V A YouviAv.g Ti.ilCtut, 1 went one night to see o comedy. The chief actor was a favorite one, and tho theatre, a small provincial one, was very crowded. The curtain drew up, ' and ainid a burst of applause, the hero "of the piece made his appearance. He had hardly uttered twenty words, when it struck ra that something strange was the matter with him. The play was a boisterous comedy of the old schor.l and lequired considerable spirit and vivacity in the act us to sustain it properly; but in this man there was none; he walked and talked like a perron in a ibwrn; his best ltd passed over without ap- . peanng to jjcrcfivo them ; and altogeth er he apjHyuT-il quite unfitted for the fc parti' Ilia nuSo was ghastly, his laugh : hollow and unuatural ; and frequently fhe would stoi suddenly in his speech, ".and let his ,ye wander vacantly over, the audkiic.;. Even when, in his char-, atter f a -silly hiiband, he had to suffer himself to Ikj kicked about the f-tagc by ahe yBirg rake of the comedy, and after- j w ards l liehold that careless' individual " marking love, to his wife, and eating his j i imt; lie as miui up fit aiiunu fnaxx whence he could. 'not .emerge, hXjj ftnioriioiis ot ludicrous wram, wmcu liad never before failed to calf dovyn plenty of applause, .were, now such dis mal attempts to portray, the passion, that .hisses were audible in various parts of the theatre. The audience were fairly ii.no ejJlhly rea:on that we should be reduced to this "extremity. We can make our rtwn cotton bags, (which were once made to serve . t bo same purpose at New Orleans.) or cur own clothing and daily food. We have already shown that we can, with our various factories, clothe ourselves, cat ourselves, physic ourselves and now w6 have a chance to shoot ourselves withoufcalling on the Yankees to supply the material. T tnck in California. " The following from a New England paper, shows some of the chances in the gold region: -One hundred and twenty gentlemen of Hartford organized them selves into a company, and went to Cal ifornia, in September, 1849. . At the end of twelve months, twelve had died, twenty-six returned home with an average of $1,280 ; seventy-seveh remained in Cal ifornia. Of those who returned home, the greatest amount possessed hy one man was $50CO, while. nineteen had no thing at all! Another instance: The Fremont Minipg Company, consisting of 87 members, arrived out at the same time as the above:, at the end of a year 7 had died, "eighteen had returned horned aJ fifty-reVnaHietl In"' the "ZY Dorado," the average gains of each man being S710. One man had $5000, and nine teen made their bare expenses. Not a very llattering picture, truly. Williams, George L. Falls 2. Thos SpraN Law son Hill.Esly Rhyne. 3. Geo. Coou, Logau Lowrauce, Dauiel Hoke. 4. Ezekiel Sullivan, Alex. Kamsour, G. S. Ramsour. 5. J. P. Craft, Peter Baxter, Jas. Boggs. ii. John Hoover, Robt. H. Drown, Noah Delliuger. 7. David C rouse,' Jos. Shuford, George Mauuey. 8. I. D. Child, Win. Jenkg,Dan'l Dines. I .W.WJIcGjuuas, Seth Counor, J. C. Stroup. 10"" Chrfertan Eaker," David ' AdeYhoIt, Wiley Rudisel. . out ot temper, and several inquisitive in- Workmen should Study. , ,1 . . c .i, ,,: .. . l W e respectfully counsel those whom ries as to the extent ot the potations lie l , J . c . i..,.i ; ;.. ti...t r,, we address (the workingmcn ot Amen- of sibilation and abuse now fell round ) wu c""nc'1 "u '"i the ears of the devoted actor; and .not understanding of the subjects winch ag.- contcW with verbal- insult, orange-peel "tc io community, to make them your i i n .i . it studv instead of wast in i; your leisure in and apples new upon the stage, lie v . " j . i i . i . .i i vaue, passionate talk about them. 1 he tiopptHi, and tinned to the shouting . , , , , crowd. I never saw such misery i a 1 UniL ,,,n,VI -aW,y "VY "iass ?,,c human countenance. His face was'wrtrn i I"!1" ' thc nm"r of tlie tl:!