7s Wc) -A 4 5y riWIEIS' DBPAKTMENT. . c. F.xnrrtmcnts with the Chinese Sngar went Messrs Editors Knowing that yon take a deep interest in anything which promises to be valuable for our country, I send you the result of an experiment which I made with the Chinese Sugar Millet Sorghum. Saccharatnm. Having received from the Patent Office a paper of the seed, I planted it as a matter of curiosity, though not having the least confi dence that it would prove to be worth anything. The seeds and stalks so nearly resembled our common Iwoorn com as to make me feel quite sure that they were these. I planted it iu hills, about feet apart, with 6 to 10 seeds ill a hill. It was greatly neglect ed during its growth, from an impression of its worthlessness. Some time in August there was a chance frost which nearly terminated its growth, and, in fact, completely destroyed some sweet corn growing jn the name garden. The millet was just putting foith its seed stalk, and theaeed was, consequently, all destroyed The stalks, however, were left standing until some time in October, when still supposing thn to be worthless I had them cat and thrown into piles, to get them out of the way. After they had lain npon the ground for some time, I took a nandfnl of the stalks and gave them to my horse, who ate them greadly, eating both leavesjuid stalks. About this time I saw a statement in the papers thataorae person had made some molas ses from this plant, This led me to make the following experiment with mine, although I had reason to suppose that the frost and the For the Carolinian. COLPORTER'S REPORT FOR CVMBBRLAXD COUNTY, N. C. Since my first annual report made in March 1st 1850, I have labored 10 months and 22 days humbly relying upon the blessing of God for jsuccess, I have seeji nyjtohwke ine sad and-BHtcjRto cheer meATra-colpffr. Visitedi?l6 families- liave conversed am ed with 864 families, I havefound 158 families who habitually neglect all evangelical preach' ing, have found 41 families destitute of the Bible, 30 of these I supplied with the Bible, visited 95 families havinsr no teliiriotii. books. excent the Bible, and have addressed 9?upblicM' religiou4 meetings. 1 have during the 10 months ad. 22 days sold 1683 volttms, comprising a little more than 100,980 pages of religious reading amounting to $331,18. I have given to the destitute 1011 volumes comprising 61020 page, of reading matter worth to the society $131,41 I regret to state that only $13,"50 have been received by me as donations to the society since March 1st 1856. Those in our'midst possessing the means I hope will feel it a duty und a privilege to con tribute something which will be properly np. plied in carrying the knowledge of Christ to the poor and ignorant. Such friends to the soeiety'9 wort are much needed. I could not have been persuaded before engaging in this work that there exist so much moral dejirada tion at our very doors, many around us are perishing for lack of knowledge, they re wise to do evil, but to do good they know not. O their poor little children what will become of them, I cannot tell what have been my feelings when looking npon the scenes of poverty and distress with which Uiave often met Their condition can be bettered. There is a power in religions truth to do it, shall they not Lave that? In my field of labor I have been treated by all with great kindness and I do verily be lieve the people are ready to contribute to my success in the work in every posible way; I THE NORTH CAR0L1 Mt0WMlMhJi am liannv to s.iv that srood in manv rilaces and exposure on the ground would have destroyed ' . . ... , , , , ,. , , ' - tn mnnv families Iins nlromlv hpfm :ifenmnl ishpfi SINGULAR VERIFICATION OF VSJEAM A letter from Hamburg contajif ' follow ing curious story relative to the ve Ration of a dream. It appears that a loksip . appren tice, one morning lately, informed-lis master (Claude Seller) that on the previoaiTirfght he dreafeed that he had been nssnicai'n&r 3 n t.lm 5 ?38k 5K5fe8d,,ff. a little towp p'tffotot "two d pray- honrsdistance from Hamburo- master laughed at the young man's credulil JfTd, " to prove that he himself had little fa'itllfci dreams. insisted Upon sending him to BergJLVoff with one hundred and forty-six dollarsf jr.hieh he knved to his brother-in-law who resf I in the SwnThe apprentice, after in vajH Imploring s lriflter to change his intention,Vos com pelled tVset out at about 11 o'cloolV' On : ar riving at the village of Billwnerddk balf-way between Hamburg and Bergsdorff.Tras recollec ted his dream with terror, but perceiving the baillie of the village at a little dista to some of his workmen, he accosted. acquainted him with his singular drei same time requesting that, as he ha' about his person, one of his workrae allowed to accompany himforprot a small wood which lay in his way. smiled, and in obedience