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m (Hi N KK- A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Devoted to Politics. the "Markets, Foreign Damcslic News, Literature, Agriculture, and General Information TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.,; SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1854. Hit VAN & YATES, Proprietors. VOLU3IE XV -NO. S04. fivi (F fo) 1? nm Jl UJ JJ LI Liu PRINTED BY WILLIAM J. YATES. I J, 0 B E l T K . T II Y A N" , Editor. Term of Suinr rb-ion to the .orth Carolinian : For a'single ,'iy, if paid in advance, p;r annum. $2 00 " " a t the end of ;i montiif, 2 50 " at the cii'l of (i months, 3 00 " at the end of the year, ' 50 No subscription will be receive! for a .-liorler period than oik ymr unless paid in advance. V.rith tin' view of exti-ndins the circulation and en hanein;: tlic u ;o!;iLic(sh of tlio paper, the proprietor of fer the following reniarkabl y low CL UJi AVI TK S, IJT.1 It LI T L V I.V AD VA.'CE: " ei.pV'S of the Carolinian. 1 year, ?8 00 Letor m bn;-!! i it-il with the firm nsnt-t be addressed to the undersigned, and mu.it be pout paid. Rates of Advcrlklnjf : Sixty cents per square of Hi linos for the first and thirty cents f-r each subsequent insertion, unless the advertisement is published for more than two mouths, when it will In; charged For three months, ----- $-1 00 For six months, ----- C 00 For twelve months, - - - - - () 00 All advertisements must Ik; handed in by Friday 10 o'clock, a. rn,. to ensure their insertion in the next dav's p-iper. and should havi; the desired number of in hertioiis marked on them, ortherwi -e they will le in fccrled till forbid and charged accordingly. 1JUYAN & YATES. .I A It U I. 1-: V A C T O It V, r,v ;i:. LArni:u. Neruly Ojnosite to I'.. V. Willkintrs" Auction Store. Fayetlev ill-.-, N. C. O t. 1. i s.-,:',. ' y CAHTHAKK HOTEL. Having recently purchased the above establishment from Maleoni !v"liy. K-sq.. I am now prepared to enter tain iu a coiiiloriaiile manner those who may give me a call. J Living amide stables, good hostlers and a dis-po-itioa to acconmiod:ite. 1 trust I shall be able to givee::tire satisfaction to those who may favor me with their patronage. . II. C. MchEAN. 1 leceiuber IS."):'.. 70-tt CMOMIIXT ii. TA'ltllillT, -VI lorn t-y a t L.M.W, KayrtlcviUc, .Vt Ofiiee at the corner of Bow and Green treets. Feb'v .'5. 1 s.-o. OTK'K. THSK v, ho are Indebted to me by Note or Account will ;deac settle the -nine. "And all debts :i;ie me pri or to the 1st -la:i"y 1 .";, must be settled, as longer in dulgence cannot be given. A. A. MeX ETHAN. Oct l. i .;.-) :i. tr C:i:iiiSsKio ;ttl i'orKari'ins 'I:rclail, WlI.MlNUl'ON', N. C. January 7. IS.", I y NOTICE. T':r- I-'avetf -vil'" lee IIou will be opened daily for the 1 di very ot menct'itr -M rid:: from 5'j to 7 o'clock, A. M., com 17lh inst. Tick- is for ice are now ready for sale at the store of G. V. Williams v Co. No Ice will be delivered cs cepi to tickets, as it is not bit :ided to keep any ne-r-iiKtts. When called on to deliver lee outside of the tinv so-cilied a'oovc, doa'de the regular rice will b-charg.-l. JOMV D. WILLIAMS. April s. 1S51. 8S-tf a an ic i" iri" i: v 5'. We have received o:ir usual stock of FARMIN(3 IMPLEMENTS, such as Plough". Harrows. Cultivators. Ac. Ac. " J. & T. WADD1LL. A new 2 h rse Wagon, complete, for sale. March is. IsM " J. A T. W. James (!. Smith. Milks Costix. .1 A 51 US C. S3!IT:I A. '0., Ci'iiimissit'i Jt' rr.hu .;., Have removed t!ejr oOtce to the second story of the b.iil li.ig I'oi in -rlv occupied by the Telegraph Company, where they :v prepared to attend to all business in the Coni:a"ss:o: line. Ail b isiness entrusted to them will be punctually attended to. Wilmintoa. Jau'v 1 1. IS.",!. 7G-ly SJ.") 11EWAKD. Oa the 1st day of January. 1. -.",:. 1 hired a Boy named Robert to John A. Williams. Esq.: some time in Feb'y following he left M r Williams, and I had rt aso'i 1o be lieve wis lurking in the Neighborhood of Fayetteville. but now I believe le has been kidnapped or decoyed by some villain. Said Boy is of black complexion, is between I. '5 and 1 1 years oid. quite an active good look ing lit-ile fellow, a i l no doubt can tell a very plausible t ife. I will give the above reward for his delivery to me. or eontinein-vil in a :y Jaii. so that I get him again, or $50 if arrested out of tiie State so that I get him. JAS. EVANS, Guardian. March 11, 1851. Sl-tf iMFi'V o in, t., Aiis ni-:wvitr. Tie- ahove reward will be given to any person who w'.ll deliver to me my negio woman ANNA, who ab seo;ied aV.ui , the 1 1 th of November last, or for her confinement in svliy jail in this Suite so that I cau get her again. Said negro is of bright mulal' o complex ion, sp ;aks clearly and more properly than negroes usually do. anil i rather below the medium size. It s supposed that she is lurking about the vicinity of Fayetteville. aided by the celebrated Simon Blue of harboring notoriety. She may attempt to pass as a free person among the numerous free iimlatlocs about Favettevilie. alex. McMillan. Dundarroch. Robeson countv, I April 2ti, 1.S.