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Softly on the Bruised SearU
: - - ' . " 1 A.
.! How tomr W news -
' ; t i ' i word f kindnes fll ? v ? j . ,
? , And to )th drr4 and parched soul
V ; The mobVmni leaMrop calli
ki thV if they who walked the earth, :
; ? J'Midsorrbw, grief and pain,
f' Khew the power.that kindneaa hath,
-'i.3 '.- i?Twere paradise again. ty a
the widest and-fli'pobmt'aT f
ij tTfie simplitlanee giyey '1
j; ; " .-And bid delight Uf wintered hearts
s f tii? iBeturn am and lire J c--'-PiU
t (what i iife lift be lost ? ;
imself of phvsical thai a strong rower, with every advantage
learly conscious on his side, could scarcely havo contended
,ncM'An.nc. KM fiat nr-NMri r. ' iO iransier
-:Kt r, kHmhA nA WAA rCOrfV IO I WBA DCat in 1? . luCId OOWB WUU
a 1 2.1 U W SBUU U UM w - - i - - - J - i - u
do; even at the risk to u
and roeotal sufferings. 1
i. u.c t.: i "V. 4 V.
u6t and c6uW not protebt his feelings from frightened girls from one boat to the
the unjust nd 'stinginV chargo of coward- er, in the few ruinate of Hmo left ere t hi
ico' a6 . a'nfrilv broajrht forward airamst I dow
him. Jn .spite of his better re'asoa. he felt 1 frft
bnmniftlwl i abd there were momenta when 1 still
saved ihelnsolent Logao-from punishment I nd toauaga tbeirt,. hd mw to bo cnaJlyl
ihev were Dot momenta or vreaiccesa: id i irapoMioio.
ine sirennq di a raaui v character no, was
n-aweepfnr current wouia aeor mur
ii vessel ;to the edgo, d the dam, sma
lto'reUin',Y'n adtanUgo waJ.'.ior m h-
:r Tnlot his oWn boat co
A', cry' - of despair1 reached. Ihe 'yon ng
urcbVMtrfro..V ''::T:V'- i .m,ln," cars " ,the oar propped from hi P
Th'e octfaronyof thls1 grasp'lnto the ter Itjas vMeiitto J
Ubnefly,tord.l,Waon made bnopf vUt- 6 pecUtort of the fearftl eend that he J-
tie' pleasure ! party for apeighboriig vil- bad, W Mr presenco cf inlnd, and that g
lagefthatVar spending an aftcmooo m a notr all vnisWrot.iobdwcver. In W - - f
:r.r rT" .i:"r'.r;" w bfv th dam, p
eircain. lucre wi?,nv vriui, jvmhk -7 ,. . " 1 1 ... - - .f.
lie 1 r jj... ' tJ. .'-T :? I .... Vt U.n n fVf?ipTt Al he 1 1 ...tOtlO and DIDtT
hannena 011 such'odcasions. some rivalries did so, he jrrasped the other boat,- ' phoru are taker
.frAn VArmAi-: wtw 1 hrafiW hlmsolf flrmlv - airainet t: . aicaa cnaina irota the
o: cteei,; wnicD la thrust out -just ollcn
e: -ngU ; to dislodge , each row, as it U
lr vght along by the endle'&e chain. This,
x iplied jof -lu wntcriui soon passe
1 iin through the machine, ovsrihe biotk
to! receive i another package of;itslliay
freight witlna CKkot-iU .innumerable
r- riRfhines Qba writer
STATE XOXnS.
'-'A
should only have added piquancy to the I ing:earrent,
invcrcoarse. 01 an parnes;: nuu
Or what the. Heaven that waits beyond
This brief and mo tal span 7
. In mimic elorv shine, vv.
Mrw-tvra inf kindness in the'heaTt
? L 'Beflects the source divine; vS
- Oh! then be kind; whoe'er thou art,'
That breathes the mortal breath, ;
And it shall brighten all thy life,
And sweeten even death. -
110 WAS THE COWARD ?
BT T. a. ARTHUR."
