eiormaneit of WUIlrtm rirt.t fwhlonf in
tain History. "
The distinguished William Wjrt wtHnsixor
seven months after his first marria?ef became
addicted to intemperance, the effect which
operated strongly ou the mind ftnd fch of his
wife and ,11 a few months more sh. flfcs nnm
bered with the dead. Her deatb(4 him to
; "e country where he , resid d and he
moved to Kichmond, where he soon oie to dis-
"lit LIUII
was doing to himself, mi he still
II a It off and
i-ia3 looked on him, as on the sireroad to
ruin. Jle was advised to get marie! with a
view of correcting his habits. Tl: slhe con
Rented to do, if the right person ofed. He
accordingly paid his addresses to Mtf amble.
. Uer some months attention, he ask-d ier hand
in marriage. She replied: I
-Mr V irt, I have been well aware of yonr in
tentions some time back, and should hake given
ou to understand that a o.ir visit am attentions
were not acceptible, had I not recipodated the
uttection which which you evinced t iwards me.
Lut I cannot yield rav assent until make a
rvu6r; ,I(;ver lo nixie touch or han Hf any in
lUAicaiing unnks."
This reply to Writ
was ijoyel. His reply
4
was as nnexted as it
was, that 1 J fei?arded
luai proposition"-as a bar toall furthrebns:dera
tions. of the subject, and he left hir. Her
course toward him was the sainc a eer his,
resentment aod neglect. jJTJgS
In the course of a few weekS, he vSat again
and solicited her hand. But her reivas that
her mind was made ho. He hi.cn.ni, iadiirnant.
ana regarded the terms she
1 , , . . " 5 G
proposed s insult-
ing
to u;s uo:ior, and
ivov. -d it si; uhj be the
last meeting
they should ever have lie. took
to driuking worse and worse, and senied to
run headlong to ruin.
t One day, while lying in the outsl trfo of the
city, near a little grocery or grog si6i drunk,
a young bidy, whom it is not necesss "y o name,
was passing that way to her hom no far off,
and beheld him with his face uptimld to the
rays of the scorching sun. She too' air hand
kerchief, with her own name mark dim it and
placed it over his face. J
After he had remained in that wayjforsome
hours, he was awakened, and his thrntbeing so
great, he went into the little groce J nd grog
shop to get a drink, when he dis ordered the
handkerchief, at which he looked, ar J, the name
that was on it. After naiisinar. he ecckiimed:
urea t (iod! who left thi
S Willi
. 1
met
? Who
placed this on my face?''
No one knew.' He dropped
claiming :
"Enough I enouerh!
the
glass
ex-
He retired instantly from theston .'fbnrettinc
his thirst, but not his debauch, tl 3 handker
chief or the lady, vowing, that if G jjpave him
strength, never to touch, taste or I Candle in
toxicating drinks." If
To meet Miss Gamble was the hirdest effort
of his life. If he met her in her ca riage or on
foot, he popped around the nearest -orner.
She at last addressed him in mite under
her own hand inviting him to her 1 owe, which
he finally gathered courage enougife accept.
He told her if she still bore affectitn to him he
would agree to her own terms. ; He , reply was:
"My conditions are the same j now what
they ever have been." ;j
"Then," said Wirt,"I accept "thm
They soon married, and from that laj he kept
his word, and his affairs bright!, while
honors and glory gathered :upot $is brow.
JIis name has been enrolled h srte in the
temple of fame: while patriotism tndl renown
live after him with imperishable ilus rel
f
A Gkavk and Sertocs Charge.- -4-A week
or two since we referred to the fa-tthat Mr
Euuett was expelled from the Se ate of this
State in l44-'o, on the charge o having
forged a certificate of his election m a member
of that body; and that Gen. Do : leery, with
nine other members, voted against permitting
him to take his seat after he had eeji unani
mously re-elected by the freeholder' Onslow
County. The Rowan Whig and V'eftern Ad
vocate, a paper published in Salisliry, by G.
A. Miller and S. W. James, replies tOthis, and
says : 1
"We now charge that a forgery w: s commited
beyond all doubt, and that the Et itor of the
Standard was a party and a privy to that for
ger', and that it was plotted and eteuted un
der his roof on a Sunday night, in tbi City of
Raleigh." "4
This is a very grave and serious charge. If
true, it is due to public justice tlnt fthe fact
should be known, and that the pa -tj charged
should incur the infamy which the commission
of such a crime brings along with iit if false,
then those who have preferred the cl jirge should
stand convicted before the world i aialicious
slandereas and calumniators. W ' diall not
stoop to deny such a charge; nor jlo we wish
to soil our columns with the use of su'h language
as would be necessary to character j wicli men.
We have caused legal proceedings to be insti-
tuted, so mat uie cnarge may oe u tiy examin
ed and decided upon by a Court tat. jury.
Standard. -1
A 4ioud Story.
