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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1861.
NINTH YOLDSI E KMDB mt
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BY
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:hargrd accordingly.
SAMUKL 1 SMITH,
Attorney and :uuiM-lur at L.;ivr,
c;ilARLOTTK, N C,
Will attend vrr,mr'ht ami ddigrutty to collecting and
remitting all cbuni
S.nvi.il atteuiiou
intru.-tea 10 nis cure,
fciven to the writing of Deeds, Con-
r
1) kiu" hours oi business, may be tonnu in the
Court House, Oilice No. 1
adjoining
the clerk's ofike.
January l't. 1 H . t
J. A. FOX
Law,
li v ILOTTE, N. C.
..!. COLLECTI a G AGi:M
Office uver the Driisr Store, Irwin's corner.
January 1, 1801.
tf
Via. J. Kerr,
EV AT LAW
ilLOTTE, N. C,
.ice in the Louniv auu csujierior ouris oi
in the County and Superior Courts
ift klcnburg. Union and (. abarrus counties.
1-ice iu the Brawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January 21, lt0l y
U0BEIIT IDB0X, M. D.,
PltlCl'ITIOXLK VV NUDIcnC
AM)
0(V? A'o. '1 ruins vomer, CHARLOTTE, X. C.
January, 1801.
R. W. UKCKWITU
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C
Of the best English aud American manufacturers.
Call and examine bis stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each.
January, 18ol y
John T. Butler,
PRACTICAL
Watch and Clock TSakcr, Jew
eller, &'C,
OrrosiTE Kkru's IIotkl, Charlotte, S. C.
(Late wiih R. W. Beck with.)
Fiu VKsilclH', t l-k & li'Wrlry,
of every
description, Repaired and Warranted for 12
mouths.
O.-t 16.
18G0. tf
WILKINSON 6c CO.,
DEALERS IN
Watc lies,
silver & plated Wa re
AND FANCY GOODS,
No. 5, Granite Range,
Opposite the Mansion House. CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Attention piven to Ucpairing Watches and Jewelry.
September 13, 1SG0. y
New Supply of
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Solid Silver and Plated Ware.
The subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive
supply of the above articles. His purchases being
le directly from the manufacturer, he is therefore
bled to sell at a very small advance on cost, and
ons may rest assured that all his articles are war
ted to be what h ? represents them to be.
Watches aud Clocks carefully repaired and will
five my persou.il atteuiiou.
R. W. BECKWITII.
27, 1860 tf
Charlotte & $. C. Kailroacl.
.in and after the First day of October, THROUGH
:PIiBSS FREIGHT TRAINS will run Daily between
arlotte and Charleston, without transshipment, thus
abling freights to reach Charlotte in- 5 days or less
ni New York, aud in one day from Charleston, and
tvr.-.
Also, THROUGH TICKETS will be sold from Char
ite to Charleston at $S 50, and to New York, via
larlestou Steamers, at $!:, and vice verm. The mer
auts and public are invited to try this cheap aud
expeditious route for freights and passengers.
A. II MARTIN,
Oct 2, ISG0. tf Gen'l Ft. and Ticket Aent.
SITUATION WANTED
As Conductor on some Railroad Train, or as Agent at
some Depot, or as Mail Agent.
Testimonials of moral character, Southern principles
aad close attention to business, can be given.
Address L. A. HELMS,
Winchester, Union co., N. C.
Jan. 8, 1861. 3m-pd
The Celebrated Female Pills.
These Pills do not cure all diseases, but the are trar
ranted to cure LucoreahorW.iusxhdi dreadx-l scourge
-tfemale health, happiness and usefulness. They are
not patented and are no humbug, but are n pared bv
a North Carolina physician of high standi g and of
long experience in the treatment of female diseases.
All that is uecessary to convince yon of their efficacy is
a fair trial. For particulars, see wrappers. Price"!
per box. For sale at the DRUG STORES.
Jan. 15, 18GI yr
Superior Smut Machines,
ot Iht Sion of the. Gulden rad-Lock.
