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.. my-- - --r. iimiimmw i r 1 " -"--'''''' s.. ;,- . y - -" " - ''J' i " - -mIt-" m n " " g ' ' " i iLI, , 1 t A t tit! : i f : 11 r t Si SI mi m iff ;- 1: i i 3 I HISdEXLANEpjS.; THE NEW YORK ,RIOTr; ' We rerned a day or two , thit .the folly of the New Yoifc Mob' was without a parallel. On reflection, however, cgeoc eura to us simUar In character, but exCeeding by a great way, in its consequences, the af fa?r of the New York- tjopulace.. We. refer tathe'iactioMof 4onS ripated m " Neatest fury at the former cvly. It wiU be remembered that -the : seat of Government had been transferred to Byzantium by Con stanfine the Great, from whom it took its modern name: Afterwards the, Empire was divided and Rome was the seat of the Wes tern Empire, and" Constantinople of the Eas tern; but at the time we speak of, the Wes tern Empire .had been conquered by the Barbarians. The Mowing graphic picture of the feuds of the Circusr is from Gibbon's Decline and Fall tf the Roman Empire : Ed. Ral. Reg. ' A material difference may be observed in the rames of antiquity t the most eminent of the greekswere actors, the Romans were merely sDectators. The Olympic stadium .Was open to STmerit, and'ambMonj and if the candi dates could depend on their personal skill and lac S might pursue the footsteps of Dio 3andMenSaus,and conduct then wn horses klWrapid careen Ten, twenty, forty, chariots oHetvVas the reward of theyictor; and lus fam? whhthat of his family and country, was cSunS to lyric strains more durable than mon of b4ss and marble But a senator, or JSnV citizen, conscious of his dignity, would W blushed to expose his person or his horses faXeScos of Rome. The games were exhib ited at the expense of the republic, the magis trates, or the emperors ; but the reins were aban doned to servile hands: and if the profits of a fa Torite charioteer sometimes exceeded those of an advocate, they must be considered as the effects of popular extravagance, and the high wages of a disgraceful profession. The race, in its first m- 1 stimtion, was a simple contest of two chariots whose drivers were distinguished by - white and red liveries : two additional colors, a light gncn, tmd a cerulean blue, were afterward introduced ; ' 'nnd as tWK were repeated twentv-five tunes, one hundred chariots contributed in the same day to e pomp of the circus. The fotfr factions soon cqmred a legal establishment, and a mysterious origin, and their fanciful colors were derived from k ro'riniis RDoearances of nature in the four sea sons of the year ; the red dog-star of summer, the ynows of winter, the deep shades of autumn, and the cheerful verdure of spring. Another inter pretation preferred the elements to the seasons, Tind the struggle of the green and blue was sup posed to represent the conflict of the earth and sea. Their respective victories announced either- , a plentiful harvest or a prosperous navigation, and me hostility of the husbandmen and mariners was somewhat less absurd than the blind ardor of the Roman people, who devoted their lives and fortunes to the color which they had espoused. Such folly was disdained and indulged by the wisest princes ; but the names of Caligula, Nero, Yitellhis, Verus, Commodus, Caracalla, and Ela vabulus, were enrolled in the blue or green fac tions of the circus: they frequented their stables, applauded their favorites, chastised their antago- the naturalYf alleel&r ItfnMHUif 6VtiRQTlaCaere: . The bloody and tumultuous contest continued to disturb the public festivity, till the last age of the spectacles of Rome ; and Theodoric, from a mo tive of justice or affection, interposed his author ity to protect the greens against the violence of a consul and a patrician, who were passionately addicted to the blae faction of the circus. ' Constantinople adopted the follies, though not the virtues, of ancient Rome ; and the same fac tions which had agitated the circus, raged with re doubled fury in the hyppodrome. Under the reign of Anastasius, this popular frenzy was inflamed by religious zeal ; and the greens, who had treach erously concealed stones and daggers under bas kets of fruit, massacred, at a solemn festival, three thousand of their blue adversaries. From the capital, this pestilence was diffused into the provinces and; cines of the East, and the sportive distinction of two colors produced two strong and irreconbileable factions, which shook the founda ftion of a feeble government. The popular dissen- ' Visions, founded on the most serious interest, or holy pretence, having scarcely equalled the ob stinacy of this wanton discord, which invaded the peace of families, divided friends and brothers, and tempted the female sex, though seldom seen in the circus, o espouse the inclinations of then lovers, or to "contradict the wishes of their hus bands. Every law, either human or divine, was trampled under foot, and as long as the party was successful, its deluded followers appeared careless of private distress or public calamity. The li cense; without the freedom, . of democracy, was revived at Antioch and Constantinople, and the support of a faction became necessary to every ' candidate for civil or ecclesiastical honors. A se cret attachment to the family or sect of Anasta sius was imputed to the greens : the blues were - zealously devoted to the cause of orthodoxy and Justinian, and their gratefu patron protected, above five years, the disorders of a faction, whose seasonable tumults overawed the palace, the sen ate, and the capitals of the East. Insolent with royal favor, the blues affected to strike terror by a peculiar and barbaric dress, the long hair of the Huns, themclose sleeves and ample garments, a lofty step, and a sonorous voice. In the day they concealed their two-edged poinards, but iu the night they boldly assembled in arms, and in nu merous bands, prepared for every act of violence and rapine.1 Their adversaries of the green fac tion, or even -inoffensive citizens, were stripped and often murdered by these nocturnal robbers, and it became dangerous to wear any gold but tons or girdles, or to appear at a late hour in the streets of a peaceful capital. A daring spirit, ri sing with impunity, proceeded to violate the safe guard of prryate houses: and fire was employed to facilitate" the" attack, or to conceal the crimes of these factious rioters.' No place was safe or sa cred from their depredations j to gratify either avarice or revenge, they profusely spilled the blood of the innocent j churches and altars were polluted by atrocious murders; and it was the boast of the assassins, that their dexterity could always inflict a mortal wound with a single stroke of their dagger. - The dissolute youth of Constan tinople adopted the blue livery of disorder j the laws were silent, and the bonds of society were relaxed j creditors were compelled to resign, their obligations); judges to reverse their sentence j .masters to enfranchise "their slaves; fathers to upph the extravagance of their children ; noble matrons were prostituted to the lust of, their ser vants beautiful boys were torn from the arms of their parents ; and wives,, unless they preferred a Voluntary death, were ravished in the presence of then-husbands.. The despair of the greens, who were persecuted by their enemies, and deserted . by the magistrates, assumed the privilege of de lence, perhaps of retaliation ; but those who sur- . vived the combat, were dmggcd to execution, and the unhappy fugitives VSttc cftrems preyed without mercy : on the societ) they were expelled.; Those fcunis STof justice who had courage to punish the crimes, and to brave the resentment of the blues, X the victims of their indiscreet zeal: a Set of Constantinople, forje to the holy sepu'ehre, a counx oi -a- . miniously whipped, and a governor of Sicdia was hinged Jy theorfer of Theodora, on the tomh of .rdB.J;n wYmm he had condemned for the murder of his groom, and a daring , attack ; upon, "t". f ! :'Vf3MswKfaf a-Katrine,1 Ms own me. au uspiruig -rvr- temedbulld his: greamess-onhe pubhc con iusioDbutit is the interest as well as futrof a Lverefgn to maintain the authority of the law The first edict of Justinianr which was often re peated, and sometimes executed, announced s his fcrm resolution to support the innocent, and to chastise the guilty of every denomination ahd col or Yet the balance of justice was still inclined in'favor of the blue faction, by the secret affec tion, the habits, and the fears of the emperor ; hts equity, after an apparent struggle, submitted, without reluctance, to the implacable' passions ol Theodora, and the empress never forgot, 6r for gave, the injuries of the comedian. At the ac cession of the younger Austin, the proclamation of equal and rigorous justice mdirecdyondemned the partiality of the former reign. " Ye! blues, Justinian is no more ! ye greens, he is still alive. A sedition, which almost laid Constahmople in ashes, was excited by the mutual hatred and momentary reconciliation of the two factions. In the fifth year of his reign, Justinian celebrated the festival of the ides of January: the; games wmPocint1v disturbed bv the clamorous dis- content of the greens ; till the twenty-second race, the emperor maintained his silent gravity; at length, yielding to his impatience, he condescend- A FEARFUL DREAM-THfft AST SATUR- - nf At rA -.- " Sorae ninetr years ago,: tuere "y1" m.,rnmA gow a club or young men, h fW oriieS. was commonly called the HU thfighUyt, annual saturnalia, in wb.icD..eco t i,Ifi other in dronkenerfnaypne occ8ons there was t V light was more conspicuous than , -u u i i r,i.i -with -bnllwtt' hta JkVfedod:-Bnd failed hopel chhadheen pjeielf frWrated by' hU subsequent ret UOne roorninp, after returning from thU fa festival. Mr, Archibald B. having retired to; Deo, dreamed the following drejim: , "I He fancied that be himself as mounted on a r...n.;io Kt..b. i;nMa ka alwAva rode, ana uiai be was proceeding towards bis own housemen a conntry seat embowered by trees, amlsituatel npon a hill, now entirely built over, and forminir part or the city when a stranger, whom tb darkness oi ine nigni prereniea nwaisuncn uww..