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THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD : WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1857. mm m vi'.!'- 'j ' 5 i I. it if it i It s .: j if I I; l P 1 ! I'. ,r i . J ,11' mm or 4 : ll' i f$. 12' 1 fe i, &3' IT Ml I ft If f CULTURE OP THE MINDS OP CHILDREN. There is nothing, perhaps, under heaven, that is so pleasant to witness as parental affection ) ft .is an instinct so natural and powerful that -obstacles are surmounted and sacrifices arc made without re morse, nay with pleasure, by those parents who see in their offspring the consummation of love. But is it not surprising, or rather, is it not a matter of a deep regret, that with all this affection, whiie all this sincere and honest idolizing, one of the lirst du ties and one of the greatest pleasures should be over looked, neglected ; that the mind of the child, sim ple, tractable, and confiding, should be left to devel op itself under the harsh influence of ignorance to become dwarfed by a mistaken kindness? So soon as the infant opens its bedazzled eyes in this world, it commences to think to learn. Its thoughts of course, are weak and perhaps only half-formed ; but there is the mind, whose nature will not allow it to rest, however much we may deceive ourselves on that point The uecessity, then, exists for the attentive training of the infant mind from the earli est moment it deals with the things of this life. In stead of this, however, custom has so far imposed her conventionalisms upon us, that the child walks and talks for years without any attention being made to the directionsof its thoughts ; and when, at length, this duty is undertaken, it is generally performed with such inexcusable laxity, that the child's memo ry is loaded only with words of half of which it scarcely knows the meaning, and with warning against those enormities merely which involve pun ishment and disgrace ; external propriety of beha vior and politeness; the arts of reserve, dissimula tion, and flattery : certain orthodox notions of social life, and dexterity in eaininea livelihood are taught, as matters of course; while the formation of the mind and the heart is estimated as a secondary con sideration. This produces more serious consequen ces than may at first appear. One or both of two results are almost inevitable ; the child's natural sim plicity may be poisoned, and its openness of heart may be violated. There are serious obstacles to the education of the infant mind. For the understanding of a child to be healthy and properly formed, it must have been supplied with correct notions of things and taught always to think in a way consonant with truth. But this cannot bo accomplished without much assiduity and care ; this is no exception ; anything, the possession of which is valuable, is generally difficult to obtain. And what can be more precious to an affectionate parent than an intelligent child? or what could more am ply reward those parental exertions those dutiful labors of love ? Can we expect the child to success fully pursue truth through the bypaths and mazes of falsehood, without a guide to first teach it the shortest and safest way, and a beacon to afterwards remind it of its instructions ? The honest little hearts of childhood are easily caught in the snares of popular error; and for them once to be so entan gled ia nortmns the most melancholy accident that ca befall them ; consc11Jenr.fi follows consennence. 7;i the result is a deplorable, and may be a fatal ignorance. io avom iirrs, im,'v.nrai-.. . ject to a systematic watching; and whenever it ar rives at a wrong conclusion, a conversation, kind, considerate, and of character to suit its age, may put it right, and so explain the cause of arriving at such unsound judgment, that the error may, perhaps, be less frequent as the child become solder. This may appear to involve an arduous undertaking on the part of the parent; but it is absolutely necessary; lor by no means can the child be taught sufficiently early to pay attention to the operation of its own mind, which is one great object to be aimed at and achieved. All questions should be patiently and carefully answered ; and by no me?ns should curiosity be checked. To reply peevishly and sharp to a child's interrogatories, is a fatal mistake, and neither con firms the prudence nor intelligence of the parent. It is to check the cravings of a mind desiring to de velop itself; to refuse to labor, that you may be re warded a hundred fold ; to nip in the bud the long desired flower ; and to heap sorrow on your head, and expect rejoicing. The injunction to " hear, see, and say nothing," is a mistake which must sooner or later be patent to the world of parents and tu tors who have so long cherished it as an orthodox admonition to those intelligent little creatures who have desired to understand what they have seen. Of course, there are times and seasons when silence should be required of them ; but these are rare, and not generally of long duration. Then, again, they should be encouraged to use their senses to see things, feel them, hear them, and so on, whenever it is possible for them so to assist their understand ing. The beauties of heaven, and the wonders of the vegetable and animal kingdoms, are very instruc tive lesson books, from which the young enquirer will obtain many impressions and thoughts calcula ted to strengthen his mind. But care should be ta ken that they do not pass too rapidly from one sub ject to another; (or there is this danger against which it is necessary to guard they may thereby become in attentive. Now it is only by attention that they can obtain any solid information ; and it is therefore of great importance that they should be trained fo be attentive. Another necessary precaution, on the part of pa rents and tutors, is that their answers to questions, or their explanations of objects, should be in lan guage sufficiently plain to come within the compre hension of the child to be instructed ; or else, as must at once be seen, the child will be puzzled in stead of edified, and the labor of the instructor be in vain instead of useful. It were better that the little student's questions be left unanswered, than they should bo mystified by ignorance and prevari cation. It is not at all injurious to the influence of instructors that they should occasionally acknowl edge their inability to explain matters upon which they are inadequately informed. One great reason why they should not be misled, either