TOTltLOSSOF THE STEAMSHIP St FRAXCISCO.
f a pp a T.Lixcass or life. ,
arSm the JSTi Journal of Commerce.
M km ' S XI .
Frnnoi.-t-o, bvontrht by-2Tie ship Three lells,
Cn'ut ' Creia-litoi from Glasgow, brings agony
to ia.il) v hearts, and palls the entire community
in unfeigned sorrow. In thirty-six short hours
from -the time of her departure, she was a wreck,
and n l.ifiic proportion of her company -were
imrried into eternity. The piston-rod to the
air-pump (to appearance, an insignificant part
f the machinery,) was the first to give out, as
the ship battled .ivi'th a terrific gale. This
caused tiie vessel to swing round, broadside to
the mountainous peas then running, and she re
ceived blow after blow, that speedily reduced
her to a wreck. The sails that had been firinly
clewed to the yards, were snatched from their
fastenings, the masts went overboard; and
finally, a tremendous sea tore up the decks, and
swept away everything upon them, including
not far from one hundred and fifty men. besides
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cattle, all the life-boats, &c.
threw themselves into the sea.
borne, in tiespair.
The San Francisco was one of the finest ships
that ever left this port, and very thoroughly
built and equipped. She was considered as in
all respects complete. Her builder was Win.
31. "Webb, and she measured, including upper
works, nearly or quite 3,000 tons. Bermuda
was the nearest land, where she is supposed to
have gone down. ' - .
The principal sufferfcr by thfe trtfmeudotSs
wave which swept the deck of the S. F. at 9
o'clock in the morning of Dec. 2oth, were the
troops. About 100 of them, perhaps more,
were swept into the sea at this moment and
perished, including Col. J. M. AVashington, who
serve
d i i is batterv with so much skill and effect
in the battle of Uuena Vista; Major Taylor and
wife; Capt. II. 15. Field, and 1st Lieut. R, II.
Smith. Also two ladies and three eivillmns,
namesTuuknown. Almost the entire loss of life,
except by sickness, occurred at this awful mo
ment. All the army officers on board, except
those above named, are understood to be safe.
Besides l.")0 to 175 who perished by drowning,
riot far from 100 died of disease, chiefly a fatal
diarrhea, occasioned by eating improper food, in
co!inc-t ion with anxiety and exposure. One of
the officers of the ship, (Mr Weekam) with
whom we have conversed, estimates the total
loss of life on board this ship, or from on board
of her, at. 27f: which approaches one half of the
whole number who crowded her decks, buojant
with hope, when she left this port for San Fran
cisco Dec. 21st. The troops which she took on
board, were companies A, 15, T), G, H, I, J, K,
and Ij, of the -Id regiment U. S. Artillery.
These companies, with the non-commissioned
officers, staff and band of the regiment, con
stituted a force, according to a statement then
published, of about i00 men.
"We last night went on board the ship Three
Bells, Capt. Creighton, of Glasgow, at her an
chorage off the Battery, ami through the polite
ness of Lieut. W. A. Winder, in " command of
Company G,, were favored with a succinct
narrative of the terrific scenes through which
he had passed.
The noble steamship
left this port in gallant
San Francisco, which
stvle on the 23d ult..
in thirty-six hours after she passed Sandy Hook,
was a total wreck. On the night of the third
day, a violent gale set in. and Lieut. W., whose
state-room was on the upper deck, found that
the after guards were tearing up close by him,
and that water was flowing in copiously. " In a
short time, it was a foot deep, aud the trunks
ana other movables were washing about. About
daylight, he got up, and ascertained that the
heavy seas, wtnch wei
fearfully rough. He
then went into the lower cabin, where he found
a group of ladies collected at. the foot of the
stairway, on mattrasses, to keep them from the
water, ot wlni.-u lucre was a goou ueal on trie
floor. Laying his head on one of the steps, and
holding Oil to the banisters, to steady himself,
he was soon asleep. But only a short time
elapsed when the ship was struck by a heavy
sea, immediately followed by a tremendous rush
of water sweeping down the companion-way,
carrying with it pieces of timber, and various
articles. Lieut. W. was struck on the head and
breast by the latter, injuring him severely, and
he was swept across the cabin with a force al
most sufficient to stun htm. After repeated
efforts he was enabled to regain his feet, and
saw persons climbing up the steps. He follow
ed, and the scene presented on reaching the
deck was such as no pen can describe. The
ship was rolling from side to side, at the mercy
or the waves, the sea breaking completely over
her a every roll. Before him lay the bodies of
two dead soldiers, killed by the fall of the upper
cabin; and (lie surface of the waves for a con
siderable distance, was strewed over with a
criv.-it number of soldiers who had been brought
mio rite caoiu to protect themlrom the weather,
struggling for their lives. Ail the boats were
swept awav, both wneel-house.s were crone, be
sides a large quantity of live stock,, intended for
provisions, hen-coops. ve. At least one hundred
ojul j) 'ft '; ;, including four officers, were among
the lost. The struggles of the ilrowni
animals
frustrated the efforts, of many to save themselves,
which ei'Iicrwiae miht have been a vailing. As
it was, nothing could be done to save them, aud
the whole were soon ingulphed in a watery
grave. The olnYers lost were Col. Washington,
Major TayUiv, (and wife,) Capt. Field, and
Lieut. Smith. Nothing but the top of the up
per cabin remained, all the state-rooms having
been washed away, with those who occupied
them. Some of the ma-ts went over nre-
viously. . The primary cause of this disaster was
the breaking of a little piston-rod to the air
luuiwuiy not more man zh mciics m
diameter
During the gale, many persons were washed
oil' the vessel, but were enabled to regain their
position by the return of the wave wdiich bore
them away. Sergeant Browu was washed off
no less than tour times. The first
wave swept
him away twenty feet, and th
ie next bore him
baek. Several soldiers and
gers had similar experience.