-ei, denly seized the horse's rein, saying, Yo must go with met'' I And who are you ? exclaimed the ywng ihnn, with a volley of oaths, whilst he straggled to Tree him'self. . , "That you will see bye and by e,'; returned the other, in a tone thm excited unaccountable terror in the youth, who, plunging his spurs into his horse, attempted to fly, but in vain. ' However fast the nm rnal flew, the stranger was still beside him ; tilr at length, in his desperate efforts to escape, the rider was thrown: but, instead of being aasneu to me .u hj, himself falling 'railing tUiULiUliUiillUlii .KThP.ntonAilarf.int)ubHsbin? thft foltowlntr -The which 4iYE INSURAlVCE ' It: willhe ecbllected'tbat the legislature" at' .tnf r . fp fnsnrance.mermcipies uy-.iia iaie esswii. ycu i "'""""""v ' fo. r . it.Q ndsmtation to,irovidw for yurdlvea inVitirie ilie President to ?yitt.lbia 11 the- farioos situations injgaj i us .Dengnciai wufr nis.ooieropiaiey viynuwu .m iJ01 State dlnciesSie Wvisioifr it affords fortthoSepen- - Goern6rrigg whtch;we Vtiblish to-day, trans, j dent upon our exertion's 'during life; the consider fldtir apy of thbae resolves to th President, t? nf and the lncenuves to amy max u resents.; are nomattracung public attention and falline into the bowels or the as be expected, he found h falling still as if sink in ' At leneth a period Wnp put tonhls myi3 descent, he fouud breath to inquire of his companion, pidlyr securing pubhc favor. It w now rpducod jto the principles of a science, established by ex perience and observation upon the laws of nature which govern mortality, and by which the aver age duration, of life has been ascertained and de monstrated. The experience of more than half a century has proven the mean duration or expec tation of life of a given community, and that com panies can safely guarantee the payment of a cer tain sum on the death of the insured, in consider ation ol receiving a moaeraxe auuuai picuiiuu during life. It does not rest upon uncertain theo ries or vague speculations, as some may suppose ; nor is it founded upon calculations whether death will or will not happen for death is certain--but is based upon the law of the average duration of life, and secures the benefits of a mean duration of years, by rules and tables approximating so near ly to a certainty, that they may be depended upon in all calculations, wh?rein tne tenure of life is concerned. Observations and experience upon mortality in this country, not having been of sufficient extent upon which to construct tables of mean duration or expectation of life for different ages, with suffi cient accurary, Life Insurance Companies have generally adopted as the basis of their calculations, ed to hold, in abrupt sentences, and by the voice j who was still beside him, whither they were going, of a crier,, the most singular dialogue that ever '-Where ami? Where ure you taking me?" he passed between a prince ana nis supjecis first complaints were respectful and modest : they accused me su do ruinate ministers oi oppres sion, and proclaimed their wishes for the long life and victory of the emperor. " Be patient and attentive, ye insolent railers," exclaimed Justin ian ; ' be mute, ye jews, Samaritans and mani chaehs." . The greens still attempted to awaken his compassion. We are poor, we aref inno cent, we are injured, we dare not pass through the streets : a general persecution is exercised against our name and color. , Let us die, 0 Em peror, but let us die by your command, jmd for your service !" But the repetition of partial and passionate invectives degraded, in their , eyes, the majesty of the purple ; they renounced allegiance to the prince who refused justice to hi people ; lamented that the father of Justinian had been born ; and branded the son with the opprobrious names of a homicide, an ass, and a perjured ty rant. ' Do you daspise your lives!" cried the indignant monarch : the blues rosewith fury from their seats their hostile clamors thundered in the hyppodrome ; and their adversaries, deserting the Unequal contest, spread terror and despair through the streets of Constantinople. At this dangerous moment, seven notorious assassins of both fac tions, who had been condemned by the prefect, were carried round the city; and alter wards trans ported to the place of execution in the suburb of Pera. Four were immediately beheaded ; a fifth was hanged: but when the same punishment was inflicted on the remaining two," the rope broke, they fell alive to the ground, the populace applauded their escape, and' the monks of St. Conon, issuing from the neigboring convent, con veyed them in a boat to the sanctuary of the church. As one of these criminals was of the blue, and the other of the green livery, the two factions were equally provoked by the criielty of their oppressor or the ingratitude of their patron 4 and a short truce was concluded till they had de livered their prisoners and satisfied their revenge. The palace of the prefect, who withstood the se ditious torrent, was instantly burnt, his officers and guards were massacred, the prison's were who could only use it for the pubhc destruction. A military force, which had been despatched to the aid of the civil magistrate, was fiercely en 'countered by an armed multitude, whose num bers and boldness continually increased ; and the Heruli, the wildest barbarians, in