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71 . Jl 1 Jit ,t.c : I: VOL. XIV. GREENSBOjIOTJGH, N'C, APRIL 9, 1853. 724;. -' I V ! published Weekly BY SWAIM & SUEIiWOOD. "TERMS : $2.00 a Tear, in adVuc : 9-i.lQ after three months, and 3.00 after twelve t1 months. front date of subscription 7A newpapar$, ara adupicd m prt and ex plauatory of out term : 1. Alt subscriber who tlo notsivxprrnoUC ,toJlhtantiarvanco finue their aubic notion a. 2. If subscriber order the diccontinftance of iTieiY paper, the publisher may conutiud to send them vulil arrearage are pattl 3. If subscribers ueidect or refnse takiust their , paper from the office te which they are -eat, they ure held reponibt6 till their bilUnre settled, and their papers ordered to be discontinued. 4. Refusing to lake a newspaper or periodical from the PoM Ollice, or removing and leaVhig i uncalled for, is prima Jciu evideme !' luteniional A. fraud. i Tfl Ad-crfllH9 Katcsi. '1 One tlollar per square (tifteen lines) for the ht j wees, anu iwenty-uve cemswi v-rvij " mwi-w-fcfter. Dedocttons made in favof of standing adver- Mseineuts at foltdws : 3 HOXTII9. V WOSTIIS. pn square, tJ-o .Two squares, 7.00 Three " (icot.) . 15 00 llall column, 18.04 25.U0 i 1 Ykah. - S8.00 ' 11.00 3S.Ct My Mothet. They e!l OS of an Indian tree, Which, howsoe'er the sun and eky May tempt its boughs to wan let tree, And shoot, and blossom, wide and high. Far better loves to bend its arms ' - Downward agai.i to ihat dear earth, From which the life, that tills and warm Its grateful being, tirct Imd fcitth. 'Tis thus, though woo'd by ttullering friende, And led with rnme (if lame it be.) This heart, my town tlear mother, bend With love's true instinct, back to thee ! THE PATRIOT. tJT A friend, ho is not a member of any (church, was so much impressed with the excel lence of the following Rules." a copy of which tasually fell in hia way, that he sent them to us for publication, if deemed suitable for the news paper. We don't know that it is any buaines of the readVr to know mlm bbch of tlie church assembles for worship si "Mount Olie;" ii is enough to know that if nil branch) g of the church, and all men every where, Were govercd by ilair rules, the world would be greatly bettfcmJ. bules of Decorum adopted by Moutti Olire Clxuroh. As members composing a branch cdrihe L'htirch militant, we deem it fcsiHitia! to our peace and spiritual prosperity whilst we tabernacle in the flesh, to havV tertain rules or articles of govern ment; concise in forrtii that we my know oor dmv towards Uod, each othert and the world ; therefore we willingly subscribe to the thb lul lowing articles t 1st. As a CVitfrtA It Khali be our responsible duty to endeavour to keep ournvlvts supplitd with such orticers as the scripiures leach us, should officiate in the Church ol Christ, vie.: a pastor and deacon, (I'lnl. I. I.) 2nd. As Mini$ter$ are the ambassadors of and worker together with Christ our heaif, (nd every free letler delivered nut ol their ohVe, anil Cor. V. 40 and vt. I.) it is oUr liuty lo honor and each postmaster is allowed two hiillS for delive reverence them as swh, (let Thess. V. 13 ) It ry Irom his ollice to a subscriber, tach newspa is slso our duly to contribute to the in according per not chargeable with postage, as God hath prospered us, thai ihey may been- I abied to exercise hospitality, (1st Tim. hi. S.) ; j a(t jrom Europe. Yhe Franklin has airiv- anu mis we consiuer uwt uur, bhu out - 5.a.w.- ly, itsi 1 1 in. v. io.f 3rd. Our Ueacont art lo be choseli either hy vote or voire given from among ourselves, hav ing lo our satisfaction proved themselves lo be Such as described, (1st Tim. in. chap.) These are called helps (1st Cor. xn. 'iS &, Acts vi. "i. 0.) shews that for this purpose they were first chosen whilst the minister give himself contin ually to prayer and lo the ministry of the word, dfeucons are to attend to the secular concerns of the Church, such as serving the tables of the Lord, the minister) and the poor. As deacons hold an honorable office, in the household of faiih, we are to tespeci and esteem them as those whom the Lord hath chosen lo . officiate in his heritage) and such as he will abun dantly bless, if faithful. (1st Tim. in. 13 ti Mt. , xxr. 21.) We by our liberality are lo eucourag them id their office, when collecting for the pur pose of keeping in order Ihe house of worship, the