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STKAMIIOAT AtTlDENTS. rUd.M TIIK UOLLAU MAOAZINK. That stoanilx'at acri^loiits arc more coni- iiiou in the I'nitcd States than in any stand, whicl) was upon th* guards and al most a'^ainst the |>aildlo-lK»x. As H».>on as I foulJ^pick myself up, 1 hasteuid to my washstiuid, and ihorc I remained until it was distovered that we had mot with no jinui Ml \ - - —j , - • r 11 , other part of the W(.rld is unfortunately j more scnous disaster than running lull a- hut too well known. Sevcnil reawns may ! piin.'^t a “bluff bar.” A young man ot be addu( ed whv this is noccss;irily the i perhaps twenty had previously attraeted ease. Our steamboats very tar exceed in tlie attention of all the j.assengers, tiom number those of anv other louutry, and ; his {)i'culiarly Daniel hauibertisli propor- th(* navi'fation of most ot our rivers is dan- i tions. *Vt tlie tiuM* t lat \\i s ' u ' ic w.i^ gerous in the extreme. The tVe.|ueney of in a very sound sleej., but, being aroused explosions upon our Westein boats is ow- j by the subsequent contusion, jumped up in a -aeat measure to their employing and dashed into the eabin in a paro\\ >m hi"h-pro>"ureb..ilers and engines. Steam of fear, lie h.oked around him one mo- w i/Tronerated with great rapidity bv this | nient and ran out at top speed ujmu t ie m.Hli- vet a^ ion- as a boat is ‘in motion ^ l.oiler deek, then turning around up.m the e) alli«Wfe but let'a boat under a full head I guanls, rushed past me and ran «P the | e: stop sudde nly, and there is always a dan- paddle-box to get upon the hurrieaiie deek. ger of explos'ion; .so mueh so, in.leed, that ^ From the latter a si.ort pipe earned down old st;i.rors wHl L'onerallv be seen hurrying j the water into the whe«'l-house. 1 his \yas to the stern a sivon as the engiiu'iH-’s bell ' ]»ainted white, and seemed to tlie ternlied is hiaid to eommaii.i “stop hi'r.’’ These i sight of my fat friend a .«tuidy pillow, ;.iul hiMi-iu-essure buikrs are loiiL' eylinders. just the thing to helj) his de.>;eent. Ashe re>emblinir the huge smoke-pipes of an : seized it his feet slipped, the pipe gave Ocean steaTuer, e.xeept that the former are : w.'iy, aii.l down he rolled, pipe in hand, i.laeed horizontally and the lattrr iHMpen- struck on the guards, rolled over onee dieularlv. Tlirouirh thiiu runs the llue, i more, which last turn brought him to the and if at anv time the boat has enough ' cabin stairs; down these hejilungetl, struck ••list” to cause the water to run from the ■ a feinh'r that haj.pt'iied to hang u]> at their outside boilers into the others—thus Icav- ; foot, aiul landed dir>.ctly underneath tlie inir the steam in contact with the red-hot , boiler. The deck-hamls seizeil him and ;iii instantaneous explosion is almost | dr»‘W him from his warm berth, but the inevitable. The steam in this case is re- ; moment he was on his fe t he maile an at- solved into a combination of oxygen and! tempt to jump overboard. When he was hydroircn "-ases; and about as tffective an i brought up into tiie cabin he presented a a^eiit "of destruction as gunpowder. With j very odd a])pearance, covercd with dirt, regard to tlie frecjuent losses of boats by and* yet grasping very tightly his innrm tire, these are toi often the result ot the ^ but con>taiit triiud, the pij'e manner in wliich they are built and freight ed. The cabin is entirely above the deck, built of the lijrhtest material, and always as dry as tindfr from the constant licat be neath. It onlv wants a full l>ail ot i-ottoii to complete the danger. hen a boat is fully freighted with this article she appears like a moving ma.ss of cotton bales, no part of her hull being \i.sible except the paddle boxes. Around the bows and upon tl;e guards the bales are jiiled as high as the “hurri The other case was that of a man upon the small steamer ••.^Iechanie. ’ he boat was making her way slowly up against a very strong current, and when opposite IMajui*niiiies slu- struck a large log that g,;ve lier a pretty severe jar. It was about midnight, and the man—a Tcxan recruit —bad >j>read bis blanket ujion the burii- cane deck near the pilot-housi-, and was fast asleep. The moiiieitt the boat .'truck up h(' jumped, ami, without stopping to ask any ijucstions, ran the full length of cane deck.’’ 'I’lu y ;»lmost touch the bt»il- the deck ;uid jumpeil uverln'ard. IJeing a ers, which are exjioscd and unprotected uj»on the forward diik. and generally snr- rouiide«l by Iiulh- piles of wood, not nntre- iuently in ab>olute contact with them. A tier of cotton often adorns the hurricane dock itself, and needs but a >p:irk from the snioke-iiipe to convert the boat into a ticry furnace, from which the ehance of es cape is small indi‘«‘d. Travellers de.cending the Mississippi a- void these boats thus laden with cotton, but no one taking passage at Pittsburgh, (’iuciniiati, or St. iiOiiis can tell what the situation of tin- boat wiil be before >lie ar rives at \ew Orleans. 'I’he lowi-r country boats, the Xatchez and \’ii k.'burg j>ackets, and those that ply up and down the Ar kansas, lud river, and the bayous during the l itter part of autumn and the whole of the winter, all make tluir ••down trip” loaded and overloaded with cotton, and the Voyager must }>erforco submit ti» the dan ger and inconvenience attendant upon such a passage. Accidents to Western boats seem to c 'Uif in an : ]>i'leniii- form. T- r a month oi t\V'= we lu ar of none, and tiieii airain. ev.ry lay - mail, or rath> r ti !• _'ra{-h, will r.-.-. : 1 s une new calamity, by tire, -nag', or steam. The list of boat' de't;-' yiti an‘l injured in 1 do not think i- comparatively lariTc, altl'.'