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BY L; P. STARKE. tirms. THE IS3iac1uTIC PIOXEER, L. D. STARKE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, rVill be published every Tuesday, at th'e falloh ELIZABETH CITY, 0 MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1850. EDEXTON, lng rates. TERMS -OS SUBSCRIPTION'. Single copy. One year, $T5Q i lve copies, Ten copies,. RATES OR ADVERTISING 11 00 20 00 For a square .'if 16 lines orjess, first I niJi THE undersized, grateM to a liberal publik" for Pt patronage, : solicits a continuance of J the same, for the foDovvmn; reasons : That, he and ,U)ose around kun have been heretofore, and AviU j be for Ihe .future, always polite and attentive to Victors. 2d I 19 Rooms are "airy, commodious ! " lCin V HlS 3)aIat a11 times 'well furnished " uy w,ine ivoitnern, cities can fur- lllg ST A dt -no . . , , ... : .. nsertion, $1, dvery- subsequent one, nclet an EXCLTi;vN!r wnsV .d..nnl nnnmntc mor n r,n Uv; ". aJIU SOme- favorable terms. I Office opposite Mason's Hotel, and over the store of Mr. Wm. Shannon, icbrner of Main and Road streets. i mm r alder and Oats, w hirh tno-fW ...j ... , n niui lwu cur- rving rubbing down and watering, fuUy completes this department. And thpIlgh ?or the present he cannot boast of any great length of -building, (for tear, that by mismeasurement, he or those about him might mislead some one or other,) YET he w..o uic gauuuet lO any lMlUt- ti, , ' . lu:ries of the Market, and uic ticdiuiuess 01 nis Jir,lJq ; JAMES W. HATHAWAY, Proprietor. Edenton, JN". a Sept. 10th 1850. 3m'. AN HONEST HEART. Thy hand, my honest toiler, .There's something in a grasp That tells me 'tis no shadow, Or useless thin to clasp ; But the lever of an earnest'will 1 hatfinds in this world labor, , And finding, dares to do. Thy lip has learned to whimper No thoughts thou can'st not feel ; Upon thy brow was never set Hypocrisy's false seal ; The're's'candor in thy bluntness, . In thy rugged form of .speech; Worth more than all the smoothness False etiquette can teach. (inthe State, as to a comparison with his ' i ihen take mJ hand, my brother, ii.iiu an nonest word ot cheer, " ' To make more strong thy strengthens hope, And confidence of fear ; There's many-a golden honor -Thy sweating brow .should wear, And yet thy hand will earn them, If thy heart does not despair. Tor sals W Elizabeth City, (pet. 1 JESSE H. SASH, 3BU XD Si Dp OK Talhot St WOULD respe the Carpeuto icent to 1'. ffuilv invite ana im ;olina, arl ton Pivnioiilh Hansen mat i where lie pr.nurr line at the soriet. n mo.u accomi iii want ot-Sali.r-i, Bi. ot1 2.) p?r coiit., to ibr pledges himself totwej t-;i;ire s.ilisihction. 1 Ord.'rs may b nzaDem l iiv, ana w piml promptly attend B0NDyS HOTEL 1XD S TA G E OFFI CE; ! : EDENTON', N. C. . -f ?? .The undersigned takes this M I method of informing the pub-. ,gjjOlic-0iat this well-known House has 4v2SSKSSlate!y undergone a thorough repair, haviiiir had eleven m- ami fnmfm-iiWo ; added to it, ;which, in addition to the former num J ber, makes it,docidedly the most spacious and comfortable House in this section of the State- and he feels'iatisfied in saying that it is a better ; House than the nl.irp 'h-m h, ii M A.NCFA CTURER ' seven Eed Rooms, (mostly new,) and also connect Xurfolk, la., i lTf Wlth the establishment a good and comfortable L. K. SAVXDERS. G I ICES, the attention of of Xorth'Ciur- z-iDetfi f.rty. i tertiora, liiden his e.vfcM-ive Establishment. to'cvcut'j all orders in his ico, i'i tiie bwt manner, and :ioiM!j!i:' t.'nns. lie ilatte'rs e it to the interest of those !ids Doors, Sec., by a saving ird. their orders to him; and his utmo'ot exertions to cive C3 ft wifii Mr. Caleb S ikes, of li bJ immediately forwarded to. Aug 6 Reading Room. This Hotel fronts' the South with a double Piaz za of one hundred and thirtv-fi i fert aiid good accommodations beinr Oie sreat aim ot all genitemen who travel-and stop at Hotels, is one reason why the subscriber is induced to put this in public Drillt and rmp nflier fliit l)r1n. 'not be-misled by some whom we Would not "desire to accommodate. It is needless ltd sav more, an our House will speak for itself, to 'all who favor us with their patronage. Before concludingkhoweverr ve would tender our thanks to our frieridsfor the hbc-ralsunnort tliev havp pvtoinlr.,1 ,,a f.,'...i.. i en years. ' SAM'L T. BONDX 'DRY' GOODS. RE A TIIE subscriber U : A core thanks to DY MADE - CLOTHING. Sec, &c. . If wU si-lfctrid stock Maile Clothing, &c to sell as cheap as ' j " E'l City, Oct. 8, 1 CARRIAGE s leave to -return: his sin us friends and the public ere- iifirallyior hbrral patronage hcretolbre received, aim he hopes,- by stn:t attention to business, to uicnt a continuance of the same; at the same timeihe has the tilea4 lire to state that he has iu.st J; ivcoiveil irom the Northern cities a complete and sev Aug 27 3m" Pmnritrirv 7 MURRAY & CLARK. V MILLWRIGHTS AND MACHINIST?, ' Elizabeth- Ciiu, A C. i m i I'ltaauu iu ouscne uiai a graaual i 7 v crease ol the smrrt ot domf-stif mtr, of Dry Goods and Ready .