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4 0 .. A . ' I f 4 m in Be ihie fo 6oi fo iicur Souwirij, nnd io Viom5t -Duty." VOIaUMS OIEXEXjOTIIS, INT. O., T&OttJMLttJBSR 27, 1855, THOiflAS J. HOLTON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. TKIiM.S : .,,.,.,. ,t TWO iMilJ.AKS . ..,a,,ej TWO Vth f1:1' 0l1'1''' tl,u "!"'' their at HOLLARS AND rTKTV I. KN'Ts if ()1 - in.-.,! be tire, their prancing steed-, and splendid re delayed Ibr Uime month; mm J I F.K IMiI.LAlid tiuiies ; jind tlu haughty dame of the Court ddivcu lor lime liiuntiu; nun I lilt r.r. i"ii,i,niw ! U'C md of lite -x.r. Nv "H-r will be ili.umt. ""I!1 '' ' lw. "! ' oi.iimm y tliu builur. ; (,.,11111) ul inu ijiiuur. ' . . .. .. A.iviirtiiM-iiirBii inTu niit iillr riiiirp ,ti iimkoi u,tiiia .used lyyi) f..r the flt.l mm. 1 on, and '! tiiiiu lnr hi cuiiliiiiiaiice. t ourt d. Vlrl'i-mviH m.tl So-nlT. Silcn rli..rBed !24 per t,t. Uii-m r i .,d..du1t,..,l.li-33i rr..l..ll PU III -I (It If mi' niiNl pi iu , it i uuiutpia ' J tlio msr. AiiYrrti-ttici.t inserted iniiily -sr q.i- ritrly. ut f I ht itiunrc for eucli liiim. Ssmii-iiwiii-tiy 7.1 iu-hU H.r quure f'r ecli liini.'. ilJTnliii''tJr iru BUtliiiin:rf to ail ngi'iiti. LAiiltb' HOOPS. Tlic ..(;y tHil f'gM iin: hiht J. Hut tuW C'tit t( tn? dotif iu tht Ami iio ngstJ nut ut utrc Uirtk. Fult fitWn p'icil round about All t ite it find- i tin- looK hi t u( ! M l m,(Imi! it v t li..t I do ? Wf po't c"U a ltl eiithraCf, Murh I Hijirh with l'-cr lo IV w.'Ul ! t.iuimI and n-tiruf, Sit Krfiitri iir -tfift d u;n iifUtiu ; hrrtl'Wr tIHH'i (. fiifiitf, Ai tl'rtii lvr iJ dt-ftrif. VumJ fc-jy )' 1 "'jIJ A WttrJotOp It Itit Jlit lJ br. Me wii,rtl ibr l'y r-iin! mi'i rrmi. Ami all ray mi grouuti, I'm Buhl," qu..ut if 'h Mil iu go Oft h liow tnui'l f'-u -fe ii.c u Fjff wt i -in frrtH t.n.n ratife'i' , At ktl until Ibf tiliiMiii t.tny wt-fit to ("ali-fuf itt-i Alil til 'F iMiop WalkfU wy, The w.r!U oiic c lkd luf qmte tiitr A ad tut; w boofMii in far I 1 1 k one. blbw Itart i.u' J mak, TiifJT UrrrM fiou? 4 Id bfndj r s. Jttisftllancous. 223 Ti)jWt Tll, ktutlli l.'g-lil. 1!Y WAflllNOTON inviMi? No sooner a tb adventuro of the wood B.t-le put lie, thin a whirlwind was ri-ed about the ears of the beautiful ducluss. The 1 i jterii2 tirphew of the drjea-ft'l duko went lout, armed to lb teclh, Willi a f;;iT iv.ji uin le at earb sfioulder, ready to hack bin, aud awore the duchess had forfeited l.sr duin -tin. It was iu vain that she called all the s .i 1 1 t - ami aiiu'eU, and her l i'lie- in atteiidaiicn into the bargain, to witness that rim bad pa-sml a y.-ar and a !iv i,f iunuac ulu'.e fidelity. One fatal hour remained to b accounted for; and into the fpae- of one lmrt hour sins enouli may be conjured up by fvil tongues to bU-t the fame of a whole lie of mi toe. '1 hi) two grcele uncles, who had seen the world, were ever ready to bloster the lintu-r thr-mh, and as they were brawny. Irnsd nhouldt red warriors, and veteran- in trawl hi well as iletaiicli, they lia-l real y wiih lb multitude. If any one pre t'liled lo a-crt tin- ililioectiee of th diieh liny iiit.rrupl.il thnii with a loud lit! hi! of derision. "A pretty story truly," aiuld they cry, " about a wolf aud a dr pn, an 1 a )nw widow rescued in tb dark l-y a sturdy varlel, flares not show Ins 'ee in the dayli.-hf. You may toll that to penple who do not know human nature ; for o ir part, we know tho i-( , an-l that's e-' II, liowrvrr, the other repealed thn as- n..: .' !l II ... I ". .I .'- -.iiiiii, iuey wnui'i siiuueniy aun, inrir lr.mf swell, look bij;, and put their hands it"n their swords. A few people like to f-hl in a cause that d.jcs not touch their own interests, the tietdiew and uncle' ero ill-re l to have their way, and iwagg. r un- ,, fuled l y tv. i age-; and an e.-quire. "oiuiadiete l, ; came gallopin-'' ,i.to the li,M, and riding up I ho nutter wns '.length referred to a ,i, rva 4W;-y claimed the combat as t'diuiiil, composed of all th dignitaries of a , ..,t,.r",,f ri-hf tie: Uukeduiu, and many and repeated cm- j .. n ,(.(- t,r;b,i .l,u, the cavalier s!ntiin were held. The character of the h )n, ,, imppi,,,. to res.-u i the beau D icbcswi throughout the year was us bright ,;tu duches, from the perils of the fon-t, "r'h-s as the inoou iu aclondle-s night ; all, ,hc mi-fnnuiie lo bring on her this fatil hour of darkness alone intervened previous caliiiuny. It was but recently, in teii.it lirightiif. Finding human c- ,lt. course of my errantry, that tidings of r--'tj iiie.ipable of dispelling the liiyslery, ,r wrongs have reached" my ears, and 1 It was determined to leave the question io iavi. urtt-,.,i hither at all speed to stand forth Ib-aveti; r ;,, ,,,,:r wotd. ti) decide ii by i i,, ,;iiiiuin " 'in- urili-,-,1 of the sword a sago trtiiinal ol '' a.:e of thivalry. Tl, hi inpliew ami the to builr uncles were to maintain their ac- cua ion in listt'iie-l combat, and six months allowed to the Duehess to provide her "'f with three chain jiions to meet them in I"! 