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--A :'',V'lic:foIowing entertaining letter from China Ve find in the Pri3 Journal des Debats : v ...;v - y : .-. ; ; t ) BOAEO T(IK STEJUf COB? ETTE ARCHIMEDES, : ' Harbor of Macao, Dec. 2, 1844. 1 $ 1 rWe have just made our journey to Can ton. : On the morning of the-1 1th, the I rench7Amhassador wit all his suite, cab"e-;on "board,; and weweighed; anchor 'immediately, veather, we passed a charming -day. A good half of jt was: yelt empioyed jat ta MeV the rest in gamesr trictrac whist, &c., which were prolonged until midnight, when we Anchored at AVhampoa AVe " remained there eight day s, Ibur which . V passed at Canton ent irely; on shored The city of Canton is neither remarkable - ior lis. monuments, ioru uas uum?, uw ! ;its Walksof: which ir has rmne, quKresV foV there are none Except New China sifeet;:and:OWX resemble exactlytwo "of our handsome streets in Paris, Canton is made up en tirely of little narrow, long: streets. In the broadest of which' 3 men abreast could VwithdnlculywiaMr"2, thatiher is- not .-'a- carriageT not ajiorse nor!' the smallest 3vheel-barrbv any where ; but a crowd of people, pressing, pushing, crowding each other continually in these narrowjstreets, which are always filled up with porters, whbse burdens suspended at the tvvo ex trernities of n' stick; resCupon their. shoul ders, often extending quite across the street. i llottunately, the magazines and shops arc yays open on each side of the street, so tliat at any moment one can throw himself into one of therrt to prevent being knock ed over. Every body going Tand fcoming in this way has exactly the effect of ;an ant heap. Women are never seen in the streets. The Chinese women, except those of the lowest, class, are al ways confined to their houses. As to European women, if oae fofhem shduld appear in public, she: would be immediately; torn to pieces. -European. men are now and then insulted, the Chinese make a sign that they will cut off your head, but they take good care not to da iti Theyesemble that race of dpgsi who bark much but never bite, un less jheyare attackedand feel themselves , superior in force? ; What': is most curious at Canton, is the river on which ;;live. about sixty, thousand inhabitants.- . Tnere" are boat districts,1 boat streets. -In ; fcach of those boats one or more families live. Therels the commercial city where . every boat is a shop V there is the city of Zl the jpebple-these f. are )6or miserable boats; and finally there is the city of plea sure This is composed of-immense boats, painted in brilliant colors,- ornamented : witlj sculpture and gilding, where are to be found magnificent saloons, voluptuous tdivans. Duringthe hightail hese boats 'shine with a thousand lightsl Nothing is - theard in them but dancing, songs and mu- ; sicj SumptuousKeasts are served there, J - iOV which Avomen, crowned with flowers, arid (in their most splendid attire,: preside vo to tne stranger .who, seducea hy the voices and v the charms 'of these svrens. syrens, shpuld set foot in these brilliant palaces 'of ipt and dcbaucheryf-eath!wpuldfbe t ho pe nalty of his imprudence. The Chi nese with difficulty are : persuaded to -al- low'others to mingle in their business, but i "3,1vcr prgive any diie, who comes to inf erfVra with their pleasuresThe streets, : bfj the aquatic citypare (as animated as those of the city ; oniIand( TheV have lit tl covered; bbatscalj q perform he: same, office on t hejrlycr of ,Cantn as-ihat of the gondolas at Venice, or 'carria'ges in our ; largo streets in France. !Eachf tha boatsjis irnish mauj who smhdsaftvitE!a , byj aman, who; stanaV front wit hi an: oar. :';BtWeen thetwois"n ltttl saloon with Winds and curtains where four or five per " :slu.1? atlhelr. caseVVc "hired one bf themrinuritivy at Camon as we hije ji hackney coach at Paris. It vias greatest -pleasure in the; evening to cause ourselves to be conducted about the fIowf r ats, his iarjhe name given to the pleasure boats) where from I he dent n i.Zi0P obti, we dbscrved :iheirXcurious T ??e;Tei!jft,f dances we' beard thebngs.Ayepxarndt vbtnen,Awilhout our; being "perceived by 1 f Having been invifed to the fete given by; Pahtze Ching, the rich; mandarin, to tlje French Embassy, at his country house, w;e set but on a junk, ascending agai n the riris for two hours, between shores of sulITcient verdureibut flat and without per spective ; thence entering a narrow ca- u p Houscs ol which, built on large bam Planted in the, canal itself looked J sxvalldw nesik toon2 humathab., itations. : In a short time bur boat stopped bfibre a broad stairway, the lower steps i..