two cabin passen-
The next move of Lieut. TV
was to scramble
over the dead bodies before him, to seek a place
more secure. Officers vvero sw bi,i;
the deck, to save themselves from rmino-
board
LUe slun now look-efl tlinn.A
i.u, ui warer ami settled down
the water's
wam i. u. thought the deck was
separated from the hull, forming a sort of raft
In addition to these horrors; the cold was inl
tense ami it boiiw iimviMn t-. i. .1 i
l.ieut. . went to the mizzen mast, where was
Lieut. Murray , U. S. N., whose impression'
also, was that the slup had broken in two. This
position was retained until the 1st mate ap
proached .with an axe to cut the mast away, but
in this he failed. They then left for the 'star
board quarter, where there were several officers
(one with a wife and child,) partially dressed'
every sea still breaking over them, and it still
being intensely cold. All, however, seemed
perfectly resigned, and calmly awaited their
fate, which it was thought a few moments would
.i :,i c. i. .1 -1.
u;viuc. oome uau on iiie-prcscrvers. une was
offered to Lieut. W., but refused, as it could
only have served to prolong life a few brief mo-
nients. The supposition was that all except
the five or six around him had already perished;
but upon looking into the cabin, lie saw many
there, principally ladies. The water there was
about ankle deep, and part of the main deck was
broken in. Water entered with every "roll.
Many persons forward knew nothing of what
was going on aft, and were, in a comparatively
good condition.
All that day, the ship was expected to go
down every minute; but in the evening, Capt.
Watkins, commander of the ship, who conduct
ed himself 'with great bravery, directed the
officers to keep the privates bailing water at
the engine-room, hoping to make the pumps
work. Incredible labors were here performed.
For the first two davs and nights the men work
ed incessantly, and during four days with trifling
intermission. The engineers worked night and
day, trying to get the pumps in motion. When
ever the wind increased, bailing was continued
more actively. Finally, all hands became com
pletely exhausted, and many were sick. How
ever, the water; was got under, as the gale
abated, and efforts were made to lighten the
ship and stop the leaks. Hope revived.
3 .. i 1. trk - tl. r l ,i - T i - i -i
yjn uiu i.uii,ii sail was uesmeu, v nieii provcu
to be the brig "Napoleon." She was said to
be short of provisions and water, but her offi
cers, after picking tip some of the provisions
thrown overboard from the San Francisco,
abandoned the wreck. The weather was not
so severe but that she could have staved by
The Sfime day the brig Vlaria cajne in sigjit,-Vut
did -.not speak. Heavy blows continued for
fourteen days, during which time bailing vas
continued. The next vessel spoken was the
bark Kilby. Though short of provisions, she
agreed to take off the men to the nearest port.
Accordingly, an officer and 20 men were sent
aboard, to commence lightening her, by throw
ing over her cargo of cotton, &c. Those offi
cers who had families were then sent, with all
the ladies, camp-women, &c, together with 60
men, making, in all, 120 or " 130 persons.
Scarcely any provisions, however, were got on
board, and they previously had but one barrel
of bread and li of water. It is feared, there
fore, that they may have suffered, as the night
following she got separated, and, it is presumed,
bore off for Bermuda.
Again left to their fate, despondency ensued,
and that night a terrible gale was experienced,
and the ship made water fast, around the guards
and near the shafts. Three or four men were
constantly employed to hold mattrasses near
the shaft?, and bailing was continued. This was
done by the soldiers.
After the Kilby left, additional horrors came
upon them; for, the ship repeatedly takicg fire,
was threatened with destruction from that
source.
But, happily, this danger was averted.
Thronirhout these trying times, many of the
officers aud men behaved hcroicalty. The ser
vices ot oergeant orown, ot to. ijr, were in
valuable. For five nights his eyes were not
closed, and he ceased his efforts only from sheer
exhaustion. Two or three days intervented be
fore another ship was spoken. In the mean
time, a fearful mortality commenced among the
troops, which threatened to sweep off almost the
entire number. It is impossible to tell how
many died. It is known, however, that after
the men were transferee! to the ship Three Bells,
subsequently spoken, twenty-four died, ten of
them the first night. The elisease was a sort
of congestive diarrhea, supposed to be induced
by excessive eating of preserved meats. Many
heart-rending scenes occurred. One corporal,
with his wife aim two children all died in two
days. The husband dieel first, and the mother
was atterwarus lounci eieaci in ner state room.
with a living child on hfiT-J?DSQirL-andjusistPtX
soon aiier uie men were naiisa-uuu w me xiiree
Bells, the sickness tlisappeared. This ship's
lights were first seen in the night, aiiel signal
guns from the steamer, dischargee! about once
every half hour, were answered with blue lights.
It blew so hard, the ships could not speak, but
ideas were conveyed by means of chalk-marks
on black boards. Captain Creighton magnani
mously staid by till good weather, though he
was short of provisions and leaking badly The
steamer sent on 500 to 100 gallons of water,
and other supplies.
