North Carolina Newspapers

. -. - : . . . '-, ' . - .. , tJl...llltl.U-lUM -a. .en 1 1 1 11 fit THOMAS J. HOLTON, KfilTOa & rilOl'RIETOR. TKUM.": . r S irlli-Carnliini Wliiy ill be (Tiriei tusufi- ..I TWO DOl.I.Al! in iiuv .nrej'I Wn Tn'i'l LAU." A.NU HITY L K.N I S ir (.uymcnl It ',,v,.l iur titMC moi.tii-juiMl Tlili KK iJCir.I.AKS .n.l of li yi-ir. N"iiikt will l. ilim-oii. ,,ii MiiliUM srreurajra arc fiiiti, cxcr l at the ,!n.iiut Editor. . ,ln.riieiin" insrrl.il at One Dollar per siiiiara ,,,! r Ii-mi, Una sired lyi" ) lor the lir.l inner. I ,,n j ml '""t" ''" u,'li continuance. ( .nil I ail. ,",iI. i,..iiIk mil' Smntl's - chained '-'' I"" ,1 higher ! 'id dciiuciion nf 33 i r emit. ill maile iron. !:... ri , (,! rear- A ilvertiM'iiiiiiU inx-rlud nioiilliljr i.r . .'i.pif . l ! im f nu .ro for carli tune tv mi. Ij'I'jjI": t -' urt aulluii'H lo act igrnli Frt'Ot liuKti li'i M-'gft line. II 0 P E . nd iti ttibmnt the nnUot duU'il tuclrar. W i;i i'i r, fti I vlii n w u!! U ur j; t d - I( liatrl on l' crrtairi i'mii ? r vf.MiI.l it !W ion hi e4ry hmh-m, , ir u to jj't rc: Inn luturo tit jr jjIixjui. j- t fc.fl rr liriflitn i tj rltiuJ nf iH.rruw, Wh'i-H cju itii a!t iJi'W o'er our n..ro w v; , i'4Li(4 i'i'r..ri', hr pirtui h'.ur r4i W u .urf mtt pnrf in cmi rffMiit")nn ;, ) i, wiliMiivl I it rrv lmri t c.e. YH tt ir ftti'y in Krii f r Jtntrr.rf , T .f rj.JMiit xuilt llir Im rl run cUtvt 111 we ftAt into lic lotiir. .h1. m-f , vu iiii.il tie fptiU' tii) U r it l" cli r. Am'1 !d ff.t; IViRt-Rt l our pU! fimth'ii, hf lap-" kUii.l C tltt- IO nf lfH tit trHH'. 'Jtliscfllanffliis. 7'jumi I'tttinnn't M'g'izinr. ur rKjs r uoHtiitAD. " tiuy I riJ lib!'' I tsi.l, one t.tl.i Jam; u.'triiiuj, we ist at tlio break- Unie Milo!" ''Vnf It' titb alcnuliful dij." " H.t he'lS tlirot you !" 'J'hmw me 1" .U'l I IbiiijIi' J nicrri'.jr i..! ii.i-rr.l j'uusly. "Say, je", uncle ijef," I to!itii,.j"iI, co.linj.-1j, tl.err' iithin to fcr; l I'm Ayij lor i enur." " You'll ilic of s ciiitrr ilivn," lie rrtortcl, '.th IN urini vit, " fur Im'il lr-ak your t":ck. The hcr-e hit only Xirvu thlJeu thrrs t,n., tnice hy mye!f 0CC I'J " It-it you've often aiil I w l-t!' r i-tri 1 1) ri it J.jc." Jje a i!i flable-Iior. "Hit' a i;.0'1 uurlf. r.'j do", Ai.il I liirrw my aniM ni.out Lh hi ok n Lit il i. ir, I kiic-, i y r-ijH-riece. limt, n'u'-n I diJ U I g( inT!ly cnriiivl tlipdny. My uncle lit.. lo lo.ik .-trill ; Ldt I aw . rf ! ".tiii. He in.l; h tff nt, however, to 0- lit ru i, " Why h.it tkt' I) .i'i. 1. in 1" he :'' "li jJi.in:" I crinl. I H1. aiiail-jmcul I1 .1. 1 in, on nirh n inortiii'j an thi. "no a. J,t a (;! lite a rockiu-li'rc at oni i'. ' " We!!, vt. il," lie il. " ir I mit-t, I nni't. Villi '11 trai' tin life out of in it I il'.n t Ifl v ii hive ydir . I i.-!i ynu'il pi t a !. i iiaii.l, y.ni minx, you're j:ri)i.iiij; leyonJ in, routru?." " llu:ii ii '. A liinLm-l. M'i'll, fi tf y ri, I i! l-win to look out f..r oi:e to-day." " He'll ooii n pent nf Ilia h: infill," "'id i i. y iihc'o ; hut hi i-iiiil.' .i !ii-d hin W"rU. " V.iu're . cros a y" I'lut, if you c;ni l li ifiM-our wxy. Thi'iT," .-i inn I wh"ut II "ik,- ' i) i.l jj.-t ri tidy, !iilo I tell .!;(! to M.MU Mllo. You'll mt till) IlllUnO Srr ifl don't .- ii.i yoa oil." Mi-o Ka -non nl the door, pay, mettle. "ic f ..It, alio hid cum t.a.k n I ii iijiit.il anl pavu ine a ieioiM look 1 did t .t fj'nip likr. '' I Hf rar 'ni l HIT uncle. " Lot it it. y -t 1 1 jjive it U." I I I 'lUI'll, '" ! riHtor i;ivr up any thin?," I "f id. ' Nit i Vi !i lh.- fiuilii'S ' I hu-loilid. eh''" "N. I'll lido donii to the I'ocr-houe "d a-k old Tohy, the octo-eiiia" put'i'r, have tin-; and you'll he forced to hire Wilkes tn cook your dinners." And " I 'nid thi", my i-yi tinkUd iiii'i hiev e'i'ly, for nn.-l '.:. mi old haihelor, alio t. t.ud nil ftrniitu woim-ii, and had nn t'J'-eial avcr-ion to I'oll ii"H, a sour old 'aid of forty ffven, bcraunf, years Hj;o, idm bad pl.tt.-d to tiitr) liim into mi a i ri iiioiiv. 1;' foni he eould n dy, 1 pvc Milo In head. John -i(-iti, wn arc told, went l't ; bul 1 ' iit f itir. It wii not loiter leforo the u'.t bid it H hi, own Wny. At tir.-t 1 tii.'d thick hi-fpved ; but he ot the hit in lo tn iiiih ; and nil I eould do m to hold "I i.d tni.t to tirirf; him out. Trees, fences 5nl l.(iiii! np,t hy in like wild jiigeoiia on to ainjr A lon an the rond wan clear, did will cnoupli, hut middeiily eoininir lo bla-ted onk.that htm ted out, upeetre like, f"m the cd-e of & r ood. Milo i-hied, twi-led Iialf around, nnd planted hU fori IV el i-tub-lornly in the ground. I did not know I fall!. Mr, till full inyelf ill a ii.ud-hole, wbieb Li j Rt one idi; n the ro.id. Here wna B Cue, end to my liouiti'd horc itiuiis!,:,, ; )!.lt ft3 ia nl,4 waj M,ft( I was '"'t hurt, nnd the ludicroiii pcclai'le I pre filled ko.jii got the upper bnnd of my Tcxa " A lint: dinner I have of fmdiiifr a '"nloitnl, in thii condition," I mid to myself, ''eallio, my j0-.t willl Ulidc. "If I OOlllJ ce Homo niml dryad now. and pamf myself off for a mud nymph, I iiiilit have a chance." And I bejran to pick mynelf up. " Sbnll I help you, .Mb I" .uddeiily said deep, rich, inuiily voice. , I looked up, and xuw a younp man, the (upprefcd merriment of who.