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Ius 2
A Clever Anecdote The Eiupcror and
nis Duughter.
Translated for the Pennsylvania Inquirer from
the Gazette IVancaise By C. E. Turner.
A few years since, there was in the city of St.
Petersburg a young girl, so beautiful and so love
ly that the greatest prince of Europe, had he met
her even in a peasant hut, might well have turned
his back upon princesses, to offer her his hand
and throne.
But far from having seen the lijrht
n " - -,o - I
ness.
ant's hut, she was born in the shadow of the
proudest throne on earth. It was
It was Marin Nicn'ae-
iio, the adored daughter of the Emperor of Rus
sia. As her father saw hr blooming like the May
flower, and sought for by nil the heirs of royalty,
he cost his eyes upon the fuirest, he richest, and
the most powerful of them, and, with the smile of
a father nnd a king said to her :
My child, you are now of an age to many,
and 1 have chosen for you the prince who will
make you a queen, and the man who will render
you happy."
' The Mian who will render me happy," stam
mered the blushing princess, with a sigh, which
was the only objection 10 which her heart gn"e
utterence. ' Speak, father," she said, as she
saw a frown gathering on the brow of the Caar
M Speak, and your Majesty shall be obeyed."
' Obeyt-d !" exclaimed the Emperor, trembling
for the first time in his life, "is it then only as an
act of obedience that you will receive a husband
from my hands ?"
Tle young girl was silent, and concealed a
tear.
Is your faith alrcaJy plighted?"
The young girl was still silent.
'Explain yourself, Marie; i command you."
At this word, which sways sixty millions of hu
man beings, the princess fell at the feet of the
Czar.
M Yes, father, if I must tell you, my heart is no
longer my own ; it is bestowed upon a your.g
mati who knows it not, and who shall never know
it, if such be your wish. lie has seen me but
two or three times at a distance, and we will
never speak to each other, if your Majesty forbids
it!"
The Emperor was silent in his turn. He
grew pale. Three times he made the circuit o!
the satuen. He durst not aik the name of the
young man.
lie who would have braved, for a caprice, the
monarcbs of the world at the head cf their armies
he, with his omnipo'Pnce, feared this unknown
youth who disputed with him the possession of his
dearest treasure.
" l it a king ?" he demanded, at last.
No, father."
"The heir of a king, at least."
' No, lather"
' A Grand Duke V
No, E ther."
' A son of a reigning family ?"
No, Father."
A: each s'ep in the descending scale, the Czar
slopped to recover breath.
A stranger ?"
" Yes, father."
The Emperor fell back inlo nn arm chair, and
hid his face in his hands like Agamemnon at the
sacrifice of Iphigi nin.
m fs he in Russia T" he resumed with an effort.
Yes, father."
And the voice of the voting girl grew faint.
" Where shall I see him f" said the Czar, rais
ing with a threatening aspec'.
To-morrow, at the review.
"Now shall i recognize him?'' repeated the
Czar, with a stamp of his foot.
" By his green plume and his black steed."
" Tia well. (Jo my daughter, and pray Gud to
have pity upon that man." The princess with
drew in a fainting condition, and the Emperor was
son lost in thought.
l A childish caprice,1 he saiJ
at length. ' I
She will forget
his lips dared
am
foolish to bo disturbed nt it.
it. She shall
forget it !" nnd
not otter what his heart added
" It must be
for all my power
wouid be weaker than
her
U;irs."
On the lollowirg day, at the review, the Czir,
whose eagle eye embraced all at a glance, sought
;nd saw .it:
his hat tall ions, nought else than a green
n'ume and
black charter, he recognised in him
woo or-' tlie one auu rode tne otner, a simple
Colonel of the Buvarion Lioht Norse, Ma.ximillian
Joseph Eugene Auguste Ui auharnois, the Duke of
Leuchtenberg, youngest child of the son of Jose
phine, (who was for a brief time, Empress of
France.) anil of the Augsste Amelie, daughter of
Maximilhan Joseph, of Bavaria, and admirable and
charming cavalier, in truth, but as lar inferior then
i to Mane xMcaianvna, as a common soldier lo an
' emperor.