support of the minister or the needy, (2nd Cor. ix. 6-; 7.) It shall further be the duty of Ihe deacons (in the absence of the pastor), in ktep our pulpit unpolluted, by denying ihe privi lege of il to disorderly preachers and requiring Whenever deemed necessary the credentials jf strangers desiring to occupy it. . ' 4lh. We consider: ourselves unjustifiable when we willingly negltctihe assembling our selves together we do mutually agree (lemales excepted) when, we ear? absent on one regular meeting, the next, (if present) we wilj render our excuse lo the church, if sbseiil twufc in succes session, or if shyness appear Iritis, we lay it ss 4 July on our deacons to make enquiry alter the cause ; and if saiislaclion be given they are io Impart it to the chureh if ihe olfeiiuVr gives not BaliSfaCiion, he by the deacon or deacons is to be rebuked, or admonished, exhorting suidoiren tier to a more faithful discharge of duty t if he receive not the admonition, nor hearken to the exhortation but continue inflexible, he is to be ' reported to the church, snd dealt with according to ihe judgment of the same. . - . 0lh All disorders and irregularities, we sgree to settle among ourselves so far us practicable; ltho0t bringing U to the church, or giving it io Lrt,e. World S manifesling to each other the ioving. Sleek, humble and forgiving spirit oi our blessed . feiviour nd losvoid tach, we agree' to ibstain v from bekbMlng,(2nd Cor. xft. 20.) front hied- Iblg with ihe conce'r'ihi of other, ('id Tliel;tii. 1 1 1.) fid especially from taking ttp an evil report (gaiust awotlicr, (Acts xxv. 10,) alway s cfiduav- ouring to place at rood conalruetion on what we hear concerning aniher at the caie will admit, and try to live peaceably with all men, epecilly lliuae of he liuuaelMM vf faitti. 6ih. At in the Vrtnsacttnir of butinre the 1 H inter we Mpotnt mmkiattrr, wIk is not lo.it $ liudce to tonden'iH Vf aVAuit at pleavure ; ihu ;oruing ft oTer voi i nmuri out a n itry counsel, dealing tenderly with the (lock of Ulirml, adiuiniaterinir his Coonstl in all critical cusis, ''J'? briny, dlvisiom, &b. tn the) Dsttncelinh0 auTitsftT Stodcratoi,hn thf fender; she gave spark, at the isle of tliree may e chosen hy the church. frill. The clcik ctrteii by rfre vote or voice " -;u.c. .- -. - v-; i t'a il ,f., tsks i I "'g " enurrn ano si eac . inrc... the minutes of the prccedinir nietiinir. lie j khall also keep a rcgnlar fist of membrrt ree'd, diMiiisM, cic'd, dead, &,-., with rh regular date and other tfublncsS as thrvcted by the church. 8th. Any member aTsnTng to brings stihjert before the church for consul union, shall lay it before the church, and then move that it be uken up and if seconded it shall be considered; and each member Wishing to speak on die subject, shall rise and respectfully a'ttdress the moderator and no member shall speak more than t .vice on the same subject without permission from the church through the moderator. , ' Bill. If' any member wislw to retire 'during conference, he shall ola ii perm'rtshm fn.rn the moderator, if trained ; then depart in peace, if nn, he is to content himself. xercising carefully thai all thine be done decently and in order. lOih. Thite Hitler are Subject lo an ainend wient when a motion to that rfTect Is regularly in(re, seconded and carried by a majority trf7lP. IhirJi of ihe trtmle niewhers preten( . 11. Resolved, That it is cotifcrdeml disorder ly for any niembvr to absent himself habitual! v tluririg divine wrvicc, or in lime ol communion, or preaching ; and that if any member be guiltv of such disorder, it is the duty of ihe deacons or pasior to cull on such privately and admonish ihein in love, and lestore them if possible in me knees. On the Depatture cf an Infant. Bright from the heavenly portal He came an angel guest. And waked a love immortal Willi iu hi mother's breast Then spread his radiant pinions, And gently look ln Might Up to the lair dominion Vi everlasting light. f Oh ! raise thine eyes fond mother, For lo ! with j earning loe, He, nil his aiigel brother, Is waning thee above. THINGS NEW AND OLD. (imptnfatiii of ' -Poet mauler. One of die acts passed on the night of the 3d of March, to establish certain psi-rm;tts, contains a sec tion fixing the following as ihe commission o Postmaster after the first day 4 April - On a sum not exceeding f 100 60 per rt. " between tlOO and 400 41) per ci. k $400 and 240035 peri l. exceeding $2400 IS per et. Where the mail arrives regularly between 0 ai nighl and five in ihe morning, 6l) per ct. is allow ed tut the tirl $100. Those nlfii'ers whose Compensation shall noi exceeo sjouu s quaiter, are alloweu one ceni lor . ed W.