-.L f 91-tf 1 V V I O M c T V F F E K , BUIC1-: MASON AND PLASTERER. I'MVi'tirvIiic, '. Persons wanting work deue iu his line will lie promptly attended l by addressing him at the Favette vilie Post Office. Favettevilie. Jan'y 28. Is5t ly-pd UODIilllCIt M1AW, INSPECTOR OF TIMBER AND LUMBER. WlI.MlNOTOX, N. C. Will give prompt attention to any business in this line intrusted to him. He solicits a share of public patronage. Wilmington. May 3. 185 1. 2m pd. BACON, LAUD. RICE, and all other articles iu the Grocerv line, for sale by May 13. " G. W. I. GOLDSTON. BOl-TV LAXD WAKKAXTS. The Subscribers will pay the highest market price for Lund Warrants. Apply to J. H. J. MARTINE. Hav street, near the Post Office. June 24. 1851 " 3:u . jpSS" A School Touchers' Convention will bo held aJIarringtoii's Academy, in the village of Car bouton, on the second Saturday of August. The, ob ject is to form a Teachers' Association for promoting the cause of education in Moore. Speeches on appro priate subjects may be expected. Mr Harrington pro poses to give a dinner on the occasion. All teachers in the County, both Male and Female, are respectfully invited to attend. Hour of meeting. 10 o'clock. A. R. BLACK, DANL. McINTYRE. June 21. 03-7t CYRUS HARRINGTON. , SPRING IMPOIITA1IOAS FOR 1834. STAIUl & WILLIAMS, Wholesale .dealers iu Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, Hat?, Bonnets, Boots, Shoes, Umbrellas, and lieady-JSIade Clothing, HAY STKKET, FAYETTE VILLK, X. C, Invite the attention of their customers, and the trade generally, to a verv superior .Stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, Which they will sell at prices as low as to be found in any market South of Mason and Dixon's line, to pur chasers wiio pay promptly or buy for cash. .Merchants will tind in this market good stocks, and at priced which cannot fail to please. March 7, 1854 CEDAIl FALLS Cotton Turns and Sheet ings for sale lv ' ' TROY & MAUSH. Nov 12, J So.- v 8ISO UElHAIil). Runaway from the .subscriler, his Negro men, JOHN and TOBK Y. John is about 2( years old. C feet 1 inch high, weighs about 185 or I'M) lbs. Tobey aged about 22 yearss 5 feet ! inches high, stout, and weighs 175 lbs. They were bought from Mr James Surles, of Cum berland county, and will probably be lurking in that neighborhood. Tobey has a wife at Mr Kichard Uird's, in Johnston County. " Fifty Dollars for either, or one hundred Dollars for both, will be pu;d for their appre hension and delivery to the subscriber, or for their con finement in any Jaii in the State, so that he can get them. Ait additional sum of One Hundred Dollars will be paid for the conviction of any person of harboring the above Negroes. JOHN COLEY. Fair Duff, Columbus Co. N. C, Oct. 6. 63-tf I 800 ACUIW OK LAXD I'OK SALR. The subscriber offers for sale twelve hundred acres of Land, located in the lower end of Richmond county. It is about equi-distant from Floral College, Lauren burg High School, and Laurel Hill. The Land is well adapted to the growth of corn, cotton, wheat, Ac. It also olfers great inducements to those engaged in the turpentine and lumber business. 1 have constituted Alexander McLean, Esq. my agent, during my absence, to whom all communications in regard to the matter may be addressed at Gilopolis P. O.. Robeson county. Luther Dlue. who resides near to the premises, will take pleasure iu exhibiting them to any one who may call for that purpose. J. G. BLUE. Oct. 22, 4-tf TO MILL OWXERS. The subscriber take", this method of informing his friends and the public that he still continues in the Mill Wright business and all its branches, viz: foundering, framing, and erecting Water or Steam Mills upon vari ous principles, either with simple or complicated ma chinery. He returns his thanks to the public for the liberal patronage he has received heretofore, and hopes by strict attention to business, and by gi ing general satisfaction, to merit a continuance of the same. He flatters himself that his work will compete with that of any other machinist for speed and durability. All per sons who want work done in the above line would do well to give him a call, as he has several competent workmen iu his employ, and is prepared to execute all jobs at the shortest notice and on very reasonable terms. Orders promptly attended to. For