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!' "'! Si v, t is 4 MESMERISM. V. copy ths fctlowin, tatersMing cut torn the Jeuthera Medinal Journal, pobl-Wi b, th. Faulty ef the Medical Oellefe at Augusta. The writer and operator waa Dr Dooaii and the ess eartaiuijr afforda matter of dep iotrst to all the friaadi of hu manity, and will especially intsrast the wb bar as yet obtained ths docinio of their judgmsnt la favor f this eceult and potaat, though oft doubted fwwjrt " On the-SJ of January. 1845. Mrs. Clark, .if. of Mr Lisa Clark, of Columbia county, GsjorriO earns to tbi cit for the, purpose of fettinf mo to remove a cnirrou mraw tight mamma, which bad been gradually increas ing for the hut three year, and which had now attained tb else of a turkey'a egg. The tumor had never caused any pain of consequence, waa not adherent to the skin ; nor did it implicate any " of the auxiliary gland. Mra. C ia about 46 years of ape, haa never borne a child, and her health, though by no means robust, waa pretty good, and had not been impaired by the evolution of the tumor. The operation having been determined upon for J he following day, Mra. C. remarked to me that alia bad been advieed by Mr. Kenrick, to be mesmerized, but as ahe knew nothing about it, she would like to have my advice, and would abide by it; to which I replied that there were everal well authenticated cases on record, in which surgical operations had been performed, " umfeFmesineTTc "influence, without the conscious, j tiees or the patient ; that I would be happy to teat j the eubject in her case, and that I would en deavor to mesmerize her, instead of operating aa had been proposed, on the day following. On the 4th of January, at 11 o'clock, A. M I called on Mr. C, and waa informed that on the preceding evening ahe had been put to aleep by Mr. B. F. Kenrick (at whose house ahe resided.) I then mesmerised her myself, and induced sleep in about fifteen minutes. Finding my patient sus. ceptible to the mesmeric influence, and reflecting that it would not be convenient for the same person to maintain this influence and to perforin a surgical operation at the same time, I requested Mr. Kenrick to mesmeriae M'. C. morning and evening, at stated hours, until insensibility could be induced. This was regularly done, with gradually in creasing effect, when, on the evening of the 8:h January, sleep was induced in five minutes, and the prick of a pin was attended with no manifes tation of pain. The sittings were continued, and ths patient's insensibility daily tested by myself and othsra in various ways. On the 9th of January, I invited Professor Ford to be present, and after pricking and pinch ing strongly the patient, without evidence of pain. the mesmeriser was requested to leave the room ; when we exposed the breast, handled it roughly in examining the tumor and re-adjusted the dress, without the consciousness of the patient We then held to her nostrils a vial of strong spirits of Hartshorn, which she breathed freely for a minute or two, Without the least indication of sensation ; unless the fact that she swallowed once, be re garded as such, instead of a mere reflex action. On the 11th of January, in presence of Profeasors Ford and Means, in addition to the usual teats, 1 made with my pocket kmfo an incision about two inches in length and half an inch in depth, into the patient's leg, without indication of sensation. Fully satisfied now of ourjwwer to induce total inaensibiliiy, I determined to operate on her the next day at noon; but carefully concealed any such design from the patient and her friends, who did not expect its performance until several days later. On the 12th of January, at twenty minutes past 21, a. at, Mrs C. was put to sleep in forty-five seconds, without touch or pass of any kind ; the facility with which the mesmeric influence was produced having gradually increased at each sitting. At 12 o'clock, m., in presence of Pro fessors Ford, Means, Garvin and Newton and Dr. Halaee, the patient being in- a profound aleep, I prepared her dress for the operation, and reques ted my professional brethren to note her pulse, respiration, complexion, countenance, c, before, during and after the amputation, in order to detect any evidence of pain or modification of the func tions. As Mr. Kenrick had never witnessed a surgical operation, hs feared he might lose his sslf-possesaion' and requested to be blind-folded, which was done. He now seated himself on the couch near the patient, and held her band in his during the operation. This was accomplished by two elliptical incisions, about eight inches in length, comprehending between them the nipple and considerable portion of the skin, after which the integuments were dissected up in the usual manner, and the entire mamma removed. It weighed sixteen ounces. The wound was then left -open about three-quarters of an hour, in order to seen re the bleeding vessels, six of which were ligatsd. The ordinary dressing waa applied, and all th appearances of blood carefully removed, so that they might not be seen by the patient, when roused. The amount of