( iJlver.,ui,l dates io the 10th Uoiiuii was !ti iiiiproviu tiemaini hi l,nt r pool, with sales of 15,000 bales l-jr the iluee m . a "days, but prices were unchanged. Flour ami I wheat had generally recovered Irom the deprco- siou, I Thefe tvaS a Republican demonstration at Pa J ris oil the occasion ol the funeral of Madam K.i- chel, the. wile of the celebrated State prisoner ol that name. Twenty thousand persiids joined the funeral procession. A detachment ol caval ry prevented any speeches over ihe grave. bwiizerland is sull greatly agiuttl-d on account ol the tyranny of Austria. Marshal llaynau died at Vienna oil the Mdi ultimo. The China rebellion is making, rapid pro gress. , It is said that the Australian miners are aver aging ten ounces per week each. Indian JoitUitiet in 7jrai. Every mail from Texts bring complaints of Indian depie- ! d.ilionsi These eoiuolaiuls are dmihiless in the main well grounded but il would appear by the following from ihe Austin Untie Guietie that the aggressions of the Indians are not always un provoked t , " Il is a baleful fuCt, and worthy of Cbhsldera1 lion by the powers that be,' that the Indians of Texas are now in almost a starving condition. Wild game, which alfords their only means of subsistence, has d.Sappeaifcd, and they are re duced to, ihe necessity of eating their horses or starving. We are informed by persons who hate recently travelled through ineir ciltilnry that w hiile UaS may be passed without meeting with game ol any description l and Ihe Indians, feeling die neglect ol the Government toward theni. and iinpelU d by hunger, are ol necessity bound to pass the bound piescribed for them by the Government. Hence the recent incursions into the seitlements,'aud the necessity of, the late call of tlie Governor of this Unite lor ihe com panies of rangers which Jiaie just been discharge ed." ,' " , ' ' ' ' Jin - Electric Lady. During ihb last year a new phenomenon in eleciriciyhas come to lighu ssys a German paper in Vienna, Austria. A la dy. on the evening ol the 25lh Jiiiiuaryt ISi'i, became so highly charged with electricity,' as to give out electrical' sparks from me end of each 0iiger to the fiC0 of each of the compnny present. She was constantly charged, and gising offelee- Jl Aturderer't Connotation. A fearful Irage tricl sparks for every conductor she approached, dy recently occurred in the lower part of th'e ci This was extremely vexatious, and she could not : ty of Philadelphia. Two women were most in tniifh Ui stove or sny other melalie tobBtarrce tiumanly murdered in iheir'dwii house, by a fiend without first e'i'ving off an 'erecmc rWks With the j in human 'form. It is not our custom to give iffcstywlhg;' Tl iranrjoafaf'6lrlo1a W ilwr lwtBt WltfehjyMiiaat ntl ww -www -pdsert this plienoinenoii was an atmosphere of about the subject for a single purpose. The murderer, eighty decrees of r ahrenheir, moderate vxefcise, who was promptly arrested, tried, and convicted, arid wf !eufmeh'C It drsMwered rn an itniospnere spntoa'thin? ; bov of igh'te'en vesVsof see, manifested ihrough- to tero, and under jfie debiliuiing effects of fear. : W'lien aMil hv ilin liLP. V:nVinu. Jvoli ftt fiet or rnore a inintiie, and under the most favorable circuinsUnrea, a spark Could be seen, heard and fell, passed every second. She could also charge ; oihfts in the same way when insullled. ...i. : I who could then give tpaiks to olhrrt. Popery and the free School Syilm. Our readers are aware that great effort have been made by the Humanists in various parts of the 1 country, and to tome extent simultaneously, and apparently by mutual agreement, to get from va rious Leislatuies a portion of the public school ...onry, lor establishing snd sustaining Romish schools. In some instances this has been made a question t the polls. A correspondent De troit, Michigan, thus ?peaks of the contest in that ciiy : f At the recent charter declion in Detroit, par ty politics were laid aside, and the contest was J between the Unman Catholic party and the de struction of free schools, and Protestants, with out distinction of parly, and the