North Carolina Newspapers

"THE PUBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVANTAGE." 5. Lincolnton, North Carolina, Saturday Morning, May 19, 1849. Number 10. published weekly, by omasj.kccl.es. Two. dollars pel annum, payable ce ; $2 50 if payment be delayed 3 s. A discount to clubs of 3 or more. -Advertisements will be conspicuously insert d, a; $1 pet square (14 lines) for the first, and .25 cents for eacii subsequent insertion. TUIftH h MiiiiMwi w m j hi a ywmjihf rMaif Taw 2'VtP North Carolina Argvs. pleasant Sights. It is lovely sighi to see A cherub gi') of five years oid, Homily bend, acn i;gh'i te knee, nd Jip the jfacr ',en lo,d t is a sight, a beaileous siShf The expanded maiten ul1 of gladness, Whose witching smile,"00" 80 or'nt ' Shadow forth no fuiute 6adnes3 A glorious sight to see hervanc By her betrothed Apollo's 6,de Within his, place her preth hand And softly vow to be."18 b"de 1 UU IIII ' Infl h n 1 1 nt I" 11 111 all. , That greets one oiP tne Path f Iife She who ne'er shj-UI,k flt duty's call, 'Vinu tender mcer, faithful wife. Tfte Bigelow Papers. He has just -elurned from Boston, where a Sergeant ndeavored to enlist him, ai which he said Ilosea) became excessively tied, and his 'dander rose' to an alarm- height. Onlv hrar him: ash away, you'll hev to rattle " n them kettle drums o'yourn .nt a knowin kind o' cattle net is keiched with mouldy corn ; jt it stiff, you fifer feller, Let folks see how spry you be .ess yon'll toot till you are yeller ,p,ore you git a hold o me. begin to think it's nater To take sarse an' not be riled ; "Who'd expect to see a tatcr All cn eend at bein1 biled 1 Ef you take a sword an' dror i An go stick a feller thru, Guv'ment ain't to answer fur it, God'll send the bill to you. ' '3t o home an ask our Nancy, Ez tojine ye guess you'd fancy The etarnal bung wuz loose! She wants me fe.r home consumption, Let alone tke hay's to mow : Ef you're arier folks o' gumption, You've a darned long row to hoe, Connecticut. -The Legislature of the State of Connecticut met at Hart ford, on Wednesday. - The Senate was organised bv elect ing Hon. Henrv Dutton. President vro tern, and Henry B Graves, Esq,Ceik both W higs. In the House, on the first ball! for Speaker, Hon. W.W. Boardman(Whig) had 110;John C Lewis 108; scattering 2 On the second ballot, Mr Lewis had U3outof 221, and was elected. Mr Lewis is a Free Soil Democrat. ; Mr. Boardman, by cas'ing a blank vote on the first ballot, lost his- election. Calvin W. Philleo, Free Soil Demo crat, and George C Woodruff, Demo crat, Clerks. , On '"'jesday, the Hon. Joseph Trum bull, th9 Whig candidate, Was elected Governor of the State by the joint vote of the- two Houses' of the Legislature. Of course all the other' Whig candidates for Slate omcewill be elected, as he Whig majority Tri the Senate overbalan 88 the combined Democratic and Free nil mftioritv in the flonse nf onr. i j j 1 I A NewYork let er in the Philadel hia Inquirer says: Mr Cornelius R. lanony, wen Known as tne particular friend of Father Matthew, the apostle the Sarah Sands. : He has come for the purpose of making arrangements for the visit of Father Mathew, who will be here in about a month, as he stales in a letter to a friend. Immigration. The current of ira rnigraiion from Europe appears to suf fer no ebb. 22,450 emigrants arrived at. the port of New York during the mouth ot April. 1,190 arrived on Tuesdav of last wetk. The Wizard of St. Gabelle. ''You wish to hear a ghost story, a-u my uixie cayie, one evening, as we gathered about his chair, "von wish In Knar a rl,..i. 1 1 . . it - m guirsi. Bvuiy ; very wen, you shall have vour wish. 1 will relate an incident of uhich I myself was witness. and which is, therefore, Btricify true." We drew still closer to the old gen tleman, and listened with the greatest interest as lib related the following ad venture : Ono evening in autumn, full forty years ago, I was returning from Tou- louse;! had travelled far that day, hav- n2 already passed Autereve,' where some friends f)f ,in wnniH uL uIa some Inentls of mine would have had me spend the night, but 1 was resolved to push on lo Saverdum, which you know, is three leagues distant on the road, I hnd arrived in front of the mon astery of Boulbrenne, when suddenly there burst forth a terrible storm. In a moment the night became daik, and ihe road impassable, i should have asked shelter in the convent, but my horse frightened at at a sudden ciapol thunder, dashed into a narrow pathway to the left, and bore me away in spite of all 1 could do. Notwithstanding the speed at which he wen I soon per ceived that we were on the direct road to St. Gabelle; and when, at last, my horse slackened his pace, which ho did of his own good will, I found myself be fore the village inn. I entered. The guests were nume rous, among whom