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CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, I860.
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Special attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con
veyances, kc.
Duriug lion re of business, may be found in the
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January 10, I8(i0
J. A. FOX,
Attorney zxX Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
(i EXE UAL COLLECTIXG AGHXT.
Ollice at thet'ourt House, 1 door to the left, down stairs.
Wm, J. Kerr,
ATTORNEY AT I, AW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the County ami Superior Courts of
Mecklenburg. Union and Uabarrus counties.
Orrif-B in the IJrawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
Jauuary 24, 1!0 y
UOBEIIT GIBBON, M. D.,
IMUCTITIOKLU OF iUCDICIKK
AM)
OjTf" A". '1 hiring ntrti'-r, Charlotte, X. C.
December 14, 1 8.1!.
J AS. T. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
UIIARMlTTE, X. '.,
Will practice in the Court." of Mecklenburg and the
adjoining enmities.
jjr'ts The collection of claims promptly attendvd to.
March 14, I .V y
TOLI.Ok 11. UK.
WM. II. KKIilt.
LEK & KMRR.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
A XI) SOLICITOUS IX CIIAXCKUY,
Memphis, Tennessee.
-ty OiJice over the Cayoso I!ank, on the Corner of
Main and Madison Streets,
Tirnt of Hulilin if Court' : :
hsckky 4th Monday iu May and Nov.- -CiKuriT
3d Monday in Jan.. May and September.
Common Law 1st Monday in March. July and Xov'r.
Criminal 2d Monday in February. June and October.
Cuittcxuex CiBft iT CofuT, Auk. 2d Monday in May
and November.
Jan. 3d, 1800. v
R. W. BECK WITH
lias constantlv on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C.,
Of the best Knglish and American manufacturers.
Call and examine his Ptockbefore purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put iu for 2." cents each.
November 8, 1850 y
PEA MEAL'
We keep at our Steam Flouring Mill in this place
Pea Meal "r feeding cows and stok. Also, we have
on hand at all time., Family, Extra. Superfine and
coarse Flour. We warrant our family iltnr.:
Corn Meal and (Jrits can alwavs be had at the mill.
J. WILKKS & CO.
April H, 1859 ;
J. G. WILKINSON &. CO.,
DEALER IN
SilvtT A: plalod Ware
AND FANCY COODS,
No. 5, Granite Range,
Opposite the Mansion House, CHAULOTTK, X. C.
Attention given to Reiairing Watches and Jewelry.
September 18, 18fiit. v
MEf RLEXBUUG IU0X WORKS,
Charlotte, .IV. C. .
ALEXANDER & McDOUG ALL.
at short notice and on reaonalde terms.
Steam Engines from 8 to 80 Horse
Power.
Their SHOP contains tools selected with great care.
Hud is provided with all the irupiovcmcuts required
to do their work In a first rate manner.
Castings, in Iron or Brass, made to order
IIORSK-SHOKING and BLACKSMITHS work of all
kinds. KEI'AIUIXt; in their line attended to.
Agents for Dr. E. O. ' Elliott, for Winter s Patent
Mulay Saw Mill, which has the advantage, along with
many others, of doing at least twice as much work,
and doing it better, than any other Mill in use it can
be run by Steam. Water or llorse Power. The Mulay
may ho seen at the Shop at anv time.
HKXUV ALEXANDER.
MALCOLM McJHU'UALL.
X. B. Old Irou, Brass, Copper, &c, bought or taken
in tuide.
September -Jj, ImJO. Jl-tf.
The undersigned IkK leave to inform the citizens of
Charlotte and vicinity and the public generally, that
they have opened the above Establishment at the foot of
Trade Street, adjoining the track of the Xorth Carolina
Uail Uoad and opposite John Wilkes' Steam Mill, and
are prepared 10 lurinsn all kinds of
REMOVED.
Will. Xreloar has removed to No. 2
GRANITE ROW, Store formerly oecu pied by Elias &
Cohen, one door below A. A. N. M. Taylor's Corner.