-e Llaek eyea urouiui ilia uiooti to my cheek, ami made ! lm-, for an inMant, uslmtned and nngry. i ltut on glancing agaiu at my dresn, I could U' t help laugbiup iu pile of myself. I stood , iu the iinid, nt leant hx incbia above the top of my bIiocj. My riding skirt was jaja.-tcrcd alover, to that it Ijiiost im-j40.-ibloTVrt1:f. TiffflCli "wiiai' inude. My bundx and ui un were mud lo tho elbow.-, . fJr I bad ianiincively txteuded them, ad I i ft. 1, iu order to protect .uiystlf. J ! 'J'be youn man, a be hpoke, turm-d to I the iivibboring fence, and takin;; off the I top rail, placed it acroMi the puddle, then fpiillilij: hi aim around my a jint, lie lifted me oul, though not without leaviuj.' my shoes behind. While be wan fUhiug tbe-e out, which be began immediately to do, I Mole 1 1 hind the enormous old oak, to bide my blu.-bin face, and scrape the mud from my flocking and ridin-liii t. I bad matiaijed to j.'ct the tiit a liule clenucr, Lut the I j f waa till as t'.icK ailiiiuud as ever, w b.'ti my companion made bis appearance with the in ift-nir hoen, which be bad heraped till they wtro iuite .retiitahle, and leadiiijr Milo by the bridle. " I'i ay, let me .c9 you bom"," he Paid. " If you will mount aain, I II h ud the colt ; and there will be no eliuneo ol hi.-, repeaiiue; bi-tii.-k " I could not an( r for chaine. Uut nhci: ill thi Middle iiiiit!i-ri-d Mum tiling about " hot ti ou'uiii'5 him. ' " It no trouidr, not the Ka.it," be re plied, Maud, bat iu baud like . knidiliy cavalier, and Mill retaining l.i.-. bold on thu I ridle, " aud 1 really can't li t you go alonp, for the colt it nt vi-rivu- ai he can be, to-day. Look at bis cnif, and hn red iu his ever. I aw you coining ilonii the road, and ix-pi-i-H-ii y.iu to be thioMii, every ii.iuulc, till I haw bow well you rode. Nor would it have happened, if he hadn't wheeled and topi cl, like a tiiek htie in the tiicu." 1 cannot teil Id -oothiiiu was thi- grace ful way of txeu.-iiij: my mirhap. ftou- a gUnce, under my eye lid-, at luc fpeaker, and nw that be wai vtty hfud-ome and (.-.-i.tli inaiiiy, and vpparenlly a'o.iut eix and twenty, or !.evetal years older than iny-tif. 1 had hoped that uncle would be out in the 6ri.i, oi ei locking the nn-n ; but a- we entered the gate, 1 naiv him itlinu', pri voLiiu'ly, at tne open aindow . and by the time I bad apruii; to tins tilouml, he had rouic out, bi eycii biiin f ill ol lui.-chltf. 1 did not dnrc to top, hut turu.ii to toy eM-oit. I naid, " My . uncle, ur, won't )uu walk in.'' aim then ru-lnd up lhii..'' In about half an hour, jutt as I had di et ed, there a. ii a knuck at my door, my uncle's kuoek. I could not but on' n. lie a laughing a luw,iieut Uugli, Lis portly body hhaawi ad over a it h uppreioed merriment. " Ah '. ready at l.-iM," be said. " I began to derpair of you, you ut-te ho lung, and Cauie to hapten you. He's waiting ill the parlor Mill," be aaul, in a malicious whli-pi-r. ' You've my comciit, lor I like him hu.'i v, omy who'd hae ibought of liudiii a bu.-.-baiid in a mud puddle. ' li ptd pa-t my louiicnlor, pnferiii.g lo I'aio eieii in y c.-coit il.an to run the ga untie t cf uiiel.s wit; and n as roon Maiii iih ring my thanki. to Mr. Ten plcl.m, for r such in y uni 1.-, who l.iiiowcd iu-, doan, iu-Iri'-lueed him. J o make bltt of what tv-e would be a hn.g .-l .ry.what aid in j.-ht tun ed out to he eiiii.e-t j for in Ii-ks than rix moiifh-, in thut icry room, I tood up to I come Mrs. T n.pleloti. Ilo it all came about I b. Mil'y know, liut 1 certainly did lind a liii-haii'l on that day. Marry, tor that is the nainu l y which I cill Mr. Teii.pUt.ju, sayi thai I eiileled the purior o tl aii-foriu- c. l, my light blue ti.--.ue Homing about we ao like a cloud wn at h, my cheek -o ro-y. my cy es o bright, my curls j-laving fiu-li hide-nnd-n ek about my faee, liiat, not n p. etil.g Mich on apparition, he io-t his h-.'ail at one.', lit! a bin, ..r be Mill knows how to coni liu.ciit as well a- ever, that my gay, yet int. iiiLi-nt talk, so il if), rent from the demure Mi-s be bad expected, completed the b'j-ine-s. liairy was tin' son of tin old m i-hbor, who had been alii" i ! for three years, and In fire that time bad he. n nt college, no that I bad li.ver seen him; but iiln-b' remem bered him at one.!, and bad iu.-iatcd en !.! May in f till I l ime diuu. (IioUl'Ii llarty, from delicacy, would have left alter an in ipiiiy about i. y health. My uncle was one of tho-e who v.i;l not l.o put off, and so Hairy remained," The luckiett thing," he say " I ever did." Milo i- now my favrrite stied, for Harry broke biin for nn- ; and we are nil a-happy ti- the d iv i Ion;-, uncle included : for ui.el.-ini-ted on our livin.' with him, and I tol l him, at ltit, I would CMi-ent, " if only to ke.-p T'dl Wilke- from cookin.' bis diunei -." Tn which he nn-wercd, looking til Harry, "You mi: a bat a little fpitlire il i-. nnd you may 1 le.