.iiLdi when arrayi I in tigures it look' friirhtful enough. J>urinir the year idty-tiii. e b'-.it' l"'t upon the and the boat, under its immense pres'Ure uf .st«^am, hurried throUL'h the water with teartul Velocity, uneontrolKd ami uncon trollable by mortal h.Miil. I'his occiii-ied at ()i 1 liiver, where the ."'Iissi.'.'ippi is six mih s in with!), and althotigh the I’rairie and two other boats Wfre m ar at hanil, the a>,'i.'taiice that they could render was neces sarily but ,'inall. To a id to tin* panic an 1 contii.'iiin aiiion;! the p::'enLT' i', it was aii- nonnceil that there were two hundred keir> ot jiowdcr fill bo:ird. Some tweiitv-livi’ ft,-re w--r W-':, ra w ■: _.rr- 1, :i >. 1 i ■ Very good swimmer, he was saved, al- I though such itoimI f.irtune would have be fallen but few. 'I'he old river men have a saying that ••the issis.'ipi'i never lets go of a man who has his clothes on,” and it is geiuTally true. .'.nion:; the most s»‘iious accidt nts that have happiti to Anieiicaii boats were the ' destruction if the ••IJcii SIu-rriMl” by tire, ne.irlv two liuiulred p.isseiigers lost; the •Krie” upon tiie ^Vc^tern lakes, by tire, two iuindreil an 1 twi iity lives K>.'t; the •• lii xin-ton” upon L' liir I'land Sound, by lire, one hundred and f"rty-one live' lo.'t; and t!ie "Mo'.-lli'.” on the (Miio. by ex plosion, lo.'s of life V. ry hirge; but. a' the boat had I nly just left the wharf, no accu rate estimate could be ma'le. The ••U« n .'•'in rro*l” was one of the fine.'t and i’a't' 't boat' upon the river, and at the time the aceideiit occurred .'he wa» raeiiiir with the I’rairie. tUlicer', crew, and pa'enirirs had become very niueli i-x- citcd witii the r;ice, and .' 'ine of the latter pli ed the tireinen with liipior, until they Were all drunk. The woodpile near the boilers had taken tire three time-; before from the inti h atnf the furnaces; but, rc( klc'> and intoxicat- d as the un n were, they carol for nothini' but to win the race. 1 la; lire broke out tlie fourth time amon^r th. * wimmI. and spread with fi-arful raj>idity. I he pilot-house was alnio-;t immediately env; li.pt il in Haiin the tiller rope burnt. • i 'f' T'. and 1"T 'crious accident.' ---k: irut; ■ I. 'i -Xi y-l by injure'!. 'tilt ^i Ts iijs lost th; ir live, and pi ^ p rty t : the aiii .unt of SI ,•')•(I,iMM( was 'ai i.fice l. ]>uring the summer of 1^11. on the Ml.'r-is^ippi, between the mouth of tin; ()hio and .''t. Louis, thirty boats were snaL'ged aii'l riink; in fact; a ;:reat part of . ^ , I • ^ MM persons only were .-aved. the then >t. Louis fleet was lust. Ihat i.--., ^ i i r i • *1 . 1-1 '''th the terrible los-; of the l.ne niot tins was the case can excite no wonder in • , x- i- i ■ .,1 • , 11 , u iny readers are familiar, and al-so with the mind ot an\- one who has sailed upon .i * *• .i i • .1 |. .... . ‘ that of the Jiexiii'fton. tne I piier i.^si.ssippi in a time of very | i . i i 1 „ rp. ^ .1 " ' J.ttfcr boat, wh(‘n on her p.is'ai't low water. the nvcr, which at other “ riVcr, times pre.'ciits an appearance of majestic anl .'oleinn grandeur, as it rolls it.' gray waves throuirli the inimen.-*e and seemingly boundlcs' forests that clothe its sides, then seems e.pially horrible and di.gusting. The once majestic tide r'treat.s into a thousiiid narrow and sinuous (hannels, leavin;^ an enormous field of mud and .sand, literally bristling with the now apjarent snag', for the t!-;ncller to feast his c3'es upon. In every iirection he will .sec wrecks of mired boats, and tremble lest the next hour may add his own to their number. One spot above Cairo i.s known, and justly, as the ‘•( Jrave Yard; from New \ ork to Stoniiii.rton. took tire at I*. M., oj.jiosite Katon's Xeck, oti Lon-^ I.'land. She had on board one hundred and ten jia.'sengers, ami a crew of thirty- live, all of whom, save four. Were lost. it ' was the loth of .January, that this I Occurred, and the weather was of unusual I severity. One of the .survivors, ('ajit. Chester Hilliard, now commands the ship j St. ( harles. lie was returning to his j family from a prosp.-rous voyaiT'*^ and was saved after he hatl floated about on the Sound tor thirti;en hours, snjiported V>y a I bale of cotton. i 1 he “.Mosi'Ile” was an entirely mw • J,.. ..J, I,Hi VII.i>v; J .iin, and the I 1 . i i i i i -i • i bottom is paved with the bones of lost i . ’ been built with a view to steamirs. j ' attaining great speed. Hi’fore she left it may appear singular, but the dancrer ! >‘=‘rf at ('in. innati the .steam was at a to be apprehendel from explosion is much j less than that from snagging or fire. A | ^ eollajisc'd Hue does its work instantaneous- iown stream. I’a.'.sengers crowded her guards, hand kerchiefs were waving, and a Ijand on board ]>laying an inspiring air; when, just as .-^he was opposite the landing, the bell rang, the engine stopped, and she blew up in an instant. Occurring as this did, in , .1 • , / ■ i" • i such a moment, and in full sijrht of the an\ thing to sustain them in the water, or , i i . . ' 111 • I I iriends and relatives of the lost, it is per- ,».c ,r„l.„Uy r,o., li.e ,oat uul.l , 1..0 l;,lp l„ J l,c ol fear u|,„„ j u.ciJc,,.,. Tl,e of lif. was some Ill' ll Id siiiirular; often ludicrous, i ^ • i ... i n> • , • ’ , . - 1 I iri;rlittul. J wo instan« es that occurrcd in my sight me exactly in point. | T/>r liV//.—In the small I was once descending the Mis.si.-?.sippi j j.ari.-h of St. Keyne, Cornwall, Wales, in the “liriaii IJoirhoime.” The boat was > there is a famous well, the virtues of which new, and, being intended for the Ktd river i are such that it give.s mastery to hu.Kbaml trade, hal no rcgul^jr.pilots, as the price j or wife, just as the one or the other may they demanded to niake half a trip and j have lirst tasted its waters. Southey made then to be leit at Xcw OrK’aiis \?ilhoiit a i this superstition the groundwork of an a- boat was so unrca.