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? "mmtnawawssiiY, Ki6H8lPlWBWWpte ,jiMtawaWagpgflBMfea, : -'-fe-agB"-! "W : -iff 4.. iHBBBBHBHBHBHI ' Jf .''"- . sPF'' ' L' a alH i "j. 1 I .B B j "rr- i i , nam. 1.1 Stye People a Press, PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY L. V. BLUM. priced-two Hollars a Year, PAYABLE IK ADVANCE. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the Option of the CLIBBM.YG: Six Copies for $lO 'Te. Twe.tj (25 All payments Invariably In advance. Any person procuring fivs new mbpcribers and remitting Teh Dollars, will be entitled sixth copy gratis. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. One square, (fifteen lines or less,) first inser tion, One Dollar ; and twenty-five cents for every subsequent insertion. Deductions made in favor of standing advertisements, for a square, as follows : For three months, ; . $8 50 For six months, . . $5 50 -For twelve months, . . $8 00 . Professional or Business Cards, not exceed ing five lines in length, Five Doliars a year, longer ones in proportion. TBE DOME OF THE NATIONAL CAPI TOL. Capt. Franklin's report upon the dome of the Capitol, which has excited much interest has beeu submitted to the Senate. He says the pressure of the new dome upon the foundation walls is nne-Sfty sixth of the force necessary to crush the materials on which the wall is built, and the pressure exerted by it on the smallest r weaxest section of tbe supporting- wall le than one el A Thrilling Cave Adventure. I was born and brought up in the neigh borhood of the salt work of M . My iBiuerwas gecona engineer, and I fillad me situation of assistant. The scene of onr mining operations, at the time of the event which I am going to narrate, was in a narrow yalley, lying close to the foot of a perpendicular cliff or rock about one hun dred feet high. On its bare sides neither grass or shrub was to be seen, and scarce any inequality was visible, whereupon the climber might find a resting place. In fact, it was considered unscaleable for a distance of about two miles, when it sank doa-n gradual! at either end to the level of the plain. Ascending the cliff", one be held on its summit a wide plain, stretching off in the distance from the sharp edge of the precipice, and from that dizzy point could look down upon the works of the mi ners Oelow, close under its sides. Upon the top of the cliff which I have been discribing, I was strolling listlessly, late one Sunday afternoon, thinking of a strange md sad circumstance which had nappened about a year before in our fnm ily. My only brother, h lad of fifteen, had gone out, early ono summer morning to shoot pluver on the heights, and from that hour bad never been heard of. When last seen, he was mounting the cliff, from the eastern side, and though (when alarmed at his long delay) we made ie.mediate search and inquiry, we never gained anv further information. To speak of our family dis tress, ana my own heart-grieving for my well-beloved brother, it is not now my par- pobe , out it was the only subject of my 1 j thoughts on that quiet summer evening, j when ail the noise from the works were! hushed, aed the stillness seemed tenfold by j 1 contrast. SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1860. a Tho 00 Walla of rannaytranfau NO. 50. as any impregnation of water could possi bly be ! This dis ippointment crushed me terribly i . i j j r . i m m vuuuiu uie oi cmrst ere 1 Had founo a i a 1 mm node of exit. I thought of the matches, and tried them again, in vain ; this time, however, they gave forth a light smoke. In time the heat of m y breast would dry them that was a hope. I had no idea of time, save that my watch had ran -down while I slept. I wound it un arain. know. mg that when it again stoppedeight and twenty hours would have gone by. Again, on ray hands and knees. feeling by the damp walla, and, r 4, con' tinued to recede from the snot wkra th. . i . . . - i sail water cropped Irom a projecting rock, I discovered that the cave must be nearly round, and not many yards square. Hav iag discovered this, I became more col lee ted and resolute. calm review of mv nosition. T hA t .... knowledge to myself, that my only chance of escape seemed the hnl nr MV k.n..u . f v tuiuuvii which I had fallen; but no ray of light betrayed that spot earth and stones must nave tulen in and choked it up. Parching as, nnu laini with bodily injuries, I was almost at the point of despair, when A orrotpondent of the New York Tri bune, writing from TitimvilL nnn. ?yJ?rL20' PTC tha otjoined account tme or false, fro. a. a I approached very nar the edge of the 8 ts Clltl. 