the service of the empire, overturned the priests and their relics, which, from a pious motive, had been rashly in terposed to separate the bloody conflict. The tu mult was exasperated by this sacrilege the peo ple fought with enthusiasm m the cause of 6od ; the women, from the roofs and windows, show ered stones on the heads of the soldier, who darted firebrands against the houses ; and the va rious flames, which had been kindled by the hands of citizens and strangers, spread without control over the face of the city. The conflagra tion involved the caihedral of St. Sophia, the baths Zeuxippus, a part of the palace, from the first entrance to the altar of Mars, and the long portico from the palace to the forum of Cbnstan tine ; a large hospital, with the sick patients, was coasumed; many churches and stately edifices were destroyed, and an immense treasure of gold and silver was either melted or lost. From such scenes of horror and distress the wise and wealthy citizens escaped over the Bosphorus to the iAsiatic side, and during five days Constantinople was abandoned to the factions, whose watchword, Nika, votuptish ! has given a name to tliis memo rable sedition. THE HILLSBOROUGH DISTRICT. We are gratified to perceive that meetings are being held in the counties composino- the Hillsborough Congressional District, by the Whigs, to appoint delegates to a Convention to be held m Hillsborough, for the purpose of nominating a candidate in opposition to Mr. Venable, the late Locofoco representa tive from that District. Public attention is directed to Gov. Graham, as the Whi- can didate : and we trust he mav not nnlv mpivn the nomination, but that he will feel it to be W:'itt,d for them toblow nJ expected n rose worthy exclaimed. To hell 1" replied the stranger, and immediately interminable echoes repeated the fearful sound, "To hell ! to hell ! to hell At length a light nppeared which soon increased to a bl.ize; but. instead of the crjes, and gro ins, nnd lamenting, the terrified traveller expected, nothing met his ear but sounds of music, mirth and jollity ; nnd he found himself at the entrance of a superb building far exceeding any be bad seen constructed by.humnn hands. Within, too, what a scene! No amusement, employment, or pursuit of man on earth, but was there being carried on with a vehemence that excited his unutterable amazement. Therethe panting horse still bore his brutal rider through the excitement of the goided nice I There over the mid night bowl, the iutertntoate still drawled out the wa'iton soug or maudlin blasphemy 1 The gambler plied for ever his endless game, and the slaves of Mammon toiled through eternity their bitter task ; whilst all -the magnificence of earth paled before that which now met his view. He soon perceived that hewas among nil acquain tances whom he knew to be dead, nndeach he, ob served, was pursuing the object, whatever it wai, that had formerly engrossed him when finding himself relieved of tfee preseuce of his unwelcome conductor, heeinured to address his former friend, Mrs. D , whom he saw sitting, as had been her Wont on earth, absorbed at loo, requesting her to rest from the game, and introduce him to the pleasures of the place, which appeared to him to be very unlike what he had expected, nnd indeed an extremely a greeable one. Cut with what a cry of ngony, she answered that there was no rest in hell ; that they must ever toil 00 at theme very pleasures, and innu merable voices echoed through the interminable vaults. "There is no rest in hell !" whilst throwing open their vests, each disclosed in his bosom an ever burning fl ime ! These ttey said, were the pleasures of hell jthe choice on earth was their iuevitable doom ! In the midst of the horror this scene inspir ed, his couduct or returned, nnd, at his earnest entrea ty, restored him again to earth ; but as he quitted him, he said, " Remember ! in u year and a day we meet again!" -- At this crisis of his dream the sleeper awok, fe verish and ill ; and, whether from the effect of the dream or of his preceding orgies, he was so unwell as ing which period he had time for many serious re flection?, which terminated in a resolution to aban don the club and b"u licentious companions alto gether. He was no sooner well, however, than they flock ed around btm. bent on recovering so valuable a mem of their society ; aud, having wrung from him n eon fession of the causes of his defection, as may be sup posed, appeared to them eminently ridiculous, .they soon contrived to make him ashamed of his good re solutions. He joined them again resumed his for mer course of life, nnd when the annual saturnalia came round, he found himself with his glass in his hand at the table; when the president rising to make his accustomed speech, began with saying, " Gentle men, this being leap-year, it is a year and a day since our last anniversary," -c. Sec The word struck upon the young man's ear like a knell ; but, ashamed to expose his weakness to the jeers of his companions, he sat out the feastj plying himself with wine even more liberally than usual, in order to drown his intrusive thoughts till, in the gloom of a winter's morning, he mounted his horso to ride home. Some hours afterwards the horse was found, with his saddle nnd bridle on, quietly grazing by the roadside, about ha IT way between the city and Mr.D'i bouse, wfcile a few yards off lay the corpse of his master. Now, as 1 have said, introducing this story, ft is mi ucnon. 