&.C., which he is' determined ly house in the city. ROlUXSON WEIIE. B50. ' f CARRIAGES 1 ! ; The .sa-bcrib?r retiirns his thanks for-the patro- 'nage" heretofore bestiiwed, and respectfully informs like public that he 1ms now on hand, direct from jthe-A'orthern factories, acoinplete stock of mate ri;tls and is prepared to make anything in his line to 'fti-'l 'r. lie has 'al-so on hand a fallassortment of light" UGG1ES, , SLTLKIES, kc. low as anv factoiv south of j E crease of the spirit of is-maniiesling itselt in our community. Amon" ij uuast OI us nenenciai ellects, and would here tender thanks to our patrons, soliciting a continuance of their favors 'so long as we' con tinne to merit them. The people of North Carolina have not yet to learn, tliat ta secure to themselves many conveni ences at their own door, and to avoid the trouble and expenses to which. they would otherwise : be subjected, they have only to encourage with their patronage establishments at home similar to thn. 4 tfiroacfwliich have until recently boasted all their. .', U-P7--V1 sut" csiduusiimeiiLs, tnants to a liberal erTcouragement, the subscribers have in successful Operation, and are now f repared- to manufacture the Pettigrew 'Corn Sheller, improv ed by Murray; that will shell from 500 to 700 ROCKA WAYS, li ifiir terms. iulid for sals Second cheap. 'which he will sell as Ballimore, or"exchaiige for second hand work on hand vvork always on hand d- Repairing executed in the best manner and en ths shortest notid i i,?-aii ana px,i wlnro, -,at the Fuc Ilonse," on ltoal st E; City, August f, 13.5!). the subscriber with of his customers arid nine b.ifor? purchasing else- ory opposite the '-Mansion cot. JOHN DOES: i CARRIAGES "AXD HARNESS NEW ETOCIC JUST RECEIVED : ; f In returning his tjianks for the liberal patronage h-irctofore and contiinued to be extended to him. pleasure solicits the-attention barrels j corn per day. or 1,2 hours. They will repair all kinds efThrashers and Pow ers of which they havealreayon hand several, also wheat and corn Fans, of their own manufac ture; shelters -lor cleaning- and separating the Corn from tiie;.cob that wid shell 50 'barrels per day; to which they would call the attention of farmers and others, who may supply themselves here with as good an article, and on as accommo (Lillng terms as elsewhere unattended with the expense of going abroad, or ordering- with the ric.V of getting an article to please them. They arc also, fully prepared and able to build all kinds of I.Iilis to order, and warrant them to operate well., ; . Orders by mail or otherwise will bepromply cttended to. -MURRAY Sc CLARK, Millwrights. Elizabeth City, August 13, 1S50. v s.n KING & TOY, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, 4t, a i . uuviv compieiea stcjw or ULl RIOT EES,, DOUBLE SfSLYGLE Ml RO CKA WAYS, BAR 0 UCHES, BUGGIES and SULKIES, . . f Ah", latest and most, fashionable styles. - ! : ' His stock of II ARNESSalso is comnlpJh". lira- and df the most " receftt and approved pSterns; ! Paent Medicines; Fancy Aarticles; Perfumery Corner of-XMn st. -and Jilarcct sq., A 'or folk, Va., " fsk Offer Tor sale, fOr cash, or approved r creditV-a verv lar"-f- anrl tvpH KtAafVtiA assortment of Last India and Euro- fgJU riA ':. ':'", DRUGS AXDMEDICLXES, rcuch, English and American Chemi cals. THE CAPTIVE'S DAUGHTER. A SCOTCH TALE. . TIT1 .1 . . vv nen tne tyranny and bigotry of the ;last James drove his subjects to take up aims againsi mm, one ot the most formi dable enemies to his dangerous usurpa tions was &ir John Cochrane, ancestor pt the present Earl of Dundonald. He .was one Of the most prominent actors In ; i i . iArgyie s rebellion and for ages a de structive gloom seemed to have hun over the house of Campbell, enveloping in a common rum all who united their fortune to the cause of its chieftains. Ihe same doom encompassed Sir John ;Cochrane. He was surrounded bv ihe ,king's troops long; deadly and despe rate as nis resistance; but at length overpowered by' numbers he Was taken prisoner, tried: and condemned to die upon the Scallbld. He had but a few ;days to live, and : the jailor awaited but the arrival of his death warrant to lead him forth to execution. His family and friends had visited him m prison, and exchangedwith him the last, the long, the hearts-earning farewell.. But there was one 'who came not with the rest to receive his blessing, one who-. was thr pride of his eyes, and of his house, even Grizel, the daughter of his love. Twi light was casting a deeper gloom over the gratings, of his prison house he was moiirnin" lor a last lo?lt of hia fa-rOTit child; his head was pressed against the oolJ, Jamp wall of his cell., to tool the feverish ; pulsations that shot through it like Etings of fire, when the door of his apartment turned slowly on its hinges, and his keeper entered followed by, a young and beautiful lady. Her person was.tall and commanding, her eyes dark; bright and tearless; but their very bright ness spoke of sorrow, of sorrow too deep to be wept away; her raven tresses were parted over her browv clear and pure as the polished marble. The unhappy captive raised his head as they entered:. . 