intentionally or unintentionally, is that the first impressions have a superiority of power over those which may be af terwards received. This accounts, in a measure, for the tenacity with which some people retain notions absurdly superstitious. First impressions there fore should be forcible and true. Another error not unfrequentiy committed in the education of the child, is that his tasks are not within his power of com prehension. They are suited only for riper years ; and the ideas he forms of these subjects are proba bly incorrect. In every day life we may constantly detect the effect of such loose and incons'dtratc training. Children of larger growth are hourly using words, and sometimes phrases, of the meaning of which they have a very imperfect knowledge. "Were the policy seen and generally acted upon, of teaching the young carefully and regularly, instead of by the present vague and unsound system, the conversation of society during the next generation would be of a much purer and intelligent character than the present verbose and pithless mode of com munication. There is no better sign, perhaps, of a cultivated mind, than the proper use of words with the nice distinctions of which the student only has a knowledge. The importance of this must be ap parent to the reader, as also that the child's inform ation should be as solid as is suitable to its capacity, and care should be taken that it is sufficiently de liberate in arriving at conclusions. Considering, then, the whole of these circumstances!, is the cul ture of the child's mind a matter upon which the parent should feel indifferent? It is a duty solemn ly incumbent, and a task no less noble than delight ful Tobacco Ckop in Missouri. A correspondent of the St Louis Evening News writes as follows : Having seen many reports in the public prints in reference to the effect the recent cold weatier has had on the tobacco plants, I have made diligent in quiry of planters and others from all the tobacco growing counties in this State, with reference there to, and am pleased to learn from them all, without a single exception, that so far no damage has been done, and all concur in the opinion that should the season prove favoi able from this time forward, we will have an abundant crop of tobacco in Missouri the present year. Many reports we see in the papers about the dam age to the plants, are got up and put in circulation by speculators, in order to maintain the present ex travagant prices, and will no doubt result in loss to those who are speculating on the destruction of the tobacco plants in Missouri, Kentucky and Tennes see. I don't .PAPA Tniiitt ftVkmif ilia Kiifra n onXA Hf Warmly, to the head of a genteel private family, in which he was boarding, but 1 but the fact is I haven't I iL. 1.1 A gvt uie wooa 19 spare." From the Democratic Pioneer. Perquimans Superior Court of law. Friday, April 17tb, 1857. His Honor Judge Ellis, presiding. On the opening of the Court, R. R. ncath, a mem ber of the bar, rose and addressed his Honor as fol lows : If your Honor please, I am charged by my breth ren of the bar, with the melancholy duty of presen ting for your Honor's consideration and direction, the proceedings of a meeting held yesterday by them, in relation to the death of their deceased brother, Thomas P. Jones ; and before I proceed to communicate to the Bench the proceedings of that Bar, whose honored organ I am, I must be permit ted to indulge in a brief retrospect of the past, as connected with the bar of the first judicial district of our State. It is now some years since I made my first Superior Court in the County of Washington. Yet, well do I remember the reverential awe with which I approached the distinguished men who prac ticed at the bar of that county. Little did I then think that in a series of years, which now seem so short, and so few, I should find myself almost t'e only survivor 'et, of twenty-three members, then constituting that bar, fo-r only remain, two only of whom are my seniors. Of a truth, death has made sad havoc there, as elsewhere in the bar cf this- Dis trict The arrows of death have flashed thickly around us. Some of our brethren have fallen, full of years and honors ; others, in the meridian of life, and of usefulness still others, who had just began to wear their blushing honors. No section has es caped. Beaufort mourns the loss of her Blackledge and her Singeltary ; Vv'ash'mgton her Picot and her Beckwith ; Bertie, her Hogg; Jones, her Cherry and her Allen ; Hertford has not forgotten the loss of her Martin, and her more recent bereavement in the death of her Yancey; Chowan grieves over the death of the elder Houghton, whom I revered as a father, of the younger Houghton, whom I loved as a companion, aim ner Aioore aim ner ircuuu, uu uia tinguislied, respected, beloved and honored of all ; Pcrquimaiis still cherishes the memory of her de parted Wilson ; while the pulse of Pasquotank is yet chilled at the recollection that her Kinney, her Elliott, and her Ehringhaus are tenants of early graves. Said I not rightly that death has made sad havoc in the bar of the Edenton District ? Have not the arrowb of death flashed thickly and fatally around our little band of brothers? And now, here on the spot where our brother Jones was born amid the .scenes of his toils, his trials and his triumphs at the place tchere, and in the time ichen we fondly expected to look upon his manly features, and to press his friendly hand, has again been stricKen a link has been severed and dropped the chain has contracted and we all feci painfully feel how much we have lost in the death of our lamented brother. He is dead ! He has left the scene of his trials, his truimphs, and his affections has left it for that land from whence none return which gives back no echo. In the person of our brother, a great man feiis pS,n; Ji?j a,iIJg usi nas tl0t often witness intellectual struggles in which our proVessTon "so of ten engages? A good man has departed. Who does not Anvw that the qualities of hand and of heart were, in our brother so admirably combined, that none could tell which most to admire, his reasoning powers, or his affections ? A just man has gone. In a period of twenty years of professional life no charge has ever been even insinuated against his integrity. lie has de parted, without stain, in the maturity of his intel lect, ere the manly qualities of his noble mind had, in aught, depreciated, leaving no enemy to rejoice none but friends to deplore. Long may his memory remain as a model to the survivors of the profession, and to those who shall be added to the profession, or succeed us. But. I feel sir, that I am wandering from the purpose for which I rose, and am substitu ting the expression of my individual feelings instead of those of my brethren. 