rCorTrondBC of e N. 0. Picayune. J 1 LETTER FROM THE CZAR NICHOLAS. Ta Rtpcsuc or THi Dkad, ) April, 1855. j , , OtNTLXMCN My uresence ?n New Orleans" amy occasion you some surprise, but I can as Bure Too that you cannot be more astonished than I am to find ny spirit descended from the kmm nf all th Russians to become a plain- tilt corrwpondeni to a newspaper in this Amer lean Crimea. v,411bw toe, lherefore. to account . m rvMiition h nlsxinz to von the extraor- dfoWJ o Tnta whicn he occurred to me since my aeatn. , , . Tk- Kuik nn aooner oat of f boaj, lf HrAcrped neck and heels out of of bed in Si. Petersburg ; some irresistible power acting upun j f""i "Vr y ai; FnirUnfl nanaea me use a m aoudded across the Atlantic and tumbled un intn a room in the citv of Boston Bnuvuiv.y 1 ' , j Here was assembled a Urge party of ladies and gentlemen, who, it appears, were anxiously ?wiiioff in? arrival. A middle aged lady, in whom Fimwediately recognised a medium, ad- A ma ten nnlitelT- Wi.l the spirit of the Emp'rer Nicrlas please Bay if it is present?" - x - nrnarinr to raD. when a stentorian of Illinois demanded "Is the Bpirit of the Cxar Nicholas hers ? yes or no? say" , I illatd for a moment between these con bnt at last Illinois prevailed and I vas hurried over Vermont, whiaked across Lake Erie, took Michigan at a leap and landed in the midst of a scientine tee-to-tai e vft m.v nresume that h was rather ruffled o bi treatment of my imperial spirit, so manifested my presence by two thumps upon .oi.io tht made the cuos and saucers danoe vD a irpntleman with very dirty nanus a uiuAut am 4 . , Jill-. o(pH over the assembly. He was a dabbler in real estate, which I presume accountelor the ancleaDnees of hie hands. Ho was a aoctcr Irishman. "Ladies and gintlemin," said the doctor, helping himeelf to a cupful! of brandy and wa ter out of a private tea pot: "The spiritof Nicho las is forenint yes." ' Scarcely bad he uttered these words when a nedium in the city of New York began tugging at me. "Will the Emp'rer of Rooehia please to ap pear ?" Oood gracious ! I exclaimed, as I whistled across Ohio, am I doomed to be the shuttle-cock o American mediums ? Will no merciful pow er intervene to stop this ? Bang 1 I came flat against some obstacle that laid me upon my spiritual back. "What is that V said I, rising in great dud geon at this attack. o "It is the confines of the State of New York, replied a still dirtier man than the real estate doctor. I examined the figure of the Janitor of New York. Hi's name was Horace Greeley. He stood at the entrance of the State like the angel at the door of paradise, and in his right band he waved a newspaper twisted into the form of a bludgeon. But he bore no other re semblance to the angel aforesaid his voice being more like that of the serpent, for at every mo ment he would open his mouth, and hiss at me, just in this manner, "Ism 1 ism ! ism !" He was constantly invoking "water indeed he seemed as fond of it as the rich man in hell. But I presume from Mr. Greeley's appearance he wanted it for a different purpose. "Who are you?" said he. 'Ism! ism!" "I am the spirit" I was commencing. "A vaunt." he roared, "away ; ism ! iem ! There are no spirits allowed in this State now. Iem 1 ism ! ism 1 Begone I ism !" I would have explained to him that I did not come under the prohibition of the liquur law, but he was so angry that he would listen to nothing, but drew from his pocket a large blow pipe, and commenced peppering me with a quantity of nasty articles, which it appears he keeps prepared in his mouth to bespatter his opponents. I was obliged to retreat from the presence of this tribune of the people. I was scarcely out of smell of this person, when I found myself once more assaulted by the mediums. They came from all the States in the Union. Voices came out of Pennsylva nia and Texac, commands from Connecticut, en treaties from Alabama. I was bewildered torn hither, dragged thither. "Good heavens 1" I exclaimed, and they call the grave a place of rest. I have not had a mo- ment's peace since I have been dead. At last I grew desperate, and I allowed these contending powers to act upon me from different directions, until bv opposing each other they actuallyeftabli'hedmyequilibrium.andbruught roe to a centre of their antagonistic system. This spot happened to be the city of New Or gans, und thus you perceive how I have come ,-o seek a refuge in this hospitable city. It ia the mere dear to me as it reminds tr.e of my wn St. Petersburg. They art both built in a etvatap. ' On mv tiirival here. I sought the shelter of iewHpapr osae The jsuruai i selected was oonger.iiU to my spirit, bein iyi havine iti own wav in nrik-ularly fond thing;, right or er kroner. I found tho oditor to e au extremely inteliicsnt mas, so, ulcer introducing myself, I oropoHCC to aiioru uiui an tueis-rtit ir.to my oou- hy and " the mise'cn " uf R-asbia. lie received zrv offer with a peculiar smile ecii eatisiac- lien, and proceeded to balance aiiaseif on the iwo hind legs of his editorial chair, while he r-garded me a.kacce over hie tooth pick. " My dear sir," said lie, " I know all you have dope, and published it ir my joorr-al long be- tore vou aid st. "But. sir." I rxiKtstulatedf " I can tell vou 9, hat I was goiiig to do. if I had -Jived." " b;r, ae replx-d. ' 1 r&d ail tnat in my pa rser last week." : "And pray, sir," I asked, " how do yon manago to obtain jntelligenof things before ,sy have harpebed?" "By meaoii," said br, "of the telegraphic powers of the American Associated Prees." I told him that I was quite ignorant of this extraordinary machine, and I begged him to explain it. lie did so with the greatest kind ness, and I followed his demonstration with in tense .interfBt as he proceeded. " Iffeu are aware," be began, " that the earth revolves from west to east ; consequently it is noon at St. Petersburg just as we are going to press at five in the morning at New Orleans. Very good. If, therefore, you issue an ukase in Russia at noon, if we can obtain instantane ous news of it here, why we could publish it seven hours in advance of your issu". I mere ly put this simple case to show vou bow much taster America is than Europe any how. Very g od. Now accepting this fact as a great natural institution, we can easily complicate this sim- fle telegraphic process so as to anticipate intel igence not only by hours but by days, and we Lope phortly to put all Europe a year behind the States. Because once we establish the pos sibility of American enterprise outrunning your slow European action, there is no calcula ting where we shall stop. "I confess, sir, you surprise mt. greatly," said I. " I am lost in admiration' " Yes, sir," be continued, I have actually recorded European events in my paper that paper has been sent to England, France and Russia, and you have read it, and I have actu ally left you no alternative but to realize mv determinations." ? " Oh !" I exclaimed, here I must stop you. I assure you that I never saw or even heard of your journal until I found myself in New Or leans." The editor smiled a calm smile. " That is prejudice," tiaid he, -'mere Euro pean prejudice. You force yourself to believe that you never saw my parr. You compel yourself to think that you did not draw your inspiration from my editorials. It is a strange thing." he continued, talking to himself, how everybody from the other side will blind him beif with prejudice." .1 perceived that :t wts useless to argue with ..