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January 10. 1K;0
J. A. FOX
Attorney
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
VKXEKAL VttLLKCTISr. AC EST.
Office at the Court House, 1 door to the left, down stairs
Win. J. JtVerr
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A T T O K . 12 V A T I. A V,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
TV ill practice in the County and Superior Courts of
Mecklenburg. I'uion ami Cabarrus counties.
Office in the l.rawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January 24, 13tJ0 y
. M. MILLER, M. I).,
Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery
May 10th. Office opposite Kerr's Hotel.
liOUEllT GIBB0X, M. D.,
PtitTITl()i:il OF MCDICIXE
AM)
OjHrc Ao. '1 Irtcius corner, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
December 14, 1850.
JAS. T. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Mecklenburg and the
adjoining counties.
rT The collection of claims promptly attended to.
March 14, 1S.V.I y
POLLOK U. LEE.
. 11. KERR.
LEE & KERR.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Memphis, Tennessee.
psff Office over the Gayoso Hank, on the Corner of
Main and Madison Streets. i8
Time of Holding Court ."
CriANCKUY 4 1 It Monday in May and Nov.
CiRcriT 3d Monday in Jan.. May and September.
Com mow l,AW t Monday in Man h. July and Nov'r.
Criminal d Monday in February, June and October.
Ckittexiien Cuu i it CoruT, Ark. 2d Monday in May
and November. -Jan.
3d, ls;0. y
" 11 W. RECK W ITH
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES. JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C,
Of the be.-.t Eugli.-h and American manufacturer.
Call an.! rutniuc his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Wairh crystals put in for 25 cents each.
November 8, I ,: y
PEA MEAL
We keep at our Steaai Flouring Mill in this place
Pea Meal fr feeding row and stok. Also, we have
oa haaii at all limes. Family, Extra. Superfine and
coarse Flour. We warrant our family Hour.
Cora Meal and Orits can always be had at the mill.
J. WILKES CO.
April l!. ls;,i
The subs, ribcr will par the highest cash prices for
Be, f cattle.
Th.ise having Pork Hogs for sale would do well to
Rive me a call, as I am desirous of purchai-ing that
kind uf nock.
. J- L. STOUT, Town Uutcher.
Oct.U.er U,
NI-XiROES WANTED.
I want to buy Xejrro and r,irU from 12 to 18
years old, for which the highest price in eah will be
paid.
-May 17, 1959 5AML. A. HARRIS.
COTTOX SAW CilKS,
Of the best quality, with 10 inch saws, moveable
chilled ribs aud turned brush, and all other nece-irv
improvements delivered at any Railroad station in 'the
5-tate at $2 per saw. These Gins took the premium at
the S. O. State Fair in 1858 and 1859. 1 at
Planters wishing to purchase Gins of the subscirber
will do well to send their orders early, as there is gen '
rally a crowd of work late in the season.
, J. M. ELLIOTT,
Hrch 20,1800. Cm Winnsboro, S. C
Attention, FAIl.TlERS! j
The MAGIC PLOW, (patent-!
ilv !J
i' J. . Harris of Mississippi.)
Possesses tli..ir.nt.,..nr.nnK;n;.. .
Four 1 lows in one. It can be laid five times and sharp- f
ened twelve times without th r m,i.m;ti, if I
- . Jt I LJIUV. IV-" Ill I I lit II
can be used the whole season without any additional
"sample 1Iardware S of Cochrane
March 27, 1800 tf
JOHN HENRY WAYT,
Surgeon Dentist,
(GRADUATE IN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY,)
Office in Brawler's Building, opposite Keru's Hotel,
SURGICAL OPERATIONS, a Cleft Palate, Hare
Lip, Tumors of mouth and jaws, performed.
Fractures asd Dislocations of the Jaws treated.
Teeth filled with Gold, Silver, Tin or Amalgam.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH inserted in the best manner.