hemorrhage was rather more than is naual in auch cases. During the operation, the patient gave no in dication, whatever of sensibility, nor were any of the functions observed by those preaent.modified in the least degree. She remained in the same sound and quiet aleep as before 'the use of the keifs- Subsequently the pectoral muscle, which had been laid bare, was twice or thrice eeen to contract when touched with the sponge in re moving the blood. About fifteen minutes aftsr the operation, a tremulous action was perceived in the lower jaw, which waa instantaneously ar- reeled by the application of the mesmeriser's hand, to the patieut'a head. This phenomenon recurred in about ten minutes after, and was again in the same manner quieted. Professor Ford, who counted the pulse and respiration, states that before any preparation waa made for the opera tion, the poise waa 96, and ths respiration 16 per mioutet that after moving the patient to arrange her dress for the operation, and just befure this was eoaimeflced, the pulse wss 08; and the respiration 17 ; that immediately after the detach ment of the breast the pulse was 96 respiration not counted : and that after the final adjustment of th bandage and dress, which required the patient to be raised and moved about, the pulse waa 08, and the respiration 16. All present coa - ewr tnetatHig that neitherth nlacid counts nance of the patienVnor th peculiar natural Muaa of tt eneeks, experienced any change) whatever Juiing Jb wbul process; that ahe cofltlnaed in th same profound and quiet sleep, to which she K before neted, and that had the not been was of what wee being done, they would not tare) suspeclsx) it from aey indications furnished j the patient's condition. Tbe patient having Veen permitted to aleep on tbo4 half in hour aftes the Coal trrapgement of' .her dress, the mesmeriser made passes wt jn st of l h. open (ion in order to Iwm its wnatbili. tv,.od aroused her in w. usu.l m.nner. whan she adfcared in cheerful conversation with Mr. Ken drink and myself, as though she had no suspicion of what bad taken place. I then introduced to her the gentlemen, who had placed themselves so as not to be seen by her en awakening, ana observed that I had invited them to come in du ring her sleep, in order that we might fully test bsr insensibility, preparatory to the operation After a few minutes of conversation, I asked her when she would like to have the operation per formed ! To which she replied, the sooner the better, as she was anxious to get .home. I ad ded, " Do you really think that I could remove your breast when asleep without your knowl edge !' Anawerw-M Why, Doctor, the factie, that from the varioua experiments I am told you have made on me, I really do not know what to think of it." " Well, Madam, suppose I were to perform the operation one of theae days, end to inform you of it when you would awake, would you believe me, and could you control your feel ings, on finding that it had been done!" An swer 1 could not suppose that you would de ceive me, and of course I would be very glad, but would try not to give way tt my feelings." Have you perceived since your arrival hero, or do you now perceive any chango in the ordinary sensations of the affected breast 1" " No air, it feels about aa it has dune for some time back." About a quarter of an hour having elapsed since she awoke, I then told her that aa we found her in a proper state for the operation, 1 had per formed it, and that th breast was now removed She expressed her incredulity eaid I was cer tainly jesting, aa it waa impossible that it could have been done without her knowing it at the time, or feeling anything of it now. " She became convinced only on carrying her hand to the part and finding that the breast was no longer there. She remained apparently unmoved for a few mo ments, when her friends, approaching to congrat ulate her, her face became flushed, and she wept unaffectedly for some time. The wound healed by the first intention. In laying the above narrative before the pro- feaaion, it is due to the cause of truth to state, that it has been submitted to all the physicians present at the operation, and that I am authorised by them to Bay it accords in every particular with their own observations so far ns they were present, I should also add that, having no other object In view than the establishment of the fact that a surgical operation may be performed under uch circumstance without the consciousness of the patient, I have designedly avoided aoy men tion of the various and interesting mesmeric phenomena manifested prior and subsequently to the operation. These have been carefully and judiciously recorded by Mr. Kenrick, whose well directed zeal has enabled him to collect a body of highly important facts from a field unfortunate ly explored too exclusively by ignorance and charlatanism. " THE BABES IN THE WOOD" Harrisbvrg, (Pa.) April 11. A touching incident,occurred among the ineun. tains in the upper end of this county last week while the fire was rasing in that vicinity. A Mrs. Lupoid has been somewhat deranged occasionally for some time