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Volume 5.
Likcolkton, North Carolina, Saturday Morning, At gust 4. 1849.
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TRUE LOVELINESS.
She who thinks a noble heart
Betier thin a noble mien
Honors virtue more than art,
Though 'us less in taBhioo seen
Whatsoe'er htr fortunp be,
She's the bride the wife for me !
She who deems that irwaid grace
Far surpasses outward show.
She who values less the lace
Than that charm the soul can throw
Whatsoe'er her turiunne be
She's the bride the wife for me !
She who knows ihe heart requires
Something more ihan lips of dew
That when love's brief rose expires,
Love itself dies with it too
Whatsoe'er her fortue be,
She's the bride the wife for rue!
ITALY.
Italia ! oh! Italia I
The hour has come for thee
To strike the foe man ai thy gates,
To struggle and be free.
The heritage of centuries,
The brave renown of old,
The very stones that lellof fame,
Implore thee to be bold.
Siill setting on her Seven Hills,
Th' Eternal city shines,
Still wears her pr ud tiara
in the sunn land of vines.
Still raize her hoary temples
And lanes in lofty state,
Still frown her battled towers
Though Gaul is at the gate.
Let not the Frenchman revel
Wiihin your stoned halls.
As when Do Bourbon's cannon
Once breached your ancient walls.
-ilnkr! men o' Rome, for liberty ;
Ti e caute j oui own isjust
Drive back once more the tri-color
Or trail it in the dual.
Alas! that e'er the tri color
In hostile bands should come,
And rally on the I i bet's binks
The enemies ol Rome
That e'er the chivalry o! France
In such a cause should arm,
Or setk in lati Italia
Her children to disarm.
Back! back to Paris, Frenchmen
And there Leside 'he eme,
Go, tell jour sham Napoleon
You will not bind the chain
That he would loige lor Roman arms.
Now lifted to be Iree,
Where freedom raised the war cry first
That rang lrom sea to sea.
Go, fright the tyrants ally
With brave Mazzini's name,
Tell him a leader rules in Rome,
Right worthy ol her lame ;
Tell him that ere to'foreign hands
lie yields his honmed trust,
St. Peter's and the Vatican
Shall crumble into dust:
That his will bo the hand to fire,
Whenevery hope is vain,
The mines that will lo ruin blast
Each gallery and fane;
When every work ot priceless art
Shall perish in the flame,
Mazz. ui's shall the glory be
Napoleon's the same.
F. A. D
CO" Hon. Aichtbald Williams,
learned lawyer and prominent actor in
the Constitutional Convention, has given
. Iiis opinion that Gov French has the
power, and that it is his duty, under the
circumstances, to &ppoim a U. b. Sena
tor for Illinois in place ol Gen. Shields;
and that the expense ol an extra session
ot the General Assembly is entirely use
less. The Illinois "journals consider
this evidence conclusive,
and urge Go-
vernor F. to take action.
A clergyman had two daughters, who
were much too fond ot dress, which
was a great grief to him. He had often
reproved them in vain, and, preaching
one fcabbaih-day on the sin ol piide, he
took occasion to notice, among other
things, pride, m dress; Aner speaking
some considerable lime on this subject,
he, suddenly Hopped short, ana sad,
with much teeting and expression, "Bui been known to pocket open insui's with
you will ta ,"look at home. Aly go..d I out so much as showing sign of restni-
triends, 1 look at home till my heart
aches." -
OLD HORSE EARS' FIGHT
WITH MR. ANTHONY.
A Scene in the Arkansas Legislature,
The session of its Legislature, which
sat m 1636, was the rrosi important in
the unnals ot Arkansas. Ii was shortly
after the organization of the goveri mt nt,
and things were in a state ot half chaotic
transition. The "loaves and fishes"
office had not been divided, and clamo
reus roorioioh was knocking at the
Joorol the 'public crib," but had not
vet been admitted Intense was the
ury of parties within the House, and
as boundless the excitement in the com
munity without. The members, with
lew exceptions, went to their places
armed to the teeth ; and besides the
weapons worn in their bosoms or pro
truding from their pockets, each kept
a good supply of revolving pistols in the
desk before him. There were muni
tions of war enough in 'he hall to have
answered the purposes ot a small army.
