She k C. WILLI AmSON, I editob. T. j. iiuLiuiiT,, r.;.TsnKR. VOLUME I. CHARLOTTE, 3XT C, &TJTjT&- 1852. 1 t It I HOLTON fc W1LLIABIS0N, I'llOI'KlETOItg. TKItM.S: XlieNtwlh Carolina Whig will be affurdrd to t i..nh. r" at I wu iiui.i.ako ill advance, or rwODKl-l-AK8 AND FIFTY ( F.N I S it' pay. L ,nl M delayfO '" "ire. Ifiotmie, liu iiincu olXAKS at Iho end ol Hie year. Adverlnrnitnli inirrird etOna Dollar per square I L .- 1 l' 1 1. . A-i t h lines or '""i "'cu ji't "'-wi- iii. and ascents lor earn .onuiiu.nc. I oun an. ,lMiiionia and bliotilPa Salee rhatged 25 per ni. higher ; and deduction of 33 pel cent, will , mailt: IfOIII I lie regular prince, lor eoveriisaira oy er. Advertise mettle inserted monthly or ..arterl. $1 Pr square for each time Semi-niotilh- 7j scats per aquar. lor each lima. J All leilcra relative to Ilia Editorial Dopsrl Li,t mint be directed In (ha Editor. And all lei. rioabiKinoa for Job Work, &.c.,tnul be dtiec- 1 1 lo the Pobiisher. All letters muat be post paid l lMf out oe eiieeoso lu. jc Payments can be made loailher. trPosimasurs araauikatiied to acl ( i gente. Mate r .orlh Carolina. Nfccat,itNi' cutiTr. Curt o'l'mxe end IsVianer Sessions, Julv Term, Wi Jho M. Long ) , "... jl Allatkmtnt. Wilkes & around Wilkes J FVIKOonthe interest of the defendatrls in J tit tract of land known ae lb. ft. falherine ,1 tract, on their mlereet in Hie inula ana eppur. ,nce Iti'MOnto belonging on meir rawta ... suam r.npme on in i epps i'i w" iniere.l of Chartee Wilkes in two rreoto nuir n.rs. I epiwsrnif to the aal afacliiin of Ibe eoorl that jrt.-nenls are noi res.aema of i.ir. i therefore, ilia' pufclar-aiinn be made an weeke . snth ('....lin. Whn. that unleae aaid fie. Vnteeppnarat the neat I uiirl of Pleas and y.ier ".aaiuna, to be held lor eaid county of Murk -iff al ll.e Curl House in Charlutio. on the 4ih iday in J iif nett. ana men aeo mere pi erf, or jonmeni nr uiau i win - i thnn. Wiin'H. Hraw:r naiee. uni ' mi loarl al UfEco, the 4ih Mudy in April A. U. B. OATES. c r c. WU6ir. MEDICINES, &e. nnrl0tl( 1-JriI" tOrCa o v & c: A la I U K la I, , 5lCC.'r ! roi ev Ore i R C 1 FOX at P. (',. CALDWr.t.L. W mr lor -od s eopaiiner.-hia in the ebove btt vri ife far aale lha largeal end moal general intent of ViuiriNee. faiwa. Hue. Ilie. I'rirt.rar. Ptt Maun-ieea. A.e , it., aver ult'-red in line inerket ; all of which will 1 lotaet fnr eaa'i, or on lime to pnnltial deal an .r hefuro off red They hope by ahorl fo offer aorh induten.enta U Pbrainiana and tty Vrrhanta as to secure tneir patronage. ...na from the l ean and Country nut reel aa Ulat no altantioa to csrefiilnrea 10 putting up naa proierl v alial I be venting. :ifat prcerrip'tona tieet !y and carefully pre A.! ordei-i troru the country punctually at ! to i.-let'e now prceente ihe Iwet markel, for art,. i etir hne lo be found in Hie interior, heving well coitilu-Hrd llrog More-, and with the -I a' heavy aale, we now otfnr lo Phyaimena nt.y aim-hanta. every arunle in our line. r Itian ever erfered in th back country. au.ee entire, .e freeh and warranted genu, le it a.ieh additions will be made from lime a, aa the .la of the country may dariiend. 10 DOXKS GRAY'S filNT.M K.N T, largs II,... Ail si .n j 'is r.n'.. lMZf..tonrva Water, in quart lUibe. aiin.re, Tpplna'a and sHiiinil'a anraa pnrlllM j et. yojrrtjir Totiir tJli.rture, Jul received aarl Inr aale kv rliXl l ALDWEI.L. ijth is.'! iLPIIATIa OF UI'IM.M'. ill fi'llTLFH lor aale at 11.75 per bottle l. VllV A (-ALUM t.l.t.. Oij'iITI.FS lor aato st 11.75 per bottle I.. VllV .1 I'll nu i 1 1. Miav rol NDS WIIITK I.KUl in wW ti,t pure, al 8 50 pnr humlrcd. GALLONS I.INsELD OIL, for POUNDS BLAKK'.S I' I III", Proof Paint, by If. FuX tc rALDW FLL- Allen's Vegetable Compound, roft THK Cl'BK or f psia, Liver Complaint, Nervous tlil), Hilione A Iferlloua, Av, ';!"-". ,. on--r.d lo the piil.l.e onder th. ' w mail i ris-rsj no siriicia in piuifiics na. - f-r el...... lo their cons . ler.i.o... o hy reijii lar I.HAIH UK of J f F- : I OI.I.FliK. Philadelphia, and a prat-ti. of twk.n TY YKARSSlAND. Hh,l,,M(ll., hl. , ,t p,.n ha, con. " in Iho opinion thai a compounded mud r,..,r.d lo nrrv.nt and reme.lv lh.dl.,li. tl ited by residing m low miasmatic ch o io eoumaracl the proatral ng mllueneea nraervonadieurdera with which Iho hu ate afllicted. ,. , ll known nhv.ican. anri o.e ah... ,..i.,... , i. ,.,.ri.re ir P r- V Ka (t s w ith ihe moal aaionial.ire lo li Uj-imi ita qoa'itira ie above rlVE THOUSAND TASKS. ' ..or r. i-niveu mom nitiiBriug re il te fiom plivatciai-e of eminent staod.ng sen baattmet! ,.n lltia 1 MH AKK (NOW SPFFEPINH moat ilwsiliul rmiii.Lint Ihe D Y -r K r ' single hot l In f Hit. Al.LF.VS Ul.fc I W.MPOUND would have the of- '""vit'C ail llioeo distressing leelings "H ni et (lutolnolifg diaease. I'mprhrora, ' ALLKN. M. It. rhila. sud A. & w I, e LEVKLAM), 8(17 King St. I liarltelon, f V. "eland'. (.,, Tih-Waeh Dr. ties via. ." 