On the 4th elav after the T. B. was spoken,
d. j.1 . -,'.1 i i, rni
the ship Antarctic was brought to the help of
the steamer, by Capt. Creighton, and by even
ing all of the men were transferreel to these
vessels, with the exception of Capt. Watkins
and some 30 engineers, firemen, &c. In the
morning, these were taken off, anel the vessel
abandoned. Her appearance was that of a
complete wreck, and made so, principally, by a
single stroke from a heavy sea. As a sale set
in soon after, and as there was none to work the
pumps, it is presumed she speedily went down.
Nothing was saved from her, the officers and
men losing all. Had she not been built iu the
strongest manner, none on board would have
been left to tell her fate. Capt. Watkins be
haved throughout in the most gallant and
intrepid manner. He is supposed to have gone
to Liverpool iu the Antarctic. The chief mate,
Mr Marshall, was also distinguished.
The saved were taken off by the following
vessels :
On the Three Bells. Lieut. W. A. Winder,
Maj. F. O. Wise, and others, amounting to 211.
All the above are in the most necessitous
condition, and have suffered incredible hard
ships. For their lives, they are uueloubtedly
indebted to the gallant commander of the Three
Bells, and some proper public acknowledgment
of his magnanimous deeds will uneloubteeUy be
made by the citizens of New York. On the
Three Bells, they barely escapee! starvation.
When she arriveel near port, there was but one
day's provisions and water on board, and all
hands were on scanty allowance. Notwith- j
standing the exceeeling unpropitious weather,
she was enabled to get in port in season to pre
vent extreme suffering. The crew of the San
Francisco came ashore last night, and at 9
o'clock, the soldiers were expecting a barge to
take them to Governor's Island. They are now
in tolerably good health. '
On bark Kilby, were 50 men of Company I.
Geo Aspinwall, Lorimer Graham, Jr, Captain
Gardner of the dragoonSj Col. Gates (comman
der of the Regiment) and family, Maj. Mer
chant, Col. Burk, Drs. Satterlee and Wirtz,
Capt. Judd and lady, Lieut. Loesser, lady and
wife's sister, Lieut. Fremont and family, and
Lieut. Van Voast, besides camp women, &c.
On the Anctarctic, were Lieut. C. S. Winder,
Lieut. J. G. Chandler, and 116 non-commissioned
officers, muscians and privates.
Another instance of the havoc made among
families by this lamentable disaster may be here
noticed. The family of Mr Mclntire went out
in the San Francisco-, buoyant with hope. The
father is on the Kilby, and the youngest child,
far separated, comes home on the Three Bells.
All the rest have departed this life.
Supposing all the vessels to arrive in safety
Liieir eiestination, the number of saved may
j put etown as follows :
Mil the ihree Bells 220; on the Kilby 120;
u"",e Antarctic ISO total 520
H hen the San Francisco left this port she
m on noara about 100, all told, from wnicli
oeeiuct o20, saved, gives, as the number "of the
eteael, 180
THEN 0 R TH C A R 6 L W I A
The Pacific Railroad.
Extract from the Houston (Texas
torres-
pondence of the N. Y. Herald of the Jtji inst
Houston- (Texas) Ifef 21.
. The great Pacific Railroad Bilb pafed the
House of Representatives of t ho Sti-ITWns
on Saturday lat, by a vote of 11 tcTfe. It
had previously passed the Senate by alote of
22 to 4, and is consequently completed.!
It is -well understood that this billjjjts the
entire approbation of Gen. Rusk, our e and
indefatigable Senator, who has madefimself
personally familiar with almost evertrod of
ground between the Sabine river and SaDieS
on the Pacific, and knows whereof tieray af"
firm in this respect in the Senate r,f thriTnited
States. Gen. Rusk has reeent.lv frniKtfid a
tour of reconuoisance as far west as thdPecos,
where he was met by Judge Aukrimlnei his
party from El Paso, who were on a similar tour;
so that what Gen. Rusk may state in b Sen
ate, in regard to the southern route Iff the
Pacific Railroad, (in reference to its jferinsic
advantages, without regard to coninarsEtTe ad
vantages,) ought to be received, as it dtttless
win ue, as ascertained tacts. When eoipara
tive advantages, as, for instance, betwiTn.this
route and Col. Benton's snow-buried, touble
Switzerland route, come to be made, tlercxas
route for the grand chain of railroad Irtween
the Atlantic and I'acific will be able txhUit
claims whose superiority, in the mattfirAfdis-
tance, grale, jfavorablfeness.of f-Utf
of country traversed, and prodac'tHens, which
will leave the Benton protect fiuttnis: on the
summit of the Rocky Mountains, jtolonel Fre- !
mont may again lose two-thirds of lis men in
exploring the desert wilds north ' 36 deg. of
latitude, but no railroad men in tie practical
world can probably be found who vill be will
ing to lose their senses by attemptii :r to follow
his explorations with a railroad, jt is, prac
tically.just as absurd to attempt p build Col
onel Benton's railroad, as it would e toattempt
to build a railroad from north to outh, right
through the Swiss Cantons; and a Recent letter
of Col. Benton, touching the unfocunate Gun
nison's surveying party, makes thisplain. You
have published the letter (in whichCol. Benton
says that a portion of his route is kjual to two
Svvitzerlands,) and your readers wil remember
it. The stal worth Colenel never 'said a truer
thing. To construct a railroad through the
upper Sierra Nevada, on the line5, he wishes,
would be just about like constructing a road
through the everlasting glaciers of fout Blanie,
and then back again by another roijte. If Col.
