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f - - i i : . - ! - "f ' ' -" .: ' ' ' . :. '. f :t '."K -1. . I- i ,, , it' T;H-BV;iiB,r S U R E i H O Ur R i r 1 i I 1 ' ' 'I . . .. i ' ,3' , i, . 4 ! 6jt 3n$u iJBiir. Tky wtrs md to exalt m, to teach , to lie, ... Ik iitiUe irotktri, th Pen emd therms." ' T. B. XIHGSBUEY, Editor. , - I. F. K. STROTHEB, Proprietor, j 1 .' i , OXt'OUD, THURSDAY. SEPT 23, 1858. ft. E. lie dm all ii jour authorised Agent to re rr subscriptions from those who1 may desire te lake 7 Lur Zfor. .1. . , I ClTJRS.! ' ' .!''' At ws are very aaxioas to make oar piper wr ftiuniM larger at the expiration of the frit months, we have concluded to offer the follow- og laducementsto Clubs! - !' j I copies f The Leisure Hoar1 for on year, $8 It " - il Ii - . l - !m j. 33 M .-, -! " -:i 30 1C5- The none to' be paid Invariably in' ad vance. i i ii t Hit mrrongtmmt is to go into tfftet mf for this date A Slight Mistake. The) rreat success of the' 9nect.tr. m-Anm-A by tha wit and wisdorri of Joseph Addison and Dick Steele, suggested to the great Dr. Johnson the IJea of The Mrrj and Rambler, which ! are hf no means equal tje their great predecessor! Theybowevrr caused a highly amusing mis take. A French icritic, in noticing these two works renderej them Le Chevalier 'Er rant and sometime afterwards being Intro- seed' to the great 44 Grub street" writer, ad dressed him as Mr. Vagabond. Imagine the astonUbraent of the gruff and burl Doctor. : ': I ttT" An error occurred in the article in! our Jst issue headed M Kittrelliiing, " which wns fcot perceived until some of the numbers j had been M struck "off. This mistake was promptlj corrweted. j . . it. Btate ind County' Pain. Our Countj readers ahould remember that te Fir at Henderson takes place on the I3thr I4ih and 15th cf October, and that the State F.iir will come off on the 19th, 20th, 31st and 3J of the tame ttonth. j ' i ! i..,. . ; j 1ST AV'e would direct the attention oi the Teader to the advertisement of Messrs. Hamil ton cf- Carter of IU'eish. Those who de sire trece from these gentlemen can obtain them promptlj by leaving tbeir orders at this cITu-e. Tl.ey are dofng an extensive business, ad are entirel reliable.. j . tO The rersion )fthe ralms inthe Eng lish Look of Com mom Traver according to a " writer in the Atlantic MomtJJt, wai prepared lj the Poet Laureate, Nahum Tate, (who succeeded Shadwell as tlie wearer of thalanren in conjunction with Nicholas Brady. . . Walter Sinn Landor. . .. . . i This Terr great man and writer! l.a 'Kn recently tried in the Western circuit at Bristol, England, for libel, lit seems 1 that the 'aged autkor, (now more ttym eighty) has publihed pamphlet and poems, in which- a Mre. Ye . eombe, wife of a clergyman living at Bath, wa charged with perjury,j purloining money, and of obtaining funds ander lalse pretences. The case has excited great j attention and remark, and has brought down aponj the tene'rable libeller he most scathing comment and iuveo it. Landor proposed throigh his lawyer to retract, and furthermore promised to cease his attacks upon his victim j! this however it appears he disregadedr and in the face of Lis promise attacked the lady in satires under the name of Xtri. lsconbe. lite last productions are said to be unparrelJed for cpnrsuess- au'scurrility. The Tinti says that Jonathan Swift's impurest productions, when he eat 4iwn lor a regular ini.ings at dirt, or the obsoeuest " off scourings of Martial, when the Itoman poet wa wallowing in the very cesspool ef the Muses, will only gie yon an idea of the nature of Laodor's recent literary diversions.' Landor is certainly one of the most vigoreus wpVfrs i that England has ever produced, but 1 is unreliable- and 'ec centric. The jury brought in a verdict!-of a thonasnd pounds damages neary equal iS of eur own money., The old lion lias gone to the continent driven we suppose to his I lir by the bfewt whick an indignant public wer heaping qpon hire. - It Un singular cir cums'jttiee, that a man who has written so eloquently and impassioned ly abent truth and virtue and honesty, should become in his ad vanced age a common libeller. To those per sons familiar with bi "Pericles and Aspasia" or his M Imaginary Convertna, ' thia last eas pade nit at prove-deeply distressrnir. In hi grand sonorous stjle, he says through the lips ofLorani lie whe brings ridicule le hear against Truth, Cuds in bis hand a blade' with ul a hilt; The most sparkling and pointed flame of wit Bickers and expires againat the ja eombustille walla of her sanctuary." And yet for the purpoa of gratifying some private spleen, the "old man eloquent" stoops from J his high estate " as the advocate of what is good, and noble and true, and becomes a lllaul scavenger dealer in dirt and vigor ous obsc saity. We wonder if he can apply to himself the language which he put in the mouth of Tarikio his great poem Covni Julian, h;,j . ;, . i-;';- " - s ' ! " Delicioua calm . Follows the fierce enjoyraent of revenge." T -.. We rather Ihiak that the reply f Hernando, might with, some appositeness be nsed by Landor himself. Hernando to thU inquiry of Tarik sayet ' '. --. - J! . "That calm wai never his J no other icill be, . Not victory, that o'ershadows him, sees he t fj'o airv and light passion stirs abroad -i , To ruille or to soothe him all are queU'd - Wai'siO) a mightier, sternor, stress of naind. .' WaWeUl he sits, and lonely, aid unmoved, As otco ciuits an eagle, ere the tun " : Throws uV Ue varying earth his early ray ' aula a 2;lx;standa immovable ! " Upon some hLxat cliff, aad rollf his. eye,'' Cl;r, e-iniUnt, uuobaerrai.t, bnaWd ; In the cold ligut abo,4 d,wg of worn, tfyjnd the arrows, ahouil and views of men. Ey the way, DeQuioeey;; m9 according to tn )e4f d( U at once tha moeilTquent and pailosphical'of alt critics, tkinks the aboVeTone of the mostftperlatively grand passages iathe whole rage of . literature. For ouraelf, we scarcely know which to admire moat, tha extract abore quoted, or the magnificent language in which it is criticisedsby DeQuincey. This article and the One oo 'the Cable" were prepared for our last issue. J - ? ' 1 ""i ei a r , i ii . , Dreat Fashion. Jn the days of Addison and Steele, hoop petti coafs flourished quite aa voluminously as now,, and in the 127th numbar of the 44 Spectator, " tha reader will find a satire upon what we term crinoline, whick' will be found specially appli cable to the prejent style so consistently per severed in by the ladies. If in the year. 1711 the said 127th article was found efficacious for good, perchance it might accomplish" some re trenchtnent at least, in this day, when a lady of one hundred pounds weight can Occupy an entire side walk or fill an omnibus. The axticle is not exactly suited to'our columns, or we would publish itJ- Our object however, is not to endeavor to write at or down these "inflated humbug," but we wish to say a word relative to fashion generally, and one word specially directed to certain styles' of dress which obtain among men. Man is an imitaiive animal; this will be granted we suppose; And in "nothing does he display this proclivity, so greatly as in his servile copying in matters of dress. It is of no consequence if the fashion is j two years old or more, so it comes from Paris , or New York, that is enough j he dons ihe new apparel, whether it be rattlesnake pattera, counterpane plaids, swallow tail -coats or tight pants o tight indeed that he cannot sit down. It is the fashion and however unbecoming or uncomfort able, to fashion he must be a slave. Wo do not of course include in this remark tftose un fledged bipods yoa may sometimes see in our Northern cities fellows with immense bell crowned hats, long tailed coats of the spike tail cut, and pants of Zebra pattern, in which are cncas d skeleton legs. ' It is the dress of man that next to reason, distinguishes him from the brutes that perish.' It. is ihe decora tiona of the tailor, and the'exercise of the bar ber's skill that render man's Uffliness tolerable. The ngliei of created human beings, may be made presentable by graceful drapery and the various appendages which ingenious men have invented wherewith to invest his person. No person who is not madly sensual, or bestial in his taste, would think "of infringing 'upon those necessary rules j of dress hich decency and civilization require. Says an American writer, fit seems somewhat strange that ; jXatare, : in her lavish distiibuUon of fleece, - and fur and gaudy plumage,1 should have left the monarch of all mundane creatures in a state of destitu tion, which it so sorely taxes his purse to supply y but such is the fact, and against it there is no appeaL" Man then has been; forced to ingeni ous expedients, and costumes have been invent ed to supply those deficiencies which are requir ed by comfort and society! It is-not to be at all wondered ait then, that in the. human mind there should lurk a principle, whict tells us to pay a certain homage to graceful dress to elegant and refined costume. But!tMsnrpris ing that persons will persistently j wear those garments "which distort 'and disfigure their euter man, and which renders these obnoxious to anmincing criticism and fleecing comment. No man should however make dress - his pe culiar study no sensible man ever did. If any genius is seen to bespeCially given to extreme nicety in dress to, d prudish, 'moduli style, you may safely rely upon the fact of his being unbalanced in j his intellectual organs that there ia a screw loose! iu the machinery of his mind. And when you see a chap whose only study seems to be, how will this look or that -whose daily round of pleasure consists in de corating his peon ; just' set.that fellow down for an unadulterated nincompoop, and you have named him right. We have met Isuch speci mens of frail mortality and the irresistible intiry has forced itself upon us, and in the Ungual tow of Mr. Merryman, u does your mammy know you are out," j John G. Saxe has written an amuaing poem Saxe by the way ia about the best wit we have! among: our singers in which oeenra the following stanza, which we commend to all1 devotees of the toilet : "Because yon flourish iu worldly affairs, i! Don't be haughty and put on airs) ! . :' --V With inse'eat pride of station ; - - ' . Doii't be prond and turn up yonr noae -At poorer people, in plainer clothes, -; But learn for the sake of "yonr wind's repose, That Wealth's a bubble that comes and goes! And that alt Proud Flesh, wherever it grows, Is subject to irrctation." We fend some, remarks in a recent number of the Home Jvurnal, whichxin the main' reflect our owa opinions relative to two of the cover ings which men have