Some of the students of the In,Uia State
University were suspected to be in Inhabit of
drinking brandy. Where they obtsjfafd it was
a mvstery. Dr. Daily determined t,j ferret out
the secret. Calling into a small drugstore, the
proprietor asked nun now that suiicSstudent, j
Mr Carter came ou'C SmH:ng rat doctor i
answered in an evasive manner anc gon drew
out of the apothecary that the stu nts under
suspicion had been in the habit of -purchasing
brandy for a sick student by the nam r Carter,
that thev said he was quite low, aid jvas kept
alive by "stimulants; that the younj gentlemen
seemed" very much devoted to him ; ,jS"ov the
secret was out. This Carter was i ictitious
character, and the Doctor had theflcrft.
However, he kept his own counsel 1 he next
time the students assembled in the cfcapel for
prayers he cast his eyes over thejenvd and
satisfied himself that Carter's. Jiur eS were all
present The devotions were idolyjciducted,
and then he called the attention ofall tetudcnt
as the President of the Uiiivirsit It became
bis duty to announce the death offellw ;frtudeut.
rkinsr that he nati a uiuu ni.- i iui in
k,
Dill, hm l,ol.:... i , . 1
snifter y r Was foua with jolly, frflicsome
spints id bachanalian revelry His "if friends
expostulated with Lira to convince Mjn of the
..... iiuuus iinno- a r.n u.uu
injury tie
persisted.
Mr Carter. After a lingering ilw several Nrqu the philanthropic minds of Greelet
weeks a portion of which time he watJrrntSSsamkr jm .. . J?u
by stimulmts, he had breathed his last. He
had no doubt that this announcement would
f ill sadlv on the ears of those who had ho faith
fully attended to his wants, but he hoped they
would bear it with resignation lie hoped they
would reflect on the oft-repeated words, me
mento mori'7 that he would now now no longer
detain, but leave them to their own reflections!
The'resnltof this announcement was startling.
Xone of the Professors, and but few of the
students, had ever heard of Carter. "Who is
he?" was whispered; none knew, but the "kind
friends who attended him," and they would'nt
tell and the President seemed so deeply affect
ed, ' they didn't like to ask him. Brcokxillt
kmeritzm fa Palest taw.
Two years ago, an effort was made in a new j
line to ameliorate the condition of the inhabi
tants of Palestine. Seven Americans with im
proved ploughs and other tools, and American
seeds, located upon a piece of land seven miles
from Jerusalem, one mile from JJethlehem, and
made preparation for farming after the Ameri
can system.
Their location was in the valley of Artos,
upon the very site of one of the gardens of
Solomon.
Their friends in the city were much opposed
to their going out there to reside, urging them,
if they were determined to try to cultivate the
soil, to keep their residence iu the city for fear
of the Arabs. This did not suit their plans,
and they took up their residence upon the land
and commenced operations, plowing deep with
one of .our best ploughs, harrowiug with an iron
toothed harrow, such as was never seen
there before, and planting torn, potatoes,
beans, peas, oats, barley, wheat, and all sorts
ofgardeu vegetables; in short, making a perfect
Aruericau farm.
The operations, instead of exciting the jea
lousy of the Arabs, aroused them to a state of
surprise, and the news of what Americans at
Solomon's garden were doing, and what wonder
ful tools they were using, and how peaceable and
quiet they were, never saying anything about
their religion, flew on the wings of the wind,
and visitors came to look and wonder, from far
and near. The operations of the carpeuter and
blacksmith were not among the least sources of
wonder. The rapid manner in which e heated
his iron, ami hammered it into just such a Shape
as he desired, was beyond the comprehension
of the simple minded people.
One day the farm received a visit from twenty
five Sheiks, who inspected all the tools and the
way they were used and the effect produced, and
looked at the growing crops, so much beyond
any thing they had ever seen produced before,
and then turned their heads together to consult
upon the wonders they had witnessed. The
conclusion was that these people must possess a
superior kind of religion, as that is the standard
upon winch they base all their estimates of
character. They made applications at once for
several of their sons to serve as apprentices to
learn Americau farming, and did not even ob
ject that they should be taught the principles
of American velig o , for surely, said they, it
must be a good religion, as these are very good
people, and God blesses their labor beyond any
other iu all Palestine.
It would have been dangerous now for any
one to molest the American farmers, since they
had ail the Sheiks and principal men in the
country on their side, and anxious for their suc
cess and influence. The Jews, too, began to
think it would be better for them to cultivate.
such a fruitful soil than starve in the city, as
many of them have done, and they began to
apply tor situations as laborers, notwithstand
ing the priests always taught them that it was
derogatory to the national character of the
Hebrews to till the soil. Though, if they had
undertaken it by themselves, they would not
have been permitted by the Arabs, who hunt
them as they would wild beasts. But under
the protection of the American farmers, the
Arabs will permit them to labor, and it is now
a matter of serious discussion among those who
know of the success of this enterprise, whether
the most feasible plan for colonizing the Jews
in Palestine is not to make them cultivators of
its rich soil.
