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\ THE LEDGER.[ v\^-^' / LAHCASTERVILLE. S C. WEDNESDAYTMAY 30. 13& Premiums. I Being anxious to give our paper an ex- j tensive circulation, we offer the following { \ premiums for new subscribers, to be sent in : I by the first of Aucrust next: the Cash must I . accompany the names. I i For the largest number sent in by that i ! time, a gold wntch worth fifty dollars, or fif- < ty dollars in money?provided they exceed ! one hundred nametx For the second largest list, a silver watch ( worth twenty.fivodoll.irs, or twenty-five dollars in money?provided they exceed i seventy-five names. i For the third largest list, twelve dollars in ensh?provided they exceed fifty names. For the fourth largest list, six dollars iu cash, provided they exceed twenty-five names. For clubs of five, one copy of the paper extra. tST Names may be sent in a few at the time, or many, as the ease may be, a list of u-hti-k ...? ?:II i.~? --J ? - ' - - " ??v.i "V niiu UII ine nrsi OX Allgust the nggregatc will be cast tip. and the premiums awarded to those entitled. HT Persons intending to compete for premiums, will plena* ndd n note to that effect in the fust list of subscribers sent. IST In nil coses wo must receive two dollnrs.as subscription piicc. We could not fiord to give premiums at club rates. To Correspondent#Sketches of trip to Florida &c, by an Invalid," will appear next week. Correspondents will please hand in their communications no Inter than Monday morning. Advertisers will be attended to, if they will hand in (heir advertisements by Tuesday morning. Our puper goo9 to press on Tuesday evening. E. C., Quebec Ga. We have hitherto neglected to thank you for the additional names of new subscribers, and the cash accompanying them, so kindly sent us from your section. We do so now. must xincerely. Would that others would do likewise. thiTledoer. We present our readers to day with a paper, which, in roepectto matter and mrchanieal execution, we believe, will compare favorably with ri\y paper in the State, or out of the State. We now have a full and efficient force, and our int? ution is to have the Ledger thus full entry week. It will be observed that the inside of the paper is printed in smaller type, which enables us to irive n much larger amount of reading nutter. It is needles* to my, that this change subjects lis to a much "renter additional expense, fur such is t he fact. ()ur object is to materially increase our subscription list. It in trne, we have a larger list of subscribers than we have ever had, but our ambition prompts us to make n paper which cannot be excelled, even if we do not mnke one copper more by so doing. Wo look to the friends and well wishers of the I*inc;tster hedger to assist In repaying us for this additional outlay. We will uinko a ercat effort to give our paper as large n circulation as any in the upper country, but we must have assistance. Who will bring us the largest list of subscribers ? We pause , for a roply. We send our paper to a number of Post Blasters without charge. We hope they will assist us to increase our list. Our subscribers who receive their papers st the Post Office, will find them there on Wednesday morning, immediately after breakfast. Without foil our subscribers on lbs Chester route will receivo their papers n Wednesday. The Crops. To a wino and beneficent ProvhUacCiM we under great obligations for the very favorable season we m present enjoy. Mince our last paper was issued, it has mined almost ovary day, end from what we have learned from sotne of our farmers, those rains hare been general throughout the district. The cotton crop is represented as domg well, and corn is grow ing in a most miraculous manner. Fruit We noticed while riding through a portion of our district a short lime ago, the peach and apple trees laden with fruit.? There will be any quantity of fruit this year. We have reeently enjoyed the gratification of several saucsrs of strawberries. Quantities of this delicious fruit grow wild in Lancaster. By the way, we notice that several of our editorial brethren have been br?rt4 with presents of this fruit?tre hud to hoy ours. fluvrs.?Thera Is but little nown in tho pu. foru raeelro d by the last unit. Our correJ, epoftdente gke the latest. .... The June number of tho Southern Cultivator contain* a vary attractive table of ' cotteutn. mm mi WW the publieheru *4 " Putnam's Mags. , sine," have the kiadauts to nrnd on the May umber uf their popular monthly! [a ' ' .j[ Local Hews?Our Town Wc presume almost every person who at me time resided iu Kim-aster, is a sub- fr eriber to the Ledger. To these persons, ej very change or improvement in our town hi >r district, proves of much interest. Mat- c< em which appear to be very trifling to the al usual observer, possess much inVrest to el hose who once lived here, as the rcmoTnl o: if an old house, the building of a new one, w ven the destruction of some old well known s? ree recalls 'o their minds reminiscences of to ?V gone day's, when in juvinile hilarity they cr ported and daneed beneath its shade; all at end to enhance an interest for "old