to his his men set out with the yonn The next day the corpse ofHhe 1 veyed by some peasants to the Ijaillip, - along with a reaping-hook which had been found by his side, and with which the tlroat of the mur dered yonth had been cut. The baillie immedi ately recognized the instrument as one which he had on the previous day griven to the work man who had served as the Apprentice's gnide for the purpose of pruning some willows. The workman apprehended, and on being confronted with the body of his victimj made a full confes sion of his crime, adding thit the recital of the dTeam hod alone prompted im to commit the horrible act. The assassin, ,who is 35 years of ase, is a native ef Billwaerder, and. previously to the perpetration of the tnnrder, ha4always borne an irreproachable character. Exchange. Ibjm, and Sm, at the 3 money n-fciight be ecjneo across j Tte baillie. j orderf one of 4 Hoar Old Seed vas Rtformed. ) We oifce knew a man by the name of Reed, commonly known as 'old Reed,' quite notorious in his way, and whose religious belief is, tjiat after deal li be shall re-appear in the shape of some animal, and thinks he will be a , horse- Now 'old Reed' has been a hard man, and has not been in the habit of treating his family as a religious man should. One day, after his wife had suiTored from neglect, and borne his abuse until his patience was completely ex hausted, she determined to give him a - plain lect iue,and to touch him upon his religions belief so, resolutely seating herself by his side a i fd looking him full in ihe face, while a tear drop s!ione in her eye, she commt need: 'Reed, I am going to have a serious talk with you; I have something to say to you, and you must hear it. I have a duty to perform, and I shall do it, aud then, if you are miserable hereafter, t shall not be my fault. You believe. Reed that when you die yon will turn into some ani mal, and you think you will be a horse. Now, it you keep on your present course, ami con tinue to neglect aud abuse your family, squati- fMISCELLANEOlTS ITEAis . V4 POSTJtlSTER POISEXED BY HIS WlfXy The friends of the late Hosea J. Gardner, Postmaster at Hingham, having had their sus- picidns strangely aroused by various circnm raarit-fs that his sudden disease was caused by thection of poison administered by his wife, liave taken measures to have the matter thor oughly investigated. The particulars of the Lpffair, as we learn from the Traveller, are that r Gai Can it be sotA-We find the fbllowiiig iu' the Memphis Appeal. That paper give! it as on extract of a letter from Herkimer county;Xew York, to a gentlemen iii that city: One of Mr Cain's little bofs was dt-owned last week iu our canal. They raked the canal fired cannon over the water, H to no purpose. They did not succeed in finding the till a young lady on a boat recommended thm to take a loaf of bread,' make a hole in it; in some quicksilver, and fasten it in, and then jut tin hyd the wate aud it would float aN&.J3fro. tlteMi jfllBefl: ,he had had seen it operated with success. No one li:nl nn v. fiiitli. but thev tridBh: and sure the lire nrf OAiud x'&mwc AiLustoDedi boat came loue a-6Uitfte5-7ro.iK Us &ce,iPrecei!!S 1,?s deat,b t,,c Physician ordered a1 . A. " w . r. . t dnA nt sn Itc nun rtn I ii it rcri n v niofti nrr i Im - rr i i p . , , nt . bjyiglT auiier,---ii lurseverai yy-sjias Sllllerea rromia Tnscasen iegjoirriit!TZ-4i)S li'WaWiectoi ai i ..' i ki firis mr on Errivinir nnAn t , imwi uv ,vwri " m.'m,i "vvfi- m11 bat as soon as theboat passed, the same spot, and they took a hook and found the child in that place. He badbeen in the canal two days. m - Eaktiiqcake in California. The earth- dcriiig your money for li-:nk, when you die you i quake in California, on the t)th nit., seems t'p will turn into any good qualities which it might have origin ally possessed. I took some of ihe canes and cut them into ieces about three inches long, when they were 'aeadily ground through one of Ilickok's Porta ble Cider Mills, with cast-iron irrinders. and 1 then pressed with the powerful presaers attach ed to the mill. The quantity ground was about half a bushel of the pieces, and the juice ex pressed was abou) seven quarts. This juice, when evaporated, made one quart of molasses, that is pronounced, by those who have tasted of it, to be superior to the New Orleans molas ses, and some say, equal to the flavor of the maple syrup. It is, at ail events, good mo lasses. From an estimate made, I judged that the square rod of ground planted if the canes n.-.d all been used WOllkl hav nrnHnr-cH fnnr cml. I o"' Ions of molasses, or at the rat ot 640 gallons per acre. Such a crop would have proved val uable the last year, since sugar and molusses arc so high. There is little doubt ia ray mind that any person who has a small piece of laud may manu facture his own molasses, and, perhaps, sugar.1 If cultivated on so small a scale as not to warrant the expense of erecting the rollers for expressing the juice from the cane, they may be cut up in a straw cutter, and ground is one of Hickok's portable cider mill.