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It (raVa llttl child Instead rome VhBoof
2 i.;. .Vnoci timid and hesitating as
-Iisrurhed the baby, tbat after much rock.
W and soothing Mrs. Eden liad just succeeded
In ettin into its first sleep. And very displeased
with iha knock was Mr. jJiOen in bobsu.
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im hnt iftkneak a sharn word or two row m r
mttW of wind in the passage, which made i eye upon her th.. idng time, said Jbe
1 l want a nan auaru
ieremejner howaevere the weather wa? out
Kiiir ihmr. mnd oDDortunely reminded
Vord under Jhe circuroatajice? : .:Jr
t --3ad -enough' God' khtows;tfie weather had
pW foi 'sonis days. iPeopIe whohad madtheir
, talcnlatioos dceided thaifor teveral wittteri, Uie
'tbarm(MMtMr.had not follen so many degree be.
'low theTreeziPg DQioUr Only 4hat niocning,
?in hair a mile of Aire. Eden's residence, a, girl
r liad hcenltatirid stdne dead--)froten poor thing, on
-Kbo doorstep of a rich man's house. But the rich
roan knew not, of course,: that she was there
for it is notlTlhft lftittnan heart to suffer a fellow,
t-crcatute to pet ish with cold and huDger on a door.
xlBtCp. ! , ,
- The r-'ch man had dropped into a sound sleep
.'drawing up hisiimbs in his comfortable bed
Minconscious of the tragedy whifebiSO hear to him,
was witnessed by the awful frosts "
. When Mrs. Eden had got tho door open
which was not easy ofccomplishmeqt-r-for Jhe
"wfoid-lorCaome ouunenis absolotely insisted' on
Jlieeping it ehiitsbe beheld a' little, ragged starv
;ling,f what sex she could not determine, small
.enough to be only six years old-4ut sufficiently
'gedln features to be "twelve or thirteen-pover-3jf!
having: done the work of time, and labored at
;tt with good wilt. lifow Mrs. Eden, as we have
.neen, had. determined to bestow tto aluii. The
."crying baby still. admonished her of the interrup
tion to its slumbers, and as it was a very wakeful
ibaby indeed, she had to calculate upon a second
recrarse of rocking and soothing, before she could
-jUyoUm the pillow, and so find an opportunity
-tf preparing her husband's supper. But woman's
-heart, and a mother's heart especially, is nature's
waster-piece of sympathy. - .
And Mrs. Eden, who had iittle time for reading
hooks,, jsvas a great" -scholar on human faces
God's Gospel, she often said in her own quaint
fashion, was written in children's features a
'speech for which she was, on one occasion, taken
tsoundly to task by a local preacher and distribu
tor of tracts. I believe she was right notwiih
itandTn. j-.-
When she had looked only an instant upon th:
little ragged epicene, arid heard the piteous wail
which fra fhin blue lips hid ottered, and which
.resolved itself info some snch "words as ihese
, -Ilave-'yon anything to 'give a poor child to
nihu that's got no.moihet, pjease 1 . , ,
7 She felt a twhtgie atth i heart, that by some
"process of assofatiohThad reference to a certain
sixpence which wat depnptted a pill box that
stood 5pqn the ihantfe wh"hiri, and which she had
hat toorning picked up in an adjoining street.
It seemed to Mrs. Eiuen that hU waif could not
1e applied to a better use than the relief of the
little mendicant Accordingly she bestowed the
coin upon the child, who?e faculty of speech was
arrested-by the magnitude of the alms, and the
tlonor was unthanked. Site did not heed the
circumstance, for the belonged not to that clas
of benefactors, who are uneasy if the palate of
their benevolence gnts ontirkled by praise.
The child grasping the coin in its little had,
made quick way to the baker's shop, before whose
window, among other frost pinched children, sbj;
for it was a girl that Mrs. Eden had relieved,)
iiad looked upon the tempting bread displayed
therein. ' There was the loaf with its crusty side
"luroed tp;th f he eye of the passengers, upon
vbhh she'resoJved id spend the sixpence. Now
d i - Jt .t ft it: i .c , i .
ii cnauceu mai inn oaner was noi;o oe numnereu
among the. kindest nf the human family. There !
was ahacidiryjo his countenance which repelled i
I liking. Some men we favor at a glance. This i
baker was of a diiTerent class. He was sotrwith j
an emphasis efnecianyto'chifdrenr To do him
justice he was not servile to the rich. He was
vinegar still a little diluted perhapsbut never
oil Or, butter, or any other unctious substance',
though h is wealthiest customers were counting
"gold upon his desk.
The girl fearlesly entered the shop, and point
'ed.to the loaf which she desired to poepess. The
baker . frowned to His customary vinegar, he
added a copious dashf unripe lemon juice. The
'child threw down the sixpence.
' That :loaf that 'an there he in the cerncr,,
aid4he child eagerhy.- But fhe baker, who had
taken up the coin, did not hasten to exctite the
order, ile narrowly inspected the, money, artd
dissatis&ed with the scrutiny,; noticed it with a
file; ' And then the full villany of its being was
; tevealed. - The Samaritan gift GoodVSpirits had
- looked down upon it and blessed it was a sham.
Adjoining the neighborhood in which tbe,.baker
"reside J,a gangof coiners had recently establish
ed thefnselvesr the" base money was frequently
tendered at the shops of the ivarlous tradesmen.
