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i-Jf. 1 3t? -4 riiwnA . Tn fthriw the estimation in he is held by those who hare known hyn longer and best, it affords morerjthair ordinary pleasure to v.;a rnfA Kpfnrn oar readers. . . ? ; t' Eighteen years ago the roter.of: Greene-eleyated, him from . the tailor's Dencn to a -seat w iu ture of; Tennessee. ; At'eTery 'subseqnent. election they, hav sustained him with an enthusiasm which mai.lroi thAir vtnfldence in the man.';'" Aided by their suffrages. -'he was enabled -to' erve; for? a period of eight years in ; tne uongress oi ioe umicu. oawa. Aided by their suffrages -he -'is probably exalted to the chief magistracy of his State. HrT ' . ' Were we to follow," the impulse of our feelings, we should say much 'more about Andrew Johnson, lie deserves all that could be said in his commendation. But we'must not lose sight of the fact with which we set out : Bear In mind that Greene is his home, and read the annexed figures: V ;, GUBERNATORIAL. RACE IN 01 GREENE COUJiTV. 1,684 Wm. Trousdale (dem.). . . yt. BrCampbell (whig.). . ...... 1,144 Trousdale's majority . . . PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN' -v., '.v.: 540 '52 GREENE cocxrr. .v..,........'.,a,307 FranklinvPierce. . .-. . ; . i . Winfield Scott Pierce's majority GUBERNATORIAL RACE IN Andrew Johnson ......... Gustavus A. Henry ....... .... 527. COUNTY. i . . . 1,915 ..... 902 'OS GREENE Johnson's majority. ........ I "... 1,013 To those who are familiar with the stubborn char acter of Tennessee whiggery, the triumph of Andrew Johnson will appear to be no ordinary victory. All honor to the Tennessee democracy, and their in domitable and talented standard-bearer. - : Washington , Union. - Col. Ruffin, the nomineee of the largest politi cal Convention that ever assembled in New-Bcrne, must feel flattered by the overwhelming majority which he has received. - Eloquently and ably did he defend our cause, and gallantly has he led us to tri umphant victory. The democratic majority in the district was estimated at about 2,000 and he -swells that number to 3,159 or 1,159 more than the majori ty of his party. ? Who can, who has, who will beat this? It can't be. did that's all ! May we not, then, take much pleasure in pronouncing Col. Ruffin em phatically the most popular man in the Second dis trict? But this is not all - The high-toned bearing and magnanimous course pursued by Col. Ruffin in the late canvass, give to his constituents an unmis takable guarantee that he will do them honor in the renowned Halls of our national legislature. A man of pure principle and unsullied integrity, their inter ests will be secure in his hands. An uncompromi sing friend of the present administration, and one of the delegates to the Baltimore Convention, that nom inated Franklin Pierce, he will give to that adminis tration an uncompromising and individual support so long as it adheres to the principles laid down by that convention. .When it abandons that Platform, Thos. Ruffin abandons it No schemes of logrolling or wire pulling will meet with any favor from our Represen tative, while we know he will liberally support every measure- that can benefit his constituents or add to the .-prosperity or security of the nation. Hurrah for. Ruffin! Nine times hurrah! .. .- - Golds. Hep. & Pat. S . i i ii i Aristocract. : It is related of Antseus, who aspir ed to wrestle with the gods, that, if they could by any means induce him to leave his Mater terra, and grabble with them, they found, little difficulty in worsting him ; but so long as he could keep his feet firmly planted upon his native soil, he was more than a match for them. When men outgrow their true position, and aim to live removed from the cares and duties of life, like Antaeus,: they lose their footing and fall. In order to battle successfully we shouldnever forsake our sphere. Thousands are kept poor, by aping the customs and notions of the rich, and thousands who arc rich be come poor; because they are too proud to use the same efforts to .keep that it requires to accumulate. The following is an excellent hit at tins species of aristocracy:. It is always a petulous thing for haughty people to look back upon the line of their ancestry. Twenty years ago, says the Merchant's Magazine, this one butchered, that one made candles, another sold cheese and butter, a fourth carried on a distillery; another was contractor On canals; others were merchants and mechanics. They are acquainted with both ends of society,- as their children will be after them, though it will not do to say so loud. For often you will find that those toiling worms hatch butterflies, and they . live about a year. Death brings divisions of proper-, ty, and it brings new financiers; the young gentle man takes his revenues and begins to travel towards poverty, which he reaches before death or his chil dren do, if he does not . So that, in fact, though there is a moneyed rank, it is not hereditary it is accessible to all; three good seasons of cotton will send a gen eration of men up, a score of years will bring them all down, and send their children again to labor. The father grubs and grows rich ; his children strut and use the money; their children inherit the pride and go to shiftless poverty; their children, reinvigo rated by fresh plebian blood, and by the smell of the clod, come up again. Thus society, like a tree, draws its sap from the earth ; changes into leaves and blossoms, spreads them abroad in great glory, sheds them off to. fall back to the earth, again to min gle with the soil; and at length to rc-appear in new trees and iresh garniture. ...