J. G.
COCHRANE SAMPLE.
FKU1T AID TREE STOKE.
The subscriber has opened a frnit and Fruit-tree
tore next door above the Ro'k Island Office, and
i win Keen on nana a wen selected stock oi fruit frees.
Grape Vines, Evergreens and Shrubbery, &c. Also,
Fruits of various kinds Apples, Orangts, Lemons,
Pine Apple?, &c, kc. E. W. LYLES.
Dec. 11, 1860. tf.
Dissolution.
The firm of FULLINGS, SPRINGS k CO. was
dis-
solved by limitation on the 1st January, 18GI.
The business will be continued under the name and
style of FULLINGS k SPRINGS, and they hope, by
integrity and BtrLct attention to business, to merit the
same patronage heretofore liberally bestowed by their
numerous friends and customers.
The present financial crisis and the uncertainty of
business, for the future compel us to shorten our time
of credit from twelve to six months to prompt paying
customers none others need ask it.
All persons indebted to the old firm of Fullinps,
Springs k Co., must come forward and make immediate
settlement, as it is a&solutely necessary that the busi
ness be speedily closed up. "A word to the wise is suffi
cient." " Jan 15, lb61.
North Carolina
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the
State, insures white persons for a term of years or
during continuance ot life, on moderate terms. Slaves
insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their
market value. For insurance apply to
THUS. W.'DKWEY, Agt.,
Jan P, I Si; 1 ly at Bi am b Bank N. C.
Hardware ! ! Hardware ! !
A. A. N. M. TAYLOR
ME.SPECTFL'LLY 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
sto-k of Hardware, consisting in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun
ing, grafting, tennoii, 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 t ry 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 '!, lfCO. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such a3 Bellows. Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives. Screw-plates, Stocks
and dies, Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and cPnch Nails,
Borax: Iron of all sizes, both of northern and couutry
manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House:
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYLOK'S
Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House.
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shelters, Plows, Hoes, Shovels,
Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks. Mattocks. Grubbing Hoes,
Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning
and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Bakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain,
grass and brier Scythes, Bush Looks, Wagon boxes:
Hollow ware, such as po'.s, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, slew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
gallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears. &c.. at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate,
Babbit metal, ic.
StOVe3, the largest Stock, f all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and
Tin ware l'epot, opposite Mansion House
Beef Cattle Wanted.
Highest Cash Prices paid for Beeves and Sheep.
I am still engaged in Butchering, and desire to pur
chase Beef Cattle and Sheep, for which I will pay the
highest market prices. Those having stock for sale
will find it to their advantage to give me a call. In
quire at Dr. Taylor's Tan Yard.
Aug. 21, I860. 2G-tf J. L. STOUT.
NOTICE.
Taken ur and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg
county, on the eth oay ot eptemoer, moo, a egro
boy about 18 or 20 years of age, (black.) about 5 feet 6
nr a inches hirh. He savs Ins name is JIM. and that
he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston county: that his
master moved to Texas early last Spring, at which
time he ran away from him. Jim appears very dull:
can scarcely communicate anything about his master
or home with any intelligence. He has a scar on his
right fore finger, made by a cutting knife. The owner
; rpnnpcipd in rnmc forward, prove property, imv ex-
pensej, and take said ooy awaj
otherwise he will be
disposed of according to law.
Oct. 9, 1860. tf E. C
GRIKR. Sheriff.
J) K Y O O D S ,
LADIES' CLOAKS and BOXNETS,
DRESS GOODS and EMBROIDERIES.
Carpets cfc; Rugs-
A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
PLANTATION GOODS.
The above will be found to compare in styles and
prices with any ia the town.
