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Somebody In my Bed. . ;
Some famous writer, whose name
has skipped my memory, once asserted
thai he never opened a book or a news
paper but whalha learned something.
As an cfiset to this, I can salely assert
that 1 never listened to the bar room
yarns of any company, however unin
tellectual an appearance it wore, without
gaining a new idea, and occasionally
one worth circulating.
A week or two ago during my peri
gtnations through Northern Pennsylva
nia, spreading knowledge among the
denizens thereof. (I sell books) I just
dropped in at a comfortable inn, where
I concluded to remain a day or two.
After a good substantial supper, I lit a
York county principle,' the like of
which sell in those regions, at the ra'e
of four for a penny, and seated mvself
around the bar room stove. There
was 'he brawny butcher, the effeminate
tailor, a Yankee fidler, two horse dealers,
a land speculator, blackleg, the vil
Jage Escu'apius, and '.he Captain, who
in consequence of .being able to live on
his means, w as a wan of no small im
portance, and therefore allowed to sit
before the stove with the poker to stir
the fire a mark of respect granted on
ly to persons of standing.
Yarn afier yarn had been spun and
the hour for retiring tiad arrived the
landlord was dozing behind his bar, and
the spirit of the conversation wa bgin
to flag, when the Doctor whispered to
me that if 1 would pay attention, ho would
top off with a good one.
I believe, Captain,' said the Doctor,
neve i told you about my adventure
with the woman at my boarding house,
when I was attending the lectures ?'
No, lets have it,' replied the indi
vidual addressed, who was a short, flab
by, fat man, of about fifty, with a high
ly nervous temperament, snd a very fat
red (ace.
'At the time I attended the lectures,
1 boarded in a huuse where there were
no females but the landlady and the old
colored cook
Here the Doctor made a slight pause,
nnd the Captain by way of requesting
him to go on, said 'wel.'
'1 often felt the want of female socie
ty to soften the severe labors of deep
study, 'and dispel the ennui to which 1
was subjects '
W ell, said the Captain.
One evening after listening to a long
lecture on Physical Anatomy, and dis
secting a large npgro, fatigued in body
and mind, 1 went to my ludgipgs '
Well, said the Captain.
1 went into the hall, took a lamp,
and went riirecily to my room, it ; being
1 hen after one o'clock -'
Well.'
'I placed the liuht unon the table.
n - -
and commenced undressing. I had
hardly got my coat off when my atten
tion was attracted to a frock, and a quan
tity of petticoats lying on a chair near
the bed '
4 Well,' said the Captain, who now be
gan to show signs that he was getting
very deeply interested.
'And. a pair of beautiful shoes and
6tor.kings on the floor ' Of course, I
thought it strange, and was about to re
tire bt't then 1 thought, as it was my
repm, 1 had at least a right to know who
was in my bed
'Exactly,' nodded the Captain.-
Well.'
'So I took ihe light, went softly to the
bed, anJ with n trembling hand drew a
side the cunain.-r-Heavens! what a sijjuj
A ung ul I should say au angel
about eighteen, wa there asleep '
'Well said the Captain, giving his
chair a hitch.
'As 1 gazed upon her, 1 thought 1
never wnnessed anything more beauti
ful. From underneath a Iwile nightcap,
Tivall'iBg the snow iirw fineness, hung a
stray ringlet, over a neck and shoulders
of alabaster
Hell!' said the excited Captain, giv
ing another hitch.
'Never did 1 set my eyes upon a bust
more perfectly furmtd. 1 then took
liold of the coverlet'
Well,' said the Captnin, throwing
his right leg over his lelt.
And softly pulled it down
'Well,' said the Captain betraying
the utmost excitement.
To her waist .
Well !' said thp Captain droppirgthe
newspaper, and again renew ntng the
position of his legs.
'She had on a night dress, it button
ed up before, and 1 softly opened the
two first buttons '
" Well ! !' said the Captain, wrought
to the h-ghest pucli. of excitement.
And then, ye-gods! what a sigh'
to gaze upon a Hebe pshaw! words
fail. Just then
WELL. ! ! ! said the-Captain, hitch
ing his chair right and !ult, and squirt
ing his tobacco juice ag-imsi the sioe.
to that it fairly fizzed again.
'1 thought 1 was taking a mean nd
vantiige of her, so I covered her up, sei
zed my coat and boots, and went and
blcpt in another room.