Benton can persuade the America Congress
to patronize his plan and his route f(jr the great
Pacific Railroad, against the plain, easy, unob
structed, cheap route through Texas, on the
parallel of 32 deg.. then Col. Bentoumay be set
down as the prime magician of the sge, and the
American Cengress may be set dnwn as the
easiest gulled association of intelligent gentle
men in the world. t
Statistics of the Presbyterian Church ti If Carolina.
AVe learn from the Minutes of ;he Fortieth
Session of the Synod of North Carolina,
That there are within the boundsof the Synod
84 ministers, 162 congregations, 3 licentiates,
and 14 candidates.
The Synod is composed of the Presbyteries
of Orange, Concord and Fayetteville.
Orange Presbytery has 21 ministers and 41
congregations. Concord has 33 ministers, and
62 congregations. And Fayetteville Presby
tery has 24 ministers and 53 congregations.
The town ot Goldsboro' is now within the
limits of Fayetteville Presbytery. ', f
Ihe committee on Colnortar&
T
have been sold or given away.
Synod adjourned to meet in Concorel, Cabar
rus county, on Weelnesday, 25th October, 1854.
Ar. C. Argus.
The Public Improvements in Paris.
The Pariscorresponelent of the AVashington
Union, in his letter of December 8th, writes as
follows in relation to the public improvements in
Paris
I have frequently alluded to the vast scale on
which such improvements are being executed in
and around thjj metropolis. The inauguration,
both of the railroad that is almost to encircle
Paris anel of the Boulevards du Strasburg, will
take place within a few elays. These, and the
other noble city works that are in the course of
vigorous prosecution, supply an army of no less
than seventy thousand workmen with labor,
food anel contentment. Here, again, is a secret
of the present strength of the .Emperor's posi
tion. He has relied for its maintenance no less
on the pick and trowel than on the bayonet.
Thus far he has succeeded beyond eveu his most
sanguine anticipations. He may not yet have
looked far enough into the future to ask himself
where the money is to come from that is to de
fray the enormous expenses of the improvements
he has set on foot and stimulated, or what is
to become of this vast army of workmen when
the improvements shall have completed their
course; but he has been far-sigh tetl enough to
think of another army the army of soldiers
while planning the gigantic scheme of improve
ments which is marvellously changing the whole
aspect of Paris. A strategical purpose is visi
ble at once, to a military eye, throughout the
whole scheme. To signalize but one instance
what in the Rue tie Rivoli. stretching its im
posing length from the Tuileries to the Hotel de
V die, but a broad military road for the speedy
passage of troops, which can be concentrated
at the slightest notice and in vastbodies, around
the Place ele I'Hotel de Yille, that ancient cen
tre of revolution? ou remember how indis
pensable to the victorious party in a revolution
ary struggle the possession of the IIoifiri.de
V tile has always been considered, and yoU"Sfill
aelmire the shrewd foresight of the Emperor in
calling upon the workmen, with his pick, and
trowel, to clear away for the soldier with his
bayonet through the atljacent narrow anel filthy
streets, that have so long offered to insurgents
sheltering and almost impregnable retreats.
Those haunts of misery and vice in the vicinity
of the Hotel de V die, described so accurately
and vividly by Eugene Sue, in his Mysteries of
Paris, have now disappeared. Ihe Rue de Ri
voli penetrates them, letting in air and light ;
but also, as I have intimated, -facilitating the
passage of troops a grand military road con
necting the Hotel de Yille on one side with the
Avenue des Champs Elysees and the Champ de
Mars on the other. No donbt Napoleon III
deems himself, with his long military lines dis
guised as new promenades and welcomed as
such by the Parisians, as much a master of
Paris as did Louis Phillrppe, with his intermin
able fortifications, before him. That the nephew
of the Emperor Napoleon counts more confi
dently upon the army for support than did
the crowned son of Phillippe Egalite needs no
other proof than the coustant interest which the
former takes in perfecting every branch of its
service. .
To the Press Generally. The EmjJeror
Nicholas wishes an erratum corrected in the
next edition of our dictionaries. He begs to
say that he has discovered that an Ottoman is
not a thing upon which you can easily and con-
fortably place your loot.
f I
renii re
FA YE T TEVIL L E, N. C
Chaplain of the Boose or Beprcaentathres.
The Washington Correspondent of the ISew
Orleans Delta has the following :
rrwa cninmn nd remarkably pertinent words
ottered yesterday by the Rev Mr Millburn at
the funeral in Washington, m non. wuum ,s
Campbell, has eattsed considerable remark.
