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said incidentally that would not be worth reporting.
| have reported his answers alone to my questions
and observations. The others appeared uniformly
to defer to his views, and to acquesce fully IN MS
responses and explanations. He spoke readily, not
always with grammatical accuracy, but with no hes-
itation or reserve. He very plainly dressed IN
thin summer clothing, and with no air OF sanctinony
or anaticism. In appearance, he is porty, frank,
good-natnred rather thickset man of ifty-ive seem
ing to enjoy life and to be in no particular hurry 10
get to heaven. His associates arc plain men. evil
IDENTIFY born and reared to life of labor, and look
ing as little like crafty hypocrites or swndlers as
any body of men l ever met The absence OF cant
Or shuttle from their manner was marked ana gen
eral, vet think may fairly say that their Nor
monism has not impoverished them-that they were
generally poor men when they embraced it, and arc
now in very comfortable crcumstances-as men
averaging three or four wives apiece certainly need
to be.
said to the assembled chiefs at the close of the
above colloouy, that the degraton, (or if you please
the restriction) of Woman to the single office OF
hild-bcaring and its accessories, is an inevitable
consequence of the system here paramount have
not observed sign in the street. an advertisement
in the Journals of this Mormon metropolis, whereby
a woman proposes to do anything whatever. No
Mormon has ever cited to me his wlfe's or any wo-
mans opinion on any subject; no Mormon woman
has been introduced OF mas SpOkeii W He, ANU,
though have been asked to visit Mornons in their
houses no one has spoken of his wife Tor wves) de-
string to see me, or his desiring to make her or
their acquaintance, voluntarily indicated the cx-
istcnce of such being or beings will not at
tempt to report talk on this subject, because.
unlike what have above given, it assumed some
what the character of disputation, and l could
hardly give it impartally; but one remark made by
President Young think can give accurately, and
it may serve as sample of all that offered on
that side 1t was in these words, think, exactly:
"If did not consider myself competent to transact
certain business without taking my wife's or any
woman's counsel with regard to it, think ought
to let that business alone" The spirit with regard
to Woman, of the entire Norman, Of all other po-
lygamic systems, is fairly displayed in this avowal
Let any such system become established and prcva
lent, and Woman will soon be confined to the harem,
and her appearance in the street with unveiled face
will be counted mmodest. l joyfully trust the
genius of the Nineteenth Century tends to solution
of the problem Of Womans sphere and destiny radi-
cally different from this
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ApPoNrMENT.-We learn that Lieutenant Junius
Wheeler, native Of our village now in the Topo-
graphical Corps of U. s. Army in Oregon, has been
appointed Assist Professor in the Military Academy
at West Point-MuJrees6oro Citizen. ,-.
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SPECrLATroNs IN GUASo.-A sudden and some
what mysterious movement in Baltimore has recent
ly caused an advance in price of Peruvian guano.
Dealers ailege, we believe, in explanation of this
rise, that all in the agents hands has been in good
faith disposed Of but this is very doubtful The
amount of this kind of guano imported this year is
twice, if not thrice, much in 1853 and foreign
sales have been less. In addition to this intelli-
gencc has been received from Callao that 5000 tons
were shipped in the month of June which may rea-
Sonably be expected here in September; and, more
over. that twelve ships, averaging probably more
than 1000 tons each, were loading at the Chincha
Islands, for Hampton Roads, most of which may he
expected at this port in October so it may be con-
fidently calculated that the quantity of Peruvian
guano which will have entered the Chesapeake Bay
up to the LIST of November next together with that
in store on the LIST January last can scarcely be
less than 10000 tons for the years supply. 1t is evil
dent, therefore, that there is rascality somewhere
Immense sales must have been made to quasi pur-
chasers which, III tme will be cancelled to suit their
convenience, or perhaps the Baltimore agent may
have voluntarily connived at monopoly by placing
immense quantities of guano in the hands of one or
two operators. We know not how that may be;
but this We do know that to ask extra price for
guano of the farmer and planter, under present cir
cumstances, is wrong and if insisted on, base i'm
position. Hence we advise the public to he in no
hurry about buying, and sooner than pay this extra
tax not to use Peruvian guano at all. There are
other composts equally as good. and some of them
superior. CLIPPER, august IT,
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STOP THE HORSE THIEF.