I observed several Spanish merchants, and some hunters, who, like myself, had been overtaken by the storm. We dried our clothes by the fire ; after which, supper was an nounci'd, and we sat down to the table. The conversation first turned upon the stormy weather and the badness of the roads. One said he had been thrown from hi? horse; another had been full an boor in extricating his horse and wagon from a mud hole. "It is horrible weather'said a third, "Just the time for ghusts and witch es." Although this was but a natural re mark, it gave ri6e to a lively conversa tion. " Sorcerers and spirits choose a i clear, moonlight night to hold their or gies, in prelerence to such a one as this." We turned to look at the author of this observation, and saw it was one of the Spanish merchants. "It would seim that the gentleman was fimiliar with the custom ol ghosts," exclaimed a young man by his side, "and that they have told him that ihey like, neither to get muddy or wet " " Young man," said the Spaniard, casting a terrible glance at the last speaker, "sjeak not so lightly on a sub ject with which you are so little ac quainted." "Would you like to nidke me be lieve in gho.-ts?" returned the yonng man disdainfully. "Perhaps," replied the Spaniard, "if you have sulfiicient courage tu look on them." Flushed with anger, the young man Bprang to his ft-et. In a moment, ho'v ever, he calmed himself and sat down a- gain, saying "You should nn v dear for that re- mark, were man." it not uttered bv a mad- 'A madman!" echoed the other, rising in his turn. "Listen !" he added, stri king the table with his fist, and throw ing down a heavv leather purse. "Here are thirtv auadruDles. which I am wil j i - ling to lose, if, within an hour, I do not call up before your face the figure of any aeceasea person you snail name, even thouiih he has been dead ten years; and if after recognising' him. ou dare to ai low him to imprint a kiss upon your lips." "You will do that ?'' said the young man with a scornful smile. "Yes," replied the Spaniard, "on con di'ion that you lose the same amoum if I succeed. "Thirty quadruples, mv worthy con juror, said the young man gaily, after a moments silence. 'is more than a stu dent to Toulouse ever possessed ; but if you will reduce the stake lo five, 1 am your man. The Spaniard took no his Durse and , t - , said, "Ah, you refose, monsieur!" "1 refuse ?" echoed the other. "If I only had the thirty quadruples, you would see." "Here are four," said I, "which 1 add to your stake. Several others followed my example, and soon the sum was made up. We chose, Kr the trial, a small pavilion in the garden, so entirely isolated that the locality offered no chance for fraud. W'e made ourselves sure that there were but two outlets, viz : a window, which was carefully closed, and a door, on the outside of which we were stationed. Upon the tables had been placed mate rials for writing, and the lights had been carried awav. Th vnnntr man nut P alone in the pavilion, the Snnn- I in rt tomaininn unit. . j . i i iard remaining with us out side the door. a Dreamless silence prevailed for a moment when the Spaniard began to chant, in a soft, melancholy voice, a stanza which may be translated thus: "And the coffin is broke with a crash: ' And the grave is opening: And the pale phantom's daik foot is placed Upon the verdant moss.' n ZlZTf' , V. "avf l9 .v? asked lo see J f"end Franco.. Vialat, who was drowned in the sea three years hold ?" ago. What do you be- " A whitish light arising near the window,' replied the young student ; but it is only a shapeless, waverin mist." "Are you afraid !" asked the 6tern voice of the Spaniaid. And ihe young man answered, "I am not afraid." We were stupified, breathless with suspense. The conjuror was silent for a moment. Then stamping thrice with his foot upon the ground, he chanted in a louder and more solemn voice that be fore: "And the white phantom whose features pale Have been discolored by the waves, Presses the water from his clothes and hair W ith his winding sheet." The chant ended. The Spaniard turned again towards the door, and cried in the same solemn tone : "You, who would seek to dive into the mysteries of the grave what do you see?" We listened anxiously while the stu dent replieo in a calm voice, and like one who describes an incident as it is taking place : "Ihe mist spreads itself and takes shape like a phaniom. The head is covered with a long veil. It moves not from the spot on which it rose " Are you afraid 2" asked the Span iard. And the young man answered"! am r ,, nui airatu. Stupified, we kept our eyes fixed upon the conjuror in silent awe as he pioceeaea lo chant the third solemn stanza: "Then says the phantom, rising- from the grave, That he mav reeocrnizp m I will go toward ray f;iend, 6miling, erect anu lair, ; As