" Win. Treloar's
Head Quarters for BOOTS AND SHOES.
Win. Treloar's
Boots, Shoes and Leather.
Just Come in I
Wm. Treloar's
.India Rubbe
Belting,
Just come in I
Wm. Treloar's
TTata txxc3. CJ aps.
Just come in 1
Wm. Treloar particularly requests the pub
lic to JUST COME IN and examine for thenuelves
bis Splendid New Stock of Fall and Winter Boots and
Shoes.
Just come in at
WM. TRELOAR'S
Sept 25, 18I0. 7t No. 2, Granite Row.
Eaivd for sale.
The subscriber being desirous of removing, offers his
PLANTATION for sale, situated on Clear Creek, 15
miles East of Charlotte- The tract comprises 240
HCre; 172 in one body, and the remaining 68 acres
lying within half mile. Most of the land i3 of a supe
rior quality. There is a good Dwelling and all neces
sary out-buildings on it, with good water in the vard.
B. GLENN.
Sept 25, 18C0. 2m-pd
NEGROES WANTED.
I want to buy Negro Boys and Girl from 12 to 18
years old, for which the highest prices in cash will be
paid.
May 17, 1859 SAML. A. HARRIS.
Hardware ! ! Hardware ! !
A. A. N. M. TAYLOR
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has added to his extensive
stock of Stoves and 'Tin Ware, a large and complete
stock of Hardware, consisting iu part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun
ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, webb, and butch
er SAWS; Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels,
Augers, Gimlets, Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes; Brick,
plastering, and pointing Trowels: Saw-setters, Screw
plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds, Spoke
shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Levels
Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines,
Gougers, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in
great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite, the Man
sion House, Charlotte, N. C.
May 2!t, 18G0. tf
BlacRsmltn's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and tdidc Ham
mers. Buttresses, Farriers' Knives. Screw-plates.-, Stocks
and dies, Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Rasptrs and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and clinch Nails,
Borax; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country
manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; Ac,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOB'S, opposite the Mansion House:
AT TAYLOR'S you can find the largest assortment
of Cutlery. Guns and Pistols, of all the celebrated
makes.
GLASS, of all sizes and qualities both French and
American. Also, Putty by the keg or pound.
WOODEN WARE, Brooms, &c, of all kinds.
Rope ! Rope ! !
5,000 pounds of Manilla, Juto and Cotton Rope, from
inch to 3 inches, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store,
Opposite the Mansion House.
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the different size?; at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House.
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shelters, Plows, Hoes, Shovels,
Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks, Mattock?, Grubbing Hoes,
Truce Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning
and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain,
grass aud brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes;
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, stew-pana and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
gallons each: Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears,' kc, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate,
Babbit metal, &c. . .
Stoves', the largest Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and
. 'r Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion Howse
100 REWARD !
RAXAVAY' from the subscriber on the 1st October,
a mulatto boy named SOLOMON. He is near six
feet high, about thirty years old, tolerably bright, rather
slim, and weighs about 175 pounds. He has a down
look wbvti spoken to. The end of the forefinger of his
left hand has been cut off, and a sharp hard knot has
grown on the cndofit.'l think he is lurking about
Rocky River, iu the lower end of Cabarrus county,
where he was raised. BaT" All persons are forewarned
not to harbor or assist bin, under the penalty of the
law. I will pay the above reward for his "delivery to
me, or his apprehension and confinement in any jail so
I can get him. WILLIAM HAMILTON,
Negro Head Depot, Union Co., N. C
April J, 18C0. - tf
' 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.
. f- r .. . , E. C. GRIER, Sheriff.
April 3, lgGO. ;' ' ' ' ' '
Reef Cattle Wanted.
