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r .-J v. i - -1 . . rt'UtlsllED WtEkLT nr. ; . ... WILLIAM C, DOUB,; ,., ' . ' IDIToa KDrOPIETO. .3 If paid ftricfy la advance, twa dollar pr a-m- two dollurt and fifty cents, if psld within ail Booths-, nd three dollar at the and of tlit year. '""" '""'.? ' "C- "" " V . ' ADrEtlTISEMEXTS not cet4in lten Rats will be inserted on time for one dollar, and twenty lv cent for -jadi subsequent Imwrtioivtt aud ooppcras, ay Taoao or greater mpii win n eiiargea proper-l taeaally. Court Order nd Jailicial advertisement I will ahrgea 25 pr ml higher thaa th bov rata. A reasonable deduction will be made to Jkeaa who advertise by the year. " ' y - 1 , Bonk and Job rrintieg done with aeatnes and despatch, and oa accommodating tenna.. , KST Letter to the Editor most be post-paid. AGRICULTURAL. From the Somltum FlanttT. f, EXrEUIMEXTS or tm ALBEMAULE HOLE AND COUXEIl CU B. , , EtprriMnlCor.U rrfrrtntx to it IHslriln lion in I'lantmii, at to JUMann and Arranife mrnt. K'Jhrrfd U Dr. Mit Minor, William W. Minor ami Ueorgt Clive. The eineriment by 1t. Minor waa eondncted In tlie following manner : Two rowa, one Ktalk in tlM) hill and one foot dixtanee in the hill ; two row, two italka in the hill and twd feet diidam-p in the hill: two rowa. three atalks in the hill and three feet dintanee in the hill all the rowa at equal diatancca from eai'h other. The eiperiment by Mr. dive waa a followa: One atalk in the hill, one and a half feet apart; two stslka in the hill, three fet apurt, three stalks in the hill, four and a half feet apart rowa at qnal diatances. ' : t The experiment made by Mr. Wm. W. Minor was conducted as follows; He planted four rowa, distance of each row from the other, five feet They were en a hillaide Xo. 1, lowest down the hill, he left one stalk in the hill, two feet art. The row next above. No. 2, two stalks in th hill, four feet ajurt. The next row above, No. 3, three stalks in a hill, six feet apart, IrrNir. A, the highest on the hillside, the aame.condittons in all respects prevailed as in No. 1, the lowest on the hillKidc. The results of all these experi ments were in favor of the fewer stalks in the hill and shortest distances. The rows were all d jaceut. Experiment m Tup-Drasiiuj Wheat. Conduced by Him. G. t'arr. Ho top-drcscd with equal quantities of stable manure, six lots of w heat, in the first week of October, November, leoembor, January, Feb, ury and jlarch, respectively. The land manured was thin grcj highland,- with a considerable ad mixture of sand. That without manura might have brought from three to .five bushels of wheat to the acre'. The manure was spread very thin, at the rate of not more than ten ox-cart loads to the acre. From the time the wheat cam up un til harvest, that top-dressed at the timoof seeding in October, had the advantage of all the other lots. It came up more vigorously, grew fimlcr, filled lietter, and ripened some days earlier than the other lots. In spite of a thick growth of blue jjrass, this lot yielded at least fifteen bushels to the acre, whilst that adjoining, of the same char acter, though not manured, did not yield throe. 1 Ic was unable to discover any difference in the other lots. The top-dressing had a decidedly irood effect on all, in hastening its maturity and improving the quantity and quality of tlio pro duct, over thn unmauurcd land adjoining ; the crop lieing fully doubled on all. The fact thut coin, freezing weather continued till April, and was succeeded by moist, warm weather, may ac count for the giud effects resulting from the late manuring. Wheat, dressed with a very thin covering of straw ill Fobruary, not benefitted by it, but the clover was very much improved. Expfriaint to Awriai the Dijfi retire in Hie Re Mitt i'f ( 'f(iny Whent when it Jirxt lyyina to rut, and tufereH to Stand till Thiirmtghly Jt'ijK. Cmutneted by Dr. WilliainM- t'arr. - . On the 3d day of July lie cut from different spots in tho 6eli1 two parcels of wheat just Itegin tungtornst,thc straw and blades green, the bcails turning white, and the grain in the dough state, wry soft, some of the heads being in the milk state. On the 19th of the same month, he cut from the same spots, the wheat whirh had licen left to ripen. A struck incisure of the rusted wheat, thoroughly ripe, weighed H5 yraint the number of araiiu 23-. The same measure of the wheat, just lieginning to rust, weighed fcu giann number of gruim 247. Of, the wheat Uiken, from another spit, a struck maaaure of the ripe rusted wheat, weighed r-5 grain number of grain 213. The same mewure of wheat, just lieginning to rust, weighed 95 oraiiM-nuuilier of grain 21. The greator difference in favor of the wheat just beginning to rust, in the second experiment, must be attributed to its being rath er more matured when gathered, than the 6 rat. The straw of the unripe wheat, is, to all appear ance, very auierior to that of tho ripe wheat, and the flouring properties of the grain are, no doubt, superior. Experiment on the. Effect on the Protluet of Corn, of jmlling fodder mnd cutting fript. Conducted by Jfr. George Clice. The average weight of several parcels, the fod der not being pulled nor tops cut, was 11 j pound ; where fodderwas-pullod and tops cut, 11 j pounds ; and when the fodder was pulled and tops cut, 11 pounds. If these several parcels and weights are multiplied by 8, the fractional parts will be got rid of, and" the results of the experiment more readily compared. We will then have 120 oars, weighing 70 pounds, when the enrn was left un touched, 120 ears, weighing 09 pounds, when the stalks were stripped of the fodder, but tops not cut, and 120 ears, weighing 60 pounds, when the fodder was pulled and tope cut. Now, assuming 70 pounds as the weight that all ought to have reached, there is a loss of one-seventh by pulling fodder ; and a loss of foureventicths' sustain ed, by both operations of pulling fodder and cut ting tops, ; V- ; Experiment on Fattening lgt in a Clou Pen. Comlmcted by Dr. Frank Carr. On the 29tli of April seven ahoats, which had licen littered on the 20th of the preceding Febru ary, were put up in , a close pen. They wore, when put np, in tolerably good order. They war slaughtered on the 14th of December follow ing, and weighed nett 1,150 pounds, giving an average of 1C4( pounds. They consumed, in bringing thorn to the knife, of merchantable ma terial, 12 barrels and 1 bushel of com and 30 bushels of bran. ' The corn wa given to them sometinfWa in meal and sometimes in the grain ; when in latter form, it was aoaked to softness in a boiler, in which other materials for food, bran, meal, apples, pumpkins, cymlius, Ac., were mix ed and fermenting,. The pumpkin were some times boiled the cymlins always. Besides the articles of food already enumerated, the chape about tha house were made to pull for the hogs, cl ivtrr, grass and such weeds ns hogs will oat. Two Urge white oak in tho yard, which bore well, also furnished a good supply of acorns. Tliee articles, together with peachesj with which t'ie trees were burdened and broken, slops from the kitchen, spare milk, Ac, constituted the food on which the hogs were fed. The labor required in attending them hardly deserves to be estimat ed. Iu onler to give precision to theexperiment and to ensuro accuracy iq the results, I gave them much of my personal attention, being rarely away from them more than two days at a time,, and seldom that. The children about the yard and an infirm old man, who had been many years off tie tax list, gathered the fallen fruit, grass, ate. The latter, un.ler mr annervuiion. attended to the preiawmtiuil of the food and feeding. About half a gallon of salt and three WTids of ormrjeras were eoasuoied in the pnieese, and the pcu was fre quently supplied witn cnarcoaL 1'rice of pork at the" time of iliing. was five .i.