From the Raleigh" Standard.
Bon. Asa Biggs. h
X)a Tuesday last, the Hon. Asa Biggs was
dominated to the Senate and confirmed as
-Judge of the United States for the district of
North Carolina, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Judge Potter..
This appointment has been expected for
some time.; it will give general flatisfactioa
ancl vffi be received with special gratification
Kv Yh numerous friends of Mr Biggs here airti
elsewhere. The new Judge will brig to -his;
duties a matnred judgment, sonnd and exten-'
sive learning, liabits of patience and industry,
firmness in the -ptfrfortnatice ot duty, and pleas
ing manners-. .
We pnlriiish 'be'tow a letter frtfm Mr. Biggs
addresStrfi 'to ttre people of, Jfttfrti XJarolina, in
which lie informs tetu of his resignation of the
office of Senator, atid Tctttms iris thanks for
honors heretofore eowferretl bpon hitn. The
nennle of the Stare hie never had a more
faithful or conscientious public servant than
Asa Biggs e-goes now from political ser
Vice 'to a more quiet position, but one in wliich
his usefulness will stirl be widely felt and ap
preciated Tlfe following is his letter :
fl'o Ike People of North 'Carolina :
In resigning, as I have, the elevated posi
tion of Senator of the United States, I cannot
sever the relation of representative and cda
6tituent without expressing my feelings f -gratitude
for the high coi.fidence reposed in me by
you ; and whatever position i may hereafter
'occupy, I shall alwVys remjaar and acknowl
edge with great sensrbility the kind partiality
of those generous fffletids who placed roe in One
X)f the highest, most dignified atid responsible
offices -in the world. My resignatron became
ft duty to iy family tfrose, and those only,
who have a higher claim upon me than the
claim of my countrymen to serve in public of
fice. I feel the less regret, because from the
Senate I go into the public service in a differ
ent capacity, more congenial to my feelings and
habits, and one in which I trust I may be able
to serve my country not less usefully, though
in a more retired and quiet sphere. It is also
with less reluctance, because I am confident
that in tto executive of our State we have an
assurance of the appointmeut of such a succes
sor to me as will faithfully reflect your wishes,
and maintain the high character of North
Carolina, in the councils of the confederacy-
a charactor which, although not pressed npon
public attentien with arrogance, is sustained
with inflexible fidelity, and, as I have reason
to know, is properly and highly appreciated by
the wise, considerate, and patriotic. What
ever errors I may have committed as your re
presentative, I entertain an abiding conviction
that no tarnish has attached to the fair fame
of our venerated Commonwealth : and in this I
have a becoming pride. Suffer me, in conclu
sion, to repeat my profound acknowledgements
und gratitude for the distinguished honor you
have conferred npon use ; and upon my retire
ment to impress upon all my oountrymen the
importance of sustaining in all our public meas
ures and public men, and in all our intercourse
as citizens of this great Union of States, the
well-earned and chciished reputation of North
Carolina as the houest Old North State,"
although we may occasionally, in this degener
ate day, for such an ambition, incur the sneers
of witlings and spendthrifts.
ASA BIGGS
Washington, May 4, 1858.
Great Clock. Henry C. Wright, in a let
ctim Vl0
" The priests and military baveretired, and
I am now sitting in a chair facing the gigantic
clock from the bottom to the top not less
that 100 feet, and about 30 feet wide and 15
deep. Around me are many strangers waiting
to see the working of this clock as it strikes
the hour of noon. Everx eye is upen the clock
It now wants five minutes to twelve. The
dock has struck and Hhe people are gone, ex
cept a few whom the sexton or head man, with
a wand and sword, is conducting round the
building. The clock has struck id this way :
The dial is some 20 feet from the floor, on each
side of wliich is u cherub, or little boy, with a
mallet, and over the dial is a small bell : the
cherub on the left, strikes the first quarter, that
ou the right the second, quarter. Some fifty
feet over the dial, in a large uiche, is a huge
Jagure of J une, a bell m his left, a scythe in
tits niiiu nana, in ironi stands a ngure ot a
young man with a mallet, who strikes the third
qutiriei ou the bell in the hand of Time, and
then turns, and then glides, with a slow step,
round behind Time, comes out an old man with
a mullet, and places himself in front of him.