home," it mown only to those who once were ot IS. |U From time to time, we have endeavored 01 n our feeble way, to give our distant renders the local news of the place. On Sun- at lay last, we took a stroll around town, to C n.te the changes which have taken place N lince our last walk. First, we take the main O it root from our office towards the Court al House. Our main street presents a very it irctty appearance. Mr. Jones Crockett has u eeently put an ndditi >n to his store and sj ins had his building recently very band- ct ioinely painted. This betokens prosperity, i\ hich fact we are most happy to chronicle, p Several of the stores have very handsome ligtis. Of these, we noticed those of Mcs- b ?rs Adam's, Cousart, and Magill &. Heath. I1 it i? sum nosion siorcs have the handsom- a est signs of any cily in tin* United States, p !f we mistake not, some foreigner who wrote tl a diary ol iiia travels in Ainorien. called it w the city of signs. 1-ancaster nccording to size, is not far behind Boston. s We will continue our walk. We pass ? the Court Ilousc, and halt at the corucr.? n Hero there is a new and pretty building. It v was built for Messrs Billings &. Belk, and p is now owned by Capt John B. Cousart, who c is rapidly finishing it. He has changed the |{ plan at first contemplated by the builders, and is deviding it into a numl er of rooms. In fact so many,we do not know how many there will be. Capta'n, do you contemplate v opening an hotel in that end of town ?? When this house is completed nnd painted, it will beautify that end of town no little. What a mercy it w ould be, if some favored k galo w ould blow o- er that miserable old a building on the opposite side ! We are eon- k fident in that ease, that in no long while not e a vestage of it would be seen. Wo leave ) the Captain's house, and take up the line of a march in the direction of tiie dwelling now t owned by Dr. T. K. Cureton, formerly be- * longing to Mr. Franklin Emmons. Since li our last visit to I his end of town, a grent a change has been effected in this honse. You t would hardly recognize it as the same dwell- c ing. It has been very much improved by additions and alterations, nnd beautifully r painted, that it presents, not an imposing, a but a very handsome appearance. Our eiti- i zena regardless of hard times, seem to be c imbued with the spirit of improvement, nnd t right glad are we to give publicity to the i fact. We beard a friend on Saturday say, r that three or four years ago, it was useless r to keep linseed oid on sale, for no one wan- \ ted it?that a merchant had a barrel which 1 remained on his bands for ever so long a i time. .Voir, a gallop cannot be procured i here, it is sold by our inert bants so soon as t they receive it. The article elsew here about that Itust Water, corroborates this fact. In ovr end of town, wc notice that the 1 Fsnv'Ic Academy lias been recently painted * and it really presents a much better appear- J ance than ire ever thought it w ould. You 11 would not recognize it, as the old Printing * Office. The house we formerly resided in, J known as the old I'erry house, was pullod i down last week. We felt sorry to sec it 1 loitering, nnd then rased to the ground.? c Wc have seen some pleasant times in that * old house, and then we had a child born * there, a daughter, but she, in the day of her * innocency nnd sinlessncss, has been called ^ to a better, a brighter, a happier home. 1 We will continue to give our readers an account of the changes w Inch may occur in * Lancaster village nnd District. , , , I T_., Ol i- ' ?usb vuargc IU * On the first page uf thin paper will be v found an interesting sketch under the above r heading. "Just change it this expression ? is as faniiiinre to the ear as household words, t Just charge it, has ruined many, many fanii- v lies. The wife lias u?cn left a widow; the c children orphans ; poverty has stared them c in the face, and ruin and desolation have t waited upon the threshold claiming admit* n tance, from the operations of this ruinous, f abominable credit system. The seller gains nothing by it, and the buyers either, if we I except those who n*rtr pay. ? There are some people who hare ths offront ry of t''e devil himself, who will go into a ? store and order an rtlcle as ostentatiously I as a Rothchild, and yet have no idea of ever i paying for it We do certainly know sever, al men of this description, They will go to A or B's storo, and ask for a pound of tobacco, or n doxen scgars, with a degree ' of importance, bordering on vulgarity, and " tliuy have no m >re idea of paying for it, ^ thai? flying to the moon. It is in this respect that tho system proves hurtful and ruinous to the merchant. We went to n store in town the other ' day to purchase two articles, and by paying ' the cash, wo saved 33 per cent. One arti- c cio was marked It and the other 75 cenU. r We purchased the two for $1.30. F People generally are too fond of credit < Hoiu times, we know they have not the do. f ney, and pressing necessity compels them to c purchase on credit, but, we would advise every body to pay as you go, when you ant.? A Few Romance. a H. Long A