" Is it possible," said the Cz ir to himself, as he
petit for the Colonel, with the design of dismissing
1 him to Munich.
Hut al the moment, vvh' n he) was about to crush
him with a word, he stopped at the sight of his
daughter fainting in her caleche.
" There is no longer a doubt," thought the Czar; :
" (is indeed be.
And turning his back upon the stupefied stran
ger, hu returned with Marie lo the Imperial Pa
; bice.
For six weeks, all that prudence, tempered with
love and severity, could inspire, wai essayed to
destroy the image of the Colonel in the hart of
1 the princess. At the end of thn first week, she
was resigned ; at the end of the sveond she
wept ; at the end ol the third, she wept in public ;
at the end of the fourth, she wished to sacrifice
herself to her father ; at the end of the fifth, she
was dying.
Meanwhile the ColoneJ, seeing himself in dis
grace nt the court of his host, without daring m
confess to himself ihe cause, did not wait !or his
dismis&al to return to his regiment. lie was on the
n flint of setting out for Munich, v;'hen an aid-de- ;
camp of the Czar came for him.
I should have set out yesterday," he aaid to 1
htm?e!l ; I might to have avoided what nwarts me.
At the first fl.ish, ate voorself from the thunder
bolt. "
The bull in reserve ro- him was 'he following : ,
He was uh n d into lii cjb'f.e?, where krngs only
ore allowed lo entr. The Emperor was pij!', and j
his eye was moist ; but his air was firm and re
solute. " Colonel Duke," said he, enveloping and pene
trating him with his glance, "you are one of the
handsomest officers in Europe. It is said, also,
and I believe its true, that you possess an elevuted
mind, a thorough education, a lively taste for the
arts, a noble heart, and a loyal character. What
think you of the Grand Duchess, my daughter,
Marie Nicohxwna ?"
This point blank question dazzled the young man.
It is time to say that lie admired, adored, the prin
cess, without being fully aware of it. A simpie
mortal adores an angel of Paradise, as an artist
adores the idea of beauty.
' The Princess Marie, sire !" exclaimed he
reading at last, his own heart, without daring
to read that of the Czar ; your anger would
crush me if f mid you what I think of her and
I should tlie of joy if you permitted me to say
it."
" You love her 'tis well," resumed the Czar,
wuh a benignant smile ; and the royal hand, from
which the Duke was awaiting the thunderbolt, de
livered to the Colonel the Brevet of General Aid-de-Camp
of the Emperor, the Brevets of Com
mandant of the Cavalry of the Gunrds and of the
Regiment of Hussars of Chief of the Corps of Ca
dets and of the Mining Engineers of President of
the Academy of ArtB, and member of the Acade
my of Sciences of the Unit'ersities of St. Peters
burg, of Moscow, of Keasan, of the Council, of
the Military Schools, &c. All tin's with the title
of Imperial Highness, and several millions of reve
nue. " Now," said the Czar lo the young man, who
was beside himself with joy, " will you quit the
serv ice ol Bavaria, and become the husband of the
Princess Marie ?"
The young efficer could only fall on hi knee,
nnd bathe, with his tears, the hands of the Em
peror. 1 ou see that I also love my daughter, said the
father, pressing his son-in-law in his arms.
The 14th July following, the Grand Duchess was
restored to health to life and th.? Duke Beauh
arnoise de Leuchtenberg espoused her in the pres
ence of the Representatives of all the royal families
of Europe.
Such an act of paternal love merited for the
Czar and for his daughter a century of hoppmes.
Heaven, w hich has its secrets, have ordered other
wise. On Tuesday, November 5th, 1852, the
Duke of Leuchteriburg died at the age thirty
five worthy, to the last, of his brilliant desti
ny, and leaving to Marie Nicoloewna, eternal re
grets. All the young princes of the world will again
dispute the prize of bcr hand ; but the has been
too happy as a wife, lo consent to become a
Queen.
The Violets of Literature.
First among thsse sweet flowers of our literary
spring-time let the literalure lor children be
named. What a moral the msre name conveys !