-v' mSlt and haggard, and large tears rolled down r r"l 'C . &"Hl P'": I saw his lips quiv his painted cheeks. ermg with inward agony 1 saw his bosom heave with convulsions of sup , pressed emotion, and his whole mem . betokened such depth of anguish and. distress, that the most ruthless heart must have throbbed with pity. ; The audience was moved, and by de grees the clamor of invective subsided . into a solemn silence, while he stood near the foOt-liglits a picture bf dejeftioir. When all was calm, he spoke, and in a voice broken with sobs that seemed to rend his bosom, proceeded to offer his little explanation. "Ladies and gentlemen," said he, "though in my acting to-night I am con scious of meriting your ; displeasure, i" . one thing you do me vrou- I a ft intoxicated. Emotion akme, and that of the most painful kind, has caused me to fulfil my allo'ted part so badly my wife died but' a few short hours ago, and 1 left her side to fulfil my unavoidable engagement here. If 1 have not pleased you, I implore of you' to forgive me. I loved her, grieve for her, and if misery and anguish can excuse a fault, 1 bear my apology here!" He placed his hand upon his heart, and stopped, and a burst of tears relieved ; his momenjary paroxysm of grief. The audience were throughly affected,' and an honest burst of sympathy made the walls tremble. Women wept loudly and strong men silently; and during the remainder of the evening, his perform ances were scarcely audible, through the storm of applause by which the trowd sought to sooth the poor fellow's wounded feelings. There was some thing very melancholy in the thought of that wretched man's coming from the bed of death to don gay attire, and utter studied witticisms for the amusement of a crowd, not one of whom dreamed of the anguish that lay festering under thc painted check, and the stage smile. And in the great theatre of life how many are there around us like that poor actor, smiling gaily at the multitude, while at home lies some mystery of sorrow, whose shadow is ever present with them in busy places and in solitude revel? upon their hearts like a ghoul among the tombs. f . tancc with the constitution, laws, Insto ry and interest of their country, and thus establish them on those great principles by which particular measures are to bo determined. In proportion as the peo ple thus improve themselves they will cease to be the tools of designing politi cians. Their intelligence, not their pas sions and jealousies, will bo addressed by those who seek their votes. They will exercise not a nominal but a real influence in the government and desti nies 'of the country, and at the same time will forward its growth and virtue. C03I.3IOX SCHOOLS. . The fuHowiug is a list of the School Com mittees, for 1851, which we publish, by re quest, for general informatiou. They have choose to make it. And it nilL become just wlnt it pleases tint . majority ibnt it should he. Thiibill i no doubt the result of a most outra:eoua scheme of bargainiug and cor- beeu kindlv furnished us by the Clerk of ! ruption: the fruit of an arreemeut Kjwtrn , - - f ... I the nt r aud the harbor men of the i Nofli- uieouuij vw(h iv. wegt auJ the Tariff. neo of the ,Wh- District Xo. I. Capt. Sam'l Gleuu, Thos. , east. LavUh upon n jer and harlorflhe mouey iu the Treasury, and there remits at ouce an excuse for au lucrease othe Tariff, nominally to supply money for the Government, hut really to pour itintthe pockets of the manufacturers. AH the whole South is swiudled. A pittai.ee is doled out to her mow and then to keep her quiet, or seduce if possible, her representa tive from their fidelity. Sutantiak Utor iT urn. Scraps for the million. Wanted to know , w hat kind of Queens Ware is used ou Crowder's creek to hold beefstcakf. Cabbage, says the Edinburgh review, contains more imic!e-sustainiuf; uutritneut than any other vegetable w hatever. ISoiled cabbage aud corned beef make fifty-two as good dinners in tw elve months as a man can cat. The