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o Volume 5.
Lincolnton, North Carolina, Saturday JMorwng, May 32, 1840.
Number 9.
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Vrvm the Oxford edition of .Milton's works
,V Milton on hit Loss of Sight.
I am old and blind !
Men (point at me as smitten by God's frown;
tended and deserted of my k tic,
Yet I am not cast down.
I am weak, yet strong ;
r tflurmur not that I no longer see ;
Poor, old, and helpless, I the more belong,
Father Supreme! to Thee.
0 merciful One!
When men are farthest, then Thou art most
reir:
When friends pass by, my weaknesses to
shun,
Thy chariot I hear.
Thy glorious face
r T9 leaning towards me, and its holy light
Shines in upon my lonely dwelling place
And there is no more night.
On my bended knee
I recognize thy purpose, clearly shoftn ;
Mi vision, thou hast dimmed that I may see
Thyself, Thyself ahne.
1 have nought to fear ;
This darkness is the shadow of thy wing ;
' Beneath it 1 ann almost sacred here
Can come no evil thing.
- Oh ! I seem to stand
Trembling, where foot of mortal ne'er hath
been,
japped in the radiance from thy sinless
land,
Which eye halh never seen..
Visions come and go :
Shapes of resplendent beauty round me
throngr,
-From Angel hps I seem to hear the flow
Of soft and holy song.
It is rjothing now,
Heaven is opening on my sightless
eyes
When airs from Paradise refresh my brow :
The earth in darkness lies.
In a purer clime,
fy being fills with rapture waves
of
thought,
j 11 in upon my spirit strains sublime
Break over me unsought.
Give me now my lyre!
sel the stirrings of a gift divine,
'ithin my bosom glows unearthly fire,
Lit by no skill of mine.
f )tfore Annexation. The City of
ffolk, with the Peninsula on which it
.lands expresses . desire, through some
cf its journals, to be annexed to tho State
oi iNortn Carolina, the object being to
nlevate thereby the commercial impor
lance of the city, which is too much
icglected by Virginia. We learn, by
he way, that the repairs on the Ports
.nouth and Roanoke Rail Rod are be
ing vigorously prosecuted, wi'h the
prospect of iheir speedy completion
in which contingency, the Art to incor
porate the Central Kail Road, passed at
the recent session of the Legislature,
authorizes the Public Treasurer to mb
scribe half the sum necessary, in mn.
inect Weldon with somo point on the
ilaleigh and Gaston Road. At live
good citizens of Petersburg seem so
vholly absorbed in their South side
ioad, as to preclude all interest what-
ei'Rr in ntr ctilointica ,,. .1,1 :. .. i.
f vell forus4o be directinir our though;
a little towards Norlolk ? Uut more
tnon. Register.
Italian Tricolor By a decree of
he Provisional Government of Rome,
ihe Italian colors preen, red and
hite are adopted for the army of the
jman nepubi:c. I he name of the
.pe is suppressed in nil public docu
ments and judicial sentences, and the
toman Republic substituted instead.
Funds for MitcheVs Family. The
unas collected lor the support of Mr.
John MiichellTand l ; children, and
which have been hai;d.'d over to that
lady, amount to 1,727, 15 9d.
Junger never saw bad bread.
A strtes of Outrages. We were
surprised to learn, that during Guilford
Superior Court, last week, the honest
and tnordl community cf Greensborouh
was shocked by the occurrence of seve
ral robberies, following- each other m
! quick succession. One ol the Jewelle
ry stores of that place was broken open,
and several articles of considerable val
ue were stolen. Another depredator,
more daring than his contemporary in
crime, entered one of the Stores in the
day-time, and "removed (he deposites"
in the drawer, amounting to something
like $100, wh.le the proprietor and
clerks were in the counting. room. A I
gentleman, also, became' the victim of
the dexterity of a pickpocket, who, per
ceiving somo Dank bills amounting to
about $150, extending from the end of
his pocket book, whick protruded a '.Utle
from the pocket, quietly slipped them
out, leaving the owner in the possession
orthe empty book. We, understan.l that
the parlies have been arrested, supposed
to be engaged in' all these depredations,
and that they are believed to belong to
a gang of rascals who are travelling
from Court to Court, under the guise of
Pedlars, Traders of Tobacco. Vp. In
justice to the citizens of Guilford, it is
but ngM to state, that not one of the
persons suspected ol being engaged in
these recent thefts, is a resident of that
County. Raleigh Register.