A verv superior Tooth Powder and Tooth Wasu
on hand.
j JYices moderate and all work done satisfactory to th
patient. .
A stock of Dentists' materials always on baud. Gold
and Silver Plate of any fineness gotten out.
February 28, 1800 tf
T ii i: i: II I - H ACHIEVES.
The subscriber is still Agent for the sale of the
celebrated and much admired combined improved
TilRESHER AND WINNNOWER, manufactured by
Wheeler, Melkk & Co., Albany, N. .
These Machines wiil thresh and clean from 150 to
250 bushels of wheat per day, with less work and less
waste than any other machines known in North Caro
lina. Prices at the Shop, viz :
Railway Chain Horse Power, $120
Lever, (superior) 100
Improved Combined Thresher and Winnower, 125
Terms cash, or approved note on interest. Warrant
ed to give satisfaction or uo sale.
Delivered at any Railroad Depot at the above prices
charges and transportation only to be added.
Addres J. B. TROY, Troy's Store,
March G, 1800. 3m Montgomery to. N C.
Money I Want, and MONEY I must
have ! Do you owe Jonas Rudasill?
If so, come and pay him. He has many drafts upon
him every day for lumber and labor. These are cash
articles. Men can't work without eating flour, bacon,
lard, &c, are cash articles. I cannot do work without
lumber; aud have to pay for what I get, on delivery.
I have large amounts due me for work done; some h ive
been due for a lon time, and I now most positively say
those accounts must be closed.
I still continue to carry on the business at my old
stand, ami have for sale Sash Doors, Blinds, &c, and
can manufacture anything in that liue to order at short
notice. Orders respectfully solicited, and I promise to
sell cheap for cash as I have always done, and for cash
only. JONAS RUDASILL.
March 27. 160
ANOTHER SOUTHERN MOVEMENT
CUBAN SEGAIl MANUFACTORY.
Siin is (i ml Tofxirio ljfaf tlircct from Cuha.
JOHN S. WILEY has returned to Charlotte from
Cuba, where he bought a large and varied assortment
ofSKGARS. S.YCFT, TOBACCO, ., for this market,
and is now opening some celebrated brands of Segars,
among which may be found the following :
El Kico Habana, MuchaEl Littleto,
Concha's Malos, Rio Hor.dro,
Flor del Tumas, Lasbelas Gustou.
He manufactures 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 Scotch Snuffs; Powhatan Pipes, snnff
Boxes, Matches. Blacking, kc; Meershaun Segar Hold
ers and Pipes.
He respectfully invites the public fo call at the Cu
ban Segar Factory nearly opposite the Mansion House.
January 3, I860.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Implements of my manufacture can be found at the
Hardware Store of COCHRANE Si SAMPLE in Char
lotte. Among the various implements for Agricultural
purposes is Westinghouse's combined Thresher and
Winnower. J. II. THOMPSON,
Jan31,18G0 Cm Tyro, Davidson co.
LOWRIE'S
fc (n rr ii? ir
LL-J v J A U V UW C
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, a'nd 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; 1 am en
abled to sell paper at the same prices hy the whole
sale for which it can be bought in the Northern cities,
freight added. P. J LOWRIE.
Feb. 1.-,. 18G0.
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
llAliTFOillt, Vv,,n.
Incorporated A. D. 1810.
Charter Perpetual
$ 1.000,000
500.000
300,000
1, 1859.
Authorized capital
Capital paid in
Surplus
ASSETS JANUARY
Ca.h on hand and in Bauk
$43.4,15
22
09
00
55
00
00
00
Cash in hand of Agents and in transit,
Real Estate unencumbered (cash value)
Bills receivable, amply secured
2.44 Shares Bank Stock in Hartford,
2,200 " " New Vork,
710 " " " Boston,
100 shares Bank of the State of Missouri,
State and city Bonds, 0 per cents,
Rail Road Stocks,
United States' Treasury Notes,
54.827
15,000
73,174
230,413
197,750
74,620
10,000 00
74,245 00
16.250 00
1 4,035 00
$803,700 80
DIRECTORS.
