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ti ath BgUeiMl''JLXMBJI!iailU.Wil! IJJUHBItlJLlW.m!UIU.!; HOLT CM k Wi LL I A III SOW, T. J. IIOLTUN", I'KOI'KIItTOK. T lilt MS: Tin Nurtii -"iriilm- "j will be offWilcd to auliacribcra ul TWO IM.f.I.AK.S iri o.lv..iice, or TWO DdLLAllS AN D M TV CENTS if pay. mint be delayed for Hire..' muntlm, snd TIII1KK llillJ.AHS ..t Hit vii'i of the year. No paper will 4,t ,ucoiiUiiueJ until -I! urrojr-jr are paid, ex. a-ejit it llieition uf tlte Kuitori. Ailveruetii.iit inserted MOne Dollar per square lu lm 'Bi "''' 'yi1) '", tir1 tiuii, and 1 j eei.U I'T each onltnuaiice. Court ad. vi-rtiwmriiU an I MicnA 'a Hale., elurirnd VIS per cent, higher; mid a.lc.a'ti .iiof 311 J per cent, will "c nude frmn the rejoin, r ,rn-, for .idvertmcra by llic year. A-UcrtunnmU iitaeru-d muiillily or ouirtly,-t l p. qinr fur e-icli time. Hcmi. mniiihly "j cent" V' a.uer l",K- j r All It tiers on huaii.tiaa inul St directed to the Kuilora. Litter muni be "oat paid or liny av.ll not or atlellUcJ to. If I'aynteiit en he trade to cither. Jj- I'o.luiJ.-trri ul..oriictl to act amenta. A I'filly Fool. Thrrt't mr. in i r tty I' ot, Ann w.ll "t I'C.ti i. it Aiei u . I. l f 11 one t fi t'y '.'ii U t. '-w it ; At Iiiii' T'Mi, t.-, in in rl) r'd by Tt.e ri r. litltc nil Ii Tl"1 lIltM't fl wrr(w tl'ii.Uf h thr ryea, VViiuiu ruf lu . ft tc rankle. )f court? you turn your g -ie tatde, And ..II yijr t.luif t'fle, K..r il jo ' kaott hr' not ir It -r l.iit. irr r ieti tritV. lint houl'l y iu Hi. nil l imglit prcho II e on rt io.HM-t.cd f .U-r, Your linyrn itch Io pt. .lite part Of lioncat Uy'a w.itir. Tiioujll tmlolil'd till he i tmrd Ht .rk nnd witli if - f ni n. tnc, Tnt wit' lii.'u lii ln'ir: ! tirin A tl'Moa ; ! ilii a ! nring, T'i wlillr It itn rely lijj ,ly fntlm Aa lh'iuiitieaa ahr in T ou.e it No iiio.Ii at i.. an wr uld I'rc to drm There ia r, leg thi, it. liat wKeu it trtpa aero, a the atreet, 'I'hroogb iii.:, ai.d n u.l, nd vajM.r. Jt v atit' re-t -en.linl yj.l a. How bAU'ifo! tlir t' Jt i An I i a it ! ,e u ii II.- w It, Aim.' I 'e eriWil In li..u;;li , To r'ui.lt ej.a Ik i. ' nd ay, "1 ..initi if l.e a an ,1' !' I!jl I wii'ild in'- n-i Ij-tj- 1'iii.k, I f iin y lif r a ( lw in' Ami if I'.-r l. reifc. ii. I, t lli .l i iir )-e I l i 'ifi- .n.i i ; II i.ee. w.i't i.tn'r .in ii'.l a'a. An J ' ka Ti-r III ('!'M. im- ul I N.. tty fi-f r ti ! or Si.n iim T-.e ,i .Ih i-f n.. t ' u jl; . UUOUS. Till-; IUWICTEI) Jl'IMiK. A STOT.Y FOUNDED ON FACT. 1IY aTll.LIAM ' OMSTOl'K. The morning was dark. A severe durkli.-s tn in the atmosphere, and as the b' -k wind abi.-tled around the pahlesof the I'ourt House, it neemed to aiiiij of other d..y i, in tnela n holy cadence. It d'cinrd to tel' of broken Lesits, and of eve ry description of human aull ring. I wi- abroad my-elf oil that day; and, although I was at the time a mere youth, ' t I have never forgotten the impression which the events of a few hours made upon Lie. I had beetl brought up iu tlio ntrictent manner. I hid scarcely been permitted to look upon vice j and to gro- immorality I Wss an utter stranger. Hut oil this bleak and melancholy inoruing, F chanced to pass the Police Ci urt. I saw several peroui luMening into the L'jildin in wuieh the r urt was held, aud iu or br to i .eipe the severe roll I alo entered I I id 11 'n r b -en iu a court of justice before and I loo ted around with no small eurio i y up in the various arrange ments within. I stoo l out ideof the rai!ing with wveral othera, mo-tiy persons of low character, who appeared to 1. ive i nne i t for no other pur p ise but to B .nil t H'llis Ivflr.. Tho jii'i.e w 1 111 I .c beoch. He wai a giave, iii, 'ijiiee nit.i, about forty five Jrs ol age The older officers of tho ciurt were in the plnces ai.'iied for them, and a universal aileucc reigned ou every ride. At length t ie judge ruicd to start from a reverie, nn-' crie I. j " llrin in 'lie prisoner." An officer imiu dial ly seixed his pole nd went out the door. I he few npcetat rs now Marled u v from the lethnr(ry into wl.n b they had falle 1, nnd begun to look with nouie intcre-t towar Is the duoc at which it was ex pected the prisoner world enter. They did hot wait b.ng before the door opened, and the olhe T, followed by a, "'Miinn of ma t wrttched appcarauce. j I shudderc i and trembled until the rail- j by which I held vibrated beneath my' hm l. I had not a'i)ipi ed that human na ture coulj be. nun! so utvrlj east away and di'Trided. Could it he po .!,h) that tho "human firm diviiia" could ever present 1 ""Ii an iMia" of sijuaiid miery ? She s,,.j,or ,,) ;!,, R yoom, and I caught giimp-e of iicr face. Her faeo and her! "'-'im were covered witli filth. Large blot: h- es disfigured her every feature, and around: oii'i of lier eyi") was a circle of black, the 'iiis. iii,.M.e of bral, iu which it np " irs she had been en ra.r,. at the tiins of her arn-t. Oil her h -id was a ntraw bon t. ihroiiL'h hich ti n winds found free aeei nn, f, u,,j,,r s ragged erown a few tangled gny loeks st agiled forth. Her dre-s was insufficient t. kep tho pieroiu air fj-ou ber ptrsou, auJ kr red, arollua ilodrii. feet were hulf exposed liy the apology for blioes w Licit she could hardly Lu said to wear. one aiu not. appear io tic in me iea-i abadicd, hut advanced directly to tint stai"' drew up her rags around