past, but was not considered much out of the wiy until one day last week, in absence of her husband, she left her infant in the cradle, and, taking with her two ether children, one about five years of age, the other only three, fled to the mountain, and nothing could be discovered of them until Saturday last, when she was found al most famished and nearly naked; but the children wero misHinir. I he neighborhood soon turned out to scour the mountains in search of them, but n vain until Monday last, when some men pro videntially happened to come upon them in one of the wildest regions of that wild country, where no one would have dreamed of looking for them. They had been out four days and four nights cold nights, too barr.footed and half-nuked other wise, their clothe being nearly torn off them by the underbrush, and their little legs blackened by the ashes of the conflagration through which -they had wandered, and their flesh a good deal, lacerated. They had cried themselves sick, and one of them had taken off it dress to make a bed of; and there they lay, at the root of a tree, locked in each other's arm, unable to speak, having P9ten nothing, it is supposed, since they left home. The poor little sufferers were taken to the nearest house and comfortably provided for, and are said to be doing well. They were found ten mile distant from tlte place at which their mother wa first discovered, and that they did not perish is altogether providential and almost miraculous. A Soldier 's Testimony. " Sir," said an old soldier to the Secretary of the London Peace so ciety at the close of one of his lectures on peace, H Sir; what you have related, I' have seen, and much more. I was on the field of Waterloo ; and there 1 saw on a plat of ground not much larger than a gentleman's garden, $ii Qiousand of my tellow-nieii with mangled limb, dead or dy. ing." Could we see t he operation of war with our own eye, a we do the effect of intemperance, what talea of atrocity, anguish and horror might we tell. 1 But theee the friends of peace know not by their own experience and observation ; and those who do, are reluctant to disclose theln. A La tic i Organ The organ for Trinity Church, New York, which is being built in that rity by Mr. Erban,will be the largest in this coun try. The following ie a description of it : The organ case will be 52 feet high, 17 wide, and 32 deep. The largest wooden diapason pipe will be of such dimensions, that the interior will measure upwarda of "250 cubic feet. The largest metal diapason, in th centre or the front of the organ, will be o teet In circumference and i m length. There are to be four separate organs, known by th names nf the Great Organ, Swell Organ, Choir Organ, and Pedal Organ ; 43 draw stops, 11 of which will be diapasons, on 52 feet long, and 4 of 16 feet in length, beside to reed etops of 16 feet Whole number of pioee 2 169. Entire weight of the organ estimated altogether ai w tone. Bkax TOua own Tumbler. A good tnec ooie ie extant, wnicn, having never appeared in print before, we give it. An old farmer from Rutherford visited thie city, and among? other thing desired to purchase some tumbler. Af. ter look ing through one of our glassware establish ments, and finding none te suit him, he was a. hout t depart, when the merchant picked up a very thick glass, and threw it op to the ceiling. Ae food leek would have ft the glass did not break when it fell.. Thi pleased the farmer and be Might dose of the tumblers, and carried thm boot. On of bis neighbors called to see bins on hie return,' and he waa loud to praise of hi tumblers yo cant break then sir, (said he) threw one ep and try." The neighbor threw one op; down it earn te the floor and broke all to piece. Set hen ttr, (said the farmerj y J iii" Tennessee Paper. ?WmNear Saturday CswtU.J HE LA W PROFESSION. We arc astonished at the daily paragraphs that meet our eye of the numbers of young men late ly admitted to practice law in the difierent State of the Union Probably no vocation yields a poorer return, or is so much ovrtockd, Tv be a good lawver reauire not only brilliant talent, great tact and prutounu Knowioutrv, m a capaci ty fpr mental application auch a few man have a taste for and lew constitution can suuure. . n LordEldon remarked man must work lib a dray-horse and be paid like pauper- Nor , is success at th bar sure, vn with sll the requi sitss we have'mentioned. Chanoe often elevates the hard student to fume, but ae often retains him in obscurity, Of the bar of Philadelphia, for ti s ai c, we can speak from an intimate knowl edge : and we eould point to more than one lawver. with a head already beeinninff to grow grey, who, with every qualification to adorn its (ugliest walks, baa been unable to strugg e up, merely because be haa never yet had cm;, or a succession of cases of the right character to develop bia abilities. The fact is, there ard f ve times as many lawyers aa there should be, b n Here and elsewhere ; and, in consequence, iour fifths of the profession must starve. The evil is increased by the tendency ot client to eea an attorney acknowledged reputation.thu