1 proceed to their re solutions. Since it has been the will of Divine Providence in the exercise of his righteous power and wisdom, to remove from us our friend and brother, Thomas P. Jones, we, his associates of the bar, with whom he has been so long connected, in order to testify our appreciation and admiration of his public anil pri vate virtues, do adopt the following resolutions: Iieiokcd, That in the death of our brother, in the full maturity of a well cultivated intellect, and with large, profound, and accurate professional attain ments, eminently fitting him to continue a life of great usefulness and honor, we have lost one of our brightest ornaments and ablest members one in whose firm and fearless advocacy the weak ever found a faithful friend injustice and wrong an in flexible and uncompromising foe and justice and truth an earnest and eloquent defender ; one, who by the amenity and gentleness of his manner, the purity and virtue of his actions, and the generous ness and integrity of his nature, won the sincere friendship of all and especially secured and retained the warm affections of his professional brethren. liesohed, That in the decease of one who. by his example not less than by his precepts, has so con stantly and largely contributed to the formation of a just, moral and enlightened public sentiment ; who, by his legal knowledge and eloquence has so faith fully illustrated the eyeeilei.ee and enforced the ad ministration of our laws, the bar, and the public share in a common and irreparable bereavement. Resolcerl, That in respect to his memory, we wear the iiMiai badge of mourning. for thirty days. I'l'vclnd, That these resolutions be presented to the Court now in session, by the chairman of the meeting, and we request his Honor, the presiding Judge, to order that they be entered upon its re cords, and also that a copy of them be sent to the family of the deceasea. Iienohal, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in some paper in the District of general circulation, and that the other papers in the District be requested to copy the same. R. R. HEATH, ClmCn. Joseph Caxxox, Sec'y. In pursuance of one of these resolutions, unani mouslj' passed by our bar, I, as their organ, ask, that you cause them to be entered on the records of the Court, fo the end that they remain, for all time, a perpetual monument of the esteem, love and affec tion felt foi our brother when living entertained for his memory when dead. v Whereupon, His Honor responded that the mo tion contemplated a mark of respect of which the memory of the deceased is most worthy. As a law yer, he adorned his profession with eminent attain ments and an unwavering integrity of purpose in the practice. His official deportment in Court, was ever marked with an amiability and courtesy, that at once engaged the affections of the bench, and his associates at the Var. A sound lawyer, an eloquent advocate, and an incorruptible practitioner is the loss that the legal profession has sustained in the deceased; but he has left instead the rich legacy of his own bright example. It is becoming that the high testimony contained in the resolutions of tho bar, just' re ad to the many virtues of the deceased should be commemorated among the records of the Court, here, in the field of his former labors. It is therefore ordered that they be spread upon the re cords of the Court Early Potatoes. How to Raise. Take a box or a barrel (a bread box in best,) and cover the bot tom with stable manure and earth, upon which place the potatoes two or three inches apart and cover six inches of the compost. Proceed in this manner un til the box or barrel is filled. Next dig out a space in the side of your manure or compoEt heap which is fermenting with a moderate heat and insert the box and cover with the manure. The warmth will be sufficient to start the potatoes, and it is possible too much so, in which case remove the manure from the top, and water if too dry. They will send out a mass of roots which will so adhere to the compost in which they were planted that when the land is prepared, and the temperature will warrant putting them into the open ground, they may be taken out singly and transplanted with ease and safety, espe cially if the whole mass be previously wet Pota toes started in this way will be from two or three weeks earlier than those planted in the ordinary manner. Adresses. We see it announced that the Rev, Dr. Deems, of Wilmington, is to deliver the Annual Ad dress, and the Rev. Thos. G. Lowe, of Halifax, the Annual Sermon before the Goldsboro' Female College at the commencement on the 27th and 28th of May. Tor the Standard. j THE INJUSTICE OP PRECEDENTS. "Wc believe it is common in law to regard prece dents as some if not high authority for sustaining legal opinions or adjudications; at least, they are referred to to show, that in a given case, it was not the first time that such opinions were held and sus tained. It appears to us this must be a remarkable, if not a bad rule, for such things are laid away among the archives of a nation, and handed . down to posterity as acts of justice, or at least acts of law founded on justice, and hoped lor, wc suppose, as acts of truth and justice. " The glorious uncertain tics of the law" is a proverb notwithstanding. We have been drawn towards these remarks by what we have witnessed on several occasions. We remember to have seen a lawyer once on presenting a "will" for "probate," ask tho subscribing witness what was the state of mind of the testator at the time of executing that "gjper." The witness taken all aback, as if unprepared by any previous knowl edge what he was to testify to," hesitated and answer ed that "he couldn't say so well as to that, but he reckoned he was in his right 'element'" The law yer in a tune of authority common, we suppose, in legal investigations, says: "Well, was he or was he not in his right senses at the time of executing the paper?" Countryman: "Well, I don't know, but the old man said so." So thtfMwiU" passed the or deal and was admitrcd. A stranger case has been recently seen in our own courts, in the "will" of the late Thomas Alston. The subscribing witnesses were high functionaries in the "affairs of State," and were not easily to