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A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.).
J RIFUS M. DERRON, Publisher.
ROBERT P. WARING, Editor. ?
:: (Ufa tatf0 jPistinrt as fhr S-Hotu, but one as tl;t ??a.?'
NO. 45.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1854.
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Somsrii (Carta, &r.
Attorney tit i.atr.
c in Ljontrsi.au s ISrick Ji'it'ii.
2nd poor,
i II ISLOTTZ, ST. C.
RHKTT A ROBSOX,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
A . 1
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CH A RLESTON, 3. C.
I t" I. iVr.:l ad.,.n,'s u i n on Consignments.
& c . ami ffw u r 1
l I con :i.lc nt tSf gt
March 17. I ?5I.
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in t tie 'i'w.ih s--, v c
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Dry Good3 i:i Charleston, So. Ca.
IMPORTERS tr DRY GOODS,
Nos. 210 una -M I lm fro t. .-oriKr ! Mn taU Street. ,
CHARLESTON, S. ('
Plaalittiaa Woolen, Ulxnlc::!, , ., Oarprtinwfl ami
i.rl.nii Material, Sitka ;mi iC : !.-.-- ..!. I oaks,
MaaAillu and Shawl. Terui l.'aab. tn. Prie Only.
M ireb 17. IS34 34-lv
RANKIN, PULLIAM cc CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
l oi:l I.N am OOXEMTlC STAPLE A.M Fyi V
Tr."0'f .? r f t 1 iwysi in r. t r n
tjjxl uUyJy-j b I UiiUiiiaii
o. 131 MCCTIXO STBJKKT,
sept -J-'J. '."? I v ( 1 1 A RLKSTI . S. ( '.
Ha Ha WWMJLM k i
PANAMA, LEGHORN, PUR, SILK WOOL
OPTOSITBj ;iIAIl.rlo. HOTEL,
si p 29, '.r.i l y CHA ULKST X, S. C.
J. A.t oiiKN. LEOroLP COHX.
V. A. & COHW,
IXeoKTKBS AMi nSALRBS IX
rOREICtN ANIJ IIOMKSTIC DRY GOODS,
No. 175 EAST BAY,
(10-iy.) CHARLESTON, S. C.
WiRDhiw, v. '.;. ::n & si: EtxsiDC,
AND CO Jtt MISSION MERCHANTS,
KOKTH ATtAXTIt H"IIAr,
CHARLIkJI N. S. C.
lr'y 'ijirmnrn'mi ,r pl UI112 ( .mon t iuy c 1 1 r Ualo.
Sens z
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BAM&nr8 PZA..ro stops
MJ ?IG A,Oi MtUlAL JNaXRUAili-NXS-
m-nxs i'O.'s i'in-
aa v 1
Kka 1 ii. n ji 1 Grand ,
iSr $ ,.i:r,,.;..11 Bri.l8e PlA.ns: I
I sJ luckeriairs, Tia rrs a:.,! :
Ujaothei l-cst tuckers' I'iauos, al :
Taj
tli- raetory fnr
Columbia. S.
T. 23, is
!0-ly.
BY JENNINGS B . K ERR.
Uhrtottj .'- C
Januarv 23, I -'t.
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w 1 .' Jo' -Oe.'w!) wi j 1 . Lob c
Kesideuc , on Main Street, ': !ooi south ol Sadler's
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CHARLOTTK. N. C.
17 Urease eul am! made bvthe celabrated A
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bts eer,
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319 KIN
CHARLESTON, S. C,
M PORTERS .V DEALERS in U..y;l Velvet, Tapes
try, Brussels, Three ply, Ingrain
AKPKTIXGS: India. Rush aud fenaui
aul 1 enetian
MATTINGS,
iis. l,nr Mats, -. See.
OIL CLOTHS, of all width, eat far rooms or entries.
lIKISH LINENS. SttlKTINGS, lAMASRS, I i.t,:-rs,
V Lavan, Tovtims, Napkina, Doyli, ke.
Ac extensive as; trlmeut ! . low Ll uIAIaS,
mp w i r. o..-., . 1-
? Hfei rehant i will ! well ti examine e.r tteek
'iri purehasiag elsewhere.
M-it. 23, ls'ii 1 -!y
The American Hotel,
CHARD ht::. . (;.
lii'.ti to aannamea in mv Iritrnd, tin public, and pres.
m patroaa ol the abovv I, that I have Icaard the
ate ir a term u' .is froan the lt nt' Januarv next.
L"t. r v. hit ii ti.iit'. the eutlre pr. itertv u ill be tl urouvh-
repaired and reaovaU-d, and the i.i. use kept in iiir
-s atyle. Thta 1 1 - t ! near the Deput.aud pleaaant
sit.iat rendering it a desirable h.ac lor tisvcllera
I I'a.uiii. s.
I) c Hi. 183:1. 2'2t
('. M. K V
Dailimoiv Piam Forte Manai'artory.
.1. WISE .v n!i 1THKR, M tnafaeturera af Ruudi
, Grand and Square PIANOS. Those niahins
d ami substantial riana that will
la I a p. are, at a
ir price, way relvoa pettine aucli bj addreaains the
pnnfaetorer, by mail ur otherwiac. We have liu-
pii'r of acrviur and referring to the firat families in ilu-
df. In no ease i i!iv:i .. intnicat anfterable. The )
lannfaeturera, also, refer to a host ol tin ir it How citi-
J. J. IK 3l BROTHER
8-Cni Baltieaore
Fcb 3, 1851
M.I.