0,,-ld Should she fail in this, or should "'r champion be vanquished, her honor 'ild be considered as tainted, her fidelity forfeited, and he- dukedom would goto tbp ti. pl.nw, as a matter of rigt. wiiii this determination the Duchess was "n to comply. Proclamation were aeeor ''tigly n-ade, and heralds "cut to various I''ts; hut day after day, week after week, NiiJiitli after mntith elapsed w ithout any '-'niiiploii appealing to assert her loyally "fuughout that darksome hour. The fair "''low reduced to deipair, when tiding reached ,r of grand touriinmcnts to bo held ' loiedo, in celebration of the nuptial of "n liodei ick, the U--t of the Gothic kings, , 1 'ho Morisco princess Exilona. As a !"' r,;l"rt, th duchosa repaired to the Span-c-nirt, to implore the callautry of its aa- 'tid.leil ,.,!,t' . b J Tl aiieient city of Toloda was scene of S"'iu levejlry u iho event of tho royal nuptials. The youthful king, brate, ardent, und iiingiiifiouut, aud hi lovely bride, beam ing with all tlit! radiant beauty of the- Ka.-I, were limit. with hliouts of acclamations, u li.-l vu.r lln.v 1. 1,1, I 'II,..;,. ... I L.j iiiiulti , uu UUUglliy UUIIII ,.,.. BreJ u a LJaje of jewel. ot thi, u.ittry the bu.ulift , . , ,' In the inidt ui fill Liit sHlii'ti-il !i i I , . , LiOramc matin lier u rim-naeli In ll.u I Unnd . " " v.v..i.. She was dressed in black, and closely veil- I'd, lour d uelili.i of tho most staid and e- y,re aspect, und six beautiful demoiselles f,mH.a , ful ,u,.U(jlt. si,- ... guarded by several- verj aiicient, wltiu-rud, ami greyheaded taviilii'is ; ami her train w as bom by one of the luoat deformed and diminuiivc dwurfn in eiintenre. Advuiieing lo the toot of the throne slic knelt douu, and thiowin' up her veil, re vealed a countenance no btaulil'ul that half the courtiers jufseiit were ready to renounce wives and mintreM.e, and dovole theinseh',.s to hr rertice ; but when she made !:;iou lliatfhe eiiine in (juest of champions to de fi inl her fame, every ravalier (irewed fur ward to oiler hi-i a mi and scid, without imjaiiin-i iei ('..- i.;erits of the ense ; for it eeeined ! il that ko beauiiful a lady could do nothii" V.ut what wai ri'ht; and that, n4 any rate. fha oiij-l,i t b.i eham pioiied in loi'ij-.'. :nj; the buW of btr Luiuvr, w L. td'T riht "r orn,r. Kn-ouised !v (luc'i gnUont z:il, tl.c ducli-"!H fuflered ; er.-eif to he rai.ed from the ground, aini relat.d the whole M.jrv of In r t.li-tU".s, V ben hlie coiirluded. (he jKi'ijr reuiaiiiid fir foiin' time fiii r.t, cliari.i ed by the mu-iu of her v.iiee. .t b nt'th : J"Aa I hupe for raltation, m-t beautiful dutheM," faid be. " wi r I not a overein jkint', and bound in duty to my kinudoni, I i my -elf would pill I a nee in re.-1 iJ vindicate (jour enu-e ; a it i", I l.i-reive f ill por j iiii-aion lo my l.nil.t-i, nnd proiui-e lit iind i a fair field, and that tin- conl -t -h .-, i 1 t ike ; place befurc the ttalN of Tul-do, iu pre-'-i iice of iny a-.-eiijl.il-I e jurt. i ,s -"Oil ais tile plea-ure of th" Kiii' was .known there wan a "trite ainon th" cavalier- pri -i nt fir tin' Luiior of tic em le-t. jit wi decided by b, and the tueeoe-ful , candidal- wric objects nf preatnivv, f .r every one wan ainl iti iu- of rinding f.ivcr fn the eyes of the beautiful widow, j Mi ives were fen!, nuiiitnoiiiiij.' the It. pii lew and hit uinlcstj Toledo, to maintain their accusation, and a day was appointed for the roiubal. Wln-n tin- Jay arrived, all 3,iedo wan in ciininotion at an early h-jur. The li-t hnd i e- n prepared at tin; u-u-il plni-c, ju-t without the walls, at the foot of the rued rueks un which the city j is built, and oil tli it beautiful inead.iur f 1 . . n - the T!;un, hnown as the Kin 'a (iarden The populace had air- adv a- inl.lc-1. each .one eaer to neurj a favorable pla the j balconies wi re filled wilh the ladies of the four! clad in the richest attire, and bunds : ot youthful knilils, splendidly armed and decorated with their lsdies' devices, Were manatfiu tln ir aupeil !y c apari.-otird -teed about the 'ii il. lb- Kin-j at length e in.e f -itb iu sti:t.-, :ie.--: i;..mi, ,i ty the Jiii en ElMOIi i. Th- y nuj; their se its in a r li-ed Iiaieony, un I. r a eniioj.Y vt r Olid Rt sMit of thf-lil, tin' ie u.iiii.i -I; rent th air with tfoir a.-eUiiinlioii s. The m phew an-l Li- um !es nsvv ro le in to the fi' ! I, anil I cap a pie, ail 1 f jliovve 1 by a train of ctvalier- of their own rovs tiring rn-t, i-reit swean-rs an 1 ear ou-er-, arrant swa-b1 'ickb-r-, vviti i-l inking armor and jiii-liii spurs. W In n the people of Toledo bi held the vaiinlinj and di-eourtc-ous nppi aratice of these kniehts, tiicv were more ain'ous th -n ever for the sueeess of the p;eiiTie ilui'he-s; f.nt, at the nu.e lime, tin--tor ly an I st-ls .Tt fi nil. of tho-e w.ir- fr , ri ors, slDwe l lu.it wlin ;rr won tlie victory ni them nm-t do it at the cost of inanv a bitter blow. As the nephew and his liolous crew rode in on one side of the liel 1, the fair wi-low appeared at the other, with her suite of grave, grey bended eiui tiers, her ancient diii-titia' and dainty demi.i.t.ll, and the lit tle dwarf toiling alou.' under the weight of (.r ..,;, Kvc-rv one made way for her a- : . pa,,..t mn, ,,!,.,., I her be.ritiful fo-e, ' vrn f,,r t .r c.iu-e. She ,ok (ll.r M,at j,, a JHl.,. Lai,.,,,,. I)llt f:M- (from the Kin "n 1 her pale Wee I-, wis t ii am hi j tin Sd off III J ill ids of i., t,T - in-ill 'II-!., the Bill II! 1 iJ forth fr night. lb triinip-ts-, he w arriors wi i M'iiided fir t!ie c -iib-it. ill-t enter ng the Ii-!