a FELLOW CALLING HIMSELF GAINES, CANE
"A to my Livery Stable the 10th instant and hired
Horse and Buggy to the county for subscribers
the History and Dictionary of the World" which he pre-
tended to be selling. He to return the lth but
since then can hear nothing of him. He is stout-but
man with black whskers aud is about "a old The
Horse small srre with white hind legs and blind of
the right eye The Buggy is made of hickory, painted
yellow and the inside box of the right fore wheel
piece is broken out of the shield of the spindle The Har
ness is silver mounted with round reins and will
give fifty dollars reward for the apprehension OF the thief
and recovery of the property dollars for nfrma
ton leading to the recovery Of the property.
JOHN II. WATSON.
Chapel Hill, n. G., Aug. l6, 1859. 73-w&sw2t
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The INHERITANCE OF WEALTH CuRsE.-Fo0lish
parents imagine that in bequeathng riches to their
children they sufficiently provide for thier wants.
Without planting them in the sure foundation of
virtue, they let loose upon them an overwhelming
avalanche of wealth, which sweeps them along with
it. till both are lost in the general vortex of disspa-
ton. When men have spent all their earlier and
better years of their existence in dleness and folly
they not apt to make up for lost time when they
surrounded by the response ities of life Those
whose minds were familiar with the vices of maturi
ty before their bodies fit to leave the nursery,
and who have wrecked their constitutions before
they ceased to be boys are not very promising ma
terals out of which to make useful members of So
ciety. But We should not arraign such persons for
faults not all their own. What education failed to
do for them makes them objects of compassion, and
the deeper depth of wickedness into which vice has
plunged them makes their parents as guilty as they
; AMERICAN IRoN-In 1856 an experiment was tried
BY the Georgia Central Railroad to test the qualities
Of American and English railway iron. English
rails (of extra quality and price, and American rails
of the same pattern were laid opposite sides of
the same track for long distance, SO that their
qualities might be fairly, tested, under perfectly
equal conditions After more than two years Of
wear the General Superintendent of the Road has
given his report from which it appears that the
American rails were much better than the imported
ones.
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WHAT THEY THINK OF THE NEGRO QUESTION IN
NEBRAsKA-A citizen of Nebraska Territory, wri-
ting to the Ohio Statesman, puts the whole negro
excitement of the republicans in very plain shape
before the public. We have seldom seen so much
common sense embraced in so few words Republi-
cans might profit by his advice-perhaps many Of
them may, provided they shake off the interest
cd leaders of that party, who keep the niger alive
for no other purpose but to ride him round the
country as scare-crow and sympathy machine to
make votes. The people of the Territories are abun
dainty able to take care of themselves without the
aid of any of the Greeley school of sensationsts-
Our Nebraska friend says:
81 see you editors and members of Congress are
still discussing congressional Intervention on the
subject of slavery in the Territories. Will you al
low me, with all due modesty, to suggest that you
arc wasting vast amount of breath, ink and paper?
Why don't eastern politicians just let us alone-at-
tend to their own business and let US do the same
can give you the whole of the subject in few
words If I'VE want slavery we will have it, and all
the editors and congressman in the United States
can't prevent us and if we don't want it. we won't
have it. The people here look with contempt on
all this talk about Congress controlling the matter
enc way or the other The interests of the people,
the wants of the country, will settle the NATTER and
those who don't live here needn't bother themselves
about it. 1t is our business, and if you would only
lcI 10 we WOulu ScIIc sui dllu
if you don't let us alone we will settle it to suit
selves anyhow"
Nor WING STATE.-The remark of some of our
cotempoanes that North Carolina is wing State"
was rather premature. Notwithstanding the over
confidence prevailing among the democracy during
the late contest the result shows that the democrat
ic party has popular majority in the State Of
5000. In view of this fact, it will be pretty hard
work to make people believe that North-C Carolina is
wing State. 1t is true the "Oppostion" (compo-
sed of wings, know, nothings and few disaffected
and disappointed persons who are ready to act with
any party from which they can hope to receive aid
or promotion have succeeded in defeating the Ma
tional Democracy in four Districts, but it was done
by Misrepresentation of the grossest kind. We
have heard of instances where the people were told
privately that President Buchanan was receiving an
annual salary of $4,000 when his predecessors
we'd for half that sum- Such falsehoods as this had
to be resorted to in order to defeat the democracy
although, when the State divided into Districts
in 1862 it was understood that four whig and four
democratic ones were made. After the division the
wings carried the LIST and 9th Districts but by act
tive exertons the democrats in those districts gained
the ascendancy two years ago.