1 ne circumstances Happened as here re lated. An account of it was published at the time, but the copies were bouzht up by the family. Two or three however, were preserved, and the narrative has been reprint ed. Crore-' Night Side of Naturtk From the National Intelligencer. THE EFFECT OF CHARCOAL ON FLOW ERS. : The following extract cannot but be interesting to tne Dotamst and tne chemist, as well as tp every iaay wuo Das a rose-ousn in ner garden, or a flower pot in her parlor. It is from the Paris " Horticul tural Review" of July last, translated by Judge Meigs of New York, for the Farmers' Club of the American Institute. The experiments described were made by Robert Berauds, who says: " About a year ago 1 made a bargain fori a rose buab, ot magnificent growth and full of buds. I V his duty to accept it ; this duty he owes not uiuy 10 uie district, but to the country. The considerate men of both parties vill feel just pride in his nomination, and we do not hes itate to say that they will also consider! it a high and patriotic dutv to rehuVe tho i,Hro and treasonable schemes and doctrineS of Mr. Venable, by his (Gov, G's.) election to the House of Representatives by a handsome majority. The State of North Carolina is not yet so lost to a sense of what is due to her honor, character and pride, as to send Mr. Venable back to the House of Repre rentatives,aaiid thereby endorse his treasona ble doctrines, to the exclusion of such a man as Wm. A. GRAHAM North State Whig. 1 . ; j FrAKrrL mortxlity. The most fearful in stance of mortality caused by the cholera, that has ever come to our knowledge, says the Natchez Courier, occurred on the plantation of Mr. James Miller, Waterproof, La., during the past few days. We have been credibly informed that thirty-nine out forty negroes on the plantation have died! The disease entirely baffled medical - skill medi cine would not act at all a hearty negro wotild be taken slightly ill, vomiting would shortly ensUe, without any purging, and 111' two or three hours the poor negro would be cold and dead. Therf is something certainly very singular about the ter rific mortality onthis plantation, which we hope may be elucidated by those skilled in the disease. V. O. Bee- of such a noble plant, and of the praise; bestowed un- it. I . I .1 a - .1 , .... on it oy me venuer. ji iengn, wnen it bloomed an my Dopes were blasted, l he flowers were of a faded color, aud I discovered I had only a middling 1 j ... 1 - , 0 iiiuiLiuun, anno vuioreu euougn. 1 ineretore resol ved to sacrifice it to some experiments Which I bad In view. My attention had been captivated with the enecis ot charcoal as stated in some English publi cation?. I then covered the earth in the pot, in wiucn my rose-bush was, about half au inch deep with pulverized Charcoal! Some days after, 1 was astonished to see the roses, which bloomed) of as uuc H'cij ruac uuiur us i couiu wisti i i determined urepeanne experiment; aud therefore when the roseousn uaa aone flowering, I took off all the char coji ana put rresn earth about the root. You may conceive that I waited for the next spring impatient ly to see the Tesult of this experiment. When it o.oomea ine roses were, as at first, pale and discol ored, but by applying the charcoal as before, the roses soon resumed their rosy red color; J tried the powdered charcoal likewise in large quantities crpoa my petunias, and found that both the white andhVi olet flowers were equally sensible to its action It always gave great vigor to the red or violet colors of the flowers, and the white petunias became veined rctih red or toilet tints; the violets became cohered with irregular spots of a black or almost black tint. Many persons who admired them thought that they were new varieties from the seed. . Yellon are (as I have proved) insensible to the; influence "of " 111 betide the yellow flowers it seems they rfro equally incapable of change, under the influeneVdf ebarcoal,or of the tnao without poetry ia his tem perament. Wordsworth tells us: A primrose by the river's brim A yei.uw phixirose was to him . And it was nothing more.' '-' ie table constructed from observations made at- Carlisle, where the average motality is believed to correspond very nearly with that of the Eastern and Middle States. It is a matter of astonishment, with what wonderful accurary and precision these tables give the average duration of life, where those observations were made, as has been tested by the experience of Life Officers, in Europe, and in this Country. Based upon rules and regula tions derived from this system of laws regulating the term of life, now so well ascertained, it is appa rent that transactions in Life Insurance are not attended with that hazard and uncertainty which heretofore have been suffered to belong to them ; and that in Life Insurance Companies, founded upon this: basis, and governed by rules