invented the hat and shawl; theormermvde originally for men. but sometimes worn by -women, and the latter fashioned alone for women but recently usurped by men;"; j;v !,i-Cr.":"- j.;'". ' ' f V No man-can justly be blamed for wear ing spectacles, because no man cau be. justly blamed for needing spectacles. They are a ue cesaiiy occasioned by on iufirmity.1 and when a man-can't use hia own eyes, be does the next best thinghes ... i !, j ;: ; ' '; !"Geta hini' glass eyes ;'';' And like scurvy politician : f ' the quotation is somethiug musty, i Bui a- man may be blamed for wearing a aofi hat a Kos suth," s it was once cailed because, neither custom nor fashion having rendered it w becom ing it necessarily rests on its own shapeless meritSj and is no more nor less-: than, untidy, rowdyish, loaferish. It f is entirely jncongwi ou to a gentleman's costume. Itaasimilates to nothiag but a seedy coat,' patched pantaloons, and browiy-black shoes with the toes out. Ii is indicative-of nothing but a la&y disregard-of the fitness Of tilings which luxuriates in what ever needs no bsushing, can' be .put oot of shape, is indifferent to rain, and ma be tUpt in without damage. In short, a soft hat is to a gentleman precisely wha a gentlemattr' hat is to a beggar : it contradicts adi- bis other gar ments. 1 lie thin? may ha tnlArnfa In .rv.1. , o J m w v w VVU4 or in the evening, or .at any time- ad. place l : . . . . i " r wuir ii, tttunu oe , teen i out ,w jeresoever la dies and gentlemen are wont to eongregatejat is lktle better than -..obtrusive affectation or de voct ratio ii of rowdyism. ' Akin to this -defiance-oi what ia aimnlfl and iimlr.' ti thm shawl. The shawl, proper, js a woman's ear- A -m . 1. - t iii e u i, m muen so as a. uonoet s ; ana. . a man miffht as Well adont th nna ma the nttilv ."; TT. may use- a shawl m travelling,ta muffle himself m m . a 1. " a vr, aiage-coacnce a vetseiiana a shawl Is often useful to eke out his bed cover ing at an inn. But he might as well take one of the blankets from that bed ta finish bis toilet for a promenade among respectable people, as to take his shawl with the same intention. Let the blankets be blue, or brown, and it is a shawl, to all 'intents and purposes. I Indians wear blankets (or shawlsite all Be) because they have not reached the civilization of coats and buttons y and- th shawl isTrot"tfiibecoming to an Indian'-- because the rest of his costume corresponds to it.- Buta shawl to amttora mod ern civilized dress; is' as incongruous as the man's hat worn by an Indian's sqnaw which may be Seen almost any day in Broadway. 'J he; shawl can- nevr be made to appear other wise than womanish on any one's shoulders ; aud jthe only difference between a man in a shawl and a woman in a Bloomer, is, the differ ence beween a Wodfaced hussy' and & sneak,' They are both out of character. The ostsnta tious immodesty of the one is unwomanly, and the slovenly slouchiness of the other is unman ly. There ia however, a true congeniality be tween the shawl and the soft haU They never should be, and 6eidora are,! separated.- We have been led iute se'sthe'tical reflections by an advertisement in one of our country exchange papers, which announces Jhe" want "ef a teach er ia some department of a seminary, which ad vertisement - concludes with' an N. B. that "men wearing spectacles, a shawl and asofthat need not apply, as the advertisers have tried that kind 1" ' " -1 ' t . i ;r Literary Men and Harital Belations. ; - It has been a subject of frequent remark, tha a large majority of literary men have been un- happy in their marriages. A -long array of great and brilliant names is presented to justify the opinion, and Milton and a host of others are made to do service in the charsra of the usual infelicities of men of genius in their marital lives. The unhappy feud between Sir Lytton Bulwer, the recent separation of Dickens from his wife, the divorce of Landor' and- hia ynt-. 'H f recent occurrence 'comparatively, seem to justify the opinion that at least in Eng land there is something, atmospherical or other wise, that is wofully unpropitious for connubial happiness to obtain; between the leading liter ary minds and their M weaker " vessels." But we do not believe that literary men are any less apt to be joyful and pleased in their married experiences than the matter, of fact man of business, or the physician or the lawyer. It is the eminence which certain literary men attain which attracts the notice of the world, and which gives celebrity to all of their perform ances whether it be to indite a poem, a novel or iv play,' or to engage in tie beat Sc enjoy ments incident upon a separation from a spite ful virago or an incomprehensible and uncon genial "blue-stocking." ' A writer in a recent English Review, h:,s taken the position that the unkappiness attending the wedlock of literary mtn constitutes the'excepiion and not the rule. The article is highly interesting and we believe is a, satisfactory exposition of the truth in the ease. We have only room for a passage or two. Says the .essayist : 4 : ; "Sir Wralter Sco'4 was a literary man'of the very highest class; a man who tried many de partments of writing, and succeeded iu them all 7-and he was married for thirty years, made a love match, and was happy in the i marriage state. Southey was a fortunate and