«,liable that the capt;iin musing tale, in ver.se, comnieiiciiKf— determined to .- tecr the boat him.stdf, with ” ly, and all is over, but a fire or the sink- i ing of a boat gives the passengers time to j .see the danger; and then in place of adojtt-1 ing sonic }iroj»er mode of saving their lives, nine out o( ten wiil, from fear and want of! ]>re.sencc of mind, jump ovcrbfiard without the assir taiiie of a lb;d ri\cr pilot who was ,on board. All went on vi ry will until we turned the mouth of the* ()hio, and the eajitain a- bandoued the wheel to the care of his as- “ \ well tli«re is in the wost conntrie, All*! !i clearer one never wa.s seoii; There is ik.i a wile in the west eountrie liut li)i£i lieiiiil of the well of Jst. Kcj iie.” A trav Her sitting by the side of this well, the story goes on to say, met a coun- Mstant, with full direction.s how to run the , tryman, with whom ho had a long chat a boat lor a few hours, it was a clear star- ■ ’■ ■ ' li;.hi night, and we were ]doughing our Way dov, n stream famously, under a full head ot >t» am, wle n .suddenly u tremen-' dous jar ihi.;w nearly every thing in eabin | on their beam endci, and every one thought j or .'^aid, “We have struck a snag:” I 1 am an old stager upon the river, and ^ iie\er enter a boat without fixing my eye { iiI>on something that can be used as a sup port in ease 1 have to swim for it. As I • ascended the JJrian’a cabin stairs, tho'tirat | eyes; when he speaks to thee, look ou his tiling that 1 saw wae a very snug wash- I mouth. bout its tradition. *• •Vou lriink of the water, I waiTant, hetimes,’ lie to the counti-viiiaii said; But the countrvman sniiled as the stranger apoko, Ami Hlicepishly shook his licnd. ‘i liMFteiieil as soon ns the wedding was o’er, .And left my goi..l v ile in the porch; I5uf laithi she had been wiser than 1, For she took a bottle to church.’” Lon'PON, October 10, 1851. The (Ireat Exhibitioa is drawing to a close, and truly so high has been the ex citement respecting it, during the past and iiassing week, that it was and is almost fearfuL The great fact of more thf n 000 |>ersons visiting the (^rystal P.ilace on one day has been aceomplishod, by the re spective nnmbi’rs (>f 10*-,Si,.), ami 107,700 luiving assembled at the bnihling on the Monday, ^lu«‘sday, and ednesdav of this wcH'k. ' The entire number d‘ visit ers for the week is 4>)l,^>7i^ and the a- niount received X‘24,087 l^s »d. So great was the amount ot silver reci’ived at^ the doors on Tiu'sday that it weighed lifti'eii cwt., and was conve\'ed to the Maiik in two carriages. The atte*!id;ince would no doubt have been larger had the weather been fa- vonible. Probably so large an as.emblage never before met under the same rtuif; the pcdicc oidiinato the number as.>;embled at oiu' time on l'ue.-day to have b*‘cn up\\ail.' of !)0,(H)0. Nothing could exceed the good Cmduct and good temper of the jteople.— When the crowd became too dense, they stood still, ami tramiuilly eat th -ir saml-- wiches. The only thing which tended materially to disturb the gt-ncral harmony was the frijueut disruption of domestic ties, by the sweeping away of (hildreii from t leir part'iits by the billows ot the i^rcat human torrent. ’Ihe ]>ohce station has been tilled several times with M|ualling iniiiH'Cnts, and a large iletachnu nt td the polic(‘ foret* might be almost constantly seen doing the iuty of can-ful nursemaids, in carrying the litth* strays to the harbor of refuL^e. All nmie was proliibited as temliuijf ti> congestion, and the guardian of the Queen of Spain’s jewels thought it wise to withiiraw them from tlu' prc.-sure. These w»‘ie the only alterations in the ar- raMgenunt. It was gratifying to ol»serve that the great mass thus eongivgated to gether took time to paii.'ie, with a sponta- ueous ami inst;uctivi* di'eijdine, btfore many of the obji'cts iuo>t iK‘.'‘r\ ing (disor- vation. 'i’he Ihike of Welliiiirton wa one of the \!'iters on Monday, and hi' visit w,1' not the Ica't ha/.ird .us c.xph'it of hi' (Iiai e’.' long and briliiai t career. 'J he dc.'Te ot the crowd to see the hero of a hundreil fitrhfs was so gn-at that a •‘coii'iclerald. ' sm.ish ’ tiHik plai e ;im >ng the l^'rein h gl.is', and all the exi rtious of the p(dice were r - • piired to get the l>uke .'ately out of the buildiuir. Ilis (Irace was a gooil deal dis- ei'inpo'e.l by the pres>lirc. allil seemed to think th.it c\I II jiepul.ii ily and public plat itude might run into e . • A> a com pliment to K >ssuth, w’iio probably will not read; Knghin 1 until after the I'ixhibition has ilo>ed, the !I lyal Coinmi.'.'ioui’rs have directed that the Hungarian stmnger.'shall l>e a!mitted at any tiiiK*. provided that every tiling like a pojitiral demoiistrati. ii i.' avoided. Addition' continue to l.e made, even thus kite, to the contents of the build ing. It i.' now l iih ulateil that, on the .'ctth - iiiciit of .all aceouiits. a balance of aliojit will reiiKiia '-n li.and f>r ihetlis- po'itioti of the Coniini."i"ii rs. The num ber i f \i.'it» rs, im ludiiiL: iho.v of y. ter- day, will ; xeeed t»,(>tii l,Ui Kl. ()fnuini/>i Momiil.—'I'he workmen on till' Maltinioie ;ind (Miio Kailroatl opened an Indi.in mound on .''atnrd.iv. the l''th. on the farm of 15. .Nb .'ba lien. L'.p The mound was about .'cveiity feet in diameter and eleven feet hiirh- Xcarly on a levt 1 with the >urrounding e.irth were found an altar stone, eviiiciiii: the action of the ; tire; w.,-t of n,.rtli of tin- altar the liead and bK.y of an Indi.in, extenling west of north, ;it a slight declinatitiii from tlie head to th«' lei t. T his body was covered to the depth of a fo.it or more with a.'he-, in whii h the s.ilt was stdl manifest t-i the taste, as we are told. 