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A correspondent of the Bos ton Courier, writing from Buffalo, gives the following instance: An individual of this city, who. in the prat expansion of business iu 1820, stood next to Itathbun, the second in the list of heroes, who travelled through the country and State, and who spent hundreds of do! lara at the hotels of an evening, and then cursed the landlord for not charging high er w ho purchased the American Hotel, for I know not how much, and expended $40,000 in furnishing it who waa ap proached with awe, and looked up to with reverence -who is said to hae given in a schedule in bankruptcy of some eleven millions ia now engaged in the humble, but honest employment of driving a horse cart and peddling sand about the streets of Buffalo, while his wife supports hertell at a nurte. ' "' '- . SPEAKING CROSS. You gain nothing by a haish word. What if that boy broke the pitcher, or put his elbow through the gloss, do you mend - either by apply ing harsh epitheta Jo. him.' Does it make him more careful in future? Does he low you better? Hark! he is murmuriog. What says the boy! 'I'm rlad of 14! don't care how much I Break.' tie talks thus to be even with his master. It is very wrong in him, we know, but it is human nature, and the example baa been set before him by you. Say to the care lesa bov. 'I am sorry; you must be more careful in future,' and what will be bi reply? 'It was an accident, and I will be more careful He will never break an other pitcher or glass if he can help it; and he will respect and love you a thou sand times more than when you flew in a rage and swore vengeance on his head. RememWr this, ye who get angry and rave at a trifle. Ptrtland Hullelin. Thre is much good sense, and sound logic, and refined sentiment in the follow ing paragraph from the Salem Gazette: 'GRATUITOUS PRINTING.' There is no such thing as doing any thing 'gratuitously' in a printing- ohce. Somebody must pay for every thing that is done. Not a line is set that does not cost money for the setting. Either the printer must pay the whole, or the adver. tiser his share. The only question, there fore, to be asked by the publisher who is to pay the money for the labor, is, what ground has this party or individual to re quire me to pay for the promotion of its or his objects? We published some years since a story the first and last dinner of agreement a mong a party of gentlemen to have an an nual dinner, which as to be kept tip an nually until all were dead. It concluded with the death of the last, who came to partake of the anniversary dinner solitary and sad, and who fell dead at the table. The tale waa well told and the conception novel and interesting. . The Alexandria Gaztlle, noticing the recent' revival of this story by the pret s, says: "We remember that when this tale first came out in Blackwood's Magazine, tome fifteen er sixteen years ago, a party of six young men in this place, copying the idea, had their 6rst dinner. The anniversary was celebrated for three years. On the thiid anniversary, three of the original six were dead The survivors shook hands at their meeting, talked over their departed. menus, and determined to annul die a gree.nent! Since then another has gone, leaving but lb writer of this paragraph, ana an esteemed ir.end, now a gallant ol ficer of the Navy, the only survivors. Eheu'. fugaeet labuntcr onnfl" GOOD. The Nantucket Islander says the follow, ing siory waa lately told by a reformed inebriate, as an apology for much of the folly of drunkards: 'A mouse ranging about a brewery, happening to fall into a vat of beer, was in imminent danger of drowning and appealing to a cat to help him ouu The cat replied, 'It is a foolish request, for as soon as I get you out I shall eat you.' The mouse piieously replied, that fate would be better than being drowned in the beer. The cat lifted him out, but the fume of the beer caused puss to sneeze; and the moose took refuge in his hole. The cat called on him to come out. 4 You, sir, did you not promise thu I should eat you?' 