Owing to Home difficulty which arose in re
gard to the title of the land they had com
menced upon in the valley of Artos, the little
colony moved last year to the Plains of Sharon,
where the' have got a permanent location, ami
the number consists now of ten Americans, male
and female, and two Germans. Paper.
Exoi.ish Opinion of Americav Power. Some
of the English press are so intensely hostile to
everything American, that they will'give to the
United States nVcredit whatever for political
influence or power. Others, however possess
ed of a greater portion of common sense ton
cede to us a high position in this respect, and
deprecate, in consequence, niy action by the
British Government which would tend to bring
Great Britain in collision with the American
Union, or even to create ill feeling on the part
of the latter towards the former. Among this
class is the London Morning Chronicle. This
paper, in a recent issue, alluding to the report
that Spain would furnish a quota to the aux
iliary army in Turkey, on condition of a guaran
tee by France and England against the "threat
ened aggressions" of America, says that "no
assistance which could be rendered by the Court
of Madrid could compensate for tl evil to us
which would be produced if the United States
were to incline towards Russia."
1 Good Joke.
The Richmond Examiner recently published
an editorial article, in which the following pas
sage occurred:
" The shooting of itinerant abolitiim schoolmas
ters is frequently a creditable and laudable act,
entitling a respectable southern mail to at least
a seat .in the legislature, or a place iu the com
mon council."
Taking the truth of this for granted, the ab
olition and many northern whig papers have
used the paragraph as a text for column upon
column of denunciation of the horrible state of
morals at the South. The New York Tribune.
especially, has been wonderfully exercised uponJ
tne suuject, ana has given vent to its mdigna-
tion in suudry lengthy articles, the perusal of
winch has attorded much amusement to those
who "twigged the joke."- Finding its -ttTBtTat-
tempt at humbugging the Tribune aud its kin
dred prints so successful, the Examiner has es
sayed a second. Expressing much suprise that
the philosophic Horace should be so indignant
at the mention of what is a "common practice
at the South," it proceeds as follows:
"The Tribune must be ignorant, we presume,
of how, iu the Ouachita country, of Arkansas,
upon the Tumbling Fork of Roaring River,
they have fricmsee Yankee abolitionists every
day for breakfast, and ragout clock pedlars for
dinner on Sundays. The light to do so is claim
ed under the Virginia resolutions of '98 and '9i,
and uudcr the repealing clause in the Apostle's
vision, which authorizes the eating of unclean
beasts, and commands, saving, "llise, Peter
kill and eat," "
If the former paragraph had so great an effect
and
tram, what a sensation must the latter create!
If the idea of an abolitionist being killed vi
brates so harshly upon their sensibilities, what
a tremendous shock must they experience at
the idea of one being eaten ! We await patient
ly the tremendous howl which they will, doubt
less, ere long set up. Detroit Free Press.
A person beiug seated at a table between two
tradesmen, and thinking to be witty upon them,
said, '
"How prettily I am fixed between the two.
tailors."
Upon which oue of them replied,
"Being only beginners iu business, we cannot
afford to keep more than one gooae between us.'
What can be done by strong Htattef.-V'.,
Mrs. Hogan and - her husband were neitb
of them over fond of work. They were perfe
ly willing to live upon the generosity; of tE
neighbors, which they were by no means feacj
ward in soliciting. .
One day Mrs Hogan dropped into Mrs Fp
ham's her next door neighbor, just as theT
ily were sitting down to supper. V
Of course she was invited to sit down." . v .
""our tea's very good," said she; "I . wfc
r Hogan was here. HeVvery fond of te'
but we're very poor and can't afford toget itr j
it s po expensive." - 1 -l
This hint was considered rather a strong oft V
so Mrs Farnham .handed Mrs Hogan, just i
she was going, a pound parcel. C
"Thank yon," said Mrs Hogan, "I'm glacpjo
get the tea, but 'taint of much nse witlft. it
milk." - !
A quart of milk was consigned to her chaf ,2
"Well" said she, "now if we had some suLar;
we should be provided." ' r ;
Mrs Farnham procured a pound and gavv it
to her.
"Now," said Mrs Hogan, "we shall stan a
chance to have a good cup of tea. Thcre'sfno
thing relishes with;. tea like apple-pie, asMr
Iloffan often saysr4X. :- f- .
This hint wVis strong enough to draw out&he
article desired.; ... ft
"After all," said 3Irs-Hogan, as she tookthe
pie into her hands', .:--p!e 'aint nie unless a bodv
has cheese to eat with it. If there's anytjL"
iv . '
" It was impossiVtexfrji4 resist such an apJ&ni$B
this. An ample slfee Caving been placed in her
possession, she paused for a moment as if con
sidering whether there was not something else
she might call for. Failing to think of any
thing, she was about to move off, when a thought
struck her.