-, with such facilities that two men could obtain five or six barrels of the juice per day by hand, and pro tionally more if horse or other power it used. This juice could be cheeply boiled in one of tke evaporators with which you are acquainted without burning the syrup or wasting any-fuel. Besides, the molasses obtained from the stalks, the leaves will make good forage, the seed will nearly equal that of a crop of corn or oats, and tlii tops will make brooms- With all of these advantages, may not the sugar millet prove of great value to the com munity? Every family in the country can make their own sugar and molasses, while, at the same time, the seed, forage, and brush for mak ing brooms, will pay all of the expeuses of raising the crop Those having seed to spare, will do well to make it public, that more experiments may be made during the next summer. H. G. JJULKEY. Kalamazoo, Mich., 1857. The experiments of our correspondent are certainly valuable facts, not only to our far- , ' -noT pctrpitr. - We Tope that StiT and full experiments will be made with this m.Uet during the next season, aud now is the tune farmers to prepare and lay ont their work. baentijlc American. My heart has often been gladened when I have learned that the books and tracts cistrit Uted have affected good, I feel morn and more anxious to be constantly employed in doing something that will improve temporally and spiritually the many who are now living in sin, ignorance and wretchedness. JAMES CAIN, Colporter for Cumberland Co. Fayettcville, March 1st 1857. In v grave tar iti;, Home poor old twelve siiiii.in horse, and'so-m- "id clam pedlar will get vu; ami vou will bo. hard-wor'ied and ituli' - k . and I'll see yii every tiitv ui a, ricketlv wagon, full of clamK.. But now. Reed, it need not be so. Your future may lit even according to your .theory a bright a happy one ror if you will reform, and turn right about, and be come a better man be kind and affectionate to your family, 'le kind and treat them as you should, when you die you will turn into a five hundred dollar horse, and some West End buck will get you and give you a bushel of oats a day, rub you down with pea straw, and have you docked and tail set up." Old Rctd was Farmers' Danghfen. A fair correspondent of the Ohio Cultivator addresses the followinsr sensible remarks to the girls of onr rural districts: ; ; "The farmers' daughters are soon to be the life as well as the pride of the country; a glo rious race of women which no other land can show. I wish not to flatter them; for before thev have been general throughout the . State. It occurcd about 8 o'clock in the nioruiug. In San Francisco jfie or two framedhouses werA pitched from tiieir foundations and there was a general rattling of crockery, etc. One of l lie papers says: Many of the streams throughout the lower country were turned from their usual channels. At Sauta Barbara six shocks were felt. The first was at six iu the morning, the second at nine, one - and a half minutes iu dnratiou the most severe shock ever felt in this part of the country. Scarcely a house in town escaped damage; people aud animals were thrown down the earth opeued in mauy places water , gushed up in some converted lias reformed and is patiently i places seven feet the water in all the wells waiting for death to introduce him into his con- j rose from teu to twenty feet people frightened badly at every shock. Third stock at ten, slight the three last this evening two slight, one heavy. sioncd mach pain, but the family physician could discover no fracture or dislocation or ev idence of internal injury. Mr Gardner was' attend d in the illness by his wife and mother, r actfcig 88 IWrse. On Wednesday verted horse . heaven mm Sidney Smith on Swe. king. Sidney Smith, when traveling in a stage coach one day, long before railroads were dreamed of, was terribly annoyed by a young man, who had acquired the polite art of swearing to such extent, that he ould not help ititerlaruing his discourse with it, as though it were a constituent part of the language. As there was a lady present the matter was doubly annoying. After enduring the young man's displays for some tune, the "wag, wit and wicar," as one of his cockney The Smiths. From what has hitherto been discovered, it appears that the great and form idable family of the Smiths are the veritable descendents, in a direct line, from Shem, the son of Noah, the father of the Shemjttish tribe or the tribe of Shem; and it is thus derived Shem, Sbemit, Sluuit, Smith. Another learned pundit, in, the Philadelphia Gazette contends for the universality by the name of John Smith not only in Great Britain aud America, bat among all kindred aud notions on the face of in a warm house and have an im mixture of three Fattens DucKs.