-bf'. which were covered by the water We vtr in the garden of Pantze Ching; AYho Ijfis not so.vn on fan or in the large 'figuri .'d p.7)cr which serve for hangings to ho tpU, Xhotci Chinese IanJiCApes represent ing houses' with pointed rccfi, bridges in h form of an ass's back, surmounted with ItiiUlmvillionr, tcrrniar'cd in a pyramid? W ll;tl.ii L tf.3 exact i-ictuu c.i z Cli nt. .3 cou:Ury house. This covers entirely a inland surrounded t,y a vast pond, on the surface of which float; the large leaves of the waters lilyf-and crossed hy long and narrow dykes-which are trans formed into Cower beds. iFrbmi the house to t hese dy kesgoes out a netfwork of brid g es. some wit h double arcades.others simple, some entirely tihcoveredothers'witli gal leries, with little kioslvs Jittlef temples, charming retreats heVe and AhepsZkc thing -can be more fanciful. -J dweU ing is divided in two parts by a canal, and communication is Hept up between them byManginfif: galleries on 'which J he saloons open, and theise galleries are "divided into small com partments all furnished vyitH divans. 44 We' had in the evening; sin song, that js tci say, altheatre The hall of repre-j sehfktion was arranged in an immense sa loon divided jntojj wo ' parts of the part; reserved for ther spectators were covered with natural flowers, form ing a tapestry: with the various designs, intefmixed; with ? Chinese chamcters. I never saw any thing so skilfully done. The stage was separated frorn us by two curtains, which were nothing but t he flow ers of the jesmine threaded; forming a net more delicate ,thah; a spiders web, U was difficult to follow the plot of the pie ces fk hich were represented: vMeanti me theywere not withpdt interest from the variety bf the costumes belonging to dif fereit provinces of the empire which were brought before. p&:-T:'- Li iWomeh ne ver appear on the stage ; men perform their parts, aqd in some ca- ses wun suca skiii iiiai inc iituaiuu is cum pletel ',' The dialogue is almost always sung: to a sufficiently monotonous air, ac comfjanied by the gong, tom-tom and wind srihiristruments, marking a 'truly diabol ical: music. ' : The dances are! for the most partjvery insignificant,! butf the play fin ished "with warlike games interspersed with' trials of strength and perilous leaps, in which thelChinese. are very, adroit, J tJiiVbat struck us most in this fete, was that! at night the palace and its galleries, the bridges and the kiosques were entire illuminated and adorned .with garlands of glas.4..AH these lights being arranged in fanciful designs representing buildings and beirt reflected into' the lakeland sporting among the leaves; of theiyater lily as in it he Amidst of so many vases of porphyry and emerald, the waters of the pond were changed into a splendid variegated sheet, and offered Jhe most charming spectacle. It vasthre Tealization s of &nt Arabian Night's tale. - At ten in the evening they served up for us ah Ilomeric repast I had promised myself great pleasure from a (Jhtnese dinner, .but I was decei ved. Every thing vs served after the French fashion, excepting a . soup of swallows nests which I found "exquisite.n ;. Z 1 I '' I Z " , . from the Grecnsborough Patriot, of May, 24th. MP.' WORTH AND GEN. DOCKERY. Vtter. all, we are to have a contest in this district ? fooatest between friends, and we! trust a jfmniIcntestl It as knVn thati Jonathan Worth, Esq., of Randolph, accepted a nomination for Congress- from gentlemen of various counties of jlhe district lately. assembled in conven tio at Ahboiro Gen Alfred jOockeey. ofCR cand chmond,jras alsd declared nirriself a date for Congress. 