FISHER & BURROUGHS
Nov 13, 1860 tf
30 REWARD.
RUNAWAY, from the Sub-criber, living near White
Plain?, Cliestei field District, S.C., about 10th of Augufl last
my negro tellow, Ben. He is 24 yea-s ot age, of a yellowish
complexion, almost black. ha no beard, wi ighs about 160
pounds, about 6 feet 1 inch hiah. He alks with a firm step
and carries himself erect. It ie bkely ibat Ben will en.
deavor to make his way lo a free State. Any person who
will grresi the said neero and lodge him in any safe jail so
thai I can cet him or deliver him to me at mv residence shall
receive the'atxne rewaid. I will also give $100 reward lor
proot sufficient to convict any white person or peisons ol
harborinc the said hnv or trvimi to effect his escape.
' VM. M. BLAKENEY.
i Fehnnry 19, lf.l. it.
SONG.
Take life a3 it is 'tis a folly to sth, '
Or to seek for a treasure, when seciinfr is vain.
If friendship's a light that goes speedily by,
Ilegretting its loss is but adding to pain;
Perfection's a thing rarely found upon earth ;
We may cherish the hope and our fancy exalt ;
But though we meet many of honor and worth,
Wc find, before long, every man hath his fault.
If a word wc require that will always be true,
We must learn where it is from, the fairies or
elves,
The errors of friendship are easy to view.
Not so easy the errors that lie in ourselves;
No : perfection's a thing rarely found upon earth,
We may cherish the hope and our fancy exalt ;
But though we may meet many of honor and
worth,
We find, before long, every man hath his fault.
Dmag Store,
IRWIN'S CORNER, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
12. rVye Hutchison & Co,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic
Drufjs, Medicines and Chemicals,
ARE NOW RECEIVING fresh and genuine Drugs from
the New York Market, which h.-. ve been purchased
upon such terms as to be sold low for Cash. We would
respectfully call the attention of the public to our
large and complete stock of Drugs, Medicines, Chemi
cals, Perfumery, Oiis, Paints, Varnishes, Putty, Win
dow Glass, Kerosine Oil. Burning Fluid, Turpentine,
Alcohol, Lamps, Pure Liquors, Congress Water, Can
ton Teas. Tobacco. Scgars. &c. &c.
t&Tf A large stock of fresh FIELD and GARDEN
SEEDS just received.
Jan. 1, 1 SO 1 . j
Notice:
The Notes and Accounts due E. NYE HUTCHISON
& CO., after the 1st day of February next, roav be
found in the hands of HUTCHISON BROWN, At
tornies at Law, for collection.
E. NYE HUTCHISON k CO.
January 15, 1SG1. tf.
NOTICE.
The accounts due JOHN H ARTY'S Estate have
been placed in my hands for collection, by T. H. BBEM.
Adtn'r. All persons indebted by account, will please
call at China Hall and settle before the first of April
next after that time they will be given to an oflicer
for collection.
JAMES 1IARTY, Agent.
March 5, 18C1. 8t.
jVLnsic Lessons.
The undersigned begs leave to inform his friends and
patrons as well as the public generally that he is pre
pared to give
Private Lessons on the Piano,
either at his residence or at the residence of pupils.
B. Particular and prompt attention will be paid to
orders fortuning and repairing instruments, at shortest
notice and on very moderate terms.
SHEET MUSIC aud MUSIC BOOKS will be procured
at store prices.
Having been engaged in the Piano business for more
than ten years, I offer my assistance most particularly
to all those who may desire to purchase Pianos or to
exchange old Pianos for new ones.
Best references given.
Orders left at the post office or at Messrs. Davidson's
Furniture Hall will reeive prompt attention.
CI1AS. 0. PAPE, Prof, of Music,
Jan 8, I SCI tf Charlotte .N C.
IIi:i:CT IMPORTATION.
ENGLISH HOES, just received and
4fF for sale bv
1
Feb'v 10, 18C1
COCHRANE & SAMPLE.
TO TIIE PUBIjBC,
With this notice terminates the term according to
agreement of the general superintendance of Mr Robt.
Shaw, over my business in the Saddlery and Harness
I line. All indebted are requested to make settlements
! icith m alone, as no other, until further advised, will be
-ii i : i it m nniTnn nn
luioweu in i:iw. ' Hin.uiiui.