'Ah!' replied the mouse, 'but you know J wm in Hquor at tht time.' AN EXTRAORDIN ARY CASE OF MONSTROSITY. A communication was made by Dr. Ducherfz a physician at La Chatre, depart ment of the Indre, relative to an extraordi nary ease of monstrosity On the 5th inst a female of Chassepiin, ia that department was delivered of two children presenting the following conformation! . They have two perfect heads each dis tinet and this is the case down to the base of the thorax. At the birth there was but placenta and one nmbilical cord. Be . W tht base of the thorax thee twins have but one body with a single amis. "Each child has a distinct heart, the pulsations of which are distinctly felt, and there are sep arate longs, the ae ions of which are regu. mm ncaiiiiy out in one tjie irrespa tion was sttonger than in the other. One child only lakes the breast; the other has no other nutrition than a liule milk placed in its mouth by the mother; but its remarked that the chili which does hot suck is rare healthy than the oihei; this is the only one of the two ust utters the usu al cries pf infancy. At first the children were considered to be maler , and were baptised by the name of Jean Pierre, but a subsequent examination showed that they were twin sisters, and the register of birth waa altered to Philomene and Helenel, At the request of Dr Ducherfz, a committee of the Academy, composed of.M. M. Ser ies. J. Geoffroy, Saint Hilaire and Velpeau has been appointed to examine the children and make a repoit to the Academy. Pro cttdingt of the Academy of Science. THE NEW TENNESSRESENATOR. Hopkins L. Turner, the newly elected Senator from Tennessee, has "defiudd his position," in an address to the public which will satisfy his reader, if of nothing else that he was exceedingly anxious to get the office, and that ho was willing at least to shave dawn some of his old opinions, which it would have been rather too glaring all at once to recant, for the pu rpose or ef fecting hia object. He is very decided against caucuses; but when we remember tint two years ago, he was himself a wil ling caucus nominee for the same oAce, we are constrained to believe that his wrath was excitedfby iu preference for another individu al on thia occaaiou, than by any very con scientious tepugnance U the use of this party machinery. He reiterates the charge that Mr. Nicholson, hia Locofoco compet itor, was the lavorite or Mr. folk, and he claima great credit for throwing himself in the breach, and arresting tbw dangerous interference of the Executive with the free dom of elections He says, that seeing some months ago, in a Nashville paper, an article charging that Mr. Nicholson was the President's favorite, he enclosed h , to Mr. Polk, and called his attention to it. liot Mr. Polk drclined answeriug him from which, coupled with some other cir cumstances, he infers that the statement was true; and beinz true, that such inter ference ought to be resisted. In thia point of view we do not regret Mr. Turney s e Uetioni but we confess that in no other can we rejoice over it recollecting, as we do, his unscrupulousness and bitterness as a parlizan heretofore, and hia unhesitating as sent to, and support of every party dogma and measure. As to his opinions, they may be thus briefly summarized. He has always been in favor of the annexation rf Texas, and is now for her admission into the Union un der the joint resolution of the last Congress. He is in favor of extending the laws and jurisdiction of the U. states over our. cih xens in Oreiron but he is not prepared to say to what precise degree of latitude our title to the Oregon territory extends. So far a it does extend, however, ha ia for asserting our right lo iu possession at all hazards. He is opposed-to a Bank, "id courier He thinks that the tariff out-ht Iu be framed .'"with a view to revenue- only; yet he admiu that Congress haa the right to make discriminations for the protection of such articles as are necessary to national defence in time of war and non-intercourse with foreign nations. Mr. Polk's doctrine, laid down in his Jesuitical Kane letter, of discrimination for "the protection equally of all the interest of the country," is ir reveiently pronounced by Mr. Turney lo be "an absurdity." So M r. Polk, no doubt, thinks it also; but it was a fine electioneer, ing phrase, and performed good service in that way! Mr. Turney thinks the tariff of 1842 ought to be modified in accordance with this view a view, we venture to sug gest, which will admit of a very slight modification, since there are very few ar, tides protected by it, if any, which, in some way or another, would not be found essential to the national defence in time of warl But the Senator was compelled, we