ON PROMPT PAYMENT.
TLe following article on prompt payments,
which we copy from the Philadelphia KuUotin, is
to the point, and at this time of general depres
sion commends itself to the consideration of every
reader:
One bill paid settles twenty. Money,
old proverb, was made round that it ni:»y roll-
Set one dollar a rolling and it will ^tart twonty
more. The great cause of the pie:*ont di-tross i.-
a sudden arrest iu the circulation of tin>nry H
to-morrow morning everybody would buy a' "t oM
and sell as of old, theri* would be pn'Uipt rt'lifi
Some advance—in fact u very rouKirkablo ad\;uu'o
towards thi^ .state of affairs, wi'uld bt> at 'iiu*o in;idi'.
if every person in this lity "ho has the
paying bills due w^uid do so it oneo.
Pay up! You may bo cconotnisiuii, but tint
which is justly, fairly and honorably duo, d n-
not come within the scope of \ ovi iui;ht
as well'includo availing yourstlf of a facility f'i-
stealing under the head of “cconomy ” Wlun
you have anything to pay in those titnos. >«■ ni li
your conscience and decide candidly aiul t.iiiiy,
whether you can by any amount of otlort or o.'cor-
tion spare it, and whether the saeritiee ot any lux
uries will enable you to meet just demands, lioly
upon it, that instead of being backward now in
meeting bills, this is preoi.^ely the time ot all tiinos
when you oujiht to pay thom. It is no exaggera
tion to say that the man who sots a dollar ii)t>>
circulation in such times does ten, yes twenty
times as much good as at anothi-r. Evi'ry exam
ple of action, of energetic life and of honesty in
the.se days is a benefit.
Pay up! To be sure, it is not ditfieult to sliirk
paying debts iu these times—not dithoult to sl'irk
even your own sen.se of right and duty. A man
asks you to settle “that little bill.” Perhaps you
really cannot, and then it would be ab.'urd to say
anything. Hut perhaps you can—only •‘don't
want tol” And the poor creditor can say noth
ing: for who would dare to do anything in suoti
hard times, when the forecloser of a morfg.ijri'
would—and very justly tiio—run the risk, if iiv>t
of the next lamp-post, at least of tar and feathor^?
Of course, you can avoid payment very oa>ily.
But if you are a Christian, a philantbr'pi.'t, a de
cent citizen, and. what sums up in one \v >rd, a
gentleman, why then ‘‘shell out” as speedily as
you can.
Pay upl None but those who live out in tho
great world, who see the practical eftects "fa panic,
or who have them constantly reported to thi'ui in
many forms—as all editors do—and who tr:ice tho
matter out philo.sophicaIly, can have any ido.i of
the vast amount of real solid good whi^-h is loiio,
among the sadly pinched at a time like this, by
the paying up of one small bill. You who h ite
to let a dollar slide from between your linger.-i
think this over. In ordinary times you ar ' lib
eral—you subscribe as you ought to the ••rni'>n
Benevolent” and other charitable assoeiati'iiis—
but now under the inundating influeuco of a p;»nic.
you cling to every cent as if it was a life-pro.'or-
ver. Rely upon it, that if you had the p.'Wt r r.f
taking in and seeing all things on the .-iiuare, you
would find that by p.iying one small bill n y >u
would do more good than by jii'inj aicr.y tho samo
amount at another time.
Pay up! Bad as things are, they will nor ' i»-
r'orever, and when sunshine i.'1'am.':i:: :'n 'vor •! ■
country, it will be rememborod wh i it w.i* tij i'
acted decently duringthe storm — whi it wa-; >h w-
ed nerve and spirit and liber.ility—.inJ wL w i-
timid, and illiberal, and unkiii l. 1:' ovoryl: . ly
would only put their shouldor> t>i tho wh> ol, : • i
a« times are, we could get out ut this S' iu_'ii 't
I>espond, and though we might brii;u nor a iitrlo
mud away on our garments, we should still b * 1; r-
ter off than we are. Pay u[I
.^■1 Litth Fable fur Jltu'h —Th’-r'' a
long, dull, hard season ahead, and every d'iil tr
that the poor now possess will be w Tth tw ■. by-
and-by, if they should keep it so ^>n^^ Kv'ry-
thing that you do not absolutely ut-ed in
times is dear at any price, and touching thi', w ■
have a fable to relate:
Once upon a time, a young femalo »juirr' i w- nr
to housekeeping in a h^.le iu the cr.itch if 'ii.j hi::
elm tree which fends off from our dwL;!in_' tho a.'-
saults of the sun during the SummLr p
was late in the Fall of the yf'ar, and Winte r w;i-
close at hand, and a hard and long Wiut' r
older and more experienced s.juirr' Is kiicw ir wa.'
going to be. They raked and ^cra■ od b'-r
all the nuts they cou.d get and st .wed tf;-in avv iv
in their respective ten> ments for fufur* u-' ; :t. !
still they thought they had not ennu:b, f.r th. v
foresaw short common;, iu the i'pring. S .iu: . f
the more crafty, who had a st':ok >t' hiizl.-nut.'
(esteemed a delicacy by the >quirrel ruo^ } and a
few kernels of corn which tiny had iinportvd tr >:n
our barn, without paying f.^r if, ofForod tht-m f.r
sale to their less e in>iderate brethren in oxi ha:i|_r.-
f^r butternuts, walnuts and acorns; but as
corn could be obtained only at the expenso 4'
ing shot by the farmer’s boy, who wa^ f .nd .f
squirrels too (squirr;l-stew?,) and the hazol-bu-iic-
were bare, these luxuries ought to command, tin y
said, high prices. Huwever, as the times wore
hard, “they would be sold at a sacrifice,” say one
beautiful hazlenut for a dozen common acorns,
two charming kernels of corn for four ordinary
walnuts, and other things at tho same low ratos.