Feb 2G, 18GI tf
DR. E. II. ANDREWS,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Would inform the public generally, and the citizens of
Mecklenburg particularly, that he has resumed the
Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old
stand. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold.
Silver, Vulcanite, or on the Cheoplastic process, as
patients may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin,
Amalgam or Os Artificial.
He is also prepared to perform any operation belong
ing to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas
ed to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends
you may take that for granted.
February 5, 18(3 1 3m
Quinn's Rheumatic Remedy
Has effected cures of Rheumatism that were considered
hopeless, certificates to prove which can be exhibited.
The suffering are invited to give the medicine a trial.
Orders addressed to the undersigned at Charlotte wil
receive prompt attention. W. W. QUINN.
April 10, 1860. Price $1 50 per bottle.
TO STOCK RAISERS.
The subscriber with a view to improve ihe stock of
horses in th's section, purchased the celebrated Morgan
Horse, BLACK HAWK, and informs these desiring su
nerior hlooded stock, that this Horse can be found at
his stable, 14 miles west of Charlotte, on Mondays,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays; an3 at the stable of Maj.
Benj. Morrow on Thursdays, Fridays aud Satuidays.
For particulars, see large bills.
March 19, 1861. A. B. DAVIDSON.
The Imported Horse COUNT PI-
TVAl will be found at Brown's Livery Stable in
Charlotte, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and
at Morrow's Turn-out on Thursdays. Fridays 'and Sa
turdays in every week during the Spring season.
He is a dark bay, 16. hands high, and 5 years old;
a horse of magnificent appearance and a beautiful and
rapid trotter. Terms 12 and $15.
W.M. M. GRIER,
M. N. HART,
March 26, 1861 lm J. M. STRONG.
The Canadian llorsf, NORTH
S T A 11, will be found during this Spring season
at the following places: J. D. Kerns, in Hopewell; Wm.
Erwin's, iu Pleasant Hill ; and J. M. Strongs, in Steel
Creek. Every ninth day at the above places, and re
main three davs. Terms, $12 and SI 5.
WM. M. GRIER,
M. N- HART,
March 26, 1861. Ira J. M. STRONG.
AT TAYLOR'S you can find the largest assortment
of Cutlery. Guns and Pistols, of all the celebrated
makes. - . , ,
GLASS, of all sizes and qnalities hoth French and
American. Also. Putty by the keg or pouoa
WOO PEN Vk A is K Brooms, sc.,
of aI kinds.
j Three New Teruitories. At the late ses
i pion of Congress three new Territores were organi-
I zed, viz : Colorado, Nevada, and Dacotah
Col-
orado includes parts
of Kansas, Nebraska, and
J eastern Utah, covers about 100,000 square miles,
j and has a population reckoned at 25,000 souls.
lhe luicky Mountains divide the Territory into
two parts, westward from them flowing a large
number of rivers, tributary to the Colorado, and
eastward others, equally numerous and large, tri
butary to the Arkansas and South Fork Platte
rivers- It include the famous mining region,
Pika's Peak. Nevada is taken from Western Utah
and Northern California, but the strip of California
will not be included within its limits unless that
State consents to t lie transfer. This Territory in
cludes the celebrated Washoe mines, the richest
in the world, and is besides rich in agricultural re
sources. Dacotah was formerly a part of JMin
neota Territory, but was detached when that
became a State. It lies west of Minnesota, em
bracing a belt of country 450 miles in length by
200 in width. Its resources are chiefly agricultu
ral. It abounds in lakes and rivers, and in the
south has a mild climate, while in the norih the
climate is severe.
The number of Territories is now seven, viz :
Washington, Nebraska, Utah, New Mexico, Colo
rado, Nevada, and Dacotah. In all proabability
they will, with the exception, perhaps, of Utah, be
admitted into the Union in lhe course of a lew
years as sovereign States. Slavery exists in only
one of them, New Mexico.
Reclaiming Fallen Women. The move
ment in London for the reformation of fallen wo
men has been attended with remarkable results.