Brother,Publiahera,New York, S have sent us a prospectus ef a new novel tl they will publish In e Aw deya, to be celled p the "Watchman," a companion to "The e< Lamplighter,"which met with Such an ex ten o tire sale. C We will notice the work wta we receive si i copy. t 4 M V * ,. -j ** f. a m Hew Papers. Almost every mail brings us n new paper oni some part of tho world, requesting an cchnnge. We try to be courteous to our rethrcn of the Press, and in ninny cases imply with the request, but we cannot in / cases, for we would receive such a btidg* ; of papers we never would be able to read ne half of them, or even glance at them, if c sat up the whole of every night. At the une time, it is very necessary for an editor i examine all of bis exchanges; lie may be died this, or that, a liar or a dog-peltor, id if such be the case he should know Since our last issue we have received two ?\v papers, which we will cheerfully place a our exchange list. The first is the "Old Bachelor," a aery nosing sheet, published at Washington ity ; edited by John Smith W. O. II. G. M. . I/. We make a quotation from it. "Tho 'Id Bachelor is published semi occasionally, Iternately, every other time, or, whenever is most convenient, at 00 celibate street, nder Bachelor's Hall. Terms cash. For ale by all sensible Booksellers. Price 3 en Is." We may give an extract or two from this aper in our next number. The next paper is tho Pre Dre Shir, which i printed in Wadesboio N. C.. James T. 'owell editor and publisher. The Shir is handsomely printed paper. Democratic in olitics, and the editorials do no discredit to lie genius who presides over it. Published weekly at ?2 a year. The New York Ledger, is n paper of large ize and contains a large ninount of rending latter. About the first of June, an origin1 story will be commenced, written by that rorld known writer Fanny Fern. The rice of the Ledger is one dollar a year, six opics five dollars, twelve copies nine dol* irs. Address. R. HoxsF.it. Editor and Publisher N. Y. P. S.?We have not room this week for our advertisement. Advertising. We never beg for advertisements. We mow advertisers are as much benefitted s publishers. If a merchant chooses to ;eep his goods on his shelves to rot, or get ?ut of fashion, it is none of our business.? iVc merely pen these two or three lines, as i kind of preamble to what we are going to ell. An enterprising merchant in this place vho always has his store full of customers, lad an advertisement inserted in the l edgei i short time ago?he informed us last week hat that advertisement made him at Icasl >NE II UK OK ED DOLLARS. Walking about town a few days ago, wi lotiecd written notices placed on the doors ind windows of some of tho stores. Th? dea which immediately took possession ol lur mind, was, that these persons stood in heir light. To save a few dollars, they nay lose hundreds. It stands to common vnson, that ten times as many persons woulc cad these advertisements in the paper, than vill read them on the merchants' windows. rVhy, one thousand persons read the Ledgei n Lancaster district every week! Now low many will read these manuscript no ices t That Demijohn. I?ast week in a little article about n "Tri|: n the country," we made some allusion to illnge gossip, since then, wo have had a irnetical illustration of the truth of our re aark. This is it. We believe it was or he same day we wrote that article, that wc idtlresscd a letter to our friend Dr. F. I. Cenip of Camden, requesting him to send IS certain nrtiele?_ and An the enecnoitlnn lay the stage brought us n demijohn and 11 tu.il! tin vessel. As is tho custom, they vere left nt the Cntawba House. In the veiling, our foreman went down to pay tin reiglit, when n gentleman asked him if there vns not "something to drink" in the demijohn. Now Dr. Zemp,w ho understands hii nisiness, had sealed up the demijohn very lieelv, and it looked very nice and clean.? t appears that it once contained rose water or there was a label on it acquainting u? vith tho fact. We have no doubt, but evey man who saw thisdeniijohn.it the Hotel t ones rnmc to the conclusion thnt it conained brandy or whiskey, and that the rose rater label was iutended as a ruse. Well >n the morning after the arrival of this pre inus cargo, w e sent a boy down for the nricles. "Ah," soya n prominent gentleman is the boy was leaving with them, "there joes the ruse water" (liquor)! Now gentlemen, we are painting 0111 trcmiscs, and if you will do us the favor to all round, we w ill take pleasure in gratify, ng your curiosity. That poor, innocent lemijohn may contain brandy, it may connin whi key, it may contain rose wator, 01 t way contain linseed oil. Flour, Bacon Ac. Since we penned the article in our last i? me, in which allusion was made to the carciiy 01 provision* <u cms ptuce, a wagon oad of both Floor and Bacon has arrived iVc had ocooaion to purchase tamo of each ?for flour wo paid twelve dollar* a barrel ind for bacon, fourteen rent* per pound.? rhe wheat crop appenra to be good in a I. noU every section of the wheat growing ountry, that we arc more than cure floui nunt come down. Corn it is difficult tc urchase