-.m on this point. I had prepared a short die il u-e of Bn:r, V-j. bDt I .aw it wonld not suit his paper, as he had already in type a j difiweui opinion w wnat i tnougni ui um. lenrW that vou did no; emnloy the Associa ted Press machine to manufacture intelligence, venture to send jsja ths enclosed, pat " you la; should doubt ther source, and should be lieve that l am not a gooa autnomj iu meso matters, I pray you to discard the intelligence into your waste-basket, and allow me to db if ours, lately, ichoa. THE DISCLOSURE. The secret of Russian policy is a simple question of geography. Russia, with a swell ioe trade and population, cooped up like a child in a womb, lmpassame aeseris no wu u eastern portion. Europe blocks her in on the west. Lapland denies all egress on the north. A few years ago we took Finland trom tne Swede, and obtained a few miles of seacoast on the Baltic. We then took Bessarabia and tDe Crimea from the Turks, and gained a few miles of seacoast on the Black Sea. But the child still grew, and the birth of Russia into the ci vilized world must come ; tor no nauuu c live that has not a maritime frontier in pro portion to its produce. The Black Sea is a lake, of which Turkey holds supreme control bv holding its only outlet at Constantinople. - . . . i j - : i . V, r Tb Baltic is guaraea in atumiinr uinuuci uj ;nmark. The child Russia must be born. 1 De came to the throne and I felt the land in labor, flanked around and I perceived toe Caucasus, one little outlet iuto Asia Minor. 1 thought that if I could obtain Asia Minor, and perhaps Syria, by purchase or porsuaeion trom luraey, I wouid not only gain a Mediterranean seaboard, but also I could make Jerusalem a Russian city. My people are ardent Christains, and th pos session of Jerusalem, which is utterly worthless to all the rest of the world, would be priceless to me. 1 failed to eubduo tho Cironediauf who held the Caucasian range. . I devoted to death the flower of my troops, but I could never pierce an exit iuto Asia through these iron tribes. Still tho child grew, and at length the momeot ouoio when no human power could restrain the pressure from witmn. I was compelled to head ifce movement, and conduct an outbteak I could a&t repress. I addressed tho reigning powers of Europe-. I showed them that Russia must ocssess a seacoast, and it was unnatural two . ... i 1 fTt 1 I 1J I I -J pigmies like JJenmam ana luraey snouiu uoiu the northern giant ia those handcuffs called the Dardanelles and the CategaL Nay, in the sa cred interest of peace, 1 would have exchanged same portion ot my beloved Russia tor the rug ged coast of Norway andnow useless.infructious ports of Turkey and Greece. But all overtures were refused, and the fingers of England and France sternly pointed to the treaty of Vienna, by which we agreed forty years ago to preserve thfl present outlines of the map of Europe. Heaven preserve us from infringing Russian honor as pledged in a treaty, but is there a conclave superior to that of Vienna. Do God, providence and nature constantly look back to that document, and so govern men and things that the course of the world shall not interfere with the pledged word of those kings our fa thers. Shall some nations dwindle into their graves, and shall their bodies, diplomatically preserved, inhabit the sacred limits of their lands, while a neighboring people, bursting with vigor and growth, urged on by nature, and following the outstretched band of God. dare not obey his direction because some dead monareha have said to our generation, "Ihue far shalt thou go, and no further." I know nof whether the Armies of Russia will prevail in this oenteet. But there is no : army can defeat the ways of Providence, nor i can stop ner in ner pain, one wie;us me i scythe of time, and takes off a generation at j one sweep. 1 know not how Russia will gain j her end, but the child will be born. It may be j that a terrible revolution will strike all Europe, I disintegrate her kingdoms, and the people will j subside into other forms, organized at firet only I by their languages. But the great hour is at hand. The astute Briton has delayed action, that ail Europe might bind itself togpther against Russia. Let the world roll on. The end must come. Let the Allied troops gn.in victory upon victory. Tbey will end like Napoleon ; they will die of their own power, when they oppose it to be the will of Providence. The child must be born. England has lived her life. France has obtained a renowned old age. There are two children of the world, twins, who will, iu the history of the globe, represent the two great hemispheres, east and west, and their names are Russia and America. A SINGULAR DREAM. Remarkable Realization. A voui-g mar: k-i ladj the wifecf a Main Street raerchant, residing on Race atreet, in the vicinity of Third, had z most singular dream on the night of Wed nesday, December G, which has ;-iuce b;er. re ali zed in a remarkable manner. The aau of tb5 lady we withhold at her own request. On tho iiight spoken of, she retired to her bed in a ph-as-ant frame, not, however, particularly nlat.-d. j The first of the tight she was virfit d u u deei i sleep, which, as the dawu apyvire I. avo way i to bluui'oer of a mere broken characiff. Sud- aeinv tnu urcameu : una ureamiu ' saw ntr j brother the same that two yer. aiu If.tt hie i on. au home to brave the hardship? (f Califor- t nia lite that !o might secure to himclt tud is- ter h coiii'iotence. sue saw him rise irom a j bod in i small hut-like toceraent, and running ; his har.d r.iiikr the. pillow drew irom thence a j revolver and a hugo bo-vi-3 knife, both of which 1 h. plieed in a belt that he v. ore around Li It seetaed that it was not far frcrn ir;idni fc! bt, fc.r i ins ?noerf were vet t-aiosn 1 hearth, aad as ther cast their 'ur';d p 3 r o over hia. countenance, she thought ihit perhaps it was all a dream ; but then she concluded that no dream couli be rcrl, ar.d be.? me convinced that all wen actual. iie she gr.jr-d upcu hi- CMintennr.ee, the I I I i , , expression 6Uducnl changed :i cetrayed an intense watchfulness ; very pulse seotaed sus pended, and ev.