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o - - - - $ it V'-. v - ' r 1 -fc terms, $2 oo tee annum, " THE NOBLEST MOTE (S fflE "PUBLIC GOOD" payable in advance. - . - - , - volume xx. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., JRDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1858. no. 1,023. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Single copy, in advance, per annum $2,00 " " at the end of the year 3,00 No subscription will be received for less than six months. TtfVteH of lvertisinf;. Sixty cents per square of 16 lines, or less, for the Crst, and 30 cents for each subsequent insertion, for any period under three months. For three months $ 1 00 For six months, ' 6 00 For twelve months, 10 00 Other advertisements by the year on favorable terms. Advertisers are particularly requested to state the number of insertions desired, otherwise they will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. JOB WORK of all kinds executed neatly and promptly. MARTIN & PEARCE. LEGAL ISTOXTCES. WRIGHT AND FULLER. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, CLEMENT G. WRIGHT and BARTHOLOMEW FULLER have associated themselves together for the practice of their profession. Prompt atten tion given to all business committed (o thfir charge. They will practice in the counties of Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson, Robeson and Bladen. Nov. 13. 1S.X. tf TIM) Y & FULLER, Attorneys and Counsellors AT LAW. LU.MBRUTOX V. C. ROBERT E. TROY & JOHN P. FULLER, hav i formed an association for the practice of their profession in Robeson Co.. only R. E. Troy wfll j also at tend me oouris oi ii;ioeu ;mu uuiuiuimp,anu J. P. Fuller those of Cumberland. Their Office in Luuiberton will be kept open at am. times. January 0, 18.58. 83-tf .1. A. SI'K.A us. ATTORNEY AT LAW, VTTENDS the Courts of Cumberland, Iliirnctt, Vake and Johnston. Address, Toomer, Harnett Co., N. C. Feb. 10. 18f;. 85-y W. O. 3IV1, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Can be found at the Office formerly occupied ly Dr. Gilliam, on lov Street. FAVETTEVItLE, X. C. June 20, 1S58. tf . MC- C?3tx-iploXl, AUCTIONEER it COMMISSION MERCHANT, East Side of Gillespie Street, Faykttk vili.k, N. C. Nov. 13. 185.8 W. II TURLINGTON, General Commission Ploicliant. NORTH WATER STREET, IVilminglon, JY. C, "tX7"ILL give personal attention tothosale or ship T Y ment of all consignments of Naval Stores or other country produce, and any other business en trusted to his care, will be promptly attended to. April IS 1S57. ly XE3?",,XJS,JrL""- ,R. JAMKS DAVIS, imvlng decided on lM-rmanontlv locating in the Towfi of Fayetteville, respectfully o tiers his servi ces to the citizens of this place and surrounding country. Tn all the various branches of his Pro fession, including the manufacture of Mineral Teeth, he is satisfied, after an extensive experi ence, to which is added a thorough Dental educa tion, that he can give entire satisfaction as far as it is in the power of Dentistry. All irregularities of the Teeth treated in a proper and careful man ner, as well as diseases f the mouth, None but the proper metals are made use of in the various operations. Charges win no. moderate, that the benefits of the Profession may be placed within the reach of all who may feel an interest in the preservation of the Teeth. fsPOflice over Houston's Jewelry Store, where he will be found at all times. May 15, 1858 tf 3VIirTDlo Factory, m a BY GJCO. LAUDER, Two Doors above C. T. Haigh & Son's Store, Fayetteville, Is". C. Oct. 1, 1856. ly. 1A AAALBS. TALLOW WANTED. tOR JLyj JJJ which the highest cash price will be paid. M. CAMPBELL. Oct. 1, 1850. tf White Lead and Linseed Oil, tor eale by Aug. 15, S. J. HINSDALE. 