The boldness of the preaeher in alluding so
pointedly, ia the presence of nonoraote legisla
tors, to the temptations and sins which beset
them on every side, and to which, it is general
ly believed, too many of them are prone to turn
a greedy ear, is worthy of all praise, and fit to
hold up as a pattern to some of our sclf-spoken
clergymen. There has been nothing like it by
the way of clerical aetmomtion to persons in
high places since the days of Bossuett. How
the lobby members, the peculators on the treas
ury, the place-seekers, and the railroad, steam
boat and mail-contractors, as well as their well
known confederates in either House and among
the Government officials, must have quailed i its denizens have been dispersed, and the wake
when the blin4 preacher uttered the "words of resses find it impossible to serve more than a
trnth and sotiemess" contained in the follnwinrr I i.if .. Ar. nncfAmn b-iir TIip tmrlo ia
extract:
"It is said of the lawyer that his profession ,
furnishes the meanest and darkest side of human '
nature, and this may be said with equal justice
of the legislator. You are, gentlemen, constant
ly surrounded by mean and fawning supplicants,
and brought in sight of contemptible and de
graded men who sell the consciousness of recti
tnde and bart-the jprightnesa of their nature
for mere place and favor, and sne for personal
benefits in the attitude only due to God. You
hold your places by popular favor. Many a
one who woulel stand unappalletl in presence ot
the throned tyrant licks the dust in presence of
the million. Simply and meanly they bow be
fore the masses, and pronounce their wishes the
very dictum of the Gods. It is hard for man
to clear himself of the mist around him, and for
those in your position to hold and venerate high
conceptions of human character; yet remember
this is the time of yonr probation, and that you
are to press your way to virtue, wisdom and
piety under God. No liar, cheat, intriguer, or
truckler, or base minded coward, can stand in
God's presence unawed."
Small Pox ix Dcplix. It is to be hoped
that the reports of the ravages of small pox in
our sister county are very greatly exaggerated.
The last report is that eleven persons had died
all white, but this is merely rumor, as there is
little or no communication with this infected
district. Among those reported, is Mr Jarnian,
late C. C. Clerk of Duplin.
The first case where the disease broke out was
that of Mr James Grady, Postmaster at Al
bertson's, who had been out to Savanah, whence
he no doubt brought it; from him it spread to
several of his friends and relations, some of
whom are reported dead. The mail route
through that part of Duplin is suspended at
present. Wilmington Journal, 12lk.
Eaton's Book of Practical Forms. We
have been requested, by a gentleman of promin
ence in the profession of the law, to take a fur
ther notice of the book referred to in the cap
tion of this article, and to say, what time and a
deliberate consideration now enable the pro
fession with safety to pronounce, that it is a work
of a high degree of merit; and one that every
North Carolina lawyer will be obliged to be
come familiar with, or lose ground vastly in the
race for distinction. The dissemination of this
volume throusrh the State is well calculated to
improve, in a high degree, the respectability of
North Carolina j whstze!.- i.m,uw1
with a species of learning, in whielituey are
materially deficient. It gives to the ""young
lawyer an opportunity of getting on safely, with
out putting himself in the leading strings of his
seniors, and it enables the older lawyers to
keep fresh in their memories a species of learn
ing which they ought never for a moment to
fonrct.
We learn that Judge Pearson, in the presence
of the two other Judges of the Supreme Court,
commended it to the class of young gentlemen
who lately received license for the Superior
Court a sanction that at once stamps the work
with the highest value
Hal.
Register.
Scene in Court.
By Mr Wild, Foreman of the Jury Catha
rine, what did you go the store for?
The witness col oreel up, hungelown her head,
and paused. All was silent, as it was expect
ed, from the appearance of the girl, that an
answer would be made developing something
terrible. Some few seconds elapsed, yet no
answer was made. All ears were very atten
tive to catch the first soand.
The Coroner, in a very mild tone of voice,
placing his face close to the witness, said,
Catharine, don't be alarmed or frightened to
make an answer. Speak out tell the truth;
no one shall harm you.
Still the poor girl seemed embarrassed, anel
made no reply.
A Juror Don't be frightened, Catharine.
Speak the truth. No one shall harm you.
Coroner Come Catharine, answer the ques
tion. Tell the truth, no matter who it may
concern.
Catharine then made a kind of motion, as if
going to speak, but dieln't and a number of
spectators gave a long breath, having held
themselves in for the astounding disclosure sup
posed to be coming from the witness, but had
to give vent to their stifled feelings. No an
swer yet. The large number of persons pres
ent were now becoming very impatient, and
the Coroner renewed his persuasive appeal to
rCatharine for "an answer:
State to the Jury the truth. Don't be frigh
tened. What did you go to the store for ?
Intense anxiety was now manifested.
Counsel for the prisoners pricked up their
ears, rose from their seats, and leanetl over,
evidently fearful that some portion of the an
swer might escape their notice. At last the
affrighted girl appeared inclined to answer,
after the last appeal by the Coroner.
Catharine Did you say what did I go for?
Coroner Yes.
Catharine Well, for eggs.
The answer caused a general burst of laugh
ter from all present, and respiration was renew
ed with its usual vigor.
No Boys. Mrs Brougham, as the Widow
Joybell in the "Game of life," says "there are
no boys any longer," True for you there, widow !
We often sigh for the refreshing sights once
witnessed in New York streets, of hoop-trun-dlers
hop-schotchers, blacking-box-rollers, marble-shooters,
and the sounds of "Ispy" or "Red
Lion," from the grocery corners, by the heap of
barrels. Cigar smoking, theatre pits, lager
beer and yellow-covered literature have enervat
ed "Young America." He sports standing
collars at ten smokes at eleven calls his
father the "old un" at twelve understands a
restaurant at thirteen, and mounts a beaver and
talks of the girls at fourteen. Yery soon the
old line in Mother Goose, "Boys and girls come
out to play," will be a mere historical matter
for antiquarians to ponder over. N. Y. Times.
. Incidents of Travel.
HOW SOME PEOPLE LIVE IX PAEIS.
