I
THE NORTH
ntROLINIAN, FAYETTEVIkkii-Jk^
'-Commodore
A K-r:,ISDN'S’-
i„; the Carolinian.
Tin. Orav's Crctk Iinlepeiulant Liglit Infan.
v rnaii.aiiv ccloiirated the birth day of Wash-
nMu :ii the usual iilace of meeting, near
i'. h, on Saturday last.
The Cabin on Staten Island—White Slavery.
Tragedies are not confined to I5ond street,
nor are the yictini.s always the wealthy owners
of houses, mortgages and bank stock. Idle
i tlie city has been shocked, Staten l-sland ha.s
irl was.
" '■ • ... ^ terror.s; where a poor orphan girl was, the bady, con,on r n,
Ti.cr, was ,p,nte a respectable turn out, and ;
the incnicv.ts of the day were enlivene n,. |,o„ic to the A knowed jist whci-e
trial at larcct tiling. iN i s.uic _ “ 'j.'.,t|,,,|. p. Heaven, and the poor look fur l’twas gone
:.t 1
slu t k . .-ful ^c^^ ^1 I little emaciated body left as full of .sores as that;
,„a \V:b-A The skill d4lay-!'^''I^‘'"“'-''^’ ai,d not half so well fed and cove,-.
~ _ j cil, to apiieal to insl ice against a cruel m.sti cn.'.
mcnibeis o t .c loinpany ^ jjut where are the drlinnciations of the Ida. k
.•■ai.a would have done j .,
■ , n . f D.cnp i If thi.s had been a little black girl who had
d tonimaa. Cl, i : l)ocn thus driven to death by he nii.sfrcs.s, the
cxci-cises of the day weie, -
Y . T-; a. i horror mongers of the Ijceclier fctowe sci.e. i
\l0Irh, i.cnt. I kvouhl have seized upon the altrceities and
Independant Light Infan-1 novels, plays and lee-
the interest innniVier. As tins was only a
white child of Irish parentage, the polit
The Baby’s Shirt, or Hary Ann’s Wtdding, as
Related by .Ilrs Jones.
“We was all preparing,” said Mrs Jones,
“to go the wedding. I was going, tlie gals was
goin.g to take the baby. Lut con^ to dress
the bade, couldn’t find tlie bady’s sjiirt!
of the drawerS/a puifose,
I’d i>nt it, but come to
V
1
®Swong*s®'nerTord"cr*^^^^ late Engage-
ns«"^niP POBTSEOCTU, ■ 1
WHtnpoA, Cblna' Friday, Dec. 12, ’56. J
SePoi-tsmouthand Levant dropped down
the Harrier on Saturday eyenmgb but about
miscellaneous items.
“The Lost Son,.—Among the birds of Pe
rn is one known as the alma, perdida, or lo.st
sofd, for the following
girl, while collecting balsam,
the Purtsmontli got i alone in the forest, and on her return to
r"'“ 1 receded, she | place where she had left it, she could not
, ag,onnd.-As ^ .j,
careened orei so ba .y ‘ ^ After a i received was the .singularly inounfu! note of
two miles above this place
i very badly
reason; "An Indian
left her child
the
find
l,le to stand upright on her decks.
li.rhtenin"’ lier.'sho this bird, wbich from that time was dcnomina
aiui
d safely anebored willi the
ted “the lost,soul.” The legend is beautiful,
and might have been invented far from the
land of the Incas, in the rales of Hellas. Tlie
poetical reader will recolleei that a similar idea
istleveloped in the clodng part of “The llridc
icrd^rvvill" go to: of Abydos,” the mo.st charming of all the le.sscr
( I'i
from
:ilul
,11,1 material of which it is compo-1 P*'®''
i;.:r to take a permanent jiositon c’d pinlantl,ropes
to ” ' ■■
;■ the niilitary companies of old Cnmber-
, :.o ran bea,t of at least live volunteer j
Miles, enough to form a volunteer re,
and we hope the day is not far
the I'evei'.se.
i is represented, would not have slaughtered a
distant! ebattel worth five hundred dollars. Had
till'
.. i vietim of harshness and neeleet been her pro-
‘Por mercy’s sake!” .says I, “gals,” says ^ . r,
“has any one ye seen that baby’s sliirt?” ! hard k‘y’s work, am a y evening, a
‘■or course none on ’em had scon it; and I ; (loattd at the flood tu e o , ,
lookcl and looked, and looked and looked ,vas towed down an Whamuon.