Distressing Casualty. We learn
from a gentleman who was present in
Sfilisburv, at the Regimental Review of
Rjwan Militia, on Friday last, that the
horse of one of the othVets on parade
became frightened and ran down the
street at a most furious gait, and dashed
through a pirch in which were standing
several children, a hoof of the horse
striking one of them on the head, caus
ing a dreadful fracture of the skull, aw?
severely crushing the ankle bones of
another. The horse continued his
conrse down the street and finally threw
the rider upon the points of some sharp
paling, breaking several of his ribs, and
otherwise seriously mangling him. Our
informant stares, that whee he left 3al
isbury on Saturday morning, he under
stood, the child whoe skull had received
the fracture, was dead, and that the
officer was considered almost beyond
the hope of recovery.-Ib.
Orange Divided. The sense of the
peopled' Orange county, under the law
of the last Legislature, was takeo ou
the question of dividing the county, on
Thursday the 18th ultimo, when the
vote stood for division 1257, against di
vision 1001 majority in tavor of divi
sion, 25b". Meaurfs will be taken im
mediately to organize the new county
of Alamance, the eal of justice of which
is to be called Graham. The division
may be necessary for th convenience
of the people it must be so. since a
majority have so decided: but really
we cannot repress feelings of regret at
seeing the unity of old Orange broken.
Her deeds of Revolutionary memory ;
her illustrious sons, dead and living ;
tho noble institutions of learning for
whih she has long been distinguished;
and the intelligence and high moral and
religious character of tier citizens; all
form a common, invariable and inalien
able property to the people, 'we must
repeat it again,) of that glorious old
county, which makes us grieve to see
even geographical lines of division
drawn between them. Raleigh Star.
The 7 ranedv of Nations Th
news by the Cambria is highly impor
tant. There is war in almost every
quarter of Europe. In Italy, the Aus-
trians have destroyed Brescia, the hlnori
of her inhabitants suining the ruins of
their churches and their homes. Genoa
has been bombarded for twentyfour
Louis by ihe Piedmonies troops for re
volt and Republicanism, in Snain. the
old quarrel has resulted in a new battle,
wuii us horrors of dead and wounded,
and no great principle to shed lasii n
he gloom. Denmark is defeated bv
Caermany, and defeated where she has
hitherto been the victor on the sea.
In Hungarv ihe Ausirians are more e.
cidedly losers than ever. Thirteen
hundred of their dead strew a single
field ; Puchner has fled to Russian pro
tection iu Wallachia, and Bern is master
of Transylvania. The King of Prussia
reuses the German Crown, and all
there, is uncertainty. France still plays
ihe part of a epectator, her Government
miking her false, abroad, while by at
tempts to suppress Thought, shackle
the Press, and gag Speech at home, they
make ready the new Revolution.
Thus in doubt, struggle, Mjffering un
speakable, dies the Old Order, that the
New may rise from its ashes. Terri
ble, incomprehensible is the process,
but let us believe that the result will he
J worth the pain.
Romance in Real Life.
Truth, it has ben said, is stranger
than fiction, and the romance of real
life, when all its features ate scruti
nised, is more fruitful of" wonder than
half the stories invented by the poet or
the novelist. The affair to which we
cursorily allluded yesterday, in our lo
cal news, under the head of "Forgery,"
contains a chapter of incidents so start
ling, that one can hardly bring one-self
to believe that they occurred any where.
much le-s in a business community like
ours. Here is a young lady hardly out
of her leens, we are toid, who fabricates
a fortune for herself on paper, imposes
through the medium ot her charms
(that's not very strange) on a staid
tradesman, to the extent of inducing
him to marry her, and to cap the cli
max, prevails on a grave notary public,
to undertake the collection of the $10,.