-', lil-'ht. Ilillle.l in lull -til V w hen a sii ang- r n,,, ,,,m.r did the duchess liear the ae f the knight, than she recognized his voice, and joined l.cr prayers with his that he might enter the lists. The difficulty was to determine which of the three champions already appointed should yield his place, each insisting on the honor of the combat. The stranger knight would have settled the point, by taking the whole contest upon himself; hut this the other knights would nut permit It was at length determined, ail before, by lot, and the cavalier who lost the chaiK't-, retired murmuring and discon solate. Tho trumpets again sounded the lists we-re opened. The arrogant nephew and his two uncles appeared so completely cased in steed that they and their steeds were like moving masses of iron. When they under stood the strange knight to be the same t lint had rescuetl the duchesa from thn peril, they greelnd him wiih tho utmost deri-on. "O ho! Sir Knight of the Dragon," said they, " you who pretend tu champion fair wu.ow. in the darkjCoini! on, and vindicate your deeds of darkness in open day." The only reply cf the cavalier was to put. luu.-o iu rest, aud biae-o LimJoif for the uu- i counter. It ia iicdlt-sn to relate the par- tioulara of a bathe which w as like so many : hundred.-) of combat that have been said and sun; in pro.se and verse. Who is there but must have foreseen the event of a con test where heaven had to decide on the puilt or iiiuocetieo of tho most beautiful and immediate of widowa ! The aacioui reader, deeply read iu this kind of judicial combat.-, can imagine the encounter of th-; i -iccle.vt nejhew and tho strancr knight. He sees their concussion, .man toman and horse lo horse, in mad ca reer, and Sir Graceless hurled lo the round, aud .-lain. Ho wiH ii.-t won-iel- fl.at iho assailant of the braw ny uncles were leu successful iuihi ir rudo encounter ; but he will picture to him-elf the stout stiaii.'er spurring to their rescue in the very critical moment; be will see him ti au-hsiu one with bis lance, and cleaving the oilier to , tins chin with a back stroke of his sword, thus leaving the trio of accu-ers dead upon the field, and estaldishiu the inim iculati ' fidelity of the Puche-n and In r title to the ( dukedom, beyond a shadow of a doiibt The uir rani; with acclamations, iioihin was beard but prai-es, of the beauty and , v iitue of the Duchess, ami the prowess of ; the stranger knieht ; but the public joy was -till more increased when tliu champion rai-ed bis vi-.f r, aud revealed the counte nance of one of the bravest cavaliers of Spain, renowned for bis pailai.try in the 'service of the fix, and who had been round the world in quest of similar ad vi Mure. The worthy knight, however, vv:h (-uvere-ly vounded, und remained for a lonj time ill of his wounds. The bue'v din-be.-s, lateful lor h a v I ii si twice o-.ved bi-r protec tion t) bis arm, attended him diilv diiriii. his iilne : and finally rewarded hi.- gjj. 1 uitry with her hau l. The Kiiiir would I tin have h nl theknilit e-taldi-li his title to such hi.'li u-I i ain-emi-iit by further d-i.i- of arm-; but !ii- courti ers declared that be already merited the l idy l-y ib is vindivatiii li-r fame an-1 for t iiie in a deadly eotnb it iit niilitiii'c; and the lady lier-clf l.itited til it -hi was perfect ly sati-ued ol hi- prowe-s in .-.r in-, from the proofs sho had received iu his aehicvelileiit in the forest. "'' TilE GII5LS. When a youn m in enters the arena of the world ill .search of a wife, he should a.-k three ijuc-tiotis befo'-e entering iitj ei"irt siiip ; 1 -t, i- she intelligent, "-'n l. is -he kind and benevolent '.' and thirdly, did she get up loioie bn-akia-t in toe morning? If all llie-e interrogatories' be hii-wi red in the af firmative, no oih.-r qualification i- indispen sably necessary ; for with such a wife, for turn and tnnie can f.e ei-iird. s-.ur-h j-, t!ni wife for the laboring man, such should be the companion of on i f-.rtnn if-'y pos-essd of wealih, and sueh -bon d he the vvif- of i.im ' who a-l'iris to the bi.bc-t st.ilion- that .-.-'ciety can Le-ti.v. All 'hi- iof ii iiiiiion can he easily obtained from the girl ysi hive in j view ; f ); many bou-l of their indolence, and think no higher v in.!iiin-ii; eo.ini be p. id thin by c.illln.' them dedcit ill health an 1 fecide in mind. If she is weighed in the ' balance-- and found wanting, p is- her with ro'i'"-'f, n--l look lo other re-out'ces for . future happiness. Hut ninrry, bt the risk j he wii it it may it gives dignity tiyour profession, it ni-pires confi leie e, and e.iin- ' man-Is re-inet. With a wife, tho lawyers i ' , , - , ' arc Inor-- tru-ty, t ic doctor more v-tcenied, the iiierchaiit gits a bigger credit, and the mechanic throws the h.uiimer with increas ed power, an-l shoves tb--plane with a more dexlioiis h-iii.i in short . n ma ii who iris til wife, is no i.i-i ut 'II. She nur-es him while siek, she watches for him when in 'health. tientleiiieii, get a wife a pretty one, if you like them be-t a good one. if she is I he found and a - m,r ii .m t hi .if In i Then you will pass in vi-ion- ' ary plea-ure, a-if on a bed of flower-, mid dle ago will l-e enjoyed in lh" bosom of a happy family, and when your head i-- silver ed o er wilii the fro-t of many winters, you on n-ft-ct back with the happv eonsolation that you have .