The idea of books for children, written to meet
their capacity and suit their natures, is a familiar
idea to us ; but less than a century since it v as a
novelty, charming from i's motives, but uncertain
of acceptance. Poetry sang its songs for them;
and every mother that had heard of Watts,
caught his sweet strains, and breathed them gently
forth with the sacred words of "Our Father, who
art in Heaven." Then came short and humble
stories rose leaves with dew drops. And then
books, and finally magazines and papers all for
the children. How complete is the provision
now ! No literature is so lull nnd perfect. Its
aim, indeed, is not wide, or its means vast; but
taking its scope and purpose, we can find nothing
betier or fuller done. Sometimes there are inju
dicious tales frightful things that come back in
cradle dreams and work up the black midnight
into horrid phantoms ; but bad books there are
none.
But not alone for children is litercture dischar
ging its offices. Manifold is its work and multi
plied its instruments. Here are the insane with
their literature the blind with their printing
presses. Victims of minforione but sacred to
Providence, they engage the sympathies of be-
ncvolent minds, and mercy reaches them through
human hands. The sentiment of spirit, immortal
spirit, is uppermost in every kind of movement,
and while physical nature in their cases is cared
for, the higher and nobler self is yet more ten
derly regarded. What a comfort for their weary
hours? What yiy in this long, dep, silent sor
row! Earth can do but little forthem, but how
watchful is Heaven ! The most beautiful things
of earth are always connected with Heaven in
some way or other. Had we no sky, where
would be the dew the gorgeous cloud the token
rainbow? It requires a firmament, with stirs
and sun, lo give us these; and so, if we had no
Christianity, the afflict"d children of life would
languish en in bitter loneliness, and share only
the companionship of grief.
A few more ascending steps in the scale of in
tellectual beneficence, and we see the poor brought
within the reach "of literature. Not the parish
visitor or the womanly angel of tenderness alone
visits their lowly roofs. Wisdom and consolation
go forth, hand in hand, to seek them, and with
words of chosen love they are cheered in the
midst of toil and privation. They are taught to
rise to gain strength by reconciliation with Prov
idence, and a divine panoply is furnished them
with which the battle of the world may be fought
bravelv and wHl. And thus it appears that there
is a principle of exlension in all goodness. None
can confine it within narrow boundaries. Spread
abroad, it must be by the laws of its own nnture,
exalting, purifying and blessing all. N. Y.l'imcs.
The Case op Capt. Gibsojj. It is said that
Mr. A. Dudley Mann was the bearer to Mr. Bel
mont of instructions to act more energetically in
the case of CapL Gibson, and also that orders
have been sent to two vesseb of Com. Perry's
squid ron to remain in the Eastern wafers, to be
ready in case the American Government should
determine on reprisals against Netherlands India
for the injuries there done to Capt. G. OUier
accounts, however. sy that Capt. G. has been
ncing very indiscreet since his return to the
Hague, and that he has published in n paper there
a violent a'.tack upon the American Minister, be
cause it is alleged, he refused toloan him 1SvO.
Tin; Slave Trade.
We reprint to-day the principal passages nf a
long and able letter written by Mr. Wise, of Vir
ginia, in reply to a Boston clergyman.
The South has at last ceased to apologize for
slavery to admit that it is an evil, and n curse,
and an incubus, and all that fo timidly deprec.-'tj?
the harsh judgment ol the civilized world on ac
count of it. So much the better. That was ail
unmeaning sentimentality, and was derived from
some of the wildest galimatias of the first French
Revolution and the balderdash of Anacharsis
Clootz. It is pitiable to see even the masculine
intellect of Jefferson so( obfuscaTed "That e can
write to Mr. Holmes, of Maine, sentenceb of this
sort : "On the subject of slaves, there is not a
man on earth who would sacrifice more than I
would to relieve us from this heavy reproach in any
practicable way." T his was merely an affected
homage lo the newly -discovered principles of civili
zation and human progress.
