pei? annum IN ADVANCE OX THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS TIIE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER.- J.&B.A. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1860. EIGHTH VOLUME NUMBER 399. TIIE 7f ir. r ft li it j vii Xl) A AUAJ (3Pu!!i!icd every Tucs.day,(o) UY WILLIAM J. & EDWIN A. KDITCHS AM) lM'UPRI KT0R3. YATES, r.r If paid in advance, If ; 1 l W it 11 111 3 month.- If paid nf'.tr the expiration of the year, jK-j'"Anv person sending " lie skw nrcti'mnHni'fl iv fie U'lvnnre pntofcrlpclon ? 2 00 ' 5D '.i 00 subscribers, ($I0J will receive a sixth copy gratis fur one year. j. SuiiM ri.cr and others who may wish to send money to u-, ean do so by mail, at cur risk. rry-Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. . t--y- V.lvertiseiuenf! not mnrl-rd on the manuscript f..r spvi-if.c lime, will be inserted until forbid, and clo-rgcd accordingly. J. ). 3IILLER, M. 1)., Practitioner of Mrdicinc and Surgery, sua: My lOtli. Office opj oite Kerr's Hotel. 1). 15. HE A J ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will .'ive prompt attention to all business entrusted to hi-i Professional eare. Ofmi'k oitositk Kkkh's Hotel. Mar-h 1 I, 1 :.: y UOBEKT CilKDOX, M. D PRACTITIONER OF 71CDICIXC ASI Ofth-e Xo. '1 lttrin l.-n.-ir.lier It, 1 corner, ClIAUI.OTTE, N. C. JAS. T. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the adjoining counties. The collection of claims promptly attended to. March 14, I sMi y T. II. BREM & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HEALERS IX ISriJzx-ii. FrcJirla asai! AEascricaai Carcet3. Hardware. Hats and Shoes ( 'iiir"ttt:, X.'C. THOMAS II. P.REM, J. A. SADLER. Jr. N..v 9, 1S"3. T. LAFAYETTE ALEXANDER R A N KI N & MART 1 N Commission ) err joints, Wilmington, PJ. C. KOriT. C. KAN KIN. An::, jo, 18.":. ALFRED MARTIN ly-pd AVAKK FOREST COLLEGE. The next Ses-ion (f this Iu.-iitutiou will open ou the Third M'HiJity i:t Jiiinitiri. FACULTY. Rev. W. M. Winuate, President. Phof. W. T. Walters, Pio.F. W. O. Simmons, Prof. J. H. Footk, I'kof. Wm. Royall. (!iTiii;in will be taught as an extra study. French will also be extra if pursued bevond the usual time al lowed to it. The Trustees feel th:it thev h ive secured an ab! find n!l a;;ioiuted Facultv, and the C'o'leire stands deservedly Iii'a for the high-toned morality and studi ous habils of its voutijr men. JAMES S. PUREFOY, Trcas. Forestville, X. C, Dee. 11, !.-: t t'CCCC CCCCfCCC ceo ceo COO CO coo coo ooo cc coo coo coccccoo ccooo AAA A AAA A A AAA A A AAA A AAA AAA A A A AAA A A AAA A A AAA AAAA AAAAA NNNN NNNN NX NX NX NN NNN NX XX NNX NX NX NNX NN NN NNN NX NX NNN NN NN N N NN NNNN NNNNN DDDDDDDI) D1I dud I)I)I DDI) DDI) DDD DDD DDI) DDD DDD DDDDDDliD YY YYY yy YYY YY YYYY YYY YYY YYYYY A saving of 20 per cent, by going to PALMER'S to Huv your Candies, as they are manufactured at his Confectionery, always fresh and free from all poisonous coloring. We: finest .juality, Christinas Tovs, Cake Trimming, which the public will please call and examine. fr-ar- uno i-oor above the Bank of Charlotte. bec'6.13. J. D. PALMER. w ;st InQ" Fruits, Raisins, Nuts, Havana Sogar inuff: Fine cut, chewing and sruokiug Tabacco; French', hnghsh and Herman Fancy Goods; Musical Instruments; W losipedes, Oabs, Willow Warons and Baskets of the NEW FALL AND WINTER OOODS. Koopmann Sl Phelps HAVE received and are receiving a large stock of jEjclcL Gi-rooeries Suitable for the Fall and Winter Trpde, to which they j invito the attention or their cusiomers and the public j generally. They assure those who Pipy defl with them that they j will endeavor to give san-iaciion both in price and the quality of the Ooods, as they are determined to sell at such low rates as will lend to the great advantage of purchasers. They have in store A large lot of Ready-made Clothing of various styles and quliiie at reduced prices. GROCERIES, Hardware, &c, Of all kinds, kept constantly ou hiad aud for sale on the most reasonable terms. They invite purchasers to give their extensive stock an exaiuiuation before buying elsewhere. "kOOI'MANN & PHELPS. October 4, 1859 C. S. Baubee. C. C Barbee. lEelropoIilais Tisic, Sl3.o27tos"t DFLoiato.. Imt'S.. ftre rnn,lln? ft daily line of S-2SI?SW0 norse Coaches bet ween Fayettc sjam ville and Raleigh, N. C, connecting with the Raleigh and Gaston aud N. C. Railioad at Raleigh. Best two horse line of Mail Coaches in the State. New Coaches thoroughly lined. Young, strong, and well-broke horses, with careful and accommodating drivers. Supper at Mrs. Barclay's. Through in 12 hours. Office at FayettcviMe Hotel, Faveiteville; N. C. Tickets sold to Weldou. Office at Y"arhrough House, Raleigh, X. C. Leave the latter place 5! o'clock, P. M Leave Fayettevilie 3 o'clock, 1. M., and 2 o'clock I'. M. Sundays. Extra baggage must be pre-paid, to have attention. C. S. BARBEE & BRO.. Proprietors, Barclaysville, N. C. December 24, 1850. 