11, ir I(..t,wiva ; Dr. t'lenvutand'a E-ii Lllraet ol J.m.ira talnvefl llcltnelt j ' " 1 Complaint., . euvotfign remedy j "') . Diarrhea, and Colere Infantum. j in ( Urluite, l,y I"ua i. 1'ai.iiwi.ll. " Dirge for Henry Clay. 1 1 ml ! Daughter, of muaia ! the mournera are n igh! The Pileher i. brokon, the Fountain la dry ! I 'Tib th i wail of the widow. Columbia wcepa ! I Tne I.t or Tin: Komin. in majaety aleepi ! ' ('oine ! weave we a duplet of olive and bay, j Our harp a on the willow. Come ! wuave we a lay! . How heavy a burdart the rualioppur ai'tgt, Wo ! we to the land of o'eraliaduwing wingi ! i Ye lialla that havo echoed full many a time i 1'he ailverf nolee of hi. awrotneaa aublima, j tie ye hong in mourning ! Ihal niuaie no more r li 1 1 wake fiom the Cliarmerhie chamimg ia o'er Ye luarta that in rapture have hung on hia ihrill, I la you it. aofl murifiura are echoing atill. ! t.l their euphony elide, and their clioruiee roll. lt ihem doepee, and aiartla, and angrily (veil, ' l.ik a rock that ia ruahingdown mountain and dell 1 Let them b'eatha, iet thnn whiaper advue in your er. When the dirk hour eomclh any danger ia nrar ; j Let ih' in bum, let tliem roar w hen do Iruclion it nigh. . And Hi' war.cry of Liberty ringa in the aky ! I While Fieedoin te celling lor word or for blow, ltt hit hraverylnerve auU h e eloquence glow ; 11 llii-m bu n In the boeom ol ana and aon 1 While there 'a error to vanqmili and truth to be won! I i Ye fialde green with harveila now gathering in ! peace, Take ye up the ehorue that never atiall ceaie Ilia word o'er the ocean teve peaco tn the land ; Ilia voice to the Kenete linkitd firmer the band. Ye fkelu'a ol long agra whore glory ia wrougut. Behold wha'. a herveat the koaper, naa brought ! In the breaen ne'er wee wanted a frennan to atand. While .lie gave ite cunning le Cur etearhaa hand ! And nevir wia oeoda I a vmca in the ilorm, While hia lengue with ila motion and muuc waa t warm. I tthroud the plow and the anvil, the compile and loom ; Ye erliaane gather and kneal round hit lomb, Deck the ahrtnra of keligioa in curtaina of crape, And thetentplM ol learning in cv pre. nt drape; Hang Hie (Mirchee with gailauda toet b oom in the ehade. Be ll.a welra of blind juatica in tibia arrayed, r Y our allara and hreaidea, yoor doinee and your doora, lie all hung in mourning ia thae l.appy aboiee ! i I And iioa'iei) be iho boL'!a. and ailetit the drum, No l owae mufllml nolee from the betile field come, i liul Peece, gentle Xerey. end Liberty weep O ar the urn where I ia aahea. atill living, tut ileep. Iln'ork m.i hia real till tne trumpet er.a.t tourid , That cilia forth the cboen (Jod'a throne laaitrreund! And la thare an hfnor, higi ofiica or name. One inch that could heig ten l.ia at.lura of fame ' ! The I we. va thronea of '. a-a.r no Tully oulrl make, tli.e braalh of a Tully tl.cir arnptie could ahake. -T" . I - i . .. Af r-aauv rn.rrA.laa flia lie. 'Andl - .eeroefameetts.lreeoundinll.ssky; crumble to earth, And lha leavte ofCi.av'e chapleta be green tn their b r 1 1. ! One age and oneeeun'ry hie deeda but record, Poalerity ctaima hiui heieelf lo rewaid. f kill, t,,. .nUtn l-r nn ta the tomb '. A neirsi c: atoi-.nere frVlew eftet iu i Hie brif ll eyre .all ktodte s ti.ouaand no mere ; It it rem Lire m aiuurr. Tune ni.ot a o c. lYlisccIlaneous. I-ftn the l.idia't ( 'omptmon, ANGKLIN A'S FAlNTKD!" Theiaik was of Hottentots " Don't .pe.li ol 'nn," cried Miss Angeli na D iffy. " I'm certain of il il I were on ly In look at a llulienioi, I should feint I muat feint.' " Fiddiedce," said Mies Lillywhite: and there was a hush s pause in the conversa tion ; for when Mite Lillywhite rxclstned Fiddledee," it behoved ihoughtlea. yuung ladies to look lo theineelves. Now, M ss I .. U'y had a great latent fur fanning. Per haps the lalenl was ortgiginally a n a t ti I 8'' ' nerihflrss H could not bo denied thsl frequent aad earnest cultivation ofthe en dowment had brought il to perlection. Miss ,.. .,. ,niu,a'. ,,,.. .....ij f.,,,. ,t jany lime, anJ upon any aubjnet. She could fnnt at either extreme of Ilia day f ml at breakfast, or faint al supper; could Isint jWtlh equal beauty and truthluliieas, whether the matter lobe fainted upon were a black beetle, or a blackbird a bull or bu ll'mch. , Hlie had wondorlul powers of syncopo ; iho', it must be allowed, like molt folks haunted iwrb a des;oiic sense of their own genius, : now ,d ihen emplo ed il a little nut o! 1.1 , ... I t. i:e.;o. i eiiliy. uuac.ai, le e iiufi.au .cat' n. ts. Fur a philosopher, lu his own est. faction, h'l proaeil, that Iho peacock takes no pride hi itsowo e(f.ilgent glories, bu', sll uncounscious of their beau! v, spreads ihf..n lTaiiait il wa nrd.'iied tn du so : and. after ell, had Miss Dally been philosophically examined upon her pioneneaa lo faint, she would have aitnbuled the habit to nu self co nplscency, but lo the aimplo but inevitable truth that she was mails to ta.nl. She would not have recognized any beauty in Ihe art of fainting, but merely the natural Conse quence that to faint was feminine. Kvo, ahe thought, was made for sal volatile. Mtae f.illvwhitfi waa n aninster nf aeven. ,nH fuf(v, .. am.ovcoetght and- ,l'f'y. oitm aay, mi.s iynywni.o would blithely observe, aa the year might be. And lh;a gsy veracity waa Iho more pleas- j jn M)M Lillywhiie, in as much as .he . k d f f hsd fc . , r., . ,, Stickled ever so little for II, she might have - . , . . .. . . got off wit h six and thirty at must a ha ppy, bloorniilg six an.l tlnr I)' i fur .Miss I.lIU whilo, , ne :,,g, womin, carried "m her , . . .. . - .: -.. ii :. . "'"?. ''",.v "" "" race. How much Iriumphant benuty U over the world fades and yields aa teen, blow ,0 twenties, and twenties wrinkle into thir-' i,e, Now. your truly beau'iful English wn- man, with carnations ana limes, w in carry