Everv evening after an adjournment,
there was a general firing off and re
loading, n order to have " their tools11
in prime condition for ihe morrow. I
was frequently startled lrom sleep at
the hour of midnight by the roar of in
cessant explosions, heaid at different
points in the cty. Many legislators
also during the day would he out practi
sing he noble art of learning to cut a
lane string at ten paces, or to drive the
centre of a silver quarter at 12. They
chose for their pistol gallery a little
grove of pine trees, immediately on the
south bank of the Arkansas river, and
not more than filty steps from the state
house, where every report was tearful
ly audible, and admonished certain in
dependent membeis as to the doom they
might expect, provided their votes
should chance to iflend the "honorable"
duelists.
The writer can never recal to mmd,
without sbuddeiing horror, the pioceed-
mgs of that iniamous session. W hen-
ever its terrible scenes rise up, like
gloomy ghosts betore the eye of memo
ry, 1 feel as if I had been the invoiunta
ry familiar of some demon convention.
M u rat eaid, durir.g he rt gn ot terror in
r tance, " I he guillotine governs, li
lboo, the )t i mer-pistol acd I'OWie
knile governed Arkansas. Power resi-
deo solely in gunpowder. Popularity
hovered on the points ot naked blades.
Anongtl e most agitating measures
which called into exercise the wisdom
of "the consenpt lathers," was the in
stitution oi the Heal Estate Bai k. lis
establishment was strongly and steadily,
but ineffectually opposed by a slender
minority. All the wealthiest men in the
state, all the leading legislators, took
shares in its capital block ; and John
W ilson, the speaker ot the lower house,
was elected president. As this person
was one of the chief heioes in the trage
dy snon to be i elated, a short descrip
tion oi his appearance unu character be
comes necessary.
Every public man in the backwoods
has a soubriquet, bestowed on account
ol some personal peculiarity by le
whimsical bumor ot his constuuents
Speaker John Wiison was called "Horse
Ears tiom his possessing an acciden
tal property as singularly unique in the
natuial history cu the specits. hen
excited by violent passion, either love
or anger, his ears worked up arid down
fltxibly, like those of a horse. A man
ot ordinary looks, nothing in his coun
tenance or leaiures denoted the desper
ado save a strange, wnd twinkling ex
pression of his diminutive gray eyes,
alwavs in motion, with cola keen glan
ces, as it watching for some secret ene-
mv. He bad fought hall a dozen duels
with uniform success, and hud been en
gaged in several off hand sffrays, in
none of whio he received even the
honor ol a scar. Hence, as may well
be supposed, his prowess inspired al
most universal fear ; and few dead shots
could be found in Arkansas woo would
choose to aek a quarrel with "Old
Horse Ears." As to the rest, t.e was
the owner of a large cotton lurm rich
and influential ; honest, liberal and
courteous in his manners-, and exceed
ingly amiable in all his domestic rela
tions. His family loved, his slaves a
dored him. Such are often the incon
sistencies of human nature.
During the session of which we have
previously spoken, there was a member
of the lower house by the name of Abel
I Anthony, in no way remarkable except
0r his opposition to the banks, and his
ly , quiet wit,addicted to practical jokes.
In the parlance ol frontier techuics, he
belonged to the class of" peaceable
men," having never, n all his life, had
a JirhcuUy wnh any mortal being. He
I was even viewed as a coward, having
mem.
1 Oue dav. the bill to provide for the
more effectual rewarding of woif-killer?,
denominated, in short, "ihe wolf scalp
bill, came up for discussion. This
had been a standing "reform measure"
from the earliest settlement 1 Arkansas,
and will probably continue to be, so
long aj the Ozark mountains shall rear
iheir bieck, bristling crests in the west
ern division ol ihe state, or the swamps
of the Mississippi shall occupy so large
an area in the east. Accordingly,
whenever the wolf scalp bill is taken up,
a tiemendous debate ensues. The con
test is no: then between the ins and outs
of political power. Whigs and demo
crats alike overleap their iron lines of
party arrangement, and enter into a
general melee of chance-medley. It is
a battle of every member against every
other, the object being to decide who oi
all shall move the most annihilating
statutes against their common foes, the
wolves, since that is the great pivot
question, on which hinges the popularity
of each and all.