further information address the subscriber at Johnstown. .Moore countv. N. c. D. B. jon.vo.v.' isTo-oi.iix-i i, l y-4pit. CiI&.L.'S Nil PIilS 17I..TISA BCKMSII. The Subscriber, a practical Boot-maker of some ex perience, has for some time been sensible that there is a r.iiih-rnttiiil to be yet supplied to the public in the way of u suitable burnish for boots and shoes. Mort of the articles now used either injure the leather or fail to impart that lustre so necessary to give toman's "? Itrzt'tii'ftitg ' a proper finish. He has therefore, dur ing the last twelve months, been devoting himself to the task of preparing an article free from these objec tions, and has at length after much investigation and experiment completely succeeded. The result is (iifl's it jilit.i ultra Burnish.'' He only wishes that it may be tested iu order to establish its superiority over all others. Call at M. Faulk's shop opposite Mr Lauder's Marble Factory, Hay street, and be supplied with an excellent article at a cheap rate. THOMAS GILL. Nov 9, 1853 tf NOTICE. TIIE subscriber oners for sale, his LANDS, six miles North of Fayetteville, arid about one mile from the Favettevilie "and Raleigh Plank Road, consisting of about twelve hundred and sixty acres of land, suited to the making of Turpentine or Timber. There is also on the premises, a good Saw and Grist Mill, all in good repair and now iu operation ; also, a Dwelling, and all the necessary outhouses, in good repair. Also, another tract of two hundred and fifty acres, on the head waters of Carver's Creek, known as the Tarry Place, on which there is a small Farm, a Dwelling House and other houses. On the first named tract, there is cut about twetity j live thousand Turpentine Boxes, from two to four years old. All the above lands will be sold on the most accom modating terms. Persons wishing to purchase, will please call on the subscriber, who will take pleasure in showing the above lauds. AVM. R. BOLTON. Oct. 27, 1853. 5-tf PITMFS. Force and Suction Pumps ; Sheet Lead and Lead Pipe, for sale by C. AV. ANDREWS, April 1. tf Market Square. These Pills t-ntirel.v Vegetable, and are a most superior Medicine iu tin- cure of all Jiiliout 0m I'fafifx, Vtilts ami h'rrtr. Ihff.mvi . rStxtirvness. Z.ovr fbmiIttint, Jaun'licr.. Sick ilemiartie. S-rt'tiltu Salt Jfhruin. V-r of all kinds, fan tf Apirtite, Obstructed and painful Menstruation, and all Zin fft'.ring d.tcat s. Ae a Feianle Medicine tttoy net like a cltarro. anil wlion tafcpn acordiuir to the ilii-eclious. they hctit fnil to curd the worst casos of Piles, aftir nil otlii" remuiiies f:iit. They purify the lilooil. equalize the circula tion, restore tlie Liver, ICicliicys. and other Se cretory Origans, lo a healthy tone and action! nnl as nil Aiiti-lliiions Family Medicine tbey have no equal. Price 115 ccuts per box. Also 4 remedy for Coughs. CMs. Catarrh. Uronrhitit, Croup. Whooping ugli, Jls'znut, f 'uiisumition. A'arrovjt Jisrases. Dysjiepsio. Voi tirrnexs. Eriripclas. Viffosr f the. Ifttirt, Inflammation and Pain j the Chert, Hack and Side, and all diseases arising from a ae- njf siare oj The .Sfamacn, ana to reiterr. ine aifirrss ana voa jeeitng j rm eating too heart fond, in weak and dysjejttc habits. WARRANTED TO BE PURELY VEGETABLE. These Mils act us an Kxpeetorant. Tonic, and Aperient. One rent box possesses three times more power to cure diseases nnriu "'o Tllar lttle of any of the Svrups. lialsame. or Sarca will r,mt Tie -''rB ev ur mn- : and a .simple triul of only one box illproTe tins ,m,.rtRut truth. tory '-oreanl .r ,.,he other Secre- un Another SSVii'!! " matter, and there i i.npaVtince,ru.rhn,H i,' ""fAl pans these Hills. Tltev C! Z Jt f. "nd A ,tM sr.: res",ar "etissasK JfKiHcORvns, Ki,in- full particulars an. "erfiet V ' Both kind of the aUive-ntimeU Pill f cat Every Town and VUJa.n sirVha Sonth Iu- Fayetteville by SAM'L J. HINSDALE and I V SMITH. June 17, 1854 3m CHARLES BANKS, COXPECTIOSER, FAYETTEVILLE, N September 1?, 1&52. l.t:3IBEllTOr ACAUEJIV. The Exercises of this Institution will commence on Tuesdav the first day of August, under the eare of James C. Davis. A. M. Mr Davis has bad cousideraMe experience as a Teacher, and has, under all 'circum stances:, given general satisfaction. The situation of the Academy is pleasant and healthful, and the morals of Lumberton are unsurpassed by any village through out the country. Good Board can he bad in the vil lage from $8 50 to 9 per month, every thing furnish ed. Rates of Tuition $t, ilO and $12 per Sessioa of live months. EDMUND McQUEEN. Ch?n of the Board of Trustees. July 22, 185t 803-3t ;. r' FKAltCE & FEHGl'SOX, 1 Wholesale dealers in Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS. j j Hats