" As the hour of twelve comes, the old man
raises his mallet, and deliberately strikes twelve
times ou the bell, that echoes through the
buikihig, und is heard all round the region of
the church. The old man glides slowly behind
Father Time, and the young man comes on rea
dily to perform his part, as the time comes
round again. Soon as the old man struck
twelve and disappeared, another set of machin
ery is put iu motion some twenty feet higher
still. It is thus : there is a high cross with
the image of Christ ou it. The instant twelve
is struck, one of the apostles walks out from
behind, comes in front, turns, facing the cross,
bows, and walks on around to his place. As
he does so, another comes out in front, turns,
bows, and passes in. So twelve apostles, fig
ures as large as life, walk round, bow, and pass
on. As the last appears, an euormous cock,
perched on the pinacle of the clock, slowly
flaps its wings, stretches forth its neck, and
crows three times, so loud as to be heard out
side of the church. to some distance, and so na
turally as to be mistaken for a real cock. Tben
all is as silent as death No wonder this clock
is the admiration of Europe. It was made in
1571 and has performed these mechauical won
ders ever since, except about fifty years, when
it stood out of repair."
The Crops in France. The Paris Moni
titr, of the 26th nit-, says :
Travellers who have lately come by railway
from Marceil.les to Paris, have been struck with
the promising and advanced state of the crops.
Cerufields, meadows, viueyards, and fruit trees
of all kinds, are in the most thriving condition.
From Lyons to the capital, vegetation, under
the influence of a temperature unusually warm
for the season, has advanced very rapidly ; and
if the present weather continues for another
week, farmers will rarely hare had stronger
grounds for anticipating an abundant year.
"When you hear a young lady declare
that she hates all men, infer that some peculiar
one has touched her faucy"- and she has not
touched his."
An Irishman was challenged to fight s? duel,
but declined on the plea that he did not want
to leave bis mother an orpbao.
An Fauctioneer, vexed with bis audience,
said: "I am a mean fellow mean as dirt and
X (eel at home ia this company."
Tho -Caldwell. Monument; ,
. We copy from the Chapel Hill Gazette the !
address of the committee charged with the
erection of this noble work, to the Alumni
Association." The occasion of the inauguration
of the Caldwell monument, will be highly Inters
estingnot on'y to the Alumni of the University
bat to the friends of the University generally.
The Gazette pays:
"The monument is, at present, in the process
of construction and will be completed in a dav
or two. The site is, in all respects, most for
tunately chosen. It is the most elevated spot
in the open area, between the College buildings
arid tire village, is in a direct line with the front
doort)f the centre Building, a few feet north
west of tire old poplar It is not merely conti-
gions to bis favorite tree, but almost directly
in the path fraVersed during so many years, in
the daily walks of ttre venerated President, from
his residence to the old Chapel. No other situ
ation could have been selected, which would
have presented so commanding a view from the
village and the College edifices.
The surrounding lawn and neighboring
grounds, were never before in so high a state of
improvement.
The inauguration of the m on errant, with ap
propriate veremontes, in which the President
and other 'dis'ti'liguished members of the Asso
ciation are expected to participate promises to
make th'e occasion one T "unusual interest, and
presents very alluring attractions to visitors."
a ne aauress 01 ine vurciuiuev is ua iuuuws;
To (he Alumni of Ike " . '
unTuerniyoj ivorta juroiintn
It is ntSv iixty years since the Celebration
oT tire first Commencement at this Institution.
In 1798, the number of graduates was seven; in
1858 it will be ninety-three. The number of
.Matriculates during the 17 years, exceeded that
during the 43 years preceding: and the Grad
uates of this year are more numerous than those
from 1798 to 1812 inclusive The progress ttf
the Uuiversity in matters more important, al
though not susceptible of an exhibition so brief
and striking as the above, is marked and grati
fy in tr. Ihe present Senior Class is favorably
distinguished amongst its fellows for scholar
ship, propriety of deportment, and especially
for the manner in which it has exercised the
prerogative of its position in repressing disorder
and giving a good example.
We therefore address you for tile purpose of
suggesting that the coming Commencement af
fords a fit occasion for the Alumni and other
friends of the University to throng the groves
of Chapel Hill, and congratulate each other,
face to face, upon its prosperity ana tair anti
cipations.
A matter of special interest in the proceed
ings of the next anniversary will be,the inaugu
ration of the monument just raised to the mem
ory of President Caldwell. We hope that a
large assemblage of his pupils will be present at
this ceremonv. In a day when the causes of
Literature and Internal Improvement flourished
among us. it is due that the public should com
memorate the services of one so devoted to
these interests under circumstances of adversity
and discouragement. The obligations incurred
by his pupils are still greater; their estimation
of his mind is higher; their sense of his high
purpose, his ardor, his courage and purity, im
pressed upon them in early youth, is more ten
der: and we are sure that only some unusual
engagement can prevent any one of them from
doing honor to the memory of their venerable
preceptor, by an attendance upon the Com-
mencemeut of 1858
Wm. It. Battle, )
Chapel Hill, May 14th, 185T.
The Late Terrible Storm in Illinois!
Immense Destruction of Property Railroad Trains
Blows o ine Tract Booses Unroofed Steam
boats blown to Pieces.