Similar measures have been adopted in other large
cities of Great Britain with success. In Glasgow,
over two hundred have been received into the
Refuge and provided with employment, mainly
through the fi'orts of a single lady, who devoted
heiselt to this work ; and many more have appli
ed, but have been rejected, from the want of
means for their support. Of 1G3 who had been
received in over a twelvemonth, only twenty had
relapsed, and nearly all of these had returned of
their own accord, bitterly repenting their weak
ness, and desiring further opportunity of reforma
tion. As the most insidious means were adopted
to lure them back to vice, the secessions were en
couragingly limited. In Dublin too, a similar
movement has been inaugurated, and a very con
siderable number have embraced the opportunity
of abandoning their evil courses.
A Melancholy Case of Dissipation. The
Rosfon Journal mentions the following sad in
stance of mental and social ruin resulting from
unrestrained dissipation : "Among the tenants of
the lock-up on Monday night was a man a wreck
of what he was before he became a prey to his per
verted appetite who, until within a few years,
stood in the foremost rank of the medical profes
sion, enjoying a lucrative practice in one of our
suburban towns, surrounded by ail the comforts
which wealth and social position could give; yet
having yielded to a passion for drink, has in the
space of eight years squandered a fortune of about
one bundled and fifty thousand dollars, and de
scended to the lowest degree of degradation."
Admission of Northern States into tiie
Southern Confederation. As the new Con
stitution has been framed, there is nothing to pre
vent the admission of Northern States into the new
Confederation. A vote of two-thirds is all that is
requisite; and, after the accession of Virginia,
Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Missouri and Arkansas, there is likely to be no
great difi5culty in obtaining this vote. In thus
constructing the fundamental law, of course, a
struggle has occurred iu the secret sessions of the
Montgomery Congress, in which those refusing to
close the door against the reception of anti-slavery
States have achieved a victory. Th'is the policy
of ultimately admitting the anti-slave Statesof the
Northwest first, and afterwards Pennsylvania, New
Yotk, et cetera, is obviously the programme or
prevailing idea of the Montgomery Congress.
The Union is not to be reconstructed on terms of the
old Constitution. It is to be reorganized - on the
new basis, and we are in danger, if the views of
the Constitution-makers are carried into practice,
of being dragged back eventually into political af
filiation with the States and peoples from whom
we havejubt cut loose. Charleston Mercury.
jggg-MADAME Yti bbide. widow of the former Em
peror of Mexico, died in Philadelphia last week. Site
was of a noble Spanish family, and highly esteemed.
Ytnibide had the Empci uri-hip of Mtx ico thrust upon
him against his consent, in May, 1822, by the military
chieftains, who. within less than a year, drove him oft'.
Among the leaders against Yturbide wa3 Santa Anna.
The deposed Empercr went to Ita ly, from which he re
turned in 1824, v.lun Le was betrayed, arrested, sen
tenced aud shot without a trial.
WAITED,
tr JT grtkOafk LBS. BACON. 20.000. Bushels
3 V, VVV COfiS, for which CASH will be
paid by ELI AS & COHEN.
February 26, 1861 tf
Dli. J0SKPI1 GRAIIA51
Offers his ProTessional Services to the citizens of
Charlotte and the surrounding country.
Office adjoining the residence of Mr Wm. Johnston.
February 12. 1801. yr.
iOTICE.
Treascrek's Office A , T. & O. R. R. Co., 1
Charlotte. N. C March 5, 1861.
The third installment of the capital stock in the A.,
T., O. R. R. Co. subscribed in the town of Statesville,
is due and payable on the 5tb April next. Mr C. A.
CARLTON is my authorized agent to collect and receipt
for ti e same.
The fifth installment of the capital stock subscribed
at Mount Mourne, Iredell county, and the sixth install
ment of all stock subscribed in Mecklenburg county, is
due and payable on the 21st April.
Stockholders will please take notice, and be prompt
in their payments. MosEV must be had to prosecute the
work. " M. L. WRISTON, Treas.
March 5, 18C1 7w
Notice.
