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Ring, by the advice and persuasions of his doctor and friends, had i been induced to try the benefit of a trip on i salt water, hoping at might have the desired effect of prolonging his life. With his wife, i he had traveled extensively, but now had de- ; cided to return to his native land and die surrounded by his femily and friends. He was < wealthv and had heen married hut little over ] a year. With everything at his command but health, he was doomed to die at sea, finding a i last resting place in the bosom of the restless, ever changing deep. ^ Our third passenger was a man with fea- ] tures which once seen, would almost instantly give rise to a feeling of repugnance and dis- i trust. t He was introduced by the Captain as Mr. i Osborn, and I disliked him at first sight. Of i rather below than above the medium height, s with large square shoulders, short full neck, i coarse bushy hair, and a face bearing the un- i mist&kable stamp of a bully and rascal. 1 Such were the passengers that the good ship t Sultan was expected to bear in safety across thousands of miles of the treacherous deep. i With a fair tide and wind, the Sultan i dropped safely down the river, under the skil- 1 f'ul. guidance of a Calcutta pilot, and for once, c as fortune or luck would have it, we escaped i all the' bars, sand-banks, and shoals which i abound from the mouth to the source of the 1 sacred River Ganges. With a sigh of satisfaction, I saw the pilot i pass over the side, wishing' us a quiok and 1 pleasant passage as he shoved off. Ihe weath- 1 er braces were checked in, sheets hauled aft, 1 and at last we were plowing the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal, with southwest moon- e soons blowing freshly. ' i We were hauled on a taut bowline, with ajl 1 the canvas spread that the Sultan could well f stagger under. Jack Hays was noted for the 1 quick passages he made, and when the order r was given to clue up a topgallant sail on board t of a vessel when he commanded, other less v reckless mariners would be putting in the t double reefs. Days passed by^ With but <1 few exceptions the passenger's seldom met, except at the dining-table. The voyage had I scarcely begun. The restless feeling, want of o change, monotony, and lonesomeness had not c as yet been experienced on board our gallant t] craft, which glided over the sparkling waves ii like a thing of life. * v Four months previous to the day of my sail- n ing with Captain Hays, I had landed in Cal- ?] eutta, having traveled by the overland route I from Southampton. b I was quite a lad when my brother left the o old homestead to try his fortune in a strange tl country. He had, through the influence of a friends, obtained a position in a large mercau- v tile firm, well known throughout the East In- tl dies, and bade us all farewell, his heart beat- h ing with high ambition, hope and aspirations, d Years rolled on. I was rapidly advancing to P man's estate. Frequent and numerous were A the letters that passed between my brother in 1< the East and his loving parents and brother, h Finally, I, too, entered into the busy, bust- v ling arena of mercantile life, and was favored A by the smile of fortune. a I was rapidly accumulating a fortune, when E we were nearly stunned by receiving a letter, r in an unknown hand, informing my nearly c frantic father and mother that their son was v dead; that he had fallen in an affair of honor t with a man personally unknown to the writer. His effects were in the hands of the American f Consul, aud without delay I resolved to start & at once, and endeavor to pierce the mystery A which enveloped the death of my brother. A r :? j _x rt_i ... J.. : n X arriveu hi v/aieutia, uioue iiujuuico, searched and investigated, but could learn ? nothing satisfactory. With a sorrowful heart a I took possession of my ill-fated brother's d property, and the reader is already aware how * I engaged passage on board of the Sultan. & I had assumed the name of John Grey a when I left the shore of my native land, think- n ing perhaps, that I might pursue to greater e advantage the object of my errand and jour- t ney. e Gradually the passengers became acquaint- a ed, and by the time we had gained the Indian o Ocean I had become quite intimate with Mr. t and Mrs. Ring, spending many happy hours v in their company, and assisting the patient af- I fectionate wife, to entertain and soothe her r fastrsinking husband. h One afternoon I was lying on an old sail, on h the leeside of the poop, reading a volume of 1< "Shakspeare" to the sick man, who, half-supported by his wife, occupied a chair by my a side. Osborn, who was smoking a cigar, left a the bumpkin-bits, where he was sitting, and g took up a position where he could also hear v what was going on. As I finished the passage I was reading, Mrs. Ring made some com- t meats; and the harsh discordant voice of Os- t born also joined in, at the same time giving o the lady a prolonged and insolent stare. t "You are quite a reader, Mr. Grey ; but I t should advise you to read the Bible instead, c I imagine that it would be more appropriate, judging from appearances." And the brute f glanced insignificantly at Mr. Ring as he fin- 1 ished his insolent remark. i Controlling mv passion by an effort, I gave a him a haughty glance, replying: ( "Your advice and company are not wanted, 1 sir. We associate only with our equals." 'Ha, ha, ha! D?n me, but you are a cool i one! If I was a sensitive fellow now, I might I get mad and hurt you." s "I am a gentleman, sir! and would not wil- si lingly sully my honor by allowing myself to be insulted by you." And as Mr. and Mrs. i Riug retired to their state-room, I walked over v to the weather-Bide and joiued the Captain in 1 a promenade ; while Osborn walked forward, muttering as he went. 1 That evening at supper he addressed me si again as though nothing had happened, and a monopolizing all the conversation, ran on in ( a style peculiar to himself. "I swear, Cap, I wish we had come across s a pirate, just for the fun of the thing?any- i thing for excitement. Ain't there a possibili- 1 ty of our having a brush with something ? 