a'Miin Imt ’twant nowhere to be found. ‘It’, othrr ships of the squa ion . The Com-
,fi i» "11 li 'l'"« Il» ,-1" ,'‘"’1 ,l,Ll
I had that shirt ill my hand not iiiore’n ten niodore, in the .Sun Jacin o,
niimitcs ago, and now it’s gone, nobody can ; |.ei!iaiu at I\ iiampoa; the "''‘"T ^ ijyron The soul of Selim is repres
till where! I never .-ec the beat. ‘Gals,’says | p^n,ton, and the ‘ ^ ’j ented as inhabiting the body of a bird, and
I, 'do look iiroiid, can't ye?’ Hut j aSabiA the Monsoon, to h laiig la^ , ^ e^ering
wonhlii't find it; so 1 give ii],, and went to the j On Monday bitt, by or >-‘‘1 read ^ “Zuleika’.s name.” The idea, however, is not
bureau, and fiiii.iied iqi Iinotlier shirt, and pnt I Jore, the following genera ^ •• I ori'dnal with Byron, being old as the iiiii.s,
a little older than the valleys, au.J
ihc U. ^uaJurrii^ea’a/icommontomanyeoantries. The Peruvian L
Levant: (gend is the best of all lliosc
In the midst of peace Jjou have been called upon it.”
assault iq.oii the Hag of your
will si*c not 111 111*' f'H' tliciu [!ur[>ost‘.s ijut {pii t c i ^ ^it.u t. * .. , i. .... i„,r,/in/l t/v
.All's D.-c lvor, even if bad as ,die ‘‘-FartlicrM harnessed up tlic douldc team—
wo drove the old wliite marc then—and tlie
gals and all was having a good time .going to
would have fed iiiul
nursed her with consideration, if not tenderness.
v,l„ !■ this reeimeiit will be formed. Let ^
.,1,, il.e n,utter in hand and attend, P^‘'-'.va fee simple,
• tbf* State has a volunteer
e —no louiit.i tl ., f,-, , , How many of these hard masters and nii.s-
.. |,.i It lie tlie nnde of C nmberlaiul to ■■
.,-.,.11 lu—let It je i t 1 ^ I tresse.s at ilie Aoath e.xaet troiii their aiipreiiti-
_, ; ues an amoniit of lain r they ennnot liear, while
ti.ev grinlge them food, elothing and the other
i tiooe.^sai'ios ot lilo.
We hope, for the honor of hnniaiiily, that it
X.
I'nr ill" I'ai oliiiiaii.
ItK.rT TKX CF.XT IXSOLV’EXCV’’
ANSIVKIIEI).
see Mary Ann married: but some how 1 eonliln t
eit over lha’. shirt! ’Twan't the shirt so nmcli
to liave iinythiiig sqiirited away, right from un
der uiy face and eyes so, 'twas provoking. ’
“Vriiiit ye tliinking about, motlier?’' says
S,"pliroiiv; ‘‘what iiiiikes ye so sober? says she.
that have la
Mr Kdifor:—I do not wish to enenmbor ymir I tiiu ti-eatnient which the dead child siilfereii!
I'm sarlin,” .says 1.
“Aow, ilia,’’says Sophroiiy, says s/ie,
'!’!■: 1 ehariuing art is i
by t ■■ !'!:
tteation—arii wlint I'cr
■"■.!:! not b.i? Xnmerons
i !.. - a oriuirose, with its Iiii
:! !"okiag llowers, have be.
lialit, to ub-
co'nnins, and have no ineiiiiatioii to intrude my ■ ^.^5 not so altrocious as it lias been repre.sent-
liimible ii.aine and person on the public: but as j ^,1 q'l.g ^ase is, however, a jiroof that a iree
, 1 have lier'ii assailed personally, I claim a riglit, chilli in a free state may be starveil, striaed
p, .rreal lo be heard in self defence at least. iiintl frozen to death pretty niiieh in the slyli- el
to '"ive it time and' H Ib Havis has seen fit to publish a^,|,u ili.smal ernelties related in '‘Liiele 1 cm s
,fleisure and ta.stc ' card wlierein he displays so imieli littleness on ' p'ni.in" and siniilar earie.itiires of .Sontlierii life,
viriet’es of the bis own jiart as scarecly to leave mo anything; I’uverty at the North we find makes slaves
■e double cheer- to .=av. Without having ever asked me for the j yj-,v|,jte man and ids eliihlreii, and tlieir
1 I'-owii in the vii.'t sum often cents, in which amount I "'as j oomiition ims none of those guaraiiteers of pro
■d bitter blasts GiidelPeii to him, he straiglit'vay i.ssties a "'ur- (-^.y^joii ,v]iieh the black slaves
■ ■ ■ to “fight the devil
“you
need’nt sav that, .says slie and as l’d,laid onto
her a good many times, she was beginning to
git vexed, and so we bad it back aiip forth all
about that baby's shirt, till we got fo the wed
ding. ;
“Seeing eomiiany, kinder ]mt it/ont of my
mind, and 1 was gittiiig good ntitur’d agin;
though 1 eouldii’t liel|i saying to tuyself every
few minutes, ‘What could a become of that
the k>.)uth shirt?' till at.last they stood up to-be married,
and I forgot ail about it. .Mary Ann was a
upon to redress an . _
country. The necessity of such a step is much
to be regretted by as all, even though the man
lier in which your stem duty has been perform
ed is so honorable to yourselves.
