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FN T- - - OSCA.3E1.3LiOirE"!3?,ES, 3NT- C., OCTOBBR -3, 18S8, 3MUMBER SS, HOLTON U. WILLIAMSON, KDITOIW AND I'llorRIKTOKS. TKUMS: The Norlh-Orolin Whig; will m .florikd to .ulo.-niH-r at TWO IM)I.I.AIi.S in advance, or TWO IK. ! LARS ANO HtTYt K.NTS il p.y mi nt be ditlayod for llirce inontha, and '1 llltkb Dill. I, Ali at the end of tlio yc.r. Nu p. per will bt ,li-c.inlinuod until nil arrearage ate paid, ex r, pi at the option of .he Editor.. A,vrrlieiiieiitincr.cdatOiic Dollar per --u.re hi lint-a or lf, tliii iied tyM-) for the firs, inner t,n mill 25 cent, for euoh continuance. Court il- rl.rintnU and Sheriff'.-Hlc charged 25 prr rt.l. higher i ond deduction of 33) per cent, will It mi id" from th- regular price., for ad-crti-rr. by tl,r year. A'lverti.emeiit. murwi mommy quarterly, t ! per nouare for c.eh time. hemi monthly' cent, uer aou.re for etch time. IT All U tter, on buincM inu.t he iurriri la the K.litor.. letter, inu.t be po.t-pid or they dl not be ...endod to. J r J'.yiuenU en be ni.de to either. , lo.lm.ter. re authoriied to et a. ajrnt.. pocfnh 7he Old Grist Kill. t k. h rrt-iati. Th? cr ist mill rUiiiIm U stilc I lie trt- in. With bending roof and It-an my Will; So n! tt tlm I mm n I tic a iimU nrr taiIU. 'I he milltr trim Mi If, ii U1I ; tut iiiiiai uuii hjt, in vt r ( , IkdiCtf, it u'er iruin jcar to Vftr, 'I'lip (Jain i trL ptun. ! c'rd jm fj ; T gtk are f.lltit, the W4I1 f Jmiir, Ai j tfjd ttf old whrt-t's (liprrj t -, The Ui went ftiuotl tiift vtr iiMirv. Mrthmk- ttn-f iutt (Miufid ol if, !(rruo tiny ejuiiot clnub it lug tier. Yrtm mora (.11 nilit. in mitiiiiin tune, W In ii yt-IUf' liar-rt In .d thtj tlain, I jj drtvi- Hit; Ur in r to tlir null. And back ihii, with ioidid witn; Tiifjf bring a hti t g'.ld n f run, A fid ttk it hotac in iim-1 ajf.iui. Thf- mill inside dim ami dark. Hut tpirig in tlx (. door, tu M-c the iiitjli r tliHing round. And tiu-tjf big fel'in; the floor ; And by Ua ahlt, und n the jtoul, The yellow meal toutr piunnf out A'td a!! the day long tltc winnowed corn Fk.Jt round it on tin auitrjr brct, And olniH lb like Itliitff auarnt tif gotdr-n-W ingcd ami in Itrd lti ; Or cjirks a round tbr hlarkaimiu'a Uuor, W hrti jciliwa blow and t'orgea mr. 1 hie my plf.iaiit, quaint old null . It'utioJ mcol niy rime; 1'iB ch.ingpd inirr liwii, but int 9 much Ai I am bf df iy ami tuiir ; Its rrki are mofcwtd from rr to yrar Hut nunc ail drk and lutr, .;t air. I land bcaidr th alr'am of 1 1 IV ; Tin mighty current sw rent along, Lifting thf tl'ini gun of my lirui, It turna th niagir whrtl of aotig. And riml th- rt'ird hr t, bruiight torn out tlit- -foldi it ti'-ldtt of thought. liUisccIlantous. THE MAID OF THE INN, nil FE MALE INTREPIDITY. It was in the year I "'i'J, toward the clone of November. A light snow, mingled with sleet, was whirled about by .he wind, and pierced through every crevice of a little road side inn, situated Uciwccn nornuerg aim Rottwell, on the frontier of the duchy of Ba-. Kr,.Ho n.j Ill)t i,t.n many minutes en dcn. i nconeed in her retreat, w ben a fresh knocking Two traveller-, driven by the bad weather rCHOun,,.j at t,0 j,, i0,3r ,) she pcrcciv t , the shelter of this bumble l.os.l, ry, were ed ,1(.re ,WQ j.l1K,king men, who asked h. r f.rgetling their hunger and weannes. in (he what f , traveller who had comforts of the hearty repast of smoked beef. j,Mn tiere a short time before. From their 'I he hissing and roirinj- of a large stove cm- j,.sprjption of his. appearance, the voung girl tras.ed favorably in the travellers cars with the loud moaning of the north wind without, and disposed them still more to the enjoy ment of the good things within. The innkeeper and his wife had for their only domestic, a young girl of Baden, whom ih. y bad brought up from childhood. Kret tel.., for such was her name, was a host iu hcrs-lf, h ouso-keepe r and maid to her mis. Ires-, cook in the kitchen, valet do chambre .0 (he stray visi.aiils 111 the ..est room, groom in the stable- -the hardy arid good humored 'erman girl fulfilled all the duties usually shared by a large e.-rablishmetit of servants. Ten o'clock struck, and the travellers, having finished their supper, drew near to the group that had collected round the stove, l ather lloluirek, the minister, their host, and ou.o neighbor who bad entered by eiiance. I he conversation lurneu on me f r..i I ... I .... .... . t 1.I..I. ,1... fearful and fnurderoua events of which the neighboring forest had been tho scene, and each one. had his own atory lo tell, surpass- ing uie resi in norror. ruincr iioiiK.ica .. .ir -.!.. :t.. :...i:. was among the foremost in terrifying his au- diciiee by the different adventures, all more or less tragical. The worthy father bad just finished a horrible story of robbers, quite a '' in it way. The scene of the b'geud was. a little more than a gun-shot irom the inn door ; it was a tradition, untor-, ht,r fi.nri j,,,,,,,,,,;, almo-t to despair luuately ; but an ancient gibbet, which still e . ,e to ,he ylXtfivt jov. To the wou remamed on the identical spot, gave to the (or Bdniir!i(iii ..f all, she related what narration at. air of ploomy veracity, which ,,,,, pl0 ; t,g Burgoma-tcr especially one dared to question. This place was,: svi,0, 011 M wr.,iesi praise, for her "deed, ina.le formidable throughout , ,..ri.