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Arrival of Steamer Pacific. . FOLK DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Awful Ravages of the Cholera. Particular xof the taking of Bosarmund. Decline in. Cotton and Breadstuff's. A',.r Sent. 3. The steamer Pacific arrived nt her' wharf t 3 oVlock this afternoon linn'Mii"- dates from Liverpool 10 uic ...... She brings a full confirmation of the capture of Bosarmund by the English and French for- trcscs Progress of the War. The capture of Bosarmund occurred at half-past 12 o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th ult. The garrison, numbering 2,000 men, were immediately em barked on the allied fleet. There was but little loss on either side, the French having lost 120 killed and the British only three or four. The round forts behind Bosarmund, named Forts Yzoe and Xottich, had been previously reduced, being no difficult task, as they were garrisoned by only 120 men each. A handful of artillerymen in Y.ee made a stout defence, fifty being killed, and only thirty five taken unhurt. Xottich was carried with out loss-. Botli forts were blown up, and the main assault made on Bosarmund, the walls of which were badly damaged before the garrison consented to surrender. Ihe honor of the vic tory belongs wholly to the French, who fought with the greatest bravery. Private accounts from Dantzic state that the number of prisoners will not exceed 1,500, and tlmt they ha ve been f-f nt to Ledsund. An over whelming display of force was made by the allies. Fifteen sail of the line were within range of the fortress. The allies lired 100 pieces of cannon. Admiral Napier has issued a notice warning all neutral vessels to leave the port of Riga be fore the 10th of August. It is therefore sur mised that Riga will be the next point of attack. General Baraguay de Pilliers made a narrow escape. A cannon ball passed between him and an Aid-de-Camp with whom he was conversing. The Anstrians entered Wallachia on the 18th ult. Prussia was arming at all points. Berlin, Aug. 18. A semi-official article in the Prussian Correspondence says that the evacuation of the principalities by the Russians docs not fulfil all the objects of the alliance of the two great German powers, but that it grants more than was demanded by the note dated Vienna, June 3d. The supplementary article of reciprocal obligations of the two powers is there fore executed If other steps are considered necessary for the interest of Germany fresh con ventions must take place between the contract ing powers on the subject of the co-operation in sense of the Prussian treaty of the 20th of April last. The Russian steamer Walladimer sailed out boldly at Kosloo, coaled, destroyed two Turkish brigs and made oft safely. The expedition to Crimea is only temporarily delayed until the abatement of the cholera and fever among the troops. The cholera had considerably abated at Var na, Schumla and Constantinople. It had been fearfully destructive among the French. Greece. King Otho refuses to disband his irregular troops. Kxgf.axk. A collision took place on the South Exeter and Brighton railway, by which three persons were killed, and one hundred badly injured. The Ship Shander, of Glasgow, was destroyed ly H from O lewupow 4.0 Mou treal on the 3d ult. The crew and passengers were saved. Spain. Barcelona was again quiet. About 100 cases of cholera were reported daily at Madrid, but the malady had assumed a mild er form. Saxony, The new King had taken his oath to the constitution, and declared his government merely a continuation of that of the deceased King. London, Aug. 23. Sixty thousand Russians are concentrating on the right bank of the Pruth under General Luders, to cover the Rus sian flotilla on the Danube. The report of the defeat of the Turks, near Kars, is repeated. The Varna correspondent of the London Times gives a frightful account of the cholera. He estimates that from 10,000 to 15,000 were dead or disabled up to the moment of the dis embarcation. Frightful Steamboat Explosion Upwards of Twenty Persons Killed. Cincinnati, Sept. 1. A few days since, just after the steamer Timour, No. 2, "had landed her passengers, at Edward's Yard, near Jeffer son city, Missouri, her three boilers exploded, scattering death and destruction around, and leaving the boat a total wreck. At the latest accounts six persons were lying on the shore dead, and it was supposed that 15 or 16 others were thrown overboard and drown ed. Owing to the confusion and excitement the exact number of killed could not be ascer tained. About seventeen perons were scalded and otherwise injured. Mr Dix, the pilot, was in a dying condition, not having spoken since the explosiou. Among the killed are Win. Kilcher, Ed. O'Mahcy and D. Conners. A mong the wounded are Patrick Finney, deck hand, badly scalded; Edward Roach, deck hand, scalded; three children of Mr Charlts Kckley the second clerk, scalded; Mr White, a merchant of Roanoke, scalded. Mr Eckers, the clerk of the boat, had his family on board, and two of his children were severely scalded. The injured men. arc principally deck hands. Two of the boilers were