14 . Both gentlemen were in ' town a' few la'9 JiJberasJ week,' beuig tlie .iyieek of bur Cou bty Cou rt,; a nil k on: Tu esd ay add ressed a large assemblage of the citizens :lr WoRTnreiTiar licitation ' or any desi re; on his part, and contrary to his expectation, he, was nomi- nated -by the Convention at Ashboro', the proccejdings of which yerc before the pub licl -With the frettincr un of that con ven- tion h had. nothing. to do. .He: had seen th proposition to ; hold such 1 convention, which: he believed originated in the Patri ot,' and approved the object for which it was jirupospu, 10. wii, inai Gi reconciling any pprsonal or sectional differences like ly to occur in so large a district, cmbody- '"a '"icaia bo wpjjjjuaiie onu so various. He. was aware that the convention was no ; fulloidy fiveiof the - sevea counties of the disl ricf havinsr anv formal renre- senfatibnnt levbrtheTes having ihe request of so ? respectable a body of een- ' i as were 1Dere assembled out of five Cojnies of the district, voluntarily tendcr- ;edJ m to;become:a? candidate for so distipuishea; (eel nsible ;of the5 honor,; and accepted theirj nomination. He hKd then no appre hension of opposition : cherishing no' as pirations for political preferment, he could not. have ; bbenfindaced Bb enter the lists iniiontested fietdelttec4 P.?.11.!? JheW4;circ' ho wbver, found another candidate for. their s4ur4sesit! He claimed over his competi UjJitaMvatita nominion ;Iand.he-alsb trusted that no degree bf odium, which in' sbm A'minilW altaclrtb a nominationl would bb nermiti f. f fd i operate in Hhepresent I can vass a- rr- f' r- i,HcKM.,s inena.uen J. Docket whom he had long known and valued tor his private worth and firm Whig principleson the ground of thei r person al and public merit alone, and cheerfully submitted their relative. clalms.to the de cision of . the people at the polls.---;- :t-, Jlr. W. then proceeded to make a brief exposition of his views cf publicTpolicy 11 relation jbtwhicli it iscnly r.r ccrr-ry for us tq say that he developed r the views tl rcu-!i ' 1 i 1 id sunshine, as a consistent decii- .torni an , 1 V ?, Gen. "boc reciprccated fully and ccidially the personal good opinion .ana ; good feeling of Jtfr. Worth, and then prl ceeded Vo state th grounds upop? which he appeared before the people as; a candid date. - He had nothing to say against con-, ventions : he was too. fully committed in their favor and had taken; too .active a part in them himselfl to say aught against the plan now ; and' referred, particularly as an instance "to the State.convention of 1842, over which he bacj the honor to pre-! side, ; which nominated Mr. MbrebeadTor; Governor, and Mr. Clay for President.; But he contended that conventions of thi$ kind, ia order to tCommantt consiaerationf ought at least so lar to approximaie a raay Locofocos will have a large majority ln the jority of the people, or party, as to express hAvbnrl Vpasnnable 'Question their igeneraT wishes and Teelings. The convention'at Ashboro',' he said, was not of that! descrip tion : two cbunties,yer0 not represented at all ; and the meetings held in tbe coun ties1 of Montgomery, Anson and Richmond were ery small, held without suflBciehtlyj public notice, and a principal object with them was to nominate Gov. Morehead.-i During last winter in Raleigh, after it was understood that Mr. Deberry declined an otheV canvass, Gen. D. had been frequent y consulted, and had received numerous' solicitations fronxvarious parts cif theHis trict to become a candidate ; 'and in fact such had been the : nature of hi$ , expres sions to his friends'thatlhe had I in eflect declared T himselfta candidate i in March.! He took a trip to the West; where he was gone sometime,jand on returning by. WadesboroVat Anson (pourt, he saw. his first intimation of a contention, emanating frorn tHPalribt. He then stood still,: awaiting the action of the convention, be fore which, however, he: did not personal ly authorize his name tp go. Since then he had received numerous communications 1 - - . -v. r, v. .-I-... ..r-.