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WILLIAM C.DOUB, i ...:,ftiiM..lviu. two aollar Mr an- llM 1 ft fl jnla' if Mid wiltlflJ ix tsenths; and lure dollars it the cbi of th year. Ti -'i- .:.;-...., ADVtttTlSEXKXTS' not exceeding ixte Hats will b inserted on tim for on dollar, sad twenty-five cent for -xicli subsequent insertion, T'aoa of grester length will Ix charged propor tmi.ll. CuurtOrderaajidJudicialadvertisemsnts will bschsrged 25 per tent. higher than the abov rata. ' A reasonable deduction will be mad to thoM whs advert is by th year.. . - Book and Job Printug don with neatne and despatch, and eoeommodsting term. f- Letter to the Editor must be pe.st.paid. MI8CELIAE50U8. TIIE W.IFE'8 TORETIIOUGUT. f a sketch ro rocxo KnauiD rt.orut. -i Anaoa Kimball had beoa married aljout a month. His Ihuubosi waa at tin making, and he had a ehop of hi own, and hit whole etock wu i.aid for; ee he felt ouite independent, the future loukinir all clear and bright Ilia wife waa one of those mild, loving creatures, that hang fondl upoa the interest and aSeotioat of the husband, and whom soul may sink or swim with the for tunes of the being it has chosen as a partner. On evening the young couple were sitting in their eomfortnble apartment, the husband engag ed in reading, the wife working busily with hot needle.;- ' -. . ' :-' " I must be up early to-morrow morning, tan nic, for our party start shortly after eun rise," amid Anson, as he lajd down his paper and leaned back in his chair. " ' "- "Then you are going, are you ?" remarked Linnie. There waa just regret enough in her ' tone to render her voice less lively than usual, but it must have been a very keen observer that could have noticed it. ' - - ' ' ' j - "0, to be suro," returned the young man in a (;ay, laughing tone. "You know the hands in he old shop go on this salt inning excursion every year, and of course I mult go with them. We can't take our ladies with iia on such a trip, but you shall hae a good time to make up for it." "You musn't think, Anson, that I envy you the pleasure you anticipate, for I am sure that noth ing can give me more satisfaction than to know thatyou are enjoying yourself." " l believe you, Linnie, and I asrare you I shall enjoy myself on this trip exceedingly;- So you will be hapny, too, ehf' ,' , ,'-.-. "Certainly," returned the young wife; but the word seemed spoken reluctantly. "Come, come, Linnie, you duu't speak as you feel. Now, you don't want me, to go;" laid Anson, with a tinge of disappointment. ' ' " ' ' " r " If you think it would be for your good to go, of course I should want you to go." " And how ean it be otherwise f" " You won't be offended, Anson, if I tell you." " Pooh I what an ideal 1 be offended with you. No. Come, tell ni your thoughts." As the youiiz cian spoke, be moved hia chair to the side of huj wife, and- putjyj. anu about her nera. ' "Well," returned Linnie, in an enrbeat, yet pleasant tone, "i was thinking of the expense." "11a, ha, ha! The expenne. Why, it won't be over nv dollar at the farthest."' " But fire dollar is considerable. You know we are voung yet, and all we have is the house we live in and your small shop." " And is not that enough 1 How many of my young friends are there who are not even so well off as that." , " I know we are fortunate, Anson, but none are beyond the reach of misfortune. For a few years we had better live as economically as pos sible, with cotiMistciit enmvment.'" So I intend to; but wluit is fire dollar coiu- 1arFt with the amount I shall be able to lay cp in a mart". . . .,,...? ..- : " hy, it will make that amimnt some eight or. ten dollars short. " That is strange logic, Linnie " Not at nil, Anson. You l ill Siend five dol lars in moucu, auu lose the tuue ol two working days." "So I shall; but I tell ynu Linnie; I'll work enough harder for it when 1 come back. So I may gs mayn't I ?" ( This tost sentence was spoken playfully and tho voung man kissed his wife as ho spoke. " Of course you may," returned Unuie, with a mile, " but 1 supposo I shall hart to go without little sum I wanteol. " I low much was it 1" 'v'-i.-"' " Five dollars',. .i.,vv;'--; " Oh, you can have that, of Course, and more, too, if you want it." - ' Anson Kimball took out his wallet and handed hie wife five dollar bill, and the conversation tlicn turned upon other and various matters, Anson Kimball was like thousands of other who are situated in liko circumstances... AVith a free and open heart, be marked out his future for field of enjoymont, without taking care to nrnke much preparation for the sum he might be likely to meet on the way." . - f -r - And then, airsin, like all others, he mistook the character of life' real enjoyment. . He lost tight of some of the higher and more noble sour res of happiness,' and dwelt too much in the sat isfaction of the physUiial appetite. True, he en joyed himself, and kept clear of all extremes, but yet he failed to see that his enjoyment were early all ephemeral ; that he was laying up little or nothing for time to eome. A year passed away, and the annual fishing excursion came in course along. r " Well, Linnie," said the young man, " to morrow th,hoys go down th..harbnr and I am going with tlicia ; of course you will have no ob jections." ',: j e ' ' 7 , " Hit," returned the wife, In ber usual pleasant tone, - u you can anura re." "Oh, there's no trouble about that.". Si" : " IXw't you remember the conversation we had a year ago on this ssjne subject" asked Linnie. " Yea, I remember then you talked about sav ing money, but we ain't any poorer now than we should have been if I had staid at home." . . " But tell mej Anson, havs you laid np as much during the past year a you had expected to." . , c v. ft- " Why, as for that matter, I haven't laid up much of anything. The fact is, Linnie, you have drawn rather harder on me than I expec ted." ,,.' ,' ., " But I haven't spent any more money for tri vial afluirs and amusements than you have, An son, and I don't think I have so much." "I didn't mean to blame you, my dear. I only mentioned the circumstance to explain why ! had not laid up anything. Hut never mind, there time enough yet, and besides we have enjoyed ourselves. I think after this fishing excursion is over, however, I shall begin to dock my expense little, for I must lay up a little something for the next year. ... i -f, W certainly have rery chance to save money," returned Linule,-"for both house and ahop are ou.-s without rent, and we are free from debt;" .. , V " Anson Kimball started at Chat last' remark, and turned hia face towards the window, but his wifo did not appear to notice hi emotion.. , . " You know, Anson," continued Mrs. Kimlmll, " that you promised use I should have five dollar when yon went on another excursion, and 1 shall twnsiiniy noiu you lo ttmt promise! Of eoume that' fair, returned the young man nut do you need it now t - IBS." , , . .j... " What are you going to do with it V - . " Yod won't be offended?" ,., : ,, "Xo. . , , !lThen. tell ll.e truh, I We a little um." The young man looked earnestly at his wife, nd though h evidently wished to any something fcbout hor running in debt, yet lor reason best known to hiiaHir, he kept quiet, and banded over the five doUra.