-Ducklings intended for meiaDie stiouid be confined never to be allowed to swim umiieu supply of food. A pans oi muian corn meal and m moistened slightly the wash!llg8 of d, s' the liquor in wl.i' h !n.,at 1I1H i. , milk, with a few underground grains of barley once daily, fattens them quickly. Wow ax's Will Dip the For tbe Carolinian. 7ly Crave in Florida. Beside the sloping hill, oli! lay me there, "Where the waters of the lake will wash Then let the matron at e'ven repair, Anil mingle her tear with the rippling wave. When the wild trippling deer shall visit the spot, And quench his thirst in the beautiful lake; Be stilt be silent oh! whisper not. Alone If the wave th kiloo lrMkj. When the wild woods give way to the presence of men. And the frightened deer far away has fled, Repair, oh! matron, to the spot again: Tell them its sacred, where rests the dead. Aboard 'The Everglade." R..R. BRITISH FII.LIBISTERISC. The capture of Bushire in Persia by the British, recently excites hardly any attention either from the press of this country, or those of England, although we cannot imagine why those presses who so deeply deplore the "filli. bustering" tendency of the democracy of this country have nothing to say in condemdation of whatever act for the acquisition of territory England may engage in. Through the last Presidential campaign, the black republican press of this country and the abolition presses of England professed to look with holy horror on the doctrines contained in the Ostend Mani festo, so called. , The people were warned that if Buchanan was elected, this government would become one grand fillibustering agency, and various homilies were written on the moral ity of fillibustering in general. Even now, if Walker in Nicaragua succeeds in gaining the mastery over his enemies and hapens to kill a few of the natives, these same presses set up a howl of indignation and horror over the "out rage." England however, may in her intense greed for territory stretch forth her hand and blot out an empire from existence, and annex its territory to her own; she may seize npon and appropriate an extent of country compared with which Nicaragua and Cuba, are plaoes of small importance; she may do all this, and it will hardly call fort a word of comment either of commendation or of indignant protest. There is no mistaking the real designs of England in the Persian difficulty. Although she jnay succeed in concealing for the present what she intends to do, it will, we have no doubt, before long be made manifest that she, is not content with the extent of her dominions iu Asia, and since she has gobbled np the greater part of India, it will not be surprising to see her making preparations to swallow Per sia, and the smaller provinces of Asia. With her conduct in the matter, we have nothing to do only we may be allowed to suggest that as fillibustering is not confined exclusively to the United States, neither is Walker the only one can become this, they will have to make earnest j :duiui rs called twin, asked permission to tell efforts of one or two kinds. There are some I the con. pauy a little anecdote, and thus com" who depreciate their condition, and some who i mcuced: "Once upon a time (boots, sugar-j the earth. Beginning with the Hebrew, the have a false pride in it, because thev -demand j tongs and Under boxes) there was a king of j name stood simply Shem or Shemitt; but iu more consideration than thev merit." A want - (boots, sugar tongs and tinder boxes) England other notions John Smith is found in full, and a re-1 whu, at a graud ball, (boots, sugar tongs and j oue a"d indivisible. Thus, Latin, Johannes tinder boxes,) picked up the Duchess of (boots j Smitu,us; Italian, Uiovanm Ssmitbi; bpamsli, sugar tongs and tinder boxes) and said: Honi Juan Smithias, Dntcb, Hans, Sehmidt; French suit quit mal y (boots, sugar tongs and tinder Jea Smeets; Greek, Iok Skmiton, Russian, boxes) pen.-e,' which means in English, 'EvilJnIff Skmittowski; Polish, Iran Schmitte !e to iiim, who (boots, sugary tongs and tinder j w"eiski; Chinese, Jahon Shimmitt; Icelandic,, boxes) evil thinks.' This was the origin of the j Jalin Smithson Welsh, Jihon Schmidd; Tuscar (boots, sugar tongs and tinder boxes) order of 1 ora Ton Qa Smitta, Mexican, Jontli F'Smitti the gartei. Light from Dark Places. "Sam Jonging," When Sidney Smith had concluded, the j pete Gumbo n,ght- ag ,e me o,d young gentleman said "A very good story, sir frieIld just before gua fire-Sam Jonsing 1's rather old but w hat the devel lias boots. - x , , , . drv will. tM. ..:.. : " . I c,1Sged in it, certain presses woutu tio as wen toe ofvonrlm, 3 ,,,to the i divide their indignation between Walker aud toe of your boot; make post-masters perform ! England their promises, and subscribers pay their prin-i m m ter; send np fishing-hooks with balloons, and I A SaIl Sleigh. They have been using a fish for stars; get astride of a gossamer ai,d ! sail sle'gb, as a ferry boat across tbe ice, on chase a comet; when the rain is cominsr W,J u,e MississioDi river at Davennort. Iowa, this winter. The Gazette ( i r tlt ill o -v I-11 ' a . d.u sieiKli is doino- a srood ferrv business cj a y w 1 -1 . 