efficient main tenance of free schools. The Koinanist were heatvn by ninelrtn hundred majority. They sustained a much worse dtleat in their apptrrs tiou to the Legislature, the last winter, br a div ision of the school fund." Vincinnati, March- 2'JA. An immense mass 1 lureiiug was nviu 111 tnariivt oqnaiu iubi ihiii mi mini ma ). an inuepeuUent uckel lor riiy otticers lo sustain the common schools, and oppose the j eiicroji liineni of the Roman Catholics'in regard to them. Alj political div isions were lorgoiten, and ihe candidates selected were chosen with s single view to the school question. The Ger mans, hoili Catholics and Jews, participated and pledged ihemeelvt in lav or of the "People's Colleges." Great indignation ws ex pi eased at the attempts of foreign ecclesiastic to in le fie re with ilie coiiuuoii schools. - . . The Southern UohVtntion at Alfniphit.K mong the oljccis contemplated hy the Southern Convention, which is to a-semble al Memphis on the first Monday in June, are the following: The establishment of a continental depot uf cotton, in opposition to Liverpool, Tlie direct expoilaliou of cotton by the plant er, thus doing away w till middle men, innWIe warehouses, middle commissions, middle insu rances, and all that interminable medium wuicli euia up our substance and concentrates our ex ports al Liverpori. To build up a Southern importing market, in opposition to .New York. I o establish, through railroad alliance, more XWHi"w.!5!.l,!.rELXl!?L!,llJ r,,ie,4' MX-ialiy, coinmercialivi ami nationally. To have one or mure lints of steamers lo Eu rope. To induce emigration through Southern porls, lo past lo tne West by a Communication always j opto, expeditious, and cheap; or lo settle on our lMiile lands. To stimulate manufactures and general in dustry. To educate our children at home, to speed our wealth al home. To aim al commercial and industrial inde pendence. Ladies Hiding Sidewayi. The honor of the itiifodiK'iion ol inluig Milewa) by women in England is attributed lo Anna of Bohelhla, con tort ol Richard II. She it was (according lo Siow) thai originally showed Ihe women ol Ell gland hOU graei lull) and coii'enientlv they lliighl ride on horiel)Hck sideU avS; Another old histo rian, enumeiaiilig the new lashions of Richard the Second's reign, ohserv es i "Likewise noble ladies then used high heads, and corsets, and robes With long trains) and seats on side saddles on their horses, by the exarhple or the respecta ble Queen Anna, daughter ol the King of Bava ria, who first introduced the custom into this kingdom ( for before, women ol every rank rode as men." In the beautiful illustrative picture uf Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, Sloihard ap pears io have commuted an anachronism in plac ing the in os i conspicuous female character ol his hue com position Sideways on her sleed. That ihe lady should have been depicted riding in ihe female lashion might, it strikes uS have been in ferred, without any historical research on the subject, from the poet's describing her as having on her leel " a pair of spurres-sharpe." . Trees of Oregon. In the March number of Barry's UorhculiUriS'., published at Rochester, is a communication from N. Coe, ol Portland) Oregon, lurnishing accounts of the dimensions of Several trees of remarkable size which he meas ured in that Territory one of these trees, near Astoria, being 10 feet in diaineler, five feet above the ground. 114 feel to tlie first liiub, and its to tal height 'H'4 feel. Another one, in a forest of spruce, cedari and fir, of about the same size, measured ihlMy'iiine fest 111 Clfetlioference.--Mr. Coe says: "Gen. John Adair, of Asldttaf informs me that about ihree years ago he bought a A u ml red ihousmd shingles,, all made Irom one cedar tree, lor which he gave fifteen hundred dollars in gold." Thn tremendous sise of tim ber iu Oregon appear! io be well attested. Exploration of the Amazon flatvx. Gibbon who was sent out about two year! ago", with Lieut. Ilcndron, Uniled tfiatoS Navy, to explore the Artiaaon from its source W its mouth.' has just arrived at Washington, lie Confirms ihe report ihat the Government of Bolivia ba.s thrown open all the Bolivian tributaries of the Amazon and La Plata,, that are navigable, to the commerce of the world, and offered a reward of ten th,ousanJ tlolfarl. Ui ihef maiter; o Jhe first sieamer.hal shall reach" any