. L i - - ' . -. . u 31 if i 4 '- A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Devotee! Politics, the Markets, Foreign ratnre. Agriculture, and General ' . Iuformation TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE. to FAYETTEVILLE, 'N. C, ; SATURDA x,:. MARCH -4, 1854: BRYAN & YATES, Proprietors. VOLUME XV NO. 7S3. TJ -. ' .r? ..... '' ' ' ''' ''' '' '' - New Store on the "KaH PRINTED BY WILLIAM J. YATES. .11 OB Ell T K. B II Y A NT, Editor. 1rnu of Sul"scri?t!m to Ibe .forth CaroEnlan : F6r a single copy, if paid ia advance, per annum, 52 00 '' ' ' ' " at the ciwtof 3 months, 2 50 4 . 14 tit the enl oT 6 months n - f 4 , " " at, the ffld of the year, 3 50 ' ' No Kulicription will Iks' retired for a porter periixl ' than one year unless paid m advance. With the view of-eitjjidintUp circulation and en hancing the u.-efuln-sf the paper, the . proprietors of ,. fcr the following - remarkably low, . . - ' ' CLUB HATES, MJSAJT&V and,ShC t r copies of the, Carolinian, 1 year, 13 00 00" Letters on business connected with the firm must bo addressed to the unarig!ieel. and must be post paid. Rates of AdvrrtKin;; : Sixty rnt per srjictre of Hi lins fr the first and thirty cent for each subsequent insertion, unless the sidvertisrnr.t i published for more than two months fivbeu it will be charged For three months - - - - H 00 Vor six mouths, ----- ( 00 For twelve months, - - - - 10 00 JCiT-All advertisements muft be handed in by Friday .10 o'clock, a. m.. to enpure their insertion in the -next Jav"s ):per. and should have the desired nundwr oi'iu Fcrtions m:irk'd on them, ortherwise they will be in serted till forbid and charged 'accrdinfrly. I'.KVAN & YATES. public Snar. CoIToe, Tea. fhftsarticle. - i , October S, 181 ings for sale by Nov 12. in:.:; 815 llunaway from the a.id TOIJMV. John i high, weighs about LS. 11 yearss feet H i'.ic U.S. 1 IK'V V.Cl'C eoiig beriand countv. and WIXTKItl STOCK just received and'bpcned, at bis Uwlr 4f firnfn tt. ik fewdoOTS from the Market Houie " and- nearly opiKwite his toid Stand, a large 8txk . btaile and Fancy Dry Goocis, Einbraeiuir a ceneral a.ortuient of Ladies und (ttutle mcn" l)rt Goods cofcsiidin! in part of Shawls Cloak? and Abuitillas mine iry tine; and also a, good assort ment of Skoe aad Uoqts for Ladies deatlcmen, (iirlf, liovs and Children. And the licst jtsRirtraeut of Silk . v., IXjGOOB REPAIIV: a Rivrt-sidc, ,on .oW Little. River, 1 4 mflea west of Fay etteville, formerly occapied hr Col: A-Mnrct'on. containing some 25Q acres, including tbe dwelling and all other improf thieuts on the north Jidc of the Hirer. TUere are about 50" acres hiider- eiiltiVation. xasarrSi- and other btylesof Botineta Jichas cverouereu to iiieJ me oi a iiigu ate?orartproemenf, , from "which , Willi ivpner, SijTcpS' and Tolwicco, p r v 1. "SIIiSHWELL. TROY i MARSH. 0 L'hborhood. ue 31 A It It L. V.Y CKO Nearlv onpoditr to K. W. J''n vette vilh Ort, 1, !S.r3. - y V A C T O It V , LAFDER. Willkiitus' Auction Store X. C. , AKTiIAC;iC II(ri:L. Having recently purchased the above otabli.-lr.nent froi Maicom Kelly. Kmj., I am now prepared to enter tain lU" a coin fort a lb manner tliost-who may give me a call. .Jlarrug aiBpI-' stables.-' good hostlers and a di poVitinu r fircomiito date. 1 trust ! shall be aide to gi v tutir sutixfai-thf a t those who may favor me witli theirpatr;ia'e.. ' ' II. (J. Mel-FAX.' T December 5, Hr'-- " 7o "'. !!;! in Johnston Cou'ity. or I'ity Dollars lor 1m heiision and K -livery li-ii'-ment in anv Jail ill tln tii. An additional fc paid tor tlie e.;ivn the a!e X';foes. Fair Full". Coluinbii II. it i:u it i). ibscrilKr. his Xegro men. JOHN about 21! years old. 6 feet 1 inch or HHJ lbs. Tdey aged about es high, stout, and weighs 17.5 lit from Mr James Surles. of Cum- ill -probably be lurking in that has a w ife at Mr Richard Finl's. Twenty-Five Dollars for cither. Ih. will be paid for their appre- tl the subscriber. -or for their con- the Slate. s that he can get inn of One Hundred Dollars w ill ;o:i of any person of harboring Architect nml Reiect full v in fori: to cvvute i'FAXS and Court Houses. tagi's. and. other pit! Hoofs. Ac. Ac:, till w niitile for the same of work. Orders will veceiv drawn and .-e:t to an Hot ice. Oct. i:. is"3. II A K IS Al? ( 1. It&ilU i , Fa) cltcvitlr, X. C . the iu!)lic that he is prepared every description su h as State iMns. ,vc. .Also. L,-n-urcnes. col ic and private edifices; R ridges, un r-Npcciiicniions ana t.onirucis Ie will al.-o siierinteud all kinds Mr I' 1 1 K I I.SOX KI)W'I v. i: s w a v is it o . and Wholesale Dialers in .-omestic DRV (JOODS. 24 Fark FKce and 1.) Farelay street. No'vem!)er 7, 1 "):', f-m-pd c; n Importers 4V I . Foreign and Xkw Vouk. JtL.l.r.T"lOX AXI) LAXI) VOll SAL.1C. The Kubcril"r oTer liis IMantation and Land for Fab, situated on the K.