1 . . like me cataract ot JNiagr remember where yon left your umbrella: clink. - J " vctjiiuu Willi: 1'lp ft brick back; in short, prove all things i;iw,J considered impossible, to be nossihlp hnt ! carrJlng passengers across the river at five cents l"- cuu. attempt to coax a woman to say she will, when she has made up her mind to gay she won't. "That's a good one," as the fruit dealer said when he shook bis own head instead of the cocoannt he was selling. e venture to sav not mnnv of - j j ".eSe passengers ever crossed the river in quick er time. It has two short stationary runners in front, and one movable r.,n,,n Q j rudder, in the rear, by which the'boat or sleigh t can be whirled around in a moment. The j tire machinery is a big sail. mo- of light npon all subjects of the day fined education, are no more excusable in a country than in a town-bred girl, in this ae of many books and many newspapers. "Many girls are discouraged because they cannot be sent away from hom to bAnrdiitar schoot; but men tif superior rnni'ds aiTrftffwT edge of the world, would rather have for wives women well and properly educated af home. And this education can be had wherever the desire is not wanting. A taste for reading does wonders, and an earnest thirst after knowledge is almost certain to attain a sweet dr.mght of the "Pierian spring." There is a farmer's daughter in this very room in which I am wri ting, a beautiful, refined and intellectual wo man, in whole girlhood, books were not so plentiful as now, and who gained her fine edu cation under difficulties which would have dis couraged any one but one who had as fond a love for stud'. "I will state why I think the country girls are yet to prove the hope of the country. The women in towns and cities are become so uni versally extravagant, foolish and fashionable, that men are almost in despair of obtaining wives who are not invalids, and of providing them with what they want after they bave married them. Unless the young man has the fortune, (good or bad) to be in the possession of wealth, he must spend the best bloom of his youth in acquiring enough to "start npon," as people are expected to begin now-a-days.- Men even in high places, would go to the- country for their choice, if they met there equal refine ment and intelligence. Women are preparing to take a noble stand in history, and they canvotdo it in ignorance. "Town girls have the advantage of more highly polished manners and greater accom plishments; but country girls have infinitely more to recommend them as rivals of their fair city sisters. They have more truth, household knowledge and economy, 1ieaIth7TrtT"ciise quently more beauty, simplicity, affection and freshness of inpulse and thought. When they have cultivated minds there are more chances in their favor of good sense and real ability, because so much is not demanded by the frivol ities of society. The added lustre of foreign accomplishments could easily be caught by such a mind from a very little contact, with the world. ' - "I would not speak as though our farmers' brilliant scholars aud talented women are found among them; in New Ihigland this is-especially so, but I would seek to awaken the ambition of all to become that admired and favored class which they ought to be, if they will unite re fined culture with their most excellent graces. "A sweet country home, with roses-and hon eysuckles trained climb over it, with good taste, intelligence and beauty within, toil enough to court, acquaintance with books phd flowers, and the loveliness of nature; with peace, plenty and love, is surely one of the paradises which Heaven has left for the attainment of uian." mmm mm Distixgcisaed Arrival. George cPeabouy, Esq., of London, the wealthy banker and gene rous benefactor, was in our town yesterday, and put up at the Carolina Hotel. It wJH be remembered that he recently gave $300,000 to the City of Baltimore, for the purpose of foun ding an institution of learning in that city. Herald. ' "You is, eh?" queried the philosophic Sam. "Distinctly I is," retorted Pete, "an I'll tell you why. It's becase I wants de lucerdations ob your obserbations and 'sperience on a snb. ject dat's lost in de mazes ob doubt and per plexity to me. I axes jou, now, wot are meant by de dark ages ob Which we bears so much? "Ie dark -ages ob d world, Pete? "Ezackly bo, Sam." "Wat you links ob deni