'It's a Lju! shouted the excited dp
lain, jumping up and kickiug over the
chair. It's a lie ! 1 will bet ou fil
ty dollars that you got into the bed T
03" A II jokes are free at Christmas.
Georgia. The Augus'a Constitu
tionalist of Wednesday 'says : ,
"As it is now a practical question.
soon to be submitted to Congress, wheth
er the whole of California is not or is
to be admitted into the Union as a Staie,
with a clause in her Constitution prohfl
bumg slavery, it is proper iha? Georgia,
as one of the Statpsof ihe South, should
express her sentiments on this question.
This she will do in a manner not to be
mistaken. The Legislature is now in
session, and we have no hesitation in
predicting that it will declare the deter?
minalion of the people of Georgia, not
to be juggled and swindled out of her
share of thai immense 'erniory, and not
to allow the balance ol power between
the slavoholding and nun-slaveholdmg
Stilus to be destroyed by any such ar
rangement, The right of the "raongrel
races of California, from all climes and
countries, a small minority of whom
qnly aie American cil zns, to exclude
slavery from that enure country by the
sham of a convention, is not yet recog
nized. The claim of Ihe" South to the
extension of the Misssouri Compromise
line to the Pacific ts not yet yielded.
The probabilities are, that aConvemion
of the people of Georgia will be cMled
by the Governor, under authority of the
Legislature, to act on this and other
questions connected with slavery. The
tenets is at hand, forced on by Northern
fanaticism, ai.-d Georgia is ready to
take her position. "
Tennessee. The General Assembly
of Te.iicPE-ep has protested against the
pretension that Congress has power to
prevent the introduction and existence of
domestic slavery in the territories, and
other power of kindred nature, and has
passed resolutions the first of which af
firms "a devoted and cherished attach
ment to the Union," but a "desire to
have it as it was formed, and not as an
engine of oppression," which possesses
generally the same features as the reso
lutions of the Georgia Legislature, an I
others requesting the Governor to con
vene the General Assembly, if necessa
ry, to consider of the mode and mea
sure of redress, ant' finally, recommen
ding that the people of each Congiess
lonal District appoint two delegates,
and two alternates to represent them
in the proposed Nashville Convention.
In commeiiiing upon an article Irom
the Boston Courier, that able and mflu
ential journal, the Mobile Itegisler,
says :
' 1 he wilful perverse blindness ol
these Northern fanatics would be simply
amusing, jf it were not exhibited upon a
subject so painful and momentous. An
oppressive system oi commercial re
strictions, is a matter principally affec
ting our pockets, and thought to be un
constitutional, vet manv do not think
so,arid the great mass, whether believ
mg so cr not, were opposed to a forci
ble resistance of the authority of the
General Government, such as South
Carolina marked ui lor herself, at the
ppri d referred to. Bui the Wilmot
Proviso, and the irain ol evils which wil
follow in Ms wake, is another and a very
d liferent tiling. It is not a question of
dollars. It rises infinitely above that
It involves our very existence. And to
say that because a majority of the South
refused to sanction the null. fie tton pro
ceedingH of South Carolina, tktrefore
the South will yield up her very htailh-
stnnes will consent lo consider herself
in (he Union, when she has been cast
out by a violation of the very conditions
upon which she came into ti, is a t (ilml
ud therelore a ci iintiiol attempt to ir.is
lead and deceive, - :
North Carolina Money. The public
are cautioned against'lO'a 'f the Bank
of the Siatojirf North Carolina, liaieih
No.;U13, K-tter A, bearing dale i Jan.
J644, and payable to A. Sniuh: signed
C. Dewey, cashier, and D. Cameron,
president.
The signature of C. Dewey is well
executed, and might deceive one unac
quaiu'.ed with the genuine; while that
intended for D. Cameron might be read
for almost any name other than his.
The whole note is indifferently executed,
(he mam defect, however, being in the
vignette, the reclining female figure be
ing very badly done. The general look
is much lighter in the printing than
the "ermine ones.
As several persons have already been
imposed on by the one stiown us, the
public ought to be upon its guard. 5.
Ca rolinian.
To Cure llams- If people will pur
sue the following method of curing hams,
they will have them rich, juicy, and of
excellent flavor. Take a quarter pound
of .-a It pet re, two pounds of fine salt, one
quart molasses, and incorporate them
w ell together ; rub the mixture on the
hams thoroughly, then pack them in a
barrel, or tub, and let them lay ohv
week ; tu!;e them up and place the up-
ilr liter :i li p lt..llini ui.rJ In! llit.i
- 1 ,HV ail,er v,t vlim M ke a n.ckle sironir
enough to bear up an egg, and pour it
cn until the hams me covered ; keep
them in the pickle four week; lake
them up, and after draining, ihey will
be readv for smoking.