-ry heart-thrcb muffled, while the eye stood fixed on a particular Dot near the head of the bed, where, through a small aper ture not noticed before, w&s a human hand, grasping a short, keen instrument, looking ter ribly like a dagger. It apparently sought the head of the bed ; for as it touched the pillow it passed itself slowly down to about the suppos ed region of the heart, and poised itself for a second, as if to make sure itg game. That se cond was sufficient for the brother to rise noise less! from his seat, and draw his bowie knife trom his belt, anu advance a single step towards the bed. Just as the dagger descended into the bjankets, the kuite ot the brother came down liKa meat-axe close to the aperture, compiet ly severing the hand of the would be assassin above the wrist, and causing the dagger and limb to fall on the bed, tropmea of his victory. A deep, prolonged yell sounded from without, and, on rushing to the aperture, and convincing himself that thore was but one, the brother un bolted the door and stepped out. The moon was shining, and by its light was diacovsred a man writhing as if in th? last agonies. The mi ner drew the body near the door, and turning his face to the hrc, beheld the visage of a Mex ican, who, for some fancied injury, had sworn to never rest content until he had taken .bis (the brother's) life. On examining the man closely, he was discovered to have a wound in the vicinity of ihe heart, which a long, sharp two-edged blade in his hand abundantly accoun ted for. Failing in the attempt to assassinate his victim, he had with his only remaining hand driven another knife to his own heart. The lady awoke, and, vividly impressed with the dream, related its substance, aa here re cor ded. to her husband. Judge then of her and hia surprise, wheu they yesterday received a let ter from California, per tiiS North Star, from the brother, relating an adventure, the night of December 6, precisely identical with that seen by the lady in her dream. Cincinnati Daily Times. " Each moment makes thee dearer," as the parsimonious tradesman said to his -pxtrava- ; an wife !: From"hr Home Journal. WHAT THE DOCTOR HAS , t . THE 8CICIDR. . S ;V J v Years ago, 'oat. in the centralparti" of State of New York, in a district buj sparsely settled at that time, through which passed a great high-road leading "to the westward," an emigrant nxed upon a local naDiiawou. The dwellers inlhat humble tenement, built of nnhewed logs, were two; and they were young in life and hope, and young in that blessed relation which made them' one-' in flesh and heart. There were many broad .acres within the en closure around that unpretending dwelling, and tbey were of good soil, and the hardy hosband man reaped bis reward from them; from year to year. The winter fire blazed briskly on the ample hearth, the moon ran high, and the night air was keen and brisk without, as the two sat side by side talking over their future plans, as it was ever their wont to do. The wife drew near er to her husband's chair, as though the bond between them was growing stronger. Her words were uttered in a lower tone, as though the night might hold mysterious strangers who would catch the sound of her voice, as she re vealed to him the pent up thoughts which had of late occuoied her mimd, and grown daily to be regarded more and more in the light of a certainty that her fondest hopes would ere long be realized. "We have lived," she saia, "anu striven together, and we have prospered, and bow happy shall we be when Providence has granted us a richer reward in one to .row up ani share these blessings with ua ! Oh I the delight that was kindled upon that coyish wo- inau s radiant face as sue talked to him Destue licr. in whisners. of beins a mother. True wert thou a woman to thy nature, to thy bus b ind, and thy country ; and for this thou wert aoove all price priceless. " Seed-time and harvest come and went for six teen years, and the husbandman's storehouse grew more and more corpulent with the products of each season s labors, and be was lorehanaea The humble tenement of unhewn logs had pas 8 jd away, and on its site a more stately etruc tare had been erected. The wife who had helped to plan that house hold, had also ceased to be ; and in her steaa there was one far more stately, more youthtul, and more beautiful, but more in all else unlike the mother. Tne happinessof that husbandman had also passed away. With no one now to talk and to i. Ian with him at eventide, he was alone. He had a daughter, a full grown wo man, it is true the one that he and the wife had built their hopes upon ; but she was a gay and thoughtless e'lrl, and could in no wise till the place of her who had left him upon life's iourtev alone. A tew more years had passed away in tne course of time, and the home that had been b jilt up in the hopes and energy of young lite bad passed from his hands, and the father and the daughter were in this city. The one was sad ier aud more lonely Btill ; the other was gay er and more thoughtless than even before. The pasbion of avarice, which grows with age, seiz ed upon the one, in the absence of any stimulus to a better feeling ; while the excitement ol glit triig pomp and show fed the impulse of tne urir -fleeting heart that knew little of the world and lie. The father and the daughter grew more and caore unloving and there was little sympathy between them, and they were separated. Far hence, upon" the golden shore, he sought to drown his sorrows in feeding the only remain ing impulse to action. A few more years had passed onward, and the daughter had become a wife. Twilight came of a summer's evening and the hu-band had returned trom the business cares of the day to his household and his wife. The cVht grew dark upon them as tbev sat apart, fr the bond between them was breaking fast. The night was warm and fair, and the soft air came floating in the lattice as gently as the breattiing ot a sleeping babe ; but not so the hearts of that husband and wife, for they beat j coldly, and their breathing broke upon their j litis in bitter words. In extenuation, let it be said, the wife was j beautif ul even in anger, and the flashing light ning trom ner eye was irom a wnaness mat was all unnatural. The husband was the mildest of tiie two. It ia not strange that woman should look forward with dread upon the days of her travail and the hour of her peril: but it is all unnatural that eh should make this the occa sion to break the bond between