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50 T H .and the horse will experience immediate relief. In lancing the gum, for a coming tooth, it is tnuch better to nick the gum at the side, rather than upon the edge above the advancing tooth. This is now practised with young children, by most physicians. Any one troubled with a tend er and swollen instep can comprehend the ra tionale of this. If he cute bis boot upon the point of pressure, he finds the foot puffing" up more and more ; but when bjj makes a few incisions on either side of the boot, near . the sole, the pressure ceases and his instep is at once relieved. Journal of Agriculture. ORIGINAL POETRY. For the Southern Weekly Post DE CHANDLERIC. Poor Chandler, late returning home From pious pilgrimage to Rome, -. V here he among his country's foes Had kissed the cross on papal toes, Atoning for each past offence By sacrifice of eommon sense, And, penitent for freedom, gave The homage of a new-made slave, Adventured to define the scope Of power belonging to the Pope, And sought to vindicate his friends From evil and despotic ends. - Too soon in his novitiate . The speech began, or eke too late ; For Jol the Church by wincing shows Her champion trod upon her toes, - 'Those sacred toes which Chandler's lips Had tovfthed with reverential tips Recoiled, and the old pontiff groaned To hear prerogative disowned. Methinks I hear him Chandler chide For teaching what should be denied, v And urge the " right divine " of Cephas To rule the nations fas et nefas. Chandler before his hoary Mentor Stands thus a poor rebuked dissenter, For holding let abject opinions . Than others of the pontiff's minions. Unable even to agree With his infallibility. And choking in attempt to swallow What councils and traditions hallow. Believing transvistanliation, Against his sight, and his sensation ; Believing every wax bambino Blessed by the hands of Pio Xino, . With " winking virgins," and the flood Of old saint Januarys blood, And visions seen in every quarter, And miracles of " holy water," Why should his frith begin to stumble Why should his pride begin to grumble, At that for which true papists live The Pope'a supreme prerogative? Why, after having made a tender Of conscience, and a full surrender Of all one's rights worth having, shew Such care to save the residue? Why, with one's hand and soul in chains, -To prove his freedom take such pains? Why, dressed" in papal livery, For " rights reserved " a stickler be, And talk against the papal throne As if your tongue were still your own ? Keiurn to Tiber's bank, poor slave, f And be in Rome but half so brave, Full soon you'll taste, for all your zeal, . ,' Beneath your," holy father's" heel, ' A litter plenitude of woes To match the swettness of his toes. There, prisoner for long years to be, liockeil In with reters fatal key, You may by, sad experience find Some reason for a change of mind, And learn the real rights of freedom By feeling deeply how you need 'em. .: W. COMMUNICATIONS METROPOLITAN CORRESPONDENCE ' i LETTER LXXXIIr. ' . -. New York, Feb. 17, 18o5. A mdemdel uge-Loollng for a ferry-bo,itA a day for the cold water jwrtyA nw liquor hill id the A As sembly A steam Jire engine flour-oamingThe poor and th-ir relief A hcture ly lion. Sum Jouston-A I ' full J'ir Later newsfrom Europe The British CahinU Volunteer Cabinet Maker The spirit-of the British people-Operations on. the Crimea The Russian New Year's Day A grand night Sortie 7 he origin of i'vUTtesolutUm found in Swedenborg's ThfolotiyThe Tribune or South Garolina Fossils Household Words . Ihe Illustrated Magazine of Art. My' Dear Tost : If Noah's Ark could have been moored in our City Hall Park" last Wed nesday afternoon, I am inclined to think there yuiu wu uave Deen no spare berths in it, so greatly did 'tbe flood prevail." F,.W tU.t day, the rain began to fall, and it poured down until nearly sunset. The snow and ice in the gutters of the streets effectually closed the drains and there was no outlet for the accumulating waters- w.hich soon converted the streets iuto canals, and the hollow places into ponds. The - crossing of Broadway is considered quite .a feat at any time in business hours but his was a pitiable case who had to accomplish; it on Wed nesday, unless indeed he was provided with in aia rubber boots and overalls in which case he might without great discomfort wade across the thoroughfare literally breasting the waters which encompassed it You would have forgotten your own exposure to the 'melting perils' if you coma nave seen some diminutive pedestrian- halting upon the curbstone, and contemplating Tit. 3- " v . . O wnn unaisguisea terror the angry tide which rushed between him and the other side of th toj uuw uyiug me aeptn with his cane and anon looking around him wistfully as if for "a boat a boat to cross the ferrv." Not a few such bewildered individuals might have been seen, though to tell the truth almost every un fortunate pedestrian of that day was too intently occupied with bis own- footing to pay much gratuitous attention to that of others. ; . It was day to satisfy the y - - mvmv u o uv mands oi tne cord-water folks. They aldne ex alted in its universal and unmitigated wetness and theyoxAj as they contemplated it from some comfortable parlour window with their drv feet saucily elevated upon a chair or -the window-ledge! i Speaking of the cold-water folks, l ap re minded to" chronicle the introduction into the New York State Legislative assembly of a new Droll i hi trro kftl nB n i,iikii!i. U 1.a I e t writ c a ouuoutuw lui but? UUC UtlUlc that body. It is cunningly devised toietray, if possible, the friends of the oriirinal bill into it support as more likely to succeed. If they are caught napping and vote for it, they may give us a partially restraining law but they ilUisappoint the wishes and wills of their constituents W ...J n..