'My child ! my own Grizel !' he ex claimed, and she fell upon his bosom; ij'et ji ithout reflection upon the elegance and ex ! cellence of his assortment of Saddles. V. 1 MartingaK &-c, &c(., all or any of which, and in short every article appertaining to his line of busi ness, he is prepared. to dispose of upon terms un surpassed, in the1 prijee or accnminodation, by any manufacturer south of the Potomac. ' He invites . a call, .assuring the customer that the article he wisnes is already, of will be at the shortest notice, luiiiuuicuirea to gie satisfaction, - iT-4 tjnnf...w, ..i' .hi i i . . i i r a ' v 3 -ul kinus, in every neparimenr n uu;lne!S. exdeuted , with neatness, lidehty, ra.u, npoiu reasonable terms. t-. - . ROBERT WATiaNS trJl 1 (JHEis AXD JF.WV.TJiV. WILLIAM GHL'OOK just received Gold Le- fffS& Vers. ot M. J. Tobias & Co., Has a;(Fooner.'John Rfirr T?nKincrn Sin- VuiV; , ;- GOLD AN- Pnl 1 11 I t . ti.jiu i.niiineiieia jjiajs ; rl..vA, enme ana Vertical Watch ps ; S . VPT I iirarj T - .... . . i-Mi n, imymjnnd lime Pieces: Ladies' ,'7l,"' S -old linard, Vest and Fob Chain-, ocaw and Kevs? iJh-M. r,-. &"d. V? &S Jopaz Li other SannThC A rrWT VY0M. l0-; Emerald, .--led S: Sapphire, Garnet Pbarl, Mosaic. CamRrt. Mmpl. ' and Gold Kmc u; j . j j' Ring.; Gold PencU Gold ThimblesTd fields; Gold Studs; Sleeve Buttons, &c. ! Also s .lver tea and table! Spoons, and Spoons mdde to order, together with a general assortment of Fash ionable Jewelry ; iow price do i -,j SPECTACLES. 1(?;KSllTrr-VStTfnd German -Silver Specta-..-clM .with Perifocal Glasses, a new .and superior artic e. Also a lare assortment of Perifocal Glas-s-s. to suitalleyesj kept constantly on hand, also every description of Spectacle Glasses 3feabeth City, August 6, 1850. DR UG sTIEDicEEsT f The Subscriber would respectfully inform his friends and public generally, that havin purchased the stock of Dr. Lewis Warrock, nd taken the stand occupied bv him, lie is now: Pr,'pared to fill all prders in his line which may be yHnisted-to hiln vrith neatness, punctuality and patch. Having spent pianv years of his life in "rug Store, he Hatters himself that he can eive Ilia t -iSuiction all who may call upon him S Btnc will be found nn tn nmnrls rnnat n; Lhe:jru'.lnQ.iio,,-ll..j a. . i. lv " , """""jf 'iifi wiia in a weu reguiaieu U Btnc will be found nn tn nmnrls mnot riC Misuallvlmet with in a w rprnilated 1).,' , """"liiu, consisting ot i'ainis, , uus, mwK f Pnaga; of the-.' community is I "pectfully solicited. -Ki,i -f -iCWtt i' i E- Ch Aug. ,' i55o L. K. S'AVNDERS. Brushes; Extracts; Trusses; Leeches c . ii i i ouuu oi ail Kinds . ' Pure White Lead . '. Paints, dry 'and in oil; 'Oils of all kinds Window Glass, Trench and American Teas; Cigars; Dye Stuffs Garden Seeds, &c, &c, &c. Together with every article comprising . the stock of a Druggist or Physician. We respectfully solicit a call and Druggists who may have been in the habit of Iteming supplies irom Uie Northern cities, as we are confident it will be to their interest to give us a trial. Our facilities are not surpassed by any similar establishment in the country, and we are determined to sell good a&tIcles at low pri ces, for the mptiey. aug 20 TO THE CITIZENS of ELIZABETH CITY " AND ADJACENT COUNTIES. THE HOUSE, SIGN. AND ORNAMENTAL , ' PAINTER, : MOST respectfully renews his acknowledg ments of the kind; and liberal patronage with which they have been pleased to favor him since his debut in the Old North Slate, and, there fore, induced to make Elizabeth City his home. and permanent place of residence, he thus an-J nounces hjmselt prepared witn lorce and, means to execute, with facility, both . Plain and Ornamental Painting,'':-': in a manner which he flatters himself will not do. injustice to those whfr have politely favored him reference. Altlio' generally with a job on hand in town, he is prepared and ever ready td answer the call of his country friends, and, if not conve niently found by any one who may wish his ser- , vices, any and all Orders left at either of the drug i stores of Mr. L. K. Saunders or Mr. John E. De ford, will meet his most prompt attention. Grateful for patrognaije heretofore and still ex tended to him, he solicit a continuance of favors, and would respectfully call attention to the fol lowing ; REFERENCES. f Rev. E. M. Forbes. Gilhprf F.riSH-'5 V.n -Mr J. M. Whedbee. Mr. Wm:-w.; iw- w. Charles, Mr.; George W. Charles, Mr. James W. Hinton, Genl J. C. B. Ehringhaus. WM. A. BASSETT. Elizabeth City, Aug. 6, 1850. , , ' STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ) . . : -. , c Pasquotank Co ntt, . ,RDERED by the Court th it n. nrtMutl Rnno. nor Court be hoA fa second Monday m December next, for the trial of S-r? tequty"bl?fPe8?