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emrSLS m i a- ftlje Peopled Pressv rmiuBP wieili BY L. V. & E. T. BLUM, ' EDITORS AXD PROPRIETORS. ritl(E,TH lloilnrs Year, FAYAMS IN AiiVAkO. WST No ppr will be dikoocuDucd uotll !1 arrearages are pid, cxoepc at tb option ol the Editors. CLVBBIAtii K Copies for - $10 rTBUf tamlafell In advance. . ml tertoo procuvW NYI new safceoribsrs .... wmiltin? t J)oll.iU,wUl4 to V . j w w-Tattwa OF ADVERTISING One square, (fi'ten lines of lesc,) 6rsi inser tion, One Dollar; atxl twenty 6 ve cents for ev jery subsequent insertion. Deductions made iu favor of standiog adveriuwaieuli, for a squsre, as follows: For thrfe moDtba, - 13 50 For eii tuoutba, - $5 50 For twelve months, - $S UO Professional or Bo'iocss Cat da, not exceed jog five liue in length, Five Dollaia a year, longer ouos id proportion. Salem Bookstore. rilHE undersigned, thankful nr the ' JL extended to Mm, nnd having just received from ihe Northern Cities, one of the J&rgest and bet assortments of Hooks, MtAlioii).-', Faiit-y Ar. (illr, Alc. Ac. .ever offered in this section, respectfully invites his ,frikmta nH riiKlilmnn tj, on A hint A cnll ffefdini jiatUeed that be will sell bargains to all, eithor bj j WHOLESALE or RETAIL, as he huvs bis goods jexolusivelv for Coah direct of th Manufacturers. Mief Schools and libraries supplied on the inost reasonable terms. O A. KKEI1LN. May 4th, 1800. 3-tf Tfl E RAIL ROA D E3. may come to Winston A ND they may not; but one thing ia certain, and that It this, the subsoriber has received HIS STOCK OP Spring Summer Goods which can't fid) to please hia numerous custom ers, in style and prices. And he would respect fully invite all who wish to purchase Goodn at lit (lured Prices, to call and examine his present atook, before they purchase elsewhere, K&- All kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE taken in exchange for goods, to wit: Corn, Wheat, Flour, Bacon, Lard, Chickens, Eggs, Butter, Home-made Cloth, Rags, and, iu a word, all the farmer, hia wife and daughter mav have to spare, U. K. THOMAS, Agent. Winston, N. O., April S, I860. 51-6w State of Norti) taaliufli DAVIDSON COUNTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to May Term, 1860, Henry A. Grubb, Adm'r of Madison Q. Grubb, deceased, vs. John Grubb. and others, Petition to sell Land to pay dobto. TT appearing upon affidavit, that Hiram Grubb l and Nicholas rrentnam ana his wite cuxaDotn, defendants in the above cause, are not lnhabi tants of this State i U U therefore ordered that publioaiion be made for six weeks in the People s Press, published in Salem, for said non-resident defendants personally to be and appear at next term of the Court ef Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to b held for said county of Davidson, at the Court-house in Lexington, on the second Monday of May, 1860, then and there to plead, answer or demur, to the plaintiffs petition, or judgment pro eontesso will be taken against said noq-r$sj-flent defendants, and tbe cause set duwn for hear ing an to them, Witness, Cicero F, Iowe, Clerk of said Court, at Office, in Lexington, this the 4th day of April, 1860. C. t. LOWE, Clerk. State of Nortl) Carolina, STOKES COUNT Court of Plea and Quarter Sessions Maroh Term, 1860. ffm. A. Lash vs Pylades SmaUwoud, Epbraim Bouldin va same, Attachment levied on Defendant's Lands. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Pylades Smallwood. the defendant in the above eases, hath removed or so conceals himself that tbe ordinary psweess of law cannot be served on him: It is therefore ordered by the Court that purjiieauon lor six aucoesaiva weeks he made in the "People's Press,",, newspaper DNnted in Sa lem, fur said Defendant to be and appear before uewusuoMoi oijr nexs oi neu apa vuar ter sessions, (q b held fox the County of Stokes, at the Court Iouae in Danbury. on the second Monday fa June next, then and there tq replevy and plead to said utte,: otherwise judgment by default wll be ren4ered against him, and tbe land evied on, be pofldemned, VV the aatisfaotion of th plalntirs debts. WHnese, John Hill, Clerk of our said Court at pface, the second atonday of Maroh, 1860. JN0.HILL, 