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? _ - . I. .1.i .1,. . 1.?" "Omumttmrnti niHiturwuMW*"." ' > ' . . ^4 i VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA NOVEMBER 26, 1852. NUMBER 95 THE CAMDEN JOURNAL published semi-weekly and weekly by THOMAS J. WARREN. TERMS. The Semi-Weekly Journal is published at Three Dollars and Filly Cents, if paid in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. * Tnn Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars - if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Filly Cents if payment bo delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not oaid till the expiration of the jear. ^ ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the followin?: terms: For one Square (fourteen lines or less) in the semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, ana twenty-uve cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, seventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. rgTThe numberof insertions desired, and the edition to be published in must be noted on the margin of ill advertisements, or they will be published semi-weekyZuntil ordered discontinued and charged accordingly NEW CASH-STORE. \ vA FTER returning my thanks to my friends, acquaiuA A ces and the public generally, for their former liberal patroi ago, I offer to them a variety of Groceries, Dry-Goods, Crockery aud Hardware, At wholesale and retail, consisting in part as follows rtPtoCERIES. , | SUGARS? Muscovado, New Orleans, St. Croix, Loafj r Crushed aud Powdered I * COFFEES?Java and Rio AfOLtlSSES?N. Orleans, Muscovado and West India SALT?Constantly on hand TOBACCO?Yellow Bank, Ellis, and a variety of *' common, at prices from 12 to 75c. per pound TEAS?Gunpowder, Green, Hyson and Black SEGABS?ltio Honda Gold Leaf, Sylva, Palmetto, and a variety of coinn.'n, prices from G to $10 per M. i CANDLES?Spenu. Adamantine and Tallow CHEESE?Goshen and English BA CON?Sides, Shoulders aud Hams LARD?Constantly on hand -FAS#?Salmon, Herring and all numbers of Mackarcl FliWPS?Figs, Raisins, Almonds, Currants, English Walnutjs, 5c. SPICES?Allspice, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon, Ginger, Mustard and Pepper PICKLES?English and American, a variety KETCHUPS?Musliroon, Walnut and Tomato PRESERVES?Citron, Orange, Lemon. Pine Apple and Ginger BRAND Y-FRUITS?Peaches, Cherries and Limes JELLIES and JAMS?A variety LOBSTERS and SARDINES?Hermetically Sealed CANDIES?Or nil kinds CRACKERS?Pic Nie, Soda, Butter, Wine, "Waterand Sugar CROCKERY Assorted, SADDLES?Riding and Wagon WEI IPS?Carriage, Buggy, Driver's and Wagon CARDS?Cotton and Wool . ? POWDER and SHOT ALSO A new and complete stock of DRY-GCODS, consis in part as follows: ">nn nioftfes Prints, at prices from 5 to 15c. per pard 75 do Long1 Cloths from G to 18c. 300 do Brown Homespuu, from 5 to 12c. 250 pair Negro Blankets from $1.50 to $2 25 pcrpair 100 pieces Kerseys, from 12 to 18c. Oznaburgs?DeKalb always on hand ALSO?A VARIETY OF Muslins, Alpaccas. Irish Linens, Tickings, Apron Checks, Sliirtiugs, Drillings, Ginghams, Linseys, Flannels, Salicia, Serge, Cashmeres, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Cravats, Suspenders, Hosiery, of all kinds; Gloves of all kinds; Linen Shirts, Merino Shirts, Cloths, Cassinicres, Satinets, Tweeds, &c. Together with a large assortment of Ileady-Hsule Clothing. ALSO Violins, Double barrel Shot Guns, from $11 to $15, Rifles, flint and Percussion locks $9 to $12 And a great variety of articles, both in GROCERIES and DRY-GOODS\ too tedious to mention. ?jgri will attend to the Receiving and Forwarding Business 03 heretofore, and I am prepared to make liber . -j ? rwrnn Rhinned to Messrs Chambers, | ill auvuuwa uu ~ rl JcfTcrs & Co., Charleston. I intend selling exclusively for Cash, and most rcspectfblly invite any who wish Bargains, to give me a call, and they will find the cash system decidedly preferable. E2T"Call at his Old Stand on the corner. B. W. CHAMBERS. Camden, Oct. 5. 80 tf FRESH Solar Oil?Received yesterday by Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN. SPERM and Lard Oil?For sale by Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN. QAA LBS. of the handsomest Candies ever ofl'ered Ovv in this market. W. C MOORE. Mexican Mustang Liniment, IN Bottles at Filly Cents and One Dollar. For sale at Z. J. DkHAY'S. Mexican Mustang Liniment, IN bottles at 25, 50c. and $100. Received to day by Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN, T KiTHER AND SHOE FINDING I J Of every kind, viz: ^ Best Hemlock Sole; best Baltimore Oak Sole " Harness and Band?extra " French and American CalfSkins f " Lining and Binding Skins " Sadler's Calf and Pad Skins Shoe Knives, Pincers, Rasps, Files, llammers, Awl Blades, Shoo Nails, Tacks, Thread, Sand