- j ; ( - ) from all parts of the district, expressing dissatisfaction towards "the action of the convention and strongly soliciting him to become a candidate. And he was assur ied, if he had not come put himself, there would have been opposition. Under these circumstances he was now soliciting Ahe suffrages of the people, j V." j,5 j Gen. D. then proceeded to remark upon ihe state, of parties a.nd jbf the! ccjuntry for the purpose of arousing ! and animating jthe Whigs to their duty; and, went into a brierdiscussion of the great topics of pub lic concern, in which he sustained iis char acter as a bbld.Whig. j : t t r Mr. Worth again rose and expressed regret that he was placed in the! attitude of one distracting the harmony of the.par ty, by the declaration of his! competitor that he was a candidate in Marchf a mat ter which he then heard! for the first time. He also remarked that, notwithstanding Gen. D's. unfavorable opinion of the Con vention, he was impressed with a belief that if GenDh'ad reVjvedJthe bomina tionbf those gentlemen, he w'ould' have" accepted it, and would have thought them a set of pretty clever fellows as; he, Mr. W. did Gen. DocKERr)replied ttat if he had come out under the nomination of that convention,: he should have considered himself a used up man. j After this sparr ing, wThich was conducted in good humor, the hour rule" allowed! by the Court for the public speaking was; applied! and the people put on their hats and came a- way. Such is, we believe, aj fair statement of the substance of their remarks. CRUELTY IN f THE NAVY." i . ' The editor of the. Old Dominion repeats his charges against Capt. Voorhees of be ing guilty of hideous cruelt' to the men Under his command, during thej late cruise of the Congress. He very; properly I de mands : an investigation!; of the charges made against the offender, and jdeclares nlmself in readiness to give the names of the witnesses wheneverjthey sha 1 be de manded by the Secretary of the Navy. The people of this country demat d it also d theiriaemands must and will t b heard. An officer, is chained with flogging a man to death, and we, for one, will not rest quiet Until the facts are fully known1; j We ask no Court martial comprised of gentlemen in gold lace we have - had enough and more than enough, of such one-sided trials already but we demand ax rsvEs-hoATioN 1 ; '". - U. Ll Journal. 1 There . reall vseems to be room for crreat i improvement in ipne ibrbnch!bf4he-Post wiuuc A-'cjJrtfimeni service. ine oaiu more Patriot says,: Would 5 it! bei "belie v ed, that now, in the 10tU century, in the age of Steam andbHRail-ibadsV that the great mail from the North and East lies in Phillphia all night?f then; !at eight in theWoraingstafts it arrives : at about threb !n thj afternoon, and then fakes anot her iZfkXuniil seven the iiext morning when arr7 o'clock ir pro ceeds ;bn to the West 1 "-f'"-r' f (XT Ex.Gor. Yelw of Arkansas, arrived in Washington City' on ' J.londay Be lOitinstanti from Galveston, Texas. :!?jor Doxii.sox,'our Minister to tUt country, nrrive J - t N Orlean ia ccrapany wiia Gov. Yrki. ; " ; ,We ar nuthorised to announce JAKES ' E. KERR, e , r .u- rtw r.nnrt C erkshir cf Rowans We re aathoriBed to announce J OHNJI. H AR.DIE, .we mre t r,nrt ri-rkshin of Rowan. as a candidate ior um. . We are authorized to annoonce JOHN 5.. JOIIN STON.as a candidate Jfbr the Supenor Court Clerkship of Rowan. . . - . - - ; - A V FOR CONGRESS, ; DANIEL 1L" BARRINGER. JET Msr .MAS0int:TUTTLE,&3a William Street, Merchant). Exchange, are our oU Agents in the Citf of New York, for receiving SaUcription and Ad- THE NEXT CONGRESS. . . now a8Certained beyond a doubt,. .that House of Representatives, and also a small ma jority in the Senate.: Every department of the General Government, will therefore, be. under the absolute control of the dominant party.--And as the Union, the official organ of Presi dent Poii admit sy they will have power uf ficient to carry out the policy of the Adminis t rat ion f their choice,- whatever it maybe.' Being thus clothed with power to do as they please in relation to the Tariff either to modify it, so as to bring it within the range of South Carolina idea of what it should be, the Peo ple ought to hold this double-faced, Tariff and Anti.Tariff Party to strict accountability for th manner in" which they'bxercise the power sained by the lowest despicable means I But shall we expect them to comply with the pledg es given before the election 1 We may look in vaini we fear t fbr it will be in perfect accord ance with the acts of tbe party if they fail to do as they promised the People of the U. States, if j there if any risk to. run -or any popularity to lose. These 1 are the dearest objects of this i .