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VOUiUME
aaaaMladbaasaB
T H 0 IS AS J. HOLTON,
KUITOR Si PKOPsUITOR.
TEUMS:
Ti,. Vi.rlli-Carolino Whig will be afforded to nub
,,.,'iri TWO DOI.I.AKS in advance; 'J'VUI
miLLAR!1 AND FIFTY CKNTK if payment b
,..', y,.d for lh rec mouths ; and Tllli K K hOM. A ICS
it the tnu 01 1, 0 J11- " paper win i.a niacin. -tinned
" n"e",l'ea u"id, except at the
,?ti..nof tlio Editor.
advertisements inae'tcd at One Dollur per aquare
(Klines Jf U-aa, tinea. cd type) fur the firalinacr.
(,,11, aad 2j criita tor each cuntiiiuance. Court ad.
.-n,mei.le and Sheriff's K.iltn charged tii per
tonl. h.jftier ; and a deduction of 33 J ifr cent, will
he made from the regular pricea, fur advertieera by
tear. Advertisements married monthly or
iiiarterly, at II per aquaru for each time. i-mii-giunllily
M cciita per aqua re thread, time.
jj-poaliuaelera are authorized to art aa aji nta
Union Line,
CHARLESTON TO CHEilAW VIA
GEORGETOWN.
STEAMERS .MARION ANJ KUV. (.IiAIIAM.
fllHE well known ami
JL fupular steamer Mari.
ff"' - -Tfiti Capl. jno. r'rrjruson la
JgggSgrgjJiSaainow rttpularly engaged in
lr 1 raue Set ween t tlnrli aton, (.enrnrlnw u, and
(straw and ia known aa the moat prompt and ef
incut Boat iu llie trade.
The (tu, Graham ia a very light draught and
well calculated for the Hicr Wade, and bring
turn in tiie band ol'an old and "ipc.icnced com.
under, ".J- IMy-r ean be relied upon, to deli.
a let freight without .let. nl.uii. Tiie tiov. (ir.
kmi will ly "I" eorelon but w ill con.
fct with lite .Marion in low atagi a of the. Kivcr,
Ihrrrbt avoiding any lUlcnlion from low lt-r
MH Kuaia ! . ii well provided with auitabie
l.;l'.i.".
( on nmriiti to the Agentaiii C'harlcaton will
be forwani'd trre of roiiuniaaioiii.
CALIWELL A ROIJI.NSON.
Apciili tt .i rir ton,
SIIACKLKFOKD 1'KAdKK
DAN L A. HORN.
AjJiUte at I'bt raw,
Pk.5 14.6 alSin
Eiicoanige Home Industry !
Uavinc ri'RrHAsr.p u.ct m oim vac.
TOIiV, I am prepared to fill all urdera fur
(hiiuhfrf;!,
hflinirt,
(limn J!iLr2'it
Wary Ihtliuig,
'J'firrih.hj J'l'jvt,
J It J Curd,
11,11 ll-pr,
I'urjul ( 'l,nH,
11 rH''" Tuine.
! aut biakmif an article of ( lolh tor the pui poe
l Ohlpi'tlltf i'lntir. Whtal and torn. Kar-a-rra
and 1'ioouca buyi ra sill find it Ui their ad
fiotaga to uaar it. Ail orilrra from juialance wiil
U aticndcdto aith pronrplncpa.
j. Mcdonald.
' -. d, tut. 38, IKiC. 3Ctf
.iii. nooie .v iiijmi
.."""wi. ZrJX" fll BC "A' a.
m akiaitti:. s.v.
HAVlMi aaaurwlrti nuriK'Ivra togrtUir lor
the purjHXK- ul cmtrym vn titc
HUSIXKSS
'a l! iia hr-tnrtira, we Uk tKia tur I Ik ul uf inf.-rm-h.j.'
tin- putrhe that w arc at all tuma r tn
i'lanr l.umtirr at lUurt nttre in a, trir man
nil k.iia ul' i.uuaU r niMO and joinu J Iu it
4ff, our ! mid HliiiJ n-aK'I'iiH'a -rf in cuiitt:int
tatt-ratifxi, win til turn (.' S.iali an(f KlinUa m t-ic
cott apttrurtfti ulylr. A 11 1 1 V of San uf nrUtfia.
rf a. it kepi wuiit-Uf itly on l-mi ( rt4oiiablc
Jj 4fi!r from rfutanrc fyr Sali or Hiiinia
er n f work in our lino will 'o yruifiy'Ay aUfii-
er-! t.i.
W c have on hand an-l rxpuct to kc p a auply
uf tiie bp I laijinln r lite rt-utitry if.ori.i.
Our machine t-hoji i oti i oilifc tr,,tt Y.itl ot
the M- Uiu(i.l Church, wl.t,rc one of ua can v
fr-n i ny tirnr.
Hnu butlluty in the Ittrat it y tra of wurk par
tieuiairty attrinlMl U. W wimiUI intitr lUv at
Untion u( t)p cilizi'iia of (. lmrlnlte the ailviin
tea we hvr uf duiitjf work with diajmtrli our
m-Htv ia, Uf ihclimtrr we thrivr."
RlDlSlLL A WillSNANT.
.Wiv 37, le.'.li. Mtf
J i" Than k fill for the patronare ao liberally be-
towed upm me by the . ihinia of liarlottc and
hie aurrotm.linj; country h.retiHi.rr, I aak aeon.
tuiuitiee i tlie aa. nr, feehiir aaaured that no
pallia Mill be apared to pleaar.
JONAS IU'DISILL
I JI'liSlls. Iiw.ii aceuunta at the Charlotte
M llmik. istorr, for the year lbj,i..ual tall and
atttlo ttie tirat oporlun.l t.
L0'UIK i h'NMSS.
AnU S, IH.'.fi. 7tf
XewEslnblisliinenl.'
'f 111 K underaijfnrd ha
k riiianeilv in ( liar
ha Vl.ifr ratal. hatietl tlllliaell
liarlotir.ii.lenila carryina on
t'K f-.lowi.ij; branchea ol buaineaa, vix i
.S'i.Vre I'lutiii', (iuit and Jk'kS)ii ilhinf ,
lull Jlnnutug t .Sirrr, lirass uml all
ii".isit Mrliil U'nrl; rrimirtil ; t'lntnto.