1 WaS riOW lit. ita atoortoot nam - . I. r . I I it, " pill u guU t-ventb of the ci ushintr fnnw f wt;.. j - i - . . the materials. Tbee r.suhs are obtained by how Sr " ,, Tk ! .ght Ukin- everything in the most anf.Z3TL2 , 5 ter"J,e & f11 W.OU d be ! but of the dume. and under th .nrS, -ZT ! lDer ??ma 1X01 ve en down. In that ..I - ' i . w nil o itu ma . J J 1 1 ces. No doubt is umstan of the perfect entertained stability of the dome. Tbe whole weight of iron work required is 2,700 tons, of wf:uh 1,900 tons have been erected during the last three years The orig inal design laid before Congress was altered in 1S56, and $100,000 appropriated in August of ftat year, and $500,000 on March 3, 1857. Another change, was made Last year to accom-piodfe-Mr. Crawford's figure of Freedom and its pedestal for tb top of tbe dome, it being larger than tbe first de ign." Tbe dome cannot be restored to its original plan without large loss and retaiding tbe's completion. The sum of 8801,800,41 has been expanded on the de molition of the old dome and progress on the new. The balance on hand 5a 308 Ui a distant sound fell upon my ear. 1 lis- ienea wan intense attention. Soon, more ..u more aistmctiy, l recognized the noise vi macninery, the rumblinC of carts, and m vvman or men ; then a bell rang, and with a throb of joy, I recognized it as the morning summons to the laborers in the uras. A night only could. hve passed L,l,c UV leaving tne outer world. Had they missed me ? Would they serch for me i Aias . there was nothing to lead them to suspect the spot of my captivity. I thought of the strange disappearance of mv young brother this double bereavement would kill my poor mother ; but still I was comforted by the knowledge that only a partition of rock separated me from my fellow-men. Now I could almo H;.r;. guish their voices. I felt that it waa vain smiting of my feet. My first confused idea was that the soil had given way from the edge of the cliff, upon whose utmost verge I stood, and that I was abou: to be precipitated to the bottom. I became diz zy with horror, for I felt at once thai I could not recover myself, so sudden was the caving in of the earth beneath me. I made one stumble forward, in a wild strug gle to save myself, felt a ringing and crush ing iu my ears, and then I lost all further sensation. It must have been manv hours hefnr T The sum of $245,000 is rcqured for the com- waa sufficiently conscious to" know that I p.etivm. The total cost wilt be $901,000. and still existed. Sick and hl-ninod T wan lnr I - w a w thJ IVIIK I was recalled to mlf Kw . -iw rJZf JXVl cou.,a ot forbear oa Mm TZT. "aa He ezaausted. I hen I reflected on the means I could find of digging away the barrier of rock. It could not be thick. I knew that br mv three years more tim.c is necessary. A BRONZE DOOR FOR THE CAPITOL. A letter from Rome, Italy, says: 'Rger is tngaged htsre upon a bronze door for the Capitol at Washington, which is to cost $25,000. The first scene represents Columbus before tbe Council of Silamaoca, unfolding hia great theory. In the second he is just setting out to seek royal aid In the third be is be fore the King and Queen, laboring to convinee iacm. lsaoeila leans forward anH seems in terested, but Ferdinand scarcely deigns to heed tbe visionary enthusiast.