be deceived. "Exceptio 2'robat reffulam." Mr. Badger was very clearly deceived, if sound ness of mind is required to make a valid will ; his act was a momentary one. Mr. Alston was, as it were, in a state of duresse in his office ; he was on his P's and Q's. Insane persons are often very cunning; they are notorious for deceiving the most expert Doctors of Law and Medicine too. It is hard to tell the sound from the unsound mind till the investigator meets the maniac on his own gnund, and plays with him the game of cunning; then the maniac will tell him "I am the Christ." A stronger instance of lunacy could scarcely be found in the annals of all Bedlam than that of Mr. A. if rightly investigated. Scarcely an act of his for nearly thirty years can be found which does not demonstrate a marked want of the balancing power of nature. The rule then that admits wills to probate, and children to g down to the grave shorn of their rights and the bread of their fathers, and well-filled mouths to wallow in fatness and luxury, because "great men" cannot be mistaken, or interested ones cannot tell the truth, I say is a crying evil. Wills, where even a witness stated there had been surmises of long intemperance, and perhaps sus picions of something e'sc, ( we cannot give the words,) it strikes us should bo clearly and very scrutinizing ly examined, medically as well as legally, because they godown to "'VAMonWi 2Si.lS9rj!?'' trul"i an they wou'd disdain to Co could they be made to know how nnu h sorrow they iiitlict up n the inno cent, and how much injury they do to the cause, of Godliness and humanity. What is law a crime? What isinsan'ty legion? A similarity to sitittne is always a bearable case; but his animal is really deformed a monster. We cannot see how a man could, for his conscience sake, receive property not willed to him, but only so by implication implication ! We had no idea before that the road of justice was so narrow; so beset with brambles; so choked with mud. Is this what the Scriptures mean by the "narrow way that leadeth to life?" Assumptions bring revolutions. What is justice conscience? What is conscience all the avenues of nature con centrated on the soul ? O. P. A. From tho Hartford Courant. A cheerful old gentleman, between 80 and 90 years old, was in our office the other day, and in the course of that wc asked him what was the principal practical lesson he had learned in his protracted life. Said he, " the essence of what 1 have seen and learned, teaches me to laugh when I can, and cry when I must.' I have learned also, to beware of en dorsing. The man who invented endorsing has ru ined tens of thousands of business men. My prin cipal losses were caused by attempting to help oth ers. If an embarrassed man conies to you for aid, the true course is to tell him to fail first, if fail he must, and you will help him after his failure and not before. The true course is, for an embarrassed man to stop payment promptly. If you attempt to help a man he will hate you. Men always hate those to whom they are under obligations; if you expect gratitude you deserve ingratitude, according to the practical working of things." This was the expeii ence cf an old man, who said, also, that " one of the principal things I have learned, is, that things never turn out so bad as we feared, or so good as we ex pected. 1 have learned to take very coolly whatever comes along. The worid keeps along about the same, no matter what happens." We thought of what our friend had said, on read ing what oid tirant Thorbnrn, who is now in bis 83th year, says. He says that men arc fools who are cuitinualSy gi umbhng over a " miserable world." 44 I have seen as many years as most nan see in this world (this day 1 enter my 85th yvar), yet I am not tired of the world, 4 and if it so will heaven,' I would live my life over again, with all its jojs and sorrows. 44 1 think that Jacob erred when he told Pharaoh, that 4 few and evil had been the days of his pilgi ivi age.' 44 It is C3 years and G months since I first saw New York, coming from the hi. Is of Scotland, where I was born. In all that period I have only been ten days confined to the house by sickness. I have shared in the trials of life and the vicissitudes of business, but never grieved for losses in trade. When a draft from the South for $5fi0, came back protes ted, I rejoiced because it was not a thousand. If I bruised my arm I thanked God that it was not my neck. In times of trouble, if we look around we will see millions in a worse condition than ourselves. Therefore, we ought to be thankful. I never felt a rheumatic pain. I walk without a staff- I sleep without rocking; and eat my food without the help of brandy or bitters. Mine eyes fail, but this de fect is greatly mitigated by borrowing the j-oung eyes of my partner for life. She is an excellent rea der ; is ever at my side soothing my path to the banks of Jordan the noise of those waters is sound ing in mine ear. Yours, GRANT THORBURN." The Effect of Railkoads. Though the North Carolina Railroad has not paid the stockholders any dividend on their investment, and may not do so for some years to come, it is very manifest that it has paid the people, in the increased value of their lands, the increased production which it has stimulated, the diminished cost and time required to get produce to market and in the facilities for tra el to say nothing of the character of the State. A letter from a friend in Randolph county says: "The N. C. Railroad has more than doubled the value of every acre of land I may say for ten miles on each side of it. I know a tract of land that 40 years ago cost $300, sold lately for $2,040; another tract, a small one, the road running through it, (I know the land well,) for which $1.50 or $2 per acre would have been considered high a few years ago, the owner tells me he has been offered $12 per acre for it. I asked him why he did not sell? To which he replied, 44 where would I go to better myself?" Indeed I could tell of many fine sales which have been made "I hope Fayetteville will be able to surmount all difficulties and build the Coal Fields Railroad. We of Randolph generally sympathize with you, I look more to the Coal Fields than to any other part of North-Carolina for wealth to the whole State ; and I hope Fayetteville will get the best share of it She justly deserves it, as the ori ginator of the project" Fay. Olterter. Mr. Amos Herring of this county sent us a chicken a few days since that. Had no eyes on the side of his head In the