THE NOETE (OAIROlLflNIAH
From the Salisbury Watchman.
POSITION OF BISHOP IVES.
The last Southern Churchman, an Epis
copal paper, has a brief review of a late
pamphlet issued by the Diocesan ofN. Car
olina, entitled, "A Pastoral Letter to the
Clergy and Laity of his Diocess.v The
Southern Churchman promises further
notice hereafter. It says: Bishop Ives now
candidly discloses what we conjectured
fnm the first, that the proceedings of the
late Convention at Salisbury, which have
excited so much attention,
SWEET POTATOES.
As most of our readers are cultivators of the
sweet root we give them the benefit of the fol
lowing remarks without knowing who they are
from, or what truth is in them :
As this is the digging time of potatoes,
it may not be amiss to give some simple
directions for their preservation. Many
people lose their potatoes by being over
i 'ft in hmiain? and banking them up.
taiciu' a e ! i:
and after all ;
Snme ro to the expense
house for them,
their trouble, frequently lose their pota-l
I have seen as great a variety i .
had reference
4n Klnifiolf In a no i L i n r Inn PomniiMnA g S.
which reported on that occasion, he say: j methods practiced, and have practiced a
-It was still less their business to pass'au j great variety myself, and I never have
imnluMl. hut n.,t nn that account, the less seen, or heard or any pian, wn.cn lor saie
oppressive censure upon that portion of the
clergy, with the Bishop at their neau. t
say the Bishop since it is notorious that,
both in the Convention and the Committee,
he was named as the chief offender." And
thus reviewing the subject, the Bishop re
asserts the doctrine he has hitherto taught,
and defends it against the censures of the
Convention, protesting at the same time
against the right of the Convention to act
in the premises. Bishop Ives in this letter
avows his approbation of the Oxford Tracts
for the Times, and declares that it has been
his purpose to employ all his influence in
bringing his Diocess to a conformity with
the system which they set forth. The cir
cumstances which led to the formation of
the Holy Cross," under Bishop Ives at
its head, are detailed in the Pastoral Let
ter, and its objects pre explained. These,
amonz other things, were o inculcate
upon all v;ithin their influence the sacreimen
lal system of the Church, particularly Bab-
tismal Regeneration, the Heal Presence of
our Lord in the Holy Aucharist, una &a
cer dotal Absolution," $-c. "The Society'
was to "consist of three orders.'''9 -'1st
Perpetual members, who must be unmar
ried men. 2. Other persons living in the
institution. 3. Persons not residing at
Falle Cruris." Very much to our aston
ishment, as we presume it will b to the
surprise of a large majority of readers, there
is not a word respecting the dissolution of
tins Society. 1 lie tact was aflirmed in
connexion with the proceedings of the late
Convention, but has.not we believe, been
formerly announced by the Society itself
or any of its late officers.
SWEDISH LAWS WITH RESPECT
TO INTOXICATION.
The laws against intoxication are enforc
ed with great rigor in Sweden. Whoever
is seen drunk, is fined, for the first offence,
three dollars ; tor the second, six; for the
third and fourth, a still further sum ; and
is also deprived of the right of voting at
elections, and of being appointed a re
presentative. He is, besides, publiclv
exposed in t lie parish church on the follow
ing Sunday. If the same individual is
found committing the same olTence a fifth
time, he is si ut up in the house of correc
tion, and condemned to six months' hard
labor; if he is again guilty, to a twelve
months' punishment of a similar descrip
tion. If the offence has been committed in
public, such as at a fair, an auction, &.c,
the fine is doubled ; and if the olfender
has made his appearance at a church, the
punishment is still more severe. Whoever
is convicted of having induced another to
intoxicate himself is fined three dollars,
which sum is doubled if the person is a
minor- An ecclesiastic who falls into
this oflence loses his benefice ; if he is a
layman who occupies any considerable
post, his functions arc suspended, and per
haps he is dismissed. Drunkenness is
never admitted as an excuse for anv crime;
and whoever dies when drunk, is buried
ignominiously, and deprived of the pray
ers of the church. It is forbidden to give
and more explicitly to sell, any spirituous
liquors to students, workmen, servants,
apprentices, or private soldiers. Whoever
is observed ch unk in the streets, or mak
ing a noise in a tavern, is sure to be taken
to prison and detained still sober; with
out, being on that account exempted
from the fines. One half of these fines go
to the informers (who are generally police
officers,) the other half to the poor. If the
delinquent has no money, he is kept in
prison until some one pays for him, or un
til he has worked out Ins enlargement
Twice a year these ordinances are read
aloud from the pulpit by the clergy ; and
every tavern-keeper is bound, under a
penalty of a heavy fine, to have a copy of
them hung up in the principal rooms of
his house.