Cops, Hoofs, Shoes, READY-MADE CLOTHING, North side Hay street, Faykttkvili.k, N. C. Jt'if Strict attention iaid to orders. B. F. PEATfCE. July 15, 1S54 J. 11. FERGUSON. NOTICE. All persons indebted to the undersigned by note or account will cave cost by settling the same liefore the 15th of September next, as longer indulgence will not be given. john d. McNeill. July 14, 1854 803-4 t-pd. DISSOLl'TIOX ASD KEW FIRM. The firm of Pearee & Pemberton was dissolved on j the 1st inst., by mutual consent. And J. B. Ferguson ! having purchased the interest of T. II. Pemberton, the business will uerealter be conducted under the name and style of PEARCE & FERGUSON, at the Store lately occupied by Pearce & Pemberton. Julv 15. 1854. 802-3t LAXD IfOll SALE. On Saturday the 5th day of August next, I shall offer for sale at the Court House in Lumberton, a very valuable Tract of LAND, lying on Lumber River and Bear Swamp, near the line of the contemplated Railroad from Charlotte to AVhitesville. it Ixdng the tract whereon Alfred Bigga now lives, containing -132 acres. Title warranted as to all except 41 acres. Also, two well-broke MULES, 3 years old. Terms : Credit until 1st Jan'y next, at which time possession of the land will be given, payment required and a deed executed. Possession of the Mules will be given at the time of the sale. Bonds with good security will be required. R. E. TROY, Trustee. July 15, 1824. 802-31. AVILr.IAM II. MAILS!!, Coiiimissiuu ami Korvi-tii Merchant Watei: Stkkkt, WILMINGTON, N. C. Usual advances made on consignments. July 15, 1854 802-tf SETTLEMENT. Those indebted to the subscriber will please call and settle. There are a good many bills for Corn, Hay. Ac, (which are cash articles.) standing on book. TIIO. J. JOHNSON July 15th, 1854. 802-4 1 18 5 4. st p n i u U U O D S . The undersigned are now receiving, and expect to have their entire Stock in store by the 13th instant, of SEASONABLE GOODS, Embracing a great variety of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. Hats, Cups, Bonnets, Umbrellas, Parasols, Boors AM) SlluKS, Foolscap and Letter Paper, Blank Books, Bolting Cloths, &c. Sec. &c. With an extensive assortment of Ii 12.1 1) Y-M.l I) K C K O TlIIJk'G , And Foreign and Domestic Hardware. All of which (hoy oiler to the trade at LOW PRICES and upon accommodating terms. Purchasers will find it to their interest to give the above Stock an examination before making their selec tions. HALL A SACKETT. March 8, 1854 TEAS ! TEAS ! ! Hyson, Imperial and Black Teas, of superior quali ty, ju:st received and for sale by J. N. SMITH. June 24, 1854 3m H.VKKIXGTOX'S MALE AND FEMALE SCHOOL. CYRUS HARRINGTON, Principal. Miss Ann Mahmauet McEacuix, Teacher in the Fe male Department. W.m. M. Biiooks, Assistant iu the Male Department. The Third Session of the School opens July the 17th, and closes December 1st. Reports respecting Scholarship and Deportment will be sent out semi-annually, and no student found to be of a bad character will be permitted to remain in the Institution. A course of Religious Lectures will be delivered le fore the students. Board from SG to 57 50 per month. The subscriber has ample accommodations, and desires to take all the Female Boarders into his own family. Tuition in both Departments 8, 10. $12 50 to $15 per Sessiou. Extra Music on Piano Forte, with use of instrument, $20 : Drawing, Painting, Embroidery and French. $5 each. For further particulars address the Principal or either of the Teachers. Cvhkontox. June 24. 1X54. 00-10t TO PASSENGERS. The STEAMER SUN will leave this place everv TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 15 minutes after sunrise; and Wilmington every WEDNESDAY and SATUR DAY at 12 o'clock, with Passengers and Freight. It. M. ORRELL, Agent. Fayetteville, June 3, lft4. 9G-tf TO DISTILLEKS. We will pay the highest cash price for Spirits Tur pentine, and request Distillers to give us a call wheu iu market. J. fc T. WADDILL. July 1, 1S54. tf AM BERG & CO., Mauufactnrt'iK and Dealcru in Ready-made Clothing, trhohsale and retail. ALSO, A large and complete assortment of Gents' furnish ing goods, embracing every article of Gents' Toilette. AM BERG & CO., E ist side Greeu St., in P. ShemwelFs new building. Julv 1. 