- vour Mai s if you doij't vue the day he went out to Ond a husband." tl.M'. .' T1IK IlKASIisS. VYe Gild tliC fo'.lo.iii.g iii-tructiiu revelation in a late l.umbrr of li.e SptingliclJ 'Massachusetts) Argus : "line of the reasons fur tho bower of Fn iiM.nt pennons in the last campaign may be accounted for by the lollowing, which is doubtless one of scores ol simiiai instances : " A clergyman in one of the rnmitry 1 ...M . ..I' M .,... Liim Its. a 1'ii-iiiont. r. but . iii' - - - ... , - - . ' ail honest, well -ine uning man, was absent ' from bis flock for u few days ju.,t before the election. On bis return bo lound a letter enclosing n ten dollar bill as a cuiiipeiisatiim ' for a Fremont sermon which be w as request j rd to preach. The occasion had passed the I test. Unlike ihousandseiigage.l iu the sham Uepublicati cause, ho was too honest lo inoekct the money without rendering: an it . i.i . r . - .. I :. ... .1... equivalent, aua uiereio.o iiiumcu . w mv tempter. . ii I, ,...',.l he interest in" to Know lioiv 'many ten dollar f-'es were paid for political hcimous lit the campaign oi -. ; AiU'LTtiUTKD LtQijoite, '-The recent death of a young man in Hrumptoii, Canada, from taking iho " csi-eiico of brandy," with which bo was manufacturing cognac, and the revelation of the fact that strychnine is largely used in tbematiufacture of whiskey, lias awakened aoiue attention to the nature of iho drinks which are sold for pure .spirits, lirandy, gin, wins and whiskey are so adul terated that comparatively little pure litjuor can be purchased. Most of tho brandies are a mixture of diabolical ingredients, caustic enough to burn oak chips, to say nothing of the delicate tissues of the human body. The Springfield Jicpuldican says : " No scen t is made of this business. The drug dealers of New York advertise openly thti CJIupotllidK by-icnu- of whitl'u tho ' ilc imitations of spiritous liipiors are made. A circular from one of these drug houses in forms the world that brandy number one the best suit, we take it is made of ' oil of brandy,' a poisonous cilicr, oil of bitter almonds, (as poisonous as prussjc mid,) ethereal wine, alcohol, sugar and Malaga wine. No.". Oil of brandy, acetic ether, larmarinds, e!n rry juice, sugar, all colored with burnt sugar. No. '!. till of brandy, ethereal oil, bitter almonds, elder flowers, nnd tannin. No. -1. Oil of brandy, acetic ether, oil of peach and alcohol, (jiu Oil angelica, oil of juniper, rum, essence of lemon, salt, syrups and water ; if suiokiness is required add a few drops of o rmntr nud lo innke it biting upon the palate mid some run stir jmfusi . The circular advi-es man ufacture! s to use with discretion tamarinds', I'M-lull plums, cherry juice, br.ittn berry, oak shakiiiL's, tincture of catechu, powdered charcoal, black t.-a, ground rice and other ordinary materia!-, well known to di-tiilers ami rectifiers. We should advi-e drinkers 'o ii-c these villainous mixtures v itli di-cre li..ii and throw them into the gutter." The adulteration of liiUoi- is carried on as lai.ely abroad as in this country and the cu-toiii bouse brand i- no guaranty of purity. Tbou-ands of pipes of raw spirits arc an nually exporte.l from this country to be re turned in the shape of w inc. In and y, Ac, which contains not a trace of gr;:j e juice. rnfNTAI.N (if I!l.O(..i IN A C.W KIIN'. K. li. Sipiier's notes 011 Central America de scribe a wonderful effuson of fluid resem bling blood near the town of Yitud, iu the State of Honduras. It appears that there is continually oozing and dropping from the roof of a cavern iherc a red lupiid. which upon filiinu' coagulates o n to precisely rcsem bl.t blood. Like blood it corrupts, insects depo-it their lanrc iu it, and dog and lm. xnrds resort to the cavern to cat it. At tempts have several limes been ma le lo ob tain some of ibis liquid for the purpose of analysis, hut in ol! cases without mecen, in con-i iieiic.- of its rapid ilccoinpositlon, wbircbv the bottles cui.taiuiiij it were bro ken. The small cavern or gfotto during the day is visited by buzzards and hawks, and at night a multitude of vampire bats for the purpo-e of I'eedinj on the unnatural blood. Il is situated 011 the bonier of a rivulet, which it keeps reddened with a Mil a II flow of tin' liquid, which has the color, taste an 1 smell of blood. In approaching tho crott.i a lii-ajrerablr o lor is observed , and when it is revhod there may be some poels of the apparent blood 10 a state of coagulation. j The peeiiliai i'.ies of thi" liijuid are con-1 iii-n d due to the rapid tviicration in this jr. Ho of "ime very prolific species of infu soria. I'll.; '"alif. riii 1 State .Journal, re marking on the al.ove, observes that the rs'rm of the town of Monterey contains a species of blood red infusoria, f the- larvrc cf water in-cct,) which at cerviin seasons of tin" year smell precisely like fr-sh Mi, or 011 exposure in a vessel, like putrid fi-h. In some se.Kons it has leeii found dried in Il ik.'s, and of the intense color of Vcrmil liun S'-ini'iJic A')in uti 11. CoiMvt Nkw Cknts at the Mint. The l'liilailciphiv l.nd.'er says tho demand for the new cent piece-in that city is unabated. (If the mode cf making this coin at tin: Mint, it says : There arc nt present nine presses engaged in making the iinpre-sions upon this new coin; live mills are also in con-tant opera tion, lorniiiig the rim on the coin previous to receiving the impres-ion. These last nn un d machines are capable of making rims 1 i:.oii three various kinds of coin at one and the same time ; nt present, bow ever, they 'are engaged upon tho in w cent exclusively. I About I t't' persons in all are constantly cn ga.'ed in the operation of the mint, nnd at 'tho piescft lime the whole force are rn j priced exclusively on the "cent." F.ach lef the presses throw off eiuhty-six finished ; coins per minute. Alibis rate, working ; from nine o'clock, a. in. till three o'clock p. in the nine pic-ses throw olf each day the 'sum of S-'.'