--. And nothing less than this. If however we can- SOUTH g E E! W E I 'M i Y POST see not have the latter I shall be dad to law passed which prohibits the sale of Honors in Jess quantities than five gallons, and forbids .annking on tbe .Preniises where it is sold and which imposes fixed fines for-drunkenness and upon megal traffickers in the "liquid fire" as some one has graphically called alcholic amiss, uaif a joaf thaQ nQ brea uui we must have the whole loaf sooner or later. Ilttle 6t,r produced in the city this morn oy me trial of a steam fire engine whfch is announced to be made in the presence of a Jarge uu,,luer or invited persons connected with .the public departments. The peiforrnances of tbi engine in Philadelphia were mentioned fev the press of that city, as being very remarkalle. It promises to turn out to be the true and genuine nre anmhalator." . Our Vhoys are so ifoud of showing off their machines that there is great danger should the steam fire engine be intro duced into our metropolitan fire department- that they would set the city on fire j ust for the exciting chance of putting it out again Apropos of fires. As if to mock the multi tudes of starving people in this city nearly four thousand barrels of flour were burned up in a Pearl street ware-house on . Thursday nio-ht. This is really a grievous calamity in a time of partial famine and wide spread destitution. The cry of the famishing for relief is still ..ringing i uu uuiwHustanuing tne generous streams of bounty which have flowed out of pub lic and of private fountains there is a vast ag gregate of unsupplied want and unmitigated misery in our midst. The severe and protracted cold of the present month has ng?ravated the sufferings of the poor and although the win ter is more than two-thirds gone, new measures fur their relief are imperatively called for. vu .uonoay night the lion. Sam. Houston of lexas, is to deliver a Lecture before the New England Young Men's Association. There is no sort of doubt that there will be a tremendous riis.Ii fry. Iiuj. tAa -.....l. i ti i . . icuiaiK.iuie man wnose ac knowledged excellencies as well as his eccen ' tricities are a passport to popular favour where ver he goes. A new daily paper is said to have made its bow to the. public of this great city this morn ing, but I have not yet encountered a copy -of it having kept out of the way of the newsboys. If it exists and continues to do so until next Sat urday, I will give you some account of it. It is said to be of the "Know Nothing" school how ever a bad school for a newspaper whatev it may be tor a politician. W e have later news from Europe per the mails brought by the Asia but. as it is three days old it will be ia;her stale in my letter. Of course there are innumerable speculations as to the character and materials of the now Liiitish Cabinet. Our daily papers are all first rate . C'4w-makers (in their own estimation.) and they are quite willing to work at this trade for pretty Queen Victoria as well as for piain Frank Pierce. It is doubful if any one of their cal.irets will suit the Qieen and so I will not stop to de scribe them. England wants a warlike minis try beyond all doubt. The new premier be it Palmerstou, or Clarendon, or Lord John Rus sell, or be it w hoever it may must be for 4 war to the hilt' to meet the aroused temper of the 4 British lion 'fori take it that the people is the Uo after all ! The faults of the reiired cabinet must be atoned for, the national honour .1 T 1.1 i- . - - I vindicated and the deu.isianx essentially whip ped. Nothing less than this will now appease John Bull. The reports from the Crimea are interesting as they embrace the improved condition of the British army, and the steady progress 0f the al lies in their orations against Sebaatupol. The new treaty with Sardinia throws fifteen thou sand more" soldiers upon the beseiging side that is will do so, when they get it to the Crimea, for these fifteen thousand men, England is to lend Sardinia one or two millions of pounds sterling, at three per cent, interest, and Eno-land rer opinion of its probable weight of authority in the case. I quote his words : r o j I enifm I only fonnd in the theology of bwedenborg. I made in tbe interval one or two pub lication, inciaenuijy vindicating the truth so far as I ap prehend lU But my apprehenaoa was extremely partial and lohrm ; and 1 have do difficulty whatever in acknowl edging these books to have been little more than a beany outcry against established and insensate error, and a pro Rhe.cv ..?d.TaCinS knowledge. I hope my reader will nna iuinuea in this little volume, all and moie than all, u. ciuiuuc ia inauigent eye may have detected in the The Tribune of yesterday finds an occasion to vent its habitual spleen against South Caro lina in noticing the fossils of that State. It says : I his apparition of a scientific work in a region hither erto not proverbial h.r science should be handsomely ac knowledged. But it strikes us that it is incomplete, and does no sort of justice jo tne Fossilology of that region. Another superb work is needed, namely : on the Political wwviai j. orol Id ill rin Utl I a vr linn n.M luwe mieresung than Aeassiz or Tuo- uiev evr ninnnfn.tur-l B I notice this fling at your ister State not to nonce me teen wit ot the TUbune editor in his discovery of ww and extraordinary fossils in So. Carolina, but simply to say that he is evidently ignorant of what that State has done in the way of contributions to Natural Science. I can not give a catalogue of her numerous books, but can assert confidently .that they are so nume rous from the pens of Backman, Holbrook, Tuo- mey, Oibbes.and others, as to convert the Tri bune's solitary spectre into ho-rihstanUal mdiiuments to the aefetttifiaiItnT of her'sonsPThe'TWAin. B1.A..M W."