2m-pd. WHEAT ! The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new cron of Wheat at the lushest market price. I armors will find it to their advantage to call at the CHAR LuTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. JNO. WILKES. July 2G, 185S tf WATER'S PATENT SAW-3IILL. THE undersigned invites the attention of Mill Own ers, or those going into the Milling business, to an examination of the above Mill, one of which can be seen in operation at Mr J. B. Stewart's, within live miles of Charlotte; said Mills are capable of sawing from three to five thousand feet per day, with half the power required to drive the circular mills, and much ess than that required to drive the Sash-saw, doing their work perfectly smooth and beautiful. In addition to the above, I will furnish all kinds of gearing ami shafting: Iron Water-wheel.--; Patent Saw mill I'ogs, Mill Spindles: French Burr Mill Stones, with patent balance; best anchor Bolting Cloth; rn short, any thing pertaining to the Milling Business. The above are made with all the modern improvements, and will be sold on the most reasonable terms. Mr J B. Stewart can be. consulted with reference to the above mills or machinery, and orders through him will receive prompt attention. A list of prices, to gether with circulars containing certificates from per- ous using my mihs, will be sent on application. A. WINTER. N. B. The groat simplicity of my Mill oilers induce ments to the iufrinjrcment of my patent; and to prevent litigation I give this notice, that the law will be rigidly enforced against any person using or manufacturing any part of my improvement. A. W. Charlotte, Dec. 13, 1851). 3m-pd Charlotte, Dec. 13. 1859. I am now usin? one of Mr Winter's Patent Mills at my place five miles from town, and fiud it all it i recommended to be, doing the work both fast and smooth, and with less water than any other mill. I cheerfully recommend it to all mill-owners as superior to any that has come under my notice. J. B. STEWART. The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur- artrtrt nnhinanv COMIMI-.S to take risks against loss by hre, on Houses, Goods, Produce, &c, at usual rates. iJ. .ii Li tM j i , "fV iBiiii i tr C P ? ) i ,)t n p Mi iff r r If H IP1 1'rtsident A. C. STEELE, Vice VretideM C. OVERMAN, Attornrt JOS. II. WILSON, $Tea'r E. NY'E HUTCHISON. r DIRECTORS: . A. C. STEELE, S. T. WRISTON, j'NO. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON, M. 1,. TAYLOR; F. SCARR, CHAS. OVERMAN. Erecu'Jce Committee S. T. Wriston, F. Scarr, Jno. Brown. April 20. 1S59. SPEAK NO ILL. NaT, spenk no ill ! a kindly word Can never leave a sting behind, And oh ! to breathe each tale we've heard, Is far beneath a noble mind. Full oft a better seed is sown, By choosing thus the kinder plan; For if but little good be known, Still let us speak the best we can. Give us the heart that fain would hide Would fain another's faults efface; How can it please e'en human pride To prove humanity but base ? No ! let us reach a higher mood, A noble sentiment of man ; lc earnest in the search of good, And speak of all the best we can. Then speak no ill; but lenient be To others' failings as your own; If you're the first a fault to see, lie not the first to make it known. For life is but a passing day, No lip may tell how brief its span; Then oh ! the little time we stay, Let's speak of all the best we can ANOTHER SOUTHERN MOVEMENT CUBAN SEGAU MANUFACTORY. Sugars and Tobacco Leaf direct from Cuba. JOHN S. WILEY has returned to Charlotte from Cuba, where he bought a large aud varied assortment of SEGARS, SNUFF, TOBACCO, &c, for this market, and is now opening some celebrated brands of Segars, among which may be found the following : El Rico Ilabnna, Mncha El LitUelo, Concha's Malos, Rio Hondro, Flor del Tumas, Lasbelas Gustou. He mannfuctures Segars from the best Havana To bacco; and keeps the best Smoking and chewing Tobac co, Lynchburg and Turkish Brands ; Maccabau, Rap- pec and pure bcotch &ii u lis; Powhatan Pipes, snnlf Boxes, Matches, Blacking, &c; Meershaun Segar Hold ers aud Pipes. Ilo respectfully invites the public to call at the Cu ban Segar Factory nearly opposite the Mansion House. January 3, 186. ANTI-DYSENTERIC AND ANTI-DYSPEPTIC 33 X 2? '3? 