her and the bus band. The season had changed from summer to win t r, and, late at night, the doctor sat alone all unconscious of what be has here written; for this tale was untold then. The sound of a gun fcil upon his ear, from which he knew that a H'.nner from some distant shore was coming up j ttie harbor. His thoughts turned naturally up- j on lie joyous hearts of those upon that fteamtr I wno were returning homo. Little did he think tint upon that good ship's bow there stood a t'j, past middle lite, returning laden with the uiucuot ot th galdau laud, and in whose heart ""t nnu luv waa kiuuieJ alresh the joyous hope of soon seeing again bis only child: little did he think that within coy hour he would iu;et that man Ejoi- sorrowful than ever before. "Doctor, come quickly 1" I knew the voice, 8. d etarieii dliod tne instant, drawine mv over coat )U as. I emerged into the street. The night v.hs dark aud cold, and the rumbiing omnibuses w. ;o v, vi; nigh stilled, for the baud of that sU-ady old monitor of fleeting time upon the City Hall was just turning lhe point between t-day and to-morrow. My companion was as cold, aud cheerless, and silent, as the night. N :t a wu-d was spoken by either of us as we passed hastily along the street. There are tiiii'-o when words are out of place meaning Iocs, empty sounds : then actions s.nenlc with a ' terriUe force, aud silence sends a thrill through ' L .K... I I . . . the heart that has no language to give it utter (avp. I knew that something had occurred, end could only conjecture that life was at stake ; but who, or where, I did not know. I thought of those who encircled the hearthstone with him who was urging me onward faster and faster r.nd faster by rapid strides ; but of them I knew none ill. 1 was about Wreaking this silence by nn enquiry aa to the nature of the "case" upon which I was called, in order to be the better prepared, when he mounted the steps, and turning the night latch, we were immediately within the dwelling that encompassed the mys tery. Tarrying not lo throw off an outer gar- j ment, 1 followed his hasty footsteps up a flight c'f stairs, and as he put one hand upon the door i knob, the other was raised as a token for si- i Innce, and his eye for the first time was turned ; direciiy upon mine. Not a whisper broke the j stillness of that moment, but hia frame quiver led under the effect of some terrible emotion. Loosening his hand from the door, he stepped back, end motioned me-to precede him. I en tered the apartment, and stepping to the bed side looked upon the wife. She lay with her head upon the pillow, where it had often lain before, but pale, and fair, and beautiful she had turned the point between time and eternity. The b li rang U-.m the street door, and its sound was a relief in breaking tho stillness of that death-silence which no one seemed inclined to hrsak by parting lips or moving tongue. Soon the sound of hasty footsteps was heard upon the staircase, and the door opened, and in a moment more, the father and the husband stood looking upon her who had been a child to the one, and a wife to the other, but who, by her own hand, in a moment of phrenzy, had left them in soriow, rather than be a mother. Bachelor's Paradise. If the following from the Danville (Va.) Republican is true, Danville mu?! be a perfect elysium for old bachelors: ' The clerk cf the Hustings Court informs us that during the year just ended not a single marriage license was issued trom his office. This is a remarkable fact in a town whose po pulation numbers about twenty five hundred, and results not from the fact that no courting was dane, but that the ladies here are uncom monly hard to marry." MAY DAY EVEtflNGKTOASTRONOMY. v. .04h4 'ieVteJta-x, ther! will be a total Eclipse ' a v! : :. ,., -o , a timn n tha ursn'nn MM;.T,.f, CrA.ahla fnrntwinin? it phenomenon. Before the'Eclipw commnnces let ns take a survey of the Heavens, and of the ; beautiful constellanons that are there visible. : Thn ?ntrAt iM Ka hftihtnfid hv thn reflection. ! The interest w ill ba hetinbtened by iha reflection. that the light that renders some of the least ot those- luminaris now; visible, baa been moving with a velocity -jnsJr two hundred thousand miles, or as much as eight times round our ah,-Tfr7ecend of time, ity a longer period than a majority of the beholders have been liv ing, to bear uahe intelligence that the hoay from which it emanated was then in existence. From the smallfest visible Star, it requires a pe riod of at least 50 years for light with this im mense velocity to reach our Earth. Tne eye of the spectator in the open air win soon rest on the beautiful planet Venus, in the Western part of the Ueavens, so lately hid. Dy the Moon. Near it will be seen a small red Star, which is the planet Saturn, a body more than one thousand times as large as Venus or the Earth, but diminutive in apparent size, by its immense distance, being over nine hunarea millions of miles from us, or more than ten times as remote as the Sun. Look early, too, in the South West for the beauriful Star Sirius, or the Dog Star, which is the largest fixed star iu the firmament. Alde- baren. or the bull s eye, will be about the same distance from the horiion as Sirius, but about 45 degrees further north. About. 3 minutes after 8 o'clock, the eastern part of the moon will become a little less bright, in consequence of entering what Astronomers call the penumbra, or a portion of space around the true shadow of the moon, from which a part i.f the sun S; rays are intercepted by the earth. The moon will continue to get dimmer, and dimmer, but the eastern part the more so, till 6 minutes past 9, waen the eastern portion will enter the true shadow of the earth. At y turn utes past iU, the moon will be wholly immers ed in the earth's shadow, or be, as it is called, totally eclipsed. The moon, however, although it does not, at this time, receive any direct rays from the sun's rays being reflected by the earth's atmosphere, so as to be converged on the moon s surface, and render the Moon of a dull, coppery appearance. The total Eclipse will continue till 45 minutes past Jl; the moon will leave the true shadow at 48 minutes past twelve, and be restored to its full brightness again, or leave the penumbra, at 51 minutes past 1. As the Moon ia passing out of the penumbra, the Eas tern portion, which was the dimmer when en tering, will be the brightest. During this eclipse of the moon to as, the Lunarians, (if there are any,) will witness a most magnincent total eclipse ot the oun, in consequence of the Earth being between the two bodies. The Sun will be obscured to them for over an nour and a halt, lhe phenomena on such an