her, and throwing Lack her straw bonnet, looked steadfastly at her accuser. Ho was one of the town watch ; and, hav- irig been swoiii, he stated that he had found the prisoner KLtin and inakiui' loud out fries in the street that bhe appeared to be very much intoxicated, and wus very impu dent. At this stage of the proceedings the judjre asked the watchuinu if he had ever seen her in thai nituatiou before. " No, sir," returned the witness. " It is any to ire by her appearance that she ii a woman of abandoned cliurart. r; but I tiev- t-r saw her before in uiy life, and desire never to nee her again." The judjjc then uked if any body knew j w here she ht Inured. An officer aro-e j and rtuted that he did not know where I she belonged, but he knew that she came to town only a few days ao. lie al 'no said that 1 1'.' iUrn I in which she had j' been eijL'aL'ed aro-e from the circum-taiice. that her landlady, who was very little let ter th in herself, hud turned her into the street, at midnight, fur st' alin. "Mealing, cried the w n tehe'l woman, looking at the ia-t speaker. ' r i haps you call It stealing ; hut it to lake a ru.' to cov- ..r ..I'.. f I... 1. .... 1. . ..r.,,. I....I . ..f er over the loue and shivcnni; limbs of my poor child la stealing, then "Your child!" tiled the judge, "have you a child '" Every ey iva fixed in surprise when the vagrant opened an old plaid cloak and dis closed beneath its shreds the pale, starved emiiil..ni.iir.. nf n fill win. it i.r... :. red 111. t luiore than six ears of age, but who iu re ality had seen ten miserable bummers aud j winters. If the appearance of the mother I had been mpremely di-giisiiug, that of tho -girl was no pitiful and u-bee. one, that I . felt the tenra gu-h into my eyes, anu my bo-o:u Leaved with an einotion wh eh 1 ai)- .could not restrain. Even the jud peari-d undted, when be saw this little ski ! .lion frame clinging to the wai.-l of it uiis jerablu mother, its ry.-s wjl.I'y uo l tlmi l;y !eat around her, as if she feared that she jnhould be separated from the di-yu-tin j wretch who gave In r Lirih. The jud.;e ijuiekly recovered his firm ! liess, however, al if afraid to exhibit a weakness unbecoming Lis station. lie said, ; iu a st..rn voice, " 11 .La not this woman been hi re Li fore T Ionian, Lave I lint seen you before?" i She turned at the -ojiid of his voice, and . f xe I her eyes upon him iu one long an 1 steady pain. Tho.u who had a f.iir new of her countenance sjy that she had le t io':,.-. long in the lae-i uf the jti'ige In fore a sud 1 deu paleness overspread In r feat jre, a 11 I her eves seem, d read V i- bm.-l frmn h' r head. II. mil- surviv 1 the judge rej.lied to hi lelice for some tlllr', she tiou in a low, sepulchta . I,.,-,. ma Ij V -jlee, that me tremble, " Ye, yes, we have met before." J The peculiar tone and maimer in ' the prisoner utt-r-d thee simpie 1 produced a deathlike silence ihrou Inch ords h.'ut the c ' irt room. Th- special irs er.iwded a uear to the riiiiug as tin y could, and every eye was bent upon the singular wretch who atood at the bar of ju-tioe. I The judge appeared at first a little struck by tier strange conduct ; but a man who h id seen nui h a variety of prisoners was n 't likely to be thrown off his balance by any peculiarity in their conduct, lie tin ri lore proceeded with the trial, and a-ke l her if she wished to a-k ih witness any ij le-ti uis. As he .'poke in a sterner tone th in he had done before, the little gill, beginning to be anpreheu-ive that evil threatened Ler mother, wept and sobbed audibly. The prisoner proceeded to a-k the witness a few iiue-lions, and now much - iprise was evinced Ly the olhcers ol the cuirt, al llie ..I. I... i : i .1 1 .'. . Ly tin nwollei. and chapped hps of so unpn .. - ii . .. .. .; ... ...... ,. i i Mvcred by the watchman ; but there was ,i -'L'i H out iugdon." bungling hesitancy iu his replies, which The judge sprang up in his feet as if he seemed to iiiliiu.ite tint he h id found iu ha I heeu shot l y a mu-k.t ball. Iu u the s.piali.l wretch before him a more in- voice iilmo-t choked with rage and agita- gcniiis q iestioiier than he had anticipated. "'-", he stamped and roared, lu short, so un-Jti-la. tory w, rc his rcplie-, " Di your duty, officers Away '. Away 1 that the judge asked if 'there wa- not an- I tell ye, with that woman:" other witness in that case. No other wit- " Nay, then," cried she, flinging off her ileal was at hand, and therefore the judge tattered cloak, and holdii the wasted turned to LoIJ a short colloq iy with the form uf her purple-faced c i.l.' -u high prisoner. j " Look ! look! Charles, lo .'. upon your " Arc you not a-hauied," said he, ' to let child: See Iicr little lle-hless arms are that little gill starve while you are able to stretched to you for protection. Her shiv work and maintain her decently.'" triiig limbs need clothing. She is hungry, " Who would pive work lo me !' returned . very hungry: Look, Amelia, look upou tho other, fixing ihe name earnest gaze once your father 1 See how w.