- ,. , ' 1 IsDCSTRT is Talent. We often hear persons ex plaining how one man succeeds, while another fails in the same pursuit, by attributing to one a talent for his business, but refusing it to the other. Yet, with - out denying that some individuals have a greater ap- titude for particular avocatiotis than others have, we think ' that the problem in question could be easier solved, by saying that the successsful man was indus- 'frious, while the other was not Bulwer, for example, is considered a man of the highest abilities as a novelist Yet when Bulwer be gan his career he composed with the utmost difficul ty, often writing his fictions twice over. He perse vered, however, and now stands almost at the head of his class, his latest productions, moreover, being re garded as the best from his hen. Every school-boy is familiar with the fact that Demosthenes became an orator only by pursuing a similar plan. Nor are il lustrations of the great truth, that industry is talent, confined to the higher intellectual pursuits. When Girard trusted the customer without an endorser, who carried his goods home on his shoulders, the shrewd old Frenchman was acting on this truth, deduced from his own experience of mankind. All emi- qent persons, whether mechanics, merchants, law yers, or statesmen, were industrious, from Watt and Norris, down to Turlow and William Pitt T Wash ington, Franklin, Marshall, Madison and every oth er distinguished American, were busy men. Indus try, in short, is talent nine times out of ten. V. - - - Phil Ledger. " ; The Mercy of God in Ice. A writer in the t Philadelphia Register is eloquent in the praise of ice. Physicians, we believe, will attest that the article will bring relief to the diseased stomach when noth ing else can. The writer referred to, says: 'i "In the langour and exhaustion of a recent Illness jny mind dwelt much on the mercy of God in ice. As H quenched my panting thirst, or as it cooled my burning brow, I came to the conclusion that, to the sick, it was the queen of comforts. I rejoiced that I - had outlived the ancient prejudice against its use in sickness. , I wish that I could write a psalm like David's in its praise. And I thanked the holy chfl- - d5ett -h"" BenediciU, omnia opera Domini? theyhad remembered ice . . O ye ice and snow-, bless ye the Ixrd; praise him, and magnify him forever 1' I then remembered that, to the poor sick, this great comfort was a luxury gather an impossibility. And . it then occurred to me, that if I were rich, I would v ; found in one of our great cities an ice house Jbr the 1 -VttdTwrw expect to be, the 'Mf l God in tney wm nasen to commemorate their irratitude in PrgftJ?Tbretn: "ArifwhovS hall give to drink unto cm fhac. ihm- -!rzr: T of cold water only, in the namToT K3TySS I say unto you, he ;shau in nowis? iSBfeSS tnn mum tuw hji eiuciuui ax mu v j , ..i r . . - - . - n.. v -r rhn inui nr ontna sin,. vnrr i.i w lorn fMim iha i Kaiu4 nr inn Kmuaem uu - . ...... . -, i moax mwuiniA aiui twt iv. tt , um - Lowe."! made public."' We have not yet seen the book, but find an analysis of it, with numerous extracts, in the r a l a xl ' last number oi tne Xionaon Aiuenajum. v r , . t-. .. JwThe; woric, intended as a defence of Lowe for his brutaiitir to Nanolebn. is ;full of curious revelations."" I It seems that the systematic annoyances to which the exile was subjected, were well known to tne JJntisn Ministry, and that, so far, forth, Lowe was less guilty ; than has been popularly supposed r But this is not . the darkest ' shade ' of the transaction. .' These vol umes leave no shadow of a doubt that Dr. O'Mcara, whose " Revalations from St Helena " become after wards so famous, was originally designed to act as a spy on the secret thoughts of Napoleon, for the ben fit of the Prince Regent, and certain members of the Cabinet; that he actually filled this disgraceful post for a while ; and that the revelations he made of the tor tures, which the excited emperor suffered, " amused " his Royal Highness, to quote from the correspon dence, and afforded a " real feast" to various others in authority. What can be more revolting than this picture ? The highest personages in the British realm, comprising even the acting executive, conniving at a breach of private confidence, and consenting to the petty malice of a brutal, consequential governor, in order that they might be "amused" at the agonies of their victim ! It is to the credit of Peel and Wel lington, who succeeded the ministry which thus dis graced itself, that they appear to have disliked the entire proceedings. O'Meara himself does not appear in the most fa vorable light The best that can be said of him is that he firmly refused to assist in this dirty work, partly from compassion for Napoleon, partly beause the British ministry refused to pay a certain twelve thousand francs which he demanded His " Revela tions from St Helena" was the consequence. Though he assailed the Cabinet with great acrimony in that book, the government could do nothing in retaliation as he well knew ; for the only course they could take effectually to injure him would be to publish his let ters written when their spy ; and this would damage them even more than him. All the government did was to cause a vituperative article to appear in the Quarterly Review, of which the authorship was gen erally attributed to Croker." It now seems that this gentleman was the person in the ministry, that man aged the correspondence, using as his tool a friend of O'Mcara's, clerk in- the Admirality, whom he bade to instruct the doctor to write in the fullest possible detail, all the anecdotes he could pick up. Croker is still alive, and may endeavor to white-wash the af fair over But the Athenaeum says there is not the slightest doubt of the authenticity of the documents ; and if so, the task of the vetern Tory will be as dif ficult as changing a leopard's spots. In short, there seems no doubt, from the revela tions in this book, undertaken though it was for a defence of Lowe that the tales told of the treat ment of Napoleon at St Helena by O'Meara, Las Casas, Montholon, and others, were not a whit be yond the truth. The only result of these volumes is to confirm the general suspicion which, of late years had begun to prevail, that the Ministry of Lord Liverpool sanctioned, at least indirectly, all the mean ness and brutalities of Lowe. ' Salcratus is said to be injurious fo the human sys tem, and that it destroys thousands of children and some adults every year. In New Brunswick, conti guous to Maine, the physicians are wont to say that half the children are killed by the use of saleratus. The evil is fast spreading throughout the Union. Fam ilies of moderate size already use from ten to twenty-five pounds yearly. Hemarls of th She JZngland Farmer. Store keepers who have been engaged in the business for many years, have told us that formerly they used to purchase three or four small kegs of saleratus for a year's supply in a country village, but that now they purchase more than as many large cases, weighing six or eight hundred pounds each. Large quantities are used in making bread, the most common food, and of which all partake. Milk should take its place there. Many persons are in the habit of adding a little saleratus to most kinds of pastry. We are in clined to believe the remarks quoted above have much truth in them. We