The present case was the more arous
ing, as there had happened lately a lu
dicrous instance in fraud of the previous
law. It seems that some cunning Yan
kee, fresh from the land that grows
"wooden nutmegs," had conceived the
notable plan of raising wolves of his
own, so that by slaying a hairy whelp
at any time, and taking its ears to a
magistrate, he could obtain a certificate
of "wolf-scalp," entitling him to twenty
nve dollars out oi the county treasury.
It was said that this enterprising genius
had already a number in his Dens at
fine looking breeders, and expressed
sanguine hopes of soon making bis for
tune. Numerous were the provisions
urged by members to prevent such scan
dnlnus and evasive practices in future.
among other, too tedious to mention,
Brown C. Roberts, of Marion, (himself
a caricature of the wolf, only far more
ugty. J moved, "lhat each certificate of
a veritable wolf-scalp should be based
on no less than four affidavits, and be
signed by twelve justices of the peace,
uie judges of the county and district
courts, and finally countersigned by the
Abel Anthony moved to amend, bv
aodii g, "And by the President ot the
Real Estate Bank "
This was intended by the mover a.
merely a jest, and accordingly it pro
voked a considerable laugh, extending
nearly over the whole house. But very
different was the effect on Mr. Speaker
iIeoii, President of the Real Estate
Back. He saw fit to interpret it as the
deadliest insult.
I glanced my eye towards the honor
able chair, expecting to catch a playlul
smile ; bui the moment I beheld his
countenance, I was horrified at its sav
age expression. His face was of ashy
paleness ; and there, on his thin white
hps, as it in demoniac mockery, sat that
grim, writhing smile, which merely
moves the curled lips, spreading no
further nor affecting any other feature ;
and which is so peculiar to most desper
adoes when about to undertake some
terrible deed of death. There was,
however, a brief space for speculation
on the meta physic ot physiognomy
lor hardly nad the offensive words cf t
Anthony's mouth betore Wilson sprang
to his teet, and in a rtde, imperious
tone, ordered the other to sit down.
Anthony manifesting no sign of eith
er surprise or iear, meekly replied that
he was entitled to the floor.
"Sit down !" W iUon repeated, and
this time in a shout like thunder.
'1 am entitled to the floor, and will
not resign it," said Anthony, apparently
without auger, but glancing back a look
ot calm, immoveable resolution.
Speaker Wilson then left his chair,
never more to resume it, drew his bow
te ktnie. descended the steps of the plat
form, and slowly and deliberately ad
vanced through the hall some forty feet
in the direction ol his foe all the while
thai ghaeily smile coiling up his pallid
lips, like two twin snakes, and his ears
moving up and down, and backwurds
and forwards, with the appalling vihra
lions, which had won lor him the appei
latiuiis of "Horse Ears."
As Amnony was commonly consid
ered a coward, when the spectators be-
heid tho celebrated duelist advancing
upuii him, wnh uplifted knile glancing
nigtt iti the air, as leady lor the dread
ful Uiow, alt present suppose that the re
puitc' craven would flee in terror from
the place. No one believed that he
was armed, or that he would fight under
any circnmstances, or with any advan
tage of position or weapons. But in this
opinion every body was mistaken, and
no one moie than his iuiuriaied ad
versary. While that ferocious man
wns coming towards him, he svood cairn
and motionltAS , a stone statue, liis
color d d not change bis limbs did not
tremble. The attitude ol the man was
that of passionless repose. His only
evidene of unusual emotion was a co
pious pfflux of tears. At the sight ol
of this we all shuddered, tor we
knew ihe weeper would conquer t per
ish. In the backwoods'there are two
unmistakable tokens of thorough des
peration frozen smiles and hot gushing-tears;
and tears may always I re
garded as far the most dangerous. Such
a conclusion wa ver fied fully in the
present instance ; for as soon as the
Speaker approached within ten feet of
his weeping enemy, the latter suddenly
drew a bowie knife from behind his vest,
and siepptd boldly forward to the fell
encounter. And then comme-iced "a
deadly struggle the most obstinate
bloody nd frightful ever witnessed in
the southwest.