AIM II cV 88 H6
kl'CTIONEERS am. COMMISSION MERCH N'l
coLmnia, s. c.
R1LL attend to the sale of all kinds af Merchandise, I
1 I rodac .Ve. Also, Real and Personal Property
T Darehaae ai ll Staves. See., on Pommluum.
iSai.ks Rmm No. 2J Richard son stivt-t. anl imaac
Italy opposite the 1'iiito.i Stat. s tWl.
it- . .. .. ..
II. SAtCH,
e. snaar
Livery and Sale3 Stable,
KV S. IS. RE.I,
T the stand formerly oeeapted by . Morrison, in
v aariotie. 11 .rs-,-s red, hired ana sold. Good ;.
Maaodatioas far Drovers. The cos to at of hia frun.l
11I th pnblic reacraily solicited.
rebrnarr IT. 1 -."!. 3n.
Not
ICC.
I.I. teeaaati ami Katmii, fi u w d i ,
ieebeepUeenm;"
lust be sttTleil by tli? iSt ol
--. pi'l next or theii Rote
id Aceonata will he alaced in Oiiiceis banda u,r ml. i
let ion withont reserve. !
R. M. STERLING.
31 ii
.arljtte. .I..rcii 17, i.
'l ferry Smith's Widoi? !
OR, AN OLU lli::.f)U's AIT 511 'T AT H A T KMKO N V .
I left my residence in Kentucky, a lew years
i ago, and proceeded to I5;i Itimore lor the purpose
of transacting, some business with mercantile
house with winch 1 bad been extensively con-
a i tied. i one knew ll 2 object of my journey ;
becansr, being a bachelor, n easy circumstances,
1 was under r.o obligation to disclose to any person
more than i thought proper. I left my farm under
the direction of a manager, with the expectation of.
' returning in a few weeks. Ju my arrival m
Daltimor, I concluded to make a sea voyage to
Cuba arm ryevv. Orleans, at whirli latter rlact, I
bad important business. The vessel in which 1
embarked, alter being baffled ai d detained by
bead winds, at leng'h sprung a leak, and we were
: obliged to put into Havana. Here various delays
, oeeurred, and as I could neither talk Spanish, play
billiards, nor smoke cigars, the time hung so heavy
I'i'i'ii mv hands, tha? I soon I re I ted mvsell into a
lrt Alti m Pnni.i.. Ii.Ti
i win'ui in ii;i- v.i.m.11.011 in no,,, n tt
me, without so much as saying gooJ by ; and
when at last I reached New Orleaua by another,
vessel, I found that the person with whom my af- !
fairs hail ! ren entrusted, was absent, and not ex-
peeled to return lor several weeks. 1 here was
now no alternative left me, but either to abandon
the obj 'ct ol my voyage, and risk the entire. loss
o
fa Urge Bum, or by remaining expose my con-
stitution, already iJe')i!i
ited
:nd predisposed to
disease, to the dangers of a sickly climate. I n-
fortunately I adopted the latter course.
I found the wea'her ns hot here as in Cuba,
the language as incomprehensible, and the billiard-
tables quite as devoid ol interest. Ihe sickly !
w;im fast approaching, and a? I had deter- j
not to escape disease by flight I endeavored
I to avoid it by precaution. It is amusing enough,
: to those who can look on from a distance, to see
: .1 1: ... 1 1 1
im vnrion-i cxneuienia uv uit.ii men niw-nwi iu .
I contend w ith death ; as if the great destroyer w as
! a foe who could be e luded by cunning, cr baiRed
by force. The vellow fiver assailed the inhabi
tants; 1 fell the malady, or thought I felt it.
j creeping slowly into my system, and resorted to
every preventive which my own reason or the ex
j perience of othe rs suggested. 1 first tried the
Sangrauo plan ; drank water, ate vegetables, and
suffered phlebotomy. Iul I soon lounu that 1
could not euuure starvation, nor carry on ine
j functions ol life without a due supply of tbe circit
I fat iii " medium. 1 resorted to stimulants and
j tonics a mint julep in the morning, bitters at
no. n, ano wica alter uinner; hut aias : wnn no
after dinner; but alas! with no 1
; better - ,c ess ; for every time that I looked in the j
. Xias. i discovered by my sallow visage, that the ,
enems us .v making ... ap( eV s. My
yes became , .imd.eed mv pulse heavy my j
I ',iu . -si mv ronmUi.?ajcecejye,i a new j
coat of yellow evr day, oVrpi ring ar first into a
- " 7-- " f ' ' o 1
delicate orange, (hen a safFnm, and loslly ton
' 1 C - ; J" .
W:,J ''fXeneraliog into B Spasoird, a QoarterOon, ,
ov a - ht rokee. ,
"Coining events cast their thadews before,' j
, and on this occasion the shadows that tinged my ,
i face were but too prophetic. The dreaded fever :
came :it last, and I sunk into a state- of helpless
and hopeless misery, which none can truly esu-
mate- but thoe who have fidt i:s poignancy. I
I r. as a stranger, far from home ; in a climate tainted 1
j with disease ; and attacked by a disorder supposed j
to be fatal, That malady, among other distress- '
ing characteristics, has one which is peculiarly ag-
gravatmg. 1 know nut whether others are simi-
inrly aflected, but to me a fiver brings a state of
excitement aud 8cnsi:ivcnss which produces the
Ollst PVflll;illl lii'tm-f II V lif, M tllltliro v:iS Kllh.