. Him mux ti'ui i.ijrs or wiuat
si f . II . .... ... . ... .1-
tr.,ole l,nd M,tdc,,l,,,tu-armlfr,i to U i.
' tr lo 11 ul In 1 kind Jur M til and
I 'm tori jiiirjitisrs.
A I of the ,(,,. hritiiehia I aairm.t to turn out
111 1 "or:. 11, si, like j r,
loach ma I, era at a iliatalie that wiah ti. have
"'fir worli lioue I wiilgiva particular ll i.linii to
rti"pitchitig na aoot, a a N.aait.le.
I'i raoiia i,i a iliFtanee lahiug (iol.a altered from
"'"t to H're..Minn or ntherwiae repaireii, nccpt
'" me;, n .11 have Iheui r. paired umi iitunicd un
tl.e aii.ifi, ,, t,mr po.aihle.
I eoul.J fthy nuinlwr of refermefl aa lo
i'iahi., bul 1 dirm it unnereaaary aa I will
le.ne ii. ,!, , aa ',,r u lf. S, ai lid un
)"r work s.. .g , ,m,,c a,
''J'HIHIM; will bv raali.
I'lcaar a c al , ,,op, oni.oaite the Tree
"'teriaiilhurch. JOHN M. MASON.
' linioltr .Vorr Jsl, jH.ifi. til"
3:-.- I.:t .)li r. 'IfJ
1' I.I.IC Ml'PII I!,, hereby iriv.n. He.t all
Hie NonaalH Aeei.ill.la.il .-I KA IT A A I ..
l.ls-ri.X A'lT. IMMKI, V '..., and Al.l.l
S,'N A liAMKI,, a.e inuwIVtred tu the nude,
goed, Inr Hie hem lit if tlx: .leuito.a nf aalfl
'Una leaprelivilv, and Dial thev are II. the handa
' -I. It. IMMKI, (of lllillieili.ile collection.
a, Li-.ger iiolnlf, i,er, c11111.1l bo given, aa the
O'd'l- mint r ywid.
JOIIV ALLISON.
J 1!
DAM KL.
r, 1 1
I.I, Jr.'.J.
G.
WATi:i),
(UWk BtSIIKLS of dried rEACIIES
jlalFlF peeled and un pooled, Tor wl.ich
the highcel price will be paid, by
T. M. FARROW.
Vte. 9, 1H56. 4jk
0. F. ANDF.HSGV.
W. I). BIVNOI.D:-!
JL AOUls,
C7-EDETG SCOMMISSiOIT
a. sw
MERCHANTS,
Nu. 10, Itoiiiiokv Square,
NORFOLK, VA..
Pay acliro alttintion to the aula of Flour and nth.
cr Jui.'ia of Troduce,, avoiding umitctaaary char.
Im an r. iii.rii.j p.vn.1 r;ina.
Ugh Notice.
4HK t llAhl.OTI K MITI AI. INSl'RAXCE
tJk t 'ti.MHANV coiilmuiia to tnke riaka Kgauixt
luaa by Fita un Iluuaca, Uuoua, I'roduti , Ac., at
uaual mica.
lt Ullice in Drauli y'a Huilding, upataira.
DlltKi TOH :
M. H. TAYLOR. J'rexi.lent.
S. 1. M.KX.KSDEU.Vm JresiJn.i.
J. A. YOt'Ntj,
J. H. WIIITK,
J. II. CARHON, ) ,.
C. OVKUMAN CijTt"'af Co"1
A. C. STKKLK, S """f
J. II. WI LK( IN, Attornrif.
K. N YK HUTCHISON, Zrmtury.
Akg. I'J, IK'iC. o-tl-
I ::(! I nuil 'I'.-tLc At.licc
I,
AS .t RVIVI.Xf: l'Ah'TNr.l! of M'RJNUS
4. W Mll.N;T'ON, Imvg tucloM up tlic bu.
aini.aa of Kid hr.-n, I therefore uniiTy rn.raotia in.
dt bird, either by Note or Buok, Account, lutnr at
( irar reek "r liocky ki.r !iort, tlirt loni; r in.
dulgenre ill not b.- 'iv.ri. Aa llm I irLal l.uui.
bcrof and Nott-a and Aei'titinU h.ivt i.uh aiooi: too
long Uhatttleii, the aiiorlcat &lid qulf kf-ht courae
will be jMiiaiieii lr tin ir Ct.ll. lion, t i.tlut tilt
Grocery Stole of r;iring A Mt Ixoil'n, I lurlotle,
or at li e rtre in ftocky ItiFrr, where the huii.
neaa Will be culitiuut-d, any Ketlie lite auiv forth.
Kith.
LKROY H'RINi.S,
but Tiling 1'artnrr.
Charletti, Aug. 5, UG. SJtf
ff -Notice.
V N ruNKUt'KN('K i.f ituvii.tr lrt l.v the fi
JL wlm U ormrrtTtj m ilna piacr, n ti.e muriiui"
lof tne U'lli ! Mjy Ian. varioo. .Not u elaiioa UicIjh bad eg iiearly leached the dregs of
jaja..t ...... .rr.m. pe,.. , th,. r,d B!jo.,Kj)ii .rill,dfa,ll(.r-, hcri.ditarT portion,
f tountira whiell ln.- .. d. lii. lieilie the i.ro... . e. e. ,r
I.,.. ..i- K c Mueie.A. li.il.nn-A .... ...,.i .,u,.
I era. wluei. were ph.c.,i , u,j i,mi..i t-,i cd.. tie:
All psraoim, i!k niore, ai:aii,.t whom any oi nun
eU.n.a re .ml aumi.i.r- un.ett.ed, aie her.t- ...
lw ni.lih.rf llnl ..hli.i .Lev Moot nr ..Ml... il lb let V
. . 11 . . , ,,
cniuiM-'l'ledu. file f.-rii.w.ti. B.liain Fou.sv torrr.
by ambit ct.'ng euch peraona to addition.! and un-;
neecaaary cuta.