000 drowry she possesses, as if it were
a simple apothecary's or undertaker's
bill, to be paid at sight, unhesitatingly
by the gene'ous donor of this round
cum. In the meantime ihe happy cou
ple set off to the North to pass the
honeymoon together, the bridegroom in
hope that his bride's handsomu fortune
will be duly transmitted to him through
the post. It is the greatest affair we
have ever known. The following are
incidents : The affidavit made by Mr. i
Michoud, before Recorder Genois we
have already mentioned. He pronoun
ces the note- for $10,000 a forgery, but
does not know positively who commit-1
ted it, although there is litilo reason to
doubt the part Miss Clement played in
the matter.
The victim in the case, is a Mr Gal
lot, who keeps a dry goods store on the
corner ol Canal and Dauphin streets,
and is a man of considerable properly,
being reputed to be worth $25,000.
At about, eleven o'clock on Saturday
rooming last , Mr G. presented himself
at the office of Mr Chiapella, in Ex
change Place, accompanied by Messrs.
Topenot and Michon, who had been
witnesses to his marriage with Miss
Eliee Clement the same morning, and
there stated to Mr Chiapella that he
wished to deposit with him a note for
collection, observing that he hae n
time to get the paper cashed himself,
as he was &oing to leave the Fame day
with his bride for the North. He de
sired Mr C. to invest the proceeds in a
sight draft on New York, and to remit
it so that he m'ght have the money with
out the least possible delay. The fol
lowing is a verbatim copy of the docu
ment: Nouvelle Orleanstth ilrrii.1849.
A presentation, je poyeral a Mademoi
telle Elise Clement ou a sou ordre la
6omme de dix mille piastres. Four
valeurreou.
Signd Ant. Michoud.
And endorsed as follows.
Payez a l'ordre de M. A. Chiapella.
Signed Elise Clement.
Mr Chiapella naturally thought the
circumstances under which the docu
ment had been entrusted lo him, very
strange, and immediately after Mr Gal
lot left his office, he repaired to th
residence of Mr Michoud. Unfortu-
. . .
iidiciy tins . geimeman was not 10 oe
r a u . j.
found, otherwise tba forierv wnnM
have been discovered in time arrest the
o -j
! lh
newly made bride, who did uot leave
town until fouro'clo:k in the alternoon,
when she started with her husband on
a tour of pleasure through the Northern
Slates. Mr Chiapella being unable to
find Mr. Michoud on Saturday dropped
the matter until the following morning ;
and though it was Sunday, he thought
proper not to procrastinate the business,
the more sd as the note was oavable on
demand, and had been presented at the
oomicil ol the drawer on the day pre
vious. IJn entering ihe office he ob
served to Mr Michoud, "You had better
give me a -check for $10,000 and save
me the trouble of calling to-morrow, as
1 have got a note of yours for that
amount." Mr M. looked at the note,
and immediately pronounced it be a
forgery, though, as we forget to mention
before, the signature had been tolerably
well imitated. Mr Chiapella at once
called on Mr Gallol's partner to obtain
some explanation of the affair, and there
learned that Miss Elise Clement had ar
rived in this city from France, some
three or four months ago, with her
mother and sister, and that it had been
generally stated that she had brought
with her 50,000 francs in gold. The
clerk of the bouse, who appears to be
thoroughly in the confidence of Mr Gal
lot, added that the young lady had de
posited the -"castings" with Mr John
tiagan, ol this city, who in return had
given her his note for $10,000 ; in fact,
it we have been mrhilv inlormed. such
a document (lorged, of course) has aUo
been seen. The same person stated,
likewise, that Miss Clement, finding it
difficult to negotiate the paper, had ulti
mately exchanged it for the lorged note
of Michoud.