Marquis of I lasting, a youth of nine teen, has recenl'v. died. He .was the heir of numerous titles and ?trst estates. " The income of the Wesleyau mission for the year 1850, was oue-half a" milliou of dollars. Whenever you see a small waist, think how much health is w aisted. . The Itoston Journal seized with a sud den spasm of wit, relieves itself thus: -A -Smashing Jiushitss. A .New Orlcaus 18. D. W. Fronebarger, Jacob Fronebar- paper, iu eulogizing a new steamboat, says ger, J. W. Clark. I she is destined to do a "mnaslimg husiuess, 19. James II. White, Joseph Gamble, ' PSf iu frtiSht1;. T,'e Wm Jenkins. : steamboats in that quarter are getting to on ir B' aw .i n be rather two notorious lately for doing 20. J. l .bmoyer,E.S. Weathers, Peter nis kim, wfbusineM. llofiman. ' . . . . . T, ,. . .,. w . t . I A grockr advertises in the Iuirhiigton 21. Ilobt. Johnston, John Oates, Joseph geilt;llt.1 hl the following manner: -Hams Adams. , . ! and segars, smoked and un-smoked, con- 22. James Carson, James McNair, Sam'l stantly on hand aud for sale by A. S. Wilson. ' - - I Dewy." 21. Win. D. Ilanna, W. S. Dickson, I. j X. Hanitry, a painter of some rejaitatiou, Holland. L ! died lately at CuanliaKrcle, in Abruzzi, at 24. James Reed, W. M. Compton, James the advanced age of 1 A . 1 ie never drank M. l ord. 25. Andrew Love, E.' B. Wilson, Wm. Fergusou. . 29. F. II. Holland, John Oates, Jr., An drew Falls. 27. Robt. Wilson, John F. Gleuu, Eph. Torrence. 28. Lark'ui Stowe, Saml. Craig, II. N. Gaston. 11. NewiuAhj Alexander, Jacob Mauney, John Vic?- 12. Jaco.VCcjs.tiir,"' Jacob Plunk, Joseph K. R hy n ihy j V ' l-JruiitbJohn Mauuey, John Rutledge -vW . V 14. XbUji FYoifebnger, Moses Stroup, J. Hagar;--f " 15. LawftiMauney, David Paysour, Frederick Hunuuittr" 1(. Joiiaa Deck, Henry Setzer, Smith Jinkins. 17. James White, Samuel Torrence, Ja cob II. Ranisour. The State manufacturing her ounArmx for Defence. As in the manufacture of materials for domestic consumption, so also in that of Arms for her own defence, the State of South Carolina is Gradually paving her way to that career of inde pendence which will yet conduct her to. prosperity and wealth. With the "con struction of a Powder' Magazine and De pot for the reception of arms, on the Citadel Spiare, the Ordnance Depart ment have taken another step which will le hailed with more general satisfaction, tlnin the location of the Magazine ap pears to have given. They have ordered to he cast icithin thc State, two Batteries of Field Artillery, consisting of eight G pounders, and four 12 pound Howitzers -the material to be bronze the pat tern the fcame as used in -the Uiuted States Army carriages for these 12 pieces are also to tc iurnisneu wiui an requisite implements the contract to be completed, and the work ready for de livery by the loth of June next. Here is a tine opportunity for the enterprising proprietors of our foundries to come out and show what they can do, under State ''patronage, and in a good cause. It avouUI be inconsistent to call upon our neighbors or foes to furnish us with slicks to break their own heads with, and there Paige's Gas Reason ichy not made Puh lic. A brother of Mr. Paine w rites as fol lows to the lloetow Transcript; Every thing that has been stated with reference to this discovery in its favor, (the hydro-electric light) as far as my know ledge extends has been correct, with the excep tion of its safety. The water is decomposed or resolved iuto.its gaseous state in abun dance, aud at a cost of the interest of the machine only; but it cannot be safely xlone ns thc testimony of nine severe explosions, iu as many mouths, w ill amply prove. The great difficulty is fouud in governing the electric currents in their accumulations ami discharge iu 'die, or at the electrodes thc continuous varying electrical state of the atmosphere baillintr all mechanical skill that has yet been brought to bear on the discovery. With the certain electrical