-, federal party under the assvmed 'name of De mocracy, " The prosperity of the country about which they talked so lustily before the election, has been entirely forgotten, by their eagerness to; obtain the spoils of office." And " if - we may be permitted to form an opinion from what has transpired, the People need expect nothing from this democratic administration, at least, un til the hungry appetites of the big flsh of the party have been snugly provided, for. ' But. as to the Tariff, we think there is not any great danger, lor tbe Northern portion of the party, who only secured the great States of Pennsylvania and New York f5r Mr. Polk, by assuring the People that he was a better TarifT man than Mr. Clay, will hardly be willing to hazard their own popularity to gratily the re froctory spirit -of-South .Carolina or the Vir ginlai abstractionists. So, after all, it is quite probable, notwithstanding the intimations of the VVashington Union, the present beneficent Ta riff will not be seriously, if disturbed all ; though we have no doubt strong exertions will be made to bring it down to what the chivalry are pleased to term a Revenue Tariff, to wit, twenty per cent. , THE ZOLL VEREIN TREATY. Great complaint was made, some months ago, by the Tylerites in particular, of the Whig Sen ators, who had refused to ratify the Zoll Verein treaty, ' etspe.cialJjrti4fc' tobacco and cot. ton-growing region, because, as it was aliedged, its provisions were somewhat favorable to those articles The annexed extract from a lead iog Locofbco pa pel1 amply- exposes the sta pftlity of the negotiators of that treaty, and vin dicates the wisdom of the course pursued in re lation to it by the Whig majority in the Senate : From the New York Morning News. " People aboa'd are aware of the grounds on which tbo Senate declined to ratify the Zoll Verein treaty negotiated by Mr. Wheaton. It not only exacted more from this country than it yielded in return, but by. involving a question of differential duties, was a direct invasion of the powers of Congress under whose authority the existing duties are levied.' This wa not all. It was not discovered until the treaty was already before the Senate, that by virtue of trea ty stipulations with England, that country would be entitled to claim, in the event of its adoption, alt the advantages intended to be conferred ex elusive ly on tbe Zoll Verein. Here again, by a retroactive effect, would the whole of that part ol the Tariff which contemplated articles of British manufacture, have been nullified by the ratification of a treaty with a third power ! Tbe folly and precipitation of the late adminis tration could scarcely have been rendered more conspicuous. ' - -j s; ' Alabama. The Locofbco State Convention, which met at Tuscaloosa on the 5th inst., nom inated Nathaniel Terry, Eq., as the candidate of that party for Governor. Terry received 67 yotcs,!and James Vt. McCIung, 13. This nomination . does not seem to take witha por tionof the democracy, r; Opposition in the per son of Mr. McCIung, is seriously talked of by friends of. Mr. Calhoun. . But, as on other oc casions, we suppose they will be whipped into the traces and made to work like horses by the old hunkers.. . ,t . - CAUGHT AT LAST. - ! We learn from a gentleman of Cabarrus, that Dave, a negro: boy; who was convicted in the Superior Court of that county of commuting a rape upon a white girl, and sentenced lobe hang. ed,but escaped from jail before the time for his execution arrived, has been caught and safely lodged in jail, there to await the execution bt the law'J He was taken in Mecklenburg coun ty, where he had been secreted in tVVave. , Calriri Lytle;n free negro, convicted of burglary at the last Term of Davidson Su perior Courtrand sentenced to bs hanged, was executed 'at 'Lexington, c:i Friday hz ICiIi ic-t; He mads no cc::fcz-:ca. " CO" V.'e huie ELttenti-Jn tu tie aJvertif e:r.2i-t in 10-1.0.3-' taDer. headed Greens.jorou'rh r .r- O IIij!i Cchool."' Our readers are already a ware tl.it the Orange Presbytery have resolved to removey frorn Greenshorough, the Caldwell Institute,; on the alleged ground that the un healthiness of that town requires ii should be done. The citizens .of the olabe. 