- . Ansoo joined bis old aehoolmates on their ' tx eoraion. and whea be returned, he thought some nbnot beginning to cutoff some of his unneces sary expenses, but ho introdmwd an new system of operotmns. Two or three times he did refrain tnmi indulging some petty npfrotit bwt b wow- VOLUME XLIV.1 ettlcd back into tho old track, nid-the itnallbiU of money elipeI away as fart a eer, a . i nrtto years bad puxod awny aim-e tha young couple vere married, and few could have wiahei for moro aucial eonifort than thy bad mjuyed during tha greater part of that time. For a month or two, however, the young man had been gradu ally growing more euler and thougliful, until he at length had become really aad and down hert-f ed. His wife had endeavored to cheer him un. though she was unable to learn the Kusa of hi dejection.' , , , 11 One evening, just before dnk. Linnie saw two I men pass her window em1, enter her husband's hop. One of them she knew to be the sheriff, and the eiroumstance troubled her not a little! She waited half an hour for her husband to come to supper, but he did not appear, and her suffer- ings began to be acute.. A thousand conjectures flitted through hormind, but they brought no consolatiou, and at length she determined to go to the shop dour and see if she could not ovir hear something of what wu passing within, feci mg tuat sucn a course would at least be pardon able. - Linnie stole out from her front door and went towards the shop. She placed her ear to the keyhole and listened, tut she could hear tn in distinct hum of voices, among which was thi,t of her husband. The latter was' evidently suppli cating, for bi tone were earnest and impassion ed. Soon there was a movement of feet towards the door, and Linnie hastened back to the house. Ere long her husband entered, lie looked pale and troubled, and with a nervous movement of the muscles of hi face, as though he would have concealed the grief that bore him down, he took bis seat at the table; Poor Linnie watched her companion with an anxiety almost agonuing ; but .lie spoke not word until after Anson had set back from the table. The food remained almost untouched upon bis plat when he moved way, and he would have left, the house had not Lis wife stopped him. . - ;' " . " Husband,'' h said, in a soft, gentle -tone', at the same time laying her hand upon his arm, and gtuing imploringly uito his face, " what is it that troubles you J" ,. "Nothing, Linnie," half fretfully returned h and he mode a motion as if to remove his wife's hand from his arm. " There is something, Anson, I know there is. Comedo not keep it from me." r ' " There is nothing that you need know." uui a who need Know nil tnut ran azect tier husband thus. What is it, Anson ?" . It is nothing but my own bus in ess and a wife need not know all that." This answer was harsh, and tears gushed to l.innio's eyes. "My dear husband," she said in tender accents, " to whom, oh ! to whom should you tell your sorrows, if not to her who loves you bettor than life itself." " Forgive me, forgive me, Linnie I meant not to wound vour feelings. I am very miserable, and I hardly know what I said." " Tlicn tell me all. Come, Sit down in my easy chair, for your brow is hot and feverish.4! UTI - , , i ucni uuwieu me.; seat, ho gaied for a moment into the face of his wife, and a. look of deep anguish rested upon his icaiurcs. " Linnie," ho said, " I may as well toll you all, but you must not chide me, nor must you de spond, for all is not ns darjt as miht be. I am deeply in debt, and to-morrow iny shop, and a)) that it o-mtaiiie will be advertised by the sheriff for sale." " In debt," murmured the wife. " Yes.' During the hut two year I have been purchasing stock on credit, and paying for it as it has been convenient. At first it seemed an easy way of doing business, hut it has proved fatal ; for when I received the pay for my goods. I forgot, or at least did not sufficiently heed, that all that money was not mine. I forgot tbat more than half of all the mouey I received belonged to the men of whom I had purchased stock. Two notes lei due the day before vesterdav. the man to whom I gare them sold them- in the way of , : - ... I,- . f . . . . usiuess 10 a ,t e.sujrn urin, auu now uiey must be paid. To-morrow an officer will be placed at my shop, and nearly every tiling will have to be sold. It is not the loss ol my stock and tools that 1 care so much about, for' I have health and strength and 1 ean car more, but it is the dis grace of the thing. To think that I should fall like this me a healthy, stout good mechanic." : " How much do you iiw e I " asked Linnie, in a rembling voice. " Both notes amount to four hundred dollar." ' And haven't you any part of it 1" , " Only bout fifty dollar that I ean collect readily. ..... r" " And if those two notes were paid, you would be safo 1" . . . -tatr- " Yes." .. k- 'V. ; f ? ' 4 i Thou thank God, ydu will not suffer !" ex claimed Linnie. And overcome by her feelings she sank upon hor husband's neck and burst into a fiofld of tears. . "Linnie,Xiniiie,"'cried the young man, "what do you mean f" .-.-v : -, " Wait a moment,' my husband.'' , H , "The wife brushed the tears from her cheek a slio spoke and left the room, and in a few mo ment returned bearing in her hand a small book. There was a liright grails npoii hor face, and her husband '(poked upon her with utter astonish ment. .- , - " Here,' my husband," she said, .stepping to his side, and plrrcing the book in his hand, at the same time winding her arm about his neck, " if you carry that to the bank they will give you three hundred and eeventy-five dollars for it." " Three hundred and seventy-five dollars 1" re peated the astounded man, hardly crediting the evidence of hi own senses. " Yes, Anson," returned the wife, sinking into her husband's lap. " That is money that 1 have been hying up during the last three rears." " You laid it up, Linnie ? But where could yoe have got it" :-'.'.-? t . ? You gave it to me yourself to sjiend for trif les, - You know I hay elaimed my share of such money. - Bo flnY blame me, Anson, but I feared tbat you did not attach sufficient imjrtanc to the aggregate of tlie small sums you were almost daily sending. , . ; .. -j i , ' Once or twice I would have remonstrated, but yon could not be .made easily to see it. I was but a young girl, and 1 feared to set up a will against my husband, so 1 resorted to this moans of proving my position. 