1 I'll be if I shan't die for want of something to do." i As he finished his harangue he glanced from one to another, swelling big with his own ira- i portance. . 1 "Mr. Osboru, you will oblige me by drop- < ping all profane language while in this cabin Are you aware, sir, that, we have a lady at the table?" "I meant no offence, Cap; it's only my way But women always make a row wherever they are. She could not rest easy in Eden. Plague take the whole of them, I say." Soon after, Mr. and Mrs. Ring left the table, and the Captain ordered the Steward tc bring on the wine. Osborn drank that evening to excess, and his tongue ran worse than ever. For want of something better to do we sat and listened to the boasting and bragging of the half-drunken wreteh. "Look here, young fellow, I want you to understand that I am not in the habit of allowing men to talk to me as you have done, without demanding satisfaction. Why, d?n it, I chawed a man right up for less things than that." "Have you V' I replied ; "why, what a terrible fire eater you are ; I supnose you would fight old Hjplf himself bould appear.^ "Fight! vee. I would fight anybody or anything; i have no particular wisn to hurt you; but I would advise you to let me alone." "Thank you for the advice," I replied, glanjing over to Ha*s, who enjoyed the fun immensely. "Have you ever been engaged in a duel ?" isked the Captain. "Have I ever ?.well, I rather guess I have. Would you like to hear of one of my exploits ?" ' "Very much, indeed," was the reply, while x dark undefined feeling of suspicion crept ihrough my brain. Perhaps the mifrderer of ny brother was before me \ if so, vengeanoe, vhich had been so long delayed and thwarted, hould be satisfied, ana that swiftly. Wheelng my chair back so as to partially hide my ace in the shadow cast by the mizzenmast, I istened patiently for him to tell his story, with i calmness that surprised even myself. "Well, gents, you see I am something of a oving character, and having got tired of Calfornia, I packed my traps ana cleared out for Song Kong. Not liking that part of the :ountry, I came to Ceylon, and from there filally drifted to Calcutta. But this ain't tiling you about the duel, is it ? After I had >een in Calcutta a little while, I got acquaintd with a young fellow by the name of Raynond?William Raymond. He was in good Business, and making money like dirt. Hal- ] o, young fellow, what's the matter; did you mow him ?" I had sprung from my chair as he mentiond the bame of Raymond. The blood boiled n my veins and mounted in hot surges to my train. It was the name of my brother, and I elt as though I was at last face to face with lis murderer. Restraining myself by an aluost superhuman effort, I motioned for him o go on, and sank back in my chair, bathed L'ith nersnirntinn TTrvr lnnked at. me in as onislmient, and fortunately Osborn was too [runk to notice very acutely.my emotioa. "I was hard up at the time I landed, aud laymond, to whom I applied for assistance, n the plea that I was a fellow-countryman, arae down with the cash, and we were soon be best of friends. One evening I was stand2g on the steps of the W- Hotel, when how should I see coming along but Raylond, and on his arm one of the handsomest pecimens of crinoline I ever laid my eyes on. tetween you, me, and the mainmast, I had een drinking a little, and as the couple came pposite to Where I was standing I descended be steps and stood before them. I don't exctly remember what I did, but was told afterrard that I attempted to put my arm round be waist of the girl, who was fool enough to oiler about it, and Raymond knocked me own right there in front of the hotel, in the reseuce of a dozen men. It was more than ;esh and blood could stand. I never overx>k an insult like that, and soon after called iim out We met at Seven Tanks, and he ras so awkward that be pressed the trigger of lis pistol before the word was given to fire, ,nd while his ball was buried in the earth nine was buried in his heart, with an unering aim. His girl, I believe, went mad or razy, and died soou after, But my honor >as avenged, and, young feller, you'd better ake warning." My frame was fairly whirling as I staggered rom the cabin, and sought the cool refreshing ea breeze. I had at last discovered the mur[erer, and by his own confession, my brother iad been his friend aud benefactor in time of teed. His cold-blooded recital made me wild nd eagerfor revenge. Mv mind was inflamed nd excited, so much so that I reeled like a Irunken man as I reached the quarter-deck, k few minutes in the open air revived me omewhat, and the captain joining me soon fter, I related" to him the whole history of ay errand to Calcutta, giving him my real lame, and wouud up by saying I would have he scoundrel's life in atonement for my brothr's. Hays sympathized with me, and saw at glance, that it would be impossible for both i" us to live in the narrow space comprising he Sultan's deck and cabin. After some adice and deliberation, liegavehis consent that should challenge aud fight the villian, assuingme that in case I fell, he, too, would fight lira. I thanked him from the bottom of my ieart, and together we walked the floor until after midnight. 1 hanks to my passion for sporting, I was n excellent shot with either pistol or rifle, nd I had no fears of the result, I was avening the death of my brother; and right as rell as justice, was on my side. As daylight began to gild the east with all he vivid colors of the rain-bow, I descended o my state-room. I could not sleep; that was ut of the question, and removing my long iarreled rifled pistols from their case, 1 wiped hem out and cleaned them with scrupulous are. Seven bells rang out clear and sharp oh the resh morniug air, as I finished my task, folowed by a loud and prolonged scream. Rushng into the cabin, I caught Mrs. Ring in my trms, as she fainted, and in an instant the Captain and Osborn, who had been alarmed >y the shriek, came hurrying to the spot. "What is the matter?'r exclaimed Hays, as le helped me to bear the lady to a lounge ; rat I was too busy iu restoring her to couciousness to answer. As she opened her eyes md gazed wildly