Wilson's knife was long, keen, and
so highly polished thai you might see
yourself in tiie re fieri ion ot its smooth,
bright surtate, an in the moi j.erlect
looking gi'tss, the image being an tx
tremely ptnall miniature, so symmetri
cal was the rounding ot its fine glittering
steel. On each side of the flashing
blade was a picture, ihe tac fr.m.ie of ihe
oiier, wrought in exquisite gold ena
mel, of two Indians, in their wild native
costume, engaged in u-ortal combat with
bowie knives.
Tho weapon of Anthony wns of the
larger size of ihe class called "Arkan
sas tooth -pick," the most muiderous
instrument of destruction before which
a human eye ever quailed. On the
Side ot its broad gleaming blade was the
picture of a fight between a hunter and
a brown bear. The bear appeared to
be squeezing the man to dea;h in his
iron hug, while he wan fiercely digging
out the shaggy monster's heart with ihe
point of his knife. On the other side
of the biade might be seen ihe picture
ol a rattle snake in coil, its head erect,
its jaws open, and its fiery red tongue
brandished, as if about to strike.
Such devices are common on the
arms of the most notoiious desperadoes
on the frontier, and are ihe objects ol
as intense a pride tnd vanity to their
owners us were the insignia oi the most
exalted chivalry to ihe Knights of the
heroic aes. And ihu do we always
discover ihe idea seeking to rej.uVr u
sell incarnate in ihe tiiutcnal torin.
Desuuctiveness must have its images as
tvell as devotion.
V ilson made the first pass a deter
mined thrust aimed at the pit o! his an
tagonist's stomach, which the other dtX
terously parr ed. For a tune both par
ties lougtn with adrnnabie coolness, and
with such consummate skill thai only
slight wounds were inflicted, and those
only on the head and face, whei.ee blood
began to trickle freely. And suit
ominous the awful vision while the
contest raged, the opposite and charac
teristic signs of utter desperation re
mained fixed in either countenance.
The cold smile now converted nio a
fiendish gun ol immeasuiabie mm ice,
still litigtied on U iisonN livid lips;
aud the tears stni flowed, mingling now
with warm blood iron. Anthony ' b aZ'iig
eyes! 'Ihe clatter ol iht ktrves, thrus
ting and lending oil and sharply ringing
against each other, was hideous toheai,
and alone broke the appalling silence
that reigned throughout ihe hail.
At length, both loes, erwaged at the
prolonged obstinacy of the struggle, and
blinded by ihe blood lrom the led gash
es about their brows, lost all caution
and equammitv, aud fought madlv.
wuaiy, more UKe devils than men.
Each one more intent on taking the
lite of his enemy than in regarding his
own, exerted every nerve and muscle
with a perlect fury that strut k the. be
holders wnh iear. Both were soon se
Vereiy wm.nded hi dilleiei.i parts ot ihe
bo (y; but still there ctme no pause un
uli Anthony striking a heavy uvetoan
ded blow, cut his adversary's arm half
off at tlx; wrist. H ilson changed his
bowie-kuite into his left hand, and for
an instant ran several steps backwaids,
as n to decline any lui thei contest. 11
then paused, and smiling mote frightful
ly than ever, again rushed forwards
Precisely al this ciibi, Anthony com
muted the toiiy ol throwing the kuite a
the other's bosom, w Inch nnssuig its aim
teii with a loud ru ging noise on the
floor, some thirty feet disiaut. The er
ror decided the tremendous combat.
Anthony uow wholly disarmed at the
ii.eicy ol the tiger-man, who neve
knew the intaumt ot the w oru. W ilson
daritd upon htui with a cry ot a4ige
and hellish joy there, wuero ne stood
motionless as a rock, impotent to fight
and yet two brave to fly. Oue herce
inrui ripped open his victim's bowels
who caught them as tney ere tailing
with his nanus. Another stroke oirec- ,eniper- he d,d not lake it from me.'
ted at the neek severed its mam artery,! .U nv, n-,. fy dear wife, 1 don't per
and the blood spouted out in u cr rnsou ct,v; iUat you nave fo.-i auy V was ih
fountain, uh a gwfciiug nuibe, btaiumg j afftciioiiate reply of the husband.
live robes and faces of some members
who sat nearest the horrible scene.