happy hus band. Home was all in alt to him j whereas it can be nothing to a man who is miserably married. He married a second time, his se cond wife being a lady of literary standing, and both were happy. Mr.' Cwper, who was one of the most successful of writers, was happily married, aud his domestic life was singularly free from trouble. jLatnartme is well known to have marriedfortunatelyin allrespects, Moore's wife was one of the; noblest creatures that ever lived, the made her husband's home - happy. He was never tired of writing of her excellence. ii onei ey a nrsi marriage the marriage of a boy and a girl,; who knew nothing of human life was unfortunate, his second marriage can be quoted as a model union.' Wordsworth made a love matcty and his love was lasting as his home was bles-ed. Professor Wilson of Blackwood memory, made a happy marriage, and his w ife is said to have exercised morelu fluence over him than any other person. Her death was the greatest niisfortunr he ever knew. Dr. Johnson, whosei wife was old enough to be his mother with some years to spare; f'onnd no-! thing unplea3ing in the marriage state. His last biographer says he 'continued to be under the illusions of tlie wedding-day till the lady died, in her sixtyfburth year,' .he husband be- ing but forty three. Sir Walter Raleigh was' the first literary man of his day; after Shakspe-1 re and Bacon, and at middle Jife he married a beautiful woman eigthteen years his junior,! and the marriage! was productive of . much happiness We know but little of Shakspeate's life a very strong presumptive proof that he lived well but wiiat little we do know is sufli-l creut tj show that,! though be married, when a1 boy,- a woman eight years "liis 8euior he was not enhappy aa a husband, ' With this fact in view says Mr. JIalli well, alluding to her supe-j rior years, 'and relying! on very uncertain per-1 sonal allusions in his plays and Bonnets, it ,has been conjecturjd" that Shakspeare's marriage was not productive of domestic happiness- For this opinion not a fragiavnt of direct evidence has been produced, and on equally potent grou nds might we prove Eim to have been jealous,! or in fact to have been in his own person the actual representative of all the passions he de scribes in the persons of his characters. But! 'his wife and daughter did" earnestly desire to be laid in the same grave with him,' as the clerk; informed Dowdall, in the year l93i; This'last fact is a fine illustration of Sir Thomas Browne's idea of the pleasnre that unsatisfied affections feel in the thought that they shall mingle, their ashes with the ashes of those whom they love, and touch iu their urns. - , . . - The Cable.'" - J- Some weeks ago we prepared a short article, which was crowded out, in which we gave ex preaaion pretty nearly to the same "views thai :the able Editor of the , WUmingiori Journal has taken.. We do not now intend to be- guilty of in unparaoaaoie tolly ot. using this "grand achievement" a a safety valve,, for to tell the truth we think the people of -New York, and elsewhere have made, themselves ! supremely rediculoua. The magnifying: of Cyrus Field 1 into a great man, is merely absurd and .con-i temptible 'Heia a, cute, plucky f Yankee, in matters of speculaUonj. and he . invested his money at s risk, just as thousand are doio every day in this country. Morse we see Over-- looked." and "MaaTTr Henry and -others.1 who deserve the credit, are quietly "snubbed, ? and Lyrus is manufactured anew atid presented to; amusingly described in his letter td his parti crazy denizens of Gotham, vas- a' marvellous' cular friend -BilIy Irvms and those who relish engineer. , Glad are we tthat?or destiuj, ha the purely humorous wilt he glad to" meet that caused! us to he Southern horn, and that wc livt fnrmnat Im'on.nn ryatn:L tj j . .. .. .. l ......... in an unpretending and .honest State, where niwt gpcamesa . rareiy wounsnes, ana i peoole- never become deranged -over f high flying saoantehaBk leuristSy IIangarian ! humbugs or gas-inflated Yankee adventurers'. v it la humbug, - r .. - - . - w .. ' ' ' Since the above was w-rittenfoar our last issue) we . have seen certain - speculations which tend to doubt the certainty of the; Cable's ieing aM fixed fact" After all, there is some probability at least, that! the , present one will not answer. It has been several weeks since there was lany communication by the - Cable between its termini. ; The crazy New Torkers would have perhaps, acted wisely if they had suspended their excessive jubilations till the Certainty of the thing had been established.