-ii .1.. .... i . . . leninm -men we nave . . I, lot I lbs, pork at J., . .57 50 a ir vouiia. . V. .. S :V VOLUME XLTtV 12 bbls. 1 bm4iel,oorn at ?2, 30 bushels bran at 10 cum. $24 40 ' -i , 3 (Ml "?:7 70 27 70 - : - Total expenses, finm profit, , ' Deduct rnlue of 7 slinata wheo put up,, i at St) ccntK, Nett profit, . ' 2& 30 Experiment on Hawing Tnbaero Plantt in IIul lied. ComlucteHbi It'a. S Minor. Onthe21stofApril, lK43, I made a hot bed containing about twenty-five square yards sow ed the next day with tobacco seed beginning to sprout. . No glass w" put on it, but bod plank laid oyer it to return trie; jkeat' and moisture. The plants lgan to come up in three days from sow ing, and when most of them were up the plank was removed. While covered with the plank the bed needed no watering. The bed was then wat ered twice a day, on an average, though it was neglected, as regards water. The plants were not thick enough iu the bed, nor were tiiev regu lar there being many vacant snot in it, owing to the circumstance that I had to guess at the quantity of sned, they being in a sprouted state. and, theretore, more uilbcult to sow witn regu larity.. There were a few plants In this bed large enough for new ground planting in one month after sowing. Thev did not, however, grow as fast aficr three or four weeks as did the plants in beds prepared in the usual wav, though they had decidedly lietter roots. I think, also, that the hot lied plants grew off and lived lietter than those drawn from beds prepared in the usual way. Thie bed yielded 11,21") plants, counted as tliey were drawn, and would nave yielded two thousand more had they not been literally burn ed up from neglect of watering .for the space of a week. The cost of this bed I estimate as fol- iuws : the labor of two men, three women, a cart and steers, say one day, at three dollars. Die manure, worth, perhaps, four dollars a cart load of moiild from the woods, which was put on the top ; twice weeding, the watering, and one and a half bushels of poudrette, value one do'iar, cover the entire cost The bed was about fifteen inches in depth when sown, aiid it has sunk about one foiirth, and the manure is now worth about three dollars.- TJiC nett cost of this bed, then, is aliout tivc.doll.ira the yield. 0,200 plants, and I think I haiard nothing in saying tli.it it would have yielded 20,01)0 had they been distributed with tolcraHevregularitJ1. In 'connexion with this subject I will remark that the action of poudrette ou tobacco plants was very decided and beneficial, both on my hot bed and on other bedst on the hot lcd. especially, 1 made an accurate exjieriinent willi it, and never saw a greater effect produced by plaster (wdiieh I have known (o lie very great in some cases) than was produced by this jiyudrette ou tobacco plants. .... ' The cost of plant beds prepared in the old way by burning, is estimated to be eight shillings per one hundred square yards, or two shillings icr twenty-five square yards, without estimating the wood eonsumed, or manure applied, or treading, covering, weeding, 4c. If, now, it requires four cords of wood at fifty cents jier cunt to burn one hundred square yards, this would cost two dollars; then treading, covering, weeding, 4c. the same would cost one dollar or one dullar and fifty cents; then aoad of suitable manure would cost fifty rente more, and all these items would make the cist about fjve dollars per one hundred square yards'; and ten thousand plants being the usual estimated yield to the oue hundred square yards of .ujant land, the coi of producing the ten thousand plants by the hot bed (asTKicjAilt ed with me an t in t lie old mode, it t!.l same: though I have no doubt that rti!i may lie raised juJuacort in the hot boil, thaiiKv the old fashioned node, nficr further experience with litem shall have pointed out the improve ments of which this plan i susceptible. WILLIAM W. MINOR. September 2.1, 1M3. LoimN tf. Printer. "The annual income of Samuel JUranuan, of California, is j2v,IHK." , Exehiinge Pilper. About nine years ago Rrannan, a )mor and penniless printer, arrived in this eitv from the West. A crowiilcss hat and a shabby suit of clothes were not orv itrctiosessing recommenda tions for the odvonturer. Rut on application to some persons of the same religion ns himself, he was supplied with a decent suit of clothes, and was shortly afterwards wade oilibu of a weekly paper owned by tho same persons. One of our friends were employed by Hrannan, and is awaie of the difficulties tie (Hrannan) cxpei iencod in obtaining a decent living from the small subserii tion list of his ppcr. After acting as edinir for a little more than a year, he became attracted with the glowing description given .of California by ono Hastings, the author" oT a Isiok on sthnt country. Rrannan succeeded in mining a com pany of emiirrants. and, as their leader, charter ed a brig and immediately sailed fur tho future Kldurado. Two printers, in Brannan's employ, accompanied him, and are now rich and influen tial eitixeus of California. Sueh arnpnl rise from extreme poverty to great afHuenee.asm Brannan 's case, is aciuoui reuorucu iu uiv woiiu i.iiv.i . ,V. I'. J-iek. Quacks. Wo took up, the other day, a bound volume ol old r.uirlish and American newsiinvers. the former liearing dnto before the -American Revolution, and the latter shortly" after it. On looking over the advertising columns, we were surprised to see how large a space in -tbom-jm oppnipnateii w wmu are enneu -qpuc nieui eines. The proportion of space occupied by them was much larger than in our modern. journ als. Indeed, there were scarcely any other ad vertisements. 