0.0.0. pnrlfled Vmr lp Capaules, for the enje of 9- Coaghs, 4o. Oopaibl OapsulHi Camphora- t vapsuivu a sure torca ana nervous Beao aohe, Tarrant's extract of Cubebs and Copaiba, Trrant' Seftser Ayriyit, pi (ba PyQ A I IRRT'i RT II P 1M Mill I 9 TT -" r - " " 1 n i iv w n p fi ma uvenu. JUMKM. suitable fori TO, .Uh . BQpKMQftl GILT AND f.OSEYOQO MOW ,' ...WAJBI MADV. TO ORDEA. , rpHKS fRAMEH, for eheapness and beauty, nmnm ailMhen. ' I- J! ' , i: r. m f: iU .all at M. BOOSTORJ. istfHaneiras. From Oweo's Footfall THE RESCUE, OR A True Story of the Supernatural. Mr. Robert Bruoe originally desoended from some branch of the Scottish family of that Dame, wu borne in bumble circum stances, about tbe close of the last century, at Torbay, in the South of England, tod were bred up to a sea-faring life When about thirty yean ago, to ' wit, in jftiiHiuiittmien Liverpool aria 8t, John's New Urunswiok On ore of her voyages bound westward, being then some 6 weeks out, and having n ea re.l the eastern portion of the lianka of New Foundland, the cap tain and mate had been on deck at noon, taking an observation of the sun, after which both descended to calculate the day 's work, 'i'lio oabin, a small one, was immediately at the stem of the vessel, ami the short stairway descending to it ran athwart ships. Imucdiately opposite to the stairway, just beyond a small square landing, was the mate's state-room, and from thit landing there were two doors close to each other, the one opening aft into the oabin, the oth er fronting the stairway, into the state-room. The desk in the stale room was in the for ward part of it, close to the door, so that one titling at it and looking over his shoul der could look into the cabin. The mate, absorbed in his calculations, which did not result as he had expected, yarjing considerable from the dead reckon ing, naa not noticed tbe captain s motions. When he had completed his calculations, he called out without looking round, "I make out latitude and longitude so and so. Can that be right? How is yours?" Receiving no reply, he repeated his question, glancng over his shoulder, and perceiving, as he thought, the captain busy writing on his slate. Still no -answer. Thereupon he rose, and as he fronted the cabin door, the figure he had mistaken for the captain raised its head, and disclosed to the astonished mate the features of an entire stranger, Bruce was no coward, but as he met that fixed gaae lgoking directly at him in grave silence, and became assured that it was no one he had ever seen before, it wai too much for him, and instead of stopping to question the seeming intruder, he rushed upon deck, in such evident alarm, that it instantly attracted the captain's attention. "Why, Mr. Bruce," said the captain, "what in the world is the matter with you?" "The matter, sir ? Who is that at your ''No one that I know of." "But there is sir ; there's a stranger there." "A stranger ! Why, man, you must be dreaming. You must have seen tho stew ard there, or the second mate. Who else would venture down without orders ?" "But sir : he was sitting in your arm chair, fronting the door, writing on your slate, then he looked up full in my tace, audifeverl saw a man plainly and dis tinctly in this world, I saw him-" 'Him! Whomf" "Ood knows, sir, I don't. I saw a man, and a man I had never seen before." "You must be going crazy, Mr. Bruce. A stranger and we nearly six weeks out !" "I know, sir, but then I saw him." "Go down and see what it is." Bruce hesitated. "I never was a believ er in ghosts," he said, "but if the truth must be told, I'd rather not face it alone," "Come, come man. Go down at once and don't make ft fool of yourself before the crew," "I hope you've always found me willing to do what's reasonable," replied Bruce, changing color, "but if it's all the same to you sir, I'd rather we should both go down together," j The captain descended the stairs, and the mate followed him. Nobody ia the cabin ! They examined tbe state-room. Sot a soul to be found I "Well, Mr. Bruoe," said the captain, did J not toll you you had been dreaming ?" "It's sill very well to say so, sir, but if I didn't see that man writing on your slate, may I never see