- c unluc t. The officers went in search province, as being, 11 was saiu, tne remiex vout of a troop of bandits, w ho held there, every night, their mysterious meetings. All tho guests were still under the infill ein-e of the terror which the story of father lloffkirck had caused, when one of the trav-! ellers before mentioned offered to bet two ducats that no on dared to set off at that moment to the fatal spot, and trace with char coal a cros on Ibe gibbet. The very idea of such a proposition increased (ho fear, ol . ti, 1 company A bttl., .'ll....A,. ...... tlo.tw ,.1.1,' r.O.1,' Stll,. 'L illy, the young Krettel, who was quietly "Turning in the corner, roso up and accepMd the bet, asking her master' consent at the "'"lie time. He and hi good wife at the Hr.-t refused, alleging the loneliness of flic place, id case of (longer. Hut lhi fearless damsel persisted, and wa at taut Buffered to depart. Krettel only requested that the inn door .1. ..!.! l. l..f. .,.. ....Ml I.... takinrr an iccc of charcoal to prove on I el no thrt .1. had reX' Kd7he"nol "he MrTidl - ..Iked to.r the 4bet W n b, .U 1(1 u I v. uuiau( 1'T. ti V- uiuii liui ' wi ucinuou, ..,.:,.,., w iVa Ai,.U i ! l..-i H.noor Th.. ; take tltghl at the least aangi r. J he noise wm retiewea. ixretiei nr-ienea imemiy, ana i the aound of horse feet etruck upon her Her tnrror prevcuted her at firt from t i . . .... i . i . .i i . t uinrr l.nat nnnrii vaa tn her- that tho f,).i....t athJt fl td tl Jill t1t 7r Se lootcourTi da S ' hhe took courage, d.rd forward and traced thccroKa. At the aame inHt.nee, the report ! of a pistol showed her that U hl been j noticed. Jiy a movenicnt .- swiii as liiotigiit, , .lie uiuooscmjQ mo norse, te.peu on me h.h- ; die, nd fled like liglitnin. M.e fas pur- ued; but, redoubling her xpeed.iihe rem lied ( e i - . whatever with an v lU-uie or eraek of the inn yard, called out to them to elo.e the t,L. r, k. Tin; cavity" trpreM-tds the nlmpe pule, and fainted away. When the brave ; 0f tin: body, invested with fiVh ; the lc-, girl recovered from her fright, i-hc told her jtl.ili. Lip and part of the back are mould surprising otory, aud a warmly congratu-i c,l n)t, beautilul txaetin , and would, if laieu on per vuuraire wi " . ,, . i .1 i i t j. ... j 4 II ml luiri'il I li linrKo u liieli a .in of t 1 1 L - 1 .'"7 - I'" "'" eu.ie, u. in.: ,.., euanu.-.a .- ed to LTeat expense, (1, lay mid ineolivciiience, l.ord .luhn Itussell ill replv, but be has a- ln neanty. A small lc&tlieri. valise was 1 pntm. bodv I he bin v lav on .ts r. 'ht intern. arried with them whether .Ne-tonaii 1 i 1 1 i i i - ... - , , . . , ,, , . , .. Ha,, i . , , ' ' , ,, M,l'V . . and the ow tiers and shippers coneerni-d in , dopted a similiir course t,) the l!rittih Min altaebed to the saddle; but fati.er lluflkiiek i Mj,. i,e R.aJ tat, tmards the hill, the ; or Moslem in their faith. i,i...i, ,..,.,., ,..;.,.i;,...,l t,. v. : ;., . i ,. j would not auffer it tv be opened, eicej.t in i ; the presence of the Rurgomaster. , ! t'nthe morrow, which was SunJay, tin' ! innkeeper, Li wife and their guest, ull s, t i off for the neighboring town, where they j i intended, alter the service, to acquaint the i liurgomastcr with the la-t evening auveti- ; Mres. Krtllcl, left sole guaruiau of die b 'ie, was .dwsed uot to admit any one I until br master's return. Many a young girl would have trembled at being in her sit- ( uation ; but this young scr ant maid hating ' i ceen the party disappear, feailetslyhct about her bousliold duties, singinx with a liht ; b.art and a clear voice nmn which her kind mis. res bad ta I loiH 1. vnit: i -lit lo r. An hour had scarcely pasn-d, when .lure came a knock ou the outer door. It w as a traveller on horseback, wlio -ked leave to r -t for a little while. Krettel at first re fues ; but on the promise of the cavalier that he would only breakfast and depart, she agreed toadu.it him. Resiu, .', (be man aa well dressed aud alone, so i'i"re was little to fear from dim. The trai.gir wish ed himself to take bis horse io the iitable. and remained a long time eitmii.iiig and admiring the noble steed which had arrived the previous owning in a manner so unex I ;"ted. bile I reakf.istitii? he a-ked many ijiiesiions .bout the iuu aud its owners in quired whose was the hor-e that attracted his attention to luucb ; and, in short, acted so ueeesfully .hut the poor girl, innocent of all deceit, told him of ber late adven;iirc, mi l ended by confessing he w as all alone She instantly fell a vague sense of having committed one imprudence, f r .he strau per listened to her with singular attention, and seemed to take a greater interest than simple curiosity in what sue was savin.'. '1 he breakfast was prolonged to the utmost length. At last, alter a few .iniiuportaut question, the traveller desired the -ervant pirl to brinir him a bottle of wine. Krettel re to obey ; but "n reaching the cellar, found that the stranger followed her, and turning around, sue saw the glittering of a pistol handle rough his vest. Her presence cf luind failed her not at this critical ino .11. nt. When they bad reached .he f n.t of the stain, she luddenly extinguished the 'light, and stood up against the wall. The man muttering imprccatious, advanced a few ten, pro.ilnii his wnv. Krettel, profit- ing by this movemeiit, re-mounted the steps, agile and noiselessly, closed and bolted the door upon the pretended traveller, and .hen barricaded herself iu an upper chamber, , -, ,,.,.