- In the fourth he is confiding his son to the care of the monks, while his ships wait In the fifth he is land ing in great state upon St. Salvador. The sixth is at Hispaoiola, where one of tbe sailors is bringing an Indian girl to tbe ship on bis . of my position. It seemed a hopeless one. shoulder. The next is the great navigator's I was certainly in one of those oaves form- ...umpua. cmry flarce:ora on nis return. 1 ed in sa t rocks, and Am.t;m fnnA 1 1 r. 9 mm mm mrv w WW 1 U V 9 V U U A unable to raise myself from the prostrate position m wnicn i became aware, at last, that I was lying. It was quite dark, and every portion of earth or stone that I touch ed was wet, and a smell of damp salt per vaded the atmosphere 1 thought I had fall- j en into an exhausted salt mine, but soon re. membered that I had been standing on the edge of the cliff. It was an impossibility. Then came the idea that I must have fallen to the bottom, and the loose earth and stones have fallen over me. That, too, I soon found equally unlikely, and after gro ping about some time on my hands and knees-every moment oue of intense agony I beoame sure that my prison was a cave of some extent. Too weak to move anv farther, Hay down and endeavored to think of the.OU Wells in that vicinity : Sin I wrote you last, says the writer, I fS ,ookilg round among the oil wells at Tituaville and in that vicinity Thinking that vour reader mnnA w y tV Know low the present developements cor rifori with the predictions two months tnoe, l wtll give the result of mv invaaftL gation i, ar,d you mav iriva them tth mnr, or to (Ike games. The oldest Well, leased from th Pnn sylvacja Rock Oil ComDanv h th. f Oil OVjipany, U doing a regular business of oOOgt i. of pure oil per dav. C.n Hr.. i. sinking another well in the immediate vicin ity of he former, with every prospect of succesj. I Onri mite below, Croesley k Co. have ouua snusdance of oil, bat are not barrel lDg m j at present. A few rods below, Stackf ole & Fletcher have found, in addi tion k'.a line show of oil, a very strong salt w 11, faking two ounces of salt to the gallon of water. The oil is of no disadvan tage u the salt water, as it separates more perfec.y than the fresh water springs. Ihis fc a great acquisition to this mmrB m i H the salt is imported from the Lake. The nkt well of importance is the Hib bard, cf Buttonwood well. Brewer and otfern, proprietors. This well is one of the est, and will run about 400 gallons per da:;. The oil of this well is of a thick er qua;ty, and will be a better lubricator than tbe oiis of less specific rravitv The sext well is the famnna M.pi;a-v well." brewer. Wa T 9 1 A mmm The oil from this well, daily, is varioualv estima from 1,000 to 1,200 gallons. aue proprietors ot ttiis we hav a. r amount of oil territory, and are nitKr boring, or having bored, some twelv on tne Choice points along the banks of yii ireik. Ihey have a quantity of oil lauds o,. the Csldwell Creek, one of the tnbuui es of Oil Creek. The indications on this atter stream are nearly as good as ny je hem discovered. They are also the let; ?es of the Indian Reservation in tne Sts oFlHew York, where the oil is The spring of Parker Waad In artnrt t h i r .li. Tl.:. 1 ' -- w abu net rvNooiat a wi saw bench. The victim l i the rack is then piaoed ape its and, agaiast bole ia the end of the rack, aod Uad fast to the upper iet which strains ths cords of bis ncak horribly. A bandage is then p!aead aeross his fore head and fastened to the eed of tbe rack. A aJip-aooa h pat upon each thumb, by which bia arms are drawn behind bim mmA , i. Md also made fast to the upper feet. A adip OOOM ia aW not mum A. . i. L; ... i - . J - . . " "' M urawu upwards aod maris fmmt .t U asw Snvs o that tba viaaiWa aoout one inch e eu nf tk. m leaving the whole weiaht af at WJ. CTT. ; " am vicuna was kept upon the rack about half an hour, and wbea east 1 ose fall upon the floor having fay the time being iost all control of his limbs He was left lying as ha fall, until his blood reaumed ita circulation, when a ehaio waa put Milt his neck and he waa led a.. Ik. A ww . : JL mmm u-ugwo. a was no doubt convicted of tbe crime with which he was charged, as he was desirous of kaeeliag before the Maadarin and pleading for mercy, but was not permitted so to do. "We followed the prisoner, and saw him thrust mm a room with sosae thirty others, all of whom were condemned to death. Tbe cell J 11, axeaavively warn, and the OMCUCU avm u was, to aa, uoeadurable. The osu nad not a tingle artule of furniture in ana all tbe occupanU were entirely 1 bey greeted as with Chia Chin Taipan,' 'Cut..