,4Wtll you bear that, Edward T"
- The voun man torhonii this wa ad
dressed, stood facing another person about
' hia owD age, on whose flushed countenance
a was an expression 7 of angry.; defian
The name of thia person waa Loganl A
r third party; also a young man, had asked
the qe4Kn jnsv. given, iu a tone -of-ur
prise- and " rsgret,;5eftwe. there was time
-t fov ft response Logan said, sharply, and in
a-voiee of stinging contempt :
- i ;MYou are a poor, mean coward, Edward
Wilson! I repeaV the; words and if there
is a particle of manhood a.bout you "
. -. Logan paused for an instant, but quicks
lyTiddedtrYott will resent the insult."
Why did he pause? His words had
.aroused a feeling in the breast of Wilson
v thai instantly. Ibetrayed . itsell' in his eyes.
- The word i'eoward,", in that instant of
time, would have morn fittingly applied
to James Logan. - But, as quickly as the
flash leave the cloud, au quickly faded the
indignant light from the eye of Edward
- Wilson. -AYhat a fierce . atrugglo agitated
him for the moment 1 , .
i 1 5Weihave ; been fast 'friends, James,"
aaid vV?ilson, calmly..- "But even if that
- were not Ov I will not strike yon."
ly -aeainet
held It pojeoor fow .
mprrr intorconraa or an names: - ana i irom ine wini wucrc ius iwmviB3cu
n-rtnld Urn Ann tin hA not" tha imnntient I ter leaned into the whirlDOol below. At
temperament of Loffan1 carried him i be- J the same Instant his. own boat shot liko
ypnd goed feeling and a generous deport- an arrow Over, the dam. lie had gained,
ment towards others. Without due re- however, but : ft small Advantage. It rer
flection yet in no sarcastic spirit, Edward quired bis' utmost strength to keep the
Wilson made a remark on some act of I ooat no bad graapea rrom aragging mm
Logan's that irritated him exceedingly. j down the fall. ft ' 4 m :
An ancry apot burned insuutly on hUl The quickly fbrmexl pnropee or Wilson,
face, and he replied with worda of .calling I n thus epringingintd thewatcT, bad been
insult ; so cutting, that all present expect 1 to drag the Doat agmtnsi me curren u vu
ed nothing lea' than a blow .from Wilspn Uhore ; but thia be 'perceived to b4 Impoa-
i LIU
--ilnea;
. --Teet of
made- Into ahfp
hundred barrel of
thousand poo ada of
i Sip yearly by these
lltuo reservoir. (
as his answer to the remark. ; And to deal
a blow was bis first impulse. .-. But he re
strained the impulse ; and it required more
courage to do this than to have . stricken
the insolent young man to the ground. A
moment or two;.' Wilson struggled, with
himself, and then , turned o& and marched
slowly awa. . "
His flushed and then paling face, his
quivering lips and unsteady eyes, left on
the minds of a who witnessed ' the scene
an irnDrcssKm somewhat unfavorable.
Partaki'njrof the indignant exejtement of
siblff, the moment be fait the real itrenrth
of the current. - If be were to let tbe boat
go, be could easily save bimseir; out not
once did such a thought enter hi own
heart. " - 1
.' "Lie down cloee to the bottom, be eaid,
in a quick, hoarse voice. The terror-strick
en girls obeyed the injunction Instantly. '
And now, wttb a coolness that was won
derful under all ' circumstances, i Wilson
moved the boat several yards away from
the nearest shore," until he reached a point
where be knew tbe water below the dam
the moment, many of those present looked I to bo more expanded and free from rocks.
for the instant punishment of this unjusti- Then throwing his body suddenly against
fable insult. When, therefore, they saw the boat, and. running along until he was
Wilson turn away without oven a defiant within a few feet of the dam, he sprang
auswer, and heard tho low, snceringly iit- into it. A moment or two the light vessel,
tered word "coward" from the lips of Lo? a it shot out into tbe air, stood poised,
gan, they felt that tbero was a craven and then went plunging down i. .
spirit about tho young man. A coward I The fearful plunge - waa made in safely.
we instinctively despise, and yet, how slow
we are to elevate that higher, moral cour
age which enables a man to brave unjust
judgment rather than do what he thinks
pin
alun
The boat struck the secthini? water be-
low, and glanced out from the whirlpool,
bearing its living freight uninjured. - -"Which
wa the coward f The word
Tbe following Is a card from Gen. D. n.
ill, of Charlotte, Vice President of the
ssoclalloo ol the A rmy of Northern Vir
Lnla for North 'Carolina:
i CsOCIATIOll Or AEHT OF HOaTO TTROfSIA.