at $1 a bushel, but if the season ontinuos favorable, in the course of four or ivc weeks, it must necessarily become beeper. Captain Ingraham In tbe letter of our Charleston correspond eat, mention la made of this gallant officer, nd an appeal male to the citizens of the Kate to aaalet him la his "pecuniary difficult es. Our opinion ia, that the citizens of a opulous city like Charleston, might very sally furnish sixteen thousand dollars, withnt exiling in the aid of those of the State, harleston, ie Captain Ingrabaa's native city, ad it should be the pride ef Chariestoaiana \* provide U?e sum. themselves. iHK 'c ii r<a i r '-i Prance and Russia. What will l>a the settled condition oi France, prediction can give no adequate idea. At one period, thoOrloane family felt securely safe, and Louis Fhillipc, no doubt, in his declining days, saw in fho dim future, his eldest child (Irmly established sn the throne of France. The revolution of 1848. did not even drive froui the minds of the in* inters of the Orleans' family, the certainty of a continued succession, until on the eve of an ultimate consummation. Then, as it is now, and has ever been the case, there wero various political parties in France. Memory fails us to eall to mind nt this time, tho names of athc various political associations, which agitated France in '48. Lcdru Rollin, Lamartine and ithers of note triumphed in establishing a Republican Govemient, and l.outs Fhillipc fled into exile, and from extreme wealth was reduced to comparative poverty. Subsequently, Louis Napoleon, who is the direct counterpart of his illustrious uncle?except in ambition?by chicanery and presumptive fraud, (for the insincere adulation practiced, was hut fraud.) placed himself at the head of the French nation.? To n man like Napoleon III. possession1 no one good trait, and remarkable only for his meanness and depravity, it was no very difficult tusk to bring the Porisiuns to his feet ?and Paris is France. The voice of the citizens of Paris, controls the destinies of France. That IjOu'i* Napoleon is safe, no one ?vho has watched the course of tho French Nation, can assert with safety. Nay, a "oleano is under him even now, which the slightest breeze will arouse, and shower tliu melting lava upon bint. Whether he feels secure in his present position, we arc not to know. Impetuous and headstrong, he lacks much of the discretion of his unclo. When the native island (Corsica) of the latter was besieged bv the French, Napoleon Bonaparte who had but just, we may say, commenced his life ns it soldier, was solicited by the officer in command !o defend the hon e of his birth, tho fslpud of his youth, he would not ?uay, he went over to the French: he very well knew that a small ieland like Corsica, would ultimately become French or English property, and ns bis prcdeliclions, bis syuii pathies were all for France?for he bad be; fore earned fame in defending her in battle? he was not so unwise ns to nssist in a hopeless cause. Louis Nnpoleon, whose life has been one i of drgrcdatian and debauchery, endeavors to accomplish his purposes more by plot and inr triguc. We arc almost sure when he is least aware, he will be overthrow it and crushed. I One object he is endeavoring to accomplish, and one iri which he has partially succeeded. > is to get in the good graces of the Queen of i England. lie completely feathered he eyes > of Queen Victoria on his recent visit. By f the denth of the emperor Nicholas, the garter became vacant, this is n badge of great honor, and as we have said, he does not lack i in ambition, he crossed I he straits of Dover I intending no d<|ubt,to use a common saying i "to kill two birds with one stone." The ostensible object of his vitit was to secure the - garter, and have a little social chat with En< gland's Queen ; the real object of bis visit, was to ingratiate himself in the affections of the English nation, and more properly to accomi lish this object, by first obtaining the confidence of the Queen ?f England. In ' tho whole Recount of Napoleon's visit to England, Prince Albert's name is not mentioned ; no wonder, Napoleon third, cared ' nothing for him, he could do him 110 ser1 vice. Queen Victoria, it is said, will return ! the visit in August next. The most exciting and interesting new s by the steamer Baltic, is the attempted as' sasinntion of the Emperor of France, n foil 1 account of which will be found in this paper. For our part, we have no doubt, but ! Pianori the Italian, was hired by aoine one ! or more political partioa in France, to aasaa. ! ainate the Emperor. We copy nn extract " from tbo N. Y. ' mm, which will give nddi' tional particular*: Fkaxcf..?The great and for the moment engrossing local topic, in the attempted ns, Muwinution of the Emperor. ( Various circumstances go to show that Pianori waa a hired assassin, ami liberally paid; though he himself refuses to make any ' disclosure as to confederates, and states that ' bis enmity to the Emperor was entirely > personal ; that he wns a shoemaker in Kouio when the French captured that city, and that he aufTered grievously from the bombardment. This story, however, meets