W. DAVIS,
ti"
CkatlvtU-.Junt IT, If5rt.
A. F. I5I-i:VAJU,
A7TOHSHY (01 XSLU.UH AT LAW,
Cl'NCOKI, (CAiiAUiitb tu.,) N. C,
V a 7 1 1.I.attmd lo bu-tn-' pfHttnuUi d t-.lua cure
V T m I'abafr ua i.u the aitijoihii. g nmntn a.
WrMtty i, Ifjli, jiHtli
W V M C t w aaax a-i L - a I
Kit. li. .n. Kit: it
T 1 J.I. be ph'aac.l to ree. ie Pro oni. ' ( II,
the in (outtm r. ta ol All. lit I .N r. ami
SlI.'tiKKV. Inf.a i-fi Sion .iiy i.iiMt.t, ho
n.ay t found at hia rt aieenee, Foit.Md! J.peU
York K.atfiel S. C.
I'r. I'J, 16. tf
WANTl-l),
m j. n g art. i. its i (itho A i n
ItAI.S waioeii. Apply
, GILLKSPIE .1 CO
l-tf
WILLIAM."
t'lhiunry J-.', IfAS.
WHY WLF.l'S GROW A PACK. '
There may be 13i) flowers Laving seed-
vesfcels on
a single plant ot prouuosei, ami (
in each seed-vessel there are .r)0 seeds
I'l
oue groundsel tseed is father ta 0500 sons,
more than are visible stars iu the firma
ment. Many of these setllo where they , ,, . .
. i.i , 'chubby cheek
cannot livt ; muy exist only to bo eaten, . . .
by birds. It is not meant that ail seeds
should produce pluuta; very many are as
much bread to the birds as seeds of corn
are bread to us. If, however, by an acci
dent, every son t which a thriving groundsel
seed is parent, gre up, throe, aud pro
duced aeed iu the same propeilieu au im
possible essuuiptiou the descendants of a
seed of groundsel in the second generation
would exceed in number n,ii00,000 ; the
telcacope itself has not enabled us to ace so
many stars. Chickweed is less prolific;
though, indeed, even that may produce as
maur as 500 seeds upou each plant. Rut,
i ,' i
then, look at the red poppy. It cau yic
I'1 1
lull flowers from one root, and, from each
, , , . ..
,.,,,'f,, U ,,0 be the
".O.UOO
number of tho oftspriiii;
...,, , - j
black mustard
aud wild carrot produce families of magni
tude about equal to oue auothur. One may,
when in perfection, produce "gOO flowers
with six seeds in each, the other OflO flow
ers, witli each two seeds. One dandelion
root may have IV! flowers, while each dan
delion flower yields 1711 seeds. Tho seeds
of one sow-thistle may number 25,0011.
One plant of stinking chamomile may yield
1(1,000, oue plant of May-weed 4",000
seeds. DUkc a Household Words.
Murk Lead Minks is Missouri. The
lead mines of Missouri promise to bu as im
portant to the interests of that State, as the
coal aud iron resources of Pennsylvania
have been to us. New mines have recent
ly been discovered, of much value, at the
head of Swan riwr, in Taney county.
They promiso a yield .; aal 10 the prairie
niiues of Newton county, which have be
come famous. About seventy feet below the
surface, tho miners have struck solid bed
of mineral, which appears to ho incxliau-ti
Lie. U is said that ten thousand pounds
can be taken out from a single shaft in a
day. A furnace for meltiuj is now in
eour.-e of coustructi ou J ltd. Udf.
ci-ia.hh.o'tte, rr. a., jslc iss7.
From the Flag of the Union.
HOPE ON.
IT M H. H. t, llEBftLMiKK.
View not the pnat with aorrow,
U, bnniab nil regret
Uope whiaera e.n the morrow,
"We may be happy vet." ,
Th:nk Jod for every t leaainif,
I ray lof ma care in need ;
That fondly gift pneaeaetng,
Tliou wilt be blckt indeed.
In every lift there ia a accue
Of bitter grief tn all,
Ami oft doth rntmnry'a darta, I ween,
Thic fearful aeeuea re-fa 1 1 .
I!ut thout;li tur early life was clouded
liv carea we can't forget,
I,et each bitter thoufht be alirouded,
And wu nicy be buppy et.
tvinn.
f KO M TIIE tiATVH.Uk V V Ll N rnT.
J'"iur Ir(t r rfu cniMJM? my nttiir(
I am of grrt r nown ;
I ft known ly aliur.t evury nmn
In city ur in town.
I'm renl y Imlh th prt yv uiid tity,
CtiOit nUttu I hare tnltl ;
And ttill rontintx? tli mnt way.
To pica it ttvtti yuuii und old.
Tit two drnt l f t r 01 rny ii nnt-,
W ill atK-ll a r.vr r Unp ;
I.ook on a churt oi' Itlv,
V'ou will not gueea iL wroii.
M Tourtli.niy sfroiid, und my first,
Will f. rin, il" put to;; li tr ;
A pUv thiiig titfti Uy in. -it tit.Ml-boy w,
In ci li und Iruht) weatlur.
ittisedfancous.
TI1K l:RIIt(lltOOM'S I'llOnATION.
A youug; Utigli.-hman, from gaming love
i afli.irf, and other iucb cold hCitUrilljf cimoV
1 that lir could calculate the departing btur
of Lis last guinea. As one evening be was
; returniti'.' borne from on of those haunts
of J ,Bl p a tion , which he had habitually fre-
. . . . .
louetited. iechlu in bodv and in unud. and
tor the first time in Lis lile casting a firm
look tt-o:i h ruin of Lit fo-v.me. he could
Li i fo-V.ine. L
Hot well dettriuiuc aLether !: should end
I Lis t'ubleJ by drawing a trigger, or by
luromng lilUiscil it.io ine ll.an.es.