suppose, to maintain an appearance of ad hering to his old opinions, while looking out lor a snuing on pi ace; and we concede that he has displayed considerable ingenui ty in the effort. We say nothing of his candor. Ha thinks Congress has the power and ought to distribute the proceeds of the sales of the public lands derived from the Stales by cession. Gen. Jackson, he says, was of the same opinion and he quotes from the old General's Messages some strong sentences in favor of that policy. Mir. Tur ney, however, while in Congress voted a- gainst distribution. This, he gets over, by saying the federal government was then n debt; but now that it is free from debt, he goes for distribution. Such is an outline of the new Senator's opinions. He resembles very much a sort of politician in f ranee, whom we sa-v re cenlly described in a letter from the editor of the Courier de$ Jbtatt Urn , now in Pa ris, to which he gives the appellation of W part, bird and part rat Expand his wings, and the bird 'appears fold them, and the rat stands forth confessed. We have no faith in such men, and no respect -.. .1 r ..1 im uioiH. av,yncn. nr. . THE REAL SECRET OF BUSINESS. The true Philosopher's Stone to a busi ness man consul simply in ADVERTIS- INGv Those who have found out this great secret have discovered what the old Schoolmen spent years in the vain search of.-lbe way te turn every thing into gold. Those idle visionaries watcd their lives In trying to discover the myntrry of doing what hundreds in every business communi ty are doing by the far more simple and certain process we have referred to, while there are hundreds of others ho refuse to stretch out their hands to avail themselves of it. 'Here sow your dimes and reap your dollars, is a maxim pregnant with common, sense, and iu. truth ha been tes ted by every one who has tried the advan tages of Advertising. For every dime sown in the Advertising columns of a news paper the advertiser wilt reap a dollar in profits. There is nothing like making a noise in this world. Keep yourself and your busi ness "before the people" and tncy will not forget yon. Customers will find out and deal with those whose names and locality and commodities they have been mado fa miliar wilh through the papers, rather than those whom theyhave seldom of never heard or. We know a merchant, no mat ter where or when, who opened a splendid stock of goods in a very favorable stand a few years since, that does not now sell goods enough to pay his rent and for no other reason than that lie refuses to advertise. Nobody knows where the store is, nobody talks about nobody buys at it, while other stores lliut have been opened sinoe under far more unfavorable circumstances are doitfjr large and profitable business, becauseThey belter understand the .real aeJ,,,, TK: ' cret of business, and have liberally ad vet tised. There is not a merchant or trader in Lancaster who will not find it vastly to his inteiest by sowing from fifty to anhun dred dollars every year amongst the prin ters af this city. They would literally reap a doflsr Tor every dime thus sowo. - We will not deny that we are partially, and principally, if that will suit better, die tiled by selfish motives in these loggi-s lions, but not exclusively. For, besides benefiting cursell first, we are anxious; to benefit our business men and through them the whole of the city, by the increased proa perity which the general adoption of our recommendation would produce in the in creased business or its - business men- Whatever benefit them will, of course, benefit Lancaster, it is lor tnis object as well as for the more immediate and selfish one ef furthering our own inleiesU that we urge upon them to make use of the meaus placed in their power for accomplishing what all are so intently laboring for. 1'a. Union. UNHAPPY MATCHES. Dr, WatU, in his poem called "Few Happy Matches," supposes that souls come forth in pairs, male and female, and that the reason why there are so many unhap py matches is, that souls lose their partners in the way to this lower world. The hap py matches, he says, take,plar.e when souls arrive safely, and, meeting again, insiinc lively impel the bodies they animate to wards each other, so as to produce a hy menial union! The pious doctor's philoso phy is vastly profound, whatever may be thought of his. theology. . POSITIVE AND COMPARITIVE. Joe Miller, the younger, shows his gra mattical knowledge in the following rpeci mens: 1, An attempt to poison yourself i a "rash" act but a slice of fried bacon is "a rasher." 