do not know how far the power of salcratus may "be neutralized by a mixture of other substances used as food, but it may be known by the chemist, and should be explained to the peo ple. What is saleratus? Wood is burnt to ashes. Ash es are lixiviated lye is the result. Lye is evaporat ed by boiling black salts are the residum. The salts undergo a purification by fire, and the potash of commerce is obtained By another process, we change the potash into pcarlash. Now put this into sacks, and place them over a distillery wash-tub, where the fermentation evolves carbonic acid gas, and the pcarlash absorbs and renders it solid, the product being heavier, dryer and whiter, than the pcarlash. It is now saleratus. How much salts of lye and carbonic acid can a human stomach bear and remain healthy, is a question for the salcratus eaters. Hog Statistics or Kentucky. We find the follow ing in the Louisville Courier of the 28th ult: We have received some further returns of the hog statistics in Kentucky, giving the sum total of the number of hogs six months old in January, in all the counties but six, as follows: Ninety-five counties, 1,282,119 Six counties not in, gave last year, 71 6,36 Probable gain this year, 150,00 1,368,557 1,130,001 Grand total last year, Probable gain this vear. 238,556 xy mis statement it appears tnat the increase this year will, in Kentucky, be upwards of 200,000 hogs and we learn by correspondence and otherwise, that in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, there will be an increase over the product of last year. In some sections the gains are large, and if the corn crop turns out favorable, and from the indications in this State it will, it must exert an influence on the provision market We endeavor to lay the facts before our read ers, and they can draw conclusions. We will endeav or to obtain the returns of the assessment in Ohio, and have received three counties, which show a large excess, which is in part owing to the fact that this year all the hogs are assessed, and last year only those over six months old The returns are from Pickaway, Holmes and Morgan counties, which show an-excess this season of 45,000 hogs. Vert Shrewd. There lives, not a thousand miles from Gotham, a dealer in small wares, whose great est fear is of being overreached He goes without milk in his coffee, in dread of buying a spoonful of Croton, and never pays for a newspaper, lest it should not be published to the end of the year. His little shop is without gas, for he lias no faithlhthe metre, and he even dips his own candles, to insure that they are all tallow. In one thing he is liberal ; he makes large purchases of counterfeit detectors, and buys an extra if there are any whisperings of a broken bank.. A neighbor of his was imposed upon the oth er day, with a bank note, which had been ingeniously altered from " one " to " five ;" 1 and our dealer has been on the watch ever since for fear of a similar imposition. . , ; - The other day," a young girl, from the country stepped into his little store, and purchased a pair of stockings; offering a one dollar note in payment The old man eyed the girl so sharply that her face wwauic buuudcu wiui uiUBiies, ana uus was, to mm, an acknowledgment of guilt " How dare you offer me this 1" he asked in an angry tone. " I thought it was good," she replied, timidly. "What is the matter with it?" asked a bystander, who had been attracted by the dispute ; " it looks like a genuine note.". 44 Genuine enough," said the shopkeeper, his face crimson with passion, "but don't you see?' It's a one altered from a twenty I" Keu York Journal cflCommerce. r; Prejoths to Fexale Equestrians. The Agricul tural Society jf Columbiana counfar, Ohio, at its ex hibition commencing on the 12th of October, in order to afford the ladies of Columbia county, and any from a distance who may be in attendance, an opportunity to display their" agility on horse-back, have raised a purse of $250, to be distributed in premiums, worth from $5 to $80, to the best female rider, or to those most skilled in reining a single, horse or a span of norses in harness. . . . izens were placed in fearful Jeopardy: ": . ,.,. One of the peculiarities of this fast "age of ours is the sudden .forgetfulness of the "most alarming ac cidents. "Hundreds of human beings perish "on our land and "water Whose? destruction has been caused by agents under the control of man, and where the same has been traced to negligence and carelessness,' and sometimes to conduct " which' all knew must re sult in disaster and death." 'Yet what is done about it ? : Docs " not the ' memory of the occurrence die away in a few days at most, and the men. who are the occasion of it all walk boldly about the streets? .'In . the whirl of. business, and amid the numerous plans of active life ' for the " accumulation of money, - all these terrible things pass away from men's minds, and are not. remembered, until a few. dozen hu man beings are smashed to pieces on a railroad or a hundred or two boiled to death on a steamboat What lessons are thus taught railroad directors and steamboat owners but those of impunity, and which .create, of course, a feeling of the utmost security? What, pray, has been done with the reckless and highly criminal officers of the Henry Clay? What with the Reindeer people ? Is th5 Norwtuk murder to be forgotten, or the inhuman slaughter at Chicago to pass into oblivion? Are these awful murders to be recollected only by that poor widow who saw her husband lifted from the splintered car a mangled bloody corpses by the family of children orphaned by this or that collision by maimed, disfigured men, out of whom the fair semblance of manhood has been scalded by an exploding boiler, or by the ragged fragments ef a car hurled down some declivity by a reckless engineer ? If it could be so ordered that all the misery and woe that follow these calamities fell upon the families of railroad directors and steamboat officers, perhaps we should hear less frequently of the loss of life on land and water. Then the trav ellers are not without blame rushing along at the rate of thirty miles an hour, to get mad and fret and fume because the last thirty miles has taken thirty nine minutes and fifty -nine seconds, when 4 up to time ' should be the motto of the engineer. But we are a fast people, and can't stop to look at the dead bodies of those who have been crushed blown to pieces burned and drowned as they, like us, were hurrying along the great thoroughfare of