF WILLOW WARE. He is constantly receiving fresh supplies of the above Goods and manv other articles not enumerated. CANDY MANUFACTORY subscriber is now manufacturing an excellent The article of Candy, free from poisonous coloring, unlike the New trv it. York steam refined candv. ' J Call and see and D. PALMER. November 0, 1858 tf TO SPLENDID i DesfiUe THE LADIES. Assortment of FRENCH CANDIES; At for Dressing Cakes, at J. D. PALMER' II AY ANA ORANGES, Just received at J. D. PALMER'S Confectionery. b. 8, 18. CASES 2 Pure SMYRNA for sale low F1CS, for cash, at J. D. PALMER'S india fruits, preserves;, Pickles, Brandy Peaches, &c, at J. D. PALMER'S. 3 BBLS. NEW YORK APPLES, low for cash, at J. D. PALMER'S. c Books. History of FiiEPEniCK the Gueat. by Thos. Carlile. Mizi'Ati: Prayer :r.d Friendship, by L. C. Loomis. Cot RTsiup and Matrimonv, with other Sketches, by Robert Morris. The Minister of Life, by M. L Charlesworth. The Sociable; or 101 nome Amusements. The Life and Times of the Great Hlijh Miller, of Scotland, by T. N. Brown. An.vu.s of the American Pvi.t-tt. ly T. pragne. Lh'IMncott's Pronoi ncinc Gazetteer, or Geographi cal Dictionary of the World, Doha Oeax or Macoie Miller, Mrs If. J. Hnlmea. Scocatffl or the Wmr Uorsb, or the long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk. The Prrt-EK. Papers hy Jacqnet Maurice. Di st and Fume, or Three Oceans and Two Conti nents, bv T. Robinson Warren. I also have a few copies of Hawks' History or N. C, Vols. I and II. C ivTivn l's Jpstick and N. C. Form Rook. T. J. L0WRIE. Feb. 15, 1850. J ' ' " ; ! NEW STORE AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE. S. FlUNKEmlL & CO. ' Take pleasure iu informing the citizens of Davidson College and surrounding couutry, that they have open- ed a Branch store at the stand formerly occupied by Helper k Henderson, w here they will always keep on hand a lartre stock, consisting of Dry Goods, Ready-made Clothing, Roots, Shoes. Hats, Caps. Hardware. Groceries, kc. &c. whirh thev will sell at Charlotte price. Fehruarv 8. ls'so .m & I r i u Jsi.l! VZrs?. SEGAES 5000 THE LOST SCHOOLMATE. She died before the SpriDg time fell From Winter's clasp on earth; Ere nature docked with flovers the dell, Or gave to beauty, birth. She died before the pong of birds YVoke melody's soft power, Or music breathed its magic words From every fragrant bower. She died before the mountain stream Had burst its icy sheath, Or launched its waters' silvery gleam On grassy plains beneath. IJcfore the modest rill that slept Deep in the forest gloom Known only to the stars that kept Their vigils o'er its tomb. Woke from its winter's dream to toy 'Mid garland moss and serge, Or sprinkle with its tears of joy The violets on its verge. She died; they bore her form away; Why weep ye, friends, in grief? Untrammelled by this mortal clay, How sweet that soul's relief. Thy faith be mightier than thy woe; ller spirit cannot die; She leaves a fleeting Spring below, Fc or enuless spring on high. TAN BARK. 1 00,000 CORDS Tan Bark wanted, for which a liberal price will be paid. If. R. tf TAYLOR. Charlotte, March 2 i85y Charlotte & 8. . Railroad, ClMDTfT..' Mantis 1 1 1WA(1 f THROUGH TICKETS from Charlotte to New York, via Charleston, sold at thii Office at S-'- table fare in cluded on steamer. Time, less than 3 days, and cheap er by 3 or $4 than any other route. A. H. MARTIN, Agent, 53-0t Charlotte, N. C. S.IO REWARD. Runaway from my plantation, my negro boy ALLEN, aged '25 years, over feet in height, slender, spare made, and rather delicate in appearance. I am inclined to believe that he is in (iaston county, in the neighbor hood of Dallas. He was formerly the property of my brother, M. L. Phifer. dee'd. I will give the above re ward if he is secured in anv jail or delivered to me in Charlotte. W. F. PHIFER. .March 22, 1853 tf Direet fine DRESS for sale at 29, lt?59 Importation. Gents' in Paris, March AND WALKING BOOTS made BOONE'S. tf Another yankee trick Thai Will IPay. CHILDREN'S SHOES with March 15, 185'J. Metallic tips, AT BOONE'S. Fino Cress A few cases of Oakford's best at BOONE'S. Unit Fine Dress SHOES, And OXFORD TILS at J B F BOONE'S. Leather ! Leather ! ! Hemlock and Oak SOLE LEATHER, Harness