I should omit an act of jnstiee to you, and
those who have bravely fallen in the perfor-
vou belong, if 1 hesitated to make this official
aekaovvledgemcnt of the faithful and honorable
„„-,„„er ill which all have borne their part
The embarrassment has been to cheek the
earnest zeal with which both officers and men
I'm pestered to death thinking about that the service to which their prey.
!iro shirt,'' savr; 1. “One of you must a took niaiicc of Ko n.
Eloquent P.vss.vge.—The light ot the lamp
was dying away in tiic socket; the niidnight
clock swung lieavily aloft, and its brazen tones
.sounded loudly on the frozen air. It was the
hour when disenibodicd sjdrits walk and when
murderers, like the .stealthy wolf, prowl for
The lonely watcher shuddered as
he heard a slight noise at the door. Big drops
stood upon his pale brow, the door gently open
ed—and in came a strange cat.
A man narrow-soaled Pi-euren, will they attend souiewhal
within view of •''PI”'*-''’'-'"’* i t ie beam in tlieir own. If Sonlhern soeiiu lile
t’,-e--’owin-riti'-H-th- while heaths and or-‘‘'fi'-e cents and fifty iiiilis.” without having ever j j, it ecrtninly has, in no few
ange trees add ri.-luiess to the blooms by their "-'-’cd him for it, and then bare-faced enougli 1 „nhat of the North,
verdure. The lieile tiow- Ihuis no difiieulty
procuring from tlie Ihyisl the brilliant camelia , unworthy even
to sliiiio amid her r.iTen braiili; nor tlie [leiulant S”'*'" *'"”
iHCeiuos of tlic bcHiitilui ii (. laitica, \\ uOm)
r ^.t ’* HM A „-i :t 1 *1 i'lvoriU' rant for me, niul ilesirins: to the ‘'levii Uiir murulista Iuivl* pointAvl out with ,p..
.t.-iiei - iiiiou • \ ^ pu-iilo f*Uilors ' 'vith -his own weapons" 1 pnrsncHl the emirse ■ uPeruseoiiie lu-eurrauy ih- mete in the eye ot real modest ereelcr, and v.as iiioie n aa ni^i
wn.tor aov.-erin l a -.s, n..,.^ card. A man narrow-soaled ‘ .tteiid souiewhal to : ened to death, when she came into the rooni Aon
UnLO-'A--bominet.s, A w’ithin view of ^cn,nigh to apprehend anotlier for the sum of It,, peuni in tlieir own. IfSonlhern soeia. life ; with Stephen anil ‘“'l' i„to lio.stility, and thus to do the highest
' " - --■• ' ‘■-Tv mills,” without having ever j jj. ecrtninly has, in no few haiuls. she fust give her left ha.id to btcplien. . ) ^ __ ^
asked him for if, and then bart-faced ciiougli
ji, to publish his own stinginess to the w-orld, ks
A gcntloinan tlionglit he’d like something
painted in the hall of a new house, and chose
have sought to place themselves in t*‘e "lost. the Red Sea. He
daring and hazardous positions, audio kceiR^g^g^j f(,r the job, who went to work
thendit any duty, however necessary, j and painted the hall red. “Xice color,” said
did not bring them in contact witli the enemy., “but where are the Israelites?” “Oh,
Among the satisfactory results of the con-1 »
llict in which you have been engaged is the; _
proof it presents of the intelligent subordina-i “Conscience!” sa.u Mrs Hopkins, indignant-
tion so generally e.xhibited in this emergency, i ly; “do yon suppose that nobody has got any
and also of’thc magnanimity which has cnaided | conscience but yoursell?”-My conscien^ is
■on. under aggravating acts, to respect the good as yours-aye. and better too; for it ha.
iM.ts of the people whose authorities had forced Hicver been n.sed in the course of my life, while
yours must be nearly worn out ”
of the notice which I have
d lieate greenish llowers
'bloom of the check; and many
S'-ented blossoms iningflcd in her bouquet. It
!.s another reniioiaent in iiixnry to cultivate
lie'se plants in the parloi' or dining room.