The young squirrel who had just gone to house
keeping, with a tolerable good supply of the c-.)ni-
mon necessaries of life, thought she had nev^r
heard of ‘‘bargains” so tempting before, and, not
withstanding that her aged mother bosought her
to save her provisions for future need, she e.xchang-
ed half of her Winter’s supply for a handful uf
the fcuperfluities. She had enough, she th,u^rl,t,
of everything now, and prided herself vastly upon
her smart trading! Long before Spring, howovor,
all her provisions were gone, and when the gras.s
was green again she was thankful to nibble it to
save herself from starvation.
One of the ^‘Jiuns.”—We were somewhat
amused yesterday with a lesson we had an oppor
tunity of learning in finance, from the operations
of three youngsters, two of whom were trading
for marbles. Jem had offered Tom a picayune
lor his bag ot white alleys and striped taws, and
Tom, after some chaffering, had consented to
trade. But the operation must be a cash one-
money down and no credit. This was eventually
conceded as the basis of the bargain, and Jem
hold out his hand for the marbles.
“Money first,” said Tom.
“Marbles first,” said Jem.
‘‘D’y’e think I mean to cheat ye? say! exclaim
ed Jom, indignantly.
“Don’t know,” replied Jem; “ticklish times
these; don t know who to trust, nor for how long,
nowadays!
W ell, then, said Tom, “there’s Sam there,
iou give him your money, and Pll give him my
bag ot marbles; and when he's got ’em both Pll
tell him to give you the marbles, and you’ll tell
him to give me the pic., and so that’ll be all
right!”
Agreed,” said Jem, And ‘‘agreed,” said
bam, and the deposits were made.
‘Now hand over,” said both the traders, in a
breath. But judge of th eir horror, when Sam,
pocketing both money and marbks, took to his
beeU, his head over his shoulder, und his thumb
on his nose, as he ran—exclaiming to the aston
ished depositors, “Specie payments suspended^”
1 erhaps there wasn’t “a run” on'that bank!
caught THE PANIC. The Sfeamahip (Jreat AWrn.—The editor
•V tali I,mk, Jerusalem .sort of a follow, pretty of the Utica Herald, who is now in England,
well under the iniluenee of Mr. Aleolud, was ob- ,hns doscril.es this leviathan M the deep. He
served swinging to a lamp post on Fifth street says:
, last night He was talking quite loudly to the n] liavo soon the tJroat Eastern. 1 assure you
I aforesaid post, wIk'U a guardian of the night ap- (},.,( Jo.scriptiou can convey a just idea of her
' proached him.
“;’ome, sir, you are making too much ut'iso,
i said tlu' watoiuiian
i “Noiso'/ wiio’s that said noiso!:'” asked tho p^'St-
holder, as ho skewed his iiead and end. avorod in
■ vain t> give the iiitrudor a sober look.
“It Was n;o,” ri'pliod tho wati'hman, as he »'X-
' pO'oil his silvered nuinbers to full view
“V'-u/ and who in thi' d—1 are you.'' It taint
mo thar's a making of the noise No, sir ^^It >
the bank' tiiat's a making all the noise. They
^ are a br. ikiii. a or.islun'. arnl a sinashin’of th:ngs
to an inorelible amount Noi.sey It’s tho bank
ers tl. it ar' a makin' of the lioise. 1 hey are a
c'M'siii’, a rippin’, and a stavin’ all round. li s
the broki rs that aro a makin’ of the noise. I’lu-y
are a holioiin’. an’ a yelpin’ and a>erteohin , like
wild iiijuns. over the times, that worsors everybody
but thoinsolve.’. No, sir, it ain’t me that s a
makin’ of the noise."
‘•V(ni are ti^ht as a brick in a now w.iH." said
the otlieer, amused at the go>)d nature ot the in-
divid'i.al
I “Me tiirh?':' Who said 1 am tight? No, sir,
you are mistaken. It’s not me that’s tigiit. It’s
i m'iiey that'' tight Go down on Tiiird strjot,
an' they'l! tell you there that money is tight
' (io inf.* the work'hops, an' you tiud money is
ti^'ht Kead the nowspafiors an’ yi)u’ll find out
tliat it’s nion'*y that’s tiglit. M* tight? lv’eg.>t
i nary a rc 1. Hut Kaniiawa, and the d—1 couldn’t
' got tiiiht on that. N >, sir. I'm not tight.”
“Then you are drunk”
“Drunk? Stranger yer out of it agin 'I’he
w-.rld’s drunk. The hull community i.s a stag-
trerin’ 'r.iund, buttin’ their heads agin stone walls
I and a skinnin’ of their n >sos on tlie curbstone of
a ivor.'itv Vos, sir, we’re ali drunk — that i>,
\;ver\bo'ly’s diuuk but me. I'm > d»i r. sohor U'
a polieo judge on a rainy day. 1 -ilit't drunk;
, no, siv, >trani:er, I ain’t drunk ”
“Wiiat are you making such a tool of your.solf
' fvtr, then?"
“Fool? Sir, I'm no fool. Pm distressed. I’ve
eatched the contagion. I’m alUicted."
“-Vro you .siek?”
“Kxaetly.”
“What's tho matter with you?"
ijiit th- p "
“ I'iie what?"
‘•The f.anio', -ir; it’s a going to carry ot^' this
t‘-wn. 1 tried to escape by hard drink, but it's
ii.i use. The panie.s havtf gi>t me, >ure.”
Tlie watchman, more amused than ever, ton-
dere 1 his sympathy, and, what was better, his
lid, to the paiiie-stricken individual. In the
course "f half an hour ho had the pleasure of
puttuij tiiin iut; the door ot' his boardiu;^ hc.usc,
and p .uiririL' out :■> him the best remedy — a suft
^■-■1 aii'l I 'UiT >lumb-.‘r —Cinrinnufi fiin's.