0, inr dear husband. ! you cannot know what sweet pleasure I experi ence now In Hading that my experiment has been the means of such good." , , . , -. " If your pleasure is equal to mine, then you must lie happr, indeed," exclaimed Anson, as he drew his foud wife to his boenm. "Ood bless you, Linnie, and umko me able to repay you for this. Now I see to whom you have owed the little debts you have sometimes contracted, and which I have helcd you pay." - ."Yes," returned Linnie, with a smile ; "it was to you I ewed them. And yet," he added, with a meaning look, aud in lower tone of voice, " I I have not drawn so.niuoh from the aruuteuient fund as -- ' .. v-K "Hush, Linnie ; I know I harespent more than I was aware of, but my eyes areojien now aud I see it alL" '' -i '' . ' And you do not blame ' me for what I have done f". ; - jr -i. . " Blame you?" exclaimed Anson, imprinting a warm kiss upon hi wife's brow. " Lot my future course show you bow fondly you ar cherished, and bow faithfully I will be guided by your judg ment. ...... ?...,, ..- ....'V (Jn the next day Anson Kimlwll paid offtliose who would hare sold hi stock, aud had the plea sure of tearing hi two notes in pieces. He spent no more money foolishly, and as . he found the products of bis labor beginning to gather in hi Lands, his bouse grew brighter, aud hi enjoy ments increased. Jly steady degrees he rose to a position of honorable affluence, but through all hie successes he never lost sight of the gratitude After the young man hsd taken the protTeredtSf ",e ,lo,y Inquisition. Pierre Cauchon, Bish RALEIGH, NOETH CAEOLINA, WEDNESDAY MOENINO, DECEMBER 7, 1353. he ewed the gentle faithful being, who had first ' opetieu nis eyes to.a Knowledge ot tne secret ol success, and sswl him from pecuniary disgrace, lie was an BMiO'.ed and respected man, but he felt he owed it all to his Win' Foiitorour. Correspondence of the Boston. Transcript JOAN OF ARC ' Mlltwc or aoisx. ' In the .VMseeaes jhinnmrrK tratumtal 1'arts, there i. portrait of singular iuterest. It u of Tung girl, apparently some twenty year of fte, whose countenance wears a soft and dreamy - heautv, which king haunts the memory of the beholder. I'pon her head, a martial cap is with feathers, and is her hand a shield and sword. It is Joan of Are, the shepherd maid, whose mcmV ory, for ytar assail! by detraction and th pre- judice of race, now grow brighter a time de- r voiopee ner cnaracn;r aim nor virrues, " pee Seventy milesfrowiI'ars in Hie Cityof Rouen, tluat ancient cnpitid of Normandy, within whose wall William tin Conqueror played ia child hood, U another memorial of the Jlaid of Oriean. IccWd 'te whole aspect of the place recalls the age in which shq lived. I rcmemlier well bow strangely Uie sonilne old city seemed to me con trasted with the rrillmnt gaiety of Paris, I had come fresh from the giddy whirl of luxuriousfasb ion along the rWnnird Italita to the sober quiet of these narrow streets ; from the gilded frippery of the Church of tho Madeleiuo ' to the solemn tranquility of the Norman Cathedral, and th? till grander Church of St. Ouen ; and it was as if between the rising and sitting of the sun, 1 had breathed the atmosphere of far dis tant centuries. The gray old buildings, on whoso quaint carvings, anTiesuues, and bas-reliefs the storms have beaten for centuries, seem to rebuke, with their stately gravity, tho breathless curiosi ties of the passing traveller, A winding street darkened by the projecting gable of narrow windowed bouses, leads from' the principal tho roughfare to a locality which is uaually sought by the stranger. It is where Joan of Arc per ished. The details of the scene have given a fearful interest tt the spot now consecrated to her memory, an interest which will live oe long as that love of noble courage which is inherent in every human heart ; and the diligent researches of modern investigators have developed many touching particulars of that terrible drama. On the 30th of May, Hill, it 9 o'clock in the morning, Joan of Arc, liaving beeu coudemiied to be burned to death, w as led forth to execution. Ilex crime was devotion to her country ; that country whose welfare she believed had been en trusted to her by a special revelation from Heaven, and whose interest she loved with the enthusiasm of hor sex and her race. For years she hod been commanded by voices calling -to her from the clouds, to lead the French army on to victo ry. By day those voices urged her onward ; by night she saw in visions the forms of holy saints who strove to rouse her shrinking courage and persuade her to fulfil her divine mission. She had obeyed their summons; and, after accom plishing her work, had fallen a victim to treachery and falsehood. Inserted by those for whom she hud InlKtrcd. she was left to the tnnder mereie. op of Beauvais, hail presided at the mock trial which proevdod her condemnation. . As shows placed in the cart which was to bear ber to the scaffold, she perceived her chief executor, and addressed him thus : " Bishop, 1 die through you; and for this, 1 summon yoa to anfwor be fore Ood!" The cap of the Inquisition waa then put upon her head, and turning to a monk by nor side, she said : "AW Master Pierre, to-night, by the grace of Ood, I shall be in Paradise." The prooeadon left the Church of St. Ouen, and wound tlirough the narrow Streets to the old market place. Kiglit hundred lancers guarded the ptis ner. The streets were thronged with caple eager to look upon the leader of atmies, now degraded in the fate of a criminal. Some cursed her for a sorceress ; other prayed aloud in her behalf. She had partaken of the commu nioi, aid on reaching the place of execution, a tormon woe preached by one of those who eat in judgment upon her. ' " A high scaffold of mosjinry, heaped with fiig gots, had been built, in tie centre , of tho open space, and near it, two platforms for the bishop, ,'u ljje, nd the preacher, ffiat thejn,iight watch the dying moments of their victim, ana catch "the slightest expression of fear ocrcgrot tbat the. ag ony of her dying moments might wring from her lips. From his infernal throne, the Bishop ex- nurieu .loon toconicsstiermtsdeeu to the pe.iple, ana to truly reiient ol ner many sin. - She an swered only by kneeling at the foot of her fune ral pile, and praying (iod to pardon her murder ers, lo tne bystanders she said: "J'ray tor nisi I pardon and ask pardon of all." '' She invoked the aid of tho Virgin, of St. Michael, and St, Catherine, whoso voices hat), from her childhood. sounded in her ears, and then begged the priest to sav masses lor her soul. . Her sweutnM. snd simple piety touched even tho hard hearts of those who bad labored for ber execution,, Tb soldiers wept. One of the chroniclers of the time says that even the Bishop of Beauvaw was seen to shed tears. If so, bis humanity was but of snort uuraiiun. lie caiieu to the poor girl to listen to the act of condemnation, and reminded her of her grievous schism, idolatry and familiar- uy wiin uuinori, ...... . - The exeeutiuner, with two men-a'-a-ms, led her up Uie step cf the scUffold. From it summit lie oould see the dense crowd surging to and fro, eagerly watohing her every movement. No won der that in that dreadful moment her memorv called the peaceful davs of childhood, aud ber woman beart melted into tear, . . " Ah ! pltorc, Clls isfurtaass I f T jeunesse vnse detrir, . . Iisns ss floar trep tot moiwonnes I . Adira, bes old II fsnt aoHirir f ! . To B rsvfrss nlus tt risstM lsonlaffne. , Ls traipls, Is hsmtss, lei shsnns ds Vsnesaltnrs, ' ' &t la caraaiiiitrs, efc us somiwgaesi El ten, per sxpirsnt