North Carolina Newspapers

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Advertisi-incnl inserted niontliiy or quarterly, at 111 per mjimr I each limn &cim iiioiithly Ta ct nlBiter sq-i.trv tor each tune. 3 " All letteri on business must he direeted to the Editor, ta-Uor must be fx tt-pxid or they will not be ulleiiued l 3 f I'ayinr Ms can I"! niado to either. I Fcwtiiiiistcrs are authorized to aet as ajen Is. Loveliness in Death. a iri nifTioN i rom ATll:. AihI ve iiaI1 tie changrd in mmntnl ; for this inort -I iiut put uii iilntto. t-a lit y. And w in n tins tiiorlal p it 1 i huvo put on jimii' it litt y. tli u U.ili l ulii be swall'wtd up tu ntMf, Sciij-lute. Sir slrpt, but not kind Nature : fr r it (M?"iti p nulti only Ii-m find vtij. 'I'tnl iiupr wait vjm ; Lin it.il jKvcr S 4 Jdtinp itti the Wrtnliiig hour. Mir llda unclosed. Hut c iln.lv liioked A. id II 111 feilt liee 'i ion elocc I her t v She LriMthi-d Iiomjuik!, on .-ill .irniiiiil, iH tl y Id, l i, mid ftjnk to f it. ti-iiif iftt the lil', niisl.iiniii lirPBth llilt, oil, how beJUli'ul w dentil ! I .rt ili! v had. . -s. ii a v.i v, llul there a sleeping i:ip ter. Nl voteo thr ilnil nut llul blc 111 evrry lealnre ili ni-c broke ftixikc : y r ile.Jtli iIn, 11 ait -r, d t ILoiuiit w.tii lainiurUbt v T'i conrileimirn a ploiy e.-ore, A l . loi 1, unit hum ti In I'., re ; fvi VTleel, ililllieiy I ill, .V Jllll'-d Binil Neeined prex nt there. (In lii.il cal.11 Ijcc were M.U Imprest 'I lie last c II 1, 't Ion ol thr brriint ; Th'-re Ine poling in ,reiN jy Ui' luinl ali.etion' lit,eclill utiiy. And mill did r i, .s-rrelMlv leim t;. nation ppenk i- .l je nl 1 Ii 11 k ; An.: ko.d I"-... v 'h me ihire, Willi humid, bulli iliu j.rajcr. Hi '. hllW dill ilfilUly'll tOllct LtluUli.- s., 11 neon,'-ii 1 d to the lionh W'.lh love ami oely Ulol , Ai.J aeet r , nnd i dlrn dt light. If!irfi there In- in r, 'I f.. tl'f ii'-el & f rtil fl,-V r ibl. Jlllei it peril 1 I, jniri , r, r alms all im I- hoe ; a ,lr.-.im I .1. ,1 nl,-. ! the l.sri- ,oirit ! v.hile thy fr . ml r. main On t if t'i, c riliMnt nu 1 1 1 !l ll'if ah, b"W 1.1. ,t tie .r ids w Tl.it t'uuuoli Ui-.m like I i!l U, ill.e to the 3VlisccI(;uiroit5. THE TWO DAI 1 1" E K U EUT V I'ES mi, A New Way to Reform a Drunkard. I HAI-TMt L'ins, though Jim Seroggins, though iu the main, an loiie.-t, peaceable, quiit. haruib'ss fvliow, had a beastly habit of getting drunk when ever an opportunity presented itself; ami, unfortunately, because " where there's a will there's a way," the opportunities were both til and frequent. Jim owned a comfort able homestead, that io1 h id almost paid lor. Mrs. Seroggius was a " real worker," and no doubt did her full -bare in buying the homstead. She Wis 1 tidowi d with a great deal of em rgy.and good judgement, and people were so mali cious m to say she was the smartest man of th" twain. l!e this ns it may, Mrs. Seroggius was an industrious woman, and took a good deal of pride, in the bllle placo which had been : bought by their mutual industry and the thought of having it wrested from them by a e ibl-hearted creditor was in the highest d.giec disagreeable; but to buch a calam- ny, her husband infirmity, as the good minister of the village called it, seemed to joint. The habit crew upon him. as it almost always doit up m those wl lod it of imbibing too freely ri. sof (he drunkard's wife ha 10 are iu the The misc. 1 been too of ten presi nied to the pood woman's under-1 si Hiding, to be regarded as simple res- j tnuis of imagination, and she looked h.rw.ird wnh alarm, 10 the pro-peet of eiidu.-ing j tin-in , and bsiii'.r the litle place. I'.at what could be done! She had ex-' bau-ted In r eloquence upon the infatuated j 'mm, without producing any thing but a t. tiq. ii ary cfleet. She pointed him, kindly, t the inevitable effect of bis indulgence, and 'mi promised to do better; but, alas forj f 'I' the. vanity of human expectations 1 he got lip.y the very next day. I Then she appealed to bis love of motley tiliiu iatisfaetioii in being tho owner of a "Mage and ten acres of land, and wanning ip with the importance of the subject, de clared sho wou'd not enslave herself any 1 'iigi-r to pay for the place, and then have it taken away from them to pay a ruin bill- Jim listened patiently to liio pood dame's loqueiice, iU1d, as usual, promised to do Letter ; but, also, as usual, he came into tin: house the very next day, tight as a fid dle string. Mrs. Scroggino was in despair; "what y do i-bo didn't kuow," as the expressed it lo Parson Allwise, who was a cyinpathi- I Ml c-1, she had tcolded, ho had threatened, I The artist shook his head, resolutely rc aud all to no purpose. "What could a 1 fusing to touch her money. Of course. Mrs. i. , ,. , ,. I '-''OfeT'"" was grateful, and gave the arti-t I arson Allwisc himself, though ho made 1 an invitation to take tea with her, which he it a point not to interfere in the domestic accepted. In the course of the meal the uuaiia ot Ms riajisliioiiers. was at at moved to try his powers of puiouasioii ou the poor leliow. lint Jim, utifortuiiately for the fucccss " ' ot his appeal, had but a poor opinion of milliters iu general, and of l'arson Allwise ... , UL, irUUU an imu ine ..,i... i.. . .i.. i i , , . , .. Itt. i.ithmi nr .....I .... 