Hiifhcut CanJi Irtee$ raul for Jiecvis ttiuJ JS7ir-it. I
I ttm still engaged in Butchering, and desire to pur- '
chase Beef Cattle and Sheep, for which I will pay the j
highest market prices. Those having stock for sate j
will find it to their advantage to give me a call. In- j
quire at Dr. Tavlors Tan Yard.
Aug.,3, 18GU. r26:tf. - . J. L. STOUT, j
" ' noticeT j
Taken up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg
couuty, on the 8th day of September, 1 8C0, a Negro
boy about 18 or 20 years of age, (black,) about 5 feet 0 y
or8 inches high. He says Lis name is JIM, and that
he belongs to John , Worthy of Gaston countyi that his
master moved to Texas early last Spring, at which j
time he ran away front him. Jim appears very dull: j
can scarcely communicate anything about his master j
or home with any intelligence. He has a scar on his ,
right fore finger, made by a cutting knife. The owner (
is requested to come forward, prove property, pay ex- i
penses, and take said boy away, otherwise he will be 1
disposed of according to law. j
Oct. '., I860. tf E. C. GRIER, Sheriff." '
.RESIGNATION. ,
Dreams of youth aod hope are faded .
It is well; , . -
.Ere by life'a rude cares invaded, .,
Or by sorrow's midnight shaded, .
They have faded -gently faded
It is well.
Fame I sought, but 'twas denied me
It is well; v
Strong temptations would have tried me,
Slander's evil tongue belied me,
In obscurity I hide me . f . -.
.... It is well. . ,1
Wealth to me no favor showeth
It is wellj
All my wants my Father knoweth
Daily what I need bestoweth
From this trust contentment groweth -
It is well.
I've no share of earthly pleasure
' It is well ;
Wisdom from her heavenly treasure,
Filleth all my hours of .leisure,
With a higher, purer pleasure
It is well.
Hare Chance for Investment.
Iron Works, Grist Mill, Saw Mill &.
Farming- Lands.
I offer at private sale, on the most accommodating
terms, the following valuable property situated iu
Lincoln county, N. C, in a perfectly healthy country,
through which the Wilmington, Char, and Rath. Rail
road runs, viz:
The Spring Hill Forge Tract, containing about 1000
acres of land of good soil for cultivation, and well tim
bered, furnishing an abundant supply of fuel to the
Forgo,
which has been in operation for a number of years,
and gained a reputatiou for the excellent quality of its
products. The Water power is abundant, the Dam and
all machinery iu first rate repair. The Forge is capa
ble of manufacturing 150 tons of Iron per annum,
which can be sold in the neighborhood uninfluenced
by fluctuations iu foreign markets. Attached to this
tract is my interest in the
Big- Iron Ore Bank,
which yields an inexhaustible snpply of superior Iron
Ore.
THE SPRING HILL FARM, containing about 800
acres of good land, 250 of which is under the highest
state of cultivation, producing finely, and in as good
condition as any farm in the State, with meadows,
bottom lands and pastures, all under good fences. The
Orchards contain over 1000 Fruit Trees of the finest
qualities, selected with great care, and consisting of
Apricots, Nectarines, Peaches, Figs, Apples, Grapes,
kc. Tho farm is well adapted for a Dairy, with its
large pastures, and yields Hay and Clover sufficient
for 75 liead of Cattle, the products wherefrora can al
wait l;e sold 10 advantage In me Ubai luue Uinrliet.
The laud not iu cultivation is well timbered.
The Spring Hill Mills Tract,
more generally known as tho Haniuiarskold Mill, con
taining 200 acres or laud, partly cultivated and partly
timbered. This Mill is more favorably known than
any mill in Western' North Carolina, for the superior
quality of its Family Flour, which classes very high in
the New York or Charleston markets; it is in excellent
repair with Hue water power, and capable of grinding
30,000 bushels of grain per a u 1111 111, which might be
largely increased; ; it is situated in wheat growing
country, where hirgft crops catv always be bought, or
ground for toll. On the same tract is a
Saw Mill,
valuable for its proximity to Lincolnton and location
in a well timbered country. Also about
800 Acres of Timbered Land,
situated along the Wil., Char, and Roth. Railroad, and
susceptible of cultivation, which will be divided to
suit purchasers. On the three firet named tracts are
Good Dwelling Houses,
with all necessary negro and outhouses.