sau I poldi drs doulean !" As she wa bound to the stake, she cried: "Ah. Rouen, Kounn, I fear greatly that you wilj suffer fnun my death." A placard, with the words "Horetic, Apetatl,, Idolater," wa placed over her head, and tho funeral pile was lighted. She shrieked ' aloud ; but, quickly recovering her her composure, begged the monk who stood by her to go down, lest be should share her fate. As he left her, the flamratreached her robe By the fiendish orders of Uie Lord Bishop of iieauvis, ties nro had lieen arranged to burn slo ly, that her sunVringa might be pmlongcd, and some recantation perhaps escape from her dying lii. Standing at the foot of the nile. he asked the poor creature if she abjured ber delusion- 1I reply must have haunted him to hi last hour on earths " Bishop, J die tlirough rou I "As the flumes curled around her, those who stood near heard ber voice above 1he crackling of the mgois, saying, - lus, ine vntees were iroin Uod they have not deceivetlme." Doubtless, iq that moment there came to ber rout a strength which lifted it far above the eolity of the sufferins4. mat ufnureu iier uvsmy iraine. . Allliast au Uer agony, no word of reproach or hatred passed her Iqis. All was gentleness, and peace, and holy forgiveness. She had placed in her bosom across which one of the crowd had given ber, and at ber request tbe.liuniinicaii, who Willi one another. alone befriended her, lil ted the parish crucifix tliat sire might see it through tiiesinoke thotenvoloned her.. lie heard her Voice calling upon her sa viour, an n again invoking the samts whose fan. cied presence had sustained .her sinkinr snirit The lofty courage of the heart that had beat be neath the peasant gown and the glittering mail. did not rmw forsake lbs " pale martvr, in her Mbe of fire." ,. As esrtli foiled from hor ,viow, there otsined before bar the irate of Ileuvea. foon her bead sank upon her breaxt, and for tb last time, sue eried "Jesus. Jesus ! , : As these words e ped her, an KnglWh eoliller, who had vowed to add a fagist to tne pile, fell ss if dead, just as be reaehsd the scaffold. When he recovered, he protested that be saw- whit dove tly out of her mouth as she breaihed her last sigh, Other had seen in tlie flnmes tluy name f 1 Jei. The most deinerate and hardene I of the I soldiers wen like children. . r.ven tlie execution er hastened to confession, fearful thai (iod would not pardon his share in the bloody work. Pierre Cauchon, Bishop f Boauveis, alone sustained the cruel ana reieuties character n naa piayeu so well. : By hi orders the asheaof hi vietim were gathered up and cost into the Seine i and with thia final indignity ended tbe persecution of Joan of Are. ' .-''' '. " :. ' ' . I stood, one summer morning, in the square which was then the market place of ilouen. it i now the I'lan ik la faeatVe dOrUruu.-- In the centre of a circle of anthpje buildings, and upim trie snot; where, four centuries ago, Joan of Are perished so meekly, stands the monument to ber memory. As a work of art, it is unworthv of notice : but from it assoriatiun-with tlie recollec tion of her sufferiags, it cannot fail to interest the traveler. A rustic base of nd sand -stone sup port a tablet, upon which is erected her statue. or tne sue ot lite, elotnea in graceful drapery, and holding in her right hand a sword, while iu her left i seen a wreaij,vtf lillios. . At each Bur ner of the tablet on which ho stands, is a dol phin, and beneath, from liou mouths, gushes the fountain of water. An inscription reads : iVi soyt's rsls .at rs aitarf.? . . , ; - ' Ths msids&'s sword protsets the rysl crow r inssth lbs asidffs'i award ts nines safely bloess. The mrrouding buildings, are ell in harmony with the legends of a bygone age. It requires but little effort of the imagination to summon back tlie actors in that shameful tragedy, to the theatre upon which it was enacted. 1 elused my ayes, and fancied that I saw the procession move again through the narrow streets, past tho mighty cathedral, aud by the church of St. Ouen to the market place, wnere the soldiers andeituens bad got be red round tlie scaffold. The Bishop, that Bishop of Bcauvais upon whose head rusts the I blood f the youthful sufurer, is there to witneui 1 hi pitiful triumph. The maiden mounts the i scaffold, aud amid the stilling smoke and the ra ging uururs, imu pure spim laaes us nignt m heaven. The populace crowd around the funeral pile a the flames die awav, and peer into the ambers for some sign of tlie fair young creature I whose me nan enueti in tlieagonv of that dread ful death. 1 he prist ner, the seatlold, and a ling ering, cruel death! Such was her earthly reward. Who can doubt, that hor purity, virtue, piety, and lofty patriotism received a fitting recompense in the better world on high T there is no lunger a market-place where the maiden suffered. The high Norman caps now throng the square in front of the groat e ithedral: and even on a Sabbath moniing'the visitor finds a orowu in nuvers aud sellers there. 1 do not know how it may be with others who have ling ered in this quaint old Norman city, but, tome ine cuicjMTiemuoi me place seemeu to centre in its connection with the tale tb which, I have re ferred. I eared, little) alnut it modern reputa tion as the Manchester of France. Iluve we not Manchester! at home ? Its stately cathedral, too, claims a deeper interest from its association with the history of tho martyr, and no lover of, the poetie history can visit the scene of her triumph ant death witliout having his sympathy with truth and justice ouickm-d Into new life. . In tho palace of Versailles there may be seen a stature f Joan, executed by a Princes of France Marie, Ihit hcss of . Wurtcinburg, ami daughter of Louis Philippe whose death, at the a .re of twenty-six, wss so deeply lamented. It is tlie tribute of royalty to simple and lowly vir tue ; and the conception and execution of the work do infinite honor to the subject and the ar tist. Voltaire, to his shame, be it said, has alone striven to drag the memorv of Joan down to a level with his reckless and unmous olwcenitv. Miakspeore, sharing the prejudices of his tune. treats ner merely a a sorccre; . In Schiller no tile drama, V JuHnJ'niu rtm Orltcmi, her char acter is poitnyed sstleji and serene, litled I yond the sordid sellishness of earth, s the Al pinoyiiraKrearsi its glittering eak far almve tbe dust and turmoil of the vnllev ttenenth. Souther, too, has done justice to her virtnes ; anT in ue vumeey s glowing pages her death It con trasted with the lost moments of her persecutor, in a strain of lofty and impassioned eloquence rarely surpassed m Knglish literature. One of tho nusst (wpular poets of hor native land, Cos! mir I'elavigne, from whose spirited production, L Jfr d Jeanw if re, Ilmre above made an ertrart, rebukes, with great vehemence, tbe Kn glish ftir their share in the tragedy of her death, and depicts the virtues of hi heroine with much force and elegance of diction. - - ' "FIXED FACTS IX AriRHTLTCRE. Somebody ha made up tbe following list of "fixed iact?' iu agriculture. Though calculated fur the eastern States, many of the fact are of general application : I. All lands on which clover or the grasses are grown, must either have lime in them natu rally, or that mineral must be artificially sup plied. , It snslters but little whether it l sup plied in the tuna of stone lime, oyster lime, or tnarim f '. ' 2. All permanent improvement of lands must look to lime as its basis. - 3. Laud which hate been long in culture will be benefitted by application of ph.wphst of lime, and it is unimportant whether the defieieti y be upplied in tlie tuna of hone dust, guano, native phosphate of lime, composts of flesh, ashes, or that of ovstov shell lime er marl ; if the land needs it, lim also. 1 , . 