"I’uf Turmjh " — In one of the oxpr-'
' ,‘hce.' in tiii.' city the uf!i'-r la>. the a_-(.-ut liaviii_' :
be-'n i’l;. u anti 'Vovl b_, s.'tne one aii.iut iii' pro- j
mi.'t' iiit/i/iii’f the C'intents "f i^-^s or dcinij. liu- j
; . uL;i wiue "I- liquor, w! ich tb- (' imp ny i
ii 11 n: b rf.ik’ n t.> f'.rw.ird, il. teMniu'd t > t a j
trip t'lr lae otli iider. Aei 'ii-.jii;iT;y l)r j
t ■ su i;.e>iieite a dem;j"hn of wuie which he had
pareh'.i'cd :ur tl.i' purj i'o.) a.- to uiak’,‘ tl.n'c {
ul. .u. i Iriijk of It V’ ry sick at the stMiuaeh. I
I'iii' d 'lio, L a idre"e>l it t.j .sumo name in 15^'-
t 'ij, laSiil. I it, lu.irked it to be " Jf fhrotijh
irf'-, CO/-/," and .'it it wii'.i the div’s trei;.-lif It
wa's ,.,!j t-pied b} tt.e depre latc)r f"r whom tho
; trap had been laid, and it wa,' not 1 ‘n>: buture he
manage 1 t ' g't a geo i swig at it. He was eaUirht
i! the aet by aU'ittif r elerk, and had to cumpound
f r by ietting hhn take a pull at it, also. The
r e [;;:uunicatcd the plea'ing intellig. ncc t .
■ :h. rs, ar;.’ u' tiiey had all been working; bar i
and .'ti id in i;--ed of rcfro'hment', and it wa'
rith-r a g"ud j ike than -'therwise, and the o .tn-
pany wis amp’y able to pay for it, they ait tdok
a drink. The TiL'inal driuk-‘r by right of di'-
c ivery drank tw > r three tim-s, and presently
a >iek> r !uan y «u n v..r did .-ce than he wa>. Ho
w 1' !;■ t Ml.ine in hi' misery, but he had the worst
* it. '1 i.e tniC'.o (Ip rated with :nvre or less
v!'ilene> u;. '11 .-evi.ral persons, and a very ludicrous
-or, rii'h-T, a wh'>le gallery 'd' pictures —
'-iif il In all pr‘'babiliti*s the contents
h -- 1,1 tr insitu thriiii:^h that oftiee
iitir.Jv . af'e L reafter. — A' Triinnc.
gigantic maLMiitudo Stauding upon the bank of
the rii.amos, high and dry, her immense hulk
cntirelv visible, and {)resenting her broadside to
tlu? river, slio .seems nuirc like some mon^ter of
fairy tale than a livini; pro.sy product of human
brain I'lvory other object, oven the river, is
dwarfod be.side her. Standing at her keel (if
she lias one) and looking up to her bulwarks, is
very muoh like looking up to the dome of St
Paul's The people walking tho deck are dwindled
to niert! pigmies, while tho saloon windows appear
niort' blaeic specks \ ou ascend to her upjx.'r
d(-ck bv a scries of stairways which rites your
mettle Siiiuewhat, and as you gain the top and
bulk ibiwn your lu'ad leels over the dizzy tlistance.
Standiie.; at one e.Ktreme of the ship and looking
toward tho otlier is like looking over a large field
of iron deck If you conimence at otie extreme
and walk until you have performed the circum-
' fercnee id' the dcck, you will find that you have
tr.iversed one (juarter ot a mile. I will not
troulde you with the details of her size further
' than to remark that while the tonnage of a first
, class merchant packet is from 1,000 to 1,000,
hors is that her length is 080 feet and
. her breadth S.'l feet; that 10,000 tons of plates
! of ir in and three millions of rivets have been
i used in her construction; that she has four
I decks, anti dOO feet length of saloons; that the
diameter of her eylinders is six feet; that she has
ten anchors, weighing an aggregate of 58.‘> tons;
that she has ten boiler:» and one hundred and
twolv.' f'urn iccs; that her paddle-wheels will be
propelled by four engines with cylinders of four-
(x'u feet stroke; that she has moreover a screw
propeller of twenty-four feet in diameter, with a
stiaft of 1()* foot in length; that her passenger
aceonimi.datiou is SOO first class, *2,000 second
class, and l,'iOO third class; that her crew will
oon'ist of t'our hundn^d men; that her sails are to
be hoisted and h. r anchors heaved and weighed
by steaiu engines; that she is to have six masts,
and that she is to manufacture her own gas on
board She has no keel and will have no bowsprit.
“So far from looking awkward and unwieblly,
she is one of the finest models I have ever .seen.
It' she.i' only launched safely I have little
d'lubt ut’ her suocess as :i sailer, it is not possible
that she c.aii be launched for several weeks yet,
the avi-rment of the Times to the contrary not
withstanding”
T'i>' Cai'iltl. — In the extension of the new
eapit( 1 at U'ashington, Congress ordered the con
struction of two immense brazen doors, with
suitable deviees. iu bas relief, for the new exten-
siui), ail 1 .'I’’. Crawford was re(|uested to execute
the work. Mr. Crawford was unable to construct
b’T one, and reqJO'teii tfiat the other might be
onMu.'ted to Mr Rogers. This was accordingly
dune, and .Mr. (Vawford ctiusc for his design the
H'-'.ilution and sirne of its stirring incidents,
::i. 1 K Igors, the discovery of Amcrica by
(('US, incluilinir th'‘ chief incidents in his
I cii'. er Wo are informed that this i-i one
uf t; ' in.i't ,'plendid achievements of American
L'- iiiu which has yet been given to the world.
The i ■ ir, a huge folding do ir, is some thirty
fei t in h ight, and the vari -us panels illustrate
thu difVvre!‘‘ stai:* s of the })rogress of Columbus,
fr'iin the first C'>neeption of his mighty project
up to it' grand exoi-uti in, which is magnificently
illu'trat:d in Uto uroh, und then, on the succes-
'ive de.scendint: panels, other striking incidents of
his course, including his shameful imprisontneut,
and, at last, Iris Ioath. — Hirhmonif Dispati h.