-li dressed be is! more on the, face of the judge. i Sen how plump his checks are! He does " It is your ow ii fault, if you have arrived at such a degraded condition that nol'.i ly will receive you into their house, cried the judge. " Hut you acciii to have seen better days, iou have au alias to your name, I ii.,l..pMta.i.t U'h-il irf v.mr other li:itne'"i " It is not to be pronounced iu such a ' place as this." said she, still fixing her un-: onailing eve on the magistrate. " Iou uiieht recollect it if you heard it." "Enough, eai'l the judge. i o'l nc knowledge that you have been in this court before. I thought 1 had a faint, reuollectiou of your features.'' j "Ah!" cried she, elevating her hand, and ber head, " we h ive met before." ' You confess that you have been brought! before me the second time," said the j idge. , "What have you to say for yourself why j you should not be sentenced to six months, iu prison !" I I ho prisoiior looked down and remained. mlcut a moment. Hut it was lor only a j moment, when she again looked upon the ; iudL'O and said. I " I will tell you where I came from, and all about it. You shall al-.o know my true ua ." "(), yes, I will lell you the h ulk," cried she, with a low laugh. " You may uot al ways be fond of hearing the fruh.'' " You waste time," said the judge. Tho prisoner stilled her child, and pro ceeded " Tbc present c ou Jitiou to, which you see mo reduced is the consequence of treachery in one whom I suppo-cd to be my lover." ' A very common pica, interrupted the juuge. " I our lover mu-l nave hecii ereat- ly enamored of such a, beautiful object as you are. I admire lii-i taste." " lie was considered respectable," naid the pli-omr, ''and I thought him repccta ble. Nay, he is, Io this day regarded as a very re-pcctalde u 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 n ti . ' Where does ho live!" but the judge. l ou shall Know all in good tune, re- turned she. ".My lather was a wealthy ii .... r. .. - i- iiusnn ui. in a ii in line ui llie .oiuuie llJles. l was Ins only child, ami his heart was hound up in me. hi-u a cloud crossed he was miserable until I appearei a'iim. "Is the old trail alive now? jii'l.-e ; a ilau " Truly, he uiu-t bu proud ler. lie is not aiive, cneu sue. .o, no. II :.! .1 i ' His gray hairs have gone down m aorrowlof llie bride's uncle, on Saturday last, in t) the grave. The seducer came. I be- lieved tin; tales he told me. He snore eter nal con.-taticy. lie promised to take me to hi. friends, who were some of the first in the land. I thought there was no guile in his n.oiith! My innocence '' J his is a tale which you have picked ' up from some novel," said the iodize. ' I ' be bound that y oil have tuld it before in halt the Court-lu the country, it is cry improbable that you were ever seduced, 1 ou have w Htull y taken up this cour-e o! lite, 1' .. .1 ' I . .. 1... .1 .. " for shame. :.' "V, -;V; ''-'" No, no-not yet, cried the prisoner. I can in ur w hat I ;jv. lean L ri ni ?uch ev.deneeth.it the seducer ..f my innocence and the murderer ot my father shall him- sc. i own im eriuies, ann -nnu lcioic jou.own j 111 the horror ol gui.t. (Ih-erwng tint eve'y one in court was impressed by her tanie-t maimer, and being himself strangely interested in the fate of ' this wretched beiii'j, the judge motioned to her to continue her story. " The cratty man who wrought my ruin," aid she, ' belonged to . He was a lawyer who was said to be ri iiigin bis pro fession, and who-e p'tsonal and mental qualities were calculated to captivate the heart of a young, simple maiden, euch as I was then." ' How loti ago wa that!" naid the judge. " U lien I tir-t saw this bad man," said she, " it was eleven years ago." " li.it you are now fifty, I should say." "No, sir. Sorrow and sin have made dreadiul inroads upon my cnu-tifu'ii.111 since my failur died I am but thirty-one years ot age. It was ele .'.'U years ago. la-t Ucto Ler, -nice I hr-t ' St'p' stop'.' ml the judge. "This catin.it be true. Yju eann-t have u:ik so low in so ..hort a lime. You nrsi o'Jtr, much older than that." It was ol.s.rv..! that the Jul noiiiiccd tlie-e word with a great pro Mi of e in ib 1 -i-, an 1 th 't hi- couiit'-iriii'-e was Mill i-eii with blood. He was jpp ).i;J to be iii a p-is-iou with the pii-oner, ne co out of In r attcinpliu tj deceive hi... witii ri -p ct to her a."'. She ipii'-tly an-wi-red bim, but fixed iicr eyes ou his face as she 11 1 s(1. " I do not deei ive you. There nre those w ho un ier-t itid deception bi tter than I. I say th.it ti.i- lawyer led 111- 011 -'i-p I v-ti-p, un'...' he e'fi ct' d my ruin. Since then I have been a cheerless and homeless wanderer, Willi this IDT child over the world. 1 lave sometime- sul.-i-t-d ou the wages of At lir.-t I wa-obliged to have recour . . . h t'U-iinss, in order to support myself atid p i i-h:iig little or e. At length povertv d. prii.d me of what little pride I had. 'l became whol'v abandoned. O Cod! to bat mi-cry ha. one fal.e step reduced uie!" The eyes of the judge now glanced frc- l. ntly at the wo - mi, and .n every glance s c i.inteii-iiici- b eam ; more pale. At h pale. len.tfl be -'. 1 1 e .1 a . o u 1 , an :iv, con.-tab! ' I'ak- I her. I ay ..ii ii Awnv with said she to the officer. " Fir-t your judge mv other name. A , let m- tell ,'l"""il't f- f "'u'' ,0 ,,,,:,r "' N w lit hiui have It. My true nauie is :o be was anxious to not live ou offals, lie can cct enough straw s "his 'i, ' II , bread lo eat. He did not sleep ou last luht. Il.i. hi; In: II.! owns child. 