"These things are rather heavy, and I ain't
so
strong: as
I used to be
I don,t know as I
shall be able to jn?t home."
Mrs Farnham volunteered to send her Fon,
John, to carry a part of the articles, an offer
which Mrs Hogan accepted without the least
hesitation. When John had landed his load,
Mrs Hogan hinted that she had got some wood
she would like to have split, but John didn't
believe in hints, and left without taking
it. Yankee Blade.
A Bridegroom's Speech. " The Health of the
Uridegroovi and Bride.--My friends: Of myself
at this most mystic hour I will say nothing.
No; but I thank you for my wife. Wife 1 Bliss
ful monosyllable ! A blended harmony of all
earth's music, Wife! that calls up, as with the
enchanter's wand, the homestead and. the hearth,
the kettle singing! rejoicingly singing, on the
bar, and the cat sleeping, profoundly sleeping,
on the rug; a word that intensifies so many
meanings! The call of butcher and baker and
milk below, and a quarter's rent and water-rate,
and the Queen's taxes. Ladies and gentlemen
when I only glance at the wedding ring on my
wile's finger that ring and that finger which
has been the summit of my bliss this morning
to bring together; when l"look upon that sini.
pie bit of golden wire, it seems to me that, in
the words of the bard of Avon, "I have put a
girdle round the world;" a. wot -7 1 of beauty
and truth, of constancy and love. When I
look at that ring and how can I help looking
at it? does not its brightness fascinate and
chain me? ,
Yes, I will repeat it I am proud to repeat
chain me? When I look at that ring ami !
not reminded of the circle of domestic duties a
circle even and complete and without a flaj,;
a circle harmonious with golden utteran?e'pk
circle of purity without alloy: a never-ending
still beginning round of earthly happiness. ' My
friends, when the honey-moon "is over not that
it ever will be over with my own; own here
give the bride's name, Arabella or Dorcas, as the
mame may he and myself, for we propose to
enjoy twelve honej--moons every year of our
lives; when I enter my house and here let us
return due thanks to my honored father-in-law
who has furnished that unpretending mansion
with equal taste and liberalit', though he will
forgive me in this confiding hour' when the
heart swells and the .tongue will speak, if I
jocosely observe to him that the house has a
wine cellar and that his taste in tawny port is
unexceptionable; when I say I enter my house,
and for the first time sink into my arm-chair,
place my slippered feet upon my rug that rug
worked by certain hands with heart's ease and
roses I shall say, to myself, here is my para-
uise ana nere, tiere lock at the bruit
ie very pas-
sicnalc'y and here my Eve.
Consulate ix Venice. The talented auther
of "Reveries of a Bachelor," Mr Donald G.
Mitchell, more generally known as "Ike Marvel,'
finds the Consnlate of Venice poorly suited
to his taste or his pecuniary interest. He
has thrown up the commission with which the
President, in compliment to his acknowledged
literary ability, honored him, and will pursue his
Italian studies and observations untrammelled
by officeal cares. Dr. I). Macauley, of New
Oiljai:s, is his successor. He, too, is said to
be a respected gentleman of letters, and goos to
Venice not in pursuit of the emoluments of
place, but to add to his fund of information by
residence iu a city which is supposed to afford
more than ordinary facilities of access to the
literary treasures of Italy. A". I" Times.
The Anti-Slavery College. The Rev.. Pro
fessor Goodrich, of Yale College, declares that
the members of the Facnlty of that institution
are u unit in opposition to slavery.. "He
occasion, too, to intorm the feouth that YTUe
cares nothing for its patronage. It is evident,
from the tone employed by this fanatic, that any
Southern man who sends his son to Yale College,;
will oe isubjecting him to influences that must
infallibly render him a Southern man with Nor
thern principles. Yale is now a hot-bed ? of
abolitionism, a nursery of fanaticism. The
Professors are all abolition propagandists, and
employ the power which their positions confer
in making their pupils as thoroughly anti-slavery
as themselves. In viciv of this fact, will South--!
eru men hereafter send-their children to Yale ?
In the language of Professor Goodrich, we say
to the South," the sooner you withdraw your
patronage from Yale, the better." Ji icJimond
( Va.) J'enny I'csf.
"T: e babv
is sick my dear."
the castor oil."
"It's all gone, sir not
"Gone! why we have
a drop is left."
not yet opened
the!
bottle."
"Sure you have had it every
day, and I've
salad."
seen you use it myself upon you
"Why, you scoundrel! you don't mean to
say that I've been eating castor oil every day
durimr the salad season."
"Sure you have, sir."
"Did you not see the bottle
Castor Oil?"
was labelfedj
71
"Sure and I did. sir; and didn't I
the 'castor' every day?" Ex. paper.
put it i
The weather continues very hot
i
;X-. Depredations on the V. 8. Dint Disclosed.
.Within the last few days, evidence has come
lo light that extensive abstrctions from the
,'unds on deposit at the Philadelphia United
States Mint have taken place, and of such a
character asj to iuvolve the reputation of an
heretofore upright and irreproachable citizen.