..,.r..i what it sneers at for its own credit, if not for common justice. Let me commend to your readers. a a peri odical of unquestionable excellence and interest for the family circle, the monthly re-issue of Household Words, a periodical conducted by Charles Dickens." Mr. J. A. T)!r f in t..u ace, is the re-publisher of it, and he supplies a perfect reprint in excellent style for $3 a year. "Household Words" deserves the name it bears, for it is unequalled iu varietv. freshness and charm by any miscellany of either hemisphere. aiiy of the choisest gems of current literature are first displayed in its attractive pacjes. Mr. Dix is also the publisher of that beautiful and popular miscellany, "The Illustrated Marine of Art," a work f.dl of finely executed wood en- nvings ilustratiye of nearly every department popular knowledge. lt is printed at 3 a ear, or together with "Household Words," for I I i i nae no hesitaney in savin that would be a judicious investment of that sum. Cosmos. who asked you to introduce us what's your name, old feller ? (Growing terrible.) See here, we came here to , see Frank fierce. I I have been a downright democrat these twenty four years, (giving emphasis, bar-room fashion, with a smack of his heavy fist in his left hand.) My name is Isaac Smith, and I haint ashamed of it anywhere. . ' Marshal This was a happy moment for the Marshal, who had no anxiety to hear Mr. Smith give his political biography" Yes, Mr. Smith, allow me to present you to the President, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Smith;" Mr. Smith ujSo, you are coming to your senses are you ? Why, this was all 1 wanted all the time. Why didn't you say this was. rank Pierce ? We never 'sociated together Was nt'to be expected I should know him." Walking up to the President as fam liarly as -if he had skinned deer with him in the Wes tern forests. ' Hello ! Mr. P-e-e-r-s, me, and my friend war here in this town for a day or two, and we thought we'd step up and see you, ana maybe you'd be glad we called.' tea sugar, wine, and several other articles, I had my fusil slang across my back, as every man must be armed here, even if he wanted to go to the rear. - So I was coming along, thinking of but you need not ask what, -as you might know it was about yourself and Neil, and poor little Jack a horseman rides up to me and lays hold of my fusil by the butt, and very quietly was going to take it off my shoulder, when I asked him in plain English what he was going to do, but not a word could I understand from him but ' pris- onere bon Cossawke,' as he pronounced it. I thought at first he was a Frenchman, until he mentioned Sebastopol, but it was time I looked out for myself, so as I was handinghim my mus ket as quiet as possible, he thought, the foolish fellow forgot that I had a bayonet at my other side, so as I handed him the fusil with one hand I gave him the bayonet with the other, but most unexpectedly though, for I drove it to the socket into his body, and very quickly upset him, and and rode away with his horse and'long lance. I Mr. President,?very affable and smuW soon mounted his horse, which eased my poor Glad to see you, gentlemen very glad to Bee beast- A11 tbat 1 was sorry for was that I left him my bayonet. it you . ltf o:ii."!::Li:..j i ii r . ' l , r ' ouiuu oy uie rres,dent's af- A JHRILLUffGOTClDENlTT. 01FF5g uu -upon -tne shoulder: 1 I he firetsettlef nAl.;n0fftnJ . " v-v-uu mibuc f mv,wi a auu auuuuaut bOurces again "Well now, that's right, old boy.! I ot annyance and danger. The majestic for told my friend, you'd be slai to . I fsts wmct tben waved where D0 is heard the tnm nt h.IO,,.., ,1 Jl .1 , .,, t , . " wuoiu. on, uuu wuere a mousana villa 10 is jonn Jackson ctonrl k i c- . . .. . re . li ma mi rr . , " "c c l"c uu"'ra innumerable wild and . iu iventucK. He's a savage animals. Often at night was tbe far eood democrat. thniurK bo h . s" ""u uo relation to laumy wuusiu liuui sieen nv tne nrii.p k u i ii t :i i i i ..m.i . i - J iu uriueiill. ' wimuui, WI11CU 101U mat Drum was slnrm President, extending his hand to Mr. Jack- the sheeP"Pen or P'S stJ or was laJ'ng violent son-" How are you, Mr. Jackson ? I hone E i7!:"" g otten, on a yon are well, sir." " : "1 , c u" Y,u."7 r a. larSer l0S ' i fi ' ii i mm i iiMiip unn nrirri rnn a. . i -J- ucawi" uearis araw xui. jacKson nearty, sir, hearty." TBow- cl0ser around the fire as the dismal howl of the 1 in 1 1 a. mg very profoundly. J won ecnoea through the woods. The wolf Mr. Smith" You mustn't stand on ceri- WUf, tUe,.mst ferocious, bloody-thisty, but cow- r , aruiJ ui an, rarely attacking man unless driven e are real hv sivpro hnn... nn,i o.,,.i-:.,. i.:. .i mtnnino Ar.n 1 .... , J " """S cjxiuS HIS VICU1U WltU fc ..jju,,, UUfc auu oui aemocrats. the utmost pertinacity. &mrn Iis Iffst. WILLIAM D. COOKE, ) JAMES A. WADDELl'.M. D. KDITOKS. BALEIGH, FEB. 241855. Termg TWO DOLLARS PER AJTSXTII, in Advance. A Maculate Miscoxceptiox s sons seem to imagine that , ' ' ' u,lle --M7, ulJO x ope s temporal aut! dinlinct 1pm nnrg I r-., ... i er ot that mm, , ..VI ( I) ercisedover that little Italian prinnPaj' rr. ' this ior,tv. Ti.. - in; is n- and -call paiitv """c Out CLUB PRICES: Three Copies $5 full price, Eight Copies,. ...... .12 " ...... Ten Copies, 15 " Twenty Copies, 20 " , (Payment in all cases in advance.) . XT Where a club of eight, ten or twenty subscribers is sent, tne person making up the club will be entitled to copy extra. . 