one of these tributaries, eiiher by the La Plata or the Amazon, - out his trial the most obdurate state of feeling ; nAotvttrrA In keivn liinmlf hv iinnlicalini hi soik W bore witness aain! him and when clearly sonvicied, tiMtk nil his hat, and. In-ihe horror of the assembled crowd, huzzaed lie was, moreover, rrflpiivalt'd by the testimony as a . i . - . . .fc' .1. n I uesperaie oncnuer, anu as one io nom mo nru- iirg of blood seemed to be no crime, if money could be obtained thereby. Tins fearfully luil ty msn, in reply to a question by an attending officer, professed that he was never better pre pared to die than z tnal lime, and that shoohd he be hang, he would, he was sure, go straight to heaven, because his priest would interced-a for him I - 77l Biaxiltan Stive Trade. According to an olBcial report of the Brazilian Government; it appears that the number of Africans imported in 1849 amounted lo sixty thousand, and in 1 619 lo fifty-four thousand. In the year 1851 the num ber was reduced to three thousand two hundred and eighty-seven, of which one thousand and six were captured by Brazilian cruisers and de clared free. During the past y ear, one vessel, and one only, it is said, is known lo have landed a cargo of slaves on the coast of Brazil ; and this occurred last June." The Brazilian Government , deal? very summarily with the slave traders. Any person found Concerned in Ihe trallic, no mailer what hi rank or condition may be is iui uruuiued or banished without ceremony. Ho rible Rail road JccUrnt. On the Balti more and Ohio Kail Road, 76 miles Irom Cum berland, on, Sunday aliernoon last, two passenger ears were preeipliated down Vn embank iiienl n-J wards ol 100 feet, uiakinf; four somtrsels iu the descent. About 40 persons were in the tsars, of whom eight were killed, and sixteen wounded, some of them very severely. The following are ihe names ol the killed:- - Daniel Holt, ol the firm of llolt Maltby, Baltimore t Aurclius Nallie, supposed to be from South Uarxilins'; Lewis Define, a French emi grant returning home from California ; Richard Clayton, of W ellsville, Virginia; a young lidy and a middle-aged gentleman, supposed lo be Irom Kentucky ; Small, siep-son of Robert Murray, a supervisor .if the railroad ; and a child of Mr. Giese, of St. Louis. The train was descending a CUrVed grade at the time of the accident, which was caused hy a large engu.e Starling the nails which bound Ihe rails to the cross lies, by which the track parted. If Gen. Pierce had been defeated we express the opinion in which we believe most of our rea der will concur, that this Union would not hav e lasted durinff the four vears ol the next admiais- troti. A.rA Carolinian,, ' Very likely. Appeiiie loroicb Ihduced the democracy lo attempt the formation o! a South ern Confederacy during the late Whig Adminis tration ; and another lour years deprivation ol ihe spoils would have been intolerable. thy. Vbterver. Jl Heroine. A family consisting of a mother and four children w residing ;u the third story of Krosimali'S factory at Cincinnati, which was burnt during Saturday morning. Emding her self cut otf Irom reireal, in consequence of the stones beneath being on lire", the mother ascend ed to ihe rool earn nig her children with her. Here, lug onte ol her babes to Jier shoulders shebohll) leaped across an alley six lectin Width to the roof bl another building; from whence, leaving her burden, she returned; and in like maimer carried over iu palely each of the others. The act was wiinesst.ti by a large concourse of spectators. The Ihoihcr Was in leebie health, and nothing hut maternal love could have Carried her through so irking a seme. We are unable to give her name t bun whoever she may be, she is a true woman, and her ilevnnoii deserves to be remembered. Her Immune was all des. iroyed Cincinnati Gazette. ffar vgninnt the Pope.''he New York pa pers contain an account ol a large meeting, which assembled lo welcome to this country Father Ga vazti, a celebrated Roman patriot and orator. A large nuihber uf the most distinguished members of the clergy of the city participated iu the pro ceedings. 