and Upper Li ath- r, French Calf Skins, Lining and Binding Skins of every description, Charlotte, March 15. AT BOONE'S. 9 Quite a variety March 15th." for Gents, Boys, Youths. AT and children, BOONE'S. Tanner's Tools Of e very description at BOONE'S Boot & Shoe Store. NEW FlltM. S1E UlTVDISOX & CO., Having purchased of Dr. H. M. Pritchard his entire stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS, OILS, PAINTS, &c, espectfully call the attention ot the public to the tact that thev will carry on DRUG BUSINESS a WJIOL E&4 1- B A ND RETA 1L at Irwin's Corner, where thev are now receiving, in addition to their present Stock, a large assortment of Fresh and Genuine Drugs, direct from the New York market. E. NYE HUTCHISON, M. D., will superintend this large and well known establishment in person. giy Physicians' prescriptions made up with prompt ness and care. October lO. 1858. Linseed Oil, For sale by pure Sperm, Lard, and TANNERS' OIL, E. NYE HUTCHISON. Churchill's preparation of the Ilypophos phates, CURE FOR THE CONSUMPTION, for sale by E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. Fresh Burning Flnid and Linseed Oil, Low for cash by the Bbl. E. NYE HUTCHISON k CO. Tanners' Oil From 85 cents to $1 25 per gallon. E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. English, French and American BRUSHES, Labia's EXTRACTS, Genuine Cologne, tor sale ty E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. New Remedy, V sovereign cure and preventive of the Pile?. E. NYE HUTCHISON k CO. 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 peneral, with something nice to eat. Weddings. Parties, &c, furnished at short no tice to order and dispatch. 1st Door from the Court nouse. HOUSTON k HUNTER, Nov. 2. 1858. tf LAND FOR SALE. Two Hundred Acres of fine farming Land, lying on the line ot the Charlotte aud South Carolina Railroad, is offered tor sale. Terms will be made accommodating. For further particulars apply to SAilb. A. HARRIS. December 28, 1858. tf Dr. E. 1 FREE COLORED PERSONS on this subject, the N. Y. Journal of Commerce says: It is a fact, according to the Census Compendium quoted by Wilberforce," that the eoloied popu lation of New England and New York was 72,088 ' in 1840, and orly 72,090 in 1850. Showing a j decrease in ten years of 598. It is. a fact that, in ' all the free States and Territories, taken together, ; the colored population in the same ten years in- ! creased from 171,857 to 190,580, or 14.38 per j conk; and that m ail the slave-holding states the free colored population increased, only about 11 per cent It is a 1'act that in the same period the slave population of the U. S. increased from 2, 487,445 to 8,204,313, or 28.82 per cent., (just double the ratio of the colored population of the free States.) It is a fact that the whole popula tion of the ITj S. within the same period, increased from 14,195,695 to 19,553,068, or 37.74 per cent. It is a fact that an aggregate of less than 400,000 slaves imported into the United States since the first settlement of the country, (ee Census Com pendium, pp 83-4,) have increased to 3,638,808, including those now free. In other words, there are nine colored persons now, for every one im ported. It is a fact, (see Carey on the Slave Trade, and Census Compendium, pp 83-4,) that 700,300 negroes impotted into Jamaica prior to 1817 had diminished to less than half that num ber in 1833, including free colored persoue; and that of 1,700,000 negroes imported into the whole British West Indies in the course of years, only 600,000 remained to be emancipated iu 1838. Add for free colored persons 100,000, and we have a total of 700,000 survivors, from a stock of 1, 700,000. Surely, if Englishmen, after killing off and utterly annihilating a million negroes, besides perhaps half as many more who perished in the "middle passage," have anything to say about slavery to Americans, who from a stock of less than 400,000 slaves imported, can now show, of their descendants, 4,038,S08, it should be said in a tone of Jeep humiliation and self-abasement. 