Stones, Heel Balls, Blacking, and Shoemaker's Tools of every de?Qt?i ?),? v?rv best oualitv. Just received mid^for'aaic'by' WORKMAN & BOONE. LEATHER! LEATHER!! ALDEN & MURRAY have now on hand. a choice lot of BAND, HARNESS and UPPER LEATHER, of their own tanning, which will ~o sold low. ALSO A superior lot of NEGRO SHOES, of their own manufacture, very heavy and warranted good, at prices from 50c. to ?1. ALSO E vnectcd in a few days a choice lot of FINE SIIO ES, of every description, comprising many new and beau tiful styles. Sept. 28. Woollen Goods. An assortment of 'ALL-WOOL PLAINS KERSEYS, LJNSEYS . SATTLVETTS, TWEEDS JEANS, &c. d'c. dec. dec. For the Plantation and House Servants. Purchasers will ploase call, as they will be sold cheap, by ? Oct. 21. W. ANDERSON. AN HOUR BEFORE THE SUNSET. BY CHARLES SWAIN. An hour before the sunset, Upon a summer eve, I heard a mother answer, "You should not mm believe ! 'Tis easv to make nromises. And that the thoughtless find? But truthfulness and giddiness Are never long combined ; Ifyou'd have lovers tvoo you, For neither land nor pelf?' If you'd have men respect you, You must respect yourself! "Men care not for the maiden That any glance can strike ; Men care not for the sweet looks Bestowed on all alike! But there's a maiden dignity Which no one can deride ; A sanctity of soul that makes The ribald tutu aside ! If you'd have lovers woo you, ror neither land nor pell? If you'd have men respect you, You must respect yourself. "No charm nioro sxveet than innocence From angels could he brought; No shield so strong as modesty And purity of thought! The heart is jealous ofits own, And would not even prize A hundred graces, it displayed Before a hundred eyes! If vou'd have lovers woo you, J?or neither land nor pelt? If you'd have men respect you, You mutt respect yourself!" Jessie, the Flotver of Duublaue. The following sketch forms an interesting episode in the life of the talented, but unfortunate, Scottish poet, Tannahill. There are few of our readers, we suppose, but are familiar with the beautiful poem, and the delightful music, of "Jessie, the flower of Dunblane." The fair object of this song was a bonnic lassie in Dunblane. Her family were of poor extraction, and Jessie herself was contented with a peasant's lot. When Tannahill became acquainted with her, she was in her ' teens,' a slight, dimple-cheeked, happy lassie; her hair yellow colored and luxuriant; her eyes large and full, overflowing with the voluptuous langour which is so becoming in young blue eyes with golden lashes. Tannahill was struck with her heautv. and as in all things lie was entliusiustica), became forthwith her ardent worshipper. l>ut her heart was not to be won. Young, thoughtless, and punting to know and see the world, she lefc her poor nmonrnnt_lla.il"' ^-vtoriiis mistress' cye"brows,' \v7nTeThc recklessly rambled, aloigr the flowery meads of Dunblane, or of an cveuing sang liis inspired verses to him with the mo-t mortifying non-ehalance. This was a two fold misery to the sensitive poet. A creature so sweetly elegant, so dear to him, so very lovely and innocent, and yet, withal so encased in insensibility, as apparently to be neither conscious of the beauty of the verses trembling on her dulcet tongue, no caresses of her lover; 'twas too much; to mark all this, and feel it with the feeling of a poet was the acme of misery. l?ut the Klmvcr of Dunblane, was not that tin feel inir, unimaginative being which Tannahilf pictured her. She was a creature all feeling, all imagination, although the bard had not that in person or manners to engage her attention or to arrest her fancy. The young affections are not to he controlled. Love?almighty love?must be five, else it ceases to be love. Tannahill was plain in his person and uncouth in his manners, and felt and expressed discontent as the cruel disappointment which it had been his unhappy fate almost invariably to encounter. Jessie, looked upon the world as a brilliant spectacle vet to be seen and enioved?as a vast para * ? if y t dise full of the beauty of heaven and of earth, where mem walked forth in the image of th'ir creator, invested with his attributes, and woman trod proudly amidst the lovely creation, an angel venerated and adored. To express dissatisfaction under all these circumstances was, to her mind, the extravagance of a misanthrope, the madness of a real lover of misery, and sufficient cause for her not to respect him. Both viewed the world thro' a false medium, and their deductions, although at variance, gave color to their minds and accelerated their fate. Jessie could not comprehend what appeared to her the folly of her - CM 1:1-1 .. . 