While Le thus wavered between hre and
water tho very profound idea occurcd to
him, not to lay violent hands upoti himself,
but to allow himself to t e conducted out of
thc labyrinth of poverty by tha fair hand of
soinn wealthy bride. With this consoling
thought be went to bed ; and already iu his
tioetur! visions the rapid racers Eew, the
fair girls frisked araund him, both of which
he was happy iu thinking L might main-
taiu iu future upon the dowry of Lis wife,
On the following morning be reflected
atiew upou bis plan, aud found it unexct p-
ti.inalie iu every point, excepting a very,
li;'.t citcuii.ttaiice of not knowing when
lor where be was lo tind the rich heiress be
! wanted. In Loudon, where nil the world
regarded him as a spendthrift, it was not
once to be tl eugbt of. He saw that, for the
..future, he must throw bis nets out else
where.
After much cogitation and searching, 'e
at last bit upon an old rich colouel, living
upon Lis ean estate, about twenty miles
'. , , , .i
quamtances in i.ni.uou, uuu was me laiuee
-e ... - . I .. .1 .....
, . I r .i :. ..i
Into lue I.oure Ul mis geuiieiiinu, i'
ineans, ul liiruu, wuoiu no i.ioo.istn
r . i..: t ...i. .... I... ;...i
half
. .- i- ... I.: if I I
received. Tlie dauehter of the colonel was
awkward country girl, with round
;s, like Reuben's cherubitus,
and looked particularly oud in the hand
me dowii iitt'.re ef her sainted niotLcr,
which did not all Gt her, and was of course
t.at of the most fashionable cut. Her
mind too was as her attire. She could only
talk of bans and gee.e, and when any
other topic came above board, her conver-,
snlion w as limited, to "yes. yes, or " no,
no;'' all beyond this seemed to be sinful.
This wooden puppet was indeed a mighty
contrast to the spiighlly, gay, and lively
nvinnhs with whom the voutic Uiitan, Lad
uutil this period, bet-u toying ; but being !
carefully confined to the solitude of Lis own
bosom the disagreeable feeling of this beav-1
en and earth distant difference. His flat-!
.1 i : . . . J : ir . .. I I :. a . .
tenug tongue cal,
lied the end's silliness
celestial innocence, aud her red swollau
cheeks he likened to the beauty of tho full
blow damask rose. The end of the soiig
was, he turned to the father and sued warm
ly for his daughter's hand.
The colonel during bis sixty years' ca
reer through the world ; had collected this
much knowledge of mankind himself, that 1
l..,tt-..er alilv the voung man hud masked!
.. ii 1 . .1..!... -!..
nimseif, ne couiu, ueTeiiiiicss, uiseoiri .m
fortune hunter peeping through tho disguise.
At first, therefore, he thought of peremptori
ly refusing hi 111 permission to woo his daugh
ter; but ou the other bund he thought, the
youth is fashionable ami perhaps I may
be doing him au injustice as ho yet be
trays no anxiety about tho portion, and
why slwuld the girl who i- marriageable, re
main longer at home. His request shall be
gvantud but his apparcntdisiuterosteduess (
shall stand a decisive trial.
The suitor was then informed that the
father had no objection to the match, pre
vailing bis daughter would give her oouscut,
ami alio poor thing rep.icd as in duty
bound "My fathers wiil is mine!' In
deed, could anything else bu expected.
Iu the C 'une of a few weeks the marriage
ceremony win performed at the country
home of the coiouel, and he instantly made
the sou in la acquiuted With Lis wife's
portion, which, in Geru- tii money uiiht
amount t thirty tlioufiail dollars. The
dissembler acte'l aa if hn sb.ici to tuow
uothing ulout tLa ltiktier, urnl aolemuly
Towtid that lie haI not u ytlftlioiilit on
such lliinrrs, feut lml rcgf.rlod only the no
Lie qualities of his eliaruiinj; wife, whose
pura oelf wan dearer to him than all the
treasures of the world.
Upon this they sat !" u to tie tuMo, and
the father-in-law u.rgc: iinl hejjc d thut
they would make such le tin poail)le, as
it ww Lis iutention hnl ; "nuj married
peoj le should set tiff lL(t very afternoon
t Lontloii, ttcJ that lie Jiould aoconiDanVi
tlieiu.
, to Du re-argueu at llxi present tetui, owtn
rrr .'a'iJiided ?iid begao 1 to difft rence of opinion existing amon mcui
JXCU'e.yV' ' "Vi?" tit! ',er' f lie ourt, and in order to -iv tbo
Li lt,M4'Vat tb 0 1 ui jet w iuatui! CdHuCttlfua. ' ' V
., 'I' ,., -.:..... c l
Hie sou-in-Iav
to make siie excu
firs, duv ot' 1,
dier maintained tlat tbce were futile, as -
sarin? Lhn tbat he had narucuUr retisons
for proceediiio: forthwith to the cnpital, and
that his matrimonial joys would Lo un well
realiited ia London as in the country, 'hat
was to vt uone I by,tlie journey was
imtnediutclv undertaken. The l man te-
cured in a fcinull.ca.sktt, hefore the eye.i of
the bridegroom, the portion of the Wide,
partly in cold and partly i bank notes, took
it under his arm, aud placed hitnolf by the
aide of the young couple ia the carriage
The rond ran through a forest, ami scarce
ly bad they fairly gutcred it, whim tao horse
nun darted out frvlii tho brush-wood, with
musks upon their faros, and r-toppi d the car-
riace. ' Ineol the persons watcucd the pos-
til 1 iot) , with a preirnted pistol, while the
other approached tt! coach wiuduw, and
said :
"We are adventurers, and rcrjur t you
U jive us the portiou of the bride !"
The colonel aud Lis son-in-law awore and
rented, but tli rnhhor eonlU ini-teil iinon
ibis demand. After aome parleying, how-
j ever, tuc hereinati bent toward the young
man and whispered iu his oar
" Th-it you may fee we are reasonable
men, we leave you the choice of two things
give us either th hiide or her portion !
For curtain reasons, it is quite immaterial
to us, and, moreover, no one shall
know your decision T"
ever
Tie bridegroom el id not think long about
the matter, before he ahisperei.