The above tracts of land will be sold either separate
ly or in a body, .with or without stock; and the whole
certainly forms one of the most valuable possessions in
this Stale, being easy of access by its situation on the
Railroad, which brings its products within reach of
any market. Being situated near the mountains with
its fine scenery it forms a most desirable Summer Resi
dence. The line of minerals running from South Caro
lina to Virginia, and yielding Gold, Copper, Iron and
Lime, runs through this laud. -
For Merchandizing, this place is excellent, being 7
miles from Lincolnton or auy Store. -
The attention of Capitalists, Manufacturers, and Mer
chants, is called to this Sale, which will b effected of
the most liberal terms, both as to price and termsno
payment. For further particulars address . -
C. J. HAMMARSKOLD,
Oct 2, 1800. tf Spring Hill Forge, N. C.
N OW OPENING"
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
ELIAS & COHEN
Are now prepared to display to their customers and
the public generally the'tnost i .
EXTENSIVE AND BEST SELECTED
Ever offered in Western North Carolina.
There is no hnmbng about the size and prices of our
S.ock of Goods they speak for themselves. Every
department is full and complete.
- DRY GOODS,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
CLOTHING AND
Hardware and Cutlery.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
BOHffiBTS
AND MILLINERY GOODS.
iFAHOY- GO0HB',H0,iPI0HS.
GROCERIES, &cl
A call and examination of our stock is respectfully
solicited at -
Brem's old Stand, Trade street.
Charlotte, Oct. 9, 1SC0 tf
f ' - CHARLOTTE, N. C. -
Conviction. We learn from the Western
Sentinel that Moses Smith, charged with the mur
der of J R Voss, near Waughtown, some weeks
ago was tried week before last, at Winston, before
Judge Saunders, and found guilty of murder. . An
appeal .was craved and granted, his Honor remark
ing that he saw no hope for the prisoner in this
world; and advising him to make preparations to
meet his fate. ,; --i: :? - .... .- x.
Wm.-L. Yancey asd;tbk Nomination. - We
are authorized to state positively and distinctly,
and on responsible evidence which can be furnish
ed to a proper demand, that the nomination of the
vice-presidency on the Douglas ticket was offered
to Wm. L. Yancey, of Ala.. This offer was .made
through or by George N. . Sanders, of .New York,
and with tho knowledge of Stephen Arnold Doug
las, and but a few days before the meeting of the
adjourned convention at Baltimore city. Charles
ton Courier, 16 inst.
Univkrsity of the South Laying of the
Corner-Stone. The corner-stone of the Universi
ty of the South was' laid at University Place, on
the Cumberland Mountain' (Tenn.,) on Wednes
day, the 10th, in the presence of 5,000 persons.
Bishops from nine Southern States were in atten
dance with a large number of the Clergy from a
distance. The oration, by Col. John S. Preston,
of South Carolina, was one of the most impressive
ever delivered.
State Educational Society. We trust our
readers, and especially those of them who feel an
interest in the cause of education, and expect to at
tend the meeting of the State Association, will not,
owing to existing political excitement, omit to
make the necessary preparations to be present.
The next meeting of the State Educational Asso
ciation will be held in the city of Wilmington on
Tuesday, the 13th of November. Let us see to it,
friends, that thd Convention is fully attended.
The people of Wilmington have appointed the
following gentlemen a Committee of Reception, to
see to the accommodation and comfort of the dele
gates: Dr. W G Thomas, Rev. J S Long, John D
Barry, Donald McRae, and James A Wright.