The gale Thursday evening, says the Chica
go Tribune, was iu some portions of the State
of unprecedented violence. It covered a large
extent of territory, and every where its track
is marked With painful damage to property, and
perhaps, as rurther intelligence wili show, loss
of life. It seemes to have crossed the Missis
sippi near Oquawka, and to have extended east
ward, at least as far as McLanc county, where
we hear of some of its disastrous effects. In
the West there was much hail accompanying
the wind and everywhere a great fall of rain.
We hear that at Lexington, on the line of
the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago road, the
storm was terrific. Nearly every house in the
village of Lexington was unroofed or blown
down. The air was loaded with the wreck
which was made; the heavens were black with
clouds which were pouring out destruction, and
more than oue who was there felt that the end
of all things was at hand. If Lexington has
escaped with great loss of life, the fact is most
wonderful of all.
A letter from Lexington to the Tribune, da
ted May 13, says: '
The passenger train from St. Louis, by which
I send this was blown from the track and cars
tipped over, but with exception of a few slight
flesh wounds, the passengers were uninjured.
Before the train capsised all the car., windows
ou the winward side, were blown out, the engin
eer and fireman both blown from, the engine,
and abrakeman was also blown off one of the
cars. The storm struck the train a short dis
tance north from hear.
Accounts received from the following places
represeut the storm as terrific beyond description
at each. We subjoin a few extracts.
Galesbcrg. The storm was severe along'the
Chicago, Burlington & Qiincy Railroad. At
Galesbnrg it was terrible. The engine house
of the Railroad Company and two churches
just completed were blown down, and a number
or dwelling houses were unroofed. Three cars
standing on the tract were blown down. The
amonnt cf damages at Galesburg is estimated
at $40,000. No lives lost.
Gcawka.Two steam mills were ruined at
Oquawka and ten houses unroofed, besides
other damage done. Damage estimated at
from $10,000 to $15,000. So fa- as ascertain
ed, no lives were lost.
Galvey. At this place a large two story
dwelling house was rendered a complete ruin;
a portion of Mr. Babcock's dwelling was also
blown down. Nearly all the out houses in tlie
village were upset. The wind carried large
boxes; lumber barrels, &c, into the air aa if
they were paper A large church was moved
from its foundation about a foot. The storm
raged hardest between 6 and 1 o'clock.
Mexdota Here the storm was also furious
and while in progress, the railroad engine
house caoght fire and was consumed, together
with the locomotive Rocket.
While this severe gale was raging, the rain
and hail poured down in a perfect sheet. It
was truly terrific. We have not as yet heard
of auy disaster on thG lake.
Why are Men's teeth lik verbs?
Because thej are regular, irregular, and de
fective. A Western editor, 'iu noticing a new and
gplended hearse, thinks it will afford much sat
Is&ctiou tb those who use It."
- For the Carolinian.
Dear Editor. We visited the Scotch iFiL
held semi-annually near Laurel Hill in-'ltkV
mond county last week, and as we were inu T
interested ourselves, we, hope 'a brief sketch t
wb&t we saw there will not be altogether on.
teresting to vour readers. t-
On driving up, the first sight that greeted
our eyes was quite a number of Up-country
wagons loaded with tobacco, peach brandy,
leather, apple brandy, Lacon, Rye , whi6leV,
butter and rectified whiskey, (made of a com
plication of Irish potatoes, strichniue herria
bones, buck eye, and tobacco. -As we ap
proached the wagons which were stationed, on
either sideof the road,we heard a wagoner's
boy who looked like he had hot been out of the
egg shell iwenty-four hours, yelling out at the
top of his voice "Roll np tumble np, . 1 - dont
care much how you get up, so you fetch iKt mon
ey up and buy some of my hue bae-o-," "While
ever and anon another at the other end 'of the
ground responded in a different tone "of rftdi-e
'Run here every body run here and buy sjnrie
ginger bread, that will cure your children of
the whooping cough, take the wrinkles from
jour vrife's face and make you vote for adistii
butiou of the public lands." 1 A Cj- Je
On passing a short distance beyond the wag
ons w e discovered a considerable number of
very neetlents; some arranged for merchandize
and. others for eating tents, and as it was abput
dinner time we hitchec our pony ; and ' lufig
took our seat at tne table boubtiflHyn!med
with a very substantial dinner. " ?
"The tankards foam, and the strong table groans
Beneath the smoking sirloin, strech'd immense
From side toside iu which with desperate knife
They deep incisions make."
After satisfying my appetite I returned thanks
to the mutilated chicken that withstood so well
the onslaught of my knife, and emerged from
the tent to see what was going on without. I
could see multitudes Of tneii walking to and fro
some drinking, Some "smoking, some cursing and
yelling like so many hyena's-, and doi.ig every
thing to amuse themselves.