-turi
tiioy pn
wi'i.e
Wi;l be
In France, they have a project under coi, id-
erution t’or uniting England with iIr' confiueut,
tiv means of a tunnel,—that is to say, a sub-ma
rine av. nue, umlir the liritish Channel, between
0> VLr and Calais. An eminent engineer has the
matter in hand; and all the most prjminent men
of sci jnce say the scheme is practicable, and would
be executed at a moderate co.«t. The Emperor is
said to be highly delighted with this scheme of
•‘annexation.” while in England it is received ap-
pireiitly with not less favor.
Sh itmbii'ii ic.spuper—Among other in
novations which the mammoth steamer Great
Eastern is about to inaugurate, will be the pub
lication of a daily paper on board for the benefit
of the travelling public—the regular “public”
of trav. llers—whom she may be bearing across
the oican. But this startling feature is an
ticipated on the western waters of the New World,
f'lr the New Orleans and St Louis packet steamer
Janjes E Woodruff now sails equipped with the
force and material for the publication of a regu
lar (/'/;/// jiiijH r on ho(in1 iuring her trips up and
down the river, with a job office attached for the
printing of bills of fare and other work.
SliKj'jiskncss of Trade.—The shipments of
grain from Chicago this year are 6,000,000
bushels less than at this season last year. The
receipts are pretty ample, now, but not more so
than last year. The same falling off is noted at
all the lake ports. The Cincinnati Price Current
says the receipts at that city are not half what
they ought to be; and the boats at our own
landing which lately arrived from below aro pre
paring to lay up, it being impossible to get good
cargoes below, oven at the lowest possible rates
of freight.
,1 Curioxify.—Mr. Wm. O’Hollandsworth, of
Raleigh county, ^'a., owns a calf which has no
eyes, nor very little appearance of any, with the
exception of some very small eyelashes on each
side of its head. It is said to be a fine large
calf, and can go through a gap in a fence, a gate
or any entrance, without difficulty, and can tell
when it is getting close to a stump, a tree or a
fence, as well as a person can. It can also dis
cover when a stranger ia near, as easily as if it
could see.
Jietf// Jack.—'Phis is the name of a negro wo
man who died near Abingdon last week, and who
belonged to Mr. Milton White. She was remark
able, says the Vinjinian, not only for her age,
but for a singular eccentricity of character. She
years ago it was proposed to him to purcha.se a was 1 l.‘i years old, and was never married. She
Hrr n! hij ,1 ,r —Tin re is now on
cxbihifiipii at the Cry'tal Palace, New York a
t! W appara'U'. invented by .'^I. Holland, a prac-
: tieil baker in Paris, by which it is said that bread
■ jv pr-iiiuc..d in an eeoriu’iiioal, pure, and perfect
' maiiti.-r h •retntore unattainable. 'I’he machinery
e in'i'ts, first, of a mechanieal kneadiiij trough,
, witi.in which revolve curved blades by which tho
d'MiL'h is knea'led at the rate of a barrel of flour
in fifteen minutes, in a perfection impossible to
i attain by the hand process. This kneadcr is
j worked with ease by a single operator, is simple
■ and durable in con.'tru'jtion, almost impossible to
' get out of order, and inexpensive iu cost. The
remaimler of tho ejuipment is a iiot-air oven, the
heating of whieh i.5 accomplished by an indepen
dent furnace, the caloric circulating around it
through flues in the brick work by iron pipes,
t'Cc. Any combustible can be u.sed. for fuel, and,
: as the embers are collected sponfaneou.sly, no
(binders, .smuke, or ashes enter the oven; there-
, fore the necessity of cleaning the bed at each
baking is entirely dispensed with. The floor of
the oven is readily revolved, and iu filling the
loaves have only to be reached as far as the
centre. By this means the whole batch is done
evenly and of tho .same color, besides doing
I away with the fatiguing labor of long-handled
, tools, and obviating the effects resulting from
the radiation of heat, which is often disastrous
j to the Workman, and producing the bread free
, from blemish, whether of ashes, coal, or flueage.
It is .stated that the system of M- Holland is
, already in practical use iu nearly all the countries
; of the Old World, while in Prance it is rapidly
i taking the place of every other means of making
j bread.
Anprdutp of th^ latn DuJce nf WeJlinijton.—Some
A COLORED CAMP MEETING
Not long since, on a cool, pleasant Sabbath
afternoon, we accompanied a neighbor to a colored
ctinp meeting, assembled in a shady grove on the
‘(treeubush Rn.id,’ back of ‘Rockland Tower.’
There were perhaps a thousand people present,
men and women, ymng and old, at least one half
of whom were white person.s There was a ronion
of wagons i»nl horses arovjud a wide- circular iu-
closure, indicat'ed and respected, althougfi not in-
clo.sed. An afternoon intermissim; had com
menced just as we arriveil, and tfn3 sable wor
shippers were scatteri'd around the ground in
groups, in front of a rude board pulfiit, which w.as
siluati'd under the deU'C shade of a clustt^r ot
heavy foliaged troi*s. Some were singling, others
were praying; but everything wa.-, conducted wit)i
perfect propriety; nor did we hear, from any one
of tho ‘(Congregation,’ or the audience, a single
witrd at which exception might be taken One
‘colored brother’ especially arrested our attention.
He was very old; he said he was ‘goiu’ on
seventy:’ he stood in the midst of a very large
circle: and in a voice broken, yet some how
strangely melodious, we thought, was singing
from a printctd slip, ‘*l Witniimiy in w hich all
art»unil him joined with great fervor. And this
was the ‘Warning’ which he gave; and while sing
ing it, with .shortened breath, but most afteeting
solemnity, intermingled occasionally with touch
ing, and often eloquent comments, he was joined
l»y great numbers uf his ‘colored brethren’ pre-
.sent:
‘The ■voice of Wisdom bear,
He in time, be iu tiniel
The voice of Wisdom hear.
Be in time:
To pive up every sin.
lu earnest now begiu;
For the night will soon set iu;
He in time, be in time!
p'or the night will soon set in.