2. A showery day is "damp," but the refusal of a young lady to marry you is " damper, a. A sovereign short in weight is "light" buta boat for the con veyance of goods is "a ugiier, 4. What you attach to a window is a "blind ' buta flash of lightning in your eyes is "a blinder." 6, Prince Albert is called a "fine" man but one who refines metals is "a finer." 8. A stiff old lady is "prim" but a child's spelling book it tlaprimer.' 7, A cracked head if a "sore" affair but a skylark is 'a toarer. 8. A negro Is a black but one who cleans boots u - ! & ) S . . I I 111 t a oiacxer. v. a. soiuer is ooia out a detacned mass of rock i"aBou)lder!" DIOGENES. ! A hyperbolical scoundrel in Allien in scribed over his doot "Let nothing evil en ter here.' He wrote nuder iu By what door does the owner enter?' Being asked what wa the best hour for dinner, he replied, "For the rich when they please the poor when they can." eeeing a wicked boy throwing stones at the gallows, he said, "Well aimed, boy you will hit the mark at last!" tie called a bad singer "Mr. Cock. He- ing asked the reason he said "His notes are signal for a general rising. When told that his countrymen, the Bin- opeans, hadsentenced him to banishment, he re marked,"! have condemned tbem to a worse punishment: to stay at home," One lawyer unjustly charged another rith theft. He being ehosen umpire, con demned both declaring that the accused was a thief but the accuser had lost noth ing. Seeing the son of a courtezan throwing stones at a crowd he call out "Take cafe, boy, lest you hit vour own father." Hearing a handsome youth speak foolish ly, he exclai vied "What a shame to see a leaden sword drawn from an ivory scab bard." Seeing an unskilful archer shooting hs went and sat down by the target declaring it the only place of safety. Seeing a scolding wife who had hanged herself on an olive tree exclamed "Oh, that all trees would bear such fruit" NOT A BAD JOKE. A good joke has occurred at Marseilles. Au Afiican of thesweetett dingincss, recent ly arrived there with a letter from (he Gov vemor-General uf Algicra staling that he was the cousin of the Emperr of Morocco, and entrusted with an important diplomatic mission. The authorities 1 tjiecvived tho man wilh every honor, feast were given to him, visits made to the thra.rvss dep. motions presented addresses offered even the troops were called out, and "the t'tince actually pa-sed ilieni in taview. The Government sent down a valuable cold watch and Sppendraes for "the Prince" but be f'tre iteould be presented, letters ar rived - from Algiers." staling thnt "the Prince was a perfect hombug a mikerable adventurer a swindling blacguard, compel led to make a precipitate retreol from In own eouniry to save himself from the pun- ionium, ins .iiuvuTCu uicnieus, a lie poor authorities were terribly chopfallen. snd are at present the laughing stock of every body.. THE PARDONING POWER. We find in the "Lincoln Courier." th. following Communication addressed by the Governor Vthe State to the Sheriff of that Ooimtrand publUbir, axexpreasing sound views- relation to me exercise of the par uonng power. ExEctrrmj Orrici, I haye deliberately and respectfully con stdered the Petition of sundry citizens of Lincoln and Mecklenburg-, for the pardon ofP"r C"r, who is now Confined in the Jail of the former county, under a sen lence of the hnpenor Court of Law. for trading wilh slaves. With every disposi tioa to gratify the petitioners in his behalf, I am unable to perceive any ground on which I can interfere in his favor, without a violation f official duly", arid establish ing a dangers p conferred on the Judge of the Superior Court the authority, and has made it his duty, to impose the punishment in this snd similar cases, according to his best discre tion, aftei a hearing of all the circumstances. After a sentence thus pronounced, the par dotting power, according to my conception of it, is justified ia interfering only in cases attended with such matters in extenualiou r ... .i i oi i lie oiucr, mm, uru iney oecn Known to jhn Legislature enacting the law on that subject, would hate excepted such cases Irom the usual penalty. No sueh matter of extenuation is stated in this petition; on the contrary, it asserts that the defendant has "for years