Tbe Executive Committee of this Ao-
.lion b appointed the- undersigned
1 co President for. North . Oarolina., Ho
i :su that a the noblo old North Stale
rmshed larger number "or soldier to
2ea amy than any other State, so sb
.11 exeel ber ai ter State in the liberality
,' her contributions, to honor the memory
our .illustrious eLIcftain., It js recom
?nded that an .executive commilteo bo
. pointed at each county seat in the State,
-ad this" executive committee select sub
committees for every township in the
county. : A thorough canvas can thus be
made and a large amount of money raised.
Every soldier contributing one dollar will
be enrolled a a member of tbe Associa
tion. k It is believed, that many of our pa
triotic citizens, who could not serve in tbe
army, will feel irto be a high privilege to
show their appreciation of our noble lead
er by aiding to erect a monument worthy
of hi fame, bis character and bis cause.
..... D. H. HILL.
i
to bo wrong, above tbe mere brute instinct I leached the ear of Logan, a he gathered
wuivo, in mo moment oit exuiement, lor
gcts all physical consequences... . J
As Edward V ilson walkod away from
his companions, be felt that ho was regard
ed as a coward. This was Jor him ft bitter
trial ; and the more 60, because there 'was
one in that, little group of startled maid
ecs for whoso generous regard . he would
have sacrificed all but' honor.
It was, perhaps, half an hour after this
unpleasant occurrence, that Logan, whose
heart still burned with an unforgiving
spirit, encountered Wilson under circum
stances that left-him free to repeat his in
sulting language without disturbing tbe
rest of the party, who were amusing them
selves at some distanco, and beyond tbe
range of observation. Ho did not succeed
in obtaining a personal encounter, as he
j had desired. . ""A '" '.
! ; Edward Wilson had been for some time
, sitting alone with his unhannv thoughts.
v : a' O
woe a be was aroused br sudden cries of
I alarm, tbe tone of which told hi heart too
, . Blnnga Pieaoneixon.1' .f.
. From the Port Jarvi (N. Y.) GasetU. j ,
: The inhabitanU of the Baiket station,
on the Delaware division of. the Erie rail
way, were treated to a first clas sensation.
ilh tho rest of the company, around I About two miles north of the place, three
H ilson and the pale, tremblinjc "Stria ho RrefJaridAheajdlr timbered with bem-
had o hertucalh saved. Fair ,' lip aaked kek, Wripywig aVeUvaled poaiuoo, sud-
the Question. Ono maiden had spoken to denly aauk below the surlace. .disappear-
another, nod in a louder voice than she ing in a manner similar to a load of dirt
bad intended. ..; i i. when the bet torn Is let out of the " wagon:
"Not Edward Wilson,- said Lognn, a There 'was no apparent cause; but it ctr-
be supped forward and granped tho band UmI f Ue depth of about forty
of him he bad wronged and insulted. I f1. living tbo top, of . the trees ja.t
1 will hot deny it. f -1 have always
-Not Ed nurd Wilson! He is the noblest
and tho bravest!" - !
Wilson, made an effort to reply; but he
was for aome " momenta too much ext ltcd
and exhausted to speak. At lut'heaid :
"1 only did what waa right. May I ever
have courage for that while 1 livef A
. Afterwards be remarked, when alone
with Logan : "It required a farvgreatcr
exercise of courage to forbear when yq i
provoked and insulted mi in the prc'euco
of those who expected retaliation, than it
did to risk my life in tho tolll-dam.,. '
"There is a moral hcrolim that few can
appreciate. And It will usually be found,
.afraid io do-wrog.'
rindSLSnrinSL TSfLSfnTn Kl tho mu is quickest to
Ff!L.teRH !rii,hi. li . the .ense V personal daJger when
the
the direction of the cries, and ouicklr saw
vnp cause or excitement. 1 Jiecent beavy
rains 'had swollen ' the mountain stream.
the turbid" waters of which
were sweep-
"Bah 1 $ant jand r-bvpocrisy V' said
r other,-contemptuously-! Xr$n "d .
"Yoa.know me. beUef tba tbat James
. V -r . . .