1 There js some consolation in finding that "the good old times," of which we hear to much, and in which the people were so much wiser and more virtuoiis than at present were, after all, no better than they should be. They were just as fond of cheating and being cheated then as now. I'litent Mcdicince has .been one of the w eaknesses of hu man nature for a long period. The redeeming trait about them is the liberal patronage wliich is given by the empirics to the newspapers, thus helping to sustain the press and with it nil the greiu interests oi society, nm mr mis compen sating virtue, the uuacka would have a fearful reckoning hereafter. Retributive justice might compel each of them to swallow as many boluses as he had administered to the gullible- public, a punishment wliich might well make tho boldest turn paie. men. uupnien.; SPLITTING HAIRS. Some rears aeo. Roecr M. Sherman and Perry Smith, of Connecticut, were opposed to each oth er, as advocates in nn important ease, before a omirt of Justice. Smith opened the case with a violent and foolish tirade against Sherman's polit ical character, rhenium rose m a composed manner and remarked; V . , , ; "I shall not discuss politics, with Mr, Smith before this court, but I am perfectly willing to argue questions of Jaw, to chop logic, or even to split hairs with bint. " ' " "Sn'.it that thon." said Smith, at thesame time pulling out a short, rough-looking" hair from bis own neat, ana nanuing it uicr w .winwi. -. "May it rdcoee the honorable court," retorted Sherman, ' I did'nt say Wrist',;" CHMWoroamito Bxes. A statement has re cently been very extensively circiiloted that chlo roform bas been found by a Mr. Smith, of Edin burg, to lie a most admirable means of putting liees to sleep fir a short time, during which as much honey could be removed as was desired. A writer in tlie Boston Cultivator has tried chlo roform according to Mr. Smith's flan, and found not only that the bees were soon put to sleep, but they bene been sotii d J a'c p:T g eier sintc. EALEIGH, N0BTH CAEOLINA, WEDNESDAY MOENDTG, .WOVEMBER 16, 1853. . MISCELLABEOUS; v MYiMAIDEN BRIEF: t - , JvS rsuUSU STOkT.' .. " I- "A lawyer,'' says an oldnmieily, which I onee read at the liritish Museum, "s an odd sort of fruit-finrt rotten, then green, aud then ripe." There uf much truth iu this homely figure. The first years of a young' barrister are spent, or rath er worn out, in anxmus leisure. IHs tuleuts rust, his temper la injured, his little patrimony wastes away, and not an. attorney shows a sigh of re morse. He endures term after term, and circuit after circuit, that greatest of miseries a rank ahove his means ,-nt" supporting it. He drive round the country , in a jsist-chaise, and marvels what Johnson found so exhilarating in its motion Isnn and drinks claiet; but he loses the Savor both when he reflects that his wife (for the fisd is married, and married for love, too,) has, per haps, just dined for the third time on a cold neck of mutton, and has not tasted wine since their hist party an occurrence beyond even legal memory. He loaves tlie restive board early, and takes a soliuiry walk, returns to his lodging in the twilight, and sees on his table a large white rectangular body, which f a moment be sup- foscs may lie a brief alas! it is ouly a napkin, le is vexed, and rings to have it removed; w hen up comcw bis clerk, -Uruiik and -insolent; bei is a bout to kick him down stairs, but stays his foot, on calling to mind the arear of the fellow's wa- ecs. and contents himself w ith wondering w here the rascul finds the means for such extrava gance. men in court many are uie vexations oi t,.e briefloss. - The attorney is a cruel animal: as cru el as a rich coxcomb in a ball room, who delights in exciting hopes only to disappoint them. In deed; 1 have often thought the communication between solicitors and the liar has no slight rc- scmlitance to tlie flirtation between the sexos. Burristers, like ladies, must wait to bo chosen. The sbirhtcst overture would be equally fatal to one gown as to the other. The gentlemen of the bar ait round the tuMe in a liigiuhed couiHsuro, thinking just as little of briefs As a voung lady of marriage. An tkrncy cniors, not au eye moves; hut somehow or other the toot is know n to all. . Calmly the w retch dmwa from hU pocket a brief; practice enables us to see at a glance that the tormentor has left a blank for tho name of his counsel. Ho looks round the circle an if to choose his man; you cannot doubt but that his eye rest cd on you ho writes a name but Tou ore too far on to read it, tinmen you xnow every name on Vour circuit upsme uown. iiuw, nie osiwihwiiiib out the fee, and wraps it up with slow provoking lArinality. At length, all being prepared, he l.wks towards you to catch (as you suppose) Jour You nuikjma 4he hnel comes Dying; you. pick it up, and find on it the name of a man threo years vour iuniiVrf who is sitting next to ou; yoa curse the attorney's iinpudence.jmd yourself ,1 1,0 . ' w"- . . for the doa suuints. My maiden linot was in town, ilow wen uo I recollect the minutest circumstances connected with tlie easel The rap at the door; I am a con- nunsseur 'in raps, there is not a aun in ionuon who could deceive nic : I know their tncks but too well; they have no medium between the rap servile and the ran impudent. This was a cheer ful touch; you felt that the operator knew he should meet w ith a lace ol welcome, my eiera who is not much under tho ftithicncc of sweet sounds, seemed nlisolutely inspired, and answer ed the knock with astonishing velocity. 1. could bear from the inner room the murmur of inquiry arid-answer; and though I could not distinguish a word, the tones confirmed inv hopes; I was not lout sull'Ted to Uoiiht; inv client entered, and the pure w hite paper, tied round with the brilliant roil tape mutiny eye-, 11c inqmrcu resi-ecuuiiv. and with an aiun'arance of aiixietv which mark ed him to my mind f ir a perfect Cbestei field, if 1 was alreadv retained m r. . me rogue knew well enough I never hod bad a re tainer in mv life. 1 took a moment to consider: and. ofler making him repeat the name of his case 1 gravelr assured him 1 was at perloct liber ty to receive his brief. He then laid the papers and niv fee unon the table, asked me if the time apiiuinted for a consultation with the two gentle men who. wcro "with me" would bo convenient: and, finding that the stato of my engiifreiuenta would allow me to intend, made Ins Ikiw and ui parted. That fee was sacred gold, and I put it to no vulvar use. . . . Many years have now elapsed since that case was disposed of, and yet how fresh does it live lu my memory; now pertcctly uo l recollect every authority to wliich it referred! how I read and re-read the leading enses that bore upon the ques tion to be argued. One caso 1 so betmmtml, that the rolumu baa opened nt it ever since, as inevitably as the prayer-book of a lady's-maid firoflcrs thoorvice of-matrimony. .My brief re iited in au urgiiiiicnt before the Judges of tho King's Bench, and the placo of consultation wns Ayle'H Coffee-house, adjoining Westminister Hall. There was I. before the clock had finished strik ing the hour. Mv brief I knew by heart. I had raised an army of objections to the point for which, we -wero to contemi, and had logically slain every man of them. I went prepaied to discuss the question thoroughly; and 1 generous ly determined to givo mv leaders tho benefit of ull my cogitations- though not without a slight struggle at the thought uf how much reputation 1 should'lose bv my magnanimity. I had plenty of time to think of tbee things, for my leaders were engaged in court, and tlie attorney and 1 lnvl the room to