thrown on the railroad track, and the other into the river. Many pieces of wreck were found half a mile from the place where the explosion occurred. The hull was breaking up, and but few of the goods on board would be saved. The en tire upper works are destroyed. The engineers of the boat Charles W. MeCord and John R. fceott, gave bonds in the sum of $4000 to an swer any charge of misconduct or negligence. Ihe boat was from St. Louis, bound to St, Jo- scpii, una was valued at St5 000 K.coxn liisPATCH. The - a. - rii Captain of the steamer timour reports twenty killed, being nineteen hands ot the boat and the pilot. jfcST-The second advent people or Milleritcs are again in high spirits at the prospect which i... k:i. e a 1 ""-i luojr nulla mi; iscu ui iinj consummation of the eartn." j.ney are holding meetings in York and New Jersey, and are looking confi dently lor tiie second coming of Christ in May ! 1855. The New Bedford Standard says these poor deluded fanatics regard the "extreme drouth now prevailing in some of the Northern States, as a sign of the fiual judgment. The earth, they believe, is to become quite dry, then take fire and burn up; meanwhile they are to ascend, their robes, of course, being ready. The chaloric ship Ericson, it seems, has turn ed out to be a failure, and it is stated that she is now to be fitted up with a pair of steam-boilers, and will take her place as a steamer. Tribute of Respect. At a meeting of the members of the Bar, on the 2Sth of August, at Smithfield, Geo. W. Haywood, Esq., was, on motion of II. W. Husted, called to the chair, and Allmaud A. McKoy requested to act as Secretary. The Chairman, upon taking his seat, explain ed the object of the meeting in a brief, appro priate and feeling manner. On motion, the Chairman appointed Ed'wd. Cantwell, II. W. Husted and George V. Strong, Esqrs., a Committee to draft resolutions ex pressive of the purposes and feelings of the meeting, who reported, through their Chairman, Mr Cantwell, the following preamble and re solutions, which were unanimously adopted, viz: The members of the bar. in attendance at Johnston County Court, at this (August) Term, 1854, having learned of the death of their friend and brother, Joseph W. Evans, Esq., at Raleigh, on the 29th of July, 1854, and being met to consider the action this melancholy be reavement impose upon them as a mark of re spect to the memory ot the deceased, and as a testimony of their sympathy and condolence with his family, do resolve : 1st. That, in the death of Joseph W. Evans, the bar of this county and State have to regret the loss of a bright ornament and a cherished associate. 2d. That the purity and evenness of his char acter, his varied talents, the stern, unyielding integrity of his professional conduct, his devo tion to the; law, his fearlessness as an advocate, his ripening experience and uniform courtesy, declared him to be one of those who, combining all qualities of mind and heart requisite to dis tinguished usefulness, secure always the respect and affection of their brethren and the com munity. 3d. That it is due to the memory of our brother, that the members of the bar wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, and that a copy of these proceedings be forwarded to Mrs Evans, with the expression of our sin cere sympathy and condolence. 4th. That the Solicitor of this Court present these resolutions to the Court, and ask that the be spread upon its Minutes. On motion of Maj. Gaston II. Wilder, the meeting adjourned. GEO. W. HAYWOOD, Ch'n. An.MAxit A. McKoy, Sec'y. From the Raleigh Standard. e well remember the tune when it was deemed by many in the State, not merely un fashionable but ungenteel for a voung man of promise to avow himself a Democrat. The power of the monied aristocracy here, we know, and those who considered themselves entitled to give tone to social life, were brought to bear against young men who took ground for the Democrats, while those who remained hi or who became so, were petted and advanced in life. But this power and this influence are now either broken or disregarded, and mean while Whiggery is becoming unfashionable The tables are being turned. Shrewd and dis cerning men at length perceive that the people are on the side of the Democracy, and their course is shaped accordingly; and the young men, in the ardor and frankness of their nature, are crowding to the banner of progress, of liberal views, and of "the greatest good to the greatest number." We welcome them most cordially and heartily. We honor them for their fidelity to their first impulses, for their sympathy with the masses, and for the assur ance thus given, and thus early given, of ser vice and Ijeiie-tit to their country. tTtti.ic mi, young gentlemen those of you who have not quite made up your minds come on and take position in our ranks. Ours is the Republican part', not of to-day or of yesterday, but of old; it is the party iu which effort is commended, talent appreciated, and devotion to principle rewarded It is the party which has its founda tions, and indeed its very existence in a strict construction of the federal constitution; and it must endure and flourish as long as the con stitution itself shall endure Only qualify your selves for public employment, and the question will not be asked by the Democracy where you came from, or what was your origin whether from the work-shop, the corn-field or the college. But qualify yourselves. No half-education, no habits of inattention or carelessness, no reliance upon others for chance aid or for your opinions, will be found suited to this age. Be men, and the people will promote you. The times require men of high virtue, of inflexible will, of studious and laborious habits men too unselfish and honest to resort to isms or side issues for advancement, but who will make principle their polar star under all circum stances and in every crisis. 