-li.-l" in cents; that i.-, provid ing the presses arc kept goim; regularly, j Sixty thousand dollars of this coin, six . million pieces, wire paid out on Monday and ' Tuesday, and oideis are still coining fiom ! all quart, rsof the U limn, even from the south land south-west, where the old rent never .obtained circulation lowest prices then: being graduated to the lowest silver coin. Frmii present indications, the old cent will be hurried out of use and out of sight, even sooner than were tho small Spani-h fractions ol a dollar. Tit k Cni.MKAN Wail Ceil. .Ic-sup. the n.i-irii.rinaster (ieiieral ol the L. S. Army, ; .mid an old soldier of experience, comment 11. tf III, oil M.ir-hal 'aillant'e rxposiiion of the Cli mean war, says that the up.' radons of the allied armies 111 tin) Ciimea were in j violation of the military axiom which re quires tho army m the field to he driven lout before au important fortress is attacked. I 'l l... l.'.-..i.el. were not able to do so for want of means of transportation, which prevented Iheiii t'oiti" tweii'y-tive miles from their 'ships. For a force of three hundred and nine thoussml men they iinpioyeu less man ; half the number of animals, for all purposes, 1 . 1 a I .11 .1 li during tiie war, winch we suppneu mr nrau and packing alone for our army iu Mexico, that never exceeded forty-five thousand men. A fc'TiiAMJK UltlD Dr. Thurston, of Ysn Ihjreii, Arkansas, rccettly sb-it a bird w hich puzzles the oldest settlers, hunters, imd nat- uraii-ts in that latitude, fotp,-1. 1 wbotu think it a bittern and others a .-toi k. The int.-l-' ligcnccr describes it thus: Height, whcii' Maiming, uio net ini-ce i.iei,.-s ; l;rean u, oi Wln.r Kir lo..l u;.l.l tt...l.oa T..I...I.. ..e 1 .... . I . . i - r ....-.-1..i . . , , ' nine inciics. i pon the wlioic it was a ma-ter sjieciiucu of tho bird kind, iOs.-et.siti the trangest and most fantastic eoot of plumago 1 mat no have ever lookc-U upon ; lias the cxtcnorof :,ti American fowl, its pluinaj. olji j: u-. IhMip40ll of iMyulrdt IlUa 01. tbc scapular regioubciiigas black saAu,till ,!llluwi of lC-0 , , U(.c , i out, were rc. rave,,, a, resenibhiig .Le o,tr,ch feathers, j etud uJ c011M(Ilt(Ja t0 ,iie Ba. while its bead, buck, tiecje -m' sides, were paudily Udeckra with :--2i:-''''.M.a nUm ol tl, Auirricau party in 'their one leain.-rao. t-very iinffEu color tntu , ...uo.igio inor .iniiow, i,ungihe,.js(l!rs ami it. i 1 .0 u i.uub 1.1s 1 due lli I u . I 1. s It ' p, lil-aui I- ful beyond all conception, unless compared with the fainous biid of Paradise. Jt proved to be not otdy an eatable biid, but one of thu most delicious fowls wc have ever cateu of." W.vsllINtiToN. Among the books in the library of ijeorge Washington, at the time of bis death was the "Poetical Works of William 1'reston, ll.-..,-' a work published in Dublin in li1-9. 'i he Look was a pre sentation copy and waa ii.sciibed by the author to Washington, in the following lines which for terse :iinl comprehensive thought, cannot he rxcelie.l. Wc have copied the inscription iu liuti a.-s it was written by the author : To His MsCiTier.ry, (ieorec Wnliiii?ton, The Deliverer of his Country, I lidi.-iiinyed in Jl.mgcr, I 'u-lialci'ii in Adversity, I.'i.coi -rupt.'d i.i l'ro-pcrity, in w In in Military Talents, Colisuuilnato Wisdom, anl Unexampled Moderation Most happily Unite and render biin The Iloa.-. of Human. Natuie ! From the Author. What more truthful and cnuipiekeusirc tribute to the memory of the immortal n asiiiiiL'ion nas iiei ii riiidcre'i hy any w riter than this inscription from the pen of an almost unknown author, and one w ho has no national alTinities a litli him whoii.be I'.rumiiicr. thus culcgized. A Itllil l ,r ... llR."fv.J',EVVlTl',r'I,,,'r,I'iKST- A (rn nil of ours, just roiuined from Kan- as a here he has resided two years, telis of the ttiuh prices of provisions m that region. Hour last month was selinig at tl 1 per barril, molasses ti a gallon, pork L'O c.-i.t a po,.n,l, und other things at the mime rat.:, the crops last year vera tioor. the winter severe. kiihW man v itatili- nn.) tli - , . ts j . - . .- . " ,.. . helore them. o the question, how (.id you me the answer was prompt. Live, said bii ' lit'., nn Kr-inLud .nan. 4',. I . '. arm v oi e in 1 .'nil :on so I a no. nari.ni-oi.rnn ' ' 1 last, coin lor dinner, and com for supper, . l.'Is1t ll'ar,le'1 live; and if 1 had practiced here lor ten years, wht I was orce. io lucre even at low wages, 1 should have Lien a rich man. - Two Scotch gentlemen went to Ireland t ,-,kP n tour, and to see the i.aiivcs. (hie of them oti.t driz7!v da v. bet the other the. price of their .lii ,er "and a 1 ottle of wine, that the fir-t 'at thev found would he too much for thorn. A d'imii.