life, calling for greater speed and dashing impetuously onward. But it matters little where the blame lies, for no one is anxious to find it out All these are forgotten ; jus tice tightens the bandage about her eyes, and her Voice is not heard A coroner's jury fumbles over the bodies and publishes wise conclusions upon the occasion of the deaths, and that is all the public lies torpid until another blow calls for emotion, which has its vent by way of another coroner's jury and the usual publication." Solar EcTipse in 1854. On Friday, the 26th of May next, there will be an eclipse of the sun, which will be more or less visible in all parts of the United States and Canada, and in a portion of both will be annular. Its commencement in the city of Wash ington will be at 4h. 20m. in the afternoon, its great-, est obscuration at 5h. 18m. and its end at 6h. 27m. As the apparent diameter of the moon will be a lit tle less than the snn, tho eclipse cannot be total any where. The Christian Almanac says : 44 The ring will be only about one-third of a digit wide, and will be visible only in the vicinity where the line of central eclipse passes. The eclipse is cen tral in longitude 73dg. 53min. west of Greenwich, latitude 45deg. 14min. north : and in longitude 640 deg. 35min west, latitude 41deg. lOmin. north. By finding these positions upon a map, and drawing a line from one to the other, the towns and countries through which the central eclipse passes will be read ily discovered The path of the annular eclipse will be about one hundred miles wide and extend about fifty miles each side of the lino we have described. The annular eclipse will move about one hundred miles per minute. 44 The first time this eclipse ever occurred, was 1313, July 2d; since then it has returned thirty-one times, including its return next year. It occurred in April, 1800, in May, 1818, and in May, 1886. It will re turn again in June, 1872. Its last return will be in the year 2593, August 17th. The next solar eclipse that will attract much attention in this country will be 1858, March 15th. " Tns Rifle. Many persons who are very expert in the use of the rifle, know nothing of the principle on which it operates, and would be at a loss if asked why a grooved barrel throws a ball truer than a smooth bore. The reasons, are : In the first place, no bullet is or can be cast per fectly spherical. One side is always heavier than the other, and the ball always swerves from right to left of projection. However hard it may be to prove this theoretically, practice demonstrates it The same smooth bore, immovably fixed, twice loaded with the same charge, of the same powder, and of balls cast in the same mould, will not plant them in the same spot, at the same distance. The rifle barrel is a female screw, which gives the tightly driven ball a rotation so that the bullet, or rather slug, swerves with the twist of the screw, an other revolution corrects the error. There are but three motions jn a rifle ball the straight forward, the spiral, and the downward, caused by the force of gravity. A rifle of thirty to the pound, drops its ball about a foot in a hundred yards. Rifles are sighted, therefore, to meet the deviation. On leaving the bar rel, the ball moves above the line of sight, continual ly falling in a parabolical curve, till it intersects it The point of intersections is called the point blank. Who invented the rifle, is not known. Its princi ple was known to the North American Indians before the discovery of the continent Their arows are feathered sp-rally, and move precisely in the man ner of a rifle ball. A Good One. The last number of the Southern Era gives the following : 44 We have just read an account of a deer hunt in which, strange to tell, the deer killed the hunter. It is related of Daniel Boone, the great Kentucky hun ter, that when he was a' young man ho went out hunting deer at night, accompanied by a young com panion, who bore in his hand a torch light When this light is seen by the gentle deer, instead of being frightened, it attracts, them and lures them on to their doom. They draw near, and the hunter, beholding their clear, shining eyes, shoots them down. On the evening in question, after passing some distance through the forest, young Boone's companion indica ted to him that a deer was visible. Boone advanced, saw the eyes, and raised his unerring rifle, and was about to fire, when it occurred to him that those were not the eyes of a deer. He lowered his gun and the" object fled, and Boone immediately started in pursuit He chased it to the house of her fathers', when it proved to be a handsome young girl. The game was up. Dan's rifle never sent a ball to the heart of a 4 varmint ' with more unerring and fatal certainty than did those bright eyes send a shaft to his. The bold backwoodsman pressed his suit, and the maiden allowed herselfbe wooed and won. " How Kentucky got its name.. Tho origin and meaning of the name of Kentucky has been accoun ted for in different ways, both ingenious and plausi ble. t The latest analysis of tho word Kentucky that we have heard,' we had a few days ago from the lips of an old- hunter, now in the ninety-ninth year of his age. When, Boon first came to that country it was inhabited exclusively by no tribe of Indians, but was the common hunting ground for all the tribes of the adjacent country. The rich valleys were cover ed with a chapparel of eanet- bearing a small berry, on which the turkey came in countless numbers to feast Thus, it was enough for the whites to call it the land of Cane and Turkey. The Indians, trying to pronounce the same words, got it Kane tuckee from this it was abbreviated into Kentucky and finally the name by which it . is now. known Ken tucky fo land of Cam and Turkey. . : '-'. "" ; ... . .. , M.J - ' . A writer in the last Edinburg Review states that Byron drew, the character of. Lambro, the pirate, in Don Juan, from real life without even the substitu tion of ficticious name..