ZKty -i& your re- in d(mn wiih grcat vclocity Tw0 young
eentmetWr: ottftftjmamoed wrong,.-you -u ww fc.atn lJ..S
buL tafprgetwhat, i. justto my ;f 80me dfstanfce abov , a gQat h
ftW? cbgpon me such mean atlached lo lhe shqrobr a tong.rope. had,
icfei&rocet-j through some accident; got the fastening
v- : i. u 'It loose, and were now gliding down; far out
wmV111? tho currcntwith a fearfully increasing
manniipfWilsonhat he di4 not attempt 8pecdA towards the breast of o mill-dam,
. 4 repgeStV-H 'Ml- im&:&lf:- MmehnndrMlinrtflrHa'holnw fmm biik
DO jyOUali W5ft. lia exclairaed iW .Wwiii-ihnnderJn.dnwn T.VKt
ot over twenty leet. rale with terror, tho
poor young creatures were stretching out
their hands towards their companions on
shore, and uttering heart-rending cries for
uccor. ! s i :- v . ..
" Instant action was necessary or all would
be lost. The"tosItioh of the vonnff'rirl
. j? j" ......
omers aro in aanger.
Uott Zl&tcliel ar TJ&dt.
A block of wood two feet long, and of a
thickness 'sufficient for the length of a
match is placed upon a tittlolron shelf, in
bno of these machines not "a grcat deal
more ponderous than a sewing niaebinc.
MNwiciwio ion aunacc. ino sinking
waa accompanied by a loud crash, .which
died away in a dull rumbling, "heard at a
&rtiidcrablo distance. Tbe trees are
alatiding in their natural position, having
eviai'niiy experienced no particular injury
iu this dcaarsUY. ' W!r,IAiA..
Itjp usual when auch freaks of nature
occur for the sunken earth to be imme
diately submerged by. volume of water,
but in this instance uo auch phenomenon
aueoua. .lbe.aoil u or a clayey nature,
and the sides or the chasm funned, by tho
mamg prvacni( a eroootb ana even ap
pciraucv, as if a huge' spade bad' been
tufiut down and the earth thrown out.
The DoodIo at the basket and from tha
surrounding' country for miles visited, the
scene 'of the phenomenon on Sunday,' and
vtsitea IV with awe and 'Consternation.
I asy don't like to be cloee to where -the
bottom seems to" bo dropping oat of terras-
uju tuuig.
"..T, he clothing or ft colored woman, named
Eveline Green, caaVLt fira in some unex
plalued way, In, Wilmington, on the night
ofthe 11th fastened before she was rcs
coodhe was so horribly burns that she
died next day. StU ..'-
A colored . "-"VGosrdied l WiV
ty ia the-' dUaase "which-' klUedhip t
,rHr. Geo.' W. Poos:rjf'duIIIbrd; partha.
4 some $700 worth-of suraps socae time
ftgo,mod pat them- ca-bsJTri.-co4Uiiuug
spirj j jlft, then jtQred4 .liquor, bat
upon entering the storehouse recently, to
take ft look at Mi stock, he foand that the
raU had eaten off every stamp. f : V ! f
''Hon. V7. N.H. SmIlh, formerly ft mem
ter of Congress from this 8 late, but! new
ft residont of Norfolk, Va, baa been retain
ed as one of Gov. Holdes'a coaosel ia the
impeachment trial. v ' . 7
v Colored men aro leaving Edgecombe
county for Louisiana; where they are ob
taining work upon tbe sugar plantation.
A "man named William Norris, living
la Pitt county,' was shot dead on tbe 7iU
lost., while attempting to escape from an
fleer of the law who was conveying him
1 Two prisoners escaped from the jail of
Bladen county on Hooday night of last
week. A third prisoner named Baker.
charged with murder, was in tbe same
cell, but refused to avail himself of the op
portunity to escape. . , 1
ilcr. 1L Thomas, of Person county, has
had his left ankle badly, mashed. by the
wheel of ft loaded wagon paaaing'over it.
Mi'.too, ia Caswell county, baa three
brgo and well arranged tobacco ware
bouses. A ;
Tbe new Light House at Cape Hatter
is nearly completed.