and regu lations predicated upon such principles, no fears need be entertained for the ultimate safety of all contracts of insurance made by them. It can be shown that these Offices will nave abundant abil ity to fulfil their engagements, and to meet their obligations, whenever falling due. By observa-. tions and investigations of the bills of mortality in different places, and at various times, it is found that bodies of individuals, comprising one thou sand or more, hvin in the same district of coun try, and following similar occupations, have each a mean duration of life; the difference in the re sult of the various observations is unimportant. Having once ascertained to a certainty, the mean duration of life of a body of a thousand individuals, it is easy to compute how much money one indi vidual, of any given age, would have to pay an nually, to entitle him to receive a certain sum, should he arrive to a certain age. . Life Insurance, then, is a contract, whereby a company, in con sideration of a small annual payment made by an individual, guarantees to that individual the ben efit or value of his expectation of life, by. paying a stipulated sum to his representatives at his death. It is not dependent upon speculation or chance, for although nothing can be more uncertain than the continuance of a single life, yet nothing is more invariable than the duration of life in the mass. Consequently the exact value of life insu rances can be calculated without any uncertainty whatever, and a man, by effecting an insurance, secures to his representatives agunst the risk o r accident, the advantages they would have from : Ui fijinviriA his.-pxaci xirnprirtion. ni-oi-iqa uurauou oi nis me. The employment of monev in making nrovis- ion for families and friends, is only making use of we laudable means that the progress of science anu experience nave developed, tor providing, in the event of death, a comfortable and re spectable support to those that survive ; and a mong the most important duties that men owe to themselves and their families, and one, the per formance of which will go far to insure them the enjoyment of peaceful hearts in any- event in life, none more iorcibly urges itsell to then better na tures than the attainment of means to support the lnnrmiues ot an old age, or m case oi death, to secure to those whom they might otherwise leave dependent and unprovided for, a certain resource against want. By means of Life Insurance, the value ol the future exertions of an individual to his family, for the average expectation of the du ration oi nis me, may be secured to them should he die the next day ; the extent of this value may be estimated at one hundred or ten thousand dol lars, as the circumstances of the individual, or his seuse of duty to his family, may induce him to expend a small or large sum in annual payments to an office. In this way he may secure to them such a sum as he may deem sumcient to ffive them a comfortable independence, in the event of nis aeatn. upon these principles, Late Insurance Companies have been established, and are in suc cessful operation in Europe and this Country, and are exerting a powerful influence in the phys ical and moral improvement of the state of society, and diffusing important benefits to families, com munities and States. - Morally considered, Life Insurance induces hab its of economy, encourages and promotes industry, and strengthens the bonds of social and domesUc duties ; and those individuals who are once in the practice of making small annual contributions to a life Office, for the future benefit of their friends, soon cease to feel it a burden ; and they cheerful ly forego some worthless present gratification, to enable them to improve- the future condition of their families. 9 This prudential foresight and con siderate care, on the part of heads of f amilies, will erect a living monument of affection and gratitude in the memories of their survivors, and exert an influence for economy and provident care in fu ture generations. Phdosophically and physically considered, it cannot be denied that Life Insurance exerts an important and sanative influence ; for so great is the influence of the mind upon the physical or ganization, and upon the health of the body, that mere can oe no oouDt that on a bed ot sickness, me cornxung ana aeomtaung enects ot anxiety, from the reflection of leaving a famly unprovided for, would have the effect of materially increasing will tnpt.a reabons-a in the heart of every Maesa chueeittf-nan; arid the letter of theesiuent, in answer theret.o,wllvuse;-i rented hope, to irng up within ourpeople, that the gallant old he ro may come among us and taste .our hospitality. The people of .Massachusetts desire to see the President and take nimby the hand, and welcome him to their homes and firesides; The following s the correspondence : copy Pittsfieu), 5ih May, 1849J Sib : The Legislature nf Massachusetts, at its recent session, understanding that you hadin contemplation a visit to a neighboring State, du ring the coming season, passed resolves in which I am requested to invite you to extend your vis. it to this Commonwealth, and to lender to