'Father GavaZai was one of the lead ing advocates of the effort lo esiab'lish liberty in Rome, aiid he was Ihe first man who paraded the streets of the, M Eternal City," with ihe Re publican symbols attached to his bosom, lie, ol course, is a special object ol dislike 10 the pres ent ruling power in Italy - From his speech iu NeW York, we lesrn thai he has not ceased lo be a Roman Catholic he is only opposed to Popery and to Popis. lie says the Catholic Church existed in lis purity be fore it was polluieil'by Popes lie is a Chris tian in its broadest sense -ho recognizes all oth er denominations, add is especially devoted to re ligious and civil lioeriy, and io ihe extirpation ol Popery. Tettible Calaitdphe. A Telegraphic de: patch, forwarded to this Office frou. Cheraw, S, C, inlorms us thai the jail of Chesterfield was consumed by tire on Thursday morning de trouing the live-iof eight -perioni. "The Bre. slates our inlormaii'; "was first discovered in one of the front rooms', used as a cook-room. When first discovered, it was then too late to fen der sssisiaiice io ihe prisoners up staffs, sufficient to enable them, to make their sca'peil An axe was handed to them through the grating, but ihey 1 were not able to use it, on their being ffoifiplete ly stifled by the smoke. They were httt seen again'.": f '- ; Of the persona destroy ed. were a man, by the name" of Marnn, his wifel and brother. : Martin . Was confined for stealing, and his wile and broth er Were irt the jail on a visit to him, when tlie aw ful accident "becerred - - f .f Contrunt. th Newoero NeWa, M sn art'- I swer to the question, From what point in North 1 Carolina shall her coal be sjhipped f" gbes the following contrast-: " Distance from Wilmington tn the f3ceaf). S irflnrOTgffr Fear between Wn'mington aiid tlie t)cen, $ feet. Distance from Bea !ltll5ilecefti estifurtfiari aa feet. Deptir.of waier on ' We hsve often heard ladies expressing a de sire to know by what process the B ire gloss ob servable on heW linens, shirt bosoms, i et cetera, is produced, and in order to gratify them, we subjoin the following" recipe for making Gum Arabic starch. Take two ounces of' fine while gam srshtc powder put it into a pitcher, arid po'iir oh il a pint or more of boiling water, (according to the degree of strength you desire.) and then having Covered it let it set all night. In the morning, p'rrtJT tt carefully from the dregs Into a clesji bot tle, fork itLand keep it for use. A table spoon ful of gum water, stirred into a pint of starch that has been made in the usual manner, will give to lawns (either white or printed) a look of newness, when nothing else can restore them sfter washing. It is also good' (much diluted) for thin white muslin and bobinei. - - We see, i:i i'.e English papers, a' curious an ecdote of Wellington, quoted frorh lire new Quarterly Review : " Some years since, 'the Duke was silting at his library, table, when the door opened, and without any announcement, in stalked a figure of singularly ill omen. " Who're you i'Vasked the Duke, in his short, dry manner, looking up, with out any change of countenance, upon the intruder. " 1 am Apollyon." What do you waul ?" I am sent lo kill you." "Kill me very odd " " I am Apollyon, and must put you to death." " 'Bliged to do it to-day !" I am not told the day or the hour, but 1 must do my mission." ' Very inconvenient very busy great many letters lo write call' again, and write me word -I'll be tesdy for you." And the Duke went on with hi correspondence. The maniac, appalled,' probably, by the siern and immovable old man, backed out of the room and in an hour be was safe in Bedlam." : - . . . U from ,i6rria. Letters have been received from the Rev. Bishop Scoit, who left Baltimore last fall, to visit the Methodist Missions in Libe ria.' The Bishop arrived al Monrovia on the Cth of January tn good health, Which continued up to the l'lih of that rhonuS When the Bishop was about to leave Monrovia for Cape Patinas ; and he would probably be absent one month bn that tour. The Bishop says " 1 ahi much pleased with Monrovia. The people have done won . ders all things considered" The passengers who went out in company with the Bishop en joyed excellent health, and continued so when the advices left. The Rev.' Pluto Hull died since our last accounts. Influx of Silver. The public accounts do not give much information in regard to tile ex traordinary activity now prevailing irt the nu merous rn Ii silver mines in South and Central America. But from the private advices reeeuily received in this country, and sent to parties a broad, it is gathered that the number has been