Twice- that day bad sixpences had been presented
to M baker, hi exchange for breads ;!
,Tlie.call. $pon na time which. the offefiders
would have demanded had alone deterred from
yuch a step, but he had. inwardly resolved that
the next party should be mad6 an exarnp!-f.
Without more ado Iherefore, he walked to the
dopr, and promised a penny roll to a ragged ur
chin for fetching" a police-man. The lad darted
shrieking- police' as he went,, and followed by a
dozen boys and girls, ragged as himself, and vo
ciferating as loudly. l ' .
" An officer waa soon found. . He Iistepcd toihe
liakr examined the coin, and professed to :re
cngnlze'the child as ah old hand at that sort of
thing.
You'll have to attend to-mnrrow, Mr, Bnl
rush,', he said to the Baker. Ten will be the
hour.:: It's uncertain when 'twill come off hut
we'll have consideration for you on account of
yotjr business. BreSd Is dearendugh, ain't it!'
1 It-will be' very Inconvenient for . (ne to appear
royseiy remarked I the baker. ' .J'.8up&se if 1
send nwtSsTopiCMjy
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n. she.wontiknow heraelfAvKonihe.cofcesqutf
i hell be. iMjlump; end jaliX -jf
A customer had entered ihe shop during the
offic'js.-speeiih;
ivh Mirf tMiaOi thtfiwker's JadyyoB5
ara, strangest Howoorespeetibg wlfA
and .lbrf!IertrVei.Mr.he
had my
policeman.
ilrush a
crusty uuo ii jwM - - srrv
-isn &.i-Zu--W ?imt MfEdehoftted to th
Will ,fc-M.-"W-,"-" - : m ,
loaf wJjicthobild-had intended io RVfJr-'
Kvhin she sawiherbaker dehfer itw.his fcnsto-
mer, sli renewed: her i:rng,rid wept more
bitterly tharrever. S ,
m' ;!WelI,' gobnrghfBulrdsh good night, Mrs.
B.. said Mr. Eden.' turning to depart. She is
youhg-too young for oakom picking cold night
Vm it l' find he left? the shop. The policeman
aiso quiueu it, oragging iuu cimu siwu -Mr.
Bulrush put on his great coat wiped the
flour from his facet dnd prepared td follow huh to
ticake the charge at the station house. v;
j The baby Was asleep before the knocker res
ponded to the applicajlipnof Mr. Eden's finger,
The supper was in course of preparation but
not ready, hd Mr Eden was a hasty man. Bat
for thVlittle mendicant, baby would have been
olspbsed of half an hour before and the sausage
would be keeping warm upon the hob. Rat tat.
As h happened, Mr. Eden was in the best pos
sible humor. His employers he was junior
clerk to. a merchant firm in the City had that
day taken him confidentially aside, and announc
ed their determination to elevate him to a higher
post and increase his salary 701. annually. He
could therefore, bear to wait cbijiiphcently for
his supper. ' He would run to the nearest tavern
for half a pint ,6f the best Scotch whiskey. In
whichlo-drink his employers' health. Mrs: Eden
had no objection to .whiskey nd the sausages
would be ready as soon as he returned, and he
had got his house coat and slippers on. Mean
while the little hungry girl was dismally sobbing
at her cell in the station house.
4 By the by, my dear, said Mr. Eden to his
wife, after supper, 'when I stepped into Bulrush's
for that loaf, he was just giviDg a miserable child
into custody for attempting to pass a bad sixpence
plenty of base money about the third bad
sixpence offered at Bulrush's to' day. You must
be eareful of the silver you get In change at the
shops.' -V ";1 "'
Three bad sixpences in one day ! What sort
of a child was it !
Oh, a little' old fashioned beggarly looking
little thing-with a careworn old face. The po
liceman knew her well, an old hand at that sort
of thing.
4 It was a girl then- what sort of a bonnet had
she on 1
Bonnet I don't know whether: it was a bon
net or a hat it was squobbed out of all shape.
To me she looked mdre like a boy than a girl.'
How old do you think this girl was!' said
Mrs. E. following up the thread of her own re
flections. Any age between six and fourteen. You
seem concerned for her my dear.'
Concerned, how absurd! Your pipe is on
the sideboard. I'm going out a chopping I've
got a few little things to get in for to-morrow
If.the babv wakea
it hat in 'the window I twenty. dollars, as the one I wear, which I gave.
uVaSaihi Why, suv
they are. very scarce, veryvfew of tpe taiauinger
hats imported now-a-'days.' What, srd there
salamander hats! said .the fellow. To be
sure,' said Schaffer. 'did you never heap of the
salamander hats, . which are made of a substance
called asbestos, which resists the action of heat,
so that if vou should leave one In the fire an
hour, it wouldn't burn What,' said the fellow,
won't my -hat btim, if I should goialtlrk it in
to that are grate V Burn t bellowed Schaffer,
staring in his peculiar manner, to be sure the
salamander hats never burn !' What will you
f t
- t n wirt a ft A M A N D Efl HAT,
Whilst Schaiaefv8t CUveYnin Enpitfgii'
II., lie- notrce(T3i taw.looking.4youia bd;ndyoEt
tk fellow. Mff1ootrwtr lhsT:eoMe
quence allowable to persons who wear new iiats
and fia clothes and-ihitiking-ibia to; be artne
nr,nri nitv for niovinff Prt at the bomp
1 kihrexpense M raccordinlraddeed luinself
tTT."l manner in the following
words beautiful batjhat ofjpwirimP
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t k VMtntpsxi'f rvrtirrP.7JTn Wii WAIL
ip-.xnia Itterfrottk Mlexico Avhichwebubli5h to.