'I’he liody wa.s re markably pi rfeet, and wa-i mo.'tiy pre.serv- cd. Around this b.Hly were twidve other', with tl eir heads centerintr toward-; if, and feet j..ojecting. \o arti( les of art were fonnd -.\eept ;i polished stone tube, about twelve inche.s in K-iigth.— WltoHinj ('nt.. j)‘nth uj flu Ih ril. — 1 lieard a bit of news rcieiitly that will probably a.'tonish you. 'I’he dev;l i.' dead; he wa' kilK-i the other day ibiwii .it i’isa. 'riicre w.is great eoii'ternation among hi> friends in I’hu- eiice up.ill the iee«‘ipt of the tiding'; and some rejjicing among hisem>mies, of whom 1 el.iim to be oni'. The way it hajipened was this, as l was informed by a I’loren- tiiie lady. Among the studt nts at the Ta- jiieiiz.a were two young nnn—bo.>;oni friends. One t 11 sick, and, :is he was :ibout to die, he called his fri-. nd to his bedsiile and told him that he had among his eflects a golden image of the Saviour, of gn at v.aliie and , jtrecious workiiKiii'hip, which had been I beijucataed to him by his mother on her I death bed; tliat he had taken a .'Solemn vow j never to part with it, and he wishetl it to j be laid upon his breast when he ilied and ! buried with him. 'riie other jiiomi!ed j faithfully to fultil this last retjuest t>f his I dying friend, mIio soon after gave up the j ghost. I'rejiaring him.self with a loaded ' pistol, the friend of the decea.sed took his ; post when night came to watch over the i eorp.e, upon the breast of which he hal jdaced the precious relic. Aliout mid night .i»irit drcs.'cd in white, ami of sii- pcrmitural stature, entered the ro(»ui and approached the corpse. “Who are you?” deniandel the student. “1 am the devil,” replied the spirit. “Then avaunti’’ shout ed the student, “or I will shoot vou.” Tlu? devil refusel to go; whereupon, drawing his pistol, the student lirt'd at him, and brought him to the ground with a heavy fall, lie then ran ofi’, and, rousing up some f)t the good jK’ople of pjsa, informed them that he had just killed the devil.— (’rowdfi as.-^enibled round the house, and it was scime time before any boly could be found suiliciently brave to enter. At length the authorities led the way, and stretched upn the floor was fonnd the corpse of a chnn h sexton, weltering in blood, with a sheet wrapped round his body and a pair ot stilts attai hed to his feet. An investi gation ot the affair took place. The stu dent was of course ac(|uitted, the intention of the unfortunate sexton having evilently been to rob the corpse.—Kuroprmi L'ut'v. Nat. Intclli'j (‘uccr. A person once remarked to Curran, that no one ought to be admitted to the bar who did not posse-ss a certain number of acres of land. “Pray,'^ said C’urran, “how many acres make a whr-tnx?” I Rcmon in Awfrnah.—^rr. Cunningham, ' banker, Dunse, has a Skye terrier of no- i ted cat hunting propensity, and wliieh fre- I (piently accompanies its niastcr on shoot- j ing excursions. Some time ago, it treed 1 a cat one fine morning in the garden, and j aft 'r yelping and scratidiing at the foot for j live niinutes'^ it suddenly turned away and ran into the hous*'. Its master .‘»oon after lieard a noi.se in the kitchen pas.'^age down stairs, and on going down ttuind that the dog had contrived to di.sengage a gun from its nail, and was now eagerly dragging it by the woollen case up the short flight of steps leading to the front of the hm.>je.— No doubt was entertained that the sangui nary little creature, reinembering the de structive powers «*f the gun in tlu; field, was acting uud»*r a belief that the s;ime weapon might secure the death of the (.;,t—reason having carried it tlius far, but having at the .same time failed to show how litth“ use it could have made ot the gun after dragging it into the proj»o.sed SCI. !ie of operations. ^Lijor 1> , a retired military man, jto.s.^esses a handsome little \illa >n the .sea side at the town of North IJerwick. In the siirroumling gardi'ii is a small pond eiieircled with pelddes, a favorite haunt of a couple of gulls ’.vhii li tin' .Major has es tablished for the re|>ressiou of the slug population. Three or four years ago, the .'l;ii(*r was one Saturday I'xpeeting a cou ple «d' baclndor friends to dinner, and dt‘- siirning to tre.-it them to his best, he popped a bottle of ( hainpagne into the pond that it might be kept cool till it should b(.“ re- (piired at table. Half all hour lU'so there after, heariiii: a great flutter and cackle goiiiii on in the garden, he went out to see what was the matter, when behold the two gulls were found enjoying theni.elves ujk roariou>ly over his chaiiipagiiel They had C'liitrived to break the liottle about its shoulder by letting it fall hard on the j»ob- bU s, and no sooner was the breach eflect- ed than they had proct.adi“d to regale themselves with the liquor. 'I’hey were now thoroughly tiji'V, yet not .so fir gone as to be uiicon.'cious id' the immorality of their jiroceedings, for iminediat( ly on c.itt hin_' a glimp.e of the Major, they hop[«-d I tf witli a great » ry of al.irni, and were no more .'eeii that afternoon. / /. mil/ Ihil Ilihjit.— It is sta- tc«l in a London paper tinit the followiiiir curious trick was practi.'ed on m ladv while she w;i> walking in the CrV't:il I'alace.— She ft lt her'i If sud'icnlv tapped on the 'honMer, and furniiiLr round saw a irentlc- maii. who said )>olite!v. “I bei: your par- 'lon, ma!am. but look tliere,” and h' point ed t.j .1 black moving spi ek on the shoul der d the lady'.' shawl, when to her hor ror she beheld eiawlinir one of thos‘ in- 'ct ts w hi h are the abhorrem e of all clean ly .an.I delicate liouse-.viv. '. With a slunl- der and a shriek, she threw the shawl from her sh aiMers, and full d’ .-rh.ime aii-l cou- fii'ioi! 