-: It would be a pity to have all their pyrotechnics and the' effort to burn City Hall, prove a mere foolish demonstration in honor of the success of an abortion. But the people of Gotham are incorrigible. i j; - i t .: Kittrell's Springr. We find the following lines in the Spirit of tfu Agty for which it was written, and as we understand that they are from; the - pen of a Graavil e lady, and celebrate: in j rhyme the virtups of our Granville Spring, we copy then. The description of the pTace is accurate and the numbers flow not unmusically. We have not the1 least doubt but what these "limpid waters brewed of the Aesc ulapean stream,'"" will be in the future greatly soight after by the of health and nature." I " " !f ' i" " lovers , Je !owin? line were written in July last, . ,x.i.icii inuniiKs uau uecome to cen to tuatiFv i 1I 1 - J "... J 1 -. . i o erally known and attended as it now is- '. :i I (I. ' i ' i I : ! ' Nature oft a; treasure plants , i In some lone rustic dell, " J Oft selects the rudest haunts, . - I To weave a favorite spell. ' ! And thus amidst a scenery rude i As fairy's wildest dream, j . jjShe here the limpid waters brewed Of th' Esculapean stream. J I 0p through; a rock it gushes clear, Weeping its bosom o'er, i Healing in every rolling tear i . A balm for many a throe. No pencil's skilfhas sketched the No bard its worth has snnnr i place, . here adowil the rocky pass It fametess wends along. f -, The forest trees from hillsides" steep ' Make its lofty, noble dom: ' I . Through the leafy boughs the bright .-. stars peep t - , - - 1 j And the dancing sunbeams come, No music soft, falls; on the ear, ! Save the gay birds Carols sweet, j "" Or when the joyoas laugh you hear As friend and kmdred mett. i i Or the music made by the falfing 'spray ! As the tick-tack mill goes round, i Taking the thoughts in a trance away With its hum-drum, lulling sound. " And often around the pond you see : Gathered a lively band ; ;. Where beneath a sycamore tree ! Theyirt and fish on land. j And as the eye o'er: the uigw amt roam, lis a novel scene I think I : Lovers of health aud nature, coma - o juuretrs spring and drink. July, 1853. -. j . j Serious Loss. Our friend, Nash Jones, met with a nevrre loss, we regret to say. on last Thursday. He was having erecU d a large two-story dwelling in the Northern part of our town not very far from St. John's College; Three bides had been weather boarded' and it hd been shingled, but the side towards! the West was open! In the afternoon of Thursday a tremendous gust of wind and rain came up from the West and blew it over, causing a perfect wreck, ' j There were some carpenters in the' house but perceiving it lo i iOV Consequently no one was injured. The house had not been under pinned, but stood on Wooden blocks aome five feet high. There was 'a watch "and : violin in the house, and Singular to say, In the general u wreck of tnatier and crush of" timber, they escaped without damage. ; WV see in the papers, that that accom plished iin poster and scoundrel BrighamY'oung has kept himself closely confined since the re turn of the Mormons to fait Lake City, for fear of assassination. .. It seems his rascality and fraud perpetrated upon; his comrades are the cause of hie apprehension: Perhaps jf he were seat to the land of shadows, the tranquility of the country would not be; insured or enhanced. Cnniabg ase is, the probability is strong that he rules his myrmidoma better than! any suc cessor would, and that he is quito as friendly towards our Government as any of his followers would be if arrayed in a little brief authority. 1HE .BA1.TIM08EL CtippiRi The j Editorial control of this exeellnt paper hat passed into the hands, of Col.' J. L.fWightly, late! associate Editor of the' LouisciUo Journal From the articles contributed by; him in the last weekly issuel, ; we should take him to be ah exceedingly vigorous and polished writer. . ! . ', ICT We acknowledge the reception of a com- pinnentary card, which admits us and our lady "to all tha nri-vtlAffM vi v-Lii uL State Agricultural Society, We begj leave" to tender to the! "Executive ; Committee" the sincere thanka of nnre ,,A u a L " ! the &vor extended tn w -v-n't. -i-j i I 7. " . f , ' ? "; w jw w i avail ouraelf of th nrlvifo.M ..f. j j i shall certainly attend n:nli.htWi.-.-.I-.. peremptorily demand our time and services. Editor's Table- j K .k . Sc-CTBEiur LaTfik x Mbssenger. The Sep-' tember number of this ever welcome visint only reached ua about the middle of the month too late indeed to be acknowledged in our last issue. : " As ureal, it contains ' articles that cannot fail to please the discriminative reader. Those vrho delizht In tha " Cotton. Steam and' 'NripV,;U,t -0. .it- Cotton, Steam and .Machinery j " those who love woman ' adorned with" every attribute "of aceVm read with pleasure and profit the rticie on . ' Female "Education j Whilst those sre pleased, with die :funnywiil bead to hear further'mncprnlnVth. An;i,.h2,A : pressions ot Mozis Add urns which 'are . -- v....Mu;iviiuau juuwu urereu, a second time, in the Same Ktrrary field, in his clever article; r Miaking Hands." Wex intend convioo tlsis niMr - tn rnnr .'urf ; ... other articles vfOrthT emention; Thato'r'i Table," and NoUcei of -Kew Books. arj wrnierr wnn, inai scfiotarly elegance and fi nish which mark everything that we have seen from its accomplished Editor, Mr Thompson.' We always imitate OliverjTwlst, by M asking for more." j A quotation which we haVe seen tfladd so very often as to defy all computation. j Send Three . Dollars to this excellent "Southern Literary Messenger" and enjoy as we do its monthly perusal. f-.A':' i'f'- p: 5 .