-haw Taipan,' which was 'How do do V 'Give ut a nreawat?' Si w "We saw also, oa a visit, several convicted felons, undergoing the punishment of the manque, wbicb consult of a square board witb try. It was too hot seaooa of tbe ye to roliswe their foreign gaests frees its sssfc pases had been stwotwd along the m wom thlrt7 ' high, while oi adual beight were planted is the Whio beat boo rafWrs were laid , awwwaibT'00 rmftr" Wm OTvr which (mm roof to roof, aad quiie sk-t'owtae saja! while, as the sen skang ii ha poaitioa, or sot, " ?fr aiTt' atn reaaired, hwwe wtaaowa ewJi he made in tbe roof by mUhm eavtsJa tkswegk wkieh the air was freely adwdt ea. la the evoaiaw it addd ua taw. . various pit an thmawh Ike we leat Wag and being of wood, aad "trips of red oloih ia their I : M .. B . . mPm. -A aiaan. kjd ue top an ornanaaa. aaary was added, a foot hLwm r toe laatero proper. Thaw deal of an aad taste, and m jr man tor use. Loava aSvina mi mmA i watts ' havrag tdos,ad teJ tbe the in various plaoat, ye towohiag of long covered gilt Chiaaes it, you a bole in the centre, aod teas together wuh a a ... a a hioges. It is put apoo the vUtim?t tbouldert, onk L. I L a . a a "',u "a tarouga tbe boie. The banquet are of different sisea aod wei no facility in hearing sound, and concluded u livi8 nad la,len cl08e t0 the eiige of iw thi-: airaigui aown to tfr; VaT oT TTtusvmd, Iniicrj bas been or k ii r 7 ' nd Pbly I douotl promise for a few weeks, is now tbe wall of mv prison was not more than one of jt best yet opened. I think 800 two or three feet in thickness. But I had ! callona 'da . V;-k on this;ellv The oil is thin and fine, and n r imftlamana . a r . ..v .u.picuicuw, save my xnue, and that was a slender one, Quite uneoual tn enttint, m ja a . . w alia - egrc ai crime. Offenders are frequently compelled to wear them from four to six months, daring wbicb time it is impoaaib'e for them to lis dowa, aad they are compelled to ait aad sleep upon their haunches. Several of tbem had eaten aad lept ao long ia one poet are thai their akin ... chafed through, and they Were almost covered wun raw sorts. wem bang up oa the aa eaprvaatve of good "Bel the asoat si aad boauuful tripi; of red from top to cnarseaeta. Of eoaraa thw iik. ... - . w - k lurpreier, ana, as wo aad tb ;L TL c ' P " twe-Uted me, ana oere l give theaa to fear dt' S! "QrAt Jy "' Over a aoor. Beceiva ail Henvenly happiaaaa " Oa the jdes of the door, -FoaieHoiu be the awn oa ratpiciout tbe clouds ...... i. . ... a --j mm toe oreoaea aod tweet the ' V00!' H-Pp.aea. eo.es fro. aaotker door, ha-Sr.V.hke d. -oar. an huooxod feet!" aad "Literature, like a good 'fM. u igoreusu thowoani aatatvas " Aa 33 lSL? ,6llUncea ? Jrflj Chinese: Heat en's tod "the words of a passage through even the soft and damp salt-rock, which formed the partiton. Sud denly I remembered having picked up a heavy iron ox shoe on the wagon road du- m-mmmm ft a -r - nug my ounday walk. It was still in my will loops but a trifle in rectifvin. Rn- AI A m m . O. . ii utajweeu ot one-aixteenth of their oil A . miertai ior iu,UW, cash, to a company trom OMo, the whole of which, in Septem ber, mtf ht have been purchased for aa ma- ov Buncfeda. These are all the wells rvk. .r:.i- v . -r J I T. . TV TT HW ww,w vuc wt-ua re- Pvaca. y uu wnatjoy i puijed it out and Wy m i forking order, but many more are commenced eagerly ray work. nearly t omplsted, and promise well for the I aaaall mm. A. 3 . " 1 .1 L aa m AaA.u 2 5 awata uo ucuui tne sgonies of tboeedays Il,vure and nights when I worked on in the dark- 1 ness rite, there is a stoadilv