'Ii'iok ofT the niielean thing, kindly aided I.y the Iltlein.Ul wlio ha.l ]>oillt( I it out. and b\ two oth. rs, who wa re very a'.'idiiou' ill rendering a "isl.iiice. and who, 'he t;iMU_ht. pie.'.'« d up 111 h r rather too o|lieiuusl\. 'J’h.-y suddenly ^eparatel. and .'he had starcel\ recn\eied from her cou- fu.'ion. wh- n 'he found that 'he had been robbed ot her gold waieh and chain, her brooi h. and her ) ui se. I’m tunatel v, she was at this moment jt hie.l liy a irentleniaii who had |uittel her side but a few mo- ni nts before, whi« h the thieves had no doubt oli'ervel. I!e informed the police idfii r of tlu- l urreiice, the la Iv les. iib- cil the pi T'ons who liad siiiTouMtied her. end in an instant tlii’ whole admiralde de tective arrangt inents of the police were in ojieration. Every avenue was w;it«hcd, t'very door guarded, and in tittecn minutes the thieves were in cu>tiMly, and the pro perty w;is found in their )»osse>,'ion. The Wi ll ilrc'sed fellow who liatl excited the lady’s t»Tror by po.nling to the drcailful -rcature on her siniwl was .>icarched, and :i simill box half full of the di;^ustinir in- r* c .'cct.s was fouml in hi.' po"e.'sion. > r K F. I: . \ 1 > \ ' 1:1 n ’ 1 1: MI: N T .. We alway> look .says the New York Kxj.re.". at the top of the third adverti.'- ing column of the London I’lines, and de rive Some ciitertainuient from the glance. We give ;i few random specimen‘s from the two ir three numlnrs before us. Here is the economic mode (d‘ hdtiiiir an ab.eiit p.apa know how hajipy he has been made since le.iving home; i:.—(jiiti,, ALL \vi:ll. End of the KeicIN of Lynch Law in California.—The N. York Commercial publishes a letter from San Francisco, which says,— “Two recent acts of tho vigilance com mittee have alienated from them some of their best friends, as well as a large ma jority of this community. You have alreatly heard of the execution by this committee of Whittaker and McKenzie, on ShikIhi/. SuiTice it to say, that that I horriil deeil has so shocked this communi- fy, that onIidence in the humanity and I prudence of the committee lias been de- i stroyed, never again to W reston;d. This j community conter.ils that if the committee i wore so wanting in vigilance as to permit ‘ the authorities to take the jirisoners from them, they should have let the matter pass, and determined to be more careful in lu- ’ ture; but this breaking into the yirison, and in a s]iirit of retaliation ujii'n the au thorities, banging those guilty men on I Sinufdj/, is an outrage which the better part of the ooninmnity cannot be made either to sanction or tolerate. This com mittee will, hereafter, only be eomniendcd for any lawful efi'orts which they may n.se in bringing criminals to justice; but the time is past when this community will ])crmit them to become judges and execu tioners. “Another move, whii h lias alread}’ ren dered the committee unpopular, was an efl'ort on the part of many of its leading ni(!n to g’t up what .some have called “a land monopoly ticket” at the recent elec- ti(His. 'I’liis has caused .some to believe that the extensive land clainiers and weal thy men will, in .'•ome way or other, use this vigilance committee to favor their »wn .selfish ends. I do not know whether these fears are gnmndless or otherwi.se; but the truth is, the committee has no loiii.t-r ihe bone and sinew of this community with it, ainl it is safe to infer th.it no man will ev er again be executed by its authority.” 'file (’ommen i;il aptly suggests, that the (’onimittee is now in datiL'er of havin;r a t;iste of its ow n physic. LFFr.rr.^ or TMKt’t HAN AFFAIK AP.ROAO. 'I'he N wark Haily Advertiser publishes the fidlowing extract from a private letter, just received from 'I’urin, .''’ardiuia, which ,'liows the clfect prtMluced up*n the mitids of foreign statomeii, who are just now’ w;ifihing with interest the ojK*rations of bur institutions: “ I'he (’ubaii aflair has deeply mortified the frieii.I.s of free institutions hen*, and given the ab'olntists the means (d’ fro!»h deiiuiiei.ition. Kxaggerat«-d accounts of the rifdous meetings and niol.s in some id’ the (iiiet cities are )»ubli>lied at length in all tin* jiapers. and lead to an impression that there is really no antidote to passion ill our country; no .security, no power in law, no public eons ieiice, no .en.so td' jus tice. 'I'he con.^ervative elements, whose sure .and noi,«dess ojH'rations secure siK-ic- ty agaiii't tln e oeasional di.-ordirs, are not -discernible at this distance, while lyiii hing on the I’acific and piray on the .Vtl.intic coasts are ma_nified into idianic- teri.'lies of jMipular freedom. And the ab- .'idutists thus find fresh arguments for standiii;: armies and oppre.^sion of the ^x*o- ple. Ml, that our countrymen could l»e roused to a due .•^ciise of the importance of giving the world a living example of an orderly Jl' puldicI” Mcs-^Jrs. Thomas, CowpertWaite & Co., Philadelphia, have in preparation a new work, by Mr. Mitchell, the well known American Geographer, intended to serve as a “High School Geography." It will WHIG MEETING IN GilEENSlJOROUOIl, f),.t .)| 7 At a meeting of the citizoniT.; / j>loleni Geography; together with a Com-1 W. Ogburn reijuested to act 7'' liendium of Ancient Geography, illustrated John A. Gilmer, t ri brief, the object of the iiitctil’.r by engravings. The Atlas to accompany the work will contain not less than thirty Maps, corresponding with and illustrating it in the mo.st preei.se manner. Al.so, pre- j>aring by them is, “Mticheirs\ iew of the — ,,, mncrf Heavens,” a new book, to be in one quarto j and parties in the diflcn nt .sortid marked, in substance, that iii,i'|''^'‘- clearly indicated the nm-ssifv thorough organization tif tli,.