ourselves. After we hud been waiting alsmt an Itour, the door flew ojien, and in strode one of my leaders, tho second in com maud, less in-baste fa it appeared to me) to meet bis appointment than to escape from the atmos phere, of clients in which he had bcon euvcloiiod during his passage from the court just as the horseman pushes uis steed into a gallop, to na himsclt ot the Die that are liuaung around nun Havine: shaken off his tormentors? Mr. walk ed to the tire said it was eold; nodded kindly to liie and hail just asked what had been the lust niirht's division in the bouse, when the nowdesed bead of the usher was protruded through the half opendiHir to announce mat : Jones nnu niiuams was euljed on." lXiwn went the poker, and a- way flew with streaming robes, leaving me to meditate on the hiss which the rose would sus tain for want of hi assistance at the expected discussion. Having waited some further space. I heard rustling of silks, and the great , our commander-in-chief, sailed into the tmnn. As he did not run foul of me, 1 think it possible I may not have been invisible to him; but Ire fur nished me with no nthew evidence of the fm t He simply directed tho attorney to provi'deTier tain additional affidavits, tacked about, and sailed away. And tbu ended first consultation. I consoled myself with the thought that 1 had at least all my materials for myself, and that, from having had so much more time for considering t'ie subject than tlie otlieis, I must infallibly make the best speech of the three. t At length, the fatal day come, I never shall forget the thrill with wliich -1 beard open tlie ease, and felt how soon it would lie my turn to speak. Oh, how did I pray fur a bng speech! 1 lust all feeling of rivalry; aud would bate glad ly given every thing that I intended to use my self, only to uefer the dreaded moment fur one half hour. Hi speech. was frightfully hurt, yot short as it was, it niaue sou navwsoi my matter. Tlie next sjieaker was even more concise, and yet my little stock, suffered neverely 1 then found how experience will stand in the place of ntuly; these men could not, from tlie multiplicity of their engagements, have sient a tithe of the time np on the case which' f, bed done, and jet they had seen much which" bsuf'tswiaiped all toy research. At taigip, my turn came. I was sitting among the hack rows jn the old court of King's Bench. It was on the hyt day of Michaelmas I'ersn, and late in the evriiii g. A sort of darLue risible had been pnsliieeil by the a d a few candles dis persed hc:e aud there. 1 aror but 1 was not it- . t. raj"' - f. , ,, eeived by tlu! judge who had turned togetber.to consult, stippttung the argument nutshed. U was the first to see me, and I received from biui a nod of Itindnrss, and encouragement, which 1 hone 1 never shall forsret. - The court was crowded, for it w as a que-niun of some interest ; it was a dreadful moment ; the nshem stiueu the audience into an awful silence. I began, and at the sound of an unknown voice every wig of the white inclined plane at 'the upper end of which I was standing suddenly turned round, and in an instant ' I bad the eyes of seventy ' learned friends" looking ate fall in the face! It i hard ly to be conceived by those who have not gon through the ordeal how terrific is this mute at tention to the object of it. How grateful should I have boen for anything which would nave re lieved me from its oppressive weight a buss, a scraping of the shoes, or a rltnf conghing would have put me under infinite obligation to th kind itisturlr. rt bat 1 said. I know not; 1 knew not then; ilis the only part of tlie transaction of which. I am ignorant ; it was a phantasms, or a Hideous dream. they told me, however, to mv great surprise, that I sprike in a loud voice, used violent gestures, and as 1 went along seemed to shake off iny trepidation. Whether I ll..ids long speech or a short one, I cannot tell for 1 had no power of measuring time. All I know is, that l should tic made a much longer one it i nail not felt my ideas, like Rob Acros's eourage, oozing out of my fingers' ends. The court deci ded against us, erroneously as I thought, for the young advocate is always on the right side. i no next uioriiing 1 gut up early to mot at the ncwKiiaiiors w hich I expected to see full of our case". In an obscure corner and in a small type, I found a few words given as the sjiceches of my leaders, and I also re.td, that " Mr. followed on the same side," . ' GETTING AHEAD OF A MONARCH, A friend of ours from across the waters rela ted to us tho following onecdote s an actual oc currence in Oriental climes. It possesses a depth uf thought and freshness of wit too good to bo lost, t r ' ' " , Vi--. A priest, learned in the lore of ancient and modern literature, had opened rooms for public instruction and styled himself upon tlie door. 'l'mlessnr ot Universal Knowledge.' ' The king, in passing one day, oliserved the notice, and, walking in, inquired what he meant by Limersnl Knowledge, the priest answered of course, it was acknowledge of all things pt sil lo. - This answer, not exactly suitiTig the king, he resolved to test the capabilities ot the prutes sor. ' - . - , ; 'If," enij be, "yon profess universal knowl edge, then-you will be able to answer three questions which 1 shall propose to you. They are as follows, and you must answer them by to-morrow at this tune, or your bead shall be struck from your shoulders. "First, tell me how many packets ol earth there are in yonder mountain.- Sceondlvrmfonu loo how much the king is worth. ' Thirdly, tell mo, exactly, of what the king is-thinking at tlie time." This was a ilifl'erent turn to affairs from what the professor expected, and he was Sorely per plexed. He went at once to bis-study resulted to do bis utmost to oomnly- with such nil unheard of, and to biui unreasonable, request. Rooks were snatched Irom .huf -sRerves: manuscripts were carefully CMimiued ; calculations made, and all his nvuilublu means put in requisition to solve those question on w lncu depended Ins Inc. So few hours to accomplish so much death the firiee of failure, together with a desire to ostab ish hi reputation, ull wrought upon hia mental and physieul frame to such a degree that be was wsin in a fovor of excitement. Jlo had almost buried himself iu his IsioLs: scraps of paper with figure and sio-iis coeied the table, and lay scatteivd on the llo,.r; yet the result wa- unat- tamed. Still no-re intense grew the excitement as he thought, figured and read, w hile the per spiration M,Hi'iu large drops niton- Irfs forehead and rolled down -Ins fare, lie was verging tow ards despair ; his whole system Irembied with nervous agitation when his servant entering the risini, and, alarmed at the wild and excited look of his master, eageily iniiiired thecnuse. Hur riedly he related w hat had hapicned ; the strange questions; the fearful poualtv. Inste.id, howev er, f Mutuking of his master's cmotiou, the servant very coolly replied: 'is that all the trouble i Leave the matter to me 1 11 unswer for you. After sonic conservation