1.:. SUllor. cue reusncu uoi ms siciwv scuiiiuviu, and ;ts all womankind ever did and do, she scorned a cooing lover. The bard was driven to ties pair, and summoning; up an unwonted energy of mind, departed, and'left his adored to her youthful alterations. Soon after this period the song of "Jessie, the Flower of Dunblane," together with the music was published and became a public favorite ; it was sung everywhere, in theatres and at parties; a world of praise was showered upon it from woman's flattering lips, and men became m d to know the lady. In a short period it was discovered. Jessie Montoith, the pretty peasant of Dunblane, was the favored uiio. From all quarters young men and bachelors flocked to see her, and her own sex were curious and critical. Many promising youths paid their addresses to her, and experienced the same rcccp tion as nornrst lover. i\ overinciess, poor .1 essie bocaine really enamored. A rakish spark from Midlothians, adorned with education, being of polished manners and confident from wealth and superiority of rank, gained her young affections. She too credulously trusted in his unhallowed professions. The ardor of first love overcame her better judgment, and abandoning herself to her lovc-passion, she made an imprudent escape from the protection of her parents, and soon tound herself in elegant apartments near the city of Edinburgh. The song of nelccted Tannahill w;us to his Jessie both a glory and a curse ; while it brought her into notice and enhanced her beauty, it laid the foundation of her final destruction. Popularity is a dangerous elevation, whether the object of it be a peasant or prince; temptations around it, and snares are laid on every Land. "Who would be eminent," and a distinguished child of popularity, "if they knew ; the peril, the maduess, and distraction of mind i to which the creature of thq popular breath is i exposed V When the poet heard the fate of j his beloved Jessie, his heart almost burst with * i - i : w_ i mental agon}', ana wonting uunseii imo me en thnsiastic frenzy of inspiration, poured forth a 1 torrent of song, more glowing and energetic than ! ever before dropt in burning accents from his ! tongue. It is to be lamented, that in a fit of disgust he afterwards destroyed those poetic re- ! cords of his passion and resentment. Ere three years had revolved their tripple cir- { euit after Jessie left her father's home, she was a j changed woman. She was destitute in her splendid habitation. Her blue eyes looked pitiful on all things around her; the oval cheeks were indented by the hand of his misery, and ( the face and person presented the picture of an } unhappy, but amiable being. IIow changed was j the figure clothed in silk, which moved on the. banks of the Forth, from the happy, lively girl in Dunblane, dressed in the rustic garb of a peasant ! Hut this is a subject too painful to dwell on: let us hasten to the catastrophe. It was on an afternoon in July, a beautiful sunny afternoon, | the air was calm and pure. The twin islands of the Foith, like vast emeralds set in a lake of silver, rose splendidly o'er the shining water, which now and then gurgled and mantled their bases. Fifeshire was spread forth like a man, her hundreds of inland villages and cots tranquilly sleep- , ing in the sunshine. The din of the artizan's hammers in Kirkaldy and Qucensterry smote the still air; and Duntermline's aproned inhabitants scattered forth their whitened webs beneath the .:.i- ?i a:? kuuiuhiu sun. vu uiu JIII vimgorged her black smoke, which rolled slowly in < volumes to the sea. Edinburgh castle, like a j mighty sj.irit from the "vasty deep," reared her i gray bulwarks high in air; and Arthur's scat j rose hugely and darkly in the back ground. The ! choiusses of fishermen, like hymns to the great spirit of the waters, ascended over Newhaven ; < and down from Grangemouth, lightly booming 1 o'er the tide, floated the tall bark. The world seemed steeped in happiness. I lJut there was one?a wandering one ; an out- ? cast?wretched and despairing, amidst all its i loveliness; her bosom was cold and dark?no ; ray could penetrate its depths; the sun shone not ] for her, uor did nature smile around but to in- ; diet a more exquisite pang on the unfortunate. ] Her stops wore broken and hurried. She now i approach'd the water's edge, and then receded. < No human creature was near to disturb her pur- i pose?all was quietness and privacy; hut there was an eye from above thilt watolled all.?Jca-ic. ' such a crisis. Hut Jessie se t herself down, and i removing a shawl and bonnet from her person, and taking a string of pearl from her marbleseeming neck, and a gold ring, which she kissed | eagerly, from her taper finger, she cast up her j steaming eyes meekly imploring the forgiveness of heaven on him, the cause of her shame and death. Scarce offering a prayer for herself, she i breathed forth