1 1" looks at us. Speak to hiui is your father. l-'.n- u moment Ihe iH'iM nf the inil.. flared wild.y upon his child and the woman , whom he bad ruined. Hi- countenance be-. came still more flu-hud. lie made a Iii ful gesture with his arm. That member lell lihie-s to his solo. His eyes rolled up in bis lead. His head sunk upon bis shoul der, and he fell back upon his seat. Iu another moment a loud iwi-c announced that the heavy form of the ju Ige had fallen from his seat to the floor. Assistance was rendered iii vain. His guilty agitation had caused au attack of , apoplexy, to which he ibied, and ln .-pint had flown to the bar of tint Cod whom he h id so much of fended. The wretched Clari a aim her daughter were taken charge ot t y a prolher ol the judge a pious and bene volcnt man. who had freoin ntly exerted himself, without much cued, lor tne reiorm oi ins ueai iie brother. The child was so well attended she not only lived, but became a and interesting child. Let no one of reforming his abandoned fellow to, that healthy de-pair w hen I became -tatc that even tiie iieioiseil l I in ecelit and orderly wom iu, and died in the hope of hymning the praises of Christ at tho rcauncctiou of th jujt. I r'rnin the I'liilodulphia Bulk tin. j Fusllioiiilble Iflltdlij'rlirc, Miliriilge in high yfe (Jrtat FrslM ilifS, The following report of an event of great intrre.t to the gay world, has been sent to us by a friend, who found it in the street in New York, t iseuppo.-ed to have dropped from tlio pocket ot a reporter of the New York Kxpreiis, Evctiiii.' 1'ost or Times, and we take this method of prescutiii'' it to the world, as well as of'inahling its proper .. , . . . nunerfn r.rsi. new ii an I., .u ........ 6 r 1 CirCCS Of Our L'reat Count rv III ln:irrl.i..n . . ... - S3 was solemnized at trowswood, the residence the presence of a di-tiiii;iiislied party of ' 1 II t, M A Kit I Al.r. r r. 1 r A I lift l s V I Hill ... ..nl. i .1 'I'U- f-. I.: 1 I- 1 1 1 1 l ! I' l . i i , ... I . . , .,... , . , . . - , o-iu, jy-nsri-.ia, u Liliuillicu III llieir loaee. uiuw ui d ouimian pe a ue i.isuionauie wonu lias ueen mucn catious. r rnnce ftutl I'.ii" ami lave rle i i. i . .. it,. ,.. .1 . .1 .1 t. .1. .. . ,1 : . ...ve..ui imvresveu iu tne union 01 .viiss uinah U01 a erateiy resoiveu to maintain the cau- ol 'l l. l,r.l.. hi .1... ..r .i.', rms .i, diih mi.... a..,l I i ltlnuiit -ill. Mr s! ..lit. t.;...i.:.. u... .1., ..;.... .: .1.. :.. .1... 1.1.1 w .1.1 11 . . r-- - 1 . - - , I' ...u.....;,uv,.i,vml,m.- ...... c-...s. .... mi vnu noiiu, uuu j now by Kxecutive appointment, made up fcava-ses v. Im followed him. fait llie 1 ler kUOWU as dumb'.. . ihle buth Hurtle- thev lliav vet be. bound tn iis-.'it tl.v -i.rn I 1. . . ' . . 1 1 , 1...1 .... . . :.. . : .- r ii- i- , , 1 . . ' r , . 1 01 ieuiocr.iis annoiiiieu tn-rnuu: iney are 01 ieu 0111 10 a spoi in view ot eueh heinir ilitatin.'iiisli..d iii t w. A..t-.r.l 11. ;.. .1... V tr.. 1.. 1 . 1: 1 . J . .... . . I " n .ii .in, vuiuivu IHLIUI 1 I'iiiiiiuiv. Ill luu .11.11. 11 L- J-IIJiriL 1 V Ml'l L'.l'. II..,, guests trom this and the neighboring states, certain recent incidents in tlio history of ihe weather, sympathizing with the occa- Cuba is one which might most justly le sion, was highly propitious to the gathering referred to the arbitration of a friendly of the company, but less s to their sejiara- power. If the government of the United tiotl. '1 be suti bad considerately sheathed .States entertains no ulterior views, it could his fiery arrows, ind a per-oiial friend of the hriile, who i- by prolesMOii a .street-wa- terer, had tiie night before, gone over the ;road with Ins cait and laid the du-t so as to prevent tli gentleman and ladies from getting their shoes aud etocLiii 'S dirtied. I 1 lie distance Irom the city bein- only a fw tui lll0,t of ,,,c UestJ WCIlt 01l . l ,.a. fiw. ........ 1. i ... . ! 0 n i I . us-.-r-s, , and a few of the aristocracy : drolc ,0 ihe ceue 0, tbc tt..ivi,v in tUJt own drays. Mr. Pomnev Johnson, the wealthy hod-earner, took a gay party of uis uieuua 111 a lurr.iure car inreu tor the occasion ; but their enjoyment was consid 1 : . r .: . . .1 : . e . . i i .- . erably dampened by the absence of Mrs. Johnson, who, owin.' to the house cleanir.' I going on at the mansion where she presides as luaid-of-all-wor., was unavoidably de tained at home. In-neral reeret, too. was felt at the absence of Mr. Julius Quash, the . . . . - . . . . ' celebrated wit of the colored circles, who was unable to enjoy the festive scene, it be ing the height ot the whitewashing; seasou. " Ry halfpa-t two o eloek tno-t of tho guests had arrived, and rarely has such a brilliant company been assembled in this or any other country. They entirely tilled the drawing-room of the Crow-wood man sion a spacious apartment 1"J square. Aiiout three o clock a strain of bewitching mu.-ic was heard from the back porch, wh-re a friend of the groom's a celebrated amateur performed ou the banjo had sta tioned himself, and to these enchanting sounds the proees-ion advanced into tlio sa loon. The hri.le leaned U,o.. it... a.... of Io r v . ii-ratde I'liele Ed tfard, and the groom upon that of Aunt Chine, aud they were at teii led by a train of sixteen bridesmaids and groomsmen, all clio-en from the beauty and la-Lion ol' the colored aristocracy. "The Lrido wore a splendid drc-s of white delusion, over pink miliu, which CHilra-ted and harmonized beaut : ! illy with the eho'i of her polished complexion. Her splendid masses of gable hair were una dorned except by a wrt-a'h of white and cnm-eii p.