Charles Boswell,
Henry Keney,
11. Huntington,
Albert Day,
James Goodv in
Job Allyn,
Johu P. Brace,
Calvin Day,
Charles J. Russ.
Timo. C. Allyx, Secretary.
II. ncsTixoTOX, President.
C. C. Lymax, Assistant See'y.
Wm. N. Bowers, Actuary.
This old and reliable company, established for near
ly fifty years, continues to Insure against loss or dam
age by Fire on dwellings, furniture, warehouses, stores,
merchandise, mills, manufactories, and most other
kinds of property, on its nsual satisfactory terms.
Particular attention given toi nsuring Farm Property,
consisting of Dwellings, Barns and Out-buildings con
nected, and Furniture, Live Stock, Hay, Grain, Farming
Utensils, &c. contained in the same, for a term of three
to five years at low rates of premium.
Applications fior Insurance may be made to the un
dersigned, the duly authorized Agent for Charlotte and
vicinity.
Losses equitably adjusted at this Agency, and paid
immediately, upon satisfactory proofs, in funds current
in the cities of Xew York or Boston, as the assured may
prefer.
E. NYE HUTCHISON,
Jwne 28, 1859. y Agent at Charlotte.
WHEAT !
It r"V" "
The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new
crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers
will find it to their advantage to call at the CHAR
LOTTE STEAM MILLS before selling.
JNO. WILKES.
July 26, 1858 tf
THE MOUNTAINS OF IilFE.
BY JAMES C. CLARK.
There's land far away 'mid the star?, wo are told,
Where they know not the sorrows of time;
,ftJlll. l.a frills " ULllO nniJ'iCI lilllMtU tUMCfd Ul gUlU,.. , ll.tt-ll-
in-titfi,:,. i........,v.i:m. 4 quyer that the central brick buildirio:
'Tis the land of our God 'tis the home of the soul.
Where ages of splendor eternally roll;
Where the vvay-weary traveler reaches his goal,
On the evergreen mountains of life.
Our gaze cannot soar to that beautiful land,
But our visions have told us of its bliss;
And our souls hy the gale from its gardens are fanned.
When we fiint in the deserts of this.
And we sometimes have longed for its holy repose,
When our spirits were torn with temptations and woes
And we've drank fron the tide of the river that flows
From the evergreen mountains of life.
0! the stars never tread the blue heavens at night,
But we think w here the ransomed have trod;
And the day never smiles from his palace of light,
But we feel the bright smile of our God.
We are traveling homeward through changes and gloom,
To a kingdom where pleasures unchangingly bloom,
And our guide is the glory which shines thro' the tomb
From the evergreen mountaius of life.
MnnMvqnwnHMiMnnMaMaMnHMn
Immense Attraction!
AT THE
Great Clothing Emporium
OK
FI?r,LS., SPRINGS & CO.
They are now opening at their large and capacious
Store Room, the HANDSOMEST and CHEAPEST
Stock of Ready-made Clothing
ever offered in the State.
Their stock comprises all the different kinds of Fancy
Cut Linen aud Marseilles Business Suits, English and
French Drap d'Kte and Alpacca Frocks and Sacks; a
large variety of Casiniere Pants Fancy and Black;
also, Fancy and Black Silk, Cassimcre and Marseilles
Vests in endless variety.
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valises, Hats and Ca- s, &c, kc. All of the
above goods are of the latest styles and patterns.
MANUFAC i URING DEPARTMENT.
FELLINGS, SPRINGS & CO. have also added to their
Ready-made Clothing Stock, a Merchant Tailoring De
partment, to which they call the especial attention of
their many friends and customers.
They intend making this department second to none
in the State, either in style and quality ol Goods, or in
the manufacture of Garments.
At all times will be found a good stock of Black and
colored Cloths, English, French and American Cassi
meros, and a variety of Vesting?. Also, an assortment
of Rock Island Cassimcres.