4. No lands ean b preserved in a high state of fertility unless clover and tbe grosses are cul ti(ateil in the course of rotation. 5. Mould is indispensable in every soil, and a healthy supply ean alone be preserved through the cultivation of clover and the grasses, the turning in of green crops, or by the application of ooiniKJNts rich ia tb elements of mould. 4 6. All .highly enocentrated animal manure are increasfl in value, and their bmefiu pro longed by admixture with plastur, salt, or pul vonted charcoal. t... 7. lleep ploughing greatly improve the pro ductive powers of every Variety of foil that h not wet. 8. Subsoiling sound land that, is land that is not wet. is eminently conducive to iucreassd production). . - - 9. All wetland should be drained - " ' 10. All grain crop should be harve(ed be fore the grain i thoroughly ripe. II. Clover, as well a the grasses, intended for bay, should be mowed when in full bhsim. 12. Sandy lands can be most effsctually im- firoved by elity. When such funds require lim ng or martirg, tli lime or marl is most benefi cially applied wl e.i mads acniiost with day. In slacking lime; salt brine is better than water. 11. The chopping or grinding of grain to lie fed to stock, operate as a saving of at least 23 percent. , i.'... - ' . .. .'14. Drninintf of wst land and marshes sihls to their value, by making them pnslucs more, and by improving the health of iifcigliborhisxls. 15, To manure or lime wet lauds, ia to throw manure, lime, and labor away. , v 16. Shallow ploughing operates to impoverish tbe soil, w hile it decreases production. ' 17. By tobling and shediting trtock through the winter, a saving ef one f sinh Hi fiKid may b effected that, is, ons-fuurth less food will si -swer, than when the stock may be exposed to the inclemencies of tbe weather. 18. A bushel of planter per acre, (own broad cast over clover will add lOU per eeut, to its pro duce. '-- ,' "" . . l'J. Pcriodicnl ipplications of ashes tend to koe up tb integrity of soils, by supplying most if not all of tbo organic substances. , 4 , , f ). Thorough proparstion of land is sbsolute ty necesury to the successful and luxuriant grow ih of tho crops. ;. ' '. .', "1. Abundant .erope cannot te grown fort sucenssion of years, unless ear be token to nro- vide an equivalent for the substance carried off the land in tbe products grown thereon. . 22. To preserve meadow ,io their produetive nes it is necessary to harrow them eiery second u'.umn, apply tp-drcsiirg, and roll them up. i 23. All stiff olayw are, benefitted by fall and winter ploughing but ihiuld never, be ploughed wheu wetc- "''-'.. ' ." If at such ploughing the furrow be materially deepened, lime, marl, or ashes, should be applied. i. Young stock should be moderately fed with grain in winter, and recoiv generous supplies of lung proreniler, it being essential to keep them in a fair condition, in order that tbe formation of muscles, bones. Ac, may beeneouraged aad continuously carried on. ? : ? ' . , 5. Milch eows, in winter, should l kept in dry, moderately warm, but well ventilated quar ters, fed and watered three time a day, salted twice or three limes per week," have clean beds, be curried daily, and in addition to their long provendur, should receive 'wucouleut foud morn ing and night. ' . f f- 0. Full complement of tools and implement of husbandry are intimately connected with the uccese of the husbandman. 27. Capitol is nut only essential to agricultural success, but ean be as properly used in farming a in anv other oceunation. -v 2K, Punctuality in engagement isn to an agriculturist a it i to a merchant; 2. F.very husbandman should carefully read and d jest matter eonnevtedwith hi business; his success boing a dependent upon a full know ledge of its priuoiple and details a is that of of the lawyer or physician, with a knowledge of the science of law or phvsle. v 30. Wheat, rye, oat and barley, should never follow each other in a eiturse of rotation 1 there should always be ait intervening hoe-crop be tween them. ,' , . 1. ... 31. Weeds should never be permitted tomature their seed on the farm, but lw pulled np or rut down as often as they show themselves, such be ing the only aJToetual methisl of eradieating them. To ensure this result, the ground should be planted in corn, and that kept clean. . TIIE METHOMSTTllOreRTY SCIT. . The lmsirtant Property Question between the two Isnutvhes of the Methodist Church, we are happy to learn, is about to be aniicably ahjusted in tin City. - , ' , . ' . , ,' ' It will be redleited that in the Oeneral Ctsnference of the Church, the hightlTigiiUlStrvi1 and Judicial Couit nf that bodv, before which the character and conduct of the Bishop must pas a rigid scrutiny, becanio exuited to a painful de gree in respect to-the ease of Bishop Andrew, who had become, by marriage, connected with slave property. In consequence' of the action taken in this case by the Northern majority in the Con ference, the dirlegntes from the South announced that they should be,eompelledjo form a distinct etwlesiasticol organisation, since their sulrniission to tbo decision in the case of Bishop Andrew was incompatible with the influence and usefulness of tbe Church in the Southern States.- The Con ference acquiesced in the justice of this view, and a plan fur . friendly stqiaration of the Church into two bodies, the Northern and Southern, was deviMjd. -.r-T-ni.i'-t.vi' The Church South was organised, a its repre sentative ' averred, fr im the dictates of inevitable neccwitVi But the Church North subsequently refued. to grant them an equitable share In Hie avails of tlie moneyed establishment, which had been built up by the common tienefaction and cuorts ot both sections or the Church, tins re fusal in based on the ground that such t divi sion was prohibited try the Constitution of the l nurcii. i. . A suit-was thereupon commenced by the South ern Church, in the I'nitod Stole Court for New York and Ohio. Adverse decision were render ed ; Judge Nelson, of New York, deciding in favor of the Southern organisation,' and Judge Learitt, of Ohio, in favor of the Northern body. In order that a litigation so painful, and nec essarily productive ol so much scandal, wight be brought to a close, a meeting of Commisskmera from tbe two Churches wa recommended by Judge Mi l.nw, f,r tlie purpose of aa amicable adjustment of their resiiective claims. The pro