1854. M.)0-tf Medical Tetimony cannot lie Controverted n.. nf the most startlinor cases is narrateil of Dr. McLane's Vermifuge by Dr. John Butler, of Lowell, t......,Kh11 t'o Ohio. The case was that of a vonnsr l I U III "... ' - - - - . lady who had been very sick for eight years, and had consulted a number of physicians, who had treated it as one of Prolapsus I ten. jr. juuer was tuen calico lu. and for a time believed with his predecessors that it was a case of Prolapsus. He, was, however, soon forced to the conclusion that his patient was suffering from worms, and after much persuasion, prevailed upon her to take two doses of Dr. Mc'Lanes Vermifuge. This medicine had the cfl'ect of removing from her a count less number of the largest size. After she passed them, her heulth immediately returned. She is since married, and continues to enjoy excellent health. Celebrated Vermifuge, aud take none else. For sale by S. J. Kiasdale, Fayetteville N. C. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. KepotiatioDa at Sladrid. The Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette writcshat indeed avus foreseen as the inevitable result of his negotiations that Mr Sonic has no longer any hopes of an amica ble settleaieut of the Cuban question. The correspondent snys he derives his facts and conclusions from Mr Sonic himself, and tlrnt they are, therefore, worthy of entire confidence. These facts and conclusions are to the followitig effect, Tiz : that the responses and general cou duct of the Spanish Cabinet have been so uni formjfrcuji,the day on which his firstdeinand wa? made, that he has become convinced that their minds were made up in advance as to what line of conduct they intended to pursue. "Ho turn which he could give to the negotia tions has succeeded in changing the uniformity of their replies, or the obstinacy with which they seem determined to cling to a settled line of policy This couduct on their part is based on two hypotheses which possess their entire confidence; one of which is, that England and France will lend her their assistance iu cases of emergency, while the otheir is, that the demands of the government of the United States are mere de magogical threats, made to subserve political ends, and not based ou the true sentiment of the United States. No treaty has been concluded between France, England and Spain on the subject; but conferences have been held, from which Spaiu has gathered .sufficient assurances to give her confidence in their ultimate support in case of actual war. The only question which Spain believes divides the parties is the question of slavery in Cuba, and upou this question, when it comes to the point, she will give iu to her allies, so as to secure their support." Sunday in Paris. Mr James Brooks of the New York Express, gives the following sketch of Sunday iu Paris: Strange Paris! It is Sabbath, and the workmen on a new building just opposite my hotel on the Boulevards are at work as hard as ever! They waked me up at 6 A. M., counting brick, "uu," "deux," "trois," etc. and they kept on couuting and brick-laj'ing all the day. The Sabbath of Paris differs as yet only from a week day, in the more brilliant exhibition of equipages, and the greater devotion to pleasure. I reasoned a little ou this subject with a French lady, who defended the custom with so much volubility, that her French, if uot her logic, con fouuded me. She defended it all, however. with the greatest zeal aud .energy. Some of the newspapers in Paris, just now, are urging, purely as a question of political economy, that men cannot work as well seveu days in the Week as jit, si V ti.it tU lmi-n f uaturf require the Sabbath for rest and relaxation, and tiiat, therefore, Sabbath work, Sabbath shop-keeping, etc., ought not be. The Government, I think, is favoring this reformation, and so are the clergy, who are publicly urging a better observance of the Sabbath. The appeals have closed some few shops on the Sabbath, aud the number is said to be increasing. Indeed, the shop-keepers themselves, iu order to have the Sabbath as a holiday, are combining, and one is agreeing to shut up if another will. If, however, the com bination succeeds, the only result for the notice will be it greater thronging iu the Bois of Boulogne, the Elysian Fields, the theatres, the cafes, and such like places. Versailles, now, is thronged ou Sundays. Indeed, that is the only day when its galleries aud little palaces are all open. And so is the Park of St. Cloud. The magnificent jets d'eaux were this afternoon in full display, and thousands upon thousands were witnesses of the spectacle. The Versailles water-works play on some Sundays, and the St. Cloud waters upon others. This water-works' play seems to me to be peculiarly French. More anon. Ax Expkxsive " NbiiiKK." Among other bills that have been rendered to the U. S. Mur shal for services rendered iu the case of Burns, are one for military services amounting to $9,000; one by thu city of Boston for extra Policemcu amounting to $7,000; II. I). Parker's bill amounting to 4,000; and the steam-tug John Taylor, $420. These are but a small number. Jioslvn -Mail. So it will be seen that 25 