On applying to Mr Hagan.he was of
course utterly ignor&nt of the matter,
but remembered that a lady by the
name of Clement had frequently impor
tuned him for pecuniary assistance, and
that at one time, to eel rid of her ?n!icU
ta tions, he had made her a present of
nve GOIIarS. Ales Innpnnt anH
Miehon, the groomsmen of Air Gal Int.
confirm the facts in relation to the ru
mored wealth of the lady, but of all fu
ture particulars they are ignorant. The
latter states one circumstance, however,
which give a coloring to the simplicity
with which Mr Gallot wedded his better
half. It seems he accompanied Miss
Clement to Mr Michoud's store, where
she went os'ensibly for the purpose of
obtaining the note, and after remaining
in the place about a quarter of an hour
(making one or two unimportant pur
chases, as we learnt she returned and
exhibited te document which had been
forged, no doubt, tome days before.
Ai-ogether this is the most singular
and romantic transaction we have ever
been made acquaiuled with. The de
nouemeut for the poor husband will
be melancholy in the extreme. The
happy fellow is now eniovini? his hon
eymoon trip, and doubtless little dreams
of the terrible damper which the news
of this affair will place upon his matri
monial bliss.
The comedy of a "Bold Stroke for a
Husband" will never meet any success
upon the New Orleans stage apain.
This affair completely eclipses any thing
ot the kind ever produced, both in plot
and incident, and the principal charac
ter, it must be acknowledged, has been
well sustained throughout bv Miss Llise
Clement.
Telegraphic despatches have been
sent on North and East, and we doubt
not that we shall hear something from
the bridal party in a day or two. N.
O. Picayune.
A New Discovery Collodion. A
French chemist has discovered a pro
cess by which Gun Cotton is transformed
Irom a destructive, into a therapeutic
agent of great value. Collodion is the
name given to a liquid proauced bv dis
solving gun cotton in Ether. It has
been advantageously employed as an
agglutinative, and has been found to be
immensely servicible in the treatment
of wounds. Colledion is applied in the
liquid form, when it dries promptly and
becomes impermeable by water, resemb
ling the most limpid glass.
The following are the advantages of-
iereu oy me use oi uoiiodion.
1. By its powerful contraction, during
evaporation, i.oll-uion draws the edge
of a wound much closer than can fee oh
tained either by suture or adhesive plas
ter. It exercises an equal decree of
pressure throughout the whole extent of
trie wound, and the union is permanent
2. It preserves the wound completely
from all contact with the air. thrcut
its impermeability.
3. L possesses no irritating atiahtv
in regard to the skin and lios ot the
I uu
wound, which is far from being the case
.vin. ,.ti ji p .
wttn other adhesive prenara ions : and
i uu
ictiuers sutures unnprocmrv in iinit,nn
I.I I r- . J to
the edges of a wound, whatever may be
its extent.
4. It remains in contact with the skin.
until the moment cf cicatrization.
5. P. is impermeable to water, con
sequently admitting washing a? often as
is deemed nt.
G. It is without color and transpa
rent, so that the surtiecn can always
observe what is going on beueath, with
out removing iu
7- I s application does not require
the employment of heat ; cold merely
retards a little the evaporation of the
Ether.
8. Its price i moderate.
If any peculiar circumstances affect
ing the patient require it, a little Ether
suffices to dissolve the collodion and re
moves all.
The Feminines for California.
A New York letter, of Tuesday evening,
says :
"I hear that Mrs Farnham is suc
ceeding very well in her enterprise, and
that there is every prospect oi her hav
ing half her -cargo, if not two-thirds of
her cargo, (about four -hundred tons of
women) bv the brst ot next month.
"The gold diggings will bhip to us
tneir treasures in trie -shape of gold
dust, and in return -we -shall send them
women. This is a great-countryf
The VVateford Chronicle considers
that the English have all the benefits of
English justice, whilst the Irish have !l
! the benefats cf tnglishiair.