'Ilouor ami fume from no condition rise; Act welt your part there all the honor lies." "Act well your part," whatever it may be, and in due time the people will say, come up higher. Patience, labor, perseverance never failed the strong." young aspirant. "Suffer and be Mlrier. The Montgomery Journal states max ur. .McDonald, ot Blount JUeigs, was barbarously murdered by one of his own negros on Friday night. The circumstances, as we nave learned mem, are these: The Dr. having a call during the night to see a patient, ordered his boy Gilbert to bring his horse. This the negro impertinently refused to do. The Doctor gave him a slight flogging with his whip, and finding the boy intractable, passed out to get his horse himself. He was followed and wavlaid by the negro, armed with hnge cudgel, who felled him and deliberately beat out his brains The negro did not attempt to escape, but confessed and boasted of the deed of murder. The Doctor was an old citizen of Mount Meigs, and was justly esteemed for his many amiable and excellent qualities. Great excitement existed in that section on Saturday, and a meeting of citizens was held to determine whether, as a necessary example, to execute summary vengeance on the murderer or await the slow process of the law The result of the deliberations of the meeting are not known. Dangerous Cocxterff.it. We have been shown a dangerous Counterfeit on the Bank of the State, payable to L. S. Webb at Windsor, and dated June 1st 1853. It was a $50 bill, new plate, letter A ; and was detected at the Branch Bank in Newbern, and is so well ex ecuted, that none but the best judges could ever discover that it was not a genuine note. Ncwlern Atlantic. I Cami-hor Producing Insanity. The Toronto Colonist says : "We are informed that no less than eight persons have been admitted into the lunatic asylum in a state of insanity occasioned bv con suming quantities of camphor to prevent cholera. ?.?t Vr,em Ci-Tried U about iu pockets, Z if1-? fr?m, t,me totime eating small quantil Tn on 'erS -t0k lt lisled in brandy. In all cases where ,t was taken in any quantity it produced insanity. It is a fact wyeJ known that a comparatively smallquantitv of camphor will set a dog mad; and that he will soon after wards die.' THE NORTH CAROLINIAN,? Count Raoosset's Battle with the Mexicans. The particulars of the affair of Count Raous- J set at Guaymas are extensively giveu in the Mexican papers. Ihe New Orleans Courier sums up the details thus : "On the 2d of July, M. de Raonset disembark ed a few leagues from Guaymas, and repaired privately to the harbor nnder a false name. He had an interview with his most intimate confidents, and sounded the disposition of the garrison, nearly all the soldiers of which (beiu French volunteers) were known to him. It ai pears that his first advances were me with a refusal, and he was advised to set sail for San Francisco. By what promises, by what strata gem, was he able on the following, days to in duce the entire garrison to revolt so strauo-elv? This is what we have yet to learn. He suc ceeded, however, in imposing on the battalion, ami on the lzth lie endeavored to treat with jreueiui xuuez. i ue uemanas oi the count who demanded nothing less than the hostages and artillery, were equivalent to a declaration of war, and were peremptorily refused. On 1 i a" mi i -i i. . . the afternoon of the 13th he openly declared his intentions, and resolutely conducted in per son the attack against the barrack of the Mexi can troops; he was repulsed by the latter under General l anez, after having fifty men killed his ranks were filled with wounded. During the attack the populace armed themselves a 111! cut off his retreat, He surrendered at discri-le T I tion at the head of 200 men: some had suce&-j2ie ed iu escaping from the citv. Such has bee. the disastrous result of this detestable enter prise." Ihe Picayune has the following account of the battle. "The combat lasted three hours, the French numbering four hundred men, and ended in their complete route, leaving forty-six dead, many wounded, and two hundred prisoners, among whom was Raousset. The Mexican loss is reported at one officer and ten men killed and several wounded. A court-martial was im mediately formed, and letters from Guaymas of the 1 7th of July state that the sentence was that the count and the officers be shot, and the men sent to San Francisco