'venriustlv. we think, are rauch displeased about it. - Not so much on account of tbe removal of the School,' as. with the1 reason given for i and they have published a report of all the deaths which have occurred there, for the" last four or five years,5 with the disease? which have occasioned them, to disprove the argument of tbe Presbytery for the removal. - In that respect, we notice, near ly as many die:with old age as with any' thing elseThejr have "shown that Greenshorough is, in truths a very healthy place, a fact, which until lately, was never questioned. ' ', j The citizens in a truly educational spirit, have determined to keep up a good school there, and and to this end, have organized a new Institui .tion, which promises to be equal,' if not superior . 'OCT1 An act for the gradual emancipation of slaveiy in the French colonies has passed the House of Peers It was introduced and sup. ported by the cabinet, and will therefore, it Js presumed, be equally successful in the House of Deputies. The principle of the act is, by; re quiring the-masters to give one day , in each week to the slaves, that they may by the free dom of that day's labor, which is to be paid for at a just valuation, accumulate a sum sufBcient to buy their own freedom. - This is likely to be a very long process, and the value of the labor as compared with the value of the slave will be fixed at a price so low, as to require many years before the price of freedom can be accumula ted, v This act has the semblance of phitanthro. py about it, hut no reality ; for many, if not all the slaves of the present generation will most likely die in bondage. . ; 1 A t ', m . . ZMJI-- (KT A? volume has recently! been published professing to give the sayings of the Duke of Wellisgtojt. Among other things in the.vol. ume, there is the following laconic letter writ ten by the Duke to Marshal Beresfoud, giving an account of the. Waterloo affair, soon after it look place, which as a description of the great battle by one of the great actors is quite s cu riosity : ' . - . - f- - M You will have heard of our battle of the 18th. Never did I see such a pounding match. . Both were what the boxers'calll gluttons.' Napo leon did not manoeuvre at all. He just moved frward in the old style, in columns, and was driven off in the old style. The only difference was, that he mixed cavalry with his infantry, and supported both with an enormous quantity of artillery. . I had the infantry for some time in squares, and we had the French cavalry walking about as if they had been our own. I never saw the British infantry behave so well.' OCrMr. Fox, the late British Minister to the United States, says the Nat. Intelligencer, be ing about to leave Washington city, (in which he has resided since his official functions ceas ed.) addressed a polite note to the Commission er ,ot f ublic Buildings on the lOih ultimo, otter inff for ih, puhlW gardens a Tiufnber, (several hundred) of roses and flowering shrubs grow ing in his garden ; which, we learn from the go vernment paper, were thankfully, accepted, and are now being transferred partly to the garden attached to the President's House, and partly to the Capitol square. ' f Warlike'' Preparations. The British Whig, 'published in Kingston, Canada West, mentions the following rumors of warlike preparations there, but does not vouch for. them. .. - . Eight regiments ar& .ordered out im mediately for Canada and those going home this summer are stayed till further orders. : In order to encourage the recruit ing of soldiers for regiments of the line, the standard has been reduced one inch, (this is a fact.) ; The dockyard at King ston is forthwith to be put on a full estab lishment, and an Admiralty Commission er will assume the command, under whose superintendence three iron steam frigates, of the largest class are to be built; Mr. Tucker, the Admiralty builder, the archi tect who built the Cherokee, arrived out in the Hibernia, and by this day's steamer is actually at his post in Kingston." ' ; , ' Late