2. The JMilleritc Theory. On the supposition that the Millerite theory of population is correct, it becomes a matter of some interest to understand its application to the above mentioned cases, which are summarily as follows : Increase in ten years. Free col'r'd in non-slaveholding States, 14.38 perct " in slaveholding States, 11.00 " Total slave population in U. States, 28.82 " Total white population in U. States, 87.74 " Aggregate" Increase from tht: outset. Total colored in the U. S., increase upon total imported 800 per ct. or 9 for 1. Total colored in Jamaica, A loss of one-half from total imported. Do. in all the British V. Indies... A lays of ten-seventeenths from total imported. Here are all sorts of results, from an increase of 37.74 per cent, in ten years, to a dead loss of ten seventeenths of the capital stock in the course of time. The highest ratio of increase is among the whites, occasioned in part by immigration; the next highest is among the slaves. Formerly the increase of free colored persons in the nation at large was very rapid, resulting in part from the process of gradual abolition which was going on in the Northern States. The an nexed table, taken from the unabridged quarto volume of Census returns for 1850, shows the per centage of increase, in each decade since 1790, of whites, free colored persons and slaves: DECENNIAL 1800. Whites, 35.68 Free col'rd..82.28 Slaves 28.1 INCREASE PER CENT. IN 1810. 1820. 1830. 1840. 36.18 34.12 34.03 34.72 72.00 25.25 3(5.86 20.87 33.4 29.10 30.62 23.81 1830. 37.74 12.47 28.82 It is thus seen that while the white, and also the slave population, has increased with a good degree of uniformity for a period of 60 years, the increase of free colored persons fiom being 82.28 per cent in ten years, has rapidly declined, until now it is only 12.47- The emancipations at the South, as well as North, are much less than for merly. Can the abolitionists tell why ? From 1790 to 1800, the increase of free colored persons in the slaveholdiivg States was 89.27 per cent. From 1800 to 1810 it was 76.78 " 1810 to 1820 " 23.93 1820 to 1830 " 34.70 u 1830 to 1840 19.28 " 1840 to 1850 " 10.49 Singular and Horrible Death. week ago, a domestic, named Ellen About a Vaughan, employed at the Cnion House, in Troy, had her ears perforated for the purpose of wearing ear rings. The operation was performed in the usual manner, and with the usual results at the time. On the second day after the piercing, her ears commenced swelling. The third day the swelling and inflamation increased rapidly when she became deaf, blind and speechless; erysipelas set in, and finJI ) YTS sJn-VTCf f A when death released her. We have never before unfortunate suffered terribly, heard of death by the operation; but we are told by those who have had their ears pierced, that it is extremely hazardous, and often attended with great pain. Mormons. The Utah correspondent of the Chicago Tribune has taken notes of the social status of that territory. The results foot up as follows: Three hundred and eighty-seven men with seven or more wives; of these, thirteen have more than 19 wives; 730 men with five wives; 1,100 men with four, and 1,400 with more than one wife. A Ghastly Experiment. Spirits of wine poured on a teaspoonful of common salt in a vial, well shaken, and then put either on lamp-cotton or tow, and ignited, will burn with a peculiar colored Oame, giving out purely yellow rays. This mysterious effect changes the appearance of all earthly objects. Coral lips become a livid hue; rnsv rrippka turn ehastlv Dale; red can ribbons become black; in fact everything appears different . t . . to what it does by the white ngnt we are laminar with; and or all things tne numan iace unuergoes the greatest change. Very young children should not be shown this experiment; for though there . , A 1 ,1 1 f 1 will be laughing Hps and dazzling eyes, yet they are of such an unearthly color, that old friends would appear with new faces, and a child wonld j scarcely know its own mamma. i titiit noA'DT'ci ---,KrrTmT-"w nia THE CHINESE REBELS. A eorrespondeat of the Loudon Times says: We have just returned from our interesting expedition up the Yang-tse-Kian". I doubt not ia i.a i . H a i are gradually closing in upon them, and any oljicr government out tne l ninese would crush the whole thing in a week. They