I . Upon the chief weigh-clerk of the mint, Mr
ry. r-ngie jegus, aevoives the responsible duty
oi icceivme. weiiruincr anrl rtfsrrilnno- tlm hn .
lion deposited, aud of giving a receipt for the
same, before it is melted. Of course, its value
cannot be ascertained until it has uudergonc
the meltiug process, and all impurities and" for
eign substances have been removed.
Between the times of depositing and of melt
ing, therefore, an opportunity was afforded to
an evil disposed person, unless he was properly
guarded, to abstract from the bullion commit
ted to his care.
The chief weigh-clerk was noticed by one of
his assistants to be frequently in the vault,
(vvbhih he entered by means of a duplicate
key,) for which there was no occasion, but his
ostensible object might havetbeen to secure cu
rious specimens for preservation.
At length suspicion became so confirmed,
that another clerk in the ofhic, and finally a
superior fjicer, was commiinicjfled with on the
subject. The evidence, of wroijg afforded seem
ed incredible, bnt the next sflp tukeu to elicit
the truth was conclusive in its results.
Upon the arrival of the last California steam
er, at which time, as is invariably the case,
great quantities of bullion are fo warded from
New York to Philadelphia, hy the various ex
press companies, &e, the treasurer arpged,
after the chief weigh-clerk had made hipos
its for the day, and weighed the gaffieTto re
peat the process of weighing, aud a deficit
amounting to $1,400 was disclosed.
The guilty person, after being informed of
the facts, immediately confessed' his crime ac-
U'nowledging that his deprecations had been
-coutmned tor six months past, and that he had
taken, altogether, $14,000; but offered to make
immediate restitution which he was able to do,
as 'he was possessed of considerable pro
perty. This fact, in connection with his previous
character, makes the present offence the more
inexplicable. The" offender took passage for
Europe at the earliest opportunity, and sailed
in the Washington last Saturday, JY. Y. Jour,
of Commerce.
A Cure for Bone Felon. A friend informs
us that while suffering with a Lone felon, 20
years ago, Dr. F. Lebarron, late the Apothe
cary General" of the United States, advised
him to fill a thimble with soft soap and quick
silver mixed, aud bind it tightly over the felon.
This he did, and in the course of 12 hours it
was drawn lo a head, when the core was re
moved, and by appliances of the usual poultice
the sore soon healed. Our informant remarks
that this is a severe expedient, bnt one that is
preferred to the customary treatment. We
have heard others who have used the remedy
prescribed say that it ia the most effectual and
expeditious. As a good man- persons are now
afflietcd with bone felons, we have been request
ed to make this publication, May it prove a
reai uiessing xo the suilenng. Baltimore
CHjh-
per.
The Mad Stone. We were-shown yesterday
(22d June) one of those curious natural poisou
extractors known as the Mad Stone, of which
there are several that we have heard of in dif
ferent parts of Eastern Virginia. That which
was shown us is in the possession ofMr Olivier,
w'ho resides upon Halifax-street, iu this city,
and we are informed that he has several certi
ficates of cases in which it has been successfully
used for the bite of the mad dog. 1 1 is rectangu
lar in shape, with paralled sides and polished
surfaces, traversed by dark gray and brown
streaks, and about a size larger than half a
Tonqua bean, except that it is not nearso thick.
Upou being applied to the wound of the patient,
it soon extracts the virus, which, it is said, may
be distinctly seen in the water into which it. is
repeatedly dipped during the operation. Most
of our elderly readers in this part of the State
are, no doubt, familiar with the tales of cures
effected by this wonderful stone. The one we
are speaking of possesses a high reputation for
its efficacy iu hydrophobia, substantiated by
testimony. However marvellous may seem such
a power in so simple a substance, yet it is not
more so than many other mysteries of nature,
and we do not sec w hy incredulity should not
bow to the recognition of it as an antidote against
one of the most appalling and deadly diseases
by which the human frame can be racked. At
all events its reputed virtue is susceptible of
being easily and tully tested should a case un
fortunatoly arise requiring a resort to it, which
we sincerely pray may never be. We think
that we confer a public benefit by making known
the fact that there is such a stone in this city,
which we learn has been known to act asa
sovereign remedy for the bite of a mad dog in
repeated instances. Petersburg Intelligencer.