tlay. reUteithtJeasioO lnciden,comlfectettwbh
the cVpt tiro Hf -that city which ha not-,befor
-nmm la our know ledre. It appearauhaTV.on the
UdthDf Seterrder;altethe fortifiltipna a.t Cha
bultepee bad been carriearann uenerais lvonu
and CluiCinaiih'ad jbdght ipelr wiy into the ityi
M and when our Spartan band anficipaloda fiercer'
tgleurin tnemrtrh
be so bold, what did they had just encoutr.mmission were
t 11, .. i! j I tiAaJ fMn, i ltktjiv Wltfirfi- on! tha hart
" ritWTlt BOliarS. ' trniu I ocBUii.ucu ii" ""-"' , ' . r
the fellow. with.ao;air oL,cpnseoencq.aJ:0Wne
..n.,n.'7iiim'in if. I ntav be
lu E.n.,. .nith n nir of conseuiience.", But.
?i:t,rTisri Indpd. s r ! Why I pretend
c i; n uunu m . - . m : i
kiiAiomAtrmr roui nawi kiss - V"' v ".:p.a - -"i,. "...
iTdcsidefithat hat tohr as tmielUiedlbe r
bet novv, that ray hat won't bj:rn,V said thj fel-.
low, taking off his an:! examining it 4 BetV said
Schfkr, i never bet ! yet, as I am positive in
thhv case, I. will bet a glass of. pop that that hat,
(as it is a salamander hat) won't burn if you
should leave it in the fire t wo minutes' You'll
bet that, my hat Won't burn, if I should go to poke
in that ' are" grate'!' 4 Yes, replied 'Schaffer.
Done.' said th other, aud, immediately thrust
ing his hat into the grate (which was well filled
with.Iyiiigh he had the sat isfaction of seeing it
.consumed, in a. lesa- time than was stipulated' in
the bet; while lie was prevented .from redoing
it by the company, who affirmed that they would
see no cheating in the matter, and' that the hat
should remain the Appointed lime. ' After the hat
was consumed, Schaffer, turning round said in a
melancholy manner, Here, landlord, give the
young gentleman, a glass of pop I've lost my
bet!' -
' The policeman thought oiberwisc.and cnras&ed
the little hand comreied within bis own tighter
as Jie said so. ' 'l, child uttered a piteous cry
of pain, and bade the man .release rher; that she
u.igbt lake the losif io jwr father.; - At this junc
tu e the. baker's wife entered the IkDv '
' ' You are; hurtmgyour Irttle gfrl,'abeaid to
we policeman - - . - .
jty htlfe-girV sd the piqued officer, glan
You are not going out to-night, my love V said
Mr. Eden.
4 Yes. I must go we shan't have a candle in
the house when that is burnt-out.
You flnay bring me in some tobacco. Stay
you may buy me two segars, Mrs. Eo!d Cubas
they are three half-pence each, iuy love.
Two old Cubas I won't forget.'
She hastily equipped herself in shawl and bon
net, while she was talking, and only lingered to
bid her husband listen for baby's waking, ere she
set her niu.bla fa t upon the pavement, and lam
ed her face towards the baker's dwelling. With
in doors she had only half guessed how cold it
was without. The-freezing wind came hard
against her like a substance. The few persons
abroad were wrapped to the teeth Except the ve-
ry poor and God help them in all weathers!
From the baker and his wife, she; could extract
nothing concerning the child, save that she had
tendered a bad sixpence, for which Bulrush was
determined to punish her. Tle;r' description ol
her person strengthened Airs. Ldeu s conjectures,
and she repaired to the station-house to see the
child. ' -'
She had never been in a station-house before
nor had she ever set foot within a Police Court
or Criminal Court. With humanity, as it ap
pears under the awful guests there set forth, she
was unacquainted. The battered, brutal visages,
she saw there, confronted with the myrmidons of
law, especially the befaced woman-hood of those
of her own sex who were under arrest, Sited her
with dismay and tefror. She could tell her er
rand to the inspector only with great difficulty.
The man was gentle for his office,, and willingly
acceded to her request to have the child brought
from the ..cells. Mrs. Eden recognized her im
mediately, ami the little girt knew her also.
4 You gave me the sixpence indeed I didn't
snow -tt was a bad un. JLet me go Tiotne- to my
:ifrer, sobbed the child. .., - .
4 1 did indeed give her a sixpence on!v a few
minutes before she was given into custody,' said
Mrs. Edert. . :
4 If the tradesman chooses pot to appear a-
gainsther.'she will be discharged to morrow by
the magistrate,' remarked the sector. 4 You
had better talk to Bulrush, ma'am.'
4 Can the child go with me to the shopV en
quired Mrs. Eden.
4 Io. but if after examining the sixpence, you
are satisfied that it is the coin yod gave her, and
the baker consents to withdraw the charge, I will
act upon my own responsibility and let her go,'
reptred the man.
Mrs. Eden had -already seen- the coin, but was
unable to swear that t was'the gift she had be
stowed upbn the littfej beggar. She was a lover
of truth:' Butthe appealing face of the rheagre
child sorely templed he t. And moreover, she
felt almost confident that it was the sixpence she
had picked up and deposied in the pill hox -f
Should she stretch the poiut and say she was
quite fonfiJenl about the identity of the coin !