6 16 . 20 .40 Postmasters are authorized to act as Apents for mo oouiaern w eeitiy rost. Mr. H. P. Douthit is our authorized agent for the oiaurs oi ALABAMA. MISSISSIPPI and TENNESSEE. MISCELLANEOUS. AVasiiixotox, lt,. 6, 1S55. The Peeshlwft Levee Presentation of two of hit Backwwxl Constance; Amusing Di alogue Tim Prehlderit's o-oa l" '"yi.t was not so crowded asu.unl. It is getting be an old story, and better sights than Gen. Pier his household are afforded to the T T 1 . asnington elsewhere. A bill I bate, these putten on airs (looking hard at Marshal Hoover.) You got a nice sun" place here to live in. Must cost a heap to fit up this piace (tooting at the gilt chairs and scrap ing tne velvet carpets.) Mr. President " Comfortable enough, Rather costly furniture. " Smith " I guess that's so." no sir. (The crowd The incident which 1 am about to relate ... curred in the early history of BiddJford. A man who then lived on the farm now aron,AA by Mr. H , was one autumn entered in felling trees at some distune.? frm h;"!, ,j , ...... ula UUUJC. His Iittle son, eiorht years old. was in the 1m hit- while his mother was bu?y with household cares, ot running out. iuto the field and woods i drounu uie house, and otten goin where the tather was at work. ' P"Sl.' f'"'J- " Pioneer, h J ffioC. ST. er left his work sooner than usual, and st-.rt,l home. Just on the edge of the forest he saw a curious pile of leaves. Without stopping to think what had made it, he cautionslv rf-mn,. ed the leaves, when what was his astonishment to nna his own darling boy lying there sound asleep! 7 1 was but the work of a moment to take up the little sleeper, put in his nl:i n small log, carefully replaced the leaves nn,l i 1 1 - i. . - concealed niinseitamong the nearest bushes th fi-lta tllrt hint fh l t - l i .- ... ...u luai luejr uaa oetter move on So, bound to have a parting grip, Mr. Smith sureicmng oui his immense palm, that was al most a blanket to the President, " Well Presi dent, give us your hand; good bye, (giving a squeeze that Drnigs the tingling to the Presi dent's toes.) Take care of yourself; IVe al lers been a democrat and my father afore me but 1 never seen a President afore ce and visit rs of ill Was riv-fn tn- night by Col. Freeman, of this place, which drew off from the President's levee a "majority of the beauty of Washington, as well as its dis tmguished men. One incident, however, that was the main point of the evening, WRS the re ception by the President of two tall, giant-like Kentuckians, who called to pay theirrespec!s', in a democratic way, to the common servant of the people. In the crowd that passed Marl i Hoover, who took the ip.mes of earl, n,i . -7 in- tcoduced them to the President, was our two friends, just from the backwoods, as their inde pendent swagger and homespun garb suggest ed. Their camp blankets were wrapped around their shoulders, their cowhide bouts were the taliest ot their kind, and their laro-e brawuev urtii.it. .uMut uie siz.'oi a small sized bear skin ii. . . .if.l .1. ... . ? i lUKj.a.Lw mrti mess Hien nau seen somethinr of .1 - 1 1 ."I .1 O me woriu. m ttiev came, starin.r fircf . .i ' 3 "'1 HI III 1 OU fTOt fr. irofn , tl... ..U f. . . . ' any word to snnd tn nnl.nJ . Tr . , , -, waning mere a uuv ,u iventuek-v. snort time, he hr, a n,.,n. i r - - . , . -. . ... tt ' 7 j i o tiii.;iiir. nna- ro any triends or relashins, We'r .iDj, m,t. quickly followed bv another and rttw ;n 1-3 O , , . " vu.ivi . Li 11 u wuum ia.e any lectle message or car- ... u s aeeuieu auve with the tearful sound? tl i ne nowis came nearer, and in a few mlnm. a large, gaunt, savage-looking wolf leaped into the oDeninsr. closelv followed h, tK i. .a. -j sj nuuie uauK 1 he leader sprang directlv nnnn t). c leaves, and in an instant scattered them in eve ry direction. Soon as he saw th A0r,t; his look of fierceness and confid,npn nh,n. ' that of tha ost abiect fear. He hnt'l.i, put cowered to tbe ground, and passively awaited ry a bundle for you in our chist." Mr. President'- 1 am obWd t J.. emen. J have nothing tn e '""luuiuttie. oooa evening, sir; good evening." Messrs. Smith and Jackson" Good nuht. If we stay here longer than we expect we will Ukcaii m again ; but we dont want you to yuurseil DUIOI Vonr v.nr nn nn - i P.. . l .. . - i . . n. J wuufc. u.ooa , iJr me rest, enraged by the sunnosed nirht Mr Plomn ' ; l,f f .ii . . ' . n. . J. . BUPtoseu ' " UvuU, i.i uFun mm, tore nim in pieces, and 1UB rrewaeni thanked his visiters, and thev " on. tue spot. When they had pushed on for the East room, the observed f nn,s,iea, "eir comrade they wheeled around and all observers. During their interview .:,k a. ?SJ. thf disappeared ; with vug i it uvh iiiuuir..9 rrnm tKmt. ti.. ui. appi;aranc a wolf was in sight. The excited fart. or , x .. uu auu iuarsnai Hoover, a roar of laugh ter went up fr6m all who witnessed it. No doubt they will long remember their visit to the White House, and their getting'a siht