Mr. Wise not only refuses to say that slavery
is an evil, incubus, and curse he coolly horrifies
the Boston clergyman by asserting that the Afri
can slave-trade should be left free. Again, so
much the better. Let Garrisonian men hear plain
talk abou; this either slavery is wrong, or else
it is right. Il it be righ' to hold slaves, then it is
rieht to luv them, hreed them, imnort them, as
o j I
all the world used to do before the Clootz revela
tion. It is right to go to Africa, where at least
five-fcixths of the inhabitants are always slaves to
ignorant anl brutal negroes, and there fo buy as
many as possible of those creatures, that they
may be promoted and elevated out of the most
miserable and abject of all possible human condi
tions, to the comparative happiness and dignity of
plantation hands. This is righ1, just and humane.
The more slaves from Africa, the betier for the
slaves.
One tling, however, is assuredly not right to
aggravate four-fold the hardships ol the voyage
and the cruelties of the factors, by sending out
hypocrit cal fleets of cruising, canting pirates'to
watch ilia coasts, and break up the barracoons and
chase the traders. It is done under false pretence
of humanity ; but the tender mercies of the wicked
are cruel; for demand will create supply. 150,000
negroes are annually s- nt safely across the Atlan
tic, notwithstanding the canting laws and treache
rous treaties. (Se Sir T. Fowel! Buxton, "African
slave trade.") The result of the piratical inference
being mainly this that whereas the slaves us-d
to be shipped in roomy vessels, and accomodated
like emigrants, they re now stowed in little
schooners built Airspeed. and packed like herrir.gs:
that whereas formerly there was a loss of some
ten per cent, upon ihe cargo, the shippers now
hiive to procure and despatch four times the num
ber they expect to get safely to Cuba or Brazil,
because many cargoes a:e thrown overboard vvhpn
tht; slavers are chased by the hum me pirates ;
many are captured and either "apprenticed" or
settled under British overseers at Sierra Lcono
(in either case much worse off than slaves) many
are swamped owing to tne smal.'ness ol trie1 ves
sels ; those ships which do make their way to
Cuba or Brazil lose one-forth of their cargo on the
passage; and of the remainder, another fourth
pari is lost in the "seasoning," ow ing to the de
bility induced by their horrible passage. Thus,
for the supply of these 150,000 slaves, some w here
about 500,000 must be bought from the ch-.efc,
driven to the coast, locked up in barracoons, and
stowed in one another's laps on the slave-decks cf
little bhick schooners.
Thus ihe pirates of humanity promote slave
wars, and vasHy increase and embitter and de
moralize the slave trade ; whereas, if common
sense and common justice prevailed instead of
benevolent humbug, the sy stem, put under ihe pro
tection of law and with due sanitary regulations,
might greatly mitigate the evils of negro life in
Africa, and avoid ihe miseries and horrors of tire
contraband traffic.
Africans have always deal' in slaves. Besides
the transatlantic slave trade, there are ct this day
periodical caravans of slaves conducted northward
from Soudan to the Barbary Siates and Egypt :
and the Imaum of Muscat trades off 50,0(t) of his
suhjects (much lo their advantage and his) every
year to the ports of India, Persia and Java. In
fact the export of negroes is ilia only way Afri
cans have to provide themselves with European
commodities and American notions. One Captain
Canot, an old slave trader, has lately written his
experiences, or more properly has got them w rit
ten for him. And although the old sinner affects
some touch of philanthropy" here and there, he
tells some truths worth pondering. For example,
"England, with all her philanthropy, sends under
the cross of St. George, to convenient magazines
of lawful cominerce on the coast, her Birmingham
muskels, Manchester cottons and Liverpool lead,
all of which are righteously swapped at Sierra
Leone, Acra and the gold coast, for Spanish or
Brazilian bills on London. Yet, what British
merchant does not know the traffic on which those
bills are founded, and for whose support his wares
are purchased. Again, "multitudes of our own
worthy traders, who would hang B slater as a
pira'e w hen caught, do not hesitate lo supply him
indirectly with tobacco, powder, cotton, Yankee
rum and New England notions, in order to bait
the trap in which he may be caught."
Oo the whole, we approve oi Mr. Wise's doc
trine that the slave trade ought fo be legalized ;
and that would get rid of its two crying evils
cruelty and cant.