around, she exclaimed : "O God ! I am alone, my darling husband s dead!" and bursting into a passionate fit of veeping, siie sobbed as though her heart would >reak. As she grew more calm and collected, I at ast learned that her husband was seized with i terrible sj>ell of coughing, bursting a bloodressel during the spasm, and died before she ould bid him farewell. I comforted her as well as I was able, and is she became somewhat more reconciled, I recommended to her the free air on deck, ivhich would cool her head and throbbing brow. Leaning on my arm I supported her drooping form as we proceeded to the deck where Hays and Osborn were engaged in conversation. Osborn, with an insolent grin, turned io the man at the wheel, and with a hoarse ,'huckle said, "The sharks will have a feast . to-day ; more bones than meat, though, I 1 I fancy." With a bound I reached his side, and clutch- : , ing him by the throat, I threw him to the deck. ' Catching up the end of the spanker ring, I i thrashed his hide till he howled with pain and rage. i "Villain !" I hissed. "Cov.'ard to insult a i lady. You shall answer for this with your 1 heart's blood. You acknowledged last night < that you shot my brother, Will .Raymond. I 1 i have been longing to find his murderer, and t avenge his death." Rising to his feet, he gazed at me for an in- i staut, his eyes glaring with rage and fury. 1 "D?n ye! you wan't revenge, do ye?" 4 You shall have it I shot your brother easily s enough, and I reckon you will n^t give me * much trouble. You think you've played a T sharp game with your assumed name, but by * the Eternal, you shall rue the day you crossed c t?e path of Jack Osbora. I hope there will J . mb hsunathmCi woman-go crazy. though,. for j really, I would not object to marryr.ig the nn/1 +?iwnirire Vita lioal fl rllO- C VVIUUn 1UJOCI1 y auu bUlinug U11 mo 11VV? uv uio appeared below. 0 Fortunately, Mre. Ring had been conducted 11 below by the Captain while I was busy rope- 0 ending the scoundrel, and she was Spared the 8 pain and mortification of the concluding por- 0 fcion of the scene. . 1 ' < I determined to fight the villain at once; 0 awl while I went below to bring up my pistols, * Hays waited on Osborn awl informal hhn r that I was on deck, waiting for him to make his appearance. b In a few minutles he came up the compan- c ion-way, having reduced himself to a white ? shirt and black pants. Without further cere- h niony, I walked up to him, presented both pistols, and bade him take his choice. He ex- n amiued them oritically; and as he selected 0 one, we proceeded to load them with our own 0 hands. r a "I see these pistols are hair-triggers," he re- ^ marked, with a sneer. "Be careful that you ^ don't waste your shot, like your brother." "I ^ never miss. Rest assured I shall not. fhil a now." H I saw the villain's drift. He was trying to 1 excite me, and render ray nerves unsteady; 0 but I was cool and collected and my hands as 0 steady as statutes. At this instant Hays stepped up. "Gentlbraen, I will act as second to both of i you. At what distance do you propose to g fight? ? "Let Osborn decide," I replied. ^ "Twelve paces is my favorite distance." "Then twelve paces let it be; I am satisfied." P Hays measured it, and placed Osborn abaft f* the foot of the mainsail, while I was stationed ic? p lui uaiu* "All ready," was the reply. f Waving his hand to the helmsman to keep the Sultan a good full (we were hauled on the w wind, and standing to leeward,) he stepped aside, while all hands were grouped around :j looking on with eyes of excitement and inter- : est. Amid the deepest silence he gave the ? word, while I kept my eyes riveted on my opponent. We were not to level our pistols un- al til the word three, and I feared he might prac- SI tice some treachery. "One! Two!" ' vj Osborn raised the long glittering barrel, 1 and glanced rapidly along the sights. At tho same instant the ship flew up into the wind, the man at the wheel having neglected his P, duty, being entirely engrossed with the excite- 0 rnent which pervaded all hands. The huge j? mainsail which had been bellying out to the fresh breeze, now sagged down, and quivered in the wind. It was all that saved my life, for 01 the villain had evidently made up his mind to . fire before the word, and kill me before I could ,. return the fire. As it was, the ball was buried ? in the tough, hard hemp bolt rope, and as the sail lifted, Hays pronounced the word, 'Three,' P( with a terrible distinctness, which was echoed ^ by the report of my pistol like a death-knell. a Osborn gave a convulsive leap into the air, jy and fell to the deck, shot through his false and Q] treacherous heart. A wild cheer from the men announced their satisfaction at the sue- ^ cessful termination of the affair ; and Hays, ^ rushing up to meet me, nearly wrung my hand off in the excess of his joy. That day there tt was a double burial on board the Sultan ; and w as the last sullen plunge broke dismally on ^ our ears, I kneeled with Mrs. Ring and prayed for their departed souls. | Two months afterward, we reached our port w of destination. But the lovely Charlotte had ] won my heart, and as she was now alone and P friendless in the world, I prevailed upon her to give up her widow's weeds and become my wife one year from the day our feet pressed the soil of our native land. ^ w ?n f rni _ ti? i j " 'JNOTHIXG IN THETAFEK. ?J. Jie iUCniUOUU Examiner has a spicy chapter on the subject tl of newspapers, elicited by the stereotyped re- e( mark of indifferent readers, after scanning the m "minature world" of a daily issue of news, that "there's nothing in the paper." It says: g3 And men are always grumbling about their g( papers, and insinuating now much better they 0J could do it. They talk as flippantly about "fine articles," on every imaginable subject as ^ if they could effect such a change. Let some C( of these over-ninning philosophers try it for jr one hundred and fifty days in succession. n( And then they think it is nothing to "select" tc for a newspaper?you have merely to run the scissors through a half dozen exchanges, and gj you have got matter enough. Now this is the a. most important and the most