;' Dr. Parlman The whole subject
of the disappearance or death otVDf.
Parkman bfng now fairly before the
coroner' inquest siring withclosed doors
we have'concluded net to give the flying
rumors of additional discoveries which
are cuirentin the. street. Some, we
have ascertained to be unfounded, and
the facts on which o'hers are based do
not jiMily the statements which have
been circulated in relation to them.
This is particularly the case wiih legaid
to certain mortgage notes given up to
the officer by Mrs. Webster, when they
caljed at the house on Wednesday after
noon. The two faggots carried to the
college by the express man of Dr. W eb
Rter were trimmings of grape vines,
and the fact ha3 no relevancy except
as it ma go to sustain the assertion
that Pr. Webster did not leave his la
boraotory open last week, as had been
his custom. The spots of blood on the
floor of the apparatus room and the
stairs turn out to uesucn marKs as most
tobacco chewers make.
The excitement appeared to have
somewhat subsided yesterday ; but it
was manifest, from remarks on every
hand, that two zealous parties have been
formed in relation to the cas ihe anti-
Webs. er and the anti-Littiefield parties
ench exaggerating every circumstance
as ii is supposed to make for its own
side, or against the other.
It is proper to say that there are no
less than five ways bv which the labora
tory may be entered. Two from the
entry leading to the dissecting room,
which entry opens upon the street
One from the apparatus room above,
and accessible from the lecture room
One from the passage way connected
with the janitor s apartments, which
passage terminates in a door in the rear
o: me outtaiog, wnicn is accession
from the waterside by a regular land
ing. The filih entrance is by a rear
window, without climbing when the
tide is up,
Some curious attempts have been
made to get at reports of evidence before
the jury. On Wednesday evening the
officer on duty was offered 20 by a
penny paper for what he could remem
ber ol the testimony he had heard.
Newspaper Postage- It i9 a fact not
sufficienty adverted to by publishers,
that the postage onpaper3 is enormous
ly high for the times. Everything for
the last ten years has cheapened in
price, from rail road iron down to horse
shoe naiis, and from champagne wine
down to 4,rot gut whiskey;" but news
paper postage is nearlv, if not quite as
high as it was ten years ago. W e have
the old postage rates before us. Let us
see what they sa :
The Old Law. For each paper not
carried more than a hundred miles out
of the State in which it published,
1 cent. Over 100 miles beyond the
State in which it is published, l cents.
Magazines and pamphlets wihiii 100
miles from their office of publication, if
periodicals. l cents per hlieet ditto
over 100 miles 2 1-2 cents per sheet, &c
&c.
These are very nearly the same rates
on newspapers, magazines nnd.pamph
lets, that are in the law of to-day- At
that time the teller postage was nearly
three times as high as it is now. Why
the abatement in one instance and not
in another? This "odious distinction"
should not be permitted lo exist, and
Congress should be buithened with pe
titions for redress, until newspaper pos
tage is much lower than it at present is.
Why such a lax upon the diffusion of
know ledge and intelligence ? Let us
have cheaper postage on newspapers.
We learn from the Tarborough Press
that the increase of revenue lolheSiate
from the Country of Edgecombe, under
Ihe law of the last segsion,wiil be $1532,
53. The whole amount of interest giv
veri in .wati $49,4$6, yielding a tax of
$1484,58 ; ind the. Miiount on lawvers,
denu-ts, &c. is 480. The revtnue
Lhw of the last session will probably
bung in, the first etr, as much as S40
000i Raleigh Standard.
The Order of the Sons of Temper
ance is a unit In all i's operations, it
has a oi eness of put pose. A chain of
responsibility and accountability runs
through every grade of its organisation,
blending togo-.her individuals and bodies
into one homogenious w hole. Its cen
tral pouer is sufficient to prevent anar
chy, and its popular representation rde
quate to arrest usurpation andtranuy.
It is admirably adapted to combine the
temperance foices into one solid army,
to prosecute a vigorous and succe&siu!
wailare against the subtle machinations
and adroit movements of the foes of to
tal abstinence.