-hi r7-M' PE?S0HAL. i I - I-- Arriv ed. JJon. Henry I Bedin s-eri late U. S. minister to Denmrak, has arrived at New York in the s'.eamer Persia.? . U j j - j i: - A marriage. ia f definitely arranged fb take place between Lord Walter Scott, third son of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, and Miss Annie Hartopp, daughter o Sir William E. C Hartopp,' Bartj - . ? i j It is understood that Commanders T. T- Hunter, A. M. Pjsnnock, AIL. Oase, J.B Marchand and D. B. Ridgely, are to command" the five steamers chartered for the Paraguay expedition.', 1 j ' j .j . The' Seconds-LMr. Charlet Irving and Mr,' Thos. P. Chisman were the Seconds in the duel a hich came off last Fridav U T?irl field, near Richmond. Mr. Irvingffor JVIrJ Clem- ens, and Mr. Chisman the friend of MrJ Wise PCTp;S:Q;tliOjvWjBil known temperance lecturer, appeared a one of the orators at a ratification meeting of the People's Party, recently held in Philadelphia, i The mam element of ihe - People's party is ! said to be Black Republicanism. i ill i '.' ' ' I. . ' - ' ; .i j V " ": : '! '' '1' I I :ii Captain Hen ry de Eeviere was ar rested, last week, for assaulting Mr. ! Lewis E. Grant, of the Nicaraguan army, ! After passing a night at the Fourteenth-street Statiou-House, he was released from limbo by a . lriend who went bail for him. j I .-jj - : ": Ir. Karey's book om horse tamino- i (says the Paris correspondent of the Times,) wnicn nas oeen sold, 1 believe, by the million, in England, has been translated; into trench, and fifteen thousand copies were immediately sold. This was the first edition: ! 1 Tlie - End of an EronautMr. Poitevin, the intrepid aeronaut, whose excursions on horsekack caused f so much excitement in London, has met the fate of his' predecessors. He felt into the sea, near Malagaj when' descen ding with his jialloon, and was drowned. - I ,: Dawson Turner has paid the' debt of nature. He was tjistinguishe, inearly life for his botouical studies; and afterwards for bis' antiquarian knowledge. He and llobert Brown , long 'united by friendship exnired 1 within one week of each other: TuBSxii, at the age of seventy-three . --- :v - Hon." Edward Everett ia to deliver his oration on Washington, on the occasion nf the laying of the corner stone of the Inebriate Asylum, at Binghampton, on the 24th inst Addresses will aKo fee made by tev. Ds. Bel lows and Bethunei Dr. Francis, and Hon. Ueo. W. Clinton, and a poem read by 'Aired B. Stone, of Albany, j -1. !r j Later by the Persia. New Yobx, Sept.! 1 7. The whole of the for tifications at Shernoss will be reconstructed and mounted with guns of the heaviest calibre. ;j The Sultana has thrown the Mufti of Con stantinople in prison for fomenting discord be. tween the ifimulmen and Christians.) r-j- Lord Badcliffe goes to Constantinople oil a -confidential mission!. . i ip ." j! V - . Threats, of death to the Christntns are mide at Tripoli. . : "i'L :J ;! . I; .: - L A mutiny had occurred on board the Ameri can ship Conqueror lying in thej Mersey, near Liverpool, bound for Mobile. Seventeen neg roes armed themselves and refused to work, j U. S. Consul and posse of police arrjested and pla ced them in prison. No bloodshed, j f ; .By the treaty with China, the! U. S. gairted very important commercial and diplomatic con cessions from the --Emperor. "j ,:.v. .-; ' 'f; Serious fighting had occurred between- the allies and the Chinese at Canton. The' allies cannonaded both banks of the. river, and burned , part of the city. . j Jj j ! It sj reported ffiat 400,000 sterling is to! bef taken np in the U. S. to forward the French Suez Canal project -. :;' . ; . it . .-.- The Czar of Prussia has emancipated an'iin mense number ofserfs attached to th rnvnl ,1a. mains - ' Hew .York Democratic State Conrention. ; .Syracuse, Sept. ;i6. The following are the nomination t of the Democratic Convention; orVmasa J. Parker, jof Albany Dy ccl.amaU0n' a" tber partes withdrawing. xor lieutenant, ffoternor.--John J. .Taylor of "i6Sa For Canal Commwioner.-sheri)oorne B. j . ILL' '- - . - i .. P'Per. of 'agara. . iV- Far State Prison Inspector--. Edward t' Don ; The Salt . Lake mail had arrived, and was 21 days jenronte.-i. "f. -1; : ; V . . . j ,L .f:; v As soon as the judges arrived the 'trials for treason would be comjnenced. JNo arrests 'has yet been made.(. ';":.!;' -f -''j:; - ' ' hehIians were - Ter troublesome about the city, and: had kited several of the Mor mons. ;i :.;u:;f ; f- ;v;i ::X -:M-: ' i 0d btoty - ere massacred whUe moving south. i - . - V.L--j'- '-'-1 - h'v.-. .' 1-- Engineers were pnt locating the four posts on the-westerndivisioi of the 'mail route, i v - - "-"F ' ""-'fi,' ' 1 1 7-":'" f.'' Ton or mWinitt fat 26,000,000 worth: .of tobaccof waa tised - ir France; inr 1 djkykA-r. t 5 A pialpTrtTBTjre.We? oirdf are hollow; aad fiiredf trith alr If a I stringSe tied tightly round the seek of a sparrow, ao that no air can enter ita luflgs, and its legs I-Broken it will live. Uespiratioa will take jplaee by means of a'broken bone " V - -t . ; , 1 r ' " T--i-MmMfcnMa m ----- - - ' : i i ii Duel in VirtiM 4Rir;HjfOH0, VaSepU laV-A duel took pla. ce to day, in the neighborhood of thia eity, be tween the Hon. Sherrard aeme'ns, member of Congres, form U YHxttHni' DuUic nd O. Jenning, Wise, Esq one of the editors or the Enquirer. Clemen's thigh was fractured. Wise was unhurt. . The causa sens by Wse, in thej Enquirer of Monday, of having perpetrated .4 act f gro, treachery toward Judge Brockenbrough, under guise of personal friendship, in ataUng in a letter to the Enquirer that BroptnV, - - . r.wfe wo uu B CADai date for the Governorship, without authority of o- - ;'. Fanttera !Bank XToney, ; ; l1!: , In answer to the enquiries of a friend in Nor folk, in relation