1 a.I I .1 I ci wviniy i a.-ior mai ue uau better unnu ltisyouu own uusiness. iMrs. .croggins was shoc ked ut the bold- ness of her hjmusc in answering a minister of the go-.l in purh a pointed manner, and was led to believe that the case was now lifeless indeed. liut wou.tto'8 wits arc Cfiual to almost trv emergency : and though she had confessed ly given Jim over to the tender mercies of the devil, she could not help thinking it would be a good thing if ho could only be saved from himself. due day, circumstances feemcd 1 con-t-piro in favor of an experiment, vhieh had suggested itself to lit r fertile brain, and lie immediately carneU it into eltect, w.tU ; callJ(i jll0 tllu kitcR11 in tlle 1110rijin vas the most happy success, as the seiuel will:Kn A...,,,, rr... .,-,...- I. I... i. ('IIAI'TKH If. Jim Lrul liti'ii clratiing out the pig jk-u, and uh llie oporutiun was rathi r a Ji&a irrefiibli' oie lie had lortUied liis olfnrtorics by drinking nu inordinate 'l'la,1,l,.v ' Vl1'-' ; .( Miglaml rum. , J no nnuy siun, n:i jui , ui-i not taue ei- U:i t on bis brain till the job was dine. 1 be pig pen was eleanml out, but Jim was in a condition which bitter lilted him to occupy it, than the neat, white-floored kitchen of bis i ottaee. Joit Jim did not realise this j unpleasant truth, and h-av 11115 bis shovel and I b 'e 111 the sty, sta-ir.reit tvthe'iou-e. "lie was a sight to be boll, as .Mrs. Scro'.'gins tiihl the minister. The Job he bad ju-t completed was essentially a dirty one, and Jim, as we have remarked, being pruuom ne ban prepareii nnnseii to lieriorui it witbout any Uetnuieiit to tic.il iiur- 1 ......... 1. . . . iiients be ordinarily wore, lie was dressed 111 ru-u'cd suit f eli.tbes and on bis huad rc-ted crown stove a shocking lad hat with the in, and the brim half torn olf. As the lioii'ir gan to Iinlille him, lie moved It over Iioiu Ins sition, so that it rested perpendicular po- ijlllt jauntny ou one si'le ol bis beau. Jim settled biui-elf heavily in the hair : j by tin; cooking stove, looked silly, an:! I seemed disposed to address himself to slum- ber. bis usual resort when inebriated. 1 j Mrs. Serog-ins was mad at first, for it wan only the day before that Jim, for the I hundredth time, bad promise 1 never to i drink another drop, not even iu a case of ! sickness. ! ltut what was tho ue of getting mad Willi .-lieu a .oor, miy, iiiii-cliic iiiing u. nu wa at that l .oiiieiit. Hi: was not 111 a condition to appreciate a regular tnatrimo- , niai blow up, and she wu-' ly le-ohed to vials of ber wrath, to bo poured j reserve the vials ot berwratli, lo no poured j out nt n more coni enient season. She looked at him and thought of losing 'the little place of penury, degi udation, j and the poor house. A lucky thought aro.-o, 1 like the l'l.u hix from the flames, out of the : contemplation of the dark pi. ture ; and ' after a few inotiie;o-S deliberation she put ou her bonnet and ch.ak, and hurried over ; to the village not half a mile distant, j Tor a week previous a young daguerreo-Itypi-t, with a poitablc saloon a kind of overgrown omnibus had been delighting the villagers by giving thnu the semblance , of their face.-, at prices varying from nine ! shillings (0 three dollars a head, depending ' on tie' v able of t In: ease, j All the people in the town had been da I gnerreotved, and the omnibus man was tho I most popular person iu the village. All 1 the dames and maidens bad been taken, , and every Jonathan and Jcbial who could l.o-i-t ,,f a Su-ai', a lluth, or a ally, was tak. li with her by his side iu the picture, his arm thrown lovingly around her neck, and looking unutterably atlccli mate. Ii.it .Mrs. Seroggius was not sentimental; she bad gotli 11 over all that buig before Jim took to il'iuknig. She proponed to put the skill of the daguerreotvpist to a more practical use than that of g tting the good will of a lover. She filtered the saloon, and though ner heal t did b exposing h sti anger, -1 at a little at the degradation ot r doiuctic matters to an entire' if demeaned herself with all .1 firmness becoming the trying occasion, fortunately for her all the people iu the town bad " been taken," and it was 11 dry time with the artist. In as few words as possible she stated the ca-e to him, and the young gentleman readily promised co operation Takitn' bis apparatus ender Ins nrni, be accompanied M rs. Seroggius to the cottage where Jim was sleeping off the efleets of the villainous New England. The inebriate sat iu precisely tho sanio P isitiou in w Inch Ins w He bail lelt linn, lie w as ash p in .1 lugli-tiacKeu cnair, which . . , , 1 , , 1 - 1 . ... 1 , .1 . . .1:.