proven , ting the man of a yet uuknowo fame from obtain ing a start. It is true, ome mnu-tiearien menu j may entrust a case to the aspiring young advo cate : but it is rarely such a one is calculated to.: make .an impression, and years may psss before even this opportunity occurs to a youth without in l.ionce. We know two men who navo imu ditftini;uilied success in the last ten year,, but they oe their position to an acquaintance with foreign tongues and the foreign clientsihis brought them. The greatest lawyers, boibof this and the past generation, were years before they made enough to aupport themselves ; and few men, whatever their abilities, can nopu to psyineir ex pense until after many a long term of suspense and heart-burning. The business of the courts every where during the last few years, has declined one-half, in con sequence of the bankrupt act, and other laws cancelling the claims of creditors. 1 here is re ally more done at conveyancing, both here and elsewhere, than at the more legitimate business of the law. V'ct the number of lawyer has in creased two-fold in the last ten yeari, so that ac tually the chances of success nrp scarcely one lourth of what they were in 1835 But all the present, leading attorney had made their reputa tions at that period. What chance then has a young man now in the profession ? Ten to one he will not pay his office rent the first year ; fif ty to one he will not make hid expenses ; a hun dred to one he will never rise to opulence or fame. Amid such fierce competition there are scores of chances even against a man of ability and acquirements, unless he is backed by an in fluential family, or meets with some lucky case which at once lifts him into notice. We could point to young men of ten years standing at the bar, well readand of strong intellects, who do not make as much a a Market-street clerk. We could point toothers who started "life under the same auspices, but who now are irrevocably doomed to the lowest walks of the profession. because they took to pettifogging lo keep them selves from starving. We do not mean to say that a man without in fluence, must fail at the bar, or that another with it, must succeed. Par from it. Rut if a young lawyer has a moderate income, sufficient for the superfluities of lite, he is in the best possible con dition for success ; for, while he can afford to wait until he can build up a right kind of a rep utation, he is yet thrown upon hi exertions to achieve both position and fortune. On the con trary, many a young man of ability, industry and acquirement, is actually driven from the profes sion, because he cannot anora to wait long e- nough to build up a new name. Parents who are seeking a pursuit for their son, and young men who sre ambitious of success in life, should taks these things into consideration. The fame acquired by aoroe of our great lawyers is, we grant, a fascinating thing in the eyes of young ambition ; but it should be recollected there ie but one Webster and ten thouaand blanks. In no other pursuit are so many difficulties to be overcome ; or in no other is the amount oi latent and labor required so great. Many a youlli who might have succeeded a a mechanic, merchant or farmer, ha dragged through life a broken-hearted lawyer, or sunk at the outset after a struggle or two into a knavish. pettifogger. hat ia The reason for this A falsenotien that ilia law is a more honorable pursuit than trade a notion derived from England and foster ed there, because the profession had long been the dernier resort of the younger aristocracy. But in this country, we should learn to know, and act up to the knowledge, that all pursuits which are honest, are alike honorable. THE LOCUST, Messrs. Gales & Seaton : The seventeen year locust will appear thi year in the northern part of South Carolina and a part of North Car olina, bordering upon that State say in Spartan burg district, South Carolina, and Rutherford county, North Carolina. The district of country in which they will appear ia probably very large, embracing several counties in each State. T,he object of this note is to request the newspapers, in that part of the country to notice their appear ance and tho extent of country occupied bvthem Jnd send me a copy of their papers containing ucn notices. .. An posimaaier win aiso oguge me much by giving me such information. It is most likely that other portions of our extended country may be visited by the locusts this year. I wish to make my hiatory of this insect a per fect as possible, and have no other means of ob taining the information required than those now resorted to. I have already twenty-tic distinct districts, all separate, and have proof that in each they appear every seventeenth year. Ail other particular of their natural history have been completed. ( Editor friendly, to the developement of this most curious portion of natural hiatory will oblige me by copying this article. Respectfully, GIDEON B. SMITH, M. D. Baltimore, Maryland. Thi Silent ow- On Sunday last, aa ws learn from ihe New York Observer, a young gen tleman, formerly a pupil and subsequently