-pent your lile in u-cfohn-ss lo voiirs.-lf, and to the 1 un lit of your fil- i low -man. A Ri-mantl- Incipknt A FoMhrwho was present nl the capture of Si b-i-top, I, relat.-s iu a letter to his friends the f)l!oing romantic story : " A party of men, belong ing t diHi ii-ut rcgiu.eiits, were paroling from h-iu-e to hou-e, in -eaieh of plunder. In one of the houses they came across a vo-.iiig nnd beautiful female, about I? or I years of age Of course, some ignorance was shown amongst the parly, w ho commenc ed t ) drag her about, and would have u-t d violence to her h i f not a young man, belong- ill- to the I -l h, t -iki-ll a mo-ket, ai.,1 thivat-eti-d to blow- the lir-t In.an - brain- out that laid a ringer ou her; whereupon tin- young woman flew to ibis man, and clung t him foe protection. She followed I.im all the way back to I he camp, vv hei:, coming in sight ul his camp, lie beckoned her to return but no, she would liel leave him. Whether she had fall .-ii in love ut. fir-t, 1 don't know, but she came to camp with l.iui. As soon as he got there he wis instantly Coiiliiied for be ing absent when the regiment t-as under anus. Sd,- followed him to the guard tent, an-l cried after him. The eolom I of his re giineiit, s.ieiiig tho a iTection she bore him, released him, and sent them both to Gene ra! II an i i, w In re un interpreter w as got, and she iclitel flu- whole, affair t) llnin. It turned out that she was a gem ral's daugh ter, and carried a gold watch, au 1 wore a set of br.ueelcls of immense - iiliie. The young 1 1 1 ii ii is now- about to be married to her. She will not leave him up in any ac count w h itevcr, and if he is not a lucky dog, I don't know who is." U.n'MI-stakkaiu.k S ion-; When a. man iconics home and tries to boltthe door with a sweet, potatoe, pokes the fire with thn spout I of the colfeo pot, attempts to wind up the clock with hi- boot jack, tries to cut kind ling for his morning lire with an ivory p. ; per knife, takes a cold roll iu his hand to I light him to bed, mid prefers ti sleep in his I hoot an-l Lat, you may reason ihiy infer I that he has been making the acquaintance Jul' suuio vury fiiundly peoplo. I'KKSUYNtKIAN Svi-iril) UV NRTII CARO LINA. 'J lie Synod of tho Presbyterian Church of North Carolina assembled in Greensboro' on tho 31st ultirno. The Syuod of North Carolina is compos ed of Three I're-byteries, which were repre sented as follows : Orange Pic.-l-ytry Concord " - - l''ayetville " . . . .'id 27 19 a , Total, 15. Jhursdny nndit was devot -d r.w.! si-Lject : or Uonio .Mis'ioi.... - f'.UTytui, lAVrIr.( 1 St. Tho treaty of Tsju binds tho United Unit. B..-J, oud this, no one in official circles Stanford made his report, and was followed ; States and Great lirilain equally not to col-: believes that a collision between our Gov iu unable and interesting address by the : onize, fortify, or in any respect acquire or j eminent and that of Great Uiitain is possi Jlev. Mr, llappcrsct of the Board of Domes- i appropiiate Central America or any part of j ble. tic Missions ol Philadelphia. j it. The Miiericau Government is bound by j It cannot be that the llritlsh Government The agent, liev. Mr. Laker of Salisbury, j that stipulation not to s-eek to annex tho-e has taken umbrage in cousequenee of the for the Hoard of Foreign Missions read bis .Stiitv-i, uor to subvert their inilcpciidenee. tin eatem-d di-niissa! of Mr. Crr.u.pt5ii, for, report Friday night, exhibiting much en- This obligation will be faithfully observed. if so, why has it submitted to the imprison courageiiicnt in that field of labor. 83K)-J. 'Jd. The obligation is mutual. It has been ! inent of its Consul at Cologne, who was have been collected during the past year, violated by Great Britain iu occupying the j found guilty of the same offence, which isSKHilin advance of the previous Lay of Islands, and in refusing to surirti- On the .Sound Dues question, Lord Paly-ear. The report was followed by an ad- dtr by a distinct act of the Government the j nier.-t -n professes to coincide heartily iu our dress from Lev, Loton Wilson, a returned protectorate formerly asserted aud cxercis- j vieivs. In regard to the Central Ane ricaii Missionary from Af'ri-ia. Mr. Wilson left cd ovei the Mosquito coast. j treaty, the I're-idetit w aits tor tiie actU-i f bis native home more than twenty years ago, 1 3d. A perfectly ood uinU-r.-l andiog Le- i Con-;re-s ; -o there can be no collision here. as a pioneer light -to this dark and heathen land. His speech was from experience, con- si-ting principally of narrati es, aud they listened with the deepest intere-t. iliswas the first voice that ever spoke iu christian accents to that benighted people. l!ut the result has been most glorious. here the liai.,o of Chri t was never arokett before hundreds of teuin'e.s are no dedicated to hi- si rv'ee aliS thousands of voices dai ly .