difficult departr ment to fill on a newspaper. Very few men g have the slightest idea how to do the work. It requires a thorough newspaperman?who ^ knows the public appetite well?who knows p what is going ou in the world?and who ^ knows how to re-write and pack a column in 0j a dozen lines. a Men who skim a newspaper and toss it n: aside, little reflect how much brains and toil o: have been expended in serving up that meal, ir Busy heads and busy hands have been toiling n all day to gather and prepare those viands, ii and some vast building has been lit from eel- o: lar to garret all night to get that paper ready oi for the newsboy by crack of dawn. ei "Nothing in the paper!" Nothing in your a head ! that's what the matter. ii si The Arabs illustrate their estimate of tl the different colors of horses by the following o Story: A chief of a tribe was once pursued by f< enemies. He said to his son: "My son, drop a to the rear and tell me the color of the horses e of our foe, and may Allah burn his grand- 1< ? " -* /?rm father!" "White," was tue answer, "men p we will go sontli," said the chief, "for in the si vast plains of the desert the wind of a white h horse will not stand in a protracted chase." h Again the chief said: "My son, what colored horses pursue us ?" "Black, oh, my father!" ti "Then we will go among the stones and on li rocky ground, for the feet of black horses are n not strong." A third time the young Arab t! was sent to the rear, and reported chessnut si horses. "Then," said the chief, "we are lost; s who, but Allah, can deliver us from the chest- I nut horse?" Dun or cream colored horses c the Arabs consider worthless. v ^isccUaucottS fleating. ? SHOE MANUFACTURE. a The following essay w?|jread by Mr. James ^ A.. Leach, of Thomas ville, N. C., before the ^ ISTorth Carolina Agricultural Society, during ^ he late Fair at Raleigh. While the matters T smbraced in the essay refor more especially to k S"orth Carolina, the suggestions are equally U ipplicable to the upper counties of this State, ci Almost every great human interest has its d< estivalB, its time when labtr pauses, and joy bi eigns supreme; its days rihen the pangs of V oil are forgotten in the iich rewards that, la ooner or later, crown the producer. A State re ?air is labor's festival, a central point to h< vhich the best, and the beautiful come up from di he whole country, to be woven into a beautiful w irown of rejoicing for the spirit of toil. Every th >ursuit is, or ought to be represented, the skill- in ill T-h-rftflii/it nf fiu<>rv wim Mut and nunnino ta ? ? - ' ?J a iand ought here to have a record, and every in ommunity ought to win some prize, not only gi a a reward for the past, but as an encourage- m aent for the future. At least one of the omens al f good that mark the present Fair is, that 01 hoes have found not only a warm reception in n the tables of-exhibition, but have been in- as ited to entertain if not instruct an audience nt f the people. The only diminution of their in riumph is the incapacity of the advocate who hi epresents them. ' ki The shoe business demands the earnest at- cs mtion of all North Carolina It is not a p? hoice, but a real necessity; it is the useful di nd the ornamented finely united, and forced re y nature's law upon all civilised people. The sh jot must be dressed, or nothing can prevent m; urn from being a savage. When the dress ne f the foot is defective, no costly fabrics can tif oraplete a beautiful costume; a cheat m the cu rticle of shoes is ruinous to fortune, and a ca rant of comfort in them exposes a man to all N iniptations from the w'orld, the flesh, &c. ea early all other articles may be abridged, but 11 must and will have shoes. Hence their tu roduction is of first importance to any State, m; 'o form some idea of the financial importance loi f this business, we must have some statistics th f its aggregate extent. er For many years past, not including the an me of the war, we have been purchasing to bout 500,000 pairs of shoes annually from fir forthern houses. These shoes have cost the th tate something over $1,000,000; of this $1,- sh 00,000, about $400,000 went as per cent to ac forthern merchants, cost of transportation, th * * * . i Li. er cent to ieatber nouses Ac., so tnat we nave ?n jally paid about $1,000,000 for $600,000 in- sk insic value of shoes, to say nothing of the ha er cent paid to our merchants. But the true tii itimate is really worse than this statement, th >r this supposes that every shoe was honestly pr hat it pretended to be; whereas it is known wi i widely as yankee cunning itself; that of all In le outrageous cheats ever perpetrated upon th le human race, the very worst has been in ne loes. Spriggs have supplied the place of fit onest sewing, paste lias given firmness and th pparent body to the most inferior leather, mi ad pasteboard has been sold for sole leather. AV hese and other considerations are sufficient mi ? convinoe all thinking people thai Home Ldu [anufacture is not only the pecuniary inter- sh it of the whole State, but an absolute duty so! icumbent upon us as sensible, civilized peo- to le. AVe lay down the following principles AV f political economy, approved not only by ca meral reasoning and common sense; but by stj le enlightened experience of all the great co lanufticturing centers in Europe and Ameri- Bi u on 1. Other things being equal, it is always tei 2st to manufacture in the district of consump- th on. It is financially, as well as socially, best as >r all goods to be made in the midst of the ha 2ople who are to use them. Thereby is saved th > the consumer all cost of transportation, els II per cent for insurance, all destruction of we roperty by losses in shipping, all profits to pr le different parties who may own the material tal p goods, ana the interest on the value that tu; iust accrue between the time of producting Su le material and the consnmption of the goods, ga 11 these items put together amount m the ha /erage to one half the cost of the manuf&c- Ca ired article. In all cases where the article cei >uld just as well be manufactured in the dis- wc ict of consumption, this is an inexcusable, linous waste to