"Take the Iridc 1"
" Rrother,'' cried the robber to Lis ac-
coniptiee, " we shall take the bride."
Iu the twioklin ' of an eve. the soldier
Seized his
fhook him
s rr title sou in-law by the neck,
him violcLtiy, cxulaiuiing, in a tliun-
cttrin? voice.
"Hal villain ! so niy conjecture was not
untounded that -von cared not for my d sugh-
ter, hut merely for her fortune ! God bo
... ....
nraised that luv cruul and mv ruonev are
uot yet irrevocably in your clutches. Know
then, knave - tbe in who I rr.ea v a v a,
no olcrgyeian l:e w as a Luther soldier, in
priest's attire, and these pnlleiueu are no
uigunajmeu, nm innmi wjjimvs ub iag
tno service of proving you. Nnco then,
vou have laid open your whole vi'eness, wo
shall have in more connection. I shall rc-
turn home with my .daughter and my money,
and you may go to London or to th devil !''
With the words, he transplanted the as-
toni-hed biidecroom with a kick, from the
carriage to tne road, ordered the postilion
to turn about. The outlaw tr i lgrd back to
London, nud had, while upon the road, tho
fairest ami best opportunity of dc toriniiiing
whether he should now use a is! j1 or throw
Li m-elf into the river,
, .
- Ctvr.OPKUT ON Houl'S. Canrobert's !
...,,Tv...,. r,.Tc.,..cw.H,,. ...im ......
;usto. vine ot tue umiierou- assausnts oi
his heart, the Marquise de T . had been
ietcl.iiiii with evident anxiety his approach
across the bail room to where she was seat
ed. After a few of those little mimiu-h-i iff
for which the Marquise is remarkable, and
one or two killing slnuces in the General's
r . .'....'i.:.. ... .... I
iy her toilet, she exclaimed with .".u all
i' five
ip:"Well, Man-chal what do you tl. ink of
lii v dress ton
gut. " 31a lan,", return-
cd Caurobert. witu a sinilo of ca.l intrv, in
.' " oi t , ..s
no survejc'i li' vast expanse, i c.ii.iioi uui
ad"llre.,t' for " f66111" ,u"ld the dearest
a..,...,,,, oi in, Boi. iii-iee.. . .-
claiiued the Marquise, ier counteuance
brightning, and her eyes rxprcssin.' nt the
s-anio time all the varied emotions of hope,
delight and surprise, to which the remark
IimiI given rise, " atnl how so?''"Whv, it re-
!"ind ",e U' '""'"f 1 rf ' .
?t'1,Jn .,t?.,nl and sbaPe' -f "'
t'"""t '
SMar Kxi'Losto.N An Avful Fright.
A day or two since, as a couple of ladies
were crossiiisj eue of our most public streets,
just where there is ltMy e reat crowd,
one of the whalebone hoops ef her balloon
like garmcut suddenly burst from its con
uueiueiit, and " stucK sut a fett . May b
she didn't scream, and may bo she was nt
.1. .11.1 ' . ...
fi ighteued ! Scream sue certainly did ; but
hcther she was very badly frightened or
not, we cmi only surmise by the way she
quickly raised her pretty silk skirt, and
withdrew tho rebiliioas whalebone, which,
oti being measured, was found to be just
three feet aud three inches long ! Tho lady
let fall tho naughty intruder, and dripping
her pretty blushing tare walked hastily
away with her ecu! anion, who, like the
other Fpoctators of tliii scene, was splitting
her sides with laughter. Who'll dare at
tempt hoops after this! A fact I AVw Ur.
ic'iiis Picayune,
AGkmi.k Hint. The Rev
tS t -C I. a. .,,1 si..,r i u
Jonathan
1 leilCU.Ol .-UUlll .ailMO., n..o I'J in: C14,
to be sup
plied with woolly I is parishioui rs, accord
ing to the terms ot" hi settlement. Winter
was coming on. but 110 wood had been fur-
nished.
Mr. Freiii li waited until the Gov-
11 rii.il-'a riroe! .!..:.( is, 11 I Jl l ll all IkS-'i V ill ' C all,.1.
u.-l,a f...r r..d;.... it tohis ueor.1?. Iia said ..
with nreat apparent simplicity : ' My breth-!
rcu, you perceive that His Excellency bus j
appointed uext Thursday as a day of I
Thanksgiving ; and. according to custom, it
. . . i
is my intention to prepare two uiscour-c (
.. ., .. .. i.ii
Ul tuu veicastoti " "i . -il in -i.N.
U'ilhant. Jii c.
uext Jay all
wool yard.
' Tho hint took, and on the
Lis winter's wo d was in his
DRKD SCOTT CASH.
Ol'IMO.N' UF fiUKF JLSTRK TA.NKV.
77i ( iril and 1'olincal St, tint of Ifrproe inllie
VnilrU Sltdtta Authoniuttcrly and Urjinilivttu
V'fintd.
The following is nn abstract of the recout
highly important decisiou iu the Supreme
Court of the United State", iu tbo now-to-be-ulffajs-callcd
Drod Scutt case:
C'hitif Justice Taney fiaid, that thid casn,
ft"tcr aruiutut at tlic last term, was directed
to bu re-argued at th) f runout Urm, owiny
1 'J'; ero were two ia.:ing qutlous ; firtt
t had Circuit Court of tb Cuited 8tatee
for the District of Missouri, jitr:diction in
the case ; and if it had lurisJictiou. was its
eltcihion errutieous or uot?
The di lendent denied, by plea in abate -
tru'tit, tbo juritnlieliou of the Circuit Court
, 0l" United States on the ground that the
' plaintiff " is a nejro of African decent, his
j aiice.-lors were of pure African blood, and
i wt',u brought into this country and told as
alares, auJ thcrtlore tin" plainlill " is not
a citizen of the State of Mi-.-ouri.'1 To this
plea the plaintiff demurred, and the Court
eu-taiiied the demurrer. '1 hereupon the:
defendant pleaded ovt r, and justified the
'res pass ou me grouiiu u.ai mc piuiuuu anu
his family were his negro slaves; aud a
'atatetm-nt of facts, agreed to by both parlies
was read iu evidence.