augmented in various places, and such has been ihe success of iheir labours thus far; and Such the promise al both the old and new deposits, that (here is about to be an influx of silver lo such an extent as will produce the greatest sur prise In all ihe monetary circles iluoughbut the world. Colt Benton and hit Colleagues. Messrs". Phelps ana Lamb, two menibeis of Congress from Missouri, recently addressed a long letter lo Col. Beuton, illbir colleague sis the next Con gress, asking hi opinion in regard lo various question ol Missouri politics, the doctrines uf Jefferson, the usages ol the Democratic party, the support ol regular noiniuations) 110 Balti more plailorlii, the new Administration, &c. It was rather a cunningly devised scheme lo entrap Old Bullion and draw him out in such a way as place hiui iu an awkward position either before the Administration or his Irieuds in Missouri; The Colonel plainly perceiving thai iliere was more cat than meal in the heap, replied lo thu plausible letler of these politicians as follow : Washington City, March 10, 1853. To Mettr. Phelp and Lumbi Gentlemen : Your communication ol this day's dale is just received, and as it bears internal evi dence uf having been prepared for publication, i con form lo its intention, by reuniting it to Mis souri lor that purpose; Very respectfully; gentlemen, your bbedient servant, -Thomas 11. Benton. The Earthquake at Walcrlown (N. Y.) on the I'-tih instant Was, as te find, predicted lo the day 111 the winter number of the hdinbow, Which was published nearly three months ago; This is, we are informed, the twenty-sixth earthquake occurring as publicly predicted Weeks previous by Dr. Chapman within a year, besides auroras, storms, and various phenomena, Filteen of these earthquakes occurred, it appears, on the precise days he pifcdicltd. Dr. Chapmun's Theory of the Physical Cause of Meteorological Changes is plausible and interesting. , r '-, 1 ; Eutter Day is always the first Sunday after the lull moon which happens upon or next after the Ivt eniV -first day ol March, and if the lull moon happen a Sanday, Easier Dy i the Sun day alter. The first new moon slier the twenty first day of the present March will oecur on Ihe twenty-fifth ; cuusequenify Sunday the twenty seventh, will be Easter Day. V,-1 Monetary lienuUion Anticipated. The New. York Tribune thinks, that the accession to the meialiccurreucy of the world during the last two years, has been about four per centum 1 a year 1 and since price of real estate arid many other things have risen far above that increase, it apprehends there is danger of a general revul sion before lon. ' '''jzrrr'd'T''.- ; ' . j 'Great torfcWhat i vlst iifrjt lha Ert Railroad is we ha ve an idea of in ihe recert atA dress which the President, Mr.rLoder. hae pub-" iisneo to some oi ins iinrf-nmii.inr. tk incfuding all its a'ssets, pr'dn'ertr. 'ant) eflccfr 'b1 every name and description, has cost the ' stock' hi.lder, up to March 1st, 1853, 30.?77.5iS .t.dMik-- uUd.mAiniiiMsii-WM tharBCier.tearljr alt weir fenced, Il-fJmiles:- r""; Newborgh bVsnch IB miles ; sidings or Vw tehee i, , 8 miles : double trsck I3' miles j , making Irt " all 701 miles df fron rail -laid. .The working machinery is lib locomofjVe, 131 passenger ahd baggage cars. 1855 freight and burden cars, ilh sieauiooau, sloreh'ofises, depoU,' tteWralph line, &c. . s . A Commerce with the Pactfic.-'th9 commer , cial intercourse with the Pacific is growing ra- " ' pidly. It is said that there are twenty-five trf thirty vessels in tne port or New York op lot t'k-fifArnta alone, embracing a large .number of the most splendidly built clipper ships, fhere . are also eight fine vessels up for Austrnlia, and all filling at sati'sfa'cidry raits. J'fbose a'dimi for California are taking1 In afda pie Cargoes, con- ; ' sistjng chiefly of flour, lumber,' provisions,, at " : chinery, and assorted goods. Tn Australia tlie ' chief articles consist of florjy, Ttimber, tobaccbi . rice, spirits, and assorted merchandize; Suitable., for that distant market. v n Puittan Plan o'f Stopfdng. a Runaway Ihrse. Around the horse's neck, near the neck sirap, is placed a cord with a running knot. To this slip-noose i aiiached a pair or reins oil gentlemen's horses generally of silk cord, about the size of a pipe stem which always lie thrown, over the dash-board, ready to be seized st once. When