negroes could be bought for what it cost to recover one. The San Francisco Commercial Advertiser tells of a race that came off on the 4th July, ou the Eel river, between Mr Malonev's trotting horse "Jim," and Dr. Felt's mare "Lightfoot." The purse coutended for was three thousand bushels of potatoes. Arkansas Giuls. The Memphis Express tells the following story of a friend of the edi tor's, who went over into Arkansas recently, to attend a "break-down," that is, a dance. "The ladies, upon the occasion, were arrayed in the best, with all the gay colors that an un cultivated taste could suggest. The gentlemen were dressed in homespun clothes, and none but our friend had broadcloth upou his back. Dur ing the evening, sweet potatoes of an enormous size, roasted in the ashes, were handed round to the company, together with a handful of salt for each guest. A beautiful young lady soon became smitten with ourfrieud, (perhaps with his magnificent moustaches,) and resolved to dance with him. She thereupon turned to a friend, aud addressed her iu these words "Sal, hold my tatcr while 1 trot round with that nice hoss what's got on store clothes." Our friend was clinched accordingly ; he could net extricate himself from the grip of the rustic beauty, and was obliged to "trot round" alter her for one lonir mortal hour before he cc-ild obtain a respite from his labors. He made his escape the first opportunity, resolving that he would never again go to an Arkansas break down." The Heat. The Chicago Tribune gives an understandable illustration of the beat on a hot day : A Dutchman was being driven down Clark street vesterdav, in an open wagon and ap parently weltc'rimr under the broiling sun. Espving a five cent piece on the side walk, he jumped from the wagon to get it, but the hot bricks made him so sensitive that he quickly regained his seat, and sung out to the boy "Hans, drive on! Mine Gott, h 1 is not one mile from dish plashe. Opium Eating on the lIcaKii. The effect of habitual opium taking on health aud longevity, has been a subject of legal con sideration. A remarkable trial took place in relation to some assurances effected by the late Earl of Mar, iu the Ediuburg Life Assurance Company. The Company discovered, on the death of the Earl that he had been iu the habit of taking opinm to a large amount and on that ground, refused to pay the insurance. The case was decided against the Company on the presuiuptiou that they had not beeu sufficiently careful in their preliminary inquiries as to his habits. Dr. Christison, who was concerned as a medical witness in this case, was led, in the course of his investigation to some interesting data, both in respect to the frequeneyof this habit, and its effect o.n the duratiou of life. It must be coufessed that, from these in quiries, opium does not seem so destructive as might be supposed ; but there is no revelation made as to the misery in which life was passed; and, in all probability, a vast number of fatal cases have been in more than one sense buried in oblivion. However, Dr. Christison's cases are replete with interest, and will be read by those who are concerned in similar inquiries with the greatest advantage. He gives a short state ment of the ages of the opium eaters and the quantity taken. It would appear that many reached advanced periods of life, such as fifty or sixty, after fifteen, twenty, or thirty years of this lamentable practice. One old woman, who died at Leith, at the age of SO, had taken half an ounce of laudanum daily for near!' forty years, and enjoyed tolerably good health ail the time. Another, who died at seventy-six, had taken about the same quantity, and for the same time. Very many such statements are made, but I conceive they are exceptions from a general rule, and that the health was by no means so good as represented, for in some instances these persons are stated to have given up the opium for intervals, which they would scarcely have done if it had contributed to pleasure without impairing the health. Dr. Christison must be himself aware that a long list ofdrunkards might be uiade who had escaped the evils consequent on their habits, and who died at an advanced age. Such statements, however, are interesting chiefly as matters of curiosity; and the exam ple, as the poet says, "more honored in the breach than the observance." hog Rolling. An Englishman who was travelling ou the Mississippi River, told some rather tough stories about London thieves. A Cincinnati chap, named Case, heard these narratives, with silent but expressive huuiphs! and then remarked that he thought the Western thieves beat the Loudon operators all hollow. 'lluw ou? iuijuUeit tne JMiglisnnmii, with surprise. 