Fire in Salisbury. The foundry attached to
the workshops of Messrs. Frercks & Raeder, of
this place-, was completely destroyed by fire on
Wednesday evening 17th. The favorable condi
tion of the wind and the exertions of our citizens
and fi hripvAo prpvontpd tho tire from spreading
to the machine shops and saved these enterpnsin
and energetic
men from ruin. The loss
sustained amounts to some S2,000.
Salisbury Banner.
No insurance.
Washington, Oct. 18. Black Republican
Overturn to the South. Rumors are rife of ex
traordinary overtures from the Republicans to the
South, if the leaders there will only keep quiet.
The political gamblers are beginning to concen
trate in Washington. Lincoln sees that he cannot
carry on the Government, even if he is elected.
Corwin writes that Lincoln will execute the fugi
tive slave law to the letter, and that he will not
countenance an abolition of slavery in the District
of Colombia without the consent of the inhabit
ants. Report says that combinations are forming
which will astound the country.
- Mississippi Election The election in Mis
sissippi was only for local officers, but according
to the Jackson Mississippian, the returns indicate
a Breckinridge majority of about 20,000.
NEW WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
J. G. WILKINSON Sc CO.
Are receiving a large and well selected stock of goods
consisting of Watches, Chains, Braeeletts, Breast Pins,
Ear Kings, Finger Rings, Spectacles, Thimbles, ic, kc.
And alio a large assortment of Pure Silver Ware,
Plated Ware, Clocks, Walking Cahes and Fancy Goods
generally. ,
Call and examine our stock and judge for yourselves
as we intend to sell low for cash.
Attention given to repairing Watches and Jewelry so
as to give" perfect satisfaction.
J. G. WILKINSON k CO.,
... No. 5 rante Itange, opposite Mansion House.
P. S. Old silver taken in exchange lor goods.
Oct". 9, 1800.
3 1
LOOK HERE !
ALL persons who have bought Boots, Shoes kv..
from BOONE & CO., and have not paid for them, are
requested to call at once and settle their Notes and
Accounts. SAMUEL. V. SMITH,
Office in the Court House. Attorney
June 5, I860. tf
Stale of !V. Carolina, Clcavvhmd count j
James W. Irvine vs. John Bailey.
In Equity O. B. Injunction !
The plaintiff in this case having filed a Bill of com
plaint against the defendant J110 Bailey, who is a non
resident!' this Suite, praying among oiher things that
said defendant be eujoinedand restrained from collect
ing a Judgment entered up at the Spring Term of
CleavelaiuTSuperior Court, 1860in favor of said Joo.
Bailey against said Jaa W Irvine nud others, on an of
ficial bond, for the sum ofl(3 32. Aud whereassaid
injunction has been granted by the fiat of his honor, J.
W. Osbocne, Judge, on the condition that plaintiff Ir
vine enter into certain bonds, which he has done; and
whereas the said fiat orders that publication - be made
as prayed for in the plaintiff's bill, therefore notice is
herehv given requiring said Bailey personally to be and
appear at the next term of the court of Equity to be held
nf nieaveland. at the court house in
Shelby, on the 11th Monday after the 4th Monday in
September, I860, then and'there to plead, answer or
demur to plaintiff's Bill of complaint, or the case will
be set for hearing ex parte, and heard accordingly.
Witness, Thos. Williams, clerk and master of the
court of Equity at office in Shelby, the Uth Monday
afterthe 4th Mondav in March, A D 1860.
(adv fee $6) 34-Ct THOS. WILLIAMS, c. M.
LAND FOR SALE.
The subscriber being desirions of removing West,
offers for sale his PLANTATION, situated ten miles
west of Charlotte, on the waters of Paw creek and Ca
tawaba Kiver. ;Thc tract comprises 330 Acres, most of
it superior land. . There is a good Dwelling and all
necesrv out-houses on the premises. Terms liberal,
Also, will bo sold a half interest in. a Grigt and Saw
Mill adjoining the abeve tract. -v '
AP1 3, 1860. tf WM. M. PORTER.