Certain moral scruples beset' her mind, but an
other glance at the child's faces ftuieted them.
Gvds gospel of truth was written in those linea
ments asfar the sixpence -was concerned, as
certainly as the bright sun. was itself a true thing
The Man who Rath sued for tv- eig n t Chic
duen A very good joke came off the other day.
the performers in which were s lady, fresh from
the country, and the lessee of the Viennuise Chil
dren. By some hook or crook, the lady afore-4
said became possessed of the fact that he was In
some way or other the possessor of a family 'ot
forty-eight children.. This was enough to make
her lay down her sewing and take to argument.
After viewing our friend Ironi head to foot, blit ex
claimed : ..
4 Heavens and earth ! they do say, feller, that
you have got a Umily of forty-eight gals 1 "
I have, indeed.' ' . ?
For the Lord'n sake, Iiow old are you V
4 I'm sixty iu June ' - - -
And how old are the gals! ' .
4 The youngest is six, and the oldest ig's'fic
teen. 4 In the name of massr, how did any woman
ever give birth to them 48 children in ten years !
Why that's almost half a dozen a year, is the
critir alive, and where is the children V
fJowii in Broadway ; and if you will put your
hat on, I will do myself the pleasure of introduc
ing you to them,
4 Betsy, get my things 49 children in ten
years good airth, what are things coming to
and such a ycung looking man ! I wonder if
they are all one woman's though Taint pos
sible. Aunt Jerusha had twenty, and this was
almost the death of her but good Jurualem !
only to thinkof six a year,and follered up at that !
He must have bad other women, that's sarlia !
Oh the wickedness of the world ! And such a
good-look in man, loo. Who'd think of it ? . The
very minit I get home. I'll have Deacon Wiley
open prayer for him. To go to raisin such a
family i dreadful to think on. Betsy, get tny
thrngt Atbantf Knickerbocker.
upan terms of capitulation ith7the General-in
tbief. Thty arrived itbp'itlgt?sijBd-. ttmn-
Hea tneir mirrricw wuiii.'nj;runy,iaintji'
nliahinir anv'thin?rGen. Scott infOnned
them that he would1 sign' any pi&ttPfhSZiifl
that he would rtut f itnd that,as.they had
caused him ail , the loa", arrd 'touble tbey puld,
he intended his arrify fhotiltT hovv" march ifito the
city in tiioi7TV unrestricted by any terms of
captation whatevr."-'AoinflZ Intcttigencer.
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t)R.YALE!?TiNB'-An exchange .tells us the
foiiowiog capital-anecdote of Dr. Valentine, who
is said to be noLOnly the funniest man alive, but
a 44 tip top' perjormer Ori the flute. Among the
follies of Ijisyodth.'was an attachment to a beau
tiful young lady in Philadelphia. and after the
manner of aljvaiusical Jovers, he, determined to
treat h idoi'lo a, serenade (i he Doctor abhors
solitude) he proceeded to the domicile pf, bis ar
dored but the darkness of the night led to a
mistake as to the house, and the melody designed
for the young lady was poured into the unwilling
ears of a solemn old Quaker. O bad iah bore the
infliction as long as.he could. Tune after tune
drove slumber iiom his eyelids, till afc length, as
i hp serehaders were in the midst pt ' Home,
sweet home," he threw up his window and pro
iruding his venerable head.ihus addressed the as
tonished doctor :
' " Friend, thee sings of thy iiptneaf thy wet
home. And. if I ufidersfaiid Ihee sriglit, thee
said there was no place UKeii.ome. , iow, ji iuy
bome. is sn sweet a place, why don't thee go to
thy home. Thee is pot wanted here. Farewell.
It ik needless to 8y the serenading parly de
parted, without delay or ceremony.
Mr. Pols IsoscRinisn the Friehds or Of.m
t.hai Tatlok We have .never doubted that the
Administration wss dendlj hostile, prJKnol1y, politi
cally and military ,to ths Her of Bueryt Vista. Here
tofore, their hostility has sborn itself rn overslattgh
iug Gen. Taylor, depressing him in his command,
and in every possible wny shutting htm outof public
view. But this uegntire policy has had no other ef
fect than to excite indignation against Mr. Polk and
his advisers. A more decided policy has been de
termined upon, and henceforth not only Gen. Tay
lor but his friends are to feel the power of the ad
ministration. Proscription is now to be the order
of the day, and the work has already commcncedJr--Thc
first victim is the postmasterat Harrisburg
A letter to the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian (Loco
Foco) "announces the Appointment of Isaac G. Mc
Kinley, Esq. as Postmaster at Harrisburg, in place
of James Pencock, Esq." . Mr. McKinley is the Ed
itor of the Harrisburg Democratic Union Thus
far says the Pennslaninn the Philadelphia Bol
lrtin gives us the Cfu?e of proscription. It snya :
4t We have been informed that Mr. Peacock's remo
val nras oning to kxs participation in the Taylor State
Convention, recently aid in llcrrisburg P
' So, to b a friend to Gen. Tnylor. is henceforth to
bring down the hatred of Mr. Polk !
W o shall now see, who of the many office-holders
who were inclined towards Gen. Taylor, will now
back out, and protest, " they never liked, the man?'