These Swedish laws are far in advance
of those of any other nation. If Great
Britain would enact the like, she would be
much happier in every respect, and we
might ell take the example ourselves.
Scientific American.
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tv. economy aim siuiu.iciiy, compares
with the following. My own experience
teaches me that sweet potatoes dug before
the frost has bitten the vines, keep the
best. I am satisfied that the frost
bitten vines have more or less influence
on the tuber, frequently injuring the flavor,
as well as predisposing the root to decay.
Whenever the potatoes are dug, which
makes but little difference whether it be
in clear, cloudy or rainy whether, as the
hills are obliged to go through a sweat un
der any circumstances, dig a circular
trench as large as the hill you wish to
make. And here I would "suggest that
small hills of about thirty or forty bushels,
are much the safest. Klevate the ground
inside the circle about six inches, and pile
on sound potatoes, as long as they will lay
on ; then lay on pine bark next to the
potatoe,-covering up the entire hill. Now
over the pine bark, place a good covering
of pine straw, and then cover the whole
with earth, at least six inches thick, leav
ing an ear hole at the to,! which may be
bovered with a half circle of pine bark, to
keep the rains from washing down the air
hole. Care must be taken that water does
not get in at the top for that will jeopardize
the whole hill. Two or three planks slop
ed over the hill, will probably be the sa
fest, but with a little care, the pine bark
answers every purpose. Potatoes, put up
in this manner, will keep sound and good,
until new potatoes come again.
THE RISE AND FALL OF SAP IN TREES.
BY PROF. LISDLEY"
What curioushallucination is that which
supposes the sap of trees to fall or settle in
the winter into tiie roots One would have
thought that the notorious difficulty of
cramming a quart of water info a pint meas
ure might have suggested the improbability
of such a phenomenon. For it certainly
does require a very large amount of credul
ity to believe that the fluids of the trunk
and head of a tree, can by any natural force
of compression, be compelled to enter so
narrow a lodging as the root.
We shall assume the word sap to signify
the fluids, of whatever nature, which are
contained in the interior ofa tree. In the
spring the sap runs out of the trunk when
it is wounded; in the summer, autumn, and
winter it does not, unless exceptionally,
make its appearance. But in truth the
sap is always in motion at all seasons and
under all circumstances except in the pre
sence ot intense cold. the difference is,
that there is a great deal of it in the spring
and much less at oilier seasons. Scientific
American.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
How to subdue a vicious Horse. The
following fact occurred yesterday. A
beautiful and high spirited horse would
never allow a shoe to be put on his feet,
or any person to handle his feet, without a
resort to every species ot power and means
to control him. At one time he was nearly
crippled by being put in the stocks ; he
was afterward thrown down and fettered ;
at another time one of our most experienc
ed horse shoers was unable to manage him
by the aid of -as many hands as could ap
proach By mere accident, an officer in our
service, lately returned from Mexico, was
passing, and being made acquainted with
the difficulty, applied a complete remedy
by the following simple process :
He took a cord about the size of common
bed cord, put it in the mouth of the horse
like a bit, and tied it tightly on the. top of
the animal's head, passing his left ear
under the string, not painfully tight, but
tight enough to keep the ear down, and
the cord in its place. This done, he patt
ed the horse gently on the side of his head
and commanded him to follow, and instan
tly the horse obeyed, perfectly subdued
and as gentle and obedient as a well train
ed dog; suffering his feet to be lifted with
entire impunity, and acting in all respects
like an old stager. That simple string,
thus tied, made him at once as docile and
obedient as any one could desire. The
gentleman who thus furnished this exceed
ingly simple means of subduing a very
dangerous propensity, intimates that it is
.Mexico and South America
in the management of wild horses.