. : . QUEEN -VICTORIA. . y
, The duties of. the Queen and the way she lives
are thus described : .-' " - -
j A QueenVday is one of great toil, andean only
be got through satisfactorily by persons of strong
: constitutions and very systematic habits. Let us
sketch one of these days, which the reader will
suppose to'be varied by circumstances. "
" The Queen rises at seven o'clock, in summer
time much earlier, and after her toilette either'
walks or rides but with Prince Albert. ' Returning
at eight o'clock, after family devotion, Her Ma
jesty breakfasts. At the entrance to the breakfast
saloon she is received by-the maids of honor, "who
curtesy to the very ground.' These maids of honor
are selected from the first families in the country.
They are usually younger daughters of the nobili
ty. Each receives 309 a year, f 0 find her in
clothes, but this is merely a nominal salary. After
breakfast, at which her majesty eats heartily, the
daily papers are read, and then a visit is ' paid to
the nursery, or the whole family go into the garden,
the conservatories,' &c. At ten o'clock the master
of the household visits the Queen, and giving an
account of his stewardship,5 receives her instruc
tions in regard to invitations, interviews, the dis
pensatioh of her charity. &c. The duties of this
office are very onerous. At least one hundred
petitions and letters are daily sent to the palace,
and it is the business of Sir Charles Phipps to re
ply to every one, in her Majesty's name, no matter
how poor the applicant or how absurd soever the
application. Of course a large discretion is allowed
to the master of the household in these matters,
and it is a great proof of the tact of Sir C. Phipps
that he has never been known to compromise the
royal dignity by an insolent, unkind, or unbecom
ing reply.'
At eleven o'clock, one of the ministers, or an
under secretary arrives, or, more commonly, a
Queen's messenger comes, with a red leather box
filled with official documents. Twice a week the
commander-in-chief and one of the lords of the
admiralty wait upon the Queen, or . send their
boxes. These boxes contain abstracts of foreign
correspondence, army and navy commissions re
quiring the royal sign manual, applications for
public appointments in the Queen's gift, commu
nications from ambassadors, drafts of speeches, and
replies to addresses, &c, all of which engage Her
Majesty for an hour or two. ' This business des
patched, and the boxes returned to their several
departments," Her Majesty receives visitors or
grants interviews. It is astonishing how many
persons seek access to royalty on' one pretext or
another. . Foreign ministers to present credentials
or kiss hands on their departures ; artists to show
their handy work or paint some member of the
myai V) """ntor8 with new schenv.
mlttea interest j M.m.. to inane special repre
sentations ; upholsterers to receive orders ; people
from abroad with presents of curious workmanship
or remarkable animals. Race horses are always ac
ceptable, for the Queen is an admirable equestrian.
Luncheon is generally despatched between 1
and 2 o'clock, and then the carnages are ordered
to the door for a long ride or drive. If the Queen
is at Windsor Castle, she takes this opportunity of
paying visits to her relatives, or to persons of rank
for whom she has a special regard. On her re
turn, an hour or two is devoted to reading, and at
half-past 7, dinner is served. This is rather a4
solemn affair. There is no general conversation.
It is not etiquette for guests to speak until they
are spoken to'. A military or other royal band
plays during the meal. ' From the dinner table the
party, including some of the principal officers of
the household, the ladies in waiting, &c, adjourn
to the drawing-room, and the evening is passed
very agreeably. Music fend dancing, conversation,
reading aloud, the inspection of portfolios of draw
ings, chess, bagatelle, winding up with family
prayer, constitute the ordinary methods by which
time is consumed.
' This is a Queen's day at Windsor Castle, or Os
borne, in the Isle of Wight. When at Balmoral,
there is less of work, more reading, and more out
door pastime. Prince Albert and the Prince of
Wales pass many hours in deer stalking and grouse
shooting. The Queen rambles over the mountains
and visits poor cottages, or attends Highland fete
champetrex.