-oiiics, iilu' Ked Itl-U troiil ttie garden of Crowswood by her own fairy tin- ejers; for we may add that it ts one ot .Mrs. Ultchie s tancies never to KT ' lURI J1 lowers or other mutations ol - r ,,i,,ljr' l " ornament, l'roin the wreath ..V. o..,;if.:..l. 1..1. " uoiuuei ui.n co-t ai least twenty-five cent-a yard. A necklace f wax bcads-the splendid jgift of the lisp- H' bridegroom encircled her black swan- llk'' ,RC iu H 'tteriug contrast, and a lhnhe ol d,'lu;iou wa3 up at her breast by a '-'"""''t 'nollier of pearl brooch, three ,licl'1" ,'" d':''eter. The groom's dress was a long-tailed blue coat, white vest aud ...... v....va.. w.Ve eon..,, c.,.-s, ; and his (eet were encased iu a pair of boots. ! expr.s-.y poiisiieu lor tne occa-ion tiy one i i.. . ... i , .. ., 1 . , ol the crooinsiueii, a professional gentleman j iu mat nne or uu.-tucas. " The marriage ceremony was according to the well-kuowu impressive service of the j Ethiopian church, and was performed with gieal feeling by the Uev. C:v;s.ir Jones pas- tor of the Ethiopian Chapel iu that vicinity, We have no room to describe tho entire! service, but lo the que-tions that were to . make the twain one fle-h, ii was remarked that the groom replied prompt, y , though ; almost inaudihlv. "I wiiLhossl" and th bride, in a char but slightly tremulous tone, ' Well I does:" As soon as the cere mony w as concluded, the happy bridegroom folded his bride to his bo-om ai.d impressed up in her blushing .lie.U a long, fervent salutation, and then the joyous company I gathered around to offer their ougralula- I lions. "Soon afterwards, d.mcimr t.inli nliien to I ,'le lll,ir '"3 strains of Lucy Neal and the j Virginia Rreakdow n, while a portion of the , company partook of a bountiful supply of . ' . - ' . 1 r . i refreshment.- 'I I... I.ri.l.. "...1 nr.,.,... .1... y, the amateur artist on the I lr" " IHIIV banjo, before referred to, striking up, as they t0?k tlu',r l"'e. tl,e. ''''PI"'' l'uoa'' ;"r ul ! ' Carry me back to Die Virgiuny.' TI company soon altewards tool, tueir leav. the hospitable halls of Crow-wood, and re turned to their homes by tho several pri vate conveyances by which they arrived. A slight shower, hich bad fallen during the fe-tivities, was the only contfrtemj to this othei'wi-e joyful ocea.-iou. " It is understood that the happy couple proceeded to Philadephia, where I hey were to dine with a brother-in-law of the brides, at hi- mansion iu Small street. From th-uce they are to proceed to the residence of the groom s venerarue tamer, ami aiur thai io his own home, which awaits its new mistress '.villi aiuious interest." Soap Stunk khii l't ti.t'tst.. A new build in ' material has been introduced into New ! York from the steatite beds of Middle tichi, M.i-s. The Scientific American says this ' material, known as sosn-toiie, is po-itivelv lire proof, ca-ily worked, and the supply is inexhaustible, lluildings properly eou-true:-ted of it would be as secure from injury by tiro as our best sales. LORDPALMEKSTOX. CLUA. I Our editorial upon the relations of the U liited .States with tfpain, which attracted i-o miieh attention on the other ,-ide of the At- lantie, causes inordinate anxiety to the Lou- don lost. In a long article upon the sub- jeci, inai journal remarks in its issue ot .May atJ: " Rut can nothing be dono in the mean time to effect an adjustment of this iniliap- rv ui.-tiULe : .-V wnr i tucpii n:nii .tmi i - - - - r - the United States at the pre-ei.t cri-is of European affairs might, and most probably liMv.r that nr. umli r., . .1 . . ., nlll . ari.-e. Ibis affair of the 5!ack Warrior whic iCIi Warrior Which hasgrovvuiulosuehimriortaiieenotthrou.il its intrinsic merits, but in con-eoucncc of not object to such a mode of adjustuie ihe lust, it mu-t he understood, is the exclusive organ ot Lord Paliiierstou. Dur- lug tuu pendeticy of the Pacilico affair at Athens, it was said that no editorial appear- LONDON POST- ' """i" ica i m ne nnu mo.-l oeriuus colli III- nr ,. t Aiit m,.l M..ra L.rr u ., .,. i i. r- t n il I he i nln 'nnii.i ed 111 that paper on foreign a 11 air that w as j wi,,out, rt.f(.renee to any notions or doe not written by or prepared under the im- trines of national polities. mcuialo Utnctioti ol his lord-hip. It is not iwiu.Mi 10 us inav mis relation nas cuangeo . on the contrary, trotu the antecedents of tin Home Secretary, his repeatedly-avowed bos- ""ty to everything American, we believe 111:11 lae "ieie neiore us is an explicit ex- pie-.ion 01 ins seuuineiii- ; ana viewing 11 in that a-pi.ct, we shall treit it with the consideration which it deiu uids. It will be recollected that at the opening of the present session of Parliament, Lord riareiidou took occasion to state that Eng- land and France were of " good accord with 'P1'1-'- 10 olh hemisphere," indicating ..1 1 a I. .. .1 '..1 I.. clearly that those powers luteiided to regu- late the aaairs ot each, tiuueral L ass, as soon as this declaration in an authentic form caught bis eye, called the attention of the Senate to it as a subject of momentous importance. His speech, we arc informed, was communicated to Lord l larendou, who tlt, approaching annual meeting, and tin sought un early occasion to disavow to an subsequent course of the Directory, which, American citizen, and perhaps afterwards ; we rprehend, must ueeds do something to formally, the iiit.