asked us to sell them arms, and we had secret applied ions for opium. They live on the peasantry, whom they squeeze, and are bloodsuck ers who must be got rid of, if we intend to establish a healthy circulation, so essential to trade. The scenery is very fine in parts, and the river presents no great difficulties of navigation. In its present condition I do not recommend people to indulge in a too sanguine estimate of its capabilities' tor commerce. Hankow and the cities above Oauk- i iug, the last rebel port, are recovering. m m A LOSS OF 3000 LIVES. Near Taganrog on the sea of Azoff, a catastrophe occurred, about the beginning of February last, which involved a loss of life unparalleled except by memorable eaithquakes or volcanic eruptions. It appears that some three thousand inhabitants of Taganrog, relyiug upon the promise of fair weather made by the genial atmosphere and the cloudless sky, proceeded to the Azoff sea to indulge in the sport of fishing beneath the ice a favorite pastime of that region. The atmos phere continuing serene, the party were lulled into a feeling of security, and ventured further than usual upon the ice, in the hope of obtain ing a good haul. Suddenly a breeze sprung up from the East, which, growing boisterous by decrees, whirled the loose snow and fine parti- c!es of ice in all directions, and before long succeeded in detaching the ice from the shore. The large ice field then bri ke into numerous pieces, which, with their terrified and helpless human freight, drifted towards the open sea. No assistance could be rendered the unhappy beings by their frantic relatives and friends on shore, and within two hours not a sign of life was vis ble on the surface of the sea. On the fo ljwing day a cake f ice drifted in shore, upon which were five cf the unfortunates thr,e of them dead, and the other two numb and insensible. The two latter a girl and an old man wore restored by means of the usual appl'ances; the girl, however, survived but a few hours; the man recovered, but lost the use of his tongue a consequence, probably, of the fright caused by the scene he had p ised through. He prepaied a written narrative of the occurrences of that fearful night on the Azoff. By this catastiojdic at least three thousand persons found a watery grave. The Divorce Law or Indiana, as amende 1, requires, (according to the Lat; yette Cornier,) first that the applicant shall have been a bona fide resident of the State for one year; s.cond, aban donment for one year; third, service ten days, or publication thirty days instead of fourteen; fourth, if the defendant files a cro,s petition the suit can not be withdrawn by t lie withdrawal of the original petition ; fifth, the court to decree such alimo )y as circumstances shall render just and proper; sixth, a divorce on account of the misconduct of the wife gives the husband the same title to her property as if she was dead. A new section authorizes the opening up of decrees in certain cases within two years, as to custody of children and allowance of alimony, but not so as to mai ry the divorced parents. Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases in j T t Tl 1 I : j . - r. bill which provides that any person on trial fori P i J 1 a ,,. treason, felony, or misdemeanor may oner himself i . ' . v. , , u. , , ,. ii as witness in his own behalf, and his wife as well. . , i i i. i i i 4 , - in her husband s behalf. Such person mu; t be , ' nj t t- . iv. i; I rjiNUL-AiN u. uuiu ijiuu"ujiii iitia uiuui;iii iu u -.6---, -r- j Ai'icc.DY n m l n iunni wr i n r tti h ir Iim ii will be receivable in evidence unless called for by the prosecutor. The mcst important clause, how ever, is that which withdraws from such prisoners protection from answering questions tending to criminate. They may not refuse to answer any question on the ground hat the answer may triade them, or tend to show that they have been guilty of any offence or misconduct. No answer, however, to such questions will be admissible in evidence in any proceedings agaiust the deponents, except in prosecutions for prejury assigned on such answers. Scotland is exempted from the operation of the bill. Underselling Neoroeo. The New York Herald now admits that it is known at Washington, ; from official sources in Madrid, that the ''Spanish government has determined to throw open the I i trade of importing Coolies into Cuba, tosfimu late it as much as possible.' The object of this movement is a double one. It is intended to increase greatly the present production of ugar, by decrea.