.The Chief Justice, having stated the facts
i 'n t'"s cae, proceeded (iu a tone of voice
; aluiost inaudible) to say, iu substance, that
'ha ciueniou first to be decided was, w hcther
the plaintiff was entitled to sue iu a Court
OI ill e L ulled fitatos. Hits was a peculiar
riucslion, and for the first timu brought be-
tore the court unurr such circumstances:
but it had been brought here, aud it was the
duty of tao court to meet and decide it.
The question was simply this, can a nrjr.i
w hose ancestors were imported and
old as
slave, become a memV.er of the political
community formed, and brought into esif-
tence ly tho toustitution ot the Luiteu
States, and, as such, become entitled to all
the rights and immunities of a citizen, one
of which rights is suing iu courts of tho
I niled States in enses therein spccilied : lu
tliscuiSiiiL' this O'lestuii we must not con-
found tliu rights of a eitiz n which a state were not intended to brf included, for, iu that called .refTero:i Ilarracks.
may confer within its own limits, with the case, the distinguished men wh j framed tliu " In the yoar 1 said Dr. Ktnerson re
rights of a citizen wilhiu the limits of the Declaration u( Imiei cadence, vouid be Ca- moved the plaintiff and said Harriet, and
United States. No one can be a citizen of
the United Sttilea, unless under the provi-
."ions of the Constitution; but it does not
follow that a man, being a citizen of one
te, uiM't be recognised as such Lv every
ttat iu the I nioti, He may be a citizen iu
one State and not recognized as bueh
another. 1
Previous to the adoption of the Constitu-
' lu"-every Mate might confer the character
ol a citizen, and endow a mm with all the
rights pertaining to it. This was confined
ta tho boundaries, of a State, and gave him
uo rights beyond its limits. Nor have the j
several States surrendered this power by.
me tt'iopiion cl the Institution, r.very
Stale may confer tho right up in an alien or
on any other class or description of per-on-,
who would, to all intents and purposes, bo
a citizen of the State, but ?:t a citizen in
the sense used in tho Constitution of the
United States. He would not thereby be-
conic a citiz-u of the United State, and.
therefore, could not sut in anv Court in tho
i mtcu Mates, nor coaid lie eti)ov
tli
ie llii-
rnuuities of a eitiz -.mi iu the othur States.
His rights would be confined strictly to his '
owuMate. 1 he ( oiiMitutton gives Congress
the power to establish a " uniform rule of
naturalization;" consequently no Stale, by
naturalizing au alien, eoui 1 con
the ri:;hts and iuiiiuuitics of n
r upon htm
the States
under the General Government. It is very
clear, therefor.' that no Stat, can. l.v j.i.v
.art, iutro luce anew member into the noiiti-
rnion ereat.nl bv lh.. Con,t;t,.i;,,n. Tl.
'nion created by the Coiistituti..
ijiK.s;i,,,, men an
. whether the tro lsions
0j - ,j.c (Jon.-tituti.
of the United States in
ril;l,;u lo personal rights to which a citizen
ol a Male is entitled embraced negroes of
the African race, at that lime in the country,
or afterwards imported, or made free Irani
any j;ta,c . aj whether it is iu the power ;
of any State to make such a ene a citizen of
tho States, and endow kirn with full citize
ship iu any other States without their con-;
"-- Coustimtiou of the United,
States act upon Li u. and clothe him with 1
lithe rights of a citizen 7 The Court think
the affirmative c:iMe-t be maintained ; and, ' as compared with those who were held in
if not, the plaintiff con! 1 not be a citizen of slavery, aud not sullicieuiiy numerous to
Missouri within the meaning of the Constitu-j attract public atteutien as a separate class,
tion, nor a citizen of the United States, and, i and were regarded as a part of the slave
consequently, not entitled to sue in its Coui ts. i population, rather than free.
It is true that every person, aud every) It cannot be supposed that the States con
class and iWstriptiou of" persons, at the time ; ferrcd citizenship upon them ; for all those
ot the i adoption ol tne t oustitutioti, regar. .'d
as citizens ot the several States, hecaine citi-
zeus of this ntw political body, aud none
other. It was formed fair them and their
posterity, and for nobody else, and all the
rights and immunities were intended tocm-
t race only those ot State communities, or
those w he became members aeroruiug to the
principle 011 which the Constitution was
adopted. It was a Union of those who were
11, embers uf the piilicul communities, whose
power, for certain sp. ciiied purposes, ex-
tended uvcr the whole territories of the
United Slates, aud gae each citizen rights j
1 uutsiiie his State wnieu nt dm not bclore
posse.-.., and placed all rights of persons auu
property on au cquauty
It becomes necessary, therefore, to deter
mine who w ere cit.zens of the sevel ul Stales
when the Cc.ii.Miluiion was a
Cc.ii.Miluiion was adopted. In
order to do this we must recur t thu Colo- i
me
s w hcu they separated from Great lii itaia, i
1 .unci
new con, in oil. t les, anil too.; tne.r
idace among the laun.y oi lut.oiis. I Hey
who eic rccoginz,d as cit.zcus ot tne States
declared tueii md pen leuce ol G reat tli'taiu,
and del. mUd it by force ot arms. Another
cU's of persons, who had bc u tuipcited as
....... . i. 1 1. r Ir A . -.an. 1 ota were nut r...',e.