Time was, long ago, when it was uilileult to
find anv fioral decorations fur windows or tn-
1-les, in winter. The seed vessels of the peony,
or the lugill.t, or the scarlet berms ol the as
paragus, the hollv, or the inonniain ash, i\e;-v.’
alone avoiiable. Even within car reeolleetion,
braiiehes of the deiicnte foliage of the aspara-
As to “insolveney,’’ Mr H
lars where I ibi not owe one
— owes ten dol-
cent, and could
eiihaiit'C tlie tender
e t!io sweet-ti’c veil of futurity be lifted, hi.s own creditors
niieht .see doeumeiits very similar to the one
received by himself. I will not trouble you nor
honor -Mr R. H. Pavis by any further notice
of “so very small a potatoe.”
Rcs])eotrnIiy,
J. W. LARKIN'.
A Bimiiwav .llai-riairc in Higii life.
The liiuiii-; WoiiTii ^250,000.— A nnu-riage
took place in Grace Ciinreh, on Monday last,
,savs a New York exchange, that has exoited
no little interest in fashionable cirelef and
caused quite a fluttering among certain weal liy
families. It seciii.s the bride is an heires.s, anti
worth in her own right §250,000. She was
the inmate of one ofnur most exekisive female
seiiiinaries, and is but 14 years and eight months
‘Your other hnntl,’ savs the minister, says he | I’onor to the flag you represent. _
and pour Steevo, he was .so bashful, too, he Your best rewards ,H. he
- having well done your duty; but I should be
didn't know what he was about; he thought
’twas hi.s mistake, and that the minisjer meant
him, so he give .Mary- Ann his left hind Ihat
weuldn’t do, any way, a.left handei marriage
all round; but by this’ time they Jidii’t know
wliat they wa.s about; and Mary Ann jined her
right hand with his left, then the left with his
right, then both their left hands agin, till ^
was all of a fidget, and thought they never |
■oiild get fixed. Alary Ann looked red as a i
wanting in mine unless, in this pii'obc manner,
I conveyed to you my eaenest thanks, with tlie
hope that you will receive, as you have merited,
the high honor of your country’s approbation
Given under my hand, on board of the Unit
ed States flag-ship San Jacinto, at liampoa,
I i China, on this 6th day of December, 3 556,
JAMES ARMSTRONG.
Cominander-in-Chief of the U. S. Naval
iMPOnr.vN'CE OF Runctuatiox.—In a list of
the receipts of the American Tract Society, we
find §11 credited to “Rig Flat Emily Smith.
The printer who “set” tliat ought to be
“locked up” and fed on “pi” till lie learns the
use of ccmnias.
A schoolboy being asked by the teacher how
he should flog him, replied,
"If yon please, sir, I should like to have it
on the Italian system—the heavy strokes up
wards, and the down strokes light.”
Tiic Fafination of trimr.
AYe no not know that our cajition fully or
projierly pxpres.ses oar idea, which is, the
.stnine-e faciiiation tliat gatlicrs nroniid tlie de-
a.-i Iiave been sprinkled with beaten wliite .i,,,; (],, ."supposed partieipants in any
egg, to-i”'”"cfl’ects ol blossoms at ii
di.stauee. N'o'W we have rer.! living and fre.sh
fiowei-5 wiieiiever we ehoo.se. The s'pleiidid
C’iiiiiese ery-aiithemnm led the way in the gor
geous iiiareii of the flower sjiint.s into our;
home.s, to shed tlieir smiles and fragraiiee upon ,
us, when “the melaiu-Iioly days are coma, the ;
saddest of the year.”
We welcome the
old. Her wealth and the high position of her j t,„.]iey ;’aiui to iiwke matters worse, she began j Forces in tlie East India and China Seas,
lamily were of course known to her a.s-soeaites, j p q|]- j suppose, and called’
her aeqnaiiitaiiee was coiiseiiueiitly cO'Jt'K'd. j j-gj. .jf The ninister had jist
Among the gentlemen she was-iiitrodiieed to tmidler stood right I
U-IIS s K—, a well known habitue ! j ,, „„,.ous, and in such a hnr-^o a greater or ess extent
dt Fifth Avenue saloons, but who had reached j ^-ith. I kotehed up tp, , each, and every one of s. ‘
the Iiialni-e age of tlfirty-one years. The iie-: mu with it to l.er; for I tliouglU i '
‘Ilelloa! I say, what did you say your medi-
fiS^Bnglish is the language of grumbling, cine would cure?” ‘Oh! it’ll cure everyll.ing-
.sement in which we all heal any thing! ‘Ah! well. I’ll take a bottle;
AVc,! may be it’ll heel my boots—they need it badly
act of peculiar atrocity, especially if seasoned ; ijiiniiitiiuee ripened into intiiiiaey, and eveiitu-: i,., o-oing 10 faint. She
with a sliglic spice of mystery, and perpetrated
within, or close upon the confines of “good so
ciety.”