-j euk his name with joy and praise. Where once the proud and boa-tful mon arch payed his court with human skulls at. ! brakeu hearts eoi, true spirits nro now-ofl'er- el ui- a- aeei-i. table saciiUeesto the living God. Mr. Wilson s health having failed iu Allien, he is now laboring uiuoug tho Indi ans of I tie West. The l'evs. Drs. Smith and Dibney, r-ro- less-Msiu me v.uiuu iuv.-voo-n.ai .juiu i u.i i jj of Va. presented to tlieSyii i.l a plan to en- dow another protossursliip ( tin- 4th,) iu the '1 heological cour-e, there pursued. ri(v,'JCr .',!'!', lUT7: .h.Py ifa,rte '' ,; OOil, S-.'tl.O, HI of which has already been rai- sed. Iir. Smith ami Dr. Dabmy, each made very able and learned address on the great c. . , :.. . i .. i -l'l i,.,.:..., i - .. ltnpoi tance ot this cise. Rev. Dr. Lacy, President of Davidson C oll.-ge, made his report, and then addres sed the Synod at some length in bis peculi ar style of eloquence, representing the Col lege in a very flourishing condition an-l ra pidly on the increase. The members of the Synod exhibited much interest in the suc cess of tin- institution, ami ine ani,- inauuor in which it is at prcscut conducted. Di . Lacy, firmer s'ated clerk, having re- si'iie-l. the liev. Mr. Haker of .Salisbury, is said, wili in bre years tune couufct Do .... . ... .i i ...i j r i- . i: wa elected in ins place. S tu r-l ii v night the Synod cl i -oi ir- .I 'd am., i il meeting having been iu almost con stant ses-ioii .-hu e its opening. The nest lin e: ' ig is to be 1. M in th" town of FayetviUe j inineneiiig the m.uoU-1 Wt-iK-sday ill Nove-!lbijr I 50. Flash y Yoi nu L.MUt'.s. It -trik- us 1 that lady who thinks of nothing el-e but her lu-aiitv. wi'.l hnd lierselt in a melancholy ...... ... , , fix. when old time shall have scratched her - pretty face full of wrinkles, ami exploded ' P"r ya.di-Jo! amounting, in round nutn- centuries, attempts have been made to v pa her romantic dresses for the realities of old , hers, to 000,0011. Au atmospheric vail-1 rate the carbon in chtircoal.'aud chrvstalize age. Surely it will be taking away her '. road is intended to be established, in order j it into a diamond. A Hj-ton elieuii-f, how gods, and w hit will she have left? We have ; to avoid the smoke consequent on the u-e of ever, believes be has accedcd in obtaining sicn .-oiiio sueh w ho had nothing le't but ties-- ordinary locomotive. The estimates of the pure carbon by means of tho electric g !-per.-ition. the full and terrible weight of produce of this foibniarine railway are bas- j y.-mic pile, and' that he has very little do :bt which fell upon the devoted heads of divers, cd ou the supposition that dll.OUU pas-en- 'of being able to chrystaliite it. In fact, tie of sufferers in the shape of husbands, e , 1 gcrs now travel backwards ami forwards an-! claims to have already produced somewhat who were sufficiently sensible that inteili- nuaily between Fi ance and England. The ; imperfect crystals, which only needed s.-iue-getiee in the old was as attractive as thn company calculate that their trausport of thing more of compression or concentration beauty in the young. Women in tl -ir early coal will amount nt least to 10,0'iO,000 of to render them perfect diamond-. years should"be mindful as life advances. toil yearly; and that the f,OU ) ships that they cease to have any other attractions now annually enter the harbors of Calais, I but tho-e tint arise from a cultivated intel- Boulogne and Danube, with a tonnage of! A Deal Kolt a W he I he peace ot sev- b i t and heart ...wl .l,..,.,r,-., . .......si. st i-i y seii-i lie books, and cultivate heal ts. Buttun 31uil, their beads and TuUTilSj WELL EXPRESSED.-?- in his ad dress at the New York Slate Fair, Gov. Wright, of Indiana, made the following ex- cclli-r.t suggestions. They couipii-e a vol ume iu a nut-ht II : " We niu-t cultivate the roofs, not the tops. Wc id u-t make the Jium.'ii tg"t'' rii iiirnt the school, the farm, the church, the shop, the agricultural fairs the laboratories of our future greatness. We must educate our sons to be farmers, arlis-ius, architects, engineers:, geologists, botanists, chemists in a w.-rd practical nun. Their eyes must be lunieil Iroui vv astiingtmi to their Mate-, counties, townships, districts, homes. This is a true patriotism, nnd the only patriotism that will perpetually preserve the nation." Tl'SNEL UMiKIt THE NlAHARA RlVLfl. A pt ject has been started iii liulfaio to, construct a tunnel under the Niagara river., A correspondence between tho Mayor of; Hull iio and Mr. Win. Wallace, ou the sub-1 ject is published in the liulfaio Courier. Mr. Wallace says, " f li ;tt, the project is cn- tircly feasible is a settled question ; aud j you will see by the accompanying estimate that the amount of capital is comparatively I small.'' Mr. Wallace estimates the co-t of the tunnel under the river at 8titil),','0 1 ; 1 tunnel under part of the city, pOl,.")J.'l; railway through tho city, SIOJ,000. Total.) ;-;:),; 47. i SfoNiitNii on the Printer. Here is a littlo article wo think sonu thing of framing, (o liiilu- cnli-nii"loiisl v neer th.v Ailitor'fu. ble;-" The public have a funny notion afiout printers. 1 hey think it co.