But it would have been better for Mr. Wise,
when he was invited by his Boston correspondent
to give his idea3 of the "destinies" of the negro
race, jf he had simply stuck to his first answer
that he had no ideas on the subject. Men have
no business to speculate about "destinies" and
"missions," bm shnu.d do the best they can in
their generation. And whether or not the negro
race is intended by Providence to pass ;h rough
slavery, and have an exodus thereout back to Af
iic, certain it is that there cotdd be no moreper
feclly humane proceedings in this age of the world
than to call off the pirates of philirui hropy and to
encortrage an Open traffic in African slaves. The
change in every way elevates the negroes it
gives them men fur masters instead of brutes it
tasks them to rational labor in cultivating the
ground instead of La-king all greasy in the sun,
or rearing "skull obelisks to the King of Congo
and his hundred women." It gives them family
ties and a settled way oi life, whereas at hom
j-hey rear children for eaU. and cannot be said lo
know the domestic relation at all. AW the mis
sionary enterprises, all the hospitals and alms
houses in the world, are hardly such a blessing to
mankind as a free trade in slaves would be to
Africa.
As for "Abolition," it is time to have done with
that nonsense. The examples of sudden abolitions
and emancipations which the world has seen are
not encouraging ; and pt rhaps we look on the idea
with the greater abhorrence, inasmuch as ihe first
notable example of abolitionism occurred in Ire
land not with the best results in the world- The
Anglo-Saxons of England, it is well know n, were
grWl breeders and merchants of slaves; and Pope
Cregory the First, as he was taking a walk one
morning in the slave market of Rome, grcately
admired the fair-haired youths from that distant
island; but even ages after they had become
Christians, this great Anglo Saxon race regularly
sold their children; and ihe Irish seem to have
been their best customers. The Irish chiefs liked
(air-haired handmaidens ; and in the lists of tributes
payable b5' minor chieftains to the kings, we al
most uniformly find so many "tall, fair women,"
or so many "youths who knew no Gat lie." Sever
says, .(History of Bristol ;) "slaves were exported
from England in such numbers, that it seems to
have bee's Ihe fashion among the people of property
in Ireland and other neighboring countries to be
attended by English slaves."
Ciliiam of Malmesbury, another English au
thority, describes the young slaves standing, tied
together by ropee on the quays of Bristol, w aiting
shipment to Ireland ; and Girald, Bishop of St.
David's, another Englishman, tells us "that ihe
English were accustomed, through a common vice
of the nation, to expose their children for sale;
and even before they were pressed by want or dis
tress, to sell their own sons and kinsmen to the
Irish." Thus it befel that when the Normuns,
after conquering England, invaded Ireland towards
the end of Ihe twelfth century, there was a large
population of Anglo-Saxon slaves grinding corn
and weaving wool for the Irish.
Then came the foolish synod of Armagh, con
venes in 1109, to take counsel on the perilous
state of ihe country invaded by these Normans.
By some strange logic it was inferred that the
invasion of Normans from England was a judg
ment upon the Irish for buying Anglo-Saxon
slaves ; and so the foolish synod "unanimously
decreed and ordered, lhat all ihe English through
out the Island, who were in a state of slavery,
should be restored to their former freedom."
(Giraldus Cambrensis, Hibcrnia Expug. lib. 1.)
Of course they joined the invaders, and helped to
cut the throats of their former masters. There is
no transaction in all Irish history on which we
look with greater dislike and contempt than this
characteristic example of balmy benevolism on the
part of ihe clergy at Armagh.
The Cititen, John MUcheVs paper.)
The Cash Sjntcm.
Greenville District, Bnd our up-country gener
ally, is laboring under one-of the greatest curses
wh'ch man was ever heir in, in the shape of the
present credit sysfem. It ruins public confidence
in almost every transaction. For instance, a
store account is allowed lo accumulate. The
store keeper must have an interest upon Ihe mo
ney thus kept nut of his hands, and as the rate is
usually left o himself with the permission to
" charge it," he usually, and perhaps rightfully,
makes h usurious rather than legal interest.