‘\V( than the movements f»f diff^. ‘'- *- volume, and handsomely illustrated. The : country for the last two vcun series of the American System of Geogra- i though the Abolitionists of tli^ v phy, of >rhich the above are the new vol- the Sece.ssionists of the Sont])^^ ^ limes, is brought up to the hite.st discove- rently travelling in ditl'ercnt I ries and Tmprovements in the new editions I they were on the .siino erruj'^ I of Mr. MitcheH’s Primary, Intermediate, ! roads that led to the same x\’ j SchiKd, Ancient, and Jiiblical Geographies; 1 path of each leads tf» disUMi.ln^^^ , and tlie outline maps, key to the study of | throw and destruction of the'*’ ^ maps, and ancient and (dher atlases, ju.-it , ( Jovcrnment ever devi.'cd f,,r (k ^ I published by Messr.s. T., C, Co. The | aiid hapfiincss of man. Mr. f; I old world (ran show nothing in the way of that he liad been and still wa/ “ , statistics to erpial the number of various formed a National I’artv.— I educational series, such as spellers, rea'b'rs, ;,nating from the honi st atiij grammars, geographies, histories, &c., pub- the people of both the Whi.r lislied in this country, or the labor ck*cu- | niocratic parties,—plcd;_'ei| ■ : jiied in their production and the (juantity | maintain the (’oinpronii.s.; ainl ;j of them annually di.s.eminated. As an in- • i.stration of the goveriun.'nt strrtj. ^ stance, of this series of geographical works [ the provisions of the Ci.n.'tituti,,’^ there are upwards of yof»,000 copies sold • this .seemed necessary to d^tVut • .annually, and more than *J.')0 workmen are i cess of tho.se who woiild i]i.-turb constantly employed ujion them. Messrs. * promise in any particular,aini iT., C. k Co.’s new list of School l*ublica- would dissolve the Union, i tions and books suitable for school libra-1 jirehended dangers growin.r ries embraces some of the most popular in ! same. That the leading innn.ftv , this country.—Literary World. j tion party in tlie nation, in tl|,.j, I M . i I \ TT . „ iournal, had Uiged the iiuiij|.,n-■ ' jlost re.aders have heard or the .story ;:• /. • ■ i c 1 " I faction not to torm into . tlie eoniioisscur in the tine arts w ho .said i , ^ . one ddV to a friend, “I wish you would ' ^ r 1 tT 1*1 . eral States to attach tllclll.^e Vl•^ come down and .see a picture 1 bougiit la.-t ■ . ^ “ , 1 i>j 11 * I • to time to suih party as uuiv - week, i d like to have you {^ive me your ■ i i • i i • i * 5 ii • ... ^ • 1 X- • and bid limtiest for tiieir vnt.^ \i ; rii/n/iif opinion ot it. A friend ot mine had the imjtudenee to .^ay this morning that it was not an originall I shouhl like to hear (utofhrr man say that it was not an ! original! But you may come and see it, and tell me honestly what you think of its authenticity.” It strikes us that a uian would not be apt to give a “candid ,\i said the strength of the (ioveriniM for some time been un ler^oin:: r.» rious trial; that he was gratitii^J from recent demonstrations of j,. , pinirm, that the ]>eople unil.r«r . were striking for their true im.s happine.ss. He remarkeil that , . : expenencetl ami patriotic lut n i,f opinion under those circumstances, ihis ' ^ i- • i ' - i . . £ire:it political parties tliat ha. ! • freedom of opinion is not unlike the liber- ... ■ 1 .. . I * 1 1 divided the country, iirojiu.-.td : ty ot .action said to have been ;jranted by ) ^ *i n ' • /, 1 A, , .1 * J 1- i suImport ot the Coiupronusc aiil- « ol. Mcl>ane to tlie troops under Ins com-! ^ ^‘n > i »i • i ' to ail who .sliould opp-ise it, hew,.• mand, before going into Winter-ijuarters ! at A'alley Forge. They were suffering for , provisions and clothing, ami Congre.'is had ■ Iteen repeatedly petitioned for that relief! which if was not in their ]M>wer to bestow. ! I’nder this state of things Col. McL;ine paradetl his band of sufiering soldiers, and ‘ thus adilressed them: “Follow soldiers, you have served your country faithfully j and truly. We’ve fought hard fi^rhts to- . »wl.cr ...ir C01I.IU..U em m/ Vou ; . ,l,cir ri-hts «r,; 11. a I...1 «;aj l„r .•.mif.irul.le i i- ,\u- It IS true and it grieves my very heart to ^ >ee you tracking your feet in bh>od on the ] frozen ground. Hut Congress can not helj) ; it. nor can Genenil Washington nor I. Hut | if any of you wish to return home, you can ; go. Hut !»ui h of you as would like to go ; honie step (»ut four paces in front—l>iit the ! to s‘e, in the Iwidiiig IK nim nf , , in this .''’fate, apjn-als t(» the um > its jiart}" “to stand to their t .l',[>. ing them to stand ab»of, and cljnr;^ movement as a contrivance of tin intended only t» advance pirtv Mr. fr. Siiid that he believed Ije j.ic the .sentiment of North C.irnliiiu rl said he was .s/7/ for the riiinn—j believed the |K*ople of this .'•'t;it ?' ind ;!.■* r.-:'- (uick to see that they were in i - others, and would go a- fir aii; .- much to maint^iin them. Ihit th- i not to be forced out of tln ir jr ’r- in case nece.'^sity compelled th. iu:. ' ance, to arm thos* who m:iv rlir.. invade their institutions witli tli ; that they were provoked t.- ir, V first man that steps out, if I don’t shoot ; • i i ^ ‘ . i i, ♦,■1.1. ! , . • If r o I • 1 said he was glad to find the i;rc:it n, him my name is not Mci..:ine. It is per-! ^ \am.; , ^ »i . , , * 111 i the >\ uij: p;lrf^ in the iiati.-ii i' hatis needle.ss to add, that not a .solitary • f „ i ‘*i i- • .1 . ,, , ’ 1 1 , (.oniiiromise and the I iiinii; tli.i! ‘•volunteer homeward was to be tound. „ • , .1 IS And here is one, doubtles.', of the same class; 4D.—,\LL at IKlMK istlOLNC >N WELL. • ^'111 Mccl II.it hiirrv hi.tne. Vtni will liiiil two letters at Inveriies.s ami i.ne at l»iink- el.l, Keniiiore, and the Trosaclis. Tuesday, t; j,t., :;o.—.i. d. .\fTeetionate husband; he must have one every day. Hut wh.it to make of this? lllth.