-ts nothing to putl, advertise, &c. And thus one and ano ther will sponge an extra paper, a puff, or some benevolent advertisement. They for get that this is the printer's ink that makf ' nine tenths of th - immense fortunes. They forget it takes money to pay compositors to buy ink, type an-l ; iper and lastly, ther forget to even th -k you for working for nothing bv grutuitog.s! ,' puirmg their buai-uesa." THE CLAYTON AND El'LWEK THE A-1 1'ltOM WAaillNGTON. t TV. i WASIUMilOS, Nov. I I. J It will be remembered th.-.t about two You may rest assured that nothing has) years ago a despatch from Lord Clarendon transpired iu our diplomatic relations that found its way to the public, iu which that j could givo the President the (dig bit;! mti- j Minister, on behalf of the Aberdeen Cabi-' tnaliou of any unfriendly purpose iu tho or-j net, re-asscited pretensions respecting Con- deling of u British fleet to American waters, tral Ameiica which this government sup-, There really is no excitement or uneasiness posed had been finally disposed of and con-. felt by the Administration, if posiave assu ceded by the treaty of 1850. That d-s- ranees to that c-tt ct arc to bo to lievi-d. patch, the correspondent of the New York! Knrjuirer says, formed paitof a correspon- lei. en in u lool, linnn, t.,rn V, . ,1 .1;. tiuetly stated the following proposition- : tween the countries require that the-nj causes of disagreement be removed. To that end this gov 'eminent proposes the dis-' continuance of the above cokny and the j formal relinquishment of the protectorate.' As an alternative to the rejection of tlie.-o ; prepositions, this governnu Lt should con- sidcr herself released from the equivalent i obligation-, and w sold proceed to treat wi'.hi the Govcrnnietits of th;! Central American State- precisely as if the treaty hid not been ; for nic-l . These, proposition! have been ni -cus-e-.l an-l exnoun-fed bv Mr. Marcv ami Mr. Li-i cuanan with great abmtv, Lord P inner- ! ton lias ii.ki-0 the r-'spousinuity oi reject-i ing them, and the alternative has c:.nse-1 qveiitly taken effect. The Clayton and Hub I .... . . .i i i . i i . i . wer treaty i.-, therefoie repudiated by bollill0,fi Suuadmn will rn-oi-e. d to ie:,in .., ...... -. i . i . . . . e . i o v eruuic u is iuiu no i ouge r exis. s. ui courst- that repudiation releases tiie United States " from its obligation not to annex any portion j Execution in tiie AitMY. The Wash- of South America, and should the enter- : inigtuu Star states that private Win. J Dunn Pte otul:;;T Dmi Ki''";y rru!t, l" tl' of"co.npany G. mounted riflemen, U. S. A., subjugatiou ol portions of the South Amc- i - ,. , ,. ricau States, the question of annexation willWaj rcteu,,; tned V cort uiar" :l at Kj, t undoubtedly come ud and have to be decid- (Mcintosh, Texas, C.ipt. Thomas Claiborne, ed with reiereiice to the wishes of our own people bijiI the opposition winch tnglanu is likely to offer. It will no doubt meet with an ciu rgt tic protest in both quarters, but foreign interference will be more likely to benefit than damage tl"; cause of the au licxationists. WHAT NEXT? A tunnel teneaCi the English Chatmel.it ei un iwuiogue ; aim .'i. i nvie, a. uiaiu- .:i ii'-. i . : ii,i i c ilslu-d I-relirh rnir tiei-r li.-is :tf.c v- I.pmti em. . . . in surveying the neighboring coasts aud taking the soundings, with a view of im mediate! v carrying out this liisgnihei.it pro ject, i t.esc soundings show tlrit the sod is iverv fi.vc-rable to tuch an undertaking, free 1 - - stone having been found at a certain depth. As impracticable as this scheme may appear, calculations of its expense have been aetu- ally made, and plans for its execution d 'i-i i . . i. i- . i. i .ii e viseu. ine iciil-iu oi me luuuei win do about eighteen and a bait wiles, ami its cost 4.1.000 tons, wil vn-nl a ereater r-ortion of their Iraibe lo this raiiroa.! I The Open Phlar Ska Dr. Kane, hav-i ing demonstrated the existence of an opcu Polar Sea. seieiitifig deduction is at work to hud out tin- cause of the. anoinalv. correspondent of the New York Times thinks that these causes will be found in the1, . i ' i i , ii i -i .1 - - i . . . , . , i , liiisnani.ls should decide then ciauus by a ccnti ilugal force and the internal heating i . . i i ' i . , , ,, .. , . " resort to car-Is. .V game wa accordingly power of the earth. I he ecutritiig.il toi.-e: , . r . ' , . , - , played, an-l the winner put in possession ot lias a tendency to neap up the waters under,!. " r ... , , ' .. -n , ,. ' , v . . Ins " bur, tat and for'1, .uauui' it t 1 be lh, l-.iii'itor theri'ltv iirod nei n ir a r-isi . 