position was accepted by the representative of ine v nurcn siutn, snu ny mose 01 the (Jiiuren North having in charge tbe property in New York. Those holding tlie propertr; in Ohio, though strongly urges! by Judges JIi I,ix and ".l.t.iviTT, and by their dintinguishcd advocate, Mr. Kwimo, still hesitate. It is to be hoped, uj on every ground, tluU this sound and Christian advice may prevail, and that the scandal of two great Christian bodies engaged in litigation about jiccuniary matters may thus he closed, by an ul timate and aniiialblo adjustment of this vexed question. Surely no amount of mere pecuniary loss or gain ran be fur a moment weighed against tlie injury which the protraction, of the unfortu nate suit must occasion to the common cause. - Judge Mi l,i is, yielding to the earnest request of both, parties, has consented to act a umpire; and be is now in this City for that purpose. Hev. lirs. Ssirn aud Ktai.v, of Virginia; Oiekm, of Tennessee; and Psesos-s, of Kentucky, ap pear aa Commissioner for the Church South; and Messrs. Cjvj.tom, Phillips, Posts, and Hev. Irr. Pxrx, act for tlie Northern Church. Tlie Coniniission wilt probably 1st occupied in the consideration of tlie cas during ths week ; and ws trust that the result -of its action will be a final close of oue of tbe most lamentable ec clesiastical eonttovrtrsie tbe country baa ever known. .V York Tirno, . 1 A NORTH CAROLINA INVENTION. The New York Eipress bos the following no tice of Pai.six'h Skib akoOiaim Tubuhks! We hal au opportunity, in common with many others, of seeing this machine in operation at tl. nmnuf ictiirv, iu (HA Water street, on Saturday lost, Froui what 0 know uf it principle of con stmitionand method of working, w are satisfied that Mr, Palmer does not overstep the limit of fact when he says that it " clean the grain from smut and similar impurities at the same lime it is threshed, and a very great saving of labor is ef fected by its use." The action is rather compli cated, but ,e may attempt to decrils what apn-ar-ed to us to lie tlie more prominent aud peculiar fea tures of the invention, Tbe horse power by which the -machine Is wrought, act immediately on wheel revolving withm a wooden ease, is furnish ed on its circumference with four cylindrical iron bars, each sis. 111 15 inches long aud one inch and a quarter in diameter, Those are tho flails. The anthrcsiied grain passes into the trough frorh two hoppers, one of which is fixed on each side of the former. Provision ismnde in tlie hoppers for the removal of clayey or other foreign matter from the grain before it passes Into tlie threshing ma chine. The flails revolve IsHwnen . " ruhlwr" within tlie case, rtlil!h-S-(we mean the rubber )-" can be adjusted to suit any kind or grain from rice lo wheat, Tbe flails carry tbe grain around with them aul between the rubbers, totally sepa rating the com from the straw, and deiiosiiing ls!b on ahftsvl wooden plane, phased right in front of the trough, and ruerewl with circular holes, , This' . board is -enclosed within1 a Urge woisleil frame, and js connected with the throsu ing machine. It has a reciprocating rectilineal motion, try means of which the , corn, straw, 'aud chaff are pitched forward ori iti at every move ment. I'nderncalh the middle of it there is fixtnl a powerful blast, which by acting oh tho straw aud corn, tlirough the holes in tho tiat moving IsMftl, oomi.letcly drives off the smut and dust through Venetian ventilator set in tlie top of the frame work,' and carries those Impurities up a funnel to any height required. Tbe momentum that the products of the threshing apjiaratus hail first acquired from their being first subjected to tbe authui of tbe flails, added to the new impetus tlivy receive from tbe under Mast, nuw drives tbc.111 still further oliwanl on tb moving board. But ln fiiro lb oiatcriuls'bav proreeded much farther on it the entire momentum has been ex hausted, and their carriage to tbe oavsr end of the machine ders nds entirely on the altoruattr motion 01 ine tsstm. . 1 ins motion is t ulrteient to throw off the straw, but tbe grain and chH I cing snuiler and heavier iu pnqsirtion to their bulk, ar jerked down tlirough tlie circular holes in tho board itself, and recoiled below on a wire screen.' Uy a uvnuiiar avtoit of the buuit the vhnlf u NUMB EE 0 blown tilf ttii screen to tb extremity of the, ma-1 chine. Here it meets with the falling straw, and both drop on brood Inclined cffltssi belt 6tted j wilh small narrow shim of wood ret across Hum! inclined towards the surfae at sharp angle, not unlike the arrangement of a chain pvmp ' t he belt slopev upwards from where it receives the chaff and straw to a height of some ten or twrlv feet. Bv it revolution it bears up these material and iro them into a wagon, to, placed undcr- nesui tne elevated enil. in uie meanumo sue Corn, dropping through the wire screen instead of being carried along with tlie chaff, I thoroughly winnowed; after being winnowed it foils into a trough in which an endless screw revolve and by which it is carried along under tne machine to the side opposite to that into which it had fallen. Whon conveyed to the other side the grain is to ken up by a chain uf bucket and deposited in receptacle at the top of the frame called the re ceiver. From the receiver it drop into an oblong box under it measuring precisely half a bushel. A toon a the measure till it ean be emptied into sack, to. by removing a elide lid at it bottom.- :.,'. ' . -. From thi description an attentive, reader may gathera tolerably accurate idea of what M r. Palmer claims as original in hi machine, .' Those who rish to acquire a minuter acquaintance with it, an see tb uir hiuo ilsflf at Mr. Palmer's man ufactory. ' ..,., ." ! .' 8CIIAMYU THK CIRCASSliVir CHIEF. ' The first time we hear of Schsmvl is in In tbat voar. a devout Mussulman. Kasi-Mollah- held a chief command in tb baud uf Lesghians, Tehetchentoo, and other tribe of tlie eastern chain and the steppe shutting on the Caspian and traversed. by the Kolsu., Kasi-Mollah' re putation fur sanctity was greater than that which ne acquired tor the higher military qualities, al though a' dashing leader, and individually one of ths bravest of the brave. Ho wa brought to bay in lH.'t'J by 4'ieneral Koson, at a place called train ri. Kucircled on all sides, almost the last scrap f fisvl devoured, nothing remained, in the opin ion ol Nasl-Moitah and about thirty or his most colons disci ules, but to how for thenuielve a path through the Itussian bayonets, to freedom or to faradise either alternative a welcome one 1 i his resolution Bniilly tokcnvtlicy suddenly emerged j from the fastness they could no longer hold, nud. i burst ispon tlie Itussian triHips with the shook of an wTwuouun, .nu iuv ninuiis, uiisntruon. yciu, . a tnsqi oi uinoiiicii. ,. ror uu sr.isu uim nnp merits, it seemed that they must esoapo, so far through tlie beleaguering circle of their ne did they cleave their desperate way, before the momently-recoiling ranks re-olosed around them, and they fell bv two and three, wildly lighting to tho hist, riddled