-.tive fellow with nn old fri. r.f coat and a piece cf a hat was trvimj to ploimh with a ponv under the t. rof a row of trees. " l'at '' ,aiJ our friend. Yes. y,r. honor." bo rcilied 'If the ilevil were to come just now, winch of the three would he lake" " Sure he'd take me, yer honor !" liut wbv, l'at?" " ( Vx Ik a- fine nf hour 'uonois at am tunr." IVnNHliKti HlM-" What has brought you h"re V said a lone woman, who was quite " fliiMei aled," the other morning, by an ear ly call from a hatchelor neighbor, who lived opposite, and who she regarded with pecu liar favor. " I came to borrow matches." Matchesl that's a likeiy story I Why (ion l you make a match yourselt : "lkuow wiiai yjtl eome lor, cnell Hie Co-ack, the hor.se ('apt. N'oland rode when ' he was Kl.led at. Jlalaklava (ill the famous inlainoiis chiirge,) is lioiv the property of a gentleman of Ciuciniiaii, ami arrived in that city la-t week. He is a grey Arab Stallion, six years old. and ! ourt-cii bamis hijh. His gronm, w ho eaim' nil :i lain is Udw ird S'eap er, one of the il. eeu survivor of a regi ment of il'M Hi iii-h sohli. rs who landed in (lallipoii, in l-'ebrury, l""'l. lb. was at Alma. Halaklava. 1 nkei inaini, and the ciie of Seba.-topol, and 1 soks.it issai.!, a" if he w as made of oak, li.-iiiuni if ry and iron. I N TETfcsiT I N.l TO CnllV l'l.ANTBI.S. A writer iii a Memphis paper recommends the suiijoincu r:au lor Killing irons : 1 Take a horse hair two inches long, tie a knot at one end, run it through a grain cf corn. and tu row the crams nroaucat over . . . 1 . your tarms. I he crow wi.l swallow lh graiu the hair sticks out at the mouth, and produces irritation and infl iniation, ' which causes the crow to commit suicide by clawiug his throat for reli humbug. is no The Petersburg Kxprcw. states that there ' Is 1 n tlini oil 1- 11 liiii. ..g. tirm y united bv : a i"'iiiieiit u lit iainese twin-, tin: one cu tirely white and the other a pnro yellow. The colors may bo distinctly seen through the transpnrmt coating of -kill which 111 volopes the two, fortl.ey nrj .W s.'irl.s. This doiii'le igg the one white and the other yellow was deposited by a ej.uuiou hcu. 1 , .1 . : , .. I . I 1. . 1 .1 1 .11 . . ... . . 1 ' 1 1' 1 1., "i - . .--ou 1 ., a ..nils .... .'i . . - u.iii. ii.ev itvii, St. 1. iii-.i iti'.i iiiu eou.-u II old virgin, as she hacked tho bate helor into r ,,, nf llio- W S Wood of M chleaii . 1 . .1 1 . 1 . ".11 ,. . ,, , 1- , ... , rison, 01 vino , 11. is. 110011,01 i 1 1 log ,1 11 , y j j 1 11 favor ot striking out the last clause the society bud been ohnetioilabe. a corner, " ton emtio here lo kiss me al- u u D.nei bon-.-r of initios - liililwin '11 11. .1 t 1 1 . .. . " , . t- , I ,1 1. . 1 , ., I'eliCl.tiowi r, 01 Illinois , ,. n.i.i villi, utter taking Hablwlli bv tue baud, anu Dr. Iheekinriuoe moved to la v this 1110- liio.-t toilen'h: I. at yon shant v -.tlio.it von nt ('omipriieiit .1 .1 t'litt.-nden of Ken-1 1 1 i- 1 '1 i- i .11 .1.11 ,, , 1 .1 1 1 1 ' oiuicci'tui , a. ,1. y. litu uiieii, 01 ivni dt.cann,, hi, jjy at being al ie. lor Auiei 1- 11011 ot Jud'.-c l ine on the table. 1 his w as you re the strongest, a::J the. J.Jid knows tn-k-v -nd Ai.thnnr K,nn..ilr of Mar v and 1 1 1 ? 1 , 1 1 3 ' - tuuv.aiiu autnonj rveumuy.oi .uarjiaiiii, pmu-iplcs, to yield his own personal lost, ami tne vote on the original motion to U ' " i Mr. Schley, of .Md , moved that all rcso- .-..,,,., refer tne matter to the next Assembly was THE AMZIUCAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. i.iii.i-ii,i.t, uuue a large, nninier of delegates to .he American National Con .... 1 1 1 '" jcs.en.ny a. to-by. Iho convention promt.es to he a , d ; ,(, f r? I .uiposeu o. man; pro...- slot the . tales ot llu , i men troiii mo; L'uion. 1 1 -. 1.- . 1 i. . .1. r v v . . 1. . . tHonv Kf tiuedv of Maryland " John. I I 'n't- , e 1- . , . . " 1. 11 . , ' . ' ' ., 1 ,,.11 ....I 1,. ,.r. ,CVelal States, this allcri.Oon. I he meet 1 11 Lr ' jjomllC,lt(, UKJfeUJbl0 in council at the M'-zarl Hall, at cleveu ocloek to-morrow morning. UltsTI'.W MOKMM) SKSSIOS. ' Hon. E. li. Darthttt, the l'lcsidei't of the j Natioual U'ouncil, called the council to order j at 11 o'clock this morning. I The followino coiinnittee on credentials' n.-ir. nr i.oilili.il 'I' C War., of t i'..io W. V. Da in-boner, of Illinois; T. thlcv, of Maryland ; G. M. Hillyer, of Missouri"; A. lialuwin, oi 'Connecticut ; A. M. C. Smith, of New York, and W. T. Su itzer, of Mis- The coiiiciH'"ii then adjourned till a'jdan of organization as respectively may be o'clock 1' M i "-'"' ""'lei to the views of the members ot ' AF'i hKMiiiN t-essios. the party in their several localities. The president culled the council to order l-tvrt, That the president of the Coiiu- at two o'clock. 'Jhe c'-inmitt.-e 011 cixdeii- j l" auti.orixed to .