the consumer. Statistics and tal jservation prove conclusively, that a people ch ho use manufactured goods largely, and em- to loy themselves exclusively in producing raw Ca ate rial will be poor in spite of every ad- fe< uitage of soil, climate and material facilities AV t transportation. d*j 2. The second principle I state is, that pro- N< ucers of raw materials never can compete co ith those who manufacture, in wealth and mi igh civilization. Every species of raanufac- to: ire, requires labor more or less educated, and an lucated labor always has and forever will lei iy better than that which is uneducated. The no ade or profession forces its occupants to an th ctent ot information, range of thought, and ne meral activity of mind and body, that not an lly earns large amounts of money directly, Di ut that indirectly multiply their good results wc i all directions by invigorating the whole fh, immunity. There are stimulus and quicken- pc ig powers in the mechanic arts that are th jcessary to the full development and healthy en ?nc of all people. If we would ever rise up cli i our full stature, feel our capabilities ana er ive scope to our genius, we must manufacture lei i well as produce. an 3. I state, as a third principle, that every tei tate ought to afTord facilities tor a full, wide st< evelopnient of all its talent; not simply the ar ilent that shines at the Bar, in Pulpit or in sh <egislative Halls, but all that immense men- w< il force that adorns and enriches the homes al, [' the land, makes desert places bloom with ha 11 that is useful, and adds to the solid enjoy- Ci lent of the whole population by a decrease in, f muscular toil and an increase of every mi laterial and mental resource. This develop- ly icnt of talent can only be effected by extend- of ig the lines of industry as widely as the wants vii f the whole community. Every State is not lei illy a complete self governing political exist- w< tice, but ought to be a perpetual market of w< 11 indigenous productions, and selfproducin^ w< l au unifies upon which iinuu unu ucijuneu kill confer their principal value. Without ua ,iese conditions, no State can prosper. Not op nly will a heavy balance of trade absorb the re iw resources she cultivates; but a large ar mount of her bast talent and enterprise will pe ither be directed to uncongenial pursuits, or A ift wholly without employment. Even' State bt reduces men naturally adapted to all neces- in iry pursuits, and he who works contrary to pc is genius can never greatly benefit either th iraself or the public. fe If these principles are true, shoe manufaelire is an imperative necessity to North Caro- fe iua. The business is of immense financial vt lagnitude, the article a prime necessity, and til lie drain upon our resources has no coinpen- as ation. That we can successfully manufacture er hoes has been fully proved by experiment, fo n the year 1857, Messrs. C. M. & G. Lines m omnienced manufacturing shoes in Thomas- to ille, for the wholesale trade. Soon after that ei ime Messrs. Shelley & Son commenced maing fine cloth goiters, and from that time the usiness has been steadily increasing. There re now, in Thomasville, four wholesale estabshments, Messrs. C. M. & G. Lines; Shelley Iros. & Co.; Jones Bros., and Jas. A. Leacn s Co. During the last year these houses lade and sold about 55,000 pairs of shoes, 'wo of these houses commenced work in the at twelve months. They never have been able ) meet the demand to the full extent. They in readily sell all they can make, and the < am and is extending not only over this State, ..X x_ -i.1 Qi_i T? K < Lib even to uuier nuutiicra out too. xj. jcx. < ogler & Co., of Salera, are manufacturing ' ;rgely both pegged and sewed work, and find j sady sale for all they can furnish. These t duscs have succeeded not by artificial expe- i ents and tricks of trade, but by fair, honest i ork, and a natural suitability of the work to i te wants of the people. The shoe business < l this State has had no combination of capi- i >1 to foster its struggling infancy, and no < lion of influential merchants to protect its 1 'owth, but has established itself against the 1 ost gigantic competition, and in the midst of i 1 kinds of disadvantages. We had to make J ir people believe that a shoe could be made < Nortn Carolina with a leather sole, as well i in Lynn with a paper sole. North Caroli- 1 l has every facility for tanning ;.has oak bark i abundance, produces a very large amount of < des, and mignt furnish leather for nearly all f nds of shoes of the best quality, and yet we 1 .n find very little home tanned leather pro- J :r for our work. The leather is badly tanned, t essed in a very imperfect manner, and never ] duced to a uniform thickness. With such ick as this it is impossible for any factory to . ake good saleable work; the same side will 7 iver furnish two pair alike. And in addi- 1 m to this difficulty, there is so much waste in * tting up home tanned leather, that no man n U9e it and compete with those who use the I orthern finish. But for all this there is an * sy and natural remedy. , So soon as our shoes are chiefly manufecredathome, our tanners will find a ready c arket for all they can produce; they will no ager do as they now do; which is to ship 1 oil* "Aiiili tonno/l iinrt-rooaAil tn nnrtll- J d houses; but finding a ready sale for any * nount of a good article, they will be able ? procure machinery and good workmen, and iish up all the grades of leather required in 1* e largest factories. As afiairs now are, the oe factories are compelled to buy their stock v irth, not only to procure style and finish for r eir work, but to make a good serviceable 0 oe for their customers. It is vain for un- ? illful workmen and .noisy demagogues to 1 .rp upon State pride or any other fancy sen- ? nent' Trade and manufacture will run j\ eir natural channels, and any man who car ? oduce the best article at the lowest price, 11 sooner or later find sale for all his work. * producing shoes we have labored under all jj e difficulties natural to any business in a r w locality; our stock had to be brought ' >m a distance; our workmen had to learn ^ eir trade; our business