I J ' " "
tilized every feeling is quickened and every j
4fll . il..i Pnnpfl iron 9 r: I , . tt 1 1 .Hli.nccfl r I nnr ;
1 " ' " f" - I
ion. 1 ne judgment is weakened, h.it the im-
''Hi latum
icqutn s a supernatural activity.; the
uoernatural
btaiy sinks, but the spirit is feelingly alive. Such
was my state. In the early stages of my disease, I
a thousand wild vision.H were in my brain. 1
I I .t ..-r.- i.i t I
rii.i iu rnymca , r- peaiea pan. s oi i.aun, Riuiougn :
i ;:i a ';;ii- of sanity I could not have connected a
- ntcnere ; I saw Denote whose .aces had been for-
I saw neoule whose faces bad been for-
gotten nr years ;
transpin d in my
I cabed up events which had
in my childhood; I planned novels, I
composed
(-. I :'n s
essays, nnd devised theories; I lough'
n called the invs. and reoeated ti e i ns
,.i iw.n. nr.. i ..... i
1 -
was a madman, a philosopher,
devotee, nnd a wag, in the same hour. At one
iwimrni i prayeo lereeniiy , at anotner i aropneo
ihe doctor's lu strums in my sleeve, and amused
: myse !' whh inventing ingenious answers lo deceive
him, and feigning symptoms which did not exist.
i I jested, moralized, groanrd, wept and laughed j
and found in each new mood thai came over me,
a pu g as agonizing a.i tha! which I had suffered
in the one that had passed. Such is fever! ex
cruciating bodily pain wph a brilliancy ami
i strength of intellectual vision winch looks back to
strength of intellectual vision which looks back to
infancy and forward to eternity, and around upon j
then hole fcene of life, bile ihe mental eye is
rrowded with im ges, whose number and vivid-
inrss mi ;;, v ami o sir.iei i ne Drain. i.oss c,
strength, stupor and melancholy succeeded. 1
thought of home, of mysi If. imd of death ; and
my visions assumed every day a deeper, more
death-like hue.
There was one olj'ct which intruded into oil
mv dreams. 1 need only
nnme its character, 11.
order lo enlist the sympathy of every lender- perpetual aee-saw, Wndering what law of nature kindred ol an afftiriouate relative; and my ser
hearted reader. It was a young widow, lor whom governed its exact vibrations. Here ih UUu v,m,nr ,,. t,., 1 11 (..,,i. 1.
111. , , , ...
I lilt a particular regard, and lo whom if 1 must
1 1 . ,
speak out. 1 was engaged to oe married, on mv ,
,UU1" one as mv nisi iove. i nan pant
, 1 t, . . -1
: ?YrV?TSl befwreifhtf marriage, but was
, 00 bashful to declare myself explicitly ; and while
: balanced matters in my own mind, and sougnt
1 . " , ".. , 1
' 1 v iiiH ri'i : 1 1 1 n c rn n icninaa ..... ..1,. 1. ;
i.r t pi 1 1 11 11. t. :.viiii.i'. u i.t .tc?it..'n
j ' ..v..m..., 1 im, c
; since unaerstooo, married a certain Jeremiah
remiah
Si. 11 It .0",...,- i ir 1 ,, . uh... ,
i'lh dalw v ' eJlXT"' h" T n:imTrS(" J" Pi'nd T n'Um 5 but 1 hn: in the '"'
:on..,!;7 y V a !' SfT leW WCekendured sn mUch Pai d
m t, p i d;d n ,t h.ame her for marrying, lor so many horrors, and trembled so often, and so ,
T ,:;v , 7 r.l Z , 3 7 """'I1 UP0" ,h,i br,uk ' "iP ,hal 1
Jerr) and n ail ihe Jerries in the world to pud, ihe sun, .he breeze, and the verdure, even with ;
I J. rry Smh a dissiptrtd, silly profligate not
ZTySV: "r"
, ... t.t wv. vi uii'uihii,, auu 1 rcaMi'i; ner inner I
, 1 1 - e
?
sad time oi" it, for .It rrv treated
'"'r orse than a brute ; but at the end of two '
rears he had the rrrace to rion off. leaving hor
. ii--. (3
pennviess anu as pretIV as ever. 1
lime alter her widowhoo
not call on her, and as to courting Jerry Smith's
we did meet, she looked so sad and so beautiful, I myself again able to travel, 1 took my passage in
and smiled so pensively, nnd tali; so sweetly ol j & steamer for Louisville. Tlie river was now ex -old
t.me.s that all her power of fascination over me i tremely low, ;ind we advanced slowly, sometimes
r. rived. 1 began to visit her at :i rs: , thinking of 'tinning aground upon the 8a nd bars, and always
nothing more than to show her mv superiority i getting forward with difficulty. At length we
ovtr Jerry Smith, and to convince her how great
a s!i"lit she had shown to mv meiits in selecting
e'myself agreeable to
him. 'Hut in Irving to mak
the widow, she became so agreeable to me, that
in spite of ail my lor our resolutions, I offered her
my hand, which was accepted with the most
charming race imaginable. This was ivst '.v.1-1
.i.i
noned we agreed to put off the wedding until mv
'
i-c!i:r!i
She was the beautiful vision that had smiled
upon me through all my wanderings ; but which
now was presented to my distempered fancy, ar
raved in the brightest colors. In vain did I some-
,;,n,..- (-.. t.-miK ii l ikmiahi ,,r hiwinMs mv
V . . , . -
- i r 111 mv rii trnw'ij liit' 'i'i nil f niiriii r:u
fhe graceful widow, with that same smile and
blush that she wore when she faintly murmured
i.nn," and expressively looked "yes" there she
W!tS hanging fondly over me and chiding my delay.