in the days of my youth." The Spaniard finished, and asked lmmeaiateiy the. same terrible question " i) at oo you see r "The figure advances," replied the student. "Jt lifts its veil. It is Fran cois Vialat ! He approaches the table lie is writing his signature. "Are vou afraid ?" "No," replied the young man, "I am not afraid." Immediately the Spaniard commenced singing or rather howling, this last and nurrmie stanza: 'lhen says the phantom to the jeering youin, Come, let me touch thp nmv Place thy hand on my hand, thy heart against mj neari, Thy hps upon ray own.' " " What do you see 7" cried the Span iard, in a voice of thunder. ' He comes he pursue? me he stretches out his arms he will seize me. Oh, help, help!" "Are you afi aid cried the conjuror with savage joy. "A piercing cry, and then a stifled sob, were the oaly answer to this terri ble question. "I think I have won " said the Soan iard, bitterly; "but I am satisfied with having taught him a lesson. Let him keep th money and be more wise in future. So saying, he walked rapiJly away. -Fixed with horror, we reopened the door, ana found the vouns student seized with fearful convulsions. Th paper signed by Francois Vialat was -i . ii upon tne tauie. Kecnvenmr. tne vounp . , o J r man demanded the conjuror, and with an oain oi vengeance, rushed from the room. v e saw neither Dim nor the Spaniard afterward. ' My uncle hnished. Trembling with terroi, we dared not look about us. At last, 1 summoned sufficient courage to say: And why, after all this, do you not believe in ghosts V Because neither the coniuror nor stu dent ever returned, but run off with the money we had advanced: whence we concluded that they were two consum mate vilhans, of whom we were the dupes. Believe me, my dear children, however probable a ghost story may j appear, it will, in the end, prove to be the result of an excited imagination, or a wilful fraud." . ' F rom Macauley's History of England. THE ORDER OF JESUITS. Before the order of Jesuits had existed an hundred years, it had filled the whole world with memorials of great things done and suffered for the faith. No religious community could produce a list of men so variously distinguished , none had extended its operation over so vast a space; yet in none had there ever been mch nerfect unitv f fpoiim and action. There was nn rpirinn the globe, no walk of speculative or of active life, in which Jesuits were not to be found. They guided the councils of Kings. They deciphered Latin inscrip tions. They observed the motions of Jupiter's satellites. They published whole libraries, casuistry, history, treat ie on optics, Alcaic odes, editions of the father's, madrigals, catechisms and lampoon. The liberal education of youth passed almost entirely into their hands, toad was conducted by them with conspicuous ability. They appear to have discovered the precise point to which intellectual culture can be car ried without risk of intellectual emsn- cipation. Enmity itself was compelled to own that in the art of managing and forming the tender mind, they had no equals. Meanwhile, they assiduously and successfully cultivated the eloquence of the pulpit. With still greater assi duity and still greater success, they ap plied themselves to the ministry of the COniessional. Throughout ?nthi,li Europe the secrets of every government, and of almost every lamily were in their keeping. They glided from one Pro- lesiani country to another, under innu 1 1 j- . . merauie utsgutses, as cay cavaliers, as simple rustics, as Puritan preachers. They wandered to countries which neither mercantile avidity nor liberal curiosity had ever impelled any stranger to explore. J hey were to be found in the garb of Mandarins, superintending the observatory ofPekin. They were to be found, 4pade in hand, teaching the rudiments of agriculture to the savages ot raraguay. let whatever might be their residence, whatever might be their employment, their spirit was the same entire devotion to the common cause implict obedience to the central autho nty. None of them had chosen his dwelling place or his avocation for him self. Whether the Jesuit should live under the artic circle or under the eaua tor, whether he should pass his life in arrancin perns and collating manu. ono o scripts at the Vatican, or in persuading nakea barbarians in the southern herai sphere not lo eat each other, were mat ters which he left with profound sub mission to the decision of others. If he was wanted at Lima, he was on th Atlantic in tne next neet. II he was wanted at Bagdad, he was toi liner through the desert with the next caravan. If bis ministry was needed in some country where his life was more insecure than that of a wolf; where it was a crime to harbor htm, where he heads and quar ters of his brethren, fixed in public ola ces, showed him what he had to expect he went without remonstrance or hesita (ion to his doom. Nor is this heroic spirit yet extinct. 