AH persons are hereby notified not to credit Eliza
beth Polk on my account, as I am determined not to
pay anv debt she mar contract hereafter.
' . SHELBY POLK.
Union county, March 19, 1861. 6t ?2 50J
THE YELVERTON MARRIAGE , SUIT.
This case has created an excitement, both in
i London and Dublin, to which there is no parallel?
i we oeeve, m me ntstory or emi ua , euner in
! l i; ; . . ! l
eireai jjriiaiii or mis country. iv nuuwj uie ;
Sickles case completely in the shade, and the Fur
rest divorce suit is scarcely worthy of being named
on the same day. It. reveals an amount of base
ness on the part of an officer high in rank in the ;
British army, and son of an Earl, which, seems
almost incredible, and would be entirely so did we
not know that villainy is peculiar to no f lass in
society, and that a depraved heart i as frequently
covered by the laced suit of the noblemar as by
the tattered garments of the beggar..
The facts of the case are briefly these: Teresa
Longworth, of an ancient and honorable family iu
England, having lost her mother in early child
hood, was taken to France to be educated, and was
reared in the Roman Catholic faith, although her
parents had been Protestants. She had, living in
France, a sister who was the wife of the Chirf
Justice of the French Empire, and she was com
ing over from a visit to her in 1852, when, for the
first time, she met the Hon. Charles Yelverton, son
and heir apparent of Lord Avonmore, and Major
of Artillery in the British army, at Boulogne.
When she arrived in London, her sister, Mrs.
Bellamy, not having sent for her as she expected,
(she lived in Wales.) Major Yelverton called a cab
for her. In a few days, Major Yelvctton called on
her at her sister's, and the usual interchange of
civilities passed between them. In 1853, she went
to iNaples, to complete her studies, and while there,
having occasion to send a letter to a relation in
Albania, she applied to her banker to kuow how
she was to contrive it. He volunteered to send it
through an officer in Malta, who, he said, was a
friend of his, and who turned out to be Major
Yelverton. This circumstance led to a cor
respondence, spread over several years, which has
been published, and which is calculated to impress
the reader with a high opinion of the lady's
talents. At the time of the Crimean war, Miss
Longworth went to the scene of action, with the
French Sistcrsf Mercy. Major Yelvcton had
been serving in the Crimea, and had been ordered
to England, whence he did not return until Sep
tember, 1855. In the meantime, Miss Longworth
had been serving in the hospital of Galata with the
Sisters of Mercy, and there Major Yelverton found
her when he returned. He had never seen her
since he visited her at her sister's house iu 1852.
He immediately began to pay her the greatest
attention, professing the most unbounded attach
ment, and expressing an earnest desire to marry
her. She asseuted. and agreed to leave the occu
pation in which she was engaged, iu order to be
come his wife. Rut she would by no means con-
sent to nis proposition or a secret marriage oy a
Greek priest, and declared that she would be mar
ried by uobody but a Roman Catholic priest.
About this time, an armistice having taken
place in the Crimea, Miss Longworth was invited
by the wife of Gen. Yon Straubenste, a Major
General in the British army, to her home. This
invitation was of its- If a proof that the character
of Miss L. was untainted, for Mrs Von Straubensee
held the highest social position. In this family
she lived five or fix weeks, during which time,
with the sanction of the General and his wife, who
supposed that his attentions to their ward were
honorable, Major Ytlvei ton constantly visited her.