try muskM balls aud bayonot tnlsi. Kasi-.MoIluh " died with hi hand on his lieanl, and a last prayer murmuring from hi lips ;" and hi pupils ierished with him, all save ono, and he the bravest and fiercest of them all who broke through the encircling bayonet, dash ed t headlong speed past the more distant line of running tlie unharmed reined suddenly up ss he reached the angle of a mountain gorge, into which he knew none dared to follow, shook his red sciiniur, and hurled, defiant execration In the faces of his buttled foes, and the next moment with aw exultant shout of "Allan I I Allah 1" disappeared in the dork mountain pas. ' This fortunate horseman wo Schamyl. the fu ture Iman, (preacher,) tbe prophet-soldier of tbe Caucasus, whose escape, as just described, many of his followers to til is day nrrniy believe wduil to th direct tlitcrposltios of the angel Uabriol I Schamyl, who is one of the dark-eyed, dark-haired, partly Tait ur race of Tohetchenties, was born at TscbirskeL a place of about 3.0U0 inbabitants ; and after hia esoati fnun 41umrv. hm emtd.ived evoral year in pcramlailating the mountain of the l,eghian enain, preaching wherever he went with fervid eloquence upon the aaored duty, de volved by Ood upon all truebelierrr, to extirpate the Intrusive? inndel, and the psradisal rewards which death in so high and holy cause must in faJlihlv insure. This ororihetWll. as it waxdeeui- eil, fo liattle from the cupola and , ni'inurots of tho sublime and towering Alps, gradiiullv kindled the latent mnuticism of the niountainrer to a flame, which soon communicated itself to the dweller in the cities and steppes of ihtghictun, snd the atliacent valleys and plain. The story of Schamyl' miraculous escape from Gen. Ib aen, by favor uf the arehsugel Uabriel, wa re sated from mouth to mouth with endless variation and additions hi daring, skill and success as a sol dier confirmed the illusions of a credulous bigot ry ; aud he gradually drew around h,i standard, and bint to bi swat, the amltitntU of rugged warrior whose (words have inscribed so many victories um tbe bocks of the Russian armies, and to thi hour present sn invincible front to their dismayed and praetieilly discomfited d voisarics., ", ,',.. ;i y"' ' - .' Many wall authenticated Instances of bis dar ing are related. I me or two of these may inter est the reader at this juncture. In 1K30, Schamyl found himself surrounded by Oea. Urabbe, and l'',(SIU veteran ltussiau troni, at Achulko, a kind of mud encampment perched upon the top of a rock en the bank of Koisu. The position of this place was so strung, that the attempt to storm it was abandoned after the loss of 1,51) men, but Sclismyl had noun a deadlier fo than lien.tirnbbe and hi army to contend with hunger, hunger, verging upon famine, eune before a week had passed, 'Ibis was known iu the Russian camp, and the pla e having been strictly invested on al aides, it was certain that the surrender could nut be long delayed. On the Inst day. but one of August, (ien. Ursolic learned, from an emanci pated lsghian whom his soldiers bad caught whilst attempting to crawl past tlie blockading lines, that not a particle! of food was loft ill Ach ullui. thitt Schamyl Bey proposed to escape that verynight with one or two chosen comrades, by means of t rope lowered down the face uf the rock to tlie Kmsu : and Achulku, Ke added, would be, surrendered immediutolv afterwards. A strict watch was immediately ordered to be kept at til Indicated spot, and directions were given to aw ak n tlie Oeneral at whatever hour of ths night the capture of l4 redoubted Schamyl might be effoe- teil; -i', ... y.,.,. '. if"" a "i..-.1 ' ' Just lefore dawn, one two three men were seen to cautiously descend by a rope, lot gently down on the riier sidri, as prcdietetf, w ho were of course instantly secured, and hurried off to the geuerul' tout. One of the captives admittdr-kth i .. . t ... i ..... . . ' in the flurry of the" surprise, as was supposed, that he wo Sehamvl : and this wo confirmed bv tlie Lesgbiau, tlirough whose information tbe im portant prh e bad been secured. , tien. iJrablie was delighted, and an tilafrlle was forthwith dis patched with tbe tidings, (hat the notorious rebel Schamyl Iley, had been caujjht, and ordcrud to be shot out of hnnd. W hilsl all this was going on, the rojie, which had been quietly draw n up gain, was once more los ered, and this time only one man. descended by it, who reached the river unobserved, lcaied uism a raft that just at that Critical moment swept by, and the too hastily ex ultant Russian general was aroused toekuonl edge of th trick that- hod been i lived l im by liout of Schatnyl I Schnmyl'l" from the mud walls of Achulko, in exulting reply to tbe waving of a small green flag, by the true Schauivl, as he swept down the swill Koisu in the dawning sun light, presently to find himself ami 1st hill and amongst friend, that would render uccesafnl pursuit, if attempted, impossible. Achulko ur rundered at discretion, the hots were burned, and lien. Uruhhe retraced his stops in a very nngr mood, which a dating attack on bi reor-guarJ, by the ubiquitous and iudefatigable Mctuuuyt, at th hood u birge body of horse, exosperatod tn fury, Th lman wa beaten' off with some diffi culty, and. th victorious general's march was sullenly resumed, and concluded witliout further uiolentution. .. . ... i f If all th babies in IheT aorl'l were seated le getur, and H,uki at tn same tune, how many ogr plum wnold i take to quiet them! A inanjr agm a kalf. : . LI i. ill 1. ' PI . ,V IFrotn tlie Kiohm" ml I)ipsch.J - V. ; THE MILiflA, . ' ; tfeoliserv a movemenl taa1t by the i mmamf , anta and other gftV er of ti e 1st IoMrioa r4 fl Virginia Mititia. twhoU S Million I .,mci,!i,,n in Lynchburg oh ths l"th' rhit of I'd cti;l.r atx'tj fiJr the pnrpos of petit! uiing the LegUlatut to ! restore an rffioiciit militia srsu-m, Whilst eiilertriinirg gri : reepeef .r the !iar acfer and motives uf the gentlemen who have ori ginated this mrttiit, we mast If permitted to. Soul it practicability nd e e,iencv. " Kev blution do Hot travel tack wards." sitd we cart . ( scarcely urpos that tfie Lcgilati. which s ; its hist session abolished the militia system, will next teviv it, know of ik. fat winter, to call Sir a tmsidniief the Legie-. latite act Hia of 1hat period.. The wlliiia system which had grsaually lssome Wd and in firs,, ha; died a quiet and easy doath.jind tre would write upon iu gravestone, " Mav it rest In pew-." , We never were able, in it palmiest days, to see; ny earthly utility in the militia svstem.' We -kill beard a gteat deal alsmt its being the hul- work, of liberty, but from the days of King A Ifreil dowfc tothe last war with Ureat Britain, w have never heard uf militia which wasnotmore,dnn gorods in a war to it own flag, than to that of lb t onemy. ' Individually, it i" lirnve enough, bat personal courage, without discipline, is id little more advastog in military oprati, than per: sonai euwardie. Indeed, well drilh'daemy of, poltroon,' fl&Ssertd by men of talents andd'cis Ion, would roottwiceit number of