The effect of Charcoal on Flow er.-
Tho following extract cannot but be in.
teresting to the botanist and the chemist,
as well as to every lady who has a rose
bush in her garden, or a flower pot in
her parlor. It is from the Paris "Hor
ticultural Review" of Jnlv last, trans.
lated by Judge Meigs of New York, for
the Farmers' Club of the American In
stitute the experiments described were
made by Robert tJerauds, who says :
"About a vear dpo 1 made a bargain
. a o
for a rose-bush, of magnificent growth
and full of buds. I watted for them to
biow, and expected roses worthy of such
a noble plant, and of the raises be
stowed upon it by the vender. At length,
wnen it bloomed, all my hopes tw.ere
blasted. ' The fljwera were of a faded
color, and I discovered I had only a
midling multinora, stale colored enough.
I therefore rosolred to sacrifice it (o
some experiments which I had in view.
my attention had been captivated with
the effects of charcoal as slated in somo
English publications. 1 then covered
the earth in the not. in which mv rose.
bush was, about half an inch deep with
pulverized charcoal ! Some days af
ter i was astonished to see tho roses.
which bloomed, of es fine lively rose
color as 1 could wish 1 I determined
to reppat the experiment : and therefore
wneu me rosebusn had done flowering,
I took off ail the charcoal and put fresh
earth about the roots. You may con
ceive that 1 waited for the next spring
impatiently to see the result of this ex
periment, vviien it bloomed the roses
were, as, at first, pale and discolored :
but by applying charcoal as before.
ihe roses soon resumed their rosy red
coior. i tried the powdered charcoal
likewise in large quantities upon my
petunias, and found that both the white
and the violet flowers were equal sensU
bte to us action. It always gave great
vior to the red or violet ml
flowers, and the whiie petunias became
veined, with, red or vtotet tints; the vio
lets became covered with irregular
spots -cf -a -bluish or almost black tint.
Many persons who admired -them
thought that they were new varieties
from the seed. Yellow flowers are
(as 1 have proved) insensible to the in
fluence of the charcoal."
"I'll betide the yellow flowers;" it
seems they are equally incapable of
change, under the influence of charcoal,
or of the man without pof-try in his
temperament. ;Vordsworth tells us:
"A primrose by the rivers brim
A yellow rniMRo&E was to him,
And it was nothing more."
Consistency. During the recent
siege at Moultan, by the British forces,
a shell from one of the British mortars
blew up a fort of the natives containing
a vast quantity of powder, and destroy
ing a vast number of troops, the Dew an'a
moiher,A:c.,&c. TheEnglish journals
rejoice greatly over this success, and
state that the lucky artilleryman "
thiough whose agency it was accom
plished, was "rewarded on the spot."
When the American General, Win
held bcott. attacked Verv Crn. h
gave permission to the women and non
combatants to retire before he com.
menced operations. Notwithstanding
his humane notice, the British nre
raise their united voices in a chorus of
holy horrcr at the destruction which the
American shells afterwards cauerl
among the male and female inhabitants
- IT .r-. . .
oi .veryruz, and execrated Scott as a
..YT . ....
"rveniucky Savage." Ah, indeed !
Scott's real crime was that he was .suc
cessful, and thai he was an American 1
Rich. Republican,
To clean Black Satin In a ooart
of water boil three pounds of potatoes
to a pulp, btiain tho water through
a sieve, and brush the satin with it.
upon a board or table. The material
is not to be wrung, bat folded down -in
cloths for three hours, and then ironed
on the wrong side.
Stewed Celery. The Editor of the
Horticulturist gives the folowingmode
of cooking celery, and from long expe
rience of its merits .recommends it as a
delicious dish : "Cut the bianched or
white portion of the celery stalks in
pieces about an inch in length, and put
them in a saucepan over the fire with
nvlk and water in equal proportions,
barely sufficient to cover them ; add a
little salt, and let them stew gently un
till perfectly tender. Then take cut the
celery, add a piece of butler to the It
qnd it was boiled in, thicken it slightly
with flour, pour it over the celery, and
serve it up."
Col. J. Leigh, ol Fulton county, Ken
tucky, has been fined 8150 under the
State law, lor accepting a chalhnge to
fight a duel.