-ntiou attributed to him as ' vindicate its " Democratic" character and 1.... f !. . i . if. 1 me uifidii ui vue uiiusu gov erninetii. ins remark bo stated, had reference to the " good accord" of England and France iu the affairs of the La Plate merely, as rela- ...! t , u-J....,n i :....t.... "ri " .i . .us. ..L.SV...II i.r-ii, .sr in-, c. j ui-1 e aic those, anions us who have been disro-ed to attach but little credit to the explanation of Lord Clarendon; and while we have not been of the number, we nevei tbelcss thought that the blockade of Ruenos Ayres n ;-ht have beirn designated jvr rp iu-tead of in cluding our entire hemisphere. But the Post now re-expresses all that was said by Lord Clarendon in his official capacity so ohjectiotiahlc, it not iiisultiiig, to this coun try thus showing that the same opinions i eiitert 'o.u in auotlier, and a higher quar ter, as far as ability and statesmanship are . 1 j Ve cati'tcll the Post, and the officials of i Kn.-laud. to w hose sentiments it eives et- t.'l-.lliee llint it- llien'.f tloit lli .illi.w " tieit- , bouud to assert'" the ri -lit of interveniii" j umuers which this nation, in the protec- 1 tion ol its interests, alone is competent to . regulate, w provoke tin j ,.,,,., if ill have no other effect than to ie iudignatiou as it will the re- Isentiuent, if an occasion shall arise for its e,cn.i.se of every individual who glories j j a cjileIl of tma ri.pubi;c. If there : D0 a European policy observed for the wel- I fare of tbe rulers, there is al-o an American policy to bu observed for the welfare of the people, aud this policy potentates shall nev- ,.r ;,,,.,r,..,t.ii.. .. ol, ; ... ...... s. - - a tiie ,,, eservalion aud prosperity of the L n- ion. America is not the pi otrt of any pow- er uor j,, SK. t0 intimidated in the pros- ecuti n of a just measure, if she should find the whole monarchical family of European States physically arrayed against her. We are tired as we are disgusted, with the j" balance -of-powcr" cant which England was wel inclined to as-crt in the anneia- tion-of-Texas question, and which, through her artifices, contributed to the overthrow of l.juis I'hillippe. Nations distrustful of their o u strength threaten confident ones act. Lord Palmcr.-toti may hate, ;i. he has ever hated this country, but he c.mtiot harm it. No coalition that he can form will hin der its necessary expansion a -ingle sq aare inch. Its fortunes are not in the kiiping of foreign statesmen. The "recent iuci- dent in the history of Cuba," contrived by R. itish subtletv. and eoiisuiuiuated hv licit- i-ll dictation, may impel it onward to out- strip the natural destiny ; but it will never acquire that i.-i.ind in a manner -o di-repu- -able as the "proud lui-tre.-.-," in her su- .. .i i . .-I prcuiacv on the ocean, ac.i lired most of her colonies and dependencies. Spain will re-; ccive lor her coiouy not only a fair, but a ; L'cncrous sum such a one as m iv lav the , rh a one as niiy lav foundation of substantial wealth after re- .deeming her pro-tr.ite credit. Its posses-! jsion by the I lilted Mates is necessity to ; IU tin in just such a uccesfity as that contcni- I 'plated by the great Ibuke. ; "Heccnt incidents iu the history of Cuba." That it exactly ! That's it that is di-lrac- i ting the minds of our people, and creating j solicitude in the minds of those who admin ister their government. Lord Palmer-ton organ thus eiidorscs that w hich we have all along said on the subject of those incident;." W.r.s'ilioi I'uiou, recent A Tiirriiivj Ari'KAi.. A Western Edi. I tor appeal-, iu the follu.iiug eloquent Ian-j eua"e. to the sympathies of his di liu'iueiit subscribers: "We cannot he.p thinkin (5 C l ' how much easier au editor's life might be made if his generous patrons could only hear his 'better half scraping the Lotto. u of the flour barrel '. A man that can write editorials with su'h niu-ie sounding iu his ears can easily walk the telegraph wires and turn somersets in the tranches of a thorn buali." K. C. RAILROAD DIRECTORY. We learn from the Raleigh h-tandard of the -1st in-t., that the (iovcrnor and Coon cil have appointed the following gentlemen llir. elnrs t.ir ihi- Slot., in ii... l' It :ii! im-mI (Jompanv : Charles l l'i-her, of R-jwan; Nathaniel (i. Rand, of Wake: Robert I'. Dick, of tluilford : Robert Cirati-e. of New ii... .,.. r... t i ;. ,.r u-....... . uel llargrave, of Davidson ; Johu Rerry, of Orange ; and Ucrge S. Stevenson, of Craven, The appointments appear to be the same A- tltAm. uf lii-f Vi.fir uilh tun . v I i r, i , a MPShrs. Phillips and Washington, Wla-s, political party, more than wit ii a view ( t0 tie ihterest of the Road or the advance- nl ...l.-i-uul iii.i.rn.....i..t.l.. ..n.. i.l'l tne new appointees, we untie I'-dand, wa po-od to the charter of the Road, or at op. refused to vote when upon its pas-a.'e in the .-n lite. We thought before that, as much of Mr ti had been thrown into this bu-ine.