the names of her disconsolate parents, and, ore the eyes could follow her,she disappeared in the pure stream. The sun shone on, the green of the earth stirred not a leaf: a bell did not toll; nor did a sigh escajie the lips of one human being, and yet the spirit of the lovlicst of women passed (may we not hope ?) to heaven. A Sketch.?A mother was kneeling in the j hush of evening, at the couch of two infants, | whose rosy arms were twined in a mutual em- j brace. A slumber, soft as the moonlight that I fell through the lattice over thrui, like a silvery veil, lay on their delicate lip?ihe soft bright curls that clu-tcivd oil their piiluw w?rc slightlv stirred by their gentle and healthy breathings, and that smile, which beams from the pure : depths of the fresh glad spirit, yet rOstcd on their red lips. The mother looked upon their exceeding beauty with a momentary pride?and then, as she continued to gaze on the lovely slumber<1.iiL f.vn (Wiir-iicd with an intense and unutterable fondness, and a coM shuddering fear came over her, lest those buds of life, so fair, so glowing, might he touched with sudden decay and gather back in their brightness to the dust. And she lifted her voice in prayer, solemnly, passionately, earnestly, that the (Jivcr of J.ife would i still spare to her those blossoms of love, over whom her soul thus Yearned. Ami as the low-breathed accents rose on tlie still air, a deepened thought came over her, and her spirit went out with her loved and pure ones into the strange wild paths of life, and a strong horror chilled her frame as she beheld mildew and blight settling on the fair and lovely of the earth, and high and n'ch hearts scathed with des- 1 olating and guilty passions. And the prayer ' she was breathing grew yet more fervent, even to agony that He who was the fountain of all purity, would preserve these whom lie had given 1 her in their perfect innocence, permitting neither i shame nor crime, nor follv, to cast a stain on the brightness with which site had received them invested from llis hand as with a mantle. ; As the prayer died away in the weakness of I the spent spirit, ;i pate snauowy iuuh mwUU side the infant sleepers. "I am Death,"said the i spectre, "and I am come for thy babes, I am ' commissioned to bear them where the perils you < deprecate are unknown ; where neither stain, dust : nor shadow can reach the rejoicing spirit. It is I only l?y yielding them to me you can preserve them forever from contamination and decay."? i A wild conflict, a struggle as of the soul panting in strong agony, shook the mother's frame, but i faith, and the love which hath a purer fount than 1 that of earthly passions, triumphed, and she 1 yielded up her babes to the spectre. 'Heboid !' said Death, as he touched the fair forms, and the beauty of life gave jdnco to a holier and yet deeper loveliness, 'behold the smile of innocence is forever sealed. They will awake w here there i i;s neither blight, nor tempest.' And the benign power, whom we call the Spoiler, bore away the now perfected blossoms of immortality to the far-off sky. Tiie Oratok and tiie Newspaper.?Compare the orator, one of the noblest vehicles for the diffusion of thought, with the Newspaper, and we may gain a faint glimpse of the ubiquitious power of the latter. The orator speaks to a few hundred, the newspaper addresses millions. The words of the orator may die in the air; the language of the newspaper is stamped on tables imperishable. The arguments of the orator may follow each other so tapidly that the majority of the audience may struggle in a net of ratiocination ; the reasonings of the newspaper maybe scanned at leisure, without a fear of perplexity. The passion of an orator inflames an assembly; the feeling of a newspaper electrifies a continent. The orator is for an edifice ; the newspaper for a world; the one shines for an hour; the other for all time. The orator may be compared to the lightning, which flashes over a valley for a moment, but to leave it again in darkne*; the _ 11 . ?;i _ 1?1_ UCWSpajKT 10 U SU'I UlUZIlJg SieaUIiy UVtTH WIIOIC earth, and "fixed on the basis of its own eternity." Printing has been happily defined "the art preservative of all arts." Printing makes the orator himself more than an orator. It catches up his dying wolds, and breathes into them the breath of life. It is the speaking gallery through which the orator thunders in the ears of ages, lie leans from the tomb over the cradle of rising generations.? William Wallace, 0! King, Live Forever!?Such was the form of the old Eastern salutation. It inav have been, as comingevents cast their shadows before, that this apparently absurd wish was but a precursor of what will become a common and not J nt all unnatural form of expression. A gentle- j man has