—fS. lki|.). (’. hjroi'scTiittv. F- kiiin iit npkl F. i|«rli Injrk .S iiihii F’. olhl F^ nhpii. .S. ni(|l S nmiiij F'. ij^li. Austin Spjrijii C. kioi| (>th F. iijhl. born. l;lth F. kipo a F. kh^. hiiiiji. til L. nilhjr b_v 1). ii. .•>. pki|fj (' onij;k 15. hkip nkiifi F. oiph. to. hiiipo. .S. oiiipi C. iiikop F’. oiph to Mr. t'. nhiiig. \e., &c. That beats all the funograph}' we have ever seen. Here’s a ipieer one, too;— NEI.LY.—•‘The .MINjiTUEL MoV,” who M. left (; rav's Inn iiiiknnwn to his IViemls about tiin-e ivveks oiiice. Was tlresseil in a rustv black siirtoiit coat, cimunon cloth waist coat, tn>userd niarkoil witli ink. and an i»bl (,'acn hat. No ear lor luu.sie. Pray return to your ilisconsolate t'rienils. .Ml will be t'or^iven, ami l.'liarlie will give up tlie front room. ^ Don’t overload gratitude; if you do, When you speak to a man, look on his ' she’ll kick. j Christianity commands us to pass by iu- I juries; j»olicy, to let them pass by Tis. The Charleston Mercury, on the morn ing of the late election in South Carolina .•^aid,— “'To-day will determine whether the time-honored flag of Carolina shall float trinmjihaiitly over the fiehl of conflict, or be trailed, tattered and defaced, iu the dust. W hether the State now an object of admiration to her friends, and of re spect to her enemies, is to become a theme of shame and rejtroach to the one, and of .scorn and derision to tho other. Whether her brave words and high re.solves arc to be vindicated by corresponding action, or she is to assume the character of bobadil and braggart.” The Smithern Standard thus retorts:— The State h(ia determined against separate Secession; will the Jlercury now venture to .iay that her Flag is “trailed, tattered and defaced, in the dust?’' The State htig gone for Co-operation; will tho Mercury dare now to as.sert that sho is to become “a theme of shame and reproach to her frienils, and of scorn and derision to her enemies?” is she Hobadil and Braggart? Will the Mercury retract, or does it “Fear to tread Where honor points the way’' ’ I'miiniif.—The rectnt mes.'age of tho (Jovenior of \ ermout doe.s not rcccive gen eral coinmeiidatioii from the Whig press of that State. The indsor .Journal repu diates it' sentiments with regard to the fu gitive .'lave law, thus; “In r.'irard to the c'tnstitutinnality of the fugitive slave law, and the Vermont Imlxiis riirjitis ;ict, the niessa^re cannot be regai'b'd as an ( xpositioii of the principles of the lugs of this State. A irreat jM)r- tioii t.f tlio.M* to whom the (loyernor owes his idectioii entertain and advocate views upon this subject and the “higher law” : very difl'erent from tho.»i{* of the niess;i2e. And, considering this fact, it strikes us as beinir a little out of t:iste, to s:iy the least, , for (lovernor Williams, in an ofiicial diK U- inciit, to express so freely his opinions up on a subject Concerning which he is well aware that many of his warmest supporters ' and of the most eminent Whigs of Ver- ' mont cannot agree with him—L‘si>ecially j at a time when such an expression is eu- ; tirely uncalled for, and ran only .•erve to create dissen.'^ioii and controvcnsy in the Whig ranks.” Th, 'f M> n Kiflnl iiml Fire WonutJfJ. , —e copy the following from the 'Tyler ; (Smith county, Tc.xa.s) 'Telegraph of the ' '27th of September: j I “^^e stop the pres.s to announce one of j I the most p.-iinful tragedies that has ever j fallen to our lot to reconl. On this morn- ! j ing fJohn N. 3IcKinley, sheriff of this I county, arrestcil at Canton 31r. Josejdi I I’iejce with a warrant charged with the I offi'uce of assault with intent to commit a murder. After Pierce was arrested, a man I by the name ot Isaac Mooce threatened to j raisf’. a crowd of P.’s friends and rescue him from the custody of the sheriff. The sherift iu the interim summoned a guard to prevent the rescue of the pri.«onor.— About 2 o clock P. 31., Mo«»re and li,i.>bert Pierce and a man by the name of Crawford lu.'ide the attenij>t to rescue the prisoner. 'The parties were all armed, aud after about twenty shots and many thrusts with bowie knives, liand axes, &c., the sheriflf’s party were left victors in possession of the pri- .soner, who is now hxlged in jail. “Robert Pierce, after receiving sevenil shots, fell and expired. I.saac Moore was also shot dead. Crawford e.scaped, sup posed to be severel}' wounded. “Of the sherift”s party, David Neil was killed, Jas. Holden niortally' wounded, J. W. Patterson mortally wounded, Thos. Hrock slightly wounded, Sheriff McKinley severely wounded, not considered mortal. “Thus has terminated one of the most fatal and melancholy riots that ever hap pened in our county.” We propose to get up a series of school, books for new beginners, commencing with the nu>st juvenile “intcllectious,’' Here is the first reading lesson;—. He lived in \ JIarp4'rx iUujnziue. j Smix on E luratinn.—We give a ' //'}* of a very amusing sketch which we ’ find going the rounds without credit. Miss Smix, a remarkable “scdiool marni,’ is giving an account of her endeavors to teach “a young”—a remarkably hard ca.se ; —how to spdl: | At last,” and here the sweet face of maintenance of the.se they wen- directing their efforts, indifferciit ' the individuals prefernil have L-: been called Whigs or D. uii«.vatv 1 gretted to believe there was \v;iiii:’; responding liberality and ^al•rifil•f •; part of tho.se who claim to dirnt trol the actions and opinion? of r!; critic pjirty. That he was [ iiim i with them inst^inees of exiilfati :.- .'li.'S Smix brightened, and the irlimuierof. effected by the votes of tli^.;: the Union and claimed as party::;: True, the }*eople were begimiiiiL't ’ most unsi>.iringly fan.iticisiu a!iiJu.' .