I met through the day a great many of my
friends and acquaintances, and among the latter
several from the good old county of Moore who
occupied situations in the fore-ends of ' travelii'g
Jersey." The Fair is generally Vcy largely
attended, our farmers attend to sell iheir cow
hides and buy their tobacco, flour or anything
else they may stand in need of, as anything can
be found ou the ground, Ironi a ginger cake up
to a negro. Our young men attend to throw
dice for amusement and as the waier is very
bad there, they generally take an occasional
drizzle of simJie tail to counteract tie effects
of the tad poles iu the water.
The Fair "figuratively speaking" ,is a ring
and the men are all circus riders. By the by
I was much amused at a black leg from Balti
more who nccidently (as he said) attended the
Fair last week. His physical status would re
mind one who had read the book of one Ran
sey Sniffle iu the Georgia scenes. He was ap
parently drunk, palsied, foolish, and with all
the most expert gambler on the ground a
perfect suck-iu. On tiie whole titer was very
little dissipation at the fair last wcel, much less
I am told than usual. j
An erroneous impression has gone abroad
that the Fair Ground is a perfect Sink of in
quity equal iu dissipation and rowdyism to the
five Points of New York.
It is true that each fair is attended with more
or less dissipation, but not more I imagine than
assemblage of the lords of creation
If a man is disposed to fall back on hi dig
nity and act the gentleman at the fair, he can
find suitable associates and will not be ilioles
ted a"d on the other hand if he is inclined to
take a game of "high low Jack" or wet his
whistle with 't?nake tail,' or try his hand at fisti
cuff, he can also be accommodatedi or if he 'would
rather 'bet his money on the bob tail horse" he
can get somebody to "bet on the bay."
From hence the 'Scotch Fair' derived its
name or what is the antiquity of its origin we
know not, sure that it is located in a scotch
neighborhood, and our ancestors took their
"wee draps" there in the days of "Auld Lang
Sine." BRINDLE.
Robeson May 19th, 1858.
' General Cenffereaee.
The proceedings of Friday came to hand last
evening.
Bish
hou Paine presided. v e find
but few items of special interest in tlussectios
Our many readers iu .North Carolina will learn
something from a perusal of the following t
Levi Pearce presented report (No. 3) of the
Committee on Boundaries having duly consid
ered memorials from sundry persons within th
bounds of tlie North Carolina Conference,
praying for a transfer to the Virginia Confer
ence, and also remonstrances
against tne same,
submit the following t
Resolved, 1. That the request of the memo
rialists be granted, so far as that portion of
the State of Virginia lying in the North Car
olina Conference is concerned, by a trans
fer of said territory to the Virginia Confer
ence. Resolved, 2 That the boundary line between
the Virginia and North Carolina Conferences
be Albemarle Sound and the Roanoke river,
up to the point where the State line crosses
the said river, and thence with the State line
to the top of the Blue Ridge f
The report lies ever under thernle.
W. Barringer gave notice that when it should
come np he would offer an amendmentjjUJiMch
he hoped to sustain. -
Tha Rev. J. E Edwards preached at Spring
hill near Nashville, last Sabbath toomiiig.
Petersburg Express.
The Chicken and Feathers. At breakfast
one morning, in that quiet and comfortable old
inn, the White Swan, in York, a foreigner
made quick dispatch with the eggs. Thrusting
his spoon into the middle, he drew out the yolk
devoured it, and passed on to the next. When
he had got to his seventh egg, an old farmer,
who bad already been prejudiced against Mon
sieur by his mnstachios, could brook the ex
travagance no longer, and speaking np, said;
"Why, sir, you leave all the White! How is
Mrs. Lockwood to afford to provide breakfast
at that rate?" " Vy," replied the outside barba
rian, "you vould'nt have me to eat de vite?
De yolk is de shickeu, de vite de fedders. Am
I to make von bolster of my belly." The farm
er was dum-founded.
1.
Destr active Tornado and Loss of Life
St. Louis, May 16. A violent tornado
on Thursday, blew the train on the Chicao-o
and Alton Road off the track, at Lexino-ton
Illinois. Several persons were seriously in
jured, and the town in the vicinity has suf
fered severely. One-balf of the houses were
prostrated and three persons were killed.
. On Friday another storm Of curred be
tween Bloomington and Springfield, in 111.
Mucn damage was done. A number of
houses at Elkhart and Williams ville were
demolished, and a family of five persons
killed' :
From the Philadelphia Press.
Position on the Continent.
fensland's
Uiider this caption we have the following ar
ticle in i Presse, by the editor." It carried
the Wire-eflge, of the prevailing .French feeling
for their iSnglish allies .
T . jtRANSLATED FOR THE PRESS.