-t side of Cape Fear Kivi r. about 'fo.ir mM-s fro. a F:v -tteville. There-are about .")00 acr of land, :;:) of which are cleared and under cultivation. On the premises is a dwelling aud all noe.M.4try iint-homes. The soil, for fertility, is not surpassed, bv any on Cape Fear River. Fersons wish ing t purchase will please call and examine the premi sr. A bargain mav be had. JOI1X McLKRAX. Jaa'v 14. 1Sj4 :bn p 1 The subscribiM" olfcr of L uid. located in Ih It is about eotu-distat burg 1 1 igh S liool. :i adajteil to the growth also o.Ters great ind turpentine and lumb. Alexander McLean. F. to whom all coiumiiii mav be addressed at ( Luther Dine, w ho res pleasure in exhibit in for that purpose. Oct. 2- prompt attention, and Flan? part of the country at short ly-pd bM) l'OK SAI.K. for sale twelve hundred acre's lower end of Richmond county, t from Floral College. Laureii- l Laurel Hill. The Land is well of corn, cotton, wheat. Ac. It enicnts to those engaged in the business. I have constituted j. mv age'ut. during my alisencc. ations in regard to the matter ilopolis F. .. Robeson county. es near to me premises, w in iaKe them to anv one who mav call " J. C. FIXE. : r i-tr TO 3IIITj The su!)scri!er t ik.i frie ids and the 'pubFc Wriirhl business and a fratning. and erecting o i: . t. C . ii v 1. 1, Hm removed to the well known staul of tin in .o a. corner of ("Iren and Row streets. April 2. tf Drs .1- lliglily lmprlnltt t Houwkrcjwr. MVTIIKSSKS I MVTItlSKS! MATRKSSKS I .111 cvtupftitinu in the trntle drficd. Th subscriber begs leave to inform the public that lie ha- co:utantly f.i hand, and is manufacturing to or der, all kinds and sizes of Matreses. which he intends to sell i: percent cheaper than any similar establish ment in this phi -. Having served as an apprentice to th business in one of the northern cities, he trusts that he. .will be able to give the most complete satisfac tion to his custom ts. He manufactures h;irAlatreses. Matresrtos with springs, lire Matresses. and all kinds of settee" bottomings. Uoloes also all kinds of repairing and renewing. Persons in want of any article in his lin are requested to call and see specimens of bis work at the Fo-t OriVe building. JOSFFll OTTARIU'RO. Januarv 21. 1S.4. :Sm CMCMKN'T i. VltlJIlT, AMoriicyat dior, Vixyctte villc. Oflicf at the corner of Row and (liven streets. Feb'y :i. is::;.- - - I( u is KI1K lias received from the Xorth the largest, finest, and most .carefullv selected stock of FFRXI'fFRF ever of fered in this market, consisting of fashiona!le painted cottage bed room furniture in setts ; curled-hair and shuck'an l cotton Mattresses; Rooking ('lasses: Willow Wagons aid Cradles; patent self-swinging Cradles: Side -Hoard ; Bureaus; Secretaries ami Rook Cases: What-Xot; Tables,' all sorts; Wash Stands; Candle Stands; Wardrobes: Fieture Frames and Class: Window Sha les; Cornices; Curtain Rauds; Sofas in Mahogany and Wal iut; Tete a Tetes; 'Ottomans; Divans A Stools: Chairs of every variety. Fine rosew ood Fiar.os (Ren net A Co's. of I '.road way. Xew York). Oetob -r 1'J, ls.-)3 " ly-pd NOTICE. T1IOSF vh are indebted to me by Xote or Account will please settle the same. And all debts due me pri or to the 1st Jan'y ISMb must be settled, as longer in dulgence cannot be given. A. A. M civ FT II AX. Oct 1, 1K.V1. tf IC 31. Ml HCHISOX, t'omiillKloit nnd Porvanliiiif .Mudiant, WILMINGTON', N. C January 7. ls.'4 y x o r i v i-:. Having pmvhascd the interest of J'. R. Underwood in the linn of C. W. Lawrence A Co., 1 will continue business as heretofore at M vuv'.'s Ci VKKKN'. I have from 12 to I ." ; Coopers constantly at work manufacturing SFIRIT RARRHLS. at the rate of loo to 12 per week: have now on hand H Rarrels- for sale, at 'lo ca.-li at the shop, or S'i 3o delivered in town. I hall also continue the distilling of Turpentine, and will pay, within l." cents per barrel of the Faycttev ilk price in ca-h. or goods at cash prices. Tiirpnitiiir Hra nti'fl. I have now in Store a general assortment of(Joods. for sale at Favetteville prices. All kinds of country limJuee taken in exchange for goods. Call ous principles, either ehiucrv. lb returns liberal patronage tie h bv strict attention to I satisfaction, to im-nt Matters himself that hi anv other machinist f sons who want work well to give him a cat workm "ii in his cmplo jobs at the shortest not Orders promptly atten ad Iress the s ibscribi county. X. C. ovembcr 1. l.lli (JILL'S XE I 1 tie SubserHer. a perience. has for some tcsiift rat urn to be vet of a suitable burnish art'cles now used eill impart that lustre so ii 'I: i stan tm g a proi mg the last twelve nu t!i" tak of preparing Hons, and has at lndih after evp'-rimen t completel ru plus ultra JUirn mav be tested in oil over all others. Cal Lauder's Marble Fact with an excellent arti X'ov t). IS.V1 ive always I have always- on it CKK'IFS. FRO VI the Fall and Winter T or in exchaitge for Fr I have now in Stori Lard. Rutter. Cheese, and Frown Sugars. R Vinegar, Fish. Cigars Starch. Spree, lain wrought and cut X'ail and a good assort men things fn the droeerv Also a good assort Shoes. Xegro Rlanket meat of Ilea Iv-ma le (l'lothin October 20. ISoS. JLrif- All persons iri-vio!is to October 1 to make payment. 