my home again." hliritins on the slate! Then it should be there etil." And the. captain took it up. , Ha exclaimed, "here's something, sure enough t Is that your writing, Mr. Br ooe?" The mate took the slate, and there in plain, legible characters stood the words, "STEER TO THE NOR'WEST I" "Have you been trifling with me, sir ?" "On my word as a man, as a sailor, sir!" replied Bruce,"! know no more of this mat ter than you do. I have told you tbe ex act truth." -Tbfearttn i'at down at hia desk, the slate before him, in deen thonabt. At last turning the slate oyer aod pushing if to- i ThfttMt eMnlied. and the) captain af- uuga, atn, rur.iiruce ten yy seoonqi.mate to come 4owb here." , J - Ua oamsv and at the eantain a reoaest. he arse wrote the tame Words. So did the steward., go, in suoosa&ion did every man ot the isravv nhoeouJd writ al(f But not one of the various hands resembled, 1 Wt it as bomt as we get a' little jeieL any degree, the mysterious writing. lis gentleman pointing to tbe passenger ben the crew retired, the captain f deep in tbougha Could any one harsh slowed away r at last be said, "ln I mut be searched and if I don't find t follow be must be a good hand at hide-at seek. Order up all haods. w Every nook and corner of the vessel j thoroughly searched, and that with aQ 1 eagerneas ofexcitMl curiosity for the ' port had gone out that a stranger had sho himself on board but not a living soul 1 yond tbe crew and offioers was foutrd.- Rtturning to the oabin after their fn, lesfsearoh, "Mr. Bruce," said the esfv' "what do you 'make of this t' V51IL-l ... ,rrxen vtt, t saw a man write you gee the writing. There mutt be sonicltiing iu it." "Well, it would seem s). We have the wind free, ami I have a fireat mind to keep her away, and see what will come of it. " "I burcly would, sir, if I wore in your place ; it's only a few hours 1 st at the worst." "Well, we'll see. Go on dock and give tho course nor'weit. And, Mr. Bruce," hp added, as the mato rose to go, "have a louk, out aloft, and let it be a baud you can de pend on." His orders were obeyed. About three o'clock the look out reported an iceberg ahead, and shortly afterwards what lie thought was a vessel of some kind close to it. As they approached, the Captain's glass disclosed the tact ttiat it was a dismantle.! Jisclosed ship apparently frozen to tho ice, and with a good many human beings on it. Shortly after they had hove to, and sent out boats to ihe relief of the sufferers. It proved to be a vessel from Quebec, bouud to Liverpool, with passengers on board. She had got entangled in the ice and finally frosen fast, and had past severa weeks in the most critical condition. She was stove, her deck swept in fact, a mere wreck ; all her provisions, and almost all her water gone. Her crew and passengers had lost all hope of being saved, and their gratitude for the unexpected rescue was proportionately great. As one of the men who had been brought away in tbe third boat that had readied the wreok was ascending tbe ship's yards, tbe mate, oatohing a glimpse of his face, started back in consternation. It was the very face that he had sees three or four hours before, looking up at him from the captain s desk At first he tried to persuade himself that it might be fancy; but the more he exam ined the man, the more"sure he became that he was right. Not only the faoe but the person and dress exactly corresponded. As soon as the exhausted crew and fair. ished passengers were cared for, and the bark on her course again, the mate called the captain atlde. ''It soems that was not a ghost 1 saw to day, sir ; the man's alive." "What do you mean ? What's alive ?" "Why, sir, one of the pasaenaers we have just saved, is the same man that I saw at noon writing on your slate. I would swear to it in a court of justice." "Upon my word, Mr. Bruce," replied tho captain, ''this gets more and more sin gular. Let us go and see this man. They found him in conversation with the captain of the rescued ship. They both came forward and expressed, in the warm est terms, their gratitude for deliverance from a horrible fate slow-coming death by exposure and starvation The captain replied that he had but done what