Bill Sikes mieht murder Nancy without ma-
nv people, save the jiolice, troubling themselves
I witli the inattnr, and many a seamstress besid-
; 03 Tom Hoood’s may sing the Song of the
Kivaticc of tuts I v;pirt on her wav ton premature grave, and
fertilizing taste. he pre.seiiee of-pots and bulb | „,|Pg{,qiii jrj put ivlien a
glasses in halls and drawingrooms, is no annoy-1 Rm'del! of New
aiice to us; and wc- hope ;t may be lullowcd liy ^ York is found murdered id a semi-fashionatile
the iatrodneion of tanks, stocked wiili rirnrui i pp,f|,.,p„„. i,ouse in Bond street wliose cliaractcr
till the fnrorc of Briti.sli ladies on the subject i „,hose
ally the parties bee.iiiie engaged to be marrisil; |(p.,.p,o|; to drink—I don’t liiow how it happeit-
but as the parents iiiiglit iiiter\iose an olijeel.oii j i.yj, ).],p tumbler slipped, and gracious me!
it wus arranged that it should take I'h’ce | ;(■ i.ptween us butli we di:!n't spill the water all
uiikiiowii to them or any of tiie young lady'.
her collar and siewe. I was dredful
friends. It was agreed that the happy event | (p,stored, for it lookel as though ’twas my
slioiild eoiiie ofl'Iast Saturday (St. A'aleiitiiiL's f,,,|;t. am] the fust tlifig I did was to out witli
day,) and the eliureh was opened, the minister ],aiidkerehief, an j give it to Alary Ann.
ready, and few siieetators had also assembled : jt ^vas iiieeiv doiK^nji: she took it and shook
to witue.s.s the marriage eeremoiiey which was i jj mp. The folks iijd held iii jiiitty well up to
aiiiiouiieed fur 11 A. Al. But noon came and ! that time but then I'lieli a giggle and laugh
went, and no.bride made her apiiearaiiee, and there was. I didn’t know what hud give
the eliureh wa.s closed. It seems tliat the . y.h, ,i;ueh a start, t^l jJ^Boked and see I'd give
principal of the .seminary in whieli the ^lury Ann that hiky's sh'irtP
f molbasks and aiiemoiics siia!l_ become an ejii-j mP.iious with Buudell were more than etpiivo- imiy was a |uqiil, got wind that something 1111. | JoniA, who is a very fleshy woman
usual was on the Uvpii, and she locked 3*'e 1 [[[.g mighty jelly with
would lie bride ill lier room, and so I'l'eveiiteii; „.jjg time before she
deniie thro’.ighoiit the length and breadth of; (.^1, then the whole newspaper and ncw.spapcr
ti-.is Kepiil'lie. Oar nictropolitir.i lames espe-1 as it were, and the
eraliy, need somctliing to tiiiiik of and to do, | .Mystery” is di3cus;.sed alike in
wi.ieh may diV'crt their attention frem dress and , g,,,] londoir from one extreme of the
liissipatioii, in some small measure, and at *”'’*-'f. to tha other, while the names of Air's Can-
Inf-ervals. Iliisband.s will find their account >” j |,;iu,.ha„t and her supposed ]iaramoiirs and par-
the fulfillment of her eiigageiiieiit. But '‘l"ve . |„.oppppi hpr narrative,
laughs at locksmiths, and by some means Mr I ‘.\v|,y,” she fiiid, with tears of laughter vun-
K was notified of the situ-ation ofalfaii-.s, j ..jng Jown her.elieeks, “Fd tucked it into my
... , ... and arranged matters ill such a manner tliiU | ^ i,,,jj[jp|.p|,ipf. That came ol being
cultivating the acqnaiiitauee both ol tue pia..ts j (ipipauts in murder, Eckel and SriodgTnss, are p,p.,j,.„] .,„,.veillaiieo, and : „,i„ac4, and in a fidgil.”
the couple were duly mar, led in one of our j “And .Maf\- Ann and Stephen—were they
and uiiimals, and providing tiiem with aecoiii-
modiition.—A’cic I'or.c iVpres.s.
RzcF.iPTS OP Cotton.—The comparative ta
ble of r-ecc-ipts and shijimeiits at all the ports,
t.'f.ljlislied in the Chailtslon Courier ot loth
Itrit., gives the iiie'reaseJ receipts of cotton,
compared with la.st year at same time, 9, 0i4
bales. The decreased shipments to Great Bri-
ta'ii, 250.000; to France, 42,000; and to for
eign port.s, 77,000 bale.s. The mereased shi]i-
laeiits to N'ortiicrii ports and 111,;)00 bales,
and the increased stocks on hand and on ship
board, 22.5,076 bak's.