-s as could be defended crouud of propel ty or iith Carolina ; but now any precedent in V loisootti, all restraint is thrown o!t aiei par- Ii- t :. L- its ali.iiiii.h.4 suite in ft iioitlse nl urelv State concern where the neonle are ; mutually intere.ted as North Carolina alone, 1 Dt ,,e -entieiiien of both political p-ir-, ties, who raised their united voice 111 favor of this gr. at work in its inception, harbor: for an instant the idea that it was to become: a loeofoco railroad, or a whig railroad, '.' t that the principle of proscription for poli ti-; cat opinions was to enter into an enterprise belonging exclusively to their beloved State ; j Would ill,, lo.rd uiorLiii f 111,01 ulnn r tin. 1 i 1 ... I ;wf the K0.l iave embarked their'm.oins to ! til0 jat iWlUTi 9I, maJu t,e ,M.,&to thev I j have done, to put in op. ratiou a loeofoco j j railroad or a whi.r railroad ' i ut e forbear. It were better, perhaps.' - ' to swallow and repress feeliiiu'sof righteous! indication, rather than say an unguarded 1 ; worj that tnii'ht retard for an instant the) i progress of the work on which the common' : noies of our peope urc gxe j We look with j C011Cl.ru to the action of the stockholders iu ' t).lt of thc nr,I,,tin!j power, no matter mlt other interest eiok or swims. O'W. Iqi0 utiijt. i I SCENE WITH A MAD IiG. The following letter iroiii Mr-, ."-nirley, or Railway, New Jersey, to her bit-band, at Fore t Hall, gives a thrilling- narrative of au adventure with a mad dog: Mv DtAH Ji'iis : We were all thrown in to the utmost alarm and terror 'his m lin ing, by a mad dog that got into our hou-e. I was standing iu the kitchen with Aliuira by my side, when I was stalled bv the must terrific howling iu our front had. I thought it was two dogs tigliiitig, and catch ing Almira up. I sprang into tho 'lining room. 1 had ju-t closed the do:T when a dog bounded iuto the kitchen aud aimed straight at the door where I was. lie spuing at it with great force, but I went into the yard. Ada rau round the side of ihe house and cot in the diuing room window, Edward . . .. . i i .ot upon the shut, ana poor John lay up stairs sick on the bed. lou may imagine what were my feelings at that moment; iu a few moments he came flyirg back again into the kitchen, and find- he could not get in the door at us, he tried the window again; he was now froth- ing at the tnouth mo-t dreadfully, hi-eyes glared at us until my blood ran cold in my veins; the glass was covered with troth, ami he was snrin-in" to ect at us. A man now - i . o-y r , came ru-lnng through the hall ; lie tiled to pacify us aud quiet our fears; but we saw in one moment by his action that the dog was mad ; he succeei". d iu tw isting a rope around Lis neck and dragging him into the kitchen wheu a dreadful bowl rang through the house, and he rushed at the window, the glass flying in all directions, until he succeeded iu getting his head through. 1 expected e ery moment to see the s.i-h give way ; for a moment I had uo power to move, Ada was jumping out -of the window ; 1 screamed to tit r to save Almira ; she caught her and leaped from the win low, and went into .M rs. L rogaii s was upon mo but 1 tell as though a -p.-,! I was soon arou-ed bv aiing thein shrieking ovir the teiiee lor .' to jump out of tne window. I made a ring, and was soon in Mrs. Crogan,- vard. lu a few minutes all thought the In.lu hid was silent, and we got 1 1 i hi oit of the house. W e now Ventured t g the man and dog were gone, but every door was standing wide otn n. Ada then scream- ed down stairs that the dog was under the i. .1 :.. .ii ... .11. v .. .. ...... ,. ... Led in the long ted room. e were now worse oft' than ever. W bat was to be done e were inone ; no one to deleud us. I was liu.t Ir.uitic. 1 ruspeu out oi uie iioii door, and iu-l succceikd iu hailing, three rin-r. Tiny wire nn n a tiny turned the f. than an hour in netting hiui nut. Finally they had to choke him. and though he could scarce make any noise, his strength was euorm 'Us. He tried b ird to bile tin in ; tlnythr.w him down with the rope around his neck. He reeled several limes round, aud then started up the street; in lull cry i the people flew in ail directions; but th.y succeeded in killing him. Wh. u I heard lie was dead I telt a- it 1 could breathe. The dog belonged to Mr. Hall; he said he would n "t have taken fifty dol lars for bim, he was such a valuable dog After all was over. I went up in the room where he had been, but of all the sights 'tli.lt ever I beheld it was the n.o-t revolting. I he sides of the wall, the bed-clothes and : the floor were smeared in blood and froib,' the bed-tead was in pieces lying on the floor,' an t the uiattre-s had been trampled uponj until it was almo-t ruined. You may think ' what a nice piece of work to clean up ; but I oh, John, that was nothing, wheu I think o! wh it would have been the horror if he h id I Llltc U us. siax srY IX 'J IT; KEY. A horrible execution of a Russian Spy reei ;itiy took daee at Scliumla, w hich ru-ii'.-ets no credit on Omer l'asha. 'J he re volting scene is thus de-cribed. II'! was conliicted by a large body of military from wiie end of Sliumta to the oth ..r 1. 1, I'.l.,. ..;(t. n i k...h- i . i the way. At a considerable distance came. a band of drummers and musician.-, playing tunes more suited to a triumphal event than til til" lr:l"it.:il litniir tli:it U'u. .ivifi ti, l.t.. pb.ee. Redliiid them tame some files of sol- man, walking, in asant, Lia two Held by several ihe criminal of all present. . I-iimael i'asha aud Lis st.itl aiihted. J ho preparations for the poor fellow's execution vtre Vt-rv K.l.in 4ilii-l.i'(l l.i.tliiiw. in f.Lrt,- . ii.'iviiii; neeu uoue, excepting llie l.iuuing ot 1st 1 'he man s eve'-, anu the tying ot his uaudi considerably lighter. 