- Jt wded that Jnerk make publication thereof, JJic. ' - ; li -It. iAXIEL RICHARDSON, Clerk. ov. 5 it 'My father! my father !' sobbed the miserable maiden, and she dashed away the tear that accompanied the wtjrds. 'Your interview must be short, very short,' said the jailer as he turned 'arid left them for a few minutes together. 'God help and comfort thee, mv daugh ter!' afrded the -unhappyfather, as "he held her to his breast, and printed a kiss UDon her brow. 'T hnrl fpnmA tl,,f T should die without bestowins: mv bless ing upon the head of my own child, and that stung me more than death; but thou art my love thou art come ! and the last blessing of thy wretched father' 'Nay,- forbear!' she exclaimed, 'not the last blessing ! not the last! My fa ther shall not die !' ' 'Be calm, be calm, rriy child!' ex claimed he,' would to heaven I could comfort thee, my own, my own. But there is no hope within three days, and tnou ana my little ones will be Fatherless, he would have said, but the word died, on his tongue. ' 'Three days!' repeated she, raising her head from his breast, but eagerly pressing his hand: Uhree days, then there is hope; my father shall live ! Is not my grandfather the friend of Father Petre, the confessor and master of the king ? from him he shall beg the life of his -son, and my father shall not die. 'Nay, nay, my Grizel,' returned he,1 be not deceived there is no hope alt ready my . doom is sealed ! already the king has signed the order for my execu tion, and the messenger of death is al ready on the way.' 'Yet my father shall not shall not die.,' she repeated emphatically, and clasping her hands together 'Heaven speed a daughter's, purpose,' she ex claimed, and turning to her father said calmly 'We part now, but we shall meet again-.' What would my child ?' inquired he eagerly, gazing anxiously in her face. Ask ziot now,' she replied; 'but pray for and bless me but not. with thy last blessing.'.- , . .. He again pressed her to his heart and wept upon her neck. In a few moments the jailer entered, and they were torn from the arms Of each other. ' i v : .' : ,., On the evening of th? second day af- terlhe interview we have mentioned, a' wayfaring man crossed the .drawbridge at Berwick, from .the north, and , pro ceeded down Marygate, sat down to rest on a bench by the door of the hostelry, on the south side ?f the street, , nearly fronting where what was called the Main guard then stood. He did not enter the inn, for it was above his apparent condi tion, being that which Oliver Cromwell had'made his head quarters a lew years before, and; where, at a spmewhat earli er period, James the sixth had taken up his residence when on his way to enter On tne sovereignty ot England. The traveller wore a coarse jerkin fastened round his body by a leather, girdle, and oyer it a short cloak, composed of eaual ly plain materials. He was evidently a young man;! but his beaver was drawa down so as almost to conceal his features. In one hand he carried a small bundle. ana in tne -other a pilgrim s staff. Having called for a glass of wine, he toot a crust ot bread trom his bundle and after resting for a few minutes, rose to depart. .The .shades of nieht were setting in, and it threatened to be a nio-ht of storms. fThe heavens were sather ms uidtn. me ciouas rusninsr irom sea. sudden gusts of wind were moaning the streets, accompanied by' heavy drops of rain, ana ine iace or Tweed was trou bled. : ..; . . 'Heaven help thee, if thou intendest to travel far in such anight as this ! said the sentinel at the English gate, as the traveller passed him and. proceeded to cross the bridge In a few moments he was on the bor der of the wide, 'desolate and dreary moor of Tweedmouth, which for miles presented a desert of wild, fern and cfllnforl lirtofK ' -..rCU 1 3 il mcuu, iui iicie aim mere a dins:le, covered with thirfk He slowly toiled over the steep hill heading the .storm which now raged in wildest fury The rain fell in torrents, and the wind howled as a legion of fam ished wolves, hurling its doleful and an gry echoes over, the heath.' S,till the stranger pushed onward until'he had proceeded above two or three miles from Berwick, when as if unable to brave me storm, (he sought shelter amidst some crab and bramble bushes by the wayside, j Nearly, an hour had passed since he sought this imperfect refuge, and the darkness of jthe night and the storm had increased together when the sound of a horse's feetjwas heard, hurriedly plash along the road. The rider benihishead to the blast Suddenly his horse was grasped by the bridle, tiie rider raised his head and the traveler stood b him, holiding a pistol to his breast. Uismounl ! cried the stranp-ter sfem Tfce horseinan, benumbed and strir.ken with fear, made an effort to reach, his arms, but m a moment the hand of the robber quitting the bridle. breast of the: rider, and dragged him to the ground,) He fell heavily upon his iace, and lor several minutes remained Sf ncplotro ' J. -4.