Wnicn wi th BUT?Wsr find the f6l-
lowing extraordinary story in a late number of
the Edinburg Chronicle t ; J '
An instance of animal sagacity Vnd humanity,
unequalled in our remembrance, took place be
fore our door lately. An unfortunate dog, in or
der to make eport for some fools, had a pn tied
to his tail, and was ent oft on his travels towards
Galr. He readied the village utterly exhausted.
and 'ay down before the steps of Mr. Young'
tavern, eyeing most anxiously the horrid annoy
ance hung behind him, but unable to move a
step further to rid himself of-the torment. An.
other dog, a Scotch colly, laid himself down be
side him, and gaining bis confidence by a few
caresses, proceeded to gnaw the string by which
the noisy appendage was attached to hts friend s
tail, and with about a quarter of an hour's exer
tion severed the cord, and started to his legs with
the pan hanging from the string iu hid mouth,
and alter a few joyful capers around his friend
departed on his travels in the highest glee at hit
success.
A MEKTtNo or the Patoiarc-bs. The meeting
between the Hon. John Q.uincy Adams, and the
lln. Albert Gallatin, at the Historical Society
Rooms, on Tuesday night, seems to have created a
strong impression. "Wheu the two venerable men
met, and grasped each other by the hand, a "tablet
of unutterable thoughts" was plainly' traced upon
their several countenances, and it was with evident
reluctance they loosed their friendly hold. Each of
these men is upwards of eighty years old, and yet
their minds arc as active as they were fifty rears a-
', I go. ' ExceptingMr. Clay, ibfy are the enly Amer
j muj'uu m ii vTajf"vi wrp7ace their signatures' it the
l reaty r unent, more than thirty yearaago. Ad
ams, Gallatin and Clay are the wen; and they are
among the greatest men of the ngc ; and all of them,
y - ".Our', are the Blunt- ot tatr Oeheuttvi veete., --,
t Uiuoarp'd by party rage, to live like brother?
RALEIGH, C.
I Wednesday, November 10..
CHEROKEE LANDS. - '
- We tind6rstand that flie CoWmissiTiBIer
the Act of the last Session of the LegislWure, to va-
tue the Cherokee Lands which were surrendered to
the State,- have finished their- laborSjand made their
tteport 'to ' the Governor On the 8th of Neresaber n
itant and C6nsequeiitlyr from t&f,ih''tixrt
months, aliowed to former owners, by? the law, for
pre-emption, will begin t6 rua. V
.... THE N, a REGIMENT.
W have received a Letter, aince our last, dated
" Arispea MilltTBearSttltillcr, Sept. 9," which gi ves
the latest intelligence that we have had'trom our
Hegiment in Mexico ...Every ihinj was quiet, and
perfectorder restored in theltegtment -:i The. health
of the Regiment was improving slowlyj there being
still oh the sick list' Mu' names. 4 There had Veen,
however, fewer deaths duripg September, than any
preceding-month since theRrgiment arrived in Mex
ico. Oury Correspondent ndds-u The hoys are- weH
drilled, and: xnost anxious to get into a fandango?
Since Our Regiment wasfnustCTed into service,
there have been 145 deaths. -49 discharges, and H
desertisns and this enumeration does not 'include
Companies G. and wh! ch are detached to guard
the heights overlooking Saltillo ; . . ,
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r II
Z&w&&.m LIS
i , wurAi of t, ;'
i Leztstatvrt. J 4ct
i We announced in a hasty V
issue, that the Whigs of Nev
juBv 8usc or me wrongs miier v ' ' V
aufferiahad come forth-to xV
wrce andpotrer. But the ont
We have carried every thin, H
cnosen an onr candidate : llH
sixths of each brani r .1..
iwvictory could posdbl
and sratifyinir. nnd" n .1 .
Sate;
varnished Whfg triumnh .
cheered and welcomed everrwl, feB
Z . na splendid FttrBVC
- The Senate of the State cotir?!
uui vonstii,,,- i
.r7.. j w6,c An-icts, for
exists that tvery Whig on U
tea over all tho combined
it
LIEUT. JOHN D. CLARK.
We see from a notice in the " North State Whig,?
that the citizens of his native County, Beaufort, are
about to hold a aaeeting, for the purpose, of expres
sing their admiration of the conduct of Lt. Cjlakk,
who was wounded in the late attack upon Mexico;
and also, ' to make arrangements for the presenta
tion of a Sword, or such other evidence of their es
teem as they may deem proper-on the occasion." . -Besides,
his participation in nearly all the Battles of
the War, he was badly wounded in the hattreof Mo
lino El Rey, on the 6th of September. He was at
tached to Gen. Worth's division, belonging to the
8th infantry. The Sth Regiment, with ibe 5th and
6th, says Mr. Kendall ia his correspondence' to the
Picayune, were engaged in an attack upon aeirong
work on the enemy's right, and were opposed to such
superior numbers that they were compelled for the
time to Tetire? Lieut. Cuiaa is mentioned as be
ing badly wounded ; but from the more recent let
ters of Mr. Kendall, he is not mentioned as being
dangerously .so, and we therefore presume he is do-
Whigs. A pleasant thought indeed, when we are
rejoicing over the triumph of their principles in the
Empire aUate of the Uniou. JV. F. Erpriss. -
fT7"It is said that after the battle of Chnpultepec
some of the Mexicans asked what kind of beings
those were that they had been fighting .with they
were told by some waggish Americaus, that they
were 'Mexic-m Whigs.'
