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T V-> * " " l * a. * _ -flb * ? -J THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. BY CAVIS & trimmier. Dcuotcti to 5oul!)cvn Birjtyts, Politics, ^qiucnllurr, and iTtiscfUnmj. $2 pee annum.! VOL. XIV. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, iWAY 21, 1857. NO. 13^ THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. BY CAVIS & TRIMMLER. T- 0. P. VERNON, Associate Editor. Priee Two Dollars per annum in advance, o $3.50 at the eud of the year. If not paid unti after the yoar expires $3.00. P*yneut will be considered in advance if inndi within three months. No subscription taken for less than six months M >ney may bo remitted through postmasters a our risk. A Ivcrtisoinents inserted nt the usuul rates, ant contracts made on reasonable terms. The Spartan circulates largely over this am a Ijo'tjinar <1 strict", and offers an adniirnblemediun to our Crietids to reach customers. Fob work of all kinds promptly executed. Blanks. T,iw and Equity, continually on Sane t.r prin'eit to order. * Carolina spartan1. From the Concord Independent Democrat. ONLY A PRINTER. XV INCIDENT KELATKD IIV OOV. FLOYD, AI TI1E "WHITE HOUSE." "Had I a tale to recount of the olden time, laying llie scene thereof in England, France, Spain, or any of the old countiie*, to u? associated with so much romance and gorgeous grandeur, in which there would he a plenteous sprinkling of lords and ladies, priests and nuns, magnificent palaces, haunted castles and gloomy monasteries, it would bo far more acceptable to the great masses th in if the scene was laid here in this land -of plodding Yankees, railroad*, innnufaclo rio< and cotton speculations; nevertheless 1 will endeavor to spin you a yarn, which, by the w ay,is not altogether a yarn; but facts and unvarnished truths." "I had the plea-urn of spending a few days recently," continued Gov, K.," with a distinguished friend of mine in Richmond, and while there, I heard the following con rersalioii between the wife and daughter of my host." Lai me, what impertinence!' exclaimed Lizzie K., as she scanned a beautiful colored note handed her bv the servant, 'What occasions your suipiise,' inquired her mother. 'Rather say indignation, mother, nt being asked, and even urged, to lake tea this evening at Mrs. Downer's, the tanner's wife. And why should you not, my 'lear.' 'Think you it Would be proper, mother, for me, the daughter of .1 udge K., one of the wealthiest and most distinguished men of the city, to associate with such low-bred me chanics?' 'Indeed, my daughter, if they aic me chanics, they are people well to do in the world, res ectable, |mou*, agro-able, and ^ in every way worthy of your acquaintance.' 'Koally, m <lher,' continued the young lady, as she tossed her pretty head, I'm disposed to think differently, and so far from encouraging, 1 |?ref.-r being always rt>moved as far as possible from the laboring classes. Besides, how js it expected that I should enjoy myself in conversation with such people, who only talk about the markets, and their own private concerns. Quito an intellectual tele a tetc would it be, mother dear." 'Oh! fie, Lizzie, fie! hut I am to blame foi this. I've shown you loo much indul gence; you are a spoilt child, so I must even now set about repaiting mv garden, and pluck out the weeds and lares ere it be too late. 'Coine, sit down beside rnc, Lizze, and 1 will give you your lesson of worldly wisdom, from my great store of worldly experience, by relating to you a story, which I trust will lower your pride, and make you a better woman. A woman with no pride, my daughter, is but a droning, easy creature; but one with too much, is haughty, niggardly and selfish; both the extremes are contemptible and mean, lie, then, neither loo fashionably dressed nor too slovenly, too devout nor too worldly. A moie butterfly in the wot Id of fashion and pleasure, making but small pretensions lo religion, is a character bat] enough hut IvnraM (a in u I 1*?? la ?L-. - -1 ? W..V *W mij u.Hirv.ii- II lllC licry it'il M)l | on llio oilier liaiul, wlui has loo many rigid virtue*; who is continually reviling against the world, displeased ?t anything like so cial and rational enjoyment, and shocked al the least meriiinent, dancing, playing 01 * any amusement that the heart in its fulness and gladness prompts the young and sprightly to indulge. So then avoid extremes of every description.' but to the story. Sixteen years ago, Salem, in Virginia, was one of the most lively villagei imaginable; situated in the heart of the gieat valley of Virginia, yet commanding a magnificent view of the 8 bold outlines of the All'ghanies and the Blue iinlge. The village contained no buildings of note save two; one of llieni a magnificent tenement, the princely residence _ t - t -I " * * ? oi one 01 me oiu virginiH aristocrats; tlui other the only inn, a small, quaint, yet pleasant house, nestled in the centre of the town. The proprietor of the one, a wealthy planter and distinguished ofticer of the State; of the oilier, a poor widow, whose only living depended on the profits of her table, which was tea tit, as there whs but little travelling done at that day tlirougli litis re tired village. And the advent of a slranger was always h subject of curiosity and interest to the good town folks; as it in always so in the seclu led villages and inns in the out of-lhe-way places of America.'1 "To this little inn, n gaylv dressed, yet weary worn traveller picked bis way one evening in the autumn of 18?. The buxom hostess and Iior tidy daughter wero all life, and frisked about hosiiriiug the savory viands, delicious cake-, ami eggs, much to the satisfaction of our hungry traveller, who appeared to he a young man of some twenty summers, tall, commanding, of fine appearance anl pleasing manners. lie soon, by dint of frankness, and suavity of manners, insinuated himself into the good graces ol the hostess and Iter daughter ? with the latter of whom be appeared to Ire much shuck, for she was as lovely as she was neat and graceful.' 