it was projiosed'by the servant to adopt bis master's habit, and meet the king at the appointed hour. Tha offer was readily-acceded to by the priest, w ho, to speak tlie truth, thought more of his own head than his servant's just at that moment. Disguised ns the protcsor, tlio sen ant met the king, and told him he was ready to answer Ins questions, "leu mo, then, said the king, "how many baskets of earth are there in yonder mountain.'' "that depends, your majesty, upon circum stances ? ,; ,, 'r "What circumstances?" ' "The site of the baskets. If one is as large as the mountuin, one will contain it. If half as large, two : if one fuiith, four, lie." The king was so much amused at the reply, that he expressed himself satisfied, and proceed ed to the second question. "Tell in how much the kine is worth V "Well, your majesty, Jesus Christ was Sold for 'thirty' pieces of silver, and he was the king of heaven and earth, so 1 conclude the king is worth about mie piece. ' z - To this answer the king could not object, and he was nnertbereit so pleased with the wit dis played that ho said : "Very well, sir, but can yon answer my last question, and tell me ol w hat 1 am now tlnnx ing?" ' "Most certainly, your majesty. Yod arc now thinking that you are talking with the priest pro fessor, whereas it is only his senant." It is unnecessary to add that both heads were safely iiMin their shoulders and both received rati tokens ol kingly tavor. Tiir Eiiiroa Man is the hardest worker among all animals, and the editor is the greatest drudge among men. Ho is that boy only grown up of w hom it is asserted in the half inspired primer that all work and no play make Jack a dull bov. His right arm Iras no such chance for rest, llis occupation is just such a punishment, only prolonged to a whole life, as a school boy is condemned to Buffer for his sins; namely, that of holding a rulo out at arms length in a fierfect- ly mathematical honaontol line lor minutes to gether. . 0, tin- a little interval .of ease. O, fot pennissb n to let the limb fall or rest for a mo ment. It cannot be Conceded. 'The least flag ging is followed by a reminder, if not flogging. The poor fellow would rather keep his arm sircirhi out ail day with a seven pound Wight attached" to The end of it, if he eould be allowed a short respite for reft eshirient to the w earied limb than to sustain it for a quarter f an hour in that awful dead level, thouirh weighed down by no gravity but ofbisown arm. The editor i. that unfortunate urchin, compelled to hold rule out from day to day and from year to year, without any variation or shadow of turning from one everlasting t ne of oceuation, " The editor, to use another illustration, is that much enduring man, who w alks a thousand nines in a limiioniid iiount. no luigut easily rsirhapswnlk twieethedistanrein the same time, tut no: tlie poor fellow is not allowed the priv- ilere of doubling hi dilineoce when in snirits and good I cart, and then resting fir a while to recuperate his exhausted powers. He can only do so much iu the porticuhtr space allotted, but he must take care to do no less, whatever may lietide hint, hick or not, rain or shine, blow high or low, grsd news, bod news, or what is worse, no news at all, bis hourly task mutt b performed, and that too within the -hour, wheth or he is nine, or as w suppose, whether tie is dend. Ou a violation if th hard terms, th pedcstraiu lose hi wager, the editor hi wage and they get Ixrsidi-s, icapectively, the. ridiuule aud ten dcnunciutiou ol th world. 7 T11K TBAVKIXER-S STORY.' " Affi of trarelhW war acated amnnd a biasing fire, in a tavern upon the Alleghany mountain. The coach had broken down, ami nerfone we were detained until lh next morn ing. We bad finished substantial Virginia upper, and each one, with his feet on the fender, nil a cigar in bis mouth; ruminating upon the smnn without, and the warm rosy comfort with in. Kacn ene in bis turn told a story or related an anecdote; and at last the joke eauie round to a hollow-checked individual, who, until then, had -reiuniued silent. - - ? -v s," " Uentlemen,'' aaid he, fixing a piercing grey eye upon on of the party a Spaniard who, ' uuinvited, had drawn his choir up to the tire, " wou ten year ago I come near being murder ed in this very house," ; . j " At this moment the Spaniard git up arid wo going out of the room, when the narrator arose, and locking the only door in the rooui, tisik the Spaniard by the arm, and leading him up to an old picture surmounted by the English coat of arms, in gilt work, ran hia fingers along the motto: i 'v "Uoni toil ju maly pent," mid displaying at the same time a butt end of a largo pistol " Kvil to hiiu who evil thinks," The Spaniard smiled, and aaid ho did not feel well, but the stranger sworo that no man should leave the room until ho had -finished hi story. Requesting us not to be untaxed at hia conduct, he proceeded: . .... ,i , t " Soul ym lea. (said he.V I was trnvellinir over these mountains on borsnlaurk, and 1 stopped at this Tory house. ' The landlord was extremely obsequious in attending to my comfort, anil, after upper, he requested me to join him in bottle of wine. Nothing loth, I consented, and before : midnight tour empty tiottlos stood on th table end, and he was acquainted with all my busi nss. " ' - -v "' ' tv I very imrirudentl remarked, in the course of convcrwathin, that 1 had very large sum of money in my valise, and he politely informed me that be would take care of it until morning. Al though somewhat intoxicated, I did not approve of leaving it in his charge, and J took my valise in my hand and retired to tied. After 1 had un dressed, I placed my pistol under my pillow, and carefully, I thought, examined the room, 1 mid myselt down, aud sunk into a Mtul sleep. , . " 1 suppose it must have I ecu two hours after when I aw oke, and oulloeting my scattered senses, 1 endeavored to think What I had been about. " Suddenly I detected a noise under my bed. What was my horror when 1 oliserved a small piece or carper, stretenea lilting my ihxi-sjho, move as though something was under it. A cold perspiration started from every pore; but, thank llod, I had presence of mind enough to prepare for the worst. Grasping a pistol in my right liana, nnu hiding it. uuuor my bed clothe, , 1 feigned to ho asleep. . ' . . . ; In an instant afterward I saw a trait-door. wliich had been eoncpated by acarpet.eautiouslv lifted up, and I beheld my landlord with a dark lantern in his hand, directing hi glittering eyus towards me. Still I moved not ; but as hs turned his back to put th lantern on th floor, I fired You killed him. did vou !" shrieked the Span : t i l : . ... . .. mru, niiuusi jumping iruiu his seav, . - ,h Silence! till I have finished U!'' snUthe stranger, and again he touched the butt end of hi weapon. " 1 he instant 1 fired the villiau fell, L start el np, and merely nulling my overcoat on, snatched up th lantorn that he had drornied. and croit cautiously down,- with jny valu.ii in my hand, to the stable. It was a bright moonlight night, and 1 soon saddled my Horse. 