He in tiniel
‘The Gospel train’s at hand
He in time, be in timel
The (iospel train’s at h.inil,
He in time,
Heholil your station there.
Jesus has paid your fare;
Let’s all enfrape in prayer:
He in time, be in timel
Let’s all engage in prayer:
He in time!’
The aged singer’s hands were freckled, and
‘lank and brown,’ and rough, anil seamed with
toil. He .said they had ‘ministered unto his ne
cessities,’ and to tho.se which were with him; for
he hud a family, but by the blc.ssing of God, he
was able to work still He was a shoe-maker, he
said; he had suffered much from illness; but hum
ble as was his occupation, he had had, while sit
ting upon his bench, visions of a ‘better land,’
where they should no more say, ‘I am sick,' and
all distinctions, ‘except f.>f good,’ were forever
done away with. It was very affecting—and tears
stood in many an eye Just as the last verse was
being sung,
‘The Gospel train’s at hand.
He in time, be in time!'
af.ir off, on the level sfiace that stretched toward
the Raniapo Hills, came rushing on a long train
upon the New York anl Erie Railroad, and the
shrill whistle of the loconi'five, softened by the
distance, echoed subdu'*lly tlipnuch the ‘(?amp.’
The effect was tnost striking But now the horn
blew; the assemblage gathered around the pulpit;
a fervent prayer wa.5 offered up by a ‘colored broth
er,’ which, both in manner and language, was un
exceptionable, a hymn was sung; wt; heard part of
a discourse from the text, ‘Let not your hearts b«
troubled; ye believe in God; believe also in Me.
In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it
were not no, I would have told you.’ We heard
but the first half of this discourse, which was lis
tened to with not only not the slightest interrup
tion, but with the undivided attention of all pre
sent; a tribute which it well deserved; for we be
lieve that in matter and manner it surpri.sed al
most everybody who heard it All the way com-
j ing home, we were trying, with our friend, to re-
j call the air to which ‘The Warning’ was sung,
j We were about to ‘give it up,’ when it flashed
i upon us:
I ‘My name ’twas Robert Kid.
j As I sailed, as 1 sailed;
1 My name ’twas Robert Kid,
.•Vs I sailed;
! My name ’twas Robert Kid,
.And so wickedl,y I did,
I God’s laws I did forbid,
j .As I saileJ!’
j But all this mattered not. With th^ icords, the
j air was extremely pathetic; and it will be very
I lopg before we shall forget it.* Moreover, it was
most effectively executed.—Knikerhocker.
I *4u Odd-Shaped Kar of Com.—We have be-
! fore us an ear or a bunch of ears of corn, which
I strikes us asratber a curiosity. It consists of one full
grown central ear, and of six smaller and shorter
ears growing around it. The grains on the
smaller ears are large and well filled, as are those
on the central one, which is perfe3t, down to the
base, even where surrounded by the shorter ears
or “nubbins.” It was raised by Mr. Jas. W^.
Williams, of Holly Shelter district, in this county.
We don’t know whether this is the beginning
of a new fashion—if so, it will go ahead of the
Chinese Sugar Cane.— .Tournal.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Comtnerci»l Advertiser
London, October 23, 1857.
The state of the money market is still the sole
subject of attention, and as it has undergone little
change, there is scarcely anything to report by the
present packet.
Public confidence is unimpaired. Investments
in tho funds are numerous, and there has been a
coinpletti absence of commercial failures. Ct>n-
sidering that the liank minimum rale is now 8
per cent., with a possitdliiy that ut any moment
it may be r i sod to 9, wriieh would be hiirb- r than
has ever Vteen known, thest* statements are as re
markable as they are satisf.ictory.
Even from (jrlasirow, whore trie losses from your
side have thu' far been most t-everely felt, there
are no accounts to awaken anxiety as to the gen
eral stability of the trade of the place. The stop
pages announced by the firevious packet, although
in tho aggregate veiy large, were confined to a set
of .speculative firms, who for some years have been
regarded wita caution, atici out of this circle there
seems to be no rumor of any extensive difficulty.
The Western Bank of Scotland will be the chief
sufferer. But this establishment has a laige capi
tal and a numerous and wealthy propriety, and con-
.sequently there has been no apprehension of its
being seriously affected It has a reserve fund of
a quarter of a million sterling, and the worst the
stockholders hava to apprehend is that, during the
next year or two, they must be content with di-
miuish()d dividends. The manager to whom the
mischief is attributed has been required to resign,
and a more prudent regime will henceforth he
established
In Loudon all the banks, both private and joint
stock, are thoroughly sound.
The Forces in India. — An official return, made
up to the lOth ultimo, has been compiled by
Capt. Elphinstone, R. E., of the Topographical
and Statistical Department at the War Office,
showing that the total number of her Majesty’s
troops in India is *29,884 men, besides 29,611 on
their pa.ssage out. Of these there are 21,884 iu
the B'jngal Presidency, and 18,390 on their way
to Bengal; in the Ma(lras Presidency there are
2,420, and 2,210 on their way; in the Bombay
Presidency there are 5,074, and 9,011 on their
Way. The European troops of the East India
Company number altogether 18,260 mon, of whom
(3,^!00 are in Bengal, 4,960 iu Madras, and 4,520
in Bombay; besides 1,900 European officers and
men from the disbanded native regiments. The
native troops who still continue on duty in the
service number altogether 128,000 men, of whom
40,880 are iu Bengal, 50,880 in Madras, and
30,240 in Bombay. Ou the opposite side the
j number of the native troops in the Bengal Presi-
j dency disbanded or di.«armed is estimated at 26,-
750, and the number of those who have muti
nied at 58,230. Of the latter 8,300 are cavalry
and 48,600 infantry, with 700 of the artillery and
730 of the engineers, Iu the Madras Presidency,
men of a cavalry regiment have been disarmed
and 380 men of -dnother regiment have attempted
to mutiny, lu the Bombay Presidency 850 'aien
I have been disbanded and 200 have mutinied.
j The boast which has been going the rounds of
the newspapers, that the State of Arkansas is
■ free from debt and has more gold and silver in
her strong box than will keep the (government
for two years without any further taxation, is thus
spoiled by the Providence Journal:
j “Well, this is cool, refreshingly cool. Arkan
sas owes a de’ot of over 83,300,000, which she
I has repudiated, principal and interest. No excuse
I is offered for this shameful conduct. The State
I is rich, is abundantly able to pay, and boasts an
; overflowing treasury, unaffected even by the pre-
; sent financial difficulties. A part of the repudiated
I debt is due to the Chickasaw orphan fund.”