heretofore offended in like manner." And his liberation is asked upon the allegation, thai, he promises to leave the State, on condition that it shall be granted. The Executive has no rightful power, in my view, to enforce such a con dition. If may dispense with punishment, for sufficient reasons but I will then ques tion its power to-commute a sentence of a court But if the power were undoubted, it would be a mistaken policy, in a country wnerc so -many remove irom choice, to substitute a compulsory emigration for that punishment, -which the legislature, after torepcated deliberations on it, has provided; suppress the mischiefof trading with slave. The frequency with which the General As seinbly has had this specie of offence un def consideration, shows that they consider it an incieasing evil; and the good of socie ty requires, that the other departments of Government shall not disregard their effort to put it down. I have deemed it respectful to state theee reasons for declining (as I feel con strained to do) to interfere with the usual operation ol the law in this case. (Sign.d.) WILL. A. GRAHAM. The individual slluded to wss at the last session of the Superior Court, sentenced to six months imprisonment . and $500 fine Judge Pearson presiding. MANUFACTORIES. The N. Y. Morning Herald's Washing ton correspoudent lias been out attending a Camp meeting in Maryland, and stumped upon the following bit of practical Political Economy. It don't read exactly like Ad am Smith or Ricardo, but there does seem to be rough common sense in it. tics if there is not. About twenty miles from Washington, we lelt the cars at the 'Laurel Switch" wilh a view of crossing by the Lsurel fac tory to the camp ground. After a walk of a very long mile, we came upon a village of apparently five or six hundred inhabi tant IU aspect was totally distinct from that of the uual tumbledown, sirugt ling, starving, poverty-stricken villages of the South. It waa compact, fresh, and had all the air and comfort about it of an enter prising settlement. The houses were of brick, clean and commodious. The streeu were clean the inhabitants were clean the whole aspect of the village and the field around was clean. The universal Yankee was at the bottom of the secret Lt the midst of the village there stood one of the largest Cotton factories we have ever seen, four stories high and longer than the Astor House. The bell was ringing in the cupola a we passed along, and a if by ma gio, from every direction, groups of young women and boys esme flocking to the great entrance, i ney were coming irom break. fast to resume their work at the spindles and the looms. Io addition to boys and men they employ about three hundred girls in the factory. Besides this there are sev-i cral factories of machinery in tho village one of cotton machinery, all of them em ployed ti'gctlier abont four hundred men. And all this come of an enterprizing Yan kee named Chapen, who established the Laurel factory some dozen years Al ter passing the vilhge we met tin in'elli gent countryman foing in'with a baf t r.f cues and a Unix lot elm-Kens, anu me following conversation ensued between us. "Going to market. I suppose, sir?" "Yes, sir. going to the Laurel, We get as good prices for our truck at the Laurel, ss we do in Washington, and its ollei the cash down. Them fellers at the "factory never say credit; and you caul'l bring 'cm too much truck." "And you nl.vays get good prices?" "Oilers! They pay you right down on the nail; It's helped litis country a heap, I tell you. They, oilers have money, some-" how, the Yankees do. W hy, sir, ten years ago all that could rake and scrape enough to go out to the west, were packing up and moving oil? But since that factory's been put . up, thete is no more moving, We can get 'money now any lime. Why sir, there is an old nminn, and her little boys, that made a hundred dollars litis summer. J Ajsellin black, berries and. hucklebeitii;. ftt the Late. And llie oiler pay you the money down. Them fellers is oilers got money. -WIieat-afti-eofrtre4 potatoes, chirkens, bacon, eggs, potatoes, milk, eheese, butler, why, ihey buy every thing, are glad lo see you, and they pay you the money down ihev oilers have tlio money or the bctory. I id justs as sure ol the money foe my truck that I get, as if I had it in my pocket They oiler have money, them lellcis do." ''I am clad to hear so eood a story of