in three Mexican vessels. It was stated that the execution would take place on the 19th. "Santa Anna has granted to all the officers engaged in the action a cross of gold, and to the soldiers a shield or badge, to be worn on the left arm." A letter in the Delta discredits the report of the capture of the count. Protection Against Lightning. Thunder storms the present year have been frequent, and some of them tearfully active; many persons have been killed and many build ings burned or injured. Lightning conductors affixed to buildings or vessels attord absolute protection to life and property; and as these appendages cost but a trifle, no building should be without them, and l .1 a 1 - r - - . p a! - uesiucs, me ure insurance compauies oi tins city, (liianv, if not all.) deduct ten per cent from the amount of the premium of insurance on all buildings insured which are provided with lightning conductors. In my long-continued and extensive observa tions of lightning phenomena, I have never yet met with a case ot loss of life by lightning m a building or vessel furnished with metalic lightu ing conductors reared for protection; nor have 1 ever known of a claim to be made on either marine or fire insurance companies for loss by liQ-htmir in auv case where the Imildiufr or vft- sei was furuisiiea w.tli lightning couuuelursf I know of no case of loss of life by lightning in railroad cars, steamboats, ocean steamers, iron vessels or iron houses: evidencing that metals are not dangerous on account of supposed at traction of lightning. Metals conduct lightning and distribute it. Iron wire of five-sixteenths of an inch in dia meter is large enough for a lightning conductor. The rod should be in one single piece and filed to a sharp point, and extend two feet above the chimney or highest point of a building de signed to be protected, and extend to and into the ground to the depth of permanent moisture. No paint should be put on the conductor. Corrosion by oxidization or rust will not injure the conducting powers of the rod. If glass insulators are used, the bore of the insulator should be so large as to allow space for both the water of the rain and the lightning to pass through freely. A dwelling-ho ise requires a conduct or to every chimney, and if there be a cupola, that should be provided with a conductor also. A barn fifty feet log:1 should have three rods, and needs but one fastening to each, and that at the ridge pole, from which point the conductor may diverge, and reach the ground several feet from the foundation of the building. Meeting-houses having spires and bell are more difficult to protect, as the spires are gen erally strengthened at the top by an iron shaft, which overcomes the rod, and discharges the lightning upon the bell, by which it is distribut ed. In such cases a rod should present a point under the bell. Metal roofs should be connected with the earth by conductors, and the chimneys above the roof should have rods. Shade trees should be provided with con ductors. A shade tree affords no protection to a building against lightning. Iron wire, of five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, costs leas than one cent per foot. Any person of ordinary capacity can erect lightning conductors. Buildings and vessels furnished with lightnlj conductors, it is thought, do not suffer from the wind; at least such is the result of my investi gations thus far made. Persons struck down by lightning should be drenched with cold water for hours; if that fail, add salt to the water, and continue the drench ing. Any information in my power to give as to lightning conductors, is at the service of every body. Brooklyn, N Y. E. MERIAM. Cure for the Yellow Fever. Dr. Wildman a distinguished physician of Savannah, uses in his treatment of the yellow fever the muriated tincture of iron. He says that feeling it to be his duty to place this new mode of treatment before the public, he publishes the following tacts m relation to it: 1. I have treated over one hundred and fifty cases of vellow fever since 21st ult., and of that number not one has died who commenced this remedy prior to "Black Yomit." And 2. Since 21st ult. I have not administered five doses of any other medicine. , I give the tincture in doses varying from 20 to CO drops every two hours in a table-spoonful of water for adults; and smaller doses for chil dren. The cure is generally perfected in three davs. This preparation of iron acts by medi eating the blood, and exerting its stypic quali ties upon the coats of the stomach. We agree with the Georgian that should it prove true that a specific has been discovered for this terrible scourge of southern latitudes, the author will have won an immortality scarce-j ly less glorious than his who discovered a conti nenti Wil. Herald. FA YFxTTE VI LL E, N. C lion. James C. Dobbin. Tl.o doMinns in North Carolina being over, and the result being a complete triumph of her thrice glorious Democracy, over me commueu fces of Federalism, Badgerism, and every oUier ism that could be arrayed to effect the farposcs of unscrupulous demagogues, it be hooves the domiuant party, at once to set about the work of organization. 