place where the eyes ought to be. In short it was a no eyed chicken. Clinton Independent. Tradixo os Borrowed Capital. ,4If . we could only get a larger discount line," said a young mer chant to a friend, 44 we could double our business; what we want is capital, and discounts would give it to us." "It is lucky for you," replied his friend, who happened to be old and experienced, "that you can't get a larger discount line ; for it would tempt you to extend your business and then fail you, just when you needed it most; take my word for it, rely ing on bank accommodations to enlarge your capital is leaning on a broken reed.'" The old merchant was right It is strange indeed that the delusion which he refuted prevails so gen erally among young beginners. There is nothing which more particularly ruins merchants, than this enlarging of their business on the faith of a discount line ; for such addition to their means cannot be permanently relied upon, and hould not be regard ed as capital. The plan works well enough while every thing is prosperous and money cheap, and banks eager to find borrowers. But let a succession of bad crops come, let the country over-trade itself, or let a financial panic arise from any cause, and lo! the bank cuts down your discount line immediately, and to all your expostulations curtly replies that "it must protect itself." Thousands of merchants were ruined between the yrnrs 1830 and 1340, by having depended on bank accommodations to extend thtir business. In the period of expansion they were be guiled into making haste to get rich, by the facilities offered by the banks; but when the hour for con traction came, when tho banks cut down their dis count lines, they found, alas! that they had been leaning on a broken ree J. Ask any intelligent and experienced merchant who has realized a fortune, and he will say that bank accommodations, though they may be safely used for temporary emergencies, should not be re lied on to increase capitat For the latter is required permanently, and ought to be above the chances of bank favor. If a dealer do business on fifty thou sand dollars, which he cither possesses in his own right, or has borrowed for a term of years, he knows, orshouli know, precisely how much he can safely sell ; but let him sell one hundred per cent more, reiving on bank accommodations to the extent of another fifty thousand, and he subjests himself to the risk of insolvency, the moment the bank reduces its discount line. Now, in all commercial transac tions, there are enough ri.-ks bej'ond the merchant's control, without increasing them by trading on cap ital borrowed, from quarter lo quarter, of the banks. The temptation to enlarge business, iy raising inon 1 - - - cz: cy on discounts, is one to which young merchants, pinched for capital, are peculiarly liable; but beware of it, for, as the old shipper said, it is leaning on a broken reed. Phil. Lcdju; Gi iLFouD StTKiuoit Coikt. List week our Supe rior Court was in session, his Honor Romulus M. Saunders presiding. But little was done on the civil docket, only one day, Tuesday, being devoted to civil auditors. The balance of the week frnn Wed nesday morning until after dark on Friday evening, was occupied in the trial of Roni'ilus S. Ohipman, - f --1 tl... uui'ilir jf Marl Pil'tiiv i-wmff girl alout twenty years ol.T, iIu was round dead on the 20th of last October, shot through the head, and with her throat cut Gient feeling ami excitement prevailed at the time of the murder, and the large number of people who crowded the court house du ring the three days of the trial, made it evident, that the matter had created a deep interest in the com munity. The prisoner seemed very calm and collected du ring the whole trial, and not a muscle of his face seemed to move during any part of the testimony, though a part of the dress i f the deceased was ex hibited on the trial, dyed with her blood. The pros ecution was conducted by Mr. Rullin, the S licitor, and J. K. McLean, Esq. Messrs. Gilmer and James T. Morehead, appealed as coiinstl for the prisoner; both the prosecution and defence was conducted with marked ability. The evidence was entirely circumstantial, consisting of a great number of cir cumstances so linked together, that the mind was irresistably brought to the conclusion that the pris oner did the murderous deed. It was shown that the deceased had lived at the house of the prisoner's fi'her; had left about six months before she was killed, and a jot mortem examination made it evi dent that the deceased was about six months gone with child. It was also shown that about two weeks before the murder, the prisoner received a letter from the deceased, which irritated him and distres sed him vcrj- much that he told his room mate, that if the contents of that Utter were true, and he feared the- were, he should have to leave the State, as it would disgrace him. On the day before the murder, he was at the house of the deceased, riding a horse of Dr. Gardner's, the tracks of this horse, as was asceitained from the shoes on examination, were found close by the spot of the murder. At one o'clock, the prisoner left home with a shot gun, objected to any person going with him, and when last seen, was going in the direction of the fatal spot He returned at four o'cloik, when fust seen, was walking very last, and was completely exhausted. In answer to where he had been, he said that he had been running mound a tree, trying to shoot a squirrel, and that he had sport most of the even ing at Mr. Recce's. It was then shown that he had been at Mr. Reece's but ten minutes, about one o'clock. Tracks were found near tho dead body, and along the route from Recce's to the body, which, when measured, corresponded with the boots of the prisoner. The above are the leading circumstances in the case ; man others were proved, unimportant in themselves, but when taken in connection with other facts, told with great power against the pris oner. The prisoner attempted .o show that deceas ed was a girl f bad character; but in this he en tirely failed. Some brirscs and scratches were found upon the person of deceased; and an attempt was made to lead the jury to infer that some one had violated her, and then mu. tiered her to conceal his crime, and if such was the fact, that of course the prisoner was not guilty, as no one alledgcd that he had an' necessity to resort to violence of that kind. The argument of counsel occupied nearly all Fri day. His Honor gave a very clear and able charge. The jury retired about 