was too small co od- E it a full and profitable division of labor, e bad to overcome the idea that anything ? ide in the north was better than home pro- E ictimvand had to contend against ehoddy^ J oes, that, by aid of paste and blacking, are 1 id by our merchants by thousands. We had Jj use the vtry best stock made in America. -1 ork had to be done equal to any that ever ' me from the north. Then have to sell some ' rles at cost, and never more than ten cents c uld be made to the manufacturer on a pair. ^ it against all this we have moved steadily L* , and to-day a Thomasville shoe has a betr reputation in North Carolina than any at e\er came from Lynn ; or Boston. But (l yet the business is in its infancy; our eyes ,ve just been opened to see what we can do; a e chains of commercial and manufacturing ? ivery have just been cut from our arms, and > begin to feel that we are men. With a f oper amount of capital and good business lent, success is as certain in shoe mahufac-1 re, as it is in any pursuit known among men. a ppose we had, in our State, large well or mzed manufactories, that coula make one- , If even of all the 'shofes bought in North , urolina. Not only would a handsome per ? ? Atun/iMa k?i4- liak an/1 mnoltk m* ICWttiU IOC UTTUCAO) UUl HIV ?uu TT-iTn-rr?uld flow out from it to the whole.country. 11 jthine is to be dreaded from Northern capi- ^ 1 ana cunning. These piles of miserable 1 eats, by courtesy called shoes, would cease ? come South altogether, and honest North irolina shoes would warm and ornament the ' it of one of the truest peopleihat ever lived. ? ith a cash capital we cap go into the nortli0 markets, and buy stock as cheap as any v 2w England house can, and can certainly f mpete with any body in the original cost of f iterial; not only that, but in a short time j1 uneries of the first order would spring up 1 d furnish the leather at'our own doors; f ither that would be free from those defects a w more or less abundant in very nearly all c at goes into the general trade. This busi- v ss, in turn, would stimulate stock raising d agriculture, and soon, all over the State, 8 nrhanis, Devons, Short Horns and Jerseys j. mid be roaming over immense clover fields, c rnishing milk, butter and cheese for all the jj ople, and an unbounded supply of beef of j, e first quality. These things would afford j lployment and enterprise for all grades and ( isses of our people; beggars would no long- n be seen upon the highways; shoeless, hat- j, ?s orphans will not lie found in the streets, a id the widow will no longer shed useless j, irs over her hungry babes. There are key- ^ >nes in the business of life, as well as in the ^ ches of architecture, and one of these is the oe business. It has done more for the real ^ salth and prosperity of Massachusetts, than p I the commerce that ever flowed into her S) .rbors; and it would do more for North 0 irolina than all the trade and travel of her land roads and Seaboard cities. Large anufucturing would not only stimulate near- r all primary pursuits, but the very extent j, the enterprise would justify a complete dision of labor. There are, in the business, at ^ ist eighteen distinct operations or lines of >rk, and it is well known that elegant, as y ;11 as profitable exeeutiou, requires that no jrkman should do two kinds of work. The ^ eatest skill can only be acquired by contin- n illy training mind and muscle on a distinct e ?* ~ orvAwofinna (CnltlOlli iVIlU IW VI1U UiilCitlll Uj/Viumuug quire very different acquirements m ability id skill, operatives are selected that in exirience and wages correspond to the work, t large amount can be done by very small 1 >ys. We have a large number of small boys i; Thomasville that peg shoes so rapidly and c irfectly that I would not like to here state t e number each one could peg in a day, for v ar some one might think I was mistaken. $ The only way of success is to have a per- r ct system of labor. Learn workmen to ao a 1 :ry large amount of work in a very short ( Qie. The business has shown that four times J much work can be done in a day by South- i n men and boys, as it was thought possible 1 r them to do. [But they never move, as j ost of onr Southern men do when they go j work.] A large shoe business would give 1 nployment to almost nil ages and conditions. 1 Would add immensely to the self supporting < capacity of all, and thereby decrease the im- I mence force of grim want that now urges } thousands to all forms of sin and crime, and give i profitable employment to hundreds of our people. This influence would spread like a leaven , of light and life through every lurking place of idleness and crime. Tares would come * gracefully and gradually down to a living per * cent; and contributions to the. poor would no a longer be a grievous burden instead of a * christian pleasure. We claim for the shoe cf business of Thomasville, that by large sales * n n ? now nmall nor oont WA Ml) mftlcA ft ' b V V/U UV U TViJ OUMM* ?. - ?..? - . , . . ? , living profit, and be able to compete with the ? general trade of the world, and at the same 1 time furnish the very best article to the con- 1 jumer. Take the question in all its aspects, 1 find the shoe business is one of the mcst prom- 8 ising. But h is utterly useless for any man to : rommenoe operations with a small capital. He I must have a sufficiency to organize a complete { division of labor, and to accumulate full stocks . for the heavy trade of spring and fall. He must tiave a sufficiency to enable him to go into the 5 narkets av the most favorable time either for fj purchase or sale. It is now in the power of >ur people, to build up her manufactories. * Why then should not North Carolina make 8 ler own shoes? Why enrich other States S vith what she can do for herself equally as rj :heap and far more honest? May the time 5 soon come when a North Carolina shoe will >e famous in all markets, and when her r nanufacturing skill shall pay all her debts, ind make all her people prosperous and hap* II Manufacturing in the South.?The ed- R tor of the Newbiiryport (Mass.) Herald, who ? 