a horse start sud becomes unrulv.ih gentleman take up this cord and tighleus Uie norse s tnroat so that tie cannot breathe,. Thb host furious hoise slops almost instantly, but he will uol fall or kick. . ; ' Marble in Kentucky. n extensive marble quarry is located iu Kentucky along the Ohio river, Irom a point opposite the city of - Ports- mouth, Ohio, to the outlet of the great Ohio ea nal. The marble is said to be inexhaustible 111 quantity and of various qualities and shades, ad milting of a high polish, and equal for ornamea lal purposes to any marblo in this countrr'or I liurope. A New York compaiiyv with a bapl I lal of $200,000 has been formed to work il, and has purchased 40,000 acres of land on which it is located.- The waut of building stone U said : lobe much fell in the western cities-. h - ' I The Bourbon Question. A letter from I'arii, tn the ft. x. Commercial, says i " The article in Putnam's Monthlv. T ihorii a Bouibon amongst ust' has created some a museiiieni here. M. Ray de Chaumont, ihe soil of the gentleman who is made, in Ihe article, to give evidence in support of thb author's .views; j denies that his father ever, had any thing-lo Ui 1 with the Indians iu America, and stales that ; ; everything attributed to him U : untrue. I'h'ad this from Mr. Charmont himself, who thinks thu ; Whole tiling a fable from .beginning to end." . ! ; : - : . ! Vapt. Ilynder,jhc notorious felon, is at Wah ; ingtoii city, demanding the office of Marshal of the southern district of New York. He makes his demand wuh an impudent front, pod ir is j said he is determined either in have what be de j mauds, or to take sweet vengeadce on the power ( that be by arraying against them that multitude nous gang of ruffians, the Empire Club, lo which the New York Democracy has been indebted for every iriumpri 11 nm won during the last teit yeari. ft'holetale Destruction of Lett e rs.O H'eil nestiay last seven hundred bushels, or about .pue' million, of dead letters were destroyed, in accor dance with the ursge of the Post Office Depart ment, They Were carted to Monument Square; and spread oVer a line of two br threb hundred feel, when the match was applied. The , entire mass of combustible material was soon in a blaze; and several hours elapsed before the conflagration. was completed ; theellkial aiiehdabla meanwhile raking the burning fragments lo facilitate opera lions. Republic. Pennsylvania in Africa. A Waehingtort let ter sas Commander Lynch Is Under orders kiriMii ihe Secretary ol the Navy, in cohnectiort with the Pt nus) Ivania Colonization Society, lo examine ihe wet l Coast of Africa, and decide up on a location suitable, in regard to lieallhfulness; leiiility, c, for the colonization of the free col ored population of Pennsylvania. He had or ders for any United States vessel he might fall iu w ith to transport hiui to whatever point lib might" wish to ptoteed." . i V 3 '!. . Blut Ridge Rattrodd.Tie city of Charles ton has subscribed, iu ii corporate capacity,; the silm of $500,000 to D10 Blue Ridge BailroaU; This secures the chsrter. Charleston expects by this work to tap ihe valley of llieMississippi, and secure to herself a very largo ' portion uf the trade cf that fertile region. ' '.' 7 . '.' The Ailanthus Tree. Congress has solemn ly proscribed this tree in ail especial set. To the item in 'the Civil and Diplomatic bill, provi ding for. setting out the public grounds io Wash ington with trees, is this condition 1 Thtt ho more Ailanthus trees shall be purchaiscd or plan ted in the public grounds," -, v ; . m " " I 11 'I ' Largest- Pearl In the World. ThVPaDaro- Star3y thai the largest pearl iu the world is in the possession of Victor Plise, Esq., of Panama. The pearl is much the shape of au egg, wiliiout a single flaw in its entire formation in colour it is what judges consider perfection, and it eighi 150 grains It i valued af 5000. t , ; , lVfki Arctic 7Vop7ef. The .celebrate J Dr. Rea has arrived at Wverpool to make prepara lions far his overland expedition in search of Sir juhii Fra'hklin; nd to finish ihe survey of the northern coast of America. Dr. Res was to leave early in March Jar the 'northern regiou m Ner Yor; -- - ' - ,-lr- - -A 1
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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April 9, 1853, edition 1
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