of a living President. Cor. JY. Y. Herald ' chandiliers, then at the minors, , now at the'pret- . v omvn, auu ai last they broke the silence and h ranee tiiirnt ipr ur tr m..r., ...... i x '"-c.. .ll - - . o-""1 pro- j l,a(i been lection aurintj the war. -a The Russians kept a grand festival in the be leagured city upon the eve of their New Year's day, which fell upon the 13th of Januarv. Thev illuminated the public buildings and kindled bon fires upon the heights over the Chernaga. At midnight all the Chapel bells of the dtv were set to chiming and ringing, and there were unmistakable signs of a general com motion. The allies did not look upon these demonstra tions without suspicion of something beneath it and they were not unprepared for a grand sor- .. ...,.v.v iiuiii luc xmssian lines soon after midnight. It is described at some length in the London Times, and must have been quite a "lively affair. It was met whh superior spirit however, on the part of the allies, who drove tire assailants back into their batteries, and even followed them there. It is said thlt the troops declared they could have taken Sebastopol that night had they been encouraged, or even per mitted to. do so. Russian Sorties are now the night in the Crimea. This appears to be. the standing entertainment of the season some thing like an oft repeated farce at Burton's or W allack s. , 4 AVhen the Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher publish ed his remarkable book, entitled, "The Conflict of Ages;' he may have flattered himself that he had set the question of the origin of evil for ev er at rest, in his theory of the demoniacal pre existence of man. But, alas ! it is one of those ugly questions that won't stay, settled. It is no sooner pinned down by some doughty moral philosopher, or by some confident theologian, than it springs up again like tbe little pith har lequins with quicksilver or lead in their heels I The latest oracle on this vexed subject is a trea tise by Mr. Henry James, which is contained in a volume just issued by Messrs. Appleton fe Co. of this city. Mr. James,! believe, belongs to no school of theology, but has somewhat dis tinguished himself by metaphysical enqni- lia has prepared this book in tha a 4 - - --- w vj in vi lungs re- Don't he nes a letter to the author of uThe Conflict of Ages," prey long letter it is too, as the book con tains 348 duodecimo pages. I have not had time to read Mr. James volume wWh hrt er, I will certainly seek an arlv ,fL: do A brief extract from his preface will serve in the mean time to give those of vn, who may feel any interest in this HU.00;. elue to the nature and source of its author's the ory, and which may also hp them to form an r friends so much occupied in looking at th . . KJ sights that they had not observed the wav of introducing these who had preceded them, and that the Marshal took the name of each as he .caineklong and presented him to the President. This Ruailiar call for Frank startled the people . auu iUB :uarsuai, stepping up'to our aemocrats ot the VV est, made his most polite dow, with Please give me your card, sir?" The pioneers eyed the Marshal from head to foot, and evidently satisfied that his was not the phiz they had seen in the picture books, with a voice that indicated a good pair of 1 plied, " W bar y Frank Pierce ? live here ?" Marshal " Yes, gentlemen; but I should like to have your cards." (The name is some times given on 'cards. ) Strangers "Our what?" Marshal " Your cards, sir." Strangers" What do you mean by that ? I want to see the President of these ere United States, I don't know nothing about your card. me for some other man, or something." Marshal" .No, no, gentlemen ; I want your names. What are your names r" Very po lite and affable. Strangers (Suspecting that the cards were some stolen property, and they were suspected) " None of your darned business what our names arc. Old feller, if you are trying to fool us any, you'd better jest'hold up rite off." (The audience now groaned with laughter, the Marshal looked confused, and the visiters from the land of Boon flashed fire from their eyes, taking it for granted that the whole com pany were trying to have a little fun at their expense.) Marshal More than usually polite and try ing to calm the troubled waters if possible " Gentlemen I want to know your names to present you to the President." Strangers Savage and fierce " What do you mean by talking about presenting us to the President we are no injuns come to gin ourselves away we only want to see him. He can be looked at, can't he ? What is he afraid one" Roars of laughter in the company. Marshal Confused and polite " I want your names to introduce you gentlemen." j . Stranger1 Still impressed 'with the idea that the Marshal was poking fun at them " Can't we introduce ourselves, I should like to know parent, Its name I'hosphori-s. It is now just two hundred years since phosphorus was first obtained bv Brand, of Hamburg. So wonderful was the discovery then considered, that Kraft, an emi nent philosopher of the day, gave Brand three hundred dollars for the secret of its preparation 'Kraft then traveled, and visited nearly all the courts of Europe, exhibiting phosphorous to k-ngs and nobles. In appearance, phosphorus Tf sicllil Jac ltno!!.n.nv . K . . i. ,t,.v, uul 1C ,s more trans approaching to the color of amber which is derived from the Greek, signifies " liht bearer," and is indicative of its most distinguish ing quality, being self-luminous. Phosphorus when exposed to the air, shines like a star, giv out a beautiful lambent greenish light. Phos phonw dissolves in war,,, sweet oil. If this phosphorised-oil be rubbed over the fi, ; i, uanv, uie reatures assume a ghastly appearance , TT,,,"euu''161 l0OKS Jfce a veritable - mg v .ii-o -the-wisp. The origin of phospho Til li fl.i rr,,l 1 11 ... 