1 galloped ten miles, when 1 met a party of wairroners. and in their company I returned to the house ; nut iicspniMiur ngiu searcn, not even as miicn as the villiuu's body could be found. Hut if lean once put in v hands upon him, if it coats me my life, bo fchufl die tho dog' death." Tho stranger arose and caught tlit) Spaniard by the throat. Tearing open hi shirt collar, he sfiowed the mark of a wound on his neck. We need not so v any more. Three weeks after that. Joseph Oomei was hanged in tho city of Cum berland, upon his own confossion of having mur dered no les than five travellers In that vory HOW TO PETKCT COUNTERFEITS. ; 1. Kxnmine th appearance of a billthe genuine hare a general dark, neat appearance, 2. Kxnmine th vignette, or picture in the mid dle of the top ; see if the sky or back ground looks clear and transparent, or (oft and even, and nut scratchy , ... r ... - 3, Eiainine well the face : see If the expres sions are distinct and easy, natural and life-like, particularly the eyes. s . ' 4. See if the drapery or dress fits well, link natural and easy, and show the fold distinctly. S. Examine th medallion, ruling and head and circular ornaments around th figure, o. See if they ant regular, smooth and uniform, not scratchy. - This work in the genuine hsiks a if raised on the pajier, and cannot be perfectly im itated. ' -, ' .V .. . - . . . . 6i Examine' tha prineipnl line of tetter or same of the bank. See if they are oil upright, perfectly true and Cveu; or, if sloping, of a un iform slopM. e 7. Carefully examine the sbadd or parallel ruling on the face or outside of th letters, Ac; sen if it is clear, and looks as if colored with a brush. The fine and parallel line in th genu ine are of equal siae, smooth and even ; counter feita look a if done with a file. - 8: Observe the round hand-writing engraved on the bill, which should be black, equal in sire and distanco, of a uniform elope, and smooth.-r-Thi Is in genuine note invariably well done, and look very perfect. In counterfeit it is sel dom o, but oftoo look stiff a if don with a pen,. , : . r --.. 9, Notice the imprint ar engraver' nam which is always near the border or end of the note, and h always lle; letters small, upright, and engraved very ffcrfoctly'. - Counterfeit eb dom do it weft. ..- Note, It Was remarked t.y JSteplien Bur roughs bufute lie died, that two tiling eould out be perfectly counterfeited one was the dye work, or portrait, medallion beads, vignette, 4c, and tii other the shading! or ruling above the letters. Vuni A'ont HepofU'r. .". !jiu - . .. ... ...... , .i . .. , , Oiierw Veti.s. RmielHsly, a great many years ago, said that the bitle:ctof earthly aftfictiona was ' , . ,-. . : " To love and hot Is bred again, V', Next to it, certainly, ia tlie affliction, pain and annoyance of meeting on a sidewalk a pretty fe male figure with lis head tightly wraped up and enveloped in au impenetrable green veil, which green veil aforesaid bow to you in a woefully bewitching manner, and leave you standing bare-headed on tho walk iu fovcr of wonder, curiosity and wralh. , , ....... 1 We at alsmt petitioning f r a law making it a eapltal meaning thereby a kissable uficnoa, for any female under the age of thirty-five, whose face is nut scarred with ; the small-rtox, nor other wire disfigured, and who was not born with fea ture like Modusa, to be found wearing a green veil, at any time or under any pretext, on any sidewalk. ... -.. . A pretty woman is like a great truth or a great happiness, and has no right to bundle herself up under a gieen veil, or any other similar abomina tion, than the sun lis to put on sectaries. We like masks, and are fond of masquerade but reg ulate our fonduess by Kiloruou' injunctio that there is a season fir all thing. Tbeee peramhu lotory female riddlers we do not like at least, kidil we know who I hey are, Thon w at as willing as any one to acknowledge that "A tiling i.f beauty is joy forever." NTTMBEE 47. DEPICTIONS FROM tE t-St CENSUS. It appear fmiri th " Abstract erf the Seventh .Census," published tbi year, that the I'nited etatc. -possessed, at the wginning in ir, a much nmipletod-railrosid, witlirn S.J00 miles, a all thcrest of the world put together, lu the I' nitcd States there were in operation . at that time, 10.81.1 mile : in tli various eountne of Finits!. M.lW By th begmmngof l3, the! completed rdad In this country, hail mcrenswu to 1.1,01) miles, while Knmpcan roads had grown to ld.tH'it) making the difference, at that time, only 3,l"J0 miles. There were also, at the: begtnuing . . . ... . . . . i ot this year,' ls,tii mile in process ot eousissi tion in tlie I'niteJ Stote ! in all, therefor, con structed nd constructing, 5,(HJ0 mile. On th same authority, there is uo exaggeration in lay ing that before lrtOO, there will be in our coun try 35KW mile of completed railway. - These facte indicate pretty rapid progress. They tixik as if we were Overdoing the business. there ire various eoiisidenitsins, however, that tend to diminish the rear of any exces. ' Aeeordiug to the oomuoaly -ceivedi aotions, the newness of our country would make railroad les necessary than in the thickly -settled districts of the old world; Rut there is a fallacy in this. Experience ia daily showing, that in tlie deep oil of the West, where productivenes is exu berant, and transmutation, bv th denth of the 1 (oil, i rendered Aery difficult, railroads become the best labor-saving machine ot th I iruier. in cpct to one T tlieir effect, aainely, that of renuering accessible and settling new and inte rior districts, railroad can operate In no foreign country, a in oura, Noon need them for tin purposd ae much as oursr or can be benefitted ui a manner at all oonipeniblei .--' " ' j It ia the gisid fortune of our republic to be, in the art of practical life,- a well a in political wisdom and experience "th heir nt all ages," Our prairie rind inland eoaiitry are wt ling by tb efficient operation of railroads j for these are tlie latest discovered, and prove to be the beet means of accomplishing this object. In the old world, it has been already aoeomjillshed by the imperfect method of the former time the car avan, the military road, tho ordinary highway. along whose routes VHlagnsaud settlomenta have heretofore sprung nn, just a ther now do along our railroads, only with a rapility, as compared with tlie growth of our tow in, like that of a iraui ol to a sfnatn engina. . j, ' , :, The large pniHrtiun in mile Hint the roads of the I'nited States boar to those of other countries, will appear less striking when it i considered that tlie cost per mile of tin' former is but little more than one-fourth that'bf foreign roads.' Our mads average $.'14,1100, others floiMMkJ por mile. The censns report states that, including tlie roads now constructing, the average cost of oiir rail ways will be reduced to$27,UtiOpormile, uiuking the difference still greater i for tlteifj i no rensou why foreign roads should be oonstrucb-J now at a rate materially cheaper than furmerly.. Our