"""' ' ' "'- , . '"- a
,.;.,.! ... i. .tended to lie included in thai
uicij lc'l in that:
- - ,
nitmoiiii'ie in
-tiuincnt tne I'cciaration of
Independence. It is d:ffieuit at this day to
re.i'.iz. the state of public opinion, re apect
injj thnt unfortuunte class, with tha civilized from the best coasidcta'ion, wt have como
aud enli.'hteiid portion of tbo world, at the to the conclusion that the Airicau race h
tiuia of tlie DtseUraliun of Independence aud came to this country, whether free or slave,
tbo adoptiou of t'w Constitution ; but his-1 were uot intended to be included iu the Coti
tory rhows they Lave for more than a con- .ftitution for tho enjoyment of any personal
tury been regarded a.i beings of an inferior ! rights or benerits ; and the two provision
order, aud unfit associates for the white race, which point to them, treat them as property,
cither sociiilly or politically ; and had iij! aud make it the duty of the Uoveruuietit to)
rights which wLito men were bound to re-! protect them as such. IIe!,ce, the Courr-iw
srllet ; and the black man might be redact ) of opinion, from the facts ttatod in the -pVfc
to slavery, bought aud sold, aud treated as ! iu ubatetuent, that Dred Scott is not a oiti
au ordinary ariicla of merchandise. This'z''tof Missouri, and is not, therefore, eu
opinioii, at the time, was fixed and universal I titled to suo iu the United States Court.
with the civilized portion of the white rate. The fwilowiug facts appear on tho record
It was regarded as an axioiu iu morals, " In the year 1 '34 the plaintiff was a
which no one thought of dijputiu;;, aud uagro slave belonging to I'r. Kmerson, who
eiety one habituully acted upon it, without was a surgeon iu the army of the United
doubtinf? IW a inutncnt the correctness of 1 States. In that yenr (lSat) said Dr. Ktncr-
iui:... "A"., i -w-i. V.W ilK,V. f j, J i,y ; -
opiuiou iniarc fixed and cctierally acted upon gouri to the military po.-Vai' aw.. 4 "-it
lhau in Kiieland, the suhjer.U of which gov-
eminent nut only seized them on the Coast
: of Africa, but took them aa ordinary mer
j chandiz.i, to where th'iy could make a j.iolit
! on them. The opinion thus entet (ained waf
' univi r-ally impreed on the colou'nfs lhi
Bide of the Atlantic j accordingly, negroes
of the African race were regarded by them
as pioj u ty, and held, and bought, and sold
as such in every one of the thirteen Colo
nies which utiited iu the Declaration of .In
dependence, and afterward formed tho Con-
stitution
The doctrine of which we have fpoken
win strictly enforced hv the Declaration, of
ttiaepemKiice. it ncgius inns : n nen in
the cour.o of liuuiau events it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve the
(political bonds which have connected them
1 with aiutiur, aud to assume atuon the
powers of the earth the separate and equal
t station to which the lawa uf nature aud of
i nature's ( lod entitles them, a decent respect
to the opinion' of mankind req-iires that they
should declare the causes which impel them
to t i j e separation," and then proceeds : " Wo
hold these truths to he felt evideut that
all nu n aro created cq;ial ; that they aire
endoweii, by their creator, witu ceriaiu in-
a'ieiiah e rights i that amotii; these are life,
ubertv, and the pursuit ot happiness: that
to secure these lights, (ioverittueiits ai c :n-
etiiuted among men, derivtujj their ju.-t
powers from the consent ol tue goveruco,
Ac. The words before quoted would seem
to embrace the whole human family j and,
if used in a cltuilar iii-trument, at this day
wouid he so understood, but it is too clear
tur titsiiute that tin) enslaved Atncaii race
irrautlv against the principles which tin v
nsserud. They who framed the Dccl ira-
tion of Independence were ine'.i uf too much
honor, cdueatiou and intelligence, to say
wiiat thev did not believe ; ami they knew
that in no part of tue civilised wor;d weie
the nero race, by coinniou consent, ad-
mitted to the rights of freemen. They spoke
and acted aecordin-.' to the practises, doc-
trii.es anil u-ages of tne day- J nat uulor-
tunate race was never thought or spoken et
except as property. These opinions under-
went no change when the Constitution was
adopted. The Preambles sets forth for
v. hat purpose, and for whose benefit, it was
formed bv ton veotde mien ns had been
members of the otigiual States and the
great object was to "secure the Lh ssings
of liberty to ourselres and our posterity."
It speaks in general terms of citizen-' fri
people of the United States when providim;
for the p.wc-rs ir ante 1, witlu it defniiig
what dc.-ci it lion of persons should be iu-
eluded, or who should be
regard
cm-
lens, lint two tlau-cs 01 I lie- t.oii.-titut:ou
point to the negro race as separate, and i.ot
regarded as citizens, for whom the Consti
tution was adipted. Oue 1. 1 a use reserves
the right to import slaves till loS and iu
the Second, the States pledge themselves,
one to another, to preserve the rights of the
master, a'id to deliver up -daves escaping to
their respective Territories. Ly the Fir-t
Clause the right to purchase, and bold this
properly is t'.iieetly sanctioned and author
ized Ly the persons who trained tne t onsti-
tution, lor twenty years, and tje States
pledged themselves to uphold tho
ri;
lit of
the master us long as tho Government then
formed stioiiiil cnuura. jnu in. s snows cou-
ciusivcly that another descrij tion of persons
were embraced in tho other 1'rovi-ious of
the Constitution. These two clauses were
not intended to confer upon them or their
no-ten: v. the b lessm ot lih-rty so care-
fully c
this cl
Str.tcs
' J . . . . - . . -
conferred upon the whites. None of
ass ever emigrated to the L nitod
voluntarily. Hie were ail articles
of merchandise. The emancipated w as lew
States at that time established police regu
lations for the security of themselves and
famines, as well as ot property, tn some
minor cases there were different modes of
trial, aud it could uot bo supposed that those
States would have formed or consented to a
government which abolished this right, and
took from them the ssf-g iards essential to
their own protection. I hey bavo not the
right to bear arms, and appear at public
meetings to discuss political questions, or
urge measures of reform which they might
deem ad usable. They cannot vote at elec-
lions, nor
erve as jurors, nor appear as
witnesses
wneie wuites aro coiicerne.l.
hts are secured iu every Stale to
These li
w hite men
It is impossible to believe that
the men of the s.avc i.oluing State, w 1, 1 took
so largo a share iu the fund .tion of the
Constitution, could be s regard less of them.
selves and tne talety
f lh j.-o w ho t. uUcd
aud coutl Ud in them
nciy .:. o. n-ia
zen
to h lute p. r-ons
Tuis i.. a 111 a 1 ked
separation irotn the b.acks. I: mu-r the (. ou
federntl a, iverv State has a right to decide
. for itself, and the
, tho generality of
the African race.