constantly proposed marriage, and was a3 con
stantly repelled by the lady, because she objected
to secresy, and insisted on a Catholic priest. In
1856, Miss Longworth returned to England, re
mained in Wales with her sister until February,
1857, and went from there to Edinburgh, where
she moved in the first society. There Major Yel
verton, who was stationed at Lejth, again met her,
and aj.ain proposed a secret marriage. The
reasons he gave for not making the marriage pub
lic, were the same he had given in the Crimea,
and amounted to nothing more than that he was
poor and in debt, and that an uncle on whom he
depended would cut him off if he knew it. On
one occasion, in Edinburgh, he took a prayer-book
and read over the service with her before two wit
nesses, after which be declared that by the Scot
tish law they were man and wife. She rejected
the idea with horror, and repulsed him in every
advance he made. She then left Edinburgh for
Wales, and took refuge in her sister's house, much
alarmed at his declaration that the ceremony of
reading the prayer-book before witnesses h;id made
her his wife. There she received a letter from
him, entreating he r to come back saying that the
marriage should be performed by a Catholic priest,
in Ireland, provided it should be kept secret. She
yielded so far, left her sister's house, met him in
Belfast, and was married to him in the parish
church of Kilowcn, by the Rev. Mr Mooney. The
piiest itt first objected, because of the old law a
disgrace to the statute book, obsolete long ago, and
so often violated thai nobody ever thought it woith
while to get it rere.iled. It made it penal for any
person in orders to marry a Catholic to a Protes
ts!: t, and declared such marriage void. On this
occasion, however, .Yelverton declared himself a
Catholic the Rishop of Dromore gave his con
sent the priest, in his sacred robes, and before
the altar, went thrdugh the ceremony according to
the Roman Catholic ritual, pronounced the bene
diction, put on the ring, and declared the couple
man and wife In a word, married them, if it is
possible for man and woman to be married. The
marriage was solemnized 15th August, 1857.
The parties afterwards went first to Scotland,
and then to France, he always registering their
iimes, and procuring their passports, as Mr and
Mrs Yelverton. In France tdie was delivered of a
etill-born child, he having, according to his own
statement, administered drug, of which she knew
not the deleterious properties, to procure an abor
tion. In France he left her to return to his regi
ment. She followed hiin as soon as her health
would permit, and when ehe arrived in Scotland,
went fo him at once in Leith. lie told ber that
he was a ruined man, and that she alone could
save him. She professed a readiness to make any
sacrifice for that purpose, and asked him what she
was to do
He said the must go to New Zealand, i
and he would join her there. She asked how that I
i j i f . v i i. . . i :
couiu Dcneut mm. out ae gave oeroo answer, ana
a few days after she learned that he had married a
widow with o0,000.
The action in this -case was brought by a Mr
Thelwall, who sued Major Yelverton for main te-
This $anwIsadQ&d lii order
to obtain the evidence of.
J I .
validity of the marriajre
fore Chief Justice MonaWtn,
Dublin. The two leadtfoftho
piifred WhitCsideS for vEfldSj
for the defendant. The UsflmoTTy of Mr Yelver
ton is clear, explieit, sirrrple, and perfectly satis
factory. In the beginning of the cross examina
tion, Brewster addressed her as Miss Longworth.
She replied with infinite dignity, . my name U
Yelverton." The effect was electric. The vast
crowd testified their applause by , uhouts which it
was in possible to suppress. . Mr Whiteside re
minded the counsel that Mrs Yelverton was a lady.
The Chief Justice gave hiiu to understand he was
under the protection of the Court. Brewster was
under hack from that moment. He complained of
the outburst of feeling among tho crowd, but the
Chief Justice said 'it is hard to restrain feeling,
Mr Brewster, in such a case as this " Whitesides
took the mside track, and kept it from that time.
Yelverton himself came on to be examined. In
all our lives we never road or heard of uch a cross
examination its he sustained at the hands of White
sides. Not Curian. when he was putting Reynolds,
or Sir or James O'Brien to the torture ever came
up to Whitesides on this occasion. And it was a
great occa.-i.-n for a great advocate, and ought to
place Whitesides in the first rank, if he was not
there already. It must be admitted, however, that
he had a fine subject to operate on. Of all tho
abandoned, reckless, profligate, unalloyed scound
rels we ever read of this man Yelverton endeavors
to prove nimself the most reckless, profligate,
abandoned, and unalloyed
The verdict of the jury established " the mar
riage. There was a roar of appUuxe from thecrowd
within, which was taken up by fifty thousand voi
ces without, and went through the vast city, until
it swelled to a volume that seemed sufficient to
turn the stream of the Liffey back to its source.