! A Liberal Alan. — William Dick.son, Esq , of
I Franklin county, Alabama, has endowed the
I chair of Moral Science and Belles Lettres in the
' Florence W’esleyan L’^niversity, at Florence, Ala-
' bama, with the sum of ten thousand dollars.
I This generous and noble act of Mr. Dickson came
from his own large heart, without being solicited
or begged for the contribution.
The assets of the Island City (N. Y.) Bank,
which went into the hands of a Receiver some
time since, on examination are found to consist of
81,500 in coppers and five inkstands. The capital
of the Bank was 8300,000.
\eicapapers for Produce.—The Chicago Tri
bune has the following announcement in large
type at the head of its second page:—
“This paper sent one year for three bushels
of wheat or six bushels of oats.”
GOOD SIGNS
The fair pricc property brings wh, i, ,,,\
sale in this part, of the State, doo ,, /
that the times are very hard ,\t M,„ ,
county, last week, a lot of negrows , / .'
a price as they would hav(* brnn^ri f
ago A little girl, probably n 't ni rrc ti, '•
old, brought ?.55>; a Wduian, t;(i ^,
rheumatism, sold for S’ioO ,
high.
W’e learn that at a .sale in .'st.al.
boriiood, in this coiinty, property . ■
brought its full value, and in ni -.., '
might be con.sidered hi^h price' w i' j, |
We have never believed tint li, r. .
good reason why the people in tii;>
so universally cry “hard times ”
Charlotte, who deals largely in Dry (; j
us the other day that his sales in ; ,
larger than ever b(d’ore, and thu pr '''
that the November business would . .. ■
good. W'e have heard • other nierc-hy„j, •
speak of their large sales N >w, w |
pared to say whether tln.se lai^o- saii >^
by a plentiful .supply d' miKn y ii, '
I buyers, or Vjy the clieapness t :!i.
! —no doubt both have their influtiu.-.
! cui-arly the latter, if we may beaiiow.d
i the opinion on the i]>se dixil of the lu
j thom.selves.
j One thing is certain, if those wii > . ,,
would loo.sen their pur.se-strings a iittj.. .
their debts, everybixJy w iuld feel e isj r mi
would progre.ss briskly. Try it.— r //,. *
Wilminijton Weldon li li
understand that the gioss earnin^> ot'o,,, p '
for the year ending .S^pt. I'.jT,
§494,508 56, and the cost of‘‘..p..i ifin^r ..p,,,.
§224,502 22, leaving 827U,tif; 40 '
earnings.
During the year-St>5,173 P2 w i'
filling up trestle work and in tie- i-ur
additional engines and michiu ry ],
penses are considered as ohargaMo p.; cmi'ir.i'
and equipment, and are not inelu I 1 ia
count for operating the road for the pa-t \
H i/>lli)ii/f')ii Jmrn u
The Last Pun —We were just t’uiiik'.. ' •
the camp^dign against hoops had clu.- 1—u...
ces.sfully to the as.-5ailing party—wh n thi 1,.
came whizzing by:
Why does a lady wearing crincdine ;ip; 1 ar., j.
cal as well as conical^
Because she is very uii ;
PttersLurj Lrpr>.
“Young man, do you believe in a i;i:
state?” “In course f does—and, what’s i[j
intend entering it as soon as Bet.'Py c
things ready.”
o
farm in the neighborhood of Strathfield.saye, which
I lay contiguous to his estate, and was, therefore, a
j valuable acquisition, to which he assented. When
the purchase was completed, his steward congrat
ulated him upon having had such a bargain, as
the seller was in difficulties, and forced to part
with it. “What do you mean by a ’oargain?”
said the Duke; the other replied: “It was valued
at £1100, and we have got it for £800.” “In
that case, said the Duke, “j’ou will please to carry
the extra X'300 to the late owner, and never talk
to me of cheap land again.
Raikes’s Journal.
was literally an old maid negro, having in youth
vowed virginity, and dying with her vow invio
late.—Richmond Whij.
A Wife's Retort.—A clergyman of our ac
quaintance, being recently in company where
several ladies were present, his wife among the
number, and the recent crimes of Mrs. Cunning
ham becoming the subject of conversation, re
marked, with a sort of rogueiah leer, that
when a woman fell she was far worse in her con
duct than one of the other sex. “My dear
husband,” replied his wife, “you will recollect
I , J ^ — I that the height from which she falls is infinitely
I Mward G. A.say a young lawyer at Chicago, : greater.”—Chronicle.
i tia.s been convicted of a misdemeanor in attempt- ^
1 ing to bribe an important witness in the Brayman ^®nd parent, (to his son:) “Yes, New York
I case to leave the state. The penalty of Mr. Asay’s is the place to get on in. Look at Smith; he
I ofltnce is a fine of 8500 and six months imprison- started without a penny, and has lately failed for
I ujent. a hundred thousand dollars. Of course, that’s
,p, f. , , - an extreme case. I don’t expect you to do as
I here IS no greater obstacle m the way of sue- well as that. Still, with honesty and industry, I
’te, than trusting for something to turn up, : see no reason why you should not, in the course
goin^to work and turning up something, j of a few years, fail for fifty thousand dollars.”
Three Crops.—Mr. R. W. Collins, of Burgaw
District in this County, has sent us six Apples,
four of them being of the second and two of the
third crop of the present year. Those of the se
cond crop are very fair—those of the third are
perfectly formed and colored, but small.—lb.