A day in London, during "the season' is a
much more fatiguing affair. The Queen begins by
opening Parliament a very tedious and formal
piece of business. The crowds that assemble on
this occasion are very great. Her Majesty is
cheered along the whole line of route from her
palace to the House of Peers. The people dearly
love the Queen, and rejoice at the opportunity of
greeting her. In the House of Peers, the assem
blage of peereses, foreign ambassadors and privi
leged strangers, is very considerable and very bril
liant. It is a treat to hear the Queen read her
speech, her voice is so clear, her elocution so per
fect. In the evening,' Her Majesty gives a grand
dinner, and then proceeds to the opera. Levees,
visits to public institutions, the business of the
Duchy of Cornwall, morning concerts, interviews
with scientific men, attendance at scientific lec
tures, &c, occupy the mornings of Prince Albert.
The Queen holds drawing-rooms, visits picture gal
leries, reviews the troops in Hyde Park, Wool
wich and Aldershott Camp, and performs all the
ordinary public business described as forming part
of her country life. Every evening there are din
ner parties, concerts or balls, or the Queen attends
one of the theatres. She is passionately fond of
the drama, and has a state-box in every theatre
excepting Drury Lane.
The drawing-rooms and levees at which pre
sentations take place have become very fatiguing
to the Queen and the Prince. Formerly,. not more
than one hundred or two hundred persons were re
ceived. The popularity of the Queen, and the
increase of the volunteer and militia forces, have
increased the eligibles so much that as many as
six hundred ladies have been presented at one
drawing-room, and fifteen hundred gentlemen at a
levee. American vara very numerous at the
assemblages. Having a clear right to appear at
the levees of the President of the IJepubhc, they
naturally expect their representative to introduce
them to the Queen and her consort. It is, how
ever, a mistake to suppose that all persons, of what
ever kind, can be acceptable at the royal palace,
and instances have, therefore, been known, of. per
sons once presented having been afterwards adver
tised out in the London Gazette-in other words,
the presentation. has been cancelled,, to the great
mortification of ; the, party presented. All this
might be avoided by a little reflection. . - .
The form of presentation is simple. , On two
large cards the names, of the presenter and pre
sentee are inscribed and sent to the lord chamber
lain. . At drawing-rooms the presenter is expected
to be present in person. On the day appointed,
the ladies assemble in large ante-rooms, brilliantly
attired, and pass in order through the apartments
where the Queen is stationed, curtsying as they
pass and backing out an operation which requires
not a little previous preparation.
v ; GOOD ADVICE.
Those who wish to do good, but hesitate to do
it, would do well to read the following: The reas
on may be suggested to them by the perusal:
Do not delude yourself with tho idea that you
can please everybody. Who ever knew any body
that was worth anything that had nobody to find
fault With It ini? You would have to do evil in
many cases to please the evil; flatter some to grati
fy their pride; indulge the selfish, submit to the
tyrannical, be a tool for the ambitious, and be care
ful not to have anything as good as those who de
sire to have everything superior to their neighbors.
If you are a public man be diligent, you must ex
pect to have many secretly dislike you and tslk
against you for your success; and if you accomplish
little, though many show themselves friendly, it
often leaks out that some who appear pleasant to
you, can do thus because they do not fear your ri
valry they oan smile upon you outwardly, and
yet entertain contempt for your inefficiency. Al
ways do that which is right, be diligent, do -the
most you can, pay no regard to fault-finders, and
you will find us many friends as any sensible man
need desire.
Women in Adversity. Women should be
more trusted and confided in as wives, mothers
and sisters. . They have a quick perception of right
and wrong, and, without knowing always why, read
the present and future, read characters and acts,
designs and probabilities, where man sees no letter
or sigiff What else do we mean by the adage
"mother wit, save that woman has a quicker per
ception than man? How often, when man aban
dons the helm in despair, woman soizes it, "and
carries the ship home through the storm. Man
often lives from home and family to avoid impend
ing poverty or ruin. Woman seldom, it ever, for
sook home thus. Woman never evaded mere tem
poral calamity by suicide or desertion. Tho proud
banker rather than live to see his poverty gazet
ted, may blow out his brains and leave wife aud
children to want, protectorless. Loving woman
would have counseled him to accept jioverty and
Woman should be counseled and confided in.