03-tr ilM M Ma M A l T m. . m i. (IS patterns,) Cake Baskets, Candlesticks, Cups, Tea Sets, Goblets, Spoon Holders, Butter Dishes, Butter Knives, Mo lasses Cups, Napkin Rings, Tea Bells, Pie Knives, Sugar Tongs, and Spoons. FRENCH FORKS, AND SPOONS, of all sizes. For sale Low at the "Crockery Store." LAW JNOTICi:. rpilE SUBSCRIBERS havin.sr associated themselves . together in the pr ictice of Law, under the name and style of CAMERON & SHAH, will attend the County and Superior Courts of Moore. Montgomery, Anson. Richmond and Robeson. All business en rusted to them will receive their prompt attention. Address Cameron and Shaw. Attorneys at Law, Rockingham. Kiclimoiul county, N. C. Jxo. W. Camkkox. Jno. D. Shaw. May 1, I"S. ly OCt. 2. - JinJ W. N. TILLLNIIUAST. JTJST EECEIVED, BY ADAMS' EXPRESS COMPANY, AT THE O.YE PRICE CLOTB1YG STORE, A SECOND SUPPLY OF READY 13 AD i: CLOTHING CONSISTING OK A LARGE supply of Pants, with side stripes and without. Also, a lot of plain front Pants, suit- j able for old gentlemen. Business Coats, Over Coats, Frock and Dress Uoats. all-wool flannel Shirts, and Drawers, Yoke-neck Shirts, warranted to be extra, Marseilles Bosom Shirts. Stocks, Suspenders, Gloves, Hoisery, Gentlemen's Buggy Blankets, Valises and Trunks. All these goods will be sold reasonable for cash, or to persons who pay their bills when presented. A. J. WOODWARD. I Two doors below S. J. HinsualeTs Drug Store, I Nov. 27. -ot 3arket Square. JUST RECEIVED, A GOOD asssorttnent of u: Kerseys. JJlanketw. Twoeder "' Jeans, Satinetts, Cassimeres, Prints, Shoes, &c. ALSO- 18 Doz. Hoop Skirts, 50 " Linen and Marseilles Shirts. STARR & WILLI A. MS. Nov. 27. -tf Christmas 2 Christmas ! ! A LAIIOK AND WKI.I. SELECTED LOT OF Toys, itml Fancy Articli , O CITABLE for tic Christmas Iloli.lays. just re O ceived anl for sale by MRS. M. BANKS. Dec. 4. ot N! W DUV GOODS . W. MAC1NTYRE- IIAS RECEIVED Cloths, Cassimeres, S ttinetts, Twedes, Kent'k Jeans, Kerseys, Linseys, Flannels, Blankets, Merinoe's Bomb'zines, Alpaccas Muslin DeLanes, Calicoes, Ginghams, Brilliantes, Marseiles, Silk Velvets, Silk Ilobes, Silk Dress Goods. Jaconets, Xain-sook, Swiss, Tarlton, Book Muslins, Silk Illusion, Lace Veils, Silk fringes, Laces, Edgings, Braids, Tapes, Bonnet Pubbons, Table Damasks, Napkins, Towels, Diapers, Irish Linen Shirting, Sheetings, Bedticks Shawls, Cloaks, Mantillas, Challices, Elastic, Enameled, and Itibbon Belts, Bonnets, Col'd Elats, lluches, Artificials, Extension skirts, skirt cord, Brass, spring, ratan, Whalebone. Cotton seine twine, nett twine, Cotton cards. Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes and Gaiters. Oct. 23. tf USEFUL ARTICLES. T7LUIDf Oil aul Lard L-. ;.fya. Brittania and Brass Candlesticks; - Superior Steel Siiullers; Brittania Castors. Tea Pots and Coffee Pots: Brittania SPOONS and LADLES; Brittania Communion Sets, Goblets and Cups; Tinned Iron Spoons and Ladles; Planished Tin Coffee Urns anTl Pots, Tea Pots; Oyster and Beef Steak Dishes, and Dish Covers; Waitkks, of all sizes and shnpes. Fixe Scissons; large for cutting, small for embroid ery; Razors and Pocket Knives; Basltef! Baskets! for all purposes; COFFEE "MII,S, Iron and Stone Morters; Stone Crocks; Tin Ware; Cedar Tubs, Pails, Churns and Bowls; Coun'er Scales, to weigh i to 540 lbs; Family Scales, to weigh every ounce to 4 lb; Cocoa Dippers; Hair and Wire Seives; Table Mats; Feather Dusters; Dust Pons; Curtain Pins; Hand and Tea Bells. Music Portfolios; Ladies Work Boxes; Rosewood Toilet Boxes; Ladies' Leather Bags, (large;) "White Satin Beads and White Cut Beads, for fancy work; Forte Monaies. entirely of leather, a superior article; Electric Polishing Powder; Boyrs Saws; Corkscrews. A great variety of other useful articles, too tedious to mention. Come and soe for yourselves at the ' Crockery Store.'' W. N. TILL 1NGII AST. Oct. 2. -;in TIE-IIE STJOBSRIBER S now receiving one of the largest and most care fully selected stocks ever offered bv him in this market, comprising every style and quantity of LADIES', GEJVTS. MISSES' AJYD BOYS' BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS, S,-c. Axn, IN' FACT. EVEUYTIIIXC I srAI.I.Y SOLD IX Ills LINE. Planters and all others who desire to purchase a superior article of No. 1 BROGAXS, are respectfully solicited to call and examine his stock. Having just returned from the North, and exam ined my Goods carefully before purchasing, I flatter myself that I am now prepared to sll them upon as good terms as they can be bought in this market. LEATHER of all descriptions, and for all pur poses, constantly on hand. The above articles will be sold cheap for cash. M. FAULK. Oct. 23 tf CLOTHING! CLOTHING!! GR IIAM. is now receiving, a fine Stock of REAUY-JIADi'. Cl-OTHIXG, to suit the FALL Sf WIXTJ2R OF THE LATEST STYLES. He would solicit his customers and friends to give him a call, as he offers his Clotiuxo low for CASH or oh reasonable terms to prompt paving customers. 