from Mexico. Tbe"New York Jour nal of. Commerce of Tuesday, 3 P. M. has the following intelligence from Mexico We learn from Capt. Baker, of the bark Fal mouth, which left Matanzas May 9th, that the English mail steamer from Vera Cruz arrircd at Havana 7th Jnst., with despatches for MK Crawford, the British Consul, advising him that the boundary line of Texas bad been defined and settled, and her Independence guarantied by a convention between England, France and Mexico Accounts by the same arrival state that Santa Anna has been reduced to the alter native of ten years' banishment, or a trial for ihaUdminUtrelioii:'-'-'' "'The above jntelligence muit have-left Vera Cruz on the 2d or 3d inst., which, is ten days later than bur.prums'svices;" " iThis joint guarantee of Texan Independence, with a specitication of boundaries, is a more definite form of the proposition sent to -Texas from Mexico somerweeks since, per Br. frigate Euridice. - Hie Texan government objected to that proposition; that it specified no particular boundary j, but intimated that if this objection were obviated, and a liberal boundary specified, the proposition would be presented to the peo ple for adoption or rejection,- simultaneously with the Annexation project, - We presume the line has been placed pretty far West, m the hope if inducing the Texans to acquiesce ; but it will be in'vain,-they are almost unanimous for Annexation, and Annexation will be the re sult. - - - - -- :. .... - .... - rCT Th 3 Delegation cf Cherokee Indians, with Jcl.n Iloss at their Lead, have arrived in Washington.'. -'- " : ' ' " " ' . ) The fo!:owin3 incident occurred ii one cf the county cf the 0.d Lui, ,t worthy of a place in your c,-,::. -. UZ .I Not ten3 since- a Yankee c!k r,J;ar drove opob. gate and stra.-ht way enterej house of . cerfu, Z A, with all that ease and modesty so erninenUr chJ" cteristic of that class of indivaoals.- Now it hapUnS n' 'mm0n alh gentlemen ally held these loclists of theNorth in peat deteauZ I and was but little disposed at any time to listen to tie" chafTering, much less to become the purchaser of ne their clocks ; nd at this particular time he was boa engaged in writing, and in no very heavenly mood ' Good morning," quoth the pedUr, entering the V. niuivuti.wiuivu;, : uuuu morning, air , Cn I sell yoa a clock this morning ft i ... r.'Xint-rate Drasa cioca, airwarrmed for twelve months, and no mistake : beautiful piece of furaiturt for the mantle. It is ; and has a richly painted landscape done by a first-rate artist just suit you I guess." 1 . I do not wish to buy your clock, sir." v f Ah, yoa havn't seen it ! - Too must see it and heat it strike. - It is musical, and we call it a vians clocl. fit-rate article." j . t 4. V , . ' -. , I don't want your clock, sir, I wouldn't have roar fine clock, air," . ,; t ,.: ; , "Yoa must ae the article nice clock just suit y r-hM guilt pillows and Cormthian capitals wtrrwtK to. run twelve months maker's name and directk. pasted inside-guUt pendulum ce it through a holt j the landscape, beautiful clock, air." . ; L s V I don't want to buy your clock, sir, and Jcare nothiaf for your Corinthian capitals and guilt pendulums I dej not want it.t t r.. . ; ; ' " Very fine clock, siry warranted jfbr eighteen tnontha --eightay brass clockr-eendid guilUagle oa lopL flash of lightning ia one claw, a vine in the other'; earv. ed lion's feet for supporters, and has brilliant rkh,riea" r " I irfl you again, sir, I care nothing for your guflt t. gles and carved lions' paws.: I Wt want to buy yoor clock, and Iwould not have it a Jkk f tick'-ing in ay house.air.T - a. . ; . Ah, you must see it I air j it will just suit yon and exit the pedlar for his nice clock. " r The clock was brought in and placed directly on ri ttble at whieh Mr. A. bad been writing, and the pedlaf at once proceeded to wind op and set to striking his fica footed eagle capped time piece utterly unconscious of the truculent look fixed upon him, aud of the storm thrfi; wu brewing!?::; - ?. vl t f. 7: 1 Z'i. j; -r There; sir, aint that music for you ! Hammer striln a circular steel spring . None of your old-fashioned bell clocks j piano cloci, sirr-warranted for two yetrs. just suit your mantle, worth