1 wo u . a. oenaioih are to elect. Whv not settle upon two gouu ftnd true men before the meeting of the Legis lature, and by correspondence with one anouier, bring about concert ot action, mat u mar be done well and harmoniously, mat uo delay may be made in securing a lull representa tion in ITnncrress eariv in me session. W. tmtt. wo will not be thought officious if we express a preference, over all others, for the elevation to the eminent position of Senator in Conoress from that State, of the gentleman whose name heads this article. While we should feel sensibly the loss of Mr Dobbin in the event 1A should be called uy nis native oiaie uom the important post he now occupies in the Cabi- net, and the duties oi wnicn ne nas uiscnargcu with so much credit to himself and honor to the nation, we should be amply compensated by the reflection that we had secured his services iu a more extended sphere of usefulness to the South. We dislike to deprive our estimable Chief Magistrate of so valuable an adviser, but need his cool head and clear judgment m - . -m Senate, and must have him. Mr Dobbin possesses a mind ot me nrst oruer oi laiem, sum - - . i A. .1 would carry with him into the legislative coun cils of the nation the accomplishments of a ripe scholar and an experienced statesman. Troy (Ala.) Bulletin. SuddexDeath. On Tuesday last, about two o'clock, P. M., Beunett Blake, a son oi the Rev. B. T. Blake, of this City, when on his way to Mr Lovejoy's Academy, fell suddenly upon the pavement and in a few moments ex pired. His death is supposed to have been caused by a disease of the heart. He was a lad of remarkably correct and studious habits. Raleigh Standard. A Betrothed Young Woman Shot by her Lover. We are called upon to record another deplorable accident, resulting from a criminally careless use of tire-arms, un ounuay nigni, Daniel M. Arthur was sitting in the same room, No. 314 Seventh Street, with Catharine Des mond, a young lady to whom he was engaged. Catharine was sitting at a small stand, reading a book, and her lover was teasing her and try ing to transfer her attention from the book to himself, by extinguishing the caudle. Fiually, all of his fond efforts having failed, he took a double-barrelled shot gun which stood in the corner, put on a cap, and pulled the trigger, intending to blow out the candle with the air forced out of the gun by its explosion of the cap. Unfortunately, the gun was loaded, and the horror-stricken man heard a loud report, and saw his betrothed sink to the floor, bleed ing and dying. A full charge of shot entered her right breast, and in spite of the effort ; of the physicians who were called, she died yester day morning about two o'clock. The unhappy man is, of course, almost distracted. He sur rendered himself, and was yesterday morning examined in the Police Court. The testimony showing no criminal intention, he was dis charged. The dead and the living were to have been married in about two months. Cin cinnati Gazette. Con Liver Oil. -But with what still greater lm -...1 edx physician, now-a-davs. contemplate that wholly unexpected and invaluable ally which suffering lungs have recently secured from the iatric liver of the cod. Alere Flam mam to feed common lamps was, till lately, all it pro fessed to do; but now its vaunt is, alere ritam to replenish the lamp of Jife when burning low and threatening to go out. About sixty years have elapsed since Dr. Bardsley first sounded its praises; but scarcely a dozen have past since it was fairly put upon trial in this country, and everybody now knows the result, Thou sands of cases hitherto most unpromising have, under its auspices, suddenly changed their as pect, and looked bright; here, a fair girl hasten ing to decay, had scarcely taken a few doses. when the ominous cough was appeased, she recovered her roses, smiled once more on a re assured family of friends, and went on her wav rejoicing; there a case of graver import, which had whispered death to the enquiring car, made a stand, rallied, and consumption was, for the time, arrested in mid course; and again, iu patients still further reduced by the blight ing malady, the administration of the bland oil was frequently observed to respite, soften, and assuage sufferings beyond its power to remove. Scepticism, by slow degrees, made way to con viction; and he who, a few years ago, would justly have passed for a quack who should have pretended to cure consumption, is now countenanced everywhere by brother praction ers, who have all the same story to tell till the world at large has become convinced of the fact; and there is now not a village apothecary through the length and breadth of our isle who has not himself witnessed some of the endless beneficent wonders which this penetrating balm, under the Divine blessing, has already worked, and is daily working among the children of men . Frascr's JSIagazine. Another Great Tree in California. At a late meeting of the Boston Natural History Society, Dr. Ayres furnished the following items derived from Dr. Birelow. of San Francisco. relative to another huge tree in that region. The