'GARMENTS CUT IN THE LATEST FASHION, lie may be found east jam on Market Square. Oct. 9, 3tn WANTED, FOR the year 1S59, four young men and two women, cnmri affivp and clennlv. for Table and Chamber Servants one good Cook, (a man preferred.) strong and healthv ; and also one sober, honest and indus trious fellow for Ostler. For such servants, (slave? would be preferred.) liberal prices will be given, and wages paid quarterly. Fayetteville, X. C, Dec. 4. 5t KEIIIE3S"S PATENT CHEMICAL GREASE FOR, AXLES, MILL GEARING, $-c. THIS Grease for Stages, Wagons, Carts. Carriages, Mill Gearing. Heavy Bearings, &c, is found to be the best in use. It is warranted to stand any tem perature. It combines the body and fluidity of Tal low. Beeswax and Tar, keeps-the Axles always cool and does not run off, and is unsurpassed in durability. Manufactured by J. Headley, New York. A consignment on hand, and for sale at the office ot the Carolinian," Market square. In 21b. boxes, price 25 cents per box. Nov. 20. 185tf. tf FRESH SUPPLIES OP ' . , 4 f ZEST O """ GrOODO: OF GREAT VARIETY. TTUTS. FRUITS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS J And all kinds of YANKEE NOT10S8. ; FIRE WOKKS of everv sort, - " CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, of great variety, And KNICKNACKS of all kinds, -?V tine article of Chewing and Smoking TOBACv" and SEGRS. -'Xv ' TOYS of all kinds for Children, ' A great, variety of Fine and Fancy CANDIES, tu Z&r- Call and examine, and you will doubIe ti pleased. JAMES R. LEE, Hotel Building. 1 Dec. 11, 1858. 6m H. Erambert's oldjtor; NEW FIRM AND NETT GOODS THE subscribers have formed Copartnersfro undcv the name of ,- . l-HrL GOLDSTON FULLER . JjJ? And offer for sale a ' rge and well selected sflt GROCERI E-HAIWAWtffi-fJV' SADDLERY, BOOTS. SHOES, COTTON YARN, SHEETINGS, Ac, f . To which they call the attention of their friends and customers generally. Store one door East of H. & E. J. Lilly. G. W. I. Goldstox. A. W. Fuller. Nov. 20. -lm Town papers 1 m. mr k n ?ft jSs. 11 VS- II . . II li La5 JAMES MARTINE is now receiving a large and general assortment of everything in the above line. ALSO A prime article of Rio, Lauira and Java COFFEE; Crushed and Brown Sugar ; Sugar House Syrup and Molasses. All of which is offered on as good terms as can be had in this market. Nov. 27. tf Paints, Oils, tbc. SPERM. Refined. Lard, Linseed and Tanner's OIL ; WHITE LEAD ; Ruining Fluid ; Putty ; Window Glass and Sash of all sizes. ALSO A fresh supply of Pond's Pain Destrover. For sale by JAS. MARTINE. Nov. 27. tf S-to-res, Slacet-Iron, TIN-WARE, &c. 3 W hnnd. ;l lnrt'e assortment nf Tli.v anr? nnlcfrrrr Stoves; Tin-ware; Shect-Iroii ; Lead Pipe." A1- so the " Ola Dominion Cotlcc Pot." For sale by Nov. 27. tf JAMES MARTINE. LUTTERLOIVS LINE. STEAMER "FANNY" leaves Fayetteville every k9 Monday and Thursday morning, at 15 minutes after Sun-rise; and Wilmington, Tuesday and Friday, at o'clock. carrying paasengers and freight. Steamer ' SOUTHERNER' with a full comple ment of Flats, makes one or more trips per week, as circumstances may require. The accident to the Steamer "ROWAN" will be repaired in a few days. She will then take her place in the line. T. S. LUTTERLOH. Oct. 0. -tf NOTICE TO SOLDIER'S WIDOWS. JUIE WIDOWS OF MEXICAN Soldiers, B and the Widows of Soldiers who ttt!t in service in the war ot 1812, can have their pensions continued bv eallin- on the undersionAd. Congress having made additional provision for them. Give me the management of your claims, and the money shall come at once, or no charge. JNO. M. ROSE. Agt. for Pensions. Fayetteville, June 19, 1858. tf Dr. Frank