yourself, Pete?" "Wall, sometimes I tinks dey has deference to de times afore gas, and de roarin' borallis, and lard oil, and de oder new lights ob skyence was inwented, and den agin I's lost in de dark ness which de lights aforesaid has giben me. But my 'pinion is notin: I axes you to splan- suarar tonirs and tinder boxes to do with it?" "I will tell you, my young friend, when you tell me what 'd m my eys,' &c, have to do with your conversation. In the meantime, aj low me to say, that's my style of swearing. ' Cater, the Mirderer. Charles Cater, tlio murderer of the late Warden of the State Pri son in Charlesto wn, Mass., is now in safe con finement in Suffolk County Jail, wit!i manacles riveted on his ankles and chained to the rear wall of his cell, with sufficient length of chain to allow him to lay down on his bed. While on his way from the State Prison a few days since, he noticed and spoke of one or two sa loons which had been opened during his con finement in the State Prison. An officer who accompanied him iu the carriage, remarked that he should think that his .honghts would lie fix- i "J. Sam. , . . ed on something entirely different from saloons', j "Wall, Pete, accordin' to the lights afore !to which Cater made a r:ci-:Nss reply, and ad- j me 1 finks dat de dark ages you delude to ded that no one would ever see him shed a tear, j was f1e tims wen dar wasn't no one but niggers Wit i. iu a day or two it has been discovered, i '" disterrest shul spere ob ours de times wen that ho hud busied himself in picking and scra ping the cement from the joints between the stones which form the walls of iiia cells, al though he had not made sufiicient progress in his labors to do any harm. Sheriff Clark,' hav ing been informed of this fact, had an interview with Cater, who promised to desist from fmrther operations in the wall, and was informed, in dee id ml terms, that in case he made any attempt whatever at renewing that sort of work, his hands would be placed in irons belaud his back. The hardened wretch does not manifest the least contrition for having committed the awful crime for which he is now in close confinement, awaiting the doom which is surely pending over him. tieut eXperieuced some nausea, but it was at tributed to tbe action of the medicine. Ou Thursday night, Mrs Gardner endeavor ed to persuade Mr Gardner's mother to leave his bedside, alleging that there was no necessi ty for a watch, but the mother refusing she put out alt the fires, and thus compelled her to' retire. Between oue and two o'clock in the moffning alie was 'xalled'- up' by Mr Jfjardner, who was taken with vomiting and other alarm ing symptoms, which Induced her to send for the physician. On arriving, he found Ins pa tient sitting up in bed, retching violently, and complaining of severe paiu in the stomach and bowels. It was now ascertained for the first time that the salts he had taken had not opera ted, or but very slightly, although the wife had affirmed to the contrary. The burning sensation iu the stomach and bowels Was ex tremely painful; Mr Gardner said to his moth, er, "I believe my wife has poiscned me, and I I believe she wiM poison you." A quantity oi uar& uuiu wuicu ne nan uirown up previous to the Doctor's arrival, and which the deceused wished to have preserved for the Doctor's inspection, the wife persisted in throw ing away contrary to the solicitations of the family. Mr Gardner died on Sunday, in great distress. It is said that the deceased had been heard to express the belief that his wife would poison him. In view of all these circumstances his friends caused his body to be. disintcrcd, and the organs of vicera submitted to the examina tion of two medical gentlemen of Boston. We understand that the examination of the stomach of the deceased was conducted yester day, and that traces of arsenic were discovered. The result will of course be withheld from the public until it is madj known to the jury of inquest. No arrests have yet been made, and none probably will be until the jury make up their verdict. The feeling iu. the. town of Hingham increases as the sad suspicions be come more generally known; aud as is usual in such cases, all sorts of rumore are in circulation. One is, and it is said to be well authenticated that the wifos of flie deceased rs ;cn i duy , two before Ms death to go aad. throw sonic- thing in a snow bank in the rear of the house, and carefully cover it up; and that two cats belonging to a neighbor were afterwards seen to dig up and eat this substance, and that they both died soon after. The circumstances aro such as to force the mind to the belief that a fearful crime has been committed. Too Good to be Lost. A young man at a social party, was urged to sing a song. He replied that he would first tell a story, and then if they persisted in their demand he would endeavor to execute