occasion must surpass in grandeur, by far, anything we are ever permitted to witness in thir sublunary sphere. A person may. obtain a good idea of the pen umbra above rewrred to, by a little illustration of our solar eclipses. The moon, of necessity, binee the sun is constantly shining on it, is al ways attended by a shadow, extending in a di rection opposiie to the Sun. Since the Moon is so much smaller than the Sun, this shadow will be in the form of a cone, or become smaller and smaller the farther it is from the Moon, till it gets to a poiut. If an eye could be at the tip end of that shadow,: the Moon and the Sun wou'.d appear to be exactly of the same size, or the Sun would be totally eclipsed. If the eye were now moved nearer to the Sun, in a straight line joining the centres of the Sun and Moon, the Moon would appear the larger and the Eclipse be largely total ; it the eye were removed Jnrth er from the Moon in the same line, the Moon '! I 1 - II J I 1 - i i w,uu u VVJ sm. 0r anu inecupse wouia oe uruiub unu d'lnuiui , tieiUAC 1111!' Ul lUc Sun around the Moon being wider, as the eve if further removed from the end of the shadow If the eye were removed from the point where cho shadow terminated oa either side of the line joining the centres of the Sun and Moon .i r . l n , i , men one pari oi tne ouo s uisc wouia De seen while the remainder was obscured by the Moon This is in the penumbra ; rays arrive there from pan pt the,oun, but not from its whole surface .i . I j - t , ., mere i loeu a pariuu snaaow. as tne eye would be further removed from said line, more and more of the Sun would be visible, till the . L I- 1J J . t" . . wuoie wouiu ne seen, at wnicn point the pen- umora terminates, inis imperfect shadow ex ists all around the true shadow of both the Earth and Moon. When we see a partial ecliuse the Sun; wc are in the penumbra of the Moon j the eye being on either side of the line joining ! .1 . - r i .v. o " me- ccuirea oi ii uuu ine oun. Now, although, in some parts of space, the Sun is, at.Ull times, totally eclipsed, and par tially eclipsed, and eclipsed in all magnitudes, yet we rarely get to those parts. Occasionally wever, we are so favored, the Moon trailing her shadow over our Earth, and thus eivinsr us i f . r , ... ! an ?.ulr8e tDe ?u.u fyn n character, ac- tMiuiufc no vm pusikiuu 01 wie spectator iu res- poet to the shadow, as iust described. In August 18G0, and May 1900, the centre of the Moon's shadow will pass over parts of Vir ginia and North Carolina, affording those who may then be living, an opportunity of witness ing the rare aud sublime phenomenon of a to tal ecKpso of the Sun. That of 1869 will be the first total eclipse visible ia this country. If the heavens are observed about 9 o'clock, the Great Bear orDtyper will be near the Me ridian, a Ifttle" north of the Zenith. The two left hand ones of the seven bright stars point nearly to the North Star. The twins, Castor and Pollux, two bright stars, will be in the Western part of the heavens, about midway, between the Zenith and horizon. East of them, and a little west of the meridian, will be seen the bright Star Regulus, in the heart of Leo, which, with the several smaller stars near it, firm the shape of sickle ; Regulus, being in the end of the handle. East of Regulus, and a little further from it than it is from the Twins, Is the bright and beautiful star, Spica Virginia. Lyra will be seen North east, a little above the horizon. This star bbtains additional interest, from lhe fact, that, in consequence of the pro cession of the equinoxes, although with the ejow motion of only about 50 seconds of aro annually, it will, 12,000 years heqca, be the Po lar Star. Although now 50 degrees from the pole of the beavenB, it will then be within 5, and our present Polar Star will be 40 degrees from the polo. What a change will there then be iq the appearance of the heavens 1 what a change too, in the jpeople who will observe them 1 But though the period is so very re mote, tne result is just as oertain, as the eclipse to which this tent ion. article was designed to draw at- WOMAN'S SPHERE. Charles Dickens never wrote anything more beautiful and true than the following : M The true woman for whose ambition a hus band's love and her children's adoration are suf ficient ; .who applies her military instincts to the discipline of her household, and whose leg islates exercise themselves in making laws for her nurse ; whose intellect has field enough for her in communion with her husband, and whose heart asks no other honor than his love and ad miration ; a woman who does not think it a weakness to attend to her toilet and does not disdain to be beautiful; who believes in the virtue of glossy hair and well fitting gowns, and who eschews rents and ravelled edges, slip sloy shoes and audacious make upa ; a woman who speaks low and doeas not speak much ; who ia patient and gentle, and intellectual and indus trious ; who loves more than she reasons, rare ly argues but adjusts with a smile ; such a wo man ia the "wife we have all dreamed of once in our lives, and who it the mother we still worship in the backward distance of the past; such a woman as this does more for woman's cause than all the sea captains, barristers, judges and members of Parliament put together, God given and God blessed as she is. conmrfttcemfrt,.M0Ulwneaimospuere oc cier, nn ririfl Wr... A??f; w f fhp'tnunff. ahoal.4'n?sl'?ct Napoleon Bonap K Ankm nt .tmneciRf, an int rr 1 .i n r a. nlS in ;i 1 V laU U. Si . . , THE NAPOLEON CRISIS. He must be a dull obmr of the events nw tr&nsnirin? in Eurone who cannot rerceivo the indications in the nil the rnlitiwi! firmament of th Etorm which begins to gather over the head of . arte. Hitherto the career ot : nee the expulsion of the B ur- , ocms, nas Deen one 01 most surprising, nay, ai , most miraculous goM fortune, and step by step : of his strange formne appeared but the more ; firmly to secure his supremacy and consolidate ; . ly his power. When his fortuituous success was j to meet a cheek or be finally overthrown, no . one was bold enough to predict, for no one I could have foreseen, that within a few months j French prowess, hitherto deemed almost invin- cible, slmuld have lost it prestige and its sue- j C3S3. r rom every point aiaaptrs, are reporrea ; even the Chineso have proved themselves supe rior in battle to the countrymen of the legions who, in fiims not very remote, under the direc tion of Napoleon the elder, swept like an irre sistible torrent over the whole of continental and peninsular Europe. Astonished, disap pointed and disgusted, imperial France of to day, in imposed silence, contemplates, with ill suppressed indignation