When, therefore, pay dai comes, and the account
is inspected, the purchaser finds this addition, and
immediately he feels that others have paid less for
the same article, and therefore he considers him
self wronged. Having taken this impression, he
loses confidence in the dealer, and, conceiving
that the first breach of trust being made by the
opposite party, he has the right to retaliate. He
immediately invents some way to satisfy his cred
itor by wh;ch he will lose as liule as possible.
This frequently ends in the creditor returning the
compliment and losing confidence in him. This
loss communicates itself from one man to another,
until confidence is so abused that a dollar in the
pocket will be regarded as of more value tha-n five
in an account lipon our neighbors. What is the
consequence ? The moneyed man is afraid to
invest his funds, and public enterprise thereby
receives a check.
If such an extreme case does not happen, there
must always be a comparative loss. The mer-
cnant must oe kept out ol the use ot his money,
and this very use frequently brings him 25 or 30
per cent, every year; and freqnently this money
is detained year after year, until finally one of the
parties die, and their executor has to seitle his
accounts. Heirs stand by gaping in lazy expec
tation for the reversion of a handsome estate,
which will save them from labor. They see the.
va5t amount of property which the deceased had
gathered abont him, and they expect from it a
propor'ionable dividend, but when the accounts
are rendered in, the estate is either all swallowed
tip, or hut a small portion is left. During his life
time, the deceased, not spending any money at
the time, was naturally improyident of his expen
ditures, and laid out much more than he would
have done had he paid ihe hard cash right dnwn
when he purchased the articles. Thus his heirs,
who, perhaps, have been brought up in idleness,
are disappointed and compelled to work against
their will.
Now, we have no objection to heavy notes,
when one cannot gather up the cash at a moment ;
for these notes are usually negotiable, and there
fore just the same as So much cash. But the ob
jections which we have urged, will apply to the
small credit system of accounts, which so much
trouble all parties to a transaction, and which
frequently occasion so much chaffering and quar
reling. In other words, the consumer should al
ways pay cash, whether it be dry goo d, groce
ries, law papers, doctor's advice, or iteivprtpefs.
Greenville Mountaineer.
The Last Agony. The new fashion for hats
elicits the following from the New York Times;
"The gentlemen's beavers lhi fall have the
brims set underneath with white fur, instead of
black. The effect is very startling, for it gives
you the idea that every man you meet has either
been born with lint white locks, or has grown
prematurely grey. Fitzboodle says it looks as il
a man wore two hats, Jew Costernionger fashion,
and a very new one."
Meeting of ttte DireClot.
The Directors of the North Carolina Railroad
met in this place on Wednesday the 20ih instant.
John Iff? Morehead, -President, and Francis Fries,
Caleb Phifer, Jno. Berry, Samuel Hargrave, Chas.
Fisher and Robert P. Dick, were present. We
learn lhat the Board appointed agents at such
places as wif be required for funning Ihe Cars on
the road before ihetr next meeting, which will lo
in Raleigh on the 18th of December next. The
places at which agents were appointed are Char
lotte, Harrisburg and Concord on ihe western end
of the road, and Goldboro', Whitleys, Smithfiekl.
Siahngs and Raleigh on the enst. The salaries
of these officers were fixed at sums ranging from
$150 to GC0. The President was authorized to
contract with the Post Office Department for car
rying the mails over such portions of ihe road ae
are completed, provided 100 per mile be allowed
lor this service, and the company's own schedule
fix the time of running. A tariff of freights, and
General Rules and Regulations for the Company
were adopted, and a number of copies ordered to
be printed in pamphlet form. About 5 cents per
mile was fixed as the price for carrying passen
gers. Il is a gratifying commencement in our Rail
Road vocabulary that the Directors have resolved
lo defy the tyranny of fashion and adopt the En
glish word " station " as a substitute for the
French " Depot " so generally in use. This it
not oi;ly appropriate for other reasons not neces
sary to name, but it will save many who feel a
deep interest in the road, and perhaps assisted by
their means and labor lo bulla it, from the unplea
sant operation of being criticised while they are
green in Railroad technicalities, by their friends
who have traveled more or s'.udied French.