new roads on the coutrary, pas mostly through level and unsetlled, or thinly settled agricultural districts, where land is held at low rates ; W here few, if any, cultivated grounds arc cut through that are heavily expensive, and where cutting and embankments are comparatively uiifrequenti There is probably an exaggerated idea abroad a to the capital now eipcniling in these projects. The public, at any rater socirt to be mistaken as to the proportion thi eapitol Iwnrs to the annual production of tlie country and to that employed in other expenditure of acknowledged economy. The twelve thousand mile and over, now con- stnicting, will pas almont entirely through agri cultural district ; most of it ia lmilding in th western and northweetern Btate nemny reckon those imsaIs, then, a so many agricuhiirol tool. now, the capital invested tiktnein, estimating It at $3,OU0 a milN is 2,Uuv,.l0th That invest ed in agricultural implement i stateil at f l-'Ki, (KSI.IHsi. U would appear, then, that lis capita! of all (he roads now constructing In but a little more than sixty per cent, increase, on what i in- 1 ,I.-V'-. I I .. ri..., i. vesieu ui uie oruiuary uipivuiuui oi nusuaim TheatrieulliirolprodiieUof tlirJooUntrr amoiint to about fl,5lKI,(HKi,0O0. fuppose the 12,000 mile in eiinstructiiig should, a improved agri cultural buila, iucrouMS the value and amount of those product equal to on per cent, on the vnlu above givim, this would amount to $l.'i,nytl,iKS) ruai to more than 0 per cent, ou .W,ia"J,iasj the eanibil invealed. -, , - ' i Again, suppose these 12,000 mile to stimulate a country leu mile en each side, they would af fect an area of over l.r3,liot),U00 sores. Suppos ing Die rood to Increase the value of land equal, to an average of one dollar an afrc; we bnve an addition of brer 1 j3,tHKi,(SIO to -the wealth of the country from thi cause iver 00 per cent. on the the capital invested. -, i 1 v , - The cash value of farm in tb eountrr, iaslat odata litiliover Vi'"UJ,(i. Again up pose over 12,000 mile of railroad to increase thi value 8 per cent.; they mid to it $'5i0jlHl0,(HMI, tbus wiping away the whole of their Cost and more, -is. ... v' --"'y" The whole annual Import of wheat Into firest Britain during the post rear wo aliout fl,000,0u0 quarter, or 4ri,HK),0lO bushels, If w snpiioec oue acre in ninety of th l.M.tKVI.iHV) rendered accessible by these roads, to be rendered produc tive by them, with an average yield of 30 bushel of wheat to the acre, thev would nroduee an amount creator than tlie wliiilo annual import of Ureal Britain, Or, to stole it ia another form,' suppose a yield to be iunucbd equal to one-llurd of a bushel to each acre, the roads now construct' ing will add to our agricultural product enough to supply Die entird nns1 of ti rest Hritaim Tliore is a HcHeiency this year in the wheat prop of Ureat Britain, amounting to nearly 4,000,000 quarters. It is calculated that sh w ill have to import during the coming year, P,,o00,0(i0 quart er, and of these she relies on Canada and tlie United States for 5,000,000 quarters, or 40,000,. 000 bushels. The surplus wheat of I' pier Canada this year, is estimated in lute paterat 4,tK.lO.liO0 bushels, Hiintiomj the Canada to furnish rj.lHlOi- 000 bushels fUicra is loft to th United Bute a tlieir aliare, 34,(100,001, . .. Now, since the beginning of 1Ko2, there have been eomileled at least thro thousand mile of railway, which wo may aupnowi to hive stimula ted a belt of land tan uiilcs on each side, or an 4rea of 3H,40f,fN) acre. -. Tbeciiltivatli n uf one acre in thirty of this, or an average production of one bushel to the acre, w ould supply all that the mother country asks oi us, rVnl a good deal more."'"" f. '- -'r ' ' - It appears fsnm dtn collected in England fmin the In st sources, that Omit: Brilnln, dining the rdar 1H4H, 1819 and 1HV, imio-ti.i wr.nls, liventiK-k, and meats to Outvalue of tTVUio.iKiO; au average of ?-'i,oO(i,000 or f I'iiJiOO.ooOi a year paid to foreign cuuntriu for fooil. Now if, ovei1 and above" whs wa produced liefore, we uipfose one acre of thirty of our l"i'I,tilKi,(KI is stimulated to produce wloit is eotllvalsni to thir ty bushels of wheat, wo hare aildcd to our store of produce enough to furnish the imported food of the entire United Kingdom. These effects, it i to b observed, will lie broiigbtabout by railroads, even though tlie stock holder should not receive a cent from ihcoi. They are, moreover exclusive of th immense imMtiis given tonianufsicttiruig, eviinmercial aud other interests. X 1". itarfi -i s r Printjer' I'oviiis.-r-Never inquire tbeu if trie ediuir uie new ; lor nenoM it is his duty at the appointed tisn to giva it onto thee without asking. ,:,A4 1V,- 'J. ..v. AVhcn tliou dost write fur hi naner. never sav unto Mm " what thiukent tbott of my piece?" for it may be that the truth would offend the. " ' It is not fit that tbnn shouhlst k him who i the author of an article, tr hi duty i mire to KfTt-ii sficn iiiiiigs in nimseir. - j - When thou diist enter into hi off c tn';e deed untn thyself that thou dost Dot hs.k at what inav l lying open p for that I a it mpot in the 'g'.t of gKKl bree-ling, Kmtiier examine thou tte pns.f sheet, for It is B'it ready hi meet thine eve. L. .1 i . . ,' r. initi iuvu iwtivsv miucrsiaus) it. v - . LJ.J.'.i.SU .'. ".I . . . ' ' 1." j' !-.? RKMARKABtY VICIOUS Wn.U.E. Tbe Edg-irfc wn O.wetfe pijl llshes te'foll .w ing particiilam rela'iv to tb atlai k upon nd a final capture of an ugly whaie bv a l.u' crew from th ship eti, uf New Bedford, furnish-! by Capt. Tho. A. Norton, who was the but mm of h ILetor at the time; ; , , , " In Ortol er, IS02. when m 1-it. 12 ...don. W) W t th ship ninety dV from Hr , v. e aie-I a large whale'. The jny fid cry wa ghen oi 'Ibeic ahe blows!' and e-.ery thlr.K on board nt vn assumed an asisBct oi busy . preparation for the capture. , The boat w: kwrei1. and ll-.ecl.a-n Coiuinenced, When we got wif'.in alsmt thrse ships' length of him turned and rashed furl oaslynpin us. lletrui k nsat tl.esame mon-ent we fastened to him. He stove th bout badly, but with the assistance of sails, which we place I under her bottom, on" cisutinit (wiiing. st.n wo kept above water. The eapfttih, John Morse, came to our assistance. Told biin he had belter keep clear of the whale, but be said he had a very king lance, n4 wauuhi to try ft epos the mai. I apt Al. went up to tli whale, wbnijll at once he turned npon the boat, which he took in hi mouth, and held 'right up on end' out isf . ' th water, and shook it all le pieces in a moment, Th. men were thrown ia every diic tioii, and Captain Murs fell from distnnee of at least irty feet into the water. -Not hcing satisfied with UieUttaldesrrnctionuftlie boat, heeettowtirk . and 'chewed op' th boat kegs and lantern kegs, and whatever fragments of the boat, teeoald Mod ,. floating on tlie water. : At thi stage of tlie 'liphi' , I told Cant, Morse that if he would give mo tb"N choice of the ship' company I would try him again.