'Posseting chauus not unlike one whom I ailure!' exclaimed the young traveller, ad iniiingly, as lie placed himself before the sparkling lire after finishing his repast,'and expect ere long to lead to the altar, and with whom you are doubtless acquainted, as she lives only in the inausiou above the village, as I understand.' ? 'What! Emma White?'inquired the hostess. 'Even so, my good dame I met her ' at the Springs, some months ngo, became enamored of her, wooed, won, and am uow 1 come to claim my bride.' 'She is a beautiful creature, indeed!' in ' teiposed Augusta, the hostess' daughter, 1 'but somewhat proud, as is also her father.' 'Not so, indeed, gentle Augusta; if she t I has pride, it i* nothing but nature; maidenly pride, which every lass should have. And you say Miss Augusta is quite well? well, 1 will let this pleasing intelligence re strain me tonight, and to-morrow 1 will give the lair enchantress, I trust, an ngrcea : hie surprise.' "Early next morning as etiquette would permit, the young man set out with buoyant heart and high hopes to the mansion. IWit wo will precede liiin, and lo<>k in on his fair betrothed. In a magnificent parlor of the mansion sal Eiuma White and her mother, the one ihininming a piano, and the other interrogating a servant.' 'And you say. Sambo, bo lodged last evening at the inn!' 'Yes, Missis, do cook say ho dar now.' 'Well, you can lelire?and so, ma, it is even as 1 expected; 1 thought it was him a- lie rode past last evening.' Wei1, Emma, how do you intend to ; bluff liiin off? I'm thinking it will bo a shameful and delicate business!' 'Shameful, indeed! When Attorney Clayton introduced hint to me at the Springs, lie brought him forward as one of his law students, and not as a printer, as lie is?I'll never forgive Mr. Clayton!' 'lie is not to blame, my dear; be is hi" pupil. 1 >idu'l the letter say he was a jour neytnan piinter at A . but in coi.sideratio'n of bis promising abilities, lie undertook gratuitously to bring him to the hat?" .' Well, for all that I'll never marry a print- j er. 1 did have n tender rogaul for him nee, and when I gave him ihy hand 1 deemed him somebody, so I acted from the promptings of the heart, but now 1 11 be ruled by my belter judgment.' 'Well, please yourself in this matter, my dear, but I'm disposed to think honorably of ; but la! me, if lie isn't at the door HOW V "Scarcely had slio done speaking when our hero entered, and wjth a lieai t overflowing with gratitude ami love, sprang for- ' ward to greet the object of hi* idolatry; but imagine his surprise ami dismay when he received only in return a cold distant com tesy, which frote his blood and rooted him to the spot. Bewildered and astonished at such greeting front his fair betrothed, he turned for an explanation to lliu mother, who perceiving the embarassmenl, stepped | forward and otleiing him a seat, explained to hint that since her daughter's return front the Springs, she had, after mature refleetiou and examining her lieait, thought it host to dissolve the engagement tuadu he tween them." i Tito ruby cheeks of the suitor became of an ashy paleness, and his bloodless lip.* ' quivered like an a*pen leaf, as lie fa I let i rig- i Iv exclaimed, 'and wherein is iny olfer.cW . have 1 merited this? (Jood Heavens! and is thi* tlie gentle, the tender, the confiding Kitinta Whiter 'Sir, this it not tho stage of a tlreatic to , enact scenes,' now spoke up the daughter; 'let it sudice to know we are ever henceforth to he strangers to each other. You attempted to deceive me, and pass y?.ur*elf oil for a gentleman, when it turns out you are of the working classes, only a printer, a portionless journeyman, a fortune seeker! If you had an honorable profession, sir, and were of good family, a* I once fondly thought, we would be united; but a* it is, I , i ? :n i - i I i,>ni111#t ?iu urn uesceoo so imv" ;i11 | as t the young hiily thus spoke, she tossed her head, and with ineffable fcoin and contempt, proudly sailed out of the room, "Ala*! how crushed were his hopes now! Deceived, slighted, wronged, confidence be: trayed, laughed at and treated with scorn and contempt by one whom lie adored and loved, alas! loo well! and all for being a 'low-bred base mechanic?' And rushing madly to the inn he sought his room and threw himself despairingly upon his humble cot, from which lie did t:ot rise for two long weary months, for the unwonted ex cilemen: and disappointment of the morning had brought on a burning fever. From t