33 IO. O , PREPARED BY B. KOOPMANN, Charlotte, N. C. These unrivalled Biliers possess peculiar curative properties in all A Sections of 'he Bowels. The will he found clFectiial in the cure ot Dysentery, Diarrln-e, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach, and all those painful end troublesome diseases prising from a derangement of the digestive organs and irregular action ot the func tions of the stomach and intestines. They will also be found a Safe Remedy for Chills and Fevers. These Bitters are prepared from Roots brought from Germany, and for over a century have been found ell'octual in that country for the permanent cure of the diseases enumerated above. The- contain no delete rious dng, but arc compounded entirely from roots, and are perfectly safe at all times. A simple trial is all that is asked, as K cure will naturally follow, and that is the best certificate of their superiority over every other remedy for those particular diseases. They are manufactured b B. Koopmann, Charlotte, N. C, and are for sale by KOOPMANN & PDELFS. Also for sale at F. Scarr's and E. Nye Hutchison & Co's Drug Stores. Nov. 29, 1859. Charioltc Feundry . AND MACHINE SHOP. Having purchased from J. A. Fox the above establish ment, the undersigned begs leave to call the attention of the public to the fact that he is now ready to till evcrv order for making Steam hngines, Cotton and lo- bacco Presses, and every description of Machienery. All kinds of Castings in Iron, Brass and other metals made at short notice and reduced prices. Particular attention given to the making and repairing of Thresh ing Machines, Hor-e Powers, Cotton Gins, Mill works, :i nd Agricultural orks ot all kinds. llacksnutliing, Job, Wagon Work," and Horse Shoeing done with des patch. Old Iron, Brass and Copper Castings bought at the Foundry or taken in exchange lor job work. All kinds of Wood Turning also done. JOHN M. HOWIE. January 3, I860. Cm. Slale of Carolina Lincoln (Tocsnly. Superior Court of Late Fall Term, 1859 Wm. Lander, propounder, vs A. C. Williamson, ct al. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Sherman Converse is not an inhabitant of this State, but resides beyond the limits of the same, it is ordered by the Court that publication be made for six weeks in the Western Democrat, a newspaper printed in the town of Charlotte, notifying the sai l Sherman Converse or his heirs to be and appear at the next Term of this Court to be held ou the 8th Monday after the 4th Mon day in February next, then and there to make himself or themselves parties to the above stated case, or the case will be heard and decided without his or their being made parties thereto. Witness, V. A. McBee, clerk of our saW Court, at Office in Lincolnton, the 8th Monday after the 4th Mon- j dav in Angus , A. D. 1859. 94-Ct (adv. 0.) ' V. A. McBEE, Clerk. Slate or ft. Carolina, Mecklenburg Co. In Equity To Sjjrinj Term, 18G0. The Bill of complaint ot Levy Drucker and Elkan Som mers, traders under the firm and stvle of Drucker & Sommers of the county of Mecklenburg, plaiutill's, j against Vincent P. aden, defendant. In this case it appearing to the satisfaction of the Master, by the affidavit of the plaintiff Drucker, that the defendant was not at the time of the filing of the plaintiffs' Bill, and is not now an inhabitant of the State : of North Carolina, this notice of the filing of said bill r - -,..1.17 Yt. o n-Auls !n ilm Vt rn lumrt!! t a wspaper published in the town of Charlotte in said State, in conformity to the Act of Assembly in such cases made and provided, for the said Vincent P. Va den oersonallv to be aud aopear at the next term of i this honorable Court, to be held for the county of Meck lenburg at the Court House in Charlotte, on the 1 1th Monday after the 4th Monday in February, A. D. 1860, and then and there, upon his corporal oath, to answer fullv and truly the allegations of the plaintiff's Bill; otherwise, on proof of the publication of this notice, the said Court will proceed as if process had been per sonally served on him, and he had made default in his appearance, and will order the said bill to be taken as confessed, and make such decrees thereupon as shall be deemed just. Witness, A. C. Williamson, Clerk and Master of said Court, at Office in Charlotte, the 1 1th Monday after the 4th Monday in August, A. D. 1859, and in the 84th vear of American Independence. j 9G-6t-pr adv. $10 A. C. WILLIAMSON, C. M. h I THE MORMONS. A Genoa, Carson Valley, Utah Territory, corres