-, .rri.. immediately discovered that the pcr-on ought for was the stranger whom she had locked ill the cellar nevertheless, she thought it most prudent to make no admis- Mon on the subject. 'n her refusing their request to open the door, the two men threat- d .0 scale the wall. The poor girl trem bled with fear ; for she knew that they could easily accomplish their project by means of the iron bars fixed to the windows of the )(Wrr j.t,,rj. j ,, perplexity, K ,ook( nrollll) i,,. all,i l.r ,.v'e f.-H ettel on a musket that bung from the wall, a relic, of 1..t master'. -ouiner da vs. She seized it. and pointing the muzzle out of .he window. cried out .hat she would lire man, who 11. tempted to ascend. Tl. two robbers for that such thev wen 1llU ,, i. i,m ,rll,.i,' ,i.,, nt the sight of fire-arms, where, cipcctiii ' e 11 110 resistance, they brought no weapons, ami P1.M,11I1dd ', .....i, i,,tr?i,iditv. went uwav. tiu ,o.st fearful ..'aces, and vow- i to return a.'aiu ill greater force. I n siute n e. r- . 1 0f.r terror, our heroine remained firm at (1,r An hour passed away in tbisciit- i,.r,l p0,itioti. At lust the pirl perceived her mu.T alll fri,,,a coming in sight, aceoui- j,y,,0 Burgomaster and some officers. -pi .,rav Kret.cl rushed to the door. of the robber, whom Krettel had imprisoned I i-iM.' y Mountains bv the middle of the 01 wilh so much address and presence of mind. JFl;I1(,' ,IK)nth. Bv'that time he will be After a sharp resistance, ho was bound and ; n,;t, (tj aM.,.rtain "the maximum depth of secured, and soon alter recognized as the 1 snow j,, t. passes, and how far there may chief of a hand of robber who had for some 1 ,)(? a t) j nicul t v in the way of tin contenipla- time sprea.i .error over tne eoumry. men, wandering without a captain, were quickly takenordispcrsed. The Burgomaster decided that the horse and valise, which con . . , . 111 1 ... ,1,.. .,.. Kr,,.tcl tamed a larc 1 number ( gold pieces, snoum those cour " j-----. - ' age Lad so powerfully contributed to rid the country of a banditti who had infested it for so long a time. A good character is a badge of cicel leuee that cannot be concealed. HUMAN MINES IN SOLID HOCK. CONFIRMATION OF NEllUEW SCRIP The Zanesvillu Courier has a eoininuniea- TURK. tion from Dr. 1 iulstoii, a gentleman of . ,. . . e ' . , B V " " -, .,.e,ue...,, ' , . 7 ''"T Tn" ''A?' . T'.r I'"" lM,U m0r "bUt t'"" h"'fc',llar I l I lit' M-Jf I Ifll M fir I lif , ilvl r r j t ...... . i i- ii . . i , ,. ' ,eell highly interested in the (ihcovery of t mi outers ol our lillow-eid.ei, 1 have human bonis in a colid Hand Rtone rock, of . - . . . ' . Uarrv near Custck'a mill, ali.mt tii .,!! es ol from the city, and with the aH.-i.,tauce ... . . v ' . . ... mi i i i i i i i. i , C, - ,rIe, ll0lbU? Unlh- w" V-.-?' . U" ? "Tit"1" " , ereM.ng subject. n the meantime per- tuit i,,r to make a f?""lZ?:;'Z bones vubiuilted to my -my infection m tire len:a e; they were eon- ol the mi! t( nui't slrjnc l,ones ol an adult tamed in a ciiwlv jM-redi itose h.nii, no eonimutiien-! tilled Wltb planter ' l an, puc a moulil, . .. , ' . i .. .. .. .. I. .. - f. .1 . r l f,.ut west, towards Jumithan's creek, where the waters at high flo.jd h ave the base of tH. ulm. ti,t or ten feet below the ,u,.f. nf IC bo'l The same piece of rock, conlaining the rcnain, also has the perfect ui nild of Jia;r ,.f , taaai ami hiiu.ls, pmbablv iml those f th.i subject enclosed. The side of the; tiil, (on this as well as the ..ppo-ite si le of Jonathan's creek,) presents incontestable ' j,l,.lt.e that ; ears ago, Jonatimna creek poured over U.'.-e rocks ftom a supeiior to an inferior bii-in, in an impetuous cascade, 1 which L'raduallv cut down the soft sand ; st ine, emptied the basin above and f irmed but to be reminded that Mesopotamia is still the pre.-ent bed of the creek, in w hicli the full of things recalling the scenes and same process of cutting dow n is still going 1 customs described in the Old Testament.1 on. The bui.es were found in the right ; The eucuii.ber-gardetis overhang the river bank 1- or lo feet from the out-idc and exactly as in the days of Isaiah. The boats perhaps 20 from the top. j formed of skins, of which the Rible speaks,1 In .his pr ices of cutting d W!i. the water navigate to this Lour the waters' of the insinuated its. If into a Insure of the rock, Tigris. Rut, more than all, (he sculptures disintegrating the stone, and reOueing it to on the disinterred palaces and the cunei the condition of fine sand, to the breadth form writing, so far as it has been declpher ol two feet. This fissure approached to ed, recall the chariots of war, the bearded within two feet of the head of the selcl-m, where it is suddenly am -ted by the hultd rm . , and turning off at a right angle, ter minates in a mere crack. In this fi.siire, otln r bonei were found wh'n h I havn not seen yet, supposed to be those of a man. a young infant, and some