inoreaaincr ess, sometimes encouraged, sometimes demand fr oil territory, and the excite early hopeless. I could not find that 1 1 IBTOt " vioinity of Oil Creek to se- "Among others who. we saw confined tne moiber or Tai Fiog Waa, the groat rebel chief, of whom the Maadarias or Imperial ita, stand ia great fear. Thai hav nV.r k-. ' andjable to defrat bim. aad have offered Lare r- mmwMtmr ait capture, Wliaouf taceoaa Tbe i.pen iluU bave am a ted bia mother and all bis relatives, ss far as they have been able to trace the.. His .other is a woman of ama!l aiaiure ana nearly ssvoty years of ago, with hair as white as snow. She bad heavy chain a upon her aahlea, aad a chain also arowad br neck, with a atone fastened to the cad, wbieb trailed upon the ground The other relatives of tbe rebel chief were also in chain i The females were embroidering, aad the .ales were kniuiog aoderahirta, using small linen twine. We likewise taw many rebclt in rh.,. ;,k their ear eat off, aad others who had been hamstrung, who were unable to rise apoo their L.a a S .a at oui uraggeu tQeoaaslves along with their aaaSa --a - aa amen sounds the fa von of the fi many - Tbe posting of eejsr,oos over the doors of aowaoa and oo a J. Pctice, generally eipreaaing welwsae and good wiahea tc the gau and i!SmV w,Pwi e kpwaa, or else oootaio sre held ut venerat wo aaoor tb r i - It it Possible. Wa publiahin another column an Editorial dard. nttAmr thm m ..mm I vi Hcwiur nr l . mm . . W made lu tht- succeeding one he is about to be sent home from Cuba in chains and disgraoe. The "last snene Of all" is death. Tbe priests have administered to him the sacrament; one holds a crucifix fbr him to kiss; friends aud attendants are weeping around, and the spirit of the dy ing man ia about to start oo that last great voyage from which none return. In niches surrounding these scenes are figures and busts of various royal personage contemporary with Columbus, including Ferdinand and Isabella, &c." Pukttine.-The Holy Land, we are told, exhibits unusual indications of activity and life uwmg, in a great aegree, to tbe influx of Jius tian pngnmg, Jerusalem has become, of late. one ot the most bustling places of its sige any where to be found. Rents have doubled, and wore than' doubled, in the space of a couple of years. Outside of the city walls extenivc fort resses, under the direction of the Pacha, are going up, for protection against tbe Arabs Hundreds of men are employed blasting those ancient rocks and laying tbem up in solid ma sonry. Wide roads are also constructed, aod several small forts along the Jaffa road so that the country around tbe city presents as busy an aspect as the eity itself. lht New Dime -The new dime has been issued from the Mint. It differs from the old coinage in several re? p ets. The goddess of Liberty is in a sitt ng position as on the old eoin, but instead of tbe eociroling stars there Sre the words "United States of America." The words "One Dime" on the other side of the coin are in a Wreath of cereals, instead of the old fashioned wreath of leaves. The new coin is very neat and pretty; bat in the speci mens which we have seen the milling around the edge is rather wiry and ragged, At Barnum's Museum, an interesting event bss just taken place in the reptile department. One of the lady anacondas has just been brought to bed of a charming family of baby snakes numbering 90 or thereabouts. There are about 40 pairs of twins, with a few to spare, and are all being tender! brought up on a dainty diet of rats and mice. by miners, running far below the earth's sur face. I I had no idea how far I had fallen it might be but a few feet, it might be many hundred. As yet I could find no trace of the passage through which I had dropped, but I remembered that I had a case of matches in my pocket, and it was not long before I succeeded in dragging them out, though it was excruciating pain to my bruised limbs to move them. Having no taper, I determined to be very careful of the matohes, and to improve the short moment