' Aro all the mcu you left behind yoa like your
selves V
1 No,' replied a wag, most of them we left behind
are Polk, Dallas, and Texas Democrats.'
, ' For mercy, sake, then, let the next army you
send out here be Polk, Dallas, and Texas Demo
crats: we would rather fight them two to one than
these Mexican Whigs ; they whip u all the time.
Licking Valley Register.
M.De la-
MvMv,..r 4 n-H.av.yv.iHjsuw.ri created by the Author ofTruthJ She aid she
.Bttlruah -rayhttlg hc confide nl ind Would swear if they required
. . - 1 . ,1. . - . -1
irfepeciauie ciotning, ana never-mters bad njoney.
Oh, U'a arjptervi:ase,f :bidijnony-ia' itl!
why, that makes the third to-da v.
Bad mcaey S cried Ahexhild; beginning to cry
.utsuuw nrsL-unfiprBtrknii iter iiiiM . a
.Y?ve,?Kto meFather. sent nle out toW
S rr MuA. . .
lf9iSOttRl.hiiii,Xdc wadalr!
.tisft4eud wstbr 'tat pripwite4vf5r charify V4
.akt? nor luancBfvse thev'M k.u V
UdiWt -hertgoI :wmikitBolru?h M 1
V byrymi TCefmVam;ttlwtmWbt
:'w trephed'the pnlieemao ;Mf s cmhyoVthsl
: prrhtyuerede
her. i So the "Inspector sent a ooliceman to fetch
'lie enddf it was that tTie sour baker, who
was deep in caks, and had his time fullv oecu-biedt-wds
elad of an excusa for
dance enMfiepnlicecfourt 6ri the inorrOwV and
of the 'matter,. ;,The cftitit, aa therefore set at:
Iffietiy,af.n11 entder wreiche'd home.-
mMTtm f5afand seme rerfdy cooked meat.
ana a lew mue grocery" thin'i-M.rs. Eden's
MftarferawsOie iaia tothe baker'e wife, H can't
rite prang mtf to verytttle elnldren, when rtev
vuwic w ot tr-- lI9 a wrKBfer,WR i can t help it.
Z MT&tEdcri eept :?soutidiy that tight, and Iter
Tephse-S-irhe told The thhJ hrself-had no refer.
I erice whateve,7o'EdenV'levatwnan the" an-;
ouai.aduaiuh of seventy pounds to his salary.
Bosks of the Mammoth on the Mountavs
or Virginia A correspondent of the New Voffc
Journal of Commerce writes from the Southwes
tern mountains of Virginia, under date of Oct. 9,
among other things, as follows:
I returned from a gypsum bed on Preston'
lands last evening, with three maminolhjaw teeth,
the largest six sinches along the face, and roots.aix
inches, all belonging to the under jaw, and the
outer side of a tusk probably 5 feet long, which
is quite broken up. In four huftdred acres of
flats at Saltville I suppose there in sy be parti of
sKeieions oi one inousano mammoins. JI twelve
pits dug, bones were found in six. The bones
referred to above were twelve feel under the sur.
face, and within a few inches of the gypsum ntk
surface. Usually the bones are twelve to eigh
teen fpet below the present surface of the ground.
The flat mentioned try the correspondent lies
between Church and Walker's mountain, and is
1782 feet abovo the level of the ocean.
Hard or Hearing An old trick, says an Al
bany paper, was played un the sheriff at the pre
sent '-terra xf court. He was snort for jurors and
made a descent upon the -street. He accosted a
gentleman well known in town, with, I want you
111 court for a juror.'. Ha,' . replied the man,
spaktta little louder.' TiM- sheriff pitched his
voice inio a high key, I want you for a juror.'
4 Ves, yes, nodding his head very significant! v.
MUs a very ne day.' The theriftVuhHig hmi
for a deaf mas, bolted. Tfoe wair placed his
thumb to hia nose and went through the motions.
There ia considerable atir-among the medical
faculty at present in New York. The uld school
physicians 'of all claases are making a valiant
stand against the newHights, ihe practitioners of
homcepathy, water eure, fnesmerisnn &c- They
have formed an association called the New YorL-
Aeademy of Medicine and will celebrate their
nrsi anniversarys-Oiovember 10. '-
, f The Naval School at Annapolis a greaVat-
11 awiiuii
HORSE STORY.
- is an elderly French gentleman
of noble connections, but altered fortunes? he sus
tains hiraself, however, in a handsome position in so
ciety by bis talent; and isVithal a model of gen
tltmanly deportment and feeling. He. not long
since, bought a splendid looking horse for one hun
dred and fifty dollars, which, however proved to
have a very Tile trick of stumbling, and after three
narrow escapes of his neck, Monsieur was obliged
to request our auctioneer friend .to include the ani
mal in his next sale. The mornine came, and his
owner, also, was 4 at tendance from & conscientious
motive, however. The hore was of fine blood, ad
mirable condition, and the bidding, to the owner's
great tribulation became quite spirited.