pondent of the San Francisco Herald writes: Judge Cradlebauirh left yesterday for Washing ton, by way of California; he is in pursuit of his favorite purpose, the noblest that ever actuated anj man, the extermination, at least politically, of the Mormons. His plan is to have the representa tion in the Utah Legislature in proportion to the legal vote, which is to be ascertained by a com missioner appointed for the purpose. The Judge informs mo that the entire. Mormon population of eastern Utah does not exceed 35,000, of whom not more than 8,000 are entitled to vote. The Gentile population of eastern Utah he estimates at 3,500 voters, that of western Utah he puts down at 8,000 voters, and there is an absolute certainty of an in crease of fifteen or twenty thousand in the Spring He hopes to outvote the jtnrmons at the election next jear. A Gentile Legislature once secured, the capital would be removed to Eastern Utah, the Church charter would be abolished, and that power ful instrument of the devil, the Emigrant Aid Association. Brigham Young would ho deprived of the power to marry and divorce at pleasure, and an act would be passed authorizing apostate Mor mons to brinsr suit against Brighain for their share of the Church fund, the property of which amounts to millions of dollars. A fair trial would also be secured by act authorizing change of venue from eastern to western Utah. The Judge will also warmly urge the extension over ns of the pre-emption laws, with a view to the early settlement and sale of the public lands. These things are what we need, and it is to be hoped that Judge Cradle baugh, in connection with onr efficient representa tive, Major Dodge may succeed in securing them. The Judge hates the Mormons, not from prejudice but conviction. He has witnessed their iniquities and as a bold, upright man he has set himself to work to root them out. Every honest man bids him "God speed." IIASON" AND DIXOTT'S LINE. For years past, during the agitation of the sla very question, we have heard a irood deal of ref erence made to " Mason and Dixon's line," but donbt very much if the origin of the phrase is known to the great body of those who have used the term. We clip the following explanation going the rounds of the press : Mason and Dixon's Line. On the 4th of August, 1703, Thomas and Richard Penn, and Lord Baltimore being together in London, agreed with Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two mathematicians or surveyors, to mark, run out, set- tic and fix the boundary line between Maryland, on one hand, and Delaware and Pennsylvania, on the other. Maron and Dixon landed at Philadel phia ou the 15th of November following, and be gan their wort at once. They adopted the penin sular lines, and the radius and tangent point of the circular of their predecessors. They next as certained the northeastern coast of Maryland, and proceeded to run the parallel of latitude. They pur sued this parallel of latitude a distance of 23 miles, 13 chains, and 21 links, from the place of the be gining at the north-east corner of Maryland to the bottom of a valley on Drunkard Creek, where an Indian war path crosbed their route, and here on the 20th of Xovembev, 1767 ninety-two years airo their Indian escort told them it was the will of the Soux nation that the survey should cease, and they terminated accordingly, leaving 36 miles six chains and 50 links distance remaining to be run west to the southwest angle of Pennsylvania, not far from the Board Tree Tunnel, on the Balti more and Ohio Railroad. Correction. A friend, writing from Lenoir assures us that our correspondent was misinformed, vilh regard to a statement given" in the Age a few weeks ago, to the effect that an insurrectionary movement was detected in that place a short time previous. Our Lonoir friend says "the report is entirely without foundation." We are glad to hear it, and make the correction with great pleasure. We know our former correspondent, however, communicated the statement to us on what he believed to be reliable authority Raleigh Age. North CaroSkia Fcnssatirv AND MACHINE WOllivS. FRERCKS & RAEDKR, (Successors to N. Boydex & Sox,) Will continue to manufacture and keep on hand all AG1UCULTI RAL IMPLEMENTS made heretofore. A j'ull assortment of Plows, Straw and Feed Cutters, Coin Slicllers, Cultivators, Horse Powers, Seed Sowers, Threshers, Cider and Sugar Mills, Threshers and Separators. They also manufacture SHAFTING AND MACHINERY for G.