A Nut for Abolitionists.—A petition was pre
sented to Judge Hudson, of Greenbrier county, on
Tuesday, signed by old Willis, a free negro, for
merly belonging to James Frazier, deceased, re
questing permission of the Court to suffer him to
become a slave again. It seems that W^illis has
tried life among the Abolitionists, and, having
become convinced that negro freedom ia a grand
humbug, he desires to choose another master in
the State of Virginia. He selected Mr. Thomas
as his master.
Storm Brewimj.—Gov. Perry, of Florida, feels
very sick on Kansas. Taking his cue from the Vir
ginia Senator, Hunter, he fiercely denounces Gov.
Walker for insisting upon having the new Kansas
Ccnstitution submitted to the people,—and inti
mates that if Mr. Buchanan sustains him, and
sanctions that policy, he and the Northern Demo
cracy must expect war to the knife.—N. Y. Ex's.
How did he Know.—Editors in Iowa are often
placed on committees at State and county fairs.
To what extent they carry their examinations
may be supposed by the following, which is con
tained in the report of a late fair by the editor of
the Davenport Democrat. He says: “The best
woollen cloak*was worn by a lady of Muscatinej
also, the best socks and home-made shirt.’'
Michigan Eagle.
A Thoughtful Tf/'/e is a Priceless Treasure.—
Such a one has Mr. Peets, proprietor of the Phoe
nix Hotel, in Lansingburg, N. Y., which was
destroyed by fire the other day. He has learned
to his surprse, that his wife had effected an insu
rance of fifteen hundred dollars on his property,
with her “pin money,” unknown to him.
It is a very erroneous imputation upon one of
our prominent politicians that “he drinks hard,”
There’s Qothing in the world that he does easier.
Prolific.—A woman on a farm in Isle of Wight,
near Smithfield Va., bas hud three pair of twins
in succession. The first were girls, the next
boys, and the last pair is a boy and girl.
Caution to Country Dogs.—An occurrence
which took place iu this city last week, should be
a caution to all country dogs. A wagoner from
Talladega bad bis dog down with him, and in the
course of business it became necessary for that
dog to bite B#n Dexter. However, since that
dog had last visited the city, the Western manu
facturers had adopted the use of strychnine in
making their liquor—of which fact Browzer was
unaware. Suffice it to say, he hit Ben and died!
Montgomery Mail.
One of the Toots Family.—While strolling
down town this morning, we chanced to observe
an interesting specimen of the Toots genus, whose
melancholy musing as he rather unsteadily sup
ported himself against one of the door posts of*a
low-priced whiskey-mill, betrayed ideas of no com
mon order. Our attention was first attracted to
Toots by a somewhat emphatic, although sad in
quiry, addressed to himself, respecting what he
was going to do with himself.
“I repeat,” said Toots, in a subdued and re
spectful manner, continuing to address himself,
‘what am I to de? The present state of my deli
cate system urges upon my consideration the great
and constantly growing want of stimulating fluid,
which, unhappily for me, under the circumstances,
is not a spontaneous and free production of this
part of the country. My pockets obstinately re
fuse to retain the amount of specie necessary to
an emergency like this, and the wretched publican
within, as ob.stinately refuses to disburse cocktails
on credit. There is no use trying to live in these
times. I’ll go down into the quiet grave—I’ll
fade away from the world, and seek after cocktails
no more forever.”
Toots punched his knuckles into one eye as if
to chastise that organ for permitting the appear
ance of an unmanly tear, but his closing remarks
relative to his contemplated departure from earth,
were overheard by another besides ourselves, and
he was accosted by a mild looking, smooth faced
gentleman, who at once suggested to him the pro
priety of not dying, until it was impossible to
longer avoid such an arrangement. The mild
man continued to address Toots on the comfort
and convenience of remaining alive, until that
melancholy gentleman was seriously affected, and
appeared in a happy state of mind to receive good
advice. He finally, in a voicc choked with emo
tion, seizing the mild man by the hand, exclaim
ed with energy, “my friend, you have saved me,
I will live! Live for your sake, and I’ll try
my credit with this other fellow, who keeps 'round
the corner.”—JV. 0. IScayune.
L,.l BOOKS.
»0.\IAT’S Civil Law; itarkie on r:
Robcot’s Crira. Kvi- Sedgwick en the >K.
dence: of Uanr.:jri s;
Chitty ou Contract.^; Sedgwick .
“ “ (?rimin.il Liw; (Jons Law:
“‘ “ IMea-.ing; Hale’)* Pie is ul ;!. 1 ;
Stephen on Ditto ; Bishop mi .M.in, . ,
Chitty ou the Ljiw of (’.^r- i)iv..rcf;
rier^; Mitiorlsi /:. r ;
.'Selwj-n’s Nisi Prius,— Am. iiifi':
Notes; Sandersuu I - v . . •
Smith’s Chancery Practice; Hargrave .m M r
Land.ord and Ten upon l.itt
ant: U. States I)iu
“ on Contracts: State Tiiais • ; in I" '
“ Leading Cases; Kusse.l un '1 Oi ,t..:
Story on Conflict of Ltiw: Morris on K. j . :
“ Equity Jurispru- Trouli.it oii Lia.,;- i
dence: nersliip-;
“ on Sales; Sugder. uu V
“ on Partnership; •* ini I’ a- -:--
“ Equity Fleadiugs; Saunders on P. i; ,
“ on Contracts; “ Kej urt.-.
Fearne on Remainders- Ad lis jn ou t. ; i,,
Edwards on LJailiueuts; Wuarton 011 H 11
Byles’ on Bills: Whartou -
Tayler’b Law Glossarv; .Jurispru I 1.i t-
Dart oa Vendors und Pur- Newiaud on t,
chasers of Ileal Estate; Koper on Lv^ ict- s.