Dr Dickson, the great English Medi
cal rcformer,writing from London, says:
that rejecting blood-ieting, leeching,
and the enure tragic of old practice,
he is earning a professional income of
ten thousand pounds a year, giving ccr
t fi -ate of only nine deaths in the who-e
range of his practice for four years, and
one of those a cholera year. He began
the Hgitaiion of medical reform while
connected With the lr:tisti army, in
India, and has pursued it in England un
til the old conservative fabric ol medical
practice is shaking to its base.
, Scraps for the IttiElioii.
The Charlotte Hornets Nest aayp,
"the location of the Kail Road Depot
at this place i not vet decided but, is
still creating quite an excitement.'
The Rochester American 19 repon
sible for the following:
Courting Scene. Miss Canada
Please, sir, will you marry rne ?
Uncle Sam 1 ranuo: disguise my
affection for so amiable a young lady,
but your papa mu-i be consulted and I
must procure hi consent.
Aliss C. O, never mind ; I'll 86k
hirn nysif, and if he refuses we'll get
up an elopement.
A bill has been introduced into the
Senate of Georgia, to remove the free
nejzro and colored population from that
State, on or belore the 1st of February,
lb51. under certain nen.iinpa ihf final
one being that of fale as slaves if ihe I
provisions of the bill ate not complied
witn.
Dr. 'Prtrkman was one of the tmsl
liberal founders ol Massachusetts Medi
cal College. Hejjaveho land, to the
value ol 10,000, on which which it
tanda, and hod the Protessorship of
Surgery named after him. It seems al
most incredible that he snould meet
with assassination in that same institu
tion at the hands ol one ol its professors.
It is a fact not yet published, that
Tom Thumb look the pledge from Fath
er Mathew during his recent lour in
New England. The little man, who
stood upon the desk while F.ither
Manhew drew out his certificate, voutd
that he would never drink anotnei thim
bleful of liquor.
Dr. Parkman hd lef:, it is ...under
stood, a fortune of some 8700,000 to
800,000; and the timely discovery of
trie bodv will enable his relatives u, ad
minister o the w lie, which otherwise
might have heeu kept in abeyunce, pro
bably tor years.
A telegraphic despatch dued New
Orleans, Dec. 13, which came to huid
yesierdy afternoon, states that th
Grand Jury after hearing the testimony
of Moraiites and Key, refused to hud a
(rue bill against the Spanish Consul.
?Wc may therefore regard this mutter
as settled.
A W ashington letter sav.: ! have
just neard that Mr Johnson, the Attor
ney General, to whom Air Meredith re
ferred 'he nuleaye question, lias given
an elaborate opinion tn favor ot al o:in
ces tiside by ihe Secretary ol the Sen
ate, which Mr Whiitiesey rejected."
The Parker House, th princip.il ho
'el in San Francisco, reu s lor $260,000
per annum. They cuargo u weth
for bo-ird.
To Remove Foul Air from a Well.
Fire a gun down the wen and it will
consume all ihu foul uir, so that any
ono may go down with gaiety.
In youth, says Lord Hacon, women
are our unstresses at a riper age our
companions, in .old age our nuises, and
in all ages our friends.
'1 lo; baptismal admonition of the Hin
doos, ' rs impressive ou the bystander
as it i& beaunlui : "Little babe, tuou
enlerest the world weeping, while ail
around you smiie, cuutrivu so to live,
thai ou rnaj depart in spiilts, whilst
ail around you wuep.
W r were amused ihe other day, while
dining at a tio:el, by hfuriug u grten
lookipg 'un request the wauer in. a
confidential tone, to lake the cheese out
and butcher it, as ho liked ip have his
iiitdt butchered briure he ale it,
Strike while tne iron's hot,' is now
denominated bi log thy muscular powers
lo bear wiien the meiaiic combination
has assumed u fieiy and volcanic appear
ance. lion. George M. Dallas, late Vice
Pres dent of the United Stales, is about
to visit Charleston.
"Vho made vou, Obediah!" inquired
a Sunday School teacher of an over-
erown new comer. "1 dun uuuw, re
plied he. "Can you tell ne who made
you?" asked the lady, turning to a di
minutive urchin by her side. "Uh, yes!"
said he. "Thunder !" t-xclaimed Oe-
diah,"l should think he ought to know
he hasn't been made three weeks.
"Ma, don't you wish you had the tree
ol evil in your garden? As money is
the root of all evil, it we had the tree
couldn't we get the pipcious stuff?'
"Drat you, you pesky varmint, you're
getting too smart, entirely ; thai's what
ccmes sending boys to mucaUenncs."