- . kept bis III I'l up, so mat tverytniiig w as f.ivorable to thu sitting. In a trice, Jim Seroggius old hat, ragged dollies, long beard, dozing, drunken l ression, aud all, were transferred to cx the plate. liut the picture did not suit the artist ; be thought one taken when the sitter was nunki. Mould be a more correct representa- tion. Mrs. Scrnggim tiiougnt -so, 100, nun 1 MS name, is a man ot substance, ami loves when the dagiierreot ypist bad put in a lieWji,;, ttjfL. ., d,e more because he was iu-tru-plate, she waked biiu up. mental iu saving her from the degradation " fiat ily e want : asKeii .urn, wuu yawn Wake up!" and the lady pave him a smart pinch, which opened bis eyes, giving out thu true expression of the drunkard. Tim artist was prompt, nnd iu an in-tant, edition second of Jim Seroggius was on the plate. The original, not being required for fur ther use, was suffered to slink away and complete bis "ap. '1 he pictures were put into a frame, and Mrs. Seroggius produced ber money. " Nothing, 111a am, I shall not charge you anything.'' " But, 6ir, I am alio to pay.'1 i1.m..rrs..rv.i. iM,l , r i.:. .,- . ,...v i'ji'i tt.t. niui . Ul U N HI ( life how ho had heen brought up in the midst of intemperance, and knew all about .it. His father had died drunk, and h-.ivin.r his mother pi. miless, he had .-upported her ; from the prolits of his portable saioon. Mrs. ;5ero"L'iii efe of course .sympathised with the nig man, and readily understood why would not take pay lor the pictures. i . - . . ,P liut what was better tl,., all l.n , artist took riuite a fancy to Jims 'onlv dau"h- I tcr, a pretty jrirl of eialitcen ; and. after tea. in.;,!..,! nn t.iL-mn I...K .1 ..,.!.. ( . .1 the sly rogue prcteuded that the first was not n "ood ope. and tjok nnntbft - r wmcn lie took away with biiu. The tea things were cleared away, and wheli he did go.tbe poor girl's heart followed him, and hail the l..t'ht she laid awake to think of him. CIIAPTEIl JH. Seroggius recovered from his de but the fir.st thin'' he baw w hen he Jim bauch, ble He picked up one of them and started hack in confusion, when ho recognized his own distorted features. lie examined the other it was the coun- tei.ance of the first, with eyes open, anu i ... i looking ten times more Lbuious than the aL.t-,ii,.r l icturu. "tio'jd gracious!" exclaimed he, " did I ever look so infernal homely as that''1 and he proceeded to scrutinize the picture a se- , coiiu time. " I'.iamc me! if I thought I ever looked ' o confounded mean as that I d l-o down and iumn into the river " i and lumri into the ner I u iiave Men them, though, that looked jUi, tjl;it Iirt.(" continued he; "but tl(.Ul Has drunkards now I aint a diunk- ,.,) tj10 J sometimes get a little sivzled. ' I ....,.. 1:, ,,. , the ruiinn thnnoli . . - - - - - . Howsoever them was taken for Me, though when or v. here I have 110 kind of notion. There s the old bat, and there's the oi l tout no liii-takc.'' The foot.steps of his wife caused him to drop the pictures, and he hastened out of the house to avoid the tempest which he thought his wickedness would call down up on his head. It is a notable fact that he omitted his ori.iugdraiu on the occasion, and bis wife ok courage. Like a prudent woman, as 10 was. she did not say a word H'nout the occurrence of yesterday, and permitted . him to cat his breakfast in peace. I Ho got through the liny w itbout lr!nliiti ' a drop, but on the following day the old cp- pi tite clamored for the usual dram, and in the afternoon, while bis wile was in the tit- ting room, be went to the closet w be went to the closet where be kept the bottle. ;, fir, ,i,;nr, t,.t ,,. i.:s the two daguerreotypes, rc.-tiug against his ),ac.jj Lottie. There was Jim Seroggius, drunk a lecp; and Jim Seroggius, drunk awake. ' Them darn'd dogartypes !" muttered he, starting l ack in contusion at the tuiser- abl Ming object they faithfully shadowed to him. 1; 1 1. tt.:,.i- 11., fn.. r.....i.-..,i n. r again to be the loithsome being they . represented him to be. Taking the black bottle, he went to the door with it, and with i right good will hurled it ou the door-stone, where it was dashed into a thousand frag ments, and thedclcctal.de stuff irretrievably lost. "Hallo, what are you about?" fcuid a young 111..:: ;"s iiti-riiig the yar.I. " Smashing my rum bottle," sriid Jim with admirable coolucs". " You are the d ogartype man, aint you V " 1 am." ' Walk in, if you please," said Jim, ush ering Mr. Shadow iut the sitting room, where his wile and daughter were. " Wife, taken." " I did. ' said be, "you had them pieter.s J allies." roke the bottle, and as to looking I've I 1 ; k0 them things again. I never will "Here is the pledge," said Mr. Sliado 0 was a temperance mau in practice i well lis in principle. , "lsiu it. bv Mi htv : and Jim (('' sign it. " Now w ife will you rub them things ;Ut'! "Certainly, James," and Mrs. S. went for the pictures. " And now " said the young man, Seroggius, if you will walk over to my sa loon, I shall be happy to take the real man as (iod made him " "Ill do it; aud Betsy you shall come too, and Susy." Su-v went with her father and mother, though her picture had been taken. Ou the way, Mr. Shadow walked by her side, and said a great many silly things. The daguerreotypes were taken, and Jim was surprised to tee the difference between tiie ,iu.tur ul a drunken mau aud that ot a 'sober one. j He d rank no more liquor, and though this incident happened three years ago, he is still asolier, reputable man in the village. The little place is all paid for, and