'The French revolution cannot be regarded
as a merely national affair, for every continen
tal Government has been more or less affected
by it. Equally before the law ; promotion in
the army and the State ; the need of worth
and not the privilege of birth ; the abolition
of all exceptional jurisdiction s the freedom of
religion and of conscience, are principles which
have spread as much by the influence of our
example, as by the conquests of the first em
pire, and they have made many a breach iu th'e
institutions which have sprung from ancient
federalism.
'"Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, part of
Germany, Spain, and Italy, possess already,
or will soon establish, institutions more or less
comfort able with the principles of our great
Revolution.. rveu .Austria, the ousttnate an
tagonist of our armies, and of our ideas, has
been obliged since 1848 to emancipate her
peasantry, and by this movement she takes her
first, step upon the ground of French policy,
in alt Europe there are but t wo nations yet un
influenced by our example Russia and Eng
land still stands firm in their adherence to the
old forms of governmental policy.
"Russia, with a nation half Asiatic, and an
enslaved people, an autocratic Emperor, and
an Office-holding nobility. wus so totally unlike
the nations or W estern Kurope, that the evuts
which overwhelmed hs could not touch her.
The Crimean war has, however, put an end to
this isolation. In that conflict, with two of
the greatest Powers of Europe, Russia learned
to rely no longer upon a military system which
Is not based nioii civilization. Jn order to in
crease the moral value of his subjects, the Em
peror is emancipating the serfs, 'and is thus
seeking to institute a middle class. By the
institution of this reform, and by the construc
tion of railroads, "Russia is at length entering
into the orbit of European movement she is
now beginning her revolution of '89.
" England alone remains entirely beyond the
influence of French ideas. Geographical prox
imitv has not counterbalanced the profound
opprsitibn, or, as the Germans say, the contra
diction, which nature lias insuiuieu hi ine je
vebMime'it of the genius of the two nations.
" Liberal by the form of her institutions,
England is still immersed iu feudalism. Eve
rything is there opposed that imperious need of
unity which is a mark of our race. In Great
Britain the racss have hoi mingled ; the Celt
and the Saxon are still enemies, and no code
yet combines all their principles tof legislation.
All with them is tradition, local-, peculiar, and
that which we enjoy as a common right, is with
tliem the fruit of privilege if the Catholics
sit in Parliament, it is not by virtue of the gen
eral principle of the civil equality of religious
sects, but by virtue of an act of Parliament of
1829, which did nothing in favor of the Jews.
" In ihe army the highest grades are the pri
vilege of birth ; the colonel buys his regiment,
as he did in France before the Revolution ; and
obedience and discipline are still based upon
the whip and the baton. Europe and China
are not more unlike than Franc and England,
separated by a strait but twenty-one m.les in
breadth.
" England is extremely fond of calling herself
the champion of nationalities would it not be
V j- r r- ' - nl.n Y.iritriiTi i n n i . u ..t h -Ug ju
foreign lands, as a convenient method ot enfee
bling rivals ? In 1847 she favored Italy iu
order to distract Austria ; but in 1S48, when
Venice asked for help, England was ready to
answer, that according to the treaties Venice
was an Austiian possession. She had publicly
expressed her regret for the victory of Navari
no a battle that establishe'J a Christian people
and a maritime nation ! England can be at
the same time revolutionary iii Spain, and con
servative in Portugal ; and for the simple reas
on that it is the Spanish revolutionists and the
Portuguese conservatives that promise to re
duce the tariff.
" For the last two years England lias been
opposed to two projects that have found much
favor upon the Continent viz; the union of
the Danubian provinces, and the canal of Suez.
She was at first in favor of the former; because
she considered it an obstacle to the ambition of
liusia. She is now opposed to the measure.
She has not explained the reasons that indm-ed
her to change ; but it would not be difficult to
discover them iu her relations with Austria.
" England entered the Crimean war in order
to defend the integrity of Turkey ; yet that
fact did not hinder her from taking possession
of tbe island of Porini, which belonged to Tur
key, with the intention of get ting command of
the Red Sea, iu case, that the canal of Suez
should be built iu despite of her opposition
" We know that national interest must be
the mainspring of action for every Government.
But when a nation makes no attempt to recon
cile its peculiar interests with those of the
world at large, when it at one moment flies to
the support of men who are struggling for pub
lic 'principles; aiid then, ou matnrer considera
tion, coldly abandons them to their fate, then,
we must say, that a nation Which displays its
selfishness with such candid cynicism has for
feited all claims upon the sympathies of the
world ; it is no longer a gallant chevalier, de
voted to the cause of the oppressed, but a nier
chaut wisely engaged with his bargains. We
may wish him good luck, but we feel no longer
bound to die iu his service.