8 well posted up in the manufacturing busi- q less, living, as he does, at the month of the h klerrimack river*, which turns more spindles h >robably than any river in the world?Con- P sord, Amoekeag, Manchester, Lowell, Nashua, ? La wren oe, Haverhill, and other gnat manu- n acturing cities of Massachusetts?thus speaks tl if manufacturing prospects in the South : > ff ' There is a mama at the South for cotton h uills. They are going up by scores in Geor- ai ;ia and Alabama, ^hich States will.soon be P ible to supply the South* with all the coarse w otton they need, and ittk not impossible that T Southern cottons will be in the Boston market ? rithm seven years. We ha^e seen greater Ij hanges in trade in other directions than this h* fould be. The only trouble with manufacta- f< > a -.i i 1 A( iJk mg 211 tne Doum nereioiore ntw ueeu uid wuui> ?? (f proper operatives. Slaves could not be tl rorkea in factories, free blacks were good for si Lothing, and free whites were no better for h' uch purposes. There was a prejudice against ^ actory labor, and there was no foreign immigration to remove it Hereafter it will not >e so. There will be laige emigration from * he North and from Europe. It will be lar- 18 ;er in seven years from this date than people beam of now. Some blacks will^be fitted for be work, or, if not, Chinese will come in who *c rill be admirably adapted to such employuent This will push Southern manufactures " o be competitors with those of the North, and u vhen they have trained their hands upon 111 oarse work they will easily pass to fine gpods. a iVater power is abundant there and cfeeaDiSO f1 s coal; ancTtKe cotton grows in "the shaae of " he factory, and can be had cheaper than here. 11 The only trouble seems to be that manufactuin^ is already overdone. England and the Jmted States each produce more goods than an well be disposed of; but the South will be ,ble to undersell them in their Southern and 61 iVestern markets, and onr manufacturers will w lave no defence against such competition." ui Jt 1 'V it y _jL- " A Lesson fob Well-Disposed Wives.? ? Why is it," asked a lady, "that so many men "w ,re anxious to get rid of their wives?" "Be- cl ause," was the reply, "so few women exert 41 hemselves after marriage to maxe their preanee indispensable to tne happiness of their lusbands. When husband ana wife become V horoughly accustomed to each other?when & .11 the little battery of charms which both ei ilayed so skillfully before the wedding day w ias been exhausted?too many seem to think a hat nothing remains but the clanking of the " egal chains which binds them to each other. jj' ?he wife seeks to develop in her affection no lew attraction for her husband, and the latter, 01 terceiving the lapms, begins to brood over an f* incongemality which does not exist, into in- "j urpassable obstacles, in the way. of bis earth- ? y felicity. This is the true secret The wo- " -ran who charmed'before marriage can charm 84 v * ^? a -m - * i. iv norwards?w sne win, inougn nor, 01 course, >y the same means. There and a thousand n' irayB, If she will only study them out, in which w he can make home so attractive, that her P lusband will unconsciously dislike to absent timself from it, and so she can readily make H lerself the particular deity of the domestic P laradise. This done, she may quietly laugh t all attempts to alienate her husband's in- 1 linations, and with these inclinations will al- 81 /ays go, in .such cases, his active judgment. Quite a Spectacle.?One of the hand- oi omest and best dressed gentlemen in the city n< ? a worthy merchant whose great personal A are of himself and his addiction to fine liv- sii og lias procured him a rotundjty which, while c! t detracts nothing from bis good looks, utter- oi y conceals from his own inspection his ex- tl remities. The circumstance was, on Friday d< norning, the occasion of, to him, a mortify- A ng exposure, .whilst others looked upon it as se 11 amusing spectacle. Before breakfast he te ovariably takes a morning walk, and his ur- di ianity and polite recognition are looked for n< y early pedestrians with pleasure. ri: Dressing himself, therefore, with great care, m e sallied out. But strange to say every one ie met turned their heads and laughed, and ome ladies from the gallery of a residence ft ver the way ran screaming into the house. H "What did it mean ?" ai At last he met a little bov, whose immode- hi ate laughter drew from him the indignant hi nquiry: in "What do you see about me, you little & coundrel, that every body laughs at ?" 01 "Why, Mr. D?, you've forgot to put on ^ our puuts." jfr- ? Overwhelmed with shame, the old gentle- P nan hurried home and eagerly sought out the T nirror. In his haste lie had carefully adjust- tr d his attire, but had indeed^fbrgot his pants, m N. U. I\cayune. ^ c< Statistics of Revesue.?-The greatest di icnefactors, or those who contribute most tl argely to the payment of taxes, are our fenales. Under the head of articles used and :onsumed by the fiiir, we find that the duties L hey paid upon dry goods and Italian cloths a rere 110,650,901; on dress and piece goods, 01 14,526,726; on ribbons, $2,483,3o5; on silk re nixed goods, $1,277,468; on gloves, $1,260,- it r95; on laces and braids, $815,396; on shawls, gi (765,802; on embroideries, $472,294; on beads re 1421,278 ; on feathers, $318,141; on perfume- o1 ies, $100,527; on fans, $99,274 ; on hair, tl 1153,109; on hats and bonnets, $144,632; on a et, $170,943; on straw and lace ornaments, j a 1282,345; while on diamonds and gems only t] 1106,460 were paid. Such small and vidua- p ile articles escape duty, as they are easily b concealed and smuggled in. Here is some ;wenty-two or more millions of dollars paid yearly, m the shape of duties, to the Governnent for necessary articles for the fomale sex. Climatic Changes Produced by Trees. rhe British Medical Journal says the ground >n which stands iBmalia,'* town of 6,000 inlabitants, was but a few years since a dry, andy desert, qn which rain was never known o fall All is now transformed. The old Iried up basin of Lake Timsah has been again illed with water from the Nile by a fresh waer canal. Trees, shrubs, and plants of all lescriptions grow rapidly wherever the soil is irrigated, and