OLU HOTELS.
Major Kerr who keeps the first on the practised in
leunanu entering on the North liast, side J
oi lown, nas put his house in the last two
years in thorough repair and made new and The Buitisii Wkst Indies. The con
convenient additions. dition of the British West Indies is at this
Mr Sadler w ho comes next, his recently j moment interesting and instructive. These
fitted up the interior of his house in a j colonies had formerly two creat sources of
style of comfort and convenience we know j consequence to the mothercountry. They
to be surpassed by none in the State. Sad- enriched it by the great amount of valuable
ler is always at his nosf. nml hid flf,-rfc nroducts noured into tin dronm r n::u
- - - - ....... viavsit-j - 1 . . V. U III Kt I U I 1 L I 1 1
incase are well known to the community.
Chaulottk Dr. J. 1) Boyd, the old
Landlord of the same hotel, has recently
fitted up in excellent style the low er ho
tel on the same side as the others, and
opened on the 20th inst. The Dr's repu
tation in this line is too well and extensive
ly known, to require comment from us.
Take it all in all, Charlotte, can boast
three as good hotels, and as accommodat
ing Landlords as will be met with in the
State, and for the matter of real substan
tial, creature comforts, we may safely
add, out of it Charlotte Hornet's .Vest.
Home Again. Over a hundred Irish
immigrants left this nnrt vtPnlav for
their native land. They did not meet
commerce, and they aitorded many a fat
and lazy office for those sou? of nobility
who had no suitable lounging place at
home. They helped to adorn the palaces
of the merchant nobles of London, and fur
nished not a few elegant palaces of their
own for the nobles who lacked that con
venience. All is changed now. The
stream of commerce has long flowed on
wunout carrying anv memorial of the
tamed fertility of the British West Indies.
The sugar of Jamaica has become as histo-
- Jhe PotterJ and figs of Athens.
1 he British Merchnnts have quietly sub
mittal in. K . 1 . J
v ' ucessny, ana sought els
ulll?JV Ioa,inS of their Mp and the
i ? ifw? Cap,taK U seems to be
admitted that for iu n , .
With the success the v h" ,f " hl ! British nhilanth "u anu,'ut."e,
i m j i v. iivi i rj viiincti them
and alter some six - months, sojourn bade! colonies to poverty and insignificance. It
adieu to the Renub ic ami i is a sufficient hint tn tK ,n " r lt
U, , , "mi uawiv lu I it.iiauiti io lor-
oyalty. Aw V ork Tribune, i get their existence Charleston Mcrcuru
The following Tragical Affair, related
in the N York Courier des Etats Unis,
affords another proof that truth is stranger
than fiction:
Among the strangers of distinction who
for many years came to spend the winter
in Paris, were M. and Madam Arcos,
Spaniards of immense wealth. Failing to
make their usual visit last winter, it was
thought their Castilian pride could not ac
commodate itself to republican rule; but
it afterwards appeared their absence arose
from a far different cause. M. Arcos,
like his countryman Aguado, had made his
own fortune. He began life as a pedlar
and small retail trader; and having thus ac
cumulated some funds, he engaged in stock
speculations; then became contractor for
the salt tax in Spain, and finally, while still
young, retired from business a millionaire.