appeared in our midst who tells us gravely and in perfect faith, that we may as well ii?'o a-tew hundred years (if we want to) as not. Ihat he lias in his possession a wondrous fluid which one imbibes, and lo ! the magic restora lion ! health succeeds instanter. "What wonderful revolutions in trade and customs this new wrinkle will make, remains to be >een. At any rate we may rest assured that the nineteenth century will go down to future ages, as abounding with the strangest, most incomprehensible isms, ogios, and pathies. The spirits ire opening a regular communication with earth; lumiceopathists are gaining regular armies to their stand, and here comes the elixir of life to . lose up the rear with a regular certificate that men needn't die if they don't want lo. All hail, novelty ! What would the world do without thee ? Curiosity would go pining up "ng1 w hat slie might lievour, and iiiHiiiig lioiiVili^ All hail, novelty! From henceforth wonders will never cease?or life either. When a man hires his house, it will be on a lease perchance of 1 hundred wars or so?if the locality suits him. We shall plant orchards, and cat of their fruit with our great, great, great, great-small grandchildren ; and we hale, hearty old-young men still. Only think of it! Go on crying Excelsior. Progression is the order of the day; our country is enlarging its bounds, and if somebody don't stop it, it will go beyond them. Who will see that it is speedily and properly fenced in ??Olive Branch. A Domestic Sketch.?We arc indebted to * ? * ?i l i.l. f . j . a correspondent tor tlie fallowing siieicn 01 a uomcstic scene that cannot fail to touch a cord in every heart: 44 One market day, we saw a wagon loaded with wheat coming into town?nothing .strange in that, certainly. And a man driving the team, and a woman perched on the load beside, and a child throned in the woman's lap?nothing strange in that either. And it required no particular shrewdness that the woman was the property?personal of course?of the man, and that the black-eyed, round faced child was the proper ty of both of them. So much we saw, so much * 1111 T. ! we suppose every iiooy saw, who iookpu. n is a fair inference that the wife came in to help her husband "trade out" a portion of the proceeds of the wheat, t lie product of so much labor, and so many sunshines aud rains. The pair were somewhere (a line point of observation, isn't it?) this side of forty, and it is presumptive, if blessed like tin ir neighbors, they left two or three children at home "to keep house" while they came to town ?perhaps two girls and a boy. or as it is immaterial to lis, two boys and a girl. Well, we followed the pair, in and through until the wheat was sold, the money was paid, and then for the trade. The baby was shifted from shoulder to to shoulder, or sat down upon the floor to run off into mischief like asparkling globule of quicksilver on a marble table, while calicoes were priced, sugar and tea tested, and plates 'rung.' The good wife looks askance at a large mirror ii...? .t-.nl,) lust l.o ill,, tliimr for the best room. J"| v "" n ? > ami tlii! roll of carpeting, of the most becoming pattern?but it won't do, they must wait till next year. Ah! there is music in those next rears that orchestras cannot make. And so they look and price and purchase the summer supplies, the husband the while eyeing the little roll of bank notes growing small by degrees and beautifully less. Then comes an aside conter?ncc jiariicularly confidential. She takes liini fill'-ctionately by the button and looks up in his face?she has line eyes by-the-by?with an ex prossion eloquent of "do now, it will please them 50." And what do you suppose they talk of? Toys for the children ! Johnny wants a drum and Jane a doll, and Jenny a book all pictures, "just like Susan so-and-so's." The father looks 'nonsense," but feels in his pocket for the required silver; and the mother, having gained the point, hastens away, baby and all, for the toys. There acts the mother; she had half promised?not all?that she would bring them Komothincr and she is hftnnv all the way home? not for tho bargains slie mis made, but for the pleasant surprise in those three brown parcelsAnd you ought to have been there when she?. got home, when the drum and the doll and book were produced?and thumbed and cradled and thumped?wasn't k a great house! Happiness is so cheap, what a wonder there is no more of it in this world !" Siamese Twins.?Many of our readers, (and particularly our distant readers) are unacquainted with the fact that these interesting brothers now live near Mount Airy, Surry County, N. C. We lately visited them at their residence, and was pleased to find them very intelligent and hospitable.?They were born in May, 1811, of Chinese parents, at the city of Maklong. They have travelled very extensively throughout Europe, and have visited all the United States except Illinois and Missouri. They have a very letentive memory of things and persons, and are free to wtiiujuiuc.iiA; uuy iiiiuriuauon iney pOSSCSS. 