CapL Swift Galloway contest tbo seat
of Gen. C. H. Brogden, as Senator from
Green and Wayne counties, claiming -to
have received a legal majority of the voles
caJl ta those coaatiee in Aagust last, . -
' Tbo people ef Beaufort county, ioeied
iug ft number of premiaent Bepublicaaa,
held a meeting at the court-bouso 00 . tho
12th insL, and adopted strong resolutions
in favor of an immediate Contention.
They have become awakened to the faet
that it is our.only salvation. , .
Mr. John Taylor; one of tbe moet re
spectable cilizens of Kobeson county,' was
foal If murdered in cold blood , 00 . Ixit
Saturday morning, by .Henry ..Berry
ixjwry, ino ouuaw tor wnoae capture a
reward has beeo standing for months.
Tbe deed was committed with ft double-
barreled gun, the' victim beiog-.sbot
through tho ; head. A party of United
blatot soldiers were encamped onlt 100
yards off, and witnessed the deed but be-
foro they could grap their ' arms, Lo wry
had plundered tbe body and fled. Intel
ligence was at once sent to . the Federal
officer commanding at Lumber ton, and bo
at once burned forward with-his en tiro
command, but the outlaw could not be
tracked. ...
I.'.:. , .:-. - . - - 1.
'11. 3. LllUeSeld, tho -great bond opera
tor, ia eaid to be ia Florida, looking alter
the Legislature of that Slate.
The Prestdcat has, err
tor Wade of Ohio, Dr. Howe and Presi
dent White cf CoraeTl TJcUcnUyaj" tie
Co m m kaio oere t6 Bin ' ai e ga r &. f A.
Burton has boeti -appoint Secretary to
tbe Commission., ,00, rVeaideot tried to
get'. Bisaop Simpson 'and Bieicp 'Ataca,
both of the He tbodist Episcopal -Cbcrik
riortbfto accept ToafiiatkenMpft'' bat
1
.Imgan. in uncontrollable passion : draw
ing back , bis j band, and making ft motion
as if he were about toelap.tbeotber in
? r The eyes of. Wilson quailed not. nor was
; the sm alien 14 qui vcr. of a muscle percept
bleV From some cause the. purpose, of
Logan was not executed. Instead of giv-
. 1
A Colaiy for the T7&m B5rlnti.x '
The shelf jumps, moves forward little by ?6 N- Y Snbune in sneaking of the
little, bringing the end of the block just cotx7 forming in New York Citr, for
above a cutter composed ol liny circles of the furpose of locating at the Warm
steel, which take off twelve splinters at 5Pnrf in tb, Betini y: The colony
each ascending stroke. These splinters rrnfeTat215 Bowery has bought a val
Ihen pass between the links of & chain, as b, property in western North Carolina
it is called,, composed of. two pieces or mo(1. f?elr ttM w matter or gen-
f ft .common J urB . cvprcuui r ai : 4 wo.' 00a u
wood ' (each 4 the ; length or
clothes pin, and or tbe eata shape, where
it opens at both ends) placed 'together,
their convexed sides toward each other.
Those pieces are linked t cither end In
iW2M,lti ,UlrUVBWU. IBtKIU Vll KIT L.J I j- , w . I
r.-; Pw-Ji aeoKing inua o to ,nolhM. n9 n.f Kjk tn" 1 B
to be another boat on the mill-dam. and
ft. - i.t L I . j r - a . . , 1 .
to be driven from lh iJtidftI. in b?Ab h l ""afc U,6U gJ na tner
provoke an , aasasltr y'B0! Wilson was net
o
1 wH.kbtcui:nvu utiu.se (4.
ing a continuous ebaio, two hundred
In u
feet
Thcj propose to establish ft modal facto rr
village on the prench Broad, a tributary
or die Tennessee. Their water power U
nnlmlled, and the to on ntairf slopes that
incpse their purchases, are heavllv tim.
berid with pine, spruce, oiVash; hickory,
young men had loosed it from the shore.
x ' xm ' - u . luvj uauirHr 111 sieri 11 r cArriHu iivpr i ii sw
vt"HAt.ccpwara, wei- nesaia, I i j '-7uA. j 7 r AA 1 . A A Act!
would rather be a coward, tban. Uy iny 7 -!uuu V?J-j a.M- . . r
hand indolence pn him whinTl Vai?ce TJZ ?Ah lhA
f screaming arid wringing their hands, and
ttdthriginrormtr
mm.
merry vences reached l . . A .