He might have enjoyed his fortune long
and happily; but in endeavoring to indulge
a pardonable vanity, he lost both fortune
and life. It appears that M. Arcos, while
yet poor, had made a voyage to Chili, and
there became smitten with a young lady of
respectable family, who were proud of their
rank, her uncle being no less a personage
than the Bishop of Santiago. So that, it
being thought a great piece of presumption
in a poor, unknown man to expect a Bish
op's niece, he met with a rude rebuff on
demanding her in marriage. But as the
young lady w as willing to give her consent,
that of the Bishop was not again asked; and
having married in secret, the young
couple departed for Europe.
After becoming wealthy, M. Arcos wished
by displaying it with his wife, to triumph
over the family that had once disdained
him. Instead then of going to Paris last
winter, M. and Madam Arcos departed for
Chili in a vessel which they purchased and
furnished at great expense. They carried
with them all the appliances of luxury and
show: diamonds, plate, splendid furniture,
carriages anil servants in rich liveries;
nothing was forgotten that might serve to
dazzle their disdained relations. After a
pleasant voyage, they arrived in Chili, but
they had still before them a land journey of
300 miles, before they could arrive at the
city where the family of madame Arcos re
bided. They were informed that the road
was infested by bands of robbers, so fero
cious that they even fed on the flesh of their
victims! ami were advised to wait until
those bands had been dispersed.
But M. Arcos, impatient to enjoy the tri
umph of his self-love, procured an escort
of one hundred well armed men, and set
out on his journey with all his train. Let
ters recently received from Valparaiso con
tain most melancholy intelligence concern
ing the unfortunate travellers. About
half w ay the caravan was attacked; part
were kdled; part escaped by flight, and the
rest, with M. Arcos a'ld his wife, were
made prisoners, and after being robbed of
all their property, were put to death on the
spot I
Apparatus For Sating Lives in Case
I tr T - - ... a
OF OHIPWRECK." juieui. WlCOUWailj 3 c
learn from the Philadelphia Ledger, left
that city on last Saturday with his life car
and surl boat and apparatus to save life in
; cases of shipwreck. There are six stations
to be established, toreacn or wnicn mem.
McGowan has with him a life car, surf boat,
an iron Eprouvette mortar for throwing
shot, with a cord attached, 350 yards; there
are also iron cased rockets, capable of car
rying a line 275 yards, and smaller ones
to be used when the stranded vessel is not
more than 175 yards distant. The sta
tions are also furnished with a boat, wagon,
and every other article that can be needed
in carrying out the intentions of Congress,
in making the appropriation of $10,000.
Scientific American.
Bed Cooler. The Reveille, of St.
Louis, says that a Mr Ruder of that place
has invented a machine for fanning bed
rooms, which it describes as follows : -
The principal feature in the invention
is a couple of fans, which may be placed
under a bed tester, immediately over the
sleeper or patient, (nothing would suit the
wants of an invalid better,) and -which
nftpr thp winding ud of certain weights,
j will keep in motion during six hours, they
are made ot any weight or size to wont on
a cradle of French bedstead.''
fWe believe that Com. Barron took out
a patent for a machine of this kind, in
1828. Scientific American.
Cure for Rheumatism. We recom
mend the following recipe, which will be
found upon trial to be a simple, still an
invaluable remedy for rheumatism.
Wright's Casket;
RECtPE. Take a pint of the spirits of
turpentine, to which add half an ounce of
camphor ; let it stand till the camphor i
dissolved, then rub it on the part affected,
and it will never fail oi removing the com
plaint. Flannel should be applied after
the part is well fomented with turpentine.
Repeat the application morning and even
ing. It is said to be equally available for
burns, scalds, bruises and sprains, never
failing of success We can vouch for its
efficiency in rheumatic affection-.
The Charlotte Female Academy.
This school shortly to open in this place,
must commend itself to the patronage of
the community. An excellent and highly
flattering reputation precedes Miss Dayton
the principal Instructress. Ami 31iss
Josephine Kerr, enjoys in this coin in unity
a reputation for accomplishments, eminen
tly fitting her for the post she is to assume
of-Assistant. The valuable services of
Miss Davidson as Instructress in Music,
complete the high claims this School has
upon the public for a liberal support.