Mon Dieu, he uttered, ,tw rascale shame for
me not to speak 1'
' One hundred dollars eoinegoinc; mficmificent
saddle horse, and kind in harness. Ode hundred
thank you hundred and five going hundred and
ten ; sold for no fault '
Broke my neck tree times,' said the scrupulous
Frenchman, in an ngony, and catching the auction
eer by the skirt, the company wondering, mean
while, what that tall figure behind the salesman was
dancing ntout ! ' ' - -
1 Hundred and nfteen-Uwehty-"thnnVreu i sound
in .every-particular, sure of gait and warranted'
, . N V no. not warrant V groaued Mohsiear.
Mon DTeo, tii swindalet Knock him down wisout
The auctioneer, however, 'considered 'tthat aU
FreiiQh friend had been swindled, and he drtetmin-
Com. Upshur enjoys a hirh fenutation
in that city, as do the ofScers of tlie Sc1iooj.-
There are some ststy youths now ongaged inlsev-
erai orancoes oi usetui cuucaon. Many hfew a iiuer animal wii
regulations have been adopted sjnee ihe emfh. ' r ' ' -
ations'.of the ."last claW 'The ! regulatio ' ' -
sinpgent nut wholesome, and doubt less, will 'teTl i
. -v iuss, uj wicir terra or
probation! !4 , .''.'- ' V ' - - .
ed that he should suffer aa little aanassfble from1 if
... r- , .r : - --
vie proceeaea ,
'TVnrfT r S- '1, f Mr. Rowe Doorkeeper. -
1 PT1 fin hire TVnrv fVv vva a at rw Ta mmIJ J 1
the French owner ; but the crowd -onry sriw 7n ibim
an anxious coirweTlfor. antlhev hecame moreeflr
' Thank you, Monsieur,'- cdnHnucd the' auction
eer. '.Hundred and thirty-nve--forty i-fbrty-five
uic iuiy niiy-nve ine ixapoieon breed, een
tlemen. sixty ' H
"CJiahle'I c'hest past ''honorahlel Stop' de'"sale
Von vashavede Cbfi8tablews1lle.,
The ex citement 6f the tenacious gentleman be
came exu-cme ;.ana wnen ine hammer at length de
scended leaving him a handsome gainer by the sale
-he stole away to nrase upon the c-ullihilitv nf
the frailty of horse flesh, and the great probability
uviog oYernauieq-tor something dreadful and sent
to the State priean, at least 1 Six hoar--the ex-
warrantee expired, however, without
the horse being returned,' and Monsieur -now rides
wita nn easier conscience.
: " : -Si -Louis Reveille,
4 ne w nigs nave elected nt W... n. - e.
and perhaps 25 thus gizing a ,. lt
or X8 ipfhis: important body, wbo , '
for a. IT. J?. 5?p.nnt
... m n
i. In the Assembly parties will
Whigs tot 23 103.
ihe 'Tribune'.' says: "Forth"
1841::our State Government ;c av,.
pflrtment save the Judicial. We ft
vemor, Lieut. Governor, all tlc
ment, Canal Board, Prison wTfS
Mirgy uifjurny iu eacn riouse Of tbe
thoroughly Whig. In the AsserrA.1-W4i
uiust. approach that of the mete.i l f
1837-8 ; but then the Sn.it ,
. ' , ' -940Ct
imiinu. ua " T. it-'.
What lesson this, for Politidi, hu(tf
invested with power, think they can If' V
over the people ! Let the Whigj dvj j
tory. to their country. Let them be -b :1
temperate, and take wattunar bv - f m
Mr. Por.E an ht ailhiionts c.-.-. . e
. wuv.. KTVZ
our New York Correspondent,
mi
w
- . . STICK A PIN Tlii.?.:
TVe wonder, if our neiehbor of iutv':
knows, -that the Looo Foco Convemioa.lt'
shire, recently assembled at Concord,
. olutioii in which they say ' W deda
enm conviction, the Democratic yarh 'L'&
fore done, that neither Slavery or inTois
tude should hereafter exisUa Tunjl
ana taat 1 we approve, of toe rotes of mlAti
ongrras, in favor of the Wilmot Prdviitj
.... . "
1 " m
LETTER FROM MR. VAX 15
The Editor of the Republican Ftb4
harre, Pennsylvania, lately addressedii
President Vat BuaEK, Solfcitine hUtoCft-
his name placed at the head of the kFtA'
candidate for the next Presidencfj. t"
the
' ; KORTH CAROLINA- itiviL-S.' ,
Tftt Ta Yt firln nf n vaiv riflndffnraa Jrn n?r.
first number s of which has reached us , from Lovis
bdrg, Franklin County. K Its Editor w Mr. Ca?. C
Raboteav, whose ability s a guarrantee of an in
teresting and useful sheet, while his practical know
ledge will secure a typographical neatness, which
will be " hard so beat." Indeed, this very first num
ber is sufficient evidence of the accuracy,. of trrpre?
diction The Paper is Whir In politics, its Editor
having always been a consistent member of that hr
ty. We wish him all imaginable success ; and we
agree with the. u North State Whig," that situated
n a field where a large majority of his fellow-citi-
tens are of opposite Democratic) Politics, the Editor
requires the liberal support of his Whig-brethrenra
other Districts of the State. . . .
READING PROOF-SHEETS.