-ing the cost of labor to its minimum point, and to lead eventually to the abolition of negro slavery in that island, so as to make its possession as undesirable to all the great powers I as are Hayti and Jamaica now. It is calculated , that 200,000 Chinese Coolies can be placed in uba jn gve vears at a cost of not over S150 a . - head, and that the value of the slaves everywhere in America will be reduced in a correponding ratio." never Help Never wait far others to help you, and rely on promises of succor in time of need, yonrself and take care of yourself. you win besurpnsea to near how utterly aevoid the oy a select committee or that bodv, and the report waters of the Yang-rse-Kiang are of all junk trade, has just been made and published in the weekly There was not a single trading junk at the point Record of February 5th. Dr. Normandy, who at which it is entered by the Crand Caual, nor ! was examined as to the adulterations of boor, said until we pass the Popang Lake are there any signs that the publican w9tj solta it adulterates it with of river life, and then only a very scanty allowance, common salt to increase thirst, and with sulphate" The low estimates 6omc of us had formed of the of iron, cocdlus indfeu?, sulphate of ammonia, anJ rebels turned out quite correct. I had an oppor- extract of gentian. Coulna indtctw is u?ed to tunity of visiting some of their chiefs. "I was quite produce intoxication, hot is more injurious lhan disgusted with their disreputable and disorderly the intoxicating effects of alcohol, in the lcer. appearance. Their pretentions to Christianity are , There is a difference of fifty per cent of alcohol in of the shallowest description. They are polyga- the beer after it comes into the publican's hands, mists, opium-smokers, and the only Bible example : Out of fifty samples of draught porter and stout they seem to follow is that of the Israelites in the examined, only oiie third of them were the produce conquest of Canaan, The whole country has been of malt and hops alone. The "mildness," "brisk laid in ruins, the women are carried off, the men j new," and disguised acidity," even of the better pressed into service, and fire and bloodshed mark samples, might be traced to the adulteration with their track overywhere. They seem, however, to j foots sugar or like saccharine matter, liquorices, be on their last legs. The apathetic Imperialists j roasted quassia and stinking; finings. Nicotine, ADULTERATIONS OP DRli X. Thcfcarliamc'i-.ofGrpat Britain take? considerable pains to protect the public against the adulterations of food and drink, so in jurious often to the health of the people. Ah investigation Was had recently 1" I . A . m . ' . -m . V alum, copperas, acetate of potash, and vinegar, are i a:i useu to Udvor and color the beer. .Manv of these substances are of a unisonous nature. Thev aro sold usually by the druggists to pnMicans. In gin. sub-carbonate of potash ami alum arc uecf, and also sulphuric acid and oil of almonds, to produce what is termed "beading" or bubbling when poured into the glass. The "finings" aro made offish fins and fish skins, and frequently the rats get into the tubs, and are poured out with tho finings, in a decomposed condition, into the beer barrels. This is the stuff which Englishmen drink, and is very much '.ike the drinks which are furnished in this conntrv; the latter, however, b-ing more adulterated than even the English article, because there not the same care taken to expose the practices of adulteration. The physicians of this country attribute the difficulty they now have with mania-a-potu cases to the villainously adulterated compounds which are now sold under one namo or another as spiritous drinks. EATING DIRT. Ilnmboldt, a man whose word justly carries with it European authority, coufirius the statement of Gumilla, that the Ottouiacs of South