morn till night, and night till mom, the 1 patient raved, a wild maniac, calling and conjuring his Fmiim to come back to him, and with his impatience, ijuerulousiiess, wearied all about liiin, all save one. The physician de-paired of restoring liiin, and . ' resigned him to the entire care of the gentle Augusta, who watched at his bedside night | and day with untiring assiduity, bore with | his imbecility, administering to his wants i <?hI. l.:.. I ? i - ' ' mm Mllliliex, illl'l SOdllllll^ US IllltateJ spirits |>y gentle word* and kind uffection 1 ate treatment. "Finally, after tlie lapse of sevoial weeks, : lie began slowly to rccovor, anil reason re ! turned once more. When having entirely recovered, he thanked the hostess and daughter with tearful eyes MM heart over| flowing with gratitude for their kindness in i watching over him in his weakness and infirmities. lie called Augusta his preserver, his guardian angel, and told her ho owed to her his life, and that he would ever hold her iu g-atefnl remembrance, and though lie was then ahout to depart and would not see her again for yeais, yet when fortune smiled upon him again she should hear from him. Till then he bid her a sorrow1 ful, a tearful farewell, and departed." "Years passed, and still the unfortunate stranger was not heard of, and almost for gotten by the good gossips of Salem, and even the one who caused liin misfortunes, | Emma White herself; yet theie whs one in I that little village wbo still gave him a place, not only in her memory, hut also in her I heart. It was the hostess' daughter. ****** "Five years from the events just related, Richmond was crowded to overflowing, for the Legislature was in session, and had ( Wrought its usual retinue of strangers, office and pleasure seekers. It was hy far the greatest season tho capital had seen for many years; and halls, parties, soirees, and picnics followed each other in rapid succett sion and unabated zeal. , ****** "Gorgeous lights stream from a scoro of . windows of one of Pearl street's stateliest mansions, and sounds ?>f music and reveliy are heard within. Luscious and sylph like forms skip ovci the richly carpeted tloor. and gravo gentlemen sit comfortably in the backgiouud, talking politics, gossiping and admiring lite light-hearted, the lovely and happy beings around them. We will draw near oiio of these companies?(hat one near the chandelier, consisting of two gentlemen and a young lady, and listen?and as wo arc incog., it matters but little if wo ( are caught eavesdropping." ' It is just as you say. Col. White; the j | Legislature has done but little as yet, still I think they have redeemed ihein-ol ves some t what by one judicious act, in appointing our young friend K to the fifth judi cial judgeship.' t 'A very proper appointment, sir, very? | but yonder he is now?see, the servant i-? just ushering him into the room.' 'La! me pa,' exclaimed tho young lady admiringly,' 'how interesting he looks, and , >o voting too to appointed a judge. 'lie is a clever young man, l'l nun, and able too, or lie would not have been honot | ed with the responsible office just conferred | upon hi in.' 'How I should like to become acquainted with linn, pa; prav introduce him!' 'Most assuredly 1 will do so, for heie lie comes now.' \A pleasant evening to you gentlemen ? Col. White, pray how do you do!' 'tjuite well, quite well, 1 thank you. judge. Permit tue to introduce you to inv daughter. Judge K , Miss While.' i . "And wilh a low deferential courtesy the ' lady gieeted the gentleman, and seating herself beside him willi many an art, and for a while she did attempt to amuse, please, and insinuate herself into tin* good graces of [ the promising young judge. But her ef foil* were in vain, her anows were aimed against a heart of steel, and the countu 1 nance of the judge the while wore a con teniptuoits and sneering expression that ' balded all her arts and penetration. 'Heavens what a face, how lovely, how angelic! But tnetliink's I should know that I countenance! exclaimed the judge, as he ' caugh' the beautiful black eves of a lovely 1 lady in a distant corner of the loom, riveted full ii|rott him. I 'Who? the young lady in the black vel vet mantilla? ha! ha! that's my protege, site 1 is nn orphan, her parent was a t/fiilre dr ' hotel in Salem, Virginians.* being left alone, 1 I took her under my charge, and right useful I dud her: she answers both for a com- ' pnnimi and maid. 1 would not have * brought her here, hut she seems so sad and ' melancholy, that pa would make me bring her, thinking it might somewhat revive hei 1 drooping spirits.' 'It is, it is, the pure, the gentle Align-'.a! How foitunate! l'ray, *.i?s While, cxcu-o 1 me?but I know you will when 1 inform , ! you that ! am 'onh/ a printer'?the poor ( mechanic you scorned, jilted and derided ' many years ago in the little village of Sa 1 lorn," and rising unceremoniously, the young 1 judge hastily crossed the room, leaving tlie { 1 haughty gnl covered with confusion audi1 shame, to weep over her folly. "It was the lovely Augusta, and with ' ' beatincr ln?nri : ? -- ? ' , - j ? "H'lj"). ?'"l countenance suffused with blusher, the fair ' being welcomed the happy and excited 1 young in mi.M ' "Much jis Miss Wliito suffered by tbe , 1 gnawing of conscience, much as t>l?e up braided horself, much a- slio j?rieve?