North-Carolna is not a whig State yet by great
deal.-Char Democrat
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PINE STUMP FENCES IN New YORK.-A correspon-
dent of the Philadelphia Press who has been on an
excursion in west New York, says tive have noticed
many miles of pine stump fence which are without
exception the best style of fences in existence for
farm fields The land being underlaid with clay,
the roots of the pine trees only penetrate to this
strata, and are, therefore, when drawn over per-
fectly flat on the side coming in contact with the
clay These stumps can be drawn only by power
full stump machines, and a circle of earth from ten
to fifteen feet in diameter and from one to two feet
thick, is drawn with each stump. The Garth is then
dug off from the roots and placed in the hole
whence the stump was drawn. The stump is then
trimmed of its roots one side, and drawn to its
place in the line the fence that is to be. They are
then placed in row, with the trimmed side of the
roots lying on the ground the other roots sprawl
ing in the air. The fiat side, however, which was
in contact with the clay during the growth of the
tree will be almost perfectly parallel like the side
of house. while on the opposite side of the fence
the stumps will lie horizontally on the surface of
the ground. If too large cavities appear among the
roots, some of the sprawling roots, trimmed from
the side of the stump, inserted to fill them. In
some cases the fence is also trimmed to line on the
top, at height of about eight feet from the ground
Some of these fences, in regard to which we made
inquiries. had been built for twenty-five years. and
when seventy-fve years more are passed, they will
be {" as good as new" and would prove a perfect
barrier to drove of mad elephants from Ccylon,
or river horses from Africa. The number of avaia-
BILE stumps is however, much less than one might
at first suppose, thirty good available ones per acre
being large yield for dense rrimeval pine forest
1t is needless to add that few will be brought
into use, as small groups only of pines are now re-
naming"
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DKANDY, WHlSKEY AND WINES
ID Of superior quality for medicinal purposes.
IREDELL BROTHERS.
April %, 1859. Al w6swtf.
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A LIE AND PORTER
"A A fresh supply just arrived:
April %, 1853. 4l-w&swtf.
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CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO
~ An extra quality on hand.
IREDELL BROTHERS.
April 90, 1859. 4l-w&swtf
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RRUSHES.-HAlR TOOTH, NAIL, BUSTING,
- Scrubbng, Wall, Floor, Window Shoe Horse, Paint
and Granting Brushes
IREDELL BROTHERS.
April %, 1859. 4l-w&swtf
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sAAL. 7. IREDELL, N. D. CAM. T. IREDEL
IREDELL BROTHERS,

AND DEALERS IN
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye
Stufs, Window Glass; Putty, &C.,
Perfumery, and Fancy Toilet Articles.
N. B. Particular attention given to orders.
April %, 1859. 4l--w&swtf
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HAVANA CIGARS
lot of superior Havana cigars just received pei
Adams Express.
IREDELL BROTHERS
April 90, 1859. 4l-w&swtf
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looked as II IL would 90 1or dressing WOUNDS OUT
some heart-leaves. I gathered handful and bound
them tight to the holes, and the bleeding stopped.
l then went to the Others and--Doctor! drsssed
the wounds of many brave fellow who did good
fighting long after that day! I had not inquired
for my husband; but while I was busy Caswcll
came up He appeared very much surprised to see
me- and was, with his hat in his hand about to pay
some compliment; but I interrupted him by ask
ing: Where is my husband?
"Where he ought to be, madam, in pursuit of
the enemy. But pray said he how came you
herey
"'Oh, I thought replied I, you would need
nurses as we'll as soldiers. See! / have already
dressed many of these good fellows and here is
one-going to Frank and lifting him up with my
arm under his head so that he could drink some
more water-'would have died before any of you
men could have helped him.
"'I believe you,' said Frank. Just then look
ed up, and my husband, as bloody as butcher, and
as muddy as ditcher* stood before me-
"'Why, Maryn he exclaimed, what are you do
ing there? Hugging Frank Cogdel, the greatest
reprohate in the army?
81 don't care cried Frank is brave fellow,
good soldier and true friend to Congress-"
True, true, every word of i'll! said Caswell,
'You are right madam !! with the lowest possible
bow.
81 would not tell my husband what brought me
there. l was so happy, and SO were all. It was a
glorious victory; came just at the height of the
enjoyment knew my husband was surprised, but
could see he was not displeased with me. It was
night again before our excitement had at all sub
sided. Many prisoners were brought in, and among
them some very obnoxious; but the worst of the
Tories were not taken prisoners. They were, for
the most part left in the woods and swamps WHEREBY
er they were overtaken. begged for some of the
poor prisoners, and Caswell readily told me none
Il was his comnanv that f,rIod tho crooL and
tratng the swamp made the furious charge the British
| left and rear which decided the fate of the day.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
From Washington.