l' e Yankees, my friend. Is there not an other factory in the neighborhood?" "Yes, sir; the Laurel is the big prong of the Patuxcnt, snd a mile lower down,, ihey are patting up another big fuclnry ,pf , tlie same sort. Them Yankees oilers have money somehow. They are a great help td a country any how, you can't stop 'em from eoimr ahead.. Thev olU-rS have mon ey, and ihey pay you rignt down on the nail; and il you don t like paper money, they II give you the silver. They oilers have both kinds. "Good very good. But is there not another factory in the neighborhood!' "Yes, sir; the Savage factory, on the Little Putuxent, about two miles off, if any thing is bigger than the Laurel; and thev iist do business the same way. They oi lers have the money for every thing you bring 'em; and they are glad to see you. The Yankees are a good kind of people for a poor country. Tney realtor a heap of money rouud. And 1 tell you, if you Jel Ur$ at Washington go for to tear down the 7 an ff we'll be down on you like a thou sanifof brickt, aa the Yankees say. A NOBLE SENTIMENT. Amongst the finest passages of Mr. Rives' admirable discourse, there is none which does more honor to his understanding, or more credit let his heart, than that in which he makes the noble and successful effort of Lady Croke lo sustain her husband in re fusing to join in the sentence of Hampden, the type of the office and conduct of wo man. His own affecting tribute of admira tion he may well esteem the purest and most honorable sentiment of his life Poor, indeed, is the capacity which can perceive in the female character no peculiar excel lencies answering to corresponding defi ciencies in our ruder sex. 7icA Timet.. The passage alluded to is as follows; The judgment of the Court, as there was too much reason to apprehend, was render ed against Hampden, but not without divis ion. Four of the Judges dissented from their brethren, and had the fortiiude lo pronouce opinions in defence of the great principles of Uiitistt freedom cheering exhibition of judicial independence, so rare in that age, the obligation was due in part, we are informed by a contempo rary historian of the times, to the puie and virtuous influence of that sex, which God, in his gracioas providence, has given lo be the guardian) angels of men their pride and joy in prosperity, their solace in trouble, their best counsellors in perplexity .and trial. Sir George Croke, one of the dissenting Judgft, fearing the displeasure of the King and its probable consequences in the ruin ol lnmsell and his family, wavered in fol lowing the convictions of his judgment. Lady Croke, perceiving his hesitation and the cause of it, inspired him with fortitude and courage by assuring him that "she would be content to suffer want or any misery with him, rather than be the neca ainn lor him to do or say anything sgainst his judgment and conscience." Strength ened by noble magnanimity of his wife, he remained true to himself and his country. In the expressive language so happily used by another, "she threw the shield of ber feminine virtue over his failing courage, and defended by it, he stood firm." "TAKE MY HAT. An enthusiastic New Yorker lately made a visit to the Lakes, and alter witnessing a storm on Old Ontario, himtelf safe and sound on the brink of the mighty cataract. He stood like a statue, perfectly motionless H'-a eys and face assumed a most fearful expression. Suddenly he raised his hand to his head, violently throwing Its covering into the ealtsract. exclaimed I "There take my hair ' , J MR. CALHOUN AND OttEGOPf, It seem- prohalle, and we hope it may" prove to be the cat-e, that Mr. Calhoun and Ins school, by common opposition la th encioaching and destructive teieu of the '-progressive," ihal is, the Irish Illinois and Mew Hampshire Democracy, will be brought into co-operation wilh the gteat Whig par ty on ihe Oregon question A correspondent of the New York Her ald wri(si "We are informed hy a gentleman front ht Mouth tins itorning, that Mr. Calhoun will certainly come back to the Senate thia win er that Mr. Huger. will resijn to make way for hia great predecessor, and thra- is vtHH-lasive-of - the anticipation of Mr. Calhoun of the necessity of his pre sence in the Senate in refeience to a greater question than the tariff, snd a more mo iiienton one to the cotton trade of South Carolina. The Union endeavor to create the impression that the