'j'j,,;. cuUJd n,)t ast forever; and just when
every body thought that 1 was about to die, t grew
better ; and to my great joy was put on board a
steamboat bound for Louisville. For a day or
two I continued to recruit : change of air, scene,
and food did wonders: but the happiness of a
speedy recovery was not fated to be mine. I em-
h-.kpH in a slPnmWl nl the btrirMt elnsS. onboard
0j- which were four hundred passengers. The j
weather was excessively hot, there were many !
gj,. among U;S) and the atmosphere between the
decks soon became impure. The yellow fever J
was sajj to oe on board, and our comfortless situa-
B,aa rendered dreadful bv tho nanic that en-
suf (
I relapsed, and was soon pronounced past :
recovery. I had the yellow fever, and was con- I
sidered a bearer of contagion. It was thought j
proper to remove me from the boat, and to aban- j
don me to my fate, rather than endanger the lives
of others.
1 was accordingly put on shore ; but w hen or
how it happened, I know not. 1 have a faint re
collec:ion of being lowered into the yawl, and
geeing persons gazing at me; 1 heard one say,
"he II die in an hour;" another inquired my name; ,
one voice pitied mo ; and another said I had made i
, h.nm f.k'nnn fpAm nir t 1 1 tV-1 1 irli t lliir irprp i
about ioburv me. and became senseless in an
oiTnrt u, s-.r-,,!.- '
0 When'l recovered mv consciousness, I found '
,r,vc!f m Mbln on the shore of .he Mississippi. !
A'kind fam.lv had received and nursed me, and ,
Jia(, brought me back to lire after I had been long '
i0nsi,e. Thev were noor neonle. who mailo
their !ivin,r by cuttior firo wood to supply the
meir 1 1 111 oy cuning 11 re wocxi 10 su j p 1
sieam-boats ; a lean "and sallow family, 1
hillems complexions, and attenuated form
test(4i lne withered influence of a corrupt a
phere. Thev had the languid southern ev
whose
ms. at- I
atmos-
'
there. 1 nev ha:! the languid southern eve, the
heavy gait, and slow speech of persons enervated
by burning sun-beams and humid breezes.
For two weeks I was unable to rise from the
miserable pallet with which their kindness had
supplied me. 1 counted every log in the wretched
cabin; my eye became familiar with all the coats,
gow ns, and leathern hunting shirts, thai hung from
the rafters. I noted each crevice, and sat down
in my memory all the furniture and cooking uten-
sils. For fourteen long summer days my eves
had 110 other employment hut to wander over these
few objects a&aiu and asain. until at last nothing
was left to be disc ivered, and I closed them in;
llio tlicrrnef r,,-r. . i . , i . ., ,! I... ,lw cimiuim ll.nl
yj, ,4ci,inu Kt v L 1 1 V. ouiu-..i-oa vi uic
scene, or strained them in search of something
tir.it. niil mv I... 11. ..1....! l?..t 1 1. A r, '
- , u.i.tt ...j , js-unim nviicii. dui i iwu iiu imin-
le verisn u reams, and w iien I tnougni o; lne widow
It i i i. , r.t -. 1
Ksmith, it was with the delight of newly-awakened
hope ; nnd w ith the confidence that better days
and brighter scenes awaited me at home. ;
At last 1 was able to crawl to the door, and to
. . . .
set: ttie sun, the green trees, and the water. 1:
wi s a most refreshing si"ht. although the land-
5 O C3
scan-; itself was anvthinar hut ntirantiVe The
cabin stood on the bank of the river, in a low
i
alluvial bottom. It was surrounded aud overhung
by a forest of immense trees, whose tall dark
trunks rose to the hr irhf of siviv or sovontn funr
without a branch and then threw out their vast
lateral boughs, and heavy foliage, so luxuriantly
as entirely to exclude tho sun. Itenealh ih.it dense
canopy of shake, were long, dark, and gloomy
Vistas, where the Indian might well l;.ncv himseil
surrounded by the spirits of his departed friends. '
ihe soil itself had a dismal aspect; the whole
surface had been inundated but a few weeks past ;
the fallen leaves of last year, saterated and black
ened b long immersion, were covered with a thick
deposit ol mud, and the reeking mass sent up I
volumes of noxious vapor. Before the house was
a naked sand-bar, sparkling and glowing with
heat. In the middle of the river was a large
sawyer, an immense log, the entire trunk of a 1
majestic oak, w hose roofs dung to the bottom,
while the other end, extending down the stream,
rose to the surface, the current giving it a heavy :
anu eternal motion ; now appearing some twenty
ieei oi me nuge DtacK mass above me surface,
and then sinking again m the water with the regular
twins of a pendulum. I razed for hours at thai '
"
attestor mteht he aeon rraakino thmoh h.lf-
tj o '"--,
as if in iheeniovment of an aoreeahi rpere.n i -
j - o - ... , 1
white tl roves ol those an mals. snort no in il,p
stream or crawling on .he beach, roared like so I
many bulls, tilling the whole forest with their be!- j
louings. Added to those sounds, were tbe braying
r .1 . r .1 ...