ipj:tdrup-d. Th fissure is fuli of sand Mich as i- found in ' every ijiisrry. ' A'"te the ruck containing the bones, is, i.nrr i. containing (about lltty leel' from the place) a layer of coai thr-e "r four itii li-s th'ck, which, just at .lie place of. lie bones, however, i- reduce 1 to a mi re fissure, presenting no coal t ) view ext. in a'lv. The sandstone is soft, stain. I with iron, and contains no iul.s of iron ore. I. H laminated the lamina running hori zontally, varying from a line to many inches in thickness, formed evidently by sulistai.ee from water. Above is slate, limestone and iron ; in the adjacent bill, also, the coal vein is four fci t thick. I made a comparison of these bones with some of those in the A.hcneuu., c.mipri-itig a l' is,il sheep, o-. and tusk of elephant. Ail v. t contained animal matter; (ap parently little diminished) in all had .'lie nlio-i hate ; all were penetrated 1 voivd of iron, and those ot the s .eet. and human n.ly, av0 l,v metallic iron. In calcining the idephant "tuk lost CJ Jo lo per . . nt ; ,R, hum,,, hones, -g to Ml ; .he sheep, U1 .,, rj . tl0 ox t0 17. The e'ei hsnt I rk had evidently be. n Mibjected to des- tn.e.ive agencies Iron, which .he others were exempt. The owners of those bones seem to have been cotcmporaries of the same period, and as tar a- present evidence goes, the human bones nppe.tr the oldest perhaps not less than .i.niil years oldthere fore not those of a c hi I 1 of Noah. Alter a more full investigation, the public shall be put in possession of all (he Isit- and com liisious either m i.amplilet form, or ,ir some of the scientific journals. JOHN li. F. li'iI.s'P'N. The Franklin brings us int. -Hi: death of the veteran Sir Charles .f the r, of Napi whose dangerous illness we have bad pre vious accounts, lie w as one of the most .lis. tinguislie.l generals of the British army, and had been an ..theer, in ditb rent ram- and ill various parts of .he world, for sixty years. lie was seventy-one years of age, and had tiie fir-t received, iu the course of hi- num. r ns cain r.ai''iis. a greater number of wounds than were perhaps ever survived by any other soldier. At the battle of onmna his b was broken by a musket shot, he h;i .... abr cut on the head, a wound in the back w itu libs were broken bv a a bavonct. and cannon ball. Subseque11.lv at P.11 he was shot throu-li the la. . . id his javv broken. Nevertheless, thirty y-us :t ft. t- wards, be commanded in Scinde with a vigor that excited universal astonishment, and with '-'.-in) 111. 11 attacked and deflated 'J j,- ; (foil of (he enemy, after a desperate action 1 of throe hours. Col. Fremont has left St. I. mi sas. Thence he will immediate for K v proceed on hi- exploring expedition aero tinent. He intends .0 leach C ili the first of December, ami to ii Rockv Mountains bv the middle the eon- irnia by ross the ";.,.) railroad. HOMEWARD BOl ND. The New York Herald of the loth, in-t., mentions that the cool weather of the lew) days previous had started the summer birds 01. "the wing. The city was full of strangers j in finite Ironi the watering places' home-1 w ard bound. The Herald mentions that one j train came in, the day previous, over the New Haven road, numbering fifteen cars,! all tilled with passenger. .A i. finil In mm ftf one tir..t .r. innrnul ......... - ... e . J a inter written vy m. - .. .or n.ce, u.e ,' C" ?' rY '"f ?" 'I"1 ?f t,,rce 1 7 . l'ab"HI",, r""1 Mf,,m ." '!' CO'"- r....i, .. .,t n.j,i-.. . I.w lnn . II.. ll.,.t Ill'UIMC til IIII ) (Til UJ VUUUIl, UC BUjO luni the iat lias been Kent from time ititnio- ... , ' inonal in that country ; aud kept not only by the few ( l.ri.stiaas there, but by the " " whole Moslem population, Mosul itself within hiifIiI. of the ruins of Nineveli. .-mil , , . 7 .. . ,, ' , I writ was graineo ai uic niMaiice oi a ior- ''TV' ? t.,"b' tr.,,,t,ona,y "figner named lleinamann, one of the pas-!, J"" '" n V "'""i".' co",ir,"ati"f setters, registered a, clerk, and who was the ancient Hebrew writing, thus to find a ! , knt .,, fills of lading Thi. iL rr ? nl":!;1 event Twordin in TTm, till observed nl-jte ' .0AW, t him Unshipped at most on the very -pot where it brat began.!,. .ip,.Tonn . buj the Lili, 1)f .mVw de. Nineveh has been desolate for centuries i .,.,, ,i t .n .1. ..,; ..',:.. tim curroundiiiir plains have become a I desert tiie Hebrew people themselves have ! been scattered over the earth lor eighteen , hundred year., yet Mi.l the th.ee-days penanc., "nioreed on the population of that corrupt cap.tul ol the ancient world, is kept ' bv the few miserable descendants ot the old ; . ... . . 4 1 l. n. .. . . ! M. ictor J'.aee meiitious. in the same b'ttcr, other facts 1 Ubrew Scriptures. coi.flru.atory of the He says that there M.-t,to this day, in I lie river J mi, a ' i-u ariiieu with lerrmlc teeth, and enor mous in its size, the very counterpart to .be lisl. 1111 r;tioned in the book of Tobias What becomes of the old infidel sneer that w one could find, in all Mesopotamia, a lil. that eouM frighten . man ? .M. Victor Place himself has seen one of these fish weighing three hundred pounds. Rut this, be adds, was a small sp.cimen. Whoever has read l.avurd'a volumes, however, needs kings, the roval insignia, .he manners, the dress, nav. even the names of the nioiiarchs meiitiorisl in (he Hebrew Scriptures. No profane history, even of ages far less remote, is continued, in this respect, by antiquarian discovery, more completely than the Rible. l'iilil(trtjiiia UliHtng Ji'.'t.'