They feel confident of their ability to undersell any
other house in the State, from the advantages tbev
have in getting their goods.
Their goods are bought by the quantify, by one of
the Firm who resides in the Northern markets, which
gives him the opportunity of taking advantage of the
prices of goods, tlierebj' saving at least Twenty-five
per cent to the consumer.
JJajfOhues saved are Dollars made !"Sja So try us.
E. FULLINGS, '
JNO. M. SPRINGS,
JNO. P. HEATH.
April 10, 18G0. tf
T. J. CORPEili0,
Surgeon Z3cntistf
(Graduate of the Baltimore Denial College,)
Can be found at his Office on Tryou street, opposite
China Hall, where he will be pleased to receive the
calls of those who may require his professional services.
February 21, 1800.' 6m
Larie Arrivals
OF
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS,
AT
KOOIVttAIViV & PHELPS'
They have received and are receiving a large stock of
ZD it 3?" Goods,
Millinery and Ladies' Dress Goods .
in endless variety, suitable for the Spring and Summer
trade.
Particular attention is called to their assortment of
Lace Shawls, Points and Mantillas.
They have a LARGER STOCK of FINE GOODS than
they have ever kept before.
They as.'ure those who may deal with them that they
will endeavor to give satisfaction both in price and
the quality of the Goods, as they are deternrned to sell
at such low rates as will tend to the great advantage
of purchasers. They have in store
A large lot of Ready-made Clothing
of various stj-les and qualities at reduced prices.
03 ! 8 J
HARDWARE. &c,
Of all kinds, kept constantly on hand and for sale
on
the most reasonable terms.
They invite purchasers to give their extensive stock
an examination before buying elsewhere.
KOOPM ANN & PHELPS.
April JO, 18fi0.
TAXES.
The TAX LISTS for the year 1859 are now in my
hands for inspection. Those liable to pay Taxes will
please come toward and settle.
E. C. GRIER, Sheriff.
April 3, 1800.
XEW HOTEL near the Depot.
UST OPENED for the accommodation of transient
Customers and Day Boarders, by .
W. W. ELMS.
Charlotte, Apl 3. 1860. 6t
Madison Furnace,
LINCOLN COUNTY, N. C.
THE IRON WORKS,, 6 miles East of Lincolnton and
13 miles South of Newton, are now in operation, where
all kinds of Castings, such as machinery, cooking ware, f
Ac, will be done with dispatch, by superior workmen.
at as cheap rates as possible. When the Blast Furnace
is not in operation, casting will be done with the cupola.
I will also have Hammered Iron made, aud can furn
ish farmers and mechanics with anything needed in
that line. Also, good Pig Iron for sale.
Old metal and Produce taken in exchai..?e for work
or Iron. JONAS W. DERR.
February 14, I860 4m-pi
10 lj
JBtstrrn JS-t morrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Fire. We learn from the Rutherfordton Eli
an 1 a few
j frame houses adjoining, of the Female College at
; fcpartanburg, S. C., were destroyed by fire on the
' 14th inst. The fire originated in the chapel, and
was accidental. The loss is said to be from five to
ten thousand dollars. 14 pianos were burnt.
$2,500 were immediately subscribed to replace
the building. The exercises of
continued as usual.
the College are
TriE Mormon Feud. Speculating upon the
recent movement in Illinois-, under the leadership
of Joe Smith, jr., the St. Louis Republican says:
"We are assured that it is seconded not only by
the Mormons in Illinois, but in this State, and if
only asserted with spirit the Salt Lnkie hierarchy
can be crushed out, and the pretentious individual,
"prophet, seer,- and rtvelator," who now so com
fortably sits enthroned there, and his lecherous
advisers, can be made to take the city creek canon,
ana niue in tne mountains that surround tne so-
ealled Zion. We feel assured that the mass of
the people gravitate to the regular succession,
which is to be found in the person of Smith.