w won. me croaaitig oi innumerable Irogs,
...1.1... .... . ,- -. . '
mm uie unz. o; mvriaus 01
mosquitoes. Ijnucr
anv other circutnslanena. 1 should hnvo thmmlit '
these dismal accompaniments. I was even agree-
by uated; for so great and so pleading w,
V"uj;tT, m na;i:ginv mum relieved Irom lis
abstraction, that. I could g.ze placidly for hours
ine enanoe. in Imvina mv out,, I n- ,ov.. f,.,.
n i-s !
upon natural obiecis of ihe most common de.serin.
lion, and rnnworab iviib inmri
..l.Ioto ru -H c l i
""tji tie-. vi tin iiniiin, none are so nioeotJS or so
.i.. 11' II I
For another fortnielA I nmainid contented,!
idually
;.,.r .irUmih . i mn n, m
! readied our por:, and I sprung with dt light upon
j the soil of Kentucky. Among the steamboats
tying along the shore, dismantled ami laid up for
ihe season, was the vessel in which I bad em-
harked al New Orleans, a feeble invalid, and which
' ad left me almost n corpse.
My baggage consisted of several well filled trunks,
rr
i Mvrk l?ather r;
veling
; trunk, I had purchased at New Orleans, and park-
I ..i ...:.u c r : i.i u
: ru v.iui uincies ji iiuerv. lur mv iniciiwrti uiiin-.
On setting me ashore at the wood-cutter's the rap
j tain of the boat had been careful to land my sev
ernl chatties, and I now proceeded with them to a
hotel in Louisville. Mv bao-anyo was carried into
a bar room crowded with gentlemen, and I had
scarcely time to lurn round, when a lank, agile
Frenchman, with tremendous whiskers, darted for-
ward, and, seizing my black trunk, set med to be
about to appropriate to his own use all my nuptial
presents.
" That is my trunk, sir!" said I.
"Ah! sair! you say dat your trunk? Sair,
dat h not your tronk !"
" excuse me, sir, it is undoubtedly mine.
'Ah! ma foi ! I shall not excuse you, sair !
Sair, if you say dis is your tronk, you no g''uti-
man.
As he said this he jerked a key from his pnek-
et, thrust it into the lock, threw open the dispu
ted trunk, and to mv utter consternation, and the
amisement of all present, displayed a magazine
of sundries as undoubtedly French as his own ac-
cent.
" Dare ! vat vou sav now, sair? he exclaimed.
triumphantly, as he threw out the contents, " you
say 4at your coat : dat your waistcoat ? your j
fiddb-string ? your musique note ? your every
ting ' Sair, you are no gentleman if you say dat j
your tronk.
" ', ask your pardon," said I, the trunk is not
mine; but there is a strange mystery in this affair,
widen I cannot pretend to unravel."
" a!i, very much mystery, for some oder genti
man ret my tronk, and make we wear my linen in
dis hot country for five or six week !
" Tbe fault is not mire ; I purchased a trunk
n I Trvv Orlp:ine sn np.nrlv rn cr. ryi lit 1 1 r tlmt ohm
that if 1 was not convinced bv the contents, j !
would stih think in mine. 1 nm sorrv m have I
been the innocent cause of any inconvenience to !
vou." !
" Very well ; I buy my tronk at New Orleans !
too dat how da look so much alike ; very sorry, '.
sair. but I cannot let vou have rnv tronk. indeed.
sair." I
I Stood mortified and confounded; cutting a
verv awkward fio.ire. in tbe nresene.n of a n,n
o - o
company, who viewed this odd adventure with as
I began almost to doubt mv own
fancj myself transformed by magic j
else." It seemed as if my ill luck !
tonishment.
identity, and to
into somebody
was never to cease. I dreaded least this incident
should prove prophetic, and as Iliad seen my
trunk transformed under mv very nose, into the
trunk of another gentleman, 1 feared that I miht
find mv widow changed into another man's wife
I w as somewhat relieved by the captain of the
steamboat, who had witnessed this scene, and who
now stepped forward, and informed me that mv
trunk, which had been exchanged by mistake, was
on board his boat.
Feeling in no mood to visit anv of mv ac-
n 1 ....... .... I A... .t.l .. .1... .:
J u u 1 1 1 , ll 1 1 1, c , 1 UlUtllU I11V tUUISC IU IUU eiJUIIIIIig
house of a merchant, upon whom I held a-
.l....et "l L. 1 ; :. . u t i. I . i
Ulilil. IlilUUIII'' 11 IU 1118 CICfK, Oc rclUruetl 11,
savin",
" The drawee of this bill is dead and we have
instructions not to pay it."
nm tbc drawee," returned 1.
"There must be some mistake," replied the !
. i i
clerk, very coldly ; " Mr. M., in whose favor it is j
drawn, ia eprtninl v rlfnd Vo hai n ii iVrtu-. I.;. I
" 7 " v ' mm i v it i v j i j ino ,
h!r "
" Heir! don't yon suppose, sir, that I am the
best judge whether I am dead or alive?"
man's word but my orders " '
" Sir, vou not only dispute mv word but vou i
deny my existence don't vou see me and hear
me, and can't vou feel me ? said I, laying mv lon !
? said I, laving my long !
white nalm
cold hand unc-n his solt white nalm
very sorrv. repented the book-keener.
withdrawing his hand as if a viper had touched
it, " but my principal is absent 1 act under in
structions and Mr. M.'s account is closed on our
books."