1 old business. - Fthumrv-.il. lKH T1IK subscriber oTtfc Xorth of Fayettevil Favetteville and Ra about twelve liundrc to tic niak'iig of Turj on the repair the tuvess; premises, a go. aud now in ope Also. another tract LANDS .AND SAW" MILLS FOR SALE. The health of the 8iibscriler being such as to rendef of basiuesrt neoesSafy. ntferji for ealo the And r T I V T T 1 t X r ; One .Sa to. : Mttl, . ordinary care aud industry, - can Iks raised a eudcicuey oi prouace for liotu mill and rartm z.f Al?or the aw mill timber (for years) rm : eeveral hnared acrea of land (yet itrttpu;heil lying on the same stream aiiove tne FAti OTT-im-L'LE, N . C. r-r- fT Tie st?y at New Vi She l"' 'At1-,:., h Lr,'. j ----- . The Cud in the Cush. 'In the story, of "flmilv Oxford, or Life in Australia," we find the 'following incident of George Flower, -a- famous mounted 'policeman, who was sent out to --hunt ui a notorious bush- stream above the mill, joining the- lauds - from 1 J Co. X. ('. .TOIIX Oct. G. COLKV C' -tf IvhttrU The '- ncceiifary Avagons and teams for carrying on the business can le bought of the fulscriler. Any other information can le had of the subscriljer or of 1). 1". McKeithan on the premises. A. McKEITIIAX. Riverside, Feb'y 13, 18" t 8l-4t- d WOUTII &, UTLEY, Funcardinz and d'cneral Commission Merchants, FAVETTEVILLE. .C. J. A. Woktii. " JosErn TJtlev. Feb'y IS lS.-4. 81-tf - SUEMWELL HOUSE. Ftnjettcrillc, X. C. Fast side Green Street, a few doors North of the Mar ket House. The subscriber begs leave to announce to the citizens of Favetteville. and the traveling public, that lie has just linii-hrd and opened his House, for the reception and entertainment of any who may wish permanent or transient Roard. His house is large and comfortable, and his table shall always k furnished with the best the maiket will atlbrd. lie also has good and trusty Ostler,' who will attend faithfully to that department of the business. No pains spared to make those comfortaJde who may favor him with their patronage.- a fdiare of which is respect full v solicited. C harges shall be moderate. ! R. SUEMWELL. Fcb'e 18. 1S.VI. 81tf THOMAS .TOIIXSOX, just received, and offers for ale. OAVA'KliS. this method of informing his hat he still continues in the Mill 1 its branches, viz: foundering. Vater or Steam Mills upon varU with simple or complicated ma- :s thanks to the publ.c lor the reeived heretofore, and hopes siness, and by giving general continuance of the same, lie work will compete with that of ipeod and durability. All )cr- .1 1 ! Ill one in t lie aoove line woum no as he has several competent and is prepared to execute all -. it. ce and on very reasonable lerms. led to. For further information at Johnso iville. Cumberland I). R. JOHNSON. y-ipd- lias 10 -Rids, extra New Orleans Molasses, ; " ' Svrup. 10 ' ' Mess Fork. ." llhds. new crop Molasses, North Carolina and Western Racon, Rlacksniiths Tool-, complete, Together with a varied stock of CIROCEKIKS. HARDWARE, AND DRV GOODS, which will bo exchanged for country produce, cash, or good paper. Also, a heavy stock of ROOTS AND SHOES, some very tine. Also.t fine Dress Coats aud, Rants, Satin and other Vests, Shirts. Ac. Ac. Also. Distillers' Glue, and Seed Oats. . T1IOS. J. JOHNSON. Feb'v 18. 18.-)!. M-tf FALL AD S-K V O N 1 VlTLil STCIK FOR 1853. STARR A WILLIAMS are now receiving their se cond stock, for this season, of Staple ami Fancy Dry GM)ds: Hats, Caps. Shoes, Roots; , Stlk, UitHi antl Straw ami Keatly-made Cmtliuig; with (ilovcs, .Silk and Cottoii 1 losiery. Ron nets; Fmbrellas. a large asstrtmeut of Handkerchiefs. The above stock embraces a variety of Seasonable Goods not enumerated, comprising one of the largest assortments we have ever offered: and having recently been purchased by the package, at a reduction from the prices of the first of the season, they will be offered to w holesale bu vers on our usual terms. , J. R STARR. Oct ;i. is:.:;. J. M. WILLIAMS. jVS ultiia ut:it?iisir. ictical Root-maker of some ex- time been sensible that there is a supplied to the public in the way r hoots and shoes. .Most of tne r injure the leather or fail to cessary to give to man's