the humiliation oi a great people, and although forbidden to give publicity to the sentiments of the outraged peo ple, is keenly alive to the cause of the disasters, the authors of the disgrace which has befallen them. Napoleon has commanded silence and obedience as division after division of French troops have left Marseilles to be ingloriously entombed upon the barren heights of Inker mann. In vain the dauntless Zouaves demand to be led against Sebastopol, vainly they rot by thousands, inactive and repulsed, before the walls of that gloomy strong-hold ; the men who could have led them to glory and conquest are either exiles from their couutry, or living in obscurity. Napoleon has commanded silence in i ranee, but ho has not obtained success in the Crimea. Thousands by thousands, the best blood of that chivalrous land are now perish- ng on the inhospitable shoresofthe Black Sea, but Napoleon tranquilly plans new schemes a gainst liberty, and only dreams of the British and future enjoyment at the expense of human freedom. His sew friend and associate, the faithless and soulless scoundrel, Paliaerston, has at length raised the veil from their designs, and openly proclaims that the freedom of Hungary would be deplorable, and that the re establishment of Polish freedom is a mere question, to bo dealt with by those twin beauties, Francis Joseph, of Austria, and rrederick William, of Prussia. The admission is opportune, for it does away with all doubts upon the subject, and establish es beyond question what we have ever asserted, that the British government, finding itself una ble to resist the universal demand of the people for war, undertook it in such a manner that the abasement of Russia was ah impossibility, and with the sole view of strengthening the despo tism, the people erroneously hoped it would end in overturning. To this end, and for this sole purpose was the magnificent army it sentto the East destroyed, the Baltic fleet rendered use less, and the nation covered with disgrace ; but, then the Palmerstons and Russels and Claren dons have the satisfaction of knowing that, al though the country might be ruined, their ar istocratic order would be strengthened by the traitorous course they were so atrociously pur suing. Napoleon, for whom the war might have prov ed an inestimable God-send, was made the dupe of English aristocratic management, and now when the fortunate occasion for a grand and successful coup has passed away and been lost, finds himself compelled to risk his fortunes be fore Sebastopol, either ts conquer and reign in France, or to die, be buried and laughed at like any other adventurer who has had his hour of triumph, his grand displays, and passed away and been forgotten. Domestio conspiracies be gin to encircle him, the people who, a short time since, remembering only his name, with such unanimity supported him by their suffrage, be gin to doubt both hia wisdom and his valor, and the unreturning thousands of brave men, week ly sent to feed the vultures of the Crimea, paint in sombre colors the miseries they endure, the character of the war, and the hopelessness of a contest where there is neither genius or capaci ty in those entrusted with command. In this state of affairs there is nothing left to Napoleon but to stake hia all upon success in the Crimea, success to be obtained under hia own eye and direction, and such is the pitiable condition in which he is placed, that he aloneof all the parties complicated in the war, cannot mase peace, me .British aristocracy caring nothing forthehonoror interestsof their country provided they are secured its gevernment and the possession of their present privileges, will make peace on any terms : but poor Bonaparte has a proud and sensitive people to satisfy, and he will not dare to disregard their feelings, or to recall the remnant ot his army discouraged, moruueu, anu an out uisnonorea. looming, therefore, is left to him but conquest or death in the Crimea, and the remonstrances of England to the contrary notwithstanding, we are confi dent he will go there and the Vienna conferen ce, so far as France is concerned, will be a fail ure. He bus little choice now ; he must either bo a conqueror or an outcast. iV. O. Delta A GOOD JOKE AND TWO OF 'EM. The mail carrier on a certain route refused several times, a short while ago, to deliver the mails it the post office on this route he want ed nis pay out ot certain moneys received at the post office for a special purpose, and which the deputy postmaster, in the absence of his senior, could not give. The carrier desired to see hia authority fur aoting as he did, and ap peared ill disposed to listen to reason. To avenge himself, be refused to deliver the mail. to the no small indignation of the journal sub scribers, among others. But last week as he passed along, the deputy handed him out a doc ument headed by the United States Eagle with his pinions spread, and told him there was bia authority for the course he had taken, direct irom tne aeparirqen?. ine carrier opened the dooumeot, pretended to read it, and handing I I I J S ?i ll - , . M. " it DacK, aeciareu it an rignt, ana torked over the mail with commendable punctuality. ine aocumeni, no wever, was a commission from Brig. Gen. Wm. R. Greathouae, appoint ing said deputy to a lieutenantship in the mili- ua oi toe nrsi district ot Indiana. Telling the above to one of our citizens, he said it reminded him of an affair that took place in. the war of 1812. In Western New York, a poor fellow from the country had been drafted to enter the militia and fight for his land and the green graves of his sires,' solely contrary to bis natural inclinations. He went to a neighboring town f get legal advice, ho ping in some manner to get rid of military ser vice. A wag of a clerk in a lawyer's office told him he thought he could fix up something that would do, and forthwith drew up a singular document, in which legal phrases, Latin, Greek, eto., were freely mingled, and a big seal applied and handed it to him jto get out at quar ters, and when the names were being called, to step forward and cry, hear ye, hear ye I' three times, then present the document to the general, and all would be right. The honest fellow took it, and at the appointed day ap peared on drill. The names were called over, and General Bloom filled with military glory paraded up and down before the line, like a large turkey, while the names were being call ed. Suddenly he was appalled by the appear ance of a lean and lank individual stepping from the ranks, and saying, as be held the document over his head : Hear ye ! Hear ye ! 