America, during the periods of the floods, subsist entirely on a fat and rerauginous kind of clay, of which each man eats daily a pound or more. Spix and Martuis declare that the Indians of the Amazon eat a kind of loam even when other food is abundant. Molina says the Peruvians frequently cat a sweet--mellinir clay; and Ehrrnberg has analyzed edible clay sold in the markets of Bolivia, which he finds to be a mixture of taic and mica. The inhabitants of Guiana mingle clay with their bread; and the negroes of Jamaica aro said to cat earth when other food is deficient. According to Labillardierc, the inhabitants of New Caledonia appease their hunger with a white friable earth, said by Vanquelin to be composed of magnesia, silica, oxide, of iron, and chalk. To conclude the list; we must add Siam, Siberia, and Kauischatka, as countries of clay-catcrs. This is rather a staggering accumulation of assertions, which wo cannot dismiss altogether, even If we suppose a large allowance of scepticism justifiable. Granting the fact that certa n k nds of earth are really nutricious (and it is difficult to escape such a conclusion,) we are completely at a loss for an adequate explanation of it. Little light-is thrown on it by the assumption, probable enough, that the earth must contain organic matter, because in a pound of such earth there could scarcely bo contained sufficient organic matter to supply tho demands of an adult Nor will we get rid ot this difficulty to say that the earth only appeases hunger without nourLshiug the system, became in the first place, Humboldt's testimony is, that the Ottcmac;- subsist on the clay at periods when other food is deficient, and in the second place, although the local sensation of hunger may be :ppeased by introducing substances into the stomach, the more imperious systemic sensation of hunger is not thus to be appeased. We must, therefore, be content at p toe nt with accepting the fact, which tho science of future days may possibly explain.- Blackwood. PEcn.iAniTiES of the Japanese. An Eng lish officer who accompanied Lord Elgin in hi visit to Japan, says: At Simoda, as at Naticaski, every one seemed . 11 . . l . t r 1 fit-iii.un lu iic ijmiil' nines 01 w n.ii. e i-j vnnu y eiu . . v 1 i u 1 i . i . was doing. J.ach Japanese had ins breat pockets n r . i . ' full ot note paper, and a convenient writing . . , r, . ' , . , , . . apparatus stuck in his belt, and every thing that vt . , , , . . J , was said, done, and even thought, was no doubt thought, was no i faithfully recorded In Japan men do not seem to t t converse with one another, except in formal set speeches; there is no interchange of thought by means of the tongue, but the pen is ever at work:, noting down their observations of one another. Sometimes we saw theutcoiupaiing their notes and grunting assent or dissent from opinions or facts recorded. At first we rather felt this as a sy&tcra of espionage, but we soon became accustomed to it; and provided every man wrote down what he saw and heard, it may be more satisfactory in tho long run to have to do with a nation of Captain Cuttles, who have ";.iale a note" of everything and so have more than their memories to trust to. The Japanese plan of putting one man in a poet of trust, aod placing another as a check on him, is, after all, only our led tape system in a less disguis ed form. The Governor of Simoda has a duplicate in Yeddo, who has to take turn and turn about with him in office, so that the acts of each whilst in authority, serve as a check on the other. Then he is accompanied, wherever he goes, by one pri vate and two public reporters, and the latter for ward direct to Yeddo particulars of all his acts. Their reports are iu their turn checked by tho counterstatements of the Governor and hi privito secretary . 93? In an article upon Free Black, and their duty to make money, if they would be considered respectable the Christian Examiner says; "No race in this country will lie despised which makes money. If tee htid in Boston or Nam York i ten ourang ou tangs with a million of dollars each ficy mould visit in the beat society; we should j leave our cards at their doors, and give them snug j little dinner parties."