1??dued with fine common sense, they exhibit a . great (leal of fact in their business transactions, and have the reputation among their neighbors of being strictly honest We learned that they were very expert in the use of a gun, and take great pleasure in hunting. They run fast, and walk sometime worTif nr for. miles a -Jay. They stand close together, yet are never in each other's way, and whatever movement is made by one is responded to immediate ly by the other. They seldom speak one to the other, but their perception is very quick, and they seem moved by the same impulse when engaged in conversation. Their wives have blessed them with eleven children. Thev ceem affectionate and happy in their domestic relations.?Rowan Whig. Franklin Pierce is the youngest man who has ever been elected President of the United States. He is 43 years of age. Washington, John Adams, Jeffersou, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Van Buren were each 58; Jackson, U'i ; Harrison, 6b; Taylor, 06; and Polk, 49. New-Hampshire U. S. Senator.?The Boston Pout suggests that Hon. Charles G. Atherton will be likely to be selected by the Legislature as the successor of Hon J. P. Hale, in the Senate r* of the United States. ' C'cda and France.?The correspondence of the Kocuische Zeitung, (Cologne Gazette,) writes . from Madrid, under date of the 20th October: "I can inform you on tbe authority of an au thontic source, that a secret treaty has been concluded with France, according to which that power has pledged herself to protect Spaiain4h? of French vessels of war at present on Transat- . lautic stations have received orders from their government to place themselves under the orders of the Captain General of Cuba. Three French \essels of war have been already for some time in Cuban ports, and to our squadron on that statiou the St. Edward, of 80 guns, will shortly be added. She is quite a new vessel, and was only launched on the 16th inst." In connection with this we quote the following news brought from Cuba by the Black Warrior : ' The English steam frigate Highflyer, and two sloops of war, were in the port of Havana; also several French vessels of war, but no American man-of-war." The Governor General received on Sunday a^ his table the senior commanders of the four English and French steamers in the port?not on O , a ^ , / ly to express the kiud feelings the Spanish sovereignty feels for their illustrious nations, but also to express the cordiality with which the Governor General welcomes the society of such accomplished officers. Ancient Ruins.?The ruins of ancient cities of immense magnitude and extent, have long been kr own to exist in- several islands of the Pacific ocean, the origin and existence of which, history furnishes no account. In oneof the Ladrone islands, a groupe lying in latitude 16 deg. north, and longitude 170 deg. east, some two thousand miles from the coast of China, are the stupendous ruins of one of these aucient cities. i lic v ineyard unzette, puonsnea at Jttoartown, gives an account of a visit to these ruins by Captain Alfred K. Fisher, of the Nantucket whale ship America. The principal street was three ; miles long, and the buildings all of stone of a dark color, and of the finest material. Near tho centre of the street were twelve solid stone coluinns, near fifty feet in height, and ten in diameter at the base, surmounted by stone caps of immense weight. From the principal avenue other streets diverge at regular intervals and at right angles. The ruins of the whole city were overgrown with trees of ancient gigantic growth. The native inhabitants, nor the Spaniards, in whose possession the island is at present, could give no account of the founders of the city. It seems to be a counterpart of those Central American cities, the record of whose people is blotted from the memories of men." The Maine Law.?A memorial is in circulation for signatures in Washington, to be present eel to Congress, asking such an amendment of the city charter as will empower the corporate authorities " to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, except for mechanical and medicinal purposes, within the limits of the corporation." North-Carolina.?Theofficial vote of NorthCarolina for President is?Scott, 39,058 ; Pierce, 39,744 ; Pierce's majority, 686. The vote falls 12,675 below that polled at the previous Gubcrnational election. The electors have been summoned by Gov. Reid to meet at Raleigh, on the first Wednesday in December, to cast the vote of the State.