-eii et a natiol.r.I execu- tials reported the list oi delegates a, far as : t'v comn.ittee, to be c uoposed of 13 mem- completed. : I'cr'i r'" w boni Eve shall constitute a quorum, Hon. Lra-tus Drooks then addressed tlm "dec' chairman and correspond - convention, according to the arrangements M crctary, and autl.orix-d represeiita. of the comiiiittee, at cousiderablo K-li.tll. 1 He reviewed the luifsiou of the American 1 r-irti- 'pw VorL- l. ,.iw..i l-n . !tJHU votes for l'ilimore, and Americans aiejtl",,': Prol'er .stronger today tuau in November last, for . ti ns of thousands of republicans are regret- ting the error iuto which they were led under the excitement of the 1're-ideiitial canvass, and are now ready to return to an allegiance to the American prmeiphs. Hon. Auibouy Kennedy, of Maryland, next addressed the couretiliuu. The Mary - land delegation bad come here with a firm iletirniination to iliscard all sectional Ice I- ing'and prejudices, to ct their faces against U,5J 'hing calculated to distract or divide tho people of the different States ; and to give in M"aryland'ii allegiance anew to true Atneri- catiisni. lo the.-e principles the people of I American party ti form a common brother- Maryland have been ready to risk their J00J throughout tho. Union, of American lives and fortunes, and nrereadvto do so ' lm.n. -ai. bhe will be as ready to act iu future, i l';e third resolves to reitrrate the Man- fcl iimii!lg between the extreme North and j,',an articles of political faith, as laid dowi South, lie will call upon all true Americans j formerly iu FhiiacViphin, and recapitulales, to know no principle but one that of L'uion. kith sli-ht aitcr.itions, the l.i.-t national Ho ci.iled upon the party not to change phil fi in" jM namo or principles, but to fight on. tight; 4. A'ootW, That it is our imalferablr ..,;i .i.- i. -r a -.i :.: - . ..I , uui.i i..c ii luiiii-u vi ;u. ci luau I'.iui .'. . i I jjit.., n as si'Viilvii. stii-'I'i... pi s - .. i ..ir. n. n . i iionipson, oi iiiuiana,a.iacaefi the Democratic party. Ho said that party is now forming capital out of the Dlack He - i ... . . . . . purjlicaus ol the ortheru Mates. J tie latter party was declaring that the 1'resident ami Congress of the United Slates had a right to disregard the decisions cf the highest courts, and interpret the constitution asthey understand it, and not as interpreted by the courts. He declared that while the rcpub- l'cauj ught to place the Americans on a 'eVt'' l'le ,:ei?r0Mi Democrats seek to l''at'; t',t'1" ou a '- vel with pauper labor- f for ''t'" countries. He deprecated the introduction into any ,,:,,lolll p'atlorm of the slightest .illusion to fl:,v,;r.v- 11 wa n-i impossihle, lie l elieve.l, Id 111 . e "ow ;"',a regaru slavery as ""J""11? evil, a. it was ,0 i,,Ke Mil -aI'cii' heueve it mora.ly wrong to hole. netoes in servitude, iet every Mate enjoy it, o.vn opinion. In regard to all such ab stract question-, it is better that negroes should bo blotted from the laud, than that the Liuoii should he severed on account ot milllUt.r , t.v 1JV d,,,,,, best an l most , a Uisputo about the value of a slave ! conducive to their own welfare, subicet to Hon. l-.rasiud lirooks moved the appoint- ,;( p,vi.,i0s 0f the constitution of the meiit of a committee of thirteen to report, a lit,.j States, with the privilege of ad mis series of resolution,, and an address for the siou vUo U L ljllll v,lt.1K.vcr thev have the consideration of Ihe couventiou. Agreed to. .,.;,;,, , n.u.datim. f.,r one- ret.r'eseiitative Tie I ll-SIUltUb iippOIUlCll US U LOI..IIIUI. i. -...i... : the following eeutlciucu ! Krastus lhooks, of New Y'oik ; .Mr. Hoffman, of Maryland ; tMiil.,i :t 11 Mills of V:l,llilli'tnll : O. M. Hyllvrr, of Mississippi; W. 1. Sutton, of Arkansas; R. W. Thompson, of .Indiana lutions cf a political character, which may I 1 .1 1 . ..- 1 ... .1 ..1 1,e preseutod, be referred to the above com- miuee. Afar a debate by Messrs. liuckingham. of New Yolk ; K. T. Wood, of Urook'yii, and Gen. O. Joins, of Syracuse, who were all opposed to resolutions, the motion was indi linitoly postponed. Mr. Ware, of Ohio, moved that a com mittee of ihiitctn be instructed to mature and report a general plan for the .reorgani zstiotiof the American parly throughout tka Union. Adopted. The convention then adjourned till to- sk. nsri ii.tv. I-VH.I.K, June 3. A litter was read I.i from Hon. Andrew Jack-on Doncl-on, in which ho expressed tho belief that the local ,r.,i,nli.-..- iihieh had enabled the rartv. 1 - .1 1 (.uli...i 1... r,n. .laekson "the sham demo er.iev to ITi I possession ui inc. icuerai t;ov- ... . r 1. 1 cr,liM,,,lt are rapidly losing their influence, aI)i rvorctv att:u-ks the fall en squattir .., .. i.uv "of the present democratic ad ministration. Do declares the present cabi net represents nothing national, hut is coin- ! posed nf a secretary who recently denounced iu the coarsest billingsgate, the whole States I lii-hl party ; ot iinoiuer w 110 is one ot ine nio-t notorious leiiui-is 01 hut iwniui-ui . ...... 1 ..j ..r .1... i ....1...... Rights party ; and of another who declared his heart would break sooner thaato approve of the compromise of l-oll. 'I lie contents of the letter were-rcceivjd with liuicii appl iu-e, llou. LrastusDrook.s, from the couiaiittcc 1 t xa-poraieu I, Stizerle. 0t Missouri i J. Soot-t liar- 1 ...;.i, m:.. ... ,i. .. M u.,i.i. :t ..... ':. ,;. .1 .1... .1. . ,"r ion resolutions, reported, in part, an address, which had breu determined on by iho com mittee i nt the aalue time explaining mai- ,,,,., . i1(. .1,1, , r,,.,. ail the 1 m ii-s nssigncd to thciii. -j btt aadr.