"France has borne too often the mission of
overturning the world, but the convulsion has
always commenced iu her own bosom the fire
has always burned her before scorching her
neighbors. France is revolutionary from en
thusiasm England from calculation. England
loves to carry a brand iu her hand that may
envelope her neighbors iu flame, while her own
abode is perfectly secure
" For some years these strange tactics have
surrounded England with a peculiar prestige.
Other Governments have feared her as the dis
turber of the order established by treaties, but
her policy is now completely unveiled, and na
tions aspiring to independence have found
themselves too often mere instruments for her
advancement, to place themselves again in her
hands..
"The English are people', full of energy, re
sources, and perseverance, but their cause is no
longer that of democracy, for which they have
dune nothing, or of civilization, which they are
now opposing iu Egypt and upon the banks of
the Danube.
" If We glance at the domestic relations Of
the country, we see her method of government
exciting frantic hate and formidable insurrec
tions iu India ; and even at home, in the Par
liament; the parties seem to befalling into a
state of exhaustion aud old age. Who cau
now define the terms whig, tory, or even radi
cal ? Power passes from the hands of. Lord
John Russel into those of Lord Palmerston to
Lord Derby, as before 1848 with as, it passed
from M. Mole to M. Theirs, and from M. Theirs
to M. Guicot. A period is passing awaj, a
state of things dying out, but the germ of the
new Iife which is to revive the old has not yet
been revealed. . . s
' It must not be supposed that we belong to
thole who believe that England is decaying
it is her political system that is in need of renew
al and when we remember that she is the ;
only country in Europe which has not embraced
any of the principles of the. French Revolution,
We have reason to conjecture that Great Bri
tain may at some time not far distant become
the theatre of great actions V
Slavery in the Mathsdist Protestant
General Conference.
We clip the foliowiucr from the Lrnchburir
Courier of Sat urday evening
Cuffy in tht Covfe-Jtnre The proceedings
of the co fere nee yesterday evf uing were inves
ted with an interest and animation not hereto
fore possessed. C)ffy got in among the
brethren und.stirred up a breeze. It happen
ed iu tliiS way:
A memorial from a convention of Northern
and Western, t'onft
Springfield; Ohio, was presented by Rev. W.
(Jollier, President or the Pittsburg Conference.
The paper adverts to the question of slavery
and asks the General Conference to recommend
to the several A liuiial Conferences fa rnnrnr.
rent vote of two-thirds of which is necessary)
the call of a convention, wii'u the view of fram
ing a new Constitution more in conformity with
the views of the section referred to the West
ern Conference 'on this subject.
This document came like a bomb-shell in
in' the Conference. " One fiery brother Dr.
Whitfield, of Virginia, moved that it be laid
on the table characterized it as treasonable
revolutionary. &cv
Dr. Ar jistrong, of Tennessee, moved that it
be referred to a committee, counselled concilia
tory action. lie was succeeded by Jliessrs.
Murray, Walker, Varden, Holcombe, Norton,
Kidwell, Clawson and others, whose names we
have forgotton, having taken no notes all fa
voring a reference, advocating Union, harmony
but at the srtme time deprecating the spirit of
the memorial
Dnring the discussion speeches and explanation
were made by Messrs. Collier, of Pittsburg
Clan -ey, of Indiana, aiid White, of Ohio the
representatives of tne Northern sentiment on
the floor. They were cool and guarded in their
remarks, but at the same time firm mid decided
Mr. Clancy stated in substance that the North
ern wing of the church was unalterably fixed
iu its purpose to secede from the General Ccn
ference unless the prayer of the memorial wiis
granted. 1 he sentiment was almost an unit
and the resolve was inflexible. It made no
difference whether the paper was laid on the
table or referred (except so far as conrtesey
was concerned) unless the petition was to be
granted.
He had nothing to say about slavery. His
sentiments on that subject were well known,
bilt that was not the place or time to avow
them. He had always suspected himself of
being somewhat of a coward but he felt no
far standing here among his brethren. Mr.
C. was exceedingly calm and collected. Dr.
Collier (a very smart man) spoke of the almost
universal prevalence North of the fact. Hud
seen the storms and heard the tuniiders ot opin
ion in nnmistakeable tones. as himself f
harmonizer. Called xn Dr. Whitfield to With
draw certain onensive expressions ( wnicn lie
did.) Counselled kind and conciliatory action
on the part of Southern brothers a respect our
petitions they love us and thus endevor to
lvrblflf ... about, lm r imm-g-- 1 1 ojjm rl 1 1 . jr u.-.J.J
Stand united forever. W e give the merest out
line of remarks.
Tlie motion to refer finally prevailed, with
only two dissenting voices. The debate was
one of great warmth and interest, aud was
listened to attentively by a large assemblage of
spectators. The subject will come up again
when the commit tee reports on the memorials.