'i he Pasha gave the signal to nine sol diers who were placed at yards from ; the condemned man, to lire. Three 6red Iir.-t, but only one of their shots took effect. it made bun stagger and fail. Another three then liitd. with but little more effect; alter which the remaining' three discharged th-ir inu-kus at him. Four balls iu all seemed to have struck him ; but as he was not dead three other soldiers were ordered to fall out of their ranks, ami to fire upon him. Alter they had dune s-o, several went up to the unkiiled man, and struck their bayr.'iii t-i into his skull. He groaned so hea vily that the crowd heard him. The want of precision with which the men fired, aud the tirdiucss they showed in doing their work, were very reprehensible, aud gave much pain to the foreign officers who had seen miiit iry executions in other countries ; but the huishing part of the bu-iness was little el-e than revolting to their feeiinirs. Several Turkish officers went up to tho mu- tilated man, dre tueir swords across his throat, and th u licked the blood from their . , ... . . - . side,, li ning the whole of the proceeding Ubmacl Pi-li was quietly smoking his pipe, and seemed as undisturbed by emotion as if he had been witnesm,' a review of his troops. The spy had b,.n formerly of the Rus-ian ar.ny, and was a man of some in- tebigcuce. A new TyrK-StTTTNO Machine. A let ter from Co lelilia-iMi. under d.-ife of M.m I -i j ., , ..' " ". . . ' tnu- ueserines a uew, iniporraur, anu wou dcrful invention. The writer says : "Owing to the politeness of the editors, I have now heeu aide to .-ee tho new com posing. ti.a-hii.o us in aeiu.il optrutiou iu ihe office of the l'r-ln:l;inik. ln-tead of the Usual cases and co.upo-ing sticks, and the compositor standing at his work, we see a per-jii sitting before a machine with keys like a piaao, which he plays ou incessantly, and every touch on the taugeut is followed by a i-'f.'i ; the letter i- already iu its place in the long mahogany channci prepared for it. I he w hole i- exceedingly ingenious, lu fact it is a fairy Work. The most wonder ful put is, that it di-tributes the already u-ed type at the same time that it sets tiio new page, and with an exactness perfectly sjre. No mistake can ever occur, 'ihe compositor, by thU machine, does four times as much work as another workman, hut as he requires .ui assistant to line and page the set tvpe this brings it to twice the amouiit ... . .. ol tvpe set. 1 he wh j!e is 3o clean aud pieas- ; ant that it will probably soon be a favorite ctnpiovmeut for women. J he machine oc- eupios a ve smail space, not more than a large chair! and i bard woods, brass is now beyond all d of the lu--0:t,it,:kt is beautifully made of and steel. Its success doubt. The proprietors ire so gratided by the they now have, that they have ordered auothcr. the price is ..4(IU fianisli dollars, It will la-t annarentiv for a eenttirv or tw-.i . . . .J . without repair. .Mr. Joiea-an, tue inven- tir himself a compo-itor all his life, kindly shows the machine to any visitor. Of i"':oc a eompisitor cannot set with this machine at once ; it will take hiiu a short time, a few days, for him to become familiar with tha detail", but he is th-n a gentleman compar ed to his old comrades.' A PKACTICAL JOKE. A trick was played upon Horace Gree'y, when a member ol Congress, by a heartless wag, which is toj -jod to be lost. It is thus t.'ia : ' Every reader of history kuows the joke played upon (ireely by some facetious mem ber of Congress. Ui. serving the great phi losopher in a retired comer, iuteiit upou a rod of manuscript, the uii-ehiei oils w ag man aged to pick the pocket of tiiat ceiebrat.'J white coat of the pr.cious roll; it proved t) be tiie speech Greely intended to inflict up mi his unh ippy audience that very day. H iving an excellent memory, our wag made himself iiia-tei- of the oration, aud quietly returned the ni-.iuuscript intj the capacious pocket. Watching his opportunity he rose before (ireely, and to his unbounded a.-tou-i-hiueut delivered the crowning effort of the Tribune's mind, which was a grand combi nation of the nineteen editors of that sheet. Here was a t it of -lander from Kipley, a bit of sinut i'r on S don llobhisou, a lump of blarney from IJichclicu Ilobiusou, a sarcasm from Cud r. ami a moral from bayard Tay lor. Judge of ihe horror of (.ireely at hear ing his owu platitudes pouring from the lips of another. When the wag had finished, Horace rose .nd said ' Ccutleiueu, that's n.y speech, by tiiuuder.' " Mistakim; tub Ma':mii.ia ton Cab-A-.ts. Last week a p 1 1 ty of ( ieriiian emi grant- went, a-ieue from a boitoii the .'lt-- sis.ippi river, and theied a large quantity ot the leaves and rlo.vei - troul tue magnolia, trees, w hich they tooK ou board, boiled aud ate, from the effects "t which one man die 1 aud tour others c viue near dying. 1 hey had mistaken the Laves of the magnolia, fur cabbages, supposing that in this fertile coun try cald'.ige grew wild, and from sixty tj seventy feet high, as does the magnolia re semble those Ot the c.Lbuge, but are poi- EXECUTION OF A Ill's