Charlotte Hornet's Nest.
Communicated foi the Augusta Constitutionalist
Hawki.vsvii.le, Oct. 23.
Mr Editor : I drop you these few lines
to inform you of one of the most atrocious
murders committed in this country ; it was
on the person of Air John G. Ponder, a
speculator He passed through this place
on Saturday night, on his way from Rich
mond, Va. to Florida, with a drove of
negroes, and camped about 10 miles be
low. During Sunday night two men
were seen by a negro girl ; she supposing
they were some of their own people, as the
fire had burnt down and could not distinct
ly see them, she paid no attention to them.
They killed him by a blow with an axe,
which the girl heard.
His head was completely split open, and
he never spoke or made the lease noise
after the blow. They carried his trunk
off half a mile and broke it open and got
50 dollars, we believe, p.nd a cloth coat
his paper money was under his head and
they did not find it. It is not thought
that his negroes committed the murder, as
they show no signs of guilt. The Corner
has taken charge of -the body, and every
effort will be made to ferret out and bring
to justice the guilty perpetrators of the
deed.
Yours, with respect.
Early Rising. He who will thrive
must rise at five." So says the proverb,
though there is more of rhyme than reason
in it; for if
He that will thrive must rise at five,
it must follow, a fortiori.
He who would thrive more must rise a
four? and it would ensue, afortifsimo.
He who'd more thriving be, must al
ways rise at three ;
He who'd the former outdo, must rise as
early as two ;
and by way of climax, it should always
hold good that
He who'd ne'er be outdone, must al
ways rise at one ;
while, a3 a clincher to the whole, it should
be added as a sort of grand climacteric,
that
He who'd be thriving quite, must set up
all the night.
Talking with Fingers. The female
operatives in some of the mills "down
east" being prevented by the unceasing
noise and clatter of the machinery from
indulging in the indispensable amusement
of the sex, have resorted to a new mode of
telegraphing. Fingers have been substitut
ed for tongues, and, through the instru
mentality of the alphabet of signs, invent
ed for the use of the deaf and dumb, while
away their "ten hours" with discussions
upou matters and things in general.
Alliteration. An Austrian Army
awfully artayed,"is entirely put to rout
by the following from a Western paper :
James Johnson, of Jonesboro. Jeffer
son county, jewed Jarred Jacobs out of
that julep whicn Jackson Jenkins jawed
Jerry Jilston about, when old Jupiter Joe,
Jake Jemison's jigger, jerked Juba Jehial's
jaw out of joint.
When Mr Jefferson was asked respect
ins: his religion, his memorable answer
was: 44 It is known to God and myself
alone. Its evidence before the world is to
be sought in my life ; if that has been hon
est anil dutiful to society, the religion which
has regulated it cannot be a bad one"
At the examination of the children of
of the Windsor Infant School, a little
boy was asked to explain his idea
of bearing false witness against your
neighbor," After hesitating, he said, it
was "telling tales." On which the wor
thy and reverend examiner said, "That is
not exactly "an answ er. W hat do vou
say?" addressing a little girl who stood
next; when she immediately replied : it
was when nobody did nothing, and some
body went and told of it.
A gentleman passing through one of the
public offices, was affronted by some clerks,
and was advised to complain to the princi
pal which he did thus: 1 have been abused
here by some of the rascals of this place,
and I come to acquaint you of it, as I un
derstand you are the principal.
It is asserted in an Episcopalian paper,
that Dr. Woods,. ..Jr., tlie President of
Bowdoin College, in New England, has
arrived at the conclusion that Christianity
is a failure.
Another Buried Ciiy lieveuled. Mr
Squier's Researches At a meeting of the
Ethnological Society in N. Y. on Wednes
day evening, Hon. Geo. Folsom presiding,
an interesting paper .was read by Mr John
R. Bartlett, from the Hon. E. G- Squicr,
our Charge des Affaires at Guatamala.