-- .-j 1 . ther bag which contained the mail for the north, and flinging it on his shoul dei, lushed across the heath. Early on the followine dav. the inhab- a x n t ' t. ' uanis oi iierwiCK were seen hurrvino- in . I - I , groups to the spot where the robbery had been committed, and were scattered in every direction around the moor; but no traced the robber .could be obtained. Three days had passed, and Sir John Cochrane yet lived. The mail which contained the . tleath-warrarit had been robbed;, and before another could be giv en, the intercession of his father, the Earl of Dnnidonald,; with the king's con lessor migni De successtul. . ' ti , , uuici uuw-uerarae nis almost con stant companion in prison, and spoke to him words of comfort. Nearly fourteen days had passed, since the robbery of the mail had been committed, and protracted nope in me Dosom ot the prisoner be came more bitter than his first desnair But even the hope, bitter as it was, per ished.. The; intercession nf I1I5 father had been unsuccessful and a second time the bigoted and, would-be-despotic monarch had signed the warrant for his death, and within little more than another dayj that warrant would reach nis prison, .f . 'The will ; of heaven be done ed the captive." 'Amen! returned Grizel, with wild vehemence; 'but my father shall not die.' . Again the rider with the mail had reached the moor of Tweedmouth, and a second timehe bore with him the doom of Cochranej. He spurred his' horse to his utmost speed, he looked cautiously before, behind, and around , him; in his right hand le carried a pistol to defend himself. The moon shed: a ghostly light across the hieath, rendering desecration visible, and giving a -spiritual embodi ment to every shrub.- He was turning the angle of a stanglingf copse, when his horse rekred at the report of a pistol, the fire of which seemed to dash in his very eyes. , j At the same moment his own pistol flashed, and the horse rearing more violently, he was driven from the saddle." In ja moment the foot of the robber was upon his breast, who bending over him, arid brandishing a short dag ger in his hand, said : 'Give me thine arms or'die !' ' The heart of the king's messenger failed within him; i and without venturing to reply, he did as he was commanded. 'Now go jthy way,' said the robber sternly, 'but leave with me thy horse, and leave with me the mail lest a wrong thing come upon thee.' The man drose, and proceeded towards Berwick trembling, and the robber moun ting the horse which he had left, rode j rapidly across the heath. Preparations were making for the ex ecution of Sir John Cochrane, and the i officers of the law waited only for the 1 arrival of the mail,-with his second death i warrant to Jead him forth to a scaffold, when tidings arrived that the mail had again been robbed. ' For yet fourteen days, and , the life of the prisoner , be again j prolonged. He again fell on the neck of" his 'daughter and wept and said: 'It is goodthe hand of heaven is in this I sr n .' i ? .K-tM "j5 I,; ; .r ' ',' 'Said.I not replied the maiden and for ihe first time, she wept alpud-Vtbat i . ed-V101761 PassTlthe door, and watched to get up and i CU. Wnen thp nn nn floors flAur nnsn 3 i : . m 6.- "r ''u Uu tnTr v , , r "u UFU one saw me move -annenrprl the old Earl, of Dundonald rushe.l t tuU. u ....i.-j j . , . appearea , v vv ui, v-uuvmseu ay Tnp inro -t arms of his son. His intercession witb Upr :Z TL-'i:?: uuc, i WOL. 1 NO. 16. ha T T J 1 1 1 1 wmcssur nau ai iciigui Deen sue cessful; and after twnce signingihe war rant for the execution of Sir John, which hd as often failed in reaching its desti nation, the king had sealed his pardon. He hurried with his father from the pris on to his house -his family were cling ing around him, shedding tears of joy and they were marveling with gratitude at the mysterious providence that 'had twice intercepted the mail and saved his life, when a stranger craved an audience. Sir John desired him to be admitted and the robber entered. He was habit ed, as: we have before described, with a coarse cloak and coarser jerkin, but his bearing was above hia. condition. On entering he slightly touched his beaver. but remained covered.! 'When you have perused these,' said he, taking two papers from his bosom, cast them in the fire.' Sir John glanced on them, started and became pale rthey were his death war rants.! 'Mv deliverer.' exclaimed he. I "how shall 1 thank thee howr repay the sa vior of mv life ! Mv father my chil dren thank him for me.' The old Earl grasped. the hand of the stranger; the children embraced him and he burst into tears. 