Greensboro' Patriot , 28lh ult.
Cheese as a Digester.
As a digester, as some not inappropfialely call
it, cheese that vvhich is decayed and mouldy be
ing preferred by connoisseurs is then eaten after
dinner. The action which experience seems to
have proven it to possess, in aiding the digestion
of what has previously been eaten, is both curious
and interesting, and has had some light thrown
upon it by recent chemical research. When the
curd of milk is exposed to the air in a moist state
for a few days, al a moderate temperature, 11 be
gins to gradually decay, lo emit a disagreeable
odor, and to ferment. When in this gtae it pos
sesses the property, in certain circumstances, of
inducing a species of chemical change and fer
mentat:on in other moist substances with which it
is mixed, or U brought into contact. It acts after
the same manner as our leaven does when mixed
. with sweet dough.
Now, old and partially decayed cheese acts in
a similar way when introduced into ihe stomach.
It causes chemical changes gradually to com.
mence among the particles of food which has pre
viously been eaten ; and this facilitates the disso
lution which necessarily produces digestion. Ir
is only some kinds of cheese, however, which
w ill effect this purpose. Those are generally con
sidered the best in which some kind of cheese
mould has established itself. Hence, the bare eat
ing of a morsel of cheese after dinner does not
promote digestion. If too new, or of improper
quality, it will only add to the quantity of food
with which the stomach is already overloaded,
and will have to await its turn for digestion by the
ordinary progress. Chemistry of Life.
Convicted.
We learn that Willis Hester, charged with ne
gro stealing, whoso trial was lo have takn place
at the last Term of the Superior Court for Orange
county, but which, on the affidavit of the prisoner
that he could not have justice done him in that
county was moved to Chatham. His trial come
off on Tuesday of last week. He was found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged, but has we
understand appealed to the Supremo Court to
grant him a new trial.
Joseph Brockwell, charged with the murder of
Mr. James Davis, of Chapel Hill, was also found
guilty of man-slaughter. Greensbtjro' Patriot.
A Good Chance. A lady advestising for a
husband in the Water-Cure Journal gives ihe fol
lowing description of herself. She certainly has
some fine "points :''
"I am just twenty, but will not tnarry before I
am two years older. I am a graduate of the
Marietta Seminary. I can do, and love lo do, all
manner of house-work, from making pies and
bread to washing shirts ; I can do all kinds of
sewing, from embroidery to linsey pantaloons ; i
can skate, ride, dance, sing, play on the piano or
spinning wheel, or anything thai may reasonably
be expected of my sex. If required, I ran act the
part of a dunce in society of Ihe "upper len," or
the pari of a woman among women. As for riding,
here allow me to make a banter; any man may
bring two horses, give me choice and 'en feet, and
then if he overtakes me in one mile I am his; if
not the horse is mine. Beware! By fops I am
styled handsome; by the young men on whom I
please lo smile, I am styled the height of perfec
tion; by those I frown upon, "the devil's imp;"
by the wise and sober I am called wild and foolish;
bv my female acquaintances "Molly ;" and by my
uncle I am called "Tom."
Billy Bowlbgs and his Followers. The
fugitive slave which has for sometime been in pos.
session of Billy Bowlegs has been given up, and
brought into Fort Myers. Tlie two slaves belong
ing to Billy, who were captured by the U. 8. troops
as reprisals, made their escape beiore the surren
der. As to leaving Florida, Billy says it's out of
the question. He must remain and die there that
he will disturb no one, hut if attacked he wijl fight
to the death. He can, however, scarcely numner
200 warriors, and many citizens of Flordia now
think it would be as well to let these peoph- have
their own way a few years longer, and death mid
emigration, (for some go off every year.) wii' o
thin iheir ranks thai they will be entirely power
less. At preeeni there are seven companies of U.
S. troops in Florida.
Fkost. There was a sharp frost in some parls
of New Hampshire and Maine on Monday morn
ing, which has put s stop it is said, to the
growth of vines, tomatoes, and tender plabtignn
orally.