1. A i .,.lfA . a 1 fv", wu int VQUDff maiaena 01 io
HhefrreliUoif of antagonism atoncochang- ffP.fiy strike, each link wUh (orcrenough to di
-od.nlkgair waIk lS& f ' "PS ,nto the bo lodge the Imperfect splinters, which ai
length. This chain passes through the t tosple, chestnut," cherry andIack
machine directly over the 'cnlten ihalwioyu ABK,"ed Industry proposes to ml
anlintra aa thAV am mmm r k. I ITTtS d erect the mill, with' ita aawa Its
block : being received between the two I lbe l.u acbbae whremateria ia
aides or tbe clotbes-pin links, which are ujMa eaeap and tbo motive pow-
groored to suit tbemA The chain moves DCJt We hope all right minded men
just rapidly enough to take up the result l flh will , f?l , an interest In," this
of each cutting as the kaife performs its Hovjmont ,an(i that it is not discour-
a W m . a X - .
from which tho voices . came : while the
other iwotemained' where they bad been
; "Why- didn't Yoni knock, him down r
' said tbe oompanfoii of Wilson. A: A; 7
Tbe- latter,i whose face waa. now yery
J sober aud very pale,' ahook his , head very
slowly. - H made no other response.
lieljeve you ' are coward l'A exclaim--'
Od the other, Impatiently, and turning off,
cried out :
"Quick, Loganl take an oar,.or all
lost." .. ' i
work.- I'asslng aloug ft few feet, a .fitths
hammer jumps up from the floor: and
dis-
are
but slightly held, and they drop upon the
IS floor. . A few feet further nn ih
T w wa MW I1S
passes over a wheel, which revolves alowlv
' But, instead of this', Logan stepped back J in a tiny reservoir of melted brimstone, '
a pace or two from the boat, while his face J the ends of the incipient matches gelling'
grow paie wim i ear. jxot an mstani more a cam ' as tney pass. Alter .ibis they
was wasted. At a: glance,- jWilson saw move forty or. fifty feet further, until quito
that if the girls were saved, it must be by dry, when on their return course, they are
the strength of his own arm. Bravely he I held down by ft steel flngei, and mad to
pushed lrom the shore, and, with giant I just taste' the liquid phoMpborus, which is
ii
Abe wvbt In the direction Uken by Logan. I strength, born of the moment, and for the I Uken'up by ft second wfieel from it reser
M'Th toomtnt 17 Uaon was alone, he seat-1 occasion, from his high, unselfish purposo, I voir similar to that which holds the brim
ed himsell on the ground, concealed from
ftthof
he dashed the boat into tho current, and 1 stone..
'The erand necesaitx of thafLtntK
diversified industry; it cannot rest
cotton ss ft staple." 8ometiracs It is a
g crop and sometimes not. ' Bet to
ber timber Into inola nA fnMifnM
uilding lumber, to conanma Kr h-rJ
Ring tcaiber and her coal In making
nd ber cottpa and wool in making
cannot be a mistake. lnirA f
ch manufacturing colony, she needs
rcu, nu u mo coutb wero alive to
ue and permanent fntni-r
nave tbe ageols of her immigration
?s'' canvassing'" 'io; evory machine
New England. - .
i'J. , - ' i-T.n
They then finish their 'Journey of
wbicb lime they are
irttjilpsefevoices iiad interrupted I bending to tho oara, look a direction at an I forty or fifl' feet, by w
"v-UksijbirUm'jrocif-ft wttb tbe otber boat, towards the I quite dry. At the end of the course the
wcojprtULt.Jiia jianas, sat: mouoniesa lor i pwUh wrw mo wr wu weeumg over i cnam passes ever a wneei eievatea aoove
sT5rftlitaintLtCft4 How much be suffered I the dam. At every, stroke tbe bgbv craft the cutUog-machlne. 'from which' it fall
in3hj;UttUTxf .ijm dozen, foet, and scarcely perpendicularly. As each link reaches'
femtitto describes Tho strati a with his I half a minute elapsed ere Wilson was be-1 trav made to recIva thm. tha matcbaa:
rindignant impulsea had been jy ery 'ore. I do the otherboat! BotJ were now with-J Kaeklng. and threateniog, to igoUV W
no waLBQcow,ra;.ftt.toearfc 7 jWf ju wmi w iwy u V f " 1wr 1 EnU7 Pu" W511 H by a sliding, jiect
JL scran 01 paper baa fast rxtAn nn.
d to the "St: .Louis Historical Wt
" . a . a a WJ 1
anng tne jouowtog certlncato: "I car.i-
tnat 1 gave permtstion to Benfamfn
tifdner to eatel on a nie of varni tnri
Id Little Purrary. on the iliaaurv. aom
ine 4 ia secern ber, 1502. Gixeo under
btbd.UiU.rjd JDay or.Pcbary, 1B0.