.tlll. JACK AND THE CHINAMEN. "We wrte amuse, m. fRw ....:-,.-while rambling down Long M'harf, to ob serve a scene between a sailor and three ( 'hinau.en. A clipper ship just from sea w as hauling in, and one of the crew wa ordered bv the mate to carry a line to a piiehead on the wharf Jack jumped into the boat, an I briskly sculling, with the end of the line in his teeth, ought h-dd of the pile be l ealh the wharf, ar.d ! '! ing up, found that the tide was too low to admit of bis reach ing. Three Chinese Lad been attentively watching the gradufl approach of the ship, with .he attendant noise of orders and re- th. rattle of capstans, windlasses and spavvl-. They were suddenly aroused from tin ir reverie by the gruff voice of the saib.r, a-kiiig them to .akf the end of (he line. " Ki ! y ar ! y a ! y a I ' answered the Cele-tials, and h-ld out their lauds for the coils which Jack prepared to throw. "Look out!" he shouted, and away flew the coil heavy with salt water, and shot from the arm of this 1.,-n l!o!t like a slwll from a mortar. The coil stjmk two of the three full in the face, and instead of holding on to it, they rt tired in ha-t.', shaking tie w.-.tar from their silk garment-, as we have sect, a cat shake her paws after treading on a wet floor. 1 he eon-cqnence was, that the end went over board as quick as thought, and the enraged sailor sculled back to recover it again. J.-hn Chinaman thought thi excellent fun. and vvh.-n the boat returned to the wharf Jack r. peat-d the request, adding a f.-w in Chinese, showing that he bad I epitliet sc. ri salt water before that voyage, and knew his customers. The result was, that they not only allowed the coil to go over board, but with trie Chinese instinct began to pdt the sailor aid. brickbats. We now tlu.ua-ht it time to come to the rescue. We reached down 111. 1 gare Jack a helping hand. Fuming and swearing with rage, he was up the po t in a twinkling, and in less time than we could take to tell it three Ce lestials were sprawling upon the wharf in an admirable eonfu-ion of pig tails, silk frocks, almond eyes, wooden shoes, and yellow breeches. Having vent nl his spite ou thou, be turned to us and said, " A good licking docs these fellows more good than possom fat aud hominy does a nigger," after which classical assertion he shined down in.o the boat, and soon returned with the line, whirl, we made fast for him. The Celestials had meauw bile decamped. Ctiijm n ui V ;i,g. YANKEE COURTSHIP. , A love bun swiin broke a wish-bone with .is " heart- .mien," somewhere iu New II nip- hire. Neow what do you wish, Sally ?" tie- ' mam I Jonathan, with a tender griu of i expectation 1 .. : I I ,.. ...1 f . r damsel, " h.-uisuni as yucca Vict-i v," . .ok etbet. Two cur .logs being put into " Jcrusaluin ! what a wish!" replied Jon- the cb:.-e, overtook it, but were t.nrly wntp ..1 1. 1 ......... 1,01.1,1,1 ....ir linn-, ned the hounds rau on, but about the But 1 11 till ycr what 1 wished, I-ally ; I wished you was locked up in my arms and the key was lo-t" Oi-A good eye-s for the eon deacon not remarkable f.r his' :ht, once in giviug out a psalm legation to sing, win u he came to the lines : ' The eastern sages shall conic in, With messages of grace." put the audience in a roar of laughter, by calling out iu a loud voice, " The eastern stages shall conic in. Wish si usage aud grease." AN AM KIUCAN COMMANDER IMPRI SONED AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. According to .Nl.teii.ciit it. the Nov.- York Il.-r.l3, Captain Jenkins, of the bar- ' ,, Pey.o.ia which -'ailed from New-York, bound to Melbourne, o the !)h of Februar; . . nig to set sail ironi J able lay, arresteil unoer a civil writ issueo p v inn supreme .... ..r.i... t ,u.,.l."..i ; ;.;i ;..'.... Tn .,,. ,, ' .n .t,,,,,;,,,.,! uuii ol iiit- tt; .mi i inM"' i. mi nu iii v ni't. dVl,Jup to the 3th, wo believe. This '. . . , . P. rf-.. 4t i -,t...l Mi.Uinnrne x tli.ir il..sl i nu I ii in ...,.,: r,.ik,.,i , ,.,i (n tr n,,;,,.,. I m.ul s h.uiliilll Ue lm,.T rosol ted to a I ,,.rsl ri.11M.,iVi ,) poured the issue of the vrit llh(k.r Vhid. ('apt. Jenkins w as eix- ,.d ,, cll.t The Peytuni v. as 10l4( .1tl ..,.v,.Iltc,i frolll prec eding ' i i 'Ju uer I'nuv , mi: iin.rii"vii neie nui'jM.L- ej ' i . n J ' ... - ,,:,, ,lf ,1,,, ,,,r.;,;,. I 'c learn fui ther from the London Ship- ' . :. ...- .!... ..... ..r .... i1.. 1 1 .7 .,' . ' ' ... , . , 1 ... 1 of the IVvionn came m. f.rtria on the i oUth of .June, before Mr. Justice IScll ; and . materially from the views so admirably . x tb.t be decided that inasmuch as the chief pressed by Mr. Ever. .. in bis letter of tie; point at issue was relative to a contract made in New-Y'oi k, to be fulfilled in Mel bourne, the Court could not interfere. Captain Jenkins was accordingly discharg ed from cu.-tody, ami the Peytona sailed from Table Hay on the "nil of J.tly, the pa.-stngcrs having first protested agaiu.