Charleston Mercury is not the exputient of the views of Mr. Caliioun in its. opposition to the lata Ore gnn war blasts of the Executive organ. We happen to know boiler. Durjng the sessions af '12 3, 4$ '4, ihere was a steady and eonsistenr opposition -on the part of the South Carolina Senators to the action Cotigfs oporrthe th-egon "ques- tronyas pTopowtrig br-teitteo1)jrwto"ir" bill brought before the Senate. At the tasOession; "Bear thOeFyncToieTwTieiTllhe whole west were in daily expectation of the joyful now of the final pnss.ige of Dr. Dun can's excellent good bill for the protection and occupation of Oiegnn, and the giving the twelve month's not ce, the notion of Mr. Allen in the Senate to take up said bill was defeated by tho votes of the two . South Carolina Senators, Messrs MeDufBe and Huger. And it was not simply be cause of the courtesy due to Mr. Calhoun, with whom the subject was in chaigc si the head of another depar men') but it wa4 from ,,lh ., prospective- otoet ration - of the south, in-the contingency of war fren the.. passage of the bill, and the unqualllied ex pulsion of John Dull from the continent. We contend that tho South is opposed to this Oregon enterprise . from another Con stdcration, which it requires no great sagac ity in the reader to conjecture. As a sec tional movement, opposed to the South the Souitt is naturally jealous ol iu consum mation. The Formal occupation of Ore gonthe award of lands to settlers, encour agements to emigration, would subtract nit - lertally from the bone and sinew to the erection of free Statewhi-h Will eventually come in direct opposition to the peculiar institution of the Southern section of the Union." ANTE-MORTEM BURIAL. A most horid case of burying alive oc curred a few weaks since in Baltimore, and which, although generally talked of, haa out of respect to the friends of the deceased, been excluded from the public prints. A you nil lady was taken sick and died vary suddenly, ss was supposed by the family and physicians, and was placed , ia her col fin and carried to the depoiitoy of ih .fam ily vault. A few days afterwards on vie iting the vault, (hey- were struck with the horrible sight of the young lady in her bur ial clothing, out of the coffin, and sitting Up against the side of the wall dead! As may be supposed tho discovery has plunged a family and large circle of acquaintances in me oeepesi angmsn, it was lound on ex amining the coffin, that the lid had been forcibly pressed off by the young woman, who had actually been bulled before the vital spark had fled, and who had returned to consciousness, but to die the mast horri ble ofdeaih! , Jtegiaier. The Washington Monument Society has,' we learn, - decided upon ' commencing the work u Don the nrohosed mnhnmPnt Uv tha - "or lhl".inempry of Washington so soon ai'a suita- uio sue can oe oDtainea in mis ciiy lor mat pm pose. - A very 4ne design- for the roon nment, prepared by Mr. Robert Mills, Ar chitect, of this city, has been adopted, add has been ordcied to be1 lithographed and sold in aid of the funds of the Society.' 1 he cost or the execution or this design will not exceed two hundred thousand dol lars; towards which the Society has in hands upwards of fifty thousand dollar. -Resonable expectations are entertained that the residue of the necessary sum will bo realized by another appeal to the patriotism of the American people. We Cannot suf He ourselves o doubt that this reliihce will be fully justified by the event. Not, Int. . . B0W,E0 AUY, 2; The A pnlachicola Advertiser says that a family with whom the editor is intimate, desired his attendance at the removal of the remains of one of its deceased members. Prompted by cariosity, the lid of the cof fin was removed; when to the utter aslon. iahment of all pre.-ent, the corpse wi t found with its face downwards, and In tl a manner indicating a complete' change in the position of the body. Added to this, as far, aa the hands could have reached, the lining of the coffin "was tonC and wound into a knot; and av considerable quantity of hair wa strewed at the feet. All the circum stances together with the sudden and sin gular manner of his (supposed demise,' left scarce a shadow of doubt that here was an othei Instance of a too' precipitate (haste in; consigning to the grave the body of those supposed to bs dead. 4 '' ' -' ! 1 i .
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