with no credo ee. It is believed that Pianoi ri waa in l<ondon during the Emperor's visit , there, and that he would then have carried out his purpose of shooting Napoleon, had he not been prevented by the great concourse ' of people evrrwhere attending the \isitors, i While in Paris he lived in two well furnished rooms in the Faubourg Mt. Honore, the , rent of which ho Irnd paid a month in advauce. r A considerable sum of money was found in bis rooms, and the pistols found upon him were ot a costly description and very well made, lie is recovering from the effects of bis wound, but is in n very excited slate, rage and fear appearing to keep him 1 in a perpetual delirium. He is confined in a 1 strait waistconland n iailor sleeps at the foot of his bod. He is to he triod before the , Court of Assizes of the Heine, about the middle of May. ' The Emperor has declined to receive formal audiences of congratulation, though an ? exception has been msdo in regard to the r British residents in Paris. A crowded inest1 ing of British residents wns held on Wednesday (2d) in the ball room of the British ' Embassy, under the presidency of the Earl ' of Denbigh, nnd there an address, mov' ed by the Enrl of Mayo, waa unanimously , adopted. The Corporation of London have aiso adopted n similar iiMivm. The organs of the Fusioniat an4 Orleaniat parties have not said a word in condemnation of the crime, but base published the official account from the Mooiteur without commenu To verify whirl we have aaid, note in the above, that only British residents in Paris, were permitted to make formal visits of congratulation. Tliia will give you an idea of the low canning sod mean duplicity of Louis Napoleon. Had the life of the Bioperor Nicholas, of Rneeia, been spared, Russia would have gained mom conquest* thnn she will in this Eastern war. His ton Alexander, may be a I very good aort of a man, ami! knowing his x father's lesires before he died, he endo-ivwre to carry them out; yet, Alexander does not i posses* the intrepidity of old Nicholas; hud i the lottcr have lived n year longer, wo be- i licve Turkey would have been brought un- I der his control. Alexander had intended to t inakc an attack, but the news by the ^Baltic t assures us ho has abandoned the idea. i The nllies had gained n few successes at < the Crimea, but it is futile in tlicm to sup- I pose they can ever conquer the Russians, or 1 even obtain possession of S*?bnstnpol. The t Russians are fighting on their own soil, and in defenee if their own homes; thoy are string in numbers, and not easily repulsed* England has lost more in this war, than Wei- ( lington guiued for her when ho conquered . Bonaparte, at the memorable battle of Wa- | terloo, and wo think she is getting sick of it. Most of the citizens are opposed to further action, and public meetings have been held in | London nnd Liverpool, when resolutions ^ were adopted, denouncing the administru- ( tion. Although like a cloud not much Vrger i than a man's hand, still, there are some i tie indications of peace being restored be- j tween the beligerant powers. Viscount I'alnierston in a speech delivered in the llouso of Commons, said, alluding to the Conference held at Vienna: "We have failed in the attempt which we . have made ; but I am not prepared to say that there are no other means open by which, through the intervention of the friendly offices of Austria, propositions may not he made which it uiav become the duty of the government to tike into their serious consideration. in order to determine whether it may not lie possible to bring these dirteren- , ces to a close. (I fear. honrA Allow mo to say, ?ir, that the cases nro not parallel, i even on the statement of the right honorable gentleman himself. He says that in tho case of France tho basis of negotiation was peremptory refused by Franee; hilt the basis of negotiation has been r.ecepted by Una. sia. The four points on which England and France agreed to negotiate have been accepted by Russia. 1 may even sav that the exact interpretation which England and Franee placed on tliem has been aceepted by Rti*sia as the foundation on whieh to negotiate. Tho only difference has been as to the mode in which the fair meaning of the points ought to he carried out in the detailed articles of a treaty. Whatever the right honorable gentleman may think of the analogy of the two cases, I think they are essentially different in their fundamental elcmenU, and that her Majesty's government would not have properly discharged their duty, if, following out the fanciful analogy of the former ea?e, they had taken a stop by whieh they would have proclaimed to the World that they had lost all hopes of accommodation. (Hear.) Thev would equal lv neglect their duty if they held out hopes that might not In realized, and I should fool that her Majesty's government had entirely violated their duty if they stated that all , hopes had disappeared. I wish to leave the | question in tho state in which it is. (latugh- j tor and cheers.) I wish to leave tho door to negotiation open. I would not shut the door while there was a possibility of accommodation, by taking