'By what name,' eagerly inquired'Sir John, 'shall I thank my deliverer !' Ihe stranger wept aloud; and raiding PATRICK'S COLT. A gentleman, the Manchester Am- ricah says, 'who favors us with some re- j mraiscerrces respecting the early settle- infic ! mivnt -it I f i . What a pernlexitv. What Woc avii,: r. . "fcaott .done in iuch a positionT ShT U'iyjJir"'-- j ... v, nan trv connnu- ' man to -ivori- lily overdelicate was abashed into ir any, ana When I protruded a leo-, she seemed to be fainting. . She called for Fanny. "She is not here," said I.' "What ! are vou alone ?" , v . . i lelt all over the bed was alone. I protested and protested I on his farm. On riot- soon: alter, his arrival, he told him "tn take a bridle nd go out in the field snd catcMhc cclU "Don't come' without him;" said the eld gpntlcnfan.. Patrick started and was gone some' time, but at icibi.,rerarnea minus the bridle, with hi us beaver, the raven tresses of Grizel Cochrane fell upon the coarse- cloak ! . 'Gracious Heavens !' exclaimed the astonished and enraptured father, 'my own chid ! my savior ! my own GHzel !' It is unnecessary to add more-i-the imagination of the reader can supply the rest; and we may only add that Grizel Cochrane, whose heroism and noble af fection have here been hurriedly and imperfectly sketched, was, tradition says, the grandmother of the late Sir John Stuart of Alabama, the great-great-grandmother of Mr. Coutts, the celebrated banker. - groan- A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE. I retired, heaven knows, with no in tention but to sleep, but by the interven tion of a luckless accident, it proved the sorest night of my life. Retiring in a sea of abstraction beguiled by the ali ment of promise, and about to enter upon a magnificent occasion for a perfect re coveryi bewildered hY the contention of pleasant anticipations and imao-inarv "is, wtHcn cazzied like suubeams with out my valet, I walked into the wron room. btiil groveiun- i&,.u truth, the depth of error, I went into a lady's bed. What a fatal error for my repose!; What a delicate dihtress! The chamber I had entered, to have and oc cupy, belonged to an aged spinster a regular watering-place hunter, who had long since consumed her share of the honey of heaven-born charity, who loved only her lap-dog and a winning-partner at whist: who disliked the young of .her own sex and who had the wildest ha tred of mine ! In the room of such an example of mortality,-what a disaster what a;!catastroph,e to my eds and visit! Ah!" what prodigious ills from petty causes spring. I marvel to this day how I came there. I wonder how I overlooked the feminine bijouterie, the toilette, caps, ribbons, combs, ' curls, artificials, roses, and sprigs of myrtle, or the dressing table, and I answer I cannot imagine ! I have rum maged 7my imagination for excuses in vain; the only one which aids me is this I must have been in a state of som nambulism when, I entered the den of that amiable vertuoso. I remembered nothing in the morning, but that I had quietly and soberly gone to bed, filled with hope from the cheering conversa tion of; the water doctor. This, and some dreary fragments of the life of easy happiness I languished to attain, linger ed on the tablet of memory. ' 1 had gone to bed after the second, or it may be the third wratch, and was most uncomfortably disturbed. . The upshot of it is this; the room was double-bedded, and in the occupancy of a lady and her maid. I had entered upon and occupied the latter' s couch! In the morning she was called lustily, to administer to the mistress the usual dose; no answer being given, she had risen irom her bed to a- waken this creature, who, it was discov ered, had slipped out, after pretending to retire; to join a dancing party in the hotel. Unluc.kily I had taken her place. For nights ! had not closed my eyelids: but this night I slept like a rock, ,and lapped in that delicious lumber, which refreshes the weary, and prepares the strong man for toil or battle, heeded not the calling and cries of a voice in dis tress, till my head was griped between two fair jj hands and shaken most profoundly.!1 I called for silver, and my masculine voice startled my astounded witness. It was a moment of recognition, and as sur prising to theone as it was unsatisfacto ry to the other. A scream-, ' shrill, and oud, saluted my ears as I caught a glimpse pf a face, befrilled in lace, re tiring from mine! ' '"' ''"""': What is. the matter?" said J. fancy ing the house was 'on fire, by the rude ness of the shocks: I heard her -mutter "Itt is a": man's voice 1 a man f" Another; scream, J and : yet another I And as I peered forth, she ran towards her bed,.like a lapwing, r plotting . very modestly, that I should not spy her feet, it was evident I had missed inv vlior.