her coiors up te two score and (en. Nay, we have known some veterans, blooming with a sprinkling of year, over tyrannous fif ty. And Misa Liillywhiie was aa jocund as she was handsome. It ia aaid there is no better preservative against the melancholy; changes w rough! by lime than honey. We know nut whether Misa Ln'y wile was ac-' qusipted with the Egyptian Iruih: if not,; she had unconsciously acted upon the known rereipo, and had preserved herself in the' sweetness of her disposition in Ihe honey 1 of her goodness. She wee a pattern old mntd. Yel a pattern, we would hope, never lo be followed; (or it it such women wliu: make the real wivee and mother.. Mtse Lillywhite, like Mis. Ventia de Medicia, hould remain a ainule perfection : alone in weelnea. end beauly, to ahow whut celibacy and art can do; lo he admired ai aampleg but never to bo added lo. Altai Lillywhite was an old achool fnllow nfMre. DefTy'a, and waa pa.aing the Cliriat me. lime with her early friend and family. Now Angelina Did'y a pretty creature, wiih more goudneaa in her than ohe dreamt of had, Ha we have indicated, ilii. week ne.a ; ahe niu.l faint; and carrying out thiet will, aa a firm principle, ahe had duly fainted al snap draona on Christina, eve fainttd, very emphatically fainted, when .uipriaedl under the tnialletoe on Chniinaa day faint ed when the belli rang in 1650 and Tainted, dead aa a atone, as a nervous guest declared, whon prevailed upon In crack a bon bon on a apHlll'li .i-. ..nw.'t auM.iwa f become household word in the homestead cf the Ddfly a. And ao, can it be wondered at thai i he ir- genuoua Mim Lillywhiie, at Ihia last lb eat j of Angelina's, lo lainl at a f lotieoiol huu!d , lebuke lite maiden with morn ih.m ordinary j vivacity? The truth ia, Miss Lillywhite had been much provoked: evr?n on the previ. ; ous Sunday, when Augelina had menaced lo fdinl al the clergyman a very handsome, mrek young man, who preached a maiden errnon with great promise of preferment Mis. Lilly white could only scold the maiden irtio firmness, by threating lo give her up, unattended, lo the care of the beadle. Threlore, when Angelina, reluming to ber weakness, expressd herself ready to go off at the very look of a Hottentot therefore, tail previous provocation considered, can it be ; wondered at that the patience of Mies Lil jlywhite fairly eploded with " Fiddledee?" i We think not ; and take up the atich bf our little story. " Fiddiedee," said Miss Lillywhite. Miss Angelina looked surprised smazod and gradually became very deeply wound- led. Al first, she raised her eyes towards j .Miss Lillly while as though doubtful kf Ihe truth of her impressions ; lint the set, stern features of Miss Lillywhite if you can couple the espresaionof sterness with the thought of a clear, bright, open face, bright and clear as Dresden China convinced An gelina that it was ihe lady visitor who hstl really spoken. What, undar the new and painlul circum iHnce. could Angelina do? W'hv, she fell back uoon 'bo strength of her ' weakness: she instantly made n o.tenisttous " Dreadful!'' exclaimed Angelina, preparation to faint. Her eyelids were! ' We returned horie ; my lover upbraided slightly tremulous she swallowed one sobj I retorted; we had a shocking quarrel, her neck look one awan like rurve, and , and he left the htuse In write me a fare sod, m another second, there would imve hen ' e I letter. In a weel he was on his voyage lo Ihe olil, old cry of the house el Daffy " An-' India ; in a twelvemonth he had married an 'li'i' fainted ! I Indian ladv. as riches an idol, audi afler Hut Miss Lillywhiie jumped from her chair, snd resolutely nsninjr Mrs. DifTv. made di ! lect In the ai.tT-.rer. who. half rnnar.iotia ofj ilio aiten'oted reecue, waa fainiu.g all the , aster. "Angelina,' cried M isa Lillywhite, : with a restorative shake. " this is aff ctsuon I luny hy pocrisy nonsense ! 1 Mte Angelina Dfifly open- d her orbs, and ' in a momi'iii sat upright, with her prettily cut nostril diUted, and iho '.ear that was coming into her naiumahed eyes alinot frozen, and, Indeed, altogether, in uch a alate of im.za- ; ti 1 1-nl lh! she must no, she wculd not fan t ; . it was not a time lo faint, when ao cruelly i fT-ndt'd. Miss Lillywhite drew her chair beside Angelina, who was every moment harden. ng in dignity. "My dear child.', sa.d Mi.s Lilly white, you must give up fainting it s gone out oi laemoit. roohion, Mia. Lillywhiie I Doyou think : thai leelings Fiddledee,' again repealed Mtse Lilly while; and Angelina sternly resul aay another woid to so snange a ao unpolite a visitor. Angelina cro -" .;-.." , rma in r.,intkii.n r . . . .... n . . .. ...... mamms would not ,.,er(ore-.o suffer in si-lm lonce. Mn Lillywhiie mieht be rude 1 might sav her worst. W hen I was eighteen, your ags," said ; Miss Lillywhiie, " and that, niy dear, is near ly thirty years ago, I used lo taint, loo. I enjoyed fanning very much; indeed, mv ' dear, I question if ever you lake greater pleasure in fainting than I did." . i.b. "Iieature: ficinmed Mim Angehni. , , ... . ll Ik. Whocou d rema.u dumb under sucti an im-' nutalirin r . pu'ation I , O, I know all about il pleasure, my diar'" said, Ihe remorseless Mis Lilly while. " You ' see it gave me littin const quenco ; it drew upon me general notice : it made me, as it were, Ihe centre of a picture; aud it was a pleasure to enjoy ao much