they would have done for him under similar circumstannes, and asked theL. both to step down into the cabin. Then turn ing to the passenger he said ! "I hope, sir, you will not think I am tri fling with you, but I would be much obli ged to you if you would write a fow words on this slate," and bo handed him tbe slate with the side up on which the mysterious writing was not, "I will do anything you ask," replied tbe passenger, "but what snail X write ( A few words is all I want, suppose you write "oteer to the nor west. The passenger, evidently puzzled to make out tbe motive of such a request, complied, however, with a smile. The captain took up tbe sute and examined it closely ; then stepping aside so as to conceal the slate from tbe passenger, he turned it over, and gave it to him with the other side up. "You say this is your band writing TV "I need not say so," rejoined tbe other looking at him, "for you saw me write it. "Aod this V said the captain taming the slate over. ' Tbe man looked first at on writing then at the other quite confounded. At last "What is tbe meaning of this T" said he, .'I only wrote one of these-who wrote the other f" "That's more than I. can tell too, sir. -My man here says yon wrote it, sitting at mis aesx, at noon to-aay. , . The captain of the ship and the passen ger looked at each other, exchanging looks of intelligence and surprise, and the former asked the latter j "Did yon dream that you wrote) on this slate T" "Not that I remember." "You ajeak of dieaminfi," fwA the cap tain of the bark, "where) waa this gentleman about noon to-day T" "Captain," rejoiced the other, "the hole thing is the most nvysteriowa and: extraor dinary ; and I had intended, tenpeah to yon int much extusted. fell into a heavy epj or what seemed sucb, soni .time be : Boon. After an hour or Sjiorx be Va and said to me, "Captain, we shall lieved this very day." When I asked what reason he had for saying so, be 9u mj i uc uwj urcBiucu us wssuisvuaru i and . that she was coating to owr e. He described her appearacoe and and to our utter astonishment, whed vessel hove in sigbt she corresponded with His descHption of het. We t put much eonudencen wKathe '-if fteUll wsi loped . ti,M,hj i u.1 inn t A 1t TAr""" V'j- men, you know, will catch at Ktr.iws. As it h a- turned out, I cannot doubt ih;it it wait all I arranged, in k.iine incomprchruildt1 wav. ! by an overruling l'ruwlence, so that ' Hiigkt he s-iU'd. I" him he all thank fur 1 his g'.i'ilni"- to us. " I "Th. ic i ii, ,t n iluiht," replied the oth er cspt.iin, "that thu wilting un the slate, let it h.io eiune there ui it uuy, saved all of our lives, I was sin ring at the time ii considerable sulli of west, and I hud a look-out aloft to see what would come of i. Hut you nay," he ad-led turning to the passenger, "that you did hot diealll of wri UntJ on a shite "No, sir, I have no recollection, what ever, of doing so. I got the impression that the bark I saw in my dream was co tning to rescue us, but how that impression camel cannot tell. There is another very strange tiling aliout it, tie said, "r.very ; thing here on board seems to me quite fa , miliar; yet l am very sure 1 was never on youj V,ekel before. It is all a puaale to j me. What did your mate see ?" Thereupon Mr. Biuct related to them all tho circumstances above detailed. The ! conclusion they finally arrived at was that it was a special interposition ot I'rovi- dunce to nave them from what Beemed a j nopeiewi taie. The above nnrrative was communicated to me Ijy Capt. J. S. Clarke, of tlieschoon er Julian M. Hallock, who had it directly from My. lii uce himself. They sailed to gether for seventeen months, in the years J83&-3T, so that Capt. Clarke had the story from the mate about 8 yeas after the occurrance. He has since lost sight of him and does not know whether he is yet alive. A1J. he bas heard of him sinoe they wore mwpmffwviv, coat ne continued to trade to New Brunswick, that ho beoame master of the brig Comet, anfl that she was lost. I asked Capt. Clarke if he knew Bruce well, and what sort of a man he was. "As truthful and straight-forward a man as ever I met with in my life," he replied. We were as intimate us brothers ; and two men can't be together, shut up for 17 months in a ship, without getting to know whether they can trust one another's word or not. He always spoke of the circum stances in terms of reverence, as of an incident that seemed to bring him nearer to God and another world. I'll stake my life upon it that he told me no lie." In July, 1859, the Julia M. IMlock was then lying at tbe foot of Burger's Square, New York. She trades between New York and St- Jugo, in the Island of Cuba. The Captain allowed me to use his name, and to refer to him as evidence for the truth of what is here set down. . FOR YOUNG MEN TO THINK OF. In the latest preachings upon the "Pop ular Proverbs," Dr. Holland closes a thoughtful and suggestive discourse on Sensual Pleasure, with the following earnest remarks to young men, whioh deserve to be thought of ; "Oh ! if this world could rise out of this swamp of sensuality, rank with weeds and dark with deadly vapor full of vipers, thick with pitfalls, lurid with deceptive lights and stand upon tbe secure heights of virtue, where God's sun shines, and the winds of heaven breathe blandly and heal th Mtyyysi Twould human life become blest and beautiful The great burden of the world rolled off, how oonld it spring for ward into a grand career of prosperity and progress! This chabgefor thii country rests almost entirely upon the young men of the country. It lies with them, more than any other class, to say whether this country shall descend still lower in its path to brutality, or rise higher than the standard of its loftiest dreams. The devo tees of sens themselves have greatly lost their power of good, and comparatively few will change their course of life. Woman will be pure if men will be true. Young men this great result abides with yon ! If yoa ooold see how beautiful a flower grows sjpoa the thorny stock of self denial yon oould girt) the plant tbe honor it de. serves,' If it teems hard and homely, des- piseitfiot; far in it sleeps the beauty of neavea and the breath of angels. 1 If vou do not witness the glory of iu blossomings daring the (lay of life, its petals will open when the night of death cornea, gladden your eyes with their marvelous loveliness, and fill your ttul .with their grateful pcr- iiuac. . ,iaoi ... - v. "CbUdiva sari a modern vrrlter. M the visible sleauate ef the ta visible keraaiW, for um vMU tiU sgH be a Molaeioa f which they asa the premises'' . 1 EvttV ssaals a Tolaate. if von oalv loo bow to md aim. iT.i,- . THhV!PROCE!?S OF BXTSLVQ EN TIRE BLOCKS 0 BUILPINGB; probably the greatest snechanisml 8at on reeorf, is the m.ising of an erflireblocl of holdings, wetghbg 85.00U tcmi, atjd presenting a trout of H'Zf set, which B8 .arly" or quite ieen: aocomplishet' . The Chicago papers say the Uhioago process or raising IS 0 the screw, at six thousand of which, three incHes in srissae- ker, andoX"tbr'eee!Uibrea4" eifctuj I dred workmen have oeen emplored. eaalii man in chargavo frgm eight to tCST screw. A complete sttem of aignals wm kepnnA operation, and by Xhesa . Iks' worlnren eacli screw one quarter turn, then return ing to repeat the same. Five days' labor aw the immense weight rise throueh four I f'-et and eight inches to where it now stiiiids on temporary supports, rapidly be ' mg replaced by pernianent foundations. ' The bloek comprises thirteen first-class stores and a large, double marble struct ure, the Marmo Bank building. Its sub divisions are a five-story marble front block of three stores; a four-story block of three stores; a second four-story block of three stores, and a five-story block of four stores, at the corner of Clark street these all presenting an unbroken front, iu the heart of the city and filled with occupants. It presents some of the best retail estab lishments in the city, and some of the heaviest stocks .of drugs, dry goods, ect. lis uppor stories are full of offices, and contain millinery rooms, printing estab lishnients, binderies, etc., etc., and yet, so admirably has the work been conducted, the ceaseless daily tide of pedestrians ha not been impeded, but rather increased, from the novelty of the sight, and the merchants and others even speak of an imnroved trade