of light during which one would last. I rubbed it very carefully ' against the sole of my boot : then harder. hjcu lunuusiy ; uui h would ignite. Then I tried another, with no better suooesa. They were too damp, everything was damp the matches were useless. With a faint hope of drying them in time, I put the box into my bieast, and buttoned my vest over it. What with my failure in procuring a light, and the pain of my bruises, added to my terror and bewilderment of mind, I suffered intensely. Through all, it became clear to me that, instead of falling over, had fallen through the cliffstrange as it was that hollow ground should occur so near to the edge without the external wall of the cliff caving m towards it, The space thro which I had fallen most have been narrow, for my body had been bruised, and the skin wss torn from my sides, with strips of my clothing -that I could feel. Qh for a light to examine better into my miserable position ; but after all, I did not feel with out hope. I could not lose the idea that I was to hit upon some means or way of es cape ; if I only could get the matches to ig nite,and show me the form and sine of the cave. Worn out with pain and thought, I must have slept. I awoke with a raging thirst, and almost at the same time, I became sore I heard the dripping of water, I dragged myself towards the sound, stretched out my hand end drops from above fell upon it ; eagerly I swallowed a few, which burned my throat : they pm distilled brine salt any visible progress j the sounds were no nearer than at first, and I was growing hourly more exhausted from fa tigue and burning thirst. The salt air of tne cave inflamed my eyes, parched my skin and excoriated my throat ; and often I had a horrible idea that I should go mad but I worked on. I had wound np my watch 5 times, therefore it must have been J5 dy-deliveranco as far offas ever, i had been trying to loeen a fragment of rock which had been somewhat detached from the strata (this I could only judge of by feeling.) If I succeeded I should much reduce the thickness of the barrier at that point ; but I had to stop and rest before the final trial. I again tried my matohes. I had constantly done so hitherto, but without success, and but few remained ; but now the third one that.I tried gave forth a light smoke, then a liht blue flame, and fins Ily a clear red light. I held it carefully and beheld plainly tbe cavern in which I was immured. It was a small one, and sparkling from the saline arvatmla av it UAAmA mmUrn. i S . .W P vicinity cure c, una, with a good surface show of oU, ws -neer so great. One year ago, and thwuifct valley knew scarcely any thing o! the outside world, excepting what was repotted by merchants returning from the Eass and the thirty or forty copies of The Trifane which were weekly received ; now we get the Semi-Weekly and Daily. This important and surprising discovery of natural wealth is destined to make this one of the wealthiest portions of the coun try. Mechanics of all kind are in great demand y the local trade baa increased to more thin fourfold what it was in the Pall. Capital ii being invested in large amounts. The people here have no idea of depriving tnernserrra oi tne advantage arising frcm tbe infl u: of strangers, and seem willing end dejrirou that all who choose' should share tjir opportunities of making a for tune. vow four-horse coaches daily over the road ere insufficient to accommodate the travel, whieh hat heretofore been ac complished with a two-horse hack twice a with A a Vr nkAji aaa .a . . n- -. UUJDV, uu a projection ot tbe shelving rock, and bearing a similarity to the out line of a human figure. I lifted high the expiring match, and, by ita last ray, I saw a human faoe ! In a frensy of impatience I tried the few remaining matches, in vain ; the last one was in my hand ; more carefully I drew it over the sand paper ; it burned only for an instant, but in that instant, holding it di rect y even with the body, I recognised the dead, pale, but unchanged face of my