familiar as household words, from Maine to
Texas,
The writer who would attempt an analysis
of tliis matter, must po.ssess an acquaintance
with mental anatomy far cxceediiyg anything to
which we can lay claim. It seems to be com
posed in nearly equal parts of tlie spirit which
leads to tlie persual ot the New.gate calendar,
and tliat whicli induces our reputilicaiis to take
such interest in tlie novel tliat details the loves
and the .scandals, tlie fortanes and the misfor
tunes of the aristocratic Lady Betty and Lord
Adolphus Fitz Frizzle. Something of tlie cu
riosity that tempted Eve, combined with tlie
trneiileiico that eatisod Cain to shed the first
blood. AVhat are these rather iiiqiroper and
not very interesting people to us or we to them
that, the pajiers
most fashionable iqi-towii churches on t’se 15th !,carried aftii all?”
last. The bride and bridegroom immediately
started for AVashingtou and intended to siieiid
the honeymoon on a Southern tour. This
[ileasaiit little affair 'nas created quite an e.x-
eitenieiit among tlie young ladies in apper-ten-
Join, a id is to them far more interesting than
tlie Bond street lra.gedy.
The man who is too poor to take a paper lias
bought a shili-.sid:.d dog, an old shot gun, and a
twenty shilling gold watch. He educates his
children i'.i the .street, and hi.s siiaiigha’.s board
on his nci.glibor.s,
tails coiiecriiiitg them, to an extent hardly
AAYdows.—“If ynn ever think of marrying a eipialled liy the news of the Prcsideiitiai clee-
widow, my sun,'’ s.iid an anxious imrent to hi.s | tioii? Perhaps the affair reveals a fhase of
lieir, “seic-et one wliose-first hn.sband was hnng i Yew York life, and people have an interest in
—that is the only way to prevent her throwing i it,. Perhaps, and this .seems t!ie true reason,
his memory i,i your face, and making annoying ! t,i,e parties are tlie true sinners, and have dwelt
eotapari.son.s.” “Even t'm.t won’t [ircvcnt it, | .j,, tpg (.onfiaes of “respectability.” Had they
exclaimed the ernsty old baelielur, “.she’ll then i i-callv .good people, they •■vould have lived
prai.se him and s iy hanging woidd ho too good j njjknowiug and unkiiown, as thousands and
for vou.”
AneefloSe cF .3Ir .tlarf}.
The AVasliingtoii eorrespoiideiit of the Bos
toil Post is responsible for the following:
I do not think I sliall violote any contidenee ! the story.”
in giving an anecdote of Air Alarcy, current in ;
“and it
I ever
“Dear inf, yes!” said Airs Jones,
turned outto be the gayest weddin
’tended.”
“And tie baby’s sliirt, Airs Jones?”
“Law .tlie,” said Airs Joiic.s, “how yonng
folks do tsk questions. Everybody agreed I
ought to make Mary Ann a present on’t—”
“\Ak-l, Airs Jones?”
“AVeJl,” said Airs Jones, ‘twant long ’fore
she found a use for it. And that’s the end of
society, though I believe it has never been in
print. It is known that diirin.g tlie ciilistnient
.^lonld be filled with their controversy, and consequent diffieufty with the
narne.s, and the electric wires vibrate with de-j Kng''sli MUiisfcr, Mr Crampton, the French
A iSn-.'.it!’ Yoi’xus
-'A little be.v on
:niliions do; and they might have perished in a
railroad collision, their names forgotten the
relm-n k.om Sunday School recently, addressed next day. Had they been in a more humble
his i.TOtlter as follows; “Alamma!’’ “v\etl, my
dear.” Alamma, the teacher says people are
all rnade of dnst.” “i'es, my dear, so the
Bible says.” “Well, mamma, are wli-ite peoide
made of du.st?’’ “Yes.” “Well, theu, I s’jio.se
colored peojde are made of mid dud ainl theyV'
An eminent modern writer bea.ntifuliy says:
“The found-jiion of domestic happiues.. is
faith ill the virtue of woman. The foundation
of political liappinoss, a confidence fii the integ
rity of man. The foniulation of all happiues—
teuqKiral and eternal—reliance on the goodness
of Grid'’ -
liositioii, even their crimes or supposed crimes
would have won fur them no corresponding no
toriety, for we will venture to say that Teague
AleSialhers may any day knock in the crown
of Ids long suffering wife Bridget’s head with
an iron pot, and get his own neck streehed
therefor, without tlie world troubling itself, al
though, in fact, poor Bridget may have possess
ed more of the trne virtues of humanity, and
be more sincerely mourned by her little ones
than all the Burdells and* Cnuninghams and
Eekles, el id genus omne, in New York or ont of
it, ever will be by any linraan being.— Wilming,
ton Journal.