J hey swarm to him as the representative of a re
ligious principle, and would not hesitate to throw
v . t lav i .
off their shackles whenever the opportunity is
afforded. We repeat, then, that this movement,
if properly directed, discarding; as it does the ob
noxious and disgusting features and practices of the
Salt Lake tribe, will be more powerful lor good
and for reform than all the enactments of the Na
tional Legislature, which, after all, if precedent
is worth any thing, would prove only so much
waste paper, unless crammed down traitorous
throats with the bayonet: a thing eert unly not
likely to occur until a very
over our public men."
great
chansre conies
The assaults upon the President. The
constitution eontams tne lion. Allies laylors mi
nority report, upon the recent protest of the Presi
dent. It is an able and conclusive document. lie
snows that were there good reasons lor Deiieving
that the President had been guilty of using iiioncjT,
patronage, or other improper means to in finance
the action of Congress, it was the duty of that
body to have made the charges formally, and insti
tuted the proceedings for his removal from office.
On the contrary, they sought to damage his char
acter by ex parte investigations, in which he had
no opportunity to defend himself. This undigni
fied, ultrapartizan course is properly condemned
and exposed, and the disappointed office seeker?
and political "strikers" will perhaps find them
selves in receipt of the indignation of every honest
man.
This assault upon Mr Buchanan was dictated by
the most unscrupulous party tactics. Nothing but
the most desperate necessities of party would in
duce any one who values the American name, to
degrade the office of President. If the Chief
Magistrate of this great confederacy ever becomes
unfaithful to his high office if he ever disgraces
the chair of Washington and Jefferson with bribe
ry and corruption let him be degraded from his
high office amid the general execrations and con
tempt of the entire American people, without re
gard to party; but let no secret, star-chamber in
vestigation let no "smelling committee" of mous
ing' politicians, hounded on by mercenary pol
troons, be allowed to try to affix by implication
what they cannot do directly, and thus degrade in
the minds of the American people the highest and
most exalted official in the civilized world. A1
Y. Day Buulc.
Excessive Labor. In the testimony taken in
the matter of limiting the hours of labor of women
and children in bleaching and dyeing works in
New York, one child said that at times, when they
were filling heavy orders, he had not been in bed
more than sixteen or eighteen hours a week. An
other, 11 years of age, stated that he began work
at 12 o'clock on Sunday night, and worked until
8 o'clock Monday night, then started again on
Tuesday morning, and worked till 12 o'clock at
night, and did this for two or three months with
out stopping. The foreman stated that the ther
mometer in the rooms often stood at l'0 degrees,
and in this atmosphere the boys and girls often
worked sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen hours per
day. A foreman of another establishment stated
that for three days of the week, during the sum
mer, the girls work twenty hours per day, and
that their ages average from ten to eighteen years.
The bill to limit the hours of work passed with a
large majority. A'. Y (Jour, and Enq.
Capital Punishment. The two principal
provisions of the New York law, recently passed
by the Legislature of that State, in relation to
capital punishment, are that the criminal is in no
case to be executed until a year after his convic
tion, and that the jury have the right of deciding,
in every case, whether the punishment shall be
death or imprisonment for life. j
DISSOLUTION.
The firm of T. H. BREM k CO. is this day dissolved
by mutual consent. The books and papers are in the
hands of T. H. Brem at the Hardware Store of Cochrane
& Sample. All persons indebted to said firm will call
and settle the same with him; and all persons having
claims will present them to him for payment.
T. II. BREM,
J. A. SADLER. Jr,
March 26, 1860. T. L. ALEXANDER.
Private Surgical Hospital.
We, the nnderiigned, having opened a private Surgi
cal Infirmary in the town of Charlotte, are now pre
pared to furnish comfortable quarters to those Patients
from a distance who may require onr professional ser
vices in the treatment of Surgical diseases.
The above Institution is located on Main street, in a
quiet part 'of the town
The buildin2S are new and well
ventilated, with good oat-buildings for the accommoda
tion of negroes.