to the money of the Farmers' Bank, we have to say that some persona take it and others refuse it, excepi at a : heavy dis count. We believe the Bank perfetUy solvent, and therefore take all we can get. -The Bank is. redeeming its bills as the means- will allow. The waat of confiidence ia its solvency abroad has produced serious rembarrassmenU to'xur people, as they have been ' forced V procure other funds for the payment of "all 'debts bey oad our own boundaries, while this money- ia new onr principal circulation. The result is the depreeiation of Farmers' Bank notes to that extent that it is! llmost ruinous, to tak4 them: -We sincerely; wish that the Bank would nse some means to relieve the people and to save its own credit. It is a bad business at FiC ""awWy Vent, Pioneer, IthinsL later: from Utah. ! ' "V-' ' St. Lons, Sept. 1 6th. Leaven wnrth ;- qi me totninst, are received. . A number of . . . . . i , - omcers trom-rjtah, arrived there an that day, a mong ihem Col. , Alexander and'Lient. Gro ver and. Manadier, of the JOth Infantry, Jahd Capt. Marcy, ofthe Bth Infantry - -The Jeueral; impression, was that further troubleas to be expected from the Mormons, that the difficult had only been postponed not settled. - l ; : ' j. ' ! - A train of twty wagons leave here tomor row for Pikes Park, ad Mr. Wm. - H. Russell wUI start a train ,fj forty wagons in a few days. Gentleman are also here from Leaven worth and Wyandottej outfitting for the. com panies, these places.! ! I . A Tax Hoors-One of the drollest stories' in the late 'foreign papers, is one to the effect that the managers of Belgian balls and the les sees of Belgian ball rooms, having found to their grief that the vast circumferences of crinr olines have diminished th tinmfu.r f Ai have commenced charging an extra adniission l J;. , . . ... .ur .auies wnose skirts wentvbeyond a cer tain mark, and this mark is determined by; a crinoli metreJ At a ball given on Sunday, 22d, at Mont.gny, one female j was measured and charged an extra IS centime .niU, , . economical disposition, preferred reducing her v....v.ii: uj imKing.out two hoops. j " ' t t a i A Bishop Robbso Some burglars entered thehon-eof Bishop Smith, of the Episcopal Church, in, Kentucky, through a window in the second story, and carried off silver plate val ued at 500.-They over looked, however, a bag in the same room containing $300 in silver. h TT- -'Vi ,:-'. 1 Hew York Statement of Cotton Crop AuGPSTi, Sept iU The New' York sute raent of the Cotton Crop J3,l 14,000 bales, t Ex ported 2,90,500. .Home consumption 595,500. Yellow Fkver At' Mobile. A despatch dated Sent. 1 5' sari ! ; . - 1 The fever still continues to prevail in. this city, to a limited extent. There were five new cases reported yesterday, j - :- , - . ! ' - t 'm m - ' Death Amonj -the Captured Africans. Augusta; Sept.19- The Cha . t . j v v vr states that twenty-five ef the captured Africans have died since their J arrival, and two . of the crew of the barque Echo. ! . ' : - -r . - Yellow Fever Heavy Gale. - Aucusta,- Geo.i Sept.! 19. The S.n.t. I - - - j - , - , ... - - - - wuuta papers say the yellow fever is" not epidemic. j; .cayj gaie was experienced all along the Carolina coast last week. I " . ' - - ! The salary of John BJGom-h.' , Hsh Temperance League, ia 810,000 per arm run A Washington naner rf W if, ikri I . " . r. . - U1IU u. Ilives has, recently made a present of upwards of five thousand dollars to one of hi-".mt. ees, Mr. Michael Caton, as a token f his ap preciation of hi f;uthful services.-Hfr r.- has been in Mr; Rives' office for more than 25 yearn and is now a venerable -old m r. 4 ty years. . . -. - , '. . ; . , . ; Ak.Ediior Api'beciatid asd ' Hosohid! eeeut English papers atate that a coloasal statue is to be erctd at Carlisle: ' . . rA of the esteem in which the " tnJWtn- m Jlr. James Steel, late proprietor, and s editor, of me Carlisle Journal, who did eood xerviee in his day by a straightforward, manly course of Lu.iuuci, wnicn luiiy entities nim to the honor of this fine memorial.! It is a work of the firat class, and th production of Mr, W.r F Wood ington. ':-J-:t -Y: -, n h OEnrrrao the Alps. A letter from Swit serlaad states, is said to bo ia ' the contem plation of the French Government to eonhtriu-t it fort on the Col de la Faucille, oiv the Trench side of the frqntier, at'a height of 1323. me tres shove the level of the ' sea. -The hioh rV.i from Paris to ' Geneva Datsea 'ever it Wfi ' ng the territory of the DappeeVv-.The prep.ra torj plansf the forthaVe been already com hiereed hy aome officers f enghieera. ' : It is said that a . sam. of "3,000,000 francs wl be allotted for this military work. " 'V - c I ; ASwAiiow.lThe. swiftest rate ot locomo tion, afur the'e'ectrie spark, I iehL aoand. and cannoai bxllg, is ascertained to Wlbe fl-gbt of aswallow.Oae of these wrds has been let off at Ghent, and made its way to its' nest, at Ant werp, in 12 J binutesv going at the rate oj five KJiomtiref a minute I. miles, ) V ' ooWa 7jimi PcpraiU. -' SelmioWs GcTntint Prtparation: '-l'.etmbotf Genuine TreporsUion. ' ? -. f 'ZJ JIclml&ld's Genuini Preparation. Is prepared according to Pharmacy an Chemistryj. with nhe i greatest accuracy aaJ Chemical know edge devoted to their combina tion. : - ' . - ' ' . Ornuins Preparation for diatnes of the Bladder, Kidneys, travel aud Drop") BEAD! READ! READ! " Y. afflicted" read the following, certificate of a cure of over 20 years' standing:, . ' . t m r, Lewistowit. Pa! Jin. 28, 1858. t ki 4 "V,,B?LD Dear S:1 have been troubled with an affliction of the Bladder an " W.BT" enty years. I have tri4 physicians m vain, and if l,t eoncluded lo heard it highly spoken oC It afforded me im mediate relief: t 1 have used three botUes, and I I have obtained more relief tromita effecU and lal mi not. KnM.