If'llliam's Rye. Whiskey. E MITCHELL has made arrangements with Dr. Frank Williams, to be constantly supplied with his celebrated RYE WHISKEY, which can be had at his Store at all times, by wholesale or retail. Oct. Hi. 185S. tf ""L t- -- a p- -- SCOTTISH AMERICAN JOURNAL. Second "7"cX-u.aLO, CJ Hi INro-veiiiber, 1858. IN announcing a new volume of the Scottish American- Jourxal, the Proprietor begs to call atten tion to those features of the paper which have already secured for :t a larpre share of support, and which ought to commend it to the patronage of a still more numerous class of readers. The special feature othe paper is that it is a Seot fish. journal, containing notices or every event occur ring in Scotland that can be regarded as of the least interest, to natives of the country now residing on this continent. The news of the whole eountry is careful ly collected and condensed, so that no event which it concerns Scotchmen to kno v is ever omitted from the columns of the paper. Articles relating to Scottish subjects, original and selected, are also published from time to time and the more special character of the Journal is sustained by literary features of national interest in the form of tales, historical and miscellan eous sketches, anecdotes and poetry. While thus national in its character so far. these special features occupy comparatively limited space in the eight large pages of which the paper consists, three-fourths oi which are devoted to news and other general matter calculated to be of interest to all clas ses of readers, and not to Scotchmen alone. A care fully compiled epitome of intelligence from England, Iivlrtnd, the continent of Europe, and all part of the world is given in every number, with extracts from the leading articles of the British Journals on the most interesting public topics of the day. With a view to increase the popular interest of the " Scottish American Journal,7' nd to add to its val ue as a family paper, arrangements have been made for a series of attractive tales, founded chiefly on sub jects connected with Scottish life. The first of these stories, entitled " Clara Howard : a tale of the Cri mean War," commences with the first number of the new volume. A considerable instalment of the storv will be given in every number till it is completed, and it will form interesting reading for the winter evenings alike for old and young. It will be follow ed by a succession of other tales of equally popular character. TERMS OF SCB3 CKIPTION. One copy one year, $2 50 Subscriptions (invariably in advance,) received at the Carolinian Office, where specimen copies can be obtained on application. Agonts for North Carolina, Dec. 4. MARTIN & PEAEQB. V k EANCY GOODS, TOYS, pHB subscriber, is tiow receiving a large stpplt X of Goods in his line, consisting of . Foreign and Domestic Fruits, euch as Raisins, 1 - Dried Figs, Prunes, Currants, Oranges, - - . Nuts, and Preserves, together with . . large and well selected assort J ment of Toys, Spices, Sar- , . -lines all of which the ar subscriber is deter- mined to sell cheap for J Cash ood supply of Groceries, kept constantly on jiro A genuine article of castile soap. Pec. 4. lm R. E. HE1DE. p: STEDMAN AND J. W. HORNE, - - CXI'ER THE NAME ANT) STYLE OP $1 - STEDMAN & HORNE, JR, ysssociated themselves together in a gener- ri-iff?l,y;'i'--vl8lOi- j(Hor -ad Carter Busi ness, and are now receiving a well selected Stock of Goods in their line, which they are willing to ex change for money or produce. Their stock consists in part of the following arti cles : Brown, Crushed, and Loaf Sugar ; Rio, Laguira and Java Coffee ; Butter, Cheese, and Crackers ; Lard, Pork, and Western Bacon ; No. 1, Mackerel, in Bbls, Hfs. and Kits ; Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars ; Foreign and Domestic Wines and Liquors. Next door to D. & W. McLaurin, 1 N Hay street, Fayetteville, N. C. f lov. 20. -3m CARRIAGE FACTORY. A. A. M'KETHAN KEEPS constantly on hand a large assortment of Vehicles of every description, which are well and faithfully made and finished in the lightest and neatest styles. His facilities for doing carriage work are greater than any establishment South, which enables him to sell his work on the most favor able terms. Nov. 13. 