state of atmos phere, ihe apparatus has been known to work for weeks without aiiy difficuty; but. immediately that a change of excess Would occur, repulsion would take place at the electrodes, aud they would melt like so much wax. Last spring my brother was certain that he had overcome tire difficulty, and he com menced lighting and warming the house. For a few weeks all worked well; but one clear, cold morning, the family w as roused by a report like a six pounder, and in a mo ment after he appeared, drenched from head to foot. The decomposing jar had exploded. He then censed to evolve the casses for purposes of heating the house and worked the apparatus by hand only sufficient to generate enough for lighting purposes. It was at this stage of affairs that the "Scientific Committee" made their report; and you will perceive that I had sufficient cause to be backward in experU meiitirigi beside the order of my brother to ihe contrary. For eighteen months past lie has been in cessantly employed iu removing this only obstacle; and, although he is sanguine that he has now accomplished it, I fear a dis appointment; nor do I hope to witness hi success to such a time as a mistaken, tho just, press has ceased, to bar rats a mind ever sensitive to ridicule. . w ine, and his. diet w us extremely simple. Iu the church of Hommel, near Mime geu,in Holland, a form, on which some per sons were standing, having given way, a cry w as raised that the Church was falling. A rush being made to the doors eleven persons were trample! to death and about a hundred others seriously injured. Thc apprehensious entertained recently in Europe about the scarcity of silver seem 21). J. A. Rarasour, Abner McCoy, Dr. entirely to have subsided. D. XV. Scheuck. I J10. A. J. Cansler, T. Sherrill, Cephas Commodore' Joues'is disclosed:1 he is sus- Qukkel. ' - ; oeuded for five vears; half that time w ith- i . . . -i .i The Spring Term of the SuperiorCourt iu the Siith and Seventh Ciribitn. will b held this year as follows: ; SIXTH CIRCUIT. :rd .March aud lt Sept. Surry Ahe Wilkes Dari? O Iredell Cataw ba Liucolu Gsjttou Cabarrus luiou Meckleuburj; Kowan Alexauder lUth 17th 24 th :iut 7th April 14th 21t :ih " 5th May 12th " Ilth " -tlth " cth - luth S!nh Urn Oct. 13th " 2tt:h -27th Unl Nor. loth -17th U4th . SEVENTH CIRCUIT. Cherokee 10th .March aud Fth Sept. Macon 17ih 15th Haywood 4th " iSJud Hcudersou st 44 44 Ilcnroitile 7th April Uth Oct- Vaucy Nth 44 tilth 44 Hurke i!Ut 44 !2t)th 44 Caldwell ith 44 t.7ih . McDowell T.th May ;inl Nor. Rutherford PJth 44 , 10th 44 Cleavelaud lith 44 I7th . 44 LINCOLNTON: 31. David Su'mmerour, S.Rudiscl, Danb ' out pay, chiefly for speculating w ith the All!Mn. ' I r...).!!. .nni' in ( '.lliforuin fidil ilu.t. The public money in .Califoruia gold dust, The I'reMideiit Bpprovcs tliu jllilgioeut. Cheap Blacking for Harness. .Melt two ounces of muttou-suet w ith six ounces of bees-w ax, and &ix ounces of sugar candy, two ounces of soft soap, and one ounce of , powdered indigo; melt ami mix well ; add ! tr tC tn i-n.n tin l.nv it on with a 35. G. Mosteller, Moses Carpenter, A. G. gponge and polish "w.ith a brush. Jf'ailesborough Bank. AVe learn from thc Wadcsborough Argus, that in five days af- jjciims:er iS2. ValASP? Itetdcrmaii. John i$irl- shaw," Ileliry ReVer. 33. R. IIbeniathy, John Nixon, J. W. Moore. 31. R. Uurch, Isavc Nixon, John P. Free man. j . . v SATURDAY, MARCH 8th, The 'Zitile' Courier Will spread itself in about four weeks from this time, w hen the present volume will be out. In increasing our size, w e have incurred considerable expeuse, tho remunerating of w hich w e look confidently to our patrons. As thc paper w ill be aiuot the largest, and neatot printed of the State, w e hope to secure a generous support. We shall issue a new prospectus shortly. H? Wc neglected to stae in our last, that Mr. J. C. Jknkins, of the firm of Ram sour Sc Jknkins, had also gone North for their Spring oiipply of GomIs. It doe uot make much difference, we presume, but we do not like to make distinctions in a com munity all of hose members are our frieuds. Harral. 