'Pray, sir, have you lived much iu the West?' 'Not a great deal. I undertook to set up business at the Desmoines llapids a while ago, but the rascally people stole nearly everything I had, and finally a Welch miner ran off with my wife.' 'Good God!' said the Englishman; 'and you never found her?' 'Never to this day. But that was not the worst of it.' 'Worst! Why, what can be worse than steal ing a man's wife?' 'Stealing his children, I should say,' said the implacable Case. 'Children! 'Yes, a nigger woman, who hadn't any of her own, abducted my younger daughter, aud sloped and jined the Ingens!' 'Great heavens! did you see her do it?' 'See her! Yes, she hadn't ten rods the start of me, but she plunged into the lake and swam like a. duck aud there wasn't a canoe to fol low her with.' The Englishman laid back in his chair and called for another mug of 'uff-and-'aff, while Case smoked his cigar and credulous friend, at the same time, most remorselessly. 'I 1 shan't go any further West, I thii.k,' at length observed the excited John Bull. 'I should not advise any one to go,' said Case quietly. 'My brother ouce lived out there, but he had to leave, although his business was the best in the country.' 'What bu.iucss was he in?' 'Lumbering had a saw-mill.' 'And they stole his lumber?' 'Yes, and his saw-logs too.' 'Saw-logs?' 1 es. YY hole dozens of fine black walnut logs wtre carried off in a single night. True, way to :s; but upon my honor, sir. He tried every his lo prevent it; hired men to watch it was all no use. They'd whip if there had been no one there, 'em out of the river, out of the out of the mill-ways.' 'em away as They'd steal cove, and even 'Good gracious;' 'Just to give you an idea how they can steal out there,' continued Case, sending a sly wink to the listening company, 'just to give you an idea did you ever work in a saw-mill?' 'Never.' 'Well, my brother, one day, bought an all fired fine black walnut log four feet three at the butt, and not a knot in it. He was deter mined to keep that log, any-how, and he hired two Scotchmen to watch it all night. Well, they took a small demijohn of whiskey with them, snaked the log up the side-hill above the mill, aud then sat down on the log to play keerds, just to keep awake, you see. "Twas a monstrous big log bark two iuches thick. Well, as 1 was saying, they played keerds aud drank whiskey ail night- and as it began to grow light they went to sleep a-straddle the log. About a minute after daylight my brother went over to the mill to sec how they Ot on, and the log was gone!' 'And they sitting ou it?' 'Sitting on the bark. The thieves had drove an iron wedge into the butt end which pointed down hill, aud hitched a yoke of oxen on, and pulled it right out, leaving the shell and Scotch ers sitting a-straddle of it, fast asleep.' The Englishrnau here rose, dropped his cigar stump into the spittoon, aud looking at his watch, said he thought he would go on deck, and ee how far we'd be down the river before Elder Kichard Willard, one of the Mormon saiuts, died recently iu Utah, leaving twenty disconsolate widows to mourn their irreparable loss. A Duel in tbc River. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times, writing from Helena, Arkausas, describes a quarrel which arose there, and the manner of its settlement, to wit: One of the coldest niehts last winter, two prominent citizens of this place, who for years .... , mouiiUB melius, met at the bar-room of one of the taverns, and soon became tnerrv over a little of the sparkling juice. From good humor they got into argument, from argument they got into hard word?, and from hard words to abusive language. Indeed, it soon became evident that, under the code of Southern chiv alry, a "meeting" between the two was encvit able, to satisfy the honor of oiw-or both. In the midst of the cxc'it-m.nt, however, one, ami perhaps the first offender, happened to cool down, and, reflecting on the folly of shooting at, or being shot by an o'.d friend, thought of an expedient to prevent shedding of blood. "I say, S ," said he to his excited friend, "we have quarrelled, the lie has passed, and uow we must meet and have it out." "Nothing else will satisfy me," replied the other with an oath. "Well, uow, I consider it foolish foi' old friends as we have been," continued the lirst speaker, "to light in any way: and as we both have families who would suffer as much as eith er of us could by a meeting, I have something to propose, which, while it will test our courage, will not be quite as dangerous as facing pistols and bullets " "What is it?" asked the other, his anger sud denly cooling to a remarkable degree. "Why, that we both strip off, jump into the Mississippi, swim