GEIJEHAL HEWS.
A young married woman, apparently in
good health; fell dead In Cottcsville, Ches
ter county Peso, a few days ago, while
she was preparing dinner, and ber aged
roomer, nasicntng aowo stair on ociog
summoned, fell and was killed ioitautly.
Hon. John Covodo, Bepublicaa member
of Congress from tho 211 Pennsylvania
district, died suddenly in Harriiborg on
tho 11th ' insL,' from disease or the heart.
Though of limited' education, he was rain
of great en orgy and an . aggreaaive paru
aan. v He became well . known tbroohout
the country by hi coonection with the
celebrated investigation oi charge against
Preaident ' Buchanan in' relation to the
Kansas didcullio .faring that: adtninis-
tralioa. ..Mr, Cofode'e CongreaaiousJ. ca
reer was about, to ,expire, bis district hav
ing been carried last fall by the Democrat.
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Tie Hulled Sutss war sUsmej'&Lu'
baa beeu wrecked, on a desert Ulaud in
tbe Paclflo Ocvaol Several of the oQccrs
and crew set oft In a small beat to 'aeek
ftsatstanoe, and after beiag-exposed for a
mouth,., reached : the Send wictt Islands,
where, upon atlcmpllngto, land, fuur or
five of tbem were drowned. The govern
ment has despatched a vesael to tbe island
where the ttcamer was wrecked, in order
to rescue tbo survivors, If there are any.
"In New" Hampshire po'Ilici are said to
be taking a decidedly religions tern. It
appears that the Free Will Baptists, the
3Jethodisla, and regular Baptist each have
a candidate for Governor, and it U thought
tbe MclbodlsU will carry the day. Well,
If ibey are going to mix up religion with
their politics, they must be In ft bad way
altogether. .
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Admiral Porter was confirmed by tbe
U.S. Senate on the 13th inst, the vote
standing 30 yeas to 10 nays. Porter thus
steps Into the shoes of tbe late Admiral
Fftrragut.;- A .... :. T
- The Bepublicaa ftuthoriUas at New Or
leans have ordered that colored, children
be admitted Into the ssrae school, with
white children. . in that city, and Uoht
togstharv
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thwy declined .having any Uaag.tQ do with
the affair.. Several promiaetit newrpsper
1 ' cf cclTf-evsea'go oat
.Uonat tho irti,iiia la-'
Terry ' FulTsrA lately Collector cf Ccs-
torn at New Orleaes; a prominent poll Ue-
lan. and widely known a tbe active friend
of Preaideot Joksaosi d4risg tb9 inpeach
oiat triU pf jihe Utter, died- suddenly ia
Washiogtea on the llUi ioiLof "rWrJri!a
or the beerL '
Gen. Alcorn, the BepubUcaa Governor
of Mi&siaaippi, .has refused a eoiamla&ioa
In the Sute mir.tlftloaman'wbosiNoke
difparagingfy of General Lee at the time
of hi death. Tba ! Governors says hm
"cannet even aeexaingly approve of snr
alar cast upon tb pemory of Geo! Xc-e,"
Un tbe lib lo st. ft. man? named Peter
Smith, living at Hilliamsburg N. Yand
wbo bad shortly beiore loit bis wife aod
child, went to the Ifutberah cemetery
where they were isned, aad eboU himself
above their grave. . Hi dead body fail
across the last rcliog place of his wifa M
A verdict of 120,000 damage was girea
in the Circuil Ccurt at Bithmond on the
14th insL, agaiotl tbe Rcbaaotxl aod Dan
ville Railroad, for 00 boxeeof tobacco des
troyed at tbe Danville depot Vy a party
of straHinr . Confaderata aotiiera two.
weeks be tore the sorreoderef tbe towsw j
.