1 r .euwKaoie thing concerning it -.j ou usmuce wun which we are ac quainted can be traced oitl,;..- u. v..tiiCl iy eano 0r a r1' F . ems 10 f animal origin. Of - uie animals, man contains the most; and of luV US panS 01 the body tl brain yields by analysis more phosphorus than any other. This oi no nttle moment : Every thought has perhaps a phosphoric source. It is certain that .-inteU4nal.being,!ltri11 the most uspuorus. it generally- happens that when Sintrillnr Aiannr. I L betfirA am. oi: ,. .... ' -.v orp.K-auon or it is made to tbe wel fare and happiness of man. This remark applies --sold at five shillings an ounce; now it is so cheap that the penniless portion of our popula- - -uoui in me tor.n of matches. But what a noble, lif nT.f ,i .. i -.fin rT -u nre-grving office It nil. For commimial . louses match- not e excited furtior ni.oa .. L- -I'll. . - . . . w eu uis cuua ro nis Dosom, and thanked the kind Providence which led him there to save his dear boy. The boy, after playing till he was weary, had lam down and fallen asleep, and in that situation had the wolf found him and cov ered htm with leaves until he could brin his comrades to the feast, but himself furnished the repast. Biddef or d Journal. THE MEMORY OF WASHINGTON, The recurrence of our national festival, the birth day of Washington, suggests to us, once more, the duty and importance of. cherishing nis memory. AH other great men have been llaCClfioil V..T 1. litntfij.. .1 1 . . . c.ooniu vj iuc maiuiiau, huu uave snareu their glory with formidable rivals. Homer does not stand alone in the world of letters, nor Alexan der in that of arms. The fame of Demosthenes and Cicero has been partially eclipsed by the eloquence of Chatham and of Henry, and the names of Socrates and Aristotle have become comparatively dim in the superior light of Ba con and Franklin. But even the genius of Plu tarch must have failed to find a parallel for him who stands alone io the annals of the world, a miracle of Providence, a well proportioned char rfcier, in wnom the virtues and faculties that constitute true greatness are imperceptibly menueu We do not propose to indulge in extravagant eulogy, or to maintain that either a holy purity ouuj, or a gigantic development of intellect, were characteristic of the Father of his country. Our imagination invests him with no supernatu ral powers ot mind or celestial elevation of sen timent. But we contend that no historical per sonage, of human origin, has ever appeared in our world, in whom the various gifts of nature, and the various acquirements of education and habit, more beautifully and symmetrically har monized. He stands alone, like some pure mo del of Grecian art, and criticism may be fairly challenged to point out a defective or exaggerat ed feature. He had his faults and his errors, it is true ; but in the shadow of our own con scious imperfections they become invisible, whilst the general effect of his character excites universal admiration in the light of his own glorious career. There has always been a disposition among men to testify their veneration for illustrious be nefactors, by tbe erection of monumental struc tures inscribed with their names. The name of Washington bids fair to be thus transmitted to future ages in many parts of our country. But, to our taste, the most interesting design yet pro posed, is that of purchasing for his native State, the noble old homestead of Mount Vernon, where his domestic life was spent and where his remains repose. The Washington family , with commendable jealousy, have uniformly refused to part with this venerated spot, in spite of the powerful temptations to which they have been the "States of the Church," ignoramus would ever 8im,, 1 an T - i't'uoc mere danger to the United States from t,,e an-v that capacity. But his Holiness caillls 'n vicar of Christ, to have supreme spirit diction over the whole world, and it j pretended spiritual authority thafhe' ! control all human rof airs w- it ! declared the acts of the golennu h null and void. By it, in 1852, h, i, against the reniihiiV nf V. ' ' 'u',(l al uj mg Us acts also, as nvll and void ' decides for his spiritual subjects ,hat is what is untrue, what i i, , . . . - .iiiu wDat is nuu mey nave renounced all sucli matters for themselves r,gtto judge ic Bv it if 1. "i to decide that it was their duty in ,his to sunrx.rt a rmrtionlo, . i ""7 - bound to obey, because he in their vieJ .