8 o'clock at night, and about 9, returned with a verdict of guilty. On Saturday sentence of death was pronounced against the prisoner; from the judgment of the court he prayed an appeal. Gretnsboro' Patriot. A Great Gift. Sleep is the gift of God, and not a man would close his eyes, did not God put his fin ger on his eyelids. True, there are some drugs with which men can poison themselves well nigh to death, and then call it sleep ; but the sleep of the healthy body is the gift of Got! ; he bestows it, he rocks the cradle for us every night, draws the curtain of dark ness, bids the sun shut his burning eyes, then be comes and says : 44 Sleep, sleep, my child, I give the sleep." You have sometimes laid your head up on your pillow and tried to go to sleep, but you could not do it ; it was beyond your power. You close your eyes, but still j'ou see, and there are sounds in your ears, and ten thousand things drive through your brain. Sleep is the best physician that I know of. It has healed more pains than the most eminent phy-. sicians on earth. It is the best medicine. There is nothing like it And what a mercy it is that it belongs to all. God docs not give it merely to th e noble or the rich so they can keep it as a special luxury for themselves, but he bestows it upon all. Y'cs, if there be any difference, :t is in favor of the poor. 44 The sleep of the laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much." III Luck. A little bad luck is beneBcial now and then. If Patrick Henry had not failed in the grocery business, it is not at all probable that he would ever have been heard of as an orator. He might have become celebrated, but it would not have been from his eloquence, but the great wealth he acquir ed by a speculation in bar soap and axe-handles. Roger Sherman became a signer of the Declara tion of Indedcndence for no other reason than that he could not make a living at shoemaking. He cut his bristles and staked his all" on the "rights of man." The consequence was, the same individual who found it "bootless" to make t-hoes, in a few years became a living power in our revolu tion. ChilaVe Magazine. Many, says Newton, " have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I observe there is evil, and that there is a way to etcape it ; and with this I begin and end." 6 BY AUTHORITY. -LAWS OP TU.EUNITED STATES, Pasie&at the third t4i ion of th Tlirly-fourlh Oongrt. CnP.II.-An Act Riding rt.con.p.W ; Xfnttpr. I Be it enacted by the Senate and ITousc of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled. That the provision in the act ap proved August thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty two, entitled 44 An act to amend the act entitled an net to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States, and for other purposes, passed XIarch three, eighteen hundred and fifty-one," permitting transient printed matter to be sent through the mail of the United States without prepayment of postage, bo and the same is hereby repealed. And the post age on all such transient matter shall be prepaid by stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster General may direct Approved, Jan. 2, 1837. CnAP. XXXII. An Act to authorize the President of the United States lo cause to be procured, by Purchase or otherwise, a suitable Steamer as a Revenue Cutter. Be it enacted by the Senate and nonsc of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Con press assembled. That the President of the United States be and is hereby authorized to cause to be procured, by purchase or otherwise, a suitable stea mer as a revenue cutter; and that the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated for that purpose, out of any moneys now in the treasury of the United States, and not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 5, 1857. Chap. XXXVII An Art for regulating th Terms oi me circuit ouri oi me uisinci c-i uoiuiuuia, and for other Purposes. Tie it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- j TATE OP XOIJTII-CAKOLl.A..V' t k r sentatives of the United State of America in Con- j Scounty. Iu Et(uiiy. Tempr Laue stud Goo. ! . in gress assembled. That the circuit court of the Dis- ! dec.it, vs. John Fiuuluier. u infant, trictof Columbia shall have power, by rule of court, j r."5 ?"1i,fr V?,,e.at .n?Trn'-f I iaiv itJw Y't- 'vi v 1 Q x --- - court, and to fix the number of such terms, and the same, from time to time, to alter, as public conven ience mav require : Provided, That at least three terms shall be held annually. And all suits, or ac tions at law, shall stand for judgment or trial at the term next after that to which process shall be re turned executed, unless good cause for further con tinence b? s'mwn. Approved, February 7, 1857. Coap. XXXYTII. An Art makir.e Appropriations far the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the yrar endinj the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fiftv-cight Be it enacted bv the Senate and Houc of Repre sentatives of the United Slate of America in Con- rross assembled, That the following sums be and 1 the same are hereby appropriated out of any money : ..a l. Atv)nrta4 wl far flip ; object hereafter expressed, for the fisrnl vrar t-r.d-. trig the thirtieth of June, e ighteen hundred and fifty j eiph4, namely: Ff r salaries of envov exf ranrdinary. minister, and i commissioners of the United State? at Great TJriiain, ( FrnnoA. Russia. Spain, Antrh. Pi iis.?i. Brazil. Mex j ieo. Switzerland. Rome, Xap'es, Sardinia, Belgium, j Holland. Portueal, Denmark. Sweden. Turkey, ' Porn, Chili. Bneno Avres. Xcw Grenada, Bolivia, . Ecuador. Venezuela, Guatemala. Xicarasua. China and Sandwieh Islands, two hundred and seventy-one thousand dollars. The salaries, of the secretaries of lepation of the United States at Great Britain. France, Rncia, Spain. Austria, Prussia, Brazil. Mexico. Peru, Chili, and Buenos Ayres, twenty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For salaries of assistant secretaries of legation at London and Paris, three thousand dollars. For salary of the secretary of leeation to China, acting as interpreter, five thousand dollars. For salary of the secretary of Icjration to Turkey, acting as draeotrnn, three thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of all the missions, abroad, seventy-five thousand dollars. For cor.tineent expenses of foreign intercourse, si.vfv thorsand dollars. For cxnenes of intercourse with the Barbary powers, six thousand dollars. For ex penses of the consulates in the Turkish do