tiio stop to whieh the right honorable gentleman would drive government. We ssid, sir, that we would produce the protocols. They will be produced; and when produrod, it will lie for tho House to determine w hut her any step on its part should bo taken upon them. We are anxious to give the House and the Country every information which we think consistent w ith tho interests of the country and consistent with any possibility of putting a conclusion to the differences which have compelled us to embark in a great und arduous contest. While on the one hand, we are determined to continue tint contest so long as it is inevitable, in a manner consistent with the honor, dignity, and interest* of the country, so, on the other hand, we will not he parties to shutting tho door lo the possibility ot concluding an honorable and satisfactory peace. (Cheers.) Gambling We noticed a few days ago in some of our exchanges, that a young man went from Maryland to New York, carrying with him one hundred thousand dollars. In tho latter eitv, he was entrapped by the gamblers, and in some of the hells there lost nil his money ; thus from extreme wealth, he was reduced to poverty. At first, he took a largo dose of Inudm um with the inteution of putting nn end to his existence, hut medical aid frustrated his design?lie is now the inmate of a Lunatic Ass luni. What a commentary on the evils of this more than abominable vice. Of all the vices to which inen nro liable, that of gambling is the most hurtful. Ohf it is'shocking ! Alwminable! Damnable! It corrodes the heart, it destroys all tho finer feelings of man, and at lust utterly destroys him. Tho drunkard is to be shunned and despised, snd pitied in turn, but sven tho sia of tho poor, miserable inebriate, is not so great ns that of the gambler. Had one s list of tho names of all the women and children that have been brought to degradation and ruin, )?jr the infornnl card* And dice, I j could go to New York, yea, I could go to Liverpool and return, and would find ho had not yet ascertained the number. No, he eould not oount that long roll of names in a month. In moat onset, pirituous'drinks first loads its victim to the gambling table. The brain becomes feverish, and a kind of morbid ox* eitement takes possession of it; he.bcte, and may be loses or wins. Every time that he engages at play, he becomes more f.iacinw* ted, and fond of it, and ultimately, nfter several years he cannot renounce it any more than Satan can his calling. And what are the consequences to the victim T From an honest, open hearted man, he is converted into a sneaking, intriguing thief and liar.-? Who ever taw an honest blackleg? Who ever eaw a truthful gambler ? No one, /or there are none. And, oh, tho tears and wails of a heurt-broken wife, who, while her husband squanders their all, sits by her penny candle, plying her needle to provide a sab. sitUbce for the helpless little oeos. The youthe of oar country ehnuld not he suffered t?y their parents to be present where Any of these vicious games are going on.? Their curiosity become* excited, sad before ?we might say their iutantiie days are over ?the/ are ready to try their hands at it.? Fathcit, mother*, watch over your children, V- *" i-V vVtf.i :cep thein nt home, they will blees you vhen you lie bencsith the green sod. The young men of the present generation, ire too npt to beenme infatuated with tliis iVorst of vices. Hmr jssvh mvcione time s wasted? IIow many constitutions deairoved ? Money squandered? And In the :nd, perhaps some poisonous drug performs the Inst scene in the drama. Young men may try to carry it on secretly, but liko lijuor, It will tell on them ; young ladies get tiold of it; nnd think you n -enaiblo girl, would marry a gambler? We have said olough for this time. To the North Union. Friend Harrington, how is the we ther with you, in your cool country ? Here, tolay, (Sunday, May 27.) it is quite cool, tire is not uncomlortnhlu in our sitting room. It lias been raining off and on all day. We think your views about right, as regards the cultivation of hops in your coun-. ty. We, of the South, would much rather prefer our Yankee brethren to cultivate potatoes. We admired your candor, In acknowledging us to be the best looking man?we were under that impression ourself. Celebration of tho Anniversary of the Battle of King's Mountain. The Yorkville Enquirer, in a recent number, contained nn article, in which it recommended to the citizens of York district, the propriety of appropriately celebrating the anniversary of the battle of King's Moumtain. In referring to tho subject, the Charleston Standard of tho 1241 li inst., says: We noticed tho other day, fro-?? proceedings published in the Yorkville Enquirer, that measures will Ik-taken Jo appropriately celebrate the anniversary of the llaltlo of King's Mountain. From an article in the f'rtrii/irii'/in niiMti llii.. ?iil.!....# ?v.? .... ti?