-ist Mills, circular and vertical Saw Mills; gold, copper and silver Mines; Tobacco Presses and fixtures, Ac. &c. Iron and Brass CASTINGS, Forgings and Finished Work, of every descript ion, made to order and warrant ed in everj respect. Repairs of every description of machinery done at short notice. Salisbury, N. C , Jan. 'J3, 1800 3m POLLOK B. LKE. WM. H. KERB. LEE & KEIUI. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY", Memphis, Tennessee. Office over the Gayoso Bank, on the Corner oJ . . . CI. . . . - I jiiaiu ami .ouaaison oireeis. Time of Holding Courts: Chascert 4th Monday in May and Nov. Cikccit 3d Monday in Jan., May and September. Common Law 1st Monday in March. July and Ncv'r. Criminal 2d Monday in February, June and October. Ckitti-xukx Circuit Colut, Ark. 2d Mouday in May and November. Jan. 3d, 1800. y TAILORING SHOP. The subscriber has removed his Tailoring Shop to Springs' Building, in Room No. 5 former ly occupied by R. P. Waring. lie will contiwue to manufac- ture clothing in the best manner and latest style, and will war- rant it to give satisfaction. A share ofpatronge is solicited. W. S. HICKS. January 24, 1800 tf From the Richmond Enquirer, ARMING THE STATE. The following is an exact copy of the important law that has just passed both Houses of the Vir ginia Legislature by large majorities, and is enti tled "an act making an appropriation . for the pur- chaso and manufacture of arms and munitions of war." We are satisfied that it is fully responsive to the avowed wishes of the people of Virginia, and that it will exert a most happy influence in convincing our enemies that in standing up for her rights A mrinia is in earnest "Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the Governor be and he is hereby directed to have the buildings of the Public Armory, at Richmond, forthwith put in s.uch condition, by the introdui tion of suitable machinery and otherwise, as shall fit them for the manufacture and repair of arms for the use of the militia of the State, upon a plan to be prepared by a commission of three persons, and approved by the Governor the members of which cotnmssion shall be appointed by the Governor, and removable at his pleasure. 2d. That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to employ a Master Armorer at an annual salary not exceeding 2,500 and quarters, whose duty it shall be to direct the operations in the manufacture and repair of arms, and, under the direction of the Superintendent, to employ such operatives as may ensure the effective working of the Armory. 3d. That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be purchased all such machinery, implements and materials, and the patent rights of any newly invented arms, as may be necessary for the successful operation of the Armory for the purposes herein specified." 4. That the commission provided by the first section of this act be furtherauthorized and direct ed to purchase such arms, equipments and muni tions as may be required for the immediate use of the State; provided no arms shall bo purchased, ex cept of the most approved quality and description, and at reasonable prices: and provided further, that not more then one hundred and eighty thous and dollars be expended in the purchase of arms equipments and munitions; and provided further, that a due proportion of said arras shall be distri- j buted in the more exposed parts of the State said commission are also required to provide for the manufacture of equipments and munitions of war within the State. 5. So much and such parts of chapter 33 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Public Guard and Armory, as may be in conflict with the provi sions of this act, are hereby repealed: Provided that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to suspend the present operations at the Armory in the repair of arms until such time as the occupation of said Armory may be necessary under the pro visions of this act. 0. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act the sum of $500,000 is hereby appropriated, which amount shall be raised by loans in the manner prescribed by existing laws, or such laws as may hereafter be passed for raising funds by loan for works of internal improvements. Home Manufactured Gunpowder. We are authorised by Gen. T. J. Green, of Warren county, to state that he will give fifty dollars premium for the best keg of home-mado powder, and twenty-five dollars premium for the second-best keg. The powder to be exhibited, and satisfactory evidence given of its being manufactured in North Carolina, at the next State Agricultural Fair. Warrenton News. A Weak Sister