minion, viz : interpreters, euards. and other expen se"! of the conilates at Constantinople, Sinvrna. Candia. Alexandria, and Beyrout, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the relief and protect:on of American seamen in foreign countries, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For expenses which may be incurred in acknow ledging the services of the masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing citizens and vessels of the United States from shipwreck, three thousand dol lars, to be expended under the direction of the Pre sident of the United States. For the purchase of blank books, stationery, arms of the United Stales, seals, presses, and flgs. and for the payment of postages for the consuls of the United Slates, fifty thousand dollars. For compensation of the commissioner provided in the first article of Ihe reciprocity treaty with Great Britain, two thousand dollars. For per diem of commissioner and compensation of surveyor, four thousand nine hundred and twen ty dollars. For payment of all expenses attending the em ployment of steamer or sailing vessel ; and for sur veys and umpirage, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For travelling expenses, transportation repairs, of instruments, and all other expenses, seven hundred dollars. For compensation of the commissioner, secretary, chief astronomer and surveyor, assistant astronomer and surveyor, clcik, and for provisions, transporta tion and contingencies of the commission to rnna'nd mark the boundary line between the United Stales and the British possessions bounding on Washing ton Territory, seventy-one thousand dollars. Pro vided, That the annual compensation of said officers shall not exceed the rates provided in the third sec tion of the act of eleventh August, eighteen hun dred and fifty-six, entitled 44 An act to prov'ded for carrying into effect the first article of the treaty be tween the United States and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, of the fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six." For salaries of consuls-general at Quebec, Cal cutta, Alexandria, Simoda, Havtna, Constantinople, Frar.kfort-on-the-Main ; consuls at Liverpool, Lon don, Melbourne, Hong-Kong, Glasgow, Mauritius, Singapore, Belfast, Cork, Dundee, Dcmarara, Hali fax, Kingbton, (Jamaica.) Leeds. Manchester. Nas sau, (New Providence,) Southampton, Turk's Islan J, Prince Edward's Island, Havre, Pari., Marseilles, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Lyons, Moscow, Odessa, Kevel, baint Petersburgh, Matanzas, Trinidad de Cuba, Santiago, de Cuba, San Juan, (Porto llico.) caaiz, diaiaga, ronce, (I'orlo Kieo.) Trieste, A ienna, Aix-la-Chapellc, Canton, Shanghai, Fouchou, Amoy, Ningpo, Beyrout, Smyrna, Jerusalem, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Funchal, Oporto, SL Thomas, Elsincur, Genoa, Basle, Geneva, Messina, Naple?, Palermo, Leipsic, Munich, Leghorn, Stnttgardt, Bre men, Hamburg, Tangiers, Tripoli, Tunis, llio de Jeneiro, Pernambuco, Vera Cruz, Acaptilco, Callao, Valparaiso, Buenos, Ay res, San Juan del Sur, A spin wall, Panama, Laguayra, Honolulu, Lahania. Cape town, Falkland Islands, Venice, Stettin, Candia, Cy prus, Batavia, Fayal, Santiago, (Cape dc Vei des.) Saint Croix, Spczzia, Athene, Zanzibar, Bahia, Mar anham Island, Para, Rio Grande, Matamoras, Mexi co, (city,) Tampico, Paso del Norte, Tabasco, Paita, Tumbez, Talcahuano, Carlhagena, Sabanillo, Omoa Guayaquil Cobija, Montevideo, Tahiti, Bay of Is lands, Apia, Lanthala ; commercial agents at San Juan, del Norte, Port-au Prince, San Domingo (city ) St Paul de Loanda, (Angola,) Monrovia,Gaboon, Cape Haytien, Aux Cayes, and Amoor River two hundred and sventy-threc thousand, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For interpreters to the consulates in China, four thousand five hundred dollars. For estimated loss by exchange on drafts of con suls, and interpreters, for salary, forty-five thousand dollars. For the preservation of the archives of the se veral consulates of the United States and the com mercial agencies, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars. For office rent for those consuls-general, consuls and commercial agent?, who are not allowed' to trade! not to exceed ten per centum on the amount of their compensation, an fixed by the act of eighteenth m. - . . a a .! - -ill Kl2iSSSaLi! "-" Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the se venth section of " An at to regulate the Diploma! tic and Cmsular Systems of the Ui.ited Stales," Jp. proved eighteenth August, eighteen bundled tnj fifty-six be and the same N bei eby repealed. Approved, February 7, 1857. UNIVERSITY. THE EXAMINATION OF THE 8TUDKXT.S OK Tnr Uaiveisity of N-ilh-Carol,im. will lm .u JJ..tjj.,.' the T.lh May iust, Cuuuucucctccnt ou Thuixlav i!jC .V of June. TLc Committee of Visitation f r ls7, consists of His Excellency, THCJJAS BRAGG, ! f !Le r$a:e and Prrs't r.-7, Hon. D. L. bWAIN, LL. I)., President f tl.e C.Ii. THOMAS S. ASH!!, " WltLlAM AVEKY, DANIEL M. DA KM N.; LI:. WILLIAM A. liLOL'NT, ClUIM.rx t'HALM tills, GKOUGg F. DAVIUSOX KiriiAi:! imllak;, WILLIAM EATON. JiU BUMiESS S. OAITlltK. SOLOMON GUAYKS. JAMES K. E. 13AKOV. FKKOKUICK J. IIIL: WILLIAM W. HOLliLN. JAMES MEISANE, BAT. F. MOOKE. FKKDEKJCK NASil, DAVID S. KKIl), THOMAS SETTLE, WILLIAM II. WAS!iiN;TOV NICHOLAS L. WILLIAMS ' JOHN C. WILLIAMS. CUAS. MANLY, Raleigh. Marl, l.r.T j tillo! cauc, ihe undersized, t!erJc s;iI Masi. r, wiii j ci-cil to ist thcCuiirt liondwr iu ihe Citv -f iZaV . j otithcl-tli day tf Mar nest, U-iii; She Moi"i!;:v ,! iL;- v liiiiin v.uiiri, i n- ir.iMis ui Mic :.:!!; nu-tiltoijo!, it, ; : A curtain tract ;f !atil ia Wake IVdiiiv, ii the at.i,.f Beaver D-:iii Cici-k. cvtitaiuinfr or.o J:iui!r-1 ncres. a.I; .iii ir.r the lanus if S. II. Whiiaker f.ii.J Win. I-u Ian, '!,;,, Ihc-reisa valuable rock quarry, Lie! v worked during L: life time hr Kobt rt Findlattr.'iifw d-Vrased. Turns or S.lk: Sev iitv-live tiu'iar to Ik paid i:ic)"i; acr-d:t i.f iinr.ih will he given ! iJijnrrlia-r It '.-.e residue of tin? purchase money. uj.;j LUetiiering iif 1 i,1 v.itlt n; j.rveU burety. bearatr ;uUle.-t rroi:i the !.i!.-.i : sale. j Given uuder mr hand, at "Pzr -, l'.'s Atjil, 1S.7. j Ed. guauam hay w ood, t; a m e. j April 21,1 S7. -T w&owCw. i TATE OF XORTII-CAttOLIXA. WAKE 1 County. In Equil". Uulus Hat wood, Ko'ut. W. JJv. wiwul and tliei, t.r trh. j r:irsna;ti iti an irW iii;nle nt Spri:; ; Teiw, :! r. ' O'lirt t.f Dj;jity f-r the County of Wake, iJie nnd.-r.