poor lost brother Henry ! I was again in darkness, with the dead body and my frecsied thoughts. After a time I resumed fiercely my labor at tbe rock. A few blows loosened it, and the large mass rolled inwards, and from the hands "We next visited the Mahommedao Mosque, where we saw charts of the 'pictorial language ' The Mahommedaa pagoda is an immense brick atroctore, supposed to have bona built 70 years B. C. Its im.eaae weight had tunk it tato too grooad, so that we could jaai see the arch of tbe door. A tree of quite large dimensions was growing upon the lop, too roots of which eaeruatcd it oa the outside. We also Jitited a temple where they worship Coofuciui It contains aa image of the object worshipped aad is the only one of the kiod la the empire'. It was erected a few tears since at the tugget tion of Qov. Feb. Tbe base of the image was shattered by a bail fro. aa English frigate wbils tbeliiog tbs eity ia 1856 We visited !!2w5h6 'Fl0Werj PR' whieh is said to bo 1 900 years old There is a tradition connec ted with this pagoda to the effect that its foun der stated, upon its emoeetioo, that if the top thonld ever fall, there would be trouble in Can too. It so happened that the top of it fell in September, 1856, aad the English shelled the eity ia October of the tame year The portioo which fell, ttrack the roof of a joaa hewse, passed entirely throogh, struck a priest who was worshipping aad killed hiss." 1, they will 4- uw waiou iy oeotnditoame in a narrow streak of daylight. I was all bat mad, or I would not have had sufficient strength to effect my purpose. By the aid of my ok ahoe I toon increas ed the Me till it wee large enough to ad mit my head. My shouts soon brought as sistance from the works, to whieh, as I had supposed, I was very near, aad soon from that fearful tomb were drawn the living end the dead bodies. No one knew me until I spoke. The body of poor Henry had been preserved by the salt, and was also partly petrified. That he had been killed by the fell was evident, and had never moved from the ridge on which he fell. . Ml I no. a Correspondence In the Newark Mercury. I TEftESTlG FROM CHINA, Wo Twrturwi-- A Chinese Court, JJPMV Jr roeeieed by Mr L M. An drees, of hu ty, fro. bis nephew ia Bong Kong, ek pa, ws are permuted to make tbs following atere-ting extracts. Tho letter bears date of N vember lath 1850: MM reseatly returned fro. a trip to Canton, ien, I gathered many items of intel Jigence wl teh will be interesting. We wsre ao fortunate, shortly after our arrival, aa to tenure tbe serysj w of Roy. Mr. Gray, aauiosaed Uwre as chapter, who, hciag weU versed in Chin, attairs, played the etWrvwe greatly to our ad. vantage, . We eoa.enoed oar explorations by prieosw, happening to hit .not for tunately, n a criminal court day. We were the first p mops ever taken by our guide into a Cbiaewe ft art The magistrate, a eery high Mandarin knew Mr. Gray, aad apoo our en tonng, ppod the court. We were intro duced aa invited to take awata, whieh, after a gsaeeietii of bowing aad salaaming ws did, "The Vndarin and ourselves were the only persona ioled . the ieuit the ti jj n iMtyslwnyi standing daring hours "re Wia,J several interpreters present to qoas Mendartt-. That fenotioaary never' demeans himtelf ht speaking any other dialect than that streaSy Mandarin dialect.' There wee quite s ispbar of prisoners, all with manse las feel tlsTr li.be aod necks, awaiting their tom fot rial. One of them was fastened ea -l itrwment of torture called "the rack" m rkin A Ghlnsit Home. -During Miaiawsr.Ward'a late vi.it to a private boose was allowed hi. for the LKBMir and suite. The Cbiaa of the Botton Traveller who Ward thee doaoribeo the place "luet ut look about the premie, occupy. The owner waa a nrivau of wealth and standing, whose family had for the time vaestsd them, not a woman or a child appearing whi.e ws tarried, though we ofUo taw the owner, who was quite eourtooas and obliging. At the reqaett of the Goveraotoat he had nnossnlsil to give as the ut of his house, or