A gossiping correspondent of the New York
Daily Times gives ns the following insight to
certain classes in Parisian life :
The Wakers. - or Wakeresses for none but
women follow this profession are inelividuals
whose occupation it is to rouse from sleep, at an
early hour, such persons as have business at
the market, and must be there betimes. Their
wages are two sous a morning for each subscri
bet roused. It seems strange that a profession
like this should require any particular aptitude
or capability, but it has been found that one
woman will wake her customers in just half the
time reepaired by another. In times gone by,
when the market-people lived huddled together
in the immediate vicinity of the Halles, a good
reveilleure would wait upon fifteen or twenty
subscribers every morning, ami thus earn thirty
or fortv sous before dav break. But now, that
i the new Ren do Rivoli has pierced the onarter.
.
half a dozen customers a day.
falling into disuse.
The Eye-Witness is a man who lives by crime
not by that which he commits himselt, but
by that perpetrated by others. The moment
he hears of a murder or any catastrophe ot that
sort, he immediately repairs to the scene of the
affair, says he knows all about it, picks up all
the eletails he can find! adds to them, recounts,
it over a dozen times, gHtasort of notoriety as
the individual "that wit there, when it happen
ed," leaves his name aad address at the nearest
wine shop, anel awaits the effect. The examin
ing juelge hearsofthis well-informeel gentleman,
and, in view to elucidate the case, has him at
once sent for. He comes, and is sworn, anel
makes a total irrelevant deposition; he tells
what somebody else said that he thought a third
person had imagined, and what he guessed was
the motive of the quarrel. Beyond that, he
can throw no light on the affair. But he -has
earned his two francs the wages of every wit
ness summoned to testify and by his earning
in this way he lives.
The Second-Hand Witness hangs about the
Palace of Justice, and as gentlemen, who have
testified, come from the various audience-rooms,
he asks them if they mean to draw their two
francs; if they do not, he supplicates them, for
the love of God, aud for sympathy with a wife
and the usual number of children, to pass over
to him the paper entitling the bearer to the two
francs in Question. The second-hand witness
makes hap-hazard money enough in this way
to live precariously, and die in the hospital.
The Guardian Angle is a man whose duty it
is to freauent the drmkintr shop, and the mo
ment a man gets tipsy, to take him under his
protection, to accompany him home, and put
him to bed. The inelividuals practicing this
profession are picked men men who never
tlrink themselves who have the necessary mor
al authority to force obedience from the drunk
en creature they are conveying home who can
defend him against attack and, more than all,
who c.tn prevent him from drinking at the shops
they pass on their way. The price for this ser
vice is ten sous; aud there is not an instant on
record of an individual thus protectee! home
and put to bed having failed to discharge this
debt of honor. It is a rule at the drinking
shops, that when a man cannot stand, he must
be taken off, and the Angel is straightway call
ed. The Angels are kindly treated by the
shopkeepers, whose interest it is that no one of
his customers comes to harm. They receive the
odds aud ends ot the dinner, ana are rcconi-
mendetl to the neighbors when a reliable inau
TOmrtmrimt-wajnirl ia wanted. TTfetr
honesty is proverbial, and a Bacchanalian with
a hundred francs in his pocket, who is confided
to their charge, is morally sure of fineling his
hundred francs where he left them, when he
wakes the next morning.
A rich tippler, lately deceased, who spent
the last years of his life in drinking blue wine at
the barrier, left in his will a thousand francs to
each of the Guardian Angels who alternately
conrlucteel him home, after his nightly potations
at the Watering-Pot of Montmartre.
It may safely be saiel that not one person out
of a hundred of the inhabitants of Paris is
aware of the existence of such nioeles of obtain
ing a living. The writer of the feuilleton I
have abridged, says that he has learned to be
surpriseel at nothing, and that if he were tohl
that there are people who earn their bread by
making tooth-picks out of old moons, he should
accept the narrative with equanimity, and be
lieve it with fanaticism.
The Prefect of Police has forbidden wine
sellers to have Yoltaic piles upon their counters
for the amusement of the ir customers, as one
accident has alreaely happened, anel as others
would be likely to follow, were the practice con
tinued. - Chinese Ideas of Death.
According to the Chinese notions on the sub
ject, each man has three souls. Of these, at his
death, one goes to their Purgatory; another to
the tomb with his body; and the third enters
a w'ootlcn tablet, which they call his "Spirit
Seat." This is a small piece of wood in the
shape of a parallelogram, and has written upon
it his name and the hour of his birth and death;
from whence they calculate from astrological
observations the good or ill fortune to his pos
terity in matters upon which they may wish to
consult the indications of futurity.
At the death of the individual, this tablet is
set up in a large ancestral temple, and worship
ped along with numbers of others. After death,
the spirit passes through various stages before
its final absorption into the great spirit ot na
tiire which the members jdf ibis sect liken to
the absorption of a drop of dew in the atmos
phere. At first, the soul is advanced or de
nressed in their scale of existence, according to
the character of his life. If the soul has been
that nf a spnsnal man. it passes into a hog or
do"- if that of a cruel man, into a tiger, or some
othr filthv or crnel animal. . The tongues of
liars and the hearts of those wanting in natural
affection, are torn out in the spirit land by furi
ous demons. On the other hand, those who
have led virtuous lives on earth are elevated; the
poor man becomes wealthy, and the lowly are
raised to positions of power and dignity; per
haps they become Sien or Conii men immor
talized for virtue, without passing through the
pains of death. As a consequence of this belief
in the transmigration of souls, the Chinese have
the utmost horror at the destruction of animal
life. The pagfodas, so conspicuous in represen
tations of Chinese scenery, are erectetl, to con
trol the powers of nature, the Fung Schwuii, or
winds and waters. Some of these buildings are
very magnificent. One in the province of Can
ton, was measured by some English officers
during the late war between England and China,
and ascertained to be 260 feet high and 96 in
diameter at the base, and is said to have cost
upwards of $3,000,000. Some of the porcelain
slabs with which it is covered are beautifully
painted.