3o David DelHn'ger, L. Dellinger, Moses Stroup. ' -'" " 37. S.T. Abernathy, A. Carpenter, J. A Sadler. . 38. G. AW Cox,, R. II. Morrison, Wm. Johnston.' 3D S. X. "Johnston, W. McLean, Win. Nantz, Jr. 40. Lee A. Moore, Uenj Stroup, John N Friday. 41. F. Ml Rcinhardt, John. Clonighcr, Valentine Deir. . 42. Richard, Rankin, Jas Abernathv, Jas, Uutlesc. . ...... 43. Wm F. Cannon, Eli Liuebarger,Jolm Farrer. 44. Benj. Smith, T. M. Hanua, Sam'l Jarrett. ter the books were opened, more than s70 000, were subscribed to the stock of this Rank, (more than enough to set the bank a going,) in Wadcsborough aloue. A new cotton mill, 231 feet long, to run 2000 spindles, and go into operation iu Jan uary next, is iu course of erection at iu chester, Tenn. The Legislature of Indiana have nomi nated Gen. Joseph Laue for President. Mavsville Flag has hoisted the name of Win. . ilutler, h r President, and D. S. Dickin son, of New York, for Vice President. Religious Kdttcation. 'James, recite your scripture lesson.' 4,Johu the IJaptist was forty days and nililits in the wide mess, clothed iu camo miles hair, with a leather r rid iron rouiul his 45. A. W. Davenport, L. B. Gaston, S. t neck, aud his meat was locos and w ild ou- Johnston. '""' ' ' lions." 46. J. D. Hall, M. II. Rhvnc, Lewis Lincbarger. Mitnicitl . KlcctipH.'l'he folio w iug vgen tieuien were elected a Town Council for the ensuing year, vi. : I E. Thompson, lnteudaut, B. M. Jktto.x, J. T.Alk.v anukr C. C. Hknoekson, Dr. E. Caliw:ll Clwrlotte and S. C. Rail Road. At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Charlotte and South Carolina Rail Road iu Winnsboro, ou the 10th instant, the fol lowing Resolutions among others were adopted: Resolved, As the sense of the Board of Directors, that it is highly expedient that such a force be put on the Railroad as w ill insure the completion of the superstructure toChesterville by the first of October next. Resolved, That no further payments from the funds of South Carolina be made on contracts in North Carolina and that the President be, and he is hereby directed to bring suit against all defaulters iu the State of North Carolina. Resolved That the President he . author ized to call in two additional instalments from the Stockholders in North Carolina. Resolved, That the President he directed to bring suit against all Stockholders now in arrears iu South Carolina. -15?"Not a mtiil 'received last nicjht. .- ' 4rf . Andrew Leper, Sam'l L.Ew ing, An drew Neatle ' ' ' ; 48. Alfred Juuebarger, M. Hoffman, John Bullinger.y, The Scbotd Committees are required to report thef- wnmber of children in their School RJstrJgte by tho firt t Ap'rib . - .fit M.i ' i RivfrfimVIIarbor Jlill. This hill is ihiuhtless in perfect keeping with previxjusllegislation of Congress. lt profits one Action by plundering another. Three-fourths of the money raised, comes from the Smith, as she furnishes, mainly the exports, tipon' w hich are based the im ports, that pay .the government duties. More that: three fourths of this money iscx pcuded iu the favored regions: so we infer from the discussion on the bill. W e quote from the Chairman of the Committee ofj Ways and Means: i Mr Bayly said he had examined the bill. and found that it appropriated for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, labama, Louisiana, Texas and Kentucky, S'312,500, and there is appropriated for New l ork alone, J4U,UUU. He considered such appropriations to he unconstitutional, par tial, unequal.