forty dollars, yoa shaU bavt it for thirty suits your mantle so wellp - i By this time Mr. A's. patience had waxed exceedingly thjn" '-s " - ------n . "Eight-day brass clock, perfects-all -made Ty ma. chine ry -first-rate time-pice made at llanford.Con. necticut piano clock. Kr tale twenty dollars sortaj eagle on top--flash of lightning in one cl " D n your clock and your spreadeagle 1 take it i way, I don't want it." ; : ' ' h 4 ": " First-rate clock, sir, splendid bargain at twenty dol larswill . take fifteen if you want ' to buy suits your mantle to a 2 nice clock, sir.'" - " L " '- tl , Mr. A. could stand it no longer, but rising with an "excuse me, if you please," went to the outer door and beckened to his servant Eaton, and giving him some in structions returned to his! seat with a look so qm( tat the pedlar was completely deceived and thought his clock Ah7 thought you would Iiky it ! such nice piece of furniture.' Here he was cut ahort by the entrancef " Eaton and four strapping negro follows JjQ?--' ) y ' " Take that fellow," said Mr A. '! and carry h m ts his cart x V Distribute. youriefves Vo his heacl.jann!, atid ; ; legs, one to each-dowTt with him." ! J.C ;j The pedlar at first showed fight, bfit in a trice waron r his hck, mnd singing out W great trepidation, " I am no abolitionist," swearing most lustily, that if let off this tuns Jie would never darken Jlfr. A'., doors again, for bir this time he was completely overcome with terror, L 1 1 4i ' " Out with him M A. ZEhn him; Eaton, awr -he klsks. Hold bis legs tighf- Nowjoft with him Vi cart ; "Let me goJ'--sung out-fhe pedlar. Let iie : alone! Oh! Lord, don't kill meV Off win hikij-l put biro In his waKoaS-A'zi-iji - Z ' Now bring bis fine clock don't break ii: .Go,f3t it ia the UxMharwffl doj.;--; Now, Mr. Pedlar, one word.before we fart ; jot see that saw pit t . Well, if ever , yoa put your foot j mv land a rain. I will make Eaton ban? von unon it u sure as you are a Yankee.; - B oflT!" i : i. No second bidding was necessarysnd that pedlar never seen in that part part of the Country again. t MR. CLAY AND THE LADIES OFTRO The Whig Ladies or Tkoitand Himt Clay. During the last winter the Whigla4if i of this city raised a subscription for the pur chase of a piece of silver plate to be presented to Hekbt Cla7, of Kentucky. " A s $tated loroe weeks since in this paper, an elegant silver wai ter of, the value of- $200 was ordered by them for this purpose and forwarded to, Ashland.J jit will be seen from the annexed cor respondetirt that the waiter arrived safely at its destination, and that its recejpt has been acknowledged tj Mr. Clay in his usual felicitous manner: ' i- C . -cORXEsrOIfDEirCX. '" ' . - , ! - . Tsot, April 17, 1845. vDeab Sib: We are; deputed hythe' WU Ladies of Try to present you the , accomp ap,T. ing testimonial of respectj hut we hope.yeu., hoTTmeasure that respect by the smaliDessj w our sift. 1 If you will estimate it by the regard and gratitude we feel for ou, it will becomei of lofintte value,.f v-:v- . Mi t It is with pride arid pleasure, point ou f? your notice that in ihejate political contest cuf little city fought nobly for vm Clay and M principles" Ve feel, therefore, you will o fo spise the humble offenng'we make to thamorf talrnted of our statesmen, the most 'patriotic We wish you health and happiness, and le" that the consciousness of, being looked 'onjif Wnefactor to "'your cotintrj', will go far to eniura you the latter. f Assure yourself that to none are your name and fame dearer than to the u vj'f Women of Troy.T ? - .-,-".. j - Z : i . . In whose name we subscribe . . ' s - ourselves, yours, respectfully, y v CATHARINE THORN, ii ELIZABETH GIUS.VOLD. r - "'Hon IIsQtxt Clay .:XSxJz: f Z 'ZZ r, . :AsnLAD,MAT5, 1845i ' My Dear LADrcsr l receired r Tour friendlrletter of the 18th ulrtmov ?" and chastely silver waiter which the h.g l- are Mrs. ClT uics oi i roy nave uouc uo ------ t j;:; 'frr ' it- J-.- ift hnnortO P to me, in testimony ot tne "-""v .- T.. . to the p- Dieasea to entenaia oi i-- it. -nrt trtv rharacteri " lis waiter, and il if coiacidence worth ct t. 7- 0
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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