" This is the strangest turn of all," said I lo
myself, as I stepped into the street.
1 am dead j
my heir has entered upon the estate the i
widow mourns over my grave ! Verv pretty,
truly ! I snail next be told that this is not Ken-M
tucky, and that 1 am no'., and never was ivl- j
ward M."
Angry and dispirited, I turned into a public
readi
. ' r I
mg room, and sought for a file of the newspa- I
per published in my own neighborhood. I looked
lor an old date, and soon found
m v own ohilun.
rv ! and learned that in mv untimely death so-
-ietv h l boon L.nr;...l ,....:, I .,..nrtt.,.r -
it . o v . 1 it i itt a inula 1 . L'iiun IU. 1 lie I ll'SI'r L , I
mki. r . ;
o, vtti, u.v. 11 umi tx mi iilc 11 01 11 10 iiu mill IS I la or
il vi of .11 ..1 ......
...u uv.,. v. n hi in ,11111; an 1 1 1 ui-uMiis ui seme
il,pb,i.-.iJ r c... . ,.r.i v.
death, i determined to set out fW home instan.lv
as well to relieve .he burthen of her sorrow as 'to
re assume tbe privilege of coll. din-mv i.wn'debt
. . -
Alter a tiresome journey. I arrived, on tlw nteht i
of the ihird dav. in mv own neiohhorlmnH fnn.
. -
h,i k. !. J- -1 1 .t .1 1
vnnsu Uy me o 1 1 1 ness, 1 rejieiiu mv own ooor
hout being recogmxed. Mv servant's fled when :
vy perceived me, screaming with surprise and
terror. I followed them into the houSeT In .he
ge-ntleman and lady, who had been
drawn ihiiWI.. .1.. Tkl
of kin " nil . I, "ZLZZ I
being a young mm of spirit ed his LI
the lady screamed and fled.
i.e. . , . " 1
" Will you be ood enough to tell m-, sir," I
said, " wbetner 1 nm dead or alive?"
IV' . , ,
... . ....uMiien your ueatn. saiti my nc
phew with an embarrassed air, ' but am happy j
, . , , r. ,.. ' I
come you home.
" Supposing the fact to be that I am nave,
i l. " will vou cio me uie Kiiumess m wru ....v-...
i am master o( tin's house V'
"Surely you are, and "
" Do not inturropt me ; you ate my adminis
trator. I find ; do you claim also to be my
guardian 1 These characters are not usually
doubled."
1 I claim nothing, sir, but an opportunity to ex-
plain these matters which seem to hava offended
vou so dei nl v.'
"Then, sir, being master here, and having
neither administrator nor guardian, I desire to be
let alone."
The vouPffman looked offended, and then smil-
ed, as it tie thought me insane, anu luiim.y mm
I...l ..tl...-J r
; ii n i u vn
I retired to a chamber, and having with some
difficulty drawn my servants about me, "nd con
vinced them of my idemity, took supper, and went
to bed. About the widow 1 made no inquiry ,
j circumstances looked so suspicious that I dreaded
to he'&r the truth.
I h the morning I rose late. I sallied forth, and
1 jazed with delight upon my fields, my trees, and
the thousand ft. miliar objects that are compriseo
within that one endearing word home. My ne
groes crowded about me, to welcome me, incpiired
after rnv health, and tcil me all that had happened
to them. Passing over these matters as briefly
as possible, I proceeded to probe the subject near-
j est my heart, and what think you, gentle reader,
was the result ? the widow Smith was married to
the " next of I: in !" Thev had left my house at
the dawn that morning.
I have only to add that I have entirely recover
ed my health and spirits ; and that as Jerry Smith's
widow has twice slipped through my fingers, un
dervalued my character, and slightly my affection,
and at last married that wild scamp, my nephew,
whom I had before thought of disinheriting I am
determined that neither of them shall ever touch a
single dollar 01 my money ; and to eueci una
laudable objecf, lam resolved not to live single,
nor die intestate.
The Wandering Jew.
The first explicit and authentic mention of the
"Wandering Jew" will he fouad in the Latin
Works of Roger de Wendover, a monk of St. Al
bans, who died in the year of Grace 1237. This
work having been merged into the moro extended
one of 'Ma the w Paris, a Benedictine monk of the
Congregation of Clugny, likewise of Ihe monas-
Ul '- l"c,
also hnd tile sTnme accoun 8,ven (f s wystarious
Peonage I. appears, then from Rogerde Wen-
d.ver, confirmed by Mathew 1 arts, that in the year
ol Nativity 1223 a great convocation of U is hops
aIul oi olher cliurch 'S,,tar,e8 had assembled at
St. Albans, among whom was an Archbishop ol
anneni. major, aiw inai waw UBhi apu.
a Pgnrnage 10 me reucs .aieiy ueposueu mere oy
the Crusaders. The conversation, alter a time,
'appe'led to turn upon the subject of that famed
""rer of Ages, then named "Josephus -the
.Ilh ,hat m'Snt be PI;lC(d 1,1 the long-BOWn Ira-
dition and as to the cause of his terrific curse.
In the course of that interesting inquiry, the Arch
bishop, through his interpreter, a knight, was ask
ed whether "he had ever seen or heard of that man,
of w hom there was much talk in the world, and
who is still alive, and who, when our Lord suf
fered, was present and spoke to him."