-. ber, and the discovery distracted me. I said I would rise and go out: she insisi edwitb infinite rancor, I should lie down I had nearly killed her already, and if I rose I should be her death ! How dread ful it is to be attacked by a woman, with a free and not particular tongue; to pock et those epithets in a sort nf ine aoor was burst; to my bed-side came a young woman, with a enrdh. in I Ka hand, and two more followed at her heeU 1 thought I should have been srf n,l torn to pieces by this ungentle creature, auu iu my surprise, her mistress spoke' to my good. behavior." Fanny,' to excuse" her delinquency, made it 'e'vident The was bolted out, and she had choren to remain out, rather than disturb her poor dear, sick mistress, in her sleep. Rath er than disturb ! The slut ! The truth is, true to my habit I had cautiously iu-olu uwi, uui i oeneve she -had never tried fo'open it, - Seeing how matters stood, tantalized and almost exasperated, and perceiving nat au cMraorainarv mitftake had been committed. L was anxious to disciifs mv position,-. 1 i was pronounced a what do you think ? ! A! robber ! I gasped mv U1:- U1: j'KJiKcit-u was icnocked down witn a shower of icy abuse; aiid trpm Diing and incensed, agonized and ready me gnosi, ana beggmo- to nave leave to-.explain, lh God's iamc ana iinding no excuse wbuld.be heard, and explained; fac4 and hands badly scratched,' as though; he had received bad treatment, v 'Vi.cJ Patrick, what is the matter ? What Irl thejname of wonder ails you ?" "Au isn it myself, yer honor," that neyerlfi '' cateh the ould black colt aain BaS luck to him! An' didn't he all but scratdrtny eyes out o' mv head 7 An ' faitii, as true as I'm spea'king to you, I had-t climb, up a three afther the colt " ' "Climb aip -after him ! Knu " Where is the beast ?' "An' it's tied to ;lle::lhr,eV? is to be sre. yer honor." W e all followed Patrick to the spot to get a solution of the dilficultv,' and oi rearhing-tlie field we found, -'to our no small amazement, that he had been chas-ing-a young black , bear, which he had . ' succeeded' in catching, after a great deal of rough usage on both sides, and atu alJy tied with the bridle to an old tree Brpm was kept for a long while, and wai ever after known as Patrick's colt.' resigned myself to my fate, without hope of quarter. With chagrin I heard the mistress congratulated on her esriane for they discovered a. plot, in fpitc of my iuiim.cui,c u grave uetign. I began to perspire with fear, nnd me titioned heaven for an early deliverance I would have fled from the scene, dis- covering 1 was in the wrong room, but in d touc ennmbre, surrounded bv girl uu uieir oaaers, could not stir without treading over the line of delicacy; and every time l moved, my, Tabitha BrSm "xv-, nu uau put on her garments, ed the house. I offered to apologize to her beautyship, . but she grew furious and the hery spot cn her face become redhot with caloric of anger, when; movea in my alllictions. Uivtemnestra m the tragedy, Siddons in her dark er sonations, never looked so many unut terable things. Was she an oyster wc man ? I discarded the austere supposi tion lor its vulgarity. By and -bv half the mmatesof the hotel having arrived, waiters and watchmen, masters and maid, I yas pronounced to belong to the premises and respectable ! But if esca ping the indignity of a change of feloni ous intentions, I was still jeered, re'- proached, and eyed, as a curiosity: as if il" 1 1-1 a ' . .. '. uns mcKiess trespass into another s nest must; needs have a design in it, as if T could have helped it; but raotly morality is suspicious, ana wicteaiy perverse in judgment. , The unforgiving fury, whom I was supposed to have insulted, with drew with the crowd of tittlers, as I crawled out, shrunken, darkling, and huddled in a blanket to my room, atten ded by the waiters and the master, all lookrngas if laughing heartily in their sleeves. A HOME THRUST. Professor Risley, whp is now in Italy, says that recently, w hen he Tvas in Ve4 nice, an American captain and an En glishman met at dinner. . 'lou are an American, sir?' said the Englishman. am, rejoined the Amen- the name -of being great ' ,-l ' the Yankee, 'we shoot my father s hould not die t i ous enough to look at. A violent pull at the bell roused me to a crisis of, appre- nensionp, anq l arose in my sitting. "Lie down; sir, you horrid villain," said she, ''lie down." i 4 I obeyed, precipitately. Vhen I spoke she screamed: I heard a knocking at 'I reckon I can. 'You have warriors.' 'Yes,' said pretty well.' ; 'But how is it you are so anxious to make peace with Mexico ? this does not appear much like spunk.' 'You are an Englishman ?' interroga ted the Yankee. 'Yes,' replied the Englisbman. 