Alinister AI. de Sartiges, exerted all his infin
ence with Air .Vlarcy for the reiitention of Mr
Crampton. On one ceeasion AI. de Sartiges
was arguing hel'ore. the Secretary against the
dismissal of Crampton, presenting the disad
vantages of such an act in the stronge.st colors,
represeating the desire of his government to
prevent a rupture, Ae., in quite a lengthy ora
tion; during the delivery of wliieh Air Alarey
.sat perfectly silent, dangling his watch-seals
as if ill profound reflection uiion the French
ministers eloquence. At lengtli -when Sartige.s
had quite exhausted his discourse and paused
for a reply, the Secretary raised his shaggy
eyebrows a little and quietly inquired, “M.
Sartiges how is Madame tins morning?” The
\ Wrinkle fob Young L.idies.—AVe know
a buailing house keeper who saves twenty per
cent, of her income, by telling the ladies at the
breakfast table of an auction sale in the house
of a bankrupt niercliant up town. They can
never eat a moutlifnl thereafter. Beginners in
the art of boarding house keeping will find it to
their advantage to follow copy.
Horrible Ckueltv.—ADlaiio, who attempted
to kill the anointed King of Naples, suffered
.saeh horrid punishment in this world that be
a’eserves at least as pleasant a hereafter as his
royal tormentor:
“He was stripped, bound hand and foot, and
hung to a beam with his head downward; he
was tormented in this position for two hours,
burnin wisps of straw being held under his
head. He was also bonnd and hung up by the
ears, causing him the most agonizing pains in
ner of persons and tilings to return tlie comjdi-
ment b}' finding fault with us, which they are
pretty certain to do.
The best grumbled at functionary in or out
of the government is tiic Postmaster General,
and if there be one office more tlianklcss than
all otlicrs on earth it is that of the head of tlie
Post Office Department “General satisfac
tion” cannot be.given, the thing is impossible,
so long as floods and frosts and snows and rail-
rood accidents prevail, and the Department
owns not a mile of Railroad, Canal, Steamboat
Navigation, or Stage travel. Say that the
mails fail between AA'ashiiigton City and Rieli-
moiid, Petersburg or AVilmington, and forth
with a disniai, universal liowl is set up against
Air Campbell, and a paper in Petersburg thanks
God in each nior-uing’s issue that that function
ary will give place to another after the fourth
of next month. If these good people who are
so prone to abjnrgat'ion would only reflect that
the United States mail is a ponderous matter
and cannot be transmitted by telegraph, but is
compelled to “wait for the wagon,” they might
be led to the obvious conclusion that when the
wagon does not get through the mails cannot
The Department iias nothing-to do with the
management of Railroads, is not responsible for
the defects ol their machinery or the'ir failures
to connect, and ought not tube charged with
them. Still less is the department responsible
for the state of the thermometer.
The postmaster General in England and
France is placed in a much more favorable pos.
ition. In each English cliartcr or French
“concession,” there is an e.xprcss proviso under
wliicli the Company must carry the mails at a
moderate stipulated rate. These roads are all
set on foot under the authority of the General
Government—ours are not so, and are totally
beyond its control.
AA^ith thousands and tens of thousands of
miles of mail service extending over thirty-one
States, with hundreds and thousands of lines
operated by private contractors over whom the
Department has no control beyond the feeble
‘1 say, John, where did you get that loafer's
hat?’
‘Plca.se ycr Honor,’ said Johj’ ®
one of your’s that Alissis gave ^
wlieii vou were to to town.”
‘Alothcr,’ said a little square built
about live years old, ‘why doii’l the taaeluA
make me monitor sometimes? I can lick every
boy in my class, but ouc!’
Tlie learned man who lately cut a slice off his
thumb to see what his veins were like, is as
sisted by a chap wlio contends that madness is
a luiueral.
Awful Thoughts.—“This had from the very
beginning of their acquaintance in her tliat
awe which is the most delicious feeling a wife
lean have toward a husband” “Awe!” said I
on hearing the above remark-“awe of a man
who.se whiskers you have trimmed, who.se hair
yon have cut, whose cravat you have put into
the wash, whose boots and shoes you have kick
ed into the closet, wliose dressing gown you
liave worn while combing your hair; who has
been down into the kitchen with you at eleven
o’clock at night to hunt for a kitchen bone;
who has hooked your dress, unlaced your boots
fastened your bracelets, and tied on your bon
nets; who has stood before your looking glfiss,
with thumb and finger on his proboscis scraping
his chin; whom yon have buttered and sugared,
and toasted, and teacd; whom you have seen
asleep with his mouth wide open! Rediculous!’
8®”A man named Tracy whom the Syra
cuse papers call the Plagupinkst, gives some
curious exhibitions of his powers of endurance
while sticking knives and pins in his flesh. He
inserts the long narrow blade of a knife into
the fleshy (laHs of Ills legs and arms also through
his clieeks.