a teacher in the New York Institution for th Deaf and Dumb, was received into church fellowship with the Third Presbyterian church at Newark, N. J. . Tb pastor of th church, th Rev. Dr. Brinsmade, interpreted, he being familiar with the langcutage of sign. The interesting candidate tAfilt Li nlaM in tW timail ti-la in .ntnn nw witk others, and when thev had answered th uausiift.kf M ?d thf m and a better pair form, th pastor presetted the confession of fahhJ'V tr",OTr 'jdiggin's. Yon wouldn't which thia deaf mute had previoualv examined. and by sign lb candidate declared hi adoption of it and mad public confession of hia desire to serve Gud. The scene is described as peculiarly solemn nd affecting. An Alligator a killed pear Celumbia a lew days since measuring between eleven and twelve feet in length, sajdi to b th largest ever killed to South Carolina. North Carotins caa beat that. On wan killed to th Caps) Fear river below Wilmington twelve or Bfteen years ago, which ineasured bwirI of fourteen ft ia tongth-. From the etomarh of the creature there wae ta ken a lightwood knot more than a foi long and two er three inches m diameter. We" aW the animal hereVfinWngton Chrpntck. ' ; MILLERISM IN MAINE. Thar are a few leadsr smong th Miller iles in this vicinity who dvo(t themselves, to tbt causs by going' about from place t placet pro claiming th abolutertainty, according-to the word of God, of the destruction of the world on a particular day withiB th circle of short period. The resort to th most extravagant mean pro- docing sxcitement, and strongly sdvis all who wish to meet the Lord in peac to refrain from all labor, and give themselves up to the work of pre. paration. At their meeting they undertake to obey literally th command of the Bible, and lo imitat as near as possible many of the act of the Saviour while on earth, and of other men tioned in the word of God. ' One exercise Is for some of them to get on their hands and knees on the floor, whileotherss it astride their backs. Washing each other's feet, kissing and embracing each other, are other forma. ( Thej have an exercise called "holy rolling,' and another "slain of the Lord," when they fall upon the floor apparently helpless. In this state some of them give warnings, and relate visions, and recite doggerel rhyme. They have a method of ex pressing joy by shouting and swinging of the arms, and clapping of hand. There i the holy dance practieed, and the holy laugh. Frequent baptisms are observed some at midnight and some person al. The latter has been recently performed by certain worthy and highly accomplished young women, by jumping and rolling in pool of water by the road aide. Little children have been seized and carried out into the night air and plunged into a neighboring brook. Various means are resorted to for the purpose of making sacrifices. One woman took her cliina tea-aet and broke it into mall piece. A a general thing they refrain from labor, and dispose of their property apparent ly .without a thought of its value or the labor and pains-taking it demanded to collect it. They consume their fences for fuei have no regard to regular hours of refreshment or rest And for all these things they think they have the command of God. One of their preacher reaaoned in our hearing thus : " There is the dancing ; we have the Bible for that." lie then read several pas sages from the third chapter of Ecclesiastes in proof. The first e ight verses of this chapter seem to be mainly relied upon for the sanction of most of their forms. It is evident enough that the leaders, in sup porting the theories of Mr. Miller in this part of the country, have run into strange vagaries, and have mistnken excitement for the aerioue impres sions awakened by a belief in theae theories. There are those who believe that the abandon ment of some of the social virtues has been oc casioned by the mistaken pursuit of excitement, and more than one' family has had occasion to mourn on account of this. We have endeavored to give a fair and im partial view of Millarism aa actually existing in this vicinity, and it seems to ua that the whole matter furnishes a full and complete justification for the recent legal action, and for the commit ment of some of those engaged to the retirement and sober pursuits of the House of Correction. Bangor Whig. Thk Late and the New Official Editor The National Intelligencer drawa a picture of the official Tyler editor that was, and Polk editor that is to be. It ia scarcely a "counterfeit pre sentment of two brothers" : .We may here speak as one speaks of freshly departed greatness, (through our tears,) of him who made them but too often flow before, with hia moving strain. J J hath passed a way ! He hath gone, they say. to set up a dry goods etore. Probably he will deal in pocket handkerchiefs ; for there is a great consumption of them wherever he goes. He will also trade, we presume, in crapes and other mourning goods, for alas 1 he was meek Pity'a tenderest child. Of these twe one departing, the other arriv ing we may well compare the powers, though opposite, yet strictly of tragic kin, Pity