- .1 T I - j " kUn - m tor twenty years previous. .1 have the greatest faith in iu vir tues and curative! powers, and shall do all m my power to make it known to ih. afflicted. Hoping this may prove advantageous to yoa 1 assisting yon to introduce the mediciae. I am truly yeurs, - - . ' - ; M. McCORMICK. Should any doubt Mr. McCcrmick's 'siatt- . Hnn W. T! 1 t SiBf t d.ge Tioe county, u p,', V V "0!-hylvania. u w S 7f ' iaB' ldelphia. u GJer J udge U- S- Court. j- - ' - ?Yod ward Jud Philadelphia. I Solicitor, Philadelphia. - "'iol,''eT'er,ex-Oovaroor of California. in.! n "if: V , .Uu uiauj uicen, u necessary. 8& See advertisemeat he-ided,' l 'J " Uelmbold's Genuine Trepsu-tUon in another column, y ; " 22-Cm. LArsD FOR BALE. I ' ! T OFFER TWO HUNDRED ACRES of . ?ndor.?le il Wng 'a p;.rt of ihe tract on which I reside. There is an excellent Home with four rooms on the Land. It is wJl adaa ed to the srrowth of Tohaern. "WV.t Ix Oats. Terras made ! known by applriDr to the ...uiin.it uiiu; uiv mues euin or Uifora. ' - ' . WM. H. ROBARD3, Jr. SeptemVer 18, 1158. 33 L SALE. ! " ON MONDAY, the 11th of Odeber next,! , will sell to the highest bidder, my Tract of Land, eontaining 450 acres according U deed, r ten milesSouth of Clarksvilie, on Jonathans ' Creek; also, my crop of tobacco, corn, oatr, stock, Ac The land is well watered, and has a dwelling hou-e whb five rooms, six barns and a first rale on bard of 500 tres on it:" Any person wishing to buy such a tract would dt well to come and see it and the rron on it. I wm iiu ii uciore mai ume it i can. - i - JAMES M. OVERBT. - September 23,4858.- - 333t O Ylfin Bushels Dried Peachen. IV ' AJJJJ 1.800 J.nh! rriA AT.. 2,000 lb Be. s w ax. r " 4.000 ft Tallow . - f- Fur all of which the. highest prices , wi-1 ba paid. MMCHELL i COUCH. Oxford, September, lfc 58. 7 j; R.llHuDt.l D.A.IInt. J.T.Uunt. IN- this telegraphic a.e, dee ii pndeat le ke laconic in announcing the reception of ikeir magnificent new .' '. - ' ( - f' SUPPLY OF GOODsJ In their superb selection may be feund most elegant variety of the useful, ihe bautifl and the ornamental., la the Ladies' Depart ment every description of Dress Goods, eirr bracing every grade ot unsurpassed style-. Tt beautiful excelled only by its eh eapnest j all, in short, nee ssary to the 'completion of a La dy's Toilet -j ; - ' . - Believe not gentlemen that you are forgotiea. For you they have the largest and most eierant assortmant of Ready Made Clothing ever otfer ed m this market, uether with a superior stock " of Cloths, Cassi meres, Vestings, Ar, . r For the general wanU of the community we offer a fine and very large supply of Domes tics, Liuseys.; Striped Cottons, Bed and Negro , Blanker-, Kerseys, Booia, Shoev Hata, Cape. Urge tot bole Leather, large sacks Salt, Ac, le We are enabled to exhibit a stock embracing ' the aciual Necessaries of life and the luxurious DecoTatious ot the moat &sjidoiis Fashionables. Thankful for rei-eoted and continued favors, they solicit you to call early, receive prompt at tention and make, profitable investments. j Oxford,' September 23, 1858. 23 3m1 - FALL AND .WINTER GOODS. We respectfully invite the attention of the citizens of Oxford and surrounding country fi ' our large assortment of . - ' i : FALL AKD WINTEJt GOODS, comprising all of the latest iroporta iou of fine Ladies' Dress Goods, Genu Dress Goods, and a very large stock of Staple Dry Good, Heady Made Clothing, Finr Stella and Circular Sfia wis. Hoop. Skirts, Brass and-Sieel Hoops, Robe a Quills, Robe a Laze, Ac, 4c Hardware, Cat- . lery, Carpenters'. Tools, Tinnery, Crockery, Groceries, Bacoa, large lot Leaiber, Rice, large sacks Liverpool Salt. Hh ( ; Our goods were bought with the cask and at greatly reduced prices, by on of out "firm, in all of the" Northern cities, and wa- &t huCi).nt in saying they cannot be equalled in rood qual- v vuc ni-co. . ' c as is an exam- ! ieation of our stock. " "r . , . : R. L. HUNT k BROS. ! Oxford, Sept. 23, 1858. ; 33-3m T ARGE LOT JEWELRY. FANCY AR- iiuea, eancy ooaps, aney Perfumes, Ac. for sale by c ; r R. L. HUNT A BROS. ' A KEWLOT EXTRA XICECALFSKIKSj jljl. onoemakers' Li-sts, c. lor sale by v - - a tii a- t w ma im r u A VERY FINZ PUNO FOR SALE AT 1 wholesale Northern cost, - Without' freirht, i 7 'i' . E- L. HUNT & BRol . . REitDY MADE OLOT1UNG. JUST RECEIVED the Urgest stock ever of feredln Oxford extremely cheap; Winter wear, from ' the finest to the moat common. Fine Ve'.vrt and Plush Vests, Fine Clo Coals and Raglans, Over CoaU. Side Striped Pants, Marseiues,Linen andilerino Shirts, Drawersc -r. ; ; . ; :1' r. l; hunt a bros. , B OOTS, SHOES, HATS AND - CAPS, A very large assortment just receit ed by - :.. W.-.A-rv-f-B, L. ii U A T . A BROS. r A LARGE' LOT SOLE LEATHER, NX XXgro Blankets, Kerseys extremely cheapo at.- -- a. - ji -
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