Mrs. S. m superlatively happy. Susan, in less than a year, became the w ile of Mr. Shadow, w ho, nolwii ii-tamling U being a drunkard s daughter. THE DA11KNESS GONE. Mr. A. Towiiscnd, writing from New lli igh ton, Pa., uuder date of June '21, says: " A little boy, blind from birth, aged about four years, died 111 this village a lew days ago, with scai letina. About an hour before 1 10 little sufferer departed, he exclaimed : " Pal 1 sec uow ! Darkness is all gone! Pay is come !'' His father inferred from the incident that he was better, and would probubly recover. But an hour patted, and ho was villi thu aujjfk." , ;rs ' .1 mw (urslivt, for IhtufictU Sock r.tilit'.mi i mr thr A nt unit .V i.t' 4 ...... -.V. . , . , ' : Q bo following letter-, vlrich wo copy from the Boston Herald, will elaim attention. 'The writer of it is attaeled to a party who arc engaged in making r survey for the lo cation of it railroad tbftuoh New Hainp- ti,liro a"J t!,u orthwteru part of New ! J'-ngiaiid. The facts ftitcd by him must t-eii cunosity ana htmy, and it they be e . n . . i , 1 . i i ... .... fu"y established, may wi'l deuiaud the full- Cat investigation : 'e.tor OAr, Franklin Co., ) iJarci 17, li.3. JJer B. ; Wo are int.l.e Kin rill himlet nhieh henrs the name of Nestor (. ., W'g have been nri,,,.. i,n.it 'fnr "tf"w lant two weens, ' under the most discouraging circunistan- Ices. tie nave nm snow, nail, sleet, ice, , ,i , , . rain, floods, mu: and a.l other unbearable things to coiiterd with.. Yesterday, freez ing ; to day, flawing, liut I must forego the account of my personal experience and fufl'ciings, ard hasten tij give you a sketch of a most ixtraordinaiy discovery made 1 y us. Yesterday, we were Furvcyin near the brow of thu range of hills w hie h makes up from this gap. The air was piercing and chilly, and tilled with drifting snow. Sud denly the sun closed in and rain inineled with hail, drove us to seek a shelter. There was no house or sign of bum an habitation within eight miles of in. Capt. Kd wards, who leads our putty, had met with a se vere ("prain in the early part of the dav. and was incapable of exerting hinise from this cause he suffered severely. ill ;I Il. . .!.. ...... . i) line painiuiiy tracing our way 111 iraest 01 '"-''''''', -lr. cainuel r.mersou, my com- I'""'on !t"d chum, di.-covercd a cleft in the -"l- UI mountain, ,mi u cuuiu oe ;i j- , side ot the mountain, w Pr0!1t''"'u very easily, and would atlurd a suUieierit retreat for our party . We leached j t')C l'ot' autl bestowed our-elves as cosily j as l,OSf'ble. We Were protected, both from ' winu anu storm, jue reaction 01 our ! 1 ...... .....11....... feelings, and the sudden rush of blood to; the surface, which always follows exposure j like that to which we bad been subjected, caused us, iu a short time, to be very com-! fort able, Lmerson, who never can be long ouiet, ' hegati to espl He every sole and corner ot our retreat, lie noticed a large rat stone w hich sounded hollow as he struck it. It ' . . IT .'11 ft . . pearcd to be laying upon the ground, dis- : connected with any other rock. Lesidei, his quick cvfi ileti.eted that the stone was ol a natural formation of the mountain. This ias en- IXTEli ESTIXG IISCO VKK V, otigh to excite his curiosity. Yitll the help the strength of hlnglan.i, and gave her the of myself and another, th tone, nbieh sa power to resist ft world iu arms. AYith iu Kiug al an angle, was removed, and we flexible purpose be suppressed all ntteinpts fjun 1 aperture bcncu:i, lined with rude to embroil his country in a war, and for steps. This was a spur further cxplora- twenty long years, as the first Minister of ti.'tis. After half an luur's rather hard , the Crown, governed bis country with heroic work, we succeeded in r.iaking an opening w ill. He was succeeded by inferior inen, but sufficiently large to alToid an entrance. 'when the exigencies of public life again re IJcfore us lay a cave. Kmerson would quired a man the J'elhams gave w a y for a have entered it at once, but Capt. Edw ards Pitt as politicians and placemen 111 this restrained biiu until such times as veutila- country must hereafter give way for patriots tion would render it safe. Kmerson went and statesmen. iu first ; J followed, and thu rc.-t came at-I "The highest nubiic distinctions in this tcr us After descending even steps, the 'f0 widening all tin way, we found ourselves in a spacious cave with the roof ending, until it reache 1 a height of near- -V f 'r'-V ic-' 1 1,0 SMU ta. "J" WM '' aeluul i.ieasurcmeiit, iiinety-fotir feet a,"J, f 'i ""1," at V'"k"t P!,rt- iK-yonu this, anotuer r.igit ot steps, st rm iugly deeper than the fir-t. extended to an other chamber, but we have not vet ex- plon d it. What lay beyiud the first room, to what extent the cave reaches, or what it contains, rcinaius to be seen. But, judging from what wo. have alieady (.iscoverei', trie investigati Mis that arc lobe made will pos ses the most overpowering interest. M hen ne had beet) in the cave long enough to ac commodate our eyes to the dim light fur- in-lied by the opening we had made, we I e I gan to make our observations. We were fill 1 ed