.Xew rgE of Spiritualism. A woman in
New York, named Susan A. Hubbard, was
taken before a judge last . week, charged with
bigamy having three or four husbands. The
existence of two marriages was all that it was
necessary to prove, and this was done. Her
mode of entrapping husbands, according to the
testimony of the last one married was thus :
She is a spiritual rapper or medium, and the
man was induced to fall in love with her atone
of the "circles." Having conceived a passion
r him, she "set about the work of indncimr
him to marry, hcr. "He heard she had former
husbands, and wished to know if they were
dead. At the next meeting she summoned the
whole of them from the land of shadows, and
made them all, one after the other, testify to
to the fact that they were ,lt ,d, (in the body,
and give other interesting items as to their
spiritual condition. The yonng man being a
firm believer in spiritualism, could not, of course
deny such evidence; and being attracted by the
smartness, intelligence and good looks of the
'medium,' he married her. Not long after, he
discovered that her Spiritual Manifestations'
were lying manifestations, and that there were
three or four other claimants to the possession
of his .wife, one of whom was blachf
A down-east man thus hurls his wit at the
head of the medical faculty:
sasGill Bias one day. by humor led.
To old Sangrado slyly said,
"V hy not resort to pukes and pills,
Since all -our bleeding only kill ?"
The sage replied, "Good Master BJas,
That, sure, would write me down an ass,
who, in defence of bleeding took
Such time and toil to write a book."
One of Charles Lamb's jokes at the expense
I of the hvdrooathists is verv erood. When it
was perpetrated, the water cure was not so
popular as it is now. "The water cure," said
Lamb, "is as old as the Deluge, only that the
first great application happened to kill more
than it cured." Lamb had an aversion to water.
nless it was mixed.
Fred DobsUs.
The talk of election of Fred. Douglas to the
nouse of Representatives from the Monroe
District, New York, will be attended with very
considerable difficulties, The N. Y. Express
points out some of them. The qualifications of
the sable delegate will be denied, the Express
thinks, by a majority of the House, and he will
be sent back to his constituents. Of course,
the election of that negro would be intended to
break up the House in a row aud to dissolve
the Union, the only practical result which it
would be all likely to produce.
Another difficulty occurs to us in the way of
Fred's taking his seat. He is a fugitive slave,
and his master if living, or heirs, if dead, will
be very likely to claim and seize Fred, if he ever
shows himself on slave territory. Although
justly considering him a worthless negro, and
never making any effort as yet to get him back,
it will be their duty, should he have the impi -dence
to come to Washington, to reclaim him
and put him back in the tobacco field. Here
1 1 1 I i
hi; win oe maae a much more useful member of
society than he could possibly be in Congress.
At the same time, we have no doubt that.
Fred, is entirely worthy to represent any con
stituency which would elect a negro to represent
them. He is probably, bad as he is, a l etter
man than Giddings, or Greeley or Raymond,
and if they are willing to associate with him, he
can have no objection. But if hecomes South,
he will come farther South than Washington
and be put at a different business than law
making. Richmond Dispatch.
".trillions for Defrnrr."
The origin of the famous say ng of "Millions
for Defeuce not a cent for tribute," which has
become proverbial, is thus related ou the au
thority of Gov. Middleton, in a diary, of which
extracts are furnished in the Southern Patiiot:
"In Paris (said Gov. Middleton to the au
thor of the diary,) I became acquainted with
Gerry, the Minister there with Pinckney and
Marshall. They were not recognised as Min
isters. It was intimated to them by a lady,
authorized by Talleyrand, that if they would
give presents they would be received. I car
ried the lady to see my uncle Pinckney, when
she made this communication, It gave'rise to
his famous expression 'Millions for defence,
but not a cent for tribute.' Talleyrand after
wards denied that this lady was authorized by
him to make the communication. Gerry told
who the lady was, and she was arrested and
imprisoned for some weeks. I saw her not many
years ago, and spoke to her about this smatter.''
Much difference of opinion has existed as to
the occasion of this expression. We have heard
some orators attribute it to a revolutionary -date,
while others have supposed it to have been litter
ed in Charleston at some meeting connected
with the French war under the administration
of the elder Adams. Gov. Mimi.eton's testi
mony seems positive and direct.-Chas. Courier.
Not too arrcn at once. Sir Edward Bulwcr
Lytton, in a lecture lately in England, gave the
loilowing history of his literar- habits: Many
persons seeing me so much engaged in active
life, and as much about the world as if I had
never been a student, have said to me: "When
do you get the time to "write all your books?
How on earth do you contrive to do' so much
work ?" I shall )erhaps surprise you by the
answer I make. The answer is this: "I contrive
to do so much, by never doing too much at a
time." A man, to get through work well, must
not overwork himsejf or, if he do too much to
day, the reaction of fatigue will come, and he
vvill be obliged to Mo yftlc to-morrow, Novv
rt!tT lccvn Tcallrnml crmrtlj TO Study,
which was not till I had left college and was
actually in the world, I may, perhaps, say I
have gone through as large a course of general
reading as most men of my time. 1 1 ave traveled
much I have mixed much in politics and in
the various business of life, and, in addition to
all this, I have published somewhere above sixty
volumes, some upon subjects requiring much
special research. And what time do you think.