a song. When a boy he said he? took lessons in singing, and on Snnday morning he went up to his father's garret to practice by himself When in fnll play he was suddenly sent fo: by the old geutleman. ; "This is pretty conduct," said the father, "pretty employment for the son of pious parents to be sawing boards on the Sabbath morning, loud enough to be heard by all the neighbors. Sit down and take your book." The y.iung man was excused from singing the proposed song. white folks wasn't no whar!" "Dat's de trut, Sam, de trut; I knows it is You's lit up de darkness heeah!" and Pete struck his forehead a heavy Wow with his open hand, turned upon his heel and marvelled. Exceli.ext Repartee. The Rev. Mr Mc Crackit minister of Douglas in Clysdesdale, was one day dining in a large party where the Honorable Henry Erskine and some other lawyers were present. -A great dish of cresses being presented after dinner, Dr McC, who was extravagantly fond of vegatables, helped himself much more largely than any other per son, and as he ate with his fingers, with a pe culiar voracity of. manner, Mr Erskine was struck with the idea that he resembled Nebu chadnezzer in his state of condemnation. Re solved to give him a hit for the apparent gross ness of his taste and manner of eating, the wit addressed him with "Dr McC. ye bring me in mind of the great King Nebuchadnezzer;" and the company were begining to titter at the lu dicrous allusion; when the reverend vegatable devourer replied, "Ay, do I mind ye o' Nebo. A negro 'woman was relating her experience to a gaping congregation of color. Among other things she said she had beeu in heaven. One of the servants asked her: "Sister, yon see any black folks in heaven?" Oh I get aut 'hpose I go in de kitchen when I was dar?" chadnezzer? That'll among the brutes!" be because I'm eating Mail Depredators Arrested. In September last (says the Nashville Union) the mails be tween Memphis and Louisville and between Memphis and Clarksville were robbed, and $5,800 taken from letters contained therein. The indefatigable agent of tbe department. Colonel Barclay Martin, has been for some time in search of tbe depredators, and has at length succeeded in discovering them. The robbery occurred at nolyoke, Henry connty, and was perpetrated by negroes. Of the money $1,400 was recovered. The negroes were severely punished. A Fearful Incident of War. A young, daring, open hearted New Yorker, joined Walker iu the early days of his enter prise upon Nicaragua, and bravely shared in the first bloody and disastrous attack upon Rivas. Before that time neither friend or foe had learned to estimate, as they since have, the power of the rifle in American hands, and the native troops abandoned Walker just as the battle waxed warmest. Thus left unsup ported, Walker was forced to retire and leave his worst wounded on the field. The Costa Ricans fell upon these unfortunates with brutal ferocity, and stripping them of every vestige of clothing, and in many cases hacking and muti luting their helpless bodies. After these sav ages had satiated their malignant hatred of the Americans or as they even then began to call them, the 'Rifles" they dragged the bodies to the nearest wells and plunged them in, without distinction between the living and the dead. Among the wounded was this young New Yorker, who bore' the name and shared the blood of Dewitt Clinton, the illustrious father of our State Canal system.- The' brutal usage of the Costa Ricans recalled the fainting suf ferer to consciousness, and on the brink of tbe wall he murmured some words of home, and supplicated-for a ghsS of water. "Shall we not spare this poor wonnded 'Rifle!' " pleaded an under officer of the Costa Rican army. "No; Death to all Americans !', thundered bis supe rior; and then he added iu brutal jest, "Hurry him in; he will find water enough to drink at the bottom of the well." The wounded man was then cast in, and other wounded men were thrown upon him. His body went down, surging and striking against the stony sides of the deep well, and that was the last seen of young Dewitt CTfutou' New York Sun. A Bitter iVEBricE. ucneral Quitman, in bis late celebrated speech in tke House, in speaking of the resolution declaring that sug gestions to revive tbe slave trade are shocking to the moral sense, &c, made this witty and severe remark : 'It is vain and pharisaical arogance' of superior virtue in us to assume such censorship. I intend no personal dUrespect when I say, that this House, constituted as it is, is oue of the last tribunals td Which questions of public morals or private honor should be referred. . Ah, my good fellow, where have you been or a week b ack?" "For a weak lackX I have not been troubled with a. weak back, I thank yon!" "No, no, where have you been long back?" "Long backl Don't you call me long back, you scoundrel!""