All diseases of a contagious character will be strict
ly excluded.
. Communications through the Post Office, addressed
to Caldwell k Gibbon, will receive prompt attention.
P. C. CALDWELL, M. D.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
April 17, I860. J. Yv CALDWELL, M. D.
j A MAN I'LL ads his OWN CASK.--In the Quarter
j Sessions, Philadelphia, recently, ? a man named
! Pierce Kitchen was brought to the stand. His wife
i couldu't swear that her husband J$ad ever struck
j her, but swore that he indulged' in whiskey and
! failed to support his family. Tlwi 'defendant, who
I plead not guilty, said that lawyers Were humbugs,
and informed the Court that he wuid plead his
own cause. Mr Kitchen spreatti himself, and
made a speech. He laced the ;$$ ry and went
through the motions in a manner t1it would have
done no discredit to any of our be"?!' Quarter Ses
sions practitioners lie informed the jury that,
having failed to prove that he had ever laid an
angry hand upon his wife, he couldn't possibly be
convicted of an assault upon her. As to the other
charges he pleaded justification. "Mrs Kitchen,
gentlemeu of the jury," said Mr Kitchen, "is a
member of a church; Mrs Kitchen for.-akes her
kitchen, and spends half her time in the church
lecture-room. While my breeches are running to
seed, and the children going, about with ill-kept
noses and dilapidated extremities, Mrs Kitchen is
indulging in a confab with a lot of old ladies
about the shocking nudity of the South Sea Is
landers. While willing to provide for her, gentle
men of the jury, 1 ain't willing to feed all the
brethren of the church, nor to give Bohea parties
to twenty people twice a week neither. If I've
got tight on the strength of such a provocation,
gentlemen of the jury, it ain't a bit more than the
best of you would have done if placed in my cir
cumstances; and if you was me, and I was you
knowing the case as I do I'd render a verdict of
acquittal, and serve the woman right." Having
said this, Mr Kitchen discontinued the subject,
and the jury placing their heads together rendered
a verdict of "Not guilty.
J6A Chapel Hill correspondent of the Pe
tersburg Express, says:
Mr John G. Saxc, who h:is of late acquired a
high reputation as a poet, honored us wiMi a visit
a few wccks since, when he delivered two lee
,,l o ,i f" . ni . ri
turcs. "liove, was tne suDject or nis nrst. lie
spoke of the different kinds of love love of
country, picturing the statesman and the patriot
then the demagogue, sext he described youthful
love, or, as he termed it, "love which ir.r: ;es the
world go round," giving a laughable though strict
ly true" description of the heartless co riette.
'Manly love" came next, in which came the
"Model Husband," drawn, he added, "mainly from
the imagination," arid the "Model Wife," discov
ered by a careful explorer in real life. lie closed
his very interesting discourse, by a brief consid
eration of "Love Divine."
Immense Fortune. A family of sixteen,
residing hi this city, had the felicity, a few days
ago, of hearing that a rich relative had died
recently, in Oregon, leaving a fortune of ?1UO,000,
to be divided among ail of his immediate heirs, or
their children. The Commissioner of the Court
in tiie county in which the wealth' old gentleman
died, informed the above mentioned happy family
that there were two hundred and one cLiimnnts,
most of whom had furnished iucontcstiblu docu
mentary evidence of the validity of their claims,
and that after paying all expenses, each claimant
would receive S:JoU. lhe family aforesaid consti
tuted one claimant. Each member of the family
will therefore receive out of the 3100,000 the sum
ot ss L. 14, which will be remitted to them in
Oregon money, on the receipt of their signatures
by the Commissioner. 1 ctrrshttrj ( 1 as) U.rjtrrsa.