itn v finish. He has therefore, dur- iths. been devotion himself to u article free from these objec- mueh investigation and succeeded, ineresun is f . s lt." He only wishes that it er to establish its superiority on him at his shop opposite Mr rv. llav street, ami nesuppwou at a chea rate. THOMAS (JILL. tf SECOM) " llTHt'lIASI2 FOR Tllli FAI.I OF 1853. The undersigned would notify their customers aud all others buying in this market, that they arc now re ceiving a second Stock of Fall Goods for l8o3, selected by one of the firm personally, consisting of a general assortment of .Dry (loods, Hardware, Hats, Caps, Boots and , Shoes. A large addition to their stock of Readv-Made Also Clothing. All of which they offer to the trade upon their usual 'accommodating terms. Furchas rs will find it to their interest to give our tock an examination Ijcfore making their selections. HALL A SACKETT. October 8. ls.',:. ind a full assortment ofGRO- IOKS. and other Goods suitable for a h', and which I offer for Cash.' luce of almost any kind. i -Flour. Meal. Corn. Rice. Hacon. j t rackers. Salt, white ( larihed t lo and Java (,'oifee. Tea. Molasses. ' tobacco. Snuit. i andles. Soap. es. Reoner. Rackets. Rrooms. Rowder. Shot. Rercusslon Caps, of Dve Stuffs; w ith many other line. nent of Drv Goods. Roots 'and and Kcrsevs. and a -good assort- Call and buv cheap. AV. II. CARVER. 7('0-("m ATTEXTIOX, TIIK AVIIOLEI indebted to me by account t. 1S.":. are earnestly requested m desirous of settling up the R. K. RR VAX. NOTICE. s for sale, his LAXDS. six miles . and about one mile from the igh Flank Road, consisting of and sixtv acres of land, suited utine or Timber. There is abo While you are talking of your internal improvements, forget not to call and see the improvements made in Guns at M. A. Rakers ' Gun Manufcctory, on Hay street.' opposite the Fost Office, where he has the Prussian Needle Gun. Air Guns, and various improved FistoIs,tf ('olt's Repeater. Allen's, Whitney's arms com pany with Maynard primers, Armstrong Duelling Fistols: w ith a large assortment of double and single- ! barrel Shot Guns. Game and Shot Rags, Powder Flasks. Percussion Caps of English and French make. 1 w ith a large assortment of gaining fixtures. KiUes constantly on hand and manufactured to or der, and warranted to shoot from 100 to !0() yards. Repairing of every thing in the Gunsmith line 'will be done at t-hort notice, in the best manner, and for a small charge. All orders promptly attended to. All woik warranted. M. A. RAKER, Sign of the Wooden Gun, Hav street, opposite the Post Office. Jan'y 28, ls',4. tf t o UX. I."i00 bushels country Corn in store, for sale by W. H. L UTTER LOII. January 21. 18.j I tf Jamk.s C. Smith. Miles Costix. JAMES C. SMITH St CO., Commission Jfcrcfianls, Have removed their office to the second fdorv of the Saw and Grist Mill, all in good I building formerly occupied by the Telegraph Company. ition ; also, a Dwelling, and all irv onihousbs. in good repair. the hea l waters of Caiver's Creek, known a the Tarry is a small Farm, a Dwelling House G and see. W. LAWRENCE. S'ov 2."V, C.O-tf iiAurii'W tuu.i:ib ATT OTt X E V A T L A W, F.VYKTrKVIl.l.E, X. C. Office on Anderson Street. Octoler 22, lS,":i f-m I..M It HO !v Kit. I have so many calls about Turpentine lands that I have concluded to offer my services to buy and sell. Those having lands for sale will furnish me with plots and quantity, together with a fair description, and price. Nov. IS. lfl.M." 8-tf. JAMES G. COOK. XOTK'E.-MI LES EOIt SALE. The subscribers offer for sale Three Teams of .Mules. "Wagon and Harness. Thome wanting Mules would do well to call on the premises. Also, 2tXl!) acres turpentine Land for safe. Call and W. A. MFLVIN. Place, on which tiiere and other houses. On the first nam five thousand Turpen old. All the above lands! molatiug terms. P please call o i tiie su x-howing-the above la Oyt. 27. is: will be sold on the most accom sous wishing to it!ichase. will M-r'der. v.ho will take pleasure in ids. WM. R. ROLTON. I (V.-tf Illisll POTATOES. 10) Rbls. super No for sale bv Feb'v l. ls4 rthern Vellow. iust nn oived. nnd PETER P. JOHNSON. All person- TllCStTEE'S 'having are hereby notified ti with him, within sixt excluded. Favetteville, Feb. pee. Cypress Creek, Rladen Co. 1-tf if)') Rushels S.-ed O Feb'v 1. 1854. IIUTTEIt, A new supply, just received. Jau"v30. lbol 7U-tt f two liundred and fifty acres, on ract. there is cut about twenty ine Roxes, from two to four years NOTICE. claims against Farquhard Camn- bell. and iles:ro:is to ajvail themselves of the provisions of a Deed of Trust executed bv him to the undersigned. tile the particulars of their claims davs hereafter, or thev will lie ! " JAMES P. HODGES. 