and Ter ror. The one was the greater master of the af fections ; the other more exci'ea fury and fear. The one piled up a higher ajrony of wo; the oth- er a grcaterecstacyof rage ur consternation. Itr ths one, there was a more lyric sweetness, a more elegiac lamentation; the other shakes the soul with a diihyrambic wildnesa. Both must have sat to Collins for picturea in hi Ode of the pas sions : " With eyss upraised, as Ons inspirsd,. Pale Melancholy sat retired, And'from hsr wild stqtisster'd Mat, In ntn by distancs made mors sweat, Pour'd through ths mellow horn her psnaive soul." Thia breathes, aa every one will see, of John. On tb other band, lo ! with a frown, Revenge impatient rose. H threw his blood-stained sword lo thunder down, And with a withering lack The war-deiioiinciag trumpet took. And blow a blast so loud and dread, . Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of wo. And sver and aeon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat. And though, t intervals between, Dejectsd Pity at his side Her soul-subduiug voice applied, Yt still he kept his wild uaalter'd misn, While each strain'd bait of sight saem'd bursting from his head." - In a word, the Enquirer is, all the while, like lady Macbeth, nMled, From the crown to th to lop-full Of direst eruehy." Office Seeking. A cleve'r correspondent of the Knickerbocker magazine write from Wash ington the following sketch of a Western fellow seeking an office from Mr. Polk : One fellow came here from Illinois, and waa introduced to a wag, who he wa fold had great influence at court, and who, although destitute of any such pretensions, kept up the deloeion for tb sake of the joke. The Sucker addressed the man of influence something in this wise: Now, stranger, look at them papers. Thm name i the fust in our town. There's Descon Stile ; there sin't piouser a man in all the county and then, there' John llogers, our shoe think them so! had walked over three hundred miles of Hoosier mud but they have though, and are sound yet Everybody in our town knows John Rogers jut you go out to Illinois and ask him about me ; you'll find out kow I stands Then you ask Jim Turner, our constable, what I did for tbe party; he'll tell juu I was a acreant at the polio. Now, I've eoate all the way from IUincis, and en Ibot too, moat of th way, to see if I can have justice. Tbey wanted ms I tak a town office t batneai must have Something that payrtotoltsmd such them charges, as tbey cati W 1 ha'ml got but eve dollars le.t, and I esint wait f just fet me on of them charges, witt ye t Tell the old man hew lis he'll d it. Fact is, be jniist : rve airnt the flk;-Vif I hainir - ... l A REMARKABLE PHENOMENON. From fte Charlestewa f,Vs.) Republican, April 9. v 'KANAWHA SALT WORKS. It has bjen known to the ouhlia fa years that nevcret nxtamsiv salt furnace in tb A-snawna sail region nave been operated exclu sively by era. The s?aa forem un th f . om a depth' of a thouaand er fifteen hundred feet ana then being collected in barrel, which serves a gasometer, ft is conveyed by a pip to the urnie, luruismng an in neat necessary to car ry on at th same time sll the processes of the manufacture of salt to it eomoleUoa in an ea tibhahmen! capable of making a hundred barrels in a day. and at night brilliantly , lighting up the ""' wre, miii savior inc expense ota steam ngine to pump up (he water, and ll the fuel and lights. 4at week, in deepening one of th wells of Mesar. Dickinson & Shrewsbury, the auger struck a stream of ra.at thadeDthofone thousand feet, that in quantity and force fir ur pae any tning oi Uie kind heretofore discover ed here, or perhaps in the world. The suger wis pressed up With such force as almost to o vercome the exertion of the workmen to hold it down while they could unscrew the detachmnms. Th "Way being cleared, tho gas having full play, sent column of water one hundred feet, (and, if tubed, would no doubt raise it to double that dunance,) occasionally discharging stone from the six of a musket ball, to tlui of hen's egg almost with the force of a grape.hot from a piece of ordnance. When we" were there on Thurs last, all hands were engaged in active efforts te get down a plug to check the force of the gas so aa to enable them to insert the tube. They have we learn, partially succeeded, and. in a few days, both the gas and water will be turned 10 a good account. Serious apprehensions were Very just, ly entertained of the destruction of the furnaces in the immediate neighborhood, a well a of the residence of Mr. Win, Tompkins, ahould thia im mense body of gaa take lire, which it is. thought might occur from a steamboat passing on the ri ver, o extensively wai it diffused in the atmos phere. A strong guard is kepi up night and day, lo prevent such a catastrophe. On Saturday, the third well from the one we are speaking of took fire, and, with the moat active exertions, waa not extinguished till considerable damage waa done to the works. That our readers may have aome idea of the extent of nature' laboratory or gas manufactory on the Kanawha, we will say that gas enough issues from this single well to