We have frequently thought, that a Newspaper
sent to Press with, an uncorrected proof, ?wonld create
more merriment, than very witty articles aasttrutihf
printed. It is impossible, sometimes, to resist a hear
ty Laugh in the midst of this driest of all labors, at
the odd things one is made to say, by the misplacing
of a point, the omission of a word, or the' alteration
of a few letters frequently presenting an assem
blage of grotesque images, droll enough to disturb
even the gravity of a-cy vie. The effect of this is con
siderably heightened,-when these errors -occur, as
tthey often do, in the most solemn and pathetic parts
of a 'Discourse or an O bituary. A paper, now .before
us, informs its readers, " that childrea may ho made
any thing by ludicrous (Q.u3 judicious) tifdning'-rr
And another paper, we saw yesterday,. spoke of .the
board ocean rolling between us and Europe.'' : sAnd
we have known a law book,Stn our time, where ithe
word termor, a law phrase (which owurredreratedV
ly in the case,) was invariably .rrjnied ,tumorf "of
course destroying tho whole sense of the decision,
and making it perfectly ridicukms. - T
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE - - ;
This body met on the 1st inet, In the Senate,
Hon. A; 1 1 MiLiiti f Richmond, was elected Pres
ident; Win. Hi Crawford, Eq of Snrater,' Secreta-
nl -ry j Me. iUapleton, of Jefferson, Mcsseorer. and
n the House, ihe Hon; C. Ji- J ehkins, of . Rich
mond, was elected Speaker ,$sAsF. Owens, Esq of
Talbot, Cierkr Mr.Bighyj Messenger, and Mr. Da
vis, Doorkeeper. ':.( t.i.;.M -T j. -xi
Tvessyj et CaAwa traosmittea'hjs
Message. It is an able and business like doomnent,
ana confined excltrstTely to the affairs of the State.
nrrecommends ttre tstension aud completion of the
Western and' ArlaMicRailroad'and suggasts the
propriety ef encouraging and fostering Manufactu
ring 'Companies by the grant of liberal charters.
t3 ai'i5rritkiiwatd, 0020, Mr. Ti
presses his 'prefVraiee for private lif-
es his gratitude to the Democratic pMrlt I
confidence, and continues "if. tberefonf ':
Which you, with whom I haveno!!
oi a personal acquaintance, have so fruit
orably tendered me, included that ao! At .
in-Sexible ahd victorions Democracy ifc
ty throughout tha Union, and the turn
. , ' . ? W ?
Suga and Jtishes; hesitate, respect fuP.TeP?EJ4
!y, but decidedly, to dccliae it. Thr,'.p
things will hereafter exist in wJiica'tLis7!
and faithfal friends, conflict with my '"(uV
iticaltarty to .which my whole life
tea, anu to wuica i owe any persons sggi
the lass aegree improbable. ' it Hit
In reference to the War, Mr. an Bafts J
" cannot now fee conoludevi with hoaor. -f
ceive from Mexico a jut indemnity for i
yearonable security for the future." bpp
But we desire to direct attention ptf-eci
the concluding sentence of the follow ii'j scjj
the letter: ' ficsj
""The existence of fhatVar has rw-r
eiat sauction of every department of
which is required by the Constitutlou-.-lls
to the future" TanYe as well as the pre:'
of tbif great nation, thatif may hetriu5-S
ta'incd: WfcfVtnhy thereafter be tiw&if
stituting inquiries into the necessity oi
with a view to the just responsibility topSeic
ion of oorpuhikj servants, sucn an
may, at this time, and under existing ci,
as well upon principles ef sound politic&'t "
seasonJ'. m
It4slhns apparent, that Mr. Van BalK
that it may irereafter beceme proper iii
quiriefe as to the necessity of the wan
to the juat reaponsibility to public lh ;,
rpoffiic servants." ; fe-ts
: IMAGINARY ILLS.
sJn connrniatioa of. the oft-repewJ
taan.f requently suffers as. much from
as reai ernes, we extract the followin
A.-New. England Farmer started one,Wij
In winter, with: his sled and oxeni'!
halfa mile from borne, for the purC.
a, load of wood. Having felled J
laamalongside and commenced choi
across his foot, with a sidelong stroke-
-gash o alarmed him aaacarly to iff1 ftf
..... SIM: s
screagm.: ? .e lel tne warm --With
great difficulty he succeeded iVrij
self on the sled and started the oxen
iKTJtAN Rubber SAmJLE.-Indian rubber is
now used for sadaies-i-to which its elasticity, do
rdbilityv arjd other quajities, peculiarly adapt It
P3? The Philadelphia tftquirer" states that the
President has determined to open Diplomatic rela
tions with the PopVof'KonW tid'lhat JouW Dt5-
j Soli,e, Esq., Editor of the u PhiladelphiavS'pirit of
it. - rn. 3n x 4 . . !
xu xunea4s.w pe vftarjge 4ica Afiwes toth.ePa-1
1
J lk Mil
aoon as he reached the door, he c
help.i: ilis terrified wife and daughr, J
efifort, lifted hhjx into ths house,--
..... .. .j. kia ft)0'
unaoie to neip trrmseir. saying
sererefrom thVleg. He was law '-S
begrbaning all the while very blttei M
hastily 'prepared dressings, "nd.,rrop
artd sock, expecting to see a dPle
lo 1 ! the skin was hot even brkeD' tJSj
out inthememing, he had rapp bl Itij
fiannel, to protect them from the cold- m?
this open to his view, and he tho-T
Wood.,' His reason not correcting tW ij
the. pain; aud deasj of power ,vbich
wound, followed, j m
J - . lit
Cy- A new i'ost umoe una
Cieaveland County, by the cawe
off-
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