8, isr4. si-:;t P. S. Claimants miv tile their claims with mv At torney. Warren Winslow. OATS. ts, just received and for Fale by PETER P. JOHN SOX. geo. McNeill. when' thev are prepared to attend to all business in the Commission line. All business entrusted to them will lie punctually attended to. Wilmington, Jan'y 14, 1K4. 76-ly CHEAP GOODS, I am now receiving a much larger stock of Fancy Dry Goods than I have yet offered in Favetteville, consisting of Drv Goods of every description, Hats, Roots. Shoes, and Keadv-made Clothing, which will be sold as low as any goods in the State. I will be glad to have the ladies call and examine my stock. F. MOORE. Sept. 17. 18:5. tf II. KUAMBEKT, Confer! tonrr)- nnd A'nrlety Slorr, Under the Favetteville Hotel. Hay Street, Favettevhj.e, December .11, 1853 y X. C. 15 H O X S & DeROSSBT, NEW YORK. II c II O S SET fc BROWN, WILMINGTON, N. C. General Commission Merchants. 10,000 lbs. Tallow vantnl, For which the highest cash price will be paid. Oct 8, lt53 A. M. CAMPRELL. DENTAL NOTICE. DR. W. F. BASON begs leave to say that he ex pects to be in Favetteville in February, when he hopes to see and hear from his friends and others. Jan'y 26, 1854 7D-tf - lie inet Millkrhairasa fcllow-ransrcr. and who supposed Flower to , le dead. After sonic con- lersation, Flower said : "Now suppose a mount- coponteinan, or AiiiCMaKer a fellow' oi rtal piuck was tocome upon you when you vrere alontaHrtvas to challeiiffe you to tsurreuder, fhatwoulcl ydif lo? Would .yTm draw your trigger at once, aud not cive .laih' cliauce?" TTxL 'tcMl ln'm to .stand Frm ' Califernij. fc- Jp ICortheru ; Light lias arrived I rano?r named MilKghau : with late dates- from California. 30,000 ia gold on freight V ' . m Capt, lfalker xr)cd!tioai( 3ia state that f matters wcrV ap- ou prosperously. ific barque conveyed the first cjcpcdition to . j" '-" - n 'lifvc 'lionn ohfiirPf1 liv fbo !?-- - , - - .! ""No " cried Jtldlighaii, 4he success . wic filhbuffters is destined to be short lired, fort is stated that the IT; S. sloop of Avar PortsibcSath and the government mail steanier was to leive San Francisco for the pur pose pf looking Iftcr Captaio Walker and his party. Westerx Hog u kahk. The total number off hogs packed in 0ioy Tennessee, and Kentucky this season, embracing all the principal points, is one million two hynd red and sixty-Jive thvvsuvd fixe hundred and fipy-five, against nine hundred j and seventy-five thousand seven hundred and j ninety-eight last -year being an increase in the I number of two iiiwdrcd and eighty-nine thousand j wished to meet that fellow in the field, for what I "Millighan," said Flower, still keeping his eagle eye fixed on him, "are you speaking the truth?" "Yes, so help me Heaven!" "Now let us sujipose." continued Flower. I "that such a man as that fellow .George Flower i the fellow that was drowned the other dav j was to be in. the same positioii'with you as I am ! now?" "I'd tell him," said MiHighan, "that one of us must die, and challenge him to fight fair." "How fight fair?" "Whv, I'd ask him to measure off lift v vards, to walk backwards five-and-twenfy paces, and let me do the same." "And do you think he would doit?" "Yes I do, for he was a man. 1 have often -.; 1 ( ' i'- weight seven hundred awjifty-sercn, and in the five per cent. JKS"- Gen. Dockery, the Federal nominee for Governor, is a incniler of the Baptist Church ; and we know the belief is eutertaine'd that he will obtain democratic votes on account of this fact. We mention this to show the desperation to which federalism is driven, and to advise cer tain of our Baptist friends of the calculations which are being made at the expense of their intelligence and political integrity. Standard. Washington, Feb. 22. A rencontre took-place here last night be tween Senator Clemens, of Alabama, and Mr Harris, of Mississippi.' ' Mr Clemens was intro duced to Harris, who declined replying. The introduction was unsolicited. Mr Clemens re torted that he would make Harris responsible. Mr Harris rejoined angrily, when Mr C drew a revolver and struck Harris a heavy blow on the head, cutting it dangerously, felling him t6 the ground. Clemens then seized a chair, but was prevented from a further attack by his friends who interfered. The ditticultv remains uncxplainad, and a duel is anticipated. ': New;, Plan for Railway?. Tlie New York National Democrat ; notices sometTuug tion, the inviAitibtS of Mr Henry Smith, of Michi gan. Mr Smith's proposition, as we learn from thcHemocrat, is to build lailfays wholly of iron, elevating the track on cast iron columns, and suspending the cars" from the track instead of resting 'them oa it. Tlie National Democrat says : "Such a road can be built for less tlun the