1 1 n - .... . ' ' . uth, an-l s cotscouei;i. at sence oi water iroui llo polar regions, which must he supplied, and j is undoubtedly, by a siib-ni'iri,:e current.' Th-? waters descend in the tempi rate re gions of the earth, when they arc much iiov tiie freezing point ; their heat is re tained and pr.di-ildy increased at tho vast depths ill which tin y move, an-l when they emerge at and about tue Pole, tlo-y pro-due-- a warm aud epei, sea, au ! a warm mo-phere about it. Hut iu llieir flow to the South, the superabundant caloric of the wa ter is continually b, ing given off, until they are finally reduce 1 to the freezing point, and uliimatcly become vast fields of ice. Baltiiiw: e Put nut. ! An Intekestimi Relic of the Revoi.u TtoN. Yesterday morning there was plae ' ed iu Independence liall the coat worn by Gen. 1-r lei Putnam, and his commission as ' Major General, which was signed iu Inde pendence Hall, ill June, lTTo, by John Hancock, as President, and Charles t hotnp ! son, Secretary. The coat, which now be- longs to Israel Waldo Putnam, of Uhio, was I pic-ciitcd to Gen. Putnam by Lafayette, i 1'he eomuii-sion is now in the possession of Waldo W. Putuaiu,of Mississippi. hda- ! Le,1er OCT On Sunday la-t, some children play, iug in the house of Geo. W. Augell, of li.d ford, Michigan, discovered awoke coming up through die boards, when thj board were removed, and a mojse's uc-t discov ered, into which tho little animal had drag ged a friction match. Tha match bad probably been ignited by thu iii.wemt nts of tho mou-ii, and bat for its tim.il v Ui. . cry un.t Utvj ov.Au 5.-1-us tt. Secretary Marey thinks that, po ibly, ' Great iitin iucuds to interfere witk VILer 1 I' tnnl, .1, ,,l.l Vull, n.:. ,1... President bints st iitb"ulMes that may re- WaiuimiTon, November lib The Cabinet were in .se-s-on again to-day. and liit! despatches by the Pacini- iVoi.i our Minister, Mr. liuehaiian, Were recti . c.l at thn Stale 1 'epartuu nt, and considered iu Cabinet Council. The tenor of these des patches are, I am informed, by good autho rity, of the lu-j-t friendly ch.-n ai ter, ns.-u:'-iug our government that theic was no sig nitieuuey in their sending the licet to the SVc-t Iridic", aud t i . a t tL.reWas i, t u-slighte-t ca-i-e for the panic- ereah d by t'uc -'.ng!is!i journal-. The in .is !..is qjkt.'d th exi'it:-ble iud'vi dual- in the Cabinet, who have been anticipating a rupiure be tw,-en the two governments. Com. P.iul-1 i,lg-s expected mission to S. been frustrated and only . . ' an Juan has thus one ves-ri of tin? 1 o :jr., of the mounted rifles, being president of l he court. The charges were for mutiny and the murder of Sergeant Johu Williams of the same regiment and company, by shooting him with a revolver. The court found the prisoner guilty as charged, and sentenced him to be bung, at such time an-l place as the President may appoint. The murder, which was an atrocious one, was committed at the camp of the company at Limpa Creek, El Paso road, Texas, on or ..1 ..... .1... -I .1. .1' I I.. . M l . II. . : aiio-jv uieo.iu ui ouueiasv. i ue iiesi- i i delit has directed I he Se I. lenCe t o I .e e :1 rr i.-ll out at Fort Mcintosh, on the four in Friday ii'jxl .succeeding .he reception of his c-snlir-liiatiou of it (the sentence) at that post. Diamonds. It is well known that tho di amond is nothing more nor b;s than pure condensed carbon. It is abo well known that carbon forms a largo share of the con- . . . . ; stituent properties ot charcoal, as weii as j most animal and vegetable substances. For oi'riiiiiii laiuuies in i,aneas(,-r us s.une- what ut-'-ii" e-i a !.v Jay .-.-.t.e ly the dis covery that three of their male members claimed the same women for wife. At one time, says the Examiner, th'ngs looked se rious, portr;: 1'iiil' h storm, but better feel ings, wiih humane couuscl and lag-r, hav ing finally prevailed, it was ib t-rmiu d by .i.l o;l a ti,..Jr f,;..,,,L ti. ,t it,.. . i i ' un.sueecsstu hiisban-i-. or ralnt-r viiii.rs. ami make a night of it. D-iiN'is in Kansas. Wc find the follow r iu a Mi.-s.juri inner: "There will be in a mass nieciiug of th- pro-slavery party hel 1 at. Debus :.iv City, in K u.-ns 'r t..toiy, on next Monday, t t iki into e ' lisi.L-r.inou the calling of a convention to loin a Sine Constitution. A full aiti tid;:iicc is de-ired. We are informed an address may be expect ed from Gov. Shinnou. On the same day, and at the same place preparations are be ing made tor one of the most magnificent cotillion parties that ha- ever come off in the Western country. We arc authorised to extend an invitation to the whole country, aud the rest of the people, male and female, on both sides of the river, to attend the party. If any fail to receive tickets, let them consider themselves invited. Fit c fer ry ! free ball ! ! and free barbecue ! ! '." The Lazy Man'- F.i fsi kai. An arti cle of furniture exhibited at the N. Y. In stitute Fair, that attract- much attention, is I newly invented bedstead, attached to the head ot which is a small alarm clock, so connected with the bed lhat at a given mo ment the alarm clock will ring, aud, iu bve minutes thereafter, if the b a per does not arise, the mattress upsets, and ho is strait way, and without any cirvtsony, tutul-lcd out ef bed. Rewark.M'.i.e The pvs.-ougcrs in a bal loon excursion state that at tiio height of 1 l.Oi'i! i'ect above the earth, every thing spoken distinctly w is returned in aout a ir.iuut-a au e-:ho ilor aud di.'-.net ij writ) arxLoa An E.NoLrsn Scjuadrox fori CtitA The Hants Telegraph, an English paper, of the Jlllh ultimo, lias the following announce ment ; "The Powerful, ei, Captain Jlassey, is ordered to Jamaica ; and the Cornwall!, fi ', Captain We.-lesley ; Pembroke, 00, Cap tain Seymour, (screws,) and Ko.