'1 nebber 'leal white man's boot,"
said a darkey the other day, "dey pinch
ioq much at de heel."
W hy is a Yankee in close
quarter
like a mouse
Aos- liecause he
will
crawl out
liuougn i small hu.e.
There is a mu in Grant comity, Ky.
whoissuveiy miserly, that whenever
he sends his negro servant down into
tie cellar for apples, he inAes htm whis
tle al the way down to the apple box,
and back,' to prevent him from eating
any of ihe f ruit. -v
A drunken fellow recovering fiom a
dangerous illness, was aktd whether he
htd no- been. afraid of ineeiing his God,
"No," said the pour pg iu cfnistiau,
I was only aleer'd o'-t'other chap,"
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Saturday, December 33, 1SIO. -
A CIRD. '
The Rev, D. Derwelle, ajent of the
American Bible Society, would respectfully
inform the citizens of Lincolnum, and hV
-victniij. that he. desires u toi , ooion
meeting. iu u,e Methodist Church, m the
1st Sabbath in January. . He ishe to
meet thei0 all the friends of the Bible cause
of every denomination. i0 call forth thei
united efforts in this noble work.
OCT In order that those connected '
wnh our r fTice, may enjoy in common, ' ;
the public holiday, there will be nu p-,-per
issued from thrs office next .weekT ;
()ur PaI,er lo df,y contains all newa uptv
to 10 a. m. Saturday.
OCrEre another paper be issued from
this t.ffice. the nresem vear mil h
merged with the past. nother will
have stolen upon us, amid cheerfulness
and revelrv. The heart, untravelled. .
will turn to many a fond reminiscence,
and lo k forward with hopes, redolent
with future joy. Still Time will move
on, and many the changes it will maik
among our friends the old, the young, "
the gaj another year, and he that '
writes may bj mouldering with him
who reads; it is q reflection which all
may we I indulge, and when bitterness
can only be assungd in the retrospect
of a weii epent past. May our readers
crj v iis benign it fluence
To c ur friends we wish a merry
Christmas, and a happy New YVai,
indulging the hope fiat we may all
meet again to exchange ihe heartfelt
salutation.
ROliBERY. The store housR of
George Mosteilcr, Esq. at the paper
mill in this county, was broken into on
Sunday night last, and a number of
No'es and Receipts, abstracted from h
desk. Mr. M. offers a liberal reward
for their recovciy. See' his advertise,
ment ui another column.
Portrait Painting. We would call
the atiention of our readers to the ad
vertisement of Messrs. Thomas C. Johnb
aon & Co. in our paper to-diy The
gentlemen arc from Abingdon, Va. and
come highly recommended. We have
not seen their specimens, but hear them
highly spoken of. Rooms at the Hotel
of IJ. S. Johnson, Esq.
Scott's Wefkly Paper, Philadelphia,
c lines to us this week, increased in pizt
Mod pruned entirely tn a new and pretty
t pe. It is reaily one of the best family
new.paper among ihe lisi of our ex
changes, as it contains a vat fund of
general intelligence every week, besides
original liter try ; matter. Ii is offeied
to subscribers at S3 per annum -each
ol -whom will be cntnled to an elegant
ropy of Macauly's History of England,
35 p. 2 vol. in one, or any four popular ,,
novels enumeraied in its list. Macauly
is worth the money, itself. We wishl
our frierds every success, with the new
ear.
The Censvs The next year is that
for taking the Census in the seven!
States. G. W. Little, Esq. of Haleigh,
is the U.S. Marshal for thia District,
uh- will appoint deputies in each of the
counties go soon as Congress shall tnake .
thf usual provision, and furnish instruc.
tions. ft is necessary that the business
should be strictly attended to, as it th
volves ovr representation, not only in
ihe Federal but State Legislature. De
sides a large amount of statistical inform
ination may conveniently be gathered
at the same tune, which compiled in one
volume, will be interesting tor the fu
ture as wcil as present reference. The
resources of our S;aie are developing
themselves without the aid of theory,
and it requires but a proper attention on
the part of our marshals, to show to
capitalists the inducements to invest
their capital. We have no doubt, as
the people have come to see the neces-
sity and jisefulnes, they will not, as '
heretofore, be backward ia giving cor
reclly all 11 information required.
Where's Gen Ptdaey ? A Washing
ton leiier stales that . Mr. Jarue W'.
Juhnslon.of Pennsylvania, has received
the anpointraent cl Consul at Glasgow. :
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