The sehooner TToawir, wbidj breegbt
a cargo of slave lrom Africa to Savaanabv
GeoinlboO, ba been, wrecked, off, the
northern coast of Cuba. - Her captain aod
crew wero saved. f- ' ''""
Orville Grant, tbe brother, of the Presi
dent, was wsylaid, and knocked down in
the streets of Chicago oue dsy last week, ,
and robbed of bis .watch and -.revolver.
Ku Kloxl Ku KJuxI Troops! Troop!
Chicago must be recoatlrucled right off.
A Coaneclicut man ;baa invtnlsd. an
almanao good for 300 years. He, adver
tise that if any man, after nsing it. 200 -years,
isn't satisfied with it, another alxnft
nao will be furnished gratis."-' - . A
A'detpatch from Memphis, dated l(l&
intt says that tbe stesmer McGill, from
8t Louis for New Orleans, took fire and
burned at Shoo 'Fly bar. The, weather .
was intensely cold, and many who escaped
drowning, were frozen la " death. Fifteeb
are known to be lost, f odudiog the eaptala,
clerk, three women and two children. It
U cov known how many taore, '
Georgia is, at last, parilany represmtcd
In Coogrtts. On. the 16lh test,. Tcung,
Price,' Belbune and Long,. the latter color
ed, were sworn la as members of tbe
House. The first two are Conservatives,
and the latter aro radicals.
On the 16th inst, Senator Trumbull or
Illinois endeavored to ret the Senile to ;
pass an Amnesty bill, i a stead of removing
disabilities by piece meal, bat h failed. .
New Jersey ia the luckiest Bute ia, lie
Union.. It is oat of debt, it receipts from
it investment cover Iu expenses, and '
there are no taxes on the 'people. Now :
everybody need'nt puU up iuxc, "aad
make ft. rush for rw Jerwy; Xjandila
high there, ax.d the sand flies are: aboxain- .
able. ... r 7., ...
The . "Pops' . CarseT agsiau . . Victor
Emsnoel, which Is goln the rounds of the :
press, is not genuine, It was written,, by j
LaarcDce Sterne, the celeb rated EngUib
novellit, and can be fbcnd'word for word I
In - hie well-known Triatrera. Shaniy.f
Tbo Po-pe has Usaed 00 csrs agalsat . tho '
King of Italy, but has simply warned blm ,
thai bo has rendered blrnll fiabl te the ,
edict Of excommuolcation pronounced 'by .
tbe Council of Trent, three nurrdred ytara j
ago""' ' ;. .nr.r0 "
'7 The' war in Cuba has df generated Into :
a mere atraggle Oa tho part of a: few? oaC- .
lawed.Cubans agaissttbeSpaci aulhorl
liet, and the conual Js.cbsracterited br ,
atrocities and barbarous conduct 00 loth
A colored man from Wilmiagloo, N.
was ejected from 'the dre a circle of
ho Richmond, V-, Theatre, 00 the nlrbt
or tbe lSlb-ioet. He r told that that
placo was dtaigned for .while . ladie and
genllcaco exclusively and reqecsted to
lake, acat ia the colored .part ef the
House. He rcfutedand, wa summarily
dragged out r ' , " r
The Emperor of Re Mia has erderedtho ,
arrest and imprisonment of ft number of
his subjects who presumed to petiliea him
for liberty of speech and liberty, cf-lh
press. t . f ..:.- ; .1 . .
I An explosion urrd In a eoiVmioe
near SbeSeld, England, on tip 12tii jr.sL,
by which twentv-ix percoiwere killed -and
nine Injured.- :,.
j Sinco tho 1st of September bit, over
$000 persona, with 1.CG4 wagons, hive em- r
fgrated to Texas from Georgia and Tehn.
I A female school teaeber in New H lap
shire bss been convicted of forgery; and
sent to prison for three year.
The recent cold weather has killed thou
sands or orange, lemon and . banana trcrt
in the Gulf 8tatca.A - ' ' 1
Ex-Queen. Isabella, or Spitn,"ls "now IIv- .
bg at Gensva, in S wiuerlaud, aud Is avoid-iogallCtoriety-
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The'State debt r Virginia "aaoaaU to !
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