1 Hear ye 1! !' The man stepped up to the general and showed him the document. The general open, ed it, viewed it right side up, upside down and cros8ways, surrounded by hia aids, and finally handed it back to the man, saying, Well, I suppose it's some kind of a habeas corpus, and we'll have to let the fellow go I' The lellow made tracks quick with hia pa per, and was one of the chaps who did not ' serve in the war of 1812.' Why is an Englishman like a bee? Because is ruled by a VJueeQ, THE THINGS OF OTHER DAYS. The pleasant things of other daps. How hnve thfy passed an-oy ' How faintly to oar straining g? Returns life''? sunny ray. As dew b-fcre ths morning fii, Gnms fter gfrr.? depirt, H jpe's oiussoir.s wither, one by And f"d" op?n the hrr. The vucs street of other yri-s, Teir tones po soffc and low, That whisper'd music in our ears, Are silent, lor ago. The heart? that shed around our own The sunlight of ihir rays Th eyv that fondly, warmly 'n ine, Are fled with other days. The pleasant things of other days They turn thorn sa-ily back. To trace, amid th misty baz . Their bright and early t'.ack. They see the light of sunny skies, They watch the opening fl iw'rs, And seek amid their crimson dyes, The bloom and vanished hours ; They steal with snft and silent tread, Thro' memory's dim domain, Like shadowy spirits of the dead, Mourning for life again. The past hath op'd its mighty tomb, And o'er the present strays Those spectral forms, but ah 1 their bloom Has fled with other days. The pleasant things of other days. They never may return, Iiluuiin'd with those sunny rays, That o'er youth brightly burn. Tho' all the morning glow is o'er, Still thro' the twilight plays A blessed gleam, liko that of yore, - Which lighted other das THE SEASONS. Who loves not Spring's voluptuous hours. The carnival of birds and flowers ? Yet who would choose, however dear. That Spring should revel all the year? Who loves not Summer s splendid reign, The bridal of the earth and main ? Yet who would choose, however bright, A dog day moon without a night? Who loves not Autumn s loyous round. When oorn, and wine, and oil abound ? Yet who would choose, however gay, A year of unrenew'd decay ? Who loves not Winters awful form, The sphere born music of the storm ? Yet who would not choose, how grand soever, The shortest day to last forever ? Montgomery. Our Principles are Onward ! EVERY SEASON WE MAKE RENEWED exertions to supply the wants of our nume rous customers. We have this season purchased A LARGE AND VARIED STOCK OF Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, and, to come to the point, are prepared to sell as Low it not Lower than any who sell OUR KIND OF GOODS. Our concern is connected with one of The Largest Importing Houses in the Union. with capital sufficient to make all purchases for the Cash ; consequently the Proprietor of this, The only Clothing- House (Exclusively) in the City of Raleigh, cannot and shall not be undersold ; and unlike the "Town Clock (vide Standard 28th inst.) has not ceased to tick, but will continue to "tick" all those and those only who make prompt payments. l,We are located on FayettevilicSt., where we have been for the last seven years, opposite every body. E. L. HARDING. Raleigh, April 3, 1855. 27. NEW SPRING GOODS ! McGEE & WILLIAMS, AT their new store, No. 10, Fayetteville street, most respectfully ask an examination of their RICH AND ELEGANT STOCK OF SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, which, having been bought for cash, they are enabled to offer such inducements to purchasers as will make it greatly to their advantage to call and look before purcha sing elsewhere. Our stock is entirely ne w, and selected from the latest importations in New York, consisting, in part, of very rich plaid, striped and solid Dress Silks ; Heavy black Gro de iihine and Fig ured Silks; Plaid, Foulard and India Silks ; Strip ed Percals ; Plaid Hernanis ; Solid and Plaid Be rages ; Moire Antique and Plain Challies ; Print ed Linen Cambrics : Grenadines and Frenoh Or gandies; Barege, Volante and Jackonet Robes; Brilliaates ; Lawns ; Ginghams ; Prints ; Chal lies ; Delaines ; Alpacas ; Crape de Paris and Bombazines ; French aud Scotch Embroideries. Honiton ; Maltese and English Thread Edging ; Bonnet ; Taffeta and Trimming ; Ribbons ; Jack onet and Swiss Muslin Bands; Cambric Floun cings ; White Dotted and Figured Swiss Mus lins. A large assortment of Hosiery and Gloves of the most approved make ; together with a Large Stock of Staple American and British Goods, all of which will be sold at the lowest possible pri ces. Raleigh, March 27th. 25 tf PLANED LUMBER FOR SALE AT THE RALEIGH PLANING MILLS !1 200,000 feet Flooring from $21 to $25. 100,000 Ceiling " 18 to 21 100,000 Inch boards ' 18 to 1 80,000 " Thick boards " 18 to 20. 60,000 ' Weather boards 16 to 21. All the above is of the host seasoned long leaf lumber, brought to an exact thickness, ready for immediate use, and will be put on board the Cars, free of charge. T. D. HOGG & CO. April 24th, 1855. 33-tf. SB. . C. ROM.VSO.Y, SURGEON DENTIST, EESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies and Gen tlemen of Raleigh, that he will make a pro lessional visits to that plaoe. He proposes to pay Buck visits three or four times every year, so that those who may desire to patronize him will be enabled to do so at stated periods. Whole sets of Teeth put up by Atmospheric pressure, with Artificial Gums, so perfectly na tural that none but a practised eye could detect them. Re moat respectfully refers to the undersigned gentlemen, viz : His Excellency, Thos. Braeg Hon. V? Dallas Haywood, Hon. Asa Biggs, Major Walter Gwynn, Ed. Graham Haywood, Esq., hr W. H. McKee, Dr. W. Hill, Dr. H. J, Macon, War renton, N. C. j- Dr. R. will be in Raleigh in a few weeks. All orders left with Col. Yarbrough will be at tended to immediately on bis return. '2 Jan 23, 1856. 7 tf Lav Copartnership. MILLER & ROGERS, Attorneys 4c Counsellors t taw, RALEIGH, N, c, W ILL attend promptly to all business entrust f f ed to them. B. W. HILLEa, . a H BOGIES. OFFICE : Corner of the Register Row, oppos ite the Court House. Oct. 24th, 1854. tf86 RUNAWAY T71ROM the Subscriber, on the night of the 1 26th of March, mv neuro Man GEORGE..? burnt built, with rather a fair complexion. for a negro, and about 20 years old. Inasmuch as said negro left without provocation, the probabilities are (and circumstances tend to confirm the suspicion,) that he has been enticed off. It i- also probable that he has gone in the di rection of Wilmington. will give $10 for his confinement in any jail, that i can get him WM. C. STEDMAN. ' to Wslte Co., Ajril 24, 55. 83 5t Geo. A. Prinoe & Co. PRINCC & CO? IMPROVED PATENT r LODEON, Gpo. A. Prince (;o . Manufarturp--" No. 200 U!n.