expense of building a ground road, it will be infinitely more durable, is less liable to get out of repair, and secures a degree of safety, with twice the'specd, not yet dreamed of by travellers on our best managed roads. The idea is a novel one, and from a pretty thorough examination of the plan'," we think it entirely practicable, and one admirably suited to the exigencies of the times. Everyone feels the necessity of secur ing greater safety on our railroads, and there is a rapidly increasing demand for this mode of conveyaneel Railroads are springing up as if by magic.in all sections of the world; and hence the great necessity for those engaged in their construction to encourage every idea that tends iu any way towards economy, durability, facility of construction and transit, and, above all, to insure safety: All these, and more, arc comprehended in an eminent degree in the Elevated Railway. It possesses a vast number of advantages over any railway now in opera tion on the face of the globe. Aside from its cheapness, durability, safety, etc., it can be run through the thoroughfares of our cities and villages (cars at full speed) without obstruction or annoyance, an air line can be more easily pursued,-' while curves can be turned with no kind of fear of the cars ever running off the track, far heavier grades can be ascended with ease, it cats no man's farm in two, in no way endangers travel on our highways, and it is im possible for the cows to get on the track, while it looks down with contempt on the snow bank." I!iuuorcu3 Selections. "An old soaker who lives in Western, Mis souri, took it into his head one day that it was nesessary for his future welfare to be 'born ngin"a1l forthwith repaired to the Rev. Mr B -, the respected pastor of the Baptist denomination of the town aforesaid, to obtain light. He was received with urbanity, and forthwith the following ensued: Old S. Its your doctrine, boss, that a feller to be saved must suffer immersion, isn't it? Mr B Yes, Mr S., it is a fundamental doc trine of our Church, that a man to be regenera ted, must repent of his sins, and be immersed. Old S.Well, boss, after repentiu' and been slid under, if he flashes the pan, then what? Mr B. Although back-sliding is much to be deplored, still, if he sincerely repents -of his sin and is again immersed, the Cuureii win lecenc . him again. Old S.Well K'nrne- he ajrin kicks out of; the traces after the second time, (for you know what critters there are in the world, boss) then what Is'to pay? -n Mr B. Notwithstanding all this, if he will seriously repent, and solemnly promise to amend his future life, the Church will again receive him into its bosom, after being immersed. Old S.f (after a few moments of deep thought,) proposes tlie closing interrogatory W ell, boss, would'nt it be a blasted good idea to keep sich j ti lers in a soak all tlie timet" My' informant did not say whether old S., joined the Church or not, but I incline to the opinion that he didn't:' Knickerbocker. I most want iu this life is its excitement and to j be killed by the hand of a man like Flower, or to escape by killing him in a fatrjight -either way would be something to suit me." "Millighan," said Flower slowly, "I believe every word you utter. Now listen to what I am going to tell you. I am George l'lotcer " Millighan started. lie gazed " on -'Flower, whose, eve was now riveted on that of his adver sary. Millighan'scarbine dropped from his hand but he did not change color or betray any alarm. "Pick up your piece," said Flower, pointing to the carbine and assuming.; a' proud aud care less attitude. "I am all vou have said of me, Millighan. I might have shot vou like a dog; 'Xr- The Caloric steamer Ericsson made a trial trip from New York recently. The inten tion Was for her to remain out three or four dnv ;lnt. she returned in consequence of the j -lin'tlcrs not being perfectly air tight. before I spoke to you just now; but I could not do that, for you are a man as well as myself, aud you arc as brave as generous. -Pick up your piece and walk backward five and twenty paces; but let us shake hands first." Millighan took Flower's hand, and sighed heavily as he shook it. "Do not surrender," suggested Flow er, half tearing that Millighan would do so and break the very charm that bound him to the man. ""Surrender!" cried Millighan, with a smile and a sneer; "no! I'll never do that. And knowing you to be a brave foe, I have still a chance; for I shoot as straight as you tlo. But tell me in earnest; are you George Flower? Yes, you must be. But hear this (his blood bfgau tp warm)-if you arc not, we must light this day, for we cannot after this live together." And Millighan took up his carbine, and satisfied himself