'Well,' said the Yankee, 'I don't know what our folks have offered to do with Mexico; but, stranger, I'll, just tell ycu one thing I'll be d d if we ever offer ed to make peace with you !' This home-thrust at the Englishman set the whole table in an uproar of laugh ter. - . . ." ties, where she thusiasin. German Lkvdism. The Chronotvp tells the following funny story, which was current in London some time ago: Some years sinrc, during the ix)hiical troubles in Germany, Jenny Lind. an" lor a few nights' in one of its smaller r and there, as at Rpr -fk- i . . - - ... -- - j vniii pittue suiga, excuea an intense en AVhen tlie lime of hfV on ture amved she started a! a very early hour in the morning,, in order to avoid njptice and excitement; but; the studen'8 of an university there r discovered her, aiid rallying in great numbers, followed her earn age 'out. of the city in proccs aon; then, in their enthusiarm, hurried back to the hotel in which she had ben staying, rushed in a bodv into tha rAm where they were to'd she had .1, t seized the sheets from the Led. anrl tfr ' ing them into small nieces wnm aout as badges in their button-holes. iA "no" 1 me sUlcr- 1 q'et, bald bach elor Englishman, who had been staying at the same hotel for som , ' observed to come doTrn to WL f,i : state of great perturbation. U , j unusual in the apiieTance-wifrjAurri any, he at leugth .Bjimmoned courage to aildress one who stolod near him. 'very extraordinary fellow. German students,' said he: I should sav sjtark mad, every one of them.' JMad ? Oh, no, not mad a little ex. cited that's all; but very good, sensible fellows, for all that. 'Are they ? Well, then it must be for some political reason, and I am a mark fed man. I had better leave the toVn Immediately. Why, while I had just stepped out this morning for a quiet walk after shaving, a body of them burst into iny room, tore my shets in pieces, and how there are two or three hundred of them strutting about town with bitsof 'em in their button-holes.' The following is from the 'Gosei'p' in the September number of the Knicker bocker : , A correspondent, in a recent letter tells a good story of a rough sea captain n a siorm, wno, wnen the terrified pas sengers persuaded him to petition Heav en for a cessation of the tempest, prefer red the following brief request: "Oh, Lord ! I haven't been in the hahit n'r calling upon This often : tad if you'll ust' shift the wind from sou'-east to a eetle more ' sou , I won't trouble again ! you Marriages op the Buddhists. The day and hour of the ' wedding are fixed by an astrologer or wise man, the bride's horoscope having been previously compared with that of the bridegroom's by 'the same sage who declares if the planetary influence will allow them t6. wed; The astrologer being well ; paid, and, as there are four methods by which configurations and a favorable result may be arrived at, the stars generally prove propitious - to the' projected union.- t sometimes happens that .the; horoscopes of the intended bride , and bridegroom. despite the strenuous endenvnrs.nf iht which, heaven knows, I was not covet-1 astrologers, will not coincide,' and then an mtant brother or ! relating i'fcf the bridegroom takes his plaee athe: wed ding feast, provided his' horoscope fwiU; agree with that,of thelady's Such a marriage is . legal, tbe eyasion being re garded as a necessary cohecssiph' to the will of the planets. nr.ni The Lights of London. In 1661 the streets were directed to be lio-hted with candles or lanterns, by every house holder or occupier fronting- the main road, from nightfall to nine P; M., the hour of retiring to bed. In the last vMr of King Charles ll.'s reign, pne Edward tieming obtained .the right of lio-htino. the streets with lanterns placed over every tenth door, from six on moonlesg evenings until midnight,, between Mich- -aelmas and Ladyday. During thf teiga of. Queen Anne, in 1708,' Mr. Michael ooke introduced elobular riass lamna" wSth oil burners, instead of the former menng lanterns. In 1716 - an act was passed, which enjoined every house- noiaer to lurnish a light before his door frop six to eleven o'clock at night, ex cerit on evenings between the seventh . nigtit of each new moon, and the third after it reached the full. In a.fe w ye&m a jcompany was formed to ? light the street from six o'clock; until .(midnight, . eaeh householder who paid poor-rates, being required to contribute for this pur- ' pose six shillings a year. M0DEST--'PravJ-9M Mr: - rt a gentleman who overtook him - oh tha road, "will yout have the complaisance to take. my. great eoaUin :youx- carriage to. towri ll ;lWith pleasure, air; but how will you get it again?" "Oh,. very easy," replied the modest ' applicant ; f 1 shkll remam in iUml, i tvh'zo h:-: ,?,.,! i -r ,'..' ; . - "Is there anything really r ther matter J i.i jij ovt au ifcv JW9VU1 wk) had eot for him. '1 don't know Jiow it is', was the reply, ;h eat well. sleep well; and have a good appetite.' Very well," said the doctor, "I'll give yon something to take away all that." ! 4A n
The Democratic Pioneer (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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