Jcmpixg the Rope Little gir'es and some
times large ones grow ambitious at rimes iu this
exercise, and their movements should be watch
ed as they may do themselves injuries from the
effects of which they mayiyer recover. We
have known woimn marie cripples for life bv
this exercise iu their juviuile yports of an hour.
A serious case of the kind occurred in this city
Hie early part of this wek. A young lady
frtim New York, in a thoughtless hour, resolved
to see 'now many times she could jump the rope
wiUioiit stopping, as othet'S hud done, and went
on until she W;ls exhausted, arid sank into ab
..... - - . ........
smute Helplessness, as an lmmeuiate conse
quence she was seized with an affection of the
heart, and w:is for two or three days in danger
of sudden death. At the last account s She had
improve a little but is still in emmincnt danger
and her recovery can only be tlie result of-the
utmost care, with the aid of a considerable
lapse of time. Povghheepsit tingle.
Manmnes3. Learn from the enrlieit days
to insure your principles against peril of ridicule.
You can no more exercise your reason if you
live in the constant dread of laughter, thus
you can enjoy your life if you are iu the con
stant terror of death. If you think it right to
differ from the times, and to nlake a point of
morals doit; however rustic, however antiqua
ted however pedantic it triay appear, do it
not for insolence, bnt seriously and grandly, as
a man who wdre a soul of his own in his bosom
i and did not wait till it was breathed into him
by the breath Of fashion.
Onions. Dr. Hall says onions are one of
the most nutritious1 healthful, and detestable
articles of food fotlnd in our markets. A few
grains of roasted coffee eaten immediately af
terwards, Or n teaspoonfull or two of vinegar
swallowed removes at once the odor from the
breath.
ANTI0OTE TO STRYCHNIA. The SUCCCSS of
camphor as an antidote to strychnia, in the
two cases reported la t year by Dr. Rochester,
of Buffalo, prouipted to its trial in a recent
case, reported at length in the Virginia Medi
cal Journal, by Dr. Clairborne, of Petersburg.
The strychnia was taken with suicidal intent,
iu a dose of two grains, and the patient Was not
seen until retanic aud epileptic spasms of in
tense violence had supervened, which continued
for hours, until 1 drain of camphor had been
administered in doses of 10 to 6 grains every half
hour. When they ceased, and the patient recov
ered. A Hint.' Dad yon know that brass thing
the fellow giu me for my trauk, there at the
depot V
Yes.'
' Well, Hwant nothing but brass was it V
No, I 'spose not.'
Good ? well, i trtcked it on to that hack
ntan back there for a quarter, and be went off
satisfi-d.'
Johhathan found dot what J 1 of a game
Ire had played when he saw tlW..ackman pre
sent his check, and take his trnnk from the bag
gage master id spite of bis loud protestations
that it belonged td IriiO.
A wag tells of a boarding-house keeper
whose tea was so weak that it couldn't get
op the spout of the tea-pot.
ni ao AilA.
fkree. Days Zater from Europe.
. tfn Advance pBfeaMtnJBi DMlnl-
iIalifAy, May 19th. The Cunard steamship
agara, with Liverpool dates to the 8th inst.
arrived Vhis morning. She brii-jrx three days
later intelligence. The City of Washington ar
rived out on the 6th the Indian, on the
8th. Her news, is Unimportant. , ...
The British government had r announced in
Parliament-, that they had disapproved ft he
Governor (li-ueral of India's proclamation, con
fiscating land iu Unde. . ,
. . C.I ill., t . i w- T
Sir Uoliu Uunipocll woum uccrenieu u jreer
of t he Realm. '
Tne Spanish Cortex had been suddenly pro
rogued. Some of the .Ministers Had tendered
their resignations.
Nothing later from India. Tbe Indian Bill
was progressing slowly.
Tlie srreat Chester Cup race unu neen won
by Vanity, against tweutj-eight horses in the
field.
The Times soeaks approvingly of the extend
sion of the United Slates southward. It thinks
tlie absorption of Central America by the TJ.
States, cannot be long delayed ; and that the
annexation will be a great improvement ot
their present position. It thiiks too, that
there will be more opposition at home than
abroad.-
The Paris Pays nfernis that Sir Colin Camp
bell urgently demands large and immediate re
inforcements. The Gov. rnor General has issued a proclar
matidh calling on the .rebels to Submit, and
throw themselves at ihe mer of -the Govern-
meat, lie eoubscates their e6tatesjuut spares
their lives. .
Commercial
Liverpool, May the 8.- Cotton advanced
one quaater on the week, bales during the
week 81,200 bales, Stock in port 510.000
bales, including 422,090 American. Bread
stuffs generally, closed with a declining tenden
cy. Flour quotations barely maintained on
aturday. W heat very dull. Corn advanced
from one to two shillings. Fine sngar slightly
advanced. Rice dull. I osiu steady. Spirits
turpentine dull. Money generally Unchanged.