-t ui jurist, aua. carries the kevs of -.u.uul uca,cll. is tuere do danger this to r(nMw-n ;nt,'ii:'I- . - 1I1SUIUL UIIS c . l - ' . i , . "e uol misrepresent tne Komish priesthood W,J say inat such is the stand that they llave dedlv t.ikfn in tlio TTi.;t..i c.. j -" u,"ku oiaieA : tor t gans openly avow it, and no authoritative deni 1 of it has vet been published. Tl,a t.; , as dumb on this subiect as the sennlM,,.,. .', . . would not be the case if their papers pWjtf church in a false position before the. njihi;, " Within a few weeks, since the beginning (Jf i present year, the Catholic Miscellany" at qv. lestnn, S. C, has twice repeated the ohiw, ,- doctrine, which we here give once mw, , j!s own words " The Pope has, jure dicing itude of power over kings, as well as theirs jects, and this is a doctrine of faith t,, . j ,-, under penalty of everlasting damnation" ?! quotation is taken from the Watchman auj Observer" of Richmond. There it is then r questionably avowed, that by '1 divine ri'-Lf tie Pope is master of mankind, and th,B,i,. " civil rulers of the world are suhWt fn i.;. ... mited control ! For hat else can lii.i-. mean ? And as tl ments are claimed as his slaves, the sm,. ,, ciple must imply a simUw claim over the peoj.'e of a free republic like ours. Otherwi. .1.. bull against Xew Grenada was founded in 'oth,r' pretensions. W; Colonization. The R ev. doe: mak,ngphosphorus is extracted from burnt boues. The demand for it is now so great that ? ?nUaI1y PfePared' When Kraft ,ue oad notmoiyj than half "to set before the king." an ounce Th ,ISNE B0W COSSAWKE. wme is an extract fmm ' ine,tVheedC7-3 iD EDSkDd frm h fc-SS m the Crimea : I cannot refra;n W the narrow escape I had the other night of being uken prisoner by the Cossacks, s was re urnmg from Balaklava with about ten pounds' worth of goods for. the office company. But de SaU m of ft. tthl time. I must thank (Jo i FrUiecil0n, and tor endowing me with uch presence of mind. Balaklava is about -en or eight mUes from Sebastopol, and t oTrabUt half-Wa7' o-ted ol our captain's pony, with haversacks fid 0f SAILOR JACK AND THE EUSSIANS i ne loi.owing is an extract from a letter of a soldier, dated Sphnct,i r . . ti ' . . . yv, : "iow, . - ueei. or paper,' and a spare hour, 1 wdl endeavor to answer you with an account of things that have occurred, and parts that 1 omitted in my last hurried scribble, which I am afraid you would scarcely be able to deci pher, well, as I hardly know what to benn witu, i wui write uown whatever comes into my head first - and if it affords you any amuse" ment, I will cousider myself amply repaid I will begm with Sailor Jack, who is a private in v. , m mgoon Uuards, and one of we most amusing lads that ever reefed a top sail on the sea, or drew a sword on hind He combines the most remarkable courage with in exhaustible good humor, and often, when we nave ueeu siumg in our tents drenched to the skin, have his drolleries made the place resound with glee, and our sides ache with laughter On the 25th of October, Jack was about four files from me in the ranks, and just when we had wheeled into line, on Jack bolted, and the rest of us with him Kt ; , , . ,u wustuueuue oi the crowds of Russians, we had very little space for the use of our swords. Well, Jack-who has a salve for every sore-finding that he could not get using his sword for a time, makes u? to a huge Russian lancer, who very politely " pre sented" Jack with a pistol bullet, which he as politely "refused " by bowing to the pumme of h,s saddle, and receiving the ball on the hilt of his sword. Fair play, mate, shouts Jack and putting 8pars t0 his horse, closed with the Russian who was making off as fast as he could' and Jack, afraid of losing his prey, clasped the Russian mil i 1, r, ""Fc me ,.li3 1C11( arln rouna tle np(.unr subjected, and have very recently declined th proposition of the patriotic ladies of Virginia, who had instituted a subscription for the pur pse. They have, however, consented to dis pose of the property to the Federal or State government, in order to secure its preservation from private hands, and it is now understood that the subscription will go on among the la dies of the Union with the view of vesdnr the title in the State of Virginia. In its possession Mount Vernon will be kept as an endurin- me morial of him with whose glorious caree.it is historically associated, and whose precious bones rest upon its soil. An appeal has Iatelv been made to Xdrth Carolina men,, for aid towards the erection of a m Ann mnn f i T 1 . . i mcu' Jiiuepenaence square, rhiladelplna. We venture to make an- l,nu l . 7UBr aeai. 10 tne laies of this State, that .ey umV with their sisters of Virginia in this noble enterprise, and contribute their dollar each, for its speedy consummation. That the object will soon be effected, we have no doubt. To participate in the effort, however, must be an honor which every patriotic lady will covet. Ihe names of the contributors will be recorded and carefully preserved, and an opportunity is thus offered to yOUng gentlemen of gallantry to write the names which they sometimes in-'-senbe so fondly on rocks and trees upon a tablet UMiftm k. Ml 1 ... 1 ' tuey win oe Jess likely to be effaced by tune. J R. R. Grm i v f.r ashington city, General Agent of the -Wri can Colonization Society, visited h'alci-li last -week, and spent several davs anions onr .r.;. zens, endeavoring to revive their interest in the noble cause in which he has hnuj- been so i. nently useful. We heard a verv'i .....,...-1111. uu. ressfrom him on that subject "on Sundav -.f- ternoon, at the Presbyterian Church, and wore pleased to see a large audience in attendance. Un Monday afternoon a meetino- 0f the friei of the cause was held at the Lecture -f iL. 1 . . vi me same cnnif i it r -it , , i ij j. i. iii ireca.