you the hospitalities and respectful congratulations of the State.,, It gives me great pleasure to be r.nnMtii!pd the 'medium of officially makings known to you the unanimous wish of the Legisla ture, that you would honor the Common wealth with a visit, and give to her ci'izens an opportuni ty of manifesting to you, as the Chief Magistrate of the Republic, that respect which i due to your exalted station, and which tliey have here tofore shown to several of your distinguif bed pre- .1 I., l.at tmrll ffii-0 ... ' tVii l " if "if fflrf act, "Ti tne opporiunry can ne giverr-oTstinn X they honor the President of '.he United States, their regard and admiration for the uprightness and purity of your private character, will secure from all classes of our citizens an open, sincere and cordial hospitality, and a hearty welcome. In presenting to you this official invitation of the Legislature, whose members,! am sure, in this proceeding, truly represented the wishes and will of their constituents, allow me, sir, personally to express the earnest hope, that your public engage ments and your individual inclination will permit you to gratify the universal desire of the people of Massachusetts to see you among them before the next meeting of Congress. I herewith transmit to you a copy of the Re solves of the Legislature. With great respect, I am truly your. GEO. N. DRIGCS. To Z. Tatlor, Pres. U. States. uurs axe the ni r vj RALEIGH, RAIL R0AD(W1 memberedhyaiu,, to its deliberations r inrai Knil Road fenk cjer Washington. May 11, 1819. Sir : I have had the honor to receive your Excellency's communication of the fifth instant, transmitting the Resolves of the Legislature of Massachusetts, inviting me to visit that Com mon wealth during the current year. I beg leave to present my warmest thanks to the Legislature, for the high honor of their invi tation, and to say that t shall be proud to accept, it my official engagements will permit. It will a fiord me the highest gratification to visit a State so distinguished for her devotion to- the cause of liberty, and lor the cultivation of the ennobling arts of peace. Please accept my acknowledgments for the manner in which you have been pleased to com municate the Resolves of the Legislature, aud tne assurance ot niti regard with which i re main Your Excellency Friend, and Ob't serv't, Z. TAYLOR. Hts Excellency, Geo- N. Briggs, Governor, of Massachusetts, Pititfield. Mass. REMEDY FOR CHOLERA. The British Ambassador at Vienna, Lord Pon sonby, in a letter to his brother, the Bishop of Derry snites, mat to tirs Knowledge, dissolved campnor pro ved to De a certaiu cure for cnolera, both at Paris and in Germany ; and if taken in time, the cure is gen erally effected before it is possible to procure a phy sician that is, in less thau an hour! In coufirua- -tiou of this, J. T. Duncan, Esq., and eminent medi cal authority at Ediuburg, states, that he found Sir James Murray's Fluid Camphor by far the most effectual preparation. A wiue glass full every five minutes, produced warm perspiration, and a manifest decrease or sickness and of cramps, with a rapid re vival of spirits and circulation. As a preventive, he nas supplied ibis fluid extensively to the ooor, and with murked advantages in restoring and preserving good digestion and nervous energy, essential guards against tne Uholera. We may add, that ,( Camphorated Emulsion" was used as nn ordinary remedy in this city in the Cho lera of 1S32, and iu many cases with advantages. A physician informs us that the proportions as follow, may oe obtained at any drug store: Gum Camphor, one drachm. Gum Arabic and White Sugar, each two drachms. Water, from five to six ounces. Sp. Lavender Compound, half an ounce. Laudanum, sixty drops. Of this, take a table snoonful nftcKuanallv until ' c J ) - relieved. In all c-ises, however, a physician should bo sent for as soon as possible. We may add, that not a case oj Cholera exists w jrhiladtljkia. This we state on the authority of a member on the Board of Health. THE BEST YET. The Knickerbocker tells of a place down east where the gold fever rages with' remarkable fury, which is not a little increased by the practical iokes of a young lawyer who pretends to receive many letters from the gold regions, which he reads to those gapiug bumpkins who assemble at his office in order to have their credulity stretched. The following is his latest missive : its severity, and of rendering: recovery more doubt ful. It is therefore a prudential measure on the score ol health and longevity, as well as one de signed to secure ease and tranquility of mind in anv suite oi neaiin. t. it. Y . BANK OF FAYETTEVILLE. According to previous notice, the subscribers to the capital stock of, the Bank of Jfryettevilie. assembled in the Fayetteville Hall-art the 21 si insU and elected the following- gentlemen as Directors: Henry L. My rover. John D. Starr. James Kyle Thomas 8. Lutterloh, John W. Pearce.