-t the wrong and injury done then, through the interleri uce of the colonial autb.uri.irs. AN IMPORTANT FACT. In a conversion with Captain Baxter, of tne El Dorado, recently ot the ( tn-rokce. learned an i. .ipurtaut fact, which, may throw some light on the great mystery of the age the yellow fever. Captain Baxter left here with the Cherokee on the 1-th August last, when the epidemic was at its height, with on ! hundred and sixty-nine passengers, the majority of whom were unaceliuiat-d, and liable to the yellow f.-v.-r. When the Cherokee emerged into the I Ii.lf, the sea was rough, and the passengers suffered a great deal from sea sickness- Every one of them was compelled to vomit, and the captain says he never had a more unanimously sick crew. Soon, however, it was all over, and beak'.' and hilaritv reigned on board, when the vellow .ever ina.le its nr.earanee among I the crew, none of w hom bad suffered from seasickness, luring the voyage, mere were ten of the crew down with the fever, and on the arrival of the Cherokee ill New York, the being two still sick, they were ordered into the hospital, where one of them died ; the other recovered. Not one of the pass- i , , e 'I. .11... engers limt the lever. i uey were an per muted to hours, an . , - i ... ... were alone compelled logo into hospital de tention. Here is an interesting fact for the unl in .New lorK alter eignteeu talis oi uuiy. aim requiring i r-Jiu cieiy s iu the sick members of the crew . ordinate ag. lit that promptness, a .racy. doctors. A general vomiting saves over derthe post-iflici: .yeti'iii complete in ex.eiid one hundred persons from a disease w hich ing its benefits throughout the entire country, attacks nine out of ten of the uuaecumula- j The Post.nastei tiei.eral, continues tin ted. Is not. to... the univer.-alit v of the sick- Sun. seems to be elearlv of the opinion th-t. lie.-! the the i, a fact of some sig.ii6et-.iee, from which physicians n.av extract, some light on Ct ' the character of this .!is,.ase. .V. O. Jie.'tu. STRANGE OCCURENCE. In Cumberland, Pa., a strange occurrence happened a day or two ago, yet no b -s strange thau true. .-I ic-s .. t.ij a ntiLr. nut "a Snake i his Hut," but by the real bona fide " cntler' itseif. One day- last week, whilst a man bv the na.iie of I.ouuian, store-keeper in Siddonsburg. ork i countv. was out guiuiiiig. be discovered a large snake, and iu order quickly to secure it from running away, he placed the butt of his rifle, 'loaded with a ball at the time, upon the body of the snake, with his hum! ti'iirrti nrrivs tin in 11 z: if. The snake, iu its writhings to tree itself, coiling around the gun-stock, and with one of its en's struck the ha 111 mar, which was down upon the cap at the time, hard enough to dis charge the gun, the contents of which 01 tere.r the ball of the hand m ar the wri-t, and in a diagonal direction came out be tween the junction of the little finger and the one next to it. Happily no bums were broken. The most providential part of the i casualty, was, that Mr. I.ouuian was ju-t in the "act of bringing the gun in front of J him, for the purpose of fining ii llf ' liiiizzlf, the belter to enable him to reach a stick, near by, to kill the snake with. One moment's delay iu tho discharge of the gun, and bis life would have been forfeited t bis carelessness. Stranger things happen in realitv than the writers of fiction dare to invent. 1V'. .'''-"'. ! LARGE WILD CAT. A Wild Cat, measuring i feet f inches iu length, and 1! inches 1.1 height, was kil led bv Mr. F. Smith, olio day last week, up on Black Creek, ill this District, after being 1 ,: 1 . .:o , , .1 ... Ii, run ironi nay ugiii in. nw ..."",- tl... t.11.0 it receive, o sli ls, all 01 wiuc.i hour above spcci.ieu it w as shot down ov Mr. Smith, near Mr. P h:it"twi ''rriiijii. K. King's house. The Hartford Courant describes a cu rious aud very ancient piece of ordnance brought by Govern.tr Seymour from .Mexi co, w"hete"i. bad been kept iu .he Castle tVo.M nn unknown anti.rii.v. No tradition id its origin is preserved. It is of wel j' del iron, encircled with iron lauds, and imbedded and riveted t . a pieCi of oak -It is about eighteen inch- s long, aud live inches in the bore. FROM WASHINGTON. TIic s ccial correspondent of tin- New York Herald, telegraphing to that paper, says; " Wc lean from undoubted nu.l...ritv thnt .he statement of the National Intelligo.eer, Ihnt England and France havojoined Au,tria in the prote.-t eonoernin. the u.ia.r of Ko-,.ta, r-teps in the matter whatever, leaving the oueMiou in the i.aii'is ol Austria, ktcu and L ti.... i-....t t . ...t v i mrsiA iiiuiiL-, l Lit Ja in ii' i d u i in nc denied, but tl.ev deelincd to become a party I. .i n- ' n-i i io me oneiisive pr.ieeeoings. jnerepiviu be AuMri.n prote-t will appear i a 'few ' days, d if ir i keeping with the avow- ' cdo.ii.ions of tl,e Pre,ide,I will be a naner P to American public opinio,, v tth rcgar4 Vj tl ltuir of Lord John Russell on the Cuba question, wc learn that Mr M,.f t.od 1..,, . .ii.. lal-Mii n.i..i..n f. ',.;,.!.... ,i, v,..yt.: .;.., t Mr Hueliat.an. It will be remembered that Lord Job., Russell's letter was .ddres.ed to Mr. Crampi..,,. and not to our government. It was r.ad bv Mr. Crampton to Mr. Marev. lfliei;,l eti.'.uett... therel'. re, prevents M'r. i .i ... m. .'i a re v auoressi .it i; u.er .or. i raiiipi'.Mi ui . . lt..l'. ... :u ,l..,..;.l..