Caution to Clergymen. Rev. A. R. Finch publishes in the Rockport Ad vertiser a card of warning to the public, and his brethren, the clergy, in particular, against a woman whom he married early last fall, aud who deserted and ruined him. lie explains how his ruin was accomplished. While attending the Brockport camp-meeting, a woman, small in stature, weariug specs, and prepossessing in appearance, pursued him in a carriage, told him of her eslecm and how much she was worth, and induced him to marry her. lie consented, the knot was tied, and she having accomplished his ruin, forsook him, proba bly to find another victim. Air Finch asserts in his card that this woman had served two men at least, in the same way before, one residing at Belle ville, C W., the other in Wieconsin. The Wis consin man she left in a -destitute condition, with three children to provide for. Lest she may inflict similar outrages upon others of our sex, we give this much publicity to the statement. Clergymen, who may be single susceptible to the influence of the sex and the blandishment of fortune should beware of females small in stature, prepossessing in appearance, wearing specs, pretending to the possession of great wealth, and who pursue men in carriages to effect their ruin. Sad News from the West. The news by the Overland mail, brought by telegraph a day or two since, included some melanchofy tiding. from the region known as Carson Valley, located in western Utah, on the verge of California, and con stituting the inchoate Territory of Nevada. The cold in that quarter had been intense, and, to add to the distress of the people, there was a scarcity of provisions, consequent, no doubt, upon the great rush thither of emigrants from California to avail j themselves of the silver and jrold mines. "A Good Egg." We saw this morning an egg laid by a South American hen, belonging to Mr J. F. Brockett, which egg measured G inches round, was 3 inches long and weighed 3 1-2 ounces. No Shanghai about it. Wilmington Journal. "Do yon love me, Jonathan?" Do I love you? Ax the sun if it loves the flowers ax sister Sal if she loves ingems ax a sick kitten if it loves a warm birck. Love you, Lucy? Show me the man what says I don't, and I'll cave his head in with a cistern pole. Yankee Dew Daors. ''Why, uncle Dew-little, how dew you dew. Dew come in and rest a little while, dew. How does aunt Hannah dew, and what is she dewing now, and dew tell ns about the news. Come dew sit up to the table and dew as we dew; dew help yourself, and take out; and dew talk some, and dew not make me dew all the talking, for I shan't dew it Now, dew say something, dew." BEGINNINGS AND LARGE RESULTS. The Albany Statesman, in a leading article, tells the following story: "Twenty-three years ago we 'stuck typo' in tho same galley, in the printing office of The New Yorker, edited and published by Horace Greeley. Gen. Wilkins Kendall, (the projector of the New Orleans Picayune,) Morgan Bates, (we think since a partner in the publication of the Detroit Adver tiser,) O. A. Bowie, (who was a fcllow-approntica with Greeley, and afterwards published a paper at Little Falls,) stood at the case in the same office. Bowie and Bates are now dead. Kendall is still living, but has abandoned the editorial chair for sheep raising on the plains of Texas. He left the New Yorker office to commence the Picayune, hav ing acquired the capital for that enterprise in a wqy that would hardly be considered orthodox in a moral community. Before leaving New York, Kendall had 'tramped' the South as a jour printer; traveled for information, as he said, through every principij village and city in the Southern States, sometimes on steamboats, sometimes on stage coaches, (here was but one railroad in the South then, from Charleston to Augusta,) and not un frcquently on foot, with his baggage on his back, pendant iu his handkerchief from his walking stick. Sometimes he was 'flush' and well dressed sometimes 'strapped' and seedy but always witty, genial and gentlemanly. In his ventures he has frcquantly been boon companion with many of the most eminent neu of the couutry. The Astor House then was but just opened, and was extensively visited by Southerners. It was a fashion with Kendall to patronize that establish ment after working hours. Strolling over there one evening, ho was agreeably surprised to meet several gentlemen whom he had known, as, merch ants, and lawyers, and doctors, ut Natchez, Miss. After julips all round, and sherry cobbler apiece, some one proposed to 'close the night' with