| and ' sorrowed over Iter pnsi conduct, lier sore \ ! disappointment, her punishment, vet in a I few weeks alter, when the adiuiied Judge 1 lv led tire happy and en vied Angus- ' la to the altar, she could but acknowledge ' that her punishment was just, thai it was , ' inoiited.' . ' 'Judge K and his lady lived hap- i pily, prosperously and contentedly together 1 ever since; luil Kimna White, unhappy girl, ! is still a spinster?an old maid.' 1 'So, now, Lizzie. ipy story is ended?all ' but the denouement.' *J>c/ro?rmr?r'" 1 'Ves, f.?r you imul know, your dear ' father is the hero; and 1 the heroine; he 1 the 'base-born mechanic,' the 'poor printer,' ' and 1, the 'hostess daughter." 1 'i'anion, pardon, mother!' and as the w. i r:_. -i -> iiiirir unveil me 111 uiier s 1 arms, alio \ o\\ cd never lo he proud or self- ' i?li again. ; 1 'Ami you will go to Mrs. Downer's this 1 evening!' i <>11 that I will, mother, with pleasure.' 1 The company hegan loudly to applaud (Jov. F , as he concluded his reini * hiscenco, when lie hid them cease, as ho had 1 finished all hut the "denouement." ' "What is it/ what is it? tang round the ' circle. Why nothing ruoro nor less than 4 that the hero of my story has just entered < this room," replied the Governor, as he pointed to his distinguished and astonished Iriend ainid the plaudits oi the assembly. Everybody but Kussctb.?I am ena- J hied to state, on the hest authority, that the : ^ aunesly which is to crown the visit of the ( Emperor Francis Joseph to Hungary will j ho of the inosl coin,dele description; it will alone exclude Louis Kossuth. The remain- j dor of the emigration, including all the glorious cominandeis of tho Hungarian war, will he authorized to lelutu lo their | native land, and to enjoy n new era of c comparative froedom ami national prosperi- I " ty. Generals Kiuety and Klapka will pio hahly decline to avail themselves of this \ authorisation.? CorrrapotiJent of thr Gloh* j Cotton, Tobacco and Kice Crops of China. These ptincip ?l staple* of our own conn try aro produced, perhaps in no quarter of |K the globe, to so great an extent a* in China. jc In the absence of statistical data as a guide ^ to a correct knowledge of the agiicullural product a of lire Cliinese Riupiro, the proba ?I trie extent of these crops in that country be 0,1 ;ome? a matter ofcui ions investigation, and fa :an only be appioximated by comparisons. Their exports, like their imports, are (|:i rery few and limited?the one perhaps |j( leurly balancing the other, It may there cj, 'ore bo reasonably assumed th>tt the product |,t >f these staples i? equal to the home con St rump i< n. .Si We have never made inych progress in Dfrotliieiug our cottons into China. Some frj if ihu Lietlei classes of the peopie preferour |'| ivido fabric, which the more ignorant class ur :s denominate "Heaven made cloth," bo- wi inu-o they can form no idea of a loom large fn Mioiigli to weave it:?and >et very little of s|, I finds a market there, in consequence of ttr ts high price as compared with their own. be Dur raw cotton is not preferred to theirs be or manufacturing purposes because of its V< ouger staple. Their product and the pro- w| lucl of India?a comparatively small quan* in itv of which annually finds a market there sh ?is better suited to their mnnnfncloiie*. on I'lio coimiion cloth worn by llio people? in he Usual narrow width of the yellow nan all tin fafnic to be found in our own tnaikel ex ?is of a coarse and thick texture, and is mi old everywhere in the empire at a price dr ml exceeding twenty tscin, (or cash,) about pr ?no cent and a h ill" per yard. With such til trices our coarse fabrics cannot compete, vo l lio cotton jackets of a Chairman are hi- lie herinoiiictoi. On a hot summer day he of ill have upon his hack not more than one, p< md sometimes less; but as the weather c?? 'rows colder, lie will continue to tint on I .b I "" "" I v" ino over another, until tin- coldest d;tyi of A inter Ins entire wuidrobe in in requisition. VViill Itiin it is fr? in "one jacket cold" In gr eti j ickets cold;" and his j okcts arc to him lit is faithful records of the temperature, an t" lie marked decrees in the glasses of Kali di etiheit are to us. (.'nitons ..m very general- hi1 y worn throughout t'iiina: and it is not c?< infair to assuuiu that the inconsiderable wi input Is from this country and from India fo tm quite balanced by its exports of the liner or laukni fabrics to this country and others. >iso wo should take it lor granted that the lo jauntily produced there is at least equal lo hi lie quantity CoHsUim-d. ajj l ake, then, the population ?>f China at p< my fair estimate of its number, together di with the tact that all the js-ople are con cu riant wearers of cotton cl'-t!:-. (and a large 11 proportion of th?m wear i?" other fahiic.) ? ar iscertaiu tin- probable number of jiouuds th requited to clothe a peisou tlleie l*>r one in year, and then multiply that number of er pounds by llit* number of the population, in tnd what hii immense product of cotton is In he result? Kveli if ibis v ist lesull be di cc nded l?\ tbo most liberal nd rwance lot es tli limated numbers in the extreme North, al a ho wear tins or skins in w,nt?