'Vhen in our own time & new and teriibie pestilence passed around the globe ; when in some great cities tear had dissolved alt the ties which hold society together; when tne secular clergy had deserted their flocks; when medical succor was not to be purchased bv cold; when the strong est natural affections had yielded to the love of life, even then the Jesuit was found bv the rmlet Which bishnno nnrl T 1 " curate, physician and nurse, father and motner had deserted, leaning over in fected lios to catch the faintest arrenta of confession, and holding up to the last before the expiring penitent the imae oi the expiring Kedeemer. Colonel Benton's famous letter ia the people of California, was published on me litn ot January, ihe lo owinn week the editors oi the Aha Califor nia remarked upon it as follows: M Col. Benton's Letter. In the main tne letter of uoi. uenton. which we published last week, i a well-meaning document, nut ne nas evidently mistaken thecahbre of the community he was ad dressing. It certainly must be esteemed o . as a most particular favor hv the citi zens of California, that he has extended to them bis patrenage; and the paternal solicitude for our welfare that he exhib its, does credit to his intelligence and humanity. His personal attacks unon distin guished army officers are in bad taste, and by many will be considered unjust. "H.s recommendations to the people of ihid country, although Danakinr? 9 w w a strongly of the tone which a pedagogue may oe supposed to assume toward a pupil, are substintially what the citi zens are now acting : and with thn sanction of his great name, it is to bo ""pea mat the cause of Provisional Government will not be allowed lo re trograde." We have the nro2eedinfr of several meeting of citizens to consider of trie necessity of forming a provisional par. , e ernment, and appointing delegates to a convention for this purpose. This con veniion w.ss lo have been held en the 6th day of March, but in order that all parts of the territory might be fairly re presented, and to give tiinw to Congress to provide & territorial government, the day for the convention to assemble was changed to the 1st day of the present month. THE NEXT CONGRESS. There have been already elected, iu eluding those from Virginia, 165 mem bers of Congress. Conceding the elee. tion of the Locofoco candidate in the 14th Congressional district of Virginia, we have the following result for the next Congress compared with the last: Next Congress. Last Congress. Whig. L. F. lYhig. L; F. Maine, 2 5 16 N. Hampshire, 2 2 2 2 Massiehusets, 9 0 Rhode Island, 1 1 Vermont, 3 1 3 1 Connecticut, 13 4 New York, 32 2 24 10 New Jersey, 4 1 4 1 Pennsylvania, 15 9 17 7 Delaware, 1 1 Virginia, 1 14 9 6 S. Carolina, 7 7 Georgia, 4 4 4 4 Ohio, 10 10 11 9 Florida, 1 l Michigan, 12 5 Wisconsin, f 2 1 2 Missouri, 5 5 Arkansas, 1 1 lows, 2 2 Illinois, 1 6 1 6 90 75 89 75 The Act of Congress admitting Wis cousin into tho Union, authorises her to send three members, from and after the 4th March, 1847, until the next appor tionment. There remains to be elected 66 mem hers, as follows : In last Congress. Whole number. W. L. F. Maryland, 6 4 2 North Carolina, 9 6 3 Alabama, 7 2 5 Mississippi, 4 13 Louisiana, 4 13 Kentucky, 10 6 4 Tennessee, 11 5 6 Indiana, 10 4 G Texas, 2 2 Vacancy in Ohio, 1 I Do. in Massachusetts, 1 1 Do. in Rhode Island, 1 1 66 30 38 Elected as above. 165 90 75 Total, 231 120 121 111 Whig majority, if remaining 66 mem bers are of same politics as inih lacr Congress, 9. Raleigh Register, Don't sit vn to her. A Green Moan. tain boy fell in love with a very nrettv girl, and determined 'to court her.' To that end he dressed himself in his 'Sunday-go-to-meeting ;' went lo her father's house, and found her alone. 'How d ye du? said Jonathan. I'm nicely, says the girl. Jonathan took a seat and seated him- self in the farthest corner of the room, as though the beauty was a thio" to bo (eated rather than loved. Ainl you cold had'nt vou better sit up to the fire, says Sally, supposing he would, of course, if he was coiner in .make love at all, do it in a proper man ner. iNo, 1 thankee : I reckon I'm com fortable,' returns Jonathan. 'How is your marni? said Sally. 'Well, she's complainin' a little.' said Jonathan. Here a pause of ten minutes ensued, during which time he amused himself whittling a stick. 1 1 here a nothin new ud vour wav. ia there?' said Sally, which Jonathan might understand as applying to his present situation, or lo his father's domicil. Herei ohyes. vou meant hum r well no: that i, yes: our 8 Dotted cow's get a call !' said Jonathan. Sally would undoubtedly have laughed at this aueer niece of information, onlv she wbi too much vexed at the speaker