hoaasa, toy there were two, both of brick, and running parallel, and being ahoat esse hand red aad fifty foet long, witb a ooart betwnea about thirty tort wide and payed Vuh howa atone. Like almost all Vpy heejiwa, they ware of only otra story, aad with soots covered with tiles. Two or three erehea were thrown aero, the ooart, teeming to divide the 1 og snoea into rooeas, aad doors opioid into building at they were needed. Tbe , however, were few, aad dark fro. thai wiadowa. They wore one, aod the walls and ceilings covered with haodaoeao pap.. The Chiaeos ase but little furaitara, aad the tweet of what had ever belonged to this hod hot. e mtwaitahls to or taetee aad oaa A gate, clewed at night, opened into a narrow street, which had into the centre of the village, aad with a few rude travel out of it Altogether, the haiklings were nsa.il: ., neat, end ia good taste. Nor had the Govern-' meat and owner beeu coo tent wish fernwhrat! tk. . L. f .ft. m . anv mi Booaw m us place, aad sapplytog who ane suosianiiait and de Or,, -,..-r . . . or ase r laTV ,n WB,crj n charged w,ta Hl.,wb ?,tiom P"7 are sonnivrot with Black BopobCeews, to defeat the Demo crats. 2d, By artful appeals to the paawiooa of the PP thoy seek to aeon re a swat for one of iheir aumbcr ia the U. 8. fltaalt 3d' That if they sweeeed in toeoriag a ma jority la the Legislature, they will was their power in re-districtiag the State ia ouch a masner at to en an re party triutnnh in lHfll vitThitih,, dewign oarryieg ens a spirit ot proscription against ell Oeesooratte Stats uffioere. &th. .That, without semple, they will wield their influence and power, if tuectful, to eoo trol for party ends, all Stats iastitauows and public works . 6th. Tha if , tbe astaulu of' mmt . tacrifced. mj Sn'tJy the pietare is overdrawn ia the sixth WUB' Aiinougb we are not a Whig TvVl -mrr to he, yet we uuud(. cp aoeiity aad boaor of Southern gen tle ao because they differ with at. " Wk would ex pact the Oppoailsow party ia this State, if they carry tbs tlsstioaa, to do j oat m oot party has does ill the pablie oeVaos with .en oat of their own raakt food at tbs pablie erih. That is no very groat tin; bat wo cannot believe that the party would ooaaive with Black Republicans, or that it would barter away the t Merest aad honor of taw ath "'bren of "J"M -oU aao4 altar, sdoeated at the eaase iuatitotioo and as sociating with ae a our daily kbors aad bwti oeas iranaactioos; slaveholdera too, and aa hew ortblri aa aay claaa of avon to he found in anv comuwnity, simply hseaeae they sew seesui soul w teal honor of hi their haadi Wa believe and bone tbaf RtaiutaaJ U aenjot mat, should the Dteneeswov be "Ww a a m waw ea;apa is not very likely- ineact win prove ibs. soil, at weaataaxdxtaaal to tak. charge of aod protect the boaor sand taurcitt of the State as Prtyv Ws will see. Charts AtwWia. guilt j of sash Janifl I of the Jh we hWe War. The Warroaton News 'nyonied by Geo. T. J. Groan, of Warren Ueaafy, to state that he will give fifty dollars der, ahd twenty Ira dollars iiaiiei fur the aseai baart kog. The powder is to be exhibit, ed, asM satlaUxctocy evidence given of its being manufactured ia North Carolina, at the peat Suto Agneui aural Fair. ..fT oarlet fever has been ragiag foar folly f!m Illinois aod Ohio. At Blootaiagtoo JWS U PT wiater, eosae 400 children nave .aueu Vaottsna to the diaeaea In eworirto, uaio, the a daly, aod already two bave laeemuibed to its deadly infiuenoe. gggggH I tawaWawHsH m ana. ueawsal Totwpkiaa, at New Tack,, treat t tppasrt taat all the ditpntsbU troops of the V- o- army are to be eowcwai rated in Texaa few of the frontier. " bars shall I nt a pane) a.H tk BW iff to the dndge.'' "Why, I tuppo-n, rir.hal yea avsi got enengh paaoU out nf doors BBaMEBBwtaMtV. ' rBBHta iia i't&i hi 1 1 ' a , nm aaWafrfn- iTaan iSrial . .-. wis rtfcan iai.it 1 J
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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March 30, 1860, edition 1
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