- coc into a uet.-ii'.ed .!i-eusion hxuw l(?,tio mi rtamin- tiot, of tIie d t. , . -r;.I i c- policy , nuu o includes 1( B,ii,, that the Federal Union must bo maintained ; ihe leai 1 -ed lights ot the St-'tes "1U'', lo r(-'nIlcl-'l0,i tla' ,0"s . "' Jirclne iourt must o.t cnioieeu , me in..u.. ..I rlinrr.li 71 f ft Mil ft mll-t l.rt IireVCIiieil ; "f c' ' gbtf I '' !VC, f coiiscienee must be guarantied; eiieiiu iiileresls must X e prct. cled ; .1 . t -:- .: U... t. .l,..ei.l,..il luu .."--. -v..v.. i KV,,,'U"1 V'HTl IZ 1 . . ' ' ....... .1. led; the naturalization laws luubt bo u 1. detl; niuiiltcr sovereignty and alien .-ulfi age must be repudiated; and, linn 11 jr. that Amuii euns 111 list ruio America. The address ita. adopted by acclamation. The foliowiu rc.-olu lions were adopted by the convention : lU.wffl, That upou the adjournment of ' Ihe .atl'lll V iitlllCll, tne same sin ail journed til! eane.l tog.-lhei- a, herciiialler pi'OMdnl. i That the Ame.ieat. patty in I 01"-1' 'vtilt,; lei ntory, and Ine Di-trict lot Coiuinbia, be authoriie.l to adopt such a ' "' 01 lue ,c,lca" V" lM,"!s"uu.' ,u;"8 vss, ...iov a y.iai, .or ine pie- ! United State.-, and call together a national paratioti and permanent publication by it of Icouiieil at such lime and p'.uco us thej may tho common Kii-;lish liibie in a form suita- Mr. Hrookf, from the c-miiiiltce cn rcso- lutions, ri ported as follows: 1. I.tvtlvrj, In view of the sectional ani- niosity exhibited ot the recent presidential canvass, of the crowing contempt for the aw, of the spirit of nullification abro.nl, of the. growth ol forth'ti paiipcii.-ui and crime, i and the increase of foreign influence, we j have reason to congratulate ourselves and ! the country upon iho tact tnat a gnllant. ' hand of one million of A nre entered in a common c tnericaQ fi cau-e as a National I American party. a, lirsvcf'. That it is the desire of the ii cicr ml nut I ou to i-ursiie Willi uuti 11 11 energy the relorinatioii ol aliu-es wlncli have eti- . . . .... , u.uigcrea the peace aua liherly ot the couu- i try, and to continue our efforts with aug- ' ,l:C.tinL' zeal, until the great objects of a patriotic or 'auization be consummated, the i h.-.rmony of the Statu be restored, the elc- I iei,t of popular sovereignty be puiified, mi- j (iuu forei.-n influence be checked, and Ameri- can principles be triumphal.'.. 't I f. i'W ft,, That ail citizens of the Uni- ted Stales who endorse iho principles and : purposes of the American party, are cor- , dially invited to unite aiih us iu the open : advocacy and support of the same. I ,,e l'hiladeiphia plaform, as reit-.ri- ; ,etj j re.olulioiis, the following ; BU1PlKjmeiit is made i That the natural horn or nMuraij.j citijens rf the United ,tates, ,ur.lia,lel)tiy residing iu any Territory thero- of, when lawfully convened fi.r tin: purpose of forming a State constitution, with a vi-jw to admission iuto the Union, have undouht- cdly a right to the privilege granted by that constitution, and therein to regmate their domestic and social affairs in such a , ill Congress, .." i t-- Mr. U.ildwin, of Connecticut, moved to strike out all nfter the words ' provisions of the constitution," und urged bis amendment in an eloquent speech. Mr. t uniiiiiv 'iaui, of Missouri, and ol Mr. Cuniiiniham stated in the course of . . .-- . . . bis remarks that (lie Misnourians knew ond I acknowledged that Kausas must be a free 1 Statu. I fs I'M. IMSPAI'iJll LiK isy ihlt, June 4. At tue close of U-t evening's session of the American Con vention the resolutions- previously offered weretlnown overboard, and amotion was adopted to substitute tho platform of prin ciples adopted at l'uiladciphia in li.Vi, which was car. led by striking out the otic lelative to I'le-idcnt Dieree's .iiiniini-irati 1:1. The couventiou lliei. u:!j nirne.l ft:iv i'ic. SliTIvo Down. 1'here v.a eliminated a good anccimcn cf whit ha- been called "taking the starch out of a man," when a Parisian dandy ixhil it.d. with much pom- no.sit v. to the 1 mice J'.-tel hazy a hamtsoiut . ' . . . . . , , . bo-.iin pinof lapis-lezull, and a.-ked if be did imt think it recherche: 'Oh, v.s," replied g..o-eb. rrics, and currants may be nc . it r. li the Prince, " quite s, I have' a chimney- ized by putting a third of a lea-poonfull of piece of it at homel" ' i ""' ,ri,i,i sll i without affecting the flavor. A less quantity uf sugar will tiieu aiisvver to sweeten Ij't,'Arr. ConvP TKI). " l!ev." Mr. Kinney, who was arrested in Frederick, Md., severs! Md., several; , is ago, ou the elitrge ot Having r jppch the Honrin Catholic Church nt Mart:nburg ' Int nl.!..!. I... ivtis firnicilv the nastorA of a' silver vase and other valuables, was cou-! victed iu the court of Herkcley county, Y'tr-( . . - . 1 .- ..... 1. .. 1 ... 11 ginia, uuring me pi-, wcra, auu seiueuco-i to the penitentiary for the term of ouo year.' Mgsuaiai iiiaaiaiiiniinpiaaaa an aai ai m AI.TMHATION OF T1IH JJIL'LK. One fUt;.-tion which has occupied the at- trillion of the (ienernl Assembly of thu ' li.l.vi.ru.n flmr.h . UWA K.-hoolA which l'leMiytcriui! Cbureb, (Old hchool.) which has ju.-t closed its aimual m-s.