sympathy about one. To hear, whilst I was in the fit I don't know, dear, whether you hear when fainting, quite as well as I did lo hear expressions of concern, and pny, and adm ration, and do you hear them, distinct ly ?" Angelina cou'd not answer such a question; she could only look lightning harmless summer Itghlning at Miss Lilly while, who inexorably continued. " I can confess it now I used to enjoy the excite ment, and therefore went off upon every rea sonable opportunity. Il was very wrung, hut there was something pleasant, exciting in iho words ' Miss Lilly w hite's fainted ! ' O, I can remember ihem, my dear, as though il was only yesterday. Bui, my love," said lha cruel spinster, taking the young maid's! hand belweon her own. anil lookinir ao bo. nignly, aud speaking an sweetly "but, my love, we may faint once loo often." Angelina was very much offended deeply hurl tlmt Miss Lillywhite should for a mo. ment associate her own past aff.tctaliott with the real existing weakness then and Ihero ! before her. Nevertheless, there was such : you ever know a woman, even il she'd had a j Up to the mark. The Democrats in their his life to the s'uJy of the profession of his auihoniv, and which I know to be true. At quietness, such truthfulness, and wnhal surh ! dozen sticks spoiled nver her head, who convention did not dare lo make a platform early youth. He was, before he went tnio ihe very innineiit hen peace was about le an air of whim in the looks, and words, and! didn't bribe jmlors and stone walls nil she until Ihey had nominated a Presidor.l. The the army, a lawyer, and tililioiigli I have met he maoa between this country mid Mexico, manner of the elderly spinster, thai Ihe young ! had got at him, some how or other, lo lell j W htgs made the platform firai. The W'higs many men well acquainted with iho doctrine when W ml'ield Scon could, w ith honor, have one gradually resigned herself to her muni-1 him how she loved hiui all the better, the resolved In lay down the prmcip'es by which of international law, I have never seen one nccopted a pluce in Ihe Mexican army, he tress. j wickeder he grew, and the more people haled I jhey intended to be governed in iheir sirug- , more familiar wiih, anJ morn deeply versed wbs oiiered one million two hundred and (if- " We mny faint once foo ofien," repealed 1 him; and how, if he had nbned her, she gle, before Ihey iioiinnntod any man whal- in, the Hue principles of international law, ty ih. iisand dollars in cash, if he would re Miss Lillywhiie, and she sighed ; and l hen : d ire say il was more her fault lhan his'n. ' ever lor the office of Piesident of the Foiled than W infield Scott. No greater error con s go the Aineiicoo army aud lake cmninai d her customary smile beamed about her. I And what did Ko-suth's wile do for htm y ou Slates. There was not one unkind expres- be committed by you, mv country men, lhan , ol the Mexican, with a promise lhal a ranou "Of litis d.eary truth am I a sad exam-! stupiil old fool ! and whal did iho American sion uttered by any gentleman appointed to to suppose, became he is a great soldier, a far superior lo thai of ihe American army pie." I women of ihe Revolution do for their hue-i make thai platform to another. All was vicmiioiis General, he is nothing more. He should Imi given lo those who would join hi. " Yon ! Miss Lily white !" said Angelina! binds? and what will their female descend-! conciliation and Ihe spirit of compromise ; is a scholar, an elegant ami a profound achol-. standard, aud enter ihe service of .Mexico. " Listen," kind the old maid. " 'T is a ' ants do for yoti ? you lieor drinking, phleg-' Iho spirit lo render something, and lo take ar. He is a man, if he hud never achieved And lurther, he was offered ihe Presidency shnrl slory ; but worth your hearing. When ! malic, tobacco-dried old Gorman, if you dure 1 something as an equivalent in value. A de. ' a victor v in h-tnle, eminently qua It lied to fill ; f Mexico for five vests, and was deswrati t I was nineteen, I was about lo be married. j show your phis mahrignv on this side ofthe termination lu go as a mighty party should, the office nf President, because of his civil ' keep n dining :hat lime in order lo restore. About, did I say? Why tho day was fixed lug pond? May you never know by expe-1 pervsded the whole committee. And lei me ' qualification : audit is brcmse nf ihem I : peace. His civil atlunn straiion had eveiy was in my bridul dtess ; all the altar ; ihe rtence what this means ; gy 1 never saw one npi'wiiiteJ lu ducidtj an . stand here, and mean to stsoJ every here, , won ihe ad nuuiio.i uf his eueniies, a.uij he. ring, the wedding-ring at the very lip of i my finger, when" 'Mercy me," cried Angelina, "whati happened?" j "I fainted," aaid Mias Lillywhite, and she shook her head, and wan smile played about her lips. " And you were not married, because you : fainted? said Angelina, much awakened lo the subject A. 1 have confessed, il wa. my weakness to faint upon all occasions. '1 e.tjoved the in- ere.tih.t,..l thought, fain.iog 'cast .bout i , t r.. i..b-j .,ji.. a iutc, uiigu lutt.u. VUIUI V ""USUI" cioualy ; but love conquered his doubts, and led him triumphantly before the parson. Well, the marnagge service wa begun, and" ' Do go on," cried Angelina. " And in a few minutes J. should have been I- .wu a i.iuuot l?Y,..a-'- at would aeein