- Lambro was probably in .the .zenith of his dark.. celebrity during Byron's se cond residence In Greece. His story, as recorded by the poet, is mainly true; and the old Patriarch-pirate at the age of between eighty and ninety, was lately living, if indeed he be not yet living, in the island of Zea. ' - " "Directors that tile road has been completed from Fay .etteville to Puppy Creek;-15 miles that of Messrs.' Jones & li&rbee's contract for ZU miies, mrar .ruppy Creek to Blue's Bridge, miles have been completed; S miles more .will be completed by Sept 1st ; and the entire'distance by Jan'y. 1854."' Twenty "WfleH of road are now under toll. - ; . . V . Sufficient - subscriptions 'to . construct the . road through Richmond county, not havjng as yet been received, no .work has been .done. beyond 'Blue's Bridge, except the survey from that point to Little's Hills. It is to be hoped that our friends in Richmond will take speedy measures to secure the construction, through that bounty of a road promising immense benefits to them and to us. . Liberal subscriptions have been made in Mont gomery, and no doubt is entertained of procuring the necessary amount for the construction of the road through that county. . "'' The Stockholders acecptcd the amendment to the charter authorising a change of terminus, and adop ted the following resolution : Resolved, That the road be now located from or near Little's Mills in Richmond county to or near Swift Island in the county of Montgomery, by such route as the President and Directors may select, and that the location of the final terminus be for the pres ent postponed Messrs. Jas G. Cook, Geo. McNeill, Henry Lilly, J. G. Shepherd, T. S. Lutterloh, H. L. Myrovcr, E. W. Willkings, of Fayettevillc, and Messrs. Isham A. Dumas and T. Bostick of Richmond were elected Di rectors for the ensuing year. At a meeting of the Board of Directors, Jas G. Cook was elected Presi dent, and J. M. Rose, Secretary. ' We learn that a proposition has been submitted to the Directors, to construct a Branch Road from near the Hon. L. Beth'une's in this county, via McLean's Bridge (over Drowning Creek) and Laurel Hill, to McNair's Store in Richmond county, near the S. C. line. The proposal has been accepted provided a sufficient amount for the construction of the Branch bo subscribed Messrs. John McNeill, M. W. Mc Nair, Jno. C. McLaurin, Wm. Buchanan, Daniel Mc Lean, Ferdinand McLeod and Wm. McLean have been appointed to procure subscriptions in Richmond coikity. Fayettetille Observer. Franklin; Grav. Franklin Gray, who committed suicide a few days ago, by throwing himself before the cars at Rochelle, near New York city, and whose case, from his domestic relations, appears to excite great sympathy in the North, is very well known in the West and South. He lived at Helena, Arkansas, and kept an indifferent drinking house, with a room for faro and other games. He was a professional' gambler, and having been detected in some tricks at faro, by which he attempted to defraud a respectable irentleman of Phillips county out of a considerable sum of money, the citizens having become enraged, demolished the groggery, tore down the building and obliged him to leave, without his coat at midnight He went to San Francisco, and by the" successful tricks of his trade, amassed a large fortune, and turned up in Washington about a year ago, as the millionaire Col. Gray, one of the merchant princes of California. He stayed at Brown's Hotel had a fine suite of rooms dressed superbly effulgent with diamonds and brilliants of the first water he was not long in making a sensation in that diplomatic city. He soon acknowledged the beauty and charms of his present wife, whom he had met at one of the weekly soirees at Brown's Hotel, where the wealth of Col. Gray obtained for him a facile entree, and through the influence of disinterested friends he laid at the feet of the young lady s mother his diamonds, money and rent-roll The bait was too much to be rejected The engagement became the subject of public conversation. The mother was cautioned a- gainst the connection, but the rent roll won the day. ino weuding tooK place in tne cnuren, and was a grand affair. The magnificent trousseau of diamonds, with which he presented his bride, was displayed ter the public gaze, and it is fedred many a fair maiden sighed because she was not the fair recipient of Uol. Gray s vows and money. About 19 years ago. Franklin Gray married tho widow of a respectable lawyer of North Carolina, much his senior, but a showy and intelligent lady. It was the same Mr. and Mrs. Gray who were mixed up in the rumored attempt to poison with champagne Gen. Santa Anna, when a prisoner at San Jacinto. He came to Arkansas from Texas, and lived in that State from 1837 until this affair at Helena. Often wrctchedly.poor and ckeing out a living by the pre carious results of his profession, his wife, who hear tily abhorred their means of existence, became dis satisfied, and Gray and herself quarreled and separa ted. Gray became rich, and married the beautiful Miss French, without having a divorce, and the first Mrs. Gray went to New York and threatened a pros ecution for bigamy against her legal husband His will in favor of his second wife will be legally tested by the party claiming pnonty as wife. . New Orleans Delta. How to xaxe Monet Fast and Honestly. Enter into a business of which you have a perfect knowl edge. In your own right, or by the aid of friends, on long time, have a cash capital sufficient at least to do a cash business. Never venture on a credit bus iness on commencement Buy all your goods or ma terials for cash ; you can take every advantage of the market, and pick and choose where you wilt Be careful not to overstock yourself. Rise and fall with the market on short stocks. Always stick to those whom you prove to "bo strictly just in their transac tions and shun all others even at a temporary disad vantage. Never take advantage of a customer s ignor ance, nor equivocate, nor misrepresent Have but one price and a small profit, and you will find all the most profitable customers (the cash ones) or they will find you. If ever deceived in business transactions, never at tempt to save yourself by putting the deception upon others; but submit to the loss and be more cautious in future. According to the character and extent of your abilities set aside a liberal percentage for print ing and advertising and do not hesitate. Never let an article, parcel, or package go out from you without a handsomely printed label, card or circular, and dis pense them continually. Choose the newspaper for the purpose, and keep yourself unceasingly before the public ; and it matters not what business of utility you make choice of ; for, if intelligently and indus triously pursued, a fortune will b'e the result A friend informs us that, while suffering with a bonc-fellon twenty years ago, Dr. Francis Le Baron, late the Apothecary General of the United States, ad vised him to fill a thimble with soft-soap and quick siver mixed, and bind it tightly over the fellon. This he did, and in the course of twelve hours it was drawn to a head, when the core was removed, and, by appliances of the usual poultice the sore soon healed Our informant remarks that this is a severe expedient, but one that is to be preferred to the cus tomary treatment We have heard others who have availed themselves of the remedy prescribed by our friend say that it is effectual and expeditious. As a good many persons are now afflicted with bone-fel-lons, we have been requested to make this publica tion. May itprove"arealbles8ing" to the suffer ing. . J Cor. Baltimore Clipper. The Name or Lola Montez. From the following announcement of the marriage of this notorious per jgonage, it M-ill be seen that she is not deficient in names. , If to these were added all those by which her friends, enemies and admires applied to her we think even this long list would be considerably in creased; ... . v " ; . -.; v . 