Sale of Negroes. Messrs Thomas Ryan &
Son sold, on Friday last, twenty-eight negroes
at private sale at an average of $625. Charles
ton Mercury.
PLASTATIOJS AD LASD FOIl SALK.
. The Bubscriher offers liis Plantation and Land for
sale, situated on the East side of Cape Fear Itivei
about four miles from Fayettevillc. There are about
3(H) acres of land, 30 of 'which are cleared and under
cultivation. On the premises is a dwelling and all
necessary out-houses. The soil, for fertility, is not
surpassed liy any on tape tear Kivtr. Persons wish
ing to purchase will please call and examine the premi
ses. A bargain may be had.
JOILN McUERAN.
Jan'y 14, 1851 3m-pd
COMMON SCHOOLS.
At a meeting of the Hoard of SupountendtMits of
Common School, held the 5th day of Jan'y 18o4. th;
Report of tin: Chairman lor the past year, properly
certified according to law, was laid before the Hoard,
approved, and ordered to be enrolled. '
Kdward Lee Wiuslow was unanimously appointed
Chairman.
The following were appointed Committee-men for the
year 1854 :
District No. 1 A II Deirar, T W Spence, Jas A
Johnson.
2 G W Pegram, Henry Johnson, Henry S rage.
3 John A Senter, Allen Eetts, Alfred Pegram.
4 T O Johnson, J, McKennie, A Brady.
5 John Gaskinp, Alex'r Mc.Lcod, Win Sexton,
fi Wm Gardner, laniel C'ntts, John bane.
7 Daniel McLeod, William Barnes, A J Turlington.
8 E Steward, Daniel Stewart, Wm 11 Green.
9 bovet Rials, Thomas Johnson, R J Iorrir.
10 James Hodges, Nathan Tart, Furney Tart.
1 1 Jacob West. Lovet W Godwin, Edward Godwin.
12 C Price. Daniel McDonald. Daniel Graham.
13 N K Mc'Dutlie, Levi C Wade. Daniel Bain.
14 ,.Jno Murphy, Sr, Jno McPhail, Dugald Mcrhail.
15 Ezekiel King, Farq'd Armstrong, Jno McPhail.
1 Neill Mclhiirald. Robert Williams. Jas M Smith
li Haywood Gauiev, John Geddie.
Newsom AutSry, Wik-oti Fairclfitli," Ale'
in .iM.n i' lionrme. f ueu k isreece. joun jiurpu
21 Joseph Billiard. M II Seawell, Jona K Aventt.
22 Jos Downing. Henry Averitt. Henry Carter, Jr.
23 Elijah Fisher, Duncan West, Daniel I. Smith.
24 John P McLean, Nathan King. M J Hide.
25 Giles Ham, Wm B Ham, Ronald McMillan.
2fi Benj'n Smith, James Colvin, I.-sac branch,
27 Henrv Elliot, John Elliot.
2S Wm L Williams, John McNeill. Jr. A S McKay,
29 Sam'l 1) Pipkin. James L Gra ly, Sam'l Parker.
30 John L Atkins, Maj Neill McLean, Maj Arch'd
Cameron.
31 Beaj'n Morrison, Neill McLean. Dan'l C McLean.
32 Mark Wade, John L Bethea. Jona Holly.
33 James M Turner, Neill Clark. Alex'r Gilchrist.
31 Neill Clark, Nathan Butler, Daniel Laslie.
35 John McRae. Daniel McLean, Alex'r Morrison.
36 Wm McDugald. Alexander McPhail, Mnrdocfc
McLean
37 Dan'l McCormick. A Thom:iK, Duncan Patterson.
38 Hector McNeill, Jas S Harrington, Duncan Mc-
Arthur.
39 Alex'r Clark, John Maxwell. Alex'r M Cameron.
40 Sam'l E Johnson. John M McDonald, A C Buie.
41 Robt Smith, Arch'd MeCalhim. John Smith.
42 Roderick McCrhumon, Neill Patterson, Arch'd
Patterson.
43 Alex'r Campbell. John L Campbell, Archibald
G Ray.
44 rR I) Gillis, Robt Graham. Lauchlin Rcthume.
45 Wm L McDiarrnid. Philip McRae. Jno C McLean.
4G CMuuroe, D Mnrchison, T Mini roe,
47 Neill Ray, Duncan McEauchlin, Arch'd Ray.
48 Charles Munroe, Jno Brown, Angus Rav. (Mill.)
49 Neill McGugan, Wm McLauchli'n. Daii'l Black.
50 Malcom McGregor, John Rav. Alex Mclloujrald.
51 Dan'l S McColman. Neill R Blue, David Gillis.
52 Arch'd Buie, Neill McQueen, Job Culbreth.
53 Amasa Alden. Colin McRae.
54 Wm J Smith. J A Byrne, J C Ellis.
55 Neill G McNeill, Jno McDonald, Angus McLean.
56 Neill Marsh. Isaac Holliugswnrth, Wm Butler.
57 Angus McGill. Jesse Ellis. Malcom McDonald.
58 .las G Cook. John Smith, J A Worth.