-onie iiiten»h-d smile playtvl oyer it, “I got him ( le.iti through the aljdiabet, and he could point (uit anv letter liy name. In two weeks he got* througli his ba-be-bi, | the Whigs and the h-mest amJr- itc., and one bright Monday morning I put , of the Democrat' lirni • him into la-la, dy-iy—lady. I had to tell exertion and uiiion fortlle^ him fifty times the nature of syllables, but 1 ^he IL nion. He said he had H"t; his brain was as oparjue as a rock.” j sjiaircd of the Republic; that ini’ “Do you love pies?’' said 1, iu order to | f*'^sured there were still tu hct"un‘' interest him. j enough to maintain and pren'rve’ “Yes, ma’am.” | eminent strictly under the |m'vi- • “Well, then, ‘apple’ and ‘pie,’ put toge- j Constitution, and that bo wiui.- ther, sjK.dl ‘apple pie,’ don’t they?” i «« humble citizcn of the I nn ' ; “Yes, ma’am.” 1 than to be the Presidcut of aiiv'-^ I “Hy a like rule, ‘Af’ and ‘»(y’ spell Inilt/ i Northern republic. I —you understand?” | ‘William R. Walker, Ks'j. a ■ j “\es, ma’am.” j the following resolutions to tlit, - j and ‘^>tV spell what, then?” tion of the meetimr j “-)///Kv-pie.” “RightI ^Pumpkin and what?” “/‘//j/yj/i'/-pie.” “Jheii what does I-a In, d-y f/y, spell?’’ ‘‘^'/t.s^frf/-pie!” said he, with a yell of delight at his success.” “Henry waa a had boy, the town of Frederick, Maryland, Ifo Tho He Ho threw camphine oil on a tlog’s tail, dog ran away with his tail ou tire ran into Mr. George Kephart’s barn, sot fire to the barn. The barn was burnt iloirn, and the hay and corn burnt np. See what comes of being cruel! Henry was a bad boy.”—Kaichcrbockcr IM ) E Y . FKO.M THE .\.MKRIeAX -MKSSEX(iKR. GIVE. BY MRS. L. H. SlOUUKNEV. ••// M more blesgeti to yive than to receh e.'' Give pra3’er.s; the evening hath begun; Be earlier than the rising 8un: r.enieniber those who feel the rod; Ronieniber those who know not God. His hauil c.an boundless blessiiifjs give; Breathe prayers; through them the soul sliall live. Give nlins; the needy sink with pain; The orphans mourn, the cru»hel complain. Give freely: hoanled gold is crust, .\ prey to rohWrs and to rust« ('hrist through his poor, a claim doth mak^; Give gladly, for thy Saviour’s sjike. Give hiK)ks: they live when you are de.id; Light on the darkened mind they shed; Good seed they sow, from age to age, Through all this mortal pilgrimage, They nurse the germs of holy trust; They work untireil when you are dust. Give smiles, to cheer the little child, A stranger to this thorny wild; It bringeth love, its guard to be—' It, helpless, asketh love from thee. Howe'er by fortune's gift* unblest, Give smile# to childhood’s {guileless bi'east. Give wui'da, kind words, to thoso who err; Piemorae doth need a comfortep, Though In temptation's wile# they fall, Condenm not^we are aiuners alb With the sweet charity pf speech, Give words tha| heal, ^t^d woihU that G?ve ^houglitb, giv^ energy, to themes That perish aot like folly’s dreams. Hapkf from the islands of t’ sea, The missionary cries to thee: To aid him on a he.atlicn soil. Give thought irivc cuer^'y. give toU. “The W’higs of Ciuilf ird i-miuty. • j ed to their State and to itsintrr '’' to the T^nion of the .''tatcs. tint w’-as formed by their father.': watched with anxious iiitorot t;.' - I course of the present K.xccutive the National Government, .•^urr®.' that Government has been bv cia'’^'* CCS of a trying and peril"ii' clianic! ^ “Resolve, 'i’liat they rcc'Y"'", L.VKD Fillmore a National conservative in principle, inflcxU'l^ -• est purpose, and faithful to thf' tion of the United States in it" its spirit; and that they ropinl career as J’resident of this forming one of the nio.st brilli;‘>J'" orable cj)Ochs in its lii.'tory, otic lustre second only to tluit it - mortal Washington. _ . , “2. That In'ing entirely best possible evidence, of t’nc ness of 3Iillard Fillmore for t“' which he now tills, they desire re-elected to that res{«'n.-ihk' will iise all honorable uieaii't'' * ^ end, believing as they do, tli:it f - ^ dearest interests, aud the best j the country, as well as every pulse which can actuate an prompt them to such a / And the Whi^s of Cluilf'T'l ^ witnessed with lively satistat-^*'^’** ifestations of public favor ton^ hearted Son of North ' Statesman without fear au'l proach, do further “Resolve, That they ^ spend to the nomination of ' G HAH AM to the second office lu the Aiuerican people. “Resolved, That with the Fillmouk and Gkauam i-^ ‘ cause of Southern rights : I termite, the cause of Uniuib ** , , [ aiid juiifice; and under i I’o}' to tighk {»ud a«'J uow readv , f ^ i “Abf it 1. funhor I f ! Whig^of Guilford, Thatthoujb ^ I in the iHH-'v-uis vJatupnigu J j North Carolina, they are ^ j or dismayed, but have ^ I luor bright, and arc agiiin ^ in deienct immortal Trufti. “Resol “ are ready ing faith ions Kiist them to 1 “■ in Green February time as n Btrengthe suit for t the camp The I gent, wa meeting J. dially in of the re of public ‘ passing di.stracfe marked er, and by the h John called o T. More few reuu favor of He w head, iv congress the res''’ The unaninu It wa. the pro (juested other On n delegat pointed The AP.CH K. W. JiniJ __We “l^itrio Warren Saturda th^ Jiro Weldon Seabo.ar Rah-igh appoint the in. foniMT action The tlii.H Ci H. Tu both o iince. 'Phe ]''reiie was gi ^if the under ble .-tr aud be taiiied ‘Sar iiiaiiy J ’ave I ’ave Russ have compa Th. cal;- fctory Li and e biw a day a' bn after Chai ed by of the the t the fii or th ejectc ■ Th Harvi Au cd of iiieeti Cr pond give> state twee foreij a flail Ai Tuoi in r esi>e-( un{»ti jcct, to St' then digB righ appt a Ire? appl (iov inea den' fere can W’as hav ])ha ceet whi title w Iu self exoi hi Hi bon you vic-t whi and osfe is am waj tot lar bfM sea th( gT( vei c*f Jli£
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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