very bold ol me n such a situa tion not lo faint. I, who had fainted on so many occasions, not lo swoon al the altar would have been a want of sentiment of feeling, on oafulon occasion. With this thoughl, I felt itt)elf faiulirig rapidly ; and just as the bridegroom had touched my fin- ger with the ring I went off; yes, my dear, swooned with all the honors." " Do go on," agniii cried Angelina. " As 1 swooned the ring slip! from the bride-groom's fingers, fell upon the stove, and was rolling rolling lo drop through Iho aperture of the stove that, from below, admitted heat lo :he church, when though swooning I somehow saw lha danger, slid, lo stop the ring, put forth my foot " " Well !" exclaimed Angelina. " Too late the ring rolled mi disappear ed down iho chimney of the move end then I fa'iited with ihe greale! fidelity. Harts horn rnd sal volaiilecame lo my aid. I was restored but where was Ihe ring ? 'T was hopeless lo seek for it. Half-a-dozen other rings were proffered ; bot no it wnu'd bean evil omen there would bs no happiness, if I were not wedded with my own ring. Well search waa made aad lime new and, we were late at church lo be; in with and the ring mas not found when the church-clock struck twelve." Well!" said Angeliia. " Well!" sighed Miss Lil'ywhitp, "the clergyman, closing his buok, sud, 1 It is past the canonical hour j ihe parties cannot bu married to day ; loey must como again to morrow thirty years am ss.ll Caruline Lillywhtle, declaration ot Independence and the Ken- spinster." lucky resolutions of '98, by which, all men I It is very ttrsriofj. From the lime ofihetsfe pronounced equal, and the Fueiue above tiarraiive ihora were i wo worde never again breathed beneath lbs rootl-lree of the OjIT) s- And these unuttired words were " Angelina s tainted ! "HIS CHARACTER li THAT OF A WOMAN" Fanny Fearn, of the Otve Btanch, Ihus shskes Mr. U ahr by the ears, for remark ing slightly of woman. She says; Look here, Mr. Forris, I want somebody lo hold me! I've just been reading an ex : tiacl from Blackwood, by t German profes sor, by the name of Stahr, in which alter commenting most severely upon Ihe charec- le, 0f Louis Nspoleoo, hi compres-es the pnh of the mailer into this nul-s.ell : " Bui . reiauce tan be nlaced on him. wold lis character u lhal of a woman ! ; What do you mean by that, you uid German . i . i , , . . . . propur iv suapniiec ana sns naa bowiis enou"n her wardrobe? Their emnT. are amrel.c if ihv'r ... , , . ' ,. .,, only managed right. Il you will brush a cat'a back the wionc wav vou must expect - - IO fret scratched. Women a wavi e . -.- Know wnsitney .tint, ana mat s more tnan half the men do. and Ihev want it when thev I ..k f, .i . ..... k. ' ' . k.'. ' r t ' ,''.."''. ifs or bula. Aim Ihev full of fun. and smiles ' nd opera beloro thev ro married f id . . . .... wnai au iney look liko alterwardH, with Ibeir I af II ' lng faces, swollen eyes, aud calico morning i ituwni ! rras itiir ahmii lha k,.... tLa Hv.. . gowns ! crawling about Ihe louse like dys- peptic caterpillars. When they've been! worshipped like a divinity fr six months,! or more, you expect ihem lo hop right off their pedestal slier matrimony, and crouch down al your feel like whipped f-paniels, w!io dare not even growl lo himself when his esrs gel cuffed. "Character lhal of a woman !" humph ! As lo Louis Napoleon he is'ni a man to my taste, nor you either ! Did you ever see a msn who had half the fortitude of a woman ? Ask the doctors shotai that, if you catch one lhal tells ihe truth. If a man gets a scratch on his little finger, the whole house is put in requisition for stick ing plaster, opodeldoc, Russian salvo, and mercy knows whal. Then there ainl a a vager man in existence than a man when he is hungry. Go ask a favor of him some time before dinner, bul don't wail for an an swer ; and if ihe razor don't wotk right when he is shaving in the morning, ea ch up the ch'Mren, and clear the v-4st. And as ti pin money, although a'l a man can earn would not pay a wife's wages, yet if you havn'l any sffectinnam pit, or big-hearted brother, or an accommodating brolher-iu-law, heaven help you. Did you ever know a man whose wife was sent to State Prison who ever made her a i call at lhal interesting institution ? And did j . purmnnnpfiiil 4 ml ,n.n ,Krf numipal na t J ...... i - . i'-'iiiiiiaiiuu ui UQIICIII llllioiu otun, Ui , oou uniu.ioii w ti 11. 11 ui o a cuice ill y uiu I r leuu -..i.---. u,,v iuvu ... iiiwiti anu veu not I liente.l, lovmgest amma in existence, when .... i l. l: 1 - i r.... u..:.... .. j i. ' .nti,i - n -rinnnn : . - " ' ...w M 1 " i F i r .2-..- 1 11. , . .. t .1 k.' . . . ( -I .. ..I .. I .... 1. ....... . .1 .. ..1.1 i" J i lirn fiea mm ,,..Anm.l.H in k.a.A.u . .. .1 na.. ....... . , , , i s .sow jcraf v, as ina it it. canuiuatv lor i tc uct cibi wess, uuui ucuii: uiiuerstoou. Jt , . .u,nn sin.. i.,iu perstm to. (hey net what they wan? Did you ever :, . .J ' -. . . r... .. . . a -n. ...j -t. ' - . r ..i ' ;it. -r . ..j k.. : . eiueui or ins tnnea otates. applause. , whi nut, psriio is. uu ucu di an duo mere was ,l,," nl1 cuiimio ui ..