though thev will welcome the completion of the work none the less. The block has been raised four feet eight inches, the required height, in five days, and the men are now busy putting in the permanent supporters. The total cost of this stupendous work is only $17,000. THE "CALIFORNIA YEAST." A question is under discussion in some of the Tennessee papers, whether this re markable substance is not dangerous to human life. A correspondent o the Clarksille Chronicle writes that he has been informed by an intelligent and relia ble physician of Nashville, that in Madison county, Ala., where the yeast is extensive ly used, a disease has appeared in the form of a swolling of the stomach, and that it is attributed by physicians to the use of the Californian Yeast, which, being parasiti cal in its nature and possessing a remarka ble tendency to reproduction, sometimes adheres to and grows in the system. He says that in botne cases the enlargement has been so great as to produce death. The Nashville Patriot discredits this re port, and calls upon the physloian referred to to make public any case in which he knows that death or injury has resulted from the use of the yeast, with all the particulars. It says that hundreds of persons in Nashville have long been using it, as a leaven for beer and to make dough rise, and that it does not know of any case of injury from its use, but does know of benefit resulting from It. Columbia Enquirtr. THE REIGN OF BLOOD IN UTAH. We have been shown a letter received by a gentleman of this city, from an offioer of the army, dated Camp Floyd, February 15th, I860, and he reiterates what has been said oonoerning the murders, and re marks: "Private assassinations have as sumed quite an alarming position here. Besides the cold-blooded murders I have written you before, there have been sever al others, one of which fairly rivals the most atrocious on the criminal record. Not long since, a corporal in the 7th and private in the 5th Infantry, most excel lent friends, received permission to take a ride, and after going a short distance were set upon and murdered. Such is the in ference, as the body of one, with his head severed from bis body was found near a Mormon town, and his companion and the mules gone. There is no doubt of the fact that the Mormons murdered them both for their mules and clothes, and then secreted one of the bodies, so as to make it appear that he had murdered his comrade and de serted, taking the mules with him. A corporal of dragoons having been missed, search was instituted, and his corpse was found near the oamp, with three bullet holes in his head, and men going out to walk or hunt have frequently been robbed of their coats, &o. Such being the facts in the ease, how can any one help feeling that the Admin istration is weak and puerile. Murders of the most atrocious kind are ef daily occur rence, whilst the perpetrators go unpun ished, and wo learn from despatches that the papers are now ready and waiting the signature of the Socrets,ry of War tq Uh move the nny the only safeguard to our citiieas. This done, the demons who now revel on the apoils of the sls4n will exter minate every one in the valley who. does not yield to the behests of the church, and fcclQwledge the : lecherous; old traitor Briaham Young, -a Prophet. V-A "We1 sincerely hope, that if the' do re- moVe the troops,' Ckmgtwsa will take the matter han? asyl hare them replaoedl wiLk additiojsaJ strength ingairala City, and wbea amuadets coaimiUed ferret tt ojitod CXocute the offenpT. Tbe meS&o ry of the Mountain Meadow maasafire is still fresh in our minda, of whole families destroyed, ' of young, girls violated ad murdered, and the moraerers walkkir th Utreets of Salt Lake Oitv withUrTe e-armenhs ot meir nenms nponineir persons o.neae"'v s - - areaeu thai cry jJoofl foj vengeance., -. ; r. isnnttoisl-Ueel,1 many peculiarities which may be interes ting to many readers, and. we believe. have not been told before. They have all shown themselves very easily pleased, and exceedingly well bred. When asked to try some dish new to them, thev do so. If they like it they continue eating, expres sing themselves pleaded; if not, they tante no more, but