-r, and the rii Mandarin classes of the interior, who weai nlks?for bioadclotlift are rarely woin by llie Chinese ?yet the lesuil would be as vi .onisbing, as showing the aggregate quae fo litv annually produced. th I'.y a similai method of calculation may > i we approximate tiie probable extent ?>f the tobacco crop. I'lie Chwii?*e are inveterate ; ib onokeis. Ail classes and sexes aie addict ih id lo the habit. Like the 1 >utcli, they have t^i not the habit of chewing ami smi!!lng to a t|j 41c.il extent, but like them, llie pipe ami ai tobacco-pouch are indispensable conipan* w mil". 1 'hose who have spent years in thai fo mpire, ami have tnu'elled in Kuropo, beai 1' *itness, fioin |>eisoiial obsei v a'.ion, that to o? luicco is as 11 eelV Used theie as in Holland. to And it is weil ascertained that the amount a< runsiiimd by tlie Dutch is not less per an h. num than at tile 1 tie of three noiunl* ?..<? i r? " iiead I t (lie entire population. Little or a 110 tobacco is imported to China, and we ire therefore i?-ft to multiply it* population tVi ;>y three, a* showing tiio product and en m lumplioii of ten or twelve hundred uullion gi rounds per itiiuuiii. Yet, Me have some i. lines heard our statesmen declare in tlieir sh peeohes, that in consequence of the inter* p liction of the tobacco culture in Kumpe, p| *u have become "the growers of lohacvo ta or the whole worhl." th 1 he proliahlc extent of llio lice strop of el Jhina is not *o easily approached. lb is ?lj .heir first ami greatest staple. The iuhabi In ants of the Southern portion of the empiie 11< .ub*M aliuo>t allgether on rico an.I It'll. g< It is their "daily bread;" ami instead of be- M iit asked it you have taken breakfast or hi> linner, yon are a keil, "limi you taken w io?;" It were Well worth the lime neces- 'I >ary for impiirv, to underlnke a compuia ai ion of tlie ijii.uititv of rice requited to sub- at list the vast population who live upon it al ov nost exclusively; for it would not lie far tli tout the aggregate quantity ptoditced in ki ho empire. And the figures of the total in iVotilu be none astonishing than they aie n our calculation of the cotton and lobac :o crops. re We have touched this novel and rather | liriou* point of coinnwcial and ngricullu |(al investigation, with the hope of eliciting ?- well as coiitrihuliuir information concern- ' i i ng llio resources ul that vast empire, lo ( vliicli |nil>lic nllention is now more than sver directed.?Journal of Commerce. The Univkuse.?Suppose tho earth to 10 a hall of one fool in diameter. ?)n ili.it icnle of proportion tlio sun would be one ' Kindred feel 111 diameter, and (lie moon liree illdies. The Mill wotlld bo two miles 1 ' rom Us, tho moon thirty feet Jupiter ten 'V niles from the sun, and lleiscliel foity. I lo! highest mountains on tlia faeo ol the j until woul I he one eighteenth of an inch ' ' u height, Man would be an impelceplible 111 iloin. j - - - ? m ? I Co 'Have you any liinbdiorn bonnets?" in- co piired a very modest miss of a shop keeper. Im Any what?" "Any limb liorn bonnet*)" Im Any?tou don't mean legli mi!" The b Otliig lady was brought to bv tho use of j m ?roper restoratives. wi Harriet Beecher at Koine! A Rome correspondent of a Richmond pair (we think) furnisher t ho folio w ing graphaccount of the arrival in the Eternal City the immortal II, B. Stowe, and the rare >portunity she enjoyed of man festing hei ilarged benevolence?w hich she probably iled to improve: Komi:, April 2, 1857.?The event of the iv is the arrival here of Mrs. Harriet tseclier Stowo. The contrast between the rcuinstances of her arrival in Rome, ami ir triumphal reception at the Duchess of iiliei'laml'*, will bring a sutilo to many a milium lip. It seems she had engaged, through a end, apartments in the Via Maria do Kioie. iu Patlronu was nolitie I that she would live on a cei lain day, and due prepHnilioiiare made to receive her, but (he steamer >iu Marseilles to Civita Vocehia, in which e had takeu passage, bioke a wheel, and rived at the latter pla e exactly one d.?\ hind time. Hut tier troubles had <>n|\ gun with this accident. Between Civita L-cchia and I^oine, her veturiiio broke it> leel, ami instead of 8 o'clock in llio even g, it was near 4 the next morning, before e and her party entered the eternal city i three wheels and a fe co rail. Repairg in this plight to her nun iters, they loll ml I dark and silent, and t>y no amount of ertioti at bell and knocker could they cceod in arou-ing their diow-v host. The iver of their vetnrim>, instigated by liievious misforlnnes, declared his contract Hilled, ami insisted on their quitting hihide iii-tanter. A- an net of humanity. i drove them to the vacant space in from lliti I'iazza tie Spagna. and having <|e isiied their effects in the centre theieof. mpelle<l them to alight. Hero they wee -covered in the gra- dawn, by a party ol ineiicaus who chanced to pas.-that wav. Mrs. f>lowc formed the centre of the oup. Site w as elevated several feel abt?ve e surrounding figures, reclining on the |> of a large brown leather trunk, with a lapidated banbox under her head, having >r feet wrapped iti a gentleman's snutl lored eloak. 