-ic.cia ruhiuui ui ased ner . ,co a woman snarly wieo her nurse was . , .L . .. rr ..... t 1 .1. ..n 1 ., i.... i j k.. "Thore'll be a eoat on the ch.ir. There'll bo dipper, for aomeboby. There'll be a wilo'a tender care Lovs'a fond endearment for aomebedy. There'll he the little one', chorine, Soon 'twill be awaked for aouiebody, When 1 havo both in my arme. Oil, how bloat will be aoinebouV." Fanny Foarn. tn i ,- . ,, T I w,ncnol, ' B00d 'ory of a stranger ! mee,'n8 ,n '""".n leaning againat a poat, Vte,a fu"efal Proce",0 Lcom"'g foul f ? bf,ck hoU!e at ,", lde' whon ,he fo'- dialogue ensued: l nirflnnaria nal funeral r . , . . fj-- - - . Irishman Yes, air, I'm thinking it is. Stranger Any body of distinction ? Irihion I reckon it is- Stranger Who ia it died?" Irishman The ginllenian in the coffin. ' A joui i widow was askeT why ahe was going to take another husband so soon after the death of her first. "Oh, la !" said ahe, " I do il lo prevent fretting myself on ac count of dear Tom !" Robert Hall said of family prayer, " il serves ss an edge and border, lo preserve Ihe web of life from unraveling." ft WHIG PLATFORM. The Whig Platform has thrown the De mocracy all aback! For weeks and months they have been telling their readers, that the Whigs were Ihe obedient tools of Governor Stward, and that they would not dare lo de clare themselves in favor of the Compro mise measures. I!ui !j and behold ! the record refutation of Ihe calumny ! The Whig resolution goea a bow shot beyond that of ihe Democratic, and is as strong aa any Southern man bas ever a-ked for. It is ihe ace of trumps and lakes the trick ! The Locofoco correspondent of the Jour nal of Commerce growls through a column on ihe subject. He cannot deny that the Vh;gs have taken the wind out of the sails of the Democracy; but he complains of the motives which governed. The Northern Whigs (he says) who voted for ihis resolu tion were previously opposed to the Compro mise, and they havo yielded their objections for ihe sake of harmonizing their parly ond saving the country from Locofoco rule ! Well, what wrong is there in that? It is ihe very thing we desired, and it is an ear nest of their patriotism. There ia no hing equivocal in the W'hig Platform. It is plain and exp'icit. It does not revoke in one breath what it had uttered in another. It makes no allusions to the I Slava Law ia in effect declared null and void, t resorts to no dodges and subterfuges lo i no I enkee tricks. Richmond Whig THE WHIGS OF DELAWARE lie id a ratification meeting last Wednes day evening, which was large in numbers and enthusiastic in spirit- The Hon. John M. Clayton was present, and had a free, conversational " talk " with bta friends and neighbors, in relation to the proceedings of Ihe Convention and the charaeicr of its can didate, which we give below, just as it was taken from his lips, as nesr'y as possible, by .', !" -annon. P i.".,7 Nr. Arthur Cannon, phonographic reporter. Friends, brother Whigs, and fellow cili- ! zens of all parties : I come here to-night for mo purpose ui juiinog who you B'l in toe general demonstration of joy manifest throughout the country on account of the , , , ., . D " .ou' l ,no """'"ore , L-unvention which made that nomination, lo .r ja;.'.. b , L ,e . . .L. - r '.' ; iuui usiihii i aim ifuruaiie me uiiurnieiiuii t . . . .. : nfeai.an v tnriiiianl in ttia i a Bmanl will ne iri,eres " . VDU. u e,, feMo cii,ns. : , . . : ....... . your oeiegatea irom ueiaware went into mai Convention with an anxious desire lo conci- i .u- . k l I al I . .U. n tl.. .. j ..... .: 1 LllIUlIe J IIP V ItCfC, UIIUDf TUUI IIIBU UkUUIIB, ... tnm ftf ivmfiaj c '. u... Pll SUDllTD UI "V IIIIICIU VLWII, JJ " UI U inw . rf ful ,0 do ca , , ,he other dis-I . ... . Iinguishcd gentlemen who had been named ; see, the hig course has Deen plain and ; W hat wr?s the reward of a faithful sol as candidates. There was an anxious diapo- . open. There has been no shtitlling, no eva- ' bier w ho had dune so much, and w hosuffered anion, throughout that Convention, il possi- sion of any question presented lo them, and ble, lo conciliate the members of Ihe old thev have met every issue manful v. W'hig party, no mstler from whal part of During 1S10, I remember well, and you the Union they might had. We organized too must remember i', that General Harri permsoently by Ihe appointment of a gentle- son was called Geneial Mi .n, because no man, a friend of Mr. Fillmore, who proved ; platform of principles was adopted at Ihe an admirable President of the meeting, and j convention of ihut day. So, loo, in lt l?, discharged his dudes with hcaor throughout 1 the same censure was applied to lien. Tav the whole proceeding. :,u'- But, my lellew citizens, upon this oc- We thought we could afford to bo magnan- casion the Whigs have come up much more jor General lo a trial, upon false cha:ges, imous, and we resolved to yield toour friends, openly to the work by declaring what ihey , before a tribunal ot petty t fFicers. And how who entertained different views fiom our- intend to abide by, aud whal are Whig priu- did he show himself? Instead of disregard selves in regard lo the nomination. All ctples than the opposition parly. I ing, as many would have done, he obeyed the went on quietly, under the management of . Having said Ihus much, fellow citizens, , mandate w Inch sought to disgrace him, and Ihe distinguished President of the Convcn- with regard to the plallurm, I proceed to the we find turn makirg the military strictly sub lion. At length a q-.es lun arose in which question, shall we rahl'v the decision of the ordinate to Ihe civil power. If there be ihe wholo couniiy was deeply interested, a Baltimore ( invention m favor of W infield question whether a platform of principles Scott, tr no? I intend to submit a fuw rea ahould be laid down. of faith. I may call sons why we should ratify thai decision. In il, on the part of the W higs cf Ihe country, so thai we might never be charged again with being a party having no fixed and set tled pnnciples whatever. We resolved to make a platform, and I had ihe honor to be a member of the committee which ninde that plallurm. 