Broom’s Legal .Maxims; Williams 011 :■
“ Commentaries on the “ on Persnii ii I’r
Com. Lfiw; pert\‘;
Adams’s Equity; Oliver on C-j;ivey .-
“ on Ejectuisiit; Lube's Equity Pie... .
Burrill on Cirt.um. Evidence; Gresley’s Law ol i
•‘ Law Dictionary deuce;
Leading Cases in Equity; Kent’s Coiuiuont i '
Tidd’s Practice—Am. Notes; Curtis's Comment a
Hill on Trustees, “ “ Bradford’sSurroL'a:^ •
Matthews’ I‘resumptiv^ Evi- ports;
dence; Tapping .in 'i.iii iiiTi
Powell on Mortgages; Crowui-ircuit C ■ m|'1.
Cantwell’s Justice; Wiley’s N. C. F irm C, »
Supreme Court Keports, &c.. Xc.
E. J. U.VLE s. SON.
Nov. 2, 1857.
kanT^y
I^ROM the subscriber about the last of SPi tom^er
hia negro man FR.\NK. Said ne>;ro is : 'C
thirty years old, about live feet sis or seven ii. ■
high, Stour and likely, and puts oa a f )olish lunk njr:
spoken to. He is no doubt trj'ing to get to .1
State. I will give a reward of Twenty Dol'.ar’- tur ;
apprehension and delivery to me, or his coutiuemen'.
in any jail in the State, so that I get him.
Address the subscriber at Rollins’ Store, Moore i’
N. C. F. W. S>\.\.NN
Oct’r 18. ol-Iiu
O'
T E S.
^LD HYSON TEA,
Young “ “
Imperial “
Oolong “ (Black,)
All of BEST quality, for sale by
JAS. N. SMITH.
Dru:rL’i?t.
Nov. 4
57i:i
Frangipannl
An ETERNAL PERFU.ME; also, Luhins. Hwr:
son’s and Bazin’s Extracts for the if’Jk’f; I’''*’'’
& Merill’e Extracts for Flavoring; rouiatuiiis: H‘-
Oils; Hair Dyes; Colognes; Lip Salve; Putf?: T"
Powders; Toilet Soaps; Wood’s Hair Kest. rer. (qu'f
bottles;) Tricopherous; Katharion; Pungeiit.': ili.f'
Tooth, Nail, Flesh, Cloth, Hat, and Shaving Dru=he:.
^c., for sale bv
JAS. N. SMITH.
Nov. 4. 5T-;tf
Pure Wines, Brandy, Gin uiid
don Porter, ((jts. and Pts.,) for sale bv
JAS. N. SMITH, Urupr.st-
Nov. 4.
To Country Merchants and
^fcJAM’L J. HINSDALE invites the !»ttention of ^
try Merchants and Phyxieiawi to his large an i i-’ ®
plete Stock of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oil'. 1’?'
Stuffs, Window Glass, Varnishes, Hru>lie-;
Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy
Articles, &c.,
Which he is prepared to sell at low prices.
SAM’L J. HINSDALE,
Sept’r 21, 1857.
K. M. HGRCBISON. A. J.
MURCHISON o£ IK'WKI.I'
Commissi on Mprchn/ils,
No. 104 WALL STREFT.
89-itf YO!S«’.-
“ OF
MSITTi:n^-
Simple in its composition, pleasant to the tn'--
truly wonderful in its efl'ect, its popu^irity ,
wondered at. To invalids just recoveriusr stri'n-‘‘>-
is invaluable: exercising that soothing irtluc!.
the nervous system, and imparting that he.-i't'-i
to the stomach, so longed for by the conva '-''e'*'
Dathi t' ' . • ■
Nov. 6.
FAY
^^TiiiriSi)\\ 1
Start^
day’s
ceived by telegr
New y«>rk, '
M«ycr Wood w
3rag him out of
t>e«D sent to pi
Ci*eo, in consei
telegraphed to
the Snb-trcauri
gr*pbed for t»o(
The cf'nditio
highest degree
phia, Newark,
thousands of w
thrown out of e
people are cryii
cited by the 0
Wood, in his Is
city councils ol
i»id, that they
pense of the ci
woold be excus
»ny body’s prop
better to feed
selves of an op’
.than to pay the
ig stolen or dej
this naturally I
sod they appeal
practice. One
apecch frcim tb
Wall street, to
doll a rs in that s
want of work.”
The meetinga
moat entirely ol
One of the r
General Superi
220 of the most
The telofjraph
quired point in
that the mere ■
gtrument' will (:
Th e metnory
>r 15 years ago
Bucb terrible ef
York until verj
the same scene
more fatal cxtei
p. S. This n
following items
Drfrvre of fl
Lieu‘ (t 'neral
Bachanan, tli if
ures to d' fs iiij
case of an attac
- The N V. V
applieatioii for
Ryndors, add^,
“I'iie genera
gentlcniiMi are
already known
the application
“We are in
Treasiui r and
hy the S crctai
oorre'ipntHh'nfe
tifes,—but it
bas btjfu irrant
rines, should ci
“1 ncio 8am
meet the crow(
▼io^ent acts to\
Fkoschibi.n
that the single
at Holley Siiel
was never alb
precinct bavin
the Revised St
The l)finocra
adopt the sam(
timore. The
of Maryland {
public policy
the last Pres;
showing them
no right to di
cratic press cc
break ilown itf
Baltimore, hoi
opposition to
is now coolly
fuse its Keprt
and tho Wash
ao act will “v
De tnoeratic C|
•oarcely a dou
will be ejectef
The plea ft
Baltimore Kn
Th ere is niuc|
there should
have quite as
Nothings- an(
Mayor’s aetiv
turbances wit
from W ashin]
parties are
where as weli
reason why I
New York pet
have the powt
violence jjivca
Nothingism ;
Rrvi v.\i.
add itions havJ
terian '’’mre!
Sunday last,
Church, atid
the couirnunii
Kroni what
aid gi‘t ir> Fa
“Faj t‘villi’
“Fair f
Observer (■! t
at 11t and 1
were ijuiited
figures. Bac
says 17 to li