light all the cities in the United States, and -wo think we might safely throw in London, Paris, St. Petersburg and a half-dozen other big cities of Europe. Some entertain fears that both the gas and the salt water will shortly fail ; but we incline to the opinion that the upper stratum, the out skirts, the suburbs only of the treasures of salt and gas, as well as. many a subleranean wonder, are just now being reached. JNo matter whose dominions down there may be encroached upon, whether those of Pluto or ."Eolus, our euterpris ing salt manufacturers are as determined to ex plore them, annex them, and revel in their pala. cea, a the Annexationists are by-and-by to revel in uie nail of the JUontezumas. NONSENSE. The Historical Society of New York has been for some time engaged in the discussion of the propriety of changing the name of thia Republic. The " United States or America," is not suffi ciently diatinctive and euphonious to satisfy the fastidious taste of these literary savans; so they must, forthwith, have it changed. They would " blot out all the hallowed association of the Revolution, by re-baptizing this glorious Union, Allegania !" This is, we admit, the age of hum bug, but when Americans will consent to relin quish their proud title, surely their national pride must have taken flight, and their patriotic recol lection have been obliterated from the tablet of their memory. Cheraw Gazette. The Rdting Passion Strong in- Water . A week or ten days ince, on the arrival of the steamer Smith at Albany, Georgia, a general rush was made by the merchants for the boat, to engage freight ; one, more daring than the rest, attempted to leap upon her deck before reaching the wharf; in this he failed, and waa soon sub merged, head and ears. While the aatonished crowd stood breathless with apprehension for his fate, his head rose high above the water, and he cried out, " I say,' captain, save room far my three hundred bales !" AvalachicoUi Gazette, 5th. The Scotch Thistle. The origin of this na tional badge i thus handed down by tradition : When the Dane invaded Scotland, it was deemed unwarlike to attack an enemy in the pitch darkness of night, instead of a pitched bat tle by day, but, on one occasion, the invaders re solved to avail themselves of this stratagem ; and in order to prevent their tramp from being heard, they marched barefooted. They had thus neared the Scottish force unobserved, when a Dane un. luckily stepped upon a superbly pricked thistle, and instinctively uttered a cry of pain, which dis covered the assailants to the Scots, who ran to their arma, and defeated the foe with great slaugh ter. The thistle was immediately adopted aa the insignia of Scotland.". Prompt Payment. The Georgia Insurance and Trust Company", whicti had a risk of 9000 on the Stock of Goods of Messrs J. H. & J. Mar line, consumed by fire in this town some weeks ago, did not wait for the expiration' of the con tract time of payment, but as -soon as the liabil ity waa fully ascertained, and the papers duly prepared, paid the full amount through their A- gent here, Messrs. Stark &. Pearce, , FayetleMte Ubserver. Sale of Gold Mines. IN pursuance of Degrees of the Court of Equity fr Burks Couniy, no Monday ih 1 2lh day of May next, at the Court Houo in the Town of Marion, ptuviiled Uie Spring Teim uf the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session for McDowell County, be held at that pIScs, and tf net, then at the Hou-e in which said Court has herHafore been opened and held near the residence of Col. 1. Lfn Carson, nf Hcwaol Gar dens, in said County of McDowell, the Clerk and Master will expose to public sale the following par cels or tracts of Land, to wit : 1st Tb traer known as the " Bryarurril'e Gold Mine," situate on the waters of South Moddy Creek, adjoining tb land of Mrs. Sarah Bryafi, Hirsro Tay lor and others. 3d. The tract comprising; the " Moure Mine" en same Creek a above, adjoining tbe Und of Col. Dy- sart, Mrs, Sarah Bryan,. Washington Dobsoa, and other. 3d. Ths tract containing tb " Hard Bargain Gobi Ml.." .;.. .A I V-. U I Dlu, and adioining the "NichoUV Gold Mine." ' A ad lb. Tbe tract commonly designated U Dyke' Place," lying at the head of lb wsfctrs on which ar found the principal iold Pepusites of Bracket-town. ' . v All th sbova Lind. to the eal oi which the - Mutton f Miner, en tb poblie generally . b heieb invited, ar situate in said County of McDewH, (formerly Burke) end- ereeattmsted te ne mgnry vai aaht toi th treat miaerat with, which they are (apposed U contain ha various vet of Or and de I paHiea of Uold- , f Tsssm of sate wiH be, h credit el sit atowths; boadt hearha iasra fees, the eat with sppreved eareMea, to be gr n lor the parehaae vney, and the full is culiost of liue te-abid the further ordersef this Coar. B. r. JUNES, v. SV B, . Xovpwtinr, It, C VMawh , 1843- ; S-Jw SHE Public Anniversary Xxami nation of th 8tud.su of th UnivoiSryT, NorO i Carolina," wUI he Md at Chapel Hill, kL' day, th. S6tft day of May ensuing, and be eontinl; from daytodayjj intil Thursday Us Sib day of jBgy being the fiist ThewsJay ia tbe month, which