-cmond, till, p.i Idle, Coiiiiiiaiider Crofton, are lo go to iii-rmuda. It is rumored that this move ment is in consequence of the American government having replied to some commu nication made to them by Krilish govern ment on the subject of Cuba in a toue in- suiting to iLis country iu the highest possi ble de,;rc. The same paper states two other ships of war have also been ordered to the North American coast. We also see it stated, ou other authority, that the discussion about Cuba h is recently levived in a most belli gerent shape between Mr. Ju."bmian, our Mini-ter at London, an-l Lord Paliuerstou, the liiitish Premier, li -'h statements, how ever, so far as they relate to trouble between the two countries iu relation to Cuba, are of a doubtful character. TiiR F.v.mou.s(;ehok Law Muskets. e learn, from good authority, that the Rus sian Government has purchased the above tru-iirni 1 (Hi, (KM) old United States musket-, we believe and the same are now in proee-s of alteration into semi-Minie rif.es, at Colts establishment, Hartford, Connecticut. It is a singular fact, that the chief bellige rent parties in the present European war have come to the city of Hartford, Connec ticut, to obtain their l.-es t arms, Messrs. Konl ins and Lawrence are turning out over 1 ..'( i rifles -per tiiontli for the Sharp's Ri fle Conn , my, at that place, on an F.uglish contract, besides a larer quantity of other nriiH. Extensive additions have i eet) made to their works by the el ection of new build ings, and, if the war continues, further ex-teii-ions will be made. .Sckntific Ateri iMMICiUATION TO Iowa AND MiSMsUT.t. The rush of iuiiiiigiants to Iowa the pre sent year is truly astouisliing. No-tate, not even California, has obtained so rapid au in crease if population as has Iowa the past season. Through May and June every road to tiie interior was thronged with wagons, accompanied by flocks and herds, and at morning and evening, wherever you weut, the ctieampnif uls along the margin of wa ter courses reminded you of the exodus of the exodus of the Israelites. Southern Min nesota, too, is filling up with great rapidity, and ihi- Territory will soon bo Liim-kina At the doors of Congress for aduiissiou into the Union. The population of Minne-ola aud Iowa at the next cen-us will exceed a mil lion, and Diaiiy think Iowa will reach thxt lill.uber. MiHIFIKP Lt.otiMKUS. The Ik'Ucs of Utah have aJ opted a new eoituiue, which is thus ile'crbed ; " It consists of a loco fitting dres, re seuib'iiug, in cut, a man's Jack coat, being buttoned iu front, aud reaching a few inches below the knees, a pair of panut Vs adorning the ankles, and a Leghorn hat set jauntily upon the head, being iu fact a modi tic atiou of the I'doouier costume. The ladies are thus relieved of a superabundant load of petticoat-, ami their husbands are freed from paving for more than two-thirds tho u-iiii! ipiitiiiiy of dry goods a no small item oi expense in this couutry. LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA. M.v on, Nov. 'Iho Legislature met on Monday. Mr. Railey was elected Speaker of tlie Senate, aud Mr. Styles Speaker of the House, both Democrats. The Gov ernor's message is very voluminous, and is chiefly devoted to State all airs. lie re commends the Legislature to provide for calling a State Convention, in case Congo's- rejt cts the admission of Kausas into the Union ou account of being a slave-holding State ; and in that cii'e he reeotnmeudsj a disruption cf the Uniin, but hopes that the pati iedi-tii of the North will be exerted to avoid sueh a calamity. The Missino .Ekonaut. The Cincin nati I inn's says that ou the 3d iiist., a uum ger of persons iu that city plaiuly saw a b ai'iooti in the air, which, by a po We if at blass, was discovered to be a wreck, and in fers that it may have been the balloon of tho missing iLM-ouaut, W inchester who made an a-eeiisioii at Noi walk. Ohio, on the '-2d inst., and ha ,ot since been heard of. The inys-t--y invoking his fite has exe-ited a widc .-i read interest nud curio-ity. which possi 1 iv may never be sati-tied. The most plau sible explanation is that he fell into Laku Erie, over which he was la-l set u. and that his balloon afterwards wai'dered uncontroll ed through space till its gas was expended. Col. Kinney's Colony. We visited Gov ernor Kinney s plantation, about three quarters of a mile from town, on the oppo site side of the Faguna, selected by him for a test of the adaptation of the soil to different kinds of grains ami vegetables. The Governor arrived here on the ltith of .1 nl v, and it was some two or three weeks before he cleared away tlie undergrowth, and planted the seed. We brought away a line lot of roasting ears, beans, JLi;. Iho tviiit trees b it standing are full of fruit, and thus, iu tlie short space of about to months, the Governor is in the enjoyment of gai'-leu iuxuiie.- that would have required years to realize at the Nuriu. L'nitul .hf. icun, Ct-t. 21. A car on the South Carolina Railroad, ' containing about 6:t' bab-s of cotton, at , t ii'he.l lev ficigbt train, wss I ornt oo j i in lay, at the 1 -' mi.e puftip. eausinif tho ;eiet iitiou of the Ira'" f ' om I'uluni'oia for ;oiie hour. "The train f-oui Augusta, sl-o, ' tl-.l ii -t ri.iivv in Chailestoii until -ii io clock thai timing, in consequence of the ! en-ins fc ivirg run oil the trtci zi Uwir'a,
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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