- and coutrary to the design of the Constitution." - Yet, why should it not be so ? The North be the power,5 wlry: should she not exert it. tor burown benefit 7 She has, by the admission of California, and by re fusing to remove .bstacles in the way of carrying slaves to New Mexico and Desert t, taken to herself all the lately acquired pub lic territory, Having got this, what is left for her to do iu the way of appropriatitig,but to seize upou the. treasury.' This she has the pow er to do, why should she not do it? But the Constitution, some good easy man will s v, is a check iu her w ay. Constitu tion! The Constitution is jtist w hit a ma ,jorify with a President of their own, That's a good little boy, you cau take you seat. A Loudon paper says that the Pope is about to establish an order of married prea chers, so as to employ married English perverts. This is truly 44au age of pro gress.' The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, after denying a place iu heaveu for all actors and actresses, is down ou totnrco-chew ersrwiid reminds them that IhertL ar uo spit-boxes there. Cheap aspriutiug is here, the' Appletons alone have imported upwards of a million of Bibles from England during the last few years. In Paris a new style of pocket has beeu improved 'ours is without change,' says a candid contemporary. Sam w as asked w hat he thought of the effects of hot driiiks on the svsteui.' "Hot drinks, sir;" said he, "are decidedly bad. Tea and coffee, sir, are hurtful. Audeveu hct punch, when it is very hot very hot indeed aud takeu often, and iu large quan tities, I suppose is slightly deleterious. Information has just been received from Moutreal, that Shadrach, the fugitive, had arrived there safe. Sons ofTtmjxrance. A charter has beeu granted to Beanie's Ford Division, No. 227, located iu Lincoln County. The Small Pox. We have every reason to hope that no dlsiase is now prevalent in Charlotte, from the reports of the Board of Health, hud the press, as will be found on the first page of this paper. We hope by next week to learn that communication can be resumed without danger. In connection ; we regret to learn that "a disease" has broken out iu Salisbury, f an eruptive kind, uo doubt the same as that heretofore in Charlotte, w hich has been dignified with the title of "io,"and w hich has proved fatal iu 7 out of 11 cases, ne groes. We had hoped our State was entirely rid of it aud it is, we believe, ivith the above exception. I. O. O. F. D. G. M. Wm. Laxmr, organized Jloicard Lodge, iu Shelby, oo the 21st ult. The officers are, . A. W. BURTON, N. G. II. DkK. CABANISS, V. G. THOS. WILLIAMS, Sec'y. . " W. P. ANDREWS, Treas. LThe remains'iA a pistol what wouldn't go off, is to he interred iu Barn urn's Muse um shortly. Thc ceremony w ill be an im pr5iie one. tiT As usual, of late, St. Swithin visited us again with several ungrateful shower. beginning ou Thursday, aud ending uooue kuons wheu. As Touchstone says "The rain it raiueth every day," .1 especially Fridays the river w ill doubtless be 44 up and the mails "Joirn, as Capt. George says iu his music school. Clearing up to-day. A new post office has been established at Peach Tree, Cherokee county.J R Ledreth LIT The Cent us table ou our first page post master, iu this rotate. should be laid by for reference it will 1 he last "case of conscience is that of ,rove iuvaluuble, hereafter. a surgeon w no rciuscu io luruisu a aung ior a man who had broken his arm. Com. Stockton, Democrat, has beeu elec ted U. S. Senator from the State of New Jersey for six years, from the 4th of March iust. He is the first Commodore ever e lected to the Senate. ' A mau out West thus advertrses his wife "Ou the (Jih of July, ou the night of a Monday, eloped from her husband the w ife of John Gruuday. His grief for her absence each day growing deeper, should any man fiud her he begs him to keep her. ri Thc Asheville .Veirs says Judge Hkt tie left Asheville this morning - in good health, for Cherokee Court. We w ere sor ry to learn from him that "Old Ball," whose reputation has been co-extensive with that of the Judge himself, for the last ten years, and who has sustaiued aud carried he Judge through every emergency, expired near Statesville, ou his way to the. Went. Rtquiescat in cci. -