- .1... ...... r promptly and forcibly to the all. nti.Jti of the British ooveriniieiit . Thr iu.itioi. of the an mililsl ration is .teei.leO , a u .Iocs not .! n,l...;..iir..;.... u ,1..,.;.1..,1 .,,,1 ,1. ...,.. .liil..r 1 ith instant. I here is no .lout., .nr. l.ueli anau will do the subject full justice." ROMISH INTELLIGENCE From a foreign journal, snv the f'hris- tun Advocate, we learn that an edifying collection of i.dies is on view to (he faith ful, in the church of Aix-la-Chapelle, France. The advertisement states that this collection comprises a eh.-iiiise that belonged to the Virgin Mary, the winding sheet "f John the 'I'"-" 'wa-l.lline "tln-sot J.-N.lan. m, uir sponge o, .'louiiiv aitait, am. tie- rr-n, nrui of St. Simeon. All this in France, and in the lat half of the nineteenth Century ; What an age of progress ! What inarches of mind ! What an impressive argument that American citizens should y ield to the demands of Romish priests, and give to then, the control of popular education '. They had their way in this matter in Franc. , almo-t time out of mind, and lure are sfii.e of their brilliant results. What extraordinary t-aeli-(T-! What apt and docile scholars! Ex hibiting and adoring, in the year -jf our Lord 1--VI, "a chemise that belonged to the Virgin Mary !" Oh, shame, where is thy blush ! 1 The Baltimore Sun learn-, that Postu.a i teneral . umpncll is .lev.'ting a cou-i portion of his tune to the njvei.igaiion ot the manner in which the larger po-tollice- are conducted, and in view of their importance and influence ii.sii.t-. upon every y .-t.ua t.-r giving his eon-taut pcr-onal siipeavision thereto beeoiuiyg familiar with ail (he du- ... . i . . . i I and general iffieictiey which ear.n .t fail to remove ev. rv cau-e of complaint, and ron- in his branch of the government, there should be no sinecures ; that the chief of a large ot fiec. with handsome f nmhiuieii.s. should ex ert .1 degree of industry and vigilance in every resi.ect corresponding (herewith; and iu this opinion, he will doubtless, meet with the hearty concurrei.ee of the public. RATTLESNAKES. Mr. J. ft. Jones, of Orangeburg district, writes t'i8 Palmetto Standard, un.b r date of the I'th instant follows : being out hunting. I d two large rattle- ' A few days s encountered and snakes, measuring ing eleven rattles, scattered, and I . many there were, dually as manv i feet i iuciii s. one hav Those of the other Were .mid not ascertain h -w but suppose there w. re They Were both females of er. am litVercl.t stupes, but w.-le f omd .oge.h ln one I found eighteen young ones, in the other seventeen, each measuring about I !l inch enclos.-d each os. These young 01-s Were in a s, parn:e sack, like the young ot squirrels and r.iblut, and I an. now satisfied that the rattlesnakes breed in this w-iy. in-tcad of laying egg' as is g, n erally supposed. THE ERICSSON. In reply to uumcrou- inquiries in r. '.-i:: m to the Caloric ship, the New -York Mirr-r says: "We will state - em rally, that our faith in Erics-.u s cntiic uwr-v i- still un diminished. Between tl i 'eel the tir-t of the coining imo.ili. wo think a pr ieiie il an swer will begivl: t ' aii -, ! ios by t,.o ship herself, 'hat vvillp.lt the Calorie hi o(..r ques tion forever . t r.-s... And ly .he way, we are hai.pv to s.-e tint t'.i !it-u- of the Me chanic's Mlga,-il;.- h: .low n, w it I. I rawing all to Erii-s-oi.'s invcuti' ipl.-tcl v back, d his former o'j ctlou. GIRLS 1' Yob 11 EAR i ll T ? Cobbit s.,i I : " Woman, so amiable in thum-elv. s, are m-vi-rs" an.ialde s when thev are u-. t-.o : an i for beauty t lough 11.01 fa'a'in love with girls at p'.ay. .h.-re i- u 'th ing to make them stand to iloir i-vt i...e S'.l'g tht'.n I'o'l' o''" . i:I.TLMoR ,. total value for the f . reign c fro Baltimore for '1 k ending on I lie 1 xp.TJs of I hur lav was -? 1 1 1 i.il. bread tutl- for the week c . JH.- U barrels cf flour, l.'.Ho.l bushels ol wheat. 117 barrels of c 'rn meal, and 1. Cld l.u-.l-h oghcads of corn. Ol tobacco 'tin were expoitei San Fr.-ineiseo has fot. . ii r... -.v-p-ipo I which seven arc dailies. ITTNAM ON THE PRESIDENT. The article 011 " Our New President," in Putnam' Magazine for September, eontiui.es to bo one ot tho topics of couver-ation. No wonder. It, was written by a man of ability ; and it is not common for men of ability, i.ow-a days, .0 take any great iu-t.ere-t in politics. The article, therefore, excited a degree of surprise, part from its boldness, and the novelty of its tone. The writer as most of our readers know is very Laid upon the President. lie thinks that i-ii. Piercu came into power "with the bt-t opportunities for doing good of any of our lat.-r presidents;" but has mt im proved those opportunities, m,r given any intimation that ho intends, or is able, to im prove them. The inauuural address wna pre.tty well, though "somewhat sophomr.rieiil, and inflated Hi style, and abounding In too much of Fourth of July clap trap." '1 he jcahiiM-t selceled by Genera! Pierce, is not j "such a- a man of earnest purpose, clear c .m iction, and strong reliance on his own principles would have chosen." It is on-, 01. the contrary, which, evinces ' a weak d.