the artificial oasis widens fast. Accompanying this extraordinary transformsion of the aspect of the place there has been t corresponding change m the climate. At be present time Ismalia, during eight months a the year, is probably the healthiest spot in Northern Egypt. The mean temperature from rune to September is 94? P., the four followng months 74?, and the four winter months rO?. Until two years ago rain was unknown, iut in twelve months ending in April last, here were actually fourteen days on which Amo Oill a twrnonHniiu MM iOUy (MlVI IOIC1J MiV*v utu w bower of rain?a phenomenon which the oldBt Arab had never previously witnessed, tain ceases to fall on a country deprived of is lbrests, or only falls in violent storai9. lere we see rain retnrning to the desert on estoring the trees, ' % 0 % A The Value of Diamonds.?A stone sighing one caret might be worth fifty dolire; but one weighing five carets would be Forth two thousand. Imagine, then, the value f one as big as a lemon, and weighing threenarteTB of a pound. Such a one' is slid to ave been found in Australia. Its discovery as been telegraphed to England. It was laced in the hands of a trustworthy man. le was surrounded by a strong cordon of rilitary, and'was marthed ki this way. from le mines to Sydney, where the magnificent em was deposited m the nrint The stone has ot yet been thoroughly tested. Geologists re at work upon it now; but if it really roves to be what is supposed, its Value will b almost fabulous. Its weight is 900 carets, he great Engiiskdiamond, that pride of the iritish Empire, the Koh-i-noor, weighs but 96 carets, and its computed value is ten unions in gold. The value of the stone just tund, if computed by the tables in use^ Would 2 a hundred mHlions in gold. But, of course, us value would in. pny evept.be imaginary, nee no purchaser could be found with a undredmillions to spare fin1 a diamond, even it was as big as a lemon. Physiognomy.?It is said that any nose hich is less than the height of the forehead an indication of defective intellectual pow . The eyes indicate character- rather by teir" color than form. The dark blue are >und most commonly in persons of a gentle od refined character, light blue and grey in le rude and energetic. Lavater says: "Hail eyes are the more usual indications of a tin a masculine, vigorous and profound, just I genius, properly so-called, is almost always jsociated with eyes of yellowish cast, borderIfon BazeT," The higner the brows rise, the tore their possessor is under the influeuoe of ieling, and the lower, the better controlled by ifl reason. A very small eye-brow is an indicaon of want of force of .. iracter. A toleraly large mouth is essential to vigor and enrgy, and a veiy small one' is indicative of eakneas and indolence. In a manly face the pper lip should extend beyond and dominate ie lower. Fleshy lips are oftener found assisted with voluptuous, and meagre ones ith a passionless nature. The retreating lin indicates weakness; the perpendicular id the sharp, acoteness of mind." k a Manners?Young folks should be mannerMany a good boy and girl feel that they innot behave to stilt themselves in die presice of company. They feel timid, bashful, id self-distrustful the moment they are iu xnpany. There is but one way to get over its feeling and acquire graceful and easy manera, and that is to do the best they can at ome, as well as abroad. Good manners are ot learned from arbitrary teachings so much i acquired from habit. They grow upon us y use. We must be courteous, agreeable, vil, kind, gentlemanly and womanly at ome, and then it will soon become a kind of scond nature to be so everywhere. A coarse, >ugh manner at home begets a habit of roughess, which we cannot lay off if we try, when e go hmong strangers. The most agreeable eople we have ever known in company, are lose that are perfectly agreeable at home, ome is the school for all the best things, esecially for good manners. I?" The importance of salt is seen in the reediness with which it is sought in those mntrfes where it is rare. In the district of ccra, on the gold coast of Africa, a handful : Salt is. the most valuable thing on earth ixt to gold, and will purchase a slave or two. mong the Gallas, brothers will sell their stere, husbands their wives, and parents their iildreu for salt In barbarous times one ' the most horrible punishments has been ie deprivation of salt, and has resulted in ?th. In an experiment by the Freuch cademicians, animals, after a few days, refud to eat meat from which the salme matr had been washed away. It could not lie gested any more than stones. It seems to be scessary for the solution of the food. Dung the period of suckling, salt makes the ilk more nutritious. 4^. .t % I i Dutch Cure for Dbunkekness.?The Mowing cure for drunkenness is practiced in [olland: The patient is shut up in a room, id debarred all communication, except with is physician. As often as he pleases, spirits, randy, whiskey, ?in Ac., are given him, but lixecf with two-thirds water; au other drinks, ieh as beer, coffee, wine, Ac., are mixed with le-third hrandv. The various viands, too, tat are given Kim?bread, meats, Ac.,?are 1 prepared with brandy; consequently the btient is in a state of continual intoxication, his lasts about five days; at the end of that me he asks with entreaty for some nourished, without his request being complied with, id not until his organs absolutely abhor al)hol. The cure is complete, and from that ly forth the very smell of spirits produces le effect of an emetic. Judge Orr's Construction of the Jury iaw.?"If there are three hundred voters in township, one hundred and fifty colored and ae hundred and fifty white, and the select ten agree to put one name for every ten voters i the jury box, that would be thirty names to a in the box. Now, if there are fifteen colored ten who are competent, according to the law F1868, their names must De put in, mougH lere was not another colored man competent; nd though there might be ope hundred white ieu competent, only fifteen could be put in De box. If only ten colored men are cometent, then they must all be put in, and the alance be made up by twenty whites."