1858. tf SPECIAL COURT. " " STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. ) Superior Court of Law, Fall Term, 1858. His Honor Romulus M. Saunders, Judge Presiding. IT is ordered by the Court, that a special Term of this Court, be held on the second Monday in Feb ruary. A. D. 1859. Jurors, Witnesses, and suitors in Civil Cases are hereby notified to attend. Witness, John W. Baker, Jr., Clerk of our said Court, at OfH'e, the seventh Monday after the fourth Monday in September, A. D. 1858. JOHN W. BAKER. Clerk. Nov. 27. tc STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions, Oct. Term, 1858. M. B. McRae, vs. Martin A. Malloch. C?RIfiI5LAL attachment levied on the defendant's J undivided intest in 92 acres of land. "' " ? . It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendant M A Malloch is not an inhabitant of this State : on motion, it is therefore ordered by the Court that publication be made in the North Caroli nian, a newspaper published in the Town of Fayette ville, for six successive weeks, notifying the said M A Malloch, to be and appear at our said Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the County aforesaid, at the Court House in the Town of Troy, on the first Monday in January next, then and there to be and appear to plead or replevy, or final judg ment will be entered against him to satisfy Plaintiff" s debt, interest and cost. Witness, John McLennan, clerk of our said court at office in Troy, on the first Monday of October, A D 1858, this Oct. 9th 1858. JOHN McLENNAN, C. C. C. Nov. 20, 6t STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY. ) Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Oct. Term, 1858. T. Bostick, vs. James B. Malloch. ORIGINAL attachmeat levied on the defendant's undivided interest in 92 acres of land. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendant, J B Malloch, is not an inhabitant of this State : on motion, it was ordered by the Court that publication be made in the North Carolinian, a News paper published in the town of Fayetteville, for six successive weeks, notifying the said J B Malloch to be and appear at our said Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to be held for the county aforesaid, at the Court House in the town of Troy, on the first Monday in January next, to plead or replevy, or final judgment will be entered against him to satisfy Plaintiff's debt, interest and cost. ; Witness, John McLennan, clerk of our said Court at office in Troy, on the first Monday of October, A D 1858, this 9th Oct, 1858. JOHN McLENNAN, C. C. C. iNov. 20. 6t STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, f MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Oct. Term, i 1858. T. Bostick, vs. Martin A. Malloch. ORIGINAL attachment levied on the defendant's undivided, interest in 92 acres of land. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendnt, M A Malloch. is not an inhabitant f this state: on motion, it was ordered by the Court that publication be made in the North Carolinian, a Newspaper published in the Town of Fayetteville. for six successive weeks, notifying him to be and appear at our said Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to be held for the county aforesaid, at the Court House in Trov. on the first Monday in January next, to plead or replevy, or final judgment will be entered against him to satisfy Plaintitt s, debt, interest ana cost. Witness, John McLennan, clerk of our said Court at office in Troy, on the first Monday of October, A D 1858, this 9th Oct., 1858. JOHN McLENNAN, C. C. C. Nov. 20. 6t STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Oct. Term, 1858. "William Ringstaff and wife, "Williamson Chappell and wife Patience, vs. Murdoch B. McKae. Row land Chappell, Executors of Joseph Blake. Petition for account and Settlement. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the court that William Ringstaff and wife. Williamson ChaDDell and wife Patience, are not inhabitants of this State : on motion, it is ordered by the Court that publica tion be made in the North. .Carolinian, a newspaper published in the Town of Fayetteville, for six succes sive weeks that they be and appear at the next Term of this Court, to be held for the County aforesaid, at the Court House in the Town of Troy, on the first Monday in January next, then and there to plead answer to this petition, or the same will be held pro confesgo as to them."'' k Witness, John McLennan, Clerk of our said Court at office in Troy, on the first Monday in October A. D. 1858. JOHN McLENNAN, Clerk. Nov. 20. Ct ' THE X0RT1I CAROLINIAN. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. TJMTED STATES GOVERNMENT. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 1858. The 18th Presidential Term of four years, since the establishment of the Government of the United States under the Constitution, be gan on the 4th of March, 1857, and will expire on the 4th of March, 1861. SALARY. James Buchanan, of Pa., President, $25,000 J. C. Breckenridge, of Ky., Vice-President, 8,000 THE CABINET. Lewis Cass, of Mich Secretary of State, 8,000 Howell Cobb, of Ga., Secretary of Treasury, 8,000 J. B. Floyd, of Va., Secretary of War, 8,000 Isaac Toucey, of Ct., Secretary of Navy. 8,000 Jacob Thompson, of Miss.. Sec'ry of Interior, 8,000 A.- V.TR-owtt. of Tenn.Pot Muter General. 8,000 J. S. Black, of Pa., Attorney General, ' 8,000 j The Congress of the United States consists of a Senate and Honse of Representatives, and mast assemble at least, once every year, on the first Monday in December, and also at the call of the President by proclamation. The Senate is composed of two members from each State, which are chosen by the Leg islatures of the several States, for the term of six years, one third of them being elected bien nially. N The Vice-President of the United States is the President of the Senate, in which body he has only a casting vole, which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators. In his absence, a President pro tempore is cho sen by the Senate. The Honse of Representatives is composed of members from the sereral States, elected by the people, for two years.. The Representa tives are appointed among the different States according to the population. The present ratio, according to the new appointment, is one member for every 10,680 souls, in each State making the whole number of members 233. The compensation of each member of the Sen ate and House of Representatives is $3,000 per session, or $6,000 for each Congress, and $8 for every twenty miles of travel in the usual road, in going to and returning from the seat of Government. The number of Electors of President and Vice President, under the new appointment, will be 296, of whom 149 is necessary for a choice. The Government of the United States is rep resented by Ministers Plenipotentiary, at the Courts of Great Britain, France, Russia, Aus tria, Spain, Brazil, and Mexico ; and by Charges d' Affairs at the Courts of most of the other foreign countries, with which this country is much connected by commercial intercourse. The pay of Ministers Plenipotentiary is $9,000 per annnm, as a salary, besides, $9,000 for out fit. The pay of Charges d'Affairs is $4,500 per annum ; of Secretaries of Legation., $2,000 of Ministers Resident, $5,000. Marriages at the North. More than four-sevenths of the marriages in Massachusetts are among the foreign born. Why is it ? For the most simple of reasons the foreign born can aflWd to get married, and the native born cannot ; and this must be so long as our extravagant modes of life continue. In social life there never was a people tending to deeper and more destructive social corrup tion and that is most evident from the records of all the courts and the columns of all the newspapers than Americans. Our fathers used to tell of the profligacy of Paris their children tell of the mysteries of New York a city not fur behind any in Europe. And ma king proper allowances for size, how far is New York ahead of other cities and towns ? Once was a time