1 Hunk it my duly to give you some brief account of the manner in which that platform was constructed. In the first nlace let me remark the Whics came boldly important question more harmonious and conciliato'y than the committee who mad. up ihe platform upon w Inch the V htgs of the United Stales must stand or fall during Mna and future years. The first question to be decided was what shall be aa d by the Whigi with regard lo the Compromise mea sures of 1800? Secondly, what shall be said with reference lo a protective UrifT; sud thirdly, and one of ihe most important, wbal shall be aaid in reference to the great question uf impruving the harbors and nvur of Ihe country 7 the great doctrine of in lernal improvement. On the firsl question a decision was made which has been published, in many papers, incorrectly. It was this : Resolved, That the series of eels of the 31st Congress, known aa the Compromise measures, lha fugitive slave law included, is ty ut ma inno stales-, aa a settlement in principle and substance a final settlement oi tne dangerous and exciting questions which Ihey embrace, and, ao far as ihe fugi tive law is concerned, we will maintain it, and insist upon its enlorcemenl, until lime ai.d experience shall demonstrate Ihe neces sity of farther legislation, to guard against ihe evasion of Iho law on the one hand, and ( ihe abuse of its powers on the other, noi im- t a great soldier, and pronounced hy the great pairing its present efficiency, according to : est Captain on ihe other side nf the water lo the requirements of the Constitution ; and j be one of the greatest men ol the age. His we deprecate all fur.er agitation of ihe ques j victories at Chippewa and Luncy'a Lane lions thus settled, as dangerous to our peace, ) were accounted at the time hen they oc and will discountenance all ill'jrts lo con- currcd among the most remarkable event tinue or renow such agnation, whenever, ' of Ihe war ol 1 s 1 2. W ith an inferior fuice wherever, or however that attempt may be at Chippewa he defeated General Riley, al made; and will maintain this system os es : though his troops were composed of the best aential to the nationality ofthe W'hig party ! veieians of the British armv. And Scott and the integrity of the Union. 1 achieved this triumph not merely by '.he va. Now, fellow-citizens, il is material lo ob- ; lor of Ins soldieis, but by Ins own inimitable serve, and you will pardon this detail nf skill in that splendid battle. Il has been, drowsy facls on account ofthe importance : among military men, ever since, the theme of the subject lhal while- tins platform Whig principles gives the South ample guar - antee, and such as she cannot fail to be satis- fied with, on this great question, there is no - thing whatever in it humiliating lo the North. I was no battle which exhibited more consum No man could desire anything stronger than ! mate skill and address thin was shown by that no man ought to complain of anything icotl w ben he conquered Kiley. Applause. J in that. The next great battle in which this dutin- Then we proceeded to declare lhal it was ' guished warrior showed Ins skill, wr the a sealed W hig principle to encourage home I battle of N ngira Falls, July 25th, 1613. labor and domestic manufactures, and that, I In that night of horrors when more men fell too, by specific duties. Afier that, we pro-j on the battle field thin perhaps have ever ceeded lo declare it another settled W hig : fallen in any snuggle of equal numbers of principle, that n is not only in the pow British and American troops, W infield Scott er, but it is the duty of Congress to make ; suffered the loss of two horses from undor provision and appropriation by law for inler- I him, was firsl wounded in the side, and lill nal improvements, aud lor harbors and river". ; kept the field, until a few moments before There were other points nnl necessary fur ! ,ne action closed, when, fighting before Jen. me dow lo dwell upon. You will find ihem i sul 9 regiment, and contending, mufkeis correctly reported by Ihe reporters, who ; fourteen leet apart, he was struck through went there professionally, for the newspapers. 