that there was powder in the pan, and with his left thumb he pushed the corner of his flint round so as to insure ignition when he drew the trigger. Flower placed his carbine against a huge stone, then put his hands into his pockets and looked at Millighan, "I am George .Flower,", said he, "and ''who' but George Flower would deal wit!i you as I do? Don't let us talk much, or I may forget my mission and become a bush ranger myself." And Flower took up his car bine, aud examined the powder in his pan and touched the flint as Millighan had done. "Flower! for Flower you be," said Millighan, "grant me, if you shoot me, one desire that has haunted me. I do not dread death, but I have a lienor of burial. If I fall, stiller nie to lie on the very spot. Let the eagle come and feast upon my carcas, pluck these eyes from their sockets and the skin from this brow; let me lie here in this lonely region, and let my bones bleach iu the sun, and the rain fall, and and the moon and stars shine upon them." "My God!" exclaimed Flower, seizing Millig han by the arm, "the same dread of being bur lied has ever haunted we. If I fall by your hand, let me rest here, with my head pillowed upon this gun. Let no man living be shown the spot where I fell." "Take your ground," said Millighan. "I am ready." "There is my hand," said Flower, "and should we meet in another .world we shall not be ashamed of one another, my boy." Tears were standing in the eyes of. both Flow er and Milligham when they parted. Each stepped backward pace for .pace. Millighan followed by his little terrier, Netth s. When thev were 'about fifty yards apart, they halted ami looked at each other for several minutes. Both simultaneously levelled their carbine but each was indisposed to be the first to fire At last Millighan discharged his piece. He had aimed at Flower's heart. His bullet whizzed iat Flower's head, and carried away part of the left whisker. Flower fired and Mdhghun fell flat oivhis face. The' ball had entered his left breast. Flower ran to the spot to catch any hist word Millighan might desire to breathe. But Millighan was dead. Svknev Smith. Nothing was more odious to Syduev Smith than forward priggism. One cveninir, at a dinner party, he was excessively annoyed by the familiarity of a"young fop, who constantly" addressed him as "Smith;" "Smith, pass the wine," and so forth. Presently, the voun,r gentleman stated that he had received an invitation to dine with the Bishop of Loudon, and asked the reverend canon "what sort of a fellow" he was. ' " "A very good sort of a fellow, indeed," re plied the satirist; "only let me give you a piece of advice don't call him Howley." This rebuff vastly amused the company; but the object of it, being a fool at all points, did not see this point, and talked on in happy un consciousness. Soon afterwards, one of the company rose to depart, pleading- an engage ment to a soiree at Gore House. "Take me with you," roars young Hopeful.- -"I've the greatest possible desire to know Lady Blessington." This request was very naturally demurred to, on' the ground that a visitor was not authorized to introduce uninvited guests. "Oh!" said Sidney Smith, "never mind; I'm sure that her ladyship will be delighted to see our young friend: the weather's uncommonly hot, and you can say that ybu have brought with you'Ac cool of the evening:7 Scekui? Letters under RUHcuItlcs. A capital anecdote has been told us of a Mr Cornix, who acted a week or two as deputy hr a Postmaster at ouc of our West-Virginia Min eral Springs, last Summer. Mr Cornix, in r having touctived the notion cf going to IVii.v, had . ; Never learned the lingo," and s.g'tbe following laughable disrop.litnrc !. fclT hint in consequence of meeting a live Fivi. man in Jhc course of his official duties, f . ; t . ii it... . r . .: i l .v i Atonsieur jua uoux-, me uiorcsuui rrencin. having; come over from Paris to see la . rcjwllirfue de AtmeriqnetWc a true Frenchi. begau his search for knowledge at the rcsor liiV'.tstrrc u nd so r .mo in curso-to t!.- Y:r funeral springs, leaving some very creole friends behind him in Louisiana, his ardci.t sou). demanded and expected a tri-w cckly !;:tt -mentoftheir health, etcetera, in return funis in stant jottings of his opinions on American m Mi ners, customs and society. Whenever the came in, therefore, Monsieur La Douxw;:.- il. first at the office. "Any lettaire for Monsieur La Di;;" ! would enquire; and then the impcrt in Imlil nix would thutnh'e the ontciits of t he L aud return for answer "Wall, no reckon ni.'' . For two weeks did tlie indefatigable L:t I Mux visit the post office iu pursuit of 1 tl rs, t i ! to meet the invariable "Wall, no re kou i . Sometimes he would turn away with an ill ; -pressed "sacrc " damning the mails :u:i t!, deputy and doubting his friends. The i! pi:; ; 's "Wall, no reckon not" was become hati li.l t his cars, vet he could not refrain from ciKpiii ii: r for. his letters. The deputy, for his part, .