tree lies on the ground, having fallen many years since. From the base to the point where it is broken off, it is found to be three hundred and ten feet; all beyond this was burned, probably by the Indians, but fragments lie scattered along to the distance of a hundred and fifty feet, and from the size of these fragments, Dr. Bigelow feels confident that the tree must have been five hundred feet high. At the base it is. bv compu tation, one hundred and ten feet in circumference ; at the end of the three hundred and ten feet, it is by measurement forty feet in circumference. This is almost as much beyond, in size, the great tree which has attracted so much notice, asthat is beyond trees of common size. - Dr. Abbott remarked that Dr. Pickering has seen trees in California as remarkable for their slenderness as well as height. He has seen one three hundred and ten feet high, measuring only nine feet in diameter at the base, and at the broken extremity only nine inches. The Railroad The survey of the Railroad to Goldsboro was commeuced on Monday morning last. "The noble band," with their Chief Engineer, Col. Thompson, marched out of town, with flags flying, and iu the best of spirits. The survey begun, we are informed, at a walnut tree on Trent, near the edge of the town. It is intended by the Company to begin the construction of the Road just as soon as the survey is completed; about the 1st of No vember. We predict that, in eighteen months, the road will be complete in every respect, and the cars running. - Hurrah for the Railroad! Long live "Young America," and down with "old fogyism"! 2eicbern Atlantic. " Something to Eat. We doubt much if that very forgetful indivi dual, "the oldest inhabitant," who is never quoted except for the purpose of showing what he does not remember, could recall a season during which, at some time or other, a terrible panic was not raised, or tried to be raised, about the failure of the crops, and the direst prospect of scarcity thereupon ensuing; and yet, in nine cases out of ten, these panics have turned out to be groundless, being founded most usually upon local failures, or having their origin in the movements of that meanest and most heartless class of speculators, those who base their calcu lations of wealth upon the distresses of the poor, whose necessaries of life they endeavor to raise to a fictitious standard, by forestallingie sup ply, and standing between the actual producer and the actual consumer. The farmer seldom gets much of the speculative ri"se, if lie gets auv. while the hard-working consumer is un mercifully shaved by the shrewd operator. The legitimate trade in bread-stuffs is just as fair and proper as any other; but we will venture the assertion that more direct and cold-blooded heartlessuess enters into the calculations of a majority of t :e speculative operators at the North, than all the ingenuity of Mrs Stoweand her co-workers could conjure up iu connection with the buying and selling of slaves, even as carried on by regular traders. O The present season has unquestionably prov ed disastrous to the crops in ditfrreut sections of the country, on account of the umisual drought and almost unprecedented heat. In Western New York; in portions of Ohio, Illinois, Ken tucky and Tennessee: and in Indiana and Mis souri, there will be considerable falling off, amounting to from one-eighth to one-fourth of the average yield per acre. But, on the other hand, the amount planted is much larger than at any former period sufficient, we believe, to fully make up for all failures. The shortness of the crcp, although extensive, is far from general; the produce at the South will be found above an average; the reciprocity treaty with the British provinces will open a large surplus for the supply of any deficiency. So that, upon the whole, there is really no ground for panic or excitement. Living is high enough, in all conscience, and if it is to get any higher, we think that scientific research might be usefully employed in an investigation of the habits of hybcrnating animals, with a view of discovering how we poor devils in towns ma7 be enabled to go into caves and holes in the ground, and keep up a partially suspended animation like that of a night-lamp in a sick-room by sucking our paws, ready to be thawed out, and resume the active duties of life, when a more reasonable state of the market will admit of such extrava gance. In fact, we may yet be forced to learn a useful lesson from those economical members of the animal kingdom the bears, toads and snakes. llril. Journal. Mail Robbery Altheus Tatham, of Jack son county, was arrested the other day, and lodged in jail at Franklin, charged with ab stracting from the U. S. mail, on the 25th of July last, a package containing $500, belonging to Capt. Stephen Munilay of Franklin. We understand there is no positive proof against the accused, but the circumstances make out a strong case against him. He awaits the orders of the U. S. District Attorney, Robert P. Dick, Esq. Ashcrille lYews. Our Harbor. We have taken some pains to enquire, and from what we can learn from the best local infoi'ina