w ith astonishment at w hat lay before us, I The cave or grotto had evidently been used as a biding place for treasure and a place. I for concealment by those who had used it. 1 Implements of defence lay in groups upon jone side. They were of an exceedingly au- tigue form. Hoar antiquity rested upon icviiy article hi lore us. '1 be dust of ages had .settled down upon all things in the cave. I In one corner we found three earthen vis- scls of sil gular construction and shape. , I lies'; were tilled with coin, ot silver, brass andiron, but mo-t of brass, of various shapes. Thu coin bore 110 image, were r I coarsely, but most cuiioii-ly wrought, ,i:J 1 1 apt. J.itw ai ds, w ho boasts sonic know ledge ! of coin-, declares them to be entirely unlike anything which lie has ever seen 0 of, and of a very ancient date. But the nio.-.t singular and interesting dis covery of all, consi-ts iu our having found, in a niche, several lolls and packets, com posed of 11 material entirely unknown to us, upon which were inscribed figures and char acters, the meaning of whieh, as yet, ve have not yet been able to determine or make out the nation or date to which they may have belonged. We go to-morrow to the cave, have made ample preparations f.r exploring its utmost extent. We take with us provisions ,.r a week, and bedding for our accommodation. We shall occupy the chamber already dis covered. Capt. Edwards is so deeply in terested in the investigation before b'in. be has abandoned, fur .1 week at h ast, bis sur veying expedition, lie is filled with the highest hopes, and, although a cold and un impressive man in the ordinary concerns of life, he is now aniuiat-d with the greatest cut husiasni. Conversing on the topic of this after noon, be declares his belief that both the coin and the scrolls have a date anterior to the Christian era. If this be so, wo cer tainly have a clue, that will conduct us to an inquiry that has hitherto been clouded in mystery nnd the silence of the grave, " NY hut was the condition of this country centuries ago, and who inhabited it? It caunot bo supposed that this vast, continent his beeu permitted to be a howling wilder ness for so many thousaud years : or that our uii obty rivers have Honed through rich and fertile valleys since the creation, with-J out the intelligence of man to .sound the : .. . e i ..-.l i m..i ..r -i u I ionises ui oni jjoiu mm .'liiht'r 01 uitiu an.; Cant. Edwards has forwarded u binall lio oftjU Cl ,(lld s,.rull oftllc ,. ..... i : i ..i ... r.. , i i.m ,i i.; ot the f.xclKiii''e t olteo JIoue, with a rc'iiicst that he would lay them before ill's also before the faeultv i f II irvi s;t' His letter and !.!ieka"C wi learned and scientific men of JSoston, and , ard L'niver-1 ...... ,-n.rr. hi I imiKI r,..., ri, i,v ,. s;,, ,r,v,.V!1 ,i,. . - . ....... hriti".s you this n vM u ,lim 'a'n nnd I recommend you to upon nd view the curio.-ities of our cave. Besides he may have other and more minute descriptions from Capt Kd wards himself, than I am able in this hurried let ter to give. You may depend upon hearing from me -next Sabbath, on our return to this place. "We Jiave a mntr iuii once a week, which passes every Wednesday, to you may expect to hear from me jnc.ro at lcnJi, by Thurday night of next w eek. 1 remain your", ic, ClIAUi.KS U. I'llOCTOK. A GOOD WORD ON J'OUTICs!. II. II. lirew.-ter Ksip, of l'hiladelpbia. de li, "ii"' a very able address before the Lit erary Societies of Princeton College ou Tues- j day week, from which we take the following extract w itli regard to the pursuit of politics. " The time was in the early history of this country when great men were wanted in pub- j lie places to establish our in-titutiotis good ' men arc needed now in the walks of iuict; life to strengthen them. All the world over, j the trade of a politician i.s the occupation of i ; j a gamester; it is the business of a man w hose ' time is spent m ( iivvand stnle. Public sta . , , , 1 . tions can coiner 110 ranK aim nriuir no tlis- tmetioii to men who run alter them. All 'great public occasions command the men ni .-i iiii.eu lor ine neccssiues 01 iiie lime.- J lie emergencies that excite great men to action having passed by, tramiuility having been restored, order ha ing been established, new men infeiior men men of doubtful part i sueeeeu to their ma-ters. and maua with ease, it not with skill, the vast machine which wisdom created and industry set in motion. All history lias afforded constant example of this our history may yet do so. ' Sir Robert Walpole iu tbe.se latter ;'unes, with a masterly resolution, with a power mi .'btiertban the storm, the power that binds ., 1 , ,,, . the storm the calm plucKcu up the crown of England from the hedge wherein c.meiid- ing factions had flung it, established the Ilan- overian succession, suppressed conspiracy, quieted religious discord, and secured that stability and dignity to public affairs, and that repose to private life, whiih nurtured country can have no attraction for right minded men, unless they are tiie unsought iewards of persont. 1 worth, dignity of char acter, ment.il ability and a lilaineb.