-rt. tin Frenchman down as a bore, and cursed him in his heart everv time he turned awav. ()' v ing the pile of letters in the L. box to be on the increase daily, a luminous idea at hist j j ( d into the Frenchmen's head : "Mon friend," said he, one day, after Ik ai in -the deputy's "Wall, no," for the fourteen I h time, "sail 1 'ave de plaisir to luok attic 1 . t taire?" "No objection," said Mr Cornix, giving 1 im the "pile." "Ban!" exclaimed La Doux, throwing o(V a letter from the top of the pile with an exultant look : "Helas! no lettaire for Mon-iem- l a Doux en rcfitc!" he again exclaimed, throwing down three or four more; "("est bien! no It t taire!" aud so he went on exclaiming ami throw ing out until he had found ten. Picking up hi own letters, lie turned round upon the deputy with a savage uir "No lettaire for Mon.-ieur La Doux! what you call ilat? Ees dat no let taire?" "Them letters b'lougs to Monsure La v T i u 1 . -,'' exclaimed Cornix, who had an idea that he wax about to be imposed upon or robbed. "Lay Ducks!" exclaimed the l'i cin h i iau, with a look of mingled ind gnatiou and conteinpt. j- "Lay Ducks I by gar, JL see, you un fo-.: -un rita is xot 3ou!-tall do' ignoriiihe. Ytm no comprehended notting you no ondeiv tamh . h language et de pronunciation Francaise. f ..... L at de lettaire," said he, holding up one of I ' . ii,, "L-a, dat ces Iar; D-o-u-x, lat ees ) ! :c Doux." "That's a fact!" exclaimed Cornix, with a sudden enlightenment ; "Devil take tlie Fn m h," lie continued, smarting under his chastise un ;,t. Frenchman picked up his letters ami inontl to the door with a grumbling curse on ail fo.,! who'' don't understand French lhe great. ! languatre iu the world without a doubt-- t i -tainly iudisjteusable to every Frenchman ! -(jicenbrier ( I'o.) lira. fculd'nt lure Mm. A good story is told, in an eastern paper, !' the treatment of a drunken husbnml by his ami able spouse. After trying various i .p i in.' i, i . all to cure drunkenness, she thought ol 'amain ; plan of making a reformed drunkard of her Ion;. She engaged a watchman for a stipulated n ward to carry Philander to the wateh-htn; while vetin a state of insensibility, and to ! i i ' ; -en him a little when he recovered. In ce,, qnenee of this arrangement, Philander w;.l.. i up about eleven o'clock at . night, and le nt ., himself lying on a pine bench in a strange ami dim apartment. Raising himself upon hist! bow, lie looked aroud until his eyes rested em ,t man bv the stove smoking a cigar. 'Where am I? said Philander. In a medical college,' said the cigar Mm!. ; . What doing there?' 'Going to be cut up?' 'How comes that?' 'Why you died yesterday, while you drunk and we bought your I ody to make oiny.' 'It's a lie I'm not dead.' 'No matter we bought vour (anas your wife, who had a right to sell it, for it', the good she could make of you. If you're i dead that's no fault of the doctor's ami thm cut you up dead or alive.' 'You will do it eh?' asked the old sot. 'Ay to be sure we will now directly,' wa t resolute answer. 'Well, can't you let us have romet hii:g drink before you begin?' This last speech satisfied the vat.i:;an t Philander was a hopeless case; ami, ward was contingent on his siieccssiui tie ;.u of the patient, he was not a little ha-iii. the result : so. with no 'gentle hanellag, tumbled the irrefonuable inebriate out oft. watch-house. ei a'l; i lit! L.Mir; F. Sai.k ok Nkohoks. A number of m grocs, eighty-live in all, the property of G e .-. D. Baskerville, were sold iu Warren county, im the -21st and 22d inst., at very high prices. (.. man, a brick-mason, brought 2,-lfd), the- e,th- i raugeel from $1:125 to $1540; women g' m i . brought over '$1,000 each; one young worn;, i sold for $1 100. The whole lot averaged f r:;; the sales amounting to near $5-1,000. There were but few prime hands among tie m and the sale is considered remarkable fort'. prices obtained. H'ifmitmton Jlcrald. It is stated thut 220 vessels cleared at Mo bile for foreign ports during the year ending i October last, carrying 345,1)30 bales cott i Of this amount, only 10,470 bales were put board at the wharves, while 330,400 bales w. taken 28 miles down the river in lighters. T. 1 cost of this extra work in shipment amount., to over $95,000! And for other artieh-.se freight taken by these vessels was added .1. 192 making a total of $1 10,289 for uc i' of expense on freights down to the .-en. ( ' Courier. Receruer s lzoi. - . . I o F .:' 1 i, '":'" ' V-'t-i- ' ' -. '.V '