tirm. fnnimfimlpp AfnlKt'c report is perfectly and substantially correct, at the season of the year, in which the survey was taken. To whatever cause it may be attributed, we cannot now determine (though we will try to do so) but there is certainly after the April tides, at least 2 feet more ot water on the Bar, than at the time of the usual soundings in March by the Engineers. We are not finding fault with friend Maffit, (he knows we would'nt do that) but from the best advices, from the best source, we are compelled to be satisfied that over 18 feet can readiiy be obtained at any time after the month of March, on the very ground where he could only get 10 J. Beaufort Halcyon. Seeps for the Nation. Congress appro-! printed at its late session ten thousand dollars for the collection of agricultural statist ics and the procurement and distribution of seeds and cuttings, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioner of Patents. Mr Brown, the head of the Agricultural Bureau of the Patent Office, has sailed for Europe to make selections of seeds, fcc. in sea son for distribution through the members of Congress when again assembled In connexion with this statement we copy the following from the Winchester (Va.) Re publican. "Mr Geo. B. Graves our postmaster, has been quite successful in some experiments with the new varieties of pulse distributed over the country through the agency of the Patent Office. A Japan pea in his garden has grown into a bush 5 feet high, and it cannot hold less than two hundred pods, pretty well developed. Mr Graves also has some Oregon peas growing finely. The leaves of both are similar in form to those of the grape, although large and heav ier. The only objection to these peas is that they come late." The Siege of Silistria. A military corres- pondent of a German newspaper, speaking of the siege of Silistria, says: " If we consider the duration of the siege and the force applied to it by Russia, it becomes evident to even an unprofessional judgment that the result has been utterly unworthy of the means. The besieging army amounted to 30,000 men at least, and probably to 45,000, and iu this computation we do not include the troops kept in reserve and read' for action on the Wallachian side of the river, and who, with three bridges at their command, could at any moment have passed over to support the opera tion. The Turks could oppose to these, of re gular troops, after allowance for previous losses some 12,000 men, i. e., not a third of the enemy's force. It is reckoned that the siege lasted 31) days. Within this time, according to a computation by the Prussian officer in command of the ar tillery of the place a computation carefully framed, so as to be within the truth rather than beyond it the Russians lost 22,000 men, while the loss of the Turks was abont 1,400. Dur ing the siege, according to the same authority, from 40,000 to 50,000 projectiles, solid or hol low, were discharged upon the place, the siege park having been, both in respect of number and weight of guns, far more considerable than that in any of the former Turkish wars. In confirmation of this may be mentioned that during the 44 days siege of Silistria, in 1829, only 29,000, during the 77 days' siege of Yarna in 1828, only 50,000 shots were fired." An Editor at the dinner table being asked if he would take some pudding, replied in a fit of abstraction, " Owing to crowd of other matter I am unable to find room for it." Soith Carolina Reader?. Calvin II. Wiley Esq., Superintendent of Common Schools for this State, gives notice that a complete series of North. Carolina Head ers will probably be ready for the use of schools by the 1st December next. The series will consist of only three numbers, the last or high est number being Mr Wiley's Reader, revised, with the historical part brought down to the present time. This number will be the only one of a merely local interest. The publishers are A. S. Barnes & Co., St. John street, New York. Mr Wiley recommends this house to merchants and book-sellers, aud gives an ac count of the enterprise, and of the motive which prompted it. The idea of originating a series of text books, to be used in, and to enhance the value and importance of the system of Com mon Schools, was put in practice by Mr W., who wrote the last of the series as above stated. Subsequently he became the State Superintendent, and could not think of having any investments in school books while occupy- . ing an official position with regard to the schools. So he sold to Barnes A: Co. the stereotype plates of the N. C. Reader, (his work) and the books on hand at original cost, with the copy-right: and an arrangement was made with Professor F. M. Hubbard, of the University, author of the life of Gen. Davie, to finish the series. Professor Hubbard, with much taste aud judgment, lias about finished his task, and it will soon be ready tor delivery. (By this arrangsmeut Mr Wiley receives nothing for his copy-right, no profits on his books, no pay lor his trouble or expenses in the matter, besides losing the interest for three years, or one-half of the original investment, and giving away a