11 ??r altitude and position etc striking, an ! perhaps the best possible r catching the liist glimpse of lli?; comet, making astronomical observation*. llei ?ter, Mrs. Verkiu*. reposed beside and bew her. Two gentlemen, with crooked ckoty stick*,' guarded the Ihvinities railist the attack* of tlie dog* and tlie immunities of the 1.17.7. irohi. (_)ue of the scoverer* mischievously eucouragod the irs, \\ hilst another addressed tlie beggar*, e H**nred them they might look upon the rival of the distinguished individual on e trunk a* a god send, tin* signorina he g famed for generosity to every petitionof cveiy color. This information had the slant ctVeCl of increasing tenfold the num r and importunit v of tlio beggars, and >ii*e<pieully the ttoi*e and excitement t.i e dog*. My informant, however, is not tie t<> say whether the Lazcnioui were en:hed by their applications. M*s .Murray, an Knglish woman, * ho sited the United State* in 1848, pays the Honing tribute to the pre-eminence ?>t i ace distinguished American ladies. She ys: "1 have seen three antiointed King* and rce iiiHUgut ated Presidents. I admire e Presi relit* the most. ! have seen three tieeiis and three ladies who have shared ] e honors of the Preside cy; and truly \ n"tig the tjueen* Hot one could compare till Ilie legal grace of Mrs. Madison, the iiliuiiie, distinguished personnel of Mrs. oik, and the intelligent, ladv-like demean of Mrs. Adams. Mrs. l'olk. were it not ! r the same, delect in the teeth which clouilriixe* l^necn Victoria, would be a wry tnd-oiiiu won).in. 11 <* i hair is very Ida. k, .?1 I km- dark eves Mini COIIiplekioll give liel touch of the Spanish dailies. 1 liese A iiiim i hi ladies are highly cultivated ami perrlly accomplished, and piacti-ed ill the o>i delicate and retined Usage of distill it-lied society. Mi-. l\?lk is very well ad, ami li t- inn li talent for conversation; le i> highly popular; her reception of all dies is that <>f a kind h~>Mu*s and accrni i-hed gentlewoman. She has excellent ste in dre-s. and hotli in the in truing and e evening preserves the subdued though eganl costume which characterizes the la >lie is ready at reply, and preserves r position admirably. At a levee, a >?cn | mail lemarked, *.M id.till. you have a veiy "filed assemblage to-' ighl." 'Sir,' replied r*. Polk, willi very goo.| humor, hut very ruiltcaiillV, '1 never have st-en it other si*.' < >ne morning 1 found liei tending. ! l ave many hooks piosented tome hv the ithors,' s.ed she. 'and 1 Ir\ to read them I; at pie-eiit that is impossible; hilt duelling the author of this hook dilies wit!i e President, and I would not ho so mind as to appear w holly ignoiant and uuindful of his gift.' " . ? KxritAouniNaiiy Lonkrv.?A Paris corspoiideiil ol the Independence announces e most extraordinary lottery ever heard , in which a real live Jesuit is to he the ize. 1 lie f .liters are hud ling a church I the Hue do Se.vies in.il ..I ottey. I'liey "it; p ?r in Imi ojmi lit in a* lilk'f so, liiivinjf I.u|. 1 t.i pi n. u , e reiiilitile fuml*, lin t pi<>pnt(? a lolleiy. nl without. I'miili li'i v in procme a |>t i? reverend fa'lier, l.ofehro, ha* ili-onvor I iln- me ins fui ohviatintr tin* ilitli ii'iy. i t' M|oo.-?t- til It lit! slioill 1 1 Mlt llillisi'lf llji l.o latUv'tl fni ladies mily, ?l 10D fisni- * >r ticket. The whiiioi i* to obtain exiln 10 cniuimtml over liei prize during f.?ui it s. I ho lovoit'ii l fitlior i* In ili> liei 11 linjj in nl! 11?iiicoiinot'leil ttitli hit iniftliy, Midi at pleaching, praying, pil-i image, Militating i ll nii.ihlo ?uh?oiijiiii>r?t, iile-ition, ahiiilulion, ami the like. 1 <o Despondent declares ilial the proposition |t MICCOOdel, alltl ill tl llllilli*liltlt lirkt'U ivo been lakoi) hy tho Indies of t ,o Fall>uig St. fterniain. I'lio Je?n;.s ttaiil at illioii, nn.l Fallior Iiofolito declare* they ' II succeed Horrible Disclosures. Wo learn iliat gieat excitement lias | vaile I in tlio neighboring village of C curd during tlio past week, caused by discovery ilial several children, who d recently, had been disinterred and their b ies removed. There are a hundred rumors iu circt tiou abe t the allair. Aflei comparing conflicting stuiies together, we make the following statement of the case: A quack doctor, known by the name Nugeni, applied to a man to assist him taking up a < hiM that had been buiie tew days before. The man made the quest known, and intimated that two li oils, daughteis of a very respectable g ileiuan residing in the vicinity, had b< leuioved furin their graves by this man ' gent for tin* purpose of extracting med ual pmpeities from their liesh and bones, ascertain the truth of the rumor, the fat li id the graves re-opened, and found c> llins and bodies missing. Of course t created a deep sensation, and we are formed that it was determined to int summary punishment upon Nugent; but visiting his house be was found very s and in a dying condition. One repoit s that he look poison after learning that operations were known to the public?t another, that he died with a disease c traclcT from frequent handling of dec posed bodies. Nugent died on Wednesday Inst, made a statement before death, to the feci that he had exhumed about six'* dead bodies in Concord and elsewhere, r after n-ing them, (for making mudicino,) bill tied the flesh, Collins and everything prevent detection. His a>h pile was utuined, and teeth and bones found