The Court had been full of ladies from the first
They testified their applause by shaking handker
chiefs, clapping hands, screaming, stamping, and
by ending in blubbering, as women always do.
'ihe Chief Justice had to hold the Court over, to
keep the crowd froRi getting hold of Yelverton.
They insisted on making him better acquainted
with the waters of the Liffey. He was with great
difficulty gotten off In safety. Forty or fifty thou-
sand persons assembled around the hotel where
Mrs Yelverton was staying, and called, for her.
She came forward .en" th balcony, and made them
a short speech. A thundering shout testified
their applause and admiration.
It is said the case will be carried to the Queen's
Bench. In the meantime, Yelverton is to be tried
by a court-martial, for conduct unbecoming an of
ficer and gentlmaii, for frequenting the house of a
hiothcr officer, for the avowed purpose of destroy
ing a young lady living in his family, and under
the protection of his wife. Yelverton, in his tes
timony, says he visited the house of General
Straubensee, for that purpose. It is to be hoped
he will be cashiered.
Covser native Re-action in the North.- The
New York Tribune (abolition) gives the following
particulars of the couservativo re-action in the
North: ' '
"Rut our town elections havo just been held in
38 of our CO counties, and the. aggregate result is,
529 Republican supervisors to 215 of all sorts a
lager portion of Republicans than were ever before
chosen. Yet, in the face of this unmistakable
demonstration, and of the kindred response of
New Hampshire, which has "just elected a Repub
lican Governor, Legislature, and full delegation to
Congress, by a round 4,000 majority more
than the average Republican majority at all her
State elections sinco the Republican party was or
ganized there Mr John Cochrane, the cast-off
servant of a cast-off and utterly used up party,
assumes to reassure Virginia, in the name arid be
half of the State of New York! Coull irr.posturo
be more impudent?"
Bogus Jewklry. Speaking of the stores
established in many cities of the United State)
wheie purchasers of jewelry can have ther ''choice
for one dollar," the Chicago Journal says : . - .
The principal composition used in the manufac
ture of the jewelry is termed Orcide, and is simply
an excellent quality of brass. ' It is the most posi
tive imitation of gold that has ever been dis
covered ; it wears like it, not discoloring anything
it touches, as common brass or copper will; it rnij
be engraved or chased, being the same all the way
through; it is much vofter ami more readily fused
than gold,. however; and its value may bo imagined
when wc say that u dozen finely cha.ed spoons of,
this metal can be bought for 31. 51), with a profit
to the retailor, even at that price, of over thirty
three per cent. ' . -
Of this metal, the New York Scientific Ameri
can, most excellent authority, says :
Orcide of gold, of which so many cheap articles
of jewelry are now made, is pimply a very beautiful
brasjr, without a Eingle grain of goli'in its com
position. '
The costliest part of the oreide operation is the
molds and forms in which the jewelry is shaped
and cut. Were they obliged to have these moulds
made expressly at each change of fashiou, it would
materially reduce the profits; but they avoid this
difficulty by purchasing the moulds in which
jewelers have made the real gold jewelry, and thus
also obtain the latest patterns. Probably the most
expensive-Iookin piece of this jewelry does not
cost for the tnetal-mouldtng, putting together and
making-op, forty cents.
Advertising. We are furpri!ed to find men
doing business, who say that tbey are not able to
advertise, and still continue to do business, or pre-,
tend so to do. Stephen Girard, whose name b
familiar to every school boy in the land, said :
"1 have always considered advertising, liberally,
and long, to be the greatest medium of success iu
business, and prelude to wealth. And I have
made it an invariable rule, too, to advertise in the
Holiest times, long cxperince having taught tue
.h-t monev thus SDcnt is well laid out: as bv keep-
i wv business before the public, it has seeured
. . . . i . . . ....
me many sales that I should otherwise have lost.'
The
lays of the nightingale may be very de-V
li-htful to a well fed nun, but the " hya of a
hea would be better liked by a hungry one.
nance of his wife.