--cr-v., HrTi-o, X. Y. "h .' f.?' pot, 87 Fulton strict. N. 1. , " " For the convenience of Mixio De Vicrs i" rr parts of the United States, we hi.ve m.de nrrav-q ments with th? following 5mi3, who will upply ffc trade at our regular factory prices; QF.Q p. KEF ' k CO., 17 Tremeat Row, R-r-tor., "rfii BURN FIELD, 154 Main srt, V-n o BALMER &. WEBER, 58 Fourth street, St, LouiV Mo. General Agents for Nw York' c- V.'v' HALL & SON, No. 236 Bro:vi?ry, oppUo Prk. PORTABLE STYLE. PRINCE 'ft CO'S" TMPROTED MELODEON'S The oldest establishment in the United States Employing two-hundred men, and finishing eighty Instruments per week. Description of thkMblodkom, For thehpio fit of those residing at a distance,. and consequent ly unable to inspect the Melo ieon before purchas ing, we will endeavor to give a" short description of the Instrument. The cases are made of rose wood, and are as handsomely finished as any piano-forte. The key-board is precisly the same as the piano or organ, and the tone (which is very beautiful) closely resembles that of the flute stop of the organ the notes speak the instant the keys are touched, and will admit of the, performance ot' as rapid passages as the piano. The pedal on the right supplies the wind, an 1 works so easily tliat a chi:d can work it without any exertion. The bellows (which is something entirely new an i f,r which a patent was grantel-iu December, 184'i j is a reversed or exhaustion bellows and it is this ia a measure which produces the peculiar tone" The Volume of tone is eual to that cf asm-;': organ, and by means of the swell may be increnvi ed or diminished at the pleasure of the perform---it is sufficitmtly loud for smull churches, aud well calculated for a parlor instrument, llundivu have examined them, and all have been loud m their praise; and the best evidence of their meih is their rapid sale. But it is a new instrument - .1 new invention and is yet but little known in tiie musical world, and it is for this reason that wocail to it the attention of all lovers of music, believ ing that there are thousands who would lose no timt in securing one, were they awate of the existence of such an instrument, and the low price at which it could be obtained. The following letter from Lowell Mason, 11 toa, to G. P. Reed, we are permitted to use. Mr. Gko. P. Rkkd, No. 17 Treniont Row, Boston Mass. ' Deab Sir At your request, I have -examine j one of the Melodeons manufactured by Messrs Geo. A. Prince: Co., of Buffalo. I think them in all respects equal and iu some respects supe rior to any others of similar kind which, I hav seen, and in particular with respect to quality oi tone and promptness of touch, or action of the reeds by. which quick passage may be performed with certain and distiact articulation of tone. An instrument of this kind is the best substitute for an organ, in church music, with which I am ac- quainiea, Lowell Mason. ! PRICES. Four octave Melodeon, extending from C to C $45 00 Four-and-a-half octave Melodeon, extend ing from C to F 60 00 Five octave Melodeon, extending from F to F 75 00 Large Five octave Melodeon. Piano Style 100 00 Six octavo Melodeon. Piano Style, extend ing from F to F 130 0 Large Five octave Melodeon. Piano Style with two sets of Reeds, tun ed in octaves "150 Oj Jgp-Just published "PRINCE'S COMPLETE INSTRUCTOR FOR THE IMPROVED MELO DEON," to which is added .favorite Airs, Volun taries and Chants arranged expressly for this Iu -strument. Price 75 cnts. CAUTION We commenced the manufacture oi the Improved Melodeon in 1847, since which time we have finished and sold over Fourteen Thousand. During the past three years, we have finished over Three Thousand Melodeons per y tar; we have nearly completed our arrangements for finishing Four Thousand annually. The celebrity which our Mel odeons have attained has induced nearly every music dealer in the United States and Canada to apply for the agency ; but as we make but one Agent in each city or town, many are necessarily disappointed. The result lias been that our Name Plate has been put upon Melodeous which wert not manufactured by us ; and again, (in a few instances wchch have come to our knowledge) dealers, who have been unable to obtain our instruments, have iacepted the agency of some other manufacturer--keeping one of our instruments which had purposely been put out of tune, and in bad order, as a foil to the inferior article they offered ta the public. For these reasons we caution these who wish to satisfy themselves of the merits of our Melodeons to ex amine those only which are offered by our Agents or those who deal exclusively in our instruments. Many improvements applied are exclusively our o mi and being the original manufacturers, our experi ence has enabled us to produce instruments whkii a discerning public have pronouueed superior t anything of tho kind hitherto manufactured. Muiiy of the most eminent musicians of the cities of New York and Boston have voluntarily given testimon ials as to the high character of of our instruments, which can be seen on application. All orders from a distance will he promptly at tended to, and a written guaranty of their dura bility given if required. April 24, 1855. 83 w3m. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Robeson County Court of P!e;is aud Quarter Sessions, February Term, 1855. Henry L. Johnson, ; j Washington S. Johnson, Harriet JuhcBon, Gilbert G. McPhsrson and wife, vs I Petition for Joshua James and wiXe Mary, f- Partition. Mary McEachin, Malcom Mclntyre and wife, Anna Sophia Johnson, Francis Johnson, Mary Johnson, and John M. Johnson. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendents in this Case, viz: Joshua James and wife, Anna Sophia Johnson, Fraucea Johnson, John M. Johnson, and Mary Johnson are non-residents of this State : It is ordered, therefore, that publication be made in the K legh Register for six successive weeks, for the said Joshua James and wife Mary, Anna Sophia Johnson, Frances Johnson, John M. Johnson, and Mary Johnson to appear at the next Term of our Court, to be holden for the County of Robe son, at the Court House in Luiuberton, ou tiie fourth Monday of May next, then and there U show by their pleadings, answer or demur, athi show cause, if any they have, why the prayer ot the said Petition shall not be granted ; otherwise. Ljudgments will be taken pro confesso as to them and heard ex parte. Witness Shadraoh Howell, Clerk of said Court, at office in Lumberton, the fourth Monday in February, AD., 1855, and of American Indepen dence the 79th year. Issued 19th day of Mnr-':. 1853. SUD. HOWELL, C. C. C. March 23, 1855. Pr. Adv. $8. 24 ww GRATIS ! 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