*e licit d -legates from North Curoli in, Virginia, nnd Tennessee, will be present?that 1 Ian croft the historian, will also Ihj expiated ?nnd a suggestion is made, that the Governor of the Mtato shall be solicited to order suinc becoming military display for the occasion. We hope thai the bali w SI be kept tinning; but as the glory of this battle belongs not more to tlie district of York than to the State and the South, and as h proper entertainment cannot be prepared without the expenditure of a sum of money which may be inconvenient even to our very comfortable fellow-citizens of Yorkville. perhaps the best thing toward iiisu?irg the p -rfecl success of mich a demonstration, would Ik* the Adoption of some pl.tii by wbicli its burdens could be distributed and shares extended to other sections of the State. Wo make the suggestion in ignoreiice, however, of what will be the feeling of our friends in Yorktille at such a propositionDemocratic Meeting in Union Co N.C. We learn from the Western (Charlotte) Democrat, that a democratic meeting was held at Monroe the county town of (Jnlon when, after a preamble in Mib a. t f- rth the merits of the Hot'., Horto:, C'roge, the following resolutions were adopted. Urtidted, That we hereby deel trv our hearty nnd uudevided preference for Hon. B. Craige, and that we will give him our most cordial and zealous support in the ensuing campaign. lit totted, That we will tirml v and zealously adhere to the groat principles of religious toleration promulgated by our fathers and guarantied by our national constitution and that we will use our limit strenuous and energetic - (Torts to slay the baneful influence of lit t dark and dangerous orguiization. styled Know-Nothingi-un. ltr*tdrrd. That secret political societies r.re unnecessary and uncalled for in a Republican government, and that the secret order of 1 lie Know Nothing-* is repugnant to llio constitution of tho United Suies, a second edition of the Federalism of John Adams?a new phase of the lug-cabin and coon-skin liunibuggery (nnd wbiggcry) of 1840, and that we confidently look forward 10 the time when the American people will brand it as signally ns they have those worn out devices of our tricky adversaries. Rrtolved, Th at we have renewed confidence in the trust-worthiness and nduiinisistretire ability of President Pierce, and that the principles embodied in the Kansas Nebraska Hill, for which our representative voted, involved the new principles of the constitution and meet our devided approbation. The meeting then adjourned. T. C. WILSON, Cha'n. J. M. Stkwart, See'v. Louis Napoleon. The following is a desciptimi of the present Emperor of France, which we find going the rounds of the papers. Ccrtr.inl, he looks everything that his impassioned assailant In "Napoleon le Petit" describes, and not all tho circumstarv es of splendor surrounding him, not all the romance of his life, nnd not i.II the effect w hu b such considerations produce npon tho inosl phlegmatic and philosophic of inindaycottld deprive Ids countenance of its indefinable but unmisUikcnblo rupulsivencss. Indeed the alrsenee of all trait is tho only decided trail about it. It is perfectly expressionless, whether in animation or reposoHis faco is n blank, or rather n blight. It tnny have been capable of conveying sonic expression sotnu time, but that tiuiu baa gone bv, nod now it really expresses nothing. The eyes aro dead; ih-complexion lived; the mouth, even when smiling, inanimate ; the musrlos of tho whole ft ee ul once ricrid and relaxed: nnd ihm>i.nt..ini>l<iti.n #.f the via.tgu altogether ioavea a most uncomfortable imprce iou, no matter what one's tirodiiectioua in fnvor of thu man himself, or wwever binaacd by the fuecmntion of the immortal doeds of his uncle, by lirtuo of whune name the nephew in what he i*. Between the two men there in not the sninll.at facial or physio*! semblance, and certninly n? far iia externals are concerned, there i* touch coloring afforded by lunula N?pole<>n to the popular seaud.il which n4sign* hie paternity, not to the Kino of Hoi. land but to a Dutch skipper with an unpronounceable name, and of whom 1 loricate waa ttaid to have Uromo onatn?red. In the configuration of the head there ia some similarity botw een N i|Hilco(i the First and Third, and the sperseuoae end quality of the hair favors the likeness. Hut in fho fioea themselves, and even the forehead#, the moet aeutc physiognomist could detect I.J?I.- * - uv hko ui Hiurniiijr ui uiooa ociwirn IM nUtioni The Italian element U altogether wanting in the prevent fimperor, whole oimh mure of the had French type of face, what Voltaire railed between the tiger end the monkey, than we* the great Coateen, whoee antique beautyscarcely teea than Id* deathless exploit*, univeraaled hi*portrait* nni bu?ta, b* rendering their production i Inhor ol'promatoiidl lore to the Artist at the finest subject they could b employed opot?. P :v . -:fi E * * g M CORRESPONDENCE^ Charleston Correspondence.ll Ckaim.bston, May 19, 1855. Mr. Editor:? Captain Duncnn N. fngrttbnm, of tlio United States sloop of war SL Louis, who earned so much fame ill the Kelts affair, arrived in this city on Monday last, sffcr an nbsence of three years. You may bo surs ho met with a warm reception from n large circle of frieoda and acquaintances. although our city papers have alluded to tho circumstance more than once, all