Mr Squier has already commenced his
antiquarian researches, and forwarded
several curious relics to Washington; He
gives an account of the recent discovery of
an ancient city, buried beneath the forest,
about 150 miles from Leon, which far sur
passes the architectural wonders of Palen
que. There are evidently hidden cities
upon the western continent far exceeding
in size and the grandeur of their monu
ments the revelations of Herculaneum and
Pompeii. We anticipate the most as
tounding discoveries from the ethnological
enthusiasm of Mr Sqwf. The Indians
everywhere receive him with the utmost
kindness, and their chiefs regard him as a
heaven sent minister to protect them.fxom
their Spanish oppressors. They are glad
to render him every possible assistance in
his investigations, on the condition that he
will bring no Spaniard into their villages,
nor communicate to the priests the secrets
they disclose.
Mr Bartlett also read a curious letter
addressed to the President of the U. S.,
from the la-t of the Peruvian Incas. ac
companied by a letter from Samuel G.
Arnold, of Providence. Mr Arnold, who
has recently returned from South America,
met with the venerable Inca, who is ninety
years of ae. He gives a very graphic
account of his appearance ; and relates
the affecting storj of the wrongs of his
royal race. He found the princely old
pnept sittting in the shadow of the Tem
ple of the Sun, engaged, in reading Tasso,
a scene for a nainter rwl r.
i ... " "icuic iur a
I novelist. A. Y. Eve. Mirror.
From the Unien.
FEDERAL-WHIG CORRUPTION, IN THE
PROCUREMENT AND IN THE DISTRI
BUTION OP THE PUBLIC OFFICES
AGENTS AND BROKERS FOR THE
SALE OF APPOINTMENTS, &c.
The abominable corruption that has been
carried on since the 4th of March last, by
the use of means and appliances to obtain
public office, and in the dispensation of
the official patronage of the federal govern
ment, if it could all be detected and ex
posed, would shock the moral sense oi
every honest man in the country- -even
some prominent in the whig party. We
have heretofore yielded our columns to the
making public of alleged improper conduct
of Mr Thomas Ewing, the Secretary of
the Department of the Interior; which
conduct, if the facts stated on evidence of
unquestioned credibility are not explain
ed fully, should cause General Taylor to
dismiss that functionary from office with
disgrace. We allude not only to the
Douglas house-rent case, but to his course
in reference to other alleged speculations
for his private and personal emolument, or
that of his kith or kindred, in which his
official influence, derived from his position
as a member of the cabinet, was the prin
cipal portion of the capital invested by
linn.
We have heretofore also referred to the
conduct of Mr Truman Smith, senator
from Connecticut, whose most important
occupation, since Congress adjourned, has
chiefly been that of travelling, like a tin
pedlar vending his wares in different
States, and to and from Washington, at
tending to the profitable dispensation of
official patronage to good customers and
in judicious lots- Besides incidental pro
fits, the wooden-nutmeg Senator, it has
been said, and not denied, has received
eight Jollars per day and mileage for his
services, from a w hig fund, in past times
We presume the Senate oi the United
States will not Sanctify the violation of
the written and published pledges and
promises of General Taylor, and of mem
bers of his cabinet, made before, and lo
effect his election, anil confirmed in his
inaugural, in relation to the rules by which
he would be jroverned in the bestowal of
olfice.
We have made these remarks in conse
quence of the exhibition to us (it is now
on the table before us) of an original
letter addressed by a whig applicant for
office to a gentleman who, when the
letter was written, was in this city, and
who received it by mail from the writer.
The letter is jrenuine, and was written
for the purpose of procuring olfice for
the writer. The gentleman lo whom it
was , addressed it was supposed by the
writer, had "influence'' with the powers
that be ; and the writer uses in serious
earnest the following significant language:
"If you will be kind enough lo use your
influence in procuring this appointment for
me. you will confer a favor that will be grate
fully remembered. " W rite me your charge
for attending to this matter, ami I will re
mit you a draft Jor the amount immediately.