-t Jisq., presided, and Sea.fJales, Eq.'aW "a reuiry, ana preliminary steps were tak n to reorganize the North Carolina Colonization Society. The meeting adjourned to convene again this afternoon, (Saturday,) at four" oelock, in the same place, when the nanus of all the permanent officers will be announcec'. Mr. Gurley left on Tuesday morning, very much encouraged by the results 0f his visit. M.tv he live long to serve so noble, a cause with the eloquence and dev.otedness for which he is distinguished. f tuls Room ",E committed one or two errors last week in referring to acts passed by the Ley Ma ture, owin to the confusion' incident to an ad journment. Amuiiir others we stated that the annual appropriation to the State 'Agricultural Society amounted to $2,500. We have since discovered that the sum- was reduced to 500. , . jt& A yuung Princess lately born at Naples has been christened by her sponsors Lmmaci u- xa V.OXCZHTIXA. .They miirht h aaaed Jesuitic a. Pun Inquisitiana Tka.v Pkodigiosa ! ave procriy GATOUIA ABsOLI'TIN'EA - X S U B S r A N T I X A M ENbAC'I A LITERARY NOTICES. We hope that the indifference manifested for m regara to the celebration of Wash uigion s birth-day, will after a while giv before a general revival of truly patriotic rnent. It has hpnnmB iimtnmo.r, i w owmaij iu many places to exhibit popular enthusiasm on other occasi- Ont ' UnA frw -v 1 . ".uer men, wniist the name of give way semi- Washington, around which no mere partizan as- as boxers sa v nut 1,: i j u T i i V r eau m chancery and battered his face to a jelly with his sword-hilt then throwing him down, Jack went into hi midst of them again, and I saw no more of him as 1 was carried awav amn u . . ' ' awav amnnrr tUa r j i i "n 'ciiriQir r1ls- U4u enough to do to make uul uum amongst them. my way Lord Raglax. The nc.t Lord Raglan is thus described ot On our return from th t.. T . the head-quarters with V frZ, " T at ness with thecommander-in-f '".T'" was ptomenadin2-thebflr.l-r,;u A'an He is a fat, e-natur J",s m?n81on- rather tall tr, u Sentieman, ratner tall, in rnanv resr,.0 k:- . ' te",-of;o;7 mtnZ "C. 'U ' Dyy eans, of such T "Oi,, ZZZ:"!00 .? Lane - vcpuuu was cordial, and his LorrUhJn must be called You knn, i . 1 , Clt 38 courigeous. lou know that he lost an arm at Waterloo whi,e s,rvmg under the Duke of Wellborn He is said to have remarked at the battle of Inkermann, when the French troops came to nis aid, at a time of ereHt iMvifv. Tfm French owed me their debt." an arm, and they have paid The Misses Warner, one of whom is so we known as the authoress of u The Wide, Wide World," and ihe other as the writer of "Dol lars and Cent," have each a n,ew UQvel in press. socations c,n cluster, is left unhonored bv tv cro wd. But this must eventually pass away. Men may continue to venerate St Patrick and St An drew, and carouse over the nativity of Jackson, Clay, Calhoun and Webster, but we very much mistake the signs of the times, if the day is not approaching when he who embodied in h.s personal character and achievements, the spirit of Americanism, as it was in its purest ucijs, win De remembered with a far more pro found and general sentiment of respect and Gra titude, . The Egyptian Dourra. Bayard Taylor thus describes this interesting article: "The appearance s very much like broom corn but instead of a long, loose panicle of red seeds js topped by a compact cone of grains, smal'ler than that of maize, but resembling them in form and taste. The stalks are from ten to fifteen feet high and the heads frequently contain -ka uiucu .ufu.Dc as two ears of nW Tt. i. planted in close rows, and when th hand wWK , . . " vufc ... a tiiuri SICIfle nftor .u. 1 i , 1 nuiu ,11 H heads are taken off and threshed separately. The grain M fed to horses, donklys and fowls, and in upper Earvtt is lispd for bread. It is, of course v imperfect ground, and unbolted, and the bread is coarse and dark, though nourishing. In the middle and Southern States of America, this erain ,.U:il.J .i . .... . o -u.u win weii, ana might be introduced with advantage. We received one d y last week, the ah number of thr-t always interestiug Ma-ii;. , the XatTOVAT on.t .-.'.l i , 1IWI 11,u 1UUUU luucn entertaii. ment and instruction in its pages. We think it our duty, however, to qualify the praise e o ouen consc.ent.ously bestowed u,.ou this periodical, by some expression of our opin ion m regard to tbe editorial article, headed A Model Chapter," which relates to the life and merits of the English, philanthropist, Bi.v tok. For the first time within our observation, the editor has. in this article, given wav to the popular feeling prevailing arolmd Li em. ployed the .National Magazine as a vehicle for the propagation of that abominable heresv, the doctrine that slavery i8 a sin,r f ' The article in question is bv nn . actenzed by a dege of force or point calculated to provoke the' Southern rM,l,, ; though the illiberalitv with mh;..u ;t a ll the newspaper press of t, ; . s justify at least a dignified rebuke. Following m. the fuotstPs of Bishop Potter, the writer ex claims in a tone of apparent contempt, " Who looks to the newspapers for opinions no x a-davs? We look to them for news, but their mora au- i i ... ,.uw"7" ueen Ueao Jong a0 Ue lLen proceeds to give the moral authority of the 'Na tional Magazine,' on the subject of slavery, as if t the mere fact that it is published in monthly numbers, instead of weekly or daily, could ex empt it, ia the judgment of sensible men, from its own sweeping condemnation. Seldom have we ever seen a more ridiculous assumption of superiority, founded upon similar premises. But leaving the newspaper press to be com- ' pared with the periodical, press of the Xationai Magazine, by an intelligent public we to extract the following very erroneous and ab surd paragraph, which we select from a number of similar passages occurring in the same arti cle: "We believe that these merely incidental argu ments of ihe questwn, exaggerated on both tides,.