valuable copy-right. He has done this not to have a boast, but' that the book may be the more useful, as being prompt ed solely by a desire to serve the public.) Mr Wiley recommends the scries of Readers above named, for the reasons as stated, "and because it is very desirable to have a uniform series of books that the children may be arrang ed in classes, and it may not be inappropriate also to suggest that the book, emanating as it does, the President of the University himself also assisting in the matter, may possibly en hance the sympathy between the University at Chapel Hill, our highest institution oflearii'iug, and the common schools, our great primary University, and the first interest of the State. Independent of all these considerations, it is believed that thiscrics of Readers will have some advantages over others. It will consist of fewer numbers, and therefore be cheaper, it will not be so burdened with a complicated and artificial system of rules, and the selections of the primary numbers will have less baly lalr, and be more interesting in matter, and correct, though simple in style, than those of other modern compilations. The work will aim to do justice lu JYorli Carolina, to instil useful information and correct ideas of .style into the minds rf the young, to educate the heart v illi generous sentiments and republican principles, a nd to imbue mind and hairl vrith lore and veneration , for the Author of all good and the Creator of all Ih insTs." W'iliin"ou Herald. A Shrewd Reply. Sir Walter Scott says" that the alleged origin of the invention of cards produced one of the shrewdest replies he had ever heard given in evidence It was made by the late Dr. Gregory, at Edinburgh, to a coun sel of great eminence at the Scottish bar. The Doctor's testimony went to prove the insanity of the party whose mental capacity was the point at issue. On a cross interrogation lie ad mitted that the person in question played admirably at whist. "And do you seriously say, doctor," said the learned counsel "that a person having a superior capacity for a game so difficult, and which requires, in a pre-eminent degree, memory, judgment, and combination, can beat the same time deranged in his under standing?" "1 am no card player," said the doctor, with great address, "but 1 have read in history that cards were invented for the amuse ment of an insane king." The consequences of this reply were decisive. Use of Pond Mud We have before given the method for the preparation of pond mud to render it immediately useful as manure. The residuum from canals is often very valuable from the fact that each length of canal between locks acts ris a cistern for the deposit of sediment, which, under ordinary circumstances in rivers would be carried to their mouths, and this sediment, therefore, is apt to contain a large amount of decomposing vegetable material in different stages of decomposition. The compost ing with the salt and lime mixture will prepare such deposit for immediate use, and render it of high value as manure. Parmer's Jlagazinr. Some three or four years ago, as an experi ment, we drew out of the bottom of a pond filled during the season with back-water from the canal, but dry in spring, about fifty loads of mud, which was applied immediately to the land. For the first and second years it seemed to prove a decided injury, but after being turned up with the plow, and subjected to the actiou of frost for one winter, the beneficial effects began to manifest themselves, and the best of our barn-yard manures have not produced so heavy a growth of" grain, and the effect promises to be permanent. Probably a better way would have been to have piled it up for one year, or com posted with other manure, or with lime. R. MERCHANT. Short Letters. The Memphis Eagle gives the following letter from a flat-boat man to his father. He and his brother "Bill had flatted a load of corn to New Orleans : Nu Orleans, Gune 5. Deer Dad, Markets is dull corn is niity lo and Bills dead. Your affectionate son, J. B. This is short and to the purpose. It reminds us of the celebrated correspondence between a stay-at-home mother and her absent son: Penobscot, Maine. Dear John, Come here. A rolling stone gathers no moss. Your loving mother. The answer was not long in coining back, and was not long when it irot back ; w c Red River, Texas. Dear Mother, Come here. A setting hen never gets fat. Your loving son. A still shorter letter was the answer given to a gentleman by a lady whom he had offended by his dilatoriuess, and who, for a long time, had refused to speak to him. His letter was earnest in its supplications for forgiveness, lt concluded with : "One word from your lips will make me hap py. When and where will you speak it?" Her answer was : "Wednesday, at the altar." But the shortest correspondence on record is the one between an Amsterdam merchant in waut of news, and his Loudon agent. The letter ran thus : ? And the answer thus : O being the briefest possible intimation that there was nothing stirring. Hx. Paper.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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