It is the beauty and the glory of her nature, that
it instinctively grasps at and clings to the truth
and right. Reason, man's greatest faculty, takes
time to hesitate before he decides: but woman s in
stinct never hesitates in its decision, and is scarce
ly ever wrong where it has even chances with rcas-
on. woman ieeis where man trunks, acts wnere
he deliberates, hopes where he despairs, and tri
umphs where he falls. Nat. American.
SUFFERINGS IN KANSAS.
Thaddeus Hyatt gives n extreme picture of
the destitution existing in Kansas. In a letter to
President Buchanan he says: ."Thousands of onco
thrifty and prosperous American citizens are now
perishing for want. Winter is upon them; of
clothing they are nearly bereft; food they have not
to last them through the cold season that is ap
proaching. Of over a hundred ' thousand people
upon Kansas soil six months ago, at least one-
fourth or one-third have left; of ' the remainder, it
is safe to say that forty thousand at this moment
see nothing but exodus or starvation at the end
of the sixty days now before them; from ten to
twenty thousand look with only despairing eyes
upon November; thousands cannot subsist a month
longer unaided, other thousands are living upon
the little which their neighbors deprive them
selves of to give to them neighbors equally un
fortunate, and with whom starvation is merely a
question of but a few days longer; while still other
thousands, if not at once relieved, must perish
from hunger or the diseases that follow in its train.
Some have already died, others are daily dying;
while the hours grow dark.jr and the days longer
for the living to whom relief comes not, and whose
eyes are aching with watchings for the succor that
delays.
Such is doubtless, a truthful picture of the re
sult of the labors of the abortion emigration aid
societies, to shape the institutions of Kansas as
New England preferred to have them. These
starving creatures are neither more nor less than
the sweeping of the gutters of Northern towns,
villages and eities, who, without the least fitness
for successful life on the frontier, were transported
by thousands to Kansas on the money raised by
tho New York Tribune, Henry Ward Beecher,
etal.t to accomplish a political end at war with the
spirit of the Constitution. They are of the class
with whom Ossawatomie Brown . worked there.
The work of that description being over in Kan
sas, they an; no longer of value to the emigrant
aid societies, who have turned them out to starve.
Tiie Vote. For the first time in several years
our Opposition friends manifest a passion for lead
pencils and figuring. .They are stuffed with the
notion that they will run right through the South
ern States in the Democratic fissure in fact, that
the crack will open wide enough to pass them dry
footed through the red sea of a popular majority
against them. Some of tbem request that we pub
lish the popular vote of the Southern States at the
last Presidential election
Here thev have it ac-
cording to the Almanac :
. States. , Buchanan.
Alabama ......48,739
Arkansas.... ..2 1.9 10 ,
Delaware 8,004
Georgia..... -56,581
Florid ... 5S .
Kentucky 74,642 ,. t
Louisiana ....23,164 . ;
MiisourL. 58,1 G4
Mississippi ...35,446
W. Carolina.. .48,248
Tennessee .....73,636
Texas 3t.l9 " "
Virginia- .89,706 . -.
Maryland .39,115
FiUmort. Dtm. maj.
28,552 ' ' 18,187
10.78T ' 11,123
6.175 1,829
42,439 . ' - 14,048
4,483 . .tJ.. 1,475
67,416 7,226
20,709'' 1,455
48,524' ' . 9,640
24,115 f 1-331
36,886 ' 1146
66,117 f 7,619
-15,639 15,530
60,310; - ?,39S
,47,460, whig maj. 8,345
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