ttiers. Hi- theory appears to have been ilia medicine could be made bv boiling the er of a human being, that would cure li complaint; and to with regard to other spates. We learn that Nugent was fr Korsvtli county, and had been living Coneoid about two vsurt t'? n mi this town, we are informed, engnj in celling pepjiertnint and cinnamon drr He-tore lie died lie gave the names of tli or four of Ills accomplices, one of whutri while man named Bogus, was arrestee this place last week and committed to j What the fellow did with the medit lie has been making no one knows, heard some one say lie had agencies Salisbury and CiolJsboro, whcie one ni'-re of hi- accomplices reside. Those] sons who are in the habit of buying swallowing every kind of nostrum off* to them for the euro of diseases, intern; and externally, will lake a hint from above.? Western (.V. C'.) Democrat Sc'AUUOKOlGll's PoRTIIAIT OF Caliiu ? During our stay in Pendleton wo visi "Port Hill," the lato residence of Carolil greatest son. Wo wet? wry kindly rec ed and hospitably entertained by Ool. P. Calhoun, the proprietor of the pi; We notice this visit with a view to do lice to a native artist. Among the in who have endeavored to put upon cant a correct likeness of this gieat man, n have been so successful as Mr. Win. .Scarborough. Anyone who had kiu John C. Calhoun : s a man, who had b accustomed see him, not in the Senate, around hi-? own lit.-side, in the heart of ow n family, would at once be struck v the truthfulness ot the likeness referred It was taken when the statesman was home following his favoiile avocalioi farming. Looking upon tlie picture ini?Tht well ituao tie, that having just ret; ed fr> in his field' he had thrown hilt; curelcsitlv into a chair, and the artist, wn iug for a favorable opportunity, had fo nalely seized upon this one, and thus transmitted to posterity one among, if the only h ur liken, ss of the "great Cat man." In other pictures of hint, we 1 very good likenesses of the statesman, in the one referred to we >ee the man. was not suirounded by the cares of St nor pressed down by their weight, bu the midst ol his family, he was enjoy that domestic happiness for w hich lie se ed to have been created, when toe ail pencil represented him as he urns. In Scarborough's painting we see the fatt the kind, mil 1 and gentle head of a fan; in others, lie is represented a* the polil waiiioi inaisiiit ; ng his hosts and lead them to battle. No wonder, then, that family sleein Mr. Scat U.r nigli's paint so highly.? Family Friend. The London Tiiues says; "Justop|K Dept'ord the visitor will be aw ne of so ill ng pie Ailatiialic wallowing in the u of the Isle of Dog* ?a standard sauiiau s to which even Noah's ink must give ]>r dj.*uce, and to which all the M oliroioui mi I Wilmington*. and Merrimaei, and ag o as in tin- w <>i |.| are uieie cockboats, lion hull of tint bil'deii of Jlt.OiK) t iM'iir I > IUU reel lollg Jil t! 00 tin et Ills eye ? llie Ituil of Mr. Scott 1 sell's (I rent Kxirtn steamship.' We 11 givo a lev* t:;oie figures, for every HgUti m monster, and worth looking at sep iral I liiti in a limine of .*10,000 -the iiuiirbo ilio iron pl i;?i wliieh eofnposo the i" ill.>lls erev ii -li, e i. li Weighing j|tl. third a Ion, a1111 ea. li luMened l>\ 100 rii 1'lie slnp will avomiil i late 1,000 pa> oeis, HOU of writ on iro lift cla*s. Oil emergency slie c ml I eairy lo.OOO Iro Sire wnl i >ni mi 10 holms mil 100 fn Cos. The C) linder of even engine will six feel in <liaii|eter, ami will weigh times as much io the great IhiJI oi Paul's. I lie He re vv propeller will lie feel hi diameter, and I lie diameter of paddle wheel* will lie fee I, or COTidJ lily larger limn the circii* at A?tU*\V piiiieipiil suite of saloons will bo 400 i.mgtli, and a |?r nenade around lie il will nllord n widk ol moie lluin n <]? * of a mile. A I.AULil 1*. t.l.Y I'llM'MiRlM. AA' S ij 111o Volks l*aileu Saloon, oil ilio liow. like a hot-bed? 1 ieoau.se it it a great place for (il?e) ( Tn1". natio" Hoops. >re. M;tny scandalous stories have been put !0?. in circulation to the prejudice of this artilliO cle of female attire, but the following, from ie,j the Richmond Whig, exceeds all its prede,ol|. ceasors: A few Sundays ago, a modest young genj|H. tletnan of our acquaintance attended the ll,u morning service, in one of our fashionable oul churches. He was kindly shown into * luxurious}}' cushioned |>ew, and had hardly , ()f settled himself, and taken Hit ob?e* valiou of ! j? Iris ueighhors, before a beautiful young la 1 a '^.v ^nlertJ, and with a graceful wave of the re baud preventing our frieud from rising to ttle K've ',cr place, quietly sunk into a seat Dear the end. When a hymn w*.> given out, she .-kilfully found the page, and with a y*,, sweet smile, that set his heart a thumping, i,.j handed her neighbor the book. The uiin'p() ister raided his hands in prayer, and the fair iier it'r' knelt, and in this posture ]>erplexed her friend to know which most to admire, Iter J,)* beauty or her devoutncns. Presently the i? prayer was concluded, and the cottgregaiict l'on resumed their seals. Our friend roon spectfully rai-ed his eves from the fair form h-had been sne:\i ne.stlv scanning, lent when Hy? she looked up, she wouhl de ed him star* hi" 'n?? nl her. After a couple of seconds lie ltK| darted a fiilite glance at his charmer, and was astonished to see her still on her knees; >m he looked closely, and saw that sho was much atfecled, treinbling in violent ngiia][,. lion, no doubt from lire eloquent power of the preacher. Deeply sympathizing, he L.oll watched Iter closely. Ller emotion became inj more violent; reaching her hand behind her, I |lv -lie would convulsively grasp liar clothing, i,. lllJ .strain ?