-ire ot conciliating all fac tions and interests." The silly, but fatal, principle of rotation in office, publicly ex. dale 1 by Gen. Pierce when out of power, is adopted by him as soon as he holds the reins of goverumei.t. The Crystal Palace journey was turned into a vulgar ' ! elioneering tour ; while at ll.e Palace it : si If, scarcely a word w as said. In .short, the writer is clearly of opinion, thai the peep'.u of the I i.ited States, in the last pre sidential lottery, did not draw the pri.e of a pre-viniueutly great man. And this opin ii 't. 1- set forth win. a power and ability worthy of a li- obvious truth. I The article is ju-t at.-l unjust. In sev eri ty should have been directed against the present po'ilicnl system, not again-t tl.c in . dividual which that sy-.i :-.i so suddenly, so ' utu. lyccldly, so accidentally whirled aloft into the highest plsce, The article commits two sins of omission. The writer admit-, and, indeed Very forcibly slates, that the rotation iu office principle has effected a gradual deterioration iu tin- quality ol'publiu men. and that it is lln- vice of our political system. But he omits th- mention that the President himself, is it- chief victim. The President turns people out of oftic to ke. p himself in office. Human nature is human naiuie.at tne White H ii-e as elsewhere ; and vvh 't. a man finds hin.-elf installed iu exalted and eomlu. table quarters, as the National Figure Head, it is only human nature in bin. t- d. -ire to continue therein. ( 'o.iseq.ici.tly , the government, both of Eng land and America, have be. 11, for a con siderable period, conducted with a single eve to keeping .lie dominant party and its U-adiue; partisans iu power. General Pierce inherited this sv-t-.i. If be had been a ...all of immense foltitude, immense cour age, v .1 l "lob .'-ta'oding, and immovable 1 '"'!' four sp- in: V I. oil se, he might nav.! tiiarig.-u it i.r y.-ai-. 'I .'' .-I We should proceed to millions of dollar--, and piunge the country into coufu-i-oi and agitation. 10 lake do .in the Figure H-id, and put another in it- place, who would probably re-tore the -ood old system. The writer in" Putnam. ' while he was about it .-hoiil l Lav gone to the root of the matter. It was unjust ii 'din. too, while showing the en ormous mrltiehee brought to bear upon a new l',.-i lelit. to l-.-y the biati e of it at the do...r of General Pierce. 1 lo say s , a ud very truly, " his approach lo Washington was a signal f.r the gathering of all the crows and jack als of party, from tie- waters of Pas-am i q. 10 Idy to the sands of the Pacific. Tho turkey buzzards of the South, the foxes of tin- North, even the wolves "f the wilderness nil tVcked Invar. Is the same centre, as if ceitiiiu of tlc.ir pr.-y. Like the followers .f a camp, whoi the vict'oy i declared, t'uev hung upon his front, and flank, and rear unreiiuked by his frown .inr. strain ed bv his monitions ; nay, hounded ou by hi.- promises, and the piecemeal di-pen-atiou of the bo"!y. More repulsive or disgrace ful scenes vvero scarcely witnessed in the saturnalia of th" Roman republic, when the spoil- of An.iotlris were given t .itheeoti- ..leriiig army, public oli. C.'s. Bar-roouis, -tre. ts aud i IK- 1 will, brawlers; rich men, wh . wanted honor.-, had their paid agettts there faring sumptuously every ,lav; I r men, who wanted riches, sent men of honorable titles in their solicitors; lean v , w it I. the immodesty of the keeper Ot a e Hihtrv booth, extolling tiie merits of his p. rtoi 111 an.'.-, shouted their own excellence! at tiie street corners ; and even women ogled, eoax-d, ahl bisceched tin- di-pen-Os ,,f fa. or fr lovers, hu-ban i, and friends." The-.- :'.o t-. which arc made ill the article to bear against the President, should have lien mou.ioii.-l in h'.s exoneration. It would r. quire virtue almost superhuman, t . le-i-t s.lc'n c .ntinuo'is and powerful solieitati 01. It is (he .-'"'. m't he who chance- to a hiiini-t. r it. thai i- principally to i.:iue the system, that p. aces a hun- (I red .h-.u-and "lliee "i't . the sv -teui, vv hieh in t' Pr.-i-!ent"s 1 man Pre- si I...-, i.i.r'l.i,... ci...u-'h for hint to a-.-quirt a reli-l. i r tli-' swets of j re-cb eii u p ible by : li. n.ntion ot ..atroiiage. I w e " , and ui.ises t i'i dis ,th..r of evil hiuisell' c mid l.-t emtriv.- a better pi'Cl f.r I' 1 ( u-;i rrapti All tl ' Fur t, villi, n i. and the article 11 th g 1 '.I tone in h l-tcll tieal 1'hi'o '-..pin rs are 1 1 1 V II. ut ill II. toe I luted b al'i.iiig to g m -nil.'.. 1.'. p. .bee olbec under. Cc .oilee h..',.i. 1 ::- -o 'i ui t:::.t tne .si .1 ti s h 1 v e been i i . vv iiU nt tne a a !,..: . 1 r except. I"- 1 lualiy of any ,.-.ps. a Ih'i.eis r -o to ke. j ,in!v. governs it i.e ' - tlic - 11 ht il offices . ... 1 ..... odijil-. ihe e ...inlry are u .i.'i .iis ot the .. t lue of two Kiev iiabie, the ( ertaiiilv the gie it m piivate nn n. n'el tin ( i-o'iiitry are p. t . 1' thing- iuu-1 1 r r. I ...1. "f tho g." j.i r :n: I a ,t or tne al.o.item oeh of the I ' 1 .1 K.ents ai me can E.-oits will I..- - ir.- ,.,ll.-s his allieio e .1 sii gge-ti 01-: ot the will 1 si: 1 1 , to sh with I i 11:1 1 I ' u '...O'-c ol (. .jr-e of iv. ter c sing l'raet material e. i- nu . nt given t 1 n 'ini ' t " v nig i". 1 - to.