l menturnddsT i. appointed for the Annual Coin atincement of the College.' V JuiiU,0WmC Trate" r th Committer His EscV V. A. R.H- P.jfL-.Mr.. Hon. Dav, U 8wa-.n, LL D., W, Thomas S. Ashe, Jame. IredoII. v""'t'- Daniel M. Barriotrrr. - rgs W, JeflVey, JamMebane, Bartholomew F. Moore, Frederick Nash, Thomas Settle, William H. Washington. Nicholas L. Williams, John C. Wjlliams, Patrick H. Winston Thomaa D. Benoehaa William A. Blount, Thomas Bra nr. Jr. Charles Chalmers, ooerg f . Davidson, William Eaton, Jr. Burgess 8. Gaither, Solomon waves, . Frederick J.'Hill. All other member of"the Board may attend, will be considered members also of thi, Commitleei By-order.' p , t-a AKLES MANLY, Secretary. Raleigh, April 25, 1843. ' , 9n D" btar and Standard. '' " Standard Literature, HTIHB Works ef Lord Bacon, complete ja 3 en volumes. I'll Hisiorv of Modern Enron hv Dr. W. fin.. aell.snd a continuation to the present time, by Win. JonsitEaq., complete in 3 tills. . Hslkm's Literal! of Europe in thM6;h, 16th and 17th centuries " ' Humes Miktory of England, in 4 Sol. : Ths Work of Lord Bolingbroi.,eomplete in 4 vein. '" 'With many other equally Valuable worlia in.i .. w ai us new uookuore, by 0. L. CLEVELAND. April 24th, 1845. a3 Star, Standard and Independent. " NOTICE, JUST received, and receiving by esry arrival of lb Cars, direct from New York, a large teWc lion ol fashionable DISY GOODS, ReaJy, made Clothing of the latest fanhion ; l.adie' Bonnets, latest style ; Artificial Flowers; 60 dozen Fur anaalm Leaf, Leghorn, and other klrnl. of laahionahle Hats ; Boys' Caps ; Umbrellas, J'amsui, Sun-Shades; Neik Ties. Stocks, Neik-Hai.dker-chiefs and Oilcloth ; 60(1 pair of Gentlemen's anil Ladies', and Misses and Children's fhnrm. Klin-,. i r . . . ! -- ... . J - and Boot some ery fine. A large assortment ol Family Groceries, Molaases, Vinegar. Hardware, China and Crockery Ware. Iron and Steel , nolo and Upper Leather; Calfskins and Lining Skina ; Medicine; Cioras Green, D e Stuff, and Starch ; Salcratusand Wliita Lead ; Cigars, Csndle Powder, Shot, and Ld ; Saddles, Bridles, Msninales, Ginhs, Whips and Dri-die-Reins ; Carpet Bags ; Cotion Cards, Csrnile VV'icki, Nails, Putty, Hf-mp and Grass Hopes; Win dow Clus, Nutmrgs and Matches. " Thia being a small part of my large Stock of Oooda, I solicit a call from all my old rustomers and all oth ers vieiling Raleigh. Call at my Store before pur. chasing elsewhere, u I am determined to sell for 16 per cent, on prime cost for cash, whuh will maken.y Goods the cheapest in the Wat. Don't forgit to call, two doors below Williams. Haywood At Co CALEB MAI, ONE. Raleigh, April 25. 1845. 33 w4t NOTICE. AGREE AELl' to an Older, passed by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Keraions uf Cumberland County, at March Term, 1845, 1 shall procstd u sell for Cash, at the Court House, in Fayettcville, on Monday, Ih Sd of June next, tbe following pieces, ot parcels of Lands, or so much thereof, s will pay ih Taxes duo the Town of Fayettevill for 1843, with. II incidental expense, visi 1 Lot, Lower Fsyetteville, Jamea Mitchell, valued t.160, Tax $0 Ti 1 Lot, Grove Street, Ann Jenkins, valued $400, 'l ax I to G. DEMING, Collector. Fayettevile, April 18, 1645. 23-U (Pr. adv. f 3 60) PIANOS. ONE of the finest and be.t Pianos ever offeied In thia market from the Factory of JSi nns i F is (wcicrN FW-York7hair jotT "irf i yer Ir h a full six octaves, with beautiful kejs, rich powerlul tone, and very easy and agreeable touch. The exterior ii of splendid pattern. saierbly finished. Perromin want of superior Piano, are invited to give it a trial. Also, a Piaso, thai has seen bul litile service, mailt p? -Vckss and Cuskk, New York, of fine finish, ton and touch. Enquire of the Editor of the Rtoisns March 84. 1846. 24 CHEAP, COMFORTABLE, AND EXPEDITIOUS TRAVELLING. The Kfhmoiid uni Pttersbairi, and the Rift mond, Predcricksburf md Potomac Rail Eon Companies hereby gite notice, that on anc after the first day of May, The Kate of Far between Petersburg snd tbe No' Ihern Towns wrll bs rrdai ed as follows : From Petersburg to Washing ton, From IVtersbnrg to BalOniore , ine Kail Keaa ana sit'"'"" to YVafchiiiirten. and thence to Bat tinaore by the .nrrlor f Messrs. Jacob Peters " After th. firMof J-n..Hi.'"'"' I Fare on tb. Bahi-sor. sad n' J" . bv will also be redusrd. when til ra e i "' . ' .he Rail Bead lm throughout, will act probably er- eeodJromle &io ? o - . .. ,;, p..M -..ins North by the arriv. in oaiinaoro w -- fc eoum of the night, and New Yorl t eari bm day. being tweWe boor In savanc . r- tae KFvet aoa dsj sesw . . . ij. r insssengere winHirte rsmaies night 'o Bii .era. may take one of the New Sissmt ,n" s-a v i aA.. --a aW -S . .hartri Ol ffHB ' I roiiattwiyHfst warn Lfte I to (1 60 only, thus making the whole Far u" il n ,. l.i pi.:i..t.'nhi. .ifaaahtsce line . ken between WasbjnflUm to ilaWhioi,) from v to t 00 NL. - ,bB. - The opriosiHon Steam Rat hnes tirnore. and Philadelphia, have since reduce flr ISO making the coatte,TravelHrs W tereburg to Philadelphia, 5 cents less than air tei' THEODOBB 8.17 ; Aoril Slst, M4Si ' V.