WAsBIHoTON March 3-Houss. Boeoek's amerd
ment to tho Naval Appropriation Bill empowering
toe SecTetrry 10 purchase vessels fer the Para
quay Expedition, passed b SO to Il.
Thereport OF The Committee on the Consular ana
DlpiomsIiS bill Wss agreed 20
SeHgf>.--The miscellaneous Appropriation Bill
was taken ap. Hunters smendment aIop.ed YES
terday costnues the power TO Issue and re issue
Treasury notes to the amount Of 20 millions unil
July LIST. 1860. Yulee's amendment authorizing
the Post Master General TO increase the Atlantic and
Pacific mil facilities by the way of Panama and Tt>
huan epeG-a quarter Of millioa was adopted
yeas 80 nays -
HoHss.--Ihe Committees resolution vas adnpted
that the evidence against Soaring or the charge o.
accepting "a coo for engineering claim through
the Committee on Accounts, dOn't warrant Soayic>
iion or expulsion
The Amy Bill report from the conference CEN
mittee was concurred in.
The Post Office appropriation bill was taken up.
Grow said the raising Of postage Eas of tao na
iure of revenue bill and could not originate in
the Senate.
PHELPS denied the provisi of the Constitution
as arpl cable 10 The measure
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RIrsR AND sFEAaasoAr NEWS.



NinnetOpka, Tor PadaeAb, 81 Il Oel9ek
The river has again commen0e 10 decline slow
"; nov on Hsrpeth Shoals l9 feet large.
The weather has the appearance Of being unset
tied, it hasiOg cleared up at night is favorable
sign for more falling weather.
Freight for the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, fair
IS to quantity but exirem y low as to figures.
The Q. s. Mail Get Minnetonks, Capt. Dashieil,
is the only boat up ot the Ohio river this day Pas
sengers will be punetual as to her time, Il o'clock,
as they will have no other opportunity. This craft
has now reputation for her promp, connections,
wi the U. S Mail steamers for St. Louis. Mems
phis and Louisville. Thr0uga tickets given TO all
the points named
The steamer Nashville, we are plea'sd to see. is
procuring fair freight, now having large portion
Of her freight on board Capt. q I'D is determined
to be of fer New Orleans puncteally at y o'clock,
on Saturday next
The E Howard will be the Ext New Orleans
steamer to lead out.
The Hudson, Capt. RidenOur, is fast completing
his freight FOR ths Ohio. snd will leave on Saturday
next, 81 10 O'Clock
ARRIVED YESTERDAY
Hudson, IL, m Cincinnati.
DEPARTED YESTERDAY.
Tempest, for Louisville.
Reliance, fer Cincinnati.
EXPECTED TO-DAT
La Cross, from Pittsburgh.
GOuewagO from New Orleans.
Sam Kirkman,
L. Howard, a.
B. NJ RuDyan, from st. Louis
Minnetonka. from Paducsh.
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overland Mail.

ST. LOUIS. March 3.--Ths overland mail Of the
Tlh has srried. The steamer Uncle Sam was adyer
tsed to leaVe San Francisco for The Colorado river
with Eve or Elk hundred troops against the Mohave
Indians Business vas brisk Capt. Ssillmau from
Ell Paso reports that band Of Apaehes stole lum>
Der horseH aud mules from the San EuliraTo de
tsohmeni. The mounted rifles from Fort Bliss IN
der Lieut.. Larell went in pursui; of the Indians,
overlaking them at Dog Cannon, where en- engage,
ment occurred resulting in the Withdrawal Of the
troops with three killed and six wounded among
the latter Lieut. Lareil in the lungs supposed NOR
tally about q dozen Indiana were Killed
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Less than 2OU0 bales will bring the receipts up the entire
crop of last year and after this last year l0000 Ge
various ports Iii expected that the
receipts forward will fall considerably below hoss Of
the year, but it IS certain that the crop will
amount 350O bales by far the largest crop
raised in the United STATES
T0BACCOThe sales Of Tobacco Oday amOuntts 10 hhds,
follows A. Hamilton sold % hhds 40j 25. 49, $50, 4.3O
IS S. 5IO 5I5, SIS 30 $50 80 IS 5.55 800
600 6Oj, H. IS, 6iO, 645 ~ 49, 40 75. 95 and
90; Fisher Wheess Co. 10 hhds Ais. AGO. 60, 56j,
600, 90 6.45, 645, 6.Gu, and 6.50.