The houses of II & Co.. D & Co.,
&c .of city, are well acquainted with
me."' Hoping you will pardon me for
the liberty 1 have taken with "you, and
have the kindness to attend to the procur-
appointment
for
1
remain.
ins this
We are without information whether or
not the appointment sought has been con
ferred on tills worthy whig candidate. If
the circu instances attendinji this case would
allow us with propriety to publish the
names, we should do so at this time ; and
we may, perhaps, hereafter. If the origin
al letter is demanded by a committee of
Congress, it will be forthcoming, and the
whole transaction exposed. It is now
submitted as an example of letters written
and means used by whig applicants fur
office under this pledge violating and promise-breaking
dynasty.
The astounding disclosures that were so
artlessly and unintentionally made some
time since in a speech reported in the
Philadelphia newspapers as delivered at a
public meeting by a member of Con
gress elect coalescing with the whig,
as to the manner in which the fed
eral offices in that city were huckster
ed out, we learn are " but a tithe of the
developments that may be made at the
next session id Congress, if a searching
investigation is instituted.
An Incident. During the trial of Cog
zell, for kidnapping, which took place a
few days since in Hillsborough, an incident
occurred which created considerable fun
at an expense of big wigs and counsel. A
Miss Sloan was testifying and was request
ed to state all she knew about a certain
transaction.
f Witness I was in the sitting room
when Mary came from the kitchen hurried- f
ly and Cogzell after her.- He. caught hold j
of her at the setting room door, and sn'nl '
Mary you have been here long enough;'
come and go home now. '
Attorney for defendant What did Mary
say?
Attorney for the Slate Stop there I
object to the question!"
Here a discussion of nearly 2 hours took
place, in which four or five lawyers partic
ipated. After which the three judges held
a long, serious and excited discussion on
the subject, and finally, in a very formal
and prompous manner, stated that it was
the opinion ofa majority "of the court that
the question must be answered. The court
room was crowded almost to suffocation,
and the most intense interest was manifest
ed at this stage of the proceedings- 'fhe
question was repeated "What did Mary
sayr ana the witness answered
She didnl say a word!'9
Mrs Partington don't understand the
military phrases for designating regiments
of infantry:
Mr Editor: For mussy's sake, do tell
me how many feet has Queen Victoria got?
The newspapers are talking about 'Her
Majesty's 72d Foot!" Yours, Ann Part
ington. Boston Post,
FOREIGN ITPiMcu.
Eurepa bring nothing twj important u
what will he found under the foreign ewb?
on the first page; but here J
item ; for instance, it i, gtated in some of Z '
pers that Kossuth has embraced the faith f
hornet, to secure his psonal safety. Othet
counts contract this. We believe no one ,
l.eves the report; but is aid that some m
who fled to Turkey, very readily embroced ,?
ofler to become Musselmen. The account
Some of the refugees at Wi,M;n i
adopted the JMahomeden faithf
secure themselves against any danger t
being delivered to the Russian kovpi-?J1 .
A leuer, dated the 25th ult.,tuws
before entering the Turkish territory 0rrT
cial assurances were given by the'Vuri"
to Kossuth that he and his feflow-refuffee
were welcome guests, and should bealow!
to proceed to any part of the world. Tng
refugees were subsequently alarmed U
intellirpnr that the Kussianaml An.i.: '
a uaiiian
envoys had demanded the delivery of
the Poles and Hungarians, and that
a council had decided in favor of granting
the demand, though the Turkish nunis".
ters strongly opposed it ; but that all ad
mitted that none who should embrace the
ostein lann couiu nossiDly De ileliverp,!
to infidels. The ministry despatched a
reverend mollah to examine the refugees
seperately, and expose to them the state
of the case, whilst timorous friends in Con
stantinople recommended the adoption df
the suggestion as the only means of saha
tion No words can express the constern
ation of the community at this inteHience
Many of the Hungarians exclaimed,1'!!
terthe Russians than the Austrians better
Mahomedanism thau the Russians;" and
there appeared some prospect of the whole
camp embracing Islamism. A council of
the chiefs was imuu'diately held at Kos
suth's, where Hem at once declared tliat
his life was devoted to hostility to the Rus
sians, ami that he eagerly accepted the
suggestion. The mollah promised at the
same time the maintenance of their rai;k,
ami the liberal allowance customary in the
Turkish armies. Generals Kmellet and
Steen came to the same resolution; and
several personages were for temporising.