-s life. ll taiin d in any other way, they di-grace those who hold them. They were intended to be great honors, not rich sinecures. The compensation attached to the best of them, will not equal the income that any man can earn, who is lit to hold tiieln and discharge tlieir duties. If men crawl to bigl places bv craft and low eontrivanei if ' they hold t lit in at the co.-t of all love of the truth and practice of le roie virtue if they accept station, which they are unequal to, fron want of proper training from want i f information and want of mental capacity, and which they hold like impostors, and usurpers, puffed up with vanity, and meanly greedy for the pay of the place they are iu a pillory. Such adventurers nnd serving men in their mas ter's clothes, will be laughed at and expell ed with scorn by the misguided people who exalted them to power to establish an equal ity of vulgarity", ostentation and wickedness. Let not this be your fate. " Thus far the great men ef llii- land have with reluctance and humility, received the dignities their coutitrvtnui ha.c bestowed upon them. " v, aalungton and .letterson and Jackson novir stooped to solicit place, or accepted it as the result of secret contrivance. " Let me w arn y a against the temptations that beset you to embark in this business of politics. A life well spent, in the steady- read pursuit of any calling, will yield you a let I tcr income, will give you an independence of position, and a manly dignity of character, that no ofliec can ever s( cure for you. The small offices of a country are always small places and the high oiks must be tilled by inch of mark, for little men grow less in them, and dwindle into pigmies, lii fore you will consent to step out rt the 1 i-pei -ta'de priva cy of your own calling to take o!h 'c, be sure that you are not unworthy of the place, or impelled by sdh'sh motives f.r t the most wortbv and upright ihc-c stations bring with them trials :md griefs that torture inen to death. Oftentimes person of merit are swept to ruin in these high floods ot vulgar c.v itt nieiit. or are st. lined tor lite, and their Useful. les, hurt ' V stopping to waive their rank, and be associated in tho.-c ciitei pi iscs with mean, unprincipled lniii. '1 he shores , f political life, in every country, are .-ticvii with w reeks like these, and many of them were rich argosii s. " If vouwish to know what public fame is, remember that the long line of Koiua.i con suls and (Ireeiau magistrates is now forgot ten, while -E-op, a slave, Socrates, a me chanic, and Horace, the sou of a fiicdiuun, are immortal." CHINA WAKE l'Oil THE WHITE IllTSE. A firm in New York is preparing by or der of President Pierce, China table ware for the White House, consisting of 4oll pieces lofthcr with 5o dozen of glas co' Mien ikwsand fve A.iw-oU d'Ml.ir. Tlic Comet of ISXG. The following interesting details respect ing the comet whieh is expected to inaki: its :iiieai'iiiiee about thu year l-oli, are f;iven by M. Habiiiet, an eminent French a-tiono-nier, and melnber of the Academy of Sci ences, in an article recently published. The jioston Traveller translates from the Courier (les Ktats I nis : "This comet is one of the crandest of which bi.-tiirians make mention. Its period C of revolution is alinut :tlll) vears. It was seen in the years Mil, M'', (is:t, in li, l'Jtil, and the last time in 1 ... Astronomers agreed in predicting its return in 1-4-1, but it failed to appear inioujitv an n tni zi nus, nceordinj; to the expression of liuhiiict and contiiuies to shine still, unseen bv us. Al- reaivhi! observatories b'?in to be alarm- CJ Srr tne tato ot tlieir lieautitul '.vamleiuw start Sir John llersbel himself had put a rape upon bis telescope, when a learned calculator of .Middicburgh, M. Uoiiiine, re assured the astronomical world of the con tinued existence of the venerable and mag nificent comet. " Disijuieted, as all other astronomers were, by the non-arrival of the comet at the expected time, M. 111111.1110, aided by the pre paratory labors of M r. Hind, with a patience truly Ibiteli, lias revised all the calculations, and estimated all the actions of plain ts up on the comet for three hundred years of revolution. The result of this patient la bour gives the arrival of the comet in Au gust, I "o-1, with an uneei tainly of two years, more or less ; so that from 1 "-."(! t. 1-iiii, we may expect the great comet which was the cause of the abdication of thu Kmpi ror Charles V. in I oli. " It is known that, partaking of the gen eral superstition, which interpreted the ap pearance ot a comet as the ton runner ot some fatal event, Charles believid that this comet addressed its menace particularly to bun, as holding the iir.