Harey Improved Upon. A gentleman hav
ing a refractory horse to handle, oi: Lollingbrook
st , yesterday morning, dismounted after various
attempts to make him behave, and giving him for a
moment to the charge of a servant, stepped into an
apothecary establishment, and procured a vial of
chloroform. This he applied to the nostrils of the
saucy charger, and in haif a minute got him too
sleepy to kick up and just docile enough to move
long gently, lie mounted and jogged along
homeward without further difficulty.
Cotton. Seed Oil. A company chartered by
the lust Legislature of Tennessee is about putting
in operation at Memphis a factory fur the extrac
tion of oil from Cotton seed converting into the
gold of commerce that which, but a few years ago,
wasa troublesome surplussage of the Southern plan
tation. I he present capacity ot the works is aOO
gallons per day. Enterprise in this direction
promises to develop an important source of wealth.
-A. 1. Jour, of Commerce.
Two lawyers overtaking a wagoner, and thinking
to crack a j 'ke on him asked with assumed gravity.
"i ray, Mister wagoner, how is it that your fore
horse is so fat, and the others so lean?"
The wagoner with sharpened Scotch penetration,
and knowing them to be of the legal tribe, rctilied :
"Well, ye see, the reason is plain the fore horse
is a lawyer, and the other two are his clients."
The jokers vamoosed instantly. -
fiST" Hear what the merry Saxc says of a model
husband:
I saw a model husband in a dream,
Where things are not exactly as they seem;
A moral man, to skeptics be it known;
The wife he loved and cherished was his own;
And for the test I saw the husband wait
With horse and chaise five minutes at the gate
While Jane put on her things; nor spoke one sour
Or bitter word, though waiting half an hour
For dinner; and like patience on a throne,
He didn't swear to find a button gone.
An old toper, in the last stages of the dropsy,
was told, by his physician, that nothing would save
him but being "tapped." His son, a witty little
shaver, objected to this operation, saying : "JJaddy,
daddy, don't submit to it, fr you know there never
was anything tapped iu our house that lasted more
than a week."
Bgy Some one who has been curious enough to
fathom the April fashions, for the ladies, as set
forth in the magazines, saysrin respect to the sea
of flounces on the full, feathered dress, that the
busy hand of the seamstress must stitch and sew,
to finish this one dress, to the extent of nine hun
dred and seventy-seven feet. Adi to this wenty
three feet fur the waist, and you have one thousand
feet, or one mile of sewing in about five dresses.
FASCINATION OF ROME. :t
The unaccountable charm of the old' hoine cfC'-
tho Caesars is thus nicely touched ' upon bj'"oor'v
j friend Young, the editor of The AlbionVvW oni t) v;'
his letters from Italy: "I am about to leav J$ afler '
a ten weeks' sojourn, with infinite regret -jHxa -
puzzled to account for the fascination of a rest
I donee here. We have had rain, mud, and cold
j weather, ad navsmm; the church ceremonies are
tedious; the carnival was a failure; the beggars are
importunate and swarming; poverty and degrada
tion stare one in the face; the antiquities aro too
often jumbled; the frescoes, for the most part,
faded; the good pictures in the galleries are one in
a dozen; St. Peter's itself is but a series of mag
nificent architectural blunders. With all these
drawbacks, and half a hundred disappointments,
there is no denying the charm (I know not any
other suitable word) that Rome exercises over its
visitors. It seems to affect the young and the old,
the illiterate and the cultivated, those who are
susceptible of emotion, and those to whom exter
nal objects are alike indifferent. And I have
sought in vain to unravel the mystery of this fas
cination. The residents see it exemplified, season
after season; but lookers on as they arc, they are
unable to solve it. I should incline to attribute it
to the infinite variety, as well ns number, of the
attractions that surround one, were it not that the
feeling is shared by not a few of the rnus blase.
Some one told me, yesterday, of a veteran traveler
who commenced abusing Uomc as 'a dirty old hole
of a place,' immediately ott his arrival, kept tip
the same cry during, several months' stay, but
ended by swearing that, though it was a 'dirty obi
hole of a place, he would not have left it if ho
had not pid for his j a-sage."