tei
free
iuli.ii.it int.,"
lv ixi-I i led i
form, eci
Laws w
ly. Uui
I
framed fori
the latter espeeia
T the C'"jstitu-
lion tne worn cmzcu u :i,j..,. nJt
-. i. l.,;, . Ac
" free inhabit-int." Alter further t-.abora-tiou
ou this point, the Chief Justice said,
! the State of Illinois, and held him there as
i slave until the month of April, 1 St(. At
the time last mentioned, said Dr. Ktnersou
removed the plaintiff from said military post
at Rock Island to the military post at Fort
Stifclling, situated on the West bank of tha
Mississippi river, iu the territory kuown aa
I pper Louisiana, acquired by the I, null
States from France, and situated North If
the latitude of 30 dcg. .'ID North, and Noil
of the Stato of .Mi-souri. Said Dr. l'uior
held the piaititiff in alavery at taid F.
Snellin until the year l:5q.
" Iu the year 1 "s-io, Harriet, (w ho is nam
iu the second count of the plaiutift s declarJ
tion.) w as the slave of Major J aliaterro, wl
bciuicd to the .-riny of the United State J
Iu that year (I :).")) said Major Taliafurrl
toos said Harriet to said i ort 1 knelling
military post situated as herein before stated!
and kept her there as & slave until the ycarf
I Cob, nun tlien sold and delivered her as a
slave at I'ort SuelliuL', unto said Dr. Knieraa
son, hereinbefore named : and said Dr. Fm-F?'
ersoii held sai l Harriet in elavery atsaidt.
rort u l ii njr until tiie vear l'-i-
" In the year 1 "'IG, the plaintiff and said I'h
Harriet, at said rort t'ut: ili w ith the con-
isent ot said Vr. Jmerson, who then elaimeJ J
to be their master and owner, intcr-nianied
and took eaeu other for husbtnd and wile, tl
. iilizi and Lizzie, named in the third count
of the plaintiii' a declaration, are the fruit of
( that marriage, l'.iiza is about 1 i years old,
and was born ou board the steamboat
Gip;ev, of the north Una of the State of
Missouri, and upon the Mississippi river;
Lizzie is about ears o.u, and w as bom iu
the Mate ot Missouri, at the mi.itarv nost
their said duujhttr Eliza, from said Fort
Suelliiit; to the Slate of Missouri, where they
have ever since resided.
" Uefore the commencement of this suit,
said Dr. l.mersou sold and eouveved the
plaiiitiff, s.iiu Harriet, Kiiza and Lizzie, tu
tin Jcletidaiit as slaves, nud the defendant
claimed to hold each cf thctn as slaves.
" At the time mentioned iu the plaintiffs
declaration, the defendant, claiming to bo
owners as nlore'.'d, laid bis hands upon said
plaintiff, Harriet, L'liza and Lizzie, aud im-
pri-ouod them ; doing in this respect, how-
ever, no more than what Lo L.iglt lawfully
do if they were of right his slaves at such
The Chief Justice proceeded to examine
the statement, assuming that this part of the
controversy presented two rpiestious.
Firstly. Was he (Scott) aud all his family
free in Missouri T and,
Secondly. If u. 1, were they free by reason
of their r.novnl to llnek Island THinnis?
'
The Act of Congress on which the plain
tiff relics, contains the clause that slavery
and involuntary servitude, rxci pt for crime,
shall be forever prohibited ia that part
of the territory acquired by treaty from
Loui-iana. and not included within the limits
of the State of Loui-iana. The ditfi'ulty
which meets ns nt tho threshold Is, whether
Congress is authorized to pass such a law
under the powers grauted to it by the Con
stitution? The plaintiff dwells much upou
the clause which gives Congress power "to
make all needful rules and regulations re
'pecting the territory and other property of
the Luitcd States, but this provision has
no beat ing on the present controversy. The
power there given is confined to tho territo
ry which then belonged to the United States,
and can have no influence ou territory which
was acquired from foreign governments.
The Chief Justice then referred to the ces-
. : c 1 1 1 : j t
piou 01 lain uy . irguna ami osner ciates,
saying the only object was to put an end ta
existing controversies, and to enable Cou-
rross to ili-pose of the lands for the common
benefit. Undoubtedly the pjwer of sov
ereignty and eminent domain was ceded iu
the act. This was proper to make it essen
tial. There was then no Government in
existence with enuineratoJ powers. What
was called the States, were thirteen inde
pendent colonics which entered, into confed
eration for mutual protection. It was little
more than a Cnugres of Ambassadors, in
which ail had a common concern. It was
this Congress which accepted t.hc cession
from Virginia. They had no right to do so
under the articles of tho Confederation, but
they had a right as independent powers tJ
accept the leu! for the cjinmon benefit ;
and it is equally clear, having no superior
to control tligni, they ha-! a right to exer
cise al.solutu doiuii1ie.11, subject only to the
res.'i ietious which Virginia imposed. The
ordinance of 17-7 was adopted, by which
tiie territory shoui i be governed, aud among
other proiisinns was one that slavery or in
voluntary servitude should be prohibited,
except tor crime
j 111s was in
tatc of things when thcCou-
-tiiu;:oii l
by Virgin
rate! State
formed. The territory ceded
longed to the several coufede
eommon property. The States
were about to ui-solve the V onleilcratioo,
and surrcii ier a portion of their pewer fr
tue '.'orui.aion of a new government, and tin
language used limited and ,-pecif.jd the ob
jects to be accemplisheJ. It was obiioua
that some provision wa i.o.v nee. -sary to
jive this r.-w cove ni.:ie;.t the p--w, r to car-
ry into effect every o
ct f jr w hicii tha ter
ii tiecetsary tint
sold t piy the
ritory was
the lands
ceded.
u
sliO llal
and that
ti.o eitiz
war d.-bt
t? pr Jtce!
r sW-r
.n i. it re givn
whs in' !.t eurgriie
yaV.v.,-
"ft
f a
iJ