undisciplined , heroes. Hen. Wuehington, we hate understood. ' regarded the field service uf the uuliiia, in, tb Revolution, as of very Cttle acoount. In me late war they were no match C'V half their force of regular troops, and no oneougbt to havarxpected them to be. W hope that m nit future ntle(4 our rulers will know better tluwto oppisn! vaJua- . ble American citiiens, unacquainted with nnliut. ry tactic, to the base mercenaries of foreign nirsrnmento. If thev are tn be fired at, letthtm be taught to re back to tbe best ailwietage, nd Dot slaughtered like sheep, ,r forced tofun M pace which would kill Red Kye or Nina.. ,c. The. militia system eon tench men nothing. , Is never ha taught them anything. A few day drill in every year, even when veteran martinet instructors, can never make (oldier of ctfi; lens.' But when tho instructor thcinselve .ate eitiien gentlemen, we admit of high character, chivalry and position, but perfectly innocent uf all practical acquaintance with tbe art uf. war it Is obvious tbat the pupil ran make but little proflcirncj in their studiet. 1 hey would Iim7 great deal more, provided they bad the tuns to spare, from the must ignnrant and uneducated . orderly sergeant of th I'nitod States Army, than they could aciuire fnun.thc most intelligent and retried civiliau.of Virginia. - ' ' The nlilitia mustvr had one benefit, in brine m. I,m MMM.llWtVethi.r and imimotinr a soeinl li rsmviviul spint. Bit, as et-off to that, tt mo,t be ediiirttcd thai on these ,oce:wiens,thre wai , fad of bn'd liquor drnnk, nil a joed many worse stieeches matio. mi ii, in amuse VhlCUt WblCII til iee sneetae'e affonled, is not to be underrated. Our own risible faculties, though not easily moved, have never been able to with-" tend the mirth-exciting carieettire upon war, of a militia muster thoaompend circumstance of tbo officers, contrasted with the lamrol (1iv,AF b ' uf broonistieks in th rank. end fbj eutnlenaaA...... ce of the. privates, who, when ordereiltoperfiirn .; some eomplieated movement, looked'" porploxed ia the extreme." Our hilarity was alwavt check ed iu hioking at the euiiscious expression of tiev ing put In a ridiculous attitude which pervaded Uie tare of o ma ly brave and.i ntell igml num. and gave them tbe humbl aad draggled appearance of fighting" cocks out in a hard shower. i have no doubt that the rank and file of nf muster would rather have faced a battery of f.irty-6i -pounder than the laughter which tlicir ludicroue appearance awoke in th erow d. ' There are no better . matorfttH S fighting par- ; pose than th peojilp of the JLj niled State, pro vided yon can drill find dioipline them, lhe only mean of aceonilishing Uis obnwt was de toloped by t Li wCTwilh Mexico.' Hie volunteer i system is tb only one which will aike soldier of American. .In the. Mexican war, thevnWn teer regiment fought side by tide with thsrrgo- ' tar, and ahared with thcr tbe dangers nf g) rie ' f the rqost perilous field. The force of 'n,. Taylor at the memorable last lie uf Buena Vista, waa princiially comiosed of vidaintcers. Thsr was not a single eienpany uf rrguutr Infantry oa the nebl, though but for the service ef the regu lar artillery, the da milit hnvsi been lis. 11 -the volunteer fought splcndidfy. e don't be lieve that any regiment at W aterloo behaved be. . ter than I a vis's Mirsissippi regimen at Buena VisU.v Tbe vidunteer wer generally drilled and oonunanded by experienced oft "era, most ef whom ,wee .graduates, of Went Pointy If we would secure to Virg'mi military fflicKney, we . must give energy end spirit to hor vohmtr sy. tool and fo niifitar whools. -:-t i -. '01d"Uuir conrort !" said Mr, Partington, ' glancing up from her knitting aa sh read th announcement of the grand eoucert oa aatarda 4 evening, end b m'lcd as, tii9 ruucukias fancy . ran tlirough her mind, like a grasshopper ia a stubbie field, of an old bull giving a concert. i "And vet it isn't o very wonderful," emilinued she, "for I rcuiember a cat and qnun'r j that lived together, and one or tothcr of 'em used to sing beautifully. , But 1 wondor what he plays on." Ike suggested that he plaved on on uf his own horns, which seemed to 1st reasonable, 1 sm flail be is going to uirc his concert, becansewhea ' went down to, hear a great artisan plsy on violence, a they ciUled P, tbmifh I found out afterward it wu nothing but a fiddle, they were going to charge a dollar till I told in I was one of the connections of ths Post, and they let me '. in. I can t Hunk what music an, old bull can" moke, I'm sure. It must be very uproarima, I . should think, and better fitted for oterturnsthaa ' for pastureal music." Site closed her crinqii . with a pinch of snuff, and got on to her w:res again like a telegraphic dstch and went shes 1, whili Ike amused binisiilf by scratching hit niinia with a board nail in ma'gnificcnt Ito- " nan ctu I i upon the newly paiutcd paanelef the kitchen dour. ' " BitNi i on AnvusTuiMi. Tlie' great eucoes -i- of Barnum in all hi speculations has caused . his hxu Ofmraniii of negotiating' Imrines tc t? looked upon as a pattern and example. Ihirine the cost summer be. with the aunlof hi Monogcrie and Museum,: Fred. II' wt, ws at- -Chicago, Among the pier publisl ed thor u - . the Adrertitrr, tlie sirculalon of whk h tlie agent f hod been told wa very amall, and be a-C irding' . lyoegieciou to auvenise in it. , . , . Barnum, who never allows the minutest circnm- stance, as connected with business, t ssmi hi i otsssrvatiim, inquired tlie reustn of the adver tisement not apfiearing ;-nd waa fifformed that paper had not a circulation ' wy daily .r. ( : I I ..:,. , ,. 'No matter," said he, "if, it ha not aeircula. tion of five. 'Any newsraisM. no matter h w s. small its issue, will always, return ten-fuld ihe uinner paiu lor an auienir-ement. Trulv. Karnnnt Is tfi-nnt snsui. and well dtw ' sen hi title tit "King uf tbe Shewmen." , t t ' Rrrixu. 'I say, Bill, did you ever see tablee mure by tbe aid of spirits from tho spirit world.'' , "No, Sam, but I saw a' stisil more, and itcama tovoril me witb a perfect rush.' - "Were you not a little frightened V . 'Yes, but I dodged it.' - 'Who mode It move', Bill?' ',' '.'.: 'Why, my own wenthoas 1 1 ho7 tbrowed list me because I mode fun of the way she puts her hair up in paper, i 0, git out, Biltj you are Ignorant of tire sci enee of knncktirs 1 menu spiriliuil (oinfjii." . ';Well,,if you'd a tiew there; you'd a thought thor wa tsith kuoukiag and spirit ih the oiure monL' As fl tr u Tiiw 0x. We hare Just heard a good 'un. Not long ago, a distinguish l divin of Cloareland wa walking wilh a friend post a new thuroh Ia- which anuiher di, liuguiMiod divine ia the spiritual shepherd. Said tlie friend to tb IV. D., looking up at that pi re, (which waa very tall and nut yet eomplso ted.) 'How much higher is that going I ?" ' "Nut miloh," said to I). P. wilh a sly hl gh, "they don't own Terr far in too itirrrfum!" rtinguihed divine, like Ikku's Ua are after all, but buuwn.
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 7, 1853, edition 1
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