1 the body and left for drad upon the field, ha With this platform, voted for and adop ed by ! ving been dragged behind a tree, and laid 277 to some CO odd, we proceeded to bullot ' there until ihe bailie was over. The suffer or vote by Stales for a President and Vice !'"S "hich he underwent may be seen b; men President of the L'niied Slates. Ltbor on wl10 know him depicted in his face until thin the committee, on which I was engaged from , a.v- Tbe lerriblo hemorrhage has left the early in the morning, and a substquent la e ' lineaments of Ins countenance of a pallid session, deeply injured my cwn health, and, h"ei end he now exhibits, and always will, after balloting for a lime, without coming to '. ,ne consequences of the wounds he received a result, I was compelled lo leave my seat, ln lhal dreadful I a ; 1 1 Perhaps a year and one of the alternates whom you appoint- j elapsed before he recovered so that his health ed was substituted. You know thai i n the 1 wou:d enable hun to perform any du'y. H 53d ballot W infield Scotl, of New Jersey, : v'si!cd Kuropp, in order, if possiblo, to ac received a decided mijonty of the votes in quire more heallh. To this day, however, that Convention, and ihen waa unanimnnlv J'he bridie arm cannot bi liftel, except frnm declared to be the standard besrer of Whig i the elbow. I pass over the many skirmishes principles in Ihe approaching campaign. Lei j hich he was engaged and 1 have no me compare his position with that ol his an- j doubt he has passed through hundreds of lagonisi. We see, in the great State of , engigernenia comrnon'y culled battles fori New York, lhal among the Birnburners desire to cull y our attention lo ihe constde many have gone over to the Democratic rations I have mentioned, and to some otheis candidate. One of the leading papers on i 'nc'1 occurred during the Mexican war. that side of the question soys lhu the plat- : From Vera Cruz lo the city of Mexico, Win. form adopted by the Democratic party at f' Scotl contendsd against Ihe enemies of Baltimore was adopted with all that noise i ..i.. " n.. .... o '- ' : ..It .iT.i.l m'ii m .,l,.if.,?m -'... .,.,(., merelore, says tne evening lost, we can . r... .. k ' nuu wo km. dei w i iui .noi wii ncvrr o .l . .r : voteo. 3o. irirowin ine n ollorm lo ihe wtnds. and John A. D.x. comin.o on to nld -n ,i.i , r . i ammany nan, .uey an agree .o go in io- gether, and lorget their past tJ i f 1 - VV . a! I I C I I U iko ..,k.!. ..!.' u.a i,.j , .t... U li I C II U 0 11 1 1 IIP l e alls II IVIPUJ UCIPCU IIICIT e,u,f.., .,rm .v10 on. naiolii uvuo wi(s.T iv lie illtis t ,1 1 VUIO Ull the Presidential question. Thus "far, you .... . the firs; place, I undertake to say it my humble testimony can be admitted at all up on such aqiesiion as this I hsve lor many vests known Wjnfield Sc ill of New Jersey, and 1 know In in (o be not on v a great sol. dier the greatest cap'am of the age but I know Iuui lo be a scholar and a s afesinati. There is no greater error linn tu suppose, because a man is a great s Wier, he cannot be a creat civilian. Gen. Souit has devoted ready to support him. Applause. More ver, mv fellow citizens, W infield Scott is a man whose experience in public affairs in. dependent of his mere learning from hooka is r(il to that of any member of the llouxe of Representatives or the Senule of ihe United Sta'es. He has taken a deep in terest in the political utl'itis of his country since early youth. Originally, before the war of 1 s 1 vJ , a Democrat of the Madisccian and Jeffersouian school, impulsive, warm hearted, ardent and patriotic, when the out rages lhal were committed upon this country hy Fnland occurred, he resolved lo leavet ihe profession in which he had every pros peel uf brilliant success, for Ihe purpose of lighting the battles of his country, and, if necessary, shedding his blood in her defence. My fellow citizens, I stand here and support W infield Scott, not only for these reasons, man, but because I know him, of my own knowledge, io be a man as pure in heart. a high minded and honorable in al! his inter course with his fellow men as any man I ever knew, (Enthusiastic applause.) Viewing h tn, ihcn, as a man qualified for the office, I go on to consider Ins other merits, and :huie winch etmtle In in lo the gratitude of his country. He is a victorious General and ofsof unqualified admiralinn. The manner in I which Ihe battle was fought, you have no time to hear, nor 1 to describe ; hut I have j heard the best military men declare there ls country mitt varying success, amidst dif- .,, in. t..;..h.. -r rk.n..i...... --j .k I " si " " .r . "J " .'lexicn iisen. ii mere oo a man ! who due noi feel n ..nninpni nf pranimla ! t., M .,,fit,i , i,.... ...,i .i. f . - - - -v...., j, ,.k k..,,!... i. - i too uaiuca ui -ciiu uuruu, iuur uuuslo. Cnepulu-pec, ewe; and lastly, the bloody fight which occurred in the city cf Mexico, where the old hero triumphantly sustained the arms ol ins country in ihe midst of a peopie who were completely subdued, and i tomnelled to miki- mi.h tTttv ih ,.nv ! " r ' - - -J ; ernmcnt uf this country proposed lo dictate, ... ... so much for Ins country ? W hat was his re ward from the Government ? We find, af ter he was victorious, the government sent out supernumeraries, making up an army of more than 30,(100 men, and look from him when Ihe fighting was all over, and there was no more necessity for a great g -neral i,i,,l iv,... h.m t.o k.uiiiiao(l ot that army, and directed htm lo submit himself a Ma any one thinj for which I honor him more than another, it is that he has always, iiy hi example and practice, as well as by his preaching and pio'ession, maintained Ihu civil as snpenor lo the military power. Suppose he had chosen to say, " 1 will not surieiufer Ihe army 1 h.ive led to victory ; I will nit yield the power given me, at the Will of a tyrant at home. I will not suffer mvself in he disgraced and court ntartialleJ ; but I wdl wear the g-irUnd of victory, ana see who can lake it trom my head f" Lei me advert to one fact which I bate