when a wife was a " help meet ; " now, in a thousand cases, you can change the " meet " to " eat," and make it read more truthfully. We boast of our svstem of education ; we have female high schools, female colleges, fe male medical schools, and female havens. Our girls are refined, learned and wise they can sing, dance, play pianos, paint, talk French and Italian, and all the soft languages, write poetry and love like Venuses. They are ready to be courted at ten years, and can be taken from school and married at fifteen, and divorced at twenty. They make splendid shows on bridal tours, can coquette and flirt at the watering places, and shine like angels at winter parties. But Heaven be kind to the poor wretch that marries in the fashionable circles ! What are they at washing floors ? Oh, we forgot 1 no body has bare floors now ; how vulgar that would be 1 What are they at making bread and boiling beef? Why, how thoughtless we are I To be sure they will board, or have ser vants. What are they at, mending old clothes ? But there we are again ; the fashions change so often, that nobody has old clothes but the rag men and the paper-makers now ! What are they at washing babies' faces, and pinning up their trowsers ? And here our intolerable stupidity once more ; having children is left to the Irish. What lady thinks of having chil dren about her now ? or, if she is so unfortu nate, don't she put them to a wet-nurse to be gin with, and boarding-schools afterwards? We repeat, we have come to a point where young men hesitate and grow old before they can decide whether they can marry, and after wards keep clear of bankruptcy and crime. What is the consequence ? There are more persons living a single life Are there more living a virtuous life ? It is time for mothers to know that the extravagance they encourage is destructive to the virtue of their children ; that all the foolish expenditures making to rush their daughters into matrimony, are, instead of answering that end, tending to destroy the in stitution of marriage altogether. Ex. Paper Bogus. The word " bogus" owns a singular oricrin. In 1834 a craner of counterfeiters, on a , . very extensive scale, was broken up in one of oar western cities. ne parties manniaciareu United States coin, and the leading spirit was named Bogus. When arrested, he turned State's evidence, and through his instrumentali ty all the rest of the counterfeiters were con victed. False coin has ever since been termed " bogus," and the word has been gradually -adopted as one significant of any thing false or simulative. Facts for the Curious. The first English literary production penn ed in America, which has any rank in the general history of literature, is the trans lation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, by George Sandys, printed in London, 1026. The first secretary of the Virginia colony was William Strackey. He was one of a party of officers shipwrecked on the Bermu das in 1G09. His published description of the storm was said to be the foundation of Shakespeare's Tempest. The first printing press in the New Eng land colony was set up in Harvard, in the house of the president, Rev. Henry. Dunster, 1639. Tbe first publication was the Free man's Oath, then an Almanac, followed by the Bay Tsalm Book. The first decrree of Doctor of Divinitv con- v fered at Harvard wn? conferred upon Itcv- lncrease Mather, in 1G92, then president of the university. The first pastor of the church at Boston was Rev. John Wilson. The Bay Tsalm Book -was the first book of any consequence printed in this country. The translators say in the preface : ; If therefore the verses are not always so smooth and elegant as some may desire or expect, let them consider that God's altar needs not our polishing. Neither let any think that for meter sake we have taken liberty or poetical license to depart from the true and proper sense of David's words in the He brew verse, Noe." In the second edition were added a few spiritual songs. Here is a specimen, from the song of Deborah and Barak : Jal the Kenite, TTelier's wife, 'bove woman blet shall be ; Above the woman in the teut, a blessed one is she. lie water akeu, she gave him milk ; In lordly dish the fetched . Him butter forth ; unto the nail she forth her left hand stretched, Her right hand to the workman's maul, and Sisera hammered : She pierced and struck his temples through, and then cut oil' his head. He at her feet bow'd, fell, lay down be at her feet bowed where He fell; whereas he bowed down he fell destroyed there. The first American edition of Sternholcl & Hopkin's version was published at Cam bridge in 1693. Dr. Watt's Hymns were first published in England in 1707, and his psalms in 1719. He sent specimens of them to Cotton Matherl These hymns were first published in Ameri ca by Dr. Franklin in 1741, and the psalms were published the same year in Boston. They did not come into general use until after the. Jevol"iLn. t . Tae & Brady' s'vtJrsion, published IhEng--land at the close of the seventeenth century, reprinted in America in 1741, furnished tho material for the collection now in use in the Protestant Episcopal Churrh. V. Y. Ob' server Ax Eloquent Extract. 'Generation after generation,' says a fine writer, 'have felt as "wo now feel, and their lives were as active as our own. Tht-J' passed like a vapor, while .nature wore the same aspect of beauty as when her Creator commanded her to be. The heavens shall be as bright over our graves as they are now around our paths. The world will have the same atti action for our offspring yet unborn that she had once for our childhood. Yet a little while and all will have happened. The throbbing heart will be stifled, and we shall be at rest. Our funeral will wind its way, and the prayers will be said, and then we shall be left behind in silence and darkness for the worm. And it may be for a short time we shall bo spoken of, but the things of life will creep on, and our names will soon be forgotton. Days will continue to move on, and laughter and song will be heard in the room in which we died ; the eye that mourned for us will be dried and glistened again with joy ; and even our own children will cease to think of us, and will not remember or lisp our names. Shaking IlAxns. The mere offer of the hand is the readiest sign of voluntary courtesy or forgiveness, and its non-compliance the most civil yet meaning of repulses. Shaking hands is a mode of greeting, the origin of which is lost in obscurity. Individuals display charac ter in their mode of so doing. Who cannot feel at once the antagonism between the touch of a prude and the cordial grasp of a friend? Who knows not the sailor's grip of candid heartiness from the conventional "giving of hands ?" How perfectly does the graduated of lingering pressure cause the mercury in love's barometer to rise or fall by the scale of hope 1 What sympathies and antipathies are demon strated by the various degrees of kindly, irreso lute, vivacious, careless, fond, or earnest man ner of shaking hands 1 It is this relation be tween temperament, feeling, consideration, and the instinctive action of the hand, which has given rise to, those theories which profess to read the predominant impulses of character in the traits of one's handwriting. Slander. The expansive nature of scandal is told by the poet thus : The flying rumors gathered a3 they rolled ; Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told, And all who heard it made enlargement, too ; On every ear it spread ; on every tongue it flew. Value of Old Newspapers. How few psr sons realize the value of files of old newspapers. They are often worth three or four times the original price of subscription, and sometimes even a hundred dollars would be gladly paid for a certain volume if it could be obtained. Isaiah Thomas, in collecting the materials for his History of Printing in America," paid up wards of a thousand dollars for old newspapers. So says " The Printer J' Dr. Kane relates that when one day, worn out with fatigue, he turned into an Esquimaux hut to get a little sleep, the good-natured host ess of the wigwam covered him up with some of her own habiliments, and gave him her baby for a pillow I