- fit we despeml work to nil appearance, aud up to tlii time th virions fellow hod had all hi own way. Th captain was in favor of trying him from the ship, but finally consented for as to attack him again from a boat. With picked crew we again approached ti e whale now lying- perfectly .still, apparently" ready' for another attack, as the event prov ed. Feeing our approach, he darted toward n with his mouth wide open, his pnmurrou taws rvniiiig together r.ery moment with tremendous energy. YYegav tb word to 'stem all,' which wns oliey d in good earnest. A ratsseil tb ship, I heard the captain exelsun, "there goes finotbw , boat f 8h did go, to be sure, through the water , wite airspeed, but fortunately not to destraetion. The monster chased u in .thi way tor half a mile or more, during most of which lime hisjnw were within six or eight inches of th hevd of theWt, Kvcrjr time he ronght them together, the concussion eotild be heard at th distant' of , at least amilo. J inteiideil to jump uv erlsinrd if he caught the boat. .Told Mr. May hew, the mate -,' who held the steering oar, that tl whalo wmbl turn ovtnr soon to spout, anil that then would lie our time lu kill him. After lieeoming exhausted ... he turned over to spout, and itt'the sain instant we stopped tit boat and baried our lances deep ' ' in 'his lif(",'..()u. tremendous convulsion of his from followed, and all was still. ... II nevt-r" troubled u mure, Ws towed him to the ship,- tritio) I i u put, and took r'-Dty bartfl of oil. from him ' . . " .'- .,- - - .- " "When we were cutting luiti in we fmnd two. irons in his body markeifwltli the nanis) of the ship itarcla;, aud belonging to tha rnt's Isat.j ,. 6 aftei-wiril learned thattliree nmnth before, when the same whale was in lit, 5 Ion. 101 YY ., he was attacked by the mate of the sbiti liar- ' elau, who had a desperate strinylc with bun, in , wiuen nc nniuiy mt his Wei r "Copt. Norton) at the time of liis Adventure with this whale, had 'm'eii some service,' but be freely confesees never before nor since Hlmitgh h lias had tho button bitten off hi shirt by a- ' whale) ho bf enrn iu oniilact with am li uri ugly ' customer as thi 'rogue whale,1 as h Was termed In sailor parlance, lie it'enied possessed of a spirit of a demon, and looked a savage as a bun gry hyena. Our reader may imagine tb effect ' such au enooiiiiter would hav uiMin sei-ewof 'green hands,' During the frighttulcliuseof th is brat by tb Whalw tlieir faced were i f a livid j whit, and tlieir hair sbmd frect. On their arri val at tho first port they all took to tlie moun. t tiins, and few if any tt them hate bcon rcen iurti r ' - .,'-. - - ' "v.'v "Ctit. Norton Informs nit Ihilt 'a whal wa ., evr LefofO known to attack boat before laiing ,. struck.. In thi ease th what hrwl evtdontly seen much trouble from the iron left in hi -f Isxly, and bk the first bpSirf unity w hich pre. -sentitl for revenge. Taken ltotelb"er, we think a thia will rank hgh among the w lulling ctorie of r cur day." , M.truxK Buc(. A letter fratrl farls to on J uf our journal give the follow log accuuut of the -recent career of thi botud woman i . '-- . " Your reader will recollect what an xcile-1 nicnt wo created two or thie rear ago by a ; niorder couiuiitted by Could if llii-anne and , hia wife on tlni brother of tho wife. The Count was tried aud executed, ami the wife acquitted. The property of th juurderod brother, which . was very large, fell by right to the widuw, hi sister. Sho also becjune, by a (loclsiim of th ' eourt, guardian of her two rluldren by tt.e Count. Tliisdady i I nwessed of errrairdinary personal ; attractions, and, from thia fact r,d the fecular ty of her position, hor wealth, and bcryouth, ha been the heroine of many novel adienturo since the tngio deaths of her bmther and husband. Th Flinch and Bwlgian Hws-aper have found ' in her perfect mine uf roiuam-c snd originality. Oh Uiuc English nobleman who had sought her " hand, willed hor all In propeity, and died sssn after. Other travelled hundicds of wile to lay . their bcaita at her feet, like the pilgrim going to Mecca. Several times aho has leenon lie tsiint-t of contracting an advantagouu marrige, hut by : some means or other, it bas as often failed. At ' last 'imt to has been suited of her," as lawyer say. One id her relatives ha citiw ber tM-fot tb tribunal for tb singular mode in which she ' administer ht flairs or. In ether word, it ho" , been discovered that she ia leading a dissolute 1 life, (hot her mind hs liglilly turned, that she i fast squandering her proirtv, snd selling an ea siuiilo of prodigality before her children which it is lliuught improper should longer exist. Tb tribunal ha just dooided that "th lady I.vdie- , Vietoire-baeph Fougnics, widuw-x.f.JL": Alfred- Jnllen IlippolytVi Count Visarf, of Rocatma, . oannot hereafter plead, transact, Isirruw, receit moreabla effects, ond .give, disihnrge, alienate, ( nor squander beryTHithecated gmU, it." with out th aid Of certain legal gentleman therein named who ha been called to her assistance by . tlie eourt in the capacity of legal guardian." ' InrsovrsiNf t! Rtn.Eoin Cars. !n th ear- j? . ponter's shop of tb South-Side Kailmwl C nj- ' now isn swn nil wuureiy mrw anil I in- proved style yf t ar which ia exMplnte rave the necessary painting and ornamental w wk. W think ae highly of it construction a to regard! k ly met tion maile of it br ns plen-nre. The credit I entirely due to Mr. W. H. IVikb, the fjimpanj'a ir)ventor, and reflec the warmest :4 praise ii.on his in genii us originality. Tlie 'r i divided into fire onnpartmenta, eoniting of a l'"t Ofiiee, a smoking mom In the centre, ami ' I a baggage ronm. Circnnncribing tiie arrange- " menfs, is a rossngn entirely rouud the Car which ' i tailed in by a sub a itial Iron railing of a vcrr ornamental mental pafe-n, each rail simnounted by a"1 i knob. Thi thorougbf.ire is wide enough to brass I allow two persons to pas each other w iiliout in- enven'iee. The entire improvement is so far -, superior to anything of tho kind we huvo ev hp, that w wouia , warmly ..urge y ymieral adoption. Tie. atony J5f., " " -'We hav bean aiuuowba! amuse I at the Mab i'h t fi'andord, ;h eh twice a week now n-dav bel its'nr.'ulery at tho North. CMlhmHtntenmiin ','.ntweir new and independent democratic pa per slsirtly to be starte I.) and also improves th vision to spetk a good wu.d fir it-lf J Thua, aaitli tbe Standard i ; . " W shall publish the prospectus in our next, -and shall aubuiit such rcunu ks from time to time in relation to Mr. Yeual le and his course a we may deem axpediont and just, IWmm'vkn ui to mtiMiUie Jar lA tiiawlaril w ill b furnished 1 with uumbntof tlio paper contoiaing these re- . marks. " .'... -i.. - !:-..:, -- This ptrts o In mind of the Inscription oa tha ' tomlssston at lire tt Vhaite. ' , M lei repot, " -fcf. ' Here lies t'l boc'j of .Van Oidot, au excellent m i. His disconsolate wiitow, still vemhi' 1he Ist Isye, rsnmets and libb.ois, at No, '32i line Mm . wartiC." H ilminytun H. .
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Nov. 16, 1853, edition 1
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