I he last act of tho tragedy then closed,
as the dark curtain of death dropped on
the dreadful stage. Anthony, without a
single groan or sigh, tell iu his place a
corpse, and Wilson, tsim from toss of
biood, sank down beside him.
Up to this moment, although sixty
legislators w ere in their seats, aid more
than one hundred lookers on in the lob
by, and bevies of bright eyed ladies in
the galleries, still no one, save those ra
ging n admen, had moved; no sound
had d is turned the whisperiess silence,
save the clangor of their crossing and
roncusatve steel. But then, n Abel
Anthony tumbled un theifn- floor heav
ily, like lifeless lead, a wild, wailing
heart-rending shriek broke from the
gallery on the right, where sat the be
loved maiden ot his bosom, who had
hoped shortly to be his bride. And
then, as Wilson also fell, nnoiher har
rowing scream accompanied bv the
wort's, 'Oh' lather!' issued from the gal
lery on the lelt, where a beautilui littlo
daughter had been a spectator ot the
murderous affray.
W ilson recovered, and is yet alive ;
and his mutilated hand, and the nume
rous and deep scars on his head and
face, attest to ail who meet him the des
peration of his character. He was ex
pelled the house, bailed by a merciful
judge, brought to trial and acquitted.
There was never yet a jury in the south
west that would convict a person ttr
slaying another in fair combat 1 He
then ( hanged his political venue to T ex
as, and flourish's well beneath the im
mortal green of her live oak and the
stainless azure ot tier lustrious skies.
1 saw the despair do about one year
ago, and heard him speak of the tragic
tlair. lie said that against Anthony,
as an individual, he had never, previous
to the moment ol the fight, harboied
he slightest feeling of ill will or malice:
that when the provocation passed, he
was suddenly seized with an unaccoun
ubie tii ol pusbioii that so far bereft
ioj oi reason as to render him uncon
scious oi his actions, unu. the knives
began to clash ngainsi each oihtr, when
ot course it was to late to think ol re
irtaiMiii.
Sutn is the effect of a long indulgence
in oeeu of violence. 1 ne soui he
i. Moil ii.ault as soii.t detonating clitmi-
ai mixture, always ied to buist forth
loruiti on ilie, neoitsi tout li oi friction.
"La, why, dear me!" said Mrs Par
ingion, as she visited ihe Greek Si .ve
for ihe first tin e; -S thai ihe grev
sif.ve they talk so much about? ti i:Vt
negro by any means, and 1 thought
all slaves were black. Poor creator
how exposed 6he is, without a rag to
kiver her limbs or to hinder the muskee
urs from biting them, borne folks ob
ject to see a naked figure in a state of
uodiiy, but for b statute I don't see any
naim in it. Now if u were a real young
ady that stood there, that would be
quite another ihing ; don't y ou th-nk so,
deucon Smnh?" But the deacon said
riot a word ; his pure mind, at the first
glance, hd witt.oiawn useil into the in
ner temple, and, oblivious to the world
and its enure contents, me deacon stood,
a "suturt" of another gender, with his
eyes covered w tin his huno. his tineu
widespread; and Mrs. P. spoke thrice
before she got a: auwer.
The icay to mule a Doctor. A
doctor m Ohio writes to his lather thus:
"Dear daddy 1 conduced I'd cum
down and git grinded into a doctor. I
hardly don' think 1 was in more than 8
ours alore out 1 cum as shek a one us
ever was seen :
I jail Columbia, happy Jand,
If 1 ain't a doctor, I'll be hanged
1 pukes, 1 purges, an' 1 swets 'em,
Ihen it i hey ci, wi ihen 1 lets 'em.
1 gets plente ol custuji, beeause they
say s ihey cze ehsy. W hen you write,
dou t ti rntt to nut doctor alore
my
name."
A stranger having enterrd the apart
ment where the Empeior Napoleou was
shaving himseh, when in a little town
in Italy, he said :
1 want 10 see your great emperor
what are you lohim?'
The Emperor replied, 1 shave him.
A yeung lady .justified herself for kis
sing her inttndtd, by quoin g tne pas
sage, Whatsoever ye would thai men
siiou d do lo you, do you eveu so unto
them.
.j iont know Hbefe lhat , hia