In reply, the knight stated that "his lord the
Archbishop well knows that man. Shortly before
his lord had taken his way towards the Western
I'nnnirio. ,1,,. on .'.I ...,.. I ,,, U,l klo ,..KI 1..
vuumiivo. i. jo taivi iiuou ;iiU3 iiuu uig u t 1 1 : . iiiuiu 111
a ,k. v. u.'.i ,.r, i Lii
J.iuitiiid, lliu llldl IJU ll.'IVI UIU II on II illllj IIUIU tun I
-,.i- ri i . .i , j.i I
verse with mm. Un being lurlher interrogated, the
kmghl stated for his lord, that at the lime of ihe j
suffering of Jesus Christ, and w hen siezed by the
Jews and carried into the Hall of Judgment belore
Pontius Fila'e that governor, finding no fault with j
him, nevertheless said "Take ye him and judge!
him according to the la w" w hereupon the shouts I
of the Jews increased, and he .rekased unto them j
Barabbas, and delivered Jesus to them to be cruci- I
fied. Wlien therelore the Jews were dragging
je. j
s,iS forth- atid bad reached the door, Cartapbilus, ;
lhen a Pf'r,er in ,he Pilate's service, im- ;
hand, and said in mockery, "Go faster, Jesus, go
las:r' dost Imgerf" And Jesus looking i
l,rici- l,Pon him with a severe countenance, said lo
mm "m S'-VP- f,nd ,h"U wilt wait till I return." i
According as our Lord said, this Cartaphilus fimw
,um 'l "m SG:vP- f,n(! ,n"11 VV!t wait tdl I return. '
According as our Lord said, this Cartanhilus f now
Itll f . ... I
f i"'' Rained ground, th.s Carlaphilus was baptized :
,,v ,hat Anauius n ho baptized the Apostle Paul,
aO"hentook the name Josephus. He often dwells
in uoth divisions of Armenia, and in other Orient-
al ,and PassOg his time amidst the bishops and 1
prelates ol ihe church; he is a man of holy con-
vernation ol few words and circumspect in bis
1 r i , . . .. . .
demeanor, 101 ne aocs not speak at all, unh-ss wm-n
fl,,f SIIO"c'J y the bishops and religious men; and
then he tells the events of old times, and of those
wiiitii utbuuru ai uie Miuermir anu resurrecuon.
J ... .i. ..r.: j ... .
1 1 . . , " . , . '
namelv. those who arose with Christ, and went in-t
, ,i n 1 . 1 avnM,.Biiuwroi h
to the Holy Citv, and aoneared unto men: he also '
ioll of ,h,.fr ' ,..,. Jv' Jt a , .... 1 !
.v ..po,,:, ,lu u, u, 9
.rath... and nrp.,l,m,ni n ,t.:.i.. ul
, ' ' "nu Ui l,,Klr p-
I n ma lit eiaieu v un-
out smdm,, or l-;ttf (,f,(.n,.. -
out smiling or levity of conversation as one who
is well practised in sorrow and the fear of God,
always looking forward with fear of the coming
Of Jesus Christ, hjt at the last judgment he should
find bun in anger, whom, when on his way lo
. . . . -
"e"h, he had provoked lo ius veneeanea. Num-
,t . -
utrt came 10 him from different nartanf thai wnrhl
t.nir.,. i.;t. -i j..i
J J ' B """"r -vnrcraaiioii; auu loiimm,
are men of authority, he explains all doubts
" the matters whereon be is questioned. Here-
" I that are offered to him, -being con-
ten. with slight food and clothing. He Zee. his
hones of slv,.ion on ,h f.., ,h... ....
i,norance: for the tied ZtZZTTZ. I
lihl. enem.es in these WofXT'
.1 i .1 1. - . . ... . . o
them, for they know not w hat they d."
fASH? TIIIS IM I St T
" "iiuu. i.ei you ne
ever so pure, you cannot asaoci .to with bad com,
pamons without faiim. into bad odor, livil com-
, j, .-wu iiiiimc yiu cauiioi ceiong
i in its presence without earn ing away taint of
vou cannot beloni'
canea Josepnus is still waiting Ins return! At ; mocratu; fctatc Uonventiou on Hie buljt ct ol inler
ihe time of our Lord's suffering, Cartapbilus was nal improvemems :
thirty years old, and when he attains the age of a " Resolved, That it is our earnest Wtb and de
hundred years, he always returns to the same ago sire to see the resource a of North Carolina, agri.
as he was .it the time! cultural, mineral and commercial, fostered and
After Christ's death, and when ihe Catholic devtloned : and the State bavin" already .ntprd
From the Raleigh Standard.
Internal Improvements.
The attempt by a portion of the Whig press of
this State to use the question of internal improve
ments for party purposes, devolves upon us the
duty of exhibiting the facts as tfipy really are,
and of showing the high and just ground occupiod
on the subject by the Democrats ol the State and
their candidate for Governor.