When Kossuth's term came to speak, lie
briefly reminded his companions, in his
expressive language, that now, in a strange
land, where all authoritative bonds v.rie
sundered, each one was at liberty to act ac
cording to his own views; but that, for his
ptirt, welcome, if needs be the axe or gib
bet, but curses on the tongue that dares to
make him so infamous a proposition. Giiv
on (the Irisli general followed, declaim-'
that no human power sdiould induce him tit
swallow even u bunch of grapes upon com
pulsion. General !)inbinki and Count
Z amovhki were equally determined. The
example of their chiefs was so effective,
that of about 200 soldiers and .49 officers
who had expressed their villiiiii'!s to ab
jure Christianity, the soldiers, to a man,
changed their intention; and there remain
ed only three generals and some twenty
officers firm in their resolve. Hem took
immediately a public step; and, it is said,
assumes the name of Ainui"tth,ind becomes
a three-tailed paha with the Turks, who
have an exalted opinion of his military re
nius." The Greeks who have been subdued by the
Turks, md who no doubt receive roujli treat
ment at their hand:, are rejoiced at a prospect of
a war upon Turkey by Russia, and openly give
vent to their feelings of triumph. The Creek
settlements under the control of Turkey are al
most in open rebellion. -
Kossuth wrote a letter from Widdin, in Tur
key, to Lord 1'lmeiston at Lonoon, in which li
declares that Hungary was not crushed by force
of arms, but by tiie treason of her own sons (re
ferring to Georgey and those who sided with
him.) lie also m.ikes mention of what h- styles
" a most revolting condition which the Turkish
government, at the suggestion of Russia, is about
to impose upon us poor homeless exiles;" by
which he means the proposition to abjure Chris
tianity ; but he is probably mistaken in elud
ing Russia with suggesting it to the Sultan. He
stys he und his fellow refugees entered the Turk
ish territory under the welcome of the Sultan,
and was kindly treated, and he would rather
have surrendered to his deadliest enemy than to
have been the cause of diiliculties between the
Sultan and the "Russians. But he expected to be
allowed to pass through Turkey to England.
The letter is very affecting where it conjures
Lord Pnlmerston to intercede for his mother,
wife and children, and to endeavor to protect
them from the cruelties which he fears the Aus
trians will impose upon them. He supposed at
the time that they were wandering about Hun
gary ; but it appears by the list news that they
are in confinement.
Shoe Dkalf.rs Convention'. A con
vention assembled in New York on Mon
day, composed principally of dealers in
boots and shoes, who come together once
a year, to consult the mutual interests of
the trade. Some important facts were sta
ted by the chairman worth repeating. One
house inConnecticut makes$250,000 worth
of pegged shoes every year; .another 8-500,-000
worth, ami in Massachusetts the aggre
gate value of this kind of manufacture was
stated to be 818,000,000. Still the de
mand was greater than the supply, thus of
fering a tempting field to enterprise and
capital in this line of business.
A lady, who made pretensions to the
most refined feelings, went to her butcher,,
to remonstrate with him on his cruel practices-
"How,' said she, can you be so
barbarous as to put innocent little lambs to
death?" "Why not, madam," said the
butcher; 'you would not eat them alive,
would vour'
We learn from the Van Buren (Ark.)
Intelligencer, that a delegation of Semin
ole Indians, from that frontier, under the
charge of an agent, has been ordered to
Florida, for the purpose, it is said, of aid
ing in forming a treaty to removc the Flori
da Indians to the West.