Bullion decreased 400,000. , ,
Consols for money 97 and 91f.
The government asked for a loan of 15,000
000 pounds, for a time not exceeding ten years.
Wash! gton AQaii e.
Washington, May 1 9 lit. Mr Boyce has
made a report iu lavor of material modifica
tions of the Tariff. He ignores protection.
Would tax luxuries the highest, and necessi
ties the lowest possible rates ; and would re
move alt restrictions from the coasting trade.
Mr Garuett, partially dissented frcm the
report of the Committee. He says such radi
cal changes must be the Work of time
Judge Luring has taken his seat iu the Court
of claims.
The President t'o-day sent to the Senate
several documents respecting British ou rages
on American vessels Among the Uoi iiim ir.s
are 'en. ('ass's instructions to Minister Dalli.s,
to bring the matter before the Biilish Uiin
inent, demanding the dismiss; ! of till officers
concerned, and also a picuiiiary coinj 1 1 satiou.
The President intends to hold tinn re
sponsible for outragts committed in her waters.
The Fuitou has been ordered to urnse actively,
and prevent the seuich of our tscls, by ll.e
ships of any nation.
Oiders have been given to tlie razee frigate
Savannah aud brig Dolphin, to join the Home
5f"he Irigate Wabash of the Mediterranean
Sqiiadron, is alio ordered to the Guli of Mex
;co:
The Uociimch'rs have been referred
committee ou Foreiuii' A Hairs.
to the
From the London Times of 2T 111 ulti
The Financial System of Franco and
England.
By far the most neiul and respectable func
tion of the French Legislative body coimisis iu
the supervision whnh it exercises over the
Budget, or rather iu the pnbjiciiy which it se
cures for the tiuaiicial measures of the Govern
ment, ll is" through I ins opening that liberty
may perhaps gradually find an euiiauce through
the complicated barriers of tlie Imperial sys
tem, tor there are fortuuately ecoi-imicul its
ons which rentier it impossible to exclude the
troiiUlesoiue curicsiiy of capitalists and ol tuX
payers.
A trader Who depends largely oh credit must
be prepared from tune to time to show his
books and to explain the nature of his assets;
aud France has iu ten years had occasion id
contract additional obligations to the amount
Jt 11 2,000, 000. The three loans which were
raised for the suppoit of the war in the Fast
amount to about iGO.00U.00O. The reman. ii g
4,52,000,000 represent the cost of disturbing
order in 1848, and the still more exj enshc pro
cess of re-estabiishnig it iu the goigeous lor ill
which it at present exhiuits. During the w hole
of this period u nominal Sinking Fund has ap
peared iu the ai.niial balance-sheets, Lut the
revenues belonging to it have, a tier the ordin
ary fashion of linking Funds, been appropria
ted to the current expenses of successive euS
nor have they beeii sufficient to restore the
equilibrium. The total expenditure, includii g
certain public works, is ubout JL70, 000,000, &d
that it considerably exceeds our owu ; but the.
very different mode in which the accounts of
England and France are drawn up reudeis an
accurate comparison difficult, and probably fal
lacious. The French Civil List is treated as a portion
of the national debt ; and it is not unusual to
follow the same precedent by making grants or
annuities iu the foini of charges, not ou the
annual revenue, but ou the public credit. ' The
funded debt, properly o called, entails a charge
Of from 14,000,000 to 15,000,000, and the
flouting debt, including not only Exchequer
bills, but the property ot the savingu banks of
muuicipalitiesand of other local bodies, amount
ing at the beginning of the present year to more
than 32,000,000.
England, with its eiiormons debt bequeath
ed by former generations, has certainly no rea
son to be ashamed 61 the comparative results
of a financial policy at the saint time bolder
and more prudent. French financiers have
submitted to a chronic deficit; and havfe alniobt
doubtid the public debt during the same peri
od, which has been characterized id England
by tbe mosi extraordinary financial prooperity.
The KiiSiaii war, the death ot 1858; in d the
inundations of 1857 nerve to exciihe ihe setiu
ing extravagance of the Imperial syst. hi ;' but
the Irish famine cost more than afl nutitnul
Calamities which France has suffer d iu ihe last
twenty years, and the wealth of Englaud was
sown broadcast during the war by sea and by
land to flu amount which exceed even the large
expenditare Of France. . It is scarcely a mat
ter of boasting that this country is richer and
more peaceable thaw the most pi osperojs State
iu the Continent ; but it may be wifely assert-,
ed that the tradition's ot the Exchequer and of
the House of Commons are more favorable to'
sonnd fiscal administration than the doctrine
which favor at the Toilet its;
'arrival of tub