-ioii at Jjcxinsf- ; t0u, Kriitackj . relates lo tho acts .,f tho Ameiicai, Uihie Society in tho collation of , (r-ii,ns of the ilible. I ir. lheckii.i idge, frem the CommiHc 011 Jhlls and 0 venules, pre.-tti.tcd the loiluwitii? : ""i lure c .neeiiung the pnt.lieation of Iho jhuic, win, ouv any - rxpies.-iou 01 qpinion uj 1 hit eoniliiltlee 111 relel-eeee IT II 1 , 1 American liil.l,! S..ci. tv has. b v 1 ,,, , nr it., romlitutir.11. no It-oitiumti ..... . r . rl,t ,0 aiu-r in any wny tne common an-i "'pted standard Knglish Seri, tnr.s as ih.y ,.-... .............. . f.'oneeriiini; the .-aid Mnglisb .""ciipliirrs, the Ameiican IM.:e Si.eiity ha full power to print and -ii (! .to them, mid to collect and 11. image fund- tor those purpo.-cs. Hut it has no power to edit then, iu any other sense than to ke.-p tlulu in the exact con dition ill which the -tandnrd Knglisb Liblo stood at the fui mail. in of said society. 3. Thi-1 ifiiei a) Assembly and the Church it represents are, and ftviii the btinniii have been, w arm and unanimous suj porters of tho American liibie .Society, Aud it is in this m-ii.su we feel called on t.jsav that wo neither do nor can nllow on our part of any i even iho niial!e-t,d. parture fi 011. the original ; principle on which that i-oid. ly was founded ; I and to upi c-s t'n- -f ttli-.l eonvielion that : the contumcl snt port of that society by the j I'resby tciiui, llhuich J, pel. us upon the stru t j adh-r. m-c ol the society to tho.-c clear and .imp!.; pnneiple-. 1 4. The Moanl of Dublir :.t'i,.n of the Pres. , by teriau Church will cnii-ul. r and report to ble fur pulpit ti-e, with the standard text ) unchanged, ami the usual ecess:,ries to tl.u ; text commonly foui.-l in pulpit hii-u.h Jnhlus ' fTm" t0 ,'; ,7 i I'r- Hri-ckiniidgc f -ll nve.! this orrrfure in a lengthened ami ai.lc .-peccli, attaekiug thu acuon oi ine socieiy, aim in.-i-ui that it was its duty simply to pr'iii. the S-i iptun-s in accordance with tint standard t. it. Ho said that it was not a (pu.-tion as lo whether the alleged alterations wcl'o for the beiter, but it was a question of principle, :s to tl.o duties and powers of this voluntary society. Jly permission of tho Assembly, the Ilev. Mr. McNeill, one of the Secretaries pf the American Uible Society, repl'ed to the btrictures of Dr. 15. Ho denied that, tho nocietv had as-uu.cd the power of editing the .Scriptures, nor had thev, in the action of the Version Committee, t'run-ceiided the ' powers given them by their ooustitu'iou. The society hud merely collared editions, and on Cnuin-variatious'in ililierel.t editions now printed had .i.xhied upon someone i:.... ti ... i i .- '.. .i. - i .. ii-uiuii. .1 i,e nai. iu no ea-e airerea toe sense or scripture; itiey ijad in no ease . . .. ft.lcijitvt new rcaoiii-s, cxcej.l iu a lew in- rtances of manifest typographical errors. They bad not been altering the Hiblo from " . . the standard text, but hud been cnga-ad iu restoi inn the Kihle to the standard' text, which Dr. 1J. had in-i-ted it was their duty to priut, nainely, the version of Dili. Tho few instances where the committee bad cor- tested typographical error.-, without the au- ttiority of other versions h id been reooiu- mittcd, and would iu all probability bu changed hack again. Judge Fine moved that the subject bo re- ferred to u comiiiittee, to report at the ucxt Assembly, 'i he matter was mo-t important, id the Assembly was not prepared to do- cide at present. Dr. D.cckiiigrni!'" opposed the motion. sy'g that the A.sembly had merely to de- cide on a que-tiou of principle as to tho duties of this society, and that, there was no uved of examination into details. ''r- -v'lgcr atiares-eu luc .Vs.-cineiy in op po-itiou to this motion to rcier the matter. Judge Allen supported this motion to re fer. This overture implied a censure of the Uiblc Society, and it was still a question of fact as to whether the society ianl tran scended its powers. Ho hoped that the resolution would not ba adopted, but that by the time ot tho next Assembly the suU- jtct would be iuvcsli 'ated, and then action could be taken. A liuuihi r of other gentlemen cipressed the same views ; that they were not ready to ca -t the least imputation upon the sou. ty taken. The que.-tiou was decided iu tin . 1 4 (lir 111 itic bv a vote of DJx to 111. l'Ei'.w Nl'TS. A corespondent of the United Stales r.iieut Cilice, writing from Kurr county, Tix.t-, expresses surprise that tin1 l'jfcnt office has nut n.ir'ced the pecan iit.t, growing in abundance in Texas. There Lave becu exported from Tcxa? about "OH, (h'tl bu-hels to Kurope ai.ii il-ewhere, pro dueiiig SI 'il.H'M. One tree will, with care, of'en produce from lift ecu to twenty bushel-, woith thirty or forty dollars. A t'.ii t Worth Know Imi Housekeep ers should know, now tint the season of pits and Pudding i- approaching; and sugar in- or.in.a.ely ucar. tnat tue ncul in ruubaih, , 10 lliK iv r.nr.HS loit TiiK it.fi-.--i here , ,.. 1, ,,,.r, : ,;, ,,.;1.rii.t ah. h i- het of the Kngli-h 1hiiju !--c, which causes so much inisciUl-trin'tlOii as 1 and J mo-i peop.e write i.;t cs e' v alike. 1 lot rulo . .' . ". lh. 111 properly, and w Inch de- ii:,ii r-a!!y I'lopted, i- to i u'i the J Leiow t !..- 1 - 1 n.l t .e 1 e . en K.ia iho line. J