-t rank among sove- reign-. The great and once wise, but now wearied and shattered monarch, had been f"r some time the victim of cruel reverses. There were threatening indications iu the political if not in the physical horizon, of a still greater tempest to come. He was left tj cry in despair, 'Fortune abandons old men. The appearance of the blazing star seemed to him an admonition from luaveii that be must cease to be a sovereign, if be Would avoid a fatality from which one with out authority might, be spared. It is known that the Kmpi-ror survived his abdication but. a little more than two yeais. " Another comet, which passed near us in l-'fll"), and which has appeared twetit v-five times since the year 1 :) before the Christian era, has been associated by the superstitious with many important events which have oc curred near the period of its vi-itatioii. " In ll'ol'i, William the Conqueror landed iu England at the brad of a numerous ar my about the time that the comet up. eared which now bears the name of Hallev's 0111 et. The circumstance w as regarded Pv ti e English as a prognostic of the victor- of the Normans Ir inlnsiol iimv'i.r.nl terror it. to the minds of the people, and contributed not a little towards the submission of the country after the battle of Hastings, as it had served to discourage th" soldi. -rs of Harold before the combat. The comet is represented on the famous tapestry of lia vcux, executed by tjuetu .Matilda, the wif o; the conqueror. "The same it. met, in 1 loll mining the Turks under the Male-dint II., and into the Clirithin din ing the terri' le 1 tnrew terror command of ranks of the alJesof li' l- grade, iu which ln.Hi'.l Miisuiiuen perished. The i'oni"t is described by historians of the time, as 'immense, ternLle, of enormous length, carrying in its train a tail which co vered two celestial signs ((ill degrees,) and producing universal terror.' Judging IV...111 this portrait, comets have singularly degen erated iu our day. Jt will be remembered, however, that in 1-11, there appeared a comet of great brilliancy, which inspired some superstitious fears. Since that epoch, seienee has noted nearly 0 comets, which, with few excel. lions, were visible onlvbv the aid of the telescope. Kei.l. r. when iisk ed how lllaliv colli. -Is tliel'i- WiO'e ill the ltd. veils, ausweied, 'as many as there are lish IU the sea. "Thanks to the progress of astronomical science, the.-u singular stars are no longer objects of terror. The theories ,,f N wtoti, llallev, and their successors have complete ly destroyed the imaginary empire of com ets. As respects their physical nature, it was f.r along time believed that they were composed of a compact centre, surrounded by aluminous atiuospheie. On this subject the opinion of M. Cabinet, who must be re garded as good authority ou such questions, is as follows : 'Comets cannot exercise any material inlliu mi upon our globe ; and the earth, should it traverse a comet iu its entire br.'adth, would p. reiive it no more than if it slu. u! 1 er .ss j cloud a hundred thousand millions of times lighter than our atmos phere, and which could no more make its way through our air than the slightest puff of an ordinary bellows could make its way through an anvil." It would be difficult to bud comparison more reassuring. This eel, hr .Si :i I fit-lit I'plsO ll .1 o'l!. ti-l Il.flfl I till ilil I , I" lni coin. I. Ol the I e I. ml, l V. 11.1. 1 111, I pes, , n'li.iw l , n , sin is pri -i rvi ;.l Mil. i:. It . ll.eoi g the lory ei tin- i i'iiij m ol .Niiriii n o l:.l to. !'!"' . si I ll 1 , ul, J by M . tilii. i, : i;uirni ii:. , ei evlhe I .inpn s AI.il il.U , l- r -.I lb nrv I. It e. nsi-iri ut' ;i hi , n w !. . t in ii iith, mill go ii.e ics hri'iei ; am. is llOo i J eel lip i ! til , 1 1 ts, e. ill hi lie' - II lil Si lii.ll.Mtii.g lis mi: Ii el. Tlic ti'.'n s .ill ail kil ly tiiu nei i!ii . 1. gl I l'v'l'J- CONCESSION. 1 The Charleston Courier says that an in dividual named Daniel T. Shepherd vo'.un tari'y delivered himself, on Ihursday, t. Sheriff Yates, Confessing he had killed one W illiam Hodge, at St. James, Saiitee.iu an affray which oceuivd there on the 1 4th inst. He was committed bv H. W. Schroder, es.i , to await bis trial at the next October Term of the Court ol Sessions. A quick workman can make thirty flour barrels a day. A single barrel has been ouio io seven miuutcs aud half. J'niii the Charliftoii Ciinicr, 7;.vy mbrr. Till: MOVING TAllLi;. 3'is.st J''ituif : (In a late i.-it to tLc North, I was imiteu to witness this j.he ti'jini nuii. Four persons stand around a ILLt small table, one on each side, and place their npc.li light baud flat oil the table near one collier, and their lelt on the right hand of the pel'.-uu lo the let!, placed near tho corner. Alter I ) or -JH minutes thu tabic .... moves in a eiriie,tl.e pei.,oi,s running around with it. keel lu' tl lanils in the same re l.itiv places, the w "iidi r is, what is the cause of this motion. '1 lie opinion of many is, that c h. ctricity is imparted from tho liamTs of the individuals, and gives this mo tion although, the table may be a non-cou- uuetor aceoruing to the knowledge we now possets of the natiue ol this hava said that I was 1 1 1 v I , . : to U,';!e iv.iii. derful phenomenon, but 1 did not see the table move iu a circle, except when the per sons pullid it aioiiml with their hands. Their hands weie disposed in the best man lier to bring about that -Heft, I account tor the pheiiomeii"ii in this way: the hand has a disposition to return to the body, as the muscles that extend the nun become fatigued, whieh takes place iu a short tiliiu there is a pulling of the corner of the ta ble then towards the individual, as well as a downward pressure, and a pulling towards the right, as the right band is upon the ta ble and is on a belli r surface for pulling than that of the lelt, and from its temperature having caused a lacuuni, al-o sticks to thu table. The right arm is inorcowr more commonly employed in puiiiuc, and so far as the will may operate iu bringing about this phenomenon. Would be the hr.st to puil, in w hich case the body i.