59 Arch'd McDuffie, Alexander McPherson, Duncan
McArthur.
CO Wm J Anderson, Isaac B llawlev. John Baker.
CI E W Barge, Win T Prize! 1, J T Warden.
02 Thos J Johnson. Joseph Arey. John P Leonard.
C3 James Sundy, Chas 1) Nixon. Theophilus Evans.
C4 Isham Carver, Zachariah Plummer, Andrew C
Ray.
(5 Wm McMillan, Robt McKinnon. David jrnrphr.
C7 Thomas Matthews. M unlock McLeod.
C8 Arch'd Ray, M B Gillis, M Gillis.
C9 II A Williams. Joseph Adams, Win Tartin.
70 Peter Campbell, Neill Blue, Huifh McPherson.
1 1 1 d;-!, li-olii O Ji?Jrfrrr,-friin7.rnt.
t c. James meivay, eier miiion, liucrn Mcl'lierson.
73 Wm J Kelly, James Parish.
74Robt Tolar, V A King, Thomas J Page.
75 Raiford Smith, C B Tyson, Neill C Beard.
71! Henry S Gower, C II Colield, Alfred Smith.
The following amounts were reported as due Districts
on the 5th January 1854, to which will be added the
apportionment of 1S54.
Due To. Due To.
No. 2, $45 90 No. 19, $26 90
3, 41 20 20, 37 75
4, 43 70 22, 47 43
5, 85 15 23, II 00
, 11 f2 24, C2 00
9, 90 15 25, 31 50
10, 67 45 26, 10 00
11, 14 57 28, 2 00
12, 62 65 31, 30 00
13, 43 00 33, 59 15
14, 30 00 36. 63 25
15, 30 00 39 26 00
16, 114 75 40, 75
17, 43 50 45, 30
IS, 64 50 46, 86 55
Due To.
No. 52.
53,
S18
117
62
318
80
0O
10
20
40
36
58,
60,
61.
iV)
104
243
243 !
64, 30 00
65, 41 03
66, 32 25
67, 4 1
69, 25 67
72, 59 00
74, 47 25
On the petition and application of District Vo e.:
Ordered that Districts No. 62 ami 6:5 be herein, .r '
lered as separate Districts, and paid separate! v :i list.
of the children in No. 63 beinr returned, showing
males and 58 females. James Smxly. Chas. D Nixon,
and Theophilus Evans were appointed the Committee!
Ordered, lhat Walker's Creek, from the month of
David Walker's old mill, thence to the road leading
from Alexander McDonald's to Tirza. unto the ford
on Jones Creek near William McDonald's he hereafter
considered the bouudarv between Districts Nop. 36 t 31
Ordered. That District No. 3 be divided so as to make
Hector's Creek the line, in accordance with the peti
tion, and that the new District be numbered 76
Ordered, That the apportionment for the year 1854
be 85 cents for each child in the county; and that all
Districts having 40 children, or less than that number,
receive S34.
No further business, the Board adjourned
EDW'D LEE WINSLOW, Chairman.
Jan'y 6, 1S54. 7C-4t
James C. Smith. Miles Costin
JAMES C. SMITH Al CO.,
Commission Merchants,
Have removed their oflice to the second story of the
building formerly occupied by the Telegraph Company,
where they are prepared to attend to all business in the
Commission line.
All business entrusted to them will be punctually
attended to.
W ilmington, Jan'y 14, 1854. 7C-ly
NEGROES FOIl SAl.U.
A man about 50 years of age. a woman 48, a boy 12,
a boy 10, a girl 8 years old. For further information
apply to THEO. EVANS.
Jan'y 7, 1854. 75-tf
SOTICE.
TIIE subscriber offers for sale, his LANDS, six miles
North of Fayetteville, and about one mile from the
Fayetteville and Raleigh Plank Road, consisting of
about twelve hundred and sixty acres of land, suited
to the making of Turpentine or Timber. There is also
on the premises, a gxd Saw and Grist Mill, all iu good
repair and now iu operation ; also, a Dwelling, aud all
the necessary outhouses, in good repair.
Also, another tract of two hundred and fifty acres, on
the head waters of Carver's Creek, known as the Tarry
Place, on which there isa small Farm, a Dwelling 1 louse
and other houses.
On the first named tract, the re is rut. almnt. tn-cntv-
five thousand Turpentine Boxes, from twn to fr,.,rvi.nr
old. '
All the above lauds M ill be sob! nn thn rr,t o,.-
modatintr terms. Persons wisliino- to r.., it m
please call on the subscriber, who will take pleasure in
showing the above lands.
WM. R. BOLTON.
Oct. 27, 1853. (;5.tf
REMOVED.
The Subscriber has removed to the block of new
Br:ck Buildings on East side of Gillespie Street, a few
doors South of the Market, where he will tie pleased to
see his customers. A. W. STEEL.
Dec. 30. 1853.
X-fi" To any inquiring what thev shall do for a couch
and cold, we would say read the following certificate.
which has leeii signed by 100 ot the first houses of
Druggists in this country:
"We, wholesale draggists, having leen for a loner
time acquainted with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, hereby
certify our belief that it is the best and most effectual
remedy for Pulmonary complaints ever offered to the
American people." See advertisement.