The hoghead Mr. HsmOnfor 81 per hundred pounds,
raised BY Mr.. Claiborne Jackson, Of Williamson
His Tobacco has brought the highest pres this fsr
PR0VIsIoNs-Bacen continues dull and buyers offer
ing Only 1905, for hog rOundto Day.
Prime continues request lOIic in good shipping
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etS'AeNAt Dih-iists LnluAs
TIE Tennessee Historical Society met at the usua
hour on Tuesday, lst March. President A. VI. Put
nam in the chair
Letters were read from Rev Thos. W. Humes, o.
Knoxville; Rev. a. Campbell, Bethssy, Va and
from the Assistant Secretary of State, Washington,
D. G.
The President arose and. in very happy little
speech, presented, on behalf of the Society, two
beautiful brOnaed statuettes one Of Cohis anG the
Oth-r Of Charleusgue, to John Megs. Esq, the
faithful and eff ,ent Librarian Of tbs socey y, from
its re organizatien to the present time. Col Put
nam stated that the Society had privately appointed
Rev Or. Quintsrd aud himself, during the absence
Of Mr. Meigs, a. the last meeting. a committee to
procure some token Of esteem aud confidence; and
the committee had purchased these staiuettes which
he hoped would be received as evidence Of the
goodwill Of the Society. He referred to some of
the principal events in the lives of Clonis and
Charlemagne, and closed by hoping The librarian
(Who Is bschslor) would soon find his ClOida, as
we'll as "Clotilda's God
Mr. Meigs responded and thanked the Society for
their appreciation of his services, which he ss-
tesmed as of litile valus. He accepted the memen>
tOes, VITA great pleasure.
VIM Hart, ESQ OF Smith county and WmE Jones'
Esq, Of Davidson, were proposed aud unsuim 1usly
elected corresponding members of the Society.
1t having been announced that the members Of
the Gruudy family now living in this city, intended
to present the Society with SO elegant full length
portrait of the late Judge GTundy at an early day,
the Recording Secretary offered preamble and
resolution TO have said presentation at our annyer
sary, about the first Of May, aud appointing Fran
els B. Fogg Esq, DR.. RObergOn and Vice President
Thomas Washington. ESQ. as a committee TO procure
aspeaker on behs'f of he Society, who should be
requested, in addition TO responding to the pressn-
tatiOn spesch give historical sketoh Of the life and
character and public services Of Jads Grundy. The
preamble aud resolution was unanimously adopted.
large number Of donations we're announced, the
named persons being the contributors:
Carrigsn ESQ. Of Leuisis0s J Carson BreVoort,
of Brooklyn, Y, Senator Andrew johnson, of
Tennessee, VIM WaTt Of Carthage, Tenn, Felix
< Zoliccffsr, of Tenn, Prof. George Blsckie,
DR. Felix Robertson, Ed Hicks, George Coyt,
Joshua Flowers, Morton Howell G Pearl, F. A
Fuller, Mrs John Heriges, - Lang, r Nleigs,
Esq, Badoux, Hon Andrew Ewing DR.
Quintard, II Eichbaun, A s Langley, &c, &C., Of
Nashville; 3 Summers, Of Grundy coun y, and
Jordan, Jr, Of Triune Williamson county.
After the trapsaetion of several business matters
the Society ali turned.
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Several of cur principal Amateurs intend to give
Mr.. COopera Complimentary Benefit At Odd Fellows
Hall tomorrow evening Saturday. to evince their
appreciation of his talent and respect for his private
worth. On this occasion HANDLES Immortal Sacred
work "The Messiah" will be performed for the first
time In Nashville Reserved seats may be secured
st McClurs's Music Store, and say to Ourreader',
do not lose a moment in procuring your tickets.
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New Orleans Market.

NFw ORLEANS. March S,-Cotton, sales to-day
5000 bales market firm, lla1l4; Sugar stesdy. 65
a6t, Molaeses 324; Flour firm sales 4 900 hbls 6.00
Corn active, sales II 0o0 bu he's s2aS5; Mess Pork
dull, l7.75; Coffee firm sales $500 bags 11aIls
FreiGhts on Cotton 10 Liverpool 16 The snip
Vsrguard, W th 400 bales of cotton aboard for
Cronsrsdt has been fire between decks since last
uRht at Algiers opposite the City 1t is feared she
will be destroyed.