of your readers may not bo aware of tho fact, that C.ipt. Ingmhntn by the deeission of the Court, is held linblo for a debt, (I think 916,000) for which ho was security. To satisfy this claim, his house and lands have been advertised to be sold at auction. The papers of Charleston in referring to it, call U|>n the citizens of Charleston and of the State, to liquidate this claim. Recently, circulars have been distributed in the city and country to further this object. Csptnia Ingrahnm has acted nobly?be is a gallant officer ?an ornament to our nnty, and I do sincerely hope the people of Charleston, the people of South Carolina, will come to his assistance in his pecuniary difficulties. The Dredging Machine provided by the ot-ncrni xmvcrniueiu tordeepening IhcMnflift chnn el nonr Fort Moultrie, Sullivan'* island, nnd which you may recollect some months ago failed to answer the purposo for width it was intended, i am glad to Inform you. now works admirably. A depth has been attained of eleven feet at low water, and a \\ idth of some six hundred feet. It is confidently believed, that the channel can W kept open to the depth of fifteen feet t extreme low wafer. If this will be the ease, the advantage to our city will be great i deed. You may recollect, it wna from ttio shallowness of the channels across the oar, which induced the stockholders to sell the steam ship South Carolina, at first intended as the pioneer of the now steam ship lino t<? laverpool We aro pained to hear from tbo Courier, that Dr. Courtenpy S. King, an attache of the Madleal stalT of the Russian army, died at Kertch, on the li3d of April, after ten day's ilhn-Hs, willi the typhus fever, lie was the soli of the late Col. W. ??. King ?*f the Courier. Cotton is worth from 8f to II efs. Only 310 bales were sold yesterday. 637 bales were received bv Rail Road. More anon. Yours Trnlr, S. Philadelphia Correspondence. I "i'll.a i> i.lriii a , May -3, 1655. Mr. Kititor:? Col. Kinney recently h ail a bearing he fire Judge Kane on Ids . pplic.ition cither for a very speedy trial or a reduction of ihu amount of his bail, now fixed at $4500, but failed in g lining either object. Ilis c -unsel stoutly contended that [there was nothing in his expedition militating in the slightest degree against the United States Neutrality laws nnd that the men nmler his command were hut exercising the inalienable right of peaceful emigration to a new country. On the part of the prosocutinn, however, it was alleged that a ship was to be sent out with s large amount of nmunlliop to meet the nllcdged "emigrants" upon their srrivsl, that uiiii'sry commission* had already Ween g'anted to many of tbem, and Ihi.l if the government wms allowed but a reasonable time to procure testimony, the [ warikc nature of the expedition would bo fully sliow n. The discussion resulted in nrt agreement to adjourn the whole case over for trial at the August term, the defendant in the meantime to still give the original amount of bail for his appearance, but as he incurs * heavy expense for demurrage, every day, the probability is that he will set sail at once,despite lire prosecution. The parlies arrested some time ago for havin.' also violated the Oeiitfality laws, by enlisting soldiers for Ihu British service in the Crimea, have had % hearing on an application lor their discharge from further prosecution. The two principal parties, failed in accomplishing that object, although one of their accomplices, but slightly connected with the transaction, was discharged. Tho Odd Fellows of tho city turned out in largo numbers to participate in the dedication of tho new hall at Frank ford, and made a very handsome display. The Order is in a very flourishing condition here, nnd numbers many thousand nictnbora. Our Catholic Churches haw recently boon celebrating in the most magnifieuntstyle the adoption of the new dogma of tho luHnectt* Iste Conception of thu Virgin Mary. The altar* wcrs wlorntd iu the richest and moil brilliant manner imn|{1u?Ue,iMl the'cbareK. es wrra crowded during thu entire serrlcca, nut onlyi by members of their own, but of the vurioua Protestant deneminatioas, who were anvious l<i witness tba extraordinary display. Parkinson'a Garden h.-io recently been epcncd for the reception of vUitora during thesotnmrr season and during three ersning* of cnch week n fine martial band die. course a an eel mutdc. It is the favorite auntmer resort in Philadelphia, and tdnee Its r?* cent enlargement is capable of sceomuiodw ling a great many people. What with th? Lc.-.utit'ul shrubbery, lbs sparkling fountains, the brilliant lamps, the esrcllcnt music, th? eiegunt refresh moots, and lbs crowd of (air houri'o who rorurt ttiers, it is m no*r sn approach to s Mahometan pars die# *s wo si< pevl to witness in this snbhuMwy sphere. The demolition ef the Chestnut Street Theatre is now Mviy sodef.WAy, and a Isrgo portion of ths walls bars already been fatten down. In s few days more not % relic of tliift oneo popular piece of amusement will i I habftnia ? "Ck.?**J en wbtch omnmcnt the 7*9*1, one A fttp^riitlnjj the genius of ?u4 th? ot tier tknt of eomwty, bn kftv* pa/tfciM f<.r U