% it >> ?*.?..1 !? V--: % vv, v .. -v. w, ?vr IVIIU kUQ Ullllinill fabric of Iter dieas, The soght was exeeed?in. '"?b painful tu behold, bul he still gazed, I A lik*s one entranced, witii wonder and aston|iv ifbment. After a minute the lady raised ver her face, heretofore concealed in the cu<li,|i ion, and with Iter hand made an uumisom takeable beckon to our friend. lie quick'y ;n moved along the pew toward* her, and iuved dined his oar, a? she evidently wished to "od >;i.v something. ,j,s "I'Icu-e help roc, sir," she whispered, Mray irec dtess has caught, and I can't gel up." A i H brief examination revealed the cause of the I idiflioulty; the fair girl wore fashionable high ja;| heeled shoe*; kneeling ujhui both knees, .jDt. these heels of course struck out at right \V K angles, and in this position tiie highest in hoop in her new skirt caught orer them, or and thus rendered it impossible for her to i>er. raise herself or straighten her limbs. The and "tore she struggled, the tighter was she ,re,| bound; so she was constrained to call for ally help. This was immediately, if not scieoll,'e tiBcally rendered; and when the next prayer was made, she merely inclined hemclf upon the back of the front pew?thinking, is. no doubt, that she was not in praying coeited tunic. "I** Tiie Whiskey Trade.?The enormous increase in the manufacture of whiskey in * '* the West, as well a> in our own immediate '.lCo neighborhood, within the past few years? 'lls the pa-tieulniH of which we have fiom time ,m-N to lime published?is attracting considerable attention at present, on account of the purposes to wbicii tbt pi oil act is applied. Much the larger poiliuii of it is manufactu,w" re<l into alcohol, the shipments of which to " ' " France have been ehorlnous, Ms the renders ,'UI of our daily fieiirht li-t w ill have nerppioH !"* A Cincinnati paper slates that one da\ last 11 1 week 10,000 i?l?l ?. of alcohol were sold to I u house iii New Orleans, intended for sliip,i* iiin.nl to France. A considerable quantity II of ii>e ale >hoi made hero is employed in olu" iho manufacture of carapbene and the variJrn" ous burning fluids in domestic use; but the ' V ' greater part is exported. It is conjectured u by many thai the alcohol we eliip to Franco l,u is returned to us again, branded as pure "l "Cognac" or genuine "liocliellu" brandy. 1 To a certain ex tout litis is doubtless correct, ?<> far at least a? brands of questionable Jm leputaiion areconcerned; but rve da net m|s po?o that brandies are ndullcratcd to any greater extent now tlrau forineily. It will ' be remembeied that dining lite scarcity of 1 1,1 bieadstutfs in Eu ope. while llio Crimean war war pending, an edict was prouiulgn1"! ted in Fiance, prohibiting the distillation ,st * of spirits from grain. This edict lias con' 1 tinned in force ever since; and ln-nce llio ' extraordinary demand for alcohol for ship: inent to that country. It i? employed cxlc'11 ten-ively in Franco in tlie manufacture of perfumeiy, and for burning purposes. It is used also to a considerable! extent In forlily wiru-s, and is likewise introduced into the inferior qualities of biandy. But the well known standard brand* of Cognac and Kociielle brandies stand as high in the |( ( i markets of the world today a* they havo I titsr stood. 'l'ho extreme jealousy and ri ^ ; vain tunning ninonj ine principal tnanu r| ; factories is a sufficient safeguard against, *\i ll,<> adulteration which is.Miinuaed. We should as soon expect lo find dial * lie h noted (jeii??eo millers would stiller our wlj| ordinary Stale flour to go a I-road Iteming >i(<. their brands, a-* ??. find that the celebrated hi.- Cognac manufacturers would allow their } )<( reputation to sutler bv placing their brand* ii|ton inferior qualities of brandy. The r of "arciiy l,f brandies in France, owing r to the failuie in the grapo crop last seat-on, )f will doublings induce expeiiinent* in ttdjlle t ' ration; but there is every reason to believe that tli? standard brands will maintain i( their previous clin*nctcr. ? Journal of Com' mcrct. ?PV : - _ I I i . 1 VT O s. ? .siunr tu'kciaci ks. - iglil Spectacles" bo to noi* with in llio (In k, are suggested l?y n ?v- j oori..sjv>:;il?iiit in I It *9 Scientific American: S.. would bo veiy ?les;ialtlc," he thinks -1 "in aoinc ?iluaiiou*, to sto clearly when II,u . quite dark, when noting a* a pilot, for ** 01,1 ainpl<\ on rirer iImhiImiiiU. Tho idea i* I 'IU practicable. That which avail* ail owl III,1 too in the dark will *l*o enable a man t?l lock in the night. Ilvrsulicll cmIi) tee, villi rter (JIC Hjj ,,f ,u, optical instrument which lie constructed, tho dial on a steeple clock, a k- u :nil?? <): - nit, when ?io dark that lie or? could see hut a few foot with the naked eye.'" *of* It is a singular fact that when hill* l?ecome the'i! * ep'os I ccorne w?V.