He will drive pins into his limbs to their
very heads, at a .single blow, without wincing.
AVe arp told that he also practices the same
feats upon otliers when he eau fiud willing sub
jects, which is not often.—little or no blood
guarantee which its contract gives it, what folly 1 fgHows the knife, and a slight scar is the only
is it to raise a fuss over every temporary failure
of the mails, when the editors making this fuss
are in many cases aware that the cars carrying
the mail, failed to connect, and that therefore
the receipt of mails np to date is a physical im
possibility.—; Wiimiuglon Journal,
story goes no further in that direction, exccjit 1 the head and ears, and the ground beneath him
as deponent believes tliat, AI: de Sartiges totfk; was covered with burning coal, so that with his
his hat and never approaclied the subject again, I bare feet he conld not stand. He was also
while as the world knows. Air Crampton was tortured with alternate applications of cold and
disinis led. Lord Palmerston fumed and fretted, i boiling water, and his shoulder bones were
and finally has appointed Lord Napier to come ; pulled ont of joint with ropes tied to his arms,
over here in Craiuptoii’s place.' Lastly, he wa.s scourged; and those who saw
his naked body declare that the skin was black,
ened with green and yellow marks upon it;
hideous to behold.”
j@“The shoe business must be very good for
not a pair are made and got ready for the
market before they arc soled.
Oh, Pshaw.—A good joke is told of a young
couple riding home aftifr their marriage. Th^,
day had been cloudy, and the young man seeing
the clouds break away said—‘I hope we shall
soon have a little sun.” The yonng wife repli
ed very honestly, “As for me, I should rather
have a little daushler.
trace left of the weapon.
r"Crow, I want to as you a connundcr-
dum.”
“Can you tell me why de art of self defence
am like a river at low tide.”
“No, Julius, I doesn’t see no similarity in do
two subjects, so darfor I guves um up.”
“Well, den. I’ll tell yon—it is simply bekasc
it developes the muscles! You is the most
ignumous Digger I nebber seed.” “Y'ah! yah!
I knowed all de time what dat was. only I
didnt want to say nuffin. Jist ak me agin, and
see if I can’t told you.”
Somebody sent a keg of oysters to the editor
of the New Bedford Standard, with these
touching lines on its head:
“Remember the printer
‘ . This hard winter.
A pretty pair of eyes are the best mirrors to
shave by. “Yes,” replied a batchelor on read
ing the above “many a man has been shaved by
them.”
F.WE'l]
Sattii'riay,
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Tht Tra
Nniiibi-rloss ei
sciciitilic men as
the siibniariiie cal
on till tflcgraiihil
maiiiK-r a to pro
ml3.-'!on "f tlic elq
lor.s. The ililiieii
laying down tlicj
genion.-s men to \l
more efficient anj
miinicatioii tliaii
ol Lniii. Alanryi
tiuiis in.uie, iiio.sd
loo .-ipccuiative ll
is otic by Prof,
the Teicgnipii cll
mnnication aildi'J
can, the sliortcnj
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to be located
suitable ili:lance
vessels traveiiiigl
crpool- Tlie.se .‘q
a in-enliar ami
hiLy Ii ,‘-tury abo^
emergciii'y o
cure 1 it ;i'- bot|
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ting in every din
clei!'-. oink in a I
Prof. Hall prj
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. ..ges. and acl
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marks for llic
AVbctlicr lli^
jirovc a belter
gciice of the wil
the placid siirfJ
merely conjeelij
fic stoniis to wl
Iv siiuject niima
any one of tlieil
and lofs of thej
with a necessiil
W-.nlld be eMji'.'lj
reliiil'dine or rq
tiinis, Lidil.
Telegraphic p’
iilol'ioii -i-ldcli
errs, an,; j,,
' as to
.ut wliea it I
i this telegriql
Ciga soil, tile
don, the iim-s
should wc bcca
tics with G rcii|
being .seriously
alnio.-f instant
lioi'taut intcllia
tlie home govcl
anlieijiatc, siicl
at all iinpossibl
position and al
nieiit towards]
ca, it is- far
governments
upon questioni
and policy,
and powerful 1
not be iiermiti
of national lie
it strikes as tl
ment tliat ond
and caiitiou.slj
tliou.saml caiiil
dc.strnctive as|
the lightniii;;
coatinent to i
iiing and cou
stake.
The snbjcc
importaneg,
to it again »|
jgy-AVe
columns cvei
nature whiclj
Ailinian.
We inconI
sort to bave|
both sides 1
not permit
parlies agaid
grecabic to
productive
rioiis to all j
umns arc cl(j
ter.
Owing to
borrowed
interesting I
return it, w|
readers this
not be lesi
#6rln ai
Saturday ui|
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and mutilad
liands of th^
vere and gh
he is tcrribll