44 Married this morning." at the HoW 'rhnnW :f the Mission Dolores,7 by the Rev. Father Flavel Fon taine, curate, Madame Mane Ehse Rosanne Dolores, Countess of Lansfeldt de Heald Baroness of Rosen thal, and Chainoinesse of the Order of St Uhmc. to Patrick Purdy Hull; esq.; conductor 6f the San : z. r ' "& vvmuimm -ouveruser oi uus Ai? SIth. A? corresponden t of the National Intelligencer amusingly complains that Clay, Calhoun and-Webster,. who :wert tested witi all sorts ofuestions from abolitionists in theirlivesJ: are not spared even after thel? death-but summon ed to a hundred table legs every 4iighCand made to answer the most ridiculous questions and in the most .'JUS im konolaM Aiul th WMtllil iivtt -. UW . va hvuvw - v w . - - . -. . TTTl. - L J tl VXm Iiti hath mo.A " . ' Death sleeps serenely on hi brilliant eye - 4 . 1 Which flashed with thought and glowed with passion's nv . ;: 1 t.'nca r-y-s " Visions of houe and beamihe beaut t came 1 ' : And as the hoars went by onTapid winr, - '. His spirit dreamed of triumphs and of fame.'' r . Soft as the lute when lore's band sweeps its stringav..- V .' - The rich tones were which dwelt upon his tongue, e Bnt like the roar which o'er roused ocean rings, , r Vi " i When on the wind his soul its passion flung. '. '-' ..- ,' He lored to climb the summit of the hill " When each glad bird poured out its heart in song; . And walked delighted by the murmurimr rill, "' - Which flashed in sunshine as it leaped along. His fancy then, from themes romantic wrought . , , ' Wild talcs of happiness and lore's control ; Or trtd the brilliant chain of thrilling thought" ;" Which binds ambition to its glittering goaL ? " ' " . One gentle spirit mingled with his dreams, " - . : And shared the empire of his heart with fame ; . - . . Fairer than she ne'er strayed by fabled streams, - " -Or o'er the vision of rapt poet came. He was the sunlight of her being's world, " ' And she to him the poetry of life: The slenderest tress which on her forehead cori'd . , , Was talismanic o'er his spirit's strife. . " . A change came o'er him years had flown away His hopes a wreck were toss'd on passion's sea; His feet from fame's high paths had gone astray And from his heart had passed her melody. -The star who rose so brightly on his morn, . . Now shone but dimly to his darken 'd riew ; . High on excitement's ware his soul was borne Far from the scenes where first his beiBg grew. " 'His bark was on the waters dark and wild, : And crazily upon its course was driren, Though lore rose o'er him, and with accents mild Strove to reclaim him back to lore and heaven. Bnt lore's appeal was rain ; the bowl the game' Had wrapped his spirit in a starless night ; And on the brow which once had burned for lame. Were scorn's deep scowl and dark suspicion's blight - Dmnk with the fury of his madden'd brain, With quivering step he pressed to Buin's rerge, Beneath which roars an all-destroying main. Where harpies' shrieks break o'er the sounding surge That night-bird; foul Remorse, above him wh'cel'd, . And flapped her wings, and screamed loud o'er the ware ; His Tision wandered, and his spirit reeled, ' And down he sank to an unhonored grave I - The lark sings blithely and the wild flowors bloom In summer-time shore his pulseless breast ; And low winds moon around the silent tomb Where he unconscious hath his dreamless rest His heart is hopeless, and the yermil dye Which dwelt upon his lip hath passed away; Death sleeps serenelr on the brilliant jere Which flashed with thought and glowed with passion's ray I K1GEL. At the recent commencement of Harvard Univer sity, at the supper of the "iVi Upsilon Fraternity, w J. G. Saxe, the poet, having been toasted, gave the following good 44 hit" in reply : Dear brethren, who sit round this bountiful board, ' With excellent viands so lavishly stored. That, in newspaper phrase, 'twould undoubtedly groan,' If groaning were but a convivial tone, Which it isn't and therefore, by sympathy led, The table, no doubt, is rejoicing instead. Dear brethren, I rise and it won't be surprising 11 you una me, like bread, all the better for rising I nse to express my exceeding delight In our cordial reunion this glorious night And inroke every blessing a true-hearted brother, In fullness of feeling, can do for another. And here let me pause for a moment, to say, In a negative, less than a positive war, (Like a parson beginning bis doctrinal task,) What blessing for each I would specially ask ; May you ne'er get in lore or in debt, with a doubt . As to whether or no you will erer get out ; May you ne'er hare a mistress who plays the coquette, Or a neighbor who blows on a cracked clarionet; Hay you learn the first use of a lock on your door, And ne'er like Adonis, be killed by a bore; Shun canting and canters with resolute force, A "canter' is shocking, except in a horse; At jovial parties mind what you are at. Beware of your head and take care of your hat Lest you find that the favorite son of your mother Has an ache in the oue and brick in the other ; May you never, I pray, to worry your life. Have a weak-minded friend, or a strong-minded wife; A tailor distrustful, or partner suspicious; A dog that is rabid, or a nag that is ricious; Above all, the chief blessings the gods can impart May you keep a clear head and a generous heart, Remember 'us blessed to give and forgive; Lire chiefly to love, and love while you lire, And, dying, when life's little jonrner is done, May your last, fondest sigh be Pu Cfsilox. LET THE HEART BE BEAUTIFUL. So the heart, the heart is beautiful, I