never express dislike. The Ambassadors are very dignified, and com mand respect. The inferior officers never enter their apartment without bowing, and the servants invariably drop upon the knee. They are all very light eaters, but they take their meals very quickly, almost every thing they do slowly, but eating with them is a rapid operation. The subordinates eat nothing but rice; but the dignitaries are fond of sweetmeats, cakes, confections of all kinds, and sauces. None of them eat any meat, except that the dignitaries take a little chicken, and none of them use either milk or butter. They drink both tea and coffee, and are no sooner through with their meals than they go to smoking their wild tobacco in small pipes. They are all very apt at learning any thing. The manner of folding napkins artistically, for instance, which for any other species of the genut hi mo would re quire an apprenticeship of a day or two, the Japanese learn by seeing it done once. Their powers of imitation are consequently vory great, and for any kind of manipula tion apter scholars could not possibly be any where found. They learn to write the English letters in a few minutes, and can copy any thing they see. The facul ty of constructiveness, indeed, seems to be a natural development, as also a certain serene good humor, whioh 4s indicated by their universally fat, plump, smiling round faoes. Another national characteristic seems to be their inquisitiveness. There ii hardly any thing that escapes them; about our Government, laws, customs, manufactures, country, and so on, they are never done asking questions. At the International they were very curious to understand the relations between Mr. Haley and his employees; what sort of gov ernment was established there; how Mr, Haley could have every thing attended to so well, and how he could exercise so com plete a control, unless he was a sort of prince or master. And, it is almost un necessary to add, they were surprised at much which they learned in regard to the American people; and strange will be the accounts which they will carry home of the freat nation which has no Princes and no imperor. THE LADIES MOUNT VERNON ASSOCIATION. A new appointment of Vice Regent for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association has just come to our knowledge so full of inter est that we cannot refrain from placing it before our readers. From various ciroumstances, beyond control, South Carolina has been one of the few States unrepresented in this band of sisterly patriots, notwithstanding which she has voluntarily contributed a consid erable amount towards the 'Fund.' Now we understand the Regent of the Associa tion has succeeded in obtaining the name of Mrs. Mary Cbesnut, the mother of tbe South Carolina Senator, as vice regent for that State. This lady, now eighiy-fivo Years of age, has the proud happiness of being able to say what few living can say, that she had a personal acquaintance with Gen. Washington. In the spring of 1789 Washington visited Trenton, and was re ceived with the most enthusiastic demon stration by the people, especially by the ladies. A "triumphal nron" was erected on the bridge over the Assanpinch Creek, at the entrance of which six young girls strewed flowers before him and sang a song of welcome. One of those girls is now Mrs. Chesnut. And she who in the dawn qf life sang tbe son of triumphant wel come to "The Hero, ' now in its wane joins those who are endeavoring to pay the noblest of tributes to that hero'a memory. We cannot imagine a more beautiful com mencement and close of life. Who wilj not unite with us in the earnest hope that that life may be prolonged to witness "the full accomplishment of this noble-object T Kati not Intellxgeweri ,Oor whole lifc is intermixed with joys, hopes, feamad aorrowa, We hat a snownsiuw of pleasure and tain; in wkiea, howawui, tat .. ter predominates mort . . at mtiwity i M get mIj qnan f hoaey t aallon of wormwood, an ounoa of pleasure to a penad of pain, tB bob ef jtjr. to s foot of ' W how doex tUthsriaossete ua4 to. dajr ; "Oait vtandt ea the mantle pW. tigh the plutec in.V i" .'. at IS!
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