as a general rule, I have devoted to tudv to
reading and .writing? Not more than three
hours a day; and when Parliament is sitting, not
always that. But then, during those hours I
have given my whole attention to what I was
about. "
important to Banks. The Swedish papers
bring accounts of a very important invention
which has been laid before the Commissioners
of Banking at Stockholm by a certain Count
P. A. Sparre. The invention is two fold; he
counterfeits with incredible exactness the bank
notes in use, but prints others which he himself
cannot imitate. An editor who has witnessed
the process, remarks:
"When one sees Count Sparre with his simple
machinery, which any one may manage with the
greatest ease and facility, prepare in a few
minutes the bank paper iu use, which is made
of three different lamina?, aud in this give,
without the slightest difficulty or even exertion
of artistic skill, the finest water-marks in perfec
tion, arid then follows the preparation of the
paper by a simple and merely momentary process,
but which gives again the printing and engraving
absolutely perfect he feels a strange sensation
at the thought of being participator iu the
secrets of the art which, in less conscientious
hands, might ruin all our banks and produce
utter and extricable confusion in our credit
system."
Count Sparre, in his memorial, states that his
process, if it does not render counterfeiting utter
ly impossible, at all events increases its difficulty
to almost that degree, and offers lo furnish the
Bank with alt its notes for the ' sum of 25,000
thalers ($18,000) per annum, which is about
one-half its present expense for paper. The
Commissioners have referred the question to a
committee of scientific men. Iu the meantime,
Count Sparre is to visit England and other
countries to bring his inveutiou into the notice
of the mercantile public.
Woulin't Bite. A witty clergyman "had
been lecturing one evening in a country village,
ou the subject of temperance, and as usual,, after
the lecture, the pledge was passed around for
signatures.
"Pass it along that way," said the lecturer,
pointing towards a gang of blated and red
nosed loafers near the door. "Pass it along
perhapssoine of these gentlemen would join our
cause."
"We don't bite at a bare hook," gruffly raut-
1 W'SlJ' JfpneU th" ready clergyman, " 1
believe there is a kind of fish called sucker, that
do net bite."
Annexation of Sandwich Islands. A des
patch has been received from Mr Gregg, our
Comraissitnor at the Sandwich Islands, that the
native Government throws itself into the hands
of the American party for protection from
French, English and other foreign settlers. The
Commissioner has been empowered to accept
the island 'for the U. States, and assure the
native Government of American protection.
Cour. tj- Enq.
Do to other3 as yon would that they should
do to YOU.
ily Land. It appears that
those fearful v
t.tionsof death and famine, to
which the peo
d0f Israel were so frequently
i3t times, arc still among the
subjected in art
most serious
in the Holy
f .backs to a settled residence
I d . Hecent letters from the
venerable city If ip,rnn eallimr upon Sir Moses
Montifeore for-e j, My that the land of Judea
is "consumin'fti s neonle " that "the dearth
prevails is unjiu dieted in the annals of the
country. Faiyi. harvests are superseded by
drought, fo thf iie face of the earth is literally
scorched, and Ji Wail of the famished multi-
tudes is heard
day and by night, and our
id with starving children, who
streets are thr
vainly implore
food"
epresentations of the elders
e congregations in Hebron,
Such are tl
aud wardens
reminding us
fortunes in th
f ably,!" similar recorded mis-
story of the pauiaicii., piu
kimrs of Israel. The rem
phets, judges, fi
nant of lsraeljjt.il abiding in the country of
David and So.i jDf ,0w call for relief against
drought and fai e. And, we doubt not, that
with relief thep -y will be answered from our
bountiful supjjj) The Rev. S. M. Isaacs,
669 Houston ..;et, New York, to this end,
will thankfuIlyfr;knoWh'dge any contributions
that may begivi to XiU charge. A'. Y. Herald.
The Shirt nf EE,-Tiic numerous and well
known voyagls )y the South Sea Islands, Ac.,
have made us We I acquainted with what is cal-'
led the "breit tree," as well as another kind
known under name of the "butter tree."
But !trtmttinp,r tU indefatigable Humboldt
to discover injf e. w.ilds of South America, a
tree which prince ready-made shirts. "AVc
saw, on the 'V.,e of the Cerra Duida," savs
M. llumboldte j"!, irt trees fifty feet high. The
Indians cut o! i vlindrical nieces two feet in
diameter, froivf
hiclK they peel the red and
fibrous bark
incision. This
' lout making any longitudinal
'irk affords them a sort of gar-
ment which res
nbles sacks of a verv course
texture, and witl ut a seam. The upper open-
It ie head, and two lateral holes
cm- iu auuni xneurms. t he natives wear these
shirts of marima, n the rainy season; they have
the form of th? ponehes and ruavos of cotton,
which are so eoiimon in Peru. As in these cli
mates the richeV and beniticence of nature are
regarded as the j rimary cause of the indolence
of the inhabitni s, the missionaries do not fail
to say, in shovnn;- the shirts of marima, "In
the forests ofO onooko, garments are found
ready-made on j he trees." We may add to
tbis tale of the hirts, the pointed caps, which
the spathes of c.rtain palm trees furnish, and
which resemble L-iarse net-work."