care not for the face: I ask not what the form may lack Of dignity or grace; If the mind be filled with glowing thoughts, And the soul with sympathr. What matter though the cheek be pale, Or the eye lack brilliancy. Though the cheek, the cheek be beautiful, It soon may lose its bloom, And the lustre of the eye be quenched In the darkness of the tomb; But the glory of the mind will lire, Though the bloom of life depart; And oh 1 the charm can never die Of a true and noble heart The lips that utter kindly thoughts Hare a beauty all their own For gentle words are sweeter far - Than musie'e softest tone; And though the roice be harsh or shrill That bids the oppressed go free. And soothes the woes of the sorrowing one, That roice is sweet to me. TnE Koszta Affair. Washington, Aug. 14, 1853. The Secretary of State only received his despatches relative to the Koszta affair, from Mr. Marsh, our Minister at Constantinople, on Friday, too late to lay them before the Cabinet They will be read to the Cabinet to-morrow. This will account for the delay in making public the despatches heretofore received at the Navy Department The Koszta question is likely to assume a much more important character than was first anticipated Mr. Marcy is already pledged to the position that the filing of a declaration of an intention to become a citizen of the United States entitles the individual to the protection of this government It will be re membered that Mr. Marcy was a member of the mixed commission, as it was termed, to adjust the claims of American citizens against Mexico. One of these claims was that of an Italian gentleman who had de clared his intention of becoming a citizen of the Uni ted States previous to the depredations being com mitted on his property by Mexico., The Mexican commissioners resisted the claim, on the ground that the mere declaration did not entitle the party to the immunities of a citizen of the United States.. The case was finally submitted to the arbitration of the King of Prussia, through his minister, and decided adversely to the postion assumed by Mr. Marcy. It is a matter of great importance to the thousands who reach our shores, and file their declarations of in tention to become citizens, to have this point decided Mr. Marcy, we believe, took the ground that they are in the same position as children born here, who, al though they cannot vote or hold property till they are twenty-one years old, are still, during their mi nority, unquestionably entitled to the protection of the United States. Should this position be taken the release of Koszta will doubtless be imperatively de manded by our government . It will be due, not only to ' our national honor, but to the vast population which seek our shores in the pursuit of that civil and religious liberty which is demed them in Europe.. - No better opportunity for settling the question can arise, and public opinion will uphold the executive in the ennuncialion of whatever may be deemed true American doctrine, no matter' how bold it may ap PJV. Cor.oftUN. T.Merajd. 44 Colonel J. W. Forney, it is Tjnderstood ' has M length completed his arrangements 'for 44 taking and holding the reins" of the New York National Demo crat, and wffl shortly enter upon toe'd&charge of the duties of his new bositionL w fim nf tJln-u The above statement is not stricUy the fiu&VUr,- I?t design taking the -editorial control of the National Democrat, and never intended doing so, -He is still in the. field for re-election 1 as aerkTof the United States House of Representatives, and if he' shouldbe called to-other duties-he win make.it known.in.time to his friends in ' Congress. ATI J mors connecting his name with the editorial rnaiu' "v z, MVU' Jfwnocrw. are erroneous. ri..i ered the most valuable on it. . Ther are in fW1Wl-,"Q- ucean, ana will be handsomely and eonTenientlr laid m, V business andpleasure.- No improTenteaS . f( Central or Western WmaVtLr?e5 th. n.i4w ;i ST? J? wrm connected whfc the Harbor, without benefiting these TlarThTcw City Company aware of thi. tact, beg tolytSTfc hare no agents or drummers in th. l-ZTaf7 uu iu ue sates or tneir land ... reaujred, by tl articles of agreement, to be to theht ' The gentlemen whe eoraose this Comma- w. rangements to improve their ladd to the amount ofik-i 50,000.- v. iuunng km winter and ensuing sprinr a i.H' will be buu VWharres, TurpentineTUenes" j! i Saw Mill will be rat in oneralinn. - - Hotel Steam . There is excellent day on the premises for maW hx and mlmn tm thai uttftnanl W-.. . . : DTlck ed the importance of fire proof building in a comnJ!; J place, the board will not allow any but substantial tnxZ buildings to be permanently erected on any lands tW selL -.--M - v i V -T6 persons "who may prefer, the board will lease loin term of yeara. They respectfully invite all persons way interested to be' present at the sale and see for tW selres. Especially mechanics, ship carpenters, brick majST At-, as for them no richer harrest can be promised tlunTT' future prospects of Carolina City. V . ' " Tckju of Sale.- One-fourth cash the balance in hurt.v menu at 12, 18 and 24 months, interest from dat e. All letters on business of the Company address tn t,i M. Rose, Secretary, FayetteriUe, K. JT ' -- By order of the Board, , August 17th, 1858." . . : . - ' tt. iiULis, for the nurnose of iz? ing the Fancy and Hoa-w Furnishing Goods business, an) hare taken the store on Bollingbrook street, fcrmerirn!-? Crotber. - WM. R. HUT . " DUDLEY X1CH0I& A CARD. The subscriber take this oprwrtunitT rf returning his thanks to his friends and the public geDenSr for the very liberal patronage bestowed on him durin? h connexion with other bouses in this city, and hopes br rki attention to business to merit a continuance of ihe K&nwT " ' v' 'WM.B.HILL. - Tho subscribers have just received their Fall Slo of French, English, German and American Fancy Good, riz: Combs, Buttons, Brushes, Suspenders, Ilosierr Glorei Dress TrimmingPerfumerj Housekeeping articlei'BriUmi and. Plated Wares. Musical Instruments. Ac IV JTZT fully invite the at ten tion of Merchaatsamilies and the imlEe V generally to an examinationof out stock, aswparecoiifid we can supply tnem on as good terms as the regular jobbb ' houses orth. ' A catalogue of our stock can be had atom counter, or sent to any address free of charge. Orda-i thankfully received and promptly attended to, ParticnW care paid to packing, v ... . . . , . HILL A ICICIIOLS. N. B. Also, sole agents of the sale of the Pekin Tea Com pany, a supply