a littlo game of poker. Kendall had but about five dollars in his watch fob, (there was no watch there,) but he assented, among the rest, to the proposition. Excusing himself for a few moments, he made a rush down Ann street to the office, where he hoped to find some of his fellow printers wih money to lend. Bates, as foreman of the office, had been detained, making up the forms. He had eight dollars, and 'wo' (we were helping Bates) had two hundred and seven cents. Kendall took the dol lars, (leaving us the cents.) and thus made a purse of 15. With this fund he sat down to play. The play went on until daylight. , At 7 o'clock Ken dall came into the office, paid up the 10 he had borrowed, told Greeley he would give up his situa tion, and asked all hands to partake of a 'pious gorge' that afternoon. 'All hands' were but too happy to do that same, and still more happy when their fellow craftsman announced that he was the fortunate possessor of 6700, won at the 'little game of poker' aforesaid, and that with the $700 he proposed to establish a paper in New Orleans. In due time the Picayune appeared was a success winning reputation for Kendall as a polished writer and a brilliant wit, aud what was better, giving him a princely income. Ho has made many a hair-breadth escape since that; was among the Santa Fe prisoners, and given up as dead, but afterwards released; he went through tho Mexican war; has passed years in foreign travel, until satia ted with enjoyment and the excitement of city life, he retired to Texas, and is now master of thousand of acres of land, and reckons more than a hundred sheep, cattle and mules, as his individ ual property. But while the 15 made Mr Kendall's fortune, 999 other young men would, at a similar 'little game of poker,' have lost their 915 and went to their business next day with a "busting headache." Will They Do It? It is to . be presumed it is to be devoutly hoped that southern slave-holders, who profess to entertain such abject abhorreneo for northern abolitionists, will no more foreyer hereafter, spend theii summers at northern water ing places, and their money to enrich the enemies of the south as they have hitherto done. If next summer we shall see accounts of southern people stopping st Niagara, Saratoga, Hall's Town, &c., we will at once say that tbey deserve the very worst that northern cut-throats can send to injure them in their property or in any other way. If a single Southerner goes to sojourn at one of the above named places, or to spend a week pleasuring at the north, let him be spotted as being as bad as Seward0r Giddings. If the southern people have business at the north, let them, by all means, go and attend to it, but remain no longer than is necessary for that particular purpose. We are opposed to disunion, if it be possible to avoid it, and the non-intercourse system, in our opinion, is the surest guaranty against it. It will show the people of the north, that the south can get along very well without thcin even in the Union, and that, when the rights of the south are properly respected friendship and intccourse'wilj bo fully restored, and not before. AZtalcxcUle Express. The White Slaves of the North. A sew- ing girl, named Susan Lee, complains bitterly through the columns of a New York paper, of the injustice and fraud practiced by the employers of sewinggirls. The poor pittance tbey earn weekly is lessened . by downright cheating, and it a girl complains she is told to find work somewhere cL?c. She thus describes the conditiou of her class: j We, as every one knows, by thousand, in cold or i heat, rain, snow or sleet, walk the streets early in the morning to our work-place, carrying, perhaps, ! in an old newspaper, what we call our dinner, often only bread, or at best a little cold meat, with bread ' and potatoes, and work from eight in the morning ' until five, and sometimes six o'clock in the even ; ing, (stopping only at noon to eat onr cold lunch,) ' for these men who have made and are making for tunes from our labors; and who, besides stintinglj paying us, talk to us as though we were what many of them seem to be, brutes in human shape. And here let me say our slavery, and that of tens of thousands North, is far more miserable than is that of the well fed, well clothed and well cared for colored slaves of the South, whose sympathy expressed for, even from the pulpits, and no doubt, often, too, by the very men who oppress us, and even cheat us out of our hard-earned shillings. SMALL A

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