-: drawn back on tie right and uiovi.d forward 011 the Wit, and causes t lie; lelt bund to push, w idle tho riht is pu. ling will plied to it, a tiuall , tlo se lorce.s thus tip. lit tabic iuo es iu a, circle l o see the principle more clearly of forco thus aj. plied, let a sheet of paper l. caught in the same place between the thumb and fingers, ),y f,j 11 r individuals. I believe that this phenomenon, which has caused suih n great sensation at the Noith is brought out by these mean, because, although the tx- pcliini nt t lnove the table las made" bv those who were distinguished lor exhibiting- this piieiioinch ui, it did not in a single in st; nee move around, when i used the pre caution to aile-l the heavy pressure of their bauds upon it, but it eca.-oi to move the in stant that the pressing hand was detected. I have 00 doubt that the table is suint tiliit s moved through lueie mi-chief, sometimes through an uneoii-eioUs. pressure of the baud of a fatigued arm, and souk times through the strong will of individuals inclined lo bo j h ar vedloas. j The power that the. will may exert in this i expel'. ineht may 1": estimate.'., v ben we I'c- fleet that a button sUspi hded at the cud vi la thread held bctv.11.11 the thumb and lou i linger, will mule in various direction- at j the will of him who hold- the thread. I ! 1 1 . 1 1 would not ii.-k a loaee 111 vour pale r lor ' ""-S '"at l IouikI so many intelligent I I'euticiucn, clergy men, lawyers, doetor, and "'en of science, in the iiio.-t confident belief 'hat this phenomenon was truly Wonderful. 1 'H'' moving table belongs to the family of "toe spiritual lapping-. J he table was first moved from the wall iii.rely, and al though it astouiidid thousands of the mo-t intelligent people iu the North, it was thu grossest humbug ever practiced. 1 caiiucl conclude this al tide without stating a ease, to shoiv boil tar ciedubty may supply facts. While the individuals. Were engaged in the experiment of moving the table around, they would lreqiieiitiy observe that they heard the table clack that it would soon begin to move, under the belief that it was electricity that mo-,..,! it, when 1 could hear no sound, altiiou,1! 1 put uiyiariu a favor able position to le ar. The i ditor of tin" New-York T i'oof has written that she table continues to move al ter the hands of the individuals are removed from it. V e have all seen a top move a!', tcr it leaves the hand of the boy that -pulled the string. 1 u re may be more done in the " land ' ,J' spirits than I sa.v, or as called ti wit ness, that benugs to tni- part ot .Northern wonders, and therefore 1 limit what 1 have written. 1 oiler the above as an answer to the call of the Baltimore C. j f ". J. 1'. CM ITT AG. INVESTIGATION Ol- TABLE M VIXC. The objict which 1 had in view in this in-qui.-y was not to satisfy myself, for inv con clusion had been formed already on the ev idence of those who had turned tables; but tii at I u.ight be enabled to give a strong opinion, founded ou facts, to the many who npliid torn.: fir it. Yet the proef which I .-.light I't, and the mcth id followed in the inquiry, weic juic.-i !y of the same na ture as those wiiiih 1 should adopt ill any other physical investigation. The parties with whom I have worked were Very honor able, very clear in their intentions, success. t'ul ta! ic-movcrs, very de: irous of sueceed- ing iu establishing the existence of a pceu : liar powt r, thoioiighly candid, and very ef 'ifeetual. It is with me a choir point that . : the ta'de in n es i hen the parlies, though they strongly wis;; ,t, d i not intend, and do I ti "t bei.eve that tin v move it bv ordinary ' mechanical power They say the t ibio : draws tin ir ban-Is : that it move- tii-st, i and tiny have t- fo'.i ov it: that it somg- times even I o i s ti eii.i under tlieir hands. I With some tl I . .. me the taoii. w. i move to the vi 'ht !( r U It according as thev wish or will it! with others the direction of the fir-t motion uncertain. But all ugri e that the table moves their hands, and not t'i hands th? table. Though l believe the parties do not intend to move toe tu de, but obtain the re sult bv a .'tii ii-v .'i'uitary action, still I have no doubt ..f ti no doubt ot the iutluchee of expects. tion upon their ban Is, and through that up. on the success or tailurp of th- ir effirts. I The tirst point, there!" ire, w.n to rem nv all objects uue t) extn-etalion, bavin. rdvion to the substances whieh 1 might desire to use : so plates of the most different bodies, electrically speaking uanely, saud-papr, mill-board, glue glass, luoiit'day, tiu f oil, '-r wiiU ker iu distress. $10 hud outrcat-