Influence limate ox the Color of Man
kind. For ISjjOyears the Jewish race has been
dispersed intot .erent latitudes and climates
and they have f served themselves most distinct
from any iiiteqi ture with the other races of
mankind. TImh are some Jews still lingering
in the valleys fj !ie Jordan, having been op
pressed by tlefjceessive conquerors of Svria
forages a loH$ cc of people, and described
by trust worthy ft avellers as being as black as
any of the Et1 opean races. Others of the
Jewish peoplep4-ticipatiug in European civili
zation, and dvtjd -ng iu the nor. hern nations,
show iiistancctfi-r the' light complexion, the
blue eyes, ancyoit hair of the Scandinavian
families. We.4 then how to account for the
differences in cpi , without having to refer them
to original or. ific distinction. Prof. CJucv.
VvmnVM fvJhv-r
t-he New Yorfcl Al rror
Julv
mentions lhr Cult, m Ii,t
one
e of the cuijVjs peculiar to Havana:
wuc 'ui.u,i iccuuif oi Havana customs is
worth mentioning . If a lady is invited to spend
the day with a f . end.the lady she intends visit
ing cails for her.il her own volantc. This steuis
very natural ilnriiig the morning hours, when
gentlemen are nj posed to be engaged in busi
ness; but in thcey.ning, when the time arrives to
return home, dViot lie surprised to see the lady
of the house agar take her seat beside you iu
the volantc, andj er Husband bowing von a very,
graceful good nf.Mt frcun the door of "his house.
I have been tlm.s escorted into Havana between
the hours of tc. id eleven in the evening. I
must acknowleij preference for our norTherii
customs in thi$r pect. Ladies are very "ood
chaperons m ttte -.ay tunc, but gentlemen are
certainly betterf -otectors at night."
Lir.nr in a d.6:: Corner. Tim v :n
Ob.sfrver nrwliii t U4 Iu-1 v.,,-c . ,, 1 .
-.'. n ; j corres
pondent in Edbl imbe writes in tl.ni l. i-..
Gen. Dockcryf! get 1 00 more votes in Edge
combe and Nafrl ounties than were evi v ;...
to any whig. lh further adds, " have always
voted with the'oi fogy fellows" but "the sun
has got up, and tie fog lias got off of me on that
point." Poor fc low! he has doubtless tem
porarily mistakf p he fox-fire of federal-w hifgerv
for the pjre si-ii?ht of democracy but before
the day of electU' 1 the false glare will be satis
factorily madeB mifest, and such "light" will
be rejected a$ leretofore in this "corner"
Whiggery can Inarte no progress in Edgecombe
or Nash and J wjr unhesitatingly hazard the
assertion that tb4 "Old Farmer" with alibis
log cabin, coon n and hard cider vagaries
will not receive 20 votes in both counties.
Southerner.
Spencer D.rmstbong. This individual
whose pretended miraculous escape from jail
was a short timjefince announced in our paper
was seen again it; Rocky Mount on Saturday
last; bu.t as h lisplayed'a revolver, bowie
knife, Ac., he vat not arrested. He was con
Gued as accessojrjj fter the fact of the murder of
Tilman Hunt, j legro trader. He had for
feited his recogifVnce, and his father who was
his security, pal Ji the bond of $3000 to the
county of NasLl Pitt, the priucipal in the
murder, has no fr;t been takeu Southerner.
fy We arer;qaested to announce W W
lik REN AVINS.'.OW,Ksq. art Sl democratic candi"
uate to represent 0 mbcrlan.l County in the Sonnt
of the next Gerierall-ssemLIy. ' nate
?Ce,lldfeoKdi0 annoae JAMES
UKST S. JIAKRtfyrO,. Esc,., a candidate to re
present Cumberland county m the Senate or the next
General AHsc-mblyv . . t- June 10t
W are renitJKted to annnnn,. f t ,
t
. .u. . j icu i ; h -
. ? s v'l','-f,ennjuinlerlanl
County in the Uope rCfinmons of the n.-xt General
A.mMv ,.fvti r-.ralia, "yncrai
.j ?.-. wavvn. to
e are requested to announce T a t ttV
1 T. IJUXTOX. E,, as c-undidate to reprint
Cumberland County in tke llous of Commonof the
next General Assembly. t , c
J te )d.
fV-g-. We are requested to announce XE1LI.
iM?McKA"i. Rer,. a candidate to represent Cum
berland County in the House of Common!, of tho nf
General Assembly. May 2Q tue
We are requested to annnnn n-ir
LTAM BLALOCK. Ei
office of Sheriff of Cumberland eounty. at the wining
flection. june 1Q ' C
Famine ix
We are requested to annonnee ALLF V
llka'J. CAMERON, Esq. M a candidate to Tefre
sent Cumberland county in the House of Commons f
the next General Assembly. te-pU