In 1636 the government of the State passed
into the hands ol the Whig ieaders, and they con
tinued to hold it if wo except the Legislature of
1 843, which was Democratic up to 1851. Dur
ing this period various schemes of internal im
provement were brought forward, and ome of
iliem were established ; and they were controlled
by Whig policy and Whig men. Originally, tho
people of both parties, ns they arc now, and as
every enlightened people must be, in favor of such
prudent legislation as would result in bringing
out our resources and in building up markets
within our own borders : and plans for the im
provement had the hearty support of leading De
mocrats as well as leading Whigs. After a lime,
however, it h came apparent that the system of
improvement which had been established was not
well managed that abuses had crept into it that
favoritism ami party spirit prevailed in its admin
istration that sectionalism marred it, as it has so
often marred whatever Whig leaders have done or
attempted to do in State affaire; and under these cir
cumstances Democrats spoke out in strong terms,
. no ;,gjnst internal improvements, but against thosu
things under Whig rule to which we have mst relcr
red. The people became impatient of Whig blun
ders and abuses in this respect; they saw a party in
power not competent, as it professed to be compe
tent, to manage by nnJ of itself a system ol in
ternal improvements a party which mismanaged
those works which had been committed to it, and
feared to undertake new ones lest it should incur
the responsibility of raising the taxes on the peo
ple. In proof of this latter assertion, it is well
known that the same party in order to avoid a
showing of the indebtedness they had brought
upon the Stute. when they had so little to exhibit
as the result of this indebtedness resorted ses
sion after session to the School Fund for supplies
of money, until fears began to be entertuined by
the friends of Common Schools that a largo por
tion or all of this fund would be ultimately ab
sorbed by the State Treusury.
Matters were in this condition iu 1819, when
the Central Rail Road" bill, the Fayettcville and
Western Flank Road bill, and the Cape Fear and
Deep River Navigation bill were passed. Funics
were balanced in that Assembly the decline of
Whig power, as wielded by Whig leaders, was
followed by measures of vast moment for good to
the present age and to posterity. The eloquent
voice of Dobbm was henrd in the Commons in
favor of all these measures, and was largely in
strumental in their passage ; while in the Senate
the Central Railroad bill was saved by the casting
vote of a Democratic Speaker. This press also
was not wanting on the occasion, hut went for all
these measures, as well as for measures for relief
to the Wilmington Uoad, with all the earnestness
and ability the editor could command. Here,
then, was an era of good feeling and of common
hope for the State. Tho nciive nnd leading men
of both parties were either for these works, or
acquiesced cheerfully in the policy which was to
foster and complete them ; and the people required
in every campaign for Governor from thu. time
to ihe present, that the question of internal im
provements should be kept out of the arena of
I I'"'
parly strife. 1 his we have studiously sought to
; . . itt I i - f f t. f .
! (i but the W lug press, the ilaleigh Register es-
i, , i . . .
peciallv, will, it stems, have it otherwise,
1 "
Gov. Reid was elected. The various works of
internal improvement have gone furwaid as rap.
ldl.v und"r hl8 anininistration as it was possible III
the ""ire of things they could j and to sun up
,h "hole matter in a lew words, the Democrats
liUVe s,lf)W" themselves competent lo h ad iu this
t,ieir nuspic s the State haa donu
n,orf: ,n r,n"' 'vars to evejope her resources of
all kinds, than has been done during fourteen
7" , g ftt'e. I h-se are stubborn
iucl?- uo iCrrt 1 to ''avc w,"g ,ne,n "rward,
oecause iu savor 01 pauj, auu we Gt sire now
as heretofore to keep this question out of party
Mn" ' . u,u vxe "rti 8 ": ".ueience, and lite
hlame, it any there be, must fall upon the W hig
Pre9a illld
The follow
P"-'& ,UJU UIJ
The following is the Resolution of the luic Dc-
'fa - . . .
UpOII u ytem of internal improvements to that
ed, and'mado large investments with
it would, in the opinion of (his Conv
politic and proper lor the L-gislature,
to time, to extend such further aid in tfa
that view,
onvention, bo
from time
1 1 if AAmrtla.
lion of the works already undertaken, and the
extension of tbe Same, aa a iu.i rr,..,,-,i (nr .1...
. J ,Vf, .11 .
ir.teresl of the people may n qui.e, and the
and resources of the State will prudently i
means
prudently ullow."
'This Resolution was unanimously adopted. It
1 1 j- 1 . 1 r i
im in-- ooiuiiu approval 01 Air. tirayc, the Uetn-
, . ; . . ob
ocratic candidate for Governor. l embod es hid
1 . j '7","",J,0
v,ews 00 1,1,3 6,'Jc and h' admit ns Governor
w . nccorttunf.ft Wlth
nil in ill nfinrr.i nt.o. 11 . I, ; 1 K . I
W" b' ,0 accordance ith if. And is it no', under
1 1,., .IntiioMi. ,,.:-... I i i e
t,)o CWCUrastanco. a wise and just declaration ol
principle and opinion ? Wing li.iuorj sav it in
not strong enough. How much stronger would
ihey have it? Could tln-y g. beyond an "earn
est w iih and desire to sec tho resources of North
Carolina, agricultural, mineral and commercial ,
ios'.ered and developed " 1 la that weak language?
Far from it; it is ihe. ardent wish, the sincere
tope that the State may go forward in tho career
of improvement ; and ihe UesolulioM lhen points
out the means lor attaining this desirable result.
It declares that further aid should he given, if ne.
cessary, to works already undertaken, and that
,hc3R "tight to he 'extended; and the only
! "-mat of this aid and to appro'.
prtatnms for ( xtensions, is " a jun rt;nrd lor tho
interest of the people, V and a prudt ut referenci
lo the " means and resources of the State. Why,
what do ihtae Whig Editors n quire? Would'
they luive the Legislature disregard the interests
of ihe people, involve the State Uyoud hvr
means mma resources.' Would they have Mr.
Bragg take thu ground, and so suggstand iccoifl.