-, J, . OK.h -'-i MwUwr. trJi pn-cti'.-t i:i wll i!ic tr.,cl .:f l.uj ;a' j the r.-lrudir-c t.f tJe aln.-ve entitled cr'Sis - set -rl, u: o. - ; cr:b-d. a! tLc Ortirl Il.in.-e dn-r. in the Citv of K d. '-l;, : the IV.;. duy f May nest, beit.;r Mondav Mav t'-lir , tnal sui vet r. s;x btindn-d r.nd lli'rlr on acres. Tkrvs cf Sale: A ciedi: nf nine t: ii:lis f r oiu-iw't nnd t':gtieeii mentlis f.-r :lnrrdi:eif tliciarci:jr-eii;i.ii(, will be p:vt-D to pnreha-1-s. ti;.,i their i-r.tenii info I,:.u4 with a; proved -urc!y. bearing interest from iJie dat- cf al. t ive per cent, i f rurcliae money t j be paid in cjL. Given under nit Lund, a; ofi-ce. tli'lsili Anril l'-.V ED. UK A HAM HAYWOOIf.cA M.'il April 21, is". 4:;-t.i:a-. St ati: or xoi CVantj lu Djuity ORTII CA ROLIXAW A K r. aine S. Leathers vs. IL U. j ut ice. I'm Mian t to an ordtr made at Soring Term, A. 1. 1.7, of the Cnrt of Equity lr the County of Wake, in the above entitled cain-e, tlic itndersirud. Ckik and Masi.r, wiil pneeed to sill the lands in the pleading M-t f. nb. at the Court Hu.e door i:i the Clfvcf Kaieigh, on ihtlMa day of May next, being the Monday of Mav Court. I.. u : A certain Lot of ground situated in the Citr ;f liaVli, tx-nndod as follows: Coimr.encinjrat John Itiifl"aIK.Vc n.-i-r, thence tunning north 2to ftft, thence west ,v foci, tb.-ure couth ilv feet to Lane street, thence east np :he street feet to the beginning; there is a hotis? on the lxt. Terms of Sale. Two hundred and forty dollars iu ci-'u A credit of twelve months will be g'.veu to the 'pun-ha-rr on the residue, ujn his tutoring int. bond with ajijimvcl surety, bearing interest from Ihe date of ale- Giveu under niv hand at oP.ice this 1Mb day of AitIL A. D. 1S57. ED. GRAHAM IIAYWOCD, C. k M. E. April 21 , 1 S-7. wAsu ..w. QTATE OF XORTII-CAROLIXA WAKE Coun y. Iu Equity. Wm. A. C:ateley and wife. Sa rah 1$., vs Henderson L." Daniel aud others. l'ursunnt to an order made at Spring Term, T., of lue C. urt of Equity for the County of Wake, in the above i t if led cause, the undersigned, "Clerk and Master, will r-r ceed to sell, at the Court House door in Ihe Citv of Ealel-h, the lands in the pleading mentioned and described. ou tl.e -"1h day of May ucxt, to wit : A trac of land situate, Ivit; and bvifg in Wake county, containing aboni Soo acre ad joining the lands of Calvin J. Knger. I'clesr Rogers, W. T. Hollotray nd others; beirjr a tract of land belonging, du ring his lifetime, to the late Zadock Daniel, Oju.ui-:.'V known as the home tract. Tkkim of Sale: A credit of six months us ti one h:i!f, and twelve months . lo ths residue of the purchase tuoi.ev will lie given to purchasers, upon I heir entering into bona.-, with approved sureties, bearing interest from thedarol sale. Oue hundred dollars of purchase money to be paid in cash. ' Given under my hand, at office, this 7lh d.iv .r April. 1nT7. ED. GRAHAM IlAYWOUD, C. k M. E. 4 W&Mft'ltl. May 1, 137. QTATE OF XOKTII-CMROLIXA County. lu Equity. In the matter of W WAKE ul r. iUs aim 1'iiHTS. I'lirsitaut to ho order made at Snrina Tomi ij-.t f ihe Court of Equity f, r the Ctxwttr of Wak iu the abm titled muse, ihe undersigned, Clerk aud Master, will c i-n- pm- i i i t i-iinsr, oo me isi oar OI June lirT, Ihe lands in the pleadings mentioned, to wil : A certain tr.ict -f land s-itiiiite. Iritis sr-d betrg in Wake Count r, ad j.;ningthc lands of Mahaia Hat s imi.I others, eontaiiiiii" 151V acres being onhe e'ale oft he late Virginia ilars " Ti hvs op Sale: A credit of ms months will be p.teii i' purrnaM-rs, ii;.-.n Iheir er.Hrin.r into bond, with ai.pr.tc-4 t-iiretic. bearing inletx-sl iruiii t he da! e of sale. - ol pur cuase im.r.ey lo bs paid in cash. Given und-.r i;.v b;.r.d, at c.l7ic. this 7lh April VS7. ED. GRAHAM HA V WOOD, C. & M. E. Mayl.lS-.,. 4i WfluJd. TATE OF SORTII.CAROLI.V A WAKE tT County. In Iupinr Iu the matter of Mary J. Rogers and John D. Rogers, infants. Pursuant to r.u order made at Spring Term, l--". of the Court or Equity for ihe County r Wake, ib undersigned. C lei k and Master, will protced lo sell, at the Court Houm; u.ior in the City of K.neigli, the lands in the pleading me i lioiied and descr.bed. on the L'lh of Mav next, to wit : A tract T L-tnd s.tiialc, lying ard being in Wakeconotv.alx.iit n,,I Southwest from ihe Cilr of Kaleigh. near Ihe liar wood n.ad containing S acres, more or less, and bound ed bribe lauds of Alscy 11. Inter. Jan:es W. F. Rogers, Marv Ami Rogers. Said land will pndxibly be sold iu two ae" ar;:te t tacts. Tj-ttus of Sale: A credit .f six months f r one ha:f, at 4 twelve mutiths r the residne of lh nnrrl.. tj j be given to purchase!. ti,on theirenieringiu'.obomh-'.wu'a ! autirovod siirntiiHi Lvr-:. i..i....-i . .2 .... . - . j pmcuase mtsm-v to be paid in cash. ls" u"ucr uanu, ai onicc, lh:s "7 In day of April, xt' , ED-GRAHAM HAYWOOD. C; 4 M.E. May 1, IS .7. 40 wd-stvtd. Officb Wilmixctox A Weldox U. R. Co.. A ihnmgion. X C. April 27th. 1S.7- f ,V?PKXD XO. 1 1. 7UK HOARD OF DfREC- lUKSol the Wilinincrton Jlr W..M.... I...;t I i'...o- pany. have, declared a semi-annual dividend of ihiee and a balf per cent on ihe capital Mock of said Companv, pavabi ou and after Ihe 15th Mav next. " The transfer book will'bc closed from 1st to l.'.th vv. JAMES S. GREEX. Secret arr. 4; wii:-L TTr.W PIANOS FOR OLD OXKS THE UX 1 DERSICX ED will give full value for Old Pianos in exchange for Xew ones. No one will offer greater inducements to purchaser Pianos than myself I have been engaged in the busino for more than twenty years, and uo one can sar that lei sold a bad one. E. P. XASII, Book aud Piano Seller, Petersburg, - April 2t, 1S57. 4 w- mi : cenoin iraci or patei-t oi rnninu, ti::,:-. :-,, . and be::nr hi Wufce I'onuiy, on tiie wat.-rof Wn'im! f Rta!;-.! t l:-!a:i efn:n "iheCiM of iUleirh. t".!i.'.;.-.i t-r I hi- lands i.r J..'hu Ilmch'tis. Win. I) HartrJ. T'a-.; .v: S:,l-,1. 1I...V.T i.n.l J 1! W.lc...' - i .. DESIRABLE TOWN LOTS FOR SALE. ON THE 16TH DAY OF MAY XEXT, I WILL OF fer for fcale a lot containing about acres of land; the greater portiou of which in within the corporate limit of the City. It wiil be divided into half cre lots. l"st furnished on the day of nale. The oroperlv lie on the SmithSe'.d road, and adjoining the lot owned br Mr. J Kirkham. Thie property will be sold at public atid"! unless sold privately before. Apply to the undersigned f farther particulars. Terms made known on dav of sale. . - 8. H. ROGERS, Apt- Ealcigh, May 1, 1857. 46-swtd. f. - I- 4- v i 4
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