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The Baltimore Opposition Convention.
In the leader of the Richmond Whig occurs the
following:
"It behooves the Baltimore Convention, there
fore, to subordinate all personal partialites and sec
tional preferences, to the great and patriotic end
of nominating a candidate, national in his charac
ter and antecedents, and the most available in all
of the Confederacy. There are many such men in
the Conservative Opposition ranks. At the South,
there arc Crittenden, Bell, Rives, Graham, Stuart;
and at the North, Everett, Hunter, Fuller, Win
throp, and many others. We have studiously
omitted to mention one John Minor Botts for tbo
reason that his pretensions are simply ridiculous,
and for the further reason thai, though nominated
by a thousand Conventions, he would wcarcely poll
fifty thousand votes in all the Southern States."
If our neighbor had added, "and not one we
have named can certainly carry a st'nyle State in'
all the Union," he would not been very far from
the mark. lllrhmond lumpiircr.
Starvation and Cannibalism. The wreck
is announced of the ship Constant, from Sydney
for Manilla, on a sunken reef. The ship appears
to have broken up almost immediately afterwards,
the crew escaping in the boats, but with scarcely
any provisions or water. For days and days,
exposed to a scorching sun, they suffered fearfully,
and the horrors they subsequently endured were
of a character almost unheard of. They left the
wreck in the boats on the 17th of July. From
that time till the 1st of Sept. they visited several "
Islands in the hope of obtaining food, but failed.
They then resolved to draw lots as to which of
them should sacrih'e his life lor their benefit, and
after five days' deliberation .they killed one of the
groesand his body was quickly devoured. Some
days afterwards they resolved to murder another
negro for the same purpose. J he man was asleep ,
at the time, but, waking up and hearing of their ,
intention, attempted to escape by jumping over- ,
board. A shot fired by one of the crew killed .
him on the spot, and his body was eaten. In this
horrible manner the crew subsisted till the 29th of
September, when they were picked up and landed
at Sourabaya, most of them being iu a shocking
state.
A NEGRO MARRIAGE.
We clip the following from a late number of the
Montgomery (Ala.) Mail.
I he lollowing marriage ceremony 1 recently ob
tained from one of my negroes, and if you think it
will interest any of your readers, you may publish
it:
"Here is a couple who have walked over to-night,
wishing to be joined in, and through love and
wishing all dem dat have any ting twixen dent
come toward and speak now, if not, let dem hold
dar peace now and forever more. I wants every
car to hear and every heart to enjoy."
"Mr Jim 1 ompson, whomsoever stands fautly by
your left side, you take her for jour dearly beloved
wife, to wait on her through sickness and through
health, safe and be safe, holy and be holy, loving
and be loving? Do you love her mother? Do you
love her father? Do you love her brothers? Do
you love her sisters? Do you love her master?
Do you love her mistress; but do you love God
the best?"
Answer "I do."
"Miss Mary Thompson, whomsoever stands fast-
ly by your right fide, do yoa take to be your dear
beloved husband, to wait on him through health
and through conflutien safe, holy & be holy? Do
you love his mother? Do you love his father?
Do you love his brother? Do you love his sisters
Do you love God the best?"
Answer "I will."
"I shall pronounce Mr Jim to hold Miss Mary
fast by the right hand, and I shall pronounce you
both to be man aud wife. We shall hope and
trust that you may live right, that you may die
right, now and forever more. Now Mr Jim,
slew your bride. Let us wng a hymn:
"Plunged in a gulf of dark despair,
Yc wreched sinnera are ic.
Why is a horse the most miserable of animals?
Because hi thoughts are always on the rack.
Tranquil pleasures last the -longest. We are
not fitted to bear long the burden of great joys,
A certain Irish attorney says: "No printer
should ever publish a death unless apprised of the
fact by the party deceased."
In Indiana aoouple can get a Judge to break
the matrimonial ties and turn right round and get
a Justice of peace to repair them.