constantly on hand. . H. 4 5. NOTICE We hare obtained the services of Mr 1 J . Williams, formerly of Charlotte Court House, Va- bnt re! cently of Sew York, where be has been engaged for a lcartu of time in one of the largest fancy goods houses in that atr and is perfectly acquainted with business, fie will take pleasure in waiting on his friends either in person or br order. . . , , . SILL t AICH0LS. Petersburg; Yan August 8th, 185S. ?6-w6ir. . . New Dry Goods Store. JOHN CREECH HAS JUST RETURNED FROM the Northern cities, where he has purchased a large and beautiful assortment of - FOREIGN, AND DOSfESTIC DRY GOODS, of the latest srrles and patterns. Also, a large and beautiful assortment of Hats and Caps of all kinds; a large and beau tiful assortment of Ladies' and Hisses' Bonnets, and Chit dren's Hats and Flats, all of the latest styles. Also, a lam assortment of Boots and Shoes, Gnns and Pistols, Hardware . and Cutlery ; a good assortment of Umbrellas and Parawls; a good assortment of Men's and Boys Summer Clothing, which will be sold too low to fear the competition of Jew. All persons in want of New Goods and good bargains wTl do well to call and examine mr stock before Durchasin? el where. I tender my most sincere thanks to the citizens at Raleigh and the surrounding country, for the long and libe ral patronage I hare received, and trust by untiring zeal and energy to please in the prosecution of mr business, to merit its continuance. y , JOHN. CREECH. t3? Fayetterflle-Street, second door below Messrs. Wil liams, Haywood A Co.'s Drug Store. " . Raleigh, March 8, 1853. ,:" 82 w. TOMBS, MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES. Ac THE SUBSCRIBER having been North and purcbst ed a large assortment of Italian and American Marble for JfoHumetU, Tomb, and Ilead-eUmes, and Hearth, Paint stomett. Slab for Soda Founts, Bakert Slab, and Nora Scotis GrimaHones, solicits the patronage of the citizens of Raleii and the surrounding country. He invites the citizens U call and see his monuments, tomb and head-stones and drefl or send their orders, which will be punctually attended to. The subscriber has been in business in this place sixteen years, and you can refer to any of the citizens of Raleipn. His Marble-Yard is ten minutes' walk from the State liouse, at the South-East Corner of the Graveyard. ' The Subscriber has examined the Northern prices, and ha no hesitation in saying he can do work en as reasonable terms as any. ' ' ' WILLIAM STROXACH. Raleigh, Sept. g, 1852.- ?:y ' . -.' . 85 ly. TT OST OR MLSPX.ACED. THE SUBSCBD3EESL JLi on the 30th day of May last,, mailed in the tuwti Graham, Alamance county, K. C, the following bills of n ney to A. W. Steele, of Faretterille, N. Cn and they km not since been beard from by them, and by giving t&ii a tic hope that if any person should get bold of the letter through mistake, they will keep the money vntil therca inform them of the fact, whereupon they will attend' to it and compensate liberally any one who will give them vj information respecting the bills that Ihey can get them. The bills are one (50 bill on the Farmer's Bank of Ti, No. 1509 parable at Danville one (50 bill on the Bank rf the State of North Carolina, No. 283 payable at TarborocA one $20 bill on the Bank, of Hamburg,' South Carolina, a 3x1 payable at Hamburg. . . . P.'RJ t D. C. HABDE5. Graham, N. O, July 2d, 1853. . - ' - 66-6w. "MTOTICE. WAS TAKEN "UP NEAR MSHTTLLE, AM Nash County, and committed to Jail a Negro Woman, who seems to be, from ber appearance, about fortr-fivecr fifty years of age, about flye feet six inches high, light color, large feet and eyebrows ; has a downward look when spokes to, has three under teeth in front, and has lost an upper tooth in front. It seems to be impossible to learn from ber her rightful owner, as she has named several personi at be ing her owner; she seems to be of weak mind, or is dUpoi ed to act as such. The owner will please come forward aod prove property, pay prison charges and take her away, or she will be disposed of according to law. v . ' ,V "r GRAY BRIDGES, Jaw. Nashrflle, X.C July 9tby 1858.. - Tl-nnr- PETER .WW HINTON, COMMISSION AND "FORWARDING MERCHANT, -. Jio. 1, 2 aiid i Rotketyf Wharf, i. . i ' Norfolk, Yx. . Particular attention paid to the sale of Flour, Cotton, To bacco and other Produce. . - Advances made on consignments."' . Strict attention naid to Fcmrarriincr and RAceivin? Hff- rhandise. - ; . .- .-..,-... v. : -1 ; 1 - REFERENCES. . iJaj. Lhas. I Hixtox, Raleigh. .. Gboksi W. Haywood, Esq., Raleigh. - J. B. G. Roclhac, Esq, Raleigh. " ' William Plcmku, Esq, Warren ton. .. . April 19; 1858. - .-. . , - 44-fa ; Office of the Ni C. Rail Road Company, ' -- J .-. - J ULT 19TB, 1&5. S , RkTOTICE. AT THE LAST MEETING of the Bob A of Dire:ior the following resolution was pawed: Jiolid That in conformity with the resolution 1P' by. the Stockholders, requiring the Directors so to do, w Treasurer be instructed, by public advertisement, to boW all delinquents, that interest from the date upon w same was doe will be demanded upon all monies anpw Bp on and after the 1st day of October ert." - ; -'--:. "1 t ; "CYRUS P.MENDENHAU'! ' ' V ' " ' Seatary and Trtatrer JT. C R- K-j jniy yytn, isaa. . -. . ... s- ' - ya . 1 .- CLEMENT- G. TYRIGHT, . r..' t a Attorney at hw, -r . - Hf Office corner of Green and Bow. Street. January 81st, 1853.- . 1 -CLAUDIUS B. SANDERS, , . J Attorney at Lav," r. Will attend the Courts, of Johnston, Wayne and Nash C lies. - " -' January 10th,1853.U J L- US . . ; WllXlAlf It, JONES. r Attorney and Counsellor at , La Will attend the Court of .Chatham, Johnston and vjr jreDruarr xs. 1858. . . . " - JAMES J. IREDELL. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Will attend to all bniineM mtrmrtwi to him. in the rthiaand the adjoining Counties.- " initt- vuvr-m, vn occupied DT im iae wn- - , j Raleiffh. Jtmniuh Irm - 6 pSJOnCE-DANIEL R.. GOODLOE, ATTOgS! JLM Connsellorat Law, offers his professional tho KllK); .r. A k. P.nnnn Rnnnrr Land. SO1 I Claims on the Federal Government.' . n -, ' . ' TORESERVE JARS-A IARGE SUPPLY of ff i fkl vo n. XLr ananau gaUon jars, lorJe ww, ut ivxr0oa I " MrtVCil TT- YONS RAT TILLS, THE MlHiu'ji, ALi rwnedy ever used for the destretioBoi -a lor sale ny - : . , . muAo -- r , rT LAZHTR3' CIADONDS AND Copartnerahi Xj Jn Store and for sale br jn ovore.ana wr WILLIAMS ... ; - Washington Star. 4 HATVV'
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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