-kdrnur.d J; Lilly, John VVaddill. Jr.. and Alfred A. McKethan of this place, and James R. Hoyt. of Washington. , John D. Starr ha been chosen bv the Board a Fresrdent, and Wm. G. Broadfuot, Cashier. - - - Carolinian. Mrs. Partington, upon reading the ast despatch from New Orleans, exclaimed: . -rxr II .1 1 , . . ' u We arrived at San Francisco three weeks aso yesterday, and after stopping there four days to re cruit and make preparations, we set out for the gold country. The country on. the banks of the Sacra mento is exceedingly fine, aud the soil the most fer tile in the world. We passed several wheat fields which had just been reaped, and would yield over two hundred bushels to the acre. There is however. one drawback; this neighborhood is much infested with noxious serpents, and more than as likely, as not, in picking up a bundle of wheat, yon will take a huge rattlesnake in your arms ! We passed along up (be river without making much stop, and soon we came to the gold region. We found the rold in small grains or particles. My companions all stop ped to gather it, but I thought I would keep on and eo iu iub ueuu quarters, 11 1 couia una tnem. l soon came to where I found the precious metal in lumps us large as a. wamui. renet rating the country far ther, 1 found it became more plenty, and 1 frequently noticed pieces of gold the site of a common tea-kettle. In fact the appearance of the country in many places reminded me of our New England cornfields after ine corn nas oeen removed, and before the pumpkins . . 1 1 0.11 ft ,. , . ' - urs guiuereu. ouii i aw not stop there, but kept on towards the source of 'the river. Here the countrv was broken and mountainous, and In rge boulders of goiu, oi ineaixe oi a nve pau kettle, were quite com mon, i came at Jengtn to a mountain, in which I suppose the river takes its rise. On the side of my approach it was very precipitous. At the base of a high cliff I looked up and saw about one hundred and fifty feet above me, and almost over my head, a mass of solid, shining gold, large as a bunch of screw ed hay ! It seemed to be suspended by a single root or vine. I had nothing .with tne but my gun ; it was loaded with a ball, and my first thought was to fire and cut ojf the cord by which the glittering macs' was hung! but as I was on the point of firine. it oc curred to me if I did, the gold would infallibly fall on me and crush me ; so I . - . Mere the reader Was interruDted hv a ftllAvrvrith a largely developed organ of credulity, his eyes trans- lore, to seo it fiK. i . . i ' Ulll .t I lil nLI ...j, era meetings are ahrav,SS ml respects. Confi.i W ness. nn.l w ; Be , .ieaseu by tU at trpniipnf ;r., ' have a salutary poUtic jealousies and Venations izens livin? in Him, m 0 wemsecw gree, thereby removed. A ed, give new tone to thPfI - effort, with fesp winch we might befr.ro u... THE TOWN OP PAYJ weuo not know whv.in the craft, who seem to Raj? vumuigs in," as of ii the public, we should not gratification we experienced J mgviszttoFayetteville.m, Ue jaunts tend woader J uucai contention, to socfthe tU hiditonal liie, clear out the brain, and companionate theW such purposes, and for genuinely pitahty, and polite, generous ai us to a sojourn with the denizema TownofFayetteville. Ouibeais fresh recollections of their kindaa We were pleased to find Fa J and more business Town tb'vj though we might hare knofe! sing character of its citizens, thsiJ ergies are directed, thereis nosad; As an evidence of this, no place y seriously visited, at various to conflagrations, and yet it haslesrf with astonishing alacrity, andilc before. It is confidently expels completion, of the PtanlRodM the commencement of I the Cape Fear, it will become, at H be, an inland Town of no mwm importance. With the remembrance of maws in our breast, and a full appreckis: and socjal worth, we pledge Suns: souled community of our sister-m NEW VOLUNTEER C The " Ringgold Guards," iwj volunteer Company, recently Wt under the command of CaptG.EM made their debut on parade on Sc! Being " one of 'em," we ougiliM be too loud in their praise; butitrf in the respectability of then" numtej sing appearance, and, consider iginr the regularity and uniform' tions, they reflected great and the City. We cannot omit to mention Yarbbovgh, of the Mansion with that liberality and public & terize him.fravetheCompanV; , 0 . - very agreeable and wholesome j well-wishes. May his shadow District AttfflJj Henry W. Miller, Esq., 1 TmSt tvl Attnrnevol u ln th District of North Carolina, McRae, removed. No bettaor il I. Annnin tmpntCC!lB,l accepiaoie uu ap" i WiU the "Standard" call Miatf tion? nf th Hon. Clarl The Jackson Mississippi AfPnn ThARLES riSHJ-'i" . I State, at Hillsborough, stant, in the 59th year of ieJ ur t( the LePI was long a meu Carolina, of which he was sevn Speaker, ana gress. mi.. Cri j VVe leam irom w the Crevasse was, ai - its caoacitv. The breacn - wIHp. The water of the City had advanced were running in some ol daily increasing. iaeK water abating , Tirii ,i i x .ii ,t . - ' nxed witn wonder. Ami tnhannn w cu, mis uucs yeai an me crevices I ever r w.-l'jrr.r rrt-f.":,r """" ,vxuw i uw ujuuta. wno oroito out nlta jtsy LlhnnfJcr! Ftt it fi pw it heard of." TheLouktiBeC ...flwi We from cnoi z .j. size in the United States. and cleanness of the city," . i . . Hen. T1. h edit St. Louis on - Leavenwort. -'""51
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