out twenty yards, and return, and the first, one who reaches the shore, to bo declared in the right." "Done!" replied the other, who was an ex pert swimmer. Instantly both parties stripped, and though the cold wind howled from the north, and the surface of the water was crusted with ice, they started almost on a run for the river, followed by some bystanders who had witnessed the quar rel, and who were to be judges. In they both plunged, and boldly stemmed the father of wa ters, despite the freezing "temperature of the fluid. Out they swam, until the judges decid ed they were twenty yards form the shore, and bade them return. One easily reached terra firma, but the other soon gave out, and to the horror of those on shore, screamed for help, lie was rescued with much difficulty, and as he was hauled, shivering and almost drowned, from the river, he exclaimed betweeu his chat teriug teeth : "I'll be hanged if 8 ivasnt right. I must ha re been dru nk ichen I disputed xcith him !" A little internal ami external application of w ooivi.i eneTca tne parries from riie unsea sonable swim, when they shook hands and re sumed their former intimacy. I like this new mode of dnelling, and recommend it to those chivalric individuals who contend that wounded honor can only be healed, or courage tested, by squinting at the muzzle of a cocked pis'tpl. Central Africa. Dr. Yogcl, the' astronomer and naturalist, writing to the A.theieum from Lake Tsnd, gives' a terrible description of Central Africa. The forests consist for the most part merely of two sorts of accacias, not a single tree or shrub is devoid of prickles.- There is no fruit or vegeta bles except water melons and bread melons, and tomatoes and onions, and almost the sole viands consist of meat and poultry, which are very plentiful. A fowl may be bought for two need les, a sheep for eiirhteen-pencc, aud a large ox for six shillings. The soil is capable Of all kinds ' of cultivation, if there were but people there laborious enough to till it. Indigo, cotton and melons grow wild; rice and wheat, the former particularly could be raised iu any quantity. The inhabitants, instead of following agriculture, find it more convenient to make marauding ex cursions into the neighboring countries, and to carry off a number of slaves, mostly children from nine to twelve yeai's of age, whom they exchange with the Tibbu and Arab merchants, for the trifling necessaries which they possess, be3'ond the few things afforded them by the' soil. These eoustst principally of celico, Kolt and a little sugar. In this kind ortrafiic a slaw boy of ten years is reckoned at about 15s. and. a girl of the same age is worth about JC1 sterling. The lake itself is not such a line clear water,, but a morass extending further than the eye can reach, and on its banks arc mosquitoes numerous enough to sting a man and horse to death. Chaniclions, ants, termites, venomous serpents, scorpions, and toads, from four to five inches iu diameter, aie very numerous, but beetles and butterflies extremely sen ree. There are great numbers of elephants aud hippopotami by tlie lake, and large wild crows, gazzelle, and antelopes are also very numerous. The black ladies plait their hair, employing in the process an extravagant supply of butter, into innumera ble little tresses, united iu the middle of the head by a comb, which gives them very much the appearance of having ou a dragoon's hel met. Sometimes they wear also little locks around the head, of the form and size, and, thanks to the fat, of the consistence also of boreehips. They dye the front teeth red, the corner or canine teeth black, so that when they opeu the mouth they remind one of a chess board. They paint themselves over with Indigo, including even the arm and face, which gives their complexion an excessively ludicrous blue tint. "IYxch" ox Bonnets. The last numbor of Punch contains a pictorial guess at tbc distance at which ladies' bonnets will be worn from their heads at the next remove. The tendency has been